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Report copyright infringementby Claudia Guadalupe Martinez (Author), Laura Gonzalez (Illustrator)A Mexican jumping bean isn't a bean at all. It's a fascinating home and food source for a special kind of caterpillar! With Spanish vocabulary and a clever counting concept, this poetic story shares the life cycle of a Mexican jumping bean. This curious jumping insect is actually a seedpod from a shrub called yerba de la flecha, into which a caterpillar burrows, living inside the pod until it buil...

Frogs of the World: A Guide to Every Family - Hardcover

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by Mark O'Shea (Author), Simon Maddock (Author)A richly illustrated guide to the world's frogs that includes species from every family With more than 7,600 known species, frogs exhibit an extraordinary range of forms and behaviors, from those that produce toxins so deadly that they could kill a human many times over to those that can survive being frozen in ice. Frogs of the World is an essential guide to this astonishingly diverse group of animals. An in-depth introduction covers everything ...

Native American Medicinal Plants: An Ethnobotanical Dictionary

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Report copyright infringementby Daniel E. Moerman (Author)This illuminating reference book is a complete guide to medicinal plants used by hundreds of Native American tribes. Let anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman be your guide as he describes the various uses of more than 2,700 plants. Information--adapted from the same research used to create the monumental Native American Ethnobotany--includes 82 categories of medicinal uses, ranging from analgesics, contraceptives, gastrointestinal aids, h...

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Report copyright infringementby Deeann M. Reeder (Author)A wonderfully illustrated guide to the natural history of the world's bats Bats are the second-largest order of mammals and inhabit almost every corner of the globe, but these secretive creatures are often maligned and misunderstood. With more than 1,400 species worldwide, they are crucial contributors to ecosystems, controlling insect populations and fulfilling an essential role as pollinators. This one-of-a-kind guide showcases the un...

The Official U.S. Army Illustrated Guide to Edible Wild Plants

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Report copyright infringementby Department of the Army (Author)In a situation where survival is at stake, plants can provide crucial food and medicine. Their safe usage requires absolutely positive identification, knowing how to prepare them for eating, and a solid awareness of any dangerous properties they might have. Familiarity with the botanical structures of plants and information on where they grow will make them easier to locate and identify. The Illustrated Guide to Wild Edible Plants...

Partners in Innovation: Teaching Assistants in College Science Courses

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Report copyright infringementby Elaine Seymour (Author)Partners combines in-depth interviews with quantitative data to show how innovations in the roles of graduate teaching assistants at universities are improving both their own experiences and the overall educational environment.Author BiographyElaine Seymour is director of ethnography and evaluation research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Number of Pages: 344 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.94 x 6.29 IN ...

National Audubon Society Wildflowers of North America: The Complete Identification Reference to Wildflowers--With Full-Color Photographs; Updated Rang

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Report copyright infringementby National Audubon Society (Author)The most comprehensive and authoritative guide to the wildflowers of North America, updated for the first time in decades to reflect the impact of climate change and the advancements in DNA studies that have radically altered the classification process. Whether preparing for a scenic hike or getting to know the flowers in the backyard, readers will come to rely on this work of remarkable breadth, depth, and elegance. This hands...

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by J. Allen Boone (Author)Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience?Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resounds with entertaining and inspiring proof that communication with animals is a wonderful, indisputable fact. All that is required is an attitude of openness, friendliness, humility, and a sense of humor to part the curtain and form bonds of real friendshi...

Literacy in Science, Technology, and the Language Arts: An Interdisciplinary Inquiry

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Report copyright infringementby Dennis Adams (Author), Mary Hamm (Author)Technology, a product of science, is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional storytelling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. As the Internet becomes faster, more visually powerful, and easier to manipulate there will be an explosion of virtual environments, with li...

How to Rise to the Top...and Stay There!: A Leadership Manual

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander R. Margulis (Author)The present dire economic environment has greatly affected business and the opportunities for advancement or even holding a job. Even universities, although not directly in business, are feeling the impact of diminishing endowments, resulting in lower disposable funds and reduction in innovative, unproven programs, which, in the past, often led to breakthroughs. These conditions we hope are only temporary, and they will not affect ...

Unsettling Eurocentrism in the Westernized University

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Report copyright infringementby Julie Cupples (Editor), Ramón Grosfoguel (Editor)This book draws on decolonial theory to explore the ways in which Eurocentrism in the westernized university is both reproduced and unsettled. It outlines some of the challenges that accompany the decolonization of teaching, learning, research and policy, as well as providing examples of successful decolonial moments and processes. It draws on examples from universities in Europe, New Zealand and the Americas. Th...

