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  • Communicating With, About, and Through Self-Harm

    Scarred Discourse

    Series series Bloomsbury Studies in Health Communication
    Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is the deliberate harming of one's body without suicidal intent. NSSI tends to be secretive, often involving cutting, bruising, or burning on hidden parts of the body. While NSSI often occurs among adolescents, it is not limited to that age group. Communication and NSSI intersect in many ways, including conversation among family members, consultation with healthcare ... Read more

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  • Startup Campus

    How UC Berkeley Became an Unexpected Leader in Entrepreneurship and Startups

    How did the University of California, Berkeley—once skeptical of involvement with corporate activities—become a leader in entrepreneurship and startups? And how did the campus manage that transformation in ways that have advanced the university’s mission of research, education, and public service?Startup Campus tells the story of UC Berkeley’s reinvention from the perspective of faculty, staff, ... Read more

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  • Suicide in Popular Media and Culture

    Studies in Framing a Social Catastrophe

    Series series Death and Culture
    Popular media are powerful mirrors and makers of meaning around suicide.This book brings together scholars from across disciplines to examine how suicide is mythologized, politicized and challenged across film, TV, young adult literature, digital platforms, online communities, and more. From news coverage of celebrity suicide to social media interventions with at-risk youth, this wide-ranging ... Read more

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  • Gender Violence in Peace and War

    States of Complicity

    Series series Genocide, Political Violence, Human Rights
    Reports from war zones often note the obscene victimization of women, who are frequently raped, tortured, beaten, and pressed into sexual servitude. Yet this reign of terror against women not only occurs during exceptional moments of social collapse, but during peacetime too. As this powerful book argues, violence against women should be understood as a systemic problem—one for which the state ... Read more

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  • Understanding and preventing soil erosion

    Series Book 146 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Reviews current understanding of the mechanisms of soil erosion, focussing on water-based and wind-based erosion processesConsiders the effectiveness of mitigation measures to reduce soil erosion, including buffer strips, zero/no-tillage and cover cropsAddresses recent advances in techniques used to measure, predict, track and model soil erosion, including digital soil mapping and proximal ... Read more

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  • The Fourth Industrial Revolution

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    World-renowned economist Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, explains that we have an opportunity to shape the fourth industrial revolution, which will fundamentally alter how we live and work.Schwab argues that this revolution is different in scale, scope and complexity from any that have come before. Characterized by a range of new technologies that are ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering
    The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled concrete and demolition waste summarises key recent ... Read more

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  • Fundamentals of Soil Ecology

    Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The text emphasizes the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ecosystems and provides an overview of ... Read more

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    How Technology Will Transform the Work of Human Experts, Updated Edition

    This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them. In an internet-enhanced society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we will neither need nor want doctors, teachers, accountants, architects, the clergy, consultants, lawyers, and many others, to work as they did in the 20th century. The Future of the Professions ... Read more

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  • Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

    This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on the management of forest, woodland, rangeland, agricultural urban, and mixed land use watersheds. Case studies and examples throughout the book show practical ... Read more

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