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A Practitioner's Guide to Ancillary Orders in Criminal Courts (Criminal Practice Series)
by Elaine Freer Ryan Evans'Sets out the criteria and law surrounding orders and explains them clearly and in detail: it addresses an often overlooked area of the law but one that it is essential we understand and apply correctly.'Sir Brian Leveson, former President of the Queen's Bench Division, Head of Criminal Justice – in his Foreword to the first editionA Practitioner's Guide to Ancillary Orders in Criminal Courts sets out the law, application and analysis relating to ancillary orders that are available to criminal courts. It covers orders available on acquittal, such as Restraining Orders and Defence Costs Orders, as well as those available on conviction, such as Compensation Orders and Directors' Disqualification Orders.Many of these orders are available in the magistrates' courts as well as the Crown Court, therefore practitioners of all levels of experience and practice need to be aware of them. In addition to providing guidance on, and analysis of, those orders, this book also sets out the consequences of breaches.The Second Edition includes new coverage of the following orders:- Prohibition Order - Psychoactive Substances- Exclusion Order - Licensed PremisesThis book helps you to ensure that clients do not have an unwarranted or overly onerous order imposed on them. It is an easy reference guide for courts and advocates alike.
Praxisorientiertes Managementwissen: Die Existenz von Unternehmen in schwierigen Zeiten sichern
by Valentin Schackmann Werner ZieglerUnternehmen sind zunehmend sukzessiven und disruptiven Entwicklungen ausgesetzt und müssen sich entsprechend anpassen, um die eigene Existenz zu sichern. Es geht darum, schnell zu lernen, anpassungsfähig und innovativ zu sein. Möchten Verantwortliche auf den Wandel nicht nur reagieren, sondern ihn aktiv gestalten, benötigen sie grundlegendes und fundiertes Wissen über die aktuellen Veränderungsprozesse. Dieses Fachbuch richtet sich an Führungskräfte, Geschäftsführer, Gesellschafter und Mitarbeiter und hilft dabei, eine übergeordnete, integrierende Perspektive einzunehmen, um verantwortungsvoll sowie zukunftsorientiert entscheiden und handeln zu können. Die Beitragsautoren geben zu nachfolgenden Kernthemen einen verständlichen, wissenschaftlich fundierten und praxisorientierten Überblick: Management ist Entscheidung und Verantwortung Menschliche Entscheidungen verstehen und systematische Entscheidungsfallen vermeiden Unternehmertum – ein vielschichtiges, zeitloses und nachhaltiges Konzept VUCA, Stress und Ressourcen: Analysen und Gestaltungsempfehlungen für Führungskräfte aus wirtschaftspsychologischer Sicht Corporate Governance: Implikationen verantwortungsvoller Unternehmensführung Management by Future – Zukunftstrends als Wegweiser in der Transformation Internationalisierung und Globalisierung Innovationsmanagement: Die acht Felder der Innovation Das Management von Transformation Digitalisierung von Unternehmen Betriebswirtschaftliche Konzepte mit Schwerpunkt Finanzwesen
Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Prenatal, Labor and Postpartum Practice
by Carole Osborne Michele Kolakowski David LobenstineThis is the third edition of a highly successful guide to using massage therapy through all stages of the birth process, from pregnancy, through labor and birth, and into the long postpartum period. It is primarily for massage therapists but is also intended for physical therapists, other manual therapists and bodyworkers, nurses and midwives, physicians and doulas - any professional who wants to integrate more therapeutic touch in their work.The text combines what anyone who works with pregnant people needs: an exhaustive distillation of current scientific knowledge, alongside hands-on recommendations, specific techniques and business success from almost a century of the authors' combined experience.The reader will gain a detailed understanding of what is happening to the body during pregnancy and beyond, how massage techniques can impact those changes, and very concrete, applicable strategies for how to work with maternity clients to make them feel better.Amidst this abundance of detail about what to do, the authors also explore the flipside - what therapists need to modify and avoid to ensure that their work with pregnant and postpartum clients is safe; how to recognize high-risk factors or other complications; how best to adjust treatment; and how to work with medical healthcare providers throughout the process.
