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Handbook of International Negotiation:Interpersonal, Intercultural, and Diplo…
This book reinforces the foundation of a new field of studies and research in the intersection between social sciences and specifically between political science, international relations, diplomacy, psychotherapy, and social-cognitive psychology. It seeks to promote a coherent and comprehensive approach to international negotiation from a multidisciplinary viewpoint generating a longer term of …
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- 978-1-4899-7583-6
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- XLIX, 438
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- 150
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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- 978-4-431-55763-0
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- XIV, 439
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- 153 AGI a
World Literatures Exploring the Cosmopolitan-Vernacular Exchange
"Placing itself within the burgeoning field of world literary studies, the organising principle of this book is that of an open-ended dynamic, namely the cosmopolitan-vernacular exchange. As an adaptable comparative fulcrum for literary studies, the notion of the cosmopolitan-vernacular exchange accommodates also highly localised literatures. In this way, it redresses what has repeatedly been i…
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- 9789176350782
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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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- 978-1-4939-2262-8
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- VII, 301
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- 150
Contingent Encounters Improvisation in Music and Everyday Life
Contingent Encounters offers a sustained comparative study of improvisation as it appears between music and everyday life. Drawing on work in musicology, cultural studies, and critical improvisation studies, as well as his own performing experience, Dan DiPiero argues that comparing improvisation across domains calls into question how improvisation is typically recognized. By comparing the musi…
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- 9780472903115
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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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- 978-3-319-23015-3
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- IX, 391
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- European Studies in Philosophy of Science
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- 101
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
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- 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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- 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
Great Divergence and Great Convergence A Global Perspective
This new monograph provides a stimulating new take on hotly contested topics in world modernization and the globalizing economy. It begins by situating what is called the Great Divergence--the social/technological revolution that led European nations to outpace the early dominance of Asia--in historical context over centuries. This is contrasted with an equally powerful Great Convergence, the r…
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- 978-3-319-17779-3
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- XII, 251
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- 330 GRI g
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
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