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Gait Biometrics: Basic Patterns, Role of Neurological Disorders and Effects of Physical Activity
Li Li, Georgia Southern University and Matthew Holmes, Georgia Southern University
12-20-2013
Book Summary: This book discusses gait, the control of gait and how different pathological conditions may affect gait, with a unique application of a gait study reviewed at the end. We first discuss methodology issues related to gait quantification and interpretations of different gait-related measures and their theoretical relevancy and clinical applications. The effects of different pathological conditions on gait were then discussed, using diabetic peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson’s disease, concussions and lower back pain as examples. A current understanding of how anatomical alternation, central nervous system lesions or the loss of a limb affects gait have been reviewed in two ... Read more
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Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics and Science Education: Papers from an International STEM Research Symposium
Robert L. Mayes, Georgia Southern University and Larry Hatfield, University of Wyoming
5-1-2013
Quantitative Reasoning in Mathematics and Science Education: Papers from an International STEM Research Symposium is Monograph 3 in the WISDOMe series. The papers in this volume discuss the value of quantitative reasoning and its impact on future research and practice.
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A Youtube Calculus Workbook (Part 1)
Frédéric D. Mynard, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2013
Book Summary: This book is a guide through a playlist of Calculus instructional videos. The format, level of details and rigor, and progression of topics are consistent with a semester long college level first Calculus course, or equivalently an AP Calculus AB course. The book further provides simple summary of videos, written definitions and statements, worked out examples--even though fully step-by-step solutions are to be found in the videos-- and an index. The playlist and the book are divided into 15 thematic learning modules. At the end of each learning module, one or more quiz with full solutions is provided. ... Read more
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Listening, Looking, Living: Qualitative