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OCR A2 Geography Student Unit Guide New Edition: Unit F764 Geographical Skills
by Michael RawWritten by a senior examiner, Michael Raw, this OCR A2 Geography Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F764: Geographical Skills.This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner's advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade
OCR A2 Geography Student Unit Guide: Unit F763 Global Issues
by Michael Raw Peter StiffWritten by senior examiners, Michael Raw and Peter Stiff, this OCR A2 Geography Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F763: Global Issues.This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: Clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index Examiner's advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required Exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade
OCR AS Geography Student Unit Guide New Edition: Unit F761 Managing Physical Environments
by Michael RawWritten by a senior examiner, Michael Raw, this OCR AS Geography Student Unit Guide is the essential study companion for Unit F761: Managing Physical Environments.This full-colour book includes all you need to know to prepare for your unit exam: clear guidance on the content of the unit, with topic summaries, knowledge check questions and a quick-reference index examiner's advice throughout, so you will know what to expect in the exam and will be able to demonstrate the skills required exam-style questions, with graded student responses, so you can see clearly what is required to get a better grade
OCR AS/A level Geography Student Guide 4: Investigative geography; Geographical and fieldwork skills
by David Barker Peter StiffExam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR AS/A level Geography Student Guide 4: Investigative geography; Geographical and fieldwork skills
by David Barker Peter StiffExam Board: OCR Level: AS/A-level Subject: Geography First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 1: Landscape Systems; Changing Spaces, Making Places
by Andy Palmer Peter StiffReinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 1: Landscape Systems; Changing Spaces, Making Places
by Andy Palmer Peter StiffExam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 2: Earth's Life Support Systems; Global Connections
by David Barker Peter StiffExam Board: OCRLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: Summer 2017Reinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR AS/A-level Geography Student Guide 2: Earths Life Support Systems; Global Connections
by David Barker Peter StiffReinforce students' geographical understanding throughout their course; clear topic summaries with sample questions and answers help students improve their exam technique and achieve their best.Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide:- Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level- Consolidates understanding through assessment tips and knowledge-check questions- Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample graded answers to exam-style questions- Develops independent learning and research skills- Provides the content students need to produce their own revision notes
OCR B GCSE Geography: Geography For Enquiring Minds
by Alan Parkinson Jo Debens Jo PayneBuild your students' subject knowledge and cross-disciplinary enquiry skills with this modern, topic-based approach, brought to life through clear explanations and skills-focused activities that are tailored to the new assessment requirements; produced by one of the leading Geography publishers and OCR's Publishing Partner for Geography.- Maps the content against the reformed specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and up-to-date case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each topic- Offers you a whole-class solution to teaching the non-tiered papers with extension activities to stretch high achievers and scaffolded questions that support lower ability students- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for successfully answering enquiry questions- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography A Second Edition
by David Rogers Simon Ross Alan Parkinson Jo Payne Jo ColesEquip your students for the OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography A specification with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team bring you new and revised case studies and a wealth of practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge to succeed at GCSE.- Maps the content against the specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and modern case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each theme- Offers you a whole-class solution for teaching including activities suitable for all learners- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for writing successful answers- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography A Second Edition
by David Rogers Simon Ross Alan Parkinson Jo Payne Jo ColesEquip your students for the OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography A specification with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team bring you new and revised case studies and a wealth of practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge to succeed at GCSE.- Maps the content against the specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and modern case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each theme- Offers you a whole-class solution for teaching including activities suitable for all learners- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for writing successful answers- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography B Second Edition
by David Rogers Simon Ross Alan Parkinson Jo Payne Jo ColesEquip your students for the OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography B specification with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team bring you new and revised case studies and a wealth of practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge to succeed at GCSE.Build your students' subject knowledge and cross-disciplinary enquiry skills with this modern, topic-based approach, brought to life through clear explanations and skills-focused activities. Updated case studies provide students with new, contemporary and engaging content and new practice questions include increased opportunities for students to strengthen their exam skills.- Maps the content against the specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and up-to-date case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each topic- Offers you a whole-class teaching solution with activities that cater to all students- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for successfully answering enquiry questions- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography B Second Edition
