Regardless of why you decided to go out on your own, building a sustainable business is about managing money. As an owner, you have to manage the financial aspects of your business by balancing costs with potential returns. Financial reports provide information not always visible on the surface. Much like x-rays reveal indications about physical health, financial statements tell you about your fiscal health. And just as a doctor learns to interpret x-rays, you too can learn to read and int...

The guest editors have assembled expert authors to discuss issues in gastroenterology unique to female patients. After reading the articles in this issue, readers should be able to determine whether gender influences diagnosis and treatment of functional disorders; evaluate problems in the pregnant patient; explain immune diseases of the GI and discuss unique genetic aspects of Lynch Syndrome and IBD.

Griot Potters of the Folona reconstructs the past of a particular group of West African women potters using evidence found in their artistry and techniques.The potters of the Folona region of southeastern Mali serve a diverse clientele and firing thousands of pots weekly during the height of the dry season. Although they identify themselves as Mande, the unique styles and types of objects the Folona women make, and more importantly, the way they form and fire them, are fun...

"This book represents the intersection of nursing and culture change. Read it. Do it with, not for, your staff."—Sarah Burger, RNC, MPH, FAAN, Gerontological Nurse Consultant"This book should be required reading for all who work in care settings, and the text used for leadership and health care administration courses in colleges." —Joanne Rader, RN, MN, PMHNP, Nurse Specialist Consultant"David Farrell's journal is gripping, compelling, sensitive and realistic. His and his co-author's analy...

"Essential reading for all current and future leaders in long-term care. The authors are outstanding in this field, and provide valuable insight."—Nicholas G. Castle, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management, University of Pittsburgh"A really good book for anyone who wants the 'secret sauce' that makes great nursing centers tick."—J. Mark Traylor, President & CEO, Traylor-Porter Healthcare"This insightfully wri...

Welcome to the fifth book in the Muffin and Alexander series, Muffin and Alexander Meet the Not So Nice New Neighbor. In this book, we find Muffin and Alexander excited to meet their new neighbor. As Muffin and Alexander find out about their new neighbor, they also find out how their friend is treated by the neighbor. Muffin and Alexanders friends face a situation where they are bullied. Muffin and Alexander also face the bully. Muffin, Alexander, and their friends teach a very important m...

This book brings together Sociologists, Computer Scientists, Applied Scientists and Engineers to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people. It offers an innovative and comprehensive overview, not only of the rapidly developing suite of current digital technologies and platforms, but also of perennial theoretical, methodological and ethical issues. As such, it offers support for researchers and professionals who are seeking to understand and...

Archives: Recordkeeping in Society introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It explores the role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information: new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is the relationship between evidence and ...

Settled as a maritime and agricultural colony, North Carolina�s history has always been intertwined with agriculture and farming. After the Civil War, North Carolina became the nation�s top grower of tobacco, and one of the country�s largest tobacco companies�the American Tobacco Company�flourished from the huge quantities of Eastern North Carolina�grown tobacco that was purchased. With the growing success of cotton farming and other crops and livestock�including corn, peanuts, and hogs�th...

The fourth edition of Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations reconceptualizes this long-established classic to focus squarely on methods: not what we do, but how we do what we do. It presents revised, sharply focused essays on methods for researching national security, development, political economy, gender, religion, race, emotion, and nongovernmental organizations, alongside entirely new contributions on digital resources, spatial analysis, technology, materials, the natura...

The CBC Massey Lectures, Canada's preeminent public lecture series, are for many of us a highly anticipated annual feast of ideas. However, some of the finest lectures, by some of the greatest minds of modern times, have been lost for many years -- unavailable to the public in any form.This is the second volume of recovered lectures, a follow-on to The Lost Massey Lectures, and features: Nobel Peace Prize recipient Willy Brandt on the dangerous inequities between developin...

Teachers have the power to change the life of a child with every new school day.Whether they're discovering math or reading, practicing a new instrument or a new sport, or learning about our wonderful, diverse world, students can count on the kindness, innovation, and patience of a teacher. This is a wonderful celebration of all the ways teachers help their student's bloom.