The Functional Approach is a small pamphlet (digitized as a small unit before the course) that organizes the vitamins, minerals, and water within the framework of the physiological functions and the health conditions they impact. The full narrative is unchanged, the unit just covers a different way of looking at the vitamins, minerals and water….
Empower your students to make better nutrition choices and achieve lasting behavior change with NUTRITION: CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES. A market leader for nearly four decades, this text balances coverage of important scientific research and nutrition fundamentals with applications to real life and general well-being. To empower students to make good food choices, the conversational tone…
A Gardner’s Workout Training the Mind and Entertaining the Spirit For many decades, Martin Gardner, the Grand Master of mathematical puzzles, has provided the tools and projects to furnish our all-too-sluggish minds with an athletic workout. Gardner’s problems foster an agility of the mind as they entertain. This volume presents a new collection of problems…
In his provocative and timely study of posthumanism, Dongshin Yi adopts an imaginary/imaginative approach to exploring the transformative power of the cyborg, a strategy that introduces balance to the current discourses dominated by the practicalities of technoscience and the dictates of anthropocentrism.Proposing the term “cyborgothic” to characterize a new genre that may emerge from gothic…
A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture traces the origins of tropical architecture to nineteenth century British colonial architectural knowledge and practices. It uncovers how systematic knowledge and practices on building and?environmental technologies in the tropics were linked to military technologies, medical theories and sanitary practices, and were manifested in colonial building types such as military barracks,…
Established by the Western Han dynasty more than 2,000 years ago, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is currently finding increased acceptance.A General Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine explores the thinking behind TCM, its philosophy-based theory, and its cutting-edge uses in today’s clinical practice. The book covers:Establishment an Additional ISBNs1420090445, 0429250428, 9781420090444, 9780429250422A General Introduction to Traditional…
The design of computer systems to be embedded in critical real-time applications is a complex task. Such systems must not only guarantee to meet hard real-time deadlines imposed by their physical environment, they must guarantee to do so dependably, despite both physical faults (in hardware) and design faults (in hardware or software). A fault-tolerance approach…
For courses in Computer Ethics and Computers and Society.An objective study of technology ethics that inspires critical thinking and debate. In Gift of Fire, A: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues for Computing Technology, Sara Baase presents a balanced exploration of the social, legal, philosophical, ethical, political, constitutional, and economic implications of computing and the controversies…
Being able to make and receive payments is an essential facet of modern life. It is integral to the banking and finance systems, and it touches all global citizens. In some areas, payment systems are rapidly evolving – moving swiftly from paper payment instruments, to electronic, to real-time – but in others, underdeveloped payment systems…
First published over fifty years ago, A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS remains an essential text for all serious students of literature. Now fully updated to reflect the latest scholarship on recent and rapidly evolving critical theories, the eleventh edition contains a complete glossary of essential literary terms presented as a series of engaging, beautifully crafted…
In A Grand Materialism in the New Art from China, Mary Bittner Wiseman shows that material matters in the work of Chinese artists, where the goal is to call attention to its subjects through the directness and immediacy of its material (like dust from 9/11, 1001 Chinese citizens, paintings made with gunpowder, written words) or…
From Italy to Switzerland, Germany to Spain, and Philadelphia to New Orleans, Anne Sinkler Whaley LeClercq describes the beauty of different historic gardens in this collection of essays. A Grand Tour of Gardens: Traveling in Beauty through Western Europe and the United States showcases her excursions to historic gardens around the world. Through her own…
.A Graphic Design Student’s Guide to Freelance: Practice Makes PerfectPractice Makes Perfect: A Graphic Design Student’s Guide to helps graphic design students freelance while in college in order to contextualize the material they are learning in their graphic design classes. In doing so, the material in the text assist graphic design students in rounding out…
For courses in algebra and trigonometry.Unifies the theme of a function � See, Solve, Apply The Graphical Approach series by Hornsby, Lial, and Rockswold covers functions through a consistent, four-part analytical process. The authors ask students to: 1: [See] Examine the nature of the graph 2: Solve a typical equation analytically and graphically 3: Solve…
For courses in precalculus.Unifies the theme of a function � See, Solve, Apply The Graphical Approach series by Hornsby, Lial, and Rockswold covers functions through a consistent, four-part analytical process. The authors ask students to: 1: [See] Examine the nature of the graph 2: Solve a typical equation analytically and graphically 3: Solve the related…
Addressing ages 3 to 8 years, A GUIDANCE APPROACH FOR THE ENCOURAGING CLASSROOM, 6th Edition, functions as a primary reference for professionals or as a resource for classes that address group management, the learning environment, child guidance, child behavior, challenging behavior, conflict management, and peace education topics. Part 1 explores the foundation of guidance in…