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Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation
by Sharon Gamson DanksCase Studies from North America, Scandinavia, Japan, and Great Britain demonstrate natural outdoor teaching environment that support hand-on learning in science, math, language, and art in ways that nurture healthy imagination and socialization Asphalt to Ecosystems is a compelling color guidebook for designing and building natural schoolyard environments that enhance childhood learning and play experiences while providing connection with the natural world. With this book, Danks broadens our notion of what a well-designed schoolyard should be, taking readers on a journey from traditional, ordinary grassy fields and asphalt, to explore the vibrant and growing movement to "green" school grounds in the United States and around the world. This book documents exciting green schoolyard examples from almost 150 schools in 11 countries, illustrating that a great many things are possible on school grounds when they are envisioned as outdoor classrooms for hands-on learning and play.The book's 500 vivid, color photographs showcase some of the world's most innovative green schoolyards including: edible gardens with fruit trees, vegetables, chickens, honey bees, and outdoor cooking facilities; wildlife habitats with prairie grasses and ponds, or forest and desert ecosystems; schoolyard watershed models, rainwater catchment systems and waste-water treatment wetlands; renewable energy systems that power landscape features, or the whole school; waste-as-a-resource projects that give new life to old materials in beautiful ways; K-12 curriculum connections for a wide range of disciplines from science and math to art and social studies; creative play opportunities that diversify school ground recreational options and encourage children to run, hop, skip, jump, balance, slide, and twirl, as well as explore the natural world first hand. The book grounds these examples in a practical framework that illustrates simple landscape design choices that all schools can use to make their schoolyards more comfortable, enjoyable and beautiful, and describes a participatory design process that schools can use to engage their school communities in transforming their own asphalt into ecosystems.
Aspirin and Related Drugs
by K. D. RainsfordReviewing over a century of aspirin research and use, Aspirin and Related Drugs provides a comprehensive source of information on the history, chemistry, absorption in the body, therapeutic effects, toxicology, elimination, and future uses of aspirin.Highlighting the historical evolution of the salicylates and the commercial development of
Assembling Health Rights in Global Context: Genealogies and Anthropologies
by Alex Mold David ReubiWhat do we mean when we talk about rights in relation to health? Where does the language of health rights come from, and what are the implications of using such a discourse? During the last 20 years there have been an increasing number of initiatives and efforts – for instance in relation to HIV/AIDS – which draw on the language, institutions and procedures of human rights in the field of global health. This book explores the historical, cultural and social context of public health activists’ increasing use of rights discourse and examines the problems it can entail in practice. Structured around three interlinked themes, this book begins by looking at what health as a right means for our understandings of citizenship and political subjectivities. It then goes on to look at how and why some health problems came to be framed as human rights issues. The final part of the book investigates what happens when health rights are put into practice – how these are implemented, realised, cited, ignored and resisted. Assembling Health Rights in Global Context provides an in-depth discussion of the historical, anthropological, social and political context of rights in health and develops much needed critical perspectives on the human rights approach to global health. It will be of interest to scholars of public health and human rights within health care as well as sociology and anthropology.
Asserting Yourself: A Practical Guide for Positive Change (Updated Edition)
by Sharon Anthony Bower Gordon H. BowerUtilizing a number of techniques from behavior-change psychology, speech, communications, and acting, the authors Sharon and Gordon Bower outline an effective assertiveness program to help people improve their self-esteem, articulate their opinions, and develop meaningful relationships.
Assess, Rebuild, Connect: Creating a New Life Beyond Addiction (The Adams Recovery Center series #3)
by Adams Recovery CenterAssess, Rebuild, Connect is the comprehensive resource that guides individuals and their loved ones through the three phases of addiction recovery and into a life of sustained sobriety.Featuring reflection questions and room for written responses, plus real-life success stories to inspire and encourage, Assess, Rebuild, Connect provides a trusted companion through pre-treatment, treatment, and aftercare.Readers will be empowered to:ASSESS their issues and obstacles and set realistic expectations about the journey ahead.REBUILD the most important parts of their lives: trust in themselves and in the process; self-respect and confidence; and coping skills for tasks such as finding a safe place to life, getting a job, or returning to school. CONNECT with the real world outside of addiction, repairing relationships and managing the challenges of maintaining lifelong sobriety.Based on decades of clinical experience, Assess, Rebuild, Connect is a down-to-earth tool for creating a new life beyond addiction—the life everyone deserves!
