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    • Hospital and Healthcare Security

      • 7th Edition
      • March 1, 2026
      • Tony W. York
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Hospital and Healthcare Security, 7th Edition builds on the foundation of the previous six editions and includes new material to reflect the current state of healthcare security, particularly in data security and privacy, patient-generated violence, new technologies, and regulatory changes. It explains the basics as well as higher expertise concerns, such as the roles of design, emergency management, and policy. Conveying a wide spectrum of topics in an easy-to-comprehend format, it provides a thorough understanding of how the modern healthcare security program should be structured, resourced, and integrated around the principles of people, processes, and technology. This industry leading reference discusses best practices when assessing the security vulnerabilities of a healthcare environment, security master planning and layering in protection philosophies into the built environment, and leveraging security systems and innovation and focuses on operationally proven practices, policies, and procedures. Due to rapid changes in violence in healthcare, regulatory requirements, litigation, accreditation standards, advancements in technology and new healthcare security issues and topics, the new edition is rewritten in most areas and contains approximately 25-30% new and updated data and corresponding examples. This book is deemed by healthcare executives, accrediting agencies, and industry associations to set the standard of care for healthcare security systems and programs. Its scope, purpose, and objective do just that—set the standard of care in healthcare security in both a legal and operational sense. It serves as a comprehensive resource for those new to the industry, recently promoted and seasoned professionals alike.

    • Contemporary Financial Intermediation

      • 5th Edition
      • March 1, 2026
      • Stuart I. Greenbaum + 2 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Fifth Edition by Greenbaum, Thakor, and Boot continues to offer a distinctive approach to the study of financial markets and institutions by presenting an integrated portrait that puts information and economic reasoning at the core. Such reasoning is used in this revised edition to understand the implications of information technology revolution that characterizes the financial services industry with digitization and fintech as important manifestations. Contemporary Financial Intermediation explores the subtlety, plasticity, and fragility of financial institutions and credit markets, and the ramifications for risk management (including cyber risk). In this new edition every chapter has been updated and pedagogical supplements have been enhanced. For the financial sector, the best preprofessional training explains the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators evolve the way they do, why we suffer recurring financial crises, how we typically react to them, and how digitization and fintech will affect financial services and the industry at large. This textbook demands more in terms of quantitative skills and analysis, but its ability to teach about the forces shaping the financial world is unmatched. Students receive a complete foundation on the subject, providing a strong basis for learning and understanding key challenges in the management and operations of financial institutions, and their competitive environment.

    • Urban Freight Transportation Management and Planning

      • 1st Edition
      • March 2, 2026
      • Jose Holguin-Veras + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 5 8 7 1 4
      Urban Freight Transportation Management and Planning: Practice and Theory provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of urban freight activity's role in metropolitan economies, its externalities, and public sector initiatives to mitigate negative impacts. This book addresses critical issues in urban freight and offers practical solutions from a practitioner's perspective. The authors deliver key and easily digestible information on topics such as local economies, supply chains, freight activity, and technical procedures for estimating freight generation. Sections offer details on initiatives addressing freight issues, urban freight management, and planning processes, incorporating sustainability and technology to present a contemporary view of the field.Chapters systematically and pedagogically provide key and easy-to-digest information on a range of topics, including local economies and the role of supply chains and freight activity; technical procedures to estimate freight generation and freight trip generation; technical details about the wide range of initiatives that could address freight issues; and effective urban freight management and planning process (including both transportation and land-use).

    • Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 1, 2025
      • Jiro Hamada
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Psychophysics and Experimental Phenomenology of Pattern Cognition, Second Edition delves into the cognitive processes involved in pattern recognition and the specialized systems that handle these processes. Topics covered include symmetry cognition, contour perception, geometric illusions, weight sensation, as well as repetitive and dot patterns. By integrating aspects of psychophysics and experimental phenomenology, the book offers a thorough exploration of pattern cognition from both physical and mental sensory viewpoints, offering a holistic understanding of this cognitive system. New to the second edition are updated models, including one which can draw theoretical curves of rod function, new experimental data on unifiedness as examined in a three-stage serial model. This edition also includes brand new chapters on

    • The Sustainability Handbook, Volume 4

      • 1st Edition
      • May 1, 2025
      • Mark Von Rosing
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Sustainability Handbook, Volume 4: The Body of Knowledge around Sustainability Transformation provides a comprehensive and holistic understanding of sustainability, bridging the gap between academic theory and business practices. Aimed at those who have established a mature Sustainability Portfolio Management approach, Volume 4 goes beyond the why of Substantial, Radical, and Disruptive Sustainable Innovation, exploring how to capture and use Sustainability Drivers and Requirements. This volume naturally bridges the gap between the innovative ideas discussed in Volumes 1, 2, and 3, and their practical implementation.Globa... climate change poses enormous environmental challenges, and the private sector must find new ways of doing business to align their practices with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the international community. Using numerous specific case studies and insights from industry leaders, this handbook shows how to strategically integrate sustainability into an organization, with extensive focus on policies, incentives, measures, operations, production, consumption and lifecycle management. Volume 4 focuses on embedding these innovations into organizational processes, capabilities, culture, and strategy. It ensures that sustainability is not just a visionary goal but a tangible, operational reality, guiding businesses through the complex journey of integrating sustainable practices into their core operations.This book will be ideal for researchers, students and businesspeople at all levels and sectors who need a conceptually structured framework to understand what environmental, social, and economic sustainability actually means in different contexts.

