This classic text is built around the central theme of presenting psychology as a science and applying that science to our daily lives. Psychology and Life continues to provide a rigorous, research-based presentation that demonstrates that this research has immediate implications on students' lives. This edition has been streamlined to be briefer ...
subluxation Loss of joint alignment and integrity. This describes an injury to the joint structures such as the ligaments, discs, joint capsules, supporting tendons, and fascia. Subluxation is the most common etiology of osteoarthritis and is characterized by immobilization, inflammation, pain and muscle spasms.
Among higher education institutions in the United States, for-profit colleges and universities have steadily captured a larger share of the student market. A recent trend at for-profit institutions is the coupling of job training with accredited academic programmes that offer traditional baccalaureate, professional and graduate degrees. Richard ...
Providing material for practitioners and students alike, "Chemical Exposure and Toxic Responses" is a clear and straightforward presentation of industrial toxicology. Exposure to toxic chemicals is of major concern to health professionals. In recent years, the scope and importance of hazardous materials toxicology has expanded and now impacts ...
Eighteen unusual paintings preserved at Daishoji Imperial Convent in Kyoto-founded in the 14th century and one of the main Rinzai Zen convents in Japan-are here presented for the first time. They include beautiful calligraphic renderings of classical poems from well-known anthologies, with delicate floral illustrations linking each poem to its ...
This beautiful art book combines the historical memoir of a beloved artist with her art, featuring 28 paintings in full colour, some previously unpublished and rarely seen. The author spent many hours with Pablita Velarde recording her stories as first person reminiscences, which the artist has fully endorsed. These anecdotes go back to Pablita's ...
This text is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of both oral and written communications. If offers thorough treatment of traditional topics, including memos, letters, informal and formal reports, and proposals. Key components of oral communications are also addressed: one-to-one communication, conducting meetings and ...
When it comes to creativity, women are impresarios. Women Create! explores women's uniquely capricious, brilliant, and innate process of constructing and exhibiting creativity. Hilda Ruch identifies four characteristics of creative expression: Creativity is a universal and critical aspect of human nature. Everyone has creative potential. ...
This volume brings together the current approaches to the definition and measurement of the sense of humor and its components. It provides both an overview of historic approaches and a compendium of current humor inventories and humor traits that have been studied. Presenting the only available overview and analysis of this significant facet of ...
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