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Hardcover: 392 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (November 18, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3642030009
ISBN-13: 978-3642030000.

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This volume highlights current state-of-the-art approaches and important findings on the behavioral neurobiology of drug addiction by prominent neuroscientists. Preclinical chapters span synaptic neuroplasticity associated with drug use, the neural systems underlying conditioned drug effects implicated in drug craving, and the role of sensitization and withdrawal processes in addictive behavior. Chapters on human studies emphasize neuroimaging of neurotransmitters and receptors, drug craving and other cognitive abnormalities in human drug abusers. Human studies also describe work on genetic vulnerability and the neuroeconomics of drug addiction, and novel pharmacological approaches to drug abuse treatment.

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Hardcover: 678 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (September 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0306461404
ISBN-13: 978-0306461408.

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This volume provides an overview of the important health promotion and disease prevention theories, methods, and policy issues. Applications of these theories and methods are reviewed to promote health through a variety of channels, for a variety of disease outcomes, and among a variety of populations. It is intended to allow its use as text for introductory causes to the field of health promotion and disease prevention, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioner’s actively working in this area.

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Spiral-bound: 300 pages
Publisher: Ingenix; 2010 Edition, Compact 6×9 size edition (December 4, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1601513011
ISBN-13: 978-1601513014.

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(Churchill Livingstone) Univ. of Liverpool, UK. Introduction to psychology, sociology, and communication in dentistry. Uses cases and examples from clinical practice. Focuses on practical and clinically relevant issues. For the dental student. Softcover.

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Hardcover: 168 pages
Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (August 7, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1441905006
ISBN-13: 978-1441905000.

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ADHD is the most commonly diagnosed childhood behavioral disorder. Moreover, many students receiving special education assistance are reported to have ADHD. Children with ADHD may experience significant school adjustment difficulties and achievement problems. Problem behaviors associated with attention deficits and hyperactivity often have a negative impact on the classroom, and, therefore, may compromise the learning environment for many, if not all, students. There is a critical need for school professionals to identify, assess, and treat students with ADHD.

Identifying, Assessing, and Treating ADHD at School brings science to practice, providing school professionals invaluable information to meet the needs of children with ADHD. This volume, designed as a practical, easy-to-use reference for school psychologists and other mental health and educational professionals:

• Explains why school psychologists and their colleagues need to be prepared and able to identify and serve students with ADHD.
• Identifies the prevalence, influences, and associated conditions.
• Provides a review of screening, referral, and diagnostic assessment processes.
• Offers guidance on conducting psychoeducational assessments.
• Reviews evidence-based treatments.
• Offers practical guidance on setting up programs that address individual and classroom issues.

School psychologists and other education and mental health professionals will find Identifying, Assessing, and Treating ADHD at School an exceptional resource in working to enhance the mental health and academic development of students.

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Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: National Academies Press; 1 edition (May 25, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0309072840
ISBN-13: 978-0309072847.

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Every year workers’ low-back, hand, and arm problems lead to time away from jobs and reduce the nation’s economic productivity. The connection of these problems to workplace activities-from carrying boxes to lifting patients to pounding computer keyboards-is the subject of major disagreements among workers, employers, advocacy groups, and researchers.

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Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (November 10, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521881730
ISBN-13: 978-0521881739.

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If you are an engineer or RF designer working with wireless transmitter power amplifier models, this comprehensive and up-to-date review of nonlinear theory and power amplifier modeling techniques is an absolute must-have. Including a detailed treatment of nonlinear theory, as well as chapters on memory effects, implementation in commercial circuit simulators, and validation, this one-stop reference makes power amplifier modeling more accessible by connecting the mathematics with the practicalities of RF power amplifier design. Uniquely, the book explains how systematically to evaluate a model’s accuracy and validity, compares model types and offers recommendations as to which model to use in which situation.

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Hardcover: 310 pages
Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (April 4, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0520243021
ISBN-13: 978-0520243026.

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Colonized as early as 13,500 years ago, the Northern Channel Islands of California offer some of the earliest evidence of human habitation along the west coast of North America. The Chumash people who lived on these islands are considered to be among the most socially and politically complex hunter-gatherers in the world. This book provides a powerful and innovative synthesis of the cultural and environmental history of the chain of islands. Douglas J. Kennett shows that the trends in cultural elaboration were, in part, set into motion by a series of dramatic environmental events that were the catalyst for the unprecedented social and political complexity observed historically.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: National Academies Press; 1 edition (February 9, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0309072964
ISBN-13: 978-0309072960.

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The Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Sciences offers an analysis and judgement of the scientific community to inform decisions on policy issues and to assist in setting research agendas in these scientific fields. Softcover.

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Paperback: 584 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press (October 1, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691006539
ISBN-13: 978-0691006536.

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A key way that behavioral ecologists develop general theories of animal behavior is by studying one species or a closely related group of species–”model systems”–over a long period. This book brings together some of the field’s most respected researchers to describe why they chose their systems, how they integrate theoretical, conceptual, and empirical work, lessons for the practice of the discipline, and potential avenues of future research. Their model systems encompass a wide range of animals and behavioral issues, from dung flies to sticklebacks, dolphins to African wild dogs, from foraging to aggression, territoriality to reproductive suppression.

Model Systems in Behavioral Ecology offers an unprecedented ”systems” focus and revealing insights into the confluence of personal curiosity and scientific inquiry. It will be an invaluable text for behavioral ecology courses and a helpful overview–and a preview of coming developments–for advanced researchers. The twenty-five chapters are divided into four sections: insects and arachnids, amphibians and reptiles, birds, and mammals.

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Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc; 5th edition (August 10, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076198870X
ISBN-13: 978-0761988700.

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Behavior Change in the Human Services, Fifth Edition continues to provide a systematic introduction and overview of behavioral and cognitive principles and their applications to a wide range of problems and situations encountered in the human service professions. Designed for students and practitioners, the book uses a unique problem-solving framework to demonstrate how behavior change principles can be applied to practice situations. The book features a detailed and sequential organization that encourages readers to move progressively through material of increasing complexity and to conduct self-assessments of their knowledge. The Fifth Edition includes eight clinical case studies and many new and engaging examples that address issues such as substance abuse, child behavior problems, assertiveness, marital discord, and developing appropriate social behaviors.

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