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A Comprehensive Evaluation on Emergency Response in China: The Case of Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009 (Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path)

Springer, 2018

This book is a third-party evaluation of H1N1 prevention and control effects in China. Based on the characteristic of H1N1 pandemic around the world and current public health management system in China, this book evaluates the comprehensive effects by considering the countermeasures, joint prevent and control mechanism operated by central and...

Inspectors and Enforcement at the Front Line of Government

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book explores the social dynamics of the interaction between inspectors and their inspectees in the public sector. Government inspectors have a crucial role in enforcing rules and standards. The role of inspectors has changed. Their task is no longer to merely inspect and enforce, but also to educate, to negotiate, and to make compromises....

Applied Bayesian Statistics: With R and OpenBUGS Examples (Springer Texts in Statistics)

Springer, 2013

This book is based on over a dozen years teaching a Bayesian Statistics course. The material presented here has been used by students of different levels and disciplines, including advanced undergraduates studying Mathematics and Statistics and students in graduate programs in Statistics, Biostatistics, Engineering, Economics,...

Universities and Sustainable Communities: Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030 (World Sustainability Series)

Springer, 2019

The book showcases examples of university engagement in community initiatives and reports on the results from research and from a variety of institutional projects and programmes. As a whole, the book illustrates how actors at the community (microlevel) and other levels (meso and macro) can make valuable and concrete contributions to...

Machine Learning with the Raspberry Pi: Experiments with Data and Computer Vision (Technology in Action)

Apress, 2019

Using the Pi Camera and a Raspberry Pi board, expand and replicate interesting machine learning (ML) experiments. This book provides a solid overview of ML and a myriad of underlying topics to further explore. Non-technical discussions temper complex technical explanations to make the hottest and most complex topic in the...

Indoor Environmental Quality and Health Risk toward Healthier Environment for All (Current Topics in Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine)

Springer, 2019

This volume discusses the effects of indoor air environment and pollution in modern buildings on human health. Highlighting epidemiological studies and the determining factors, it offers proposals for improving indoor air quality (IAQ) in different environments. Focusing not only on homes and offices, but also vehicles and aircrafts,...

Dressed in Dreams: A Black Girl's Love Letter to the Power of Fashion

St Martin Press, 2019

"A perfect time to look at the ethos of black hair in America ? and the perfect person to do it is Tanisha Ford" ?Changing America

"Everyone from the shopaholic to the clearance rack queen will see themselves in [Ford's] pages." ?Essence

"Takes...

Think Good, Feel Good: A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Workbook for Children and Young People

John Wiley & Sons, 2019

Newly updated edition of the highly successful core text for using cognitive behaviour therapy with children and young people

The previous edition of Think Good, Feel Good was an exciting, practical resource that pioneered the way mental health professionals approached Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with...

The Neurologic Diagnosis: A Practical Bedside Approach

Springer, 2018

An introductory text that transitions into a moderately advanced, case-based analysis of neurologic disorders and diseases, this book emphasizes how to simplify the process of making a neurologic diagnosis. Medical students and residents are often intimidated by a deluge of data, perception of anatomic complexity, extensive...

Ecosystem Services: Economics and Policy (Palgrave Studies in Natural Resource Management)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book bridges the gap between economic and ecological theory and practice. Its main focus is on how the principles of the Austrian School of economics could improve the validity of Ecosystem Services.

The concept of ‘Ecosystem Services’ is a relatively recent innovation in environmental thought. The...

We Are Not Refugees: True Stories of the Displaced

Imagine, 2019

Never in history have so many people been displaced by political and military conflicts at home—more than 65 million globally. Unsparing, outspoken, vital, We Are Not Refugees tells the stories of many of these displaced, who have not been given asylum.

"With the keen eye and sharp pen of a...

DK Life Stories: Florence Nightingale

DK Children, 2019

In this kids' biography, discover the fascinating story of Florence Nightingale, who cared for British soldiers during wartime as the "Lady of the Lamp" and changed the field of nursing.

Florence Nightingale was a pioneer of nursing at a time when women were discouraged from working outside the home,...

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