William Scott - Böcker

Financial Accounting Theory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

2 719 kr

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This new edition continues to include considerable coverage of accounting standards oriented to 2018 IASB standards as well as major U.S. accounting standards. While the text discussion concentrates on relating standards to the theoretical framework of the book, the coverage provides students with exposure to the contents of the standards themselves.

Despite its theoretical orientation, Financial Accounting Theory, 8/e does not ignore the institutional structure of financial accounting and standard-setting. It features considerable coverage and critical evaluation of financial accounting standards and regulations, such as fair value accounting, financial instruments, reserve recognition accounting, management discussion and analysis, employee stock options, impairment tests, hedge accounting, derecognition, consolidation, and comprehensive income. The structure of standard-setting bodies is also described, and the role of structure in helping to engineer the consent necessary for a successful standard is evaluated.

Conductor's Repertory of Chamber Music

Compositions for Nine to Fifteen Solo Instruments

AvWilliam Scott,William Scott

Inbunden, Engelska, 1993

1 177 kr

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This volume provides a valuable resource for instrumental conductors, conducting teachers, and students. Most universities offering advanced degrees in instrumental conducting cannot provide a training orchestra or wind ensemble for the conductor. The chamber orchestra, which can be easily organized and requires a smaller instrumentation, provides a reasonable alternative. The chamber ensemble has the potential to offer training for the developing conductor and to expand the repertoire of the professional conductor. A Conductor's Repertory of Chamber Music lists over one thousand original works for chamber ensembles ranging in size from nine to fifteen solo instruments. The work includes three sections: the Repertory, a complete data base of compositions listed by composer and including instrumentation, publisher, the composer's date of birth, and the number of required musicians; the Repertory Classified, which lists compositions according to similar combinations of instruments; and a Title Index.

Nurses! Test Yourself in Anatomy & Physiology

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska

422 kr

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Nurses! Test Yourself in Pathophysiology

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska

422 kr

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Nurses! Test yourself in Essential Calculation Skills

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

254 kr

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"This book will be of great benefit to student nurses. Following the clear, step by step guides and worked examples will enable you to quickly develop the confidence to master more complex processes. It will also be an invaluable resource for mentors supporting students." Dorothy Adam, Lecturer, The Robert Gordon University, UK

"This book is a fundamental companion for all nurses wanting to become more proficient at medication calculations. The book is designed to find areas for improvements through a series of tests that start with a basic calculation review. Working through the book will help you to build confidence in the clinical environment."James Pearson-Jenkins, Senior Lecturer of Adult Acute Nursing, University of Wolverhampton, UK

"This book is a useful tool for all nurses. I would recommend it for nursing staff undertaking intravenous or other medication management courses/ modules. It would also benefit nurses who have to undertake calculations tests as part of their new post or ongoing development."Amy Hutchinson, Student Nurse, University of Ulster, UK

"Through simple examples, exercises and gradual progression, this book will help to remove the anxiety often associated with the arithmetic involved in drug calculations commonly encountered in clinical practice. The book will be of use to pre-registration and registered nurses alike. It provides an opportunity for both self assessment and practice, as such it will be a useful tool for improving confidence, competence and patient safety in a critical skill."Jim Jolly, Head of Academic Unit for Long Term Conditions, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, UK

Looking for a quick and effective way to revise key points and test your knowledge?

Calculation exams can intimidate many nurses. This handy book is designed to help you conquer your fears and strengthen your calculation skills.

With more than 500 test questions in total, the book includes:

4 diagnostic tests so you can assess strengths and weaknesses11 chapters on basic calculation skills 4 chapters on applied clinical calculations including injections, intravenous and paediatric drugs Quick reference tables of common units, formulae and times tables There are also chapters on the most common drug administrations used in nursing including: intravenous infusions, oral medication, injections, parenteral nutrition and paediatric drugs and the book shows you how to use calculations in clinical settings.

