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Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Riley, Ann L. / Leopold, Luna B., PUBLISHER: Island Press, Conventional engineering solutions to problems of flooding and erosion are extremely destructive to natural environments. "Restoring Streams in Cities" presents viable alternatives to traditional practices that can be used both to repair existing ecological damage and to prevent such damage from happening.Ann L. Riley describes an interdisciplinary approach to stream management that does not attempt to "control" streams, but rather considers the stream as a feature in the urban environment. She presents a logical sequence of land-use planning, site design, and watershed restoration measures along with stream channel modifications and floodproofing strategies that can be used in place of destructive and expensive public works ong>projectsong>. She features examples of effective and environmentally sensitive bank stabilization and flood damage reduction ong>projectsong>, with information on both the planning processes and end results. Chapters provide: background needed to make intelligent choices, ask necessary questions, and hire the right professional help history of urban stream management and restoration information on federal programs, technical assistance and funding opportunities in-depth guidance on implementing ong>projectsong>: collecting watershed and stream channel data, installing revegetation ong>projectsong>, protecting buildings from overbank stream flowsProfusely illustrated and including more than 100 photos, "Restoring Streams in Cities" includes detailed information on all relevant components of stream restoration ong>projectsong>, from historical background to hands-on techniques. It represents the first comprehensive volume aimed at helping those involved with stream management in their community, anddescribes a wealth of options for the treatment of urban streams that will be useful to concerned citizens and professional engineers alike.

Mystic Glyphs: An Oracle Based on Native American Symbols

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rogers, Barb, PUBLISHER: Red Wheel/Weiser, A new and intuitive divination system ong>basedong> on Native American petroglyph symbols in a popular card format, this unique system will appeal to those interested in tarot, runes, medicine cards, Earth-ong>basedong> religions, and Native American spirituality.

Statistical Inference - Based on the likelihood (by

Statistical Inference - ong>Basedong> on the likelihood (by A.Azzalini). Year: . Hardcover - 343 pages. CHAPMAN&HALL/CRC. The book is written in ENGLISH.

Pass It on at School: Activity Handouts for Creating Caring

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Engelmann, Jeanne / Davis, Kalisha / Hong, Kathryn L., PUBLISHER: Search Institute, This activity-ong>basedong> resource for those in the school community includes activities and ideas to integrate developmental assets into everyday efforts.

Evidence Based Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lipman, Arthur G., PUBLISHER: Informa Healthcare, Make your patients'final days as comfortable as possible There are few situations more challenging and emotionally taxing to a medical professional than the care of the terminally ill. Much has been learned in recent years about symptom control that can profoundly improve the quality of life in a patient's final days.Evidence ong>Basedong> Symptom Control in Palliative Care: Systemic Reviews and Validated Clinical Practice Guidelines for 15 Common Problems in Patients with Life Limiting Disease provides you with symptom control approaches that will help meet patients'last wishes, improve the quality of life for patients and their families, and lessen their physical and emotional pain. Palliative care--often ong>basedong> on anecdotal experience--has until now been inconsistent and much of the time less than optimally effective. Evidence ong>Basedong> Symptom Control in Palliative Care is the result of comprehensive literature reviews and clinical validation resulting in recommendations and suggestions for therapies that will improve the lives of patients who are in pain and discomfort. Evidence ong>Basedong> Symptom Control in Palliative Care presents seven sections--Algorithm, Literature Review, Evidence Tables, Drug Therapy Tables, Evaluation Instruments, Unanswered Questions, and References--on each of these problems: anorexia and cachexia anxiety bleeding problems constipation delirium depression diarrhea dyspnea (shortness of breath) fatigue and weakness mouth problems nausea and vomiting nutrition and hydrationEvidence ong>Basedong> Symptom Control in Palliative Care is a vital guide for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other clinicians caring for patients with advanced irreversible diseases. This volume supplies the data you'll require to offer patients relevant care and meet their needs.

Homelessness Amid Affluence: Structure and Paradox in the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lang, Michael H., PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, Approaching the problem of homelessness from a broad public policy perspective, Lang focuses on the American political economy and how it permits community development patterns ong>basedong> on racism and self-interest. This interdisciplinary study challenges the belief that homelessness is entirely due to the Reagan administration's cutbacks. Instead, it suggests the need for reform in our housing and employment policies. The book reviews competing socioeconomic paradigms that can explain why meaningful and effective programs are difficult to enact. Homelessness Amid Affluence discusses housing, community development patterns, economic segregation, and problems of the urban underclass, as well as proposed solutions. The interdisciplinary nature and historical perspective of this volume make it informative reading for sociologists, social workers, policymakers, and researchers. This volume is divided into five sections. The first section provides a conceptual overview. Section Two deals with the urban policy context from which a solution to homelessness must emerge. Section Three covers low-cost housing while Section Four deals with specific policies and programs developed in response to the needs of the homeless. A case study ong>basedong> on the author's experience with the efforts of Camden County, New Jersey is included. The last section analyzes some new policy approaches and ends with an assessment of the likely policy outcomes to emerge from this continuing debate.

