Search Results - "Intelligence

No greater threat America after September 11 and the rise of a national security state / by Michaels, C. William

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Maras gang violence and security in Central America /

Table of Contents: “…Case studies -- The origins of Southern California Latino gangs / Al Valdez -- Street gangs of El Salvador / Sonja Wolf -- Street gangs of Guatemala / Elin Cecilie Ranum -- Street gangs of Honduras / Joanna Mateo -- Street gangs of Nicaragua / Jos Luis Rocha (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- Responses to gang violence -- State power and Central American Maras : a cross-national comparison / Enrique Desmond Arias -- Government responses and the dark side of gang : suppression in Central America / Jos Miguel Cruz -- Elite membership and sexualized violence among Central American gangs / Mauricio Rubio (translated from the Spanish by Michael Solis) -- The use of intelligence to combat Maras / Clifford Gyves -- The impact of U.S. anti-gang policies in Central America : quo vadis? …”
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Information sources in patents by Adams, Stephen R.

Table of Contents: “…Principles of patenting -- The European patent system -- The United States patent system -- The Japanese patent system -- The Patent Co-operation Treaty -- National patent systems of the G7 countries -- The BRIC nations, Asia, and regional patent systems -- Patent guides and libraries -- National and international patent information sources -- The non-patent literature for the patent searcher -- Common search types (I) : alerting searches -- Common search types (II) : patentability and freedom-to-operate searches -- Common search types (III) : portfolio and legal proceedings searching -- Sources for legal status searching -- Commercial intelligence search and analysis -- Specialist techniques -- Future developments -- Annex A. …”
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The first-time manager by Belker, Loren B.

Table of Contents: “…-- Understanding risk inclination -- Encouraging initiative and innovation -- Improving outcomes -- The generation gap -- Writing job descriptions -- Doing performance appraisals -- Salary administration -- Having emotional intelligence -- Developing a positive self-image -- Managing your own time -- The written word -- The grapevine -- Your best friend : delegation -- A sense of humor -- Managing, participating in, and leading meetings -- Taking center stage : the role of public speaking in your career -- Coping with stress -- Having balance in your life -- A touch of class.…”
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Parrots of the wild : a natural history of the world's most captivating birds / by Toft, Catherine Ann, 1950-2011, Wright, Timothy F., 1967-

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A life worth living contributions to positive psychology /

Table of Contents: “…Fredrickson -- Benefits of emotional intelligence / Daisy D. Grewal and Peter Salovey -- Strategies for achieving well-being / Jane Henry -- Adaptive resources in later life : tenacious goal pursuit and flexible goal adjustment / Jochen Brandtstädter -- The impact of subjective experience on the quality of life : a central issue for health professionals / Antonella Delle Fave -- What works makes you happy : the role of personal goals in life-span development / Jari-Erik Nurmi and Katariina Salmela-Aro -- Materialism and its alternatives / Tim Kasser -- Getting older, getting better? …”
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Fans, bloggers, and gamers exploring participatory culture / by Jenkins, Henry, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…: alt.tv.twinpeaks, the trickster author, and viewer mastery -- Interactive audiences? the "collective intelligence" of media fans -- Pop cosmopolitanism: mapping cultural flows in an age of media convergence -- Love online -- Blog this! …”
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The long war a new history of U.S. national security policy since World War II /

Table of Contents: “…Bacevich -- The evolution of the national security state: ubiquitous and endless / Anna Kasten Nelson -- Intelligence for empire / John Prados -- The military-industrial complex: lobby and trope / Alex Roland -- Paying for global power: costs and benefits of postwar U.S. military spending / Benjamin O. …”
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Conflict management for libraries strategies for a positive, productive workplace / by Montgomery, Jack G.

Table of Contents: “…-- Thou shalt not suffer -- It's happening again -- Developing emotional intelligence : a place to begin -- Planning for, not denial of workplace conflict -- Examining your organizational culture -- Leadership : so much more than management.…”
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Emergencies and the limits of legality

Table of Contents: “…Simester -- Deny everything : intelligence activities and the rule of law / Simon Chesterman -- Exceptions, bare life and colonialism / Johan Geertsema -- Struggle over legality in the midnight hour : governing the international state of emergency / Kanishka Jayasuriya -- Inter arma silent leges? …”
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Pluricentricity : language variation and sociocognitive dimensions /

Table of Contents: “…Schneider -- Phonetic distance and intelligibility in Dutch / Dirk Speelman, Leen Impe, and Dirk Geeraerts -- National variation of address in pluricentric languages : the examples of Swedish and German / Catrin Norrby and Heinz L. …”
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Pluricentricity : language variation and sociocognitive dimensions /

Table of Contents: “…Schneider -- Phonetic distance and intelligibility in Dutch / Dirk Speelman, Leen Impe, and Dirk Geeraerts -- National variation of address in pluricentric languages : the examples of Swedish and German / Catrin Norrby and Heinz L. …”
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Bodies as Evidence : Security, Knowledge, and Power /

Table of Contents: “…Ferrándiz -- Policing future crimes / Mark Maguire -- "Intelligence" and "evidence": sovereign authority and the differences that words make / Gregory Feldman -- The secrecy/threat matrix / Joseph P. …”
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Bodies as Evidence : Security, Knowledge, and Power /

Table of Contents: “…Ferrándiz -- Policing future crimes / Mark Maguire -- "Intelligence" and "evidence": sovereign authority and the differences that words make / Gregory Feldman -- The secrecy/threat matrix / Joseph P. …”
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Psychology and the internet intrapersonal, interpersonal, and transpersonal implications /

Table of Contents: “…Preston -- World wide brain : self-organizing Internet intelligence as the actualization of the collective unconscious / Ben Goertzel -- The coevolution of technology and consciousness / Jayne Gackenbach, Greg Guthrie, and Jim Karpen.…”
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Effective healthcare leadership

Table of Contents: “…/ Mansour Jumaa -- Strategic leadership for healthcare management / Mark Hodder and Stuart Marples -- Healthcare governance through effective leadership / Rob McSherry, Alyson Wadding and Paddy Pearce -- The CLINLAP model - a model for nursing management and leadership development / Mansour Jumaa -- Implementing the CLINLAP model : a case study of policy change in managing deliberate self-harm / Janice Phillips, Helen Julu, Gülner Salih and Chris Gbolo -- Leadership through group clinical supervision / Jo Alleyne and Mansour Jumaa -- Leadership for evidence-based practice / Mansour Jumaa, Ilkka Kunnamo and Melanie Jasper -- Leadership with emotional intelligence / Mansour Jumaa -- Leading change in primary and community care / Lindsey Hayes -- Leading an older persons' outreach and support team through transformational leadership / Nadia Chambers -- Leadership for practice development / Theresa Shaw -- Leadership in an interprofessional context : learning from learning disability / Janet McCray -- The challenges for leadership for the future / Melanie Jasper.…”
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