Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery. by Pardeck, Jean A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Reason and Rationality in Health and Human Services Delivery: An Introduction; Reason, the Life-World, and Health Care Delivery; Rationalizing Decision-Making Through ComputerTechnology: A Critical Appraisal; Sociomedical Models and the Epistemology of Risk: The Shortcomings of Medical Decision-Making Research; Community-Based Epidemiology: Community Involvement in Defining Social Risk; A World View Model of Health Care Utilization: The Impact of Social and Provider Context on Health Care Decision-Making.…”
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Low vision rehabilitation : a practical guide for occupational therapists / Mitchell Scheiman, Maxine Scheiman, Steven G. Whittaker ; contributing authors, Paul B. Freeman, Debra A. Sokol-McKay ; medical illustrators, Barbara A. Steinman, Scott B. Steinman. by Scheiman, Mitchell, Scheiman, Maxine, Whittaker, Steven, Freeman, Paul B., Sokol-McKay, Debra A.

Table of Contents: “…Freeman -- Occupational therapy low vision rehabilitation evaluation -- Overview of treatment strategy -- Foundation skills and therapeutic activities -- Patient education and modification of the environment -- Nonoptical assistive devices -- Optical devices and magnification strategies -- Computer technology in low vision rehabilitation -- Adaptive diabetes self-management tools and techniques / Debra A. …”
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Designing The Learning-centred School : a Cross-cultural Perspective. by Dimmock, Clive A. J.

Table of Contents: “…Targeting Informed Teaching; 8. Integrating Computer Technology; 9. Building Supportive Organizational Structures.…”
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Computer Course (Illustrated). by Singh, Vishnu P.

Table of Contents: “…""Internet Surfing: Internet Explorer 7""""Using E-mail: MS Outlook Express""; ""ACCOUNTING BY TALLY 9 ""; ""Accounting by Tally 9""; ""NEW OPERATING SYSTEMS & APPLICATION SOFTWARE ""; ""Operating Windows Vista & Introduction of MS Windows 7""; ""Microsoft Office 2007""; ""Linux -- An Introduction""; ""Appendix: Computer Technology ""…”
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Studying children : a cultural-historical approach / Mariane Hedegaard [and others].

Table of Contents: “…Researching child development : an introduction / Mariane Hedegaard [and others] -- A cultural-historical theory of children's development / Mariane Hedegaard -- Developing a dialectic approach to researching children's development / Mariane Hedegaard -- principles for interpreting research protocols / Mariane Hedegaard -- Interpreting research protocols--the institutional perspective / Marilyn Fleer -- Interpreting research protocols--the child's perspective / Marilyn Fleer -- Using digital video observations and computer technologies in a cultural-historical approach / Marilyn Fleer -- Conceptualising the environment of the child in a cultural-historical approach / Jytte Bang -- Interviewing using a cultural-historical approach / Pernille Hviid -- Framing a questionnaire using a cultural-historical approach / Jytte Band and Mariane Hedegaard -- The educational experiment / Mariane Hedegaard -- The role f the researcher / Mariane Hedegaard.…”
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Arc of Light : A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss / Black Opal Productions LLC.

Table of Contents: “…Artistic Style (2:22) -- Husband/Artistic Collaborator (1:43) -- Early Years of Anna Campbell (1:57) -- College (2:45) -- Graduate School/Bauhaus (2:16) -- Bauhaus Designers (1:45) -- Exposure to the Modern Movement in Art (3:38) -- South American Experiences (2:07) -- Importance of Color to Art (1:59) -- Art and Silk Screen (2:38) -- Computer Technology and Art (3:24) -- Exploration of Technology and Color (4:30) -- Commissioned Work: Stained Glass Windows (2:19) -- Commissioned Work: "Discoverers" (1:58) -- Commissioned Work: "Extended Vision" (5:39) -- Blindness and Vision Restored (2:00) -- College of Nursing Installations (2:08) -- Artist's Legacy (3:37) -- Credits: Arc of Light: A Portrait of Anna Campbell Bliss (2:01)…”
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Shrinking the World / DCD Media (Firm).

