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New Developments in Visual Attention Research

Psychology Research Progress, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The human brain deals, at every instant, with a huge amount of visual stimuli. Besides that, the problem of treating all this information becomes even more complex if we consider that each component of a given stimuli needs to be compared to a set of known signals stored in memory. In Chapter One a numerical…
The Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: A Closer Look at the New York Convention

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement, Law and Society, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This book focuses on the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention. The importance of this book stems from the critical role arbitration plays as a peaceful means to settle international trade disputes. In fact, the effectiveness of international arbitration depends on whether awards can be enforced against the losing party. Therefore,…
Law and State in the Globalized World: A Comparative and Conceptual Analysis

Law, Crime and Law Enforcement, Law and Society, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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More than at any other time in history, today, law governs us all. As a result, some level of knowledge of the law is becoming increasingly important at all levels. It is especially useful for students of law, international relations, politics, and social sciences. International professionals as well as civil society organizations also benefit from…
Encyclopedia of Psychology Research (3 Volume Set)

Psychology Research Progress, General Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This book presents important research advances in the study of psychology research. Topics discussed herein include cultural psychology; meta-mood research; child and adolescent psychiatry; psychological influences on child nutrition; psychotherapy of addictive diseases; sexual hormones and aggressive behavior in schizophrenia; Asperger syndrome; personality traits of intelligence; and the expression patterns of bizarre behavior. (Imprint: Nova)
The Lived World of Social Theory and Method

Contemporary Cultural Studies (Edited Series), Cultural Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The book “Conducting Research in a Changing and Challenging World” edited by Drs. Thao Lê and Quynh Lê, is unique in the sense that it presents a broad and dynamic research narrative, which is filled with phenomena, issues and challenges facing researchers in various disciplines, cultural contexts, linguistic and ethical discourses. The content of the…
Immigration: Policies, Challenges and Impact

American Political, Economic and Security Issues, Immigration Law, Law and Society, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This collective volume provides information on issues at the heart of public discourse on immigration. It includes chapters written by prominent scholars from different countries. The studies presented use a wide array of methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative research, longitudinal studies, and analyses of macro-level data. The book provides a broad time perspective on immigration…
Homeland Security: Perceptions, Threats and Challenges

American Political, Economic and Security Issues, Security Issues, Social and Behavioral Sciences, American Government and Politics, Politics
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In this book, Chapter One explains how President Trump has organized his security apparatus, offers observations on his NSA and HSA, notes the way Trump has fused the NSC and HSC support staffs, assesses how the new commander -in – chief might employ his decision making system in the event certain national security scenarios arise,…
Gleanings in the West of Ireland: Annotated Edition

Political Science and History, Political Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Sidney Godolphin Osborne’s eyewitness famine narrative Gleanings in the West of Ireland is a text that is currently both neglected and misunderstood. Written and published in July of 1850, Osborne’s Gleanings recounts his summer 1850 journey with an unnamed friend into the heart of late-stage famine Ireland. Most Irish Famine scholars have overlooked Gleanings, but…
Nurse Staffing Within the Veterans Health Administration: Recruitment, Retention and Qualification Issues

Nursing - Issues, Problems and Challenges, Military and Veteran Issues, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) and others have highlighted the need for an adequate and qualified nurse workforce to provide quality and timely care to veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) faces challenges such as increased competition for skilled clinicians in hard-to-fill occupations such as nurses. As GAO…
Narcotics Decriminalization: Adopted Practices in Select Countries

Drug Transit and Distribution, Interception and Control, Crime and Criminal Justice, Social Policy and Welfare, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This book, prepared by the foreign law specialists and analysts of the Law Library of Congress, provides a review of laws adopted in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, and Uruguay with regard to legalization, decriminalization, or other forms of…
Vygotsky and Leontiev: The Construction of a Marxist Psychology

Capitalism, Counter-Capitalism and Psychology, History and Philosophy of Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This book unites theoretical research which focuses on the studies of the two Soviet authors that created Historical-Cultural Psychology: L. S. Vygotsky and A. N. Leontiev. Currently, several publications appear to distort facts and concepts of the authors and make statements that tarnish the works of Vygotsky and Leontiev. The book is organized into two…
White House Studies Compendium. Volume 11

White House Studies (Edited Series), Political Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The American presidency has become one of the most powerful offices in the world with the ascendency of American power in the 20th century. “White House Studies Compendium” brings together piercing analyses of the American presidency and deals with both current issues and historical events. This volume pays special attention to US presidential leadership at…
The Role of Emotions in Mental Illness

