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Universal Basic Income

Universal Basic Income

Universal basic income is a controversial policy which is causing a stir amongst academics politicians journalists and policy-makers all over the world. The idea of receiving ‘money for nothing’ with no strings attached has for a long time appeared a crazy or radical proposal. But today this policy is being put into practice. With more and more trials and experiments taking place in different countries this book provides both the theory and context for making sense of different basic income approaches examining how the policy can be best implemented. Unlike many other texts written on this topic the book provides a balanced account of basic income weighing up the pros and cons from a number of different positions. The book provides a theory chapter enabling readers to grasp some of the complex philosophical ideas and concepts which underpin universal basic income such as social justice equality and freedom. It also provides an examples chapter which examines both historical and contemporary basic income studies to have taken place from around the globe. The book also features chapters on the environment and the work of women as well as an ‘against’ universal basic income chapter which specifically draws on the criticisms of the policy. This volume is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to get to grips with universal basic income.

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Basic Pharmacokinetics

Basic Pharmacokinetics

This book introduces basic pharmacokinetic concepts to beginner learners to help them understand the absorption distribution metabolism and excretion of drugs. After a basic introduction to pharmacokinetics and its related fields the book provides a clear introduction to quantitative pharmacokinetic relations and the interplay between pharmacokinetic parameters after different routes of drug administration. Emphasizing the application and importance of pharmacokinetic concepts in clinical practice throughout the book features: A clear simple and concise style with the use of graphs and simulations to aid learning. Bullet point summaries of each concept to demonstrate applications in clinical practice. Practice problems and solved examples to help the reader understand the best approach for calculating pharmacokinetic parameters. A glossary of key words and acronyms. This book is an essential read for undergraduate and graduate pharmacokinetic students in pharmacy pharmacology and pharmaceutical science programs worldwide. Accompanying the book is a website with self-instructional tutorials and pharmacokinetic simulations allowing visualization of concepts for enhanced comprehension. This learning tool received an award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for innovation in teaching making it a valuable supplement to this textbook. | Basic Pharmacokinetics

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Intersections in Basic and Applied Memory Research

Intersections in Basic and Applied Memory Research

In recent years there has been increasing interaction between basic and applied memory researchers ranging from heated debates to highly productive collaborations. This collection of papers - based on presentations at the Third Practical Aspects of Memory conference - reviews the progress as well as obstacles to progress in the ongoing collaboration between basic and applied memory researchers. This volume represents the state of the art in memory research domains that straddle the basic-applied divide. The text is organized around three themes including theoretical and metatheoretical issues concerning the interaction of basic and applied memory research laboratory investigation of real world memory problems and solutions of everyday problems using theoretical concepts derived from basic memory research. The first section illustrates why collaboration between basic and applied memory researchers should be beneficial and provides guidelines for avoiding some of the pitfalls. The second and third sections present some of the most significant contemporary findings by researchers whose work is basic-yet-applicable or applied-yet-theoretically-based. Students and professional memory researchers will find the substantive results to be provocative and theoretically engaging making the information presented in this volume invaluable. These examples of successful application will be of substantial pragmatic value and researchers are certain to be grappling with these issues for years to come. | Intersections in Basic and Applied Memory Research

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Basic Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Cantonese introduces the essentials of Cantonese grammar in a straightforward and systematic way. Each of the 28 units deals with a grammatical topic and provides associated exercises designed to put grammar into a communicative context. Special attention is paid to topics which differ from English and European language structures. This new edition features: • clear accessible format • lively examples to illustrate each grammar point • informative keys to all exercises • glossary of grammatical terms Basic Cantonese is ideal for students new to the language. Together with its sister volume Intermediate Cantonese it forms a structured course of the essentials of Cantonese grammar. | Basic Cantonese A Grammar and Workbook

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Electrical Installation Calculations Basic

Electrical Installation Calculations Basic

Now in its 10th edition Electrical Installation Calculations: Basic has been updated to include any changes required to bring it in line with the 18th edition of the IET electrical wiring regulations (BS7671:2018). Electrical calculations required for exams can prove difficult to master but for more than 40 years this book series has proved very helpful to students and professional electrical engineers studying for electrical qualifications. It covers all the calculations required for Level 2 electrical qualifications along with other useful calculations that may be used in the electrical industry but may not feature in the syllabus of some exams. Although the calculations in this book are referred to as ‘basic’ they form the foundation of all calculations carried out in the electrical industry which have been set out simply with worked examples along with additional questions and answers. Key terms are explained in a glossary which can be used to assist with the reader's understanding. | Electrical Installation Calculations Basic

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Basic Persian A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Persian A Grammar and Workbook

