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Presents a study of opposing American Catholic approaches to abortion, especially in terms of laws and government policies. James Hitchcock discusses the 2016 presidential campaign and how it altered an already changed political landscape. He also examines the Affordable Care Act, LGBT rights, and the questions they raise about religious liberty.

Updated and expanded with new topics, this second edition presents the essential core of mathematical principles needed by scientists and engineers. It uses a unique and educational approach that is the signature style of the author¿s companion books. Starting from the basic concepts of trigonometry, the book covers calculus, differential equations, and vector calculus. A new chapter on applications discusses how we see objects "mathematically" with the eye, how quantum mechanics works, and more.

Illustrates the important interrelationship among religiousness, spirituality, forgiveness, and alcohol and drug use and abuse throughout the lifespan. This book examines the effects of religiousness and spirituality on recovery in relation to more widely recognized supports.

Providing a broad, multidisciplinary approach, this volume draws on the editor¿s 30 years of explosives casework experience, including his work on task forces set up to investigate major explosives incidents. Assembling the contributions of internationally recognized experts, this edition contains revised chapters and several additional topics, including a profile of casework management in the UK Forensic Explosives Laboratory, properties and analysis of improvised explosives, and an examination of the Bali bombings. It also discusses the collection, analysis, and presentation of evidence in vehicle-borne improvised explosive device cases, as evidenced in attacks on U.S. overseas targets.

Climate change has become one of the most important global issues of our time, with far-reaching natural, socio- economic, and political effects. To address climate change and development issues from the perspective of evaluation, an international conference was held in Alexandria, Egypt. This book distills the essence of that conference.

This book will be an implementation guide for creating a Lean Culture from the ground up while gaining buy-in from key stakeholders and being able to sustain the results. Everyone talks about implementing a Lean Culture, but only provide Lean tools for the implementation.

Quarks, Leptons and The Big Bang, Third Edition, is a clear, readable and self-contained introduction to particle physics and related areas of cosmology. It bridges the gap between non-technical popular accounts and textbooks for advanced students. The book concentrates on presenting the subject from the modern perspective of quarks, leptons and the forces between them. This book will appeal to students, teachers and general science readers interested in fundamental ideas of modern physics. This edition brings the book completely up to date by including advances in particle physics and cosmology, such as the discovery of the Higgs boson, the LIGO gravitational wave discovery and the WMAP and PLANCK results.

A resource for forensic mental health professionals involved with conducting custody evaluations in family court proceedings. This book also looks at the relationship of sexual behaviour to sexual abuse, domestic violence, physical abuse, family sexuality, behaviour problems, reporter characteristics, and age and gender of the child.

This book guides readers through the most iconic geologically significant scenery in the UK, points out features of interest, explains what they are seeing, and describes how these features came to be. Written in an easy-to-understand language, the author brings his own experience to readers who want to explore and understand geologic sites.

Biology is central to our understanding of health and disease and to the development of treatments. Enhanced with illustrations, Biology for the Health Sciences is an essential companion for any student of the health sciences and for biological science students studying the causes of disease as part of a wider course.

The Angkorian World explores the history of Southeast Asiäs largest ancient state from the first to mid-second millennium CE.

This book provides a comprehensive coverage of the planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads in developing countries. It focuses largely on rural roads which provide important links from villages and farms to markets and offer the public access to health, education and other essential services.

All students enter our math classrooms with ideas worthy of discussion. Some of the most effective breakthroughs come from short, intentional conversations between students and teacher, yet planning for these moments can seem daunting.

"In this mixed narrative/reference format book, the author presents a narrative discussion of her Teacher Decision Making Framework in Part I before taking a closer look at how this model applies to readers across three guided reading text level bands - making - in Parts II, III, and IV, respectively. After applying the framework to specific learners, goals, and texts in each band, she offers a set of Decision Guides teachers can use as reference points to plan lessons and prepare for in the moment decisions around three specific instructional areas: Word Solving, Fluency and Expression, and Comprehension"--