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Mild Traumatic Brain Injury including Concussion (Elements in Emergency Neurosurgery)
by Thomas D. Parker Colette GriffinMost traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases are considered mild. Precise definitions vary, but typically, loss of consciousness and post-traumatic amnesia duration is brief (e.g. <30 minutes and <24 hours respectively), and standard imaging is normal. Prognosis in mild TBI is generally good, but disabling persistent symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, affective and cognitive issues are common. A focussed assessment tailored to each individual symptom is crucial for management. Advanced MRI and blood-based biomarkers of mild TBI are emerging and are likely to play an increasingly important role in the assessment of patients following a head injury.
Cranial and Spinal Tuberculosis Infections including Acute Presentations (Elements in Emergency Neurosurgery)
by Veekshith Shetty Pragnesh BhattCentral nervous system, affliction, although rare, represents one of the most severe extra-pulmonary manifestations of tuberculosis, potentially leading to substantial morbidity and mortality if not promptly addressed. Cranial tuberculosis can manifest in various forms, including tuberculomas, encephalitis, abscesses, and meningitis, with the latter being the most critical and carrying a poor prognosis if left untreated. Spinal tuberculosis, accounting for approximately 50% of musculoskeletal TB cases, can present with a spectrum of symptoms, ranging from simple back pain to more severe neurological deficits such as weakness and deformity. Anti-tuberculosis medications remain the cornerstone of treatment, and this Element offers an algorithmic approach to managing referrals of suspected tuberculosis, incorporating pertinent clinical information to facilitate effective decision-making.
Inclusive Ethnography: Making Fieldwork Safer, Healthier and More Ethical
by Caitlin Procter Branwen SpectorHow can you do ethnographic field research in a safe way for you and the people you work with? In this nuanced, candid book, researchers from across the globe discuss core challenges faced by ethnographers, reflecting on research from preparation to dissemination and how identity interacts with the realities of doing fieldwork. Building on the work of the editors’ The New Ethnographer Project, which has been seeking to change the way ethnographic methods are approached and taught since 2018, the book: Promotes an inclusive approach that invites you to learn from the challenges faced by a diverse range of scholars. Addresses underexplored issues including emotional and physical safety in the face of ableism, homophobia and racism. Challenges assumptions of what it means to produce knowledge by conducting fieldwork. Whether you’re an undergraduate student or an experienced researcher, this book will help you do fieldwork that is safer, healthier and more ethical.
Inclusive Ethnography: Making Fieldwork Safer, Healthier and More Ethical
by Caitlin Procter Branwen SpectorHow can you do ethnographic field research in a safe way for you and the people you work with? In this nuanced, candid book, researchers from across the globe discuss core challenges faced by ethnographers, reflecting on research from preparation to dissemination and how identity interacts with the realities of doing fieldwork. Building on the work of the editors’ The New Ethnographer Project, which has been seeking to change the way ethnographic methods are approached and taught since 2018, the book: Promotes an inclusive approach that invites you to learn from the challenges faced by a diverse range of scholars. Addresses underexplored issues including emotional and physical safety in the face of ableism, homophobia and racism. Challenges assumptions of what it means to produce knowledge by conducting fieldwork. Whether you’re an undergraduate student or an experienced researcher, this book will help you do fieldwork that is safer, healthier and more ethical.
