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GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering

GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers real-time rendering. This volume is complete with 32 articles by leading programmers that focus on the ability of graphics processing units to process and generate rendering in exciting ways. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Rendering is comprised of ready-to-use ideas and efficient procedures that can help solve many rendering programming challenges that may arise. Key Features: Presents tips and tricks on real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data on common consumer software platforms such as PCs video consoles and mobile devices Covers specific challenges involved in creating games on various platforms Explores the latest developments in the rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering Takes a practical approach that helps graphics programmers solve their daily challenges

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GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows

GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers various algorithms that are used to generate shadow data. This volume is complete with 15 articles by leading programmers that focus on achieving good visual results in rendering shadows. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Shadows is comprised of ready-to-use ideas and efficient procedures that can help solve many computer graphics programming challenges that may arise. Key Features: Presents tips & tricks on real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data on common consumer software platforms such as PCs video consoles mobile devices Covers specific challenges involved in creating games on various platforms Explores the latest developments in rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering Takes practical approach that helps graphics programmers solve their daily challenges

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Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials

Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials

Digital editing gives editors far greater freedom than ever before to move scenes of information around and place them anywhere in a film's sequence. Apple's Final Cut Pro is the most widely used Mac-based digital editor and is especially popular with independent filmmakers and graphic artists. Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials enables readers to master the craft of digital editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. This full-color editing workshop features eight tutorials that provide firsthand experience with the art and technique of editing. Covering the essentials - capturing material organizing it editing adding transitions basic titling and sound techniques and outputting from the application - the tutorials are explained in jargon-free language by a seasoned teacher and digital editor. This book includes downloadable resources filled with graphic files for the tutorial projects to help users hone their editing craft. Companion files are available at http://www. taylorandfrancis. com/cw/wolsky-9781578202867/.

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GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation

GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers geometry manipulation in computer graphics. This volume is complete with 19 articles by leading programmers that focus on the ability of graphics processing units to process and generate geometry in exciting ways. GPU Pro 360 Guide to Geometry Manipulation is comprised of ready-to-use ideas and efficient procedures that can help solve many computer graphics programming challenges that may arise. Key Features: Presents tips and tricks on real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data on common consumer software platforms such as PCs video consoles mobile devices Covers specific challenges involved in creating games on various platforms Explores the latest developments in the rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering Takes a practical approach that helps graphics programmers solve their daily challenges

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GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design

GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers the design of a 3D engine. This volume is complete with articles by leading programmers that focus on various aspects of 3D engine design such as quality and optimization as well as high-level architecture. GPU Pro 360 Guide to 3D Engine Design is comprised of ready-to-use ideas and efficient procedures that can help solve many computer graphics programming challenges that may arise. Key Features: Presents tips & tricks on real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data on common consumer software platforms such as PCs video consoles mobile devices Covers specific challenges involved in creating games on various platforms Explores the latest developments in rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering Takes practical approach that helps graphics programmers solve their daily challenges

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Aircraft Communications and Navigation Systems

Aircraft Communications and Navigation Systems

Introducing the principles of communications and navigation systems this book is written for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering discipline and in particular will be suitable for those studying for licensed aircraft maintenance engineer status. It systematically addresses the relevant sections (Air Transport Association of America chapters 23/34) of modules 11 and 13 of part-66 of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) syllabus and is ideal for anyone studying as part of an EASA and FAR-147-approved course in aerospace engineering. Delivers the essential principles and knowledge base required by Airframe and Propulsion (A&P) Mechanics for Modules 11 and 13 of the EASA Part-66 syllabus and BTEC National awards in aerospace engineering Supports mechanics technicians and engineers studying for a Part-66 qualification Comprehensive and accessible with self-test questions exercises and multiple choice questions to enhance learning for both independent and tutor-assisted study Additional resources and interactive materials are available at the book's companion website at www. 66web. co. uk | Aircraft Communications and Navigation Systems

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Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems

Aircraft Electrical and Electronic Systems

Introducing the principles of aircraft electrical and electronic systems this book is written for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering discipline and in particular will be suitable for those studying for licensed aircraft maintenance engineer status. It systematically addresses the relevant sections of modules 11 and 13 of part-66 of the EASA syllabus and is ideal for anyone studying as part of an EASA and FAR-147 approved course in aerospace engineering. Delivers the essential principles and knowledge base required by Airframe and Propulsion (A&P) Mechanics for Modules 11 and 13 of the EASA Part-66 syllabus and BTEC National awards in aerospace engineering Supports Mechanics Technicians and Engineers studying for a Part-66 qualification Comprehensive and accessible with self-test questions exercises and multiple choice questions to enhance learning for both independent and tutor-assisted study This second edition has been updated to incorporate: complex notation for the analysis of alternating current (AC) circuits; an introduction to the all electric aircraft utilising new battery technologies; updated sensor technology using integrated solid-state technology micro-electrical-mechanical sensors (MEMS); an expanded section on helicopter/rotary wing health usage monitoring systems (HUMS).

