Cabrera, a specialist in thinking skills and learning, and Colosi (Cornell U. Family Life Development Center) explain the implications of Cabrera's research into thinking, metacognition, and teaching
Lectures on operations research and its use of probability theory. A collection of lectures from a special summer program at MIT's Operations Research Center treats topics in operations research for
Contributors associated with the eBusiness Research Center at Pennsylvania State University, the various corporations that fund the center, and other institutions offer advice on both moving an existi
During the past decade, the global economic center of gravity has shifted eastward and southward, creating new opportunities for economic cooperation, trade, and investment, but also new challenges. T
The ten chapters in Beyond Heterochrony: The Evolution of Development explore the evolution of biological development from many different perspectives. They present their research and consider all sid
This major new textbook has been specifically written for students in Development Studies. It provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary picture of development research over the past generation.
Packed with more than 200 colour illustrations, Visual Research explores a range of research methods that can be used by graphic designers and visual communicators in the development of clear and purp
This major new textbook has been specifically written for students in Development Studies. It provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary picture of development research over the past generation.
Determined to escape from TOR-N, a corrupt Narxis research center, Davis meets another recovered patient, Mercer, whose sweet smile and quirky sense of humor give her hope in humanity again--and a way
Manufacturing engineer Brethauer walks engineers and managers through 16 tools and techniques for moving new products from research and development through manufacturing to the market. He concludes wi
This is a student-centered, applied text, providing a chronologically organized introduction to the main age stages, research, and theories of child/adolescent development. Ideal for courses which tra
A timely guide for those investing in research and development.Completely updated and expanded, this edition examines the relationship between managing research development (R&D) and sustaining sound
This fascinating chronicle of the Internet's development takes readers behind the scenes of our everyday lives to see the heart of the Internet itself, from the room in LA where the Internet came to l
The last two decades in social work have seen tremendous strides in field research, from the development of improved research designs to more accurate methods of problem measurement and outcome analys
The Ghost Finders answer a distress call from the private research center of one of the biggest drug companies in the world, where a team of police enforcement agents have vanished. They have no ide
This up-to-date overview of the fast-moving field of infant development covers all the major areas of interest in terms of research, applications and policy.Provides an up-to-date overview of progress
This Handbook provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of research and theory about social development in children from pre-school age to the onset of adolescence.Forms part of a series of fo
This text describes, analyses and synthesises a wide range of contemporary issues from research and practice in the field of individual and collective workplace learning and development.Enables studen
Mice have been domesticated by humans for centuries, even millennia, and have been used in research since the 1600's. However, development of the laboratory mouse as a research model accelerated with
Finding true love is possible in just 90 days. Renowned clinical psychologist, Dr. Diana Kirschner, uses the latest research, clinical and personal experience to show you how. Dr. Diana knows the qu
Covers key social problems and practice-related issuesThe last two decades in social work have seen tremendous strides in field research, from the development of improved research designs to more accu
Ten years of research uncover the secret source of growth and profit …Those who center their business on improving people’s lives have a growth rate triple that of competitors and outperform the marke
High intelligence and low wisdom--that's how they roll deep inside the Artificial Evolution Research Center, and no section is deeper than the one in which Asuka's brilliant but flaky mother Kyoko res
Benefiting America’s leading center for the research and treatment of cancer, this is an invitation to a year’s worth of fabulous fetes hosted by New York’s most celebrated party-givers and fund-raise
Research on reading has tried, and failed, to account for wide disparities in readingskill even among children taught by the same method. Why do some children learn to read easily andquickly while oth
The increasing use of satellites for vital communication services, environmental monitoring, navigation, weather prediction, and scientific research is mirrored by the development of military capabil
This is volume 20 in a series on academic feminism. It is built from the assumption that current trends in academic feminism represent an objective advance in knowledge. Contributors to this volume at
Defining a global financial center (GFC) as “an intense concentration of a wide variety of international financial business and transactions in one place,” Hu, Vanhullebusch, and Harding cite the clea
In describing the technical experiences of one company from the beginning of the computer era, this book unfolds the challenges that IBM's research and development laboratories faced, the technologica
These proceedings will provide readers with an update on research, development, and operating practice in the fields of converting, fire refining, and casting in the base metal pyrometallurgy industry
The research reported in this book fulfills both a general and a specific purpose. Linear programming models are developed in order to improve the process of planning for economic development, both sh
This collection of 38 papers and 29 posters from the May 2004 conference reports on research and development activities in computer vision, robot vision, image processing, medical imaging, and pattern
This is one of four books resulting from the 13th international (35 countries represented) conference on engineering design (ICED 01). ICED covers engineering design from product development and innov
Drug delivery systems represent a vast area of research and development within biomaterials and medicine and the demand for sophisticated drug delivery devices continues to drive novel product develop
A summary of current research and its practical implications, this book discusses marine fouling organisms and their impact, testing and development of antifouling coatings, developments in chemically
A practical, thorough approach to the development of therapeutic special care settings Research has shown that physical surroundings strongly influence the behavior and quality of life of individu
The papers presented in this book reflects the substantial research efforts taking place at SEI focusing on the development, deployment, and evolution of component-based software systems. The book exp
A large and detailed volume on the design and control of the molecular character of electrode surfaces. Leading research scholars have contributed material dealing with the development and understandi