Table of Contents: “…Human Communication Origins (3:11) -- Inventing the Printing Press (1:50) -- Ocean Travel (2:44) -- Atlantic Triangle (2:57) -- Engineering the Panama Canal (5:31) -- Inventing the Bicycle (2:09) -- Inventing the Steam Engine (2:51) -- India Railway Network (1:52) -- High Speed Trains (2:36) -- Pioneering Automobile Transport (1:50) -- Electric Car Technology (2:07) -- Early Aviation Technology (3:40) -- Aviation Advances (3:37) -- Early Communication Technology (2:38) -- Pioneering Mobile Communication (3:31) -- Mass Communication Era (2:05) -- Computer Technology Pioneers (1:54) -- Computer Age (1:43) -- Inventing the Internet (1:52) -- Digital Age (3:14) -- Credits: Shrinking the World: Greatest Human Achievements (0:48)…”
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Electronic and computer music / Peter Manning. by Manning, Peter, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The background to 1945 -- Developments from 1945 to 1960 : Paris and Musique Concrète ; Cologne and Elektronische Musik ; Milan and elsewhere in Europe ; America -- New Horizons in electronic design : The voltage-controlled synthesizer -- The electronic repertory from 1960 : Works for tape ; Live electronic music ; Rock and pop electronic music -- The digital revolution to 1980 : The foundations of computer music ; From computer technology to musical creativity ; The microprocessor revolution -- Digital audio : The characteristics of digital audio -- MIDI : The development of the MIDI communications protocol ; From analog to digital: the evolution of MIDI hardware ; From microcomputer to music computer: the MIDI perspective ; Further advances in hardware design ; The changing fortunes of the MIDI manufacturing sector -- Desktop synthesis and signal processing : From minicomputer to advanced computer workstation ; The personal computer ; The digital audio workstation ; Laptop music and related activities ; Synthesis, signal processing, and spatialization ; Performance controllers: evolution and change -- Global networking : the internet ; Conclusion.…”
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Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…Managing Microcomputers in Large Organizations -- Copyright -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- OVERVIEW -- Vision and Value Getting the Most out of Microcomputers -- The Organizational Issues -- PART I SMALL COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED -- Introduction -- Faster, Smaller, Cheaper Trends in Microcomputer Technology -- Trends in Personal Computer Software -- Personal Computer Networks -- PART II SMALL COMPUTERS IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THE IMPLICATIONS -- Introduction -- Managing Uncontrollable Growth…”
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Digital divide : teachers, technology, and the classroom / Studio Miramar.

Table of Contents: “…Computer Skills: The New Basics (5:00) -- Education Bridges the Digital Divide (5:21) -- Hoover Elementary School (5:35) -- Debates For and Against Computers (4:09) -- Computer Integration (4:03) -- Children Using Computers to Learn (2:31) -- Computers Enhancing Teachers (1:09) -- Technology Training for Teachers (4:27) -- Problems of Funding Technology (5:11) -- Funding for Maintaining Technology (5:00) -- Technology With Community Support (6:49) -- Computer Literacy for Success (2:30) -- Virtual Diversity (4:18) -- Technology Divided by Communities (4:22) -- Technologically Impoverished (4:36) -- Access Begets Usage (3:32) -- Computer Technology Centers (4:12) -- Computers Keep Kids in School (2:40) -- Technology: A Male-Dominated Field (4:25) -- Fighting Gender Stereotypes (3:50) -- Gender Bias in the Classroom (3:05) -- Girl-Friendly Computer Classes (4:07) -- Girl-Friendly Technology (3:04) -- Girl-Friendly Software (3:44) -- Computer Environment for Girls (4:29) -- Bridging the Digital Divide (3:26)…”
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An English-speaking world / MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.

Table of Contents: “…Prelude: English in an English-Speaking World (1:05) -- Prevalence of English Worldwide (2:12) -- English: Language Without Frontiers (0:57) -- Varieties of English: Public-School English (3:21) -- Spread of Public-School English Via Radio (2:13) -- British and American English and WWII (1:35) -- British Decolonization and English Language (3:03) -- English: Socially Desirable Language in India (2:52) -- English: Lingua Franca of Africa (2:31) -- English in Africa: Multinational Corporations (2:57) -- Worldwide Influence of American Slang (3:36) -- "Valley Girl" English: Passing Fancy (2:29) -- Gay Slang in World English (2:01) -- End of Linguistic Sexism (2:15) -- English Jargon from Computer Technology and the Military (4:04) -- English: Everyone's Second Language (2:24) -- English in Singapore (2:12) -- Correct English in Singapore (2:04) -- English in China (1:47) -- English: Language of Technology (1:19) -- Global Village of Communications (4:10) -- American English (3:07)…”
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Religions of modernity : relocating the sacred to the self and the digital / edited by Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman.

Table of Contents: “…/ Adam Possamai and Murray Lee -- 'Where the zeroes meet the ones' : exploring the affinity between magic and computer technology / Stef Aupers -- Digital apocalypse : the implicit religiosity of the millennium bug scare / Karen Pärna.…”
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History of technology. edited by Ian Inkster.

