Key Benefit: Foundations of Astrophysics provides a contemporary and complete introduction to astrophysics for astronomy and physics majors.... This book is briefer and more accessible than other books in the market, and is the most up-to-date book available in this fast-changing field. With a logical presentation and conceptual and quantitative end-of-chapter problems, the material is easier-to-grasp for introductory astrophysics readers. Key Topics: Early Astronomy, Emergence of Modern Astronomy, Orbital Mechanics, The Earth-Moon System, Interaction of Radiation and Matter, Astronomical Detection of Light, The Sun, Overview of the Solar System, Earth and Moon, The Planets,  Small Bodies in the Solar System, The Solar System in Perspective, Properties of Stars, Stellar Atmospheres, Stellar Interiors, The Interstellar Medium, Formation and Evolution of Stars, Stellar Remnants, Our Galaxy, Galaxies, Active Galaxies, Clusters and Superclusters, Cosmology, History of the Universe Market: Intended for those interested in learning the basics of astrophysics

This text integrates basic medical concepts and related scientific information to provide a strong foundation of general athletic training practices.... Using a problem-solving approach to prevention, recognition, assessment, management, and disposition of sports-related injuries and diseases, this text provides athletic trainers and athletic training students with the most extensive, challenging content in a user-friendly format.This edition features a full-color art program and more extensive injury photographs. Anatomy line art superimposed onto a real human helps students visualize the location of key muscles, nerves, and blood vessels. A companion Website on thePoint will offer a variety of student and instructor ancillaries.

Fundamentals of Audiology is a concise alternative that presents the basic aspects of audiology and audiometry in one streamlined resource. Ideal for... practitioners in speech-language pathology, nursing, or other health care professions, this new book provides a review of the audiology profession, the basics of sound, coverage of normal hearing function, and the causes and effects of hearing loss. With over 100 figures, pictures, and graphs, it provides a thorough explanation of audiometry, screening programs, and special procedures for difficult-to-test populations. A separate chapter summarizing rehabilitation and approaches to intervention is also included.

We proudly present the new third edition of Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation: Children, Adults, and Their Family Members, one of our most successful... and widely used texts for audiologists and speech-language pathologists. A readable, comprehensive resource, it covers topics such as identification and diagnosis of hearing and other hearing-related communication challenges, patient and family counseling, selection and fitting of listening devices, communication training, literacy promotion, and much more. General information is provided in the early sections, while the latter half of the book focuses on adult and child populations, respectively. New to this edition is a chapter devoted to infants and toddlers who have hearing loss and an expanded consideration of informational counseling

For undergraduate junior/senior level courses in Behavioral Neuroscience, Physiology of Behavior,  Biopsychology, Human Neuropsychology, or... Physiological Psychology.   Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience offers a briefer, sixteen chapter introduction to the foundations of physiology, incorporating the latest studies and research in the rapidly changing fields of neuroscience and physiological psychology.  The text uses many human examples, case studies, and MyPsychKit (www.mypsychkit.com) featuring Carlson’s Neuroscience Animations to help make the material interesting and relevant to student readers. Foundations of Behavioral Neuroscience is ideal for the instructor who wants a briefer text with a balance of human and animal cases.

1. Neuroscience as a field evolves rapidly; new research methods are developed every year. The research reported in this edition reflects the enormous... advances made in these research methods.    New researchis published every year that advances our understanding of the physiology of behavior. This new edition describes research that has resulted in many new discoveries.   New Research: Genes that control brain size. Action of acetaminophen. Diffusion tensor imaging of fiber tracts. Discovery of color “globs” in the visual association cortex. Discovery of the gene responsible for congenital insensitivity to pain. Revised section on neural control of maternal behavior. Brain mechanisms of moral judgments. Emotional judgments of body posture. Bariatric surgery and secretion of anorexic peptide. Role of the basal ganglia in nondeclarative learning. Causes of AIDS dementia complex. Possible role of vitamin D deficiency in development of schizophrenia Cleansing rituals as atonement for unethical behavior. Brain pathology in autistic disorder   2.      This new edition features many entirely new topics that were not covered in previous editions.   New Topics: Evidence for fatty acid detectors in the tongue. New section on the role of sleep in procedural and declarative learning. Brain mechanisms of REM sleep: the REM flip- flop. Role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in reactions to violation of social norms. Role of the somatosensory system in emotional recognition and empathy. Anorexic symptoms as a response to starvation . New treatment for anorexia. Transfer of memories from hippocampus to neocortex . Identification of the visual word- form area . Ketogenic diet and development of 2- DG trials for treatment of seizure disorders. Brain- computer interfaces to operate computer- controlled devices. Animal research on delivery of siRNA to treat Huntington’s disease. Reorganization of the section on anxiety disorders. Role of 5- HT transporters in PTSD. Role of the dorsal striatum in addictive behavio . Role of the insular cortex in nicotine addiction. New experimental drugs for treatment of addiction. Role of airway sensations in cigarette addiction   3.      The author has revised the existing art and prepared new art to illustrate research that is described for the first time in this edition. Dozens of new pieces of art have been developed and dozens of others have been revised. The result is a set of up-to-date, clear, consistent, and attractive illustrations.  

