Author : J. T. Reason
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780754674009
The Human Contribution is vital reading for all professionals in high-consequence environments and for managers of any complex system. The book draws its illustrative material from a wide variety of hazardous domains, with the emphasis on healthcare reflecting the author's focus on patient safety over the last decade. All students of human factors - however seasoned - will also find it an invaluable and thought-provoking read.
Author : Koji Takahashi
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198268963
This book systematically examines claims for contribution and reimbursement in an international context. As such claims are often made in third party proceedings, particularly detailed analyses are given to the conflict-of-laws dimensions of third party procedure.
Author : Murat Arik
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,41 MB
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1498516963
Economic Impact or Contribution contributes to the applied regional economic literature by providing a framework for handling a diverse set of projects and providing detailed case studies of fieldwork regarding the health care industry, higher education institutions, the nonprofit sector, infrastructure investment, and a major musical entertainment event. Economic Impact or Contribution accomplishes three major tasks by answering the following questions: What are the differences between the economic concepts used in economic versus fiscal assessment studies? How can we structure an economic and business issue or challenge? How can we create a research product that helps the project’s sponsors solve their problem? This bookhas emerged as an answer to many research-related questions in dealing with regional business and economic issues and challenges.
Author : Olivia S. Mitchell
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 19,41 MB
Release : 1998-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812234398
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Author : Robert E. Kraut
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 14,49 MB
Release : 2016-02-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0262528916
How insights from the social sciences, including social psychology and economics, can improve the design of online communities. Online communities are among the most popular destinations on the Internet, but not all online communities are equally successful. For every flourishing Facebook, there is a moribund Friendster—not to mention the scores of smaller social networking sites that never attracted enough members to be viable. This book offers lessons from theory and empirical research in the social sciences that can help improve the design of online communities. The authors draw on the literature in psychology, economics, and other social sciences, as well as their own research, translating general findings into useful design claims. They explain, for example, how to encourage information contributions based on the theory of public goods, and how to build members' commitment based on theories of interpersonal bond formation. For each design claim, they offer supporting evidence from theory, experiments, or observational studies.
Author : Tanya Long Bennett
Publisher : University of North Georgia
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781940771212
Contribute a Verse: A Guide to First Year Composition combines a composition rhetoric manual with grammar and documentation instruction and resources. The textbook also includes a glossary of pertinent terms and ancillary instructor resources.
Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2001-07-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0309132975
It's obvious why only men develop prostate cancer and why only women get ovarian cancer. But it is not obvious why women are more likely to recover language ability after a stroke than men or why women are more apt to develop autoimmune diseases such as lupus. Sex differences in health throughout the lifespan have been documented. Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health begins to snap the pieces of the puzzle into place so that this knowledge can be used to improve health for both sexes. From behavior and cognition to metabolism and response to chemicals and infectious organisms, this book explores the health impact of sex (being male or female, according to reproductive organs and chromosomes) and gender (one's sense of self as male or female in society). Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health discusses basic biochemical differences in the cells of males and females and health variability between the sexes from conception throughout life. The book identifies key research needs and opportunities and addresses barriers to research. Exploring the Biological Contributions to Human Health will be important to health policy makers, basic, applied, and clinical researchers, educators, providers, and journalists-while being very accessible to interested lay readers.
Author : Roger Guesnerie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 14,7 MB
Release : 1998-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521629560
This book investigates the way in which tax systems affect economic efficiency and the distribution of welfare. It examines within a unified framework questions that are usually treated in different areas of the literature: institutional economics, positive economics, normative economics, and political economics. It adheres to the rigorous standards of pure theory while paying careful attention to the policy relevance of the arguments. Tax systems are viewed as information extracting devices that generate sets of equilibria of complex geometry. A tax reform methodology is proposed that sheds light on optimal taxes. Social conflicts in the determination of taxes are shown to have effects on social cohesion.
Author : Tom Rath
Publisher : Tom Rath
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1939714184
Life is not what you get out of it . . . it’s what you put back in. Yet our current means for summarizing life’s work, from resumes to salaries, are devoid of what matters most. This is why the work we do is often bad for our wellbeing, when it should be making us happier and healthier. What are the most meaningful contributions we can make? This is Life’s Great Question. Life is about what you do that improves the world around you. It is about investing in the development of other people. And it is about efforts that will continue to grow when you are gone. Life’s Great Question will show you how to make your work and life more meaningful, and greatly boost your wellbeing. In this remarkably quick read, author Tom Rath describes how finding your greatest contribution is far more effective than following talent or passion alone. More than a book, each copy includes a code for an online program that identifies the most significant contributions you can make. This deeply practical book will alter how you look at your work and change the way you live each day.
Author : Thomas A. Birkland
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780878406531
Examines how disasters like earthquakes, oil spills, and nuclear power plant accidents can act as focusing events "which cause both citizens and policymakers to pay more attention to a public problem and often to press for solutions ... Explains how and why some public disasters change political agendas and, ultimately, public policies."--P. [4] of cover.
