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Radiographic Image Analysis

Radiographic Image Analysis

Kathy McQuillen Martensen

Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
2024
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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Radiologic Technology** Gain the knowledge and skills you need to analyze radiographic images and solve imaging challenges! Reflecting the latest ARRT® content specifications, Radiographic Image Analysis, 6th Edition provides a guide to evaluating and adjusting images to produce diagnostic-quality radiographs. It helps you to identify the error in positioning or technique that may have caused a poor image, then shows how to correct the problem, so you can reduce the need for repeat radiographs. Each projection includes an optimal radiograph along with examples of unacceptable images. Written by radiology expert Kathy McQuillen Martensen, this text builds your critical thinking skills and helps you prepare for success on the ARRT certification examination. Chapter objectives, key terms, outlines, and summaries reinforce the most important material. Image analysis guidelines for each procedure include accurately positioned projections with labeled anatomy, photographs of accurately positioned models, discussions of poor positioning and of positioning variations, practice projections that demonstrate common procedural errors, and more. Questions to Consider help you thoroughly analyze projections. Spotlights highlighting Concepts boxes emphasize the most important information and direct readers to additional information on these topics. Review questions at the end of chapters help you assess your understanding of the material, with answers provided on the Evolve website. Summary tables provide quick access to important data for easy reference. Bolded key terms are defined in the expanded glossary, ensuring that you understand the terms under discussion. NEW! Additional images help you to evaluate and correct positioning errors, and other images are replaced with more robust digital halftones. NEW! Revamped chapters on digital imaging incorporate the latest technology. NEW! Updates reflect the latest ARRT® content specifications.
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Information Technology Project Management

Information Technology Project Management

Kathy Schwalbe

South-Western
2010
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MANAGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, 6e, International Edition offers the "behind-the-scene" aspect of technology. By weaving together theory and practice, this text presents an understandable, integrated view of the many concepts skills, tools, and techniques involved in project management.
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Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play, Prek-2

Choice Time: How to Deepen Learning Through Inquiry and Play, Prek-2

Kathy Collins; Renee Dinnerstein

HEINEMANN EDUCATIONAL BOOKS
2016
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"In her inspirational, well-researched book, Ren e describes the kinds of learning opportunities that all parents want for their own children. Her accessible writing style makes it easy to envision the environment, teaching, and community she describes with such clarity you'll want to get started on her ideas tomorrow." --Jennifer Serravallo "How refreshing it is in a test-driven climate to read a book stressing the nurturing of imagination and empathy that comes from inquiry, play and children making choices." --Deborah Meier "The bottom line is when children are at play, they're not just playing--they're learning machines, and play is the engine that drives them." --Ren e Dinnerstein How do you define play and choice time in early childhood classrooms? According to Ren e Dinnerstein,"During choice time, children choose to play in a variety of centers that have been carefully designed and equipped to scaffold children's natural instinct for play." In Choice Time, Ren e gives you everything you need to set up choice-time centers that promote inquiry-based, guided play in your classroom. Ren e summarizes the research, describing the different kinds of play and why they are important. Then she dives into the nitty gritty, providing: blueprints for six proven choice-time centers, with variations a guide to arranging your classroom space to maximize play's value and support the child's growing independence scheduling suggestions for different grade levels ideas to connect centers to the curriculum, giving children greater agency in designing and planning centers. Ren e reveals what can happen when you embrace a culture of inquiry, providing opportunities for children to be explorative and creative in their thinking. She believes that, "A child's engagement is the most powerful asset we have for teaching and learning." Give your students choice time, and watch them engage in joyful, important, playful, age-appropriate work that will empower them to become lifelong learners.
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Student Supervision

Student Supervision

Kathy Ford; Alan Jones

Red Globe Press
1987
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This handbook is a practical and comprehensive guide to supervising social work students in their practice placements. It will be particularly useful to the new supervisor, but also has much to offer to those who are more experienced. Illustrated with numerous examples from present-day social work settings, the book provides a good account of the varied tasks involved in being a supervisor, as well as useful answers to the learning problems of students. It will meet the interests of supervisors in practical ways, as well as identifying the educational and professional principles on which sound supervision should be based.
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LISTENING TO STEPHEN READ

