RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS : People at High Risk for RSV. Older Adults , Infants & Children, Symptoms & Care, Transmission and PreventionNearly all children in the United States have contracted the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which affects the lungs and airways, by the age of two. RSV infection symptoms in healthy individuals are often minimal and go away after a week.RSV may seriously harm or kill those who are susceptible, such as preterm or very ...

On the heels of recent revelations of past and ongoing injustices, reconciliation and solidarity by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people is even more urgent. But it is a complex endeavour.In The Solidarity Encounter, Carol Lynne D’Arcangelis links interviews with activists and her own self-reflections to current scholarship to take readers into the fraught terrain of solidarity organizing. Multi-issue coalitions such as Idle No More, #NoDAPL, MMIWG2SQ, Black Lives Matter, ...

Health equity represents the opportunity for everyone to live the healthiest life possible, no matter their identity, address, background, or income. To achieve true equity, healthcare providers everywhere must seek to address the pervasive racial bias and discrimination that currently exists in the delivery of healthcare in the United States. In Transforming Health Care, Lynne D. Richardson, MD, and Sima Rabinowitz provide a comprehensive approach to advancing antiracism and achi...

This book presents the Metaeconomics Framework and Dual Interest Theory, which weave the empathy-based moral and ethical dimension back into key economic questions. Metaeconomics addresses the problem of placing too much emphasis on the market or the government, and thus argues that seeing the link between ego and empathy, self- and other-interest, and market and government will lead to a more just, fair, and sustainable polity. The unique Dual Interest Theory proposes that ego-based self-...

Descriptive Physical Oceanography, Sixth Edition, provides an introduction to the field with an emphasis on large-scale oceanography based mainly on observations. Topics covered include the physical properties of seawater, heat and salt budgets, instrumentation, data analysis methods, introductory dynamics, oceanography and climate variability of each of the oceans and of the global ocean, and brief introductions to the physical setting, waves, and coastal oceanography. This updated versio...

First published in 1993: This book is an outgrowth of fiber optic design courses given by the author.

If your heart could speak, what would it say?Place a hand over your chest and meditate on that question for a moment. Might there be traces of disappointment, resentment, and jealousy? For years, those mixed emotions burdened my heart and manifested in my choices. Denial made it impossible for me to see it, however. I just knew that I was unhappy about the direction of my life.The first step was acknowledging those emotional afflictions. I prayed for a clea...

This book focuses on faculty members in a learning community in the College of Education at Florida International University. It discusses their pedagogical efforts to structure learning environments consistent with the philosophical orientation in the college’s conceptual framework to call forth dispositions, or key habits of mind that are consistent with reflective intelligence.

Force of Mind, Song of Heart unveils an unparalleled look at personal relationships and the dynamic tension between the merging and separating that is every relationship. By learning how to see your self as an emerging process of consciousness, and force of mind as an instrumental tool for creating the song of heart that is connection and the basis for every genuinely satisfying and positive relationship, you can improve any personal relationship in your life, be it one with a spouse, pare...

Tactical Transparency is based largely on interviews with leaders and communicators in companies that have achieved measurable success though the implementation of transparency strategies. This book is written for those executives and professional communicators who are looking to learn about and create a transparency strategy for their organization in order to remain competitive. This book will: Help organizations determine their readiness for transparency and the steps that need to be tak...

A comprehensive, research-based introduction to healthcare management, covering healthcare systems, services, organisations and management.

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building ...