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The Future Is Fat Theorizing Time in Relation to Body Weight and Stigma

The Future Is Fat Theorizing Time in Relation to Body Weight and Stigma

Fat bodies of today are commonly assumed to have no future at all. In this line of thinking a fat life is framed as failure and a fast track towards death itself. Meanwhile the histories of modern fat existence communities activists and artists have been essentially unknown written out of origins and existence. Most medical and cultural evaluations of fat have rendered the fat body more and more visible and yet the lived experiences of fat people are continually erased. At a moment when scholars from various disciplines are contending with the question of who has a future this book explores the relationship between fat experience and the social construction of time. The works in this volume draw from fields as diverse as social geography women and gender studies critical race theory disability studies cultural studies visual art and craft social work communication studies and queer theory generating renewed understandings of the relationship between fatness and temporality. The Future Is Fat reimagines understandings of time to allow for new expressions of fat experience. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society. | The Future Is Fat Theorizing Time in Relation to Body Weight and Stigma

GBP 38.99
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Thickening Fat Fat Bodies Intersectionality and Social Justice

Thickening Fat Fat Bodies Intersectionality and Social Justice

Thickening Fat: Fat Bodies Intersectionality and Social Justice seeks to explore the multiple variable and embodied experiences of fat oppression and fat activisms. Moving beyond an analysis of fat oppression as singular this book will aim to unpack the volatility of fat—the mutability of fat embodiments as they correlate with other embodied subjectivities and the threshold where fat begins to be reviled celebrated or amended. In addition Thickening Fat explores the full range of intersectional and liminal analyses that push beyond the simple addition of two or more subjectivities looking instead at the complex alchemy of layered and unstable markers of difference and privilege. Cognizant that the concept of intersectionality has been filled out in a plurality of ways Thickening Fat poses critical questions around how to render analysis of fatness intersectional and to thicken up intersectionality where intersectionality is attenuated to the shifting and composite and material dimensions to identity rather than reduced to an “add difference and stir” approach. The chapters in this collection ask what happens when we operationalize intersectionality in fat scholarship and politics and we position difference at the centre and start of inquiry. | Thickening Fat Fat Bodies Intersectionality and Social Justice

GBP 42.99
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Queering Fat Embodiment

Queering Fat Embodiment

Cultural anxieties about fatness and the attendant stigmatisation of fat bodies have lent a medical authority and cultural legitimacy to what can be described as ’fat-phobia’. Against the backdrop of the ever-growing medicalisation pathologisation and commodification of fatness coupled with the moral panic over an alleged ’obesity epidemic’ this volume brings together the latest scholarship from various critical disciplines to challenge existing ideas of fat and fat embodiment. Shedding light on the ways in which fat embodiment is lived experienced regulated and (re)produced across a range of cultural sites and contexts Queering Fat Embodiment destabilises established ideas about fat bodies making explicit the intersectionality of fat identities and thereby countering the assertion that fat studies has in recent years reproduced a white ableist heteronormative subjectivity in its analyses. A critical queer examination on fatness Queering Fat Embodiment will be of interest to scholars of cultural and queer theory sociology and media studies working on questions of embodiment stigmatisation and gender and sexuality.

GBP 38.99
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Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism

Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism

While fat sexual bodies are highly visible as vehicles for stigma there has been a lack of scholarly research addressing this facet of contemporary body politics. Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism seeks to rectify this bringing debates about fat sex into the academic arena and providing a much-needed critical space for voices from across the spectrum of theory and activism. It examines the intersection of fat sex and sexuality within a contemporary cultural landscape that is openly hostile towards fat people and their perceived social and aesthetic transgressions. Acknowledging and engaging with some of the innovative work being done by artists activists and academics around the issue of fat sex this collection both challenges preconceptions regarding fatness and sexuality but also critiques and debates various aspects of the fat activist approach. It draws on a wide range of disciplinary perspectives bringing together work from the UK US Europe and Australia to offer a wide-ranging examination of the issues of size sex and sexuality. A cutting-edge exploration not only of fat sex but of identity politics neoliberalism and contemporary body activism in general Fat Sex: New Directions in Theory and Activism will be of interest to scholars of sociology cultural studies geography porn studies and literary studies working on questions of gender sexuality and the body.