The Firefighter Next Door: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (Heroes of Dunbar Mountain)
by Alexis MorganCan a pretend relationship…Lead to real happiness? Juni Voss told her overbearing family that she moved to Dunbar, Washington, to be closer to her graphic design client, but her real motive was to get space from them. In fact, she&’d still be stuck planning her cousin&’s wedding if local firefighter and kitten savior Ryder Davis hadn&’t stepped in with his stunning blue eyes…and a plan! He&’ll be her fake business partner if she&’ll be his fake date to his mother&’s party. But when genuine feelings emerge, can Juni put aside her hard-won independence and admit that their worlds belong together?USA TODAY Bestselling AuthorFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.Heroes of Dunbar MountainBook 1: The Lawman's PromiseBook 2: To Trust a HeroBook 3: Second Chance DeputyBook 4: The Unexpected Family ManBook 5: The Firefighter Next Door
Their Surprise Reunion: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (A Matchmaker Knows Best Romance)
by Shelley Shepard GrayFriendship can turn to more…When you least expect it! Kayla Harding knew she&’d reached rock bottom when she forced herself to walk through the front doors of Loaves of Love, the food bank in Medina, Ohio, one Saturday morning. Happily, what she finds there is a loving community of people who offer her not just food, but friendship and hope. She also finds Sean Copeland, a former crush, father to six-year-old Jackson and small-town football coach, who volunteers at the food bank. But Kayla is still reeling from her divorce, and Sean is a recent widower. Can they find it in their hearts to fall in love again?From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.A Matchmaker Knows Best RomanceBook 1: Their Surprise Reunion
The Cowboy's Compromise: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (The Fortunes of Prospect)
by Cheryl HarperThe answer to the cowboy's crisis…Or even more trouble? Saddled with putting on the best Western Days celebration Prospect, Colorado, has ever seen—or at least not letting his family down—cowboy veterinarian Matt Armstrong needs a hand. City gal Brooke Hearst agrees to help…if he&’ll give her pregnant corgi the personal attention Coco deserves. The festival is a welcome distraction for Brooke, who's just lost her home, her marriage and her dreams in one fell swoop. Falling for the too-charming vet is not part of their agreement. Can Prospect&’s most dedicated bachelor convince Brooke to take a second chance on forever? The Fortunes of ProspectUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Cheryl HarperFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.The Fortunes of ProspectBook 1: The Cowboy Next DoorBook 2: Her Cowboy's PromiseBook 3: The Cowboy's Second ChanceBook 4: The Right CowboyBook 5: Courting the CowgirlBook 6: The Cowboy's Compromise
Finding His Wyoming Sweetheart: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (Back to Adelaide Creek)
by Virginia McCulloughHe&’s starting over…Just in time for love When it comes to his seven-year-old son, new lodge owner Mack Fisher has a lot to make up for. Fortunately, the small Wyoming town of Adelaide Creek provides the perfect fresh start—that is, if he can avoid the distraction of Erin Hunnicutt&’s warm brown eyes. The free-spirited musician has a way of bringing out the best in everyone—especially Mack. When they're thrown together unexpectedly to help their town, sparks fly and a dangerous secret is uncovered. But searching for the answers only leads them to fall deeper for one another…and starts Mack wondering if there&’s room for one more in his new family.Back to Adelaide CreekFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.Back to Adelaide CreekBook 1: The Rancher's Wyoming TwinsBook 2: The Doc's Holiday HomecomingBook 3: His Wyoming SurpriseBook 4: Finding His Wyoming Sweetheart
Her Cowboy Cupid: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (The Cowboys of Garrison, Texas)
by Sasha SummersMore than friends?Maybe by Valentine's Day!Shy Kitty Crawley never got over her crush on former bronc champ Tyson Ellis. She&’s always been his pal and &“my buddy&’s shy little sis&” and that&’s just dandy. Mostly. But now that Tyson&’s temporarily the guardian of two little girls—and in way over his cowboy hat—they&’re finding more ways to bond. Suddenly Kitty&’s cowboy crush is in danger of growing into something else. And with Valentine&’s Day just around the corner, there&’s no escaping Cupid…or the bronc rider she&’s falling for. A Cowboys of Garrison, Texas StoryUSA TODAY Bestselling AuthorFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.The Cowboys of Garrison, TexasBook 1: The Rebel Cowboy's BabyBook 2: The Wrong CowboyBook 3: To Trust a CowboyBook 4: Home to Her CowboyBook 5: Her Cowboy Cupid
