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A new and updated edition of the classic reference to animal and wildlife anesthesia Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia, Third Edition offers a thoroughly updated edition of this comprehensive reference to anesthetic techniques in captive and free-ranging wild species. Featuring 57 species-specific chapters covering animals both common and uncommon, the book includes both the basic principles of capturing, anesthetizing, and monitoring these animals and species-specific considerations. All chapters have been thoroughly updated to reflect new information and references. The definitive reference for delivering anesthesia to zoo and wild animals, the book presents the gold standard for all aspects of anesthesia in a variety of settings. This Third Edition: Offers a fully updated new edition of the gold-standard reference to immobilization and anesthesia in captive and free-ranging wildlife Presents 57 species-specific chapters covering all aspects of anesthetizing zoo and wild animals, ranging from commonly treated animals to rare species Focuses on providing exceptional health care to wild and zoo animals Fully updated throughout to present new information, advances, and references Features full color photographs to demonstrate the concepts discussed Zoo Animal and Wildlife Immobilization and Anesthesia is an essential guide for zoo and wildlife practitioners, veterinary professionals, and veterinary students, as well as wildlife or conservation biologists.

In recent years, factors such as sustainability, digitalization, climate change, energy transformation, social inclusion, gender parity, and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk have been playing an increasingly important role in the process of financial transformation. The effect of the impact is increased regulation and guidance for financial markets, in relation to adapting current activities to meet the new challenges, for example: The process of greening finance and spreading the blue wave in finance Building sustainable value in the business models of financial institutions Creating an offer of sustainable financial products Ensuring parity between women and men in the decision-making bodies of financial institutions Sustainable ratings Climate stress tests This book focuses on the intersection between nature and finance and offers a comprehensive overview of the trends, transformations and challenges in finance and the financial markets related to the effects of sustainability concepts or ESG factors. The book has been designed to show these trends, through the evolving subdisciplines of finance, such as green and blue finance. It presents critical recommendations for the ecosystem and network of finance in the era of ESG and sustainability and paints a comprehensive picture of contemporary finance, identifying the factors determining its sustainable transformation.This is one of the first books to present the issues of sustainability and ESG risk in finance through the prism of individual types of finance. Not only will the book appeal to scholars and researchers in the field of banking, economics, finance and accounting, but it will also find an audience among policymakers and practitioners involved in the finance and sustainability discourse.

The book explores the critical challenge of securing sensitive medical data in the face of rising cyber threats. It examines how artificial intelligence can be leveraged to detect and mitigate cyber threats in healthcare environments. It integrates advanced technologies such as AI security applications, blockchain techniques, cryptanalysis, and 5G security to strengthen the protection of healthcare systems. By offering insights into the latest vulnerability assessment technologies and effective protection strategies, this book serves as an essential resource for professionals and researchers dedicated to enhancing cyber security in the healthcare industry.

'This book is full of practical, hands-on re-engineering knowledge and expertise presented in a form that makes it easy to understand and use. This book documents a catalogue of patterns for reverse engineering and reengineering legacy systems. The subject matter is presented in a lucid and succinct style so that even those who do not have a prerequisite knowledge of the subject can easily understand it. This book is addressed mainly to practitioners who need to reengineer. The patterns in this book help everyone who is concerned with using reengineering to guide their work.'

This edited volume is part of the Information Age Publishing (IAP) Series on Family, School and Community Partnerships. This book addresses the ways families and communities engage with an increasingly common feature of the American public education landscape: charter schools. Family and Community Engagement in Charter Schools contains seven chapters examining this emerging field of study authored by both established and emerging scholars. Chapters examine how charter schools, the policy landscape, families, community institutions, and charter school educators both create and inhibit opportunities for effective family and community engagement. Data is included from intensely charterized school districts such as Los Angeles, Denver, New York City, New Orleans and Oakland as well as broader state-level perspectives from California and Massachusetts. The authors approach this important relationship without the fixed ideological lens that often colors research on this controversial from of school organization. In addition to highlighting their unique findings, chapters propose practical, research-based strategies for schools, districts, or communities so that charter schools can be strong sources of local democracy- an oft-cited but rarely achieved goal. The book will broaden the field of Family and Community Engagement by including new theories, scholars, and areas of study. It is valuable reading for researchers, graduate students, policymakers, educational leaders, and community-based organizations seeking to better understand this unique form of organizing public schools.

