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Humble Inquiry, 3rd Edition
Edgar H Schein; Peter A Schein; Michael Bungay Stanier
Readhowyouwant
2025
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The global bestseller with over 300,000 copies sold returns in its 3rd edition to continue teaching people how to effectively ask and obtain accurate answers to questions across all mediums. With 30% new material, including how to apply humble inquiry while working remotely, this updated edition is the definitive book on bringing humility back into your life. In an increasingly divisive era where communication is often dominated by assertiveness and directive leadership, this bestselling guide offers a refreshing and essential perspective on the power of asking instead of telling. This updated 3rd edition offers practical advice for how to build relationships based on curiosity and foster collaboration and trust between team members. Lessons in this book will help you: *Build healthy relationships with people from different occupational, professional, and national cultures *Create psychologically safe work climates that allow people to feel safe to share what they know *Foster teamwork and bust hyper-competitiveness through open communication, trust, and coordination In this new edition, updates have been made to 30% of the book that delves into the fresh challenges inherent in today's workplace, including new stories and case examples as well as an entire additional chapter with a focus on humble inquiry in the context of remote and hybrid work.
Transformative Conversations
Peter Felten; H-Dirksen L. Bauman; Aaron Kheriaty; Edward Taylor; Rachel Naomi Remen; Angeles Arrien
John Wiley Sons Inc
2013
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Praise for Transformative Conversations "In the 'superstorm' of writings about the crisis in higher education this little gem of a book stands out like a mindfulness bell. It calls us back to the only thing that truly matters?the energy and wisdom buried in the minds and hearts of dedicated educators." ?Diana Chapman Walsh, president emerita, Wellesley College; trustee emerita, Amherst College; member of the MIT Corporation "This book is revolutionary! It is about transforming the very essence of higher education through the power of authentic conversation, knowing that as the people within the institution evolve, the institution will transform." ?Patricia and Craig Neal, The Art of Convening: Authentic Engagement in Meetings, Gatherings, and Conversations; founders, Heartland Inc. "This is a radical story about how to create a more intimate and relational culture inside the halls of higher education.... for those who long for higher education to return from the abyss of siloed isolation to its original charter as a cooperative learning institution committed to developing the whole person in service of the common good." ?Peter Block, Flawless Consulting and Abundant Community Transformative Conversations offers guidance to help readers create and sustain Formation Mentoring Communities, where faculty, staff, and administrators can speak openly and honestly to the heart of their work as educators and human beings.
Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931
Peter S. H. Tang; Philip E. Mosely
Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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""Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931"" is a comprehensive historical account of the Russian and Soviet involvement in the regions of Manchuria and Outer Mongolia during the period between 1911 and 1931. The author, Peter S. H. Tang, provides a detailed analysis of the political, economic, and military strategies employed by the Russian and Soviet governments during this time, and their impact on the local populations. The book covers the events leading up to the Russian Revolution, the establishment of the Soviet Union, and the subsequent expansion of Soviet influence in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia. Tang examines the complex relationships between the various factions involved, including the Chinese, Japanese, Mongolian, and Russian governments, as well as the local populations and revolutionary movements. Through extensive research of primary sources and archival materials, Tang provides a unique perspective on the political and military strategies employed by the Soviet Union in the region, including the use of propaganda, espionage, and military force. He also explores the economic policies implemented by the Soviet Union, such as the establishment of cooperatives and the nationalization of industry, and their impact on the local populations. Overall, ""Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931"" offers a comprehensive analysis of a pivotal period in the history of the region, shedding light on the complex political and economic relationships that shaped the course of events. It will be of interest to scholars and students of history, politics, and international relations, as well as anyone interested in the history of the Soviet Union and its relations with neighboring countries.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Russian and Soviet Policy in Manchuria and Outer Mongolia, 1911-1931
Peter S. H. Tang; Philip E. Mosely
Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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Hall (Frank) V. Inmates of Suffolk County Jail U.S. Supreme Court Transcript of Record with Supporting Pleadings
Robert H Quinn; Peter L Koff
Gale Ecco, U.S. Supreme Court Records
2011
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An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata
Peter Linz; Susan H. Rodger
JONES AND BARTLETT PUBLISHERS, INC
2022
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An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata, Seventh Edition is designed for an introductory course on formal languages, automata, computability, and related matters forming what is known as the theory of computation. The text takes a problem-solving approach, in which students' abilities are tested at various levels. The Seventh Edition familiarizes students with the foundations and principles of computer science, teaches material useful in subsequent courses, and strengthens students' ability to carry out formal and rigorous mathematical arguments. Key Features: New Introductory Exercises to bridge concepts to more difficult exercises Chapters - 4 of the sixth edition, with the new exercises, are now reorganized as Part I: Theory
