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  • Precarity and the Development of Research Careers in Academia

    Becoming a Researcher

    by David Cairns ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Precarity is a concern that affects researchers in academia across the world. Despite being experienced and highly qualified, many endure working conditions more traditionally associated with people lacking skills and credentials. This book explores this perverse situation, focusing on Portugal, with a view to explaining how precarity starts and then continues for the entire duration of a research ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Curriculum Development for Medical Education

    A Six-Step Approach

    Edited by Patricia A. Thomas, David E. Kern, Mark T. Hughes, Sean A. Tackett, Belinda Y. Chen ...
    A thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of a text that has become an international standard for curriculum development in health professional education.Intended for faculty and other content experts who have an interest or responsibility as educators in their discipline, Curriculum Development for Medical Education has extended its vision to better serve a diverse professional and ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia

    by David Cairns, Marine Sargsyan ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Based on exploratory research with students and graduates conducted in Armenia and its diaspora during summer 2018, Cairns and Sargsyan provide insight into some of the challenges involved in moving abroad, focusing on three different destinations: Russia, the United States and the European Union. Additionally, Student and Graduate Mobility in Armenia considers issues that have an impact on life ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Immobility Turn

    Mobility, Migration and the COVID-19 Pandemic

    by David Cairns, Mara Clemente ...
    This book looks at the changes that have taken place in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the lockdown of societies and imposition of border controls in an attempt to limit the spread of the virus.Using empirical evidence from Portugal, a geopolitically important point of intersection within Europe and between Global South and Global North, the book examines consequences of the apparent ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Consequences of Mobility

    Reflexivity, Social Inequality and the Reproduction of Precariousness in Highly Qualified Migration

    by David Cairns, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Daniel Briggs, Luísa Veloso ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores various forms of highly skilled mobility in the European Union, assessing the potential for this movement to contribute to individual and societal development. In doing so, the authors illustrate some of the issues arising from the opening up of Europe’s borders, and exposing its education systems and labour markets to international competition. While acknowledging the ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Mobility, Education and Employability in the European Union

    Inside Erasmus

    by David Cairns, Ewa Krzaklewska, Valentina Cuzzocrea, Airi-Alina Allaste ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book takes an in-depth look at the European Commission’s Erasmus programme. In its current Erasmus+ format, the programme supports international exchange visits among students, trainees, volunteers and academic members of staff with a view to enhancing employability and encouraging intercultural understanding. Against the backdrop of the 30th anniversary of Erasmus, the authors explore the ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

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    NLP: How to Influence People Through Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Secret Techniques, Dark psychology Covert Persuasion and Emotional Intelligence

    by Romeo D. Kern ...
    Narrated by David Martin ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours

    In thе fаѕt-grоwing wоrld, the асhiеvеmеnt оf a person dереndѕ mаinlу on thе wау hе dеаlѕ with individuals around him. Thiѕ роint is vital in thе саѕе of уоur реrѕоnаl аѕ well as рrоfеѕѕiоnаl lifе. If we can bе gооd with реорlе аnd mееt еvеrу challenge with a роѕitivе аttitudе, we саn make it whаtеvеr may bе thе ѕituаtiоn. Hеrе соmеѕ thе significance of NLP techniques, whiсh tеасh us hоw tо ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration

    Edited by David Cairns ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international agencies, and free movement. The collection features over 30 theoretically and empirically-based discussions of the meaning and key aspects ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Aggression and Violence

    Genetic, Neurobiological, and Biosocial Perspectives

    Edited by David M. Stoff, Robert B. Cairns ...
    Conceived at a time when biological research on aggression and violence was drawn into controversy because of sociopolitical questions about its study, this volume provides an up-to-date account of recent biological studies performed -- mostly on humans. A group of scientists recognized the importance of freedom of inquiry and deemed it vital to address the most promising biological research in ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Introduction to Fly-by-Wire Flight Control Systems

    The professional pilot’s guide to understanding modern aircraft controls

    by David Kern ...
    The #1 guide to understanding the "why and how" of fly-by-wire flight control systems. This book is an approachable and easily understandable must-read for aviation professionals!Why don't new aircraft designs allow the pilots a mechanical control connection? This book explains how fly-by-wire fixes the top 5 problems with mechanical controls for high performance aircraft. Rather than describe a ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Case of the Beth-el Stone

    Major Gask Mysteries, #3

    by David Cairns Of Finavon ...
    Series Book 3 - Major Gask Mysteries
    Is it really possible that you have stumbled across a secret lost for centuries? A secret that that could change the world order?From the bustling gold rush and the streets of Melbourne in 1864 to the ancient city of Edinburgh in Scotland, three friends flee from a secret society out for revenge, only to find themselves at the centre of a swirling modern-day Jacobite plot and a 'stop at nothing' ... Read more

    $1.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Youth Mobility and Educational Migration

    Edited by David Cairns ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This handbook provides an overview of developments in the youth mobility and migration research field, with specific emphasis on movement for education, work and training purposes, encompassing exchanges sponsored by institutions, governments and international agencies, and free movement.The collection features over 30 theoretically and empirically-based discussions of the meaning and key aspects ... Read more

    $152.99 USD