Search Results - Children

Genes, brain, and development the neurocognition of genetic disorders /

Table of Contents: “….] -- Language and communication in autism spectrum disorders / Susan Ellis Weismer -- Language development in children with Williams syndrome : new insights from cross-linguistic research / Stavroula Stavrakaki -- Language in Down syndrome : a life-span perspective / Jean A. …”
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Petrified utopia happiness Soviet style /

Table of Contents: “…: crafting happy citizens in Soviet children's literature of the 1920s / Marina Balina -- Sew yourself Soviet : the pleasures of textile in the machine age / Emma Widdis -- Happy housewarming! …”
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Access Controlled : The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace /

Table of Contents: “…Beyond denial : introducing next-generation information access controls / Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski -- Control and subversion in Russian cyberspace / Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski -- The EU data retention directive in an era of Internet surveillance / Hal Roberts and John Palfrey -- Barriers to cooperation : an analysis of the origins of international efforts to protect children online / Nart Villeneuve -- Intermediary censorship / Ethan Zuckerman -- Protecting privacy and expression online : can the Global Network Initiative embrace the character of the Net? …”
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Access Controlled : The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace /

Table of Contents: “…Beyond denial : introducing next-generation information access controls / Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski -- Control and subversion in Russian cyberspace / Ronald Deibert and Rafal Rohozinski -- The EU data retention directive in an era of Internet surveillance / Hal Roberts and John Palfrey -- Barriers to cooperation : an analysis of the origins of international efforts to protect children online / Nart Villeneuve -- Intermediary censorship / Ethan Zuckerman -- Protecting privacy and expression online : can the Global Network Initiative embrace the character of the Net? …”
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From Preschool to Prosperity : The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education / by Bartik, Timothy J.

Table of Contents: “…: Quality of teacher-child interactions ; Class size and teacher credentials ; Middle-class children ; Program duration ; Earlier versus later interventions -- 6. …”
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From Preschool to Prosperity : The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education / by Bartik, Timothy J.

Table of Contents: “…: Quality of teacher-child interactions ; Class size and teacher credentials ; Middle-class children ; Program duration ; Earlier versus later interventions -- 6. …”
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Big doctoring in America profiles in primary care / by Mullan, Fitzhugh

Table of Contents: “…Primary care roots -- The new GPs, the family physician comes of age -- Eugene McGregor, M.D., a legacy of general practice -- Connie Adler, M.D., living rural medicine -- Neil Calman, M.D., urban warrior -- Roots rediscovered, the internist and the pediatrician as generalists -- Beach Conger, M.D., caretaker and contrartian -- Linda Headrick, M.D., seeking a common language in primary care -- Selma Deitch, M.D., M.P.H., children first -- The new clinicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants -- Therese Hidalgo, R.N., F.N.P., proud to be a nurse -- Carl Toney, P.A., building a new profession -- Holly Gerlaugh, F.N.P.…”
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Treating Tourette syndrome and tic disorders a guide for practitioners /

Table of Contents: “…Ginsburg and Julie Newman Kingery -- Management of learning and school difficulties in children with Tourette syndrome / Hayden O. Kepley and Susan Conners -- Management of social and occupational difficulties in persons with Tourette syndrome / Douglas W. …”
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Developmental psychophysiology theory, systems, and methods /

Table of Contents: “…Keith Berg -- The measurement of electrodermal activity in children / Don C. Fowles -- Emotion, temperament, vulnerability, and development : evidence from nonhuman primate models / Kristine Erickson, J. …”
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The golem and the wondrous deeds of the Maharal of Prague by Rozenberg, Yehudah Yudl, 1859-1935

Table of Contents: “…Publisher's preface -- Bill of sale -- The history of the great Gaon, the holy, supernal Maharal of Prague, may the memory of that righteous, saintly man be a blessing for life in the world to come -- The Maharal's battle against the blood libel -- The Maharal's suggestion to have a disputation with the priests -- The disputation -- "A man who excels at his work shall attend upon kings" : this is the Maharal -- How the Maharal created the golem -- How Yossele the golem carried water for Passover -- How Yossele the golem caught fish for Rosh Hashana -- For what purposes the Maharal used the golem -- The Maharal's first miracle with the golem -- The astonishing tale of the healer's daughter -- The wondrous and famous story known as "The daughter's misfortune" -- A very amazing tale about a blood libel by the priest Thaddeus which caused his final downfall and his banishment from Prague -- The marvelous story of the wonder of wonders that the Maharal revealed to the two Berls whose two children were switched by a midwife -- The astounding story of the Torah that fell to the floor on Yom Kippur -- The attack on Yossele the golem -- An awesome tale about the ruin near Prague -- A wondrous tale about Duke Bartholomew -- The last blood libel in Prague during the Maharal's lifetime -- How the Maharal brought about the end of the golem -- The Maharal's remarks concerning the golem -- A miraculous event pertaining to the Maharal's engagement.…”
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Comprehensive review of headache medicine

