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Principles of sports medicine & exercise science / by Buratovich, Michael A.,editor.; Salem Press,publisher.;

Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.Introduction -- Contributors -- Anatomy. Anatomy ; Bones and the skeleton ; Brain structure ; Cartilage ; Circulation ; Connective tissue ; Fascia ; Heart ; Hippocampus ; Human respiratory system ; Knee ; Ligaments ; Lower extremities ; Muscles ; Prefrontal cortex (PFC) ; Upper extremities -- Physiology/Pathophysiology. Bone disorders ; Brain ; Exercise physiology ; Glycolysis ; Haller establishes physiology as a science ; Hypertrophy ; Inflammation ; Iron-deficiency anemia ; Lactate threshold ; Metabolism ; Motor control ; Motor skill development ; Neuroplasticity ; Osmosis ; Osteoarthritis ; Pain ; Steroids -- Exercise training. Aerobics ; Autogenic training ; Blood flow restriction (BFR) training ; Cross-training ; Endurance training ; Ergogenic aids ; High-intensity interval training (HIIT) ; Progressive muscle relaxation ; Static stretching ; Stretching ; Stress reduction ; Weight training -- Nutrition and supplements. Amino acids ; Anti-inflammatory diet ; Biotin ; Branched-chain amino acids ; Carbohydrates ; Cetylated fatty acids ; Creatine ; Essential nutrients ; Fatty acid ; Glucosamine ; Iron ; Lecithin ; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) ; Nutrition ; Protein ; Sports and energy drinks ; Sports and fitness performance ; Supplements ; Vitamins and minerals -- Injuries. Back pain ; Bruises ; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) ; Common shoulder injuries ; Concussion ; Fracture and dislocation ; Injuries, Minor ; Muscle sprains, spasms, and disorders ; Post-concussion syndrome ; Repetitive strain injury (RSI) ; Soft tissue pain ; Sports-related wrist and hand injuries ; Strength training ; Tendinitis ; Tendon disorders ; Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) ; Traumatic brain injury ; Wounds -- Diagnostic techniques. Genetic testing ; Genomics ; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ; Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ; Ultrasonography -- Injury treatments--Standard. Advances in spinal cord injury research ; Arthroplasty ; Astym therapy ; Braces, Orthopedic ; Casts and splints ; Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) ; Exercise-based therapies ; Hyaluronic acid injections ; Kneecap removal ; Physical rehabilitation ; Rotator cuff surgery ; Tendon repair ; Tommy John surgery -- Injury treatments--Alternative/Experimental. Acupressure ; Acupuncture ; Applied kinesiology ; Cupping ; Diet-based therapies ; Homeopathic remedies for sports-related injuries ; Magnet therapy ; Prolotherapy ; Sports and fitness recovery ; Sports injuries and homeopathy ; Tissue engineering -- Medications. Anti-inflammatory drugs ; Baclofen ; Carisoprodol ; Codeine ; Fentanyl ; Ketamine ; Morphine ; Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) ; Oxycodone ; Pain management ; Prescription NSAIDs ; Tramadol ; Valium (diazepam) -- Drug doping. Athlete drug testing ; Blood doping ; Lance Armstrong stripped of Tour de France titles ; Erythropoietin ; Mark McGwire evades congressional questions on steroid use ; Genetic engineering ; Gymnast Andreea Raducan loses her Olympic Gold Medal ; Olympic athlete Marion Jones admits steroid use ; Olympic champion Lasse Viren is accused of blood doping ; Performance-enhancing drugs ; Russian sports doping scandal ; Soccer star Diego Maradona is expelled from World Cup ; Steroid abuse ; Steroids: HGH and PEDS ; Steroids in baseball ; Track-and-field champion Heike Dreschler doping scandal -- Sports in general. Benefits of playing sports ; Exercise addiction ; Exercise and mental health ; Health risks to student athletes ; Intramural sports ; Overtraining syndrome ; Sociology of sport ; Sports engineering ; Sports psychology ; Transgender athletes: Overview ; Transgender college athletes -- Careers. Athletic training ; Cardiology ; Exercise science ; Kinesiology ; Neuroscience ; Occupational therapist ; Orthopedics ; Personal trainer ; Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) ; Physical therapist ; Podiatry ; Sports medicine -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations -- Subject index.This volume introduces students and researchers to the science of human performance and health. It focuses on how a healthy human body works during exercise and how sports and physical activity promote health and performance, ranging from the cellular level to whole body perspectives. Coverage also includes exercise physiology, sports psychology, human anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, biokinetics, diet, the nature and pathology of sport injuries, and injury rehabilitation. The entries in this edition are arranged alphabetically for ease in finding desired topics. Entries include: Fields of Study; Abstract for a brief, concrete summary; Key Concepts; Essay for detailed explanation, background, and significance of the topic; Further Reading for current references on the topic. Entries in Principles of Sports Medicine & Exercise Science range from one to five pages in length. Specific topics include: Performance Supplements Sports Knee Injuries Back Injuries Sports Footwear Aerobic Training Power Training Creatine Supplements Muscle Hypertrophy Endurance Training Metabolic Carts Lactate Thresholds Branch-chain Amino Acids Protein Loading Stretching Rotator Cuff Surgery The volume also includes: Glossary that defines key specialized terms used throughout the book and among sports medicine professionals Comprehensive Bibliography/Further Study lists Subject Index that offers multiple points of entry for readers With approximately 125 individual essays, this new volume will give readers a solid overview of sports medicine and exercise science and is an invaluable resource for students at the high school and undergraduate levels, especially those considering careers in this popular field.

