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Adventure Therapy
Theory, Research, and Practice
The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a “divergent therapy” into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is...
Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
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Structural Damping
Applications in Seismic Response Modification
Series: Advances in Earthquake Engineering
Rapid advances have been made during the past few decades in earthquake response modification technologies for structures, most notably in base isolation and energy dissipation systems. Many practical applications of various dampers can be found worldwide and, in the United States, damper design...
Published November 20th 2011 by CRC Press
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Advances in Fingerprint Technology, Second Edition
Fingerprints constitute one of the most important categories of physical evidence, and it is among the few that can be truly individualized. During the last two decades, many new and exciting developments have taken place in the field of fingerprint science, particularly in the realm of methods for...
Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
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Investigation and Prevention of Officer-Involved Deaths
Each year, too many law enforcement officers die in the line of duty and too many people are killed by the police. Yet, can any of these deaths be avoided? To answer this we must investigate the nature and causes of these deaths in an unbiased and objective manner to highlight and expose weaknesses...
Published December 7th 2010 by CRC Press
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Working Time Around the World
Trends in Working Hours, Laws, and Policies in a Global Comparative Perspective
Published May 30th 2007 by Routledge
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Human Behavior Learning and Transfer
Bridging the gap between human-computer engineering and control engineering, Human Behavior Learning and Transfer delineates how to abstract human action and reaction skills into computational models. The authors include methods for modeling a variety of human action and reaction behaviors and...
Published September 5th 2005 by CRC Press
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Asian America.Net
Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cyberspace
Asian America.Net demonstrates how Asian Americans have both defined and been defined by electronic technology, illuminating the complex networks of identity, community, and history in the digital age....
Published May 8th 2003 by Routledge
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Internet Process Coordination
Published October 6th 2002 by CRC Press
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Intelligent Biometric Techniques in Fingerprint and Face Recognition
Series: International Series on Computational Intelligence
The tremendous world-wide interest in intelligent biometric techniques in fingerprint and face recognition is fueled by the myriad of potential applications, including banking and security systems, and limited only by the imaginations of scientists and engineers. This growing interest poses new...
Published June 28th 1999 by CRC Press
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The Economics of John Rae
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
John Rae made a wide-ranging contribution to economics, in particular through his work on Capital Theory and Technical Change. Although Rae was held in high esteem by some of the great names of the past who have openly acknowledged his originality and their indebtedness to him, he has not yet...
Published July 1st 1998 by Routledge