A First Course in Systems Biology, Third Edition is an introduction to the growing field of systems biology for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. Its focus is the design and analysis of computational models and their applications to diverse biomedical phenomena, from simple networks and kinetics to complex pathway systems, signal transduction, personalized medicine, and interacting populations. The book begins with the fundamentals of computational modeling, then reviews features of the molecular inventories that bring biological systems to life and ends with case studies that reflect some of the frontiers in systems biology. In this way, the First Course provides the reader with a comprehensive background and with access to methods for executing standard tasks of biomedical systems analysis, exposure to the modern literature, and a foundation for launching into specialized projects that address biomedical questions with theoretical and computational means.This third edition has been thoroughly updated. It provides an introduction to agent-based and multiscale modeling, a deeper account of biological design principles, and the optimization of metabolic flux distributions. This edition also discusses novel topics of synthetic biology, personalized medicine, and virtual clinical trials that are just emerging on the horizon of this field.

This book shows mental health providers how to envision crises as time-limited windows of opportunity—as tipping points clients can seize to achieve new insights and move in positive directions in their lives. Most mental health practitioners have been taught to do risk assessments and to reduce danger to their clients and those around them. However, many providers lack a thorough understanding of the cause and nature of mental health crises and struggle to safely and successfully provide crisis intervention. Instead of seeking to return clients in crisis to their previous baseline, providers can seize the opportunity presented by crises and tip them toward rapid resolution. In Part One of the book, J. Scott Fraser outlines his Process of Change model, a clear and concrete approach to understanding crises in their proper context; engaging with clients through their values, culture, and language; honoring their goals; and breaking cycles of crisis for good. In Part Two, he shows how different types of crises—trauma, suicidality, grief, intimate partner violence, and sexual assault—reflect similar vicious cycles. Real life case studies illustrate the Process of Change model in action, demonstrating how each of those cycles can be tipped toward resolution by embracing the contextual process of change perspective.

The first collection of essays published on trailblazing nineteenth-century Black feminist, activist, journal, and educator, Mary Ann Shadd CaryMary Ann Shadd Cary (1823–1893) was a trailblazing Black feminist, activist, journalist, and educator whose achievements can be traced across Canada and the United States. Born in a border state in the antebellum era, Shadd Cary taught in schools in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania before becoming a strong advocate for immigration to Canada in her early adulthood. Once she moved to Ontario in the mid-1850s, she dove headfirst into early Black Canadian debates. She fought to integrate schools in the States and Canada and became, as the editor of the Provincial Freeman, the first Black woman to edit a newspaper in North America.Despite her achievements and impact on Black life in North America, Shadd Cary is a relatively little-known figure outside of the continent. Insensible of Boundaries is the first collection of essays published on this thinker. With this volume, editor Kristin Moriah brings together eleven essays from a broad range of perspectives, including historical, literary, gender, ecological, bibliographical, visual, sound, and performance studies, on nineteenth-century Black feminist inquiry in North America.The volume focuses particularly on three main topics: Shadd Cary's relationship to immigration, nation, and colonization; the Black creative and nation-building work that Shadd Cary has inspired; and contemporary research methodologies like digital humanities as they can be used to better understand Shadd Cary's moment, impacts, and life. Through a multi- and interdisciplinary lens, the collection celebrates Shadd Cary's cultural significance and intellectual contributions, as well as their reverberations in her time and in ours.Contributors: R. J. Boutelle, Jim Casey, Rosalyn Green, Lauren Klein, Kirsten Lee, Brandi Locke, Demetra McBrayer, A. T. Moffett, Kristin Moriah, Dianna Ruberto, Lynnette Young Overby, Eunice Toh, Rinaldo Walcott, Marlas Yvonne Whitley, Jewon Woo.

