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Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic FieldworkAuthor:
Shobhana L. ChelliahPages:
492Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
9048190258The Handbook of Descriptive Linguistic Fieldwork is the most comprehensive reference on linguistic fieldwork on the market bringing together all the reader needs to carry out successful linguistic fieldwork. Based on the experiences of two veteran linguistic fieldworkers and advice from more than a twenty active fieldwork researchers, this handbook provides an encyclopedic review of current publications on linguistic fieldwork and surveys past and present approaches and solutions to problems in the field, and the historical, political, and social variables correlating with fieldwork in different areas of the world. The discussion of the ethical dimensions of fieldwork, as well as what constitutes the “typical” linguistic fieldwork setting or consultant is explored from multiple perspectives relevant to fieldwork on every continent. Included is information omitted in most other texts on the subject such as the collection, representation, management, and methods of extracting grammatical information from discourse and conversational data as well as the relationship between questionnaire-based elicitation, text-based elicitation, and philology, and the need for combinations of these methods. The book is useful before, during and after linguistic field trips since it provides extensive practical macro and micro organization and planning fieldwork tips as well as a handy sketch of major typological features for use in linguistic analysis. Comprehensive references are provided at the end of each chapter as resources relevant to the reader's particular interests.
* Broad scope and coverage from four points of view: the geographical, the historical, the philosophical and the encyclopedic.
* Includes detailed discussions of the theoretical, practical and ethical issues involved in language selection, data collection, data management.
* A survey of past and present approaches and solutions to problems in the field, and the historical, political, and social variables correlating with fieldwork in different areas of the world. 
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Minerals and RocksAuthor:
J. Richard WilsonPages:
163Format:
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8776816476After a brief introduction to the Rock Cycle, this text presents the physical properties of minerals and an introduction to crystallography. The most important rock-forming minerals are then dealt with in a systematic way, followed by the three main rock groups - igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
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Bulk Solids HandlingAuthor:
Dr. D. McGlincheyPages:
1Format:
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1405158255Handling of powders and bulk solids is a critical industrial technology across a broad spectrum of industries, from minerals processing to bulk and fine chemicals, and the food and pharmaceutical industries.Bulk Solids Handling: Equipment Selection and Operation provides an overview of the major technologies involved in the storage and handling of particulate materials from large grains to fine cohesive materials. Topics covered include characterisation of individual particles and bulk particulate materials, silo design for strength and flow, pneumatic conveying systems, mechanical conveying, and small scale operations. Guidance is given on appropriate equipment choices depending on the type of material to be handled, and applications and limitations of current bulk solids handling equipment are discussed. The reader will then be in a better position to diagnose solids handling and processing problems in industry, and to deal with experts and equipment suppliers from an informed standpoint.With contributions from leading academic and industry experts, the book is essential for anyone who has responsibility for handling, storage, processing or production involving particulate materials. It is designed to be equally applicable to engineers, scientists and technologists, working in for example agriculture, construction, food, bulk and fine chemicals industries, minerals and metals, pharmaceuticals, power generation and waste handling.
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Learn GoogleAuthor:
Michael BusbyPages:
350Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
1556220383Searching for information on the World Wide Web can be a frustrating, time-consuming experience. But by using the Google search engine as described in this book, you can quickly find exactly what you’re looking for, resulting in a pleasant and rewarding search experience. Learn Google covers a variety of search techniques that not only help the web searcher quickly and easily find relevant material but also assist the web page designer who wants to position a web page in the top 20 search results. Additionally, Learn Google details a number of Google services and tools to help you navigate the web more easily and accomplish a number of specialized search tasks.Learn how to:* Quickly find the information you need using the Google search engine.* Set preferences including search language and filtering levels.* Narrow the search results with modifiers and query operators.* Find specialized information using expert search techniques.* Install and use the Google Toolbar to speed up and easily manage your search needs while eliminating annoying pop-up screens.* Use specialized services including Froogle, Google Help Central, Google Labs, and PhoneBook.* Perform image searches using basic and advanced techniques.* Safely post and manage messages in Google Groups newsgroups.
