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Penguins : natural history and conservation / by Boersma, P. Dee,1946-editor.; Borboroglu, Pablo Garcia,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and index."A state-of-the-art guide to status, distribution, abundance, and population trends of 18 penguin species. Highlights emerging conservation issues and opportunities to increase understanding of common threats to penguins"--"Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled condition of the southern oceans, as well as larger marine conservation problems: climate change, pollution, and fisheries mismanagement. This timely book presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species--from the majestic emperor penguins of the Antarctic to the little blue penguins of New Zealand and Australia, from the northern rockhopper penguins of the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans to the Galápagos penguins of the equator--written by the leading experts in the field. The discussion of each species includes the life history, distribution, population sizes and trends, and International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) status, as well as threats to survival and legal protections, if any. The book also provides information on current conservation efforts, outlines the most important actions to be taken to increase each population's resilience, and recommends further research needed to protect penguins along with the living creatures that share their environment. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs of each species in their natural habitats and detailed charts and graphs, Penguins will be an invaluable tool for researchers, conservation groups, and policy makers. It will also enchant anyone interested in the lives or the plight of these fascinating animals.<b>Pablo Garcia Borboroglu</b> is a researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina, president of the Global Penguin Society, and affiliate professor at the University of Washington. <b>P. Dee Boersma</b> is professor of biology and Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science at the University of Washington. She is coeditor of Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest and executive editor of Conservation magazine"--

Subjects: Penguins.;

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Miss Bonnie's nurses : the first fifty years of nursing at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte / by Newman, Ann,1943-author.(CARDINAL)783339; Haney, Dona Harton,author.(CARDINAL)798111;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword / Chancellor Philip L. Dubois -- Foreword / Dr. Dee M. Baldwin -- Preface -- Introduction : a brief history of UNC Charlotte's School of Nursing / Ann Mabe Newman, with updates by Dee Baldwin -- The beginning years : Edith Brocker, RN, MEd, founding dean of the College of Nursing, 1965-1972 / Dona H. Haney -- Rapid growth and development : Dr. Marinell Jernigan, 1972-1977 / Ann Mabe Newman -- Conflict : Dr. Louise Schlachter, 1977-1983 / Ann Mabe Newman -- A year of healing, 1984-1985 / Dr. Pauline Mayo -- Regrouping, moving forward, hitting our stride: 1985-1992 / Dr. Nancy F. Langston -- Managing change : strategic planning, assessing, restructuring, building, merging, and moving: 1992-2004 / Dr. Ina Sue Marquis Bishop -- Into a new century, implications/adjustments to a new structure: Dr. Karen Schmaling, 2004-2010 / Ann Mabe Newman -- Access and partnerships : 2002-2006 / Dr. Pamala D. Larsen -- UNC Charlotte's golden anniversary and beyond : 2011-2018 / Dr. Nancy Fey-Yensan -- Recognition, successes, new programs in nursing / Dr. Dee M. Baldwin -- Beyond the classroom / Dona H. Haney -- Endowed scholarships and funds -- Named areas within the College of Nursing -- Research and scholarship / Jacqueline Dienemann -- In conclusion / Ann Mabe Newman.The UNC Charlotte School of Nursing was founded in 1965 under the direction of President Bonnie Cone in what was then the Charlotte College. Miss Bonnie's Nurses: The First Fifty Years of Nursing at UNC Charlotte traces the history of the school to its position today as the premier choice for providing the highest quality of nursing education with a commitment to community engagement in the Charlotte region and beyond. Ann Mabe Newman and Dona Haney, both alumni with close ties going back to the program's earliest years, add their personal perspective to this account of the people who shaped the institution and its history. Adding to their close knowledge of the school are the voices and memories of deans, alumni, and faculty that were collected for the book. Featuring more than seventy-five photographs, Miss Bonnie's Nurses documents and celebrates the contributions of a community of scholars and nurses that educate over 500 students annually as they enter the extraordinary world of nursing and begin their careers in healthcare.

