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Made to hear : cochlear implants and raising deaf children / by Mauldin, Laura,1977-author.(CARDINAL)412441;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: medicalization, deaf children, and cochlear implants -- A diagnosis of deafness: how mothers experience newborn hearing screening -- Early intervention: turning parents into trainers -- Candidates for implantation: class, cultural background, and compliance -- The neural project: the role of the brain -- Sound in school: linking the school and the clinic -- Conclusion: the power and limits of technology."A mother whose child has had a cochlear implant tells Laura Mauldin why enrollment in the sign language program at her daughter's school is plummeting: "The majority of parents want their kids to talk." Some parents, however, feel very differently, because "curing" deafness with cochlear implants is uncertain, difficult, and freighted with judgment about what is normal, acceptable, and right. Made to Hear sensitively and thoroughly considers the structure and culture of the systems we have built to make deaf children hear.Based on accounts of and interviews with families who adopt the cochlear implant for their deaf children, this book describes the experiences of mothers as they navigate the health care system, their interactions with the professionals who work with them, and the influence of neuroscience on the process. Though Mauldin explains the politics surrounding the issue, her focus is not on the controversy of whether to have a cochlear implant but on the long-term, multiyear undertaking of implantation. Her study provides a nuanced view of a social context in which science, technology, and medicine are trusted to vanquish disability--and in which mothers are expected to use these tools. Made to Hear reveals that implantation has the central goal of controlling the development of the deaf child's brain by boosting synapses for spoken language and inhibiting those for sign language, placing the politics of neuroscience front and center.Examining the consequences of cochlear implant technology for professionals and parents of deaf children, Made to Hear shows how certain neuroscientific claims about neuroplasticity, deafness, and language are deployed to encourage compliance with medical technology. "--
Subjects: Hard of hearing children; Deaf children; Hearing disorders in children; Cochlear implants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Black inventors : crafting over 200 years of success / by Holmes, Keith C.(CARDINAL)295761;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-158) and index.Henry E. Baker, the father of Black inventor research -- Early innovators and inventors -- Role of ancient African civilizations in the development of today's inventions and technologies -- Inventiveness and creativity are inherent in all races -- Definition of the word invention -- Africans develop their own innovations and inventions -- Black inventors' ancestral links to Africa -- World leaders in patents -- Census classification systems used to identify Black people -- What has changed from 1913 to the present? -- Black inventors educated and trained globally -- The increase in Black populations worldwide -- Earliest documented Black inventors -- Black inventors from 1769-2007 -- List of early Black inventors throughout the world, organized by state/country -- African, Caribbean and South American countries -- Pillars of American, Caribbean and South American economies -- Black inventors role in economic growth -- Influence of Black labor and inventions on the world -- Black inventors inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame -- Black inventors--pillars of industry -- Black inventors at historically Black colleges and universities -- Black inventors at colleges and universities in the United States -- Cities in the United States with Black inventors -- United States cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Native American inventors -- Black women innovators and inventors -- Prolific Black women innovators and inventors -- Prolific African innovators and inventors -- African countries with Black inventors -- African cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Prolific Black inventors from Australia -- Prolific Black Canadian innovators and inventors -- Canadian cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Prolific Black innovators and inventors from the Caribbean and Central America -- Caribbean and Central American cities and the number of Black inventor researched -- Prolific Black innovators and inventors in Europe -- European cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Black inventors in the United Kingdom -- United Kingdom cities and the number of Black inventors researched -- Design patents awarded to Black inventors -- Trademarks of Black innovators and inventors -- Black innovators on sports and their trademarks -- Black innovators in the video game industry -- Where does the Black inventor stand today? -- Global Black inventor research projects, Inc.Demographic study of Black inventors throughout the world with patents.
