Today we live in times of proliferating fears. The daily updates on the ongoing "war on terror" amplify fear and anxiety as if they were necessary and important aspects of our reality. Concerns about the environment increasingly take center-stage, as stories and images abound about deadly viruses, alien species invasions, scarcity of oil, water, food; safety of GMOs, biological weapons, and fears of overpopulation.Making Threats: Biofears and Environmental Anxieties addres...

Not connecting software project management (SPM) to actual, real-world development processes can lead to a complete divorcing of SPM to software engineering that can undermine any successful software project. By explaining how a layered process architectural model improves operational efficiency, Process-Based Software Project Management out

Defining and Deploying Software Processes enables you to create efficient and effective processes that let you better manage project schedules and software quality. The author's organized approach details how to deploy processes into your company's culture that are enthusiastically embraced by employees, and explains how to implement a Web-based process architecture that is completely flexible and extensible. Divided into four sections, the book defines the software process architectural m...

One of my children has described this book as being about the value of drive, ambition, hard work, being competitive, winning (and losing), and success. I agree to an extent. It’s also about having “fun” (however one defines that word) through it all, including laughing and loving and whatever else one finds enjoyable. Writing this book has been enjoyable for me. It’s also my legacy to my children and their families and however I can help them to be all they can be and the best versions of...

Crossing Cultures provides a bold and refreshing new resource for teachers and trainers with proven methods for developing coping strategies and problem-solving skills in the cross-cultural arena.A comprehensive study structured to provide a framework for teaching; each chapter contains a teaching module, highlighting the potential difficulties, dialogues and variations in cross-cultural teaching. Ideal for those teaching Business across borders, this is a uniquely practica...

Anthropology, with its dual emphasis on biology and culture, is--or should be--the discipline most suited to the study of the complex interactions between these aspects of our lives. Unfortunately, since the early decades of this century, biological and cultural anthropology have grown distinct, and a holistic vision of anthropology has suffered.This book brings culture and biology back together in new and refreshing ways. Directly addressing earlier criticisms of biological anthro...

Winner, 2024 W.W. Howells Prize, American Anthropological Association, Biological Anthropology SectionThe science on race is clear. Common categories like “Black,” “white,” and “Asian” do not represent genetic differences among groups. But if race is a pernicious fiction according to natural science, it is all too significant in the day-to-day lives of racialized people across the globe. Inequities in health, wealth, and an array of other life outcomes cannot be ex...

In recent decades, both medical humanities and medical history have emerged as rich and varied sub-disciplines. Medicine, Health and the Arts is a collection of specially commissioned essays designed to bring together different approaches to these complex fields. Written by a selection of established and emerging scholars, this volume embraces a breadth and range of methodological approaches to highlight not only developments in well-established areas of debate, but also newly eme...

RuleGraphics is a new and much simpler way to learn baseball rules. It is a primer and reference for professional baseball rules. RuleGraphics organizes rules by part of the game. In addition, each rule is boiled down to one page. Each page contains the rule book definition, key points, sample plays and a picture where appropriate. This book is a great tool for people who want to quickly get grounded in the rules.

RuleGraphics is a new and much simpler way to learn baseball rules. It is a primer and reference for professional baseball rules. RuleGraphics organizes rules by part of the game. In addition, each rule is boiled down to one page. Each page contains the rule book definition, key points, sample plays and a picture where appropriate. This book is a great tool for people who want to quickly get grounded in the rules.The second edition contains references in the new format of the offic...

***Software Systems Architecture, Second Edition***is a highly regarded, practitioner-oriented guide to designing and implementing effective architectures for information systems. It is both a readily accessible introduction to software architecture and an invaluable handbook of well-established best practices.With this book you will learn how toDesign and communicate an architecture that reflects and balances the different needs of its stakeholdersFocus on ...

Agile testing brings many advantages to software teams, from increasing overall product quality to faster delivery of features. Agile Testing Foundations explains, in an accessible way, the main agile testing concepts to make agile testing a fluent part of agile teams.Building on the ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester syllabus, this book covers Agile principles, methods and tools, showing you exactly how Agile testing can help you and your team.Ag...