Mental Illnesses and Treatments, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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This book has attempted to highlight the importance of emotions in mental illness. Emotional experiences have an important effect on child development and to determine emotional organization. This emotional organization influences the perception of the self, others, and the world. Despite the importance of emotions to understand the individual’s complexity, cognition has been the most…
Work-Life Balance in the 21st Century: Perspectives, Practices, and Challenges

Social Issues, Justice and Status, Cultural Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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The world of work is constantly evolving, as is the interplay between work and other life domains. As such, it is critical that practitioners and scholars recognize the complexities of balancing work and life in the 21st century. The goal of this book is therefore to meet the demand for knowledge and skills to help…
Creating Empowerment in Communities: Theory and Practice from an International Perspective

Social Issues, Justice and Status, Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Special Topics
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This is a new book that will address the ways in which the theory andd of empowerment can be established and sustained in a variety of community settings and for a variety of target groups, and that may operate at different levels, from individual to societal. In this book, the authors aim to explore and…
Self-Perception: Research Advances and Clinical Challenges

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In the first Chapter, Günter Faber examines the way in which academic self-perceptions significantly affect the educational performance of learners. Faber presents a study on the relations of students’ self-perceptions with their subjective explanations of grammar success and failure. In the second chapter, María Fernanda Molina, PhD, Vanina Schmidt, PhD, and María Julia Raimundi, PhD…
Normalization, Enjoyment and Bodies/Emotions: Argentine Sensibilities

Social Issues, Justice and Status, Cultural Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, American Government and Politics, Politics
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This book comprises a set of chapters that will enable readers to understand, at least partially, the current structure of sensibilities in Argentina. The central objective of the study is to present an account of the state of sensibilities based on several social symptoms: conflict, spectacle, enjoyment, food, and happiness, among others. The book’s explorations…
Social Media: Practices, Uses and Global Impact

Media and Communications - Technologies, Policies and Challenges, Media Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Over 50 years ago, Pepsi sponsored the UNICEF pavilion at the 1964 New York World’s Fair’s. They worked with the Walt Disney Company to develop an attraction called the “Children of the World” which boasted a song and included a boat ride that passed by “animated figures frolicking in miniature settings of many lands of…
Looking Upwards: Stars in Ancient and Medieval Cultures

Contemporary Cultural Studies (Edited Series), Cultural Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ancient and Classical History, History, Humanities
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This book recounts the exciting tale of human beings’ relationship with the stars. It covers that tale from prehistory and antiquity to the Middle Ages, going as far as the year 1400 CE, the year of Geoffrey Chaucer’s death in England. This volume is not an astronomy textbook, nor a history of astronomy. It is…
Child Abuse: Children with Disabilities

Disability Studies (Edited Series), Child Abuse, Family and Relationships, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In this book, we review abuse and neglect among children with disabilities and highlight the importance of identifying abuse and neglect in this vulnerable population. Child maltreatment has many detrimental consequences, and in the absence of a professional response, further victimization, lifelong complications and possibly early death may occur. Disability and maltreatment are defined and…
Generation X, Y and the Baby Boomers

Social Issues, Justice and Status, Social Policy and Welfare, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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To aid with a serious shortage of empirical studies on generational human resource management (HRM) preferences, Chapter One aims to add to the discussion in two ways. Firstly, by providing an extensive theoretical systematization of HRM practices which are likely to be the most effective for achieving high performance from the two prevailing generations in…
Feminism: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

Women's Issues, Women's Studies, Cultural Studies, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Presently, our concern for the social, political and economic situation of women remains as valid as it was in the last century. Despite the progress made worldwide, we continue to witness a reality in which gender issues generate injustice, lack of freedom and violation of human rights. Researchers constantly strive to analyze women phenomena and…
Romantic Relationships: Perceptions, Social Influences and Gender Differences

Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions, Family and Relationships, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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In the first chapter, the authors analyze questionnaire data that revealed how romantic love, gender, family, and religion influence attitudes toward children. Chapter Two focuses on the uses of Tinder, romantic choice decision making in Tinder and the impact of the app in facilitating a different way of dating. Chapter Three investigated the interaction between…
Improving the Psychological Health of Foreign Workers in Developing Countries: A Socio-Ecological Analysis of the Saudi Construction Industry

Social Issues, Justice and Status, Social Welfare, Social Policy and Welfare, Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Managing psychological health of the workforce in developing countries has more challenges than in developed nations. Among the challenges are: bureaucracy, ineffective institutional structures for implementing work health and safety laws, and ignorance on the part of workers about their rights to a decent workplace. However, the manifestation of these challenges varies from country to…

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