Subjects: Biographies.; Inventors, Black; Inventions; Inventors, Black;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The return of Marco Polo's world : war, strategy, and American interests in the twenty-first century / by Kaplan, Robert D.,1952-author.(CARDINAL)740442;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades, anchored by a major new Pentagon-commissioned essay about changing power dynamics among China, Eurasia, and America--from the renowned geopolitical analyst and bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy. In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China. The strength of that Silk Road--the trade route between Europe and Asia--was a foundation of Kublai Khan's sprawling empire. Now, in the early twenty-first century, the Chinese regime has proposed a land-and-maritime Silk Road that duplicates exactly the route Marco Polo traveled. In the major lead essay, recently released by the Pentagon's Officeof Net Assessment, Robert D. Kaplan lays out a blueprint of the world's changing power politics that recalls the late thirteenth century. As Europe fractures from changes in culture and migration, Eurasia coheres into a single conflict system. China is constructing a land bridge to Europe. Iran and India are trying to link the oil fields of Central Asia to the Indian Ocean. America's ability to influence the power balance in Eurasia is declining. This is Kaplan's first collection of essays since his classic The Coming Anarchy was published in 2000. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, as well as encounters with preeminent realist thinkers, Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world: a respect for the limits of Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests and American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of power via a strong navy;and more. From Kaplan's immediate thoughts on President Trump ("On Foreign Policy, Donald Trump Is No Realist," 2016) to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea ("When North Korea Falls," 2006), The Return of Marco Polo's World is a vigorous and honest reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead. "These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. The Return of Marco Polo's World is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic."--General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)"--"Drawing on decades of first-hand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan makes a powerful, clear-eyed case for what timeless principles should shape America's role in the world: a respect for the limitsof Western-style democracy; a delineation between American interests versus American values; an awareness of the psychological toll of warfare; a projection of military power via a strong navy; and more"--
Subjects: Democracy; World politics;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Authentic Alaska : voices of its native writers / by Andrews, Susan B.,1959-editor.(CARDINAL)643392; Andrews, Susan B.,1959-(CARDINAL)643392; Creed, John,1952-(CARDINAL)643393;
In this lively and sometimes poignant collection of essays and autobiographies, nearly fifty Alaska Native writers tell of their unique way of life and bear witness to the sweeping cultural changes occurring in their lifetimes.
Subjects: Biographies.; Athapascan Indians; Athapascan Indians; Athapascan Indians; Eskimos; Eskimos; Eskimos;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Feasibility study for highway hazardous materials bulk package accident performance data collection / by Daum, Philip J.(CARDINAL)350039; Barkan, Christopher P. L.(CARDINAL)350038; Saat, Mohd Rapik,1980-(CARDINAL)606968; Ghosh, Laura E.; United States.Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.(CARDINAL)297243; Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program.(CARDINAL)309378; National Research Council (U.S.).Transportation Research Board.(CARDINAL)141287;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)."'[This report] explores methods to collect and analyze performance data for U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)-specified hazardous materials bulk packages such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles. The report also identifies and evaluates institutional challenges to data collection, and makes suggestions for overcoming these challenges. In addition, the report offers a methodical approach for developing and implementing a reporting database system to collect and characterize information about damage to U.S. DOT-specified hazardous materials bulk packages involved in accidents, regardless of whether the damage resulted in a leak of contents"--Publisher's information.Research sponsored by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Subjects: Technical reports.; Hazardous substances; Hazardous substances; Freight and freightage; Commercial documents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to start a home-based car detailing business / by Doyle, Renny.(CARDINAL)605014;
Provides strategies for a successful and sustainable automobile detailing business, and includes estimating start-up costs, profiles of professional detailers, equipment needed, marketing methods, and charts and worksheets.
Subjects: Automobile detailing; Automobile detailing; Automobiles; Automobiles; New business enterprises;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Getting the money : how to succeed in fundraising for public and nonprofit libraries / by Dowlin, Kenneth E.(CARDINAL)733092;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142) and index.
Subjects: Library fund raising; Library fund raising.; Public libraries; Public libraries; Libraries and community.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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DIY solar projects for beginners : small and easy projects to whole-home systems use the sun / by Smith, Eric W.(Eric William),1951-author.(CARDINAL)590597;
"With clear instructions, tips, and step-by-step color photos for each project, this book takes the intimidation out of DIY solar builds. For those with more ambitious solar power plans, this updated edition contains information on outfitting your home with solar electricity collection systems and integrating them into your primary power supply system. Excitement about home solar energy is exploding, and DIY Solar Projects for Beginners sheds light on how you can get involved immediately. This book also offers an extensive resource guide with links to tax-reducing, subsidy, and support programs on both a national and state-by-state level. With high energy costs and an environment that demands cleaner fuel sources, now is the time to introduce new, cost-saving solar projects into your home." --
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Solar houses; Dwellings; Photovoltaic power generation; Solar heating;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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