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National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.), ed. Manipulator servo level task decomposition. Gaithersburg, MD: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 1988.
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Blagin, Anatoliy, and Ol'ga Kotova. Astronomy. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1083410.
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Summarize the introductory course of astronomy, given the latest scientific data about space. Each section provides examples of tasks and tasks for independent work of students. Are regarded as standard tasks and Olympiad so the tutorial can also serve as a guide for solving problems of high complexity.
Designed for students in secondary vocational education. It may be useful to the students of gymnasiums, secondary schools and Junior students of universities and teachers of natural science disciplines. Can also be used for self-education.
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Tancred, Tim. The operation of a reject reduction task force on zero lost travel brake servos at Lucas C. B. S. Pontypool Gwent. London: PEL, 1991.
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Bagdasaryan, Vardan. Leadership. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1086964.
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The study of the course "Leadership" is associated with an increasing demand for the formation and disclosure of human leadership potentials. The presented textbook allows you to carry out this work in a targeted way. It summarizes and systematizes the world experience in the development of the theory and practice of leadership, discusses the classification of types of leaders, issues of practical use in leadership scenarios of personal qualities of a person, and offers a methodology for developing team strategies and team building. The distinctive features of the proposed program are its adaptability to the socio-cultural context of Russian society and its strong connection with the task of training the future generation of leaders in the interests of the Russian state. Each of the sections of the textbook is accompanied by practical tasks, the solution of which develops the skills of self-knowledge of a person in the perspective of developing leadership potentials and understanding the variability of leadership strategies. It is focused primarily on the preparation of bachelors studying in pedagogical areas of training, but it can also serve as a basic source for training in the course "Leadership" within the framework of a bachelor's degree in the humanities and the direction of social sciences.
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Untermann, Richard K. Linking land use and transportation: Design strategies to serve HOVs and pedestrians : final report, Research Project GC 8719, Task 39, HOV Lane Use Issues on Arterials. [Olympia, Wash.?]: Washington State Dept. of Transportation, Washington State Transportation Commission in cooperation with U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1991.
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Educational Resources Information Center (U.S.), ed. Real talk: A national interstate and intrastate linkage system to identify and serve migrant dropout youth : volume 12-16, October 1988-December 1993. [Washington, DC]: U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, 1993.
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Massachusetts Task Force on Preservation and Access. Preserved to serve: The Massachusetts preservation agenda : the report of the Massachusetts Task Force on Preservation and Access to the library, archives, public records, and governmental communities and the citizens of Massachusetts. Boston (648 Beacon Street, Boston 02215-2070): Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, 1992.
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Starkman, Neal. Walking Your Talk: Building Assets in Organizations that Serve Youth. Search Institute Press, 2002.
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Ventura, Steve. Serve Right: Everyone's Straight-Talk Guide to Customer Service Success. Performance Systems Corporation, 2009.
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Ventura, Steve. Serve Right: Everyone's Straight-Talk Guide to Customer Service Success. Performance Systems Corporation, 2009.
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MARTIN, Denise. Garden Planting Task: As for Me and My Piano We Will Serve the Lord Christian. Independently Published, 2021.
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Weller, Patrick. The Inner Circle. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199646203.003.0004.
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Prime ministers need help, both to understand the policies they must consider and the political implications of any choices. They receive it from their prime ministers’ offices (PMOs) and from Cabinet Office/Prime Ministers’ Department. The former sees the task through the prime minister’s eyes, providing immediate partisan support and advice. The chiefs of staff in the PMO have become key figures in modern government as they try to make the task manageable. The Cabinet Office or prime ministers’ departments provide more expert advice, always on how to manage the administrative and cabinet process, sometimes on policy issues too. Whether both are appropriate is debated: do they serve the cabinet as a collective or the prime ministers as an individual office-holder? How and whether prime ministers should direct government or merely coordinate it remains contested.
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McKnight, Kirsten J. The information needs of bone marrow recipients, family and friends: A list-serv compared with traditional resources. 2001.