This open access book provides the latest fundamental and practical advances in reducing the built environment's carbon footprint based on a collection of papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment: Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practices, held June 19-21, 2024, in Oslo, Norway. The volume presents research investigations and case studies spanning five interrelated domains: New materials and material preparation processes for zero (or negative) carbon footprint Robotic construction technologies for minimum formwork and on-site activities Novel structural designs and details for optimal performance with the least material usage Advanced condition assessment and health monitoring methods for the longest service life Innovative life-cycle analysis and policy-making strategies for effective civil infrastructure management

Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy uses case studies, applied examples and original source material to succinctly elucidate 15 of the most influential and ground-breaking theories of psychotherapy and counseling. This helpful guide examines the historical roots, evaluations, and lasting effects of Existential, Gestalt, Behavioral, Cognitive, Reality, Feminist, Family, Narrative and Solution-Focused Therapy theories and much more. You'll learn how historical theory has contributed to modern practice and ways that you can apply it in your own professional counseling experience. The 5th Edition is thoroughly updated to provide modern, evidence-based context for each theoretical approach, new applications with diverse clients, and new psychotherapy outcome research.

If you're intimidated by the thought of taking research methods, Rubin/Babbie's RESEARCH METHODS FOR SOCIAL WORK, 10th Edition, can help you overcome the fear associated with this course with its reader-friendly presentation of all aspects of the research endeavor. Students will appreciate the authors'clear and humorous writing style as well as the depth and breadth of coverage of current issues regarding social and racial justice. The text strikes a balance of quantitative and qualitative research techniques, illustrating how the two methods complement one another and can be integrated in the same study. Real-world examples highlight connections between research, social work practice and social justice. Comprehensive, friendly, accurate and integrating the best of technology, the text is widely considered the best for the research methods course -- and when you read it, you'll see why.

This text highlights how nanofluids can be used in thermal solutions across multiple industries, including electronics, energy, and manufacturing. It emphasizes the enhanced heat transfer properties of nanofluids and their potential to significantly improve the efficiency of heat exchange processes. This book discusses topics such as nanoparticle synthesis, nanofluid testing, performance enhancement using nanofluids, thermal behavior of hybrid nanofluids, Brinkman equation in nanofluids and safety considerations in nano fluid‑based systems.This book: Discusses the recent innovation, technological development of nanofluids and explores nanoparticle synthesis and characterization for nanofluid development Offers a comprehensive understanding of nanofluid technology and nanofluid for aerospace application, covering diverse topics from fundamental properties to advanced research frontiers in nanofluids for thermal engineering Includes real‑world case studies and practical techniques that will help the readers to apply nanofluid technology in various thermal engineering scenarios Covers heat exchanger performance improvement with nanofluids, hybrid nanofluids, Flow of Newtonian and Non‑Newtonian hybrid Nanofluid, and oil‑based Tri‑hybrid Nanofluid Explains experimental techniques for nanofluid testing and validation and presents safety and environmental considerations in nanofluid‑based systems It is primarily written for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and academic researchers in the fields of manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, production engineering, mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, and aerospace engineering.

This book is a one stop guide to all your research methods needs. It is tailored specifically towards business and management courses, and central to this edition is the balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative methods to clearly and concisely lead students through the research process, whatever their project may be. Now in its much anticipated fifth edition, Business Research Methods has been revised and updated to reflect all the latest trends in research methodology. The integration of statistical issues, as well as coverage of web-based surveys, qualitative interviews, big data, and content analysis of social media, aims to support the current student experience.A Running Case Study charts the progression of two student research projects - one qualitative and one quantitative - and shows how the content of each chapter can be used to develop their projects. Thought provoking questions are included to help students consider the issues and decisions involved, and how these might be applied to their own project.Deeper Insight into Research Methods boxes delve further into particular research issues, offering a detailed description to increase understanding of these areas, whilst Real Life examples put research methods into context, by showing how they have been applied in real world situations.New pedagogy features include: Research in Practice boxes provide an insight into situations and research decisions that students may encounter in real life projects. They contain hints, tips and sometimes questions to help think through a project.Theory Explained highlights key theories and demonstrates how these can be applied in practical research examples.Statistics in Action provides practical alternatives to qualitative research methods and gives examples of how statistical data can be presented, analyzed and interpreted to improve students data insights skills.The Online Learning Centre contains a vast amount of extra resources to support lecturers and student, including power points, instructor manuals, and a question bank. New to this edition are short case studies with teaching notes covering current topics and key theories, and worked examples and videos with associated questions for further practical exercises and real world examples. Boris F. Blumberg is Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of UMIO, the postgraduate unit at the Maastricht University School of Business and Economics, the Netherlands. Boris has supervised hundreds of dissertations and teaches courses in strategic management, entrepreneurship and innovation. His research focuses mainly on entrepreneurship, networks and methodology. Claire MacRae is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the Centre for Public Policy, University of Glasgow. Claire has taught courses on research methods for undergraduate, masters and Professional Doctorate students. Her research focuses mainly on policymaking, risk and resilience, and the impact of policy design and implementation on society.

