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Breast Diseases

Breast Diseases

Patrick I. Borgen; Arnold D.K. Hill

Landes Bioscience
2000
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The authors are experts in the field of breast diseases and have compiled an up-to-the-minute, concise, and practical handbook that encapsulates current thinking on a wide range of topics from normal breast anatomy through the management of Stage IV breast cancer. This book helps us to identify patients at the highest echelon of risk. It also provides a greater understanding of the most fundamental mechanisms involved in breast cancer development and progression.
Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior

Applied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior

Ilhan K. Geckil; Patrick L. Anderson

Chapman Hall/CRC
2009
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Useful Tools to Help Solve Decision Making ProblemsApplied Game Theory and Strategic Behavior demonstrates the use of various game theory techniques to address practical business, economic, legal, and public policy issues. It also illustrates the benefits of employing strategic thinking that incorporates the uncertainty surrounding the behavior of other parties.Real-world applications of game theoryExploring a variety of games, the book outlines the process of modeling game theory questions while thinking strategically. It introduces core concepts through simple examples and case studies taken from the authors’ consulting work in the automotive, beer, wine, and spirits industries as well as in debates over government regulation. The authors include newly developed software applications that can construct and solve game theory models and present strategic options in clear, visual diagrams.Out of the box and into the business worldStriking the right balance between necessary mathematics and practical applications, this book shows how game theory can be used in real life, not just in mathematical models. It helps readers improve their strategic thinking, define games based on actual situations, model games with payoffs and probabilities, and make strategically sound decisions.
Effective School Librarianship

Effective School Librarianship

Patrick Lo; Heather Rogers; Dickson K.W. Chiu

Apple Academic Press Inc.
2018
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These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America. The librarians interviewed come from all different schools and schools systems, from a tiny recently built school library in a rural village in Africa to an ultra-modern library in Sweden.Featuring 37 interviews with successful school librarians from across the globe, the volumes let us hear the stories from countries around the world. They tell about their creative and innovative school library projects, their unconventional reading programs, and their best practices and experiences in addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy. A wide selection of methodologies and approaches are discussed, offering a global “voyage” through topics important in school librarianship. The 2-volume set also addresses recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift toward inquiry-based learning that impacts school libraries worldwide.The books are packed with information that can be used by school librarians, teachers, school administrators and others in a variety of ways. Readers can borrow best practices from the experiences presented in the book, and the volumes can also serve as a strong voice for practicing school librarians and the profession, through expanding the opportunities for professional sharing in the international school library community.
Effective School Librarianship

Effective School Librarianship

Patrick Lo; Heather Rogers; Dickson K.W. Chiu

Apple Academic Press Inc.
2021
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These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America. The librarians interviewed come from all different schools and schools systems, from a tiny recently built school library in a rural village in Africa to an ultra-modern library in Sweden.Featuring 37 interviews with successful school librarians from across the globe, the volumes let us hear the stories from countries around the world. They tell about their creative and innovative school library projects, their unconventional reading programs, and their best practices and experiences in addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy. A wide selection of methodologies and approaches are discussed, offering a global “voyage” through topics important in school librarianship. The 2-volume set also addresses recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift toward inquiry-based learning that impacts school libraries worldwide. The books are packed with information that can be used by school librarians, teachers, school administrators and others in a variety of ways. Readers can borrow best practices from the experiences presented in the book, and the volumes can also serve as a strong voice for practicing school librarians and the profession, through expanding the opportunities for professional sharing in the international school library community.
Effective School Librarianship