by David Rogers Simon Ross Alan Parkinson Jo Payne Jo ColesEquip your students for the OCR GCSE (9-1) Geography B specification with our fully revised second edition Student Book. Our expert author team bring you new and revised case studies and a wealth of practice questions to help your students apply their knowledge to succeed at GCSE.Build your students' subject knowledge and cross-disciplinary enquiry skills with this modern, topic-based approach, brought to life through clear explanations and skills-focused activities. Updated case studies provide students with new, contemporary and engaging content and new practice questions include increased opportunities for students to strengthen their exam skills.- Maps the content against the specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and up-to-date case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each topic- Offers you a whole-class teaching solution with activities that cater to all students- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for successfully answering enquiry questions- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
OCR GCSE (91) Geography A: Geographical Themes
by Alan Parkinson Jo Payne Jo ColesExam Board: OCRLevel: GCSESubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: September 2016First Exam: June 2018An OCR endorsed textbookInstil a broad understanding of UK and global geographical issues using the clear explanations and skills-focused activities in this thematic study guide; tailored to the new assessment requirements and produced by one of the leading Geography publishers and OCR's Publishing Partner for Geography.- Maps the content against the reformed specification, providing an easy-to-follow teaching pathway designed by an author team of experienced teachers and examiners- Equips students with the subject knowledge and up-to-date case study examples they need to maximise their potential, with opportunities to undertake developmental activities for each theme- Offers you a whole-class solution to teaching the non-tiered papers with extension activities to stretch high achievers and scaffolded questions that support lower-ability students- Embeds a focus on mathematical and statistical skills throughout by including opportunities to analyse a range of maps, graphs, GIS material and data sources- Prepares students to approach assessment confidently with practice questions of varying difficulty and handy tips for writing successful answers- Highlights possible fieldwork projects and contains guidance on carrying out fieldwork, making it easier to integrate practical and theoretical learning
ODE/IM Correspondence and Quantum Periods (SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics #51)
by Katsushi Ito Hongfei ShuThis book is intended to review some recent developments in quantum field theories and integrable models. The ODE/IM correspondence, which is a nontrivial relation between the spectral analysis of ordinary differential equations and the functional relation approach to two-dimensional quantum integrable models, is the main subject. This correspondence was first discovered by Dorey and Tateo (and Bazhanov, Lukyanov, and Zamolodchikov) in 1998, where the relation between the Schrodinger equation with a monomial potential and the functional equation called the Y-system was found. This correspondence is an example of the mysterious link between classical and quantum integrable systems, which produces many interesting applications in mathematical physics, including exact WKB analysis, the quantum Seiberg–Witten curve, and the AdS–CFT correspondence. In this book, the authors explain some basic notions of the ODE/IM correspondence, where the ODE can be formulated as a linear problem associated with affine Toda field equations. The authors then apply the approach of the ODE/IM correspondence to the exact WKB periods in quantum mechanics with a polynomial potential. Deformation of the potential leads to wall-crossing phenomena in the TBA equations. The exact WKB periods can also be regarded as the quantum periods of the four-dimensional N=2 supersymmetric gauge theories in the Nekrasov–Shatashvili limit of the Omega background. The authors also explain the massive version of the ODE/IM correspondence based on the affine Toda field equations, which also has an application to the minimal surface, and the gluon scattering amplitudes in the AdS/CFT correspondence.
OPEC’s Dilemma and the Future of Oil: Navigating the Path to Net Zero (Routledge Studies in the Economics of Business and Industry)
by Weshah RazzakThe UN’s Net Zero goal is to limit the rise in mean global temperatures to 1.5°C by 2050. They suggested that it could be achieved by reducing global emissions by 45 percent by 2030 and then to zero by 2050. This book is a new stress test in applied econometric analysis of oil-producing countries. It includes a positive economic analysis using a sample of 11 OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) nations from 1970 to 2019; and presents an empirical analysis of OPEC’s operating model – the state-owned oil monopoly, hence its dilemma. The book estimates a production function for every OPEC nation and then uses counterfactual scenarios to show that OPEC 's strategy to peg the price of oil by cutting oil production by more than 45 percent by 2030, results in a reduction of permanent income, which has negative macroeconomic consequences, such as on social welfare losses. The book begins by defining the dilemma, describing the stylized facts of OPEC economies and oil production organizations, their political environments, the dominant features of these economies such as oil rent, productivity; oil dependence, and the long-run and cyclical correlation between oil and output. It provides a microeconomic foundation for the macro analysis by testing the monopoly vs. competition price mechanism. Finally, there is a discussion of the policy options available to OPEC to deal with the UN’s Race to Zero. Students, scholars and researchers will benefit from the innovative ideas presented in the book and it will be a useful guide for policymakers and global governance experts.