LISTENING TO STEPHEN READ

Kathy Hall

Open University Press
2002
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“In this interesting, informative and accessible book Kathy Hall takes you on a journey of exploration and discovery and succeeds in challenging the reader’s own stance on the teaching, not only of reading, but also of literacy as a whole.… an excellent, thought-provoking book which empowers the reader to critically reassess their own practice and will have a positive effect in many classrooms” British Journal of Educational Studies* How do different reading experts interpret evidence about one child as a reader?* What perspectives can be brought to bear on reading in the classroom?* How can a rich notion of literacy be promoted in the regular primary classroom?In this book Kathy Hall invites you to extend your perspective on reading by considering the responses of well known reading scholars (e.g. Barbara Comber, Henrietta Dombey, Laura Huxford and David Wray) to evidence of one child as a reader. Reading evidence from eight-year-old Stephen, who is 'under-achieving' in reading, together with the suggestions of various experts about how his teacher could support him provide a vehicle for discussing different perspectives on reading in the primary classroom. The various approaches to literacy analysed include psycho-linguistic, cognitive-psychological, socio-cultural and socio-political. The book aims to guide your choice of teaching strategies and to support your rationale for those choices. Acknowledging the complexity and the richness of the field of research on literacy, the book demonstrates the futility of searching for a single right method of literacy development. Rather we should search for multiple perspectives, guided by the diverse needs of learners.
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Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading: A Critical Perspective

Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading: A Critical Perspective

Kathy Goouch; Andrew Lambirth

Open University Press
2007
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"The book’s strength lies in the ability of the contributors to draw conclusions in relation to the reading debate and constructively justify moving away from the reliance on a single phonics approach based on evidence from empirical research. ...The book offers a timely warning against reading becoming synonymous withsynthetic phonics instruction, of children becoming mere ‘functional decoders of print’ (p. 53). The argument turns to the very real need for children to develop andunderstand the ‘joy, relevance and use for reading’ (p. 79); indeed in the current climate of synthetic phonics instruction children are in danger of losing the ability orthe will to look at a book for pleasure."Early YearsDebates about the teaching of reading and particularly which phonics method teachers should use have been simmering for many years. This groundbreaking book offers critical perspectives on the teaching of reading and phonics, openly challenging contemporary policy in both England and the US.As well as providing refreshing insights into how children encounter texts in the increasingly complex world of literacy, the book celebrates the complexity, pleasure and passion that are the foundations of becoming a successful reader. Each chapter explores in-depth the processes involved as children engage in reading, from their interactions with texts in the very earliest stages through to the primary phase. Drawing on both research and theory, the book also shows how some contemporary understandings of reading are based on over simplistic and rationalised ideas about the reading process. A unique feature of this book is that it combines academic perspectives with the insights of parents and practitioners. The participation of those most closely involved with children complements the lively debate and contributions from researchers, providing a rich and inclusive range of ideas.Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading is a stimulating read for educational studies students, students of teaching and learning, policy makers, educational researchers and teachers.
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Observation, Assessment and Planning in The Early Years - Bringing it All Together

Observation, Assessment and Planning in The Early Years - Bringing it All Together

