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Aging Mechanisms: Longevity, Metabolism, and Brain Aging
This book brings together the most up-to-date information on recent research results of leading laboratories on aging science in East Asia, particularly in Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. Starting with a comprehensive overview of various hypotheses on biological mechanisms of aging by Dr. Sataro Goto, each chapter covers broad aspects of the most recent findings in aging-related topics: centenaria…
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- 1
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- 978-4-431-55763-0
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- XIV, 439
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- -
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- 153 AGI a
Handbook of Mindfulness and Self-Regulation
This empirically robust resource examines multiple ways mindfulness can be harnessed to support self-regulation, in part as a real-world component of therapy. Its authoritative coverage approaches complex mind/brain connections from neuroscience, cognitive, personality, social, clinical, and Buddhist perspectives, both within and outside traditional meditation practice. In domains such as letti…
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- 1
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- 978-1-4939-2262-8
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- VII, 301
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- -
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- 150
Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki
This volume showcases the best of recent research in the philosophy of science. A compilation of papers presented at the EPSA 13, it explores a broad distribution of topics such as causation, truthlikeness, scientific representation, gender-specific medicine, laws of nature, science funding and the wisdom of crowds. Papers are organised into headings which form the structure of the book. Read…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-23015-3
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- IX, 391
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- European Studies in Philosophy of Science
- Call Number
- 101
Bioresource and Stress Management
This book is a compilation of recent global measures to conserve bio-resources and manage biotic and abiotic stresses. It highlights emerging issues related to agriculture, abiotic and biotic stress factors, ethnic knowledge, climate change and global warming, as well as natural resources and their sustainable management. It also focuses on the consolidated efforts of scientists and academics e…
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- 1
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- 978-981-10-0995-2
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- XV, 276
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- -
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- 150.6
Boredom in the Classroom: Addressing Student Motivation, Self-Regulation, and…
This brief synthesizes current findings on the many aspects of chronic student boredom, its relationship with negative academic, emotional, and health outcomes, and what professionals can do to best address it. Citing the complexity of this common student emotion, the author spotlights boredom susceptibility during the critical K-12 years. The brief analyzes cognitive and emotional attributes o…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-13120-7
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- VII, 88
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Psychology
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- 150
Handbook of Vocational Rehabilitation and Disability Evaluation :Application …
This book presents the state of the art in the application and implementation of the WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in the areas of vocational rehabilitation as a primary topic and disability evaluation as a secondary topic. Application of the ICF and implementation strategies toward a holistic and comprehensive approach to work disability and voc…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-08824-2
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- XI, 571
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- Handbooks in Health, Work, and Disability
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- 150 HAN
AiKiDô: The Trinity of Conflict Transformation
In this volume, nine renowned experts delineate their theoretical or methodological approach of Aikidô in potentiating constructive handling of social conflicts. The authors depict the contribution of the Japanese self-defensive art Aikidô to the theory and practice of conflict transformation. The concept of Elicitive Conflict Transformation (Lederach, Dietrich) necessarily calls for a revise…
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- 1
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- 978-3-658-10166-4
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- VIII, 237
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- Elicitiva – Friedensforschung und Humanistische Psychologie
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- 150 AIK a
Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness
This book explores a wide range of mindfulness and meditative practices and traditions across Buddhism. It deepens contemporary understanding of mindfulness by examining its relationship with key Buddhist teachings, such as the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eight-Fold Path. In addition, the volume explores how traditional mindfulness can be more meaningfully incorporated into current psycholo…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-18590-3
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- XVI, 365
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- Mindfulness in Behavioral Health
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- 150
The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal Paperback
Based on 30 years of clinical and research experience, backed by a careful assessment of four decades of published data, Dr. Faguet documented in The War on Cancer (Springer 2005), early advances in cancer treatment and patient survival that soon stalled. Ten years later and after an exhaustive analysis of evidence-based data available through 2013 that incorporates 755 references, he reveals t…
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- -
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- 978-9402403879
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- 264
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- The Conquest of Cancer: A distant goal Paperback
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- 15.49 x 1.6 x 23.5 cm
Roy & Me This Is Not a Memoir
Maurice Yacowar challenges genre and form in Roy & Me, a cross between memoir and fiction, truth and distortion. It is the exploration of Yacowar’s relationship with Roy Farran—soldier, politician, author, mentor—and his conflict with Farran’s anti-Semitic past. Best known for his service with the British Special Air Service during World War II, Roy Farran served as a politician in the …
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- -
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- 9781926836102.01
- Collation
- 148
- Series Title
- Mingling Voices
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- 148 pages
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