1. Neuroscience as a field evolves rapidly; new research methods are developed every year. The research reported in this edition reflects the enormous... advances made in these research methods.    New researchis published every year that advances our understanding of the physiology of behavior. This new edition describes research that has resulted in many new discoveries.   New Research: Genes that control brain size. Action of acetaminophen. Diffusion tensor imaging of fiber tracts. Discovery of color “globs” in the visual association cortex. Discovery of the gene responsible for congenital insensitivity to pain. Revised section on neural control of maternal behavior. Brain mechanisms of moral judgments. Emotional judgments of body posture. Bariatric surgery and secretion of anorexic peptide. Role of the basal ganglia in nondeclarative learning. Causes of AIDS dementia complex. Possible role of vitamin D deficiency in development of schizophrenia Cleansing rituals as atonement for unethical behavior. Brain pathology in autistic disorder   2.      This new edition features many entirely new topics that were not covered in previous editions.   New Topics: Evidence for fatty acid detectors in the tongue. New section on the role of sleep in procedural and declarative learning. Brain mechanisms of REM sleep: the REM flip- flop. Role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in reactions to violation of social norms. Role of the somatosensory system in emotional recognition and empathy. Anorexic symptoms as a response to starvation . New treatment for anorexia. Transfer of memories from hippocampus to neocortex . Identification of the visual word- form area . Ketogenic diet and development of 2- DG trials for treatment of seizure disorders. Brain- computer interfaces to operate computer- controlled devices. Animal research on delivery of siRNA to treat Huntington’s disease. Reorganization of the section on anxiety disorders. Role of 5- HT transporters in PTSD. Role of the dorsal striatum in addictive behavio . Role of the insular cortex in nicotine addiction. New experimental drugs for treatment of addiction. Role of airway sensations in cigarette addiction   3.      The author has revised the existing art and prepared new art to illustrate research that is described for the first time in this edition. Dozens of new pieces of art have been developed and dozens of others have been revised. The result is a set of up-to-date, clear, consistent, and attractive illustrations.  

This text examines the fundamentals of solving a scientific research problem, focusing on the relationship between the problem and the research design.... This edition includes new information about computer statistical software, multivariate statistics, research ethics, and writing research reports in APA style. This book is ideal for graduate students in that it covers statistics, research methodology, and measurement all in one volume. This is a book that graduate students will keep as a reference throughout their careers.

With humor, extraordinary clarity, and carefully paced explanations and examples, Bruce Thompson shows readers how to use the latest techniques for... interpreting research outcomes as well as how to make statistical decisions that result in better research. Utilizing the general linear model to demonstrate how different statistical methods are related to each other, Thompson integrates a broad array of methods involving only a single dependent variable, ranging from classical and robust location descriptive statistics, through effect sizes, and on through ANOVA, multiple regression, loglinear analysis and logistic regression. Special features include SPSS and Excel demonstrations that offer opportunities, in the book’s datasets and on Thompson’s website, for further exploration of statistical dynamics.

The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style,... its 19 chapters cover all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and national levels.

The fourth edition of this best-selling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. Written as an introductory... text from a cross-disciplinary perspective, 19 chapters cover individual and societal issues in minority and majority languages.