The Precariat in Western China: Poverty, Risks, and Influences (Routledge Studies on China in Transition)
by Xueyang MaThis book provides a comprehensive picture for understanding the experiences and dynamics of precarious workers’ in-work poverty in western China.The research presented in this book identifies the causes and the consequences of precarious employment and in-work poverty and analyses the stakeholders’ responses to the changes in the context of employment in China's socialist market economy. The book explains why precarious workers tend to remain outsiders to rapid socio-economic transformation and informs readers as to how people make choices, how those with different abilities adapt to the process of de-traditionalisation and how marketisation changes people’s lifestyles, value systems, policy designs.Detailing empirical investigations of the experience and dynamics of workers’ precarious life, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese society, social policy and poverty.
The Precariat in Western China: Poverty, Risks, and Influences (Routledge Studies on China in Transition)
by Xueyang MaThis book provides a comprehensive picture for understanding the experiences and dynamics of precarious workers’ in-work poverty in western China.The research presented in this book identifies the causes and the consequences of precarious employment and in-work poverty and analyses the stakeholders’ responses to the changes in the context of employment in China's socialist market economy. The book explains why precarious workers tend to remain outsiders to rapid socio-economic transformation and informs readers as to how people make choices, how those with different abilities adapt to the process of de-traditionalisation and how marketisation changes people’s lifestyles, value systems, policy designs.Detailing empirical investigations of the experience and dynamics of workers’ precarious life, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Chinese society, social policy and poverty.
A Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity
by Peter E. GordonA strikingly original account of Theodor Adorno’s work as a critique animated by happiness. "Gordon’s confidently gripping and persistently subtle interpretation brings a new tone to the debate about Adorno’s negativism."—Jürgen Habermas Theodor Adorno is often portrayed as a totalizing negativist, a scowling contrarian who looked upon modern society with despair. Peter E. Gordon thinks we have this wrong: if Adorno is uncompromising in his critique, it is because he sees in modernity an unfulfilled possibility of human flourishing. In a damaged world, Gordon argues, all happiness is likewise damaged but not wholly absent. Through a comprehensive rereading of Adorno’s work, A Precarious Happiness recovers Adorno’s commitment to traces of happiness—fragments of the good amid the bad. Ultimately, Gordon argues that social criticism, while exposing falsehoods, must also cast a vision for an unrealized better world.
The Precarity of Masculinity: Football, Pentecostalism, and Transnational Aspirations in Cameroon
by Uroš KovačSince the 1990s, an increasing number of young men in Cameroon have aspired to play football as a career and a strategy to migrate abroad. Migration through the sport promises fulfillment of masculine dreams of sports stardom, as well as opportunities to earn a living that have been hollowed out by the country’s long economic stalemate. The aspiring footballers are increasingly turning to Pentecostal Christianity, which allows them to challenge common tropes of young men as stubborn and promiscuous, while also offering a moral and bodily regime that promises success despite the odds. Yet the transnational sports market is tough and unpredictable: it demands disciplined young bodies and introduces new forms of uncertainty. This book unpacks young Cameroonians' football dreams, Pentecostal faith, obligations to provide, and desires to migrate to highlight the precarity of masculinity in structurally adjusted Africa and neoliberal capitalism.
Precious: A fascinating history of the world’s most treasured gemstones and who wore them by the renowned jewellery expert
by Helen MolesworthDiscover a dazzling deep-dive into the history of the world through a totally new lens, as told by the V&A’s Senior Jewellery Curator. Includes 16 pages of colour photography showcasing some of the world's most spectacular jewellery.'A magnificent compendium of everything one could ever want to know about jewels: their symbolism, physical construction, worth and history.' Spectator'Engaging and illuminating, Precious is a masterclass in the history of gems. It’s also great fun to read - one of those books where the learning is effortless' - Francesca Cartier Brickell, author of The Cartiers'This is - fittingly - a gem of a book. Rich descriptions, fascinating histories and, at times, just pure, dazzling bling. A joy to read.' - Tracy Borman, author of Elizabeth’s Women, Thomas Cromwell and The Private Lives of the Tudors'-------Travelling through moments in history and layers of soil and sediment, this is world history as you have never seen it before.This is the story of precious gems, from emeralds and rubies, to sapphires and pearls. Explore their history and geology, as well as their famous owners, from Elizabeth 1 to Elizabeth Taylor, Marie Antoinette to Marilyn Monroe, Coco Chanel to Beyonce.Discover the fragile emerald watch that survived cross-continental journeys and centuries under the floorboards of a London house.Journey back through the generations of women who wore pearls as a signifier of femininity and marvel at the role these glistening objects have played in changing depictions of feminism.Learn of the Burmese warriors who believed so strongly in the connection between rubies and lifeblood that they embedded them into their skin before battle to protect them from harm.In this sumptuous and sweeping history of humanity's love affair with jewels, the V&A’s Senior Jewellery Curator, Helen Molesworth, takes you behind the curtain of museums and auction houses, showcasing some of history's most incredible and iconic jewels and the deeply human stories that lie behind them.-------Beautifully written and superbly interesting, Helen Molesworth tells a compelling, global story of gems - their unending allure and continuing impact on human history. - Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A, author of The Radical Potter'Reading Precious is like opening history's treasure chest, to discover a trove of fascinating information.' - Jane Robinson, author of Trailblazer, Hearts and Minds, and Bluestockings