Subjects: Sports medicine.; Kinesiology.; Sports injuries.; Physiology.; Exercise;

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Principles of sports medicine & exercise science / by Buratovich, Michael A.,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Anatomy -- Anatomy -- Bones and the Skeleton -- Brain Structure -- Cartilage -- Circulation -- Connective Tissue -- Fascia -- Heart -- Hippocampus -- Human Respiratory System -- Knee -- Ligaments -- Lower Extremities -- Muscles -- Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) -- Upper Extremities -- Physiology/Pathophysiology -- Bone Disorders -- Brain -- Exercise Physiology -- Glycolysis -- Haller Establishes Physiology as a Science -- Hypertrophy -- Inflammation -- Iron-Deficiency Anemia -- Lactate Threshold -- Metabolism -- Motor Control -- Motor Skill Development -- Neuroplasticity -- Osmosis -- Osteoarthritis -- Pain -- Steroids -- Exercise Training -- Aerobics -- Autogenic Training -- Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training -- Cross-training -- Endurance Training -- Ergogenic Aids -- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) -- Progressive Muscle Relaxation -- Static Stretching -- Stretching -- Stress Reduction -- Weight Training -- Nutrition and Supplements -- Amino Acids -- Anti-Inflammatory Diet -- Biotin -- Branched-Chain Amino Acids -- Carbohydrates -- Cetylated Fatty Acids -- Creatine -- Essential Nutrients -- Fatty Acid -- Glucosamine -- Iron -- Lecithin -- Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD) -- Nutrition -- Protein -- Sports and Energy Drinks -- Sports and Fitness Performance -- Supplements -- Vitamins and Minerals -- Injuries -- Back Pain.Bruises -- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) -- Common Shoulder Injuries -- Concussion -- Fracture and Dislocation -- Injuries, Minor -- Muscle Sprains, Spasms, and Disorders -- Post-Concussion Syndrome -- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) -- Soft Tissue Pain -- Sports-Related Wrist and Hand Injuries -- Strength Training -- Tendinitis -- Tendon Disorders -- Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis) -- Traumatic Brain Injury -- Wounds -- Diagnostic Techniques -- Genetic Testing -- Genomics -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) -- Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) -- Ultrasonography -- Injury Treatments-Standard -- Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Research -- Arthroplasty -- Astym Therapy -- Braces, Orthopedic -- Casts and Splints -- Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) -- Exercise-Based Therapies -- Hyaluronic Acid Injections -- Kneecap Removal -- Physical Rehabilitation -- Rotator Cuff Surgery -- Tendon Repair -- Tommy John Surgery -- Injury Treatments-Alternative/Experimental -- Acupressure -- Acupuncture -- Applied Kinesiology -- Cupping -- Diet-Based Therapies -- Homeopathic Remedies for Sports-Related Injuries -- Magnet Therapy -- Prolotherapy -- Sports and Fitness Recovery -- Sports Injuries and Homeopathy -- Tissue Engineering -- Medications -- Anti-Inflammatory Drugs -- Baclofen -- Carisoprodol -- Codeine -- Fentanyl -- Ketamine -- Morphine -- Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) -- Oxycodone -- Pain Management -- Prescription NSAIDs -- Tramadol -- Valium (diazepam) -- Drug Doping -- Athlete Drug Testing -- Blood Doping.Lance Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Titles -- Erythropoietin -- Mark McGwire Evades Congressional Questions on Steroid Use -- Genetic Engineering -- Gymnast Andreea Raducan Loses Her Olympic Gold Medal -- Olympic Athlete Marion Jones Admits Steroid Use -- Olympic Champion Lasse Viren Is Accused of Blood Doping -- Performance-Enhancing Drugs -- Russian Sports Doping Scandal -- Soccer Star Diego Maradona Is Expelled from World Cup -- Steroid Abuse -- Steroids: HGH and PEDS -- Steroids in Baseball -- Track-and-Field Champion Heike Dreschler Doping Scandal -- Sports in General -- Benefits of Playing Sports -- Exercise Addiction -- Exercise and Mental Health -- Health Risks to Student Athletes -- Intramural Sports -- Overtraining Syndrome -- Sociology of Sport -- Sports Engineering -- Sports Psychology -- Transgender Athletes: Overview -- Transgender College Athletes -- Careers -- Athletic Training -- Cardiology -- Exercise Science -- Kinesiology -- Neuroscience -- Occupational Therapist -- Orthopedics -- Personal Trainer -- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) -- Physical Therapist -- Podiatry -- Sports Medicine -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations -- Subject Index.Explores the world of sports fitness, injury, and rehabilitation.10-A.Mode of access: Internet.

