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Community Policing

Community Policing

Victor E. Kappeler; Larry K. Gaines; Brian P. Schaefer

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2025
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This book provides comprehensive coverage of community policing, the philosophy and organizational strategy that expands the traditional police mandate of fighting crime to include forming partnerships with citizenry that endorse mutual support and participation. The first textbook of its kind, Community Policing delineates this progressive approach, combining the accrued wisdom and experience of its established authors with the latest research-based insights to help students apply what is on the page to the world beyond.The book extends the road map presented by Robert Trojanowicz, the father of community policing, and brings it into contemporary focus. The text has been revised throughout to include the most current developments in the field, including discussions of the 2020 protests and subsequent calls for police reform, and the rapid development of alternative responses for behavioral health and other non-criminal 911 calls. “Spotlight on Community Policing Practice” features throughout the text focus on real-life community policing programs in various cities as well as problem-solving case studies. Also assisting the reader in understanding the material are Learning Objectives, Key Terms, and Discussion Questions, in addition to numerous links to resources outside the text.An excellent resource for any undergraduate policing or law enforcement curriculum, this textbook is also suitable for introducing graduate students to the principles of community policing.
Community Policing

Community Policing

Victor E. Kappeler; Larry K. Gaines; Brian P. Schaefer

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2025
sidottu
This book provides comprehensive coverage of community policing, the philosophy and organizational strategy that expands the traditional police mandate of fighting crime to include forming partnerships with citizenry that endorse mutual support and participation. The first textbook of its kind, Community Policing delineates this progressive approach, combining the accrued wisdom and experience of its established authors with the latest research-based insights to help students apply what is on the page to the world beyond.The book extends the road map presented by Robert Trojanowicz, the father of community policing, and brings it into contemporary focus. The text has been revised throughout to include the most current developments in the field, including discussions of the 2020 protests and subsequent calls for police reform, and the rapid development of alternative responses for behavioral health and other non-criminal 911 calls. “Spotlight on Community Policing Practice” features throughout the text focus on real-life community policing programs in various cities as well as problem-solving case studies. Also assisting the reader in understanding the material are Learning Objectives, Key Terms, and Discussion Questions, in addition to numerous links to resources outside the text.An excellent resource for any undergraduate policing or law enforcement curriculum, this textbook is also suitable for introducing graduate students to the principles of community policing.
Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Catharine M. Walsh; Ahmir Ahmad; Brian P. Saunders; Jonathan Cohen; Peter B. Cotton; Christopher B. Williams

Wiley-Blackwell
2024
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PRACTICAL GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY The fundamental guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy returns in a fully updated new edition For over forty years, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has offered a clear, accessible introduction to the fundamentals of endoscopy, from patient positioning to the range of available procedures. Now updated by a new authorial team to reflect the latest advances in endoscopic procedures, this text promises to serve a new generation of trainees and specialists as the essential introduction to upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. Readers of the eighth edition of Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will also find: Updated online resources including a downloadable bank of clinical imagesHigh-quality videos illustrating endoscopic practices and procedures, linked to specific points in the text Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy remains a must-own for all trainee and specialist gastroenterologists and endoscopists.
Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography

Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography

David J. Larson; Ty J. Prosa; Robert M. Ulfig; Brian P. Geiser; Thomas F. Kelly; Professor Sir Colin J. Humphreys

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2013
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This book is the first, single-source guide to successful experiments using the local electrode atom probe (LEAP®) microscope. Coverage is both comprehensive and user friendly, including the fundamentals of preparing specimens for the microscope from a variety of materials, the details of the instrumentation used in data collection, the parameters under which optimal data are collected, the current methods of data reconstruction, and selected methods of data analysis. Tricks of the trade are described that are often learned only through trial and error, allowing users to succeed much more quickly in the challenging areas of specimen preparation and data collection. A closing chapter on applications presents selected, state-of-the-art results using the LEAP microscope.
Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography

Local Electrode Atom Probe Tomography

David J. Larson; Ty J. Prosa; Robert M. Ulfig; Brian P. Geiser; Thomas F. Kelly; Professor Sir Colin J. Humphreys

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2016
nidottu
This book is the first, single-source guide to successful experiments using the local electrode atom probe (LEAP®) microscope. Coverage is both comprehensive and user friendly, including the fundamentals of preparing specimens for the microscope from a variety of materials, the details of the instrumentation used in data collection, the parameters under which optimal data are collected, the current methods of data reconstruction, and selected methods of data analysis. Tricks of the trade are described that are often learned only through trial and error, allowing users to succeed much more quickly in the challenging areas of specimen preparation and data collection. A closing chapter on applications presents selected, state-of-the-art results using the LEAP microscope.
Patch Atlas