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Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

Game AI Pro2: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents cutting-edge tips tricks and techniques for artificial intelligence (AI) in games drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. It contains knowledge advice hard-earned wisdom and insights gathered from across the community of developers and researchers who have devoted themselves to game AI. In this book 47 expert developers and researchers have come together to bring you their newest advances in game AI along with twists on proven techniques that have shipped in some of the most successful commercial games of the last few years. The book provides a toolbox of proven techniques that can be applied to many common and not-so-common situations. It is written to be accessible to a broad range of readers. Beginners will find good general coverage of game AI techniques and a number of comprehensive overviews while intermediate to expert professional game developers will find focused deeply technical chapters on specific topics of interest to them. Covers a wide range of AI in games with topics applicable to almost any gameTouches on most if not all of the topics necessary to get started in game AIProvides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial gamesGives in-depth technical solutions from some of the industry’s best-known gamesIncludes downloadable demos and/or source code available at http://www. gameaipro. com | Game AI Pro 2 Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals

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Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling

Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BOOKS BY THE MOTLEY FOOL Staiger gives us the technical tools needed to build robust pro forma modeling around our real estate assets. –MillionAcres Now in its third edition Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling equips a new generation of students and professionals with a resource MillionAcres guarantees they’ll use throughout [their] commercial investing career[s]. Designed to provide increased scalable basis of pro forma modelling for real estate projects this complete update and revision of the classic text offers a step-by-step introduction to building and understanding the models underlying investments in properties from single-family rentals to large-scale developments. Case studies drawn from the author’s storied investment career put models into real-world context while problem sets at the end of each chapter provide hands-on practice for learners at any stage of their real estate careers. This edition employs the innovative financial metric P(Gain) to quantify the probability of a Return of Capital ensuring readers’ ability to answer the most fundamental question of investing—What is the probability I’ll get my money back? The fully revised and enhanced third edition is organized in three functional units: (1) Real Estate Valuation Basics Theory and Skills (2) Real Estate Pro Forma Modelling and (3) Real Estate Pro Forma (Enhancements). Chapters cover: Interest Rates (Prime LIBOR SOFR) Amortization (Cash-Out Refinance modelling) ADC (Acquisition Development Construction) Module Rent Roll Module (including seasonality) Waterfall Hotel Consolidation Stochastic Modelling and Optimization Additional chapters are dedicated to risk quantification and include scenario stochastic and Monte Carlo simulations equity waterfalls and integration of US GAAP financial statements. A companion website provides the real estate pro forma models to readers as a reference for their own constructed models www. pgainllc. com. An ideal companion in the classroom and the boardroom this new edition of Foundations of Real Estate Financial Modelling will make even novices the experts in the room on [their] chosen asset class (MillionAcres).

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Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems

Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems

Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems is a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of aircraft digital electronic avionic and computer systems. New to this third edition integrated modular avionics (IMA) provides an overview of networked avionics found in the latest generation of transport aircraft. Cabin systems covers cabin networks intercommunication and core systems. Aircraft information systems examines flight deck operation aided by electronic flight bags (EFB) and includes a case study that highlights the importance of information systems as well as the potential consequences of their failure. The new edition contains several hundred test questions and its companion website www. 66web. co. uk offers additional resource material. With full coverage of Module 5 and avionics topics in Modules 11 and 13 this book is ideal for those studying towards licensed aircraft maintenance engineer status both independently and part of an EASA Part-66 or FAR-147 approved course. It will also appeal to those taking City & Guilds EDEXCEL National or Higher National Units or a First/Foundation Degree in an aerospace related discipline.