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Jones, Charles O. 5. Connecting to and Leading the Government. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780195307016.003.0005.
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The Founders were aware of the need for leadership but wary of the ease of control. Presidents face challenges as they endeavor to meet expectations of leadership beyond given powers. ‘Connecting to and Leading the Government’ shows how the presidency manages the organizations and expenditure of government, a task that has grown in complexity and intensity over time. To whom or what must presidents connect? The federal government is intricately connected to governance in the fifty states and thousands of localities. Bureaucrats learn to serve presidents and their associates. The challenge for presidents is to take advantage of bureaucratic experience in formulating and promoting their programs.
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Wolf, Abraham W. Empirically Supported Principles of Psychotherapy. Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0005.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they specifically relate to the three cases of depression presented in Chapter 3. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in his day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how he would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Vivian, Dina. Principles of Therapeutic Change in Treating Depression with an Integrative Application of the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy. Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0006.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they specific related to the three cases of depression presented in Chapter 3. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in her day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how she would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Johnson, Benjamin. How I Would Apply Change Principles in Psychotherapy with Three Cases of Depression. Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0004.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they are specifically related to the three cases of depression presented in Chapter 3. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in his day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how he would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Papiasvili, Eva D. Principles of Therapeutic Change. Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0009.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they specific related to the three cases of social anxiety presented in Chapter 8. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in her day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how she would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Spayd, Catherine S. A Cognitive-Behaviorist’s Report from the Trenches. Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0010.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they specific related to the three cases of social anxiety presented in Chapter 8. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in her day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how she would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Weinberg, Igor. More Than a Feeling? Edited by Louis G. Castonguay, Michael J. Constantino, and Larry E. Beutler. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780199324729.003.0011.
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This chapter describes how the author would implement each of the empirically based principles of change identified in Chapter 2, as they specific related to the three cases of social anxiety presented in Chapter 8. The chapter begins with the author’s initial reaction to the list of principles, as well as to the task of describing their implementation in his day-to-day clinical work. Also included in the chapter are the author’s case formulation and treatment for each case, which serve as the general context for the author’s detailed explanation of why and how he would apply the principles in ways that are best attuned to the needs of particular clients. The chapter ends with the description of the author’s thoughts and experience about writing this chapter.
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Succi, Sauro. Boundary Conditions. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199592357.003.0017.
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The actual dynamics of fluid flows is highly dependent on the surrounding environment, whose influence is mathematically described through the prescription of suitable boundary conditions. Boundary conditions play a crucial role, as they select solutions which are compatible with external constraints. Accounting for these constraints may be comparatively simple for idealized geometries but for general ones it represents a delicate (and sometimes nerve-probing!) task. In fact, the treatment of the boundary conditions often makes the difference in the quality of fluid dynamic simulations. This chapter illustrates the most common ways to impose boundary conditions to LB flows. The subject is very technical and has grown considerably for the past decade, which means that this chapter can only serve as a guiding introduction to the vast and still growing original literature.
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Li, Jie Jack, Chris Limberakis, and Derek A. Pflum. Modern Organic Synthesis in the Laboratory. Oxford University Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195187984.001.0001.
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Searching for reaction in organic synthesis has been made much easier in the current age of computer databases. However, the dilemma now is which procedure one selects among the ocean of choices. Especially for novices in the laboratory, it becomes a daunting task to decide what reaction conditions to experiment with first in order to have the best chance of success. This collection intends to serve as an "older and wiser lab-mate" one could have by compiling many of the most commonly used experimental procedures in organic synthesis. With chapters that cover such topics as functional group manipulations, oxidation, reduction, and carbon-carbon bond formation, Modern Organic Synthesis in the Laboratory will be useful for both graduate students and professors in organic chemistry and medicinal chemists in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.
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Meierhenrich, Jens. An Ethnography of Nazi Law. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814412.003.0006.