Table of Contents: “…The Turweston ''Post mill'' Reconsidered; Prefabricating Stories: Innovation in Systems Technology after the Second World War; Impacts of Technology Reassessed: A Retrospective Analysis of Computing Technology; Special Issue: The Global History of the Steam Engine; Introduction. …”
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Developing Intercultural Competence through English : Focus on Ukrainian and Polish Cultures. by Ni¿egorodcew, Anna

Table of Contents: “…Conclusions; CHAPTER FOUR. Computer Technology in Developing Intercultural Competence; 4.1. …”
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Improving Internet access to help small business compete in a global economy / Hermann E. Walker, editor.

Table of Contents: “…SENATE COMMITTEE ONSMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEUERSHIPBRIAN MEFFORD; COMMENTS FOR THE RECORDTHE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRYASSOCIATION (COMPTIA), ROGER, J. …”
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Broadband society and generational changes / Fausto Colombo, Leopoldina Fortunati (eds.)

Table of Contents: “…/ Chiara Carini, Ivana Pais -- The Generational Gap and Diverse Roles of Computer Technology: The Case of Slovenian Households / Tanja Oblack Crnic.…”

Ubiquitous learning : strategies for pedagogy, course design, and technology / edited by Terry T. Kidd, Irene Chen.

Table of Contents: “…Holliday, and Peter Reddy -- The good teacher : effective teaching strategies for a ubiquitous learning environment / Torria Bond -- Helping your lecturers to creatively introduce ubiquitous computing technologies into their teaching : what every lecturer should know / Lisa-Dionne Morris -- Pedagogical use of video podcast in engineering : teaching, learning, and assessment / Ying Xiong and Imin Kao -- Ubiquitous mathematics from South Africa to Finland : does reverse transfer work? …”
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Basic serials management handbook / by Judith Szilvássy ; under the auspices of the IFLA Section on Serial Publications. by Szilvássy, Judith

Table of Contents: “…LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSDEFINITIONS including GLOSSARY OF BASIC TERMS in the field of automation and computer technology -- LIST FOR FURTHER READING AND CONSULTATION…”
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Robotics & artificial intelligence / by Micah L. Issitt. by Issitt, Micah L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Historical timeline -- Endowed with motion : robots in myth and legend (1800 BCE-17th century) -- Automating work : mechanization and human capability (1590-1900) -- Fear your creation : the robot revolution (1600s-1920s) -- Automated ethics : robotics, ethics, and morality (1920s-1950s) -- The computer revolution : a history of early computers (1940s-1950s) -- Approaching intelligence : first steps toward modern artificial intelligence (1940s-1960s) -- Factory work : development of industrial manufacturing machines (1913-1980s) -- The illusion of language : language replicating machines and programs (1950s-1970s) -- The perfect body : robot design in pop culture and reality (1950s-2010s) -- Seasons of AI : development and stagnation in AI research (1950s-present) -- Hands free : the search for autonomous transportation (1930s-present) -- Robotic justice : the use of robots in security and policing (1970s-2010s) -- Where no one can go : robots in dangerous places and dangerous jobs (1980s-present) -- Mechanical medicine : robotics in medicine and health (1980s-present) -- Playing robot : robots as a toy and hobby (1993-present) -- War games : the use of robotics and AI in the military (1994-present) -- Space oddities : robotics in space (1966-present) -- The ultimate strategy machine : robots and the great human strategy games (1996-present) -- Homebots : robots in the home (1998-present) -- Replicating humanity : robotic approximations of human form and function (2000-present) -- The AI assistant : virtual and digital assistants (2011-present) -- Robotic citizenship : public attitudes toward robots and robotics (2014-present) -- Biorobotics : the use of robotics to repair and enhance the human body (2017-present) -- Robotic living : smart homes and robotic household aides (2017-present) -- The future of work : how robotics could impact the future of the working world (2019) -- Quantum computing : the potential future of computing technology (2019) -- The singularity : the transcendence of technology (2020) -- Conclusion : robotics and AI : oppressors or a new Utopia? …”
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Media and information literacy : an integrated approach for the 21st Century / Marcus Leaning. by Leaning, Marcus

Table of Contents: “…The Increasing Closeness of Computers-A History of the Delivery of Computing Power; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Closeness of Computing Technology; 4.3 Mainframes; 4.4 Micro and Personal Computers; 4.5 The IBM PC, IBM Compatibles and Apple; 4.6 Luggable Computers, Portable Computers and the Laptop; 4.7 Pocket Computers, Phones and the Tablet.…”
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