Kathy Brodie

Open University Press
2013
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Children develop and learn best when their environment is tailored to their individual needs, supported through careful observation, informed assessment and dynamic planning - a cycle which is the bedrock of good early years practice. Although the EYFS recommends that observation, assessment and planning should be linked in a constant, cyclical process, in practice this can be a significant challenge. This book presents an integrated framework which puts the cycle into practical terms, bringing it all together to ensure a seamless process and to support you in this vital part of your work.The focus is on the critical links within the cycle and combines theory with proven good practice, including:Making and recording observations effectively and efficientlyHow observations should inform next steps, assessment and planningBringing all the information together into a cyclical processExploring potential challengesUsing reflective practice to refine and improve your techniquesRich in practical examples and case studies that illustrate how the cyclical framework works in practice, this is an excellent resource for early years practitioners and students looking to improve their observation, assessment and planning techniques."Observation, Assessment and Planning in the Early Years – Bringing it All Together, actually does bring it all together. Kathy Brodie has linked theorists from the past to the present, skilfully connecting to the revised EYFS. Early Years students and practitioners will have the opportunity to reflect on the innovative ideas that she has suggested. Kathy has also included detailed information on observing SEN children. This modern update to observation, assessment and planning is a must read for the early years sector."Laura Henry, Managing Director, Childcare Consultancy"This is a very well researched and practical guide to observation, planning and assessment in the Early Years. Kathy has collected together both historical and current thinking and ideas around the subject and then presented them in a way that is easy for the reader to access, understand and, more importantly, apply.The structure and format of the book helps the reader to check their understanding of the key learning points and then supports them in working through any challenges that they may have along with answers to key questions.Observation, Planning and Assessment in the Early Years is an essential read for all Early Years Practitioners from those with experience to those just starting out."Alistair Bryce-Clegg, Early Years Consultant"This is a wonderful and timely resource to help practitioners make and use well informed judgements of young children's learning and achievement. The four threads of observation, assessment, next steps and planning are skilfully woven together. Plentiful exemplifications and case studies vividly illustrate theoretical points and give young children a central place in the book."Marion Dowling, Early Years Specialist and Vice President of Early Education
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Livewire Investigates Motocross

Livewire Investigates Motocross

Kathy Galashan

Cambridge University Press
1999
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Motocross by Kathy Galashan. What does it take to be a famous pop star or a footballer worth millions? Ever thought of taking up bungee jumping or white water rafting? Livewire Investigates is a series of thrilling accounts of dream careers, hobbies, sports and even extreme sports! Motocross is a dirty and dangerous sport. It also requires great skill. If you like motorbikes and you want to test your nerves to the limit, then Motocross could be just the sport for you...
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Bones Never Lie (with Bonus Novella Swamp Bones)

Bones Never Lie (with Bonus Novella Swamp Bones)

Kathy Reichs

BANTAM
2015
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The evidence is irrefutable: In sixteen New York Times bestsellers over the course of as many years, Kathy Reichs has proven herself "a genius at building suspense" (New York Daily News). In forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, Reichs has created a detective fiction heroine who's brilliant to the bone. "Every minute in the morgue with Tempe is golden," says The New York Times Book Review. In the acclaimed author's thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered. Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD's Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she's been asked to meet with a homicide cop who's a long way from his own jurisdiction. The shocking answer: Two child murders, separated by thousands of miles, have one thing in common--the killer. Years ago, Anique Pomerleau kidnapped and murdered a string of girls in Canada, then narrowly eluded capture. It was a devastating defeat for her pursuers, Brennan and police detective Andrew Ryan. Now, as if summoned from their nightmares, Pomerleau has resurfaced in the United States, linked to victims in Vermont and North Carolina. When another child is snatched, the reign of terror promises to continue--unless Brennan can rise to the challenge and make good on her second chance to stop a psychopath. But Brennan will have to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local police and feds from one another's throats, and face more than just her own demons as she stalks the deadliest of predators into the darkest depths of madness. In Bones Never Lie, Kathy Reichs never fails to satisfy readers looking for psychological suspense that's more than skin-deep. Don't miss Kathy Reichs's short story "Swamp Bones" in the back of the book. "Kathy Reichs writes smart--no, make that brilliant--mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about Jack Reacher, or Alex Cross."--James Patterson "Nobody does forensics thrillers like Kathy Reichs. She's the real deal."--David Baldacci "Kathy Reichs continues to be one of the most distinctive and talented writers in the genre. Her legion of readers worldwide will agree with me when I declare that the more books she writes, the more enthusiastic fans she'll garner."--Sandra Brown "Each book in Kathy Reichs's fantastic Temperance Brennan series is better than the last. They're filled with riveting twists and turns--and no matter how many books she writes, I just can't get enough "--Lisa Scottoline "I love Kathy Reichs --always scary, always suspenseful, and I always learn something."--Lee Child "Reichs, a forensic anthropologist, makes her crime novels intriguingly realistic."--Entertainment Weekly "Tempe Brennan is the lab lady most likely to dethrone Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta."--USA Today "Reichs always delivers a pulse-pounding story."--Publishers Weekly
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Speaking in Bones

