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The Evolution of Agency: Behavioral Organization from Lizards to Humans
A leading developmental psychologist proposes an evolutionary pathway to human psychological agency. Nature cannot build organisms biologically prepared for every contingency they might possibly encounter. Instead, Nature builds some organisms to function as feedback control systems that pursue goals, make informed behavioral decisions about how best to pursue those goals in the current situ…
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Tornado of Life: A Doctor's Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER
Stories from the ER: a doctor shows how empathy, creativity, and imagination are the cornerstones of clinical care. To be an emergency room doctor is to be a professional listener to stories. Each patient presents a story; finding the heart of that story is the doctor's most critical task. More technology, more tests, and more data won't work if doctors get the story wrong. When caring for o…
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The Scottish Book
The second edition of this book updates and expands upon a historically important collection of mathematical problems first published in the United States by Birkhäuser in 1981. These problems serve as a record of the informal discussions held by a group of mathematicians at the Scottish Café in Lwów, Poland, between the two world wars. Many of them were leaders in the development of such ar…
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- 978-3-319-22897-6
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Emerging Techniques in Applied Demography
By bringing together top-notch demographers, sociologists, economists, statisticians and public health specialists from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America to examine a wide variety of public and private issues in applied demography, this book spans a wide range of topics. It evaluates population estimates and projections against actual census counts and suggests further improvement of esti…
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- 978-94-017-8990-5
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- 36 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour
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Empirical Research in Statistics Education
This ICME-13 Topical Survey provides a review of recent research into statistics education, with a focus on empirical research published in established educational journals and on the proceedings of important conferences on statistics education. It identifies and addresses six key research topics, namely: teachers’ knowledge; teachers’ role in statistics education; teacher preparation; stud…
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- 978-3-319-38968-4
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- VII, 37
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Internal Rating Systems and the Bank-Firm Relationship: Valuing Company Networks
Summary: “In response to the complexity of the corporate environment and competition, companies are seeking a new organizational set to maintain their competitive advantage. Various empirical studies have been conducted which demonstrate firms’ abilities to increase value through network creation. From a lender’s point of view, a member of a network deserves more attention and a bette…
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- 978-1-137-49724-6
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- VII, 119
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- Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
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Writing for Publication Transitions and Tools that Support Scholars’ Success
This book offers systematic instruction and evidence-based guidance to academic authors. It demystifies scholarly writing and helps build both confidence and skill in aspiring and experienced authors. The first part of the book focuses on the author’s role, writing’s risks and rewards, practical strategies for improving writing, and ethical issues. Part Two focuses on the most common writin…
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- 978-3-319-31650-5
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A Guided Tour of Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences
Mathematical methods are essential tools for all physical scientists. This book provides a comprehensive tour of the mathematical knowledge and techniques that are needed by students across the physical sciences. In contrast to more traditional textbooks, all the material is presented in the form of exercises. Within these exercises, basic mathematical theory and its applications in the physica…
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- 9780511983962
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Essays on Research Methodology
The book presents a collection of essays addressing a perceived need for persistent and logical thinking, critical reasoning, rigor and relevance on the part of researchers pursuing their doctorates. Accordingly, eminent experts have come together to consider these significant aspects of the research process, which result in different knowledge claims in different fields or subject areas. An at…
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- 978-81-322-2214-9
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- 43 b/w illustrations
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Media and Mapping Practices in the Middle East and North Africa : Producing S…
A few months into the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2009/10, the promises of social media, including its ability to influence a participatory governance model, grassroots civic engagement, new social dynamics, inclusive societies and new opportunities for businesses and entrepreneurs, became more evident than ever. Simultaneously, cartography received ne…
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- Cities and Cultures volume 7
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