Environmental and Natural Resource Economics : a contemporary approach / by Harris, Jonathan M., Roach, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the economy and the environment -- Changing perspectives on the environment -- Resources, environment, and economic development -- Economic analysis of environmental issues -- The theory of environmental externalities -- Common property resources and public goods -- Resource allocation over time -- Valuing the environment -- Cost-benefit analysis -- Pollution: analysis and policy -- Ecological economics and environmental accounting -- Ecological economics: basic concepts -- National income and environmental accounting -- Energy, climate change, and greening the economy -- Energy: the great transition -- Global climate change: science and analysis -- Global climate change: policy responses -- The green economy -- Population, agriculture, and resources -- Population and the environment -- Agriculture, food and environment -- Resources : scarcity and abundance -- Renewable resource use : fisheries -- Ecosystem management : forest ecosystems -- Water systems -- Environment, trade, and development -- World trade and the environment -- Institutions for sustainable development -- Index.…”
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Communications policy in transition : the Internet and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: I Differing Regulatory Treatment of Access Modes -- 1 Where Internet Service Providers and Telephone Companies -- Compete: A Guide to the Computer Inquiries, Enhanced Service -- Providers, and Information Service Providers 3 -- Robert Cannon -- 2 Broadband Architectures, ISP Business Plans, and Open -- Access 35 -- Shawn O'Donnell -- 3 Regulatory Treatment of IP Transport and Services 59 -- Joshua L. …”
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RDA essentials / by Brenndorfer, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Identifying manifestations and items -- Describing carriers: manifestations and items -- Providing acquisition and access information: manifestations and items -- Identifying works and expressions -- Describing content: works and expressions -- Identifying persons -- Identifying families -- Identifying corporate bodies -- Relationships between entities -- Relationships to persons, families, and corporate bodies associated with a resource -- Relationships between works and subjects -- Relationships between works, expressions, manifestations, and items -- Relationships between persons, families, and corporate bodies -- Transcription -- Numbers expressed as numerals or as words -- Notes -- Titles associated with a manifestation -- Statements of responsibility -- Place of production, publication, distribution, and manufacture -- Name of producer, publisher, distributor, and manufacturer -- Date of production, publication, distribution, and manufacture -- Titles of works -- Names of persons, families, and corporate bodies -- Dates associated with persons, families, and corporate bodies -- Places -- Persons -- Families -- Corporate bodies -- Works -- Expressions -- Cases involving multiple elements -- Changes that result in the creation of a new description.…”
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Telerehabilitation /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to Telerehabilitation -- Challenges and Trends Driving Telerehabilitation -- Telerehabilitation in the Military -- Nonverbal Communication and Telerehabilitation -- Telerehabilitation Interface Strategies for Enhancing Access to Health Services for Persons with Diverse Abilities and Preferences -- Telerehabilitation as a Means of Health-Care Delivery -- Implementation and Management of a Successful Telerehabilitation Program in Speech Language Pathology -- Speech Therapy Telepractice -- Applications in Teleaudiology -- Telehealth Opportunities in Occupational Therapy -- Tele-Ergonomics -- Electronic Record and Telerehabilitation -- Health Information Management and Rehabilitation: Moving Toward an Adequate Ethical Framework for Telerehabilitation -- Remote Accessibility Assessment System -- TeleAbilitation: GameAbilitation -- Virtual Reality Technologies and the Creative Arts in the Areas of Disability, Therapy, Health, and Rehabilitation -- Design, Construction, and Integration in Instrumented Walkways of a Portable Kit for the Assessment of Gait Parameters in Telerehabilitation -- Design and Construction of a Wearable Tool for Fall-Risk Detection in Telerehabilitation -- Professional Associations, State Licensure, and the Reimbursement of Telerehabilitation -- Making a Business Case for eHealth and Teleservices -- Speech-Language Pathology and Telerehabilitation.…”
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The economics of Public Issues / by Miller, Roger LeRoy, Benjamin, Daniel K., North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The foundations of economic analysis -- Death by bureaucrat -- Innovation -- Flying the friendly skies? -- The mystery of wealth -- The economics of exclusion -- Supply and demand -- Sex, booze, and drugs -- The economics of obesity -- Kidneys for sale -- Are we running out of water? …”
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Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula : a practical guide / by Diamond, Robert M.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author --Part 1: Frame Of Reference -- 1: Learning-centered approach to course and curriculum design -- 2: Expanding role of faculty in accreditation and accountability -- 3: Staying informed -- 4: Scholarship and faculty rewards -- 5: Introduction to the model and its benefits -- 6: Diagramming -- Part 2: Process -- 7: Making the decision to go ahead -- 8: Getting started -- 9: Linking goals, courses, and curricula -- 10: Gathering and analyzing essential data -- 11: Thinking in the ideal -- 12: Adjusting from the ideal to the possible -- 13: Clarifying instructional goals and learning outcomes -- 14: Designing and implementing your assessment plan: Overview and assessing a curriculum -- 15: Designing and implementing your assessment plan: Assessing a course -- Part 3: Designing, Implementing, And Assessing The Learning Experience -- 16: Designing the learning experience: Research on teaching and learning -- 17: Designing the learning experience: Your instructional options -- 18: Using technology to support learning / Wallace Hannum -- 19: Distance learning / Wallace Hannum -- 20: Meeting the needs of adult learners / G Roger Sell -- 21: Addressing diversity / G Roger Sell -- 22: Developing a learning-centered syllabus -- Part 4: Your Next Steps -- 23: Using your data: curriculum and course revision -- 24: Learning from experience -- Resources -- Case studies -- References -- Index.…”
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