Reproduction in Cattle
Peter J. H. Ball; Andy R. Peters
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley Sons Ltd)
2004
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Cattle play a fundamental role in animal agriculture throughout the world. They not only provide us with a vital food source, but they also provide us with fertilizer and fuel. Keeping reproduction levels at an optimum level is therefore essential, but this is often a complicated process, especially with modern, high yielding cows. Written in a practical and user-friendly style, this book aims to help the reader understand cattle reproduction by explaining the underlying physiology of the reproductive process and the role and importance of pharmacology and technology, and showing how management techniques can improve reproductive efficiency. This edition includes: Recent research findings on the physiology of the oestrous cycle and its control; New techniques for monitoring and manipulating reproduction, including pregnancy diagnosis and embryo transfer; Advice on identifying common infertility problems and how to prevent and treat them. Reproduction Cattle 3e is essential reading for veterinary and agricultural students, as well as veterinarians and farmers involved in cattle reproduction.
Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies
Peter Yellowlees; Jay H. Shore
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
2018
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The only current book on the topic, Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is a practical, comprehensive, and evidence-based guide to patient-centered clinical care delivered in whole or in part by technological devices and applications. Not a technology-centered "health informatics" book, but rather one that describes basic technological concerns and emphasizes clinical issues and workflows, it is designed for psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health clinicians who seek to learn the modes, models, and methods of telepsychiatry. More than 30 practitioners of telepsychiatry across the core mental health disciplines were involved in development of the text, contributing knowledge and clinical examples. Rich with case studies and hands-on guidance, the book introduces strategies, then clearly illustrates how to put them into practice. The editors believe that psychiatry increasingly will focus on the treatment of populations, and that technology offers the best hope of doing so efficiently and effectively.Careful thought went into the book's conception and design, resulting in a marriage of structure and content that meets the needs of today's clinicians: • The editors employed a unique process of manuscript development, first outlining each chapter in its entirety, then assigning sections to contributors selected for their specific clinical experience and therapeutic expertise. The result is a text that flows logically and creates synergy across chapters without duplication. • The book provides "how-to" guidance on setting up a new telepsychiatry practice or integrating technologies into a current practice, covering critically important topics such as data collection, security, and electronic health records. • Technologies addressed include telephony, smartphones, apps, e-mail, secure texting, and videoconferencing, all of which are increasingly being used in the assessment and treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders. • More than 30 case examples of patients or programs are included, illustrating the range of clinical techniques that can be used and the types of patient that can be treated using available technologies—whether in person, online, or in a hybrid form of care combining both modalities. • Every chapter concludes with a summary of major learning objectives or findings covered. Telepsychiatry and Health Technologies: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals is destined to become a core resource in the training of mental health professionals from all disciplines, as well as an indispensable reference for those already integrating new technologies into their practices.
Advances and Open Problems in Federated Learning
Peter Kairouz; H. Brendan McMahan; Brendan Avent; Aurélien Bellet; Mehdi Bennis; Arjun Nitin Bhagoji; Kallista Bonawit; Zachary Charles; Graham Cormode; Rachel Cummings; Rafael G. L. D’Oliveira; Hubert Eichner; Salim El Rouayheb; David Evans; Josh Gardner; Zachary Garrett; Adrià Gascón; Badih Ghazi; Phillip B. Gibbons; Marco Gruteser; Zaid Harchaoui; Chaoyang He; Lie He; Zhouyuan Huo; Ben Hutchinson; Justin Hsu; Martin Jaggi; Tara Javidi; Gauri Joshi; Mikhail Khodak; Jakub Konecný; Aleksandra Korolova; Farinaz Koushanfar
Now Publishers Inc
2021
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The term Federated Learning was coined as recently as 2016 to describe a machine learning setting where multiple entities collaborate in solving a machine learning problem, under the coordination of a central server or service provider. Each client’s raw data is stored locally and not exchanged or transferred; instead, focused updates intended for immediate aggregation are used to achieve the learning objective. Since then, the topic has gathered much interest across many different disciplines and the realization that solving many of these interdisciplinary problems likely requires not just machine learning but techniques from distributed optimization, cryptography, security, differential privacy, fairness, compressed sensing, systems, information theory, statistics, and more. This monograph has contributions from leading experts across the disciplines, who describe the latest state-of-the art from their perspective. These contributions have been carefully curated into a comprehensive treatment that enables the reader to understand the work that has been done and get pointers to where effort is required to solve many of the problems before Federated Learning can become a reality in practical systems. Researchers working in the area of distributed systems will find this monograph an enlightening read that may inspire them to work on the many challenging issues that are outlined. This monograph will get the reader up to speed quickly and easily on what is likely to become an increasingly important topic: Federated Learning.