Table of Contents: “…Sheftell -- Headache treatment in children, pregnancy and lactation, the elderly, and renal disease / Thomas N. …”
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Psychological interventions in times of crisis

Table of Contents: “…Alpert -- Psychosocial assistance to civilians in war : the Bosnian experience / Ragnhild Dybdahl -- Play and adaptation in traumatized young children and their caregivers in Israel / Esther Cohen --…”
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Adolescents and war how youth deal with political violence /

Table of Contents: “…Barber and Julie Mikles Schluterman -- War, military violence, and aggressive development: child, family and social preconditions / Raija-Leena Punamäki -- Growing up in Israel : lessons on understanding the effects of political violence on children / Michelle Slone -- Youth soldiering : an integrated framework for understanding psychosocial impact / Michael Wessells and Kathleen Kostelny -- Young people's perceptions of political violence : the case of northern Ireland / Orla Muldoon, Clare Cassidy, and Nichola McCullough -- Measuring adolescent perceived support amidst war and disaster : the multi-sector social support inventory / Christopher M. …”
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ABC of sports and exercise medicine

Table of Contents: “…Gilmore -- Management of injuries in children / John Aldridge -- Exercise induced asthma -- Mark Harries, John Dickinson -- Infections / Geoffrey Pasvol -- Unexplained underperformance syndrome (overtraining syndrome) / Richard Budgett -- Female athlete triad / Karen Birch -- The athlete's heart and sudden cardiac death / Gregory P. …”
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Empress Wu the Great Tang dynasty China / by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Wu's sponsor becomes the second emperor of the tang dynasty -- Empress Changsun and a few of the courtiers -- Miss Wu becomes an imperial concubine -- The sons vie for the succession -- Selecting the crown prince -- Introduction to the crown prince -- Sent to a nunnery -- The new emperor reigns -- Empress Wang gets Wu back to the palace -- Empress Wang and concubine Xiao unite against concubine Wu -- Concubine Wu fights back -- The courtiers take sides -- Empress Wang and her supporters take a mis-step -- Empress Wang and the crown prince are removed -- Wu becomes empress -- From empress to empress dowager -- Advancing supporters and annihilating opponents -- Taking part in politics -- The pleasures of traveling -- Relationship with her children -- The empress dowager consolidates her power -- Standing at the top -- View from the summit -- Rebellions -- The largest rebellion -- The rebellions of the Princes Li -- Other rebellions -- Abuse of power at every level -- Picking favorites -- Naming a successor -- Empress Wu's favorites -- Relations with other nations -- Tibet -- Korea -- The Tujue clan -- Japan and Arabia -- Famous legends about Empress Wu -- Face reading -- Flowers blooming in winter -- Other legends.…”
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Brown's battleground students, segregationists, and the struggle for justice in Prince Edward county, Virginia / by Titus, Jill Ogline

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Reading colonial Japan text, context, and critique /

Table of Contents: “…Lee -- Wolf forest, basket forest, and thief forest / Miyazawa Kenji ; translation by Kota Inoue -- A little story of settler colonialism : imperialist consciousness and children's literature in the 1920s / Kota Inoue -- Manchu girl / Koizumi Kikue ; translation by Kimberly T. …”
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Memories of 1968 international perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: 1968 in memory and place / Sarah Waters -- Revisiting the revolution: 1968 in transnational cultural memory / Martin Klimke -- Memories of 1968 in France: reflections on the 40th anniversary / Daniel A. Gordon -- Hitler's children?: the German 1968 movement in the shadow of the Nazi past / Wolfgang Kraushaar -- Looking back on Italy's 'Long "68"'. …”
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Alcohol-related violence prevention and treatment /

Table of Contents: “…Forsyth -- Treatment -- Interventions with children and families / Donald Forrester & Georgia Glynn -- Treatments for offenders of intimate partner violence / Caroline J. …”
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Scholarly inquiry and the DNP capstone /

Table of Contents: “…Being a scholar -- The process of scholarly inquiry -- Action research exemplar : addressing the use of shared medical equipment in a large urban hospital / Mary Jo Bugel and Deneen Scuderi -- Case study research exemplar : a case study of the implementation of an electronic health record in pre-admission units and day surgery centers / Rosario Estrada -- Qualitative descriptive research exemplar : nurses perceptions of bedside reporting / Joan Harvey -- Interventional research exemplar : health promotion in school-aged Hhispanic children through a culturally appropriate nutrition and exercise family-school program / Mercedes Echevarria -- Systematic review exemplar : a systematic review of the effectiveness of three methods of fentynal administration following discharge from acute care / MaryAnne Guilante, Angelito Antonio, Keesha A. …”
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