The Cowboy's Wedding Proposal: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (The Cowboy Academy)
by Melinda CurtisWhat's sweeter than chocolate?A second chance at love! Single mom Tillie Powell has spent enough time getting over Keith Morgan and his misguided marriage proposal six years earlier. All she wants now is to be the perfect maid of honor to her cousin, proving to her uncle that she&’s ready for the ranch manager job, which will support her daughter, Shay, in the process. But best man Keith suddenly seems to be everywhere she is, helping with wedding tasks and annoyingly winning over Shay. As the big event draws closer, Tillie must decide if she&’s finally ready to hear Keith&’s side of the story—and let his love in.USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHORFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.The Cowboy AcademyBook 1: A Cowboy Worth Waiting ForBook 2: A Cowboy's Fourth of JulyBook 3: A Cowboy Christmas CarolBook 4: A Cowboy for the TwinsBook 5: The Rodeo Star's ReunionBook 6: Cowboy SantaBook 7: The Cowboy's Wedding ProposalBook 8: Country Fair Cowboy
The Valentine Plan: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (A Crystal Hill Romance)
by Laurie BatzelFaking an engagement… Should be a piece of (cheese)cake! To win his parents&’ competition and space to expand his cheese shop, cheesemaker Lucas Carl must get engaged before his older brother—or pretend to. Newly divorced and very pregnant, Chrysta Ball needs a supplier for her cheese-board party business. Like Lucas, she&’s too goal focused to let feelings get in the way. Chrysta is also the only woman he&’s ever met who shares his passion for cheese. Can a fake engagement survive charcuterie drama, family secrets and a Valentine&’s Day deadline…or is Lucas in whey over his head?A Crystal Hill RomanceFrom Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.A Crystal Hill RomanceBook 1: The Dairy Queen's Second ChanceBook 2: The Valentine PlanBook 3: The Teacher's Forever Family
Her Alaskan Summer: A Clean and Uplifting Romance (A Swan Falls, Alaska Novel)
by Beth CarpenterAn unexpected inheritance…Could change their livesCash is key to saving widow Amanda Flores&’s garden center—the future for her daughter, Paisley. So inheriting her great-aunt&’s lodge in Swan Falls, Alaska, is a miracle. But ownership is shared with soft-eyed stranger Nathan Swan…and he refuses to sell. As they repair the lodge, take part in the Feather Festival and have run-ins with the local wildlife, bookish Paisley is blossoming. And Nathan&’s kindness is healing Amanda&’s bruised heart. Can she let go of her well-laid plans, and past pain, to risk a second chance at love? From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging.A Swan Falls, Alaska NovelBook 1: Her Alaskan SummerBook 2: His Alaskan Christmas
Never Lead Alone: 10 Shifts from Leadership to Teamship
by Keith FerrazziA USA TODAY BESTSELLER • ONE OF FORBES TOP 10 BUSINESS BOOKS OF 2024ELEVATE LEADERSHIP TO TEAMSHIP.In today’s volatile, fast-paced, and decentralized business environment, even the most talented leaders can’t succeed alone—they need to mobilize the full potential of the team.The world’s highest-performing organizations understand they need more than leadership to win—they need teamship. Teamship is a profound shift from today’s hierarchical model to sharing the load among a team that elevates one another and the organization to achieve exponential results.Based on more than twenty years of research with more than three thousand teams, world-renowned coach and bestselling author Keith Ferrazzi has cracked the code on what defines the top 15 percent of teams. In Never Lead Alone, Ferrazzi brings to life what is expected of teammates in teamship’s new agile, inclusive, innovative, and challenge culture. Teamship combines:Co-elevation behaviors—the teammates’ commitment to pushing one another higher in aligned pursuit of the mission, andtwenty-first-century collaboration processes, practices, and tools to transform team performance.Through rigorous data, dozens of high-return practices, and vivid case studies you will learn:the 10 critical shifts to teamship, including peer-to-peer accountability, personal trust, shared feedback, team resilience, and adopting agile ways of working;how to agree on a new high-performance, high-integrity team social contract; andapproaches to leveraging collaborative technology and AI.Never Lead Alone is an essential step-by-step road map for every teammate and all leaders on their team’s journey from average to extraordinary.
