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Digital Innovations for Mass Communications
Engaging the User
Most people remember only 10 percent of what is heard, 30 percent of what is read, and 50 percent of what is seen. And yet, when one undergoes engaged interactivity that contains words and pictures, 80 percent of a task is remembered. Through augmented, value-added, interactive techniques and...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Human Rights Education and Peacebuilding
A Comparative Study
Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
This book seeks to assess the role of human rights education (HRE) both for policy-makers and practitioners in the peacebuilding field and for academics seeking to contribute to the growing scholarship in human rights education. Each chapter of this book (a) identifies the short and medium...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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The Rural Economy and the British Countryside
Mention of the British countryside commonly evokes visions of pastoral contentment; but the nature of rural Britain has changed dramatically since 1945. The declining importance of farming as a source of income and employment in the course of this century has undermined the simple identity of the...
To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
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The Public History Reader
Series: Routledge Readers in History
Drawing on theory and practice from five continents, The Public History Reader offers clearly written accessible introductions to debates in public history as it places people, such as practitioners, bloggers, archivists, local historians, curators or those working in education, at the heart of...
To Be Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
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Visual Communication on the Web
Most web design books developed for the trade market are a series of exercises without a theoretical, aesthetic, or historic framework. In this book, Visual Communication on the Web, web design exercises are accompanied by concise introductions that relate history, design principles, and...
Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
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Social and Motivational Compensatory Mechanisms for Age-Related Cognitive Decline
Series: Special Issues of Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition
Although many aspects of fluid cognition decline with advancing age, simple observation in the wild suggests that older adults, generally speaking, do very well in their day-to-day life. The study of the orchestration of cognitive, social, and motivational compensatory mechanisms in the service of...
Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
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A Diagnostic Atlas of Tumors of the Upper Aero-Digestive Tract
A Transnasal Video Endoscopic Approach
A unique and vital resource for oncologists, otolaryngologists, gastroenterologists, respiratory physicians, and ENT, maxillo-facial, thoracic, and upper gastrointestinal surgeons, A Diagnostic Atlas of Tumors of the Upper Aero-Digestive Tract brings the reader up to date with the correct...
Published March 21st 2012 by CRC Press
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Cognitive Science
Contributions to Educational Practice
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education
This volume brings together theory, research and development in cognitive neuro-science. It investigates the neural processes involved in cognition and learning, using developments in computer technology to study the brain in action and other topographic brain mapping. Electrical activity patterns...
Published December 7th 2011 by Routledge
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Classics in Environmental Criminology
A careful analysis of environmental factors is key to understanding the causes of crime, to solving crimes, and eventually helping to predict and prevent them. Classics in Environmental Criminology is a comprehensive collection of seminal pieces from legendary contributors who focus on the role...
Published May 24th 2010 by CRC Press
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Computer-Aided Forensic Facial Comparison
Countless facial images are generated everyday through digital and cell phone cameras, surveillance video systems, webcams, and traditional film and broadcast video. As a result, law enforcement and intelligence agencies have numerous opportunities to acquire and analyze images that depict persons...
Published March 25th 2010 by CRC Press