Written by lecturers at one of the UK's top nursing schools, this test book is sure to help you improve your results - and tackle calculations with confidence!

Paramedics! Test yourself in Anatomy and Physiology

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scottm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

254 kr

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"This book is set out in a logical and progressive style allowing students to access required chapters with ease. The test yourself questions allow for a number of different learning styles and will prove an invaluable aid for both learning and revision for paramedic students."Mark Millins, Senior Lecturer Paramedic Science, Teesside University, UK

"I found this to be a highly beneficial and interesting resource to test my own knowledge of the basics and the underlying anatomy and physiology of body systems. I would recommend this text to all student Paramedics whilst in the learning phase."Gemma Chapman, Student Paramedic, Brighton University, UK.

Paramedics! Test yourself in Anatomy and Physiology is the essential self-test resource to help paramedics revise and excel in their anatomy and physiology modules and exams.

Crammed full of over 400 questions, this unique book also includes fully explained answers and explanations to help consolidate learning as you test yourself using:

Anatomy artworkMultiple choice questionsTrue or false questionsFill in the blank questionsLabelling exercisesAn extensive glossary explains all the key termsEach main body system has its own chapter, so you can get in depth practice for your exams. Body systems covered include: Integumentary system Nervous system and special senses Cardiovascular system Digestive system Immune and lymphatic systems Musculoskeletal system Endocrine system Respiratory system Urinary system Reproductive systems

Paramedics! Test yourself in Pathophysiology

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scottm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

254 kr

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"This charming little book offers students and professionals alike a chance to review their knowledge of pathophysiology in a simple and easy to use manner … It summarises all key areas and offers the reader a quick questions and answers book which is unique in the paramedic literature world. A fantastic book."Ruth Lambert, Qualified Paramedic, UK

Paramedics! Test yourself in Pathophysiology is the essential self-test resource to help paramedics revise and excel in their pathophysiology modules and exams.With over 250 questions, 60 glossary terms, fully explained answers and explanations, this book covers the most common presentations seen in the paramedic practice, accessible through:

Multiple choice questionsTrue or false questionsFill in the blank questionsLabelling exercisesAn extensive glossary explains all the key terms and disease names Each main body system has its own chapter, so you can get in depth practice for your exams. Body systems covered include: Integumentary system Nervous system and special senses Cardiovascular system Digestive system Inflammation, infection and immunity Musculoskeletal system Endocrine system Respiratory system Urinary system Reproductive systems

Nurses! Test yourself in Anatomy and Physiology 2e

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

331 kr

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Nurses! Test Yourself in Anatomy and Physiology, 2nd Edition, has been fully revised and updated, with new and expanded features, to remain the essential self-test resource for nurses studying basic anatomy and physiology and preparing for exams.

This book includes over 500 questions, each with fully explained answers. These include:

•50 A&P illustrations and puzzle grids

•Over 200 glossary terms

•Multiple choice questions

•True or false questions

•Labelling exercises

•Match the terms

•Fill in the blank questions

Each main body system has its own chapter, so you can get in depth practice for your exams.

Body systems covered include:

•Integumentary system

•Musculoskeletal system

•Nervous system

•Endocrine system

•Cardiovascular system

•Respiratory system

•Digestive system

•Urinary system

•Immune and lymphatic system

•Male & female reproductive system

Self-testing is an effective activity in improving active learning. This book will help nursing students with their learning and recall in a subject they often report to find difficult. Covering all the main topics relevant to nursing and including varied exercises, this book will prove be an effective aid alongside standard textbooks for any student studying anatomy and physiology.

Dr Jim Jolly Lecturer School of Healthcare University of Leeds.

This book is an excellent resource for students and their teachers as it complements all core anatomy and physiology text books and curricula no matter how the content is sequenced. The book covers all of the main systems in the body along with the fundamentals underpinning students’ understanding of core concepts in physiology. The use of a self-assessment approach stimulates students to actively engage with the material while they self-correct and learn. The book is a gift to all nursing students revising for examinations that assess the anatomy and physiology component of their programme. I highly recommend this book.