Assess Yourself Activities For Access To Health (Thirteenth Edition)
by Rebecca J. DonatelleLong available online, now these popular self assessments also come in print. This supplement allows instructors who don't assign the popular Assess Yourself activities online to still assign them as traditional homework. Assess Yourself questionnaires and activities help students evaluate their health habits and facilitate behavior change.
Assessing and Improving Value in Cancer Care: Workshop Summary
by Institute of MedicineUnlike many other areas in health care, the practice of oncology presents unique challenges that make assessing and improving value especially complex. First, patients and professionals feel a well-justified sense of urgency to treat for cure, and if cure is not possible, to extend life and reduce the burden of disease. Second, treatments are often both life sparing and highly toxic. Third, distinctive payment structures for cancer medicines are intertwined with practice. Fourth, providers often face tremendous pressure to apply the newest technologies to patients who fail to respond to established treatments, even when the evidence supporting those technologies is incomplete or uncertain, and providers may be reluctant to stop toxic treatments and move to palliation, even at the end of life. Finally, the newest and most novel treatments in oncology are among the most costly in medicine. This volume summarizes the results of a workshop that addressed these issues from multiple perspectives, including those of patients and patient advocates, providers, insurers, health care researchers, federal agencies, and industry. Its broad goal was to describe value in oncology in a complete and nuanced way, to better inform decisions regarding developing, evaluating, prescribing, and paying for cancer therapeutics.
Assessing Command and Control Effectiveness: Dealing with a Changing World (Human Factors in Defence)
by Peter Berggren Staffan Nählinder Erland SvenssonAssessing Command and Control Effectiveness: Dealing with a Changing World offers a description of the current state of Command and Control (C2) research in imperfect settings, showing how a research process should assess, analyse and communicate results to the development cycle of methods, work, manning and C2-technology. Special attention is given to the development of C2 research methods to meet the current and coming needs. The authors also look forward towards a future where effective assessment of C2 abilities are even more crucial, for instance in agile organisations. The purpose of the C2 research is to improve the process and make it more effective while still saving time and money. Research methods have to be chosen carefully to be effective and simple, yet provide results of high quality. The methodological concerns are a major consideration when working under such circumstances. Furthermore, there is often a need for a swift iterative development cycle, and thus a demand to quickly deliver results from the research process. This book explains how field research experimentation can be quick, simple and effective, being able to draw valid conclusions even when sample sizes are small and resources are limited, collecting empirical data using measures and procedures that are minimally intrusive.
Assessing Family Relationships: A Family Life Space Drawing Manual
by Theresa A. Beeton Ronald A. ClarkAssessing Family Relationships shows mental health professionals how to utilize the Family Life Space Drawing (the FLSD), a family assessment tool that incorporates information from multiple family members while building connections between the clinician and the client. In this manual, Theresa A. Beeton and Ronald A. Clark demonstrate the usefulness of the FLSD in both family and couple counseling. As a task-centered assessment tool, the FLSD enables an interactive and personalized process of counseling, which helps individuals to express concerns and information about themselves in an indirect and nonthreatening manner. Chapters are illustrated throughout with case studies and drawings adapted from the authors’ own clinical experience, and the manual offers an overview of the history of the FLSD, as well as where future research is headed. Providing a practical explanation of how to complete the FLSD process, Assessing Family Relationships will be highly relevant to couple and family therapists, as well as clinical social workers, who are interested in updating their practice with innovative family assessment research and techniques.
