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In order to produce coherent behaviour in a complex world, forms of visual attention are necessary in order for us to select appropriate objects for action. Over the past ten years, there have been considerable advances in research into visual attention, with many of these advances linked to interdisciplinary research in experimental psychology, neuropsychology, neurophysiology and functional imaging. This work has begun to allow us to underst...

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

What does it take to get into and through graduate school? What special challenges, opportunities and issues face an African-American graduate student? This book offers practical advice to help African-American students get the most of their graduate school experience.

Unlike traditional Japanese literature, which has a rich tradition of comedy, modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with a high seriousness of purpose. In this path-breaking study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers--Ibuse Masuji (1898-1993), Dazai Osamu (1909-1948), and Inoue Hisashi (1934- )--whose works constitute a relentless assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Cohn focuses on thema...

Control Therapy An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapy, Health, and Healing Nothing is as basic to human dignity and emotional well-being as a sense of control over one's life. Little is as baneful to the integrity of the individual psyche, the quality of interpersonal relationships, or the fabric of a free society as the sense of loss of control— except, perhaps, an irrational and unceasing fear of losing it. From cradle to grave, fundamenta...

This work is concerned with furthering our understanding of the phenomenon of play in humans and in animals, and across various cultural, social and activity settings. Topics covered include traditional play, children's play, playful primates, resistant play, and intertextual play.

A review of the dissemination of spatial data. Topics addressed include: spatial information infrastructure and innovation, designing information policy research, and evaluating information use, access and dissemination. The work also contains comparative case studies of information dissemination.

Physical Processes in the Interstellar Medium discusses the nature of interstellar matter, with a strong emphasis on basic physical principles, and summarizes the present state of knowledge about the interstellar medium by providing the latest observational data. Physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium are treated, with frequent references to observational results. The overall equilibrium and dynamical state of the interstellar gas ar...

An understanding of statistical principles and methods is essential for any scientist but is particularly important for those in the life sciences. The field biologist faces very particular problems and challenges with statistics as "real life" situations such as collecting insects with a sweep net or counting seagulls on a cliff face can hardly be expected to be as reliable or controllable as a laboratory-based experiment. Acknowledging the p...

Whether they appear as distant specks in an astronomer's telescope or shoot brilliantly across the evening sky, comets, meteors, and asteroids have fascinated sky gazers throughout history. Join Seymour Simon for a look at the fiery mystery and wild wonder of these luminous bodies of light. "Another stunner from Seymour Simon".--"Kirkus Reviews", pointered review. Full-color photos.

The author of the bestselling "Pinkerton" books now tells the story of Mike Fink--king of the keelboatmen, the strongest, rowdiest bunch of fellows ever to work on the Mississippi--the best grizzly and gator wrestler on the river. Full color.

Billy is a big boy. He can do all sorts of things by himself. "You are growing every day", says his mother. "Bigger and bigger", says his father. This starts Billy thinking about being big--even the biggest boy in the world. Watercolor ink illustrations.

There is no Jessica", said Ruthie's parents. But Ruthie knows there is. She eats with Jessica, plays with her, and reads their favorite books together. When the first day of school arrives, Mom and Dad hope Ruthie finds a real friend. They're in for a big surprise! Full color.

What if we could open up our planet and look inside? From its red-hot core to the highest mountain peak, come see Earth as you've never seen it before in a colorful introduction to the powerful forces shaping our home.

An analysis of learning a second language through process drama. Topics covered include: evoking dramatic moments in second language learning and teaching, the nature of teacher-student interaction in drama-orientated language classrooms, and the psycho-social aspect of drama on learning.

Part of a two-volume handbook reviewing the major paradigms used in each of the contributors' research areas of spatial cognition.

This is an introductory text for students which will bring them up to speed ready for first-year university level physical chemistry. The text begins by looking at atoms and their structure, and goes on to study different phases of matter and relates them to forces acting between molecules. As the book progresses, it analyses both phase and chemical equilibria, energy and kinetics, and the final section is about reactive free radicals.

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die Diplomarbeit enthält eine ordnungspolitische Analyse, in der der Verfasser die tatsächliche, die geplante und die - im wohlfahrtstheoretischen Sinne - "optimale" Gestaltung des (nationalen und weltweiten) Marktes für Leistungen der "gelben Post" analysieren und beurteilen möchte. Nach einer kurzen Aufzählung politischer Begründungen für und der (im weiteren Sinne) ökonomischen Gründe gegen Regulierungen ein...

The aim is twofold, to trace the development of the railway network in the context of separate company interests, and to consider the impact of the railways with reference to the waterway system and to everyday life in both the towns and the countryside.

`The book is based on audio-taped conversations with 18 couples, using well-recognized qualitative methodology. There is much to praise in the rigour with which this process was undertaken and the transparency with which it is reported. It points to a diversity of shared parenting styles, but also tyo a similarity between parents committed to sharing responsibility, in that they construct meaning as well as making practical arrangements collab...