How to optimize educational spaces and teaching practices for more effective learningAuthor David Thornburg, an award-winning futurist and educational consultant, maintains that in order to engage all students, learning institutions should offer a balance of Campfire spaces (home of the lecture), Watering Holes (home to conversations between peers), Caves (places for quiet reflection), and Life (places where students can apply what they've learned). In order to eff...

The Professional Bridesmaid by Shannon D. PearsonCan anything else go wrong at this wedding? Veronica finds herself the maid of honor to an impossible to work with bride.Unbeckoned by David L. ThornburgVeronica needs money for college, but she gets more than she bargained for in her temp job as a hospital security guard. In fact, she may find her destiny.Repairing our Forever by Kristi WoodsMechanic Veronica must fix Miss Betty's broken-down antique ...

Developmental programming is a rapidly advancing discipline of great importance to basic scientists and health professionals alike. This text integrates, for the first time, contributions from world experts to explore the role of the placenta in developmental programming. The book considers the materno-fetal supply line, and how perturbations of placental development impact on its functional capacity. Chapters examine ways in which environmental, immunological and vascular insults regulate...