Subjects: Sports medicine.; Kinesiology.; Sports injuries.; Sports medicine.; Kinesiology.; Wounds and injuries.;

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Critical Survey of Mythology and Folklore : by Grey House Publishing, Inc.,publisher.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-386) and indexes.Publisher's Note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Maps and Mythological Figures -- Birth of Athena and the War with the Giants / Katherine Sehl -- Cyrus the Great / Judy A. Johnson --Hainuwele / Adam Berger -- Lohengrin, the Knight with the Swan / T. Fleischmann -- Moses in the Ark of Bulrushes / Allene Phy-Olsen --Romulus and Remus / Ashleigh Imus -- Gilgameš and Huwawa / T. Fleischmann -- The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy / Ashleigh Imus -- Heracles's Twelve Labors / T. Fleischmann -- Jason and the Theft of the Golden Fleece / Katherine Sehl -- King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone / Pegge Bochynski -- Penelope and the Suitors / Katherine Sehl -- Quetzalcóatl / T. Fleischmann -- Sir Gawain and the Quest of the Sangreal / Ashleigh Imus -- Tales of Odysseus (Lotus-Eaters, Cyclops) / Ashleigh Imus -- Third Voyage of Sindbad / T. Fleischmann -- Athena and the Contest of Arachne / Katherine Sehl -- The Ballad of Mulan / T. Fleischmann -- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc / Katherine Sehl -- The Queen of Sheba / Allene Phy-Olsen -- Qutulun / R.C. Lutz -- Tomoe Gozen, Samurai Warrior /‡R.C. Lutz -- Vietnamese Rebels: The Tru̕ng Sisters and Triệu Thị Trinh / T. Fleischmann -- Wrath of Artemis / Ashleigh Imus -- David and Goliath / Theresa L. Stowell -- Li Chi Slays the Serpent / R.C. Lutz -- Perseus and Medusa / Ashleigh Imus -- Saint George and the Dragon / Judy A. Johnson -- Theseus and the Minotaur / Judy A. Johnson -- Adventures of Monkey / R.C. Lutz -- Anansi / Judy A. Johnson -- Gesar of Ling / R.C. Lutz -- Gest of Robyn Hode / Ashleigh Imus -- Maya Hero Twins: Hunahpu and Xbalanque / T. Fleischmann -- Myth of Māui / R.C. Lutz -- Stagolee / Ashleigh Imus -- American Indian Trickster Tales: The Coyote Hero / Ashleigh Imus -- The Hero's Journey in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone / Theresa L. Stowell -- "Warlike Women": Amazons in the Americas / Ashleigh Imus -- Warrior Legend in Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai / R.C. Lutz -- Mythology in the Classroom -- Lesson Plan: Unwinding Gender in Homer's Penelope and the Suitors -- Time Line -- Guide to Online Resources -- Bibliography -- Country and Culture Index -- Chronological Index -- Index.Explores myths, folktales, legends, and other traditional literature featuring heroes.

