Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers managers and aspiring managers a thorough, provocative, and award-winning coverage of the complex issues of management in the public sector, from both employee and managerial viewpoints. Combining more than 100 years of professional and academic experience, authors Evan M. Berman, James S. Bowman, Jonathan P. West, and Montgomery Van Wart have created user-friendly and accessible material by highlighting dilemmas, challenging readers to resolve them, and enticing them to go beyond the text to discover and confront other dilemmas. Grounded in real public service experiences, the book emphasizes hands-on skill building and problem solving. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, thisFifth Edition covers all of the stages of the employment process, including recruitment, selection, training, legal rights and responsibilities, compensation, and appraisal.

A brilliant colorist and masterful storyteller, Dutch mannerist Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638) wielded a remarkably skilled brush and the technical ability to show it off in intricate compositions. He took inspiration from a wide range of biblical and mythological sources to create imaginative, often quite erotic scenes. While such pictures were prized in Wtewael's time, more recently they were hidden away--behind other paintings, in leather folders on bookshelves, and in the reserves of great museums. This richly illustrated volume brings together more than fifty of Wtewael's finest paintings and drawings, from a small jewel-like picture on copper depicting Mars and Venus to large-scale mannerist showpieces such as The
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and Perseus and Andromeda.

A pillar of the Utrecht community, Wtewael was engaged in business, religion, and politics as well as art. He adopted the exotic mannerist style, full of artifice and inventive manipulation, and continued to be fascinated by the challenge of creating sophisticated variations well into his maturity, when other Dutch artists had turned to naturalism. This book explores Wtewael's amazingly refined and detailed paintings and drawings, shedding light on his reputation, his life, and the conflicted times--marked by iconoclasm and strife--in which he thrived.

Exhibition schedule:

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  Centraal Museum Utrecht
  
  
  February 21-May 25, 2015
  
• National Gallery of Art, Washington http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2015/pleasure-and-piety.html
  
• June 28-October 4, 2015
  
• Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation at the
  
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  
• November 1, 2015-January 31, 2016
  

Advances in Big Data Analytics is a compendium of articles and papers that were presented at ABDA '14, an international conference that serves researchers, scholars, professionals, students, and academicians.

Selected Topics include:

* Applications of Big Data + Software Tools

* Algorithms for Big Data

* Big Data Management and Frameworks

* Big Data Search and Mining Methods

* Security and Privacy in the Era of Big Data and Risk Analysis

* Late Breaking Papers and Position Papers: Big Data Analytics and Related Issues

Learn to get what you want without burning bridges

In this revised and updated edition of the renowned classic The Power of Nice, negotiations expert, sports agent, New York Times bestselling author, attorney, business leader and educator, Ron Shapiro, shares the key principles of effective negotiation through a combination of a time-tested process, anecdotes, and exercises. Drawing on his unparalleled experiences from the worlds of sports, law, business and politics, as well as dealing with life issues common to us all, Shapiro takes you through the steps of his systematic approach: The Three Ps, Prepare-Probe-Propose.

Learn how to use the process to empower you in negotiations. Regardless of your level of experience or the extent of your confidence, you will get what you want while building stronger relationships for the future. This updated edition contains:

• Significant new material including an expanded view of its applicability to a broad array of business and life challenges
• a new streamlined version of the Preparation Checklist
• a more precise understanding of the concept of WIN-win
• a Foreword by Cal Ripken, Jr. and an Epilogue highlighting negotiation lessons from the life of Nelson Mandela

The book also provides a link to reinforcement of its lessons through the website of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute.

Whether you are negotiating with, among others, a customer or client, a boss or government official, or even setting a teenager's curfew or getting a last seat on an airplane, this invaluable guide will help you read the other side and bring the power of human psychology and a time-tested process to the negotiating table. If you're tired of uneven "compromise" and the feeling of being manipulated, turn the tables for good with The Power of Nice, and learn strength from the master himself.

