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For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young
David P. Kilroy
Charles Young served as the highest-ranking African American officer in the U.S. Army until 1917. During his career, he served on the western frontier, in the Philippines, and in Mexico, and as military attache to both Haiti and Liberia. Young was also an accomplished linguist, a musician and composer, a published author, and an active member of the black intelligentsia. A history of Young's life transcends the fields of military, diplomatic, and African American history. For those interested in the history of the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, his life offers a guided tour through one of the most important epochs in the American experience.
Charles Young's career was shaped by race. The army regarded him as an anomaly and sought to limit his visibility. He, on the other hand, used his profile to promote the cause of racial equality. As a soldier, he was diligent in his observance of duty. As a citizen, he was committed to the cause of black civil rights. For Charles Young, success was more than a personal dream, it was an obligation to his people. Young's ultimate goal was to attain the rank of general. Thus, his forced retirement on medical grounds in 1917 was a crushing blow, and, for him and his supporters, bore testament to the racism that permeated the armed forces and America.
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Visual Adaptations in Crustaceans: Chromatic, Developmental, and Temporal Aspects
N. Justin Marshall, Thomas W. Cronin, and Tamara M. Frank
Research on sensory processing or the way animals see, hear, smell, taste, feel and electrically and magnetically sense their environment has advanced a great deal over the last fifteen years. This book discusses the most important themes that have emerged from recent research and provides a summary of likely future directions.
The book starts with two sections on the detection of sensory signals over long and short ranges by aquatic animals, covering the topics of navigation, communication, and finding food and other localized sources. The next section, the co-evolution of signal and sense, deals with how animals decide whether the source is prey, predator or mate by utilizing receptors that have evolved to take full advantage of the acoustical properties of the signal. Organisms living in the deep-sea environment have also received a lot of recent attention, so the next section deals with visual adaptations to limited light environments where sunlight is replaced by bioluminescence and the visual system has undergone changes to optimize light capture and sensitivity. The last section on central co-ordination of sensory systems covers how signals are processed and filtered for use by the animal.
This book will be essential reading for all researchers and graduate students interested in sensory systems. -
Stomiiformes (Dragonfishes and Relatives)
Tracey Sutton
Gale proudly presents the first completely revised and updated version of this acclaimed set in 30 years. Some reviewers call Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia the best reference work on animals ever published. Others call it the legacy left to us by famed zoologist and animal lover, Bernhard Grzimek. The accolades and praise go on for the newest addition to Gale's line of reference titles. The original 13-vol. set, published in Germany in the late 1960s, is internationally renowned for its scientific reporting, coverage and illustrations, and serves as a major point of reference for researchers and students studying the animal kingdom. Thorough articles familiarize readers with animals found everywhere on the globe, detailing their life cycles, predators, food systems, overall ecology and much more. Staying true to the original scientific pedigree, Gale enlisted prominent advisors and contributors from the international scientific community to incorporate recent developments in the animal world. Our new editions of Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia are sure to serve the needs of students at every academic level.
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Your Heart is Never Free: Women at Wales and Ghana talking about distress
Vivienne Walters, Joyce Avotri-Wuaku, and Nickie Charles
It is well known that depression occurs more often in women than in men. It is the most commonly encountered mental health problem among women and ranks overall as one of the most important women's health problems.
Researchers have studied depression a great deal, yet women's depression has rarely been the primary focus. The contexts of women's lives which might contribute to their depression are not often addressed by the mental health establishment, which tends to focus on biological factors. Situating Sadness sheds light on the influence of sociocultural factors, such as economic distress, child-bearing or child-care difficulties, or feelings of powerlessness which may play a significant role, and points to the importance of context for understanding women’s depression.
Situating Sadness draws on research in the United States and other parts of the world to look at depression through the eyes of women, exploring what being depressed is like in diverse social and cultural circumstances. It demonstrates that understanding depression requires close attention to the social context in which women become depressed. -
Co-Payment of a Traffic Ticket
Honggang Yang
Three Chinese families (including mine) resided near the university where we adults were going to graduate school. We got along well and often watched one another’s children during classes. For the summer break, we decided to go on a trip together, since few of us had had a chance to see the eastern part of the United States and Canada. Each family had one child, making nine people in all. Financially, the families could not afford to go separately, which was why we wanted to go as a group. We intended to share all the expenses—including auto rental and insurance, gasoline, the cost of the luggage rack, accommodation, and child care—and to take turns driving.