Baby Steps in Physics: Motion in a Straight Line

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Report copyright infringementby Boris Sapozhnikov (Author)The main goal of the series Baby Steps In Physics is to provide a student with the tools and skills needed to solve physics problems. A student is wondering," How do I start? From where do I start? What formula should I use? " This book tries to answer these and other questions. All problems and questions were solved by Baby Steps, it means that even students with weak math/physics skills can learn and succeed in solving physics proble...

Geology Of The Caballo Mountains: University Of New Mexico Publications In Geology, No. 4

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Report copyright infringementby Vincent Cooper Kelley (Author), Caswell Silver (Author), Barry Stevens (Editor)""Geology of the Caballo Mountains"" is a comprehensive guide to the geological features of the Caballo Mountains, located in southern New Mexico. The book is part of the University of New Mexico's Publications in Geology series and is authored by Vincent Cooper Kelley. The book covers the geological history of the region, including the formation of the mountains and the various rock...

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Report copyright infringementby Patsy Stanley (Author) ELEMENTS: When studying the elements, one is studying the following. When developing a spiritual understanding of the five basic elemental energies, fire, air, earth, water, and ether, one comes to understand the Spiritual, nature of FUSION in life, The basic principles of magnetism, organization, responsibilities, and how everything connects. This half of the life force is considered to be the feminine half of the life Force. The other ...

Renewable Energy in Turkey and Selected European Countries; Potentials, Policies and Techniques- A Handbook - With the collaboration of Georgi Chobank

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Report copyright infringementby Walter Leal Filho (Author), Kerstin Kuchta (Author), Franziska Mannke (Author)One of the major problems encountered in the inclusion of renewable energy in university programmes is the lack of suitable materials and documents which may guide this process. The materials produced as part of the project Renewable Energy Networks between Turkish and European Universities (RENET) - and this Handbook in particular - will therefore be especially useful to university t...

Challenging Science Standards: A Skeptical Critique of the Quest for Unity

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Report copyright infringementby Charles R. Ault Jr (Author)For several decades educators have struggled to identify the attributes all sciences have in common. In the popular mind this effort constitutes the importance of teaching "the" scientific method. In the policy maker's world this pursuit yields standards for all Americans that unify the sciences. For teachers, the quest for unity has typically meant teaching science as process. However, a curriculum that prioritizes what all sciences ...

A Closer Approximation of the Bull's-eye On the MATW

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Report copyright infringementby Jaime Jackson (Author)This is a science based monograph describing a study relevant to natural horse care practitioners specializing in professional equine hoof care. The study explains how the practitioner can use infrared thermal technology to provide superior hoof care. This technology is used in a novel way to facilitate precision mapping of the equine hoof to aid the practitioner in generating more accurate Critical Measurements used in hoof trimming. ...

Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit - Paperback

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by Lyanda Lynn Haupt (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER Deepen your connection to the natural world with this inspiring meditation, "a path to the place where science and spirit meet" (Robin Wall Kimmerer). In Rooted, cutting-edge science supports a truth that poets, artists, mystics, and earth-based cultures across the world have proclaimed over millennia: life on this planet is radically interconnected. Our bodies, thoughts, minds, and spirits are affected by the whole of nature, and they affect...

Adhd or Dyslexia? Resilient Parents. Resilient Children: ¿Tdah O Dislexia? Padres Resilientes. Hijos Resilientes

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Report copyright infringementby Katharine Aranda Vollmer (Author)This book is written with all my love to share what I, from my own experience, have had to live as a mother, teacher and Davis(R) facilitator. As I listen to other parents tell me about their journeys through therapies, doctors and diagnoses, I realize how much the stories and concerns coincide when one of our children begins to have learning difficulties, be it attention deficit, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, hyperactivity...

Highly Efficient Methods for Sulfur Vulcanization Techniques, Results and Implications: Selection and Management of Rubber Curatives

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Report copyright infringementby Ali Ansarifar (Author)In this book, two new methods are described and supported by extensive experimental results that measure the amounts of a sulfur-donor thiuram accelerator and a sulfenamide thiazole accelerator needed to provide monomolecular coverage of zinc oxide. These methods use zinc oxide with only one accelerator and no stearic acid to produce two single additives, that can efficiently cure rubber, despite using fewer chemicals. This is a departure ...