Dr. Margarita Corry, Registered Nurse Teacher and Academic, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin.

Katherine Rogers is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.

Bill Scott is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Biomedicine at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Nurses! Test Yourself in Essential Calculation Skills

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

254 kr

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“This book is a must have for the nursing student and practicing nurse to assist with medication management.”Fiona Timmins, Professor of Nursing, Dean of Nursing and Head of School, University College Dublin, Ireland“I would highly recommend this book as a structured, systematic way to improve confidence and competence inessential calculation skills for all nursing students!”Charlotte Davies, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Plymouth, UK“This book should be a fundamental part of any reading list for all future students to build knowledge and confidence with Nursing calculations."Helen Noonan, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Hull, UK

Nurses! Test Yourself in Essential Calculation Skills, 2nd Edition is designed to help your overcome your fears and strengthen your calculation skills for clinical practice.

With 500 brand new test yourself questions, this new text can be used in isolation or to complement the first edition of Nurses! Test Yourself in Essential Calculation Skills to boost your understanding of key calculation skills.In this edition you will find:- 4 diagnostic tests designed to help you identify areas of concern- Case studies to look at scenarios that require multiple calculations- 16 chapters on basic calculation skills and common calculation processes- Up to date content aligning with NMC requirements and guidelines for nurse trainingSplit into handy sub-sections and with an easy-to-use conversion table, the book has clear step by step guides and worked examples to help you gain the confidence to master more complex processes.Written by lecturers from the UK’s leading nursing schools and aligning with NMC guidelines; this is the ideal revision tool to help you improve your results and tackle calculations with confidence!Katherine M. A. Rogers is a senior lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.William N. Scott is a senior lecturer and Researcher in Biomedicine at Atlantic Technological University, Ireland.

Nurses! Test yourself in Pathophysiology, 2e

AvKatherine Rogers,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

254 kr

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“This new edition offers a fun and flexible learning package that will build confidence when considering the complex pathophysiology field.”Dr Terry J Ferns (EdD) MA BSc (Hons) RN SFHEA, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Health and Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK“I have really enjoyed reading this book... The chapter content and self-assessment are easily manageable as the design and layout lends itself to learning and revision... I have no hesitation in recommending this book to undergraduate nursing students.”Conor Hamilton, Lecturer (Education) Nursing, Queen’s University Belfast, IrelandLooking for a quick and effective way to revise and test your knowledge?This handy book is the essential self-test resource to help nurses revise and prepare for their pathophysiology exams.Nurses! Test Yourself in Pathophysiology, 2nd Edition covers a broad range of conditions common to nursing practice including pneumonia, diabetes, asthma, eczema and more. The book includes a handy list of common abbreviations and prefixes, as well as over 300 new questions and 60 glossary terms in total. Each chapter contains:• Labelling exercises• True or false questions• Multiple choice questions• Fill in the blank questions• Match the Terms• Brand new puzzle gridsThe book includes chapters on:• Integumentary system• Musculoskeletal system• Nervous system• Endocrine system• Cardiovascular system• Respiratory system• Digestive system• Urinary system• Reproductive systemWritten by leading experts with many years of experience teaching students on health and life sciences programmes, this test book is sure to help you improve your results - and tackle your exams with confidence!Katherine M. A. Rogers is a Reader of Bioscience Education with the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast, UK.William N. Scott is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Biomedicine at Atlantic Technological University, Ireland.

Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development

A History of Ideas

AvWilliam Scott,Paul Vare

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

2 103 kr

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This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development – about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence. It charts the long arc of human–environment relationships through the specific lens of human learning, putting on record many of the people, ideas and events that have contributed, often unwittingly, to the global movement for sustainable development.Human learning has always had a focus on the environment. It’s something we’ve been engaged in ever since we began interacting with our surroundings and thinking about the impacts, outcomes and consequences of our actions and interactions. This unique story told by the authors is episodic rather than a connected, linear account; it probes, questions and re-examines familiar issues from novel perspectives, and looks ahead. The book is of particular interest to those studying (and teaching) courses with a focus on socio-economic and environmental sustainability, and non-governmental organisations whose work brings them face-to-face with the general public and social enterprises.