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Come Garden with MeAuthor:
Elizabeth Pickett MillsPages:
256Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
1933251166This book presents gardening ideas arranged month by month. It deals with gardening in North Carolina and covers topics such as flower and vegetable gardening, shrubs, bushes and trees, propagating plants, soil enrichment, and pest control.
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Clock DrawingAuthor:
Morris FreedmanPages:
192Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
0195059069Written by a multidisciplinary team of experts in neurobehavior, this concise, well-illustrated book provides normative data on clock drawing from ages 20 to 90 years. A practical guide to the quantitative assessment of clock drawing, it also takes a process-oriented approach to qualitative impairment. The authors discuss clock drawing as a neuropsychological test instrument and the rationale for selecting specific time settings, as well as the basis for using different clock conditions. The book contains numerous examples of clocks drawn by patients with cognitive impairment due to dementia, metabolic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, disconnection syndrome and focal brain lesions. Insight into changes in clock drawing ability that may represent the earliest markers of cognitive decline in dementia are also presented. This volume will be of interest to clinicians and researchers in neuropsychology, neurology, psychiatry, geriatric medicine, language therapy, and occupational therapy.
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Business DashboardsAuthor:
Nils H. RasmussenPages:
286Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
0470413476Focusing on designing the right dashboards for use in an organization, this timely, full color book reveals how to successfully deploy dashboards by building the optimal software architecture and dashboard design. In addition, it describes the value of this popular technology to a business and how it can have a significant impact on performance improvement. A unique collection of more than 120 dashboard images are organized by category. One of the chapters provides a step-by-step description of the key performance indicator (KPIs) design process. One of the appendices contains more than 1,000 examples of KPIs to help design the content of dashboards. The book also describes all the steps in a dashboard implementation and offers related advice.
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Egyptian Woodworking and FurnitureAuthor:
Geoffrey KillenPages:
64Format:
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0747802394This book gives a comprehensive description of Egyptian woodworking from the earliest times to the Late Period. It examines the sources of wood and other materials used by Egyptian carpenters. The techniques used to embellish timber and the complex joints employed in carcase construction are also explained and woodworking tools and processes throughout the Dynastic period are described. Some of the important sources which illustrate the development of furniture styles and the use of tools come from wall paintings and relief in tombs. The story of furniture is traced through an examination of surviving pieces that are now preserved in museums, including First Dynasty bedframes from Tarkhan and the furniture of the Fourth Dynasty queen Hetepheres, as well as the highly developed cabinet making and turned stool legs of the Late and Graeco-Roman periods.
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Elaborating Professionalism: Studies in Practice and TheoryAuthor:
Clive KanesPages:
200Format:
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9048126045What are the future possibilities for the standing of professional practice as it faces growingly problematic markets for services, complex demands for managerial accountability and control, and problematic circumstances and expectations in its ethical and self-regulative governance? New sources of inspiration may be needed if professionalism is to be either a viable or desirable form for the social organisation of work in the coming years of potentially deep economic and social change. Set in the UK, South Africa, Australia and the USA, the empirical studies included elaborate problematic situations of professional practice concerning issues of identity and knowledge. The theoretical studies explore the notion of generic processes; elaborate the plurality of notions of professional practice; theorise the hybridisation witnessed in inter-professional and cross-disciplinary team work; and outline new theoretical departures relating to these. Elaborating professionalism also raises important methodological issues relating to professionalism as ethical practice. The book offers valuable resources to enrich practice, and provokes thought and new ideas about professionalism.