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This chapter turns to the gestation of the first, German-language manuscript of The Dual State, known as the Urdoppelstaat of 1938. I then chart the transformation of this unpublished manuscript into the 1941 book. To lay the foundation for this detailed reconstruction, I trace in some depth the gradual destruction of the German Rechtsstaat, presenting in an accessible manner several decades worth of material culled from the historiography of Nazi law. This illustrates the enormity—and danger—of the task that Fraenkel set himself: to serve as a participant observer in the courts of the “Third Reich.” Drawing on a series of primary documents, I piece together the incredible and untold story of the gestation of The Dual State, a tale of rare courage, acumen, and insight. I pay detailed attention to similarities and differences in recently discovered manuscript drafts.
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O'Donnell, Ian. For and Against Clemency. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198798477.003.0003.
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Clemency tends to make philosophers of punishment uncomfortable, whatever their predilections. For retributivists it is problematic because it threatens equality of treatment and introduces disproportionality. For utilitarians it is problematic because it involves a departure from what would best serve society. A mandatory sentence for murder moves the locus of clemency to the executive. This chapter examines the arguments for and against executive clemency. The views of Kant and Beccaria are canvassed. Unlike the rest of the book, the analysis here has no particular jurisdictional anchor. Like the rest of the book, the issues of concern are apposite beyond the context in which they are raised. Having reviewed competing claims as to the desirability and necessity of clemency, the suitability to the task at hand of the proposed tripartite scheme—which argues that clemency can be understood in terms of justice, mercy (differentiated from ‘pseudo mercy’), or caprice—is clarified.
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deSilva, David A. The Letter to the Galatians. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/bci-0004.
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New volume in a favorite Bible commentary series Writing a commentary on Galatians is a daunting task. Despite its relative brevity, this Pauline letter raises a number of foundational theological issues, and it has played a vital role in shaping Christian thought and practice over the centuries. In this replacement of Ronald Y. K. Fung’s 1988 New International Commentary volume, David deSilva ably rises to the challenge, providing a coherent account of Galatians as a piece of strategically crafted communication that addresses both the immediate pastoral challenges facing Paul’s converts in Galatia and the underlying questions that gave rise to them. Paying careful attention to the history, philology, and theology of the letter, and interacting with a wealth of secondary literature on both Galatians and the rest of the Pauline corpus, deSilva’s exegetically sound commentary will serve as an essential resource for pastors and theological students.
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Murray, John. A Handbook Of Travel-Talk: A Collection Of Dialogues And Vocabularies Intended To Serve As Interpreter To English Travelers In Germany, France Or Italy. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007.
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Murray, John. A Handbook Of Travel-Talk: A Collection Of Dialogues And Vocabularies Intended To Serve As Interpreter To English Travelers In Germany, France Or Italy. Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007.
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Wilson, Mark. Is There Life in Possible Worlds? Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803478.003.0007.
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Scientists have developed various collections of specialized possibilities to serve as search spaces in which excessive reliance upon speculative forms of lower dimensional modeling or other unwanted details can be skirted. Two primary examples are discussed: the search spaces of machine design and the virtual variations utilized within Lagrangian mechanics. Contemporary appeals to “possible worlds” attempt to imbed these localized possibilities within fully enunciated universes. But not all possibilities are made alike and these reductive schemes should be resisted, on the grounds that they render the utilities of everyday counterfactuals and “possibility” talk incomprehensible. The essay also discusses whether Wittgenstein’s altered views in his Philosophical Investigations reflect similar concerns.
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Echevarria, Antulio J. 8. What causes military strategies to succeed or fail? Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199340132.003.0008.
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How can military strategists improve the odds of success while reducing the chances of failure? ‘What causes military strategies to succeed or fail?’ identifies four tasks are necessary for a successful strategy: a critical appraisal of the adversary’s strengths and weaknesses matched against one’s own; the net assessment should serve as a baseline for developing courses of action that weaken the foe enough to get what one wants; the head of state must select a suitable military commander to develop and implement the desired strategy; and sound war plans are needed to pull everything together. Military strategies often fail because the opposing party refuses to concede, even if continuing to fight is patently self-destructive.