Subjects: University of North Carolina at Charlotte. School of Nursing; Nurse educators; Nurses;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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The stand / by King, Stephen,1947-author.(CARDINAL)142681;

"This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man. In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Now Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand: The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral comlexity of a true epic. For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival."--from the Hardcover edition.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Horror fiction.; Biological warfare; Epidemics;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4

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The stand : the complete & uncut edition / by King, Stephen,1947-(CARDINAL)142681; Wrightson, Bernie,illustrator.(CARDINAL)729264; Cayea, John,illustrator.(CARDINAL)872396;

Imagine America devastated by a vast killer plague and the group of men and women coming together to make a last stand against it.This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death. And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides -- or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abigail -- and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man. In 1978 Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered to be one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, since more than 150,000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Now Stephen King's apocalyptic vision of a world blasted by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil has been restored to its entirety. The Stand : The Complete And Uncut Edition includes more than five hundred pages of material previously deleted, along with new material that King added as he reworked the manuscript for a new generation. It gives us new characters and endows familiar ones with new depths. It has a new beginning and a new ending. What emerges is a gripping work with the scope and moral comlexity of a true epic. For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are reading The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issuesthat will determine our survival.840LAccelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Horror fiction.; Biological warfare; Epidemics; Good and evil; Influenza;

Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 81

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Scanning the radiologic sciences workforce in North Carolina : a report of the Technical Panel on the Radiologic Sciences Workforce / by Dyson, Susan L.(CARDINAL)277315; Council for Allied Health in North Carolina.(CARDINAL)277316; North Carolina Area Health Education Centers Program.(CARDINAL)170775; Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research.(CARDINAL)209468;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-44).

Subjects: Radiologic technologists; Medical personnel;

Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3

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The new encyclopedia of Southern culture. by Thomas, James G.(James George); Wilson, Charles Reagan.(CARDINAL)149277; University of Mississippi.Center for the Study of Southern Culture.(CARDINAL)167359;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Science; Medicine;

Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13

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Critical links : learning in the arts and student academic and social development / by Deasy, Richard.(CARDINAL)292814; Catterall, James S.(CARDINAL)292813; Hetland, Lois,1953-(CARDINAL)287264; Winner, Ellen.(CARDINAL)292812; Arts Education Partnership (U.S.)(CARDINAL)292811;

