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The genetics of cognitive neuroscience / of Cognitive Neuroscience
A primer on understanding the influence of specific genetic variants on cognition, affective regulation, personality, and central nervous system disorders.
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- 1 online resource (xii, 297 pages) : illustrations.
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Romance in the ivory tower The Rights and Liberty of Conscience
Should the choice to engage in a faculty-student romance be protected or precluded? An argument that the right to choose a romantic partner is a fundamental right of conscience, protected by the U.S Constitution.Allen Ginsberg once declared that "the best teaching is done in bed," but most university administrators would presumably disagree. Many universities prohibit romantic relationships bet…
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- 1 online resource (172 pages)
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The shadows of consumption : Consequences for the Global Environment
An environmentalist maps the hidden costs of overconsumption in a globalized world by tracing the environmental consequences of five commodities.The Shadows of Consumption gives a hard-hitting diagnosis: many of the earth's ecosystems and billions of its people are at risk from the consequences of rising consumption. Products ranging from cars to hamburgers offer conveniences and pleasures; but…
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages)
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Conceptual analysis and philosophical naturalism
This volume shows how the so-called 'Canberra Plan' of metaphysical research continues to inspire (and provoke) some of the most interesting work in modern metaphysics.
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- 1 online resource (viii, 370 pages)
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Knowledge and environmental policy: Re-imagining the boundaries of science an…
During the George W. Bush administration, politics and ideology routinely trumped scientific knowledge in making environmental policy. Data were falsified, reports were edited selectively, and scientists were censored. The Obama administration has pledged to restore science to the policy making process. And yet, as the authors of Knowledge and Environmental Policy point out, the problems in con…
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- 1 online resource (xv, 260 pages) :illustrations.
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Handbook of mobile communication studies / of Mobile Communication Studies
This volume offers a view of the cultural, interpersonal and family consequences of mobile communication across the globe. The contributors analyse the effects of moble communications on all aspects of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of phones, to the use of ringtones as a form of social exchange.
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- 1 online resource (ix, 472 pages) : illustrations, map
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Children without a state: A global human rights challenge
Children are among the most vulnerable citizens of the world, with a special need for the protections, rights, and services offered by states. And yet children are particularly at risk from statelessness. Thirty-six percent of all births in the world are not registered, leaving more than forty-eight million children under the age of five with no legal identity and no formal claim on any state. …
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 376 pages) :illustrations, map
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Austere realism Contextual Semantics Meets Minimal Ontology
This work presents a provocative ontological-cum-semantic position stating that the right ontology is austere in its exclusion of numerous common-sense and scientific posits and that many statements employing such posits are nonetheless true.
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- 1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : illustrations.
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Medical malpractice / Medical Malpractice
Economist Frank Sloan and lawyer Lindsey Chepke examine the U.S. medical malpractice process from legal, medical, economic & insurance perspectives, analyse past efforts at reform, & offer policy recommendations.
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Find your path :Unconventional lessons from 36 leading scientists and engineers
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (408 pages).
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