Bereits jetzt hat die COVID-19 Pandemie tiefe Spuren auf allen Ebenen menschlichen Handelns und Empfindens hinterlassen. Was die bestmögliche Bewältigung der Situation betrifft, liegt es nicht nur an den Regierungen, Expert*innen und Mitarbeiter*innen in Gesundheitssystemen, sondern letztlich an jedem einzelnen, richtig zu handeln. Das Verständnis für die psychologischen Hintergründe und die gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhänge ist dabei von wesentlichem Nutzen. Dieses essential soll im Sinne ...

Already, the COVID-19 pandemic has left a deep mark on all levels of human activity and sentiment. As far as the best possible management of the situation is concerned, it is not only up to governments and experts in health systems, but ultimately up to each individual to act appropriately. Understanding the psychological background and the societal context is essential. This essential is also intended to make a contribution in the sense of joint and successful coping.This Spri...

Principles for designing educational games that integrate content and play and create learning experiences connecting to many areas of learners' lives.Too often educational videogames are narrowly focused on specific learning outcomes dictated by school curricula and fail to engage young learners. This book suggests another approach, offering a guide to designing games that integrates content and play and creates learning experiences that connect to many areas of l...

Transform the way your network teams think about and deploy enterprise network automation through the power of Nautobot's open-source platform Key FeaturesLearn how documenting your network in Nautobot can accelerate your network automation journeyApply NetDevOps to your network by leveraging Nautobot as a network source of truthMinimize tool sprawl by extending, using, or building Nautobot AppsPurchase of the print or Kindle book incl...

»Und wenn da ein Freund ist, der seine Hand ausstreckt, dann nehmen wir diese Hand, wie widerwillig, beschämt und zornig auch immer. Wir ergreifen sie und ziehen uns heraus aus der Einsamkeit.«Wenn man alles verloren hat – den Job, die Partnerin, Freunde, eine Perspektive für die Zukunft –, hält die Einsamkeit Einzug. Und wenn sich dann noch die Mutter das Leben nimmt, nachdem schon der Vater Suizid begangen hatte, dann beginnt man, sich Fragen zu stellen. Wie ist man bloß in diese...

Earl S. Johnson has dedicated his life to enriching the lives of his students, to enhancing global humanism, to perfecting democracy as both government and way of life, and to improving civic education. As a person and an educator he has promoted the moral life in the moral community. This collection of Professor Johnson's work–reflections on humanism, democracy, and general and social science education–offers insights that will be valuable not only to educators but also to anyone concerne...

The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet to be discovered and described. Most of the species are parasitoids, attacking the egg, larval stage or pupal stage of their host, though many other life cycles are known including gall associates and fig pollinators. This landmark volume has ...

Authentic Direction For A World in Crisis... Our message is simple: God has a plan but you will need to chart the course and act with an unwavering degree of Spiritual Integrity to realize it. Today, we are struggling to make sense of how God could allow this Pandemic to infect our bodies and souls, but through our belief in Him, we know we will be stronger because of the struggle. As Christians, we are under attack, political division, and anarchy reigns, freedom of speech is going out th...

Covering the lively, even raucous, history of Louisiana from before First Contact through the Elections of 2012, this sixth edition of the classic Louisiana history survey provides an engaging and comprehensive narrative of what is arguably America’s most colorful state.Since the appearance of the first edition of this classic text in 1984, Louisiana: A History has remained the best-loved and most highly regarded college-level survey of Louisiana on the market

Twenty years ago, they told scary stories around the campfire. Now, they're living one.For twelve former counselors, Camp White Bear was more than just a summer job; it was where they formed friendships meant to last a lifetime. They spent long days with underprivileged kids and late nights huddled around the fire, telling stories deep in the woods just to scare each other before bed. Those summers shaped who they became.Now, twenty years later, the group r...

This specially curated collection features four reviews of current and key research on heat stress in dairy cattle.The first chapter outlines technologies to breed for more heat tolerant dairy cattle, exploiting either between or within breed genetic variation in the trait. It discusses future perspectives on the use of different tools to achieve accelerated improvements of this important trait.The second chapter discusses breeding goals and multi-trait sel...

Saving the multiverse is hard work. Doing it with people you can't stand is even harder.Even harder when that task is forced on two groups of heroes who have just met, neither of which really wants the job. Heck, each group isn't even sure how much they like their new companions, except for Dead Mike and Graves, of course: they're sure they hate each other.Join them and other old friends Arthur, Spider, Nila, Valeria, Amp, and many others on a hilarious adv...