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Glucocorticoid Signaling: From Molecules to Mice to Man
This timely volume provides a comprehensive overview of glucocorticoids and their role in regulating many aspects of physiology and their use in the treatment of disease. The book is broken into four sections that begin by giving a general introduction to glucocorticoids and a brief history of the field. The second section will discuss the effects of glucocorticoids on metabolism, while the thi…
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- 978-1-4939-2894-1
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- XI, 385
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- 574.13 GLU
Effective Training of Arthroscopic Skills
This book explains how training in arthroscopic skills is best carried out in order to keep up to date with advances in arthroscopy, meet the ever-increasing demand for high-quality care, and respond to changes in available training time. State of the art developments regarding tools, performance monitoring, and learning strategies are presented, and practical guidelines provided for direct imp…
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- 978-3-662-44942-4
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- 25 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
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- X, 173
Effect of Spaceflight and Spaceflight Analogue Culture on Human and Microbial…
Many breakthroughs in biological research and translational healthcare advancements have been achieved by studying the response of biological systems to extreme environments. The spaceflight platform provides a unique environment where researchers can explore fundamental questions into cellular and molecular response mechanisms to unveil novel insight into human health and disease. Since the p…
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- 978-1-4939-3276-4
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- 21 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
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- XVIII, 301
Educator to Educator
Thinking and learning are based on powerful concepts – ideas that identify, but also provoke and challenge. This collection is designed to ignite discussions among educators and learners at all levels about social studies concepts that generate curiosity, passion, and a sense of who we are and could be in this world. Contributors to this book, drawn from across the educational field, have foc…
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- 978-94-6209-986-9
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- XIV, 228
Educational Research: Discourses of Change and Changes of Discourse
This collection addresses concepts and theories of change, contexts and functions of reform discourses, and fields of change in educational research. It examines a wide variety of issues such as girls’ education in France, educational neuroscience, the professionalization in Child Protection, and mathematics discourses. It pays attention to the pervasiveness of crisis rhetoric in American Edu…
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- 978-3-319-30455-7
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- 3 b/w illustrations
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- XII, 227
Educational Paths to Mathematics
This book offers fresh insight and understanding of the many ways in which children, youth and adults may find their paths to mathematics. The chapters of the volume offer and analyse promising new ways into mathematics. The focus is on spaces and modalities of learning, dialogue and inquiry, embodiment and aesthetic experience, information and communication technology and on the use of mathema…
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- 978-3-319-15409-1
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- 15 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
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- XIII, 486
Educational Media and Technology Yearbook
This book is an annual publication entering its 40th year. The series represents current trend and issues in the field of educational communications and technology, journals and other periodicals associated with the field, and the academic programs that prepare instructional technology professionals. Springer has been the publisher for the series, in cooperation with the Association for Educat…
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- 978-3-319-14187-9
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- 9 b/w illustrations
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- XVIII, 355
Educational Measurement for Applied Researchers
This book is a valuable read for a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who analyze assessment data and construct test instruments. It focuses on the use of classical test theory (CTT) and item response theory (IRT), which are often required in the fields of psychology (e.g. for measuring psychological traits), health (e.g. for measuring the severity of disorders), and education (e.g.…
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- 978-981-10-3300-1
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- 40 b/w illustrations, 74 illustrations in colour
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- XIV, 306
Educational Leadership Relationally
Educational leadership, management and administration has a rich history of epistemological and ontological dialogue and debate. However in recent times, at least since the publication of Colin Evers and Gabriele Lakomski’s trilogy – knowing, exploring and doing educational administration – there has been a distinct dearth. Educational Leadership Relationally explicitly returns matters of…
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- 978-94-6209-911-1
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- XIV, 152
Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness
This book is a critical assessment of the knowledge base on educational effectiveness, covering a period of five decades of research. It formulates a “lean” theory of good schooling, and identifies and explains instances of “ineffectiveness”, such as low effect sizes of malleable conditions, for which expectations are highly strung. The book presents a systemic outlook on educational ef…
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- 978-94-017-7457-4
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- XV, 389
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