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Herbal Treatment of Major Depression Scientific Basis and Practical Use

Herbal Treatment of Major Depression Scientific Basis and Practical Use

This unique volume presents new understandings of the neurochemical nature of major depression and how herbs and their constituent flavonoids and terpenes appear to address some of the mechanisms now thought to be involved. It explores how recent studies of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine inform neuroscientists about deep intracellular mechanisms of antidepressant action that have little to do with simple enhancement of monoaminergic activity. These mechanisms include actions on PI3K Akt mTOR GSK3 BDNF and other intracellular pathways. New theories of the pathophysiology underlying major depression such as oxidative damage inflammation stress and insulin resistance are then explored. Key Features:Focuses on oxidative damage inflammation and metabolic syndrome. Explains that a significant percentage of people treated for major depression obtain little if any relief from standard antidepressant medications. These facts lead to discussion of herbs that can be used to treat major depression as well as consideration of the scientific basis for how these herbs act. The antidepressant properties of 66 herbs are discussed along with dosing and safety information. | Herbal Treatment of Major Depression Scientific Basis and Practical Use

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language

The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language will truly meet the academic linguistic and pedagogical needs of those who are interested in the Chinese language in different capacities and for different reasons such as Sinologists Chinese linguists and teachers and learners of Chinese as a second language. The Encyclopedia includes research on the changing landscape of the Chinese language by 66 eminent academics in the field; from research on oracle bone and bronze inscriptions to Chinese language acquisition to the language of the mass media. This reference will be the most up to date and authoritative on the market; it will offer an a guide to shifts over time in thinking about the Chinese language as well as providing an overview of contemporary themes debates and research interests. The editors and contributors are assisted by an editorial board comprised of the best and most experienced sinologists world-wide. The reference includes an introduction written by the editor which places the assembled texts in their historical and intellectual context. The Routledge Encyclopedia of the Chinese Language is destined to be valued by scholars and students as a vital research resource.

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Urban Soils

Urban Soils

Globally 30% of the world population lived in urban areas in 1950 54% in 2016 and 66% projected by 2050. The most urbanized regions include North America Latin America and Europe. Urban encroachment depletes soil carbon and the aboveground biomass carbon pools enhancing the flux of carbon from soil and vegetation into the atmosphere. Thus urbanization has exacerbated ecological and environmental problems. Urban soils are composed of geological material that has been drastically disturbed by anthropogenic activities and compromised their role in the production of food aesthetics of residential areas and pollutant dynamics. Properties of urban soils are normally not favorable to plant growth—the soils are contaminated by heavy metals and are compacted and sealed. Therefore the quality of urban soils must be restored to make use of this valuable resource for delivery of essential ecosystem services (e. g. food water and air quality carbon sequestration temperature moderation biodiversity). Part of the Advances in Soil Sciences Series Urban Soils explains properties of urban soils; assesses the effects of urbanization on the cycling of carbon nitrogen and water and the impacts of management of urban soils soil restoration urban agriculture and food security; evaluates ecosystem services provisioned by urban soils and describes synthetic and artificial soils.

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Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights Third Edition (formerly Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light) continues to be the most trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. Now in its third edition it has been fully updated to reflect the vast changes in stage and studio luminairies—including LEDs switch-mode power supplies optics networking Ethernet-based protocols like Art-Net and sACN wireless DMX and much more. Its written in clear easy-to-understand language and includes enough detailed information to benefit for the most experienced technicians programmers and designers. Additional content and resources are provided at the author's website www. automatedlighting. pro. | Automated Lighting The Art and Science of Moving and Color-Changing Lights

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An Introduction to Systems Biology Design Principles of Biological Circuits

An Introduction to Systems Biology Design Principles of Biological Circuits

Praise for the first edition: … superb beautifully written and organized work that takes an engineering approach to systems biology. Alon provides nicely written appendices to explain the basic mathematical and biological concepts clearly and succinctly without interfering with the main text. He starts with a mathematical description of transcriptional activation and then describes some basic transcription-network motifs (patterns) that can be combined to form larger networks. – Nature [This text deserves] serious attention from any quantitative scientist who hopes to learn about modern biology … It assumes no prior knowledge of or even interest in biology … One final aspect that must be mentioned is the wonderful set of exercises that accompany each chapter. … Alon’s book should become a standard part of the training of graduate students. – Physics Today Written for students and researchers the second edition of this best-selling textbook continues to offer a clear presentation of design principles that govern the structure and behavior of biological systems. It highlights simple recurring circuit elements that make up the regulation of cells and tissues. Rigorously classroom-tested this edition includes new chapters on exciting advances made in the last decade. Features: Includes seven new chapters The new edition has 189 exercises the previous edition had 66 Offers new examples relevant to human physiology and disease The book website including course videos can be found here: https://www. weizmann. ac. il/mcb/UriAlon/introduction-systems-biology-design-principles-biological-circuits. | An Introduction to Systems Biology Design Principles of Biological Circuits

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The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