Effective School Librarianship

Patrick Lo; Heather Rogers; Dickson K.W. Chiu

Apple Academic Press Inc.
2021
nidottu
These volumes provide a series of informative interviews with school/teacher librarians practicing in different parts of the world. The 2-volume set showcases the resilience, creativity, and best practices from successful school librarians from Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North and South America. The librarians interviewed come from all different schools and schools systems, from a tiny recently built school library in a rural village in Africa to an ultra-modern library in Sweden.Featuring 37 interviews with successful school librarians from across the globe, the volumes let us hear the stories from countries around the world. They tell about their creative and innovative school library projects, their unconventional reading programs, and their best practices and experiences in addressing the challenges of supporting basic literacy. A wide selection of methodologies and approaches are discussed, offering a global “voyage” through topics important in school librarianship. The 2-volume set also addresses recent advancements in information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the shift toward inquiry-based learning that impacts school libraries worldwide.The books are packed with information that can be used by school librarians, teachers, school administrators and others in a variety of ways. Readers can borrow best practices from the experiences presented in the book, and the volumes can also serve as a strong voice for practicing school librarians and the profession, through expanding the opportunities for professional sharing in the international school library community.
World´s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors

World´s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors

Patrick Lo; Allan Cho; Dickson K.W. Chiu

De Gruyter Saur
2017
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General directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.
World´s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors

World´s Leading National, Public, Monastery and Royal Library Directors

Patrick Lo; Allan Cho; Dickson K.W. Chiu

De Gruyter Saur
2019
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General directors who have all made their marks in the field of librarianship report from a variety of perspectives, including economic, social, educational, cultural developmental, and political. This information could increase the understanding of the managerial decisions, and other factors that affect the decisions and determine the library’s overall policy and operations.
Niederlassungen führen

Niederlassungen führen

Patrick Renz; Nikola Böhrer; Marc K. Peter

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. KG
2022
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Niederlassungen müssen ganzheitlich geführt und gesteuert werden - andernfalls sind Umsetzungslücken oder Governance-Gaps unvermeidlich. Diese äußern sich in mangelnder Strategieumsetzung, Kommunikationsproblemen bis hin zu Skandalen wie Kartellklagen oder Korruptionsfällen. Ganzheitliche Steuerung von Niederlassungen ist eine Governance-Aufgabe, die nicht nur im Pflichtenheft des Boards steht. Management und Mitarbeitende müssen innerhalb ihrer Verantwortlichkeiten einen Teil dazu beitragen, sei das im Bereich Risikomanagement, Anspruchsgruppenmanagement oder im Thema Integrität. Das Open Access Buch erläutert die 6 Bereiche ganzheitlicher Steuerung anhand eines Subsidiary Governance Modells. Die vorliegende 2. Auflage wurde mit modernen Führungsthemen des digitalen Zeitalters und der digitalen Transformation erweitert. Darüber hinaus wird der Bezug zum Markterfolg und zu Innovation abgeleitet. Zahlreiche Praxistipps, ein Fallbeispiel und eine Checkliste helfen der Praktikerin und dem Praktiker bei der Umsetzung im Führungsalltag..Die wichtigsten Punkte aus dem InhaltWeshalb Subsidiary Governance?Das Subsidiary Governance ModellDie Anwendung des Subsidiary Governance Modells in der PraxisFallbeispiel, Checkliste und AnwendungsartenDies ist ein Open-Access-Buch.
When Buddhists Attack

When Buddhists Attack

Jeffrey K. Mann; Patrick McCarthy

TUTTLE PUBLISHING
2024
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Uncover the historical truth about Buddhist warrior monks with this informative and enlightening book.Exploring the origins of Buddhism and the ethos of the Japanese samurai, university professor and martial arts practitioner Jeffrey Mann traces the close connection between the Buddhist way of compassion and the way of the warrior. This zen book serves as a basic introduction to the history, philosophy, and current practice of Zen as it relates to the Japanese martial arts. It examines the elements of Zen that have found a place in budo—the martial way—such as zazen, mushin, zanshin and fudoshin, then goes on to discuss the ethics and practice of budo as a modern sport. Offering insights into how qualities integral to the true martial artist are interwoven with this ancient religious philosophy, this Buddhism book will help practitioners reconnect to an authentic spiritual discipline of the martial arts.Film, television and popular fiction have long exploited the image of the serene Buddhist monk who is master of the deadly craft of hand-to-hand combat. While these media overly romanticize the relationship between a philosophy of non-violence and the art of fighting, When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts shows this link to be nevertheless real, even natural.
Netter's Essential Histology: With Correlated Histopathology