This fully revised second edition of Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This book presents twenty grammar units covering the core material which students would expect to encounter in their first year of learning Persian. Grammar points are followed by multiple examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning. Key features include: • a clear accessible format • many useful language examples • jargon-free explanations of grammar • abundant exercises with full answer key • a glossary of Persian-English terms • a subject index Rigorous yet engaging Basic Persian is suitable for both class use and independent study making it an ideal grammar reference and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language. | Basic Persian A Grammar and Workbook

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Basic Korean A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Korean A Grammar and Workbook

The revised second edition of Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook is an accessible reference grammar and workbook in one volume. The text can be used in conjunction with any primary textbook both as a practice book to reinforce learning and as a reference guide to the basics of Korean grammar. This book is comprised of 26 units covering key aspects of Korean grammar students would expect to encounter in their first year learning the language. Grammatical descriptions are followed by examples and exercises which allow students to reinforce and consolidate their learning. This new edition has been updated and enhanced to include more varied exercises and contemporary vocabulary and dialogues. Clearly presented and user-friendly Basic Korean provides readers with the essential tools to express themselves in a wide variety of situations making it an ideal reference grammar and practice resource for both beginners and students with some knowledge of the language. | Basic Korean A Grammar and Workbook

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Basic Conducting Techniques

Basic Conducting Techniques

Now in its eighth edition Basic Conducting Techniques provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. It has been updated with a greater diversity of repertoire including contemporary examples and more music by underrepresented composers. Over the course of 14 chapters the authors explicate the elements of conducting supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative clear and approachable the book illuminates the essential skills that a beginning conductor should develop in order to lead and rehearse a performing group. The companion website provides scores and transposed parts for all musical excerpts as well as guitar and piano parts audio recordings of the excerpts and updated demonstration videos modeling specific conducting techniques. With the beginning conductor in mind this hands-on competency-centered approach is appropriate for mixed classes of choral and instrumental music majors providing indispensable versatility for students and practicing conductors alike. Utilizing decades of teaching and conducting experience the eighth edition of Basic Conducting Techniques is the essential guide to the principles of conducting. Note: The paperback edition of this book (ISBN 978-1-032-02497-4) is spiral-bound.

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Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics

Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics

Now in its eighth edition Bird’s Basic Engineering Mathematics has helped thousands of students to succeed in their exams. Mathematical theories are explained in a straightforward manner supported by practical engineering examples and applications to ensure that readers can relate theory to practice. Some 1 000 engineering situations/problems have been ‘flagged-up’ to help demonstrate that engineering cannot be fully understood without a good knowledge of mathematics. The extensive and thorough coverage makes this a great text for introductory level engineering courses – such as for aeronautical construction electrical electronic mechanical manufacturing engineering and vehicle technology – including for BTEC First National and Diploma syllabuses City & Guilds Technician Certificate and Diploma syllabuses and even for GCSE revision. Its companion website provides extra materials for students and lecturers including full solutions for all 1 700 further questions lists of essential formulae multiple choice tests and illustrations as well as full solutions to revision tests for course instructors. | Bird's Basic Engineering Mathematics

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Basic Ethics

Basic Ethics

Basic Ethics presents for a wide range of students and other interested readers the questions raised in thinking about ethical problems the answers offered by moral philosophy and the means to better integrate into both the reader’s world and personal life. It takes up what the author calls a worldview theory which shows readers how to begin with the values and understanding of the world that they already possess in order to transition from there to new levels of increasing ethical awareness. Updates to the third edition include the more thorough integration of feminist ethics into the principal theoretical traditions a new chapter on the ethical responsibility to be well informed of current events expanded coverage of human rights and additional opportunities on how to use ethical reasoning in thinking about one’s own life and about public policy. Key Features: Links personal values to a philosophical treatment of the major ethical theories Presents ethics in the context of social/political issues that face our nation and the world Challenges the student to react to the presented material through critical exercises that may be used as weekly assignments and can form the basis of class discussion and evaluation. Engages the student to think about underlying issues first (in the basic questions) before presenting the most popular solutions (in the basic answers) Invites the reader to make up her own mind on how to formulate an ethical theory that will help her in her own life Offers a 16-chapter format to fit into most college-semester calendars Presents an overall structure that establishes foundational problems in ethical theory in the first section of the book that are variously addressed by the different ethical theories in the second section of the book Highlights key terms to help the reader grapple with issues raised (which are reviewed and defined in a final Glossary) Includes a final chapter designed to help students comprehend the book in its entirety. Updates to the Third Edition: Highlights new research on human rights and their relevance to ethical thinking and contemporary moral issues Integrates feminist ethics into the principal theoretical traditions: virtue ethics ethical intuitionism and some versions of deontology Provides new coverage of fake news and the moral responsibility to be well and accurately informed of current events Expands opportunities to use ethical reasoning in thinking about one’s own life and about public policy.