Conduct Disorders

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eddy, J. Mark, PUBLISHER: Compact Clinicals, As many as four million children suffer from extreme behavior problems at school and at home. Family, parents, and teachers are all affected. They try to understand the child's behavior and wonder what kind of help to seek. Now professional information is available on behavior problems, written in a jargon-free, easy-to-read format. Find out what causes behavior problems, what kind of medications work for treatment, and what the likelihood of recovery is. -- Describes the kind of parent training involved in treatment -- Describes how school-ong>basedong> treatment programs work

Math Achievement, Grade 2: Enriching Activities Based on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bond, Meadow, PUBLISHER: Carson-Dellosa Publishing, -The challenging math problems in this useful classroom resource require students to calculate, organize data, problem solve, and express their knowledge of mathematical concepts. It fully supports NCTM standards and includes reproducible activity pages, pretests in standardized test format, a ready-to-use scoring box on each page, and complete answer keys.

AAAI-92: Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: American Association on Artificial Intel / AAAI Press, PUBLISHER: AAAI Press, The focus of the AAAI-92 conference is on the re integration of AI as a diverse but coherent whole. Accordingly the traditional list of community-ong>basedong> content areas has been replaced by a more neutral set of taxonomies that span the field. For example, a paper proposing a new epistemology for representing the physical world ong>basedong> on an analysis of human brain structure would be described as "representation, physical world, biological." The papers collected here represent significant research contributions to such areas as the principles underlying cognition, perception, and action in man and machine; the design, application, and evaluation of AI algorithms and systems; and the analysis of domains in which AI systems perform.

Small Groups in the Church: A Handbook for Creating

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kirkpatrick, Thomas G., PUBLISHER: Alban Institute, This planning and leader training handbook offers a distinctive broad-ong>basedong>, small-group approach to building community. From the Jewish havurot to Christian koinonia, you will gain a thorough understanding of community, learn how to plan an effective small-group ministry, how to select and train leaders for all kinds of small groups, and how to start small groups that are a part of and not apart from their congregations. Appendices provide an overview of the sociological, psychological, and biblical theological literature on community and a wealth of presentation and leader training resources.

The Kid's Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lewis, Barbara A., PUBLISHER: Free Spirit Publishing, This new edition of Free Spirit's best-selling youth service guide includes a refreshed "Ten Steps to Successful Service ong>Projectsong>" plus hundreds of up-to-date ideas for ong>projectsong>--from simple to large-scale. At a time when U.S. President Barack Obama has called for increased participation in community service, this revitalized book is sure to find a whole new audience of eager young change-makers. Acquista Ora

The Administrator's Guide to School-Community Relations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pawlas, George E., PUBLISHER: Eye on Education, This large collection of handy ideas features easy-to-use tools, comprehensive checklists, and sets of Do's and Don'ts advisories. It provides guidelines on how to conduct effective parent conferences, suggestions on how to recruit and work with volunteers, and other useful tips to help bring your school and your community closer together.

Crafting with Flea Market Fabrics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harding, Deborah, PUBLISHER: Reader's Digest Association, Discover how to give new life to vintage household linens, lace trimmings, and other tag sale and thrift ong>shopong> bargains. Complete with clear, step-by-step instructions on more than 90 creative ong>projectsong>.

Software Engineering: Principles and Practice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: van Vliet, Hans, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, Software Engineering: Principles and Practice challenges the reader to appreciate the issues, design trade-offs and teamwork required for successful software development. This new edition has been brought fully up to date, with complete coverage of all aspects of the software lifecycle and a strong focus on all the skills needed to carry out software ong>projectsong> on time and within budget. Highlights of the third edition include: * Fully updated chapters on requirements engineering and software architecture. * New chapters on component-ong>basedong> software engineering, service orientation and global software development. * Extensive coverage of the human and social aspects of software development. * Balanced coverage of both traditional, heavyweight development and agile, lightweight development approaches such as Extreme Programming (XP). Written to support both introductory and advanced software engineering courses, this book is invaluable for everyone in software development and maintenance who wants an accessible account of the problems incurred in large-scale software development and the proposed solutions. A companion website with additional resources for students and instructors can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/college/van vliet

Significant Interiors

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brenner, Diana M. H. / Chu, Annie / Hawk, Timothy, PUBLISHER: Images Publishing Group, Significant Interiors features award-winning interiors from the USA by notable architecture and design firms. The American Institute of Architects has selected each of the 55 ong>projectsong> ong>basedong> on a criteria of creativity and innovation, and presents them in a fresh, reader-friendly format. Winning ong>projectsong> are featured with detailed commentary, plans, captions and colour photographs. ong>Projectsong> include: International Terminal at the San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; New York Stock Exchange Trading Floor, New York City, by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Detroit Opera House, Detroit, Michigan, by Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.; Chicago Tribune Pressroom, Chicago, Illinois, by Perkins + Will and First Presbyterian Church of Encino, California, by Abramson Teiger Architects.