Subjects: Heroes; Women heroes;

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Margaret Atwood / by Bouson, J. Brooks.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.About This Volume -- J. Brooks Bouson / CAREER, LIFE, AND INFLUENCE: On Margaret Atwood -- J. Brooks Bouson ; Biography of Margaret Atwood / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: "On Being a Woman Writer": Atwood's Canadian and Feminist Contexts -- Heidi Slettedahl Macpherson ; The Critical Reception of Atwood's Works: A Chronological Survey -- Coral Ann Howells ; Whodunit: The Mystery/Detective Story Framework in Atwood's Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin -- Earl Ingersoll ; From H.G. Wells's Island to Margaret Atwood's Paradice: Bio-perversity and Its Ramifications -- Shulli Barzilai / CRITICAL READINGS: Margaret Atwood's Poetry: Voice and Vision -- Kathryn VanSpanckeren ; "Consider the Body": Remaking the Myth of Female Sexuality in Margaret Atwood's Poems in Morning in the Burned House -- Tomoko Kuribayashi ; Gender and Genre in Atwood's Short Stories and Short Fictions -- Reingard M. Nischik ; Atwood and the Gothic -- Carol Margaret Davison ; "This Is Border Country": Atwood's Surfacing and Postcolonial Identity -- Laura Wright ; Hanging (onto) Words: Language, Religion, and Spirituality in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale -- Michael P. Murphy ; Sexual Trauma, Ethics, and the Reader in the Works of Margaret Atwood -- Laurie Vickroy ; Freed from the Salt Mines of Virtue: Wicked Women in Margaret Atwood's Novels -- Sarah Appleton ; The "Historical Turn" in Margaret Atwood's The Blind Assassin and Alias Grace -- Alice Ridout ; Surviving the Waterless Flood: Feminism and Ecofeminism in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Oryx and Crake, and The Year of the Flood -- Karen Stein ; Postapocalyptic Vision: Flood Myths and Other Folklore in Atwood's Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood -- Sharon R. Wilson / RESOURCES: Chronology of Margaret Atwood's Life ; Works by Margaret Atwood ; Bibliography ; About the Editor ; Contributors ; Index.As the author of over forty works-including over a dozen novels and over a dozen books of poetry as well as collections of short stories and short fictions, works of literary criticism, and collections of her essays and reviews-Margaret Atwood is indisputably Canada's best-known contemporary author. Edited by J. Brooks Bouson, this volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on the Canadian writer.--Publisher description.

Subjects: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Women and literature;

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Principles of business: marketing / by Salem Press,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Publisher's note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Advertising campaigns -- Advertising management -- Applications for business consulting in marketing -- Applied probability models in marketing -- Brand management -- Brand personality -- Business marketing -- Buyer behavior -- Channel management -- Consumer and organizational buyer behavior -- Consumer behavior -- Consumer demographics -- Content marketing -- Copyrights -- Creating, managing and presenting the arts -- Customer information systems -- Customer loyalty programs -- Customer relationship management (CRM) -- Customer service -- Direct e-marketing -- E-business enterprise applications -- Effective media coverage -- Employer branding and management -- Entrepreneurial marketing -- Event management -- External business communications -- Franchising -- Future of integrated marketing communications -- Global marketing -- Integrated marketing communications (IMC) -- International advertising -- International marketing -- Internet marketing strategies -- Launching new ventures through technology -- Law of marketing and antitrust -- Legal aspects of marketing -- Marketing (statistics) and applied probability models -- Marketing decision making -- Marketing environment -- Marketing ethics -- Marketing management -- Marketing methods -- Marketing principles -- Marketing research -- Marketing strategy -- Models for marketing strategy -- Multimedia product placement -- Multinational marketing -- Neuromarketing -- New product management -- Person marketing : using celebrities to endorse products -- Personal selling and sales management -- Price analysis -- Price discrimination -- Pricing policy -- Pricing strategies -- Principles of advertising -- Principles of retailing -- Product placement -- Professional selling in business to business (B2B) marketing -- Promotional policies -- Public relations -- Public relations and social media -- Retail merchandising -- Sales force management -- Sensory marketing -- Social media and businesses -- Strategic marketing -- Trade show participation -- Value-based strategies for business marketing -- Glossary -- Subject Index.Provides easy-access to the essentials of marketing, including advertising, copy writing, social media, branding, and more, to give students and researchers a better understanding of what is involved in marketing a product or service.

