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    • Integrated Holistic Mental Healthcare

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • K. Jayasankara Reddy
      • English
      Integrated Holistic Mental Healthcare: Bridging Minds and Technology is a groundbreaking resource that unites traditional holistic practices with cutting-edge digital innovations to enhance mental health treatment. This comprehensive guide is tailored for mental health professionals seeking practical strategies to improve care efficacy and accessibility. The book begins with foundational concepts of holistic mental health and emphasizes the essential role of mindfulness and meditation as core components of effective care. It explores how technology can complement holistic practices, facilitating behavioral change and habit formation. Readers will discover how digital tools can expand access to mental healthcare through telehealth and virtual care models, while also addressing ethical considerations and stigma associated with mental health treatment. With insights into monitoring outcomes and case studies highlighting integrative approaches for specialized populations, this book equips readers to navigate the evolving mental health landscape. As it looks toward future trends, "Integrated Holistic Mental Healthcare" empowers individuals to enhance their well-being in a rapidly digitizing world, fostering a patient-centered care paradigm that honors both mind and technology.

    • Culture, Leadership, and Organizations

      • 1st Edition
      • November 21, 2025
      • Adebowale Akande
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Culture, Leadership, and Organization: Embracing the Complexity of Leadership presents a comprehensive analysis of contemporary issues in leadership, people, and management across organizations. This book explores the critical interplay between diverse perspectives, meaningful relationships, and the ever-evolving landscape of global business, highlighting the essential traits and competencies that distinguish exemplary leaders. Through twenty-eight detailed chapters contributed by scholars and experts unravels the intricate connections between political influence, leadership styles, and organizational performance, providing valuable insights for navigating complex power structures and interpersonal relationships effectively. This book bridges the gap between theoretical frameworks and practical leadership challenges, offering a fresh perspective on transforming organizations and fostering inclusive, transformational leadership styles that drive unity and success.

    • International Review Research in Developmental Disabilities

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 69
      • November 14, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities series volume 69, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Randomized Clinical Trials, Exploring Early Childhood and more.Additional chapters cover The Meaning of Family Advocacy in Diverse Cultural Landscapes and Practicing Partnership: Preparing Pre-Service Special Educators for Meaningful IEP Facilitation Through Simulation.

    • Navigating Decentralized Finance

      • 1st Edition
      • November 12, 2025
      • Pascal Egloff + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Navigating Decentralized Finance: From Blockchain to Crypto Assets and Tokenization provides an in-depth overview of how blockchain and digital assets drive financial economics with a truly global approach. This comprehensive textbook covers blockchain technologies, infrastructure, applications, and regulatory and legal aspects, offering both a quick introduction for beginners and numerous, practical case studies to engage advanced students and working professionals. Here, after discussing blockchain fundamentals, experts consider blockchain contracts, scalability, CBDCs, tokenization, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse, among other topics, with applications explored across the financial world.Each chapter adopts a consistent structure and pedagogy accompanied by over 120 illustrations across the book, as well as a blockchain glossary. An instructor website includes a complete set of lecture slides supporting undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and faculty across the globe.

    • Disrupting Ageism

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Tracey Gendron
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Disrupting Ageism: From Theory to Practice delves deep into the issue of ageism in society, guiding readers through an eye-opening journey. Part One explores the influence of ageism on physical and brain health, identity, and trauma, while highlighting its intersection with other forms of discrimination, such as ableism. Through poignant anecdotes and thought-provoking research, the book underscores the distressing reality of ageism's role in instances of abuse. Part Two focuses on solutions to break the shackles of ageism, uncovering its subtleties in healthcare, industry, and media. It also dissects the portrayal of older adults, policy, politics, and law.Part Three emphasizes intergenerational programming, adult education, and the power of individual narratives in reshaping perceptions, fostering meaningful social connections, and addressing broader societal factors that contribute to loneliness.

    • Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Nelson Guillermo Rangel Buitrago
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Plastics in Coastal and Marine Environments: A Global Crisis serves as a comprehensive examination of the profound and growing challenges posed by plastic pollution in our planet’s coastal and oceanic regions. As plastic litter becomes an increasingly significant factor in reshaping the natural landscape, this book traces its influence from the earliest inventions of plastics to its current role as a defining marker of the Anthropocene. By detailing the spread and consequences of plastic debris, the book provides a clear narrative for understanding how these materials have become engrained in the Earth’s geological record.Beyond its historical perspective, the book stands out for its systematic approach in presenting both theoretical foundations and practical solutions to combat plastic pollution. It incorporates diverse case studies, offering insights into the varied effects of plastics on ecosystems and human societies. The concluding chapters propose actionable strategies for mitigating plastic waste, making this reference indispensable for researchers in oceanography, geology, and biology who seek to address and reverse the ongoing environmental crisis.

    • Introduction to Intricate Artificial Psychology with Python

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Peter Watson + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Introduction to Intricate Artificial Psychology with Python unlocks the mysteries of Intricate Artificial Psychology (iAp). This comprehensive guide takes readers through advanced cognitive frameworks and the complex landscape of artificial psychology using Python. Starting with an introduction to iAp, the book explores degrees of prediction and applies Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (IAP). Special focus is given to detecting implicit bias through a combination of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and SHAP values, offering a unique perspective on artificial intelligence and psychological phenomena. The book covers forecasting in iAp, complex network analysis, and psychological graph analysis (Pga).It delves into the intersection of deep learning and neuroimaging, as well as machine learning techniques in neuroimaging. It includes practical case studies, allowing readers to apply cutting-edge techniques to real-world psychological scenarios.

    • Exploring Asian-Pacific Co-operatives in Theory and Practice

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Morris Altman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Exploring Asian-Pacific Cooperatives in Theory and Practice: Resilience and Thriving between the State and the Market investigates Asian-Pacific coop models mainly through the analytical lenses of Asian-Pacific researchers. It consists of theoretical and empirical analyses on transversal themes from interdisciplinary studies and national case studies covering multiple sectors and countries. It focuses on a variety of challenging issues using different analytical approaches to cooperative challenges in the Asian-Pacific and examines the traditional dichotomy between the State and the Market.

    • Commercial Banking

      • 1st Edition
      • November 1, 2025
      • Allen N. Berger + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Commercial Banking: Distinct Value, Roles, and Methods is a thorough, applied, and accessible introduction to the modern theory and practice of financial intermediation as enabled by commercial banks.This book begins by answering the simple questions: What do banks do? What are the core roles and methods of banks, and what unique value do they provide? From here, the book considers key issues in banking, regulation, coping with bank risk, competition amongst banks, global banking, careers in banking, and future directions. Throughout, emphasis is placed on differentiating between bank and non-bank financial firms, the impact of technology on banking, evolving regulatory environments, the economic importance of banking, and innovation in banking services.Perfect for undergraduate, graduate level, and professional courses in banking, bank management, and commercial banking, Commercial Banking: Distinct Value, Roles, and Methods is reinforced with full-color figures, charts, tables, learning objectives, and key term definitions.

    • Handbook of the Economics of Matching

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2
      • November 1, 2025
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Handbook of the Economics of Matching, Volume Two summarizes both classic results and the many recent advances on matching without transfers. Its seven chapters, written by leading researchers, cover both theoretical and empirical work and include sections on Matching under Non-transferable Utility: Theory, Empirical Approaches to Climate Change Impact Quantification, The large markets case, Matching under Non-transferable Utility: Applications, Allocating students to schools: theory and empirical methods, Matching with contracts, Matching with frictions, and Dynamic Matching.

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