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Revitalizing Relief Capacity as Part of the General Reconstruction Program in Uganda
Bertha K. Amisi and Monica Kathina Juma
Book Description: A critical examination of the interplay between international and local actors operating in the humanitarian arena in Africa. All sides emphasise the need to build local capacity for humanitarian action, yet the results have not been substantial. Even long-term, semi-permanent emergencies have generated little local capacity to assist and protect the victims of violence, displacement and related deprivations. In some cases, whatever local capacity did exist has been overwhelmed by the international aid presence. Why is this so? What is the case for a more even division of labour between North and South in this area, and why is it so difficult to bring about? The book focuses on cases from East Africa and the Horn. It considers institutional capacity in the public and private sector, as well as legal and social norms of humanitarian action.
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Introduction to Geography, 8th Edition
Arthur Getis, Judith Getis, Jerome Donald Fellmann, and Barry W. Barker
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Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
Erin McCandless and Mary H. Schwoebel
World at Risk provides international coverage through an examination of current global issues. This extensive sourcebook is arranged by global issue in A to Z format. The book includes 30 entries on hot topics such as human rights, population, literacy and educational access, energy, terrorism, war crimes, and much more. Each topic entry includes: [yen] Introduction. Introduces and defines the issue in a global context. [yen] Historical Development. Situates the issue historically within the international community. [yen] Current Research, Policies, and Programs. Summarizes the latest studies and research on the issue, such as reports from non-governmental organizations (NGO's), key scholarly research, as well as a brief synopsis of the types of policies and programs that have been developed to answer the problems raised by the issue. [yen] Comparative World Map. Illustrates key statistical performance benchmarks concerning the issue. [yen] Regional Summaries. Analyses the impact the issue has had on specific regions around the world. [yen] Statistical Data. Examines research data that best illustrate the issue. [yen] Case Study. Provides one or two local close-ups on the issue and show how it has affected a specific community, country, or region. [yen] Biographies. Includes brief biographies of historical and contemporary individuals helped who have helped shape the thinking and action concerning the issue throughout the world. [yen] Directory. Provides a list of the relevant agencies, lobbying groups, and organizations with contact information. [yen] Further Research. Directs readers to books, reports, newspaper articles, and Web sites where they can learn more about the subject. [yen] Documents. Includes exerpts from the most important documents relating to findings and research such as programmatic statements and legislation. Tables, appendices, and an index are also provided. This ready reference will be most useful to academic, public, and high school libraries and their patrons
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Phoenix From the Ashes? Repetitive Mass Mortality and the Biogeology of Southern Arabian Gulf (United Arab Emirates) Coral Systems.
Bernhard Riegl
Biogeological dynamics consist of a combination of community-ecological responses based on individual-species physiological tolerance limits to a dominant environmental stressor and their consequences on carbonate sedimentological properties. This interplay was investigated in coral carpet systems (biostromal coral frameworks) in the southern Arabian Gulf in Abu Dhabi and Dubai (UAE). Five coral assemblages occur in the area: (A) low coral cover, widely spaced Porites lutea (B) high coral cover (biostromal framework), dense Acropora spp. C) low coral cover, widely spaced faviids (D) low coral cover, individual Siderastrea savignyana only (E) high coral cover (biostromal framework), dense Porites harrisoni. Coral community dynamics and the potential for the accretion of reefal limestones was found to be controlled by recurring sea-surface temperature anomalies. The effects of these heating or cooling events are mass mortality of all Acropora species. COADS data and time-series of AVHRR satellite data suggest potential recurrence periods of 11-17 years. Extreme positive SST anomalies only appeared after 1986. These events result in large areas of dead framework with only interspersed live corals (the non-Acropora members in the assemblages). Dead frameworks are intensely biocorroded and break down rapidly. Thus the next generation of framebuilders has to settle on the same substratum as the previous generation and no reef-structure, which would require several generations of corals growing on top of each other, is built. However, since only limited space is available for coral settlement (most of the seabed being sandy), these recurrent mass mortalities of a dominant space-competitor allow competitively weak species to persist in the system and thus maintain diversity. Strong recruitment pulses from surviving pockets of Acropora ensure the survival of this community-component in time.
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Learning to MERGE: Managing Ecosystems and Resources with Gender Emphasis
Marianne Schmink, Susan Paulson, and Elena Bastidas
Unpublished Book
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Fine Thermohaline Structure and Gas-exchange in the Near-Surface Layer of the Ocean During GasEx-98
Alexander Soloviev, Jim Edson, Wade Mcgillis, Peter Schluessel, and Rik Wanninkhof
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Convection: Convection in the Ocean
Alexander Soloviev and B. Klinger
This authoritative resource covers all aspects of atmospheric sciences―including both theory and applications. Nearly 350 articles and over 1,900 figures and photographs are presented, many in full-color. The Encyclopediais an ideal resource for academia, government, and industry in the fields of atmospheric, ocean, and environmental sciences. It is written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest information in the field. The Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences has been developed alongside the award-winning Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. Together these references provide readers with a comprehensive resource and a link between these two fields.
