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Brings together probabilistic risk assessment and decision analysis using real case studies. This book focuses on methods for making logical decisions about complex engineered systems and products in which safety is a key factor in design - and where failure can cause great harm, injury, or death.

Offers information on whistle-blowing in organizations. This book describes studies on this topic and the implications of the research and theory for organizational behavior, managerial practice, and public policy.

This volume examines television families in the context of family theory and research, and situates TV family analysis in a conceptual framework reflecting the experience of family life. For students and scholars in media studies, family communication and family studies.

Exploring the psychological processes involved in demonization and their implications for the effort to effect change in relationships, psychotherapy, and beyond the office or clinic in the daily lives of families, organizations, and societies, this book is illustrated with 24 case stories.

How do findings from the neurosciences inform best practices in psychotherapy? How can one change neural structures by psychological means? What are the neural mechanisms of therapeutic change? This book links the findings of modern neuroscience to the insights of psychotherapy.

Provides a rationale for promoting algebraic reasoning in the elementary school curriculum and empirical data to support it. This book shows how young learners attempt to work with mathematical generalizations before they have learned formal algebraic notation. It is suitable as a text in undergraduate or graduate mathematics education courses.

A pressing need exists for models and programs that serve the educational needs of the steadily increasing numbers of culturally and linguistically diverse students in US public schools. This book addresses issues related to development, implementation, and effectiveness of a program model that fulfills this need.

Synthesizing the most significant and influential findings of published research on second language writing in English, this work distinguishes the major contexts of English L2 learning in North America, synthesizes the research themes, issues, and findings that span these contexts, and interprets the findings of this body of knowledge.

Explores how women in the fields of rhetoric and composition have succeeded, despite the challenges inherent in the circumstances of their work. This book relates their stories of successes (and failures) to serve as models for other women in the profession who aspire to 'make it', too.

Intends to familiarize readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and to create awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them. This volume emphasizes that effective communication among users of different Englishes requires awareness of the varieties in use.

Megalopolis was the name given to a Peloponnesian city that was founded around 371-368 BCE. Though planned on a grand scale, the city failed to realize the dreams of the founders, and it declined by the late Roman period. This book examines the social, economic, and demographic changes that have taken place in Megalopolis.

This introduction to the Russian folktale considers the origin, structure and language of folktales; tale-tellers and their audiences; the relationship of folktales to Russian ritual life; and the folktale types which are translated in subsequent volumes of "The Complete Russian Folktale".

Analysing more than 200 movies and TV shows, this book examines the careers of male performers whose teenage roles made them famous, and also discusses examples of lesbian desire. It is a useful read for academics working in cultural and gay studies, and also for those with an interest in popular culture.

Presents a comprehensive review of theorizing and empirical research that can serve as a reference and starting point for additional research on the theory. Intended for both the scholars and students of leadership, this book can be used as a primary text in a course or seminar focusing on transformational leadership.

This ethnographic study explores the coverage of minority populations - to their culture, interests and issues - in local news. The author's analysis of local news nationwide concludes that it does not reflect the diverse populations of the individual communities.

Presents empirical studies that identify the major "push and pull" factors of innovation in hospitality and tourism, providing information on how to measure innovation in the control and sustainable management of service development. This title is suitable for academics, professionals, practitioners working in the field of hospitality and tourism.

Explores why some people at work are happier or unhappier than others. This book evaluates different approaches to the definition and assessment of happiness, and combines environmental and person-based themes to explain differences in people's experience. It is written for academic readers.

This title focuses on ways in which human behaviour contributes to the problem of environmental change; deals with the assessment and change of attitudes; and proposes ways in which psychological research might contribute to the objective of making technology more environmentally benign.

This volume explores adult work-world writing issues from the perspective of the five seasoned professional authors - all experienced in working with adults on complicated written communication problems. It covers five economic sectors which are writing-intensive and suggests curricular reforms.

Demystifies the writing process by developing a "blueprint" for writers to follow for each new screenplay - from original concept to completed script. Author Rachel Ballon explores the writing craft and emphasizes creativity in the writing process.

Explains about how human brains create and use language. The author covers this material in eight chapters that encompass the range of knowledge about the subject.

The tale of a Southern black who became a congressman during the Reconstruction period that followed the American Civil War. This edition also contains primary source documents from the Reconstruction.

Examines a range of issues that affect environmental behavior while providing materials and guidance to marketing decision makers. This title defines the potential roles of organizations, consumers, and governments and examines how these groups impact environmental factors through the marketing process.

This monograph presents new research in probability theory using ideas from mathematical logic. It is a general study of stochastic processes on adapted probability spaces, employing the concept of similarity of stochastic processes based on the notion of adapted distribution.