    • Embracing the Complexity of Gender

      • 1st Edition
      • July 14, 2025
      • Emily Keener
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Embracing the Complexity of Gender examines the heart of a modern gender revolution, exploring the dynamic and multifaceted nature of gender in contemporary society. Spurred by landmark events such as the legalization of same-sex marriage and the rise of transgender visibility, this revolution has ignited passionate debates and a heightened interest in understanding gender's complexities. From legal battles over all-gender bathrooms to corporate decisions challenging traditional gender norms, the discourse around gender has never been more vibrant or contentious. This book combines a developmental and intersectional feminist approach with accessible, engaging content.By including discussion questions and clear definitions of key terms, the book ensures that complex ideas are understandable for readers at all levels. Drawing on psychological evidence and theoretical perspectives, this book challenges the gender binary and emphasizes the importance of social justice and inclusion.

    • Gray's Anatomie - Les fiches

      • 4th Edition
      • May 23, 2025
      • Richard L. Drake + 3 more
      • French
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Cette nouvelle édition de Gray’s Anatomie - Les Fiches propose 400 fiches en couleurs, dont nombre d’illustrations exceptionnelles sont issues de la 5e édition du Gray’s Anatomie - Le Manuel pour les étudiants. Elle offre un moyen incomparable d’évaluer ses connaissances sur les structures anatomiques essentielles et leurs rapports réciproques.Classées par région, les fiches présentent l’anatomie et l’imagerie du dos, du thorax, de l’abdomen, du pelvis et du périnée, du membre supérieur, du membre inférieur, de la tête et du cou, ainsi que l’anatomie de surface et l’anatomie générale.Le système de question-réponse favorise la stimulation et la mémorisation : le recto de chaque fiche offre une illustration anatomique détaillée comportant les structures à reconnaître ; le verso identifie ces structures en y apportant des précisions sur leurs fonctions, leurs corrélations cliniques, etc. Des schémas synoptiques détaillent l’innervation des organes et des régions du corps et une section entièrement dédiée à des exemples d’imagerie diagnostique (IRM et TDM) permet de visualiser leur aspect radiologique.En fin d’ouvrage, des fiches d’auto-évaluation permettent d’approfondir ses connaissances cliniques.Cette nouvelle édition propose la révision de fiches existantes, avec l’approfondissement de notes cliniques ainsi que l’ajout d’une douzaine de nouvelles planches en lien avec l’évolution du Manuel. Elle offre désormais le repérage du système sur chaque fiche.Par leur approche clinique et la qualité de leurs illustrations, ces Fiches d’anatomie sont un outil indispensable de révision et d’entraînement pour réussir aux examens des études de santé et un atout majeur pour la préparation des questions d’anatomie des EDN. Richard L. Drake, PhD, FAAAA. Wayne Vogl, PhD, FAAAAdam W. M. Mitchell, MB BS, FRCS, FRCRFabrice Duparc, chirurgien orthopédique et traumatologique, professeur d’anatomie à la faculté de médecine de Rouen, a traduit cet ouvrage.

    • Library Space Planning and Design

      • 1st Edition
      • March 19, 2025
      • Alexander H. Cohen
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Library Space Planning and Design discusses library planning methods to improve academic libraries, learning commons, undergraduate and graduate studies, special collections, and archives. Often, these projects required difficult challenges. For example, how to integrate student success centers or create new learning commons into a library. The book shows how a library plan can be both sustainable and attractive to the users and how to integrate library functions, furniture, and equipment to enhance the learning environment. Case studies from the author's interactions with library staff, stakeholders, and community leadership in the planning process are also included for additional clarity.

    • Intermediate Financial Theory

      • 4th Edition
      • February 1, 2025
      • Jean-Pierre Danthine + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Intermediate Financial Theory, Fourth Edition provides an updated and thorough explanation of basic financial concepts, in a manner accessible both to those new to the subject and to those without a deep background in advanced mathematics. It is ideal for students with a background in Economics who are looking for an accessible yet rigorous introduction to financial theory beyond basic MBA-level textbooks. While not as dense as highly technical Ph.D. presentations tend to be, this valuable text seeks rather to integrate academic expertise with real-world experience from leading experts in the field. The fourth edition has been fully updated and is supplemented by extensive online resources.

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