State of Emergency: An Economic Analysis
by Christian Bjørnskov Stefan VoigtNine out of ten constitutions contain explicit emergency provisions. During the pandemic, half of the governments with such constitutions has made use of these provisions by declaring a state of emergency. State of Emergency is the first book to analyse the factors that lead to such provisions being included in newly drafted constitutions. It explores their use – as well as their misuse – and explains the effects that using emergency provisions has. Declaring a state of emergency is particularly challenging in federally constituted states as it endangers the balance of powers between the federal level and the states. This book, therefore, pays special attention to this topic. Focusing on two of the most important recent cases relating to emergency provisions: the Covid-19 pandemic and acts of terrorism, this book uses numerous examples to analyse emergency provisions with a rigorous empirical approach.
IMF Lending: Partisanship, Punishment, and Protest (Elements in International Relations)
by M. Rodwan Abouharb Bernhard ReinsbergThis Element argues that governments allocate adjustment burdens strategically to protect their supporters, imposing adjustment costs upon the supporters of their opponents, who then protest in response. Using large-N micro-level survey data from three world regions and a global survey, it discusses the local political economy of International Monetary Fund (IMF) lending. It finds that opposition supporters in countries under IMF structural adjustment programs (SAP) are more likely to report that the IMF SAP increased economic hardships than government supporters and countries without IMF exposure. In addition, it finds that partisan gaps in IMF SAP evaluations widen in IMF program countries with an above-median number of conditions, suggesting that opposition supporters face heavier adjustment burdens, and that opposition supporters who think SAPs made their lives worse are more likely to protest. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Fiscal Policy in Focus: Responsibilities and Limitations of Governments (Routledge Focus on Management and Society)
by Soumyen SikdarThe majority of economists today are opposed to allowing governments a significant role in economic affairs. In particular, demand management and redistributive policies are frowned upon, and supply-side policies (that concentrate on enhancing the profitability of business operations) are advocated as the only legitimate channels of government action. The possibility of ‘government failure’ in the economic sphere is endlessly emphasised.The book argues that this view is only partially correct, at best. To make development inclusive and sustainable over the long run, the state must step in as an active enabler and regulator of private initiative. In a good society, the public–private relationship should be complementary, not adversarial. The enabler–regulator duty of the government cannot be effectively discharged with only supply-side and monetary instruments. Well-designed, effectively implemented fiscal action is indispensable for promoting social welfare with its twin aspects of efficiency and distributive justice.Within a short compass, the strengths and limitations of tax expenditure policies in managing the economy are discussed in non-technical language, keeping the ‘government failure vs market failure’ debate as a focal point.
Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk: Who Speaks? Who Suffers?
by Ben Wisner Irasema Alcántara-Ayala JC Gaillard Ilan Kelman Victor MarcheziniIn Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert power over each other in ways that make nature potentially harmful and put people in harm’s way. Opportunities and challenges faced by those engaging with disaster risk are explored.Across 11 chapters, the authors show that disasters are not natural, are not events, and do not happen quickly. Instead, they are the result of chronic societal processes emerging from the creation and perpetuation of vulnerabilities and limitations on people’s abilities to respond to hazards. The book also explores the environmental component of disaster risk through the lens of different natural elements and phenomena, including biological-ecological and water-weather-climate processes as well as geological and outer space dynamics. The authors explain the mutual influence of the different components of disasters in creating disaster risk across diverse regions of the world. They critique attempts to reduce disaster risk through top-down, siloed assumptions, attitudes, and values. The value of people’s knowledge of hazards – often ignored or dismissed by authorities – is a central theme. This book is original because of how it re-interprets and advances understanding of the disaster process through the study of such societal processes of vulnerability, risk creation, and power imbalances. It is also unique in diving further into “root causes” of disaster in order to place them within local histories and colonial legacies as well as contemporary, typically misdirected, agendas while upending previous “solutions” which have been shown to do more harm than good.Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk is useful for and useable by decision-makers, policy makers, researchers, and students to shatter the vicious cycle of repeating known mistakes which compound detrimental outcomes.The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license.
Innovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures (Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering)
by Yordan GarbatovInnovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures is a collection of papers presented at MARSTRUCT 2025, the 10th International Conference on Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT 2025, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-22 May 2025). The contributions cover a wide range of topics, including: Loads and load effects Strength assessment Experimental analysis of structures Materials and fabrication of structures Structural design and optimization Structural reliability, and safety Innovations in the Analysis and Design of Marine Structures is essential reading for academics, engineers and professionals involved in the design of marine and offshore structures.The Proceedings in Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering series is devoted to the publication of proceedings of peer-reviewed international conferences dealing with various aspects of ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’. The Series includes the proceedings of the following conferences: the Marine Structures (MARSTRUCT) Conferences, the Maritime Technology (MARTECH) Conferences, the Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW) Conferences, the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures (ICCGS) Conferences, and the International Maritime Association of the Mediterranean (IMAM) Conferences. The ‘Marine Technology and Ocean Engineering’ series is also open to new conferences that cover topics on the sustainable exploration and exploitation of marine resources in various fields, such as maritime transport and ports, usage of the ocean including coastal areas, nautical activities, the exploration and exploitation of mineral resources, the protection of the marine environment and its resources, and risk analysis, safety and reliability. The aim of the series is to stimulate advanced education and training through the wide dissemination of the results of scientific research.
Transforming Emotional Pain and Rediscovering the Self in Anorexia Nervosa: A Clinical Guide
by Anna Oldershaw Helen Startup Tony LavenderThis book presents the SPEAKS approach, an innovative treatment model for anorexia nervosa that primarily combines aspects of Emotion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy to target struggles with emotion expressed as a “Lost Emotional Self.”An important development for eating disorder treatment models over the last decade is the recognition of difficulties with emotions. This book offers a clear rationale for why emotion is critical in the understanding of anorexia, the blocks to emotional experiencing, as well as how this plays out in regard the development and experience of anorexia. Structured around five core phases, the treatment framework equips clinicians with practical tools and core therapy tasks designed to help clients reconnect with their emotions. By empowering individuals to articulate their emotional needs, this guide fosters healthier relationships with food and self, ultimately reducing reliance on maladaptive behaviours associated with anorexia.Transforming Emotional Pain and Rediscovering the Self in Anorexia Nervosa is an essential resource for helping any clinician working in the eating disorder field guide their clients toward emotional healing and self-acceptance.
Community Psychology
by John Moritsugu Elizabeth Vera Frank Y. WongCommunity Psychology, 7th Edition presents the field’s conceptual roots and possible applications in a comprehensive overview of the field. Clearly organized and easy to navigate, the text is divided into sections on basic concepts, social change, applications, and the future.The book opens the field of community psychology to students who are interested in how psychology is relevant to their own lives and the systems around them. The applied chapters discuss how community psychology relates to mental health, social and health services, schools and children, law and crime, health and public health, and community/organizational psychology. The new edition updates research and literature and presents developments in theoretical and research methodologies. This edition focuses particularly on description and consideration of critical theory, liberation theology, and decolonization as part of community psychology’s intellectual and value-based evolution. Examples of community psychology in practice are provided throughout the text, and each chapter also features discussion questions for students to consider. A student website and instructor resources provide further ways to engage with the content and support teaching and learning.This highly engaging book explores social change, the mental health of the community, and the importance of the environment upon the individual. It will appeal to advanced undergraduates as well as graduates taking courses on community psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, and related fields.