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Messner, Patricia A., and Brenda S. Copeland. School Library Management. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216011309.
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Written in clear, simple language, this book provides information that will help an aide or paraprofessional manage a school library. Setting up and managing a library media center is a complex task best handled by a certified and experienced librarian, but the fact of the matter is that many school districts have had to cut librarian positions and are attempting to fill the gaps with aides. School Library Management: Just the Basics describes the step-by-step process of setting up the management processes in a school library and outlines easy management concepts that will guide aides through challenges like setting up activity centers and establishing rules for behavior. With over three decades of experience in librarianship between them, the authors cover topics such as student incentives and rewards; scheduling and supervising computer usage; circulation procedures; training materials for volunteers; passes, book marks, and other patterns; and privacy issues. This book can also serve as an effective training guide for district librarians responsible for training aides who are running multiple centers.
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Gasparyan, Seda, and Alina Petrosyan. Domain-Specific English. Insight into Health-Care Setting. YSU Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.46991/ysuph/9785808426023.
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The manual comprehensively presents a number of key topics and contexts within the area of Academic English for healthcare and medical purposes and discusses the origins and evolution of some of the major field-specific concepts. The manual is designed to develop such academic skills as speaking, reading, writing and translating through thematic reading. The practical tasks, concise research questions and discussion points included, will add to the enhancement of the communicative competencies of the learners. Aimed at upper intermediate and advanced postgraduate students of English, this manual can also serve as a useful reference resource for medical students studying domain-specific English, students of translation studies, teachers of Academic English for Specific Purposes, as well as professional language course designers at various universities.
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Caps, John. The Curse of the Pink Panther. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252036736.003.0012.
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This chapter describes how one chance meeting on the beach with Blake Edwards brought about a sea change in his career and, as a direct result, a return to the famous world of the Pink Panther. Return of the Pink Panther was planned for distribution in 1975, and the public was so very ready to be amused all over again by the Sellers/Clouseau character that the success of that sequel was followed the very next year by The Pink Panther Strikes Again. For Mancini, the task of scoring a Pink Panther movie had changed, too—the first film scored with that sly, sneaking sax theme and a lot of beguiling, equally sly cocktail music; the second film scored a bit more like a cartoon where the clever, plodding, main mystery theme on that wavering pump organ represented Clouseau's dysfunctional focus on the case at hand. Now with large-scale visual jokes taking up more screen space than the character comedy of Clouseau, the scoring needed to serve two masters: it needed scene-setting background tunes for clubs, discos, and resorts, and, more than ever, it needed bigger descriptive music to bolster the increasingly unrealistic and aggressive plot devices.
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Eizenstat, Stuart. Epilogue. Edited by Derek S. Reveron, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, and John A. Cloud. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190680015.013.41.
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A president is called to shape a foreign policy that both reflects America’s deepest values and serves its geopolitical interests. In doing so, a president has a range of options that can be used. However, these tools are not ends in themselves, but are undertaken to achieve certain goals. In this regard, there are five lessons that can serve as useful guideposts for those who are called to assist the president in this task. These include understanding that the tools of power are most effective when simultaneously employed; that multilateral action is usually more effective than unilateral action. In addition, while the executive branch has the lead on foreign policy, Congress and the states are also actors. When either of these groups lead they should grant the president flexibility in order to ensure that the policy continues to accomplish U.S. goals. The military tool of power while powerful frequently has serious constraint imposed upon it. It may also be more effective when used flexibly—e.g., the creation of NATO to deter the Soviet Union. Finally, policymaking is messy. Actions do not always result in the hoped-for outcome.
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Shaw, Daron R., Brian E. Roberts, and Mijeong Baek. The Appearance of Corruption. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197548417.001.0001.