The Astrophotography Manual Second Edition is for photographers ready to move beyond standard SLR cameras and editing software to create beautiful images of nebulas galaxies clusters and the stars. Beginning with a brief astronomy primer this book takes readers through the full astrophotography process from choosing and using equipment to image capture calibration and processing. This combination of technical background and hands-on approach brings the science down to earth with practical methods to ensure success. This second edition now includes: Over 170 pages of new content within 22 new chapters with 600 full-color illustrations. Covers a wide range of hardware including mobile devices remote control and new technologies. Further insights into leading software including automation Sequence Generator Pro and PixInsight Ground-breaking practical chapters on hardware and software as well as alternative astrophotography pursuits | The Astrophotography Manual A Practical and Scientific Approach to Deep Sky Imaging

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The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

Student communities are without doubt a strategic resource for urban development and students are the citizens and the high-skilled working class of tomorrow. They are seen as an 'invisible population' with little say in local policy and decision-making. Co-operation between educational institutions and city planners is often missing and cities tend to neglect the universities' foreign relations. This volume argues that the importance of human capital in the competitiveness of cities demands pro-active integral city policies targeting this community. Bringing together nine case studies of European cities (Rotterdam Utrecht Eindhoven Munich Lyon Lille Venice Birmingham and Helsinki) it puts forward a comprehensive strategic plan of action aiming at the integration of student communities in urban development. The book analyses the essential characteristics of the relationship between students and their host communities as well as the role of higher education institutions and other actors in building the 'student friendly' city. | The Student City Strategic Planning for Student Communities in EU Cities

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Avid Editing A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

Avid Editing A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

Completely updated for current HD UHD 2K and 4K workflows Avid Editing blends the art and aesthetics of motion picture editing with technical hands-on instruction. Appropriate for beginners and intermediate users who need to refresh their knowledge of essential post-production techniques this fully revamped and full-color sixth edition is also an excellent tool for editors coming to Avid from other non-linear editing platforms. Topics covered include trimming audio effects titles color correction customization inputting and outputting. A robust accompanying online eResource features professionally shot footage and Avid project files allowing readers to work alongside the lessons taught in the book. The new edition covers: Avid Media Composer licensing choices Changes to the Avid user interface Basic and advanced visual effects Mastering Avid’s audio tools Exploring Avid’s Title Tool and NewBlue Titler Pro Understanding double-system sound techniques Syncing picture and sound files Understanding and applying LUTs The latest HD UHD 2K and 4K Workflows | Avid Editing A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users

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Workflow A Practical Guide to the Creative Process

Workflow A Practical Guide to the Creative Process

A pro isn’t just a person who can do it well. It’s a person who can do it well every time on demand and on deadline; which is why the key to being a professional creative is having a great creative process. Whether it’s writing a book animating a shot designing a game level or composing a soundtrack—ultimately we’re all facing similar challenges. Since we share challenges we can also share solutions. This book is a practical guide featuring a universal creative process that can streamline any serious creative work on any scale. Key Features Universal approach: applies to any process that starts with an idea and ends with a refined product. Profound and light: combines conceptual ideas with practical tips and fun anecdotes. Caricatures and samples: helps visually clarify ideas and processes. Variety of creative fields: draws on examples from writing animation game design 3D modeling music sculpting and more Printable summaries: provides visual outlines that can be used as cheat-sheets. | Workflow A Practical Guide to the Creative Process

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Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

The Amazon region is the focus of intense conflict between conservationists concerned with deforestation and advocates of agro-industrial development. This book focuses on the contributions of environmental organizations to the preservation of Brazilian Amazonia. It reveals how environmental organizations such as Greenpeace Friends of the Earth WWF and others have fought fiercely to stop deforestation in the region. It documents how the history of frontier expansion and environmental struggle in the region is linked to Brazil’s position in an evolving capitalist world-economy. It is shown how Brazil’s effort to become a developed country has led successive Brazilian governments to devise development projects for Amazonia. The author analyses how globalization has led to the expansion of international commodity chains in the region particularly for mineral ores soybeans and beef. He shows how environmental organizations have politicized these commodity chains as weapons of conservation through boycotting certain products while other pro-development groups within Brazil claim that such organizations threaten Brazil's sovereignty over its own resources. | Guardians of the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest: Environmental Organizations and Development

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The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman Challenges and Critique

The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman Challenges and Critique