Netter's Essential Histology: With Correlated Histopathology

William K. Ovalle; Patrick C. Nahirney

Elsevier Health Sciences
2026
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Organized by body system and closely aligned with both gross anatomy and microanatomy, Netter’s Essential Histology, 4th Edition, is purpose-built for today’s evolving medical and health sciences education. Concise, intuitive, and visually rich, it seamlessly integrates gross anatomy and embryology with classic histology slides and state-of-the-art scanning electron microscopy to demystify complex structural relationships. This revised edition expands its clinical and educational impact with enhanced histopathology content, additional clinical correlation boxes, new self-assessment tools, and robust digital resources-enabling learners to confidently recognize, interpret, and apply histologic concepts. Single-page topic coverage that delivers efficient, high-impact overviews for rapid comprehension and retention Clear differentiation of normal and diseased structures at the microscopic level through concise explanatory text, clinical boxes, Netter illustrations, and high-quality micrographs-spanning both classic and cutting-edge visualizations Expanded histopathology content with greater emphasis on practical applications relevant to medical and health professions Exceptional visual integration, featuring high-quality light and electron micrographs-including enhanced and colorized electron micrographs with 3D ultrastructural detail, presented alongside classic Netter illustrations to reinforce anatomy and cell biology concepts Comprehensive online resources including new self-assessment questions, author-narrated video overviews of each chapter, and digital slides An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text and figures, with the ability to search, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud Evolve Instructor site with an image bank (with and without labels) and Q&A is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com
Practical Environmental Forensics

Practical Environmental Forensics

Patrick J. Sullivan; Franklin J. Agardy; Richard K. Traub

John Wiley Sons Inc
2001
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A comprehensive practical guide to environmental forensics With real-world examples and advice on both scientific and legal issues, Practical Environmental Forensics stands on the front line of this new interdisciplinary approach to the environmental litigation process. Compiled by experts with decades of combined experience in teaching, research, consulting, and litigation, it is the first book to offer a comprehensive presentation of environmental forensics.The first section provides an introduction to the forensic process, a historical perspective on pollution, and related laws and insurance issues. The book continues with a review of the most commonly used technical approaches and methods employed to support forensic litigation case issues. A third section introduces essential environmental forensic support functions, including admissibility of evidence, expert case management, and the use of mediation methods in settling cases. Finally, the book explores the environmental forensic process through an extensive body of real case studies in which the authors have participated. This comprehensive guidebook includes: *Guidance in the development and presentation of forensic opinions within the litigation process *Stand-alone applications of historical research, groundwater contaminant modeling, chemical fingerprinting, toxicology, and risk assessment to environmental litigation *Chemical and investigative forensic methods presented within the context of environmental forensic case histories *Illustrative problem-solving as an invaluable teaching and learning resource *Typical forensic cases grouped to illustrate the three main areas of environmental litigation: minimizing damages to clients, allocating damages between responsible parties, and resolution of insurance-related issues For engineers, scientists, attorneys, government regulators, financial and real estate professionals, and the broad spectrum of environmental consultants, this book is critical for all whose work involves environmental contamination.
Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts

Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts

Patrick Alan Danaher; Andy Davies; L. De George-Walker; Janice K. Jones; Karl J. Matthews; Warren Midgley; Catherine H. Arden; Linda De George-Walker; Margaret Baguley

Palgrave Pivot
2014
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Education is generally supposed to help learners to develop new capacities and to be able to apply them in work and life - yet we still know very little about how to build useful capacities. This book investigates nine research projects, exploring why particular capacities are successful in some situations but not in others.
A Course in Attic Greek, I