GBP 38.99
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The Routledge International Handbook of Fat Studies

The Routledge International Handbook of Fat Studies

The Routledge International Handbook of Fat Studies brings together a diverse body of work from around the globe and across a wide range of Fat Studies topics and perspectives. The first major collection of its kind it explores the epistemology ontology and methodology of fatness with attention to issues such as gender and sexuality disability and embodiment health race media discrimination and pedagogy. Presenting work from both scholarly writers and activists this volume reflects a range of critical perspectives vital to the expansion of Fat Studies and thus constitutes an essential resource for researchers in the field.

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The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies

The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies

The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies is a key reference work in contemporary scholarship situated at the intersection between Gender and Fat Studies charting the connections and tensions between these two fields. Comprising over 20 chapters from a range of diverse and international contributors the Reader is structured around the following key themes: theorizing gender and fat; narrating gender and fat; historicizing gender and fat; institutions and public policy; health and medicine; popular culture and media; and resistance. It is an intersectional collection highlighting the ways that gender and fat always exist in connection with multiple other structures forms of oppression and identities including race ethnicity sexualities age nationalities disabilities religion and class. The Contemporary Reader of Gender and Fat Studies is essential reading for scholars and advanced students in Gender Studies Sexuality Studies Sociology Body Studies Cultural Studies Psychology and Health. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4. 0 license.

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Fat Absorption Volume II

Fat Absorption Volume II

This book provides an authoritative and comprehensive source of information on the biochemical an metabolic aspects of digestion and absorption of different dietary fats and other lipids with minimal discussion of the physical chemistry of the process which has been covered in great detail in previous reviews. It is intended for both researchers and practitioners in the biomedical field who require detailed knowledge of the biomedical and metabolic transformations involed in the intestinal digestion and resynthesis of dietary fats and other lipids. | Fat Absorption Volume II

GBP 120.00
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The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

The Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) is one of the most popular memory scales in the United States and much of the English-speaking world. This is the first book to systematically trace the evolution of the instrument in terms of its content and structure whilst providing a guide to clinical interpretation and discussing its many research uses. The Wechsler Memory Scale: A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers provides a comprehensive review and synthesis of the literature on all the major editions and revisions of the WMS including the Wechsler Memory Scale-I Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised Wechsler Memory Scale-III and the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV. It discusses major factor analytic studies of each version of the test clinical interpretation of each version including studies on malingering uses of each version with special populations and makes suggestions for the next revision (i. e the WMS-V). This book is designed to be a go-to source for all graduate students clinicians and researchers who use the Wechsler Memory Scale as well as to institutions offering formal training in adult clinical and neuropsychological assessment. | The Wechsler Memory Scale A Guide for Clinicians and Researchers

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Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

Teaching at Scale explores the characteristics and parameters of large-scale online learning by identifying in its perceived drawbacks a wealth of educational opportunities in disguise. Scalable learning platforms have exploded in popularity over recent years with MOOCS (massive open online courses) online degree programs informal learning communities and alternative credentials all drawing significant enrollments. But as many educators are asking are the challenges to delivering education at scale too great and the compromises too many? This book guides instructors to leverage their complex responsibilities—open-ended assessments at scale individuated feedback to students academic integrity in less controlled environments and more—into significant assets. Informed by real-world institutional experience as well as key research in cognitive science and the learning sciences each chapter provides practical strategies for educators and administrators seeking to solve problems and fulfill the high-quality broad-access potential of large-scale instruction for lifelong learners. | Teaching at Scale Improving Access Outcomes and Impact Through Digital Instruction

GBP 32.99
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Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

As debates over how relative risk can be used to shape landscape-scale environmental management intensify Regional-Scale Risk Assessment demonstrates the capabilities of RRM using nine case studies in the Pacific Northwest Pennsylvania Brazil and Tasmania. The authors use a process of ranking and filters to interrelate different kinds of risks and illustrates how these relative risks are defined mapped and analyzed to determine remediation and management priorities. This book provides detailed descriptions for each step of RRM-from the determination of assessment goals to documentation evaluation and communication with decision-makers-that can benefit practitioners in environmental risk assessment and related fields worldwide. | Regional Scale Ecological Risk Assessment Using the Relative Risk Model

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The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