Predicted Humans: Emerging Technologies and the Burden of Sensemaking (Media, Culture and Critique: Future Imperfect)
by Simona ChiodoPredicting our future as individuals is central to the role of much emerging technology, from hiring algorithms that predict our professional success (or failure) to biomarkers that predict how long (or short) our healthy (or unhealthy) life will be. Yet, much in Western culture, from scripture to mythology to philosophy, suggests that knowing one’s future may not be in the subject’s best interests and might even lead to disaster. If predicting our future as individuals can be harmful as well as beneficial, why are we so willing to engage in so much prediction, from cradle to grave?This book offers a philosophical answer, reflecting on seminal texts in Western culture to argue that predicting our future renders much of our existence the automated effect of various causes, which, in turn, helps to alleviate the existential burden of autonomously making sense of our lives in a more competitive, demanding, accelerated society. An exploration of our tendency in a technological era to engineer and so rid ourselves of that which has hitherto been our primary reason for being – making life plans for a successful future, while faced with epistemological and ethical uncertainties – Predicted Humans will appeal to scholars of philosophy and social theory with interests in questions of moral responsibility and meaning in an increasingly technological world.
Predicted Humans: Emerging Technologies and the Burden of Sensemaking (Media, Culture and Critique: Future Imperfect)
by Simona ChiodoPredicting our future as individuals is central to the role of much emerging technology, from hiring algorithms that predict our professional success (or failure) to biomarkers that predict how long (or short) our healthy (or unhealthy) life will be. Yet, much in Western culture, from scripture to mythology to philosophy, suggests that knowing one’s future may not be in the subject’s best interests and might even lead to disaster. If predicting our future as individuals can be harmful as well as beneficial, why are we so willing to engage in so much prediction, from cradle to grave?This book offers a philosophical answer, reflecting on seminal texts in Western culture to argue that predicting our future renders much of our existence the automated effect of various causes, which, in turn, helps to alleviate the existential burden of autonomously making sense of our lives in a more competitive, demanding, accelerated society. An exploration of our tendency in a technological era to engineer and so rid ourselves of that which has hitherto been our primary reason for being – making life plans for a successful future, while faced with epistemological and ethical uncertainties – Predicted Humans will appeal to scholars of philosophy and social theory with interests in questions of moral responsibility and meaning in an increasingly technological world.
The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting
by Alejandro Lopez-LiraUse ChatGPT to improve your analysis of stock markets and securities In The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market Using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting, renowned AI and finance researcher Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Lira delivers an engaging and insightful new take on how to use large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to find new investment opportunities and make better trading decisions. In the book, you’ll learn how to interpret the outputs of LLMs to craft sounder trading strategies and incorporate market sentiment into your analyses of individual securities. In addition to a complete and accessible explanation of how ChatGPT and other LLMs work, you’ll find: Discussions of future trends in artificial intelligence and finance Strategies for implementing new and soon-to-come AI tools into your investing strategies and processes Techniques for analyzing market sentiment using ChatGPT and other AI toolsA can’t-miss playbook for taking advantage of the full potential of the latest AI advancements, The Predictive Edge is a fully to-date and exciting exploration of the intersection of tech and finance. It will earn a place on the bookshelves of individual and professional investors everywhere.
The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting
by Alejandro Lopez-LiraUse ChatGPT to improve your analysis of stock markets and securities In The Predictive Edge: Outsmart the Market Using Generative AI and ChatGPT in Financial Forecasting, renowned AI and finance researcher Dr. Alejandro Lopez-Lira delivers an engaging and insightful new take on how to use large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT to find new investment opportunities and make better trading decisions. In the book, you’ll learn how to interpret the outputs of LLMs to craft sounder trading strategies and incorporate market sentiment into your analyses of individual securities. In addition to a complete and accessible explanation of how ChatGPT and other LLMs work, you’ll find: Discussions of future trends in artificial intelligence and finance Strategies for implementing new and soon-to-come AI tools into your investing strategies and processes Techniques for analyzing market sentiment using ChatGPT and other AI toolsA can’t-miss playbook for taking advantage of the full potential of the latest AI advancements, The Predictive Edge is a fully to-date and exciting exploration of the intersection of tech and finance. It will earn a place on the bookshelves of individual and professional investors everywhere.