Subjects: Marketing.;

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Principles of Business: Marketing / by Salem Press,editor.;

10-A.Provides easy-access to the essentials of marketing, including advertising, copy writing, social media, branding, and more, to give students and researchers a better understanding of what is involved in marketing a product or service.Includes bibliographical references and index.Publisher's note -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Advertising campaigns -- Advertising management -- Applications for business consulting in marketing -- Applied probability models in marketing -- Brand management -- Brand personality -- Business marketing -- Buyer behavior -- Channel management -- Consumer and organizational buyer behavior -- Consumer behavior -- Consumer demographics -- Content marketing -- Copyrights -- Creating, managing and presenting the arts -- Customer information systems -- Customer loyalty programs -- Customer relationship management (CRM) -- Customer service -- Direct e-marketing -- E-business enterprise applications -- Effective media coverage -- Employer branding and management -- Entrepreneurial marketing -- Event management -- External business communications -- Franchising -- Future of integrated marketing communications -- Global marketing -- Integrated marketing communications (IMC) -- International advertising -- International marketing -- Internet marketing strategies -- Launching new ventures through technology -- Law of marketing and antitrust -- Legal aspects of marketing -- Marketing (statistics) and applied probability models -- Marketing decision making -- Marketing environment -- Marketing ethics -- Marketing management -- Marketing methods -- Marketing principles -- Marketing research -- Marketing strategy -- Models for marketing strategy -- Multimedia product placement -- Multinational marketing -- Neuromarketing -- New product management -- Person marketing : using celebrities to endorse products -- Personal selling and sales management -- Price analysis -- Price discrimination -- Pricing policy -- Pricing strategies -- Principles of advertising -- Principles of retailing -- Product placement -- Professional selling in business to business (B2B) marketing -- Promotional policies -- Public relations -- Public relations and social media -- Retail merchandising -- Sales force management -- Sensory marketing -- Social media and businesses -- Strategic marketing -- Trade show participation -- Value-based strategies for business marketing -- Glossary -- Subject Index.

Subjects: Marketing.;