First published in 1986, "Smithers' Mammals" is an authoritative and popular guide to the mammals of Southern Africa. This revised and updated edition incorporates the latest information brought to light by molecular genetics, while remaining accessible to the layperson and handy in the field. Each entry includes an in-depth species description; notes on habitat, behaviour, diet and conservation status; accurate illustrations and spoor drawings; and, a distribution map. The book also details the whales, dolphins and seals seen along our coast. This highly regarded field guide will appeal to general readers and wildlife enthusiasts, as well as to specialists in the field of mammals.
The Urban Response to Internationalization
Peter Karl Kresl; Earl H. Fry
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
2005
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Three decades of accelerated trade and financial market liberalization have had significant and lasting impacts on the global economy and its component entities. In this volume, Peter Karl Kresl and Earl Fry examine the impacts of these profound changes on the economies of urban areas, and the responses to them. They provide a comprehensive treatment of the issues surrounding internationalization, such as urban transport, communication, and production. In addition, the authors explore the effects of internationalization on municipal foreign affairs, urban governance, inter-city relations and structures, and strategic planning.As nation states have diminished their intervention in local economies, cities have been forced to implement new forms of governance, cooperative inter-city relationships, and city diplomacy. These aspects of globalization have presented urban economies with challenges and threats to existing activities as well as potentially positive opportunities for development of higher value-added, higher-skilled activities. Forced to take a new look at their international competitiveness, many city leaders have launched strategic planning initiatives. Through these they hope to facilitate development of activities that will improve the economic lives of residents and enable their city to maintain or advance its competitiveness and its position in the urban hierarchy.This unique study will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of economics, urban studies, and public policy, as well as to those in city administrative and leadership positions.
THOREAU'S GARDEN is an imaginary place where the plants Thoreau knew in 19th-century New England still thrive and where we can learn their history, their uses, and their charms. Well-known garden writer Peter Loewer profiles nearly 50 shrubs, trees, grasses, flowering plants, fungi, and ferns, using generous excerpts from Thoreau's journals and his own botanical illustrations and comments. Each essay mentions the use of the plant in cultivation, and conveys Thoreau's delight in the natural world and some interesting and unusual facts about the plants in his vicinity. About the Author: Peter Loewer is the author of many highly regarded books on gardening and natural history, including the award-winning THE WILD GARDENER and JEFFERSON'S GARDEN. His botanical drawings are in the permanent collection of The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He lives and teaches art in Asheville, North Carolina.
Morbus Dupuytren is particularly widespread among northern Europeans. However, the therapeutic success-rate often leaves much to be desired. A 50 per cent recurrence-rate after surgery indicates that the disease cannot be treated by surgery alone. This book therefore adopts two parallel approaches: emphasis is firstly placed on the systemic character of morbus Dupuytren in context with other connective tissue diseases by a description of the biochemical and molecular-biological changes in the diseased connective tissues; secondly, a diversified picture of the given anatomical facts serves to explain the employment of the various therapeutic approaches. Further, a description is given of the current surgical procedures.
