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Developmental psychobiology: an interdisciplinary science
This text is the first to provide a coherent theoretical treatment of the flourishing new field of developmental psychobiology which has arisen in recent years on the crest of exciting advances in evolutionary biology, developmental neuroscience, and dynamic systems theory Michel and Moore, two of the field's key pioneers and researchers, integrate primary source information from research in b…
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A History of Christianity in India 1707–1858
This book, a sequel to Bishop Neill's A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to 1707, traces its subject from the death of Aurunzib to the so-called Indian Mutiny. The history of India since 1498 is of a tremendous confrontation of cultures and religions. Since 1757, the chief part in this confrontation has been played by Britain; and the Christian missionary enterprise, especially …
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Dreaming : a conceptual framework for philosophy of mind and empirical research
"Dreams, conceived as conscious experience or phenomenal states during sleep, offer an important contrast condition for theories of consciousness and the self. Yet, although there is a wealth of empirical research on sleep and dreaming, its potential contribution to consciousness research and philosophy of mind is largely overlooked. This might be due, in part, to a lack of conceptual clarity a…
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- 9780262327466
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- 1 online resource (xxv, 798 pages)
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Open development : networked innovations in international development
"The emergence of open networked models made possible by digital technology has the potential to transform international development. Open network structures allow people to come together to share information, organize, and collaborate. Open development harnesses this power, to create new organizational forms and improve people's lives; it is not only an agenda for research and practice but als…
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Lessons from the economics of crime : what reduces offending?
Reporting on research in the United States, Europe, and South America, this book discusses such topics as a cost-benefit analysis of additional police hiring, the testing of innovative policy interventions through field experiments, imprisonment and recidivism rates, incentives and disincentives for sports hooliganism and much more.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9781461944645
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- 1 online resource (vi, 241 pages).
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Defining mental disorder : Jerome Wakefield and his critics
"Grapples with the legacy of Jerome Wakefield, one of the most influential critics of modern psychiatry and the use of the DSM for psychiatric diagnosis"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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The design of high-efficiency turbomachinery and gas turbines
"This comprehensive textbook is unique in its design-focused approach to turbomachinery and gas turbines. It offers students and practicing engineers methods for configuring these machines to perform with the highest possible efficiency. Examples and problems are based on the actual design of turbomachinery and turbines. After an introductory chapter that outlines the goals of the book and prov…
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- Second edition, with a new preface.
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- 0262325802
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- 1 online resource (xxix, 593 pages) :illustrations
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Dolphin communication and cognition : past, present, and future
"Dolphin researchers have collected an impressive amount of data over the last twenty years, thanks to advances in technology for monitoring, recording, and analyzing dolphin behavior as well as increasing interest in exploring and modeling dolphins' cognitive capacities. This volume offers a comprehensive reference to the latest research on dolphin communication and cognition, reporting on fin…
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- 9780262331852
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages) :illustrations
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Situated design methods
All design is situated -- carried out from an embedded position. Design involves many participants and encompasses a range of interactions and interdependencies among designers, designs, design methods, and users. Design is also multidisciplinary, extending beyond the traditional design professions into such domains as health, culture, education, and transportation. This book presents eighteen …
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- 1 online resource (xi, 400 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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Obfuscation : a user's guide for privacy and protest
With Obfuscation, Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum mean to start a revolution. They are calling us not to the barricades but to our computers, offering us ways to fight today's pervasive digital surveillance -- the collection of our data by governments, corporations, advertisers, and hackers. To the toolkit of privacy protecting techniques and projects, they propose adding obfuscation: the del…
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