Learning, Environment and Sustainable Development

A History of Ideas

AvWilliam Scott,Paul Vare

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

580 kr

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This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development – about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence. It charts the long arc of human–environment relationships through the specific lens of human learning, putting on record many of the people, ideas and events that have contributed, often unwittingly, to the global movement for sustainable development.Human learning has always had a focus on the environment. It’s something we’ve been engaged in ever since we began interacting with our surroundings and thinking about the impacts, outcomes and consequences of our actions and interactions. This unique story told by the authors is episodic rather than a connected, linear account; it probes, questions and re-examines familiar issues from novel perspectives, and looks ahead. The book is of particular interest to those studying (and teaching) courses with a focus on socio-economic and environmental sustainability, and non-governmental organisations whose work brings them face-to-face with the general public and social enterprises.

Soviet Art Of War

Doctrine, Strategy, And Tactics

AvHarriet Scott,William Scott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

1 968 kr

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No other nation has invested as much intellectual capital in the study of war as has the Soviet Union over the last six decades, and the doctrine, strategy, and tactics that have been developed by Soviet theoreticians are bound to guide any future Soviet military action. The Soviet Art of War makes available to Western readers selections from the most significant and influential Soviet military writings from 1917 to the present. The Scotts have examined thousands of Soviet military publications, including the restricted journal of the Soviet General Staff, Voyennaya Mysl', to make this book the most comprehensive account of Soviet military theory and practice yet published. The papers they have chosen thoroughly illustrate the development of the basic features of Soviet military art, from the days of trench warfare to the era of the nuclear battlefield. These documents demonstrate the emphasis on surprise, on deception, on mass deep penetration of enemy defenses, and on a unified strategy for all services. They also show the forms of military action—destruction and attrition, defense and offense, maneuver and position-as seen through the eyes of leading Soviet marshals, generals, and admirals. The usefulness of this material is further enhanced by the Scotts' commentary and their analysis of each group of readings.

Soviet Art Of War

Doctrine, Strategy, And Tactics

AvHarriet Scott,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

526 kr

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No other nation has invested as much intellectual capital in the study of war as has the Soviet Union over the last six decades, and the doctrine, strategy, and tactics that have been developed by Soviet theoreticians are bound to guide any future Soviet military action. The Soviet Art of War makes available to Western readers selections from the most significant and influential Soviet military writings from 1917 to the present. The Scotts have examined thousands of Soviet military publications, including the restricted journal of the Soviet General Staff, Voyennaya Mysl', to make this book the most comprehensive account of Soviet military theory and practice yet published. The papers they have chosen thoroughly illustrate the development of the basic features of Soviet military art, from the days of trench warfare to the era of the nuclear battlefield. These documents demonstrate the emphasis on surprise, on deception, on mass deep penetration of enemy defenses, and on a unified strategy for all services. They also show the forms of military action—destruction and attrition, defense and offense, maneuver and position-as seen through the eyes of leading Soviet marshals, generals, and admirals. The usefulness of this material is further enhanced by the Scotts' commentary and their analysis of each group of readings.

Retrospect and Prospect

AvAlan Reid,William Scott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

1 978 kr

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Previously published as a special issue of Environmental Education Research, this collection includes some of the most influential and important articles contributed to the field over the last decade. Drawing out the best articles from volumes one to ten, the editors highlight six major themes:EE and ESD: tension or transition? locating the environmental in environmental education researchdoing environmental education researchenvironmental learning as process and outcomeenvironmental education for … developing environmental education research. For each theme, two papers published by the journal in the first ten years are re-printed and two researchers review the issues they raise, giving readers a broad and future-facing overview of the development of the field today.