Zygmunt Bauman is one of the most inspirational and controversial thinkers on the scene of contemporary sociology. For several decades he has provided compelling analyses and diagnoses of a vast variety of aspects of modern and liquid modern living. This book considers the theoretical significance of his contribution to sociology but also discusses and adopts a critical stance towards his work. The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman introduces and critically appraises some of the most significant as well as some of the lesser known of Bauman's contributions to contemporary sociology. An international team of scholars delineates and discusses how Bauman's treatment of these themes challenges conventional wisdom in sociology thereby revising and revitalizing sociological theory. As a special feature the book concludes with Bauman's intriguing reflections and contemplations on his own life and intellectual trajectory published here for the first time in English. In this postscript aptly entitled 'Pro Domo Sua' ('About Myself') he describes the pushes and pulls that throughout the years have shaped his thinking. | The Sociology of Zygmunt Bauman Challenges and Critique

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Texts from the Querelle 1521–1615 Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III Part Two Volume 1

Texts from the Querelle 1521–1615 Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III Part Two Volume 1

Misogyny and its opposite philogyny have been perennial topics in Western literature from its earliest days to the present day but only at certain historic periods have pro-woman authors challenged fundamental negative assumptions about women by engaging in formal debate with misogynists and juxtaposing these two attitudes toward women in pairs or series of texts devoted exclusively to discussing womankind. This dialectic of attack on and defence of the female sex known as the querelle des femmes (debate about women) was especially popular among authors and readers during the sixteenth and earlier seventeenth centuries in England. At least 36 texts exclusively devoted to attacking and/or defending women were published in the hundred years between 1540 and 1640. The works included in these two volumes exemplify the content and the methods of debate in England during those two centuries. Volume one includes texts from 1521 through to 1615. | Texts from the Querelle 1521–1615 Essential Works for the Study of Early Modern Women: Series III Part Two Volume 1

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Strategic Cyber Security Management

Strategic Cyber Security Management

This textbook places cyber security management within an organizational and strategic framework enabling students to develop their knowledge and skills for a future career. The reader will learn to: • evaluate different types of cyber risk • carry out a threat analysis and place cyber threats in order of severity • formulate appropriate cyber security management policy • establish an organization-specific intelligence framework and security culture • devise and implement a cyber security awareness programme • integrate cyber security within an organization’s operating system Learning objectives chapter summaries and further reading in each chapter provide structure and routes to further in-depth research. Firm theoretical grounding is coupled with short problem-based case studies reflecting a range of organizations and perspectives illustrating how the theory translates to practice with each case study followed by a set of questions to encourage understanding and analysis. Non-technical and comprehensive this textbook shows final year undergraduate students and postgraduate students of Cyber Security Management as well as reflective practitioners how to adopt a pro-active approach to the management of cyber security. Online resources include PowerPoint slides an instructor’s manual and a test bank of questions. | Strategic Cyber Security Management

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The Public Relations Writer’s Handbook

The Public Relations Writer’s Handbook

From pitches and press releases to news and feature stories to social media writing and more this new book by author Whitney Lehmann and a handful of experienced contributors breaks down the most widely used types of public relations writing needed to become a PR pro. The Public Relations Writer’s Handbook serves as a guide for those both in the classroom and in the field who want to learn and master the style and techniques of public relations writing. Eighteen conversational chapters provide an overview of the most popular forms of public relations writing focusing on media relations storytelling writing for the web/social media business and executive communications event planning and more. Chapters include user-friendly writing templates exercises and AP Style skill drills and training. Whether you’re a PR major or PR practitioner this book is for you. Lehmann has combined her industry and classroom experience to create a handbook that’s accessible for PR students and practitioners alike. A dedicated eResource also supports the book with writing templates and answer keys (for instructors) to the end-of-chapter exercises in the text. www. routledge. com/9780815365280.

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Rethinking Empathy through Literature

Rethinking Empathy through Literature

In recent years a growing field of empathy studies has started to emerge from several academic disciplines including neuroscience social psychology and philosophy. Because literature plays a central role in discussions of empathy across disciplines reconsidering how literature relates to feeling with others is key to rethinking empathy conceptually. This collection challenges common understandings of empathy asking readers to question what it is how it works and who is capable of performing it. The authors reveal the exciting research on empathy that is currently emerging from literary studies while also making productive connections to other areas of study such as psychology and neurobiology. While literature has been central to discussions of empathy in divergent disciplines the ways in which literature is often thought to relate to empathy can be simplistic and/or problematic. The basic yet popular postulation that reading literature necessarily produces empathy and pro-social moral behavior greatly underestimates the complexity of reading literature empathy morality and society. Even if empathy were a simple neurological process we would still have to differentiate the many possible kinds of empathy in relation to different forms of art. All the complexities of literary and cultural studies have still to be brought to bear to truly understand the dynamics of literature and empathy. | Rethinking Empathy through Literature

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