Patch Atlas

Victoria J. Marshall; Mary L. Cadenasso; Brian P. McGrath; Steward T. A. Pickett

Yale University Press
2020
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A new tool for analyzing urban land cover that integrates design practices and ecological knowledge for understanding cities as complex, patchy, and dynamic systems This atlas is a unique conceptual tool to describe and analyze cities as complex systems, using a new, hybrid approach to urban land cover classification. As an impetus to bring ecologists and urban designers together, it builds on over a decade of shared knowledge from the Baltimore Ecosystem Study to inspire ecologically motivated design practice. Rather than separating human-constructed environments from predominantly biological and geological ones, this book integrates built and ecological structures and shows how this integration can contribute to the scholarship of ecology and the practice of design. The atlas displays maps and tables depicting these hybrid land cover classes and the relationships between them; information on how the specific patch arrangements evolved over time; and speculations on how cover might change through design, disturbance, or succession. Interdisciplinary and strikingly illustrated, the atlas is a new way to study, measure, and view cities with a more effective interaction of scientific understanding and design practice.
Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice

Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice

Fatma Sarsu; Abdelbagi M.A. Ghanim; Priyanka Das; Rajeev N. Bahuguna; Paul Mbogo Kusolwa; Muhammed Ashraf; Sneh L. Singla-Pareek; Ashwani Pareek; Brian P. Forster; Ivan Ingelbrecht

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2019
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This open access book presents simple, robust pre-field screening protocols that allow plant breeders to screen for enhanced tolerance to heat stress in rice. Two critical heat-sensitive stages in the lifecycle of the rice crop are targeted – the seedling and flowering stages – with screening based on simple phenotypic responses. The protocols are based on the use of a hydroponics system and/or pot experiments in a glasshouse in combination with a controlled growth chamber where the heat stress treatment is applied. The protocols are designed to be effective, simple, reproducible and user-friendly. The protocols will enable plant breeders to effectively reduce the number of plants from a few thousands to less than 100 candidate individual mutants or lines in a greenhouse/growth chamber, which can then be used for further testing and validation in the field conditions. The methods can also be used to classify rice genotypes according to their heat tolerance characteristics. Thus, different types of heat stress tolerance mechanisms can be identified, presenting opportunities for pyramiding different (mutant) sources of heat stress tolerance.
Gold Nanoparticles

Gold Nanoparticles

Arnold C. Alguno; Rey Y. Capangpangan; Gerard D. Dumancas; Arnold A. Lubguban; Roberto M. Malaluan; Rolen Brian P. Rivera

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2025
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This book highlights an in-depth exploration of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), emphasizing sustainable, "green" synthesis methods that address both scientific and environmental challenges. This comprehensive guide is designed for researchers, students, and professionals in nanotechnology, detailing the synthesis, characterization, and versatile applications of AuNPs across fields such as biomedicine, environmental science, agriculture, and industry. Key topics include innovative synthesis approaches, from chemical and physical to plant- and microorganism-based techniques, along with the advantages and challenges associated with eco-friendly production. The book also discusses the functionalization and customization of AuNPs to optimize their properties for specific applications, such as targeted therapies, pollutant removal, and biosensing. By promoting interdisciplinary approaches and standardized green protocols, this book aims to inspire further advancements in sustainable nanotechnology and offer impactful solutions for real-world challenges.
Metal Nanoparticles-Based Nanoplatforms for Colorimetric Sensing

Metal Nanoparticles-Based Nanoplatforms for Colorimetric Sensing

Arnold C. Alguno; Rey Y. Capangpangan; Gerard G. Dumancas; Arnold A. Lubguban; Roberto M. Malaluan; Rolen Brian P. Rivera

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2025
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This book highlights an in-depth examination of metal nanoparticles as transformative agents in colorimetric sensing technology. Targeted toward researchers, practitioners, and students in nanotechnology, analytical chemistry, and related fields, this book consolidates the latest advancements in nanoparticle-based colorimetric systems for highly sensitive and selective detection. With chapters dedicated to gold, copper, iron, silver, platinum, and palladium nanoparticles, it explores their unique optical and catalytic properties and their role in diverse applications, from biosensing and environmental monitoring to medical diagnostics and food safety.
Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice

Pre-Field Screening Protocols for Heat-Tolerant Mutants in Rice

Fatma Sarsu; Abdelbagi M.A. Ghanim; Priyanka Das; Rajeev N. Bahuguna; Paul Mbogo Kusolwa; Muhammed Ashraf; Sneh L. Singla-Pareek; Ashwani Pareek; Brian P. Forster; Ivan Ingelbrecht

Springer International Publishing AG
2018
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This open access book presents simple, robust pre-field screening protocols that allow plant breeders to screen for enhanced tolerance to heat stress in rice. Thus, different types of heat stress tolerance mechanisms can be identified, presenting opportunities for pyramiding different (mutant) sources of heat stress tolerance.
Electrohydraulics

