Learn how to write object-oriented programs in R and how to construct classes and class hierarchies in the three object-oriented systems available in R. This book gives an introduction to object-orien
Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy answers three questions: What heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure optimal outcome for the client
Intentional Intervention in Counseling and Therapy answers three questions: What heals in counseling and therapy and how? What actions in clinical decision making ensure optimal outcome for the client
Advancing a rapidly growing field of social science inquiry—the anthropology of policy—this volume extends and solidifies this body of work, focusing on education policy. Its goal is to examine timely
Advancing a rapidly growing field of social science inquiry—the anthropology of policy—this volume extends and solidifies this body of work, focusing on education policy. Its goal is to examine timely
Current computer graphics hardware and software make it possible to synthesize near photo-realistic images, but the simulation of natural-looking motion of articulated figures remains a difficultand c
Everyone is good at something. But at Lizzie's school this has been taken to extremes. Her classmate Ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football; her brother's sudden
The book discusses the emerging topic of comprehensive energy management in electric vehicles from the viewpoint of academia and from the industrial perspective. It provides a seamless coverage of all
Finality in Litigation provides guidance on finality in domestic and international litigation. Ensuring finality in litigation (‘preclusion’) is a challenge. Res judicata and abuse of proc
Making decisions is certainly the most important task managers are faced with, and it is often a very difficult one. This book offers a procedure for solving complex decision problems step by step. Un
Professor Patrick Rabbitt has been a prominent contributor to our ongoing knowledge of cognitive performance and cognitive ageing for over half a century. From the development of information processin
Fully revised for a 2nd edition, this essential guide provides a concise and accessible overview of the entire policy cycle taking the reader through the various stages of agenda setting, policy formu
In the tradition of The Double Helix, an insider's account of the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril
Learn how to manipulate functions and expressions to modify how the R language interprets itself. This book is an introduction to metaprogramming in the R language, so you will write programs to manip
Green pesticides, also called ecological pesticides, are pesticides derived from organic sources which are considered environmentally friendly and are causing less harm to human and animal health and
Almost every industry that use liquids and gas in any form has a need to measure flow, temperature and pressure. This text is a practical guide on how to accurately use these measuring instruments to
Imagine how different your life would be if you truly knew how to master your emotions and rid yourself of the feelings of anger and rage.Almost every person will suffer some form of anger management
When we look at the state of the world today, what is most evident is the fact that the major problems of our time — energy, environment, economy, climate change and social justice — cannot be underst
Published annually, State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics making it easy to compare states across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government
Although nosocomial, or hospital-acquired, infections have been well cataloged and are fairly well understood, traditional solutions have failed to completely eliminate the problem. Even the most mode
This book explores the music of Africa and its experience in modern education, offering music education analyses from African perspectives. The collection assembles insights from around Africa to brin
This book investigates recent policy initiatives dealing with the online enforcement of copyright in the European Union, providing unique insights into the current stalemate in the field. It is a time
This volume looks at spaces such as reservations, model villages, and collective towns as spatial and disciplinary techniques – implemented in order to disempower and radically alter the behavior of p
This book reports on the latest advances in concepts and further development of principal component analysis (PCA), discussing in detail a number of open problems related to dimensional reduction tech
Published annually, State Rankings features comprehensive state statistics making it easy to compare states across key measures in education, health, crime, transportation, taxes, government
This book contains two new approaches to improving the productivity and profitability of production systems that continuously increase competitiveness: Manufacturing Cost Policy Deployment (MCPD) and
As the world’s third-ranking economic power, Japan’s style of management such as the lifetime employment system, the seniority system and an enterprise union have been well studied. However, little el
This new edition reviews the current status of both basic and applied research on the regulation of food intake. Its focus is on the use of new technologies and/or less common animal models explaining
In life, delegation is fundamental. But it is difficult, especially when attempted internationally, as in the long delegation chains to the United Nations family and other global governance structures
Mechatronic systems are used in a range of consumer products from large-scale braking systems in vehicular agents to small-scale integrated sensors in mobile phones. To keep pace in the competitive co
There are thousands of environmental analyses prepared each year to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and similar programs. Written by an expert with 35 years of ex