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Principles of Geology / by Renneboog, Richard,editor.; Salem Press,issuing body.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."Geology explores the science about the solid Earth, the rocks that comprise it, and the processes by which they change over time. This volume also provides coverage of other Earth sciences, including hydrology and the atmospheric sciences, as they integrate into a major aspect of Earth's system and planetary science. Content includes broad categories of geology, as well as the wide variety of methods and tools used by geologists. Major categories in Principles of Geology include principles, historical discoveries, the Big Bang event, continental drift, geochemistry, resource recovery, paleontology, and extraterrestrial geology. Principles of Geology includes 130 entries arranged in A to Z order to help make finding a topic of interest easy. Entries related to basic principles and concepts include a list of the Fields of Study covered by the article; an Abstract that provides a brief, concrete summary of the topic and its significance; a list of Key Concepts with definitions, important to a proper understanding of the topic; and a detailed Essay that provides extensive background on the topic and explores its significance to the field of geology; and a list of Further Reading for those who wish to pursue the topic in more depth." --"Introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of these scientific topics using easy-to-understand language for a solid background and a deeper understanding and appreciation. Major categories in Principles of Geology include principles, historical discoveries, the Big Bang event, continental drift, geochemistry, resource recovery, paleontology, and extraterrestrial geology"--Andesitic rocks -- Aquifers -- Asteroids -- Athabasca oil sands -- Basaltic rocks -- Batholiths -- Beaches and coastal processes -- Biogenic sedimentary rocks -- Bolides -- Boltwood uses radioactivity to determine ages of rocks -- Carbonate compensation depths -- Carbonate minerals -- Carbonatites -- Clays -- Clays and clay minerals -- Contact metamorphism -- Coriolis effect -- Crystals -- The "deep-impact" mission: geology of a comet -- Deep-sea sedimentation -- Deglaciation -- Deltas -- Desert landforms -- Desert pavement -- Desertification -- Deserts -- Diagenesis -- Diamond -- Diatomite -- Doell and Dalrymple discover the magnetic reversals of Earth's poles -- Drainage basins -- Earthquake prediction -- Earthquakes -- Earth's crust -- Earth's internal structure -- Earth's moon -- Economic geology -- Engineering seismology -- Evaporites -- External processes -- Extraterrestrial resources -- Floods -- Fluvial and karst processes -- The Gaia hypothesis -- Gem minerals -- Geochemical cycles -- Geologic timescale -- Geology -- German meteor expedition discovers the mid-Atlantic ridge -- Glaciations -- Glaciers -- Gondwanaland and Laurasia -- Granitic rocks -- Gutenberg discovers Earth's mantle-outer core boundary -- Heezen and Ewing discover the midoceanic ridge -- Hess, Harry Hammond -- Hess identifies the cause of continental drift -- Hutton proposes the geological theory of uniformitarianism -- Igneous processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Internal geologic processes -- International system of units -- Kimberlites -- Lehmann discovers Earth's inner core -- Limestone -- Lithosphere -- Lomonosov issues the first catalog of minerals -- Lunar exploration --Magma crystallization -- Marble -- Mars exploration rovers -- Mean sea level -- Metamictization -- Metamorphic processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Mineralization and hydrothermal solutions -- Mineralogy -- Mohs hardness scale -- Mountain building -- Nesosilicates and sorosilicates -- New horizons Pluto-Kuiper belt mission -- Nonsilicates -- Nucleosynthesis -- Ocean acidification -- Ocean margins -- Oceans' origin -- Oil shale and tar sands -- Oldham and Mohorovičić discover Earth's interior structure -- Ophiolites -- Orbicular rocks -- Paleontology -- Physical properties of rocks -- Placer deposits -- Planet formation -- Planetary exploration -- Planetary interiors -- Plate tectonics -- Plutonic rocks and mineral deposits -- Pumice -- Pyroclastic flows -- Quartz and silica -- Reefs -- Regional metamorphism -- Richter, Charles Francis -- Richter develops a scale for measuring earthquake strength -- Riverbed forms -- Salt domes -- Sand and gravel -- Sandstone -- Seafloor spreading -- Secondary enrichment of mineral deposits -- Sedimentary processes, rocks, and mineral deposits -- Shale -- Silicates -- Siliciclastic rocks -- Slate -- Soils -- Steno presents his theories of fossils and dynamic geology -- Streams and rivers -- Structure and physical properties of minerals -- Subduction and orogeny -- Sub-seafloor metamorphism -- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre -- Turbidity currents and submarine fans -- Ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism -- Ultrapotassic rocks -- Volcanoes -- Weathering -- Wegener, Alfred -- Wegener proposes the theory of continental drift -- Xenoliths -- Zeolites.High school and undergraduate level students.

Subjects: Geology.;

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Careers in Nursing. by Salem Press,issuing body.;

Edition statement supplied by publisher.Includes bibliographical references and index.Publisher's Note -- Introduction to Careers in Nursing -- Education for Nursing Careers -- Profiles: EMTs and Paramedics; Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides; Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses; Medical and Health Services Managers; Medical Assistants; Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners; Nursing Assistants and Orderlies; Registered Nurses; Surgical Technologists -- Setting: Assisted living facilities; Case management; Clinics; Critical care; Emergency rooms; Extended care; Home care; Hospice; Intensive care unit (ICU); Internet medicine; Telehealth nursing -- Specialties: Anesthesiology; Family medicine; Geriatrics and gerontology; Gynecology and Obstetrics; Neonatology; Nephrology; Palliative medicine; Pediatrics; Preventive medicine; Primary care -- Industries: Complementary and Alternative Health Care Industry; Criminal Justice and Prison Industry; Hospital Care and Services; Insurance Industry; Public Health Services; Residential Medical Care Industry -- Appendix A: Holland Code -- Appendix B: General Bibliography -- Glossary -- Organizations & Resources.This comprehensive guidebook provides insight into the wide array of options open to trained nurses. It offers guidance regarding what job seekers can expect in terms of training, advancement, earnings, job prospects, working conditions, relevant associations, and more.

