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This book provides an overview of research and practice dealing with the specific needs of gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer, as well as the special psychosocial needs of their partners. The intention is twofold: to provide insight into the unique experiences and concerns of gay or bisexual men living with prostate cancer in order to inform and assist future research, clinical practice and supportive care, and policy; and to ensure that the needs of gay and bisexual men are recognized and advanced on the mainstream prostate cancer agenda. Featuring both cutting-edge research and powerful portraits of gay and bisexual men living with prostate cancer, this book will be indispensable for health care, oncology, and mental health practitioners who seek to address their specific experiences and challenges.

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More than any other individual, Milton Erickson has been responsible for shaping the modern view of hypnosis. His great contribution came from his ability to locate an individual's innter resources for coping creativley with the real problems of everyday life. Erickson himself endured two bouts of polio and was in a wheelchair throughout much of his later life. He learned to use the healing methods of self-hypnosis to deal with his handicaps and uncover ways of experiencing living at more profound levels. His delight in teaching these methdos of self-healing are clearly shown in these transcriptions of his seminars, workshops and lectures. Volume III contains much of the source material wherein Erickson first expressed his original views on psychosomatic medicine and healing. Here we learn hwo the languages of the mind communicate with the languages of the body. His research validates the view that psyche, mind, and brain are pervasively integrated in modulating body processes in health and illness. The 'miracle cures', spontaneous remissions of lethal diseases, and placebo effects, which seemed inexplicable to the scientific mind until recently, can how be understood as manifestations of mind-body information systems that extend far beyond the limitations formerly placed on the central nervous system.

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Evaluation: A Systematic Approach is the bestselling comprehensive introduction to the field of programme evaluation, covering the range of evaluation research activities used in appraising the design, implementation, effectiveness and efficiency of social programmes. This Eighth Edition includes a new practical chapter on planning an evaluation.

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?Cada cliente es un mundo... Una cosa es la teoría y otra la práctica... Con el cliente delante la teoría no funciona...?. Este tipo de frases, y otras similares, son los comentarios típicos de los vendedores con éxito al analizar las técnicas de ventas. Y no les falta razón. Ante cada cliente y los diferentes problemas que cada uno plantea, el vendedor con éxito se sirve de su experiencia y su intuición para encontrar la frase justa en el momento oportuno, y conseguir la venta. ?Esta es la realidad... y lo demás son cuentos?. Otra frase típica de este tipo de vendedores al contrastar su forma de vender con lo que aconsejan las técnicas de ventas.Por ello, en forma realista y amena, este libro enseña la manera de entrenar y potenciar la intuición comercial para vender más. Se trata de un libro diferente a todo lo escrito sobre ventas. Los jefes de ventas, directores comerciales y vendedores que lo lean comprobarán que, por una vez, la teoría puede llevarse a la práctica. Porque se t

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Un invierno adelantado dejó encerrados en la bahía de Red Bay (Butus) a una decena de buques. Los desaparecidos fueron honrados con solemnes oficios funerarios. El viaje debía continuar, pero el golpe había sido duro, y los balleneros vascos no se recuperarán tan fácilmente.Un mes después de que el mar de Labrador se convirtiera en hielo aquella noche aciaga, nada parece haber cambiado. En todo caso, la fuerza que amenazaba con aplastarlos había aumentado su amenaza. Eran ciento veinticinco supervivientes comandados por el capitán Juan Martínez.Esta es la historia de la nao ballenera San Andrés, la odisea de los balleneros vascos en las frías aguas de Terranova y Labrador en los siglos xv y xvi. Una gesta épica en un mundo terrible que hasta hoy había quedado enterrada en el olvido.

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Encuadernación: Rústica?Els valors no són realitats que es deixin posseir o agafar. Més aviat, són fonts d?inspiració, motors de l?acció. Es poden definir com horitzons de referència, però també com la força motriu, com el que empeny a actuar, a moure?s i a viure.?La vida s?omple cada dia d?incomptables invitacions, estímuls, incitacions o suggeriments que ens fan moure. Però no sabem ben bé on anem, ni com hi anem, i ens endinsem en un mar de preguntes: què he de fer? Cap a on he d?anar? Quin camí he de prendre? Amb qui he de fer el viatge?

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Neuronal plasticity is the term generally used to describe a great variety of changes in neuronal structure and functions, in particular activity-dependent, prolonged functional changes, accompanied by corresponding biochemical and possibly morphological alterations. The first insights about neuronal plasticity have been obtained on simple forms of life. Today, many areas in the mammalian central nervous system are under investigation, in particular the cortex and the hippocampus. In these areas, neuronal plasticity is considered to be at the basis of learning and memory. The study of brain plasticity in sensory systems has been particularly fruitful, because these systems can be experimentally manipulated in a very precise manner by changes in the sensory imput.

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Presents a unified approach to parametric estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and statistical modeling, which are uniquely based on the likelihood function This book addresses mathematical statistics for upper-undergraduates and first year graduate students, tying chapters on estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, and statistical models together to present a unifying focus on the likelihood function. It also emphasizes the important ideas in statistical modeling, such as sufficiency, exponential family distributions, and large sample properties. Mathematical Statistics: An Introduction to Likelihood Based Inference makes advanced topics accessible and understandable and covers many topics in more depth than typical mathematical statistics textbooks. It includes numerous examples, case studies, a large number of exercises ranging from drill and skill to extremely difficult problems, and many of the important theorems of mathematical statistics along with their proofs. In addition to the connected chapters mentioned above, Mathematical Statistics covers likelihood-based estimation, with emphasis on multidimensional parameter spaces and range dependent support. It also includes a chapter on confidence intervals, which contains examples of exact confidence intervals along with the standard large sample confidence intervals based on the MLE's and bootstrap confidence intervals. There’s also a chapter on parametric statistical models featuring sections on non-iid observations, linear regression, logistic regression, Poisson regression, and linear models. Prepares students with the tools needed to be successful in their future work in statistics data science Includes practical case studies including real-life data collected from Yellowstone National Park, the Donner party, and the Titanic voyage Emphasizes the important ideas to statistical modeling, such as sufficiency, exponential family distributions, and large sample properties Includes sections on Bayesian estimation and credible intervals Features examples, problems, and solutions Mathematical Statistics: An Introduction to Likelihood Based Inference is an ideal textbook for upper-undergraduate and graduate courses in probability, mathematical statistics, and/or statistical inference.

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Las estrategias que propone este libro no solo ayudan a establecer una vida familiar armoniosa, sino que, sobre todo, permiten desarrollar la inteligencia emocional de los hijos (y también de los padres). Padres e hijos podemos aprender a entender mejor quiénes somos, qué queremos y cómo nos sentimos cuando establecemos una relación afectiva fuerte y nuestros hijos se sienten queridos, protegidos y seguros en nuestra presencia, cuando les damos permiso para expresar sus ideas y sentimientos más profundos en conversaciones informales en las que los padres utilizamos la escucha activa, cuando permitimos a los hijos resistir a nuestras órdenes y sabemos escuchar su resistencia, o cuando les permitimos expresarse con total libertad en las mediaciones.La obra nos ayuda a desarrollar en familia la capacidad de regular las emociones y conductas cuando discutimos planes o ideas, cuando hablamos con respeto a nuestros hijos en los momentos de tensión, cuando les exigimos que también ellos n

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Des dels seus orígens, la humanitat ha emprat eines per fer més fàcils les tasques del seu dia a dia. Amb els avenços tecnològics, les eines també han evolucionat i la pagesia actual realitza la majoria de tasques amb un instrumental molt diferent del de fa tan sols mig segle. Els ràpids avenços i transformacions han fet que moltes eines pròpies de les tasques agrícoles d?Andorra durant segles hagin caigut en desús i que el seu nom, funció i forma d?utilització estiguin en risc de perdre?s. És amb la intenció de descriure, de conservar-ne el record i la memòria i de fer un homenatge als nostres avantpassats que neix aquest recull d?eines d?un temps passat d?Andorra, en què l?autor, a través de les seves vivències personals, rememora una època que no pot caure en l?oblit. El llibre presenta més d?una quarantena de fotografies antigues d?Andorra i de les eines que hi són descrites.

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