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Through the use of a real case study within a major NHS hospital, this book attempts to address the idea of Process Transformation in the field of health care. The authors explore three interlined themes: the models and nature or organizational change, the implementation of Business Process Reengineering or BPR and the management of contemporary public sector organizations. Process Transformation reveals the major challenges of reorganization ...

The bowerbirds are unique in the avian world in that the males build elaborate 'bowers': structures of sticks, grasses or other plant stems on or close to the ground, often incorporating objects such as colourful fruits, flowers, feathers, bones, stones, shells, insect skeletons, and numerous other natural (and human-made) objects. The highly sophisticated building, decorating, arranging, singing, and courtship posturing and dancing by males i...

Most of the familiar headache drugs are used to stop a headache attack that is already in progress, or about to begin. However, there is now a growing body of research aimed at developing medications that can be taken on a regular basis to prevent headaches from starting. These drugs will betargetted at patients whose headaches are frequent or who get their headaches at predictable times. This book reviews the potential for prophylactic treatm...

Pruritus is an itching sensation that triggers the desire to scratch. It's a distressing symptom that can cause severe discomfort. Scratching may cause breaks in the skin that may result in infection. Pruritus can be related to anything from dry skin to undiagnosed cancer. It can occur chronically in people who have cancer or in those who have received cancer treatment as well as patients with non-malignant terminal illnesses. Pruritus in Adv...

This book deals with the theoretical implications of the changing nature of the European Member states and with the concept of new regionalism. Not only does it explore the historical and philosophical background of democracy in various countries, but also it offers an exposition of the institutional expression of democracy at different levels. In addition, it examines the role of pressure groups, policy networks, and political parties, includ...

This book collects studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. The sixteen contributors--some specialists in Jewish history, others in classical studies--tackle the extent to which Jews in this period differed from other peoples in the Mediterranean region, and how much Jewish evidence can be used for the history of the wider classical world.

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One of a modularized series of short books on introductory sociology, this is an introduction to the field of development studies, its fundamental concepts and major writers, especially those relevant to southern Africa and the developing world.

The Introduction to Sociology series aims to present foundational sociology in a unique way and introduce students to current debates in the field. This book is an introduction to industrial sociology, its fundamental concepts and major writers, especially those relevant to southern Africa and the developing world.

The Introduction to Sociology series aims to present foundational sociology in a unique way that will introduce students to current debates in the field. This book is an introduction to the field in sociology, with an emphasis on the family and education, especially those issues relevant to southern Africa and the developing world.

The book addresses many issues in the study of evolution where important advances have recently taken place and provides a sampler of the diversity of questions and research approaches that constitute the modern study of evolution. More advanced and up-to-date than currently available textbooks, it will appeal to students and professional researchers throughout the life sciences.

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The Peace Business" is a study of the evolution and consequences of business cooperation in the Middle East in the years of the peace process. Markus E. Bouillon examines how the engagement of entrepreneurs and businesspeople in the peace process, as well as how the nature of business ties between Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians, failed to strengthen and advance peace in the Middle East. In this important contribution to the Israel-Pale...

An inspiring story of the student-centered learning that can take place in a democratic, caring school.

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Unprecedentedly rapid advances in the areas of both immunosuppression and surgical technique not only have made cardiac transplantation the gold-standard surgical therapy for end-stage heart disease, but have also challenged practitioners to keep thoroughly up-to-date. In Cardiac Transplantation: The Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital Manual, leading physicians summarize in this easy-to-use and eminently practica...

For this updated edition Ros King has provided a completely new, illustrated Introduction.

In this book, efficient and scalable coevolutionary algorithms for distributed, network-based decision-making, which utilize objective functions are developed in a networked environment where internode communications are a primary factor in system performance. A theoretical foundation for this class of coevolutionary algorithms is introduced using techniques from stochastic process theory and mathematical analysis. A case study in distributed,...

Anne Catherine Emmerich's The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is one of the key sources that inspired Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of Christ." The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ is the record of the visions of Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824), a German nun who displayed the stigmata. Her narrative of the crucifixion is both more violent and detailed than the version recorded in the Gospels. Influenced by medieval Pas...

Appearing here in English for the first time, this isF.W.J. Schelling's vital document of the attempts of German idealism and Romanticism to recover a deeper relationship between humanity and nature and to overcome the separation between mind and matter induced by the modern reductionist program. Written in 1799 and building upon his earlier work, "First Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature provides the most inclusive exposition of ...