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The sanctity of political speech is a key element of the U.S. Constitution and a cornerstone of the American republic. When the Supreme Court linked political speech to campaign finance in its landmark Buckley v. Valeo (1976) decision, the modern era of campaign finance regulation was born. In practical terms, this decision meant that in order to pass constitutional muster, any laws limiting money in politics must be narrowly tailored and serve a compelling state interest. The lone state interest the Court was willing to entertain was the mitigation of corruption. In order to reach this argument the Court advanced a sophisticated behavioral model, one with key assumptions about how laws will affect voters’ opinions and behavior. These assumptions have received surprisingly little attention in the literature. This book takes up the task of identifying and analyzing empirically the Court’s presumed links between campaign finance regulations and political opinions and behavior. In so doing, we rely on original survey data and experiments from 2009–2016 to openly confront the question of what happens when the Supreme Court is wrong, and when the foundation of over forty years of jurisprudence is simply not true.
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Voels, Sarah. Auditing Diversity in Library Collections. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400615764.
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After explaining the importance of diversity audits, this book offers a range of options for how to go about conducting them. Library collections serve as a reflection of their communities and the wider world, and audits are the best way to assess the inclusivity of these collections. In this practical book, Sarah Voels helps libraries meet the challenge of doing a diversity audit. The task of auditing a collection for its diversity is essential to the development of a reflective collection. Conducting a diversity audit gives library professionals a realistic and accurate assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the materials they provide their readers. Only with this information at hand can libraries work toward improvement. But what’s the best way to conduct an audit? What criteria should be used? How can audits be tailored to specific communities? How much will it cost, and how much time will it take? Voels has taken away the guesswork by surveying a wide range of libraries that have performed diversity audits and sharing their successes and challenges. She suggests best practices while acknowledging that each library’s specific situation will be unique. All libraries considering a diversity audit will benefit from this guide.
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Hutter, Manfred. Priests, Prophets, Sorcerers. Edited by Michael Stausberg and Steven Engler. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198729570.013.42.
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Definitions of ‘priest,’ ‘prophet,’ or ‘sorcerer’ must take account of the social setting of such religious specialists. Though most definitions are rooted in biblical traditions, ‘priest’ can serve as a useful umbrella term in a typology of terms of religious authorities, describing a person serving a community as the main specialist responsible for transmitting religious knowledge and establishing the relationship between individuals or the society as a whole and superhuman beings by performing rituals on behalf of the former and for the pleasure of the latter. This approach rejects a functional distinction between priests and sorcerers, given it embodies a contingent theological dichotomy between ‘religion’ and ‘magic.’ ‘Prophets’ are primarily performers of mantic techniques used to convey the gods’ messages to people, which in the Bible and the Qur’ān is mainly seen as conveying the ‘divine word.’ More generally, prophets also perform tasks similar to other priests and sorcerers.
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Nash, Robert J. Teaching About Religion Outside of Religious Studies. Edited by Michael D. Waggoner and Nathan C. Walker. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199386819.013.34.
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Regardless of major or minor areas of disciplinary concentration, faculty members must think about the role that the study of religion and spirituality plays in the education of students who, in the future, will serve others in a variety of work settings. Educators must think seriously and systematically about the risks and benefits, the disadvantages and advantages, of dealing with such sensitive material. To ignore issues of religion and spirituality is to miss what is vitally important to educators everywhere. All professionals in higher education, as well as in other public service settings, should learn how to talk respectfully and compassionately with one another, and with their constituencies, about a topic that, throughout history, has caused as much pain, suffering, and division as it has comfort, joy, and reconciliation. In today’s complex world of difference, there is simply no other way for us to coexist without destroying one another.
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Haddad, Youssef A. The Sociopragmatics of Attitude Datives in Levantine Arabic. Edinburgh University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474434072.001.0001.
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This book analyses the sociopragmatics of attitude datives in four Levantine Arabic varieties; these are Syrian, Lebanese, Jordanian, and Palestinian Arabic. Attitude datives are optional pronominal pragmatic markers that serve two broad functions: (i) an evaluative function to express a stance toward an issue or an object, and/or (ii) a relational function to manage (e.g., affirm, challenge) relationships between social actors. The study provides ample data from a variety of sources: soap operas, movies, plays, talk shows, social media, and so on. It is supplemented with short videos of most data on a companion website https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/haddad. The study has four goals: to document the phenomenon of attitude datives in Levantine Arabic; to analyze their meaning contribution in interaction; to examine the contextual factors that inform and are informed by their use; to account for the cognitive coordination that social actors engage in when an attitude dative is used.