A “brilliantly researched and surprising” (Hendrik Hartog, Princeton University) history of Southern segregationists'long war against interracial relationships, and the century-long fight to restore the freedom to love, marry, and inherit Interracial marriage was already illegal in some American colonies as early as the 1690s. But long before the Supreme Court declared that interracial couples had the right to marry in 1967, these families were far from rare. It took decades of hard work by Southern lawmakers and judges to create the illusion that they were, as Tangled Fortunes reveals in this new history of the rise and fall of the domestic color line. In Tangled Fortunes, historian Kathryn Schumaker narrates how the prohibition of interracial marriage became a priority in segregated states like Mississippi. To prevent white wealth falling into Black hands, state and local authorities papered over the reality of interracial relationships, steered inheritances away from those who did not pass as white, and hardened the lines of racist exclusion. But they could neither erase the longer history of interracial relationships nor suppress the inheritance claims of biracial descendants dating back to the era of slavery. Tangled Fortunes sheds new light on the ways that interracial families overcame racist laws, uncovered closely kept Southern secrets, and battled to reclaim Black wealth—a fight that continues to this day.

'This book encompasses a broad spectrum of topics within yeast biotechnology, offering in-depth discussions on the production of aroma compounds, long-chain dicarboxylic acids, citric acid, lipolytic enzymes, and much more. Each chapter provides a thorough examination of the respective subject, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the diverse applications of yeast in biotechnological processes. Individuals with a general interest in biotechnology and its applications will find the book accessible and engaging. The diverse topics covered appeal to readers with a curiosity about the role of yeast in shaping modern biotechnological practices. This book is designed to cater the needs of a diverse audience, making it a valuable resource for researchers, students, and professionals with varied backgrounds and interests in biotechnology. The comprehensive and detailed exploration of yeast biotechnology makes this book an essential reference for researchers and academics working in the fields of microbiology, biotechnology, genetics, and bioengineering.'

Deliberate practice exercises provide trainees and students an opportunity to build competence in essential interpersonal therapy skills while developing their own personal therapeutic style. These exercises present role-playing scenarios in which two trainees act as a client and a clinician, switching back and forth under the guidance of a supervisor. The clinician improvises appropriate and authentic responses to client statements organized into three difficulty levels—beginner, intermediate, and advanced—that reflect common client questions and concerns. Each of the first 10 exercises focuses on a single skill, including developing an interpersonal inventory of patients'relationships, building social skills, and helping patients connect with their own thoughts and emotions and empathize with others. Two comprehensive exercises follow in which trainees integrate these essential skills into a single session. Step-by-step instructions guide participants through the exercises, identify criteria for mastering each skill, and explain how to monitor and adjust difficulty. Guidelines to help trainers and trainees get the most out of training are also provided.

Hazardous Chemicals: Overview, Toxicological Profile, Challenges, and Future Perspectives offers comprehensive coverage of hazardous chemicals and their routes of exposures, mechanism of toxicity, hazard control measures, handling and storage, emergency guidelines, and safety measures. The book is organized into specific classifications of chemical hazards: pesticides, fertilizers, insecticides, automotive, paint and paint solvents, chemical manufacturing solvents, dyes, cleaning agents, pharmaceuticals, and radioactive products. It discusses the health risk and environmental impact of these toxic substances. It also provides management strategies including risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. Hazardous Chemicals is a practical resource for researchers, academics, industry professionals, graduate and postgraduate students in toxicology and environmental science engaged in the evaluation of toxic substances and human health concerns. - Covers exposure routes, health impacts, risk assessment and control measures of hazardous chemicals - Includes storage and handling information for personnel vulnerable to hazards and risks from the toxic substances - Provides case studies related to toxic substances that have resulted in a disastrous event - Examines recent research trends in the field of specific toxic substances