The rebirth of environmentalism : grassroots activism from the spotted owl to the polar bear by Bevington, Douglas, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Bush years ; Becoming a national: getting it right by doing it wrong -- 6. Boldness has genius: the lessons of grassroots biodiversity activism for the campaign against global warming : Achieving success by avoiding constraints ; Rethinking the relationship between the grassroots and the nationals ; Grassroots activism and global warming -- Afterword: Arrival of the Obama administration -- Appendix : Origins of four biodiversity protection laws.…”


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Home Accountz For Dummies. by Pain, Quentin

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State Failure, Sovereignty and Effectiveness : Legal Lessons from the Decolonization of SubSaharan Africa. by Kreijen, Gerard

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The Stamp Duty Land Tax Handbook. by Johnson, Tony

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Nurturing natures : attachment and children's emotional, sociocultural, and brain development by Music, Graham, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Biology and the brain -- Our brains and evolutionary past -- Experience dependence -- Hormones and opiates -- Left and right hemispheres -- Trauma and neglect: amygdala, hippocampus, and HPA axis -- Summary: Hope or hopeless?…”


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Neurodiversity and Work Employment, Identity, and Support Networks for Neurominorities

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Neurodiversity and Work: An introduction -- Part 1: Neurodiversity – Foundations and links to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion -- Chapter 2: Defining Neurodiversity and Identifying Neurominorities -- Chapter 3: Strengths-Based Models and Neurodiversity -- Chapter 4: Gender and Autism -- Chapter 5: The BRIDGE Framework: How Stigma Research Informs Everyday Practices Towards Neurodiversity and Neuroinclusion in the Workplace -- Chapter 6: Because It’s the Right Thing to Do: Autism in the Workplace as an Ethical Imperative -- Part 2: Neurominorities in the neurotypical workplace -- Chapter 7: Motivations to Hire Neurodiverse Workers -- Chapter 8: Autism in the Workplace: The Role of Disclosure in Recruitment -- Chapter 9: Workplace Accommodations and Neurodiversity -- Chapter 10: How a DEI Climate can Enable Allies and Support People who are Neurodivergent -- Chapter 11: Enabling Neurodiversity in Organisations: Leveraging the HRM and Digital Technology Nexus.…”
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Treatment Planning for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders : an Individualized, Problem-Solving Approach. by Chedd, Naomi

Table of Contents: “…Positive and Negative Policy Implications of Uses of EBP in Autism TreatmentsConclusions and Recommendations; 3 The Individualized, Problem-Solving Treatment Process; Our Beliefs and Biases; The Role of Children's Emotions; The Challenge of Generalization; Strengthening Social Connections; Step 1: Gather Background Information; Keep Asking Questions; Whose Priorities?; Making the Right Match; Starting in the Middle; Step 2: Identify the Problem; Identifying Onset May Lead to a Quicker Solution; "But He Never Does This at School …”
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Austria's International Position after the End of the Cold War

Table of Contents: “…Andreas Resch: Austrian Foreign Trade and Austrian Companies' Economic Engagement in Eastern Europe (CEE) since 1989 -- Foreign Policy And Memory -- Norman Naimark: Historical Memory and the Debate about the Vertreibung Museum -- Nontopical Essays -- Ferdinand Karlhofer: The Rise and Decline and Rise of Austria's Radical Right -- Book Reviews -- Harold James: Dieter Stiefel, Camillo Castiglioni oder die Metaphysik der Haifische -- Gerhard Weinberg: Birgitte Kepplinger and Irene Leitner, eds., worked on by Andrea Kammerhofer, Dameron Report: Bericht des War Crimes Investigating Teams No. 6824 der U.S. …”
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Derailed Organizational Interventions for Stress and Well-Being Confessions of Failure and Solutions for Success

Table of Contents: “…Overcoming obstacles between organizational researchers and legal advisors -- Chapter 17 Challenges of intervention acceptance in complex, multifaceted organizations: The importance of local champions -- Chapter 18 Mutual goals as essential for the results of team coaching -- Chapter 19 Role behavior of the coach and the participants as essential for the results of individual coaching -- Chapter 20 Increasing worker participation: The mental health action checklist -- Chapter 21 Decreasing response rates in employee health surveys: initial findings from a Longitudinal Stress-management Project in the Workplace -- Chapter 22 Recruitment and retention challenges of a mental health promotion intervention targeting small and medium enterprises -- Chapter 23 Perspectives on randomization and readiness for change in a workplace intervention study -- Part 4 Outcome -- Chapter 24 Ensuring the long-term sustainability of organizational interventions: Potential obstacles to be avoided -- Chapter 25 Creating sustained change: Avoiding derailment during the Last stage of a wellbeing intervention -- Chapter 26 A proper needs assessment is key to starting a wellbeing intervention off right -- Chapter 27 Explaining intervention success and failure: What works, when, and why? …”
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Power in Action : Democracy, Citizenship and Social Justice by Friedman, Steven

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The Failure of Risk Management : Why It's Broken and How to Fix It. by Hubbard, Douglas W.