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Acland, Charles R. Consumer Electronics and the Building of an Entertainment Infrastructure. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252039362.003.0011.
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This concluding chapter explores how Hollywood's “technological tentpoles”—films that strategically promote cross-media commodities and new generations of devices, platforms, and hardware—serve as vehicles for the advancement of a broader technological system. In light of this cross-media industrial circumstance, the highly visible, international, big-budget blockbuster production makes manifest the developing relationships among media forms. The blockbuster, in a time of expanding talk and exploitation of “long tail” microcultural economies, advances multiple products and devices at once, and it does so through the formal mechanisms of cross-media promotional deals as well as through indirect support by being the most highly valued content for various platforms. Moving between entertainment industry events and a proliferating field of consumer electronics, the chapter then shows how audiovisual infrastructure is a product not only of economic priorities, but also of the conceptual frames that are circulated about them.
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Fernández L'Hoeste, Héctor, and Juan Carlos Rodríguez, eds. Digital Humanities in Latin America. University Press of Florida, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9781683401476.001.0001.
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Digital Humanities in Latin America performs a number of tasks: a re-definition of the nations’ symbolic territories, which implies their exploration as digital contexts, experiments, media products, or even as uneven battlefields; a re-examination of the role of transnational networks in the configuration of new identities and/or communities, as exemplified by the cases of the Andean, Latin, and Afro-Latin networks discussed in this book; and a highlighting of the importance of cases that complexify the interaction between national territories and transnational flows through the remixing of aesthetic and political codes. Cognizant of the risks implicit in hegemonic agency, its object is to serve as a vehicle of communication between the Latin American digital humanities and the English-speaking circles of this field in the US and the UK, while at the same time documenting the existence and viability of pertinent academic initiatives south of the border.
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Montford, John T., and Joseph Daniel McCool. Board Games. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400620225.
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Succeeding in today's corporate and not-for-profit boardrooms is tougher than ever before, with new and established board directors facing myriad new and rapidly globalizing governance challenges. Directors and aspiring board candidates need a survival guide to beat the odds and avoid crises—the best credentials and the best of intentions aren't enough. This book is that guide. Board Games: Straight Talk for New Directors and Good Governance is an essential resource for any current or aspiring board director. It identifies the issues directors are most likely to face in today's rapidly changing, potentially hazardous business environments, offering candid, well-informed insights that address emerging issues, potential conflicts, and real-board situations. Readers will learn how to be more effective, more informed, and more diligent directors committed to the shareholders' best interests—even if that mindset challenges the interests of current management. This book shows new directors on any board how the current systems of financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and crisis management work, serving as a playbook that can help them serve the corporate good while protecting themselves—and do the right thing for shareholders, employees, customers, and communities they serve. The authors apply their extensive experience at the top of various corporations and nonprofit organizations to identify the behind-the-scenes, boardroom-culture issues that can trip up any director and demonstrate the critical importance of committing to the right governance, due diligence, and independent oversight.
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Johnson, Shersten. Understanding Is Seeing. Edited by Blake Howe, Stephanie Jensen-Moulton, Neil Lerner, and Joseph Straus. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199331444.013.7.
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Music notation, often thought of as a neutral vehicle of communication between composer and performer—a mere memory aid or set of performance instructions—is in truth hardly unbiased. It not only shapes music, but also shapes how we think and talk about it and, by extension, how we analyze it. This essay studies the influences of notation on traditional analytical understandings of music and how through the lens of disability––particularly blindness––those understandings can be “reread.” The discussion explores narratives of analysis that explicate musical structure by relying on visual means of interpretation. An obvious place to begin critiquing these narratives is by examining how tactile representations like Braille notation conceptualize music. Accounts of visually impaired musicians’ experiences with notation and analysis will motivate discussion of alternative ways of hearing and representing musical structure. The essay then contemplates other means of understanding that serve the goals of music analysis with reference to concepts of “universal design.”