Sebbene deplorato da eminenti storici di professione, l'uso dell'aggettivo «medievale» come sinonimo di «retrogrado», «superato» o «caratterizzato dalla superstizione e dall'ignoranza» è ancora corrente. Eppure - dimostra James Hannam - senza i traguardi raggiunti dagli studiosi medievali non ci sarebbe stato né un Galileo, né un Newton, né, più in generale, la scienza moderna. Di questa, La genesi della scienza rintraccia le radici proprio nel Medioevo, sfatando molti miti duri a morire: non è vero che i medievali pensavano che la Terra fosse piatta, né che bisognò attendere Colombo per «dimostrare» che fosse sferica; nessuno è finito al rogo per le sue opinioni scientifiche; Copernico non visse nel timore di subire persecuzioni, né alcun Papa ha mai scomunicato comete o provato a bandire la dissezione umana e il numero zero. Al contrario, risalgono al Medioevo tutta una serie di sorprendenti scoperte e invenzioni in ambito scientifico e tecnologico: sia gli occhiali che gli orologi meccanici, per esempio, sono comparsi nell'Europa del secolo XIII. Nella stessa area geografica, inoltre, idee e strumenti provenienti dall'Estremo Oriente come la bussola, la polvere da sparo e la stampa furono perfezionati e utilizzati in ambiti prima di allora e altrove impensabili. Consapevole di sfi dare un luogo comune, l'autore spiega come la mentalità e le istituzioni germogliate dal cristianesimo abbiano favorito, piuttosto che ostacolato, molti progressi scientifici. Con lo stile del narratore brillante - ma l'ampiezza dell'apparato bibliografico è decisamente accademico -, James Hann

The Enigmatic South brings together leading scholars of the Civil War period to challenge existing perceptions of the advance to secession, the Civil War, and its aftermath. The pioneering research and innovative arguments of these historians bring crucial insights to the study of this era in American history.

Christopher Childers, Sarah L. Hyde, and Julia Huston Nguyen consider the ways politics, religion, and education contributed to southern attitudes toward secession in the antebellum period. George C. Rable, Paul F. Paskoff, and John M. Sacher delve into the challenges the Confederate South faced as it sought legitimacy for its cause and military strength for the coming war with the North. Richard Follett, Samuel C. Hyde, Jr., and Eric H. Walther offer new perspectives on the changes the Civil War wrought on the economic and ideological landscape of the South.

The essays in The Enigmatic South speak eloquently to previously unconsidered aspects and legacies of the Civil War and make a major contribution to our understanding of the rich history of a conflict whose aftereffects still linger in American culture and memory.

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

"This book provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision making, a process that can help clarify situations where right and wrong are not clearly defined. This [is] a valuable book for ethics and theory courses." Score: 100, 5 stars
--Doody's

More relevant today than ever, Husted and Husted's classic nursing ethics text provides a practical framework to help nurses engage with patients to make difficult ethical decisions. It delivers a systematic approach to bioethical decision-making that can help clarify situations where "right" and "wrong" are not clearly defined. An abundance of case studies provide practice in bioethical decision-making, with nearly 60 bioethical dilemmas analyzed in detail. The fifth edition has been reorganized and rewritten to facilitate increased readability and to engage readers more fully in learning. It includes two new chapters, Moral Distress and Bioethical Decision Making in Nursing, additional case studies, and abundant tables, diagrams and graphics that reinforce the text discussion.

The book is grounded in the concept of "Symphonia," which, within the health care arena, is the study of agreements between health care professionals and patients and the ethical implications of these agreements. It is intended promote the welfare of both patient and health care provider. The new chapter on Moral Distress offers coping techniques for situations in which a nurse has an ethical issue with a standard of care but is powerless to change that care; the new chapter on Intersections Between Legal and Bioethical Decision Making in Nursing focuses on situations that an be interpreted as either moral and illegal or immoral and legal. The fifth edition also features a new section on ethical colleagueship, providing support to relieve common dilemmas among health care professionals. An updated digital teacher's manual provides chapter summaries, major focus areas, a wealth of classroom activities, PowerPoint slides, resolution for cases that are unresolved in the text, and a test bank.

