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Abrahamic reflections on randomness and providence
This open access book addresses the question of how God can providentially govern apparently ungovernable randomness. Medieval theologians confidently held that God is provident, that is, God is the ultimate cause of or is responsible for everything that happens. However, scientific advances since the 19th century pose serious challenges to traditional views of providence. From Darwinian evolut…
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- 13
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- 9783030757977
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- xiv + 384
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- 231.5 ABR a
In From The Cold
"Open hostilities in the Korean War ended on the 27th of July 1953. The armistice that was signed at that time remains the poignant symbol of an incomplete conclusion – of a war that retains a distinct possibility of resuming at short notice. So what did Australia contribute to the Korean War from June 1950 to July 1953? What were the Australians doing there? How significant was the contribut…
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- 9781760462734
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ANZUS and the early cold war: strategy and diplomacy between Australia, New Z…
The ANZUS Alliance was a defence arrangement between Australia, New Zealand and the United States that shaped international policy in the aftermath of the Second World War and the early stages of the Cold War. Forged by influential individuals and impacting on global events including the Japanese Peace Treaty, the Korean War and the Suez Crisis, the ANZUS Alliance was a crucial factor in the se…
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- 9781783744961
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- xiii, 204 p. : ill. : ind. ; 24 cm
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- 355.033094 KEL a
Theory and methods for sociocultural research in science and engineering educ…
Introducing original methods for integrating sociocultural and discourse studies into science and engineering education, this book provides a much-needed framework for how to conduct qualitative research in this field. The three dimensions of learning identified in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) create a need for research methods that examine the sociocultural components of scienc…
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- -
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- 9781351139915
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- xiv, 279 p.; ill
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- 306.450721 THE t
Emotion and proactivity at work: prospects and dialogues
EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Individuals’ behaviours at work are known to be shaped by cold, or cognitive-motivational, processes as well as hot, or affect-motivational, processes. To date, employee proactivity research has mainly focused on the ‘cold’ side. But emotion has been proposed to ‘energize’ employees’ proactivity, especially in interdepen…
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- 9781529212655
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- XIV, 334 p.
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- 158.7 EMO e
Building better schools with evidence-based policy: adaptable policy for teac…
Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy: Adaptable Policy for Teachers and School Leaders provides an extensive set of free-to-use policies for building better schools. The policies included in this book cover a broad range of popular topics for schools that are not readily accessible, and each policy is built on theory, driven by research, and created by experts. Each policy is base…
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- 9781003025955
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- xxvii, 328p.: ill.
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- 371.2 BUI b
Evaluating evidence of mechanisms in medicine : principles and procedures
This book is the first to develop explicit methods for evaluating evidence of mechanisms in the field of medicine. It explains why it can be important to make this evidence explicit, and describes how to take such evidence into account in the evidence appraisal process. In addition, it develops procedures for seeking evidence of mechanisms, for evaluating evidence of mechanisms, and for combini…
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- -
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- 9783319946108
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- xviii, 125p. : ill.
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- 610.1 EVA e
Nutrition, health adn athletic performance
Optimal nutrition is fundamental for enhancing training, recovery and performance in sport. Therefore, research has aimed to determine the efficacy of appropriate intake of nutrients, fluids, and supplements and their role in exercise performance. The purpose of this Special Issue entitled “Nutrition, Health and Athletic Performance” is to highlight recent research examining aspects of spor…
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- 9783038426271
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- 530p.: ill.
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- 610 NUT n
Teaching history in the digital age
A practical guide on how one professor employs the transformative changes of digital media in the research, writing, and teaching of history
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- 9780472118786
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- xiii, 167p. : ill.
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- 907.85 KEL t
Equitable research partnerships : a global code of conduct to counter ethics …
This open access book offers insights into the development of the ground-breaking Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings (GCC) and the San Code of Research Ethics. Using a new, intuitive moral framework predicated on fairness, respect, care and honesty, both codes target ethics dumping – the export of unethical research practices from a high-income setting to a lower- o…
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- -
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- 9783030157456
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- xix, 122p : ill,
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- 174.9 SCH e
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