'Round the yule-log: Christmas in Norway
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen; H. L. Broekstad
Hansebooks
2018
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COBOL — Das Handbuch für den professionellen Programmierer
Erich H. Peter Roitzsch
Vieweg+teubner Verlag
1993
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COBOL dürfte die am meisten angewendete Programmiersprache seit ihrer ersten Veröffentlichung im Jahre 1960 sein. Man schätzt, daß etwa 40% aller geschriebenen Programme in COBOL abgefaßt worden sind, wobei der Trend eher als zunehmend zu beurteilen ist. Der Grund für dieses gesteigerte Interesse liegt vor allem in der ständig zu nehmenden Aufbereitung und Verarbeitung von Massendaten aus allen wirtschaftlich orientierten Bereichen, wofür COBOL hervorragend ge eignet ist. Da die anwenderbezogenen Anforderungen an die Verar beitung dieser Daten einer ständigen Entwicklung unterliegen, muß auch COBOL dieser Entwicklung gerecht werden. Seit 1968 hat das American National Standards Institute (ANS I) , dem auch ein inter nationaler Beraterkreis angehört, die Standardisierung der COBOL Entwicklung übernommen. Dadurch wurde der Grundstein für die Kompatibilität der Sprache gelegt. Heute sind alle publizierten COBOL Versionen aufwärtskompatibel. Das heißt, daß auch Programme, die in älteren Versionen geschrieben wurden, beim Einsatz neuer Compiler Versionen unter geringfügigen Quell-Code-Änderungen läuffähig bleiben. Damit ist COBOL zu einer lebendigen Programmiersprache geworden, die eine zukünftige Entwicklung bereits in sich trägt und universell einsetzbar ist. Da COBOL für die Verarbeitung großer Datenmengen geschaffen wurde, war ihr Einsatz in der Vergangenheit auf Großrechner be schränkt. Durch die rasche Hardware-Entwicklung, die vor allem durch immer schnellere Rechner und größere Speicherkapazitäten auf kleinstem Raum zum Ausdruck kommt, können COBOL-Programme auch zunehmend auf mittleren und Kleinanlagen eingesetzt werden. Die Computer-Hersteller haben dieser Entwicklung Rechnung getragen und eine Reihe sehr guterCompiler entwickelt, die auf dem PC einsetzbar sind.
Dienstleistungsrationalisierung im Umbruch
Peter Ulrich; Frank H. Witt
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften
1990
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Mit den neuen Informations- und Kommunikationstechniken richten sich betriebswirtschaftliche Rationalisierungsstrategien erstmals großflächig auf den Büro- und Dienstleistungsbereich. Dieses Buch präsentiert die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchung aktueller Rationalisierungsmaßnahmen und -strategien in Banken und Versicherungen, Industrie und Handel sowie öffentlichen Verwaltungen. Es führt zu einem wesentlich erweiterten Verständnis von Rationalisierung, das auch die Reflexion der normativen und institutionellen Voraussetzungen ökonomischen Handelns einschließt. Die Autoren entwickeln ein neuartiges Konzept kommunikativer Rationalisierung, das an die Stelle verkürzter technokratischer Konzepte tritt.
Digitale Schriften
Peter Karow; H. Zapf
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
1992
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Seit der Erfindung des Buchdruckes wurden Schriften und die Entwicklung der Schriftformen wesentlich von der Technologie gepr{gt. Durch die Einbeziehungvon Computern bei der Herstellung von Gedrucktem wurde es erforderlich, Buchstaben in digitaler Form verf}gbar zu machen. "Dieses Buch wendet sich gleicherma~en an die Techniker wie auch an die Schriftanwender in den verschiedenen Bereichen. Es ist mehr als nur ein Instruktionsbuch; denn es ber}hrt eine Reihe neuer Gebiete der digitalen Aufbereitung von Schriften" (aus dem Vorwort von Herrmann Zapf). In seinem Buch zeichnet Peter Karow, der Mitbegr}nder des weltweit gr|~ten Software-Hauses f}r digitale Schriften (URW, Hamburg), zun{chst diese rasante Entwicklung der letzten Jahre nach, nicht ohne dabei die wesentlichen Grundlagen derallgemeinen Typografie darzustellen. Er beschreibt den aktuellen Stand der Technik bei der Digitalisierung und Speicherung von Schriften, von der Erzeugung einer Datenbasis }ber Soft-Scanning, bis zur systematischen Speicherung und Codierung der Schriften. Die elektronischen Formate der Schriften (PostScript, TrueType etc.) werden erkl{rt, ihre Eigenschaften diskutiert und die Herstellungsaufw{nde angegeben.