The Scale Model does one thing: makes it easy for business entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Using a proven methodology that is easy to understand and implement business teams can learn how to diagnose and solve barriers to growth. The Scale Model equips CEOs and senior leaders with a framework to assess where the pain points lie in their business and easy-to-use templates to help them work out the solutions to enable continued growth. The Model has been used by high-growth companies around the world to achieve industry-beating growth in sales and profits with engaged and aligned teams. In a complicated business environment the straightforward advice and practical structure of the Scale Model provides for business planning. When you're busy running your business you want just one place to go to fix it. This is that place. Pick up The Scale Model today work through the tools inside and watch your business grow. That's how easy it is. | The Scale Model How to Set Up and Run a Successful Enterprise

GBP 31.99
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Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning

Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning

Advancements in the technology and availability of data sources have led to the `Big Data' era. Working with large data offers the potential to uncover more fine-grained patterns and take timely and accurate decisions but it also creates a lot of challenges such as slow training and scalability of machine learning models. One of the major challenges in machine learning is to develop efficient and scalable learning algorithms i. e. optimization techniques to solve large scale learning problems. Stochastic Optimization for Large-scale Machine Learning identifies different areas of improvement and recent research directions to tackle the challenge. Developed optimisation techniques are also explored to improve machine learning algorithms based on data access and on first and second order optimisation methods. Key Features: Bridges machine learning and Optimisation. Bridges theory and practice in machine learning. Identifies key research areas and recent research directions to solve large-scale machine learning problems. Develops optimisation techniques to improve machine learning algorithms for big data problems. The book will be a valuable reference to practitioners and researchers as well as students in the field of machine learning.

GBP 150.00
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Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry

The biopharmaceutical industry has become an increasingly important player in the global economy and the success of these products depends on the development and implementation of cost-effective robust and scaleable production processes. Bioseparations-also called downstream processing- can be a key source of competitive advantageto biopharmaceutical developers. Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry brings together scientific principles empirical approaches and practical considerations for designing industrial downstream bioprocesses for various classes of biomolecules. Using clear language along with numerous case studies examples tables flow charts and schematics the book presents perspectives from experienced professionals involved in purification processes and industrial downstream unit operations. The authors provide useful experimental design strategies and guidelines for developing application-specific process scale bioseparations. Chapter topics include harvest by centrifugation and filtration expanded bed chromatography protein refolding modes of preparative chromatography methodologies for resin screening membrane chromatography protein crystallization viral filtration ultrafiltration/diafiltration implementing post-approval downstream process changes for an antibody product and future trends. Ideal for both new and experienced scientists in the biopharmaceutical industry and students Process Scale Bioseparations for the Biopharmaceutical Industry is a comprehensive resource for all topics relevant to industrial process development.

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Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

The Anthropocene concept draws attention to the various forms of entanglement of social political ecological biological and geological processes at multiple spatial and temporal scales. The ensuing complexity and ambiguity create manifold challenges to widely established theories methodologies epistemologies and ontologies. The contributions to this volume engage with conceptual issues of scale in the Anthropocene with a focus on mediated representation and narrative. They are centered around the themes of scale and time scale and the nonhuman and scale and space. The volume presents an interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology geography political sciences history and literary cultural and media studies. Together they contribute to current debates on the (re-)imagining of forms of human responsibility that meet the challenges created by humanity entering an age of scalar complexity. Chapter 3 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4. 0 license available at http://www. taylorfrancis. com/books/e/9781003136989 | Narratives of Scale in the Anthropocene Imagining Human Responsibility in an Age of Scalar Complexity

GBP 38.99
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Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

This reference book provides updated information on the production and industrial significance of bacterial cellulose. Bacterial cellulose is a natural fiber produced by certain microbes mainly bacteria which belong to the Acetobacter genera. The book discusses its applications in different industrial sectors such as food pharmaceutical energy and wastewater treatment. It covers the production of cellulose from conventional and renewable feedstock and includes topics such as downstream processing characterization and chemical modification of bacterial cellulose. FEATURES: Addresses the challenges of the production technologies of bacterial cellulose up to pilot scale Discusses cost-effective green processes using agri-processing residues and medium formulation Includes efficient preparation of nanocomposites using in vitro and in vivo methods Provides the latest applications of bacterial cellulose in the food and pharmaceuticals fields Reviews the production of bacterial cellulose from conventional feedstock such as sugars and starches This book is designed for industry experts and researchers of applied microbiology bioprocesses and industrial microbiology. | Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

GBP 140.00
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Body Composition Health and Performance in Exercise and Sport