New to the Fifth Edition:

• Reorganized and rewritten for ease of comprehension and increased reader engagement
• Includes new chapters on Moral Distress and Bioethical Decision Making in Nursing
• Provides more tables, diagrams, and graphics to clarify text discussion
• Delivers new case studies that are analyzed in depth
• Addresses ethical colleagueship

A masterful collection of classic ghost stories that is sure to send chills down your spine.…

Still wildly popular today, this collection of ghost stories was first published in 1919. Arthur B. Reeves, an American writer who also wrote screenplays, compiled this anthology. His introduction to this anthology is considered by many to be the definitive explanation as to the popularity and diversity of the horror genre. Turn off the lights and prepare to be thrilled and chilled by this unique assemblage of spooky tales!

Included in this volume are:

"Introduction—The Fascination of the Ghost Story" by Arthur B. Reeve
"The Apparition of Mrs.Veal" by Daniel Defoe
"Canon Alberic's Scrap-book" by Montague Rhodes James
"The Haunted and the Haunters" by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"The Silent Woman" by Leopold Kompert
"Banshees" by Anonymous
"The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.F. Benson
"The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood
"The Phantom Rickshaw" by Rudyard Kipling
"The Rival Ghosts" by Brander Matthews
"The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce
"Dey Ain't No Ghosts" by Ellis Parker Butler
"The Interval" by Vincent O'Sullivan
"Some Real American Ghosts" by The Philadelphia Press

The third edition of America's Experiment with Capital Punishment has been expanded and updated to include several important developments since the publication of the second edition in 2003. New evidence is presented about the incidence of wrongful convictions, racial and geographical disparities in capital charging and sentencing practices, deterrence, trends in public opinion, jury decision-making, how the capital punishment process affects the families of both murder victims and offenders, the conditions and consequences of death row incarceration, the financial costs of capital punishment, executive clemency, and many other issues. Renewed attention is given to execution methods (focusing on lethal injection), capital punishment for persons with intellectual disabilities, and other matters of significance. Legal developments also are chronicled, including trends in the Supreme Court's interpretation and application of the ''evolving standards of decency'' and related Eighth Amendment principles, the prohibition against executing juvenile offenders, significant changes in federal habeas corpus policies, and the repeal of death-penalty statutes in several states. New chapters have been added to address the historical evolution of capital punishment (John Bessler), and the death penalty for persons with mental disabilities (Christopher Slobogin). Several additional authors have joined to produce the updated chapters.The book's twenty-six chapters critically analyze the history, politics, law, empirical evidence, and principled underpinnings of the contemporary debate about the death penalty in America. They also assess likely future trends in capital punishment law and practice. Written by the country's leading legal and social science scholars, the chapters collectively represent the most comprehensive and illuminating treatment of death penalty issues presently available in a single volume.

This concise handbook covers a diversity of subjects encompassing the broad spectrum of craniofacial surgery. As a quick reference guide intended for the less experienced craniofacial audience (i.e., the medical students, residents and fellows), fundamental concepts and techniques in craniomaxillofacial surgery are presented and explained for an improved comprehension of this complex topic. In addition, these highly-focused chapters are well aided by high-resolution illustrations, diagrams and tables that enable easy understanding of the basic principles of the more commonly performed operations.

The first clinical manual to bridge the disciplines of hematology and oncology

500 treatment regimens in a quick-scan presentation!

Hematology-Oncology Therapy is a readily-accessible, up-to-date therapy guide for oncologic and non-neoplastic hematologic disorders. This comprehensive book presents 500 treatment regimens in a concise, uniform format and integrates critical treatment information from the oncology and hematology literature, practice guidelines, and the experience of experts. The new edition is thoroughly updated with new content, drug regimens, and authors.