Fun Projects for Hands on Character Building

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boyer, Rick / Boyer, Marilyn, PUBLISHER: GCB Publishing Group, Practical ideas, programs, and ong>projectsong> to help build character traits like obedience, self-acceptance, a forgiving spirit, meeknees, and a strong testimony. The memories created will last a lifetime.

Understanding Boat Corrosion, Lightning Protection and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Payne, John C., PUBLISHER: Sheridan House, Covers problems with metal corrosion on the hull and fastenings, lightning hazards and protection and electrical problems on a boat. It is part of series of books about technical issues facing every boat owner and is fully illustrated with photos and technical drawings.

Community Health Nursing: Promoting Health of Aggregates,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stanhope, Marcia / Lancaster, Jeanette, PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, Since its initial publication more than 10 years ago, "Community Health Nursing" has achieved wide acceptance and popularity because of its breadth and depth of coverage. The revision of this market-leading text incorporates a new, accessible, two-color design, extensively rewritten content, and additional chapters on contemporary community health issues.

Architektur In Deutschland/Architecture In Germany

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Prestel Publishing, PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing, This volume focuses on the topic of reconstruction as it examines three recently completed ong>projectsong> in Berlin, Munich, and Potsdam, and three different approaches to the task of rebuilding. The pros and cons of this ardently debated theme are explored and questioned from various perspectives in essays written by leading critics. The comprehensive section on ong>projectsong> presents fifteen new building ong>projectsong> in Germany by Barkow Leibinger, Meck Architects, OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, and others. More than two hundred color photographs and drawings illustrate the newest edition of the DAM Yearbook.

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early American history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years of the war, and on its effort to raise the concept of human rights and equality above restrictions ong>basedong> on race or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword and new afterword, as well as an author's preface to the original edition, an author's preface to the first paperback edition (), an epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, and an index.

Optimal Control of Differential Equations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pavel, Nicolae H. / Pavel, Pavel H., PUBLISHER: CRC Press, "ong>Basedong> on the International Conference on Optimal Control of Differential Equations held recently at Ohio University, Athens, this Festschrift to honor the sixty-fifth birthday of Constantin Corduneanu an outstanding researcher in differential and integral equations provides in-depth coverage of recent advances, applications, and open problems relevant to mathematics and physics. Introduces new results as well as novel methods and techniques "

Approximation, Randomization, and Combinatorial

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Serna, Maria / Shaltiel, Ronen / Jansen, Klaus, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 13th International Workong>shopong> on Approximation Algorithms for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, APPROX , and the 14th International Workong>shopong> on Randomization and Computation, RANDOM , held in Barcelona, Spain, in September . The 28 revised full papers of the APPROX workong>shopong> and the 29 revised full papers of the RANDOM workong>shopong> included in this volume, were carefully reviewed and selected from 66 and 61 submissions, respectively. APPROX focuses on algorithmic and complexity issues surrounding the development of efficient approximate solutions to computationally difficult problems. RANDOM is concerned with applications of randomness to computational and combinatorial problems.

Biology: A Laboratory Guide to the Natural World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Richardson, Dennis J. / Richardson, Kristen E., PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, As energy crises, environmental mismanagement, and disease outbreaks increase in our world, an understanding of biology is becoming more important than ever. These laboratory exercises give readers a greater understanding of themselves and of current issues in a biological context. Explores the natural world through Web-ong>basedong> exercises and inquiry-ong>basedong> investigation. Focuses on the scientific method and on science as a process. Features end-of-chapter Web exercises. References other human endeavors such as art, literature, and history. Offers a new exercise in human evolution incorporating recent paleontological discoveries. Presents more information on various animal groups. Approximately 10% of problems revised and rewritten for greater clarity and less redundancy. A useful source for science teachers (grades 7-12) and for anyone interested in learning more about biology.

The Power of Collaborative Solutions: Six Principles and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wolff, Tom / Peirce, Neal R., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, Our helping systems are failing us and we have serious problems with traditional community problem-solving methods that are ineffective and create pain, waste, and dysfunction in our communities. In this groundbreaking book, the author spells out his real-world-tested key principles for creating collaborative solutions that build healthy communities. Collaborative Solutions is a practical book that addresses how to solve contemporary social problems by bringing people of diverse circumstances and backgrounds together in working to solve community challenges. Filled with stories and tools, it shows how to make change happen in the real world.

Understanding Dementia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Jacques, Brian / Jacques, Alan / Jackson, Graham A., PUBLISHER: Churchill Livingstone, A comprehensive and very readable introduction to the subject of dementia intended for use by all health professionals involved in the provision of care for this group of patients, both in hospital and in the community. The book presents a broad look at the wide range of ways in which dementia can affect the lives of those with the illness and their carers. The author combines a compassionate understanding of the problems of dementia with a reassuringly positive attitude to the ways in which those problems may be faced and coped with. Although academically ong>basedong> (the author is one of the leading researchers and clinicians in the field) it is written in such clear language that it remains accessible to caregivers and other non-health professionals with an interest in the subject.

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