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Principles of Nursing in Kidney Care

Under the Auspices of EDTNA/ERCA and EKPF

Edited by Afra Masià-Plana, Anastasia Liossatou ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This textbook, endorsed by EDTNA/ERCA and ESNO, provides unique evidence-based knowledge about nursing in renal care and harmonises specialised understandings from various countries, to be implemented across numerous national health systems.Renal care nursing is essential in order to promote and prevent renal health as well as detect and contribute to the care of renal disease. These complex tasks ... Read more

$76.99 CAD

This textbook, endorsed by EDTNA/ERCA and ESNO, provides unique evidence-based knowledge about nursing in renal care and harmonises specialised understandings from various countries, to be implemented across numerous national health systems.Renal care nursing is essential in order to promote and prevent renal health as well as detect and contribute to the care of renal disease. These complex tasks
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Marine Ornamental Species Aquaculture

Edited by Ricardo Calado, Ike Olivotto, Miquel Planas Oliver, G. Joan Holt ...

The global trade of aquatic organisms for home and public aquariums, along with associated equipment and accessories, has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Aquaculture of marine ornamental species, still in its infancy, is recognized as a viable alternative to wild collection as it can supplement or replace the supply of wild caught specimens and potentially help recover natural populations ... Read more

$241.99 CAD

The global trade of aquatic organisms for home and public aquariums, along with associated equipment and accessories, has become a multi-billion dollar industry. Aquaculture of marine ornamental species, still in its infancy, is recognized as a viable alternative to wild collection as it can supplement or replace the supply of wild caught specimens and potentially help recover natural populations
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Scholars in COVID Times

Edited by Melissa Castillo Planas, Debra A. Castillo ...

Series series Publicly Engaged Scholars: Identities, Purposes, Practices
Scholars in COVID Times documents the new and innovative forms of scholarship, community collaboration, and teaching brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this volume, Melissa Castillo Planas and Debra A. Castillo bring together a diverse range of texts, from research-based studies to self-reflective essays, to reexamine what it means to be a publicly engaged scholar in the era of COVID ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Scholars in COVID Times documents the new and innovative forms of scholarship, community collaboration, and teaching brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this volume, Melissa Castillo Planas and Debra A. Castillo bring together a diverse range of texts, from research-based studies to self-reflective essays, to reexamine what it means to be a publicly engaged scholar in the era of COVID
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Swimming Physiology of Fish

Towards Using Exercise to Farm a Fit Fish in Sustainable Aquaculture

Edited by Arjan P. Palstra, Josep V. Planas ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In light of mounting fishing pressures, increased aquaculture production and a growing concern for fish well-being, improved knowledge on the swimming physiology of fish and its application to fisheries science and aquaculture is needed. This book presents recent investigations into some of the most extreme examples of swimming migrations in salmons, eels and tunas, integrating knowledge on their ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

In light of mounting fishing pressures, increased aquaculture production and a growing concern for fish well-being, improved knowledge on the swimming physiology of fish and its application to fisheries science and aquaculture is needed. This book presents recent investigations into some of the most extreme examples of swimming migrations in salmons, eels and tunas, integrating knowledge on their
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Social Alternatives in Southern Europe and Latin America

Solidarity, Mutual Aid, and Cooperation in Comparative Perspective (19th–21st Centuries)

Edited by Montserrat Duch-Plana, Josep M. Pons-Altés ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
This book deals with the evolution of initiatives connected to the social and solidarity economy and their political cultures and educational implications in the south of Europe and in Latin America.Employing a comparative perspective, the contributors present 11 studies of these trajectories in Argentina, Chile, Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, and Catalonia in order to engender familiarity with ... Read more

$89.99 CAD

This book deals with the evolution of initiatives connected to the social and solidarity economy and their political cultures and educational implications in the south of Europe and in Latin America.Employing a comparative perspective, the contributors present 11 studies of these trajectories in Argentina, Chile, Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, and Catalonia in order to engender familiarity with
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Working with Young People

A Social Pedagogy Perspective from Europe and Latin America

Edited by Xavier Úcar, Pere Soler-Masó, Anna Planas-Lladó ...

Series series Social Justice and Youth Community Prac
Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people. It utlizes the perspective of social pedagogy--a theoretical and practical perspective that has been developing in continental Europe over the last 150 years--in placing young people at the center of socio-educational work and giving value to their decisions and actions. The text supports ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

Working with Young People offers a new outlook on social, cultural, and educational work with young people. It utlizes the perspective of social pedagogy--a theoretical and practical perspective that has been developing in continental Europe over the last 150 years--in placing young people at the center of socio-educational work and giving value to their decisions and actions. The text supports
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Classroom Research on Mathematics and Language

Seeing Learners and Teachers Differently

Edited by Núria Planas, Candia Morgan, Marcus Schütte ...