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West
by Lauren RednissA powerful work of visual nonfiction about three generations of an Apache family struggling to protect sacred land from a multinational mining corporation, by MacArthur &“Genius&” and National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, the acclaimed author of Thunder & Lightning.&“Lauren Redniss has produced a supernova. . . . A vivid, searing, indelible act of witness.&”—Patrick Radden Keefe, New York Times bestselling author of Say Nothing Oak Flat is a serene high-elevation mesa that sits above the southeastern Arizona desert, fifteen miles to the west of the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. For the San Carlos tribe, Oak Flat is a holy place, an ancient burial ground and religious site where Apache girls celebrate the coming-of-age ritual known as the Sunrise Ceremony. In 1995, a massive untapped copper reserve was discovered nearby. A decade later, a law was passed transferring the area to a private company, whose planned copper mine will wipe Oak Flat off the map—sending its natural springs, petroglyph-covered rocks, and old-growth trees tumbling into a void. Redniss&’s deep reporting and haunting artwork anchor this mesmerizing human narrative. Oak Flat tells the story of a race-against-time struggle for a swath of American land, which pits one of the poorest communities in the United States against the federal government and two of the world&’s largest mining conglomerates. The book follows the fortunes of two families with profound connections to the contested site: the Nosies, an Apache family whose teenage daughter is an activist and leader in the Oak Flat fight, and the Gorhams, a mining family whose patriarch was a sheriff in the lawless early days of Arizona statehood. The still-unresolved Oak Flat conflict is ripped from today&’s headlines, but its story resonates with foundational American themes: the saga of westward expansion, the resistance and resilience of Native peoples, and the efforts of profiteers to control the land and unearth treasure beneath it while the lives of individuals hang in the balance.
Oak Lawn Tornado of 1967
by Kevin KorstThe morning of April 21, 1967, was crisp and clear, marking the arrival of spring. As the day progressed, dark clouds covered the skies over Oak Lawn, and a deadly tornado touched down in the village just before 5:30 p.m. Cutting through the intersection of 95th Street and Southwest Highway and striking elsewhere, the storm left mountains of debris and over 30 people dead in its wake. Oak Lawn Community High School, St. Gerald Catholic Church, and the Fairway Super Mart were among the structures damaged or destroyed by the high winds. After the disaster, rescue workers and volunteers poured into Oak Lawn to search for survivors, while Christ Community Hospital and other institutions treated more than 400 injured people. The immense cleanup, which took weeks to complete, saw debris hauled out or disposed of in controlled fires. Despite the scope of the devastation, many of the affected structures were repaired or rebuilt within 12 months.
Oak Seed Dispersal: A Study in Plant-Animal Interactions
by Michael A. SteeleThe definitive examination of oak forest evolutionary ecology.Seed dispersal is a critical stage in the life cycle of most flowering plants. The process can have far-reaching effects on a species' biology, especially numerous aspects of its ecology and evolution. This is particularly the case for the oaks, in which the dispersal of the acorn is tied to numerous tree characteristics, as well as the behavior and ecology of the animals that feed on and move these seeds to their final destination. Forest structure, composition, and genetics often follow directly from the dispersal process—while also influencing it in turn. In Oak Seed Dispersal, Michael A. Steele draws on three decades of field research across the globe (e.g., the United States, Mexico, Central America, Europe, and China) to describe the interactions between oaks and their seed consumers. Rodents, birds, and insects, he writes, collectively influence the survival, movement, and germination of acorns, as well as the establishment of seedlings, often indicating a coevolutionary bond between oaks and their seed consumers. This bond can only be understood by unraveling the complex interactions that occur in the context of factors such as partial seed consumption due to acorn chemistry, scatterhoarding, predation of the seed consumers by other organisms, and the limiting effects of masting on insect, rodent, and jay damage.Offering new insights on how animal-mediated dispersal drives ecological and evolutionary processes in forest ecosystems, Oak Seed Dispersal also includes an overview of threatened oak forests across the globe and explains how a lack of acorn dispersal contributes to many important conservation challenges. Highly illustrated, the book includes photographs of key dispersal organisms and tactics, as well as a foreword by Stephen B. Vander Wall, a leading authority on food hoarding and animal-mediated seed dispersal, and beautiful artwork by Tad C. Theimer, also an accomplished ecologist.
Oat
by Sebastian GasparisThe volume provides detailed protocols that have been developed or modified exclusively for the study of oat. The topics discussed in this book are a selection of various molecular biology and biotechnology methods, such as the application of molecular markers for polymorphism analyses and cytological manipulations, the production of synthetic polyploids, and in vitro cultures and genetic modifications. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Oat: Methods and Protocols is a useful resource in the development of new research approaches toward organizing the oat genome and the identification of new and useful traits for further improvements of this exceptional crop.