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Report copyright infringementby John K. Gilbert (Editor)This book examines key issues concerning visualization in science education. It draws on the insights from cognitive psychology, science, and education, by experts from Australia, Israel, Slovenia, UK, and USA. Coverage unites these with the practice of science education, particularly the ever-increasing use of computer-managed modeling packages, especially in chemistry. The book first explores the significance and intellectual standing ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edmund Turney Allen (Author)The Science of Higher Prisms is a book written by Edmund Turney Allen in 1900. This book explores the concept of higher prisms and their properties, as well as their applications in various fields such as optics, physics, and mathematics. The author provides a detailed explanation of the different types of prisms, including the triangular prism, the pentagonal prism, and the hexagonal prism, among others. He also discusses the proper...

The Discharge of Electricity Through Gases - Lectures Delivered on the Occasion of the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Princeton University

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Report copyright infringementby J. J. Thomson (Author)First published in 1883, Joseph John Thomson's fascinating treatise explores the subject of 'vortex rings'. A vortex ring, also known as 'a toroidal vortex', is a torus-shaped vortex existing within a fluid or gas where the fluid spins along an imaginary axis line that creates a closed loop. Sir Joseph John Thomson (1856 - 1940) was an English physicist and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is most famous for having discovered and identified t...

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Report copyright infringementby Ken Stevens (Author) Number of Pages: 954 Dimensions: 1.88 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN Publication Date: October 19, 2012

Generation AI and the Transformation of Human Being

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Report copyright infringementby Gregory Stock (Author)Many are discussing what AI and other advanced technologies may become; few have thought through what we will become. Generation AI-those born after 2022-will be the first humans to grow up in a world of immersive AI, intelligent robots, and ambiguous boundaries between the born and the made. They will differ fundamentally from us, yet their future is our future too.Drawing on evolutionary biology, social science, and progress in advanced ...

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Report copyright infringementby Paul Murrell (Author)Providing key information on how to work with research data, Introduction to Data Technologies presents ideas and techniques for performing critical, behind-the-scenes tasks that take up so much time and effort yet typically receive little attention in formal education. With a focus on computational tools, the book shows readers how to improve their awareness of what tasks can be achieved and describes the correct approach to perform these ...

Quantum Algorithms and Applications: A Scaffolding Approach (Vol 2)

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Report copyright infringementby Peter Lee (Author), Ran Cheng (Author), Huiwen Ji (Author)Volume 2 (contains Parts III & IV + Appendices, b/w)Unlock the Potential of Quantum AlgorithmsThis book presents a progressive scaffolding approach to quantum algorithms and applications, guiding readers from core primitives to practical workflows in simulation, optimization, quantum machine learning, and linear systems, with an emphasis on mastering durable concepts and principles.Features A systema...

The Next Big Thing: Innovations for a Better, Smarter, Stronger Tomorrow

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Report copyright infringementby Rob Marciano (Author), James Trefil (Author)Experience the world's most promising technological innovations and the science behind them in this entertaining photo-rich book. For futurists and sci-tech enthusiasts, every page reveals advances powering our future, with on-site interviews, deep explainers, and helpful visuals. What will our future look like? In The Next Big Thing, meteorologist and science reporter Rob Marciano invites readers to take a journey th...

Computer-Aided Intelligent Imaging: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Informatics

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Report copyright infringementby Shiv Naresh Shivhare (Author), Thipendra P. Singh (Author), Joshi Deepa (Author) The field of biomedical image analysis has evolved as a significant resource in the process of healthcare informatics and computer-aided disease diagnosis. This book addresses the problem of staying up to date with the rapidly evolving landscape of automated computer-aided disease diagnostics and biomedical image analytics, and provides practical solutions and best practices to hel...

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Report copyright infringementby Vauhini Vara (Author)From the author of The Immortal King Rao, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a personal exploration of how technology companies have both fulfilled and exploited the human desire for understanding and connection A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Esquire, Slate, Scientific American, Vox, Electric Literature, Book Riot, Culture Study, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal "I cannot imagine a better guide through the infuriating, labyrinthine underw...

Surfing the Cut: The Uncomputable Nature of Things

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Report copyright infringementby Todd Hylton (Author)What if the universe can't be fully captured by our equations, algorithms, or philosophies-because the most important part of reality is uncomputable?In Surfing the Cut: The Uncomputable Nature of Things, physicist and technologist Todd Hylton traces a two-decade search that began with a practical mission: understanding intelligence well enough to build truly intelligent machines. As a DARPA program manager who launched SyNAPSE, he discovere...

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Report copyright infringementby Ansel 1902-1984 Adams (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is impo...