Features

• Completely updated to reflect new classes of cancer drugs, including targeted biologicals
• NEW 9 additional international contributors
• NEW chapters: Pregnancy and Chemotherapy; Hematologic Complications of Pregnancy; Hemochromatosis
• NEW "Expert Opinion" added to every Oncology chapter
• NEW Drug Index
• More comprehensive than any other manual on the market

Thoroughly updated content:Section I: Oncology;Section II: Supportive Care, Drug Preparation, Complications, and Screening;Section III: Selected Hematologic Diseases.

Find out why many businesses preferentially hire Six Sigma trained candidates. AN INTRODUCTION TO SIX SIGMA AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, 2e shows you the essence and basics of Six Sigma, as well as how Six Sigma has brought a renewed interest in the principles of total quality to cutting-edge businesses. Six Sigma has taken the corporate world by storm. Find out how you can use it to improve your work performance and your personal marketability with AN INTRODUCTION TO SIX SIGMA AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, 2e.

Il libro percorre la storia del più mortale cacciatore dei mari. Per anni il sottomarino ha braccato le sue prede a cominciare dalle navi della guerra civile americana, proseguendo con i convogli che attraversavano gli oceani ed erano minacciati dai branchi di U-Boot tedeschi, per arrivare ai moderni battelli nucleari che si aggirano silenziosi e furtivi nelle profondità marine. Il celebre esploratore subacqueo James Delgado presenta l'evoluzione dei sottomarini con un incredibile livello di dettaglio, basandosi sulla lunga esperienza di ricercatore di relitti; fornisce inoltre spiegazioni e analisi riguardanti queste letali macchine da guerra e gli equipaggi che le impiegano. Prefazione di Clive Cussler.

Gain an understanding of the latest advances in spectroscopy with INTRODUCTION TO SPECTROSCOPY.This proven book provides a systematic introduction to spectra and basic theoretical concepts in spectroscopic methods and includes up-to-date spectra; a modern presentation of one-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy; an introduction to biological molecules in mass spectrometry; and coverage of modern techniques alongside DEPT, COSY, and HECTOR.

Cellular and Molecular Pathobiology of Cardiovascular Disease focuses on the pathophysiology of common cardiovascular disease in the context of its underlying mechanisms and molecular biology. This book has been developed from the editors' experiences teaching an advanced cardiovascular pathology course for PhD trainees in the biomedical sciences, and trainees in cardiology, pathology, public health, and veterinary medicine. No other single text-reference combines clinical cardiology and cardiovascular pathology with enough molecular content for graduate students in both biomedical research and clinical departments.

The text is complemented and supported by a rich variety of photomicrographs, diagrams of molecular relationships, and tables. It is uniquely useful to a wide audience of graduate students and post-doctoral fellows in areas from pathology to physiology, genetics, pharmacology, and more, as well as medical residents in pathology, laboratory medicine, internal medicine, cardiovascular surgery, and cardiology.

• Explains how to identify cardiovascular pathologies and compare with normal physiology to aid research
• Gives concise explanations of key issues and background reading suggestions
• Covers molecular bases of diseases for better understanding of molecular events that precede or accompany the development of pathology

Grande antropologo e storico delle religioni, James Frazer ha dato alla magia la giusta collocazione nel sistema del sapere umano. Questo libro rigoroso ma di godibilissima lettura è tutto dedicato alla cultura delle società matriarcali. L'impero delle donne è un momento di passaggio. Dal regno del dono e della condivisione libera di risorse e piaceri, si passa alla legge, al sistema di divieti e punizioni del patriarcato moderno.

Both instructors and practitioners, Mancinelli and Klein help speech-language pathology clinicians integrate theory and research into their practice by presenting 14 case studies using a model--the Acquired Language Disorders Target Model--that depicts an individual's language and cognition following a cerebrovascular accident or other neurological event. The cases provide a comprehensive overview of the assessment process, major aphasic syndromes, right hemisphere disorder, traumatic brain injury, dementia, encephalopathy, and other etiologies affecting the ability to communicate. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)