Speaking in Bones

Kathy Reichs

BANTAM
2016
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - First time in print: the novella Bones on Ice No one speaks the language of suspense more brilliantly than Kathy Reichs, author of the acclaimed Temperance Brennan series. In Speaking in Bones, the forensic anthropologist finds herself drawn into a world of dark secrets and dangerous beliefs, where good and evil blur. Professionally, Temperance Brennan knows exactly what to do--test, analyze, identify. Her personal life is another story. She's at a loss, wondering how to answer police detective Andrew Ryan's marriage proposal. But the matter of matrimony takes a backseat when murder rears its head. Hazel "Lucky" Strike--a strident amateur detective who mines the Internet for cold cases--comes to Brennan with a tape recording of an unknown girl being held prisoner and terrorized. Strike is convinced the voice is that of eighteen-year-old Cora Teague, who went missing more than three years earlier. Strike is also certain that the teenager's remains are gathering dust in Temperance Brennan's lab. Brennan has doubts about working with a self-styled websleuth. But when the evidence seems to add up, Brennan's next stop is the treacherous backwoods where the chilling recording (and maybe Cora Teague's bones) were discovered. Her forensic field trip only turns up more disturbing questions--along with gruesome proof of more untimely deaths. While local legends of eerie nocturnal phenomena and sinister satanic cults abound, it's a zealous and secretive religious sect that has Brennan spooked and struggling to separate the saints from the sinners. But there's nothing, including fire and brimstone, that can distract her from digging up the truth and taking down a killer--even as Brennan finds herself in a place where angels fear to tread, devils demand their due, and she may be damned no matter what. Praise for Speaking in Bones "Speaking in Bones keeps the suspense high."--Associated Press "Temperance's forensic sleuthing uncovers many secrets, along with a blockbuster psychological surprise."--The Huffington Post
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The Satisfaction Cafe

The Satisfaction Cafe

Kathy Wang

Little, Brown Book Group
2025
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'Captivating from the first sentence' Woman and Home'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen'Evokes the narrative power of classic Anne Tyler' Janice Y.K. Lee, author of The Piano Teacher'I loved this novel and its heroine so much. A must-read' J. Courtney Sullivan, author of The CliffsJoan Liang's life is a series of surprising developments: she never thought she would leave Taiwan (and for all places, California), nor did she expect her first marriage to implode - especially as quickly and spectacularly as it did. She definitely did not expect to fall in love with an older, wealthy American and become his fourth wife and mother to his youngest children. Through all this she asks herself the question familiar to so many of us: what are we living for? And are we ever truly satisfied? Vivid, comic and intensely moving, The Satisfaction Café is a novel about all of the joy, sorrow, betrayal and beauty that come with marriage and family - and above all, about life's endless capacity to surprise us.
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Door Busters

Door Busters

Kathy Weckwerth

Lulu.com
2019
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Door Busters is a ten lesson Bible study that uses God's Word, along with personal stories, prayers, and encouragement, to help you discover how to break through doors that are holding you back in your everyday life. Each chapter will review the lives of various Bible figures who were seeking and searching for God to help break through their challenges. This study will teach you how to follow God's divine direction for Your Best Life and become a strong Door Buster
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China in Line and Color

China in Line and Color

Kathy Cook

Lulu.com
2019
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China in Line and Color is a collection of vintage children's book illustrations of China, 1932-1965. Filled with beautiful artwork in pen and ink, watercolor, and pastel, this volume includes illustrations by Kurt Wiese, Lucille Douglass, Helen Sewell, Ninon MacKnight, and Miroslav Sasek. The illustrations bring to life the stories in each book and provide cultural and historical insight into the lives of Chinese people from past generations. Elizabeth Foreman Lewis, who wrote most of the novels represented here, lived in China for a number of years and was a renowned writer, winning the prestigious 1933 Newbery Medal for her novel, Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze. The reader will undoubtedly appreciate this fascinating collection of illustrations, and perhaps be enticed to read the books from which they originated.
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Big Data for Qualitative Research