Table of Contents: “…DEFINING RISK TOLERANCE -- DEFINING PROBABILITY -- ENRICHING THE LEXICON -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7: The Limits of Expert Knowledge: Why We Don't Know What We Think We Know about Uncertainty -- THE RIGHT STUFF: HOW A GROUP OF PSYCHOLOGISTS MIGHT SAVE RISK ANALYSIS -- MENTAL MATH: WHY WE SHOULDN'T TRUST THE NUMBERS IN OUR HEADS -- "CATASTROPHIC" OVERCONFIDENCE -- THE MIND OF "ACES": POSSIBLE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF OVERCONFIDENCE -- INCONSISTENCIES AND ARTIFACTS: WHAT SHOULDN'T MATTER DOES -- ANSWERS TO CALIBRATION TESTS -- NOTES…”
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Water Security in the Mediterranean Region An International Evaluation of Management, Control, and Governance Approaches by Scozzari, Andrea

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Fundamentals of Biomechanics : Equilibrium, Motion, and Deformation by Özkaya, Nihat

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction -- 2 Force Vector -- 3 Moment and Torque -- 4 Statics: Analyses of Systems in Equilibrium -- 5 Applications of Statics to Biomechanics -- 6 Introduction to Deformable Body Mechanics -- 7 Stress and Strain -- 8 Multiaxial Deformations and Stress Analyses -- 9 Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues -- 10 Introduction to Dynamics -- 11 Linear Kinematics -- 12 Linear Kinetics -- 13 Angular Kinematics -- 14 Angular Kinetics -- 15 Impulse and Momentum -- Appendix A Plane Geometry -- A.l Angles -- A.2 Triangles -- A.3 Law of Sines -- A.4 The Right-Triangle -- A.5 Pythagorean Theorem -- A.6 Sine, Cosine, and Tangent -- A.7 Inverse Sine, Cosine, and Tangent -- Appendix B Vector Algebra -- B.1 Definitions -- B.2 Notation -- B.3 Multiplication of a Vector by a Scalar -- B.4 Negative Vector -- B.5 Addition of Vectors: Graphical Methods -- B.6 Subtraction of Vectors -- B.7 Addition of More Than Two Vectors -- B.8 Projection of Vectors -- B.9 Resolution of Vectors -- B.10 Unit Vectors -- B.11 Rectangular Coordinates -- B.12 Addition of Vectors: Trigonometric Method -- B.13 Three-Dimensional Components of Vectors -- B.14 Dot (Scalar) Product of Vectors -- B.15 Cross (Vector) Product of Vectors -- B.16 Exercise Problems -- Appendix C Calculus -- C.1 Functions -- C.l.l Constant functions -- C1.2 Power functions -- C1.3 Linear functions -- C1.4 Quadratic functions -- C1.5 Polynomial functions -- C1.6 Trigonometric functions -- C1.7 Exponential and logarithmic functions / 365 C.2 The Derivative -- C.2.1 Derivatives of basic functions -- C.2.2 The constant multiple rule -- C.2.3 The sum rule -- C2.4 The product rule -- C.2.5 The quotient rule -- C.2.6 The chain rule -- C.2.7 Implicit differentiation -- C.2.8 Higher derivatives / 372 C.3 The Integral -- C.3.1 Properties of indefinite integrals -- C.3.2 Properties of definite integrals -- C.3.3 Methods of integration -- C.4 Trigonometric Identities Problems -- C.5 The Quadratic Formula -- C.6 Exercise Problems.…”
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Equity in heritage conservation : the case of Ahmedabad, India by Desai, Jigna, 1973-

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Method and Project Writing : an Introduction. by Harboe, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Supervision after the first meeting; 4.4. Is it all right to send emails to your supervisor?; 4.5. Should the supervisor approve (parts of) your project before you hand it in?…”
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AUTONOMOUS TRANSFORMATION creating a more human future in the era of artificial intelligence by Evergreen, Brian

Table of Contents: “…The Second Use Case Problem: Use Case Battleship -- Doing the Wrong Thing Right -- Notes -- Chapter 7 Developing the Skill of Envisioning -- Functional Reimagining -- Multiverse Reimagining -- Part Four Discover and Rediscover -- Chapter 8 Systemic Design and the Lost Art of Synthesis -- The Interconnectedness of Parts within a System -- Dimensions of Systems -- The Lost Art of Synthesis -- Notes -- Chapter 9 The Organization as a Chessboard: Seeing the Pieces -- How to Determine Whether You Are Focused on a Subset of the Whole System -- A Note for Individual Contributors -- Notes…”
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Admission Matters : What Students and Parents Need to Know about Getting into College. by Springer, Sally P.

Table of Contents: “…Determining Your Priorities; Notes; Part 2: Making the Right Choices for You; Chapter 5: Where Should You Apply?…”
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FreeCAD [how-to] : solid modeling with the power of Python by Collette, Brad

Table of Contents: “…. ; Create primitives; Why doesn't my part look right?; Recording and editing a macro (Should know); Getting ready; How to do it ... ; How it works ... ; There's more ... ; Taking advantage of the power of macros; Learn a bit of Python programming by reading macro scripts.…”
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The human use of animals : case studies in ethical choice

Table of Contents: “…What Does the Public Have a Right to Know?""; ""Issues about Access to Meetings""; ""Legal Reasoning in Test Cases""; ""Ethical Issues""; ""Conclusion""; ""III: COSMETIC SAFETY TESTING""; ""6. …”
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The social labs revolution : a new approach to solving our most complex challenges by Hassan, Zaid

Table of Contents: “…Starting with Current RealitiesEvents Rupture Dispositions; The Right Stuff; 7 Steps Toward a Theory of Systemic Action; First Requirement: Constitute a Diverse Team; Second Requirement: Design an Iterative Process; Third Requirement: Actively Create Systemic Spaces; 8 Starting a Social Lab: Seven How-Tos; Strategic versus Tactical Thinking; #1 Clarify Intention; #2 Broadcast an Invitation; #3 Work Your Networks; #4 Recruit Willing People; #5 Set Direction; #6 Design in Stacks; #7 Find Cadence; CONCLUSION: Next-Generation Social Labs; Averting the Zombie Apocalypse.…”
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