GBP 42.99
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Basic Swedish A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Swedish A Grammar and Workbook

Basic Swedish: A Grammar and Workbook combines an accessible basic reference grammar and related exercises in one volume and covers most of the topics that students might expect to deal with in their first year of learning Swedish. Each of the 25 units discusses one or more grammar topics with examples that are subsequently practised in the exercises that follow. The book introduces the contemporary language against a backdrop of Swedish culture society geography customs and history. Each unit ends with a cultural text that outlines an aspect of Swedish culture and exemplifies and consolidates the grammar topic examined in the unit. Features include: clear grammatical explanations with examples in Swedish and English vocabulary based on a major corpus of written Swedish in order to guarantee authenticity and relevance cross-references to other units over 100 exercises with a key to all the correct answers full vocabulary list at the end of the book. The book is suitable both for independent study and for class use. It can be used by absolute beginners and those who have advanced a little further. | Basic Swedish A Grammar and Workbook

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The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting

Consultants are called upon more and more to help implement needed organizational changes fill gaps in workforce capabilities and solve significant business problems. As the demand for consultants increases it is critical that practitioners differentiate themselves and understand how they can be most successful for themselves and their clients. The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting details what effective consultants do and provides a step by step process of just how they do it. The Second Edition of The Basic Principles of Effective Consulting is fully updated with real-life cases. End-of-chapter summaries foster both mastery and engagement as well as providing a quick reference throughout a consultant’s career. In addition each chapter includes a section From the experts written by successful consultants and users of consultants’ services. These experts share ideas and tips about their own consulting experiences that relate to chapter material. The book is written for entry level and seasoned consultants project managers staff advisors and anyone who wants to learn (or be reminded of) the basic principles of effective consulting. The book is well suited as an excellent textbook for college courses on consulting organizational training and a lifetime go-to consultant’s resource.

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New Statistical Procedures for the Social Sciences Modern Solutions To Basic Problems

New Statistical Procedures for the Social Sciences Modern Solutions To Basic Problems

This unique volume addresses the inadequacies of basic statistical methods that standard textbooks tend to ignore. The author introduces new procedures with accompanying tables that illustrate the practicality of the methods. Concentrating on basic experimental designs that are central to research in the social sciences Wilcox describes new nonparametric techniques two-way ANOVA designs and new results related to the analysis of covariance and repeated measure design. This book serves as the ideal reference and supplement to standard texts by making the statistical advances of the last thirty years accessible to graduate students and researchers. | New Statistical Procedures for the Social Sciences Modern Solutions To Basic Problems

GBP 170.00
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Introducing English Syntax A Basic Guide for Students of English

Introducing English Syntax A Basic Guide for Students of English

Introducing English Syntax provides a basic introduction to syntax for students studying English as a foreign language at university. Examining English phrase and sentence structure from a descriptive point of view this book develops the reader’s understanding of the characteristic features of English sentence construction and provides the necessary theoretical apparatus for engaging with the language. Key features include: A unique framework combining theoretical and practical approaches to provide an insight into the intricacies of English syntax; An accessible and clear style which guides the learner through analysis application and practical construction of sentences; A range of exercises at the end of each chapter and a brand new e-resource housing answers and commentaries to these exercises. This book requires no previous knowledge of linguistics and is essential reading for students and teachers of applied linguistics and EFL/ESL as well as those who seek a basic grounding in English sentence structure. | Introducing English Syntax A Basic Guide for Students of English

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A Basic Guide to International Business Law

A Basic Guide to International Business Law

A Basic Guide to International Business Law aims to give students an understanding as well as practical knowledge of legal problems arising in the area of international business and to equip them with the skills needed to prevent and tackle these problems. All Chapters employ the same didactic structure. Introductory case studies examples annotated case law glossaries diagrams summaries and exercises are all designed to familiarize students quickly with relevant aspects of international (business) law. A Basic Guide to International Business Law deals with the following topics: • Introduction to International Private Law and European Law • Legal aspects of negotiations • International contracts: matters of jurisdiction and the law applicable to these contracts • International contracts of sale • Competion law • Free movement of goods workers the freedom of capital and establishment and the freedom to provide services • International payments • Carriage of goods by road and sea • Incoterms • Entry modes (agents representatives distributors licensing franchising)

GBP 52.99
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Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