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Kocher, Ajar. Infective Endocarditis. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199976805.003.0018.
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Infectious endocarditis (IE) is an infection of the heart’s innermost layer, the endothelium. Most cases require a predisposing injury to the endocardium to serve as a nidus for thrombus development, which in turn acts as nidus for bloodstream microorganisms. These intravascular microorganisms can result from dental and other invasive procedures, infected vascular catheters, and skin lesions. However, most episodes of IE result from transient bacteremia during menial tasks, such as chewing and brushing one’s teeth. Blood cultures and echocardiograms are critical for IE diagnosis. Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) is the preferred diagnostic tool for prosthetic valve endocarditis and cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) infections. IE complicated by heart failure and cerebral emboli has high rates of morbidity and mortality. Large vegetation, mobile lesions, mitral valve vegetation, and infection by S. aureus and fungi are more likely to result in embolic phenomena. Indications for surgery include severe heart failure, persistent infection, fungal infection, heart block, and abscess formation.
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Drogosz, Anna. A Cognitive Semantics Approach to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Æ Academic, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.52769/bl4.0017.
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DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION ranks among the most influential of modern scientific theories. Applying the methodology of COGNITIVE SEMANTICS , this study investigates how metaphors based on domains of JOURNEY, STRUGGLE, TREE and HUMAN AGENCY serve to conceptualize key concepts of Darwin’s theory — such as evolutionary change, natural selection, and relationships among organisms. At the outset the author identifies original metaphors in The Origin of Species, to turn to their realizations in modern discourse on evolution in later chapters. Thus, the study uncovers how metaphors contribute to structuring the theory by expressing it in a coherent and attractive way, and how they provide mental tools for reasoning. As the first comprehensive study of conceptual metaphors that underlie Darwin’s theory and affect the way we talk and think about evolution, it may be of interest not only to linguists and evolutionary biologists but also to anyone interested in the interconnection between thought and language.
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Gayer, Laurent. The Sunday Fighter. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190656546.003.0005.
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This chapter by Laurent Gayer examines one part-time fighter or ‘intermittent combatant’ in the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) in 2013. The case of “Iqbal” both updates existing accounts of an older vanguard of MQM militants, and offers a window onto ways violence may serve as a form of labor exchange in Karachi neighborhoods. Gayer characterizes militancy as a type of ‘dirty work’ that includes collecting extortion money, land grabbing, creating public disturbances and fighting enemy groups when necessary. Whilst Iqbal joined the MQM to access opportunities for labor and reward, as a non-Mohajir he was relegated to the least appealing tasks of MQM militancy. Iqbal strategizes to avoid rather than embrace becoming a killer. Gayer elaborates on ways violence is intrinsic to and regulates political conduct in a compelling account of how one young man gains a sense of purpose and agency in a real and imagined battlefield, by living life on the edge—but not too far.
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Zhuravleva, V., and A. Breslavtseva. US – China Confrontation Monitor 2023. Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO), 23, Profsoyuznaya Str., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/978-5-9535-0626-7.
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The course of the US-China competition has a decisive impact on the emerging architecture of international relations. Its key events can serve as indicators of how conflicts between major powers are likely to develop and what factors may deter or increase the potential for confrontation. The authors of the Center for North American Studies at IMEMO have developed an annual academic report format to monitor and analyze current trends in the rivalry between the United States and China. The main focus of the first issue was the coverage of US federal government policy and rhetoric in 2023 related to economy, military and regional confrontation as well as cybersecurity and regional dynamics that reflect the overall state of US-China diplomatic, trade, economic and military relations. In addition, we attempted to determine how the perception of the US-China competition has changed within American society in the narrative of the Biden administration, U.S. congressional lawmakers and think tank experts.