Body Composition Health and Performance in Exercise and Sport

Interest in the relationships between body structure and function in physical activity has persisted for centuries. Body Composition: Health and Performance in Exercise and Sport advances understanding beyond simple descriptions of body physique and composition of athletes and fills gaps in our understanding of the important role of muscle fat and bone in facilitating physical performance and health in sports and physically demanding occupations. lt addresses basic practical and applied topics in body composition performance and health with comprehensive reviews organized in four logical parts: Body Composition Assessment; Physical Activity and Body Composition; Body Composition in Sports and Occupations; and Moderating Factors. This book integrates state-of-the-art knowledge by international experts in the field and produces an evidence-based practical guide for a balanced understanding of the role and use of body composition assessment in physical performance and health for youth and adults. It also provides a needed link between the practice of body composition assessment and its application by members of public health advisory committees that develop national guidelines for diet physical activity and health. This book is suitable for students and professionals in sports nutrition exercise science kinesiology and athletic training. Sport administrators and policy-makers for international and national sport federations and organizations and national intercollegiate and scholastic federations would also benefit from this book. | Body Composition Health and Performance in Exercise and Sport

GBP 44.99
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Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

Doctrine and Difference: The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature aims to expand and deepen our knowledge into the inquiry of “contextual historicism ” observing writers of the American nineteenth century and their vastly differing approaches to perceptions such as race gender and national identity. Ranging from the religious acuities of the first American Puritans to the more secularized literary awakening of the American Renaissance and into late-century texts that deliberately resist the limits of received religious and political opinion this volume seeks to uncover a history of human thought within classic American Literature. This volume critically observes these survivable works of literature presenting insight into the “difference” made by conversation dispute and dramatized self-doubt within novels and poems of the historical past. | Doctrine and Difference The Thematic Scale of Classic American Literature

GBP 135.00
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Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

The market and policy impetus to install increasingly utility-scale solar systems or solar farms (sometimes known as solar parks or ranches) has seen products and applications develop ahead of the collective industry knowledge and experience. Recently however the market has matured and investment opportunites for utility-scale solar farms or parks as part of renewable energy policies have made the sector more attractive. This book brings together the latest technical practical and financial information available to provide an essential guide to solar farms from design and planning to installation and maintenance. The book builds on the challenges and lessons learned from existing solar farms that have been developed across the world including in Europe the USA Australia China and India. Topics covered include system design system layout international installation standards operation and maintenance grid penetration planning applications and skills required for installation operation and maintenance. Highly illustrated in full colour the book provides an essential practical guide for all industry professionals involved in or contemplating utility-scale grid-connected solar systems. | Solar Farms The Earthscan Expert Guide to Design and Construction of Utility-scale Photovoltaic Systems

GBP 42.99
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Body Neutrality Finding Acceptance and Liberation in a Body-Focused Culture

Body Neutrality Finding Acceptance and Liberation in a Body-Focused Culture

This practical accessible book teaches readers how to practice healthy body image habits and let go of an emphasis on body image through research activities and personal stories. Body neutrality is a body image approach focused on finding acceptance and liberation from the body-focused culture in which we live. Body neutrality is a shift toward seeing our bodies as a vessel of who we are rather than as who we are. This guide is organized into thirteen chapters each outlining a different concept of body neutrality ranging from comparison and identity to mindfulness and gratitude inviting participation from the reader through end-of-chapter activities. For anyone aiming to release the enslaving emphasis placed on appearance in a world where body obsession has become inappropriately “normal ” this book will provide insight and practical guidance toward freedom. Body Neutrality is for anyone struggling with self-esteem and body image issues who aims for acceptance and liberation. | Body Neutrality Finding Acceptance and Liberation in a Body-Focused Culture

GBP 19.99
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Body Image Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men Women and Children

Body Image Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men Women and Children