Subjects: Nursing;

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The Legacy of 9/11 / by Shally-Jensen, Michael,editor.;

10-A.The Legacy of 9/11 features forty-four documents that span over a century, from the D'Arcy Oil Concession in 1901, the Charter of the Arab League in 1945, activist Sayyid Qutb's thoughts on jihad published following his execution in Egypt in 1966, Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad against the U.S. in 1996, the Proclamation of the Caliphate in 2014, and Donald Trump's executive orders, perceived by some as a way to prevent Muslims from entering the U.S., in 2017. Each document is supported by a critical essay, written by historians and teachers, that includes a Summary Overview, Defining Moment, Author Biography, Document Themes and Analysis. An important feature of each essay is a close reading and analysis of the primary source that develops broader themes, such as the author's rhetorical purpose, social or class position, point of view, and other relevant issues. In addition, essays are organized by sections, listed above, for a greater sense of context. Each section begins with a brief introduction that defines questions and problems underlying the subjects addressed in the historical documents. Each essay also includes a Bibliography and Additional Reading section for further research.Includes bibliographical references and index.Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors / HISTORIC BACKGROUND: The Saud Family and Wahhabi Islam -- The D'Arcy Oil Concession -- Hussein-McMahon Correspondence -- Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Balfour Declaration -- Charter of the Arab League -- CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran -- Baghdad Pact -- Gamal Abdel Nasser on the Nationalization of the Suez Canal -- The Eisenhower Doctrine -- Sayyid Qutb on Jihad -- Muhammad Qutb on the Origins of Islam -- Ayatollah Khomeini on "The Great Satan" / GROWING CONFLILCT & 9/11: Documents Relating to the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan -- Memos Concerning a Meeting between Donald Rumsfeld and Saddam Hussein -- President George H.W. Bush on the Cessation of the Persian Gulf War -- The 1993 World Trade Center Bombing: Report and Analysis -- From the "Clash of Civilizations" -- Osama bin Laden's Declaration of Jihad Against the Americans -- News Account of the USS Cole Bombing -- Memo on the Urgent Need to Address the al-Qaeda Threat -- Destruction of the Buddhist Statues at Bamiyan -- President George W. Bush's Statement to the Nation on 9/11 -- Osama bin Laden's Video Statement -- Excerpts from Knights under the Prophet's Banner -- On Counterterrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Public Statement on the Release of the 9/11 Commission Report / WAR-ITS JUSTIFICATIONS AND PROBLEMS: NATO Press Conference with Donald Rumsfeld -- Colin Powell on Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Hans Blix on U.N. Weapons Inspection Efforts in Iraq -- George W. Bush's Address to the Nation on Military Operations in Iraq -- From The Crisis of Islam -- "Mission to Niger" and the Valerie Plame Affair -- Intelligence Report on Iraq's Programs for Weapons of Mass Destruction -- From the Fay Report on the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal -- Declaration of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi at the Execution of Nicholas Berg / THE POST-9/11 WORLD: Manning-Lamo Chat Logs -- President Obama's Remarks on the Killing of Osama bin Laden -- Snowden E-mail -- U.N. Report on the Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in the Ghouta Area of Damascus on 21 August 2013 -- Islamic State--Proclamation of the Caliphate -- Remarks by Abdullah II of Jordan before the U.N. General Assembly -- Hassan Rouhani's Address before the U.N. General Assembly -- Benjamin Netanyahu: Speech before the U.N. General Assembly -- Donald Trump's Call for a "Muslim Ban" / APPENDIXES: Time Line of 9/11 -- Wes Resources -- Bibliography -- Index.