Learning and Memory provides a balanced review of the core methods and the latest research on animal learning and human memory. Topical coverage ranges from the basic and central processes of learning including classical and instrumental conditioning and encoding and storage in long-term memory to topics not traditionally covered such as spatial learning motor skills and implicit memory. The general rules of learning are reviewed along with the exceptions limitations and best applications of these rules. Alternative approaches to learning and memory including cognitive neuroscientific functional and behavioral are also discussed. Individual differences in age gender learning abilities and social and cultural background are explored throughout the text and presented in a dedicated chapter. The relevance of basic principles is highlighted throughout the text with everyday examples that ignite reader interest in addition to more traditional examples from human and animal laboratory studies. Research examples are drawn from education neuropsychology psychiatry nursing and ecological (or everyday) memory. Each chapter begins with an outline and concludes with a detailed summary. Applications and extensions are showcased in text boxes as well as in distinct applications sections in every chapter and review and recapitulation sections are interspersed throughout the chapters. | Learning and Memory Basic Principles Processes and Procedures

GBP 140.00
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The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Few philosophers have had a more profound influence on the course of modern philosophy than Bertrand Russell. The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell is a comprehensive anthology of Russell‘s most definitive essays written between 1903 and 1959. First published in 1961 this remarkable collection is a testament to a philosopher whom many consider to be one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. This is an essential introduction to the brilliance of Bertrand Russell.

GBP 180.00
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Simone Weil: Basic Writings

Simone Weil: Basic Writings

Simone Weil is one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the 20th century. A teacher factory and farm labourer a political activist at home and abroad a loving friend daughter and sister—all these manifest a life devoted to the good in its many forms. Her writings explore the good open to us and the various routes to it spanning philosophy politics science and spirituality. While she saw her vocation primarily as a philosopher—examining questions concerning human faculties action and thought the limits of language and our need of mediation suffering and beauty for contact with reality—her startlingly original thought is often obscured by her having been too readily categorized as a Christian mystic. Simone Weil: Basic Writings is an expertly edited anthology of Weil’s most important writings presenting her philosophy as it relates to the architecture of human nature politics work necessity beauty goodness and God. Working from the definitive French edition of Weil’s complete writings D. K. Levy and Marina Barabas have translated the essays anew or for the first time adding important notes and references absent from existing English language editions of Weil’s work. Following an extensive introduction that gives an overview of Weil's life and thought each part opens with a short preface situating the selected essays within Weil’s oeuvre. Simone Weil: Basic Writings provides an excellent entry point to Weil’s philosophy as well as a reference for students and scholars of Weil's thought in philosophy and related disciplines.

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Basic Electrical Installation Work

Basic Electrical Installation Work

Everything needed to pass the first part of the City & Guilds 2365 Diploma in Electrical Installations. Basic Electrical Installation Work will be of value to students taking the first year course of an electrical installation apprenticeship as well as lecturers teaching it. The book provides answers to all of the 2365 syllabus learning outcomes and one chapter is dedicated to each of the five units in the City & Guilds course. This edition is brought up to date and in line with the 18th Edition of the IET Regulations: It can be used to support independent learning or a college based course of study Full-colour diagrams and photographs explain difficult concepts and clear definitions of technical terms make the book a quick and easy reference Extensive online material on the companion website www. routledge. com/cw/linsley helps both students and lecturers

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Basic Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners

Basic Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners

In most planning practice and research planners work with quantitative data. By summarizing analyzing and presenting data planners create stories and narratives that explain various planning issues. Particularly in the era of big data and data mining there is a stronger demand in planning practice and research to increase capacity for data-driven storytelling. Basic Quantitative Research Methods for Urban Planners provides readers with comprehensive knowledge and hands-on techniques for a variety of quantitative research studies from descriptive statistics to commonly used inferential statistics. It covers statistical methods from chi-square through logistic regression and also quasi-experimental studies. At the same time the book provides fundamental knowledge about research in general such as planning data sources and uses conceptual frameworks and technical writing. The book presents relatively complex material in the simplest and clearest way possible and through the use of real world planning examples makes the theoretical and abstract content of each chapter as tangible as possible. It will be invaluable to students and novice researchers from planning programs intermediate researchers who want to branch out methodologically practicing planners who need to conduct basic analyses with planning data and anyone who consumes the research of others and needs to judge its validity and reliability.

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A Theory of Group Structures Volume I: Basic Theory

A Theory of Group Structures Volume I: Basic Theory

First published in 1976 this A Theory of Group Structures is a study of the aggregation of individuals into groups which cuts across many different social sciences. Volume one attempts to formulate a more rigorous theory of group structures by providing consistent definitions assumptions measures methodology theory and results. This book will be of interest to students of all social sciences. | A Theory of Group Structures Volume I: Basic Theory

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