Assessing Medical Preparedness to Respond to a Terrorist Nuclear Event: Workshop Report
by Institute of MedicineA nuclear attack on a large U.S. city by terrorists--even with a low-yield improvised nuclear device (IND) of 10 kilotons or less--would cause a large number of deaths and severe injuries. The large number of injured from the detonation and radioactive fallout that would follow would be overwhelming for local emergency response and health care systems to rescue and treat, even assuming that these systems and their personnel were not themselves incapacitated by the event. The United States has been struggling for some time to address and plan for the threat of nuclear terrorism and other weapons of mass destruction that terrorists might obtain and use. The Department of Homeland Security recently contracted with the Institute of Medicine to hold a workshop, summarized in this volume, to assess medical preparedness for a nuclear detonation of up to 10 kilotons. This book provides a candid and sobering look at our current state of preparedness for an IND, and identifies several key areas in which we might begin to focus our national efforts in a way that will improve the overall level of preparedness.
Assessment of Addictive Behaviors (2nd edition)
by Roger A. Roffman G. Alan Marlatt Dennis M. DonovanThirteen contributions review the major screening and assessment instruments for treating alcohol, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamine, opioid, cannabis, club drug, gambling, and sex dependence. Intended for use in conjunction with Relapse prevention: maintenance strategies in the treatment of addictive behaviors, 2nd ed., the second edition adds a chapter on cultural sensitivity when working with different ethnic populations. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Assessment of Children: Cognitive Foundations
by Jerome M. SattlerSection I. Foundations: Challenges in assessing children : the process ; Challenges in assessing children ; Ethical, legal and professional issues ; A primer on statistics and psychometrics ; Ethnic minority children ; Administering tests to children -- Section II. Theories and issues in intelligence: Historical survey and theories of intelligence ; The development and measurement of intelligence -- Section III. The Wechsler tests: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth edition (WISC-IV) : description ; WISC-IV subtests ; Interpreting the WISC-IV ; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Third edition (WPPSI-III) : description ; WPPSI-III subtests and interpreting the WPPSI-III ; Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third edition (WAIS-III) : description ; WAIS-III subtests and interpreting the WAIS-III -- Section IV. Other measures of intelligence: Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth edition (SB5) ; Differential Ability Scales-Second edition (DAS-II) ; Assessment of Intelligence with Specialized Measures -- Section V. Report writing: Report writing
The Assessment of Functional Living Skills Guide
by James W. Partington Michael M. MuellerThe AFLS Guide provides information about the features of the AFLS, how to correctly score items, and how to develop program goals and objectives that clearly define and target the needs of the learner. - The AFLS Guide provides assessment and scoring instructions for each module - Includes recommendations for creating a unique, functional skills program - Functional, adaptive, self-help, practical life skills to maximize independence - Appropriate for children, adolescents, and adults in the home, school, and community setting - Structure of the assessment and skills tracking grid similar to the ABLLS-R - Easy to use for parents, teachers, behavior therapists, and other caregivers.
Assessment of the NIOSH Head-and-Face Anthropometric Survey of U.S. Respirator Users
by Institute of Medicine of the National AcademiesThe National Academies Press (NAP)--publisher for the National Academies--publishes more than 200 books a year offering the most authoritative views, definitive information, and groundbreaking recommendations on a wide range of topics in science, engineering, and health. Our books are unique in that they are authored by the nation's leading experts in every scientific field.
Assim Acima, Como Abaixo. A Minha Vida Como Um Adepto. Uma Autobiografia por Seila Orienta
by Gilson Cardozo de Arruda Seila Orienta; P. Windsheimer - TranslatorEsta autobiografia expõe um sincero relato sobre a vida de um adepto. Seila Orienta conta honestamente e de forma aberta sobre importantes e interessantes fases marcantes em sua via, tais como encontros com ordens mágicas, visitas às esferas, domínios dos gênios negativos, discípulos de Orienta e da Liga de Bardon a qual ele fundou nos ano de 1980 e algumas encarnações anteriores do autor. A primeira parte do livro é puramente autobiográfica e o segundo livro descreve as percepções que o autor esteve acumulando através de sua vida hermética. Na segunda parte do livro, os capítulos incluem e tratam da demonologia, dos seres elementais, Cristo, Shiva, amor, crença, o espírito guardião e vários outros assuntos interessantes.