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Manual for Surveillance of Events Supposedly Attributable to Vaccination or Immunization in the Region of the Americas. Pan American Health Organization, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37774/9789275123867.
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One of the essential components of the safe vaccination system is the surveillance of events supposedly attributable to vaccination or immunization (ESAVI). This surveillance is aimed at early detection of any adverse events that may occur following immunization, in order to monitor and classify risks related to a vaccine, the manufacturing process, transportation, storage, administration, and any preexisting condition in the vaccinated person, and to rule out an association between the event and the vaccine. This manual has been adapted for the Region of the Americas from the Global Manual on Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Immunization, published by the World Health Organization in 2014. It provides a comprehensive technical review of all processes and procedures for applying and implementing high-quality ESAVI surveillance systems. It brings together the expertise of vaccine safety specialists from the Region and from around the world, experts from national immunization programs, national regulatory bodies, and other institutions that have developed relevant knowledge on surveillance of these events. It is hoped that this document will serve as a guide to provide national immunization program managers, pharmacovigilance officers of national regulatory authorities, and other institutions responsible for monitoring vaccine safety with tools to facilitate their task, enabling them to apply international standards to issues such as event detection, event investigation, causality assessment, management of ESAVI data, and risk communication.
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Reel, Justine J. Working Out. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216038757.
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Written by a leading expert in the field of sport science, this motivational text provides a thorough overview of fitness and exercise psychology as it relates to everyday life. A title in the Psychology of Everyday Life series, this unique book addresses the connections between sport and exercise psychology and life outside of competitive endeavors—from definitions, theories, and applications to the real-life issues affecting athletes. It provides an accessible overview of sport and exercise psychology that enables readers to apply effective sport performance and exercise psychology concepts to their own lives, regardless of whether they pursue athletic endeavors or not. Covering topics that range from goalsetting to motivation to personality, this book can also serve to inspire readers to create a personal activity program based on achievable goals and realistic expectations, regardless of starting point or desired outcomes. Author Justine J. Reel shares fascinating insights into the world of physical fitness and its associated behaviors, including why athletes who adopt a task-oriented approach will show a stronger work ethic and more motivation than athletes who focus on outcomes, what is prompting the spread of sport psychology to other parts of the world, why more and more athletes are at risk for developing eating disorders, and who social physique anxiety afflicts. The book also presents various viewpoints and debates on current controversies in the field of sport and exercise.
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John, Murray. Handbook of Travel-Talk: A Collection of Dialogues and Vocabularies Intended to Serve As Interpreter to Travellers in Germany, France, or Italy, by the Ed. of the Handbooks for Germany, France and Switzerland. Creative Media Partners, LLC, 2022.
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Warren, Aiden, and Damian Grenfell, eds. Rethinking Humanitarian Intervention in the 21st Century. Edinburgh University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474423816.001.0001.
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Rethinking Humanitarian Interventions in the 21st Century examines the complex ethics and politics of humanitarian intervention since the end of the Cold War. These 12 essays focus on the challenges associated with interventions, conflict and attendant human rights violations, unmitigated and systematic violence, state re-building, and issues associated with human mobility and dislocation. In a context where layers to conflict are so complex and fluid, it is difficult to imagine one book could ‘rethink interventions’ to the extent that is required. Nevertheless, a contribution to debates can be made. In this collection, important choices were made in terms of how to bring a collection together that allows for the richness as well as maintaining coherence. The task of ‘rethinking’ has meant many of the chapters are underpinned by critical theory with structures of power and the ends that they are deployed to serve never far from discussion. Overall, the chapters in this book address three central themes pertaining to the evolution of 1) humanitarian interventions in a global era; 2) the limits of sovereignty and the ethics of interventions; and the 3) politics of post-intervention (re-)building and humanitarian engagement. As such, they provide a valuable contribution to academics, students, instructors and intellectual communities engaged in research pertaining to humanitarianism, conflict and interventions and different conceptions of security and international relations, and who agree that the present challenges require a basic rethinking of interventions.