A Question of Answers: Volume II (Primary Socialization, Language and Education)
by W. P. Robinson Susan J. RackstrawIn the early 1970s, the problem of arousing and maintaining the curiosity of children had been a recurrent theme in reports concerned with the development of new school curricula. However, before these ideas could be translated into soundly based practical measures, an increased understanding of what is involved in the activities of questioning and answering was needed.Originally published in 1972, the research reported in these two volumes presents a theoretical framework for describing linguistic features of a range of verbally expressed answers and their associated questions. Basil Bernstein’s theory is used to generate a number of predictions about the variety and quality of answers that mothers and children are likely to offer to ‘wh’ questions. The usefulness of the scheme is tested against the answering behaviour of members of different social classes, and, in the main, Bernstein’s predictions are supported. The validity of the categories in the classificatory scheme is explored more fully in later chapters by means of a correlational analysis of the answers of seven-year-old children.Volumes sold separately.
Social Control and Socialization: A Study of Class Differences in the Language of Maternal Control (Primary Socialization, Language and Education)
by Jenny Cook-GumperzBasil Bernstein’s theory of social control was the foundation for this pioneer study of the language mothers use to socialize their children, and how it affects their understanding of social values and social attitudes as they grow older.Originally published in 1973, Dr Cook-Gumperz’s research was particularly important in that it made use of analytical methods which could measure numerically the manifestations of the three kinds of control – imperative, positional, personal – that Bernstein distinguished. Using the coding grid developed by Professor Bernstein and herself, Jenny Cook-Gumperz demonstrates clearly the relations between maternal class, maternal approach to discipline and the child’s progress. By showing that the effects of early upbringing on the educational potential of children were measurable, this significant work in the comparatively new field of sociolinguistics would form a basis for the methodological approach to further practical investigations of a similar nature at the time. Today it can be read in its historical context.
A Question of Answers: Volume I (Primary Socialization, Language and Education)
by W. P. Robinson Susan J. RackstrawIn the early 1970s, the problem of arousing and maintaining the curiosity of children had been a recurrent theme in reports concerned with the development of new school curricula. However, before these ideas could be translated into soundly based practical measures, an increased understanding of what is involved in the activities of questioning and answering was needed.Originally published in 1972, the research reported in these two volumes presents a theoretical framework for describing linguistic features of a range of verbally expressed answers and their associated questions. Basil Bernstein’s theory is used to generate a number of predictions about the variety and quality of answers that mothers and children are likely to offer to ‘wh’ questions. The usefulness of the scheme is tested against the answering behaviour of members of different social classes, and, in the main, Bernstein’s predictions are supported. The validity of the categories in the classificatory scheme is explored more fully in later chapters by means of a correlational analysis of the answers of seven-year-old children.Volumes sold separately.
Social Class, Language and Communication (Primary Socialization, Language and Education)
by W. Brandis D. HendersonOriginally published in 1970, Social Class, Language and Communication explores the different effects of parental social class, the ability and sex of the child and a measure of the mother’s reported communication to her child, upon aspects of five-year-old children’s speech. The study shows the relationship between a measure of linguistic flexibility in children and their family’s social class position and includes the construction and application of an index of maternal communication and control. Today it can be read in its historical context.
Code in Context (Primary Socialization, Language and Education)
by Diana S. AdlamIn the 1970s, Basil Bernstein’s work on children’s sociolinguistic codes and his formulation of the contexts in which they are transmitted were the most influential in the field. However, as Diana Adlam points out, neither code nor context as Bernstein saw them can be properly grasped until they are understood in interaction. Originally published in 1977, this collection of papers contains both theoretical and empirical investigations of Bernstein’s ideas, and seeks to make that necessary connection.The study as a whole is concerned primarily with Basil Bernstein’s ideas on the relationship of different familial transmission systems to the way in which children learn to use language. The theoretical chapter stresses Bernstein’s present emphasis on the semantic orientations which different children may be acquiring, and discusses these ideas in relation to work being done elsewhere at the time by other sociolinguistics, particularly in the United States. The empirical chapters provide analyses of how children of different social backgrounds differ in their approach to language use and also show the structural relationship of talk across a variety of specific contexts. Today it can be read against its historical backdrop.