Object-Oriented Cartography: Maps as Things (Routledge Studies in Human Geography)
by Tania RossettoObject-Oriented Cartography provides an innovative perspective on the changing nature of maps and cartographic study. Through a renewed theoretical reading of contemporary cartography, this book acknowledges the shifted interest from cartographic representation to mapping practice and proposes an alternative consideration of the ‘thingness’ of maps. Rather than asking how maps map onto reality, it explores the possibilities of a speculative-realist map theory by bringing cartographic objects to the foreground. Through a pragmatic perspective, this book focuses on both digital and nondigital maps and establishes an unprecedented dialogue between the field of map studies and object-oriented ontology. This dialogue is carried out through a series of reflections and case studies involving aesthetics and technology, ethnography and image theory, and narrative and photography. Proposing methods to further develop this kind of cartographic research, this book will be invaluable reading for researchers and graduate students in the fields of Cartography and Geohumanities.
Object-Oriented Ontology: A New Theory of Everything (Pelican Books)
by Graham HarmanWhat is reality, really?Are humans more special or important than the non-human objects we perceive?How does this change the way we understand the world?We humans tend to believe that things are only real in as much as we perceive them, an idea reinforced by modern philosophy, which privileges us as special, radically different in kind from all other objects. But as Graham Harman, one of the theory's leading exponents, shows, Object-Oriented Ontology rejects the idea of human specialness: the world, he states, is clearly not the world as manifest to humans. At the heart of this philosophy is the idea that objects - whether real, fictional, natural, artificial, human or non-human - are mutually autonomous. In this brilliant new introduction, Graham Harman lays out the history, ideas and impact of Object-Oriented Ontology, taking in everything from art and literature, politics and natural science along the way.Graham Harman is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SCI-Arc, Los Angeles. A key figure in the contemporary speculative realism movement in philosophy and for his development of the field of object-oriented ontology, he was named by Art Review magazine as one of the 100 most influential figures in international art.
Observation and Control of Magnetic Order Dynamics by Terahertz Magnetic Nearfield (Springer Theses)
by Takayuki KuriharaThis book explicates the optical controls of antiferromagnetic spins by intense terahertz (THz) electromagnetic waves. The book comprises two key components: (1) the experimental demonstration of the enhancement of a THz magnetic field using a split-ring resonator (SRR) and (2) the control of the direction of magnetization by using the enhanced THz magnetic field to break the symmetry of optically-induced phase transition. These make up the first step leading to future spintronics devices.In the beginning of the book, the author reviews the basics of the ultrafast laser and nonlinear optical techniques as well as the previously achieved experiments to control spin dynamics by THz magnetic fields. In this context, a new experimental protocol is described, in which electron spins in a ferromagnetic material are redirected at the unprecedented level in cooperation with the enhanced THz magnetic field. Subsequently, the author demonstrates that the THz magnetic field is significantly amplified as a nearfield around the SRR structured metamaterial, which is implemented by measuring spin precession in a solid. At the end, the author presents the key experiment in which the amplified THz magnetic nearfield is applied to the weak ferromagnet ErFeO3 along with the femtosecond near-infrared pulse, demonstrating the successful control of symmetry breaking of the spin system due to coherent control of the optically-induced spin reorientation phase transition pathways. The comprehensive introductory review in this book allows readers to overview state-of-the-art terahertz spectroscopic techniques. In addition, the skillful description of the experiments is highly informative for readers in ultrafast magnonics, ultrafast optics, terahertz technology and plasmonic science.
Observation and Ecology: Broadening the Scope of Science to Understand a Complex World
by Rafe Sagarin Aníbal PauchardThe need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments--issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species--is driving the field of ecology in new and important directions. Observation and Ecology documents that transformation, exploring how scientists and researchers are expanding their methodological toolbox to incorporate an array of new and reexamined observational approaches--from traditional ecological knowledge to animal-borne sensors to genomic and remote-sensing technologies--to track, study, and understand current environmental problems and their implications. The authors paint a clear picture of what observational approaches to ecology are and where they fit in the context of ecological science. They consider the full range of observational abilities we have available to us and explore the challenges and practical difficulties of using a primarily observational approach to achieve scientific understanding. They also show how observations can be a bridge from ecological science to education, environmental policy, and resource management. Observations in ecology can play a key role in understanding our changing planet and the consequences of human activities on ecological processes. This book will serve as an important resource for future scientists and conservation leaders who are seeking a more holistic and applicable approach to ecological science.