Includes bibliographical references.[Part 1.] Dance -- Teaching cognitive skill through dance: evidence for near but not far transfer -- The effects of creative dance instruction on creative and critical thinking of seventh grade female students in Seoul, Korea -- Effects of movement poetry program on creativity of children with behavioral disorders -- Assessment of high school students' creative thinking skills: a comparison of the effects of dance and non-dance classes -- The impact of Whirlwind's Basic Reading Through Dance program on first grade students' basic reading skills: study II -- Art and community: creating knowledge through service in dance -- Motor imagery and athletic expertise: exploring the role of imagery in kinesthetic intelligence -- Informing and reforming dance education research -- [Part 2.] Drama -- The effects of creative drama on the social and oral language skills of children with learning disabilities -- The effectiveness of creative drama as an instructional strategy to enhance the reading comprehension skills of fifth-grade remedial readers -- Role of imaginative play in cognitive development -- A naturalistic study of the relationship between literacy development and dramatic play in five-year-old children -- An exploration into the writing of original scripts by inner-city high school drama students -- A poetic/dramatic approach to facilitate oral communication -- Drama and drawing for narrative writing in primary grades -- Children's story comprehension as a result of storytelling and story dramatization: a study of the child as spectator and as participant -- The impact of Whirlwind's Reading Comprehension Through Drama program on 4th grade students' reading skills and standardized test scores -- The effects of thematic-fantasy play training on the development of children's story comprehension -- Symbolic functioning and children's early writing: relations between kindergarteners' play and isolated word writing fluency -- Identifying causal elements in the thematic-fantasy play paradigm -- The effect of dramatic play on children's generation of cohesive text -- Strengthening verbal skills through the use of classroom drama: a clear link -- "Stand and unfold yourself": a monograph on the Shakespeare & Company research study -- Nadie papers no. 1, drama, language, and learning: reports of the Drama and Language Research Project, Speech and Drama Center, Education Department of Tasmania -- The effects of role playing on written persuasion: an age and channel comparison of fourth and eighth graders -- "You can't be Grandma, you're a boy": events within the thematic fantasy play context that contribute to story comprehension -- The flight of reading: shifts in instruction, orchestration, and attitudes through classroom theatre -- Research on drama and theater in education -- [Part 3]. Multi-Arts -- Using art processes to enhance academic self-regulation -- Learning in and through the arts: the question of transfer -- Involvement in the arts and success in secondary school -- Involvement in the arts and human development: extending an analysis of general associations and introducing the special cases of intensive involvement in music and in theatre arts -- Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE): evaluation summary -- The role of the fine and performing arts in high school dropout prevention -- Arts education secondary schools: effects and effectiveness -- Living the arts through language and learning: a report on community-based youth organizations -- Do extracurricular activities protect against early school dropout? -- Does studying the arts engender creative thinking?: evidence for near but not far transfer -- The arts and education reform: lessons from a four-year evaluation of the A+ Schools Program, 1995-1999 -- Placing A+ in a national context: a comparison to promising practices for comprehensive school reform -- The A+ Schools Program: school, community, teacher, and student effects -- The Arts In the Basic Curriculum Project: looking at the past and preparing for the future -- Mute those claims: no evidence (yet) for a causal link between arts study and academic achievement -- Why the arts matter in education, or Just what do children learn when they create an opera? -- SAT scores of students who study the arts: what we can and cannot conclude about the association -- Promising signs of positive effects: lessons from multi-arts studies -- [Part 4.] Music -- Effects of an integrated reading and music instructional approach on fifth-grade students' reading achievement, reading attitude, music achievement, and music attitude -- The effect of early music training on child cognitive development -- Can music be used to teach reading? -- The effects of three years of piano instruction on children's cognitive development -- Enhanced learning of proportional math through music training and spatial-temporal training -- The effects of background music on studying -- Learning to make music enhances spatial reasoning -- Listening to music enhances spatial-temporal reasoning: evidence for the "Mozart effect" -- An investigation of the effects of music on two emotionally disturbed students' writing motivations and writing skills -- The effects of musical performance, rational emotive therapy and vicarious experience on the self-efficacy and self-esteem of juvenile delinquents and disadvantaged children -- The effect of the incorporation of music learning into the second-language classroom on the mutual reinforcement of music and language -- Music training causes long-term enhancement of preschool children's spatial-temporal reasoning -- Classroom keyboard instruction improves kindergarten children's spatial-temporal performance: a field experiment -- A meta-analysis on the effects of music as reinforcement for education/therapy objectives -- Music and mathematics: modest support for the oft-claimed relationship -- An overview of research on music and learning -- [Part 5.] Visual arts -- Instruction in visual art: can it help children learn to read? -- The arts, language, and knowing: an experimental study of the potential of the visual arts for assessing academic learning by language minority students -- Investigating the educational impact and potential of the Museum of Modern Art's visual thinking curriculum: final report -- Reading is seeing: using visual response to improve the literary reading of reluctant readers -- Reflections on visual arts education studies -- [Part 6.] Overview -- The arts and the transfer of learning.

Subjects: Arts; Art; Academic achievement.; Cognition.;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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Thinking, fast and slow / by Kahneman, Daniel,1934-2024,author.(CARDINAL)519674;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-481) and index.Part I. Two Systems. The characters of the story ; Attention and effort ; The lazy controller ; The associative machine ; Cognitive ease ; Norms, surprises, and causes ; A machine for jumping to conclusions ; How judgments happen ; Answering an easier question -- Part II. Heuristics and Biases. The law of small numbers ; Anchors ; The science of availability ; Availability, emotion, and risk ; Tom W's specialty ; Linda: less is more ; Causes trump statistics ; Regression to the mean ; Taming intuitive predictions -- Part III. Overconfidence. The illusion of understanding ; The illusion of validity ; Intuitions vs. formulas ; Expert intuition: when can we trust it? ; The outside view ; The engine of capitalism -- Part IV. Choices. Bernoulli's errors ; Prospect theory ; The endowment effect ; Bad events ; The fourfold pattern ; Rare events ; Risk policies ; Keeping score ; Reversals ; Frames and reality -- Part V. Two Selves. Two selves ; Life as a story ; Experienced well-being ; Thinking about life -- Appendix A. Judgment under uncertainty -- Appendix B. Choices, values, and frames.In this work the author, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work in psychology that challenged the rational model of judgment and decision making, has brought together his many years of research and thinking in one book. He explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. He exposes the extraordinary capabilities, and also the faults and biases, of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. He reveals where we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can tap into the benefits of slow thinking. He offers practical and enlightening insights into how choices are made in both our business and our personal lives, and how we can use different techniques to guard against the mental glitches that often get us into trouble. This author's work has transformed cognitive psychology and launched the new fields of behavioral economics and happiness studies. In this book, he takes us on a tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think and the way we make choices.ALA Notable Books, 2012.Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, 2011