Big Data for Qualitative Research

Kathy A. Mills

Routledge
2019
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Big Data for Qualitative Research covers everything small data researchers need to know about big data, from the potentials of big data analytics to its methodological and ethical challenges. The data that we generate in everyday life is now digitally mediated, stored, and analyzed by web sites, companies, institutions, and governments. Big data is large volume, rapidly generated, digitally encoded information that is often related to other networked data, and can provide valuable evidence for study of phenomena.This book explores the potentials of qualitative methods and analysis for big data, including text mining, sentiment analysis, information and data visualization, netnography, follow-the-thing methods, mobile research methods, multimodal analysis, and rhythmanalysis. It debates new concerns about ethics, privacy, and dataveillance for big data qualitative researchers. This book is essential reading for those who do qualitative and mixed methods research, and are curious, excited, or even skeptical about big data and what it means for future research. Now is the time for researchers to understand, debate, and envisage the new possibilities and challenges of the rapidly developing and dynamic field of big data from the vantage point of the qualitative researcher.
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Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value

Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value

Kathy Bowrey

Routledge
2020
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As the publishing, film and music industries are dominated by Big Media conglomerates, there is often recourse to simplistic ideological and conspiratorial readings of industry dynamics. Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value: Incorporating the Author explains why copyright is much more than a creator’s private property right or a mechanism through which corporations control cultural production and influence mass consumption choices.The volume is grounded in extensive, painstakingly detailed and colourful original archival research into business histories of major successful artists including Conan Doyle, Hall Caine, Margaret Atwood, Dame Nellie Melba, Radiohead and Banksy, and the industries and genres that grew up around their activities. Chapters address big questions about how copyright generates income and how distributions of profits are allocated in the publishing, film and music industries. It includes discussion of the creation of new formats, the interplay between old media and new technologies, international copyright reform and cross-industry relations.Copyright, Creativity, Big Media and Cultural Value is a wide-ranging and important resource for students and practitioners of law and policy, media studies, cultural studies and literary history.
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Forensic Science

Forensic Science

Kathy Mirakovits; Jay A Siegel

CRC Press
2021
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Forensic Science: The Basics, Fourth Edition is fully updated, building on the popularity of the prior editions. The book provides a fundamental background in forensic science, criminal investigation and court testimony. It describes how various forms of evidence are collected, preserved and analyzed scientifically, and then presented in court based on the analysis of the forensic expert.The book addresses knowledge of the natural and physical sciences, including biology and chemistry, while introducing readers to the application of science to the justice system. New topics added to this edition include coverage of the formation and work of the NIST Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSACs), new sections on forensic palynology (pollen), forensic taphonomy, the opioid crisis, forensic genetics and genealogy, recent COVID-19 fraud schemes perpetrated by cybercriminals, and a wholly new chapter on forensic psychology.Each chapter presents a set of learning objectives, a mini glossary, and acronyms. While chapter topics and coverage flow logically, each chapter can stand on its own, allowing for continuous or selected classroom reading and study.Forensic Science, Fourth Edition is an ideal introductory textbook to present forensic science principles and practices to students, including those with a basic science background without requiring prior forensic science coursework.
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The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science

The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science

Kathy Mirakovits; Gina Londino-Smolar

CRC Press
2021
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The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition presents foundational concepts in forensic science through hands-on laboratory techniques and engaging exercises. The text offers numerous lab projects on a range of subjects including fingerprinting, shoeprint analysis, firearms, pathology, anthropology, forensic biology and DNA, drugs, trace evidence analysis, and more. This Second Edition is fully updated to include extensive full-color photos and diagrams to reflect current best-practices focussing on laboratory procedure, techniques, and interpretation of results. Each laboratory illustrates processes and concepts, and how the equipment should be set up for a given exercise. Many of the exercises can be done with minimal laboratory equipment and material while certain exercises also have additional options and advanced lab exercises—for those education institutions with access to more specialized or advance laboratory equipment. While the sequencing of laboratory exercises in the book is designed to follow The Basics textbook, the lab exercises are intentionally modular can be performed in any sequence desired by an instructor. The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science, Second Edition is an excellent resource for introduction to forensic sciences courses, including the companion textbook it was designed to accompany, Forensic Science: The Basics, Fourth Edition (ISBN: 9780367251499). The book can be used alongside any textbook, and even serve as a stand-alone text for two- and four-year college programs, as well as course at the high school level.
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