Assistance Dog Providers in the United States: A Complete Guide to Finding a Guide, Hearing, or Service Dog
by Carla Stiverson Norm PritchettThis book offers excellent information of guide, service and hearing alert dogs and schools and organizations that train them in the United States. offers information on obtaining a working dog, what the different tasks that the dog do, and gives a list of addresses and contacts.
Assisted Dying: Reflections on the Need for Law Reform (Biomedical Law and Ethics Library)
by Sheila McLeanAssisted Dying explores the law relating to euthanasia and assisted suicide, tracing its development from prohibition through to the laissez faire attitude adopted in a number of countries in the 21st Century. This book provides an in-depth critique of the arguments surrounding legislative control of such practices and particularly looks into the regulatory role of the state. In the classical tradition of libertarianism, the state is generally presumed to have a remit to intervene where an individual’s actions threaten another, rather than harm the individuals themselves. This arguably leaves a question mark over the state’s determined intervention, in the UK and elsewhere, into the private and highly personal choices of individuals to die rather than live. The perceived role of the state in safeguarding the moral values of the community and the need for third party involvement in assisted suicide and euthanasia could be thought to raise these practices to a different level. These considerations may be in direct conflict with the so called right to die espoused by some individuals and groups within the community. However this book will argue that the state’s interests are and should be second to the interests that the people themselves have in choosing their own death. Assisted Dying is winner of the The Minty Prize of the Society of Authors, and winner of the Royal Society of Medicine Book Awards, 2008
Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Global South and North: Issues, Challenges and the Future
by Virginie Rozée Sayeed UnisaAssisted Reproductive Technologies in the Global South and North critically analyses the political and social frameworks of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), and its impact in different countries. In the context of a worldwide social pressure to conceive – particularly for women – this collection explores the effect of the development of ARTs, growing globalisation and reproductive medicalization on global societies. Providing an overview of the issues surrounding ART both in the Global South and North, this book analyses ART inequalities, commonalities and specificities in various countries, regions and on the transnational scene. From a multidisciplinary perspective and drawing on multisite studies, it highlights some new issues relating to ART (e.g. egg freezing, surrogacy) and discusses some older issues regarding infertility and its medical treatment (e.g. in vitro fertilisation, childless stigmatisation and access to treatment). This book aims to redress the balance between what is known about Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Global North, and how the issue is investigated in the Global South. It aims to draw out the global similarities in the challenges that ARTs bring between these different areas of the world. It will appeal to scholars and students in the social sciences, medicine, public health, health policy, women’s and gender studies, and demography.
Assistierte Reproduktion mit Hilfe Dritter: Medizin - Ethik - Psychologie - Recht
by Claudia Wiesemann Petra Thorn Katharina Beier Claudia BrüggeSammelband mit Beiträgen von 28 Expertinnen und Experten aus dem Bereich der assistierten Reproduktion.Immer häufiger werden Verfahren der medizinisch assistierten Reproduktion genutzt, die den Beitrag Dritter einschließen, also Samenspende, Eizellspende, Embryospende oder Leihmutterschaft. Diese Formen der Familienbildung mit Hilfe Dritter werfen ein breites Spektrum an medizinischen, ethischen, rechtlichen und lebensweltlichen Fragen auf, die umfassend und im interdisziplinären Kontext diskutiert werden sollten. In diesem Sammelband mit Beiträgen in deutscher und englischer Sprache diskutieren Expertinnen und Experten aus unterschiedlichen fachlichen und lebensweltlichen Perspektiven Probleme und Lösungsansätze. Empirische Analysen aus der internationalen Forschung und Praxisbeispiele aus Großbritannien, USA, Australien und Neuseeland ergänzen die Darstellung.
Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment
by Ike Presley Frances Mary D'AndreaAssistive technology is essential in todays world to enable people who are blind or visually impaired to participate fully in school, work, and life. But which assistive technology tools are right for your students? This comprehensive handbook is the essential resource for teachers of students with visual impairments, administrators, technology professionals, and anyone who needs to keep up with the ever-changing world of technology. Assistive Technology For Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired: A Guide to Assessment contains a wealth of technical information translated into clear, user-friendly terms, including: An overview of the full range of assistive technology that students can use to manage information in print or electronic formats-whether they use vision, touch or hearing to access information How to select appropriate tools and strategies A structured process for conducting a technology assessment Detailed assessment forms that can be used to determine students technology needs and solutions to address them Advice on writing up program recommendations based on assessment results Reproducible, blank assessment forms
Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired and Blind People
by Marion A. Hersh Michael A. JohnsonEqual accessibility to public places and services is now required by law in many countries. In the case of the vision-impaired, it is often the use of specialised technology which can provide them with a fuller enjoyment of all the facilities of society from large scale meetings and public entertainments to the more personal level of reading a book or making music. In this volume the engineering and design principles and techniques used in assistive technology for blind and vision-impaired people are explained. Features:· instruction in the physiology of the human visual system and methods of measuring visual ability;· explanation of many devices designed for every-day living in terms of generic electrical engineering principles;· sections of practical projects and investigations which will give the reader ideas for student work and for self teaching;· contributions by authors of international repute from divers fields which co-operate under the banner of assistive technology, among them: artificial vision systems; psychology, haptics, electrical engineering, design and visual physiology. Assistive Technology for Vision-impaired and Blind People is an an effective means of maintaining the currency of knowledge for engineers and health workers working to provide devices and/or services for people with sight loss and an excellent source of reference for students working in assistive technology and rehabilitation.
Asthma
by Adams MediaFor parents, few experiences provoke more anxiety than the thought of a sick child. The Everything® Healthy Living Series is here to help. These concise, thoughtful guides offer the expert advice and the latest medical information you need to understand your child’s ailments and provide the best possible care. Childhood illnesses are inevitable; the way you approach treatment is not.Inside you’ll find expert advice on recognizing asthma symptoms, seeking treatment, managing attacks, and identifying triggers. An asthma diagnosis can be frightening, but with proper guidance your child can lead a healthy and happy life.
Asthma: The Ultimate Teen Guide
by Penny Hutchins PaquetteA guide to understanding and coping with asthma when you're a teenager. Provides a basic understanding about asthma, the signs and symptoms of the disease, available medical treatments, and effective coping strategies. Offers personal interviews and advice from teens who are coping with asthma.
Asthma And Beyond
by Dr Paul SherwoodAfter helping thousands of people with back and heart problems, Doctor Sherwood deals with more ailments - from the small but irritating symptoms of colds to the life-threatening diseases such as appendicitis. Having studied the human lymphatic system for most of his life Paul Sherwood has come to the conclusion that many of our afflictions are rooted in blockages and malfunctions of this vital but over-looked fluid network. Using case histories from his long experience as an eminent West-End physician he illustrates his theories with proven examples - explaining the causes of symptoms in simple terms and the means by which they were relieved. The book concentrates on preventative measures and especially in children where catarrh, ear and throat trouble can cause such misery. There is also an emphasis of this theory in the treatment of Asthma, the bane of modern urban life - with diet, exercise and environmental considerations all playing an important part in health recovery. His original theories on preventing cot-death, asthma, arthritis, sinusitis etc. have already cured his patients - this book will help many more suffers.
Asthma and Bronchitis
by Jan de VriesIt is clear that asthma and bronchitis are on the increase, especially in Britain, and there are strong indications that this rise may be linked to atmospheric influences. Jan de Vries has over 30 years' experience of treating these conditions and in this important title in the By Appointment Only series he sets out his own ideas about respiratory disorders. He shows, for example, how many allergic reactions can result in asthma-related problems, hay-fever being a case in point. Viruses, bacteria and irritants may result in dry coughs, mucus formation, breathlessness, muscle pain and even light fever, depression and sometimes emphysema. Emphysema is known to be incurable, but Jan de Vries shows his treatments can bring welcome relief.