A Course in Attic Greek, I

Patrick G. Lake; Jr. Groten; James K. Finn

Lulu.com
2012
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This textbook features the best of traditional methods for learning ancient Greek, with an especially strong focus on composition work. But the text also includes innovative drills and stimulating readings and sentences, designed to provide a gateway to discussions about Greek literature, history, and culture. The text presupposes the mastery of no other foreign language, including Latin, and thus fully explicates the most basic principles of tense, part of speech, etc. Particularly difficult aspects of the Greek language, like accentuation or the principles of euphonic change, are introduced gradually yet fully. The relative frequency of forms, vocabulary, and constructions in Greek literature informs the organization and order of the text. With the completion of the companion text, A Course in Attic Greek II, the student will be prepared to read any ancient author in the original, including works in Koine Greek.
Decentralized Finance

Decentralized Finance

Thomas K. Birrer; Dennis Amstutz; Patrick Wenger

Springer
2023
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This book addresses the main concepts of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and the well-known economic problem of inflation within traditional financial systems (TradFi). The authors discuss how both systems are connected and describe how they influence each other. Furthermore, new technological developments in the finance sector are considered and explained. The book provides not only a theoretical background to understand how money has evolved over time but also many practical cases and advise to navigate the digital money era. While digitalization and innovation are evolving rapidly, this book aims to be time-independent in its content and in its focus on concepts. The book appeals not only to an academic audience but also to professionals working in the field.
Praxishandbuch Decentralized Finance

Praxishandbuch Decentralized Finance

Thomas K. Birrer; Dennis Amstutz; Patrick Wenger

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. KG
2023
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Dieses Buch gibt Einblicke in die Entwicklung des DeFi-Ökosystems. Es bietet einen ganzheitlichen und dennoch komprimierten Einstieg in die DeFi-Sphäre. Dabei umfasst das Werk neben vielen anderen Aspekten die neuesten Entwicklungen, die wichtigsten Konzepte sowie die relevantesten Metriken. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) bietet eine offene Tür für jeden, der einen Internetanschluss hat. Jeder ist eingeladen, sich an einem alternativen Finanzsystem zu beteiligen. DeFi hat in jüngster Zeit einen nie dagewesenen Aufschwung erlebt. Angesichts des rasanten Tempos und der intensiven Innovation bietet die Branche eine breite Palette von Finanzdienstleistungen und beherbergt zweifellos hochinteressante Projekte und Investitionsmöglichkeiten. Da die Benutzerschnittstellen und die Erfahrungen noch nicht ausgereift sind, kann die DeFi-Sphäre jedoch kompliziert zu navigieren und voller exotischer Risiken sein, wie z. B. impermanent loss oder Smart-Contract-Hacks. Außerdem gelten viele traditionelle Analysetools und klassische Denkmuster in diesem Bereich nicht mehr. Daher können Neulinge, selbst mit einem soliden Finanzhintergrund, von der Komplexität und der vibrierenden Energie im DeFi-Bereich überwältigt sein.
Decentralized Finance

Decentralized Finance

Thomas K. Birrer; Dennis Amstutz; Patrick Wenger

Springer
2024
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This book addresses the main concepts of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and the well-known economic problem of inflation within traditional financial systems (TradFi). The authors discuss how both systems are connected and describe how they influence each other. Furthermore, new technological developments in the finance sector are considered and explained. The book provides not only a theoretical background to understand how money has evolved over time but also many practical cases and advise to navigate the digital money era. While digitalization and innovation are evolving rapidly, this book aims to be time-independent in its content and in its focus on concepts. The book appeals not only to an academic audience but also to professionals working in the field.
Third Friday in February: ShortWorks Fiction Issue December 2013

Third Friday in February: ShortWorks Fiction Issue December 2013

M. K. Patrick

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2013
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ShortWorks Fiction Issue Based on a real event in a small Midwestern town during the 1960s, the following ShortWork by M.K. Patrick, "Third Friday in February," suggests that simple daily struggles to answer questions about love, work and friendship can lead to unpredictable violence. Patrick short story suggests that perhaps America's small-town psychoses nurtured some of the first acts of modern terrorism. - About ShortWorks ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles short, compelling works, from arts, music and literature to social criticism and history to science and technology. www.shortworks.co
Integrated Geospatial Technologies