Subjects: Terrorism; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; Jihad; Terrorism; September 11 terrorist attacks, 2001; Jihad;

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Defining documents in American history. Civil War, 1860-1865 / by McPherson, James M.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.volume 1. The approaching storm -- Disunion : the sectional crisis -- The politics of war -- War stories -- volume 2. The home front -- The destruction of slavery -- Postwar : politics of race and Reconstruction -- Appendixes: Chronological list ; Historical timeline ; Web resources ; Bibliography ; Index.Publisher's Note ; Editor's Introduction ; Contributors ; Maps ; VOLUME 1. The Approaching Storm. Speeches for and Against the Compromise of 1850 ; Speech Against the Kansas-Nebraska Act ; The Dred Scott Decision ; Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided Speech" ; The Lincoln-Douglas Debates ; Speech to the Court that Sentenced Him to Death -- Disunion: The Sectional Crisis. Cooper Union Address ; Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address ; The Cornerstone of the Confederacy ; South Carolina Convention -- The Politics of War. The Chicago Tribune: "Help from England" ; Special Message to Congress: Habeas Corpus ; Presidential Proclamations on Blockade and Commercial Trade No. 81, No. 82, and No. 86 ; Speech on the Trent Affair ; Habeas Corpus Suspension Act ; General Orders No. 100: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field ; Hard War ; Governor's Message on the Suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus to the General Assembly of North Carolina ; President Abraham Lincoln's Blind Memorandum ; Ex Parte Milligan ; Jefferson Davis' Address to the Confederate Congress ; Jefferson Davis, Inaugural Address as Elected President of Confederacy -- War Stories. General Burnside's Army and the Roanoke Island Freedmen's Colony ; Captain Richard W. Burt on the Siege of Vicksburg ; On Blockade Duty: Letters from a Lieutenant on the USS Gettysburg ; "The Most Terrible Sight I Ever Saw" ; Letters from the Vicksburg Campaign ; Henry Sheperd's Narrative of Prison Life ; War Diary: Marching through the Stronghold of Secession -- VOLUME 2. The Home Front. "Luxuries Have Been Given Up Long Ago" ; The Military Hospitals in Washington ; "The Shadows are Darkening"...Jackson is Certainly Dead ; The Draft Riots ; "There Has Been a Great Deal of Sickness in My Neighborhood" ; Gettysburg Address ; Reception to the Enlistment of Black Soldiers ; Abraham Lincoln's Last Public Address ; Walt Whitman: Military Hospitals ; "The Conclusion of the Battle of Gettysburg" ; Letters of a Transport Nurse ; "The Shattered Remains of Lee's Army" ; "Conquered, Submission, Subjugation" -- The Destruction of Slavery. The Confiscation Acts ; Treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade (Lyons-Seward Treaty) ; The Emancipation Proclamation ; War Department General Order 143 ; General Sherman Interviews the Freedmen Ministers in Savannah ; Special Field Order No. 15: Forty Acres and a Mule ; Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution ; A Contested Election: Report to Congresss on the Activities of the Ku Klux Klan ; Letter to Senator Joseph C. Abbott on the Ku Klux Klan ; United States vs. Cruikshank ; Exchange of Letters Between Horace Greeley and Abraham Lincoln ; "Men of Color, To Arms!" ; General Patrick Cleburne Proposes Black Soldiers for the Confederacy ; Jefferson Davis on the Employment of Slaves ; General Lee on Black Confederate Soldiers ; An Act to Increase the Military Force of the Confederate States -- Postwar: Politics of Race and Reconstruction. 39th Congress: Freedmen's Bureau Bill ; Frederick Douglass: Freedmen's Monument Speech ; Prospects of the Freedmen on Hilton Head ; Letters from Louisiana ; Reconstruction Acts of 1867 ; House of Representatives: Articles of Impeachment ; Various Selections of Black Codes in the South ; "The North Owes the Colored Race a Deep Obligation" ; Ulysses S. Grant: Letter to Daniel H. Chamberlain -- Appendixes: Chronological list ; Historical timeline ; Web resources ; Bibliography ; Index."Edited by James M. McPherson, PhD a preeminent civil war scholar and historian, George Henry Davis 1886 Professor Emeritus of United States History, Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize winner in History for Battle Cry Freedom, Defining Documents in American History: Civil War (1860-1865) surveys key documents produced during the Civil War with special attention devoted to the war-time policies of President Abraham Lincoln and the 37th US Congress. A special feature of the volumes is the inclusion of letters and diaries by soldiers and civilians writing about their experiences. The two volumes are organized into several chapters that cover the progress of the war beginning with early debates on secession, through wartime events on the political and battle fronts and concludes with a look toward the issues of race and reconstruction."--

Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., American.;

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