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Fundamentals of Sound and Vibration, Second Edition
Fundamentals of Sound and Vibration covers the physical, mathematical, and technical foundations of sound and vibration at audio frequencies. This introductory text presents acoustics, vibration, and the associated signal processing in a single volume at a level suitable for a graduate student or...
To Be Published April 14th 2014 by CRC Press
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The Peri-Urban Interface
Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use
Peri-urban interfaces - the zones where urban and rural areas meet - suffer from the greatest problems to humans caused by rapid urbanization, including intense pressures on resources, slum formation, lack of adequate services such as water and sanitation, poor planning and degradation of farmland....
Published November 30th 2005 by Routledge
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The Media and the Tourist Imagination
Converging Cultures
Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility
Tourism studies and media studies both address key issues about how we perceive the world. They raise acute questions about how we relate local knowledge and immediate experience to wider global processes, and they both play a major role in creating our map of national and international cultures....
Published June 15th 2005 by Routledge
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Caring for the Heart Failure Patient
A Textbook for the Healthcare Professional
There is little doubt that during the past decade heart failure has emerged as a growth industry within the healthcare systems of developed countries. Greater longevity and survival from previously faced cardiac events- two key markers of a combination of better public health initiatives-and...
Published January 3rd 2004 by CRC Press
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Bullying
Effective Strategies for Long-term Change
Bullying: Effective Strategies for Long Term Improvement tackles the sensitive issue of bullying in schools and offers practical guidance on how to deal successfully with the issue in the long term.The authors examine how bullying begins, the impact of bullying on the victimised child, and how the...
Published August 28th 2002 by Routledge
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Changing Europe
Identities, Nations and Citizens
Europe has changed significantly and is now facing even more dramatic transformations with the enlargement of the European Union, the introduction of the euro and its increased role as a global actor in world affairs. This clear and accessible textbook provides an introduction to the key issues now...
Published June 26th 2002 by Routledge
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Design and Analysis of Clinical Nursing Research Studies
Series: Routledge Essentials for Nurses
This invaluable text on the design and analysis of clinical research studies explains the basis of experimental design and statistics in a way that is sensitive to the clinical context in which nurses work. It uses data from actual studies to illustrate how to:*design the study*use and select data*...
Published November 29th 2000 by Routledge
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Early Childhood Educational Research
Issues in Methodology and Ethics
Provision of education for children under five has recently become a political concern. At the same time, this relatively small field has been attracting increased research attention, with many early years practitioners seeking routes to initial and higher degrees. This book offers essential...
Published August 23rd 2000 by Routledge
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Shared Cognition in Organizations
The Management of Knowledge
Series: Series in Organization and Management
Written for those interested in the topic of "shared knowledge" in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes and perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject. The papers were presented at a conference designed to bring together...
Published August 11th 1999 by Psychology Press
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Shared Cognition in Organizations
The Management of Knowledge
Series: Series in Organization and Management
Written for those interested in the topic of "shared knowledge" in organizations, this edited volume brings together a variety of themes and perspectives that emerge when multidisciplinary scholars examine this important subject. The papers were presented at a conference designed to bring together...
Published June 30th 1999 by Psychology Press