Higher Education and Sustainable Development

Paradox and Possibility

AvStephen Gough,William Scott

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

2 238 kr

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The ‘Key Issues in Higher Education’ series aims to raise both awareness and the standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher education and intends to assist national and international debate.Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is actually possible to mandate, plan, monitor and evaluate the higher education sector’s route to the production of educated, innovative, independent, self-determining, critical individuals while at the same time achieving a range of wider policy goals on the side. This book examines this question in the context of a particular international policy issue – sustainable development – which is now seen across the globe as a necessary and urgent response to a range of social and environmental issues that threaten the integrity of the biosphere and human well being. The book concludes that the idea of sustainable development holds both opportunities and dangers for universities as they pursue their proper role in a free society.Illustrated by seven in-depth case studies this book considers the complex inter-relationships of a free society and sustainable development in the context of higher education, and aims to makes recommendations for realistic future development. It is essential reading for the international higher education research community, policy-makers, university managers, students and non-Governmental organizations in the development, environment and social policy sectors.

Researching Education and the Environment

Retrospect and Prospect

AvAlan Reid,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

630 kr

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Previously published as a special issue of Environmental Education Research, this collection includes papers published in the first 10 years of the journal, together with a series of specially commissioned critical vignettes that address the kinds of research that the journal attracts and wider aspects of the journal's work over that time. Contributors and editors also look ahead to the next ten years, discussing six major themes within contemporary research that require close scrutiny:EE and ESD: tension or transition? locating the environmental in environmental education researchdoing environmental education researchenvironmental learning as process and outcomeenvironmental education for … developing environmental education research. For each theme, two papers published by the journal in the first ten years are re-printed and two researchers review the issues they raise, giving readers a broad and future-facing overview of the development of the field today.

Higher Education and Sustainable Development

Paradox and Possibility

AvStephen Gough,William Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

662 kr

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The ‘Key Issues in Higher Education’ series aims to raise both awareness and the standards of debate on the fundamental issues that lie at the very heart of higher education and intends to assist national and international debate.Higher Education and Sustainable Development examines whether it is actually possible to mandate, plan, monitor and evaluate the higher education sector’s route to the production of educated, innovative, independent, self-determining, critical individuals while at the same time achieving a range of wider policy goals on the side. This book examines this question in the context of a particular international policy issue – sustainable development – which is now seen across the globe as a necessary and urgent response to a range of social and environmental issues that threaten the integrity of the biosphere and human well being. The book concludes that the idea of sustainable development holds both opportunities and dangers for universities as they pursue their proper role in a free society.Illustrated by seven in-depth case studies this book considers the complex inter-relationships of a free society and sustainable development in the context of higher education, and aims to makes recommendations for realistic future development. It is essential reading for the international higher education research community, policy-makers, university managers, students and non-Governmental organizations in the development, environment and social policy sectors.

The Model of Poesy

AvWilliam Scott,Gavin Alexander

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

1 489 kr

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The Model of Poesy is one of the most exciting literary discoveries of recent years. A manuscript treatise on poetics written by William Scott in 1599, at the end of the most revolutionary decade in English literary history, it includes rich discussions of the works of Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare and their contemporaries. Scott's work presents a powerful and coherent theoretical account of all aspects of poetics, from the nature of representation to the rules of versification, with a commitment to relating theory to contemporary practice. For Scott, any theory of literature must make sense not of the classics but of what English writers are doing now: Scott is at the same time the most scholarly and the most relevant of English Renaissance critics. In this groundbreaking edition, Gavin Alexander presents a text of The Model of Poesy framed by a detailed introduction and an extensive commentary, which together demonstrate the range and value of Scott's thought.

Häftad, Engelska

294 kr

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The Hunters Call

AvWilliam Scott

Häftad, Engelska

294 kr

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Letters on Superior Education [microform]

in Its Relation to the Progress and Permanency of Wesleyan Methodism

AvWilliam ?- Scott

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

177 kr

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