Subjects: Thought and thinking.; Decision making.; Intuition.; Reasoning.;

Available copies: 41 / Total copies: 78

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Life 3.0 : being human in the age of artificial intelligence / by Tegmark, Max,author.(CARDINAL)332266;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Prelude : The tale of the Omega Team -- Welcome to the most important conversation of our time. A brief history of complexity ; The three stages of life ; Controversies ; Misconceptions ; The road ahead -- Matter turns intelligent. What is intelligence? ; What is memory? ; What is computation? ; What is learning? -- The near future : breakthroughs, bugs, laws, weapons and jobs. Breakthroughs ; Bugs vs. robust AI ; Laws ; Weapons ; Jobs and wages ; Human-level intelligence? -- Intelligence explosion?. Totalitarianism ; Prometheus takes over the world ; Slow takeoff and multiple scenarios ; Cyborgs and uploads ; What will actually happen? -- Aftermath : the next 10,000 years. Libertarian utopia ; Benevolent dictator ; Egalitarian utopia ; Gatekeeper ; Protector God ; Enslaved God ; Conquerors ; Descendants ; Zookeeper ; 1984 ; Reversion ; Self-destruction ; What do you want? -- Our cosmic endowment : the next billion years and beyond. Making the most of your resources ; Gaining resources through cosmic settlement ; Cosmic hierarchies ; Outlook -- Goals. Physics : the origin of goals ; Biology : the evolution of goals ; Psychology : the pursuit of and rebellion against goals ; Engineering : outsourcing goals ; Friendly AI : aligning goals ; Ethics : choosing goals ; Ultimate goals? -- Consciousness. Who cares? ; What is consciousness? ; What's the problem? ; Is consciousness beyond science? ; Experimental clues about consciousness ; Theories of consciousness ; Controversies of consciousness ; How might AI consciousness feel? ; Meaning -- Epilogue : The tale of the FLI Team."How will Artificial Intelligence affect crime, war, justice, jobs, society and our very sense of being human? The rise of AI has the potential to transform our future more than any other technology--and there's nobody better qualified or situated to explore that future than Max Tegmark, an MIT professor who's helped mainstream research on how to keep AI beneficial. How can we grow our prosperity through automation without leaving people lacking income or purpose? What career advice should we give today's kids? How can we make future AI systems more robust, so that they do what we want without crashing, malfunctioning or getting hacked? Should we fear an arms race in lethal autonomous weapons? Will machines eventually outsmart us at all tasks, replacing humans on the job market and perhaps altogether? Will AI help life flourish like never before or give us more power than we can handle? What sort of future do you want? This book empowers you to join what may be the most important conversation of our time. It doesn't shy away from the full range of viewpoints or from the most controversial issues--from superintelligence to meaning, consciousness and the ultimate physical limits on life in the cosmos."--Publisher's description.1370L

Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Artificial intelligence; Automation; Artificial intelligence; Automation; Technological forecasting.;

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Foundation giving trends : update on funding priorities / by Mukai, Reina.(CARDINAL)838416; Saronson, Daniel.(CARDINAL)838603; Foundation Center.(CARDINAL)143045;

1. Foundation Giving By Grant Size - 2. Giving By Subject Focus - 3. International Giving - 4. Giving By Types Of Recipient Organizations - 5. Giving By Types Of Support - 6. Giving For Specified Populations - 7. Giving By Foundation Region - 8. Giving By Foundation Type - Appendix A: 2009 Sampling Base - Appendix B: The Grants Classification System.An essential reference for funders, researchers, policymakers, reporters, fundraisers, and anyone with a stake in grantmaking. Informed by exclusive research and expert analysis, the reports are the definitive source for knowlege on U.S. foundations.

Subjects: Corporations; Endowments;

Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1

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