Integrated Geospatial Technologies

Jeff Thurston; Thomas K. Poiker; J. Patrick Moore

John Wiley Sons Inc
2003
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A complete, uniquely integrated approach to geotechnologies Packed with basic theory and real-world applications, Integrated Geospatial Technologies uses a unique, integrative framework to present a balanced approach to such geotechnologies as GIS, GPS, digital photogrammetry, and visualization. The practical mix of theory and nuts-and-bolts information in this book will jump-start professionals into taking full advantage of the rich and affordable data-collecting opportunities now available since the deactivation of Selective Availability. This highly visual resource offers informative line drawings, photographs of equipment and hardware, screenshots, and sidebars underscoring important points. Enlightening discussions by an international group of authors focus on the core theory of GPS and GIS, without being overly technical or software/hardware specific. With numerous case studies illustrating how to apply a variety of technologies, protocol, and standard practices to real-world projects, Integrated Geospatial Technologies answers such questions as: *How do spatial technologies come together? *Where can remotely sensed images be used? *What are the advantages and disadvantages of using remotely sensed images? *Which data can be used for visualization purposes and how can it be acquired? *How can data be used on the Internet? Integrated Geospatial Technologies is an essential resource for every professional working with GIS today, as well as students studying these technologies in a variety of fields, including geography, land-use planning, ecology, biology, economics, public administration, natural resources, forestry, surveying, and archaeology.
High Speed CMOS Design Styles

High Speed CMOS Design Styles

Kerry Bernstein; K.M. Carrig; Christopher M. Durham; Patrick R. Hansen; David Hogenmiller; Edward J. Nowak; Norman J. Rohrer

Springer
1998
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High Speed CMOS Design Styles is written for the graduate-level student or practicing engineer who is primarily interested in circuit design. It is intended to provide practical reference, or `horse-sense', to mechanisms typically described with a more academic slant. This book is organized so that it can be used as a textbook or as a reference book. High Speed CMOS Design Styles provides a survey of design styles in use in industry, specifically in the high speed microprocessor design community. Logic circuit structures, I/O and interface, clocking, and timing schemes are reviewed and described. Characteristics, sensitivities and idiosyncrasies of each are highlighted. High Speed CMOS Design Styles also pulls together and explains contributors to performance variability that are associated with process, applications conditions and design. Rules of thumb and practical references are offered. Each of the general circuit families is then analyzed for its sensitivity and response to this variability. High Speed CMOS Design Styles is an excellent source of ideas and a compilation of observations that highlight how different approaches trade off critical parameters in design and process space.
Shadows of the Cross

Shadows of the Cross

Cashwell Craig S.; Johnson Pennie K.; Carnes Patrick J.

Gentle Path Press (imprint of New Freedom Publications)
2015
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Often, Christians who struggle with sex addiction live the ultimate "Jekyll and Hyde" existence, being active in their church communities even as they hide their addiction. The Christian church, in general, struggles to address issues of sexuality in a non-shaming way, which further supports the hidden nature of the addiction. For these men and women, spirituality and sexuality have become compartmentalized. Recovery, then, must involve the integration of healthy spiritual beliefs and practices with healthy sexuality. Shadows of the Cross used in conjunction with Dr. Patrick Carnes' book Facing the Shadow will provide a roadmap for this healing journey. Shadows of the Cross provides an early spiritual focus to recovery while addressing issues of sexuality in a non-shaming way using Biblical scripture to encourage long-term recovery. Shadows of the Cross offers unique guidance on spiritual practices such as Christian meditation, contemplative reading, solitude, confession, study and prayer. This book was written specifically for the subset of those in recovery who self-identify as Christian.