Fully revised and updated Body Image 4th Edition provides a comprehensive summary of research on body image in men women and children drawing together research findings from the fields of psychology sociology and gender studies. The new edition presents all the latest research on body image including work on technology and body image interventions to reduce body dissatisfaction and links between body image BMI and clothing availability. Including data from interviews and focus groups with men women and children who have spoken about body image and its impact on the rest of their lives the book explores a range of important contemporary issues including the effects of social media and selfie-taking on body image the work of activists and academics who are trying to change how the fashion industry presents women’s bodies and new work investigating impacts of whole-body scanning technology and game-play avatars on appearance concern. Reflecting the direction of research on body image from a range of disciplines since the previous edition the book also includes an increased focus on body image in men looking at studies on pressures to be more muscular and toned and evaluating the possible impacts on health-related behaviours such as exercise and body-related drug use. The only sole-authored text in the field and integrating work from several disciplines this is essential reading for students and researchers in psychology sociology computing science sport and exercise science and gender studies with an interest in reducing body dissatisfaction in men women and children. | Body Image Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men Women and Children

GBP 44.99
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The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

This revised new edition of The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) offers a brand-new method of measuring the quality of environment and pedagogy in which young children are encouraged to move and be physically active. As physical development is a key component of an educational curriculum MOVERS offers practitioners the opportunity to accurately assess the quality of a child’s physical experiences and the environmental and pedagogical quality of these experiences. The MOVERS is placed firmly in the family of CLIQRS – Curriculum Leadership and Interaction Quality Rating Scales which includes the Early Childhood Quality Rating Scale – Emergent Curriculum (ECQRS-EC) the Sustained Shared Thinking and Emotional Well-being Scale (SSTEW) and the Pedagogical Leadership in the Early Years (PLEY) scale all of which have a similar format to previously mentioned scales making it easy for educators already familiar with these well-established scales to adopt them and adapt them to their own unique settings. MOVERS has four sub-scales:- curriculum environment and resources for physical development- pedagogy for physical development- supporting physical activity and critical thinking- parents/carers and staff. This book will be an invaluable tool for research self-evaluation and improvement audit and regulation. With additional notes derived using the feedback from extensive use of this resource by practitioners in hundreds of settings and early years specialists around the world it has also been rigorously updated according to latest research practice and policy. | The Movement Environment Rating Scale (MOVERS) Supporting Physical Development and Movement Play in Early Childhood

GBP 18.99
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Mentalizing the Body Integrating Body and Mind in Psychotherapy

Mentalizing the Body Integrating Body and Mind in Psychotherapy

Mentalizing the Body brings together theory and practice with the latest neurobiological and developmental psychological findings to understand the relevance of the body in a wide range of mental disorders especially personality and somatization disorders. Ulrich Schultz-Venrath provides insight on individual bodily phenomena within psychotherapeutic treatments – experienced by patients as well as therapists – and focuses on the importance of the intentionality of bodily symptoms and how they can be integrated in the talking cure. Mentalizing the Body expands the work of Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy adding the “body mode” in contrast to the popular concept of “embodied mentalizing. ” Promoting mentalizing in psychotherapy while taking the body into account helps not only patients with somatoform and eating disorders but also those whose psychological complaints have a missing connection to the body. Schultz-Venrath provides detailed insight on the range of therapies and treatments available from individual and group psychotherapies to body art and music therapy with clinical case studies and diagrams throughout. Mentalizing the Body will be of great interest to practitioners and researchers – from psychoanalysts and psychotherapists to psychiatrists and psychologists seeking to understand the mentalization model and all healthcare professionals working with severe mental disorders. | Mentalizing the Body Integrating Body and Mind in Psychotherapy

GBP 29.99
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The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

This critical volume combines theoretical and empirical work across disciplines to explore what threatens scalability—and what enables it—in the early childhood field. Authors and editors provide specific recommendations to help professionals refine and apply the science of scaling in their programs research and decision making. Written by leading experts in early childhood economics psychology public health philanthropy and more chapters and commentaries shine light on how to effectively use experimental insights for policy purposes. The result is a comprehensive and forward-thinking guide to the challenges and possibilities of effective scaling in early childhood and beyond. Essential reading for researchers practitioners funders and policy makers alike this book raises vital questions and provides a vision for the long-term journey to scalable evidence. | The Scale-Up Effect in Early Childhood and Public Policy Why Interventions Lose Impact at Scale and What We Can Do About It

GBP 36.99
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Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

2017 Award Winner of the ASIS Security Book of the YearNuñez and Vendrell aim to provide the most current and effective resources for managing special events and critical incidents. Their book relies heavily on case studies and after action reports that examine the lessons learned from a multitude of previous events and incidents. In addition the text identifies and examines best practices and recommended approaches providing the reader with a variety of checklists and planning tools. | Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

GBP 31.99
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