Electrohydraulics

Brian F.P. Andrews

COXMOOR PUBLISHING CO.
2008
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This guideline is one of a series produced by the British Fluid Power Association's Technical committees. These committees are manned by acknowledged experts from industry who give their time voluntarily. As such this document and others form part of a valuable library of technical information. In addition to being a superb source of reference to engineers, students may also use this guideline to form part of a study package when completing one of the many BFPA or other awarding body courses.
P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood

P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood

Brian Taves

McFarland Co Inc
2006
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Beloved British humorist P.G. Wodehouse produced a wealth of literature in his lengthy career, contributing novels, short stories, plays, lyrics and essays to the canon of comic writing. His work in film and television included two stints as a screenwriter in Hollywood in the 1930s, and his stories have been the basis for more than 150 film and television productions. He also wrote 20 stories and essays about Hollywood, satirizing the city and its entertainment magnates. This book studies P.G. Wodehouse's extensive, but often overlooked relationship with Tinsel Town. The book is arranged chronologically, covering Wodehouse's Hollywood career from his early efforts in silent film, to his later contributions in television, to his work adapted posthumously for the screen. Radio is covered as well, including a discussion of his internment in occupied France and his brief appearances on German radio. Reflecting Wodehouse's international appeal, the book covers Wodehouse films and television in England, Germany, Sweden, and India. Also included are a comprehensive, detailed list of Wodehouse's stories and articles about Hollywood, and a complete filmography of motion picture and television works to which he contributed or which were based on his stories.
Brian Wilde

Brian Wilde

P Sallis

Lulu Press Inc
2023
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Brian George Wilde, born on 13th June 1927, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England, UK, was an actor, best known for his TV roles comedy, most notably Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine. His lugubrious, world-weary face was a staple of British TV for 40 years. Wilde was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire, having attended Hertford Grammar School, before training as an actor at RADA. Brian had an early uncredited role as a small-time crook, in the film Forbidden Cargo (1954), starring Jack Warner and Nigel Patrick, followed by a small but significant and dramatic part in the horror movie, Night of the Demon (1957). His early TV work included the series The Love of Mike (1960) then supporting Tony Hancock in episodes of his ATV series during 1963. Wilde also played Detective Superintendent Halcro in The Men from Room Thirteen (BBC, 1959-61), a series of two-part thrillers about undercover Scotland Yard officers. He had minor roles in films including Life for Ruth (1962), The Bargee (1964), The Jokers (1967) and Carry On Doctor (1967), and on TV in Room at the Bottom (1966-67) as Mr Salisbury. Brian's first major success in TV was during 1970, as refuse depot manager "Bloody Delilah" in the ITV sitcom The Dustbinmen. He showed his sinister side as the mischievous magician Mr Peacock, in the children's drama series Ace of Wands from 1970 - 1972. Wilde starred as a murderer in The Uninvited (1971), an episode of the BBC's supernatural thriller series Out of the Unknown, also having appeared that year in the TV drama Elizabeth R, playing the efficient, merciless 'rackmaster' Richard Topcliffe, who was charged with the torture of prisoners in the Tower of London. Brian then played a character in the 1970s British children's series The Ghosts of Motley Hall, by Richard Carpenter. Wilde starred as a different kind of gaoler in the 2nd episode of Seven of One during 1973, a series of 7 individual stories, all of which starred Ronnie Barker. In the episode, entitled "Prisoner and Escort", he played Mr Barrowclough, one of two prison officers, whose job it was to escort Barker's character Fletcher across the moors to his prison, the other having been Mr Mackay, played by Fulton Mackay. Due to the popularity of the episode, a series was commissioned by the BBC, titled Porridge, in which Brian reprised his role as the timid and eager-to-please Barrowclough.
The S.P.E.A.R. Paradigm: Encountering God

The S.P.E.A.R. Paradigm: Encountering God

Brian L. Evans

Rapier Publishing Company
2019
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There has been a paradigm shift in the world of Christianity. Only those who are sensitive to the heart of God can perceive this shift. In this shift a new breed of Christians has evolved. Many of these worshipping warriors were once wounded and left to die on the battlefield of ministry, but God, never leaving or forsaking them, searched and rescued them, and is now restoring them to their rightful position in Him. These once battlefield-ridden soldiers are armed with new knowledge and wisdom from the Holy Spirit to impact and influence their generation. They are poised to do great exploits, because they "know their God" (Daniel 11:32). In the S.P.E.A.R. Paradigm, Author Brian Evans, presents a pattern for assuming the posture of the worshipping warrior, thereby, preparing the mature God-Seekers for an authentic experience with God. The result is knowing God how he originally intended to be known. The S.P.E.A.R. Paradigm teaches one how to recover from a "faith collapse" by employing the "Three C's" (content, continuity, and condition) of promise interpretation, how to enter into the presence of God through the "Five Porticos" of prayer, and finally, how to maintain a daily attitude of worship by embracing the "God Paradox." Prepare for a paradigm shift...prepare to experience God S.---Spend Time With GodP.---Ponder The ScripturesE.--Expect An Encounter A.--Align With God's WillR.--Release The Love Of God