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Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation (International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation)Author:
Joao Bento, Jose Duarte, Manuel V. Heitor, William MitchellPages:
408Format:
pdfLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1567205453In today's knowledge-driven economy, the ability to share insight and know-how is essential for driving innovation and growth. In this groundbreaking volume, scholars from around the world demonstrate how communication and information technologies are enabling dynamic project design and management practices that challenge traditional concepts of time, space and behavior. Showcasing experiments in architecture, engineering, and construction design-employing technological infrastructures that link people and their ideas across physical, intellectual, and cultural boundaries-the authors consider such issues as the links between "competence" and "innovation" and between individual and collective knowledge. At the heart of their analysis is the realization that technological innovation is chiefly a social activity. The implications are profound-for practical management of complex design projects to experiments in distance learning and virtual teams to emerging theoretical concepts of collaborative learning and innovation.
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The Gallaudet Survival Guide to SigningAuthor:
Leonard LanePages:
203Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
093032367XSince you picked up this book, you probably want to learn sign language ... good for you! Sign language is a beautiful, visually expressive language. People who use sign language will appreciate your efforts to learn to communicate with them.
The Survival Guide is an easy reference you can carry with you. It has more than 500 signs for use in home, school, work, or social situations. Of course, there are hundreds more signs besides the ones in this book. But once you have learned the sign/words in the Survival Guide, you will be well on your way to communicating in sign language.
When you are just beginning to learn sign language, you may feel frustrated because you won't know many signs. Don't worrywhen you don't know the sign for a word or concept, you can always fingerspell it. Fingerspelling allows you to spell each letter of a word by using your hand to form each of the 26 letters of the alphabet. These handshapes, known as the American Manual Alphabet, are on pages viii and ix. As you learn more and more signs, you will find that some words or concepts don't have a sign equivalent, so you will always have a use for fingerspelling.[b]PDF from html![/b]
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The Other Side of the Desk: A 20/20 Look at the PrincipalshipAuthor:
Janet TareiloPages:
232Format:
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1607096641This book explores the world of the principal with stories that capture readers' attention and moves them through the daily life of a school leader. The author reveals the working world of the principal in a clear, and sometimes frank, language with the intent to bolster and support newly positioned principals and reignite the leadership fire for those with many years of experience.
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Gruber's SAT 2400: Inside Strategies to Outsmart the Toughest Questions and Achieve the Top ScoreAuthor:
Gary GruberPages:
1Format:
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1402222971From the leading voice in SAT test prep, inside strategies for top-scoring students. If you're a top student aiming to achieve the perfect SAT score, here are the inside tips and powerful strategies you'll need to beat the toughest questions and get into the best college!
For more than thirty years, Dr. Gary Gruber has been the leading authority on testing and test preparation - his Gruber Method has helped thousands of students develop critical thinking skills, dramatically boosting their scores on standardized tests. Gruber's SAT 2400 is focused specifically on the strategies you'll need to breeze through the hardest questions on all three sections of the SAT, get your best score, and set you apart from the competition.Focusing on strategies for handling the toughest questions, Gruber's SAT 2400 tackles all three sections of the SAT, setting students apart from the competition to get them into great colleges and earn scholarships.[b]Essential sections include:[/b]
[list][*]The hardest SAT questions and top strategic solutions to answer questions quickly
[*]Vocabulary building
[*]Math prep, shortcuts and strategies
[*]Identifying writing errors and improving sentences
[/list]To achieve a perfect score - a 2400 - on the SAT, you have to understand what skill each question is testing: You have to know how to think about what type of question it is and the easiest, most efficient way to reach the answer. Dr. Gary Gruber's exclusive strategies will teach you how to do exactly that as well as give you unique methods for handling the toughest questions.[b]Advanced Strategies for the Perfect Score:
[/b][list][*]20 Math Strategies That Will Help You Solve Every Problem Quickly
[*]The 291 Vocabulary Words You Must Know
[*]5 Things You Can Do to Write a Top-Scoring Essay
[/list]The Hardest Actual SAT Questions and the Best Strategies for Answering Them
Practice Tests with Explanatory Answers That Pinpoint Exactly What You Need to Study to Score a 700 or Higher on All Three Sections
More Than 7 Million Gruber Books Sold!
