Integrated Population Models: Theory and Ecological Applications with R and JAGS is the first book on integrated population models, which constitute a powerful framework for combining multiple data sets from the population and the individual levels to estimate demographic parameters, and population size and trends. These models identify drivers of population dynamics and forecast the composition and trajectory of a population. Written by two population ecologists with expertise on integrat...

Bayesian statistics has exploded into biology and its sub-disciplines, such as ecology, over the past decade. The free software program WinBUGS, and its open-source sister OpenBugs, is currently the only flexible and general-purpose program available with which the average ecologist can conduct standard and non-standard Bayesian statistics. - Comprehensive and richly commented examples illustrate a wide range of models that are most relevant to the research of a modern population ecologist...

While several available texts discuss molded plastic optics, none provide information on all classes of molded optics. Filling this gap, Molded Optics: Design and Manufacture presents detailed descriptions of molded plastic, glass, and infrared optics. Since an understanding of the manufacturing process is necessary to develop cost-effective, produ

Renewing America’s Civic Compact addresses the chief challenges and principal tensions in the operation of our civil society in order to consider possible paths forward. The meritocracy, multiculturalism, issues of race, technology, and populist nationalism in American democracy today are some of the issues that have created more tensions to American public life. Chapters address the condition of civil conversation within the university and across American society. This collection then eng...

This collection of original essays by the nation's leading political theorists examines the origins of modernity and considers the question of tolerance as a product of early modern religious skepticism. Rather than approaching the problem through a purely historical lens, the authors actively demonstrate the significance of these issues to contemporary debates in political philosophy and public policy. The contributors to Early Modern Skepticism raise and address questions of the...

Leon R. Kass has been helping Americans better understand the human condition for over four decades-as a teacher, writer, scholar, public champion of the humanities, and defender of human dignity. From bioethics to civic education, from interpreting the Bible to weighing the moral implications of modern science, Kass has offered wisdom, guidance, and instruction. In this volume, fifteen of Kass's admirers, including students, colleagues, and friends, honor his work by reflecting on the bro...

This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more prominent other-regarding virtues like justice and generosity, humanity and later compassion become the true north of the modern moral compass. Contributors to this volume consider various aspects of thi...

»Kosmische Erziehung" - dieser zentrale Begriff der Pädagogik Maria Montessoris ist manchen Missverständnissen ausgesetzt. Für Montessori selbst bündelt sich in diesem Ausdruck der Grundgedanke des Bildungsprogramms für Kinder von 6 bis 12 Jahren. In der vorliegenden Darstellung führt einer der besten Kenner erstmals in dieser umfassenden Form in das Konzept der Kosmischen Erziehung ein. In diesem ersten Band zeichnet er die Entstehung des Konzepts bei Maria Montessori und ihrem Sohn Mario...

Bewährt als verlässliches Standardwerk für Kinder- und Jugendärzte in Klinik und Praxis, präsentiert die 4. Auflage lückenlos das gesamte aktuelle Wissen der Pädiatrie in grundlegender Überarbeitung.Der Erfahrungsschatz des neuen Herausgeberteams und von über 300 renommierten Autoren sorgt für exzellente didaktische und inhaltliche Qualität des Werks. Übersichtlich, prägnant und klar dargestellt sind sämtliche allgemeinen Themen der Kinderheilkunde und alle erdenklichen Erkrankunge...

Annette Schaub This book is to honor Michael J. Goldstein Ph. D. , Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of California, who passed away in 1997. Mike was known for his caring, humanistic, and hope-inspiring approach to helping patients and their relatives cope with severe psychiatric illnesses, and for the support, warmth, and open-mindedness he showed in his relationships with col leagues and visitors from all over the world. Mike's humor, his optimism that social scien...

Lummerland ist nicht nur eine Insel mit zwei Bergen, sondern auch noch ziemlich klein. Eines Tages kommt ein Paket für eine "Frau Malzaan oder so ähnlich" an. Die gibt es aber hier nicht. Und in dem Paket ist ein kleiner schwarzer Junge: Jim Knopf. Der kleine Junge wird immer größer und damit zu groß für das kleine Lummerland. Dann geht die Geschichte richtig los: Jim Knopf und Lukas reisen mit der Lokomotive Emma nach China. Dort erfahren sie was eine Königliche Reistafel ist und was pass...