Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: A Guide for Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth and Families By Emily S. Fisher (editor), Karen Komosa-Hawkins (editor)
2013 | 280 Pages | ISBN: 0415896118 | PDF | 4 MB
The importance of creating safe spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in the school environment cannot be overstated. It is one of the most prominent issues facing school professionals today, and its success has lasting, positive effects on the entire student body. Drawing on the expertise of researchers and practitioners, Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments provides a comprehensive examination of the topics most relevant for school professionals. The first section lays out the theoretical foundation and background school professionals need to understand the social and political trends that impact LGBTQ individuals, the development of sexual orientation and gender identity, risk and resilience factors, and the intersection of LGBTQ identity with other aspects of diversity. The second section explores topics critical for the development of safe, supportive school environments, including understanding legal and ethical mandates, training school personnel, addressing bullying and harassment, and developing inclusive classrooms. Special topics related to counseling LGBTQ students, supporting families of LGBTQ students, becoming an ally and advocate in the schools, and connecting with community resources are also covered.CE credit is available to purchasers of this book at www.mensanapublications.com.

Cosserat Continuum Mechanics: With Applications to Granular Media by Ioannis Vardoulakis
English | PDF | 2019 | 183 Pages | ISBN : 3319951556 | 3.2 MB
This textbook explores the theory of Cosserat continuum mechanics, and covers fundamental tools, general laws and major models, as well as applications to the mechanics of granular media. While classical continuum mechanics is based on the axiom that the stress tensor is symmetric, theories such as that expressed in the seminal work of the brothers Eugène and François Cosserat are characterized by a non-symmetric stress tensor.

Yuji Kawaguchi, Makoto Minegishi, Wolfgang Viereck, "Corpus-based Analysis and Diachronic Linguistics"
English | 2011 | ISBN: 9027207704 | PDF | pages: 300 | 8.5 mb
Nowadays, linguists do not question the existence of synchronic variation, and the dichotomy between synchrony and diachrony. They recognize that synchrony can be motivated regionally (diatopic variation), sociolinguistically (diastratic variation), or stylistically (diaphasic variation). But, further, they can also recognize the hybrid nature of synchrony, which is referred to as "dynamic synchrony." This conception of synchrony assumes that similar patterns of usage can coexist in a community during a certain period and that their mutual relations are not static but conflicting enough to result in a future systematic change through symptomatic synchronic variation. Emergence of a large corpus of written texts for some languages has enabled quantitative as well as qualitative analyses of the synchronic conditions for diachronic changes, over both long and short spans of time. Most of the 14 papers in this volume represent studies on synchronic and diachronic variations based on such corpus data.

Corneal Collagen Cross Linking by Mazen M. Sinjab, Arthur B. Cummings
English | PDF | 2017 | 308 Pages | ISBN : 3319397737 | 11.8 MB
This book provides comprehensive coverage of corneal collagen cross-linking (CXL), a major management modality for keratoconus and ectatic corneal disorders. All aspects are covered, including refractive and non-refractive surgery indications, models of application, safety, efficacy, performance, outcome measures, evidence of CXL, complications, contraindications, use in children, and controversies. The discussion reflects the considerable progress that has been made in understanding of the modality since its development in the late 1990s.

Cool Holiday Food Art: Easy Recipes That Make Food Fun to Eat! By Nancy Tuminelly
2010 | 32 Pages | ISBN: 1616133651 | PDF | 2 MB
Learn how to make several artistic, holiday themed snacks.

Apicius, "Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome"
English | ISBN: 0486235637 | | 320 pages | MOBI | 8 MB
This is the first English translation of Apicius de re Coquinaria, the oldest known cookbook in existence. It is also one of the few translations of this original Roman cookbook prepared by a professional chef. Joseph Vehling's brilliant translation, extended introduction, and full and helpful commentary combine to bring you a clear picture of what foods the Romans ate, how they prepared them, and the highly developed state of culinary arts in Imperial Rome.

Jamie Peck, "Constructions of Neoliberal Reason"
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0199662088, 019958057X | PDF | pages: 324 | 2.1 mb
Amongst intellectuals and activists, neoliberalism has become a potent signifier for the kind of free-market thinking that has dominated politics for the past three decades. Forever associated with the conviction politics of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, the free-market project has since become synonymous with the "Washington consensus" on international development policy and the phenomenon of corporate globalization, where it has come to mean privatization, deregulation, and the opening up of new markets. But beyond its utility as a protest slogan or buzzword as shorthand for the political-economic Zeitgeist, what do we know about where neoliberalism came from and how it spread? Who are the neoliberals, and why do they studiously avoid the label?

S G SUBRAMANIAN, "Constitution of India And Indian Polity | For Civil Service Preliminary and Main Examinations"
English | 2019 | pages: 521 | ISBN: 935343453X | PDF | 4,8 mb

Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3031104285 | 471 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 13 MB
Constance of France: Womanhood and Agency in Twelfth-Century Europe is a biography of Constance of France, sister of King Louis VII of France. Myra Bom recovers Constance's life story and puts it in its medieval context by examining the historical evidence of chronicles, charters, seal imprints and letters. The countess's long and interesting life makes for women's history with a large geographical scope, including France, England, Toulouse and the Latin East. It touches on many aspects of life during the Middle Ages such as birth, marriage and divorce, gender roles, experience of time, and expectation for the afterlife. Bom demonstrates how and to what extent medieval women could, and did, take control of their own lives. This book is an account of the interplay of historical context and agency.

Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age By Mary Chayko
2002 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 0791454339 | PDF | 2 MB
Explores how we come to feel connected to those we have never met face-to-face.