Principles of Medicine in Africa combines clinical medicine with a rich understanding of the major environmental and cultural influences on health and disease, providing comprehensive guidance for anyone intending to practise medicine in Africa. Presenting disease in the context of family and culture, the effects of inequality and problems of limited resources are addressed. The authors have a wealth of experience in front line healthcare in Africa and provide practical, evidence-based man...

The goal of the leadership course is to provide an introduction to the effects of knowledge, behavior, social influence, and decision-making related to leadership. This course introduces a broad range of readings addressing practical and theoretical leadership principles. Individuals will be expected to critically examine readings and associated videos/movies. The expectation is that one will apply principles from the course to a field project where emphasis will be placed on enhancement o...

Transitional Resiliency is purposefully designed to increase the likelihood of retention and graduation of learners in college settings by establishing an academic and social framework designed to improve concentration, memory, problem solving, and learning, while minimizing social isolation. This text is designed to be used as both a personal journal and as a teaching tool. As a journal, activities are arranged to permit you to develop a process for personal reflection. As a teaching and ...

The resilience skills presented in this workbook are modeled from research for positive-coping and creating positive and less stressful outcomes. These are titled: Belief, Persistence, Strength, Trust, and Adaptability for learning. They serve as mental armor, a personal protective factor and to help sustain our social support systems.

The learning-teaching course is a twist on the typical academic preparation-type courses in that this course looks at learning through the eyes of an educator – as you in the role of the instructor. As such, this course may be described as a process of "learning-to-teach-to-learn" where you will explore and practice the design and implementation of learning in a manner that encourages an understanding of instructional design and teaching practices. And, as a consequence, better understand ...

The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet.--Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D.What do we know about the first response community? The literature suggests that comparative measures such as the standardized mortality rate, accident injuries, and early retirement based on medical issues are higher than for the general population.1, 2, 3 Prolonged work rel...

The time is now to expand and expound. The Joy Behind Sorrow gives you the opportunity to see the world through the lend of someone who sees the world in a most unique manner.This collection of short poems brings the reader through different phases of many different emotions. It's abstraction at its finest. Inside these pages, you will find yourself lost in a world without limits.The Joy Behind Sorrow has the power to shake your soul and open your mind up ...

Scaffolding is used in many industries every day, all over the world, in the construction industry; for commercial and industrial maintenance; the staging and entertainment markets; the shipbuilding industry; mining; industrial plants, including power plants; hydro and nuclear power facilities; pulp and paper plants; petrochemical plants; oil refineries; and offshore drilling rigs.This book serves as a guide to any person involved with scaffolding in any way so that they will have ...

Recent years have seen the development of powerful tools for verifying hardware and software systems, as companies worldwide realise the need for improved means of validating their products. There is increasing demand for training in basic methods in formal reasoning so that students can gain proficiency in logic-based verification methods. The second edition of this successful textbook addresses both those requirements, by continuing to provide a clear introduction to formal reasoning whi...

In the castle of his master, Jindao maneuvers to determine the motives of an esteemed visitor.Have you wondered why you're able to solve problems while you sleep? Joe Clifton may know.An intelligence courier goes missing, and Corbridge is sent on the first operational mission of its kind to determine what happened.Enjoy thrilling stories and fantastical illustrations in this issue of Speculative Fiction Illustrated.

Monstrous Utopias examines how monsters in performance, theatre, media, and literature reflect and subvert societal understandings.This book considers the ethical and hopeful work of monsters and examines ways in which playwrights, theatre and performance artists, film artists, drag artists, dancers, cultural practitioners, and activists have engaged the monster to reflect the ongoing fears (including racist, sexist, homophobic, and others) of our society and how those mon...

Staging Monstrous Bodies: Questioning Normative Orders brings together global perspectives from leading and emerging scholars to explore the intersections of monster studies and performances studies.Divided into three parts, the volume explores the connection between monstrosity and performance, such as representations of violence, gender and sexuality contexts, disability studies perspectives, anti-racism and post-colonial issues, and monstrosity as an artistic practice a...