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Boys and Girls Learn Differently! A Guide for Teachers and Parents: Revised 10th Anniversary EditionAuthor:
Michael GurianPages:
400Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0470608250A thoroughly revised edition of the classic resource for understanding gender differences in the classroom
In this profoundly significant book, author Michael Gurian has revised and updated his groundbreaking book that clearly demonstrated how the distinction in hard-wiring and socialized gender differences affects how boys and girls learn. Gurian presents a proven method to educate our children based on brain science, neurological development, and chemical and hormonal disparities. The innovations presented in this book were applied in the classroom and proven successful, with dramatic improvements in test scores, during a two-year study that Gurian and his colleagues conducted in six Missouri school districts.
* Explores the inherent differences between the developmental neuroscience of boys and girls
* Reveals how the brain learns
* Explains when same sex classrooms are appropriate, and when they’re not
This edition includes new information on a wealth of topics including how to design the ultimate classroom for kids in elementary, secondary, middle, and high school.
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Poetry (SparkCharts)Author:
SparkNotes EditorsPages:
6Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1586639153SparkChartsTM 2004 Ed.—created by Harvard students for students everywhere—serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest.
This six-page chart covers:
Western poetic schoolsElements of poetry, including types of meter, foot, rhyme, and formTypes of poetic language and figurative meaningGenres of poetryHow to analyze a poem and write an essay on poetryPLUS:A detailed analysis of two different poems: Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" and Shakespeare's "Sonnet 60"List of selected poets and online poetry resources
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Distance Learning (SparkCharts)Author:
SparkNotes EditorsPages:
6Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1411400593SparkChartsTM - 2004 Edition - created by Harvard students for students everywhere serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, ...
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Isaac Babel (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)Author:
Harold BloomPages:
111Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
0791075907Critical essays on the work of Isaak Babel, one of a group of poets and novelists whose works were part of a rebirth in Russian literature in the 1920s following the Communist Revolution.
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American Sign Language (SparkCharts)Author:
SparkNotes EditorsPages:
6Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1411400747ASIN: B003Q7Y8FW
2004 Edition - This six-page chart covers: Introduction to American Sign Language The manual alphabet Numbers Greetings and phrases Question words Days and time of day Family members and ...
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On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research, Third EditionAuthor:
Engineering, and Public Policy Committee on SciencePages:
82Format:
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EnglishISBN10:
0309119707The scientific research enterprise is built on a foundation of trust. Scientists trust that the results reported by others are valid. Society trusts that the results of research reflect an honest attempt by scientists to describe the world accurately and without bias. But this trust will endure only if the scientific community devotes itself to exemplifying and transmitting the values associated with ethical scientific conduct.On Being a Scientist was designed to supplement the informal lessons in ethics provided by research supervisors and mentors. The book describes the ethical foundations of scientific practices and some of the personal and professional issues that researchers encounter in their work. It applies to all forms of research--whether in academic, industrial, or governmental settings-and to all scientific disciplines.This third edition of On Being a Scientist reflects developments since the publication of the original edition in 1989 and a second edition in 1995. A continuing feature of this edition is the inclusion of a number of hypothetical scenarios offering guidance in thinking about and discussing these scenarios.On Being a Scientist is aimed primarily at graduate students and beginning researchers, but its lessons apply to all scientists at all stages of their scientific careers.
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Women's Studies (SparkCharts)Author:
SparkNotes EditorsPages:
4Format:
PDFLanguage:
EnglishISBN10:
1411402715SparkChartsTM—created by Harvard students for students everywhere—serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, including Business, Computer Programming, Medicine, Law, Foreign Language, Humanities, and Science. Titles like How to Study, Microsoft Word for Windows, Microsoft Powerpoint for Windows, and HTML give you what it takes to find success in school and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest.SparkChartsTM - 2005 Edition - created by Harvard students for students everywhere serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of college and graduate school subjects, ...
