Talk about Writing: The Tutoring Strategies of Experienced Writing Center Tutors offers a book-length empirical study of the discourse between experienced tutors and student writers in satisfactory conferences. It analyzes writing center talk, focusing on tutors’ verbal strategies, at the macro- and microlevels. The study details tutors’ use of three categories of tutoring strategies—instruction, cognitive scaffolding, and motivational scaffolding—with each chapter of the...

Una emocionante novela, basada en hechos reales, sobre una biblioteca subterránea en Londres durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.East End, Londres, 1944. Clara Button no es una bibliotecaria cualquiera. Mientras el mundo sigue en guerra, Clara ha creado la única biblioteca subterránea del país, construida sobre las vías de la estación de metro en desuso de Bethnal Green. Allí abajo prospera una comunidad secreta con miles de literas, una guardería, una cafetería y un...

This book describes the methodology and applications of solid-state NMR spectroscopy to studies of membrane proteins, membrane-active peptides and model biological membranes. As well as structural studies it contains coverage of membrane interactions and molecular motions. Advances in biological solid-state NMR are very pertinent with high-field developments seeing applications in biological membranes and whole cells. Many of the chapter authors and contributors are world-class experts and...

La lucha incansable de un club de lectura que defiende el poder de los libros en tiempos de guerra.El nuevo libro de la autora de La biblioteca de las lectoras valientes.Una carta de amor a los libros en los tiempos más oscuros de la II Guerra Mundial.Jersey, 1943. Cuando el ejército alemán invade la isla, la bibliotecaria Grace La Motée está decidida a no doblegarse. Se niega a destruir los libros que amenazan al régimen n...

Covers key advances in breeding, including conventional, marker-assisted and transgenic breeding techniquesSummarises key advances in understanding bacterial, fungal and viral diseases of sugarcaneAssesses best practice in integrated disease, pest and weed management

La chronique bouleversante d'un amour fou qui finit mal.Adapté au cinéma par Gilles Lellouche, avec Adèle Exarchopoulos et François Civil, le 16 octobre 2024.Ils appartiennent à la même bande d'adolescents, élevés dans une cité où " les choses ne changent jamais ". Amoureux, ils voulaient s'en sortir. Ensemble. Et ça leur semblait parti pour la vie. Jusqu'au jour où l'allumeuse du quartier entre en scène et où la réalité les rattrape : les obligations social...

**This program features multicast narration.In the vein of acclaimed popular-science bestsellers such as Atlas Obscura, Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, The Way Things Work, What If?, and Undeniable*,* the co-founders of the global science organization Nerd Nite bring listeners a collection of wacky, yet fascinating STEM topics.**For 20 years, Nerd Nite has delivered to live audiences around the world, the most interesting, fun, ...

SCN2A encodes a voltage-gated sodium channel (designated NaV1.2) vital for generating neuronal action potentials. Pathogenic SCN2A variants are associated with a diverse array of neurodevelopmental disorders featuring neonatal or infantile onset epilepsy, developmental delay, autism, intellectual disability and movement disorders. SCN2A is a high confidence risk gene for autism spectrum disorder and a commonly discovered cause of neonatal onset epilepsy. This remarkable clinical heterogene...

Counseling for Peripartum Depression provides counselors and other mental health professionals with a comprehensive understanding of peripartum depression (PPD) and related disorders during pregnancy and after birth. The book offers diagnostic criteria and screening tools that clinicians can use in session, and focuses on holistic wellness as well as current research on the etiology and risk factors for PPD. In particular, the simple and practical STRENGTHS model can help clinicia...

Peace is needed now more than ever in schools, by pupils and teachers alike. This inspiring guide provides primary, secondary and special schools with practical methods to improve pupil and teacher wellbeing, combat bullying, and promote peace both inside and outside the school gates.The founder of the Peaceful Schools Movement, Anna Lubelska, has brought together ideas and stories from teachers and charity workers to present a simple four step system for promoting positive peace i...

Radical Municipalism offers a fresh perspective on the democratizing capacity of the politics of the common in the transformation of public services, aiming to foster social change at the local level and beyond.Building on a strong theoretical foundation and featuring 14 original case studies from Europe and the Americas, the chapters explore the challenges and possibilities of implementing common-based strategies. A unique and vital resource, this book is essential for scholars an...

Au XVIIIe siècle, l'heure, jusque-là indiquée par la hauteur du soleil, le son des cloches ou le rythme des marées, devient un chiffre donné par les horloges. Paru pour la première fois en 1967, cet essai analyse l'évolution du rapport au temps dans le processus d'industrialisation des sociétés occidentales et montre en quoi il est un élément central du processus d'évolution capitaliste.Dans une langue très accessible et parfois même fleurie, Thompson décrypte minutieusement les co...