Series series European Research in Mathematics Education
This book offers an international perspective on the current and future state of the research, focusing, in particular, on the role and use of language in mathematics school teaching and learning. It focuses on the development of a unified view of the languages of the learners, of the teachers and of mathematics by considering the role of language in the learning, teaching and doing of mathematics ... Read more

$79.99 CAD

This book offers an international perspective on the current and future state of the research, focusing, in particular, on the role and use of language in mathematics school teaching and learning. It focuses on the development of a unified view of the languages of the learners, of the teachers and of mathematics by considering the role of language in the learning, teaching and doing of mathematics
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Basic Catalan

An Introductory Language Course

by Rosa Planas ...

Narrated by Rosa Planas ...

Unabridged

1 hour 47 min

Learn the beautiful Catalan language with this five-session course for complete beginners. No prior Catalan experience is needed to start learning this important language today. The course focuses on commonly used vocabulary, giving you a way to effectively communicate on your travels, or with relatives if you have an ancestral connection to the language. Starting out with the absolute basics of ... Read more

$54.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Learn the beautiful Catalan language with this five-session course for complete beginners. No prior Catalan experience is needed to start learning this important language today. The course focuses on commonly used vocabulary, giving you a way to effectively communicate on your travels, or with relatives if you have an ancestral connection to the language. Starting out with the absolute basics of
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AfroLatinas and LatiNegras

Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective

by Rosita Scerbo, Concetta Bondi, Algris Xiomara Aldeano Vásquez, Jamie Lee Andreson, Yoiseth Patricia Cabarcas, Natasha Carrizosa, Meaghan Jeanne Coogan, Karen S. Christian, Renata Dorneles Lima0, Yesenia Escobar Espitia1, Lesley Feracho2, Lindsay Gary3, Kerry Green4, Keturah Nichols5, Lillie Padilla6, Melissa Castillo Planas7, Brenda Romero8 ...

Series series Critical Africana Studies
AfroLatinas as a subject of scholarship are woefully underrepresented, and this edited volume, AfroLatinas and LatiNegras: Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective, offers an important and timely intervention. The consistent attention to AfroLatinas’ agency across all the chapters is empowering and attentive to the difficult circumstances of asserting that agency, and to ... Read more

$42.99 CAD

AfroLatinas as a subject of scholarship are woefully underrepresented, and this edited volume, AfroLatinas and LatiNegras: Culture, Identity, and Struggle from an Intersectional Perspective, offers an important and timely intervention. The consistent attention to AfroLatinas’ agency across all the chapters is empowering and attentive to the difficult circumstances of asserting that agency, and to
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Rails Scales!

Practical Techniques for Performance and Growth

by Cristian Planas ...

Rails doesn't scale. So say the naysayers. They’re wrong. Ruby on Rails runs some of the biggest sites in the world, impacting the lives of millions of users while efficiently crunching petabytes of data. This book reveals how they do it, and how you can apply the same techniques to your applications. Optimize everything necessary to make an application function at scale: monitoring, product ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Rails doesn't scale. So say the naysayers. They’re wrong. Ruby on Rails runs some of the biggest sites in the world, impacting the lives of millions of users while efficiently crunching petabytes of data. This book reveals how they do it, and how you can apply the same techniques to your applications. Optimize everything necessary to make an application function at scale: monitoring, product
... Read more
Faces of Precarity

Critical Perspectives on Work, Subjectivities and Struggles

by Jean-Claude Barbier, Emiliana Armano, Cristina Morini, André Barata, Klaus Dörre, Charles Umney, Valeria Pulignano, Glenn Morgan, Agnieszka Piasna, Patrick Cingolani, Mireia Bolíbar Planas, Francesc X. Belvis, Mariana Gutiérrez-Zamora, Charlotta Hedberg, Barbora Holubová, Marta Kahancová, Alice Mattoni, Jane Hardy ...

The words ‘precarity’ and ‘precariousness’ are widely used when discussing work, social conditions and experiences. However, there is no consensus on their meaning or how best to use them to explore social changes.This book shows how scholars have mapped out these notions, offering substantive analyses of issues such as the relationships between precariousness, debt, migration, health and workers’ ... Read more

$58.29 CAD

The words ‘precarity’ and ‘precariousness’ are widely used when discussing work, social conditions and experiences. However, there is no consensus on their meaning or how best to use them to explore social changes.This book shows how scholars have mapped out these notions, offering substantive analyses of issues such as the relationships between precariousness, debt, migration, health and workers’
... Read more
The A-List

Chef Adrianne's Finest, Vol. I

by Adrianne Calvo ...

Series series Volume I
Have you ever wondered which recipes your favorite celebrity chefs like the very best? We've all seen them cook a variety of dishes on television, social media, and at food/cooking events, but do we ever really know which dishes are their absolute favorites?Chef Adrianne's fans can now take a dive into this Miami-based chef, author, and restaurateur's top 100 recipes! Both volumes of the The A ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Have you ever wondered which recipes your favorite celebrity chefs like the very best? We've all seen them cook a variety of dishes on television, social media, and at food/cooking events, but do we ever really know which dishes are their absolute favorites?Chef Adrianne's fans can now take a dive into this Miami-based chef, author, and restaurateur's top 100 recipes! Both volumes of the The A
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