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Environmental Science: A Global Concern, 6th edition
William P. Cunningham, Barbara Woodworth Saigo, and Barry W. Barker
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Linkages between the South Florida Peninsula and Coastal Zone: Assessment-Based History of Natural and Anthropogenic Influences
Terry A. Nelsen, Ginger Garte, Charles Featherstone, Harold R. Wanless, John Trefry, Woo-Jun Kang, Simone Metz, Carlos A. Alvarez-Zarikian, Terri Hood, Peter K. Swart, Geoffrey Ellis, Patricia Blackwelder, Leonore Tedesco, Catherine Slouch, Joseph F. Pachut, and Mike O'Neal
Providing a synthesis of basic and applied research, The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook takes an encyclopedic look at how to study and manage ecosystems connected by surface and subsurface water movements. The book examines the South Florida hydroscape, a series of ecosystems linked by hydrology in a region of intense human development and profound modifications to the natural environment.
The book presents scientific studies in the South Florida Hydroscape, discusses policy and management by government and nonprofit groups, and explores how the whole watershed approach must be used to successfully protect coral reefs. The contributions range from the traditional to the controversial, questioning current management schemes and summarizing the results of state-of-the-art research.
Billions of dollars, countless man-hours, and innumerable resources have been spent studying the various South Florida ecosystems and how they are linked. The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys: An Ecosystem Sourcebook shows you how the principles learned in this region can be applied to other tropical and subtropical hydroscapes. -
Open Ocean Convection
Alexander Soloviev and B. Klinger
The Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences is the most current, authoritative, and comprehensive resource on the science of the oceans. This ambitious work includes contributions from leading scientists around the world on the physical processes that drive the oceans and the chemical, biological, and geological disciplines. TheEncyclopedia also covers ancillary topics such as ocean technology, law of the oceans, global programs, marine policy, the use of the oceans for food and energy, and the impact of pollution and climate changes. The many different methods used to study the oceans are covered, from ship-based systems to satellite remote sensing.
Users will enjoy easy access to more than 400 articles, each approximately 3000-4000 words in length with further reading lists and extensive cross referencing. Each article provides comprehensive coverage of a particular topic, and is designed for a wide audience of students, academics, researchers, and professionals. The articles are written at a level that allows undergraduate students to understand the material, while providing active researchers with the latest technical information. -
A Model of the Air-Sea Gas Exchange Incorporating the Physics of the Turbulent Boundary Layer and the Properties of the Sea Surface
Alexander Soloviev and Peter Schluessel
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Introduction to Geography, 7th edition
Arthur Getis, Jerome Donald Fellmann, Judith Getis, and Barry W. Barker
This text introduces students to the field of geography. The content is organized around the four major research traditions of the discipline: those of earth science; culture-environment; location; and area analysis.
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Powers of Generalized Fibonacci Matrix
Matthew He and Paolo E. Ricci
The contributions for this volume, dedicated to honour the 65th birthday of Professor I Galligani, have been numerous and cover a wide range of topics of the current Numerical Analysis and of its applications.
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Collaborative Negotiation: The Core of Nameless Change
Neil Katz
Today's leaders face unprecedented demands for rapid and continual improvement of their organizations. In his organization development practice, author Glenn Allen-Meyer witnesses the way in which leading organizations 'sell' changes to employees for their participation and 'buy-in'. Drawing on this research, "Nameless Organizational Change" offers a new approach for transforming organizations, providing a reliable, revolutionary way to achieve goals and hit performance targets without the expense, stress, and resistance so often experienced during major organizational change.
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Reefs and Coral Carpets in the Northern Red Sea as Models for Organism-Environment Feedback in Coral Communities and Its Reflection in Growth Fabrics
Bernhard Riegl and Werner Piller
Carbonate Platform Systems: components and interactions is a collection of 13 papers, plus an introduction, concerning the effects of organism-environment interactions in modern and ancient carbonate platforms, arising from the Lyell Meeting on ‘Organism-Environment Feedbacks in Carbonate Platforms and Reefs’ held at the Geological Society, UK. The papers presented here provide an integrated view of carbonate platforms, emphasizing dynamic interactions at all hierarchical levels and revealing the limitations of uniformitarian analogy in biotically influenced sedimentary systems. Selected case studies from around the world illustrate aspects ranging from the genesis of growth fabrics to changing patterns of carbonate platform development. The text will be of interest to sedimentologists, palaeontologists and marine ecologists alike. Readership: Sedimentologists, Palaeontologists, Marine Ecologists, Petroleum Exploration & Production Geologists and Marine Environmental Conservationists.
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