Predictive HR Analytics: Mastering the HR Metric
by Dr Martin Edwards Kirsten Edwards Daisung JangThis is the essential guide for HR practitioners who want to gain the statistical and analytical knowledge to fully harness the potential of HR metrics and organizational people-related data.The ability to use and analyse data has become an invaluable skill for HR professionals to not only identify trends and patterns, but also make well-informed business decisions. The third edition of Predictive HR Analytics provides a clear, accessible framework for understanding people data, working with people analytics and advanced statistical techniques.Readers will be taken step-by-step through worked examples, showing them how to carry out analyses and interpret HR data in areas such as employee engagement, performance and turnover. Learn how to make effective business decision with this updated edition that includes the latest materials on biased algorithms and data protection, supported by online resources consisting of R and Excel data sets.
The Prefects and Provincial France (Routledge Library Editions: Government)
by Brian ChapmanOriginally published in 1955, this book traces the history of the Corps from its foundation in 1800, the successive stages in the career of a Prefect, his or her legal powers and influence on the social, political and economic life of the country. As well as being an original piece of research, it provides an absorbing picture of life in provincial France and explains the fundamental strength of France despite her political contradictions.
The Prefects and Provincial France (Routledge Library Editions: Government)
by Brian ChapmanOriginally published in 1955, this book traces the history of the Corps from its foundation in 1800, the successive stages in the career of a Prefect, his or her legal powers and influence on the social, political and economic life of the country. As well as being an original piece of research, it provides an absorbing picture of life in provincial France and explains the fundamental strength of France despite her political contradictions.
Pregnancy, Babies & Toddlers for Men
by Mark WoodsYou're having a baby! Or, at least, your partner is! Which means you are too.Not literally, of course, but you do have lots of excitement, anticipation and nervousness ahead, the likes of which you've never experienced before.This book is just for you: the new father. It guides you through the emotional rollercoaster of pregnancy and gets you ready for anything your newborn may throw at you (including, but not limited to, regurgitated milk).From how your baby develops month by month to how to support your partner (it's the little things that count, we tell ourselves), from putting up a travel cot or installing a car seat once your little one is ready for the world, Pregnancy, Babies & Toddlers for Men is your survival guide from conception to the toddler years ahead.* Previously published separately as Pregnancy for Men and Babies & Toddlers for Men *
Pregnant Princess Bride: Traded To The Desert Sheikh / Royal Captive / His Pregnant Princess Bride (The Diamond Club #2)
by null Caitlin CrewsIt’s one night only… until the royal pregnancy test turns positive! Attending Valentino Bonaparte’s convenient wedding is torture for Princess Carliz. Years ago she shared an incandescent kiss with the brooding Italian—and she’s craved more ever since. When the ceremony is called off, they finally get the chance to surrender to their wildest temptations. But in the morning Valentino walks away… Three months after their passionate night wrecked her for ever, Carliz must tell Valentino he's left her with more than a broken heart—she’s expecting his baby! And he’s determined his heir will not be illegitimate…
Prehistoric Archaeology on the Continental Shelf: A Global Review
by Amanda M. Evans Joseph C. Flatman Nicholas C. FlemmingThe chapters in this edited volume present multi-disciplinary case studies of prehistoric archaeological sites located on now-submerged portions of the continental shelf. Each chapter represents an extension of the known prehistoric record beyond the modern shoreline. Case studies represent central themes of landscape change, climate change and societal development, using new technologies for mapping, monitoring and managing these sites.
Preisdifferenzierung im Omni Channel-Handel (Marktorientiertes Management)
by Mona EcklMona Eckl untersucht die Kanalpräferenz von Omni Channel-Konsumenten und die Akzeptanz kanalbasierter Preisdifferenzen im Omni Channel-Handelskontext. Die Autorin analysiert den Einfluss unterschiedlicher Kosten- und Nutzenfaktoren auf die Offline-, Online- und Mobile-Kanalpräferenz in der Kaufphase und entwickelt auf Basis dessen eine Strategie zur wertbasierten Kommunikation unterschiedlicher Preise in den Kanälen eines Omni Channel-Händlers. Anschließend erforscht sie, wie Konsumenten auf kanalbasierte Preisdifferenzen mit höheren Offline-, Online- oder Mobile-Preisen reagieren und überprüft, inwieweit der Einsatz der zuvor entwickelten Kommunikationsstrategie die Reaktion auf ebensolche Preispremien beeinflussen kann. Mithilfe zweier empirischer Studien generiert die Autorin neue Erkenntnisse, insbesondere im Hinblick auf Preispremien in digitalen Kanälen. Sie leitet überdies wertvolle praktische Handlungsempfehlungen für die Preis- und Kanalgestaltung von Mehrkanalhändlern ab.
Premodern ruling sexualities: Representation, identity, and power
by Zita Eva Rohr Gabrielle StoreyThis volume explores a range of premodern rulers and their depictions in historiography, literature, art and material culture to gain a broader understanding of their sexualities. It considers the methodologies and motivations of premodern writers and rulers when fashioning royal and elite sexualities and offers new analyses of an array of texts and artwork from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean.
Premodern ruling sexualities: Representation, identity, and power
by Zita Eva Rohr Gabrielle StoreyThis volume explores a range of premodern rulers and their depictions in historiography, literature, art and material culture to gain a broader understanding of their sexualities. It considers the methodologies and motivations of premodern writers and rulers when fashioning royal and elite sexualities and offers new analyses of an array of texts and artwork from across Europe and the wider Mediterranean.
Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient: Enhanced Recovery Before Surgery
by Heath B. McAnally Lynda Welton Freeman Beth DarnallThe literature increasingly supports the position that elective surgery on poorly prepared chronic pain patients is not smart and ultimately in no-one's best interest. Just as patients with ischemic heart disease, obstructive lung disease, or diabetes can and need to be optimized prior to surgery, so too should chronic pain patients. The complex dynamics of chronic pain require a priori intervention - targeting enhanced recovery before surgery. Preoperative Optimization of the Chronic Pain Patient is a groundbreaking collaborative effort written by medical and psychological experts in the field of pain management with a specific interest in the perioperative arena. The modern emphasis on biopsychosocial-spiritual care is as important here as anywhere in medicine as comprehensive mind-body preparation is essential to optimize outcomes. That preparation entails replacing toxic thoughts (e.g., anxiety and pain catastrophizing) and behaviors (e.g., tobacco and opioid dependence; poor sleep, nutrition and exercise patterns) with beneficial ones. Such replacement of maladaptive cognitive-behavioral patterns requires the enhancement of patients' motivation and the cultivation of healthy habits. This book provides the framework for an evidence-based synthesis of counseling and intervention for preoperative optimization of chronic pain patients. Clinicians will learn to improve health and economic outcomes affecting their patient, health care team, and institution; to identify and target relevant issues, utilizing a holistic yet focused approach to optimization; and to collaborate with the patient and requisite multidisciplinary care team in a streamlined, efficient, and effective manner.
Preparing for Adoption: Everything Adopting Parents Need to Know About Preparations, Introductions and the First Few Weeks
by Julia DavisThe period before your child joins your family can be a chaotic time. Clear and positive, Preparing for Adoption equips you with the knowledge to create a safe and secure home for your newly adopted child.
Presence and Process in Expressive Arts Work: At the Edge of Wonder
by Herbert Eberhart Sally AtkinsThe book is a foundational guide for all therapists who use the expressive arts as a way of facilitating learning, healing, and change. Grounding expressive arts work within the helping relationship, it focuses on two fundamental aspects to effective practice; 'presence' and 'process', explains these concepts, their roots, and applications.
Presenting in English: A Practical Guide
by Dick SmakmanThis practical guide introduces students to the language and other skills needed to deliver a presentation in English. Concise and accessible, the guide will be particularly helpful to learners of English.The book: covers different types of presentations, including group and online presentations, common structures of presentations, presentation tools, and the main message that each presentation should have introduces the language skills necessary for presentations: useful English words, phrases, and sentences to use in the various parts of presentations, and how one’s pronunciation can become clearer to an international audience explains how to control voice and vocal tract usage and how to effectively use the body as a communicator discusses how to communicate with the audience, including how to handle questions, and explores different types of audiences includes culturally diverse examples, case studies, and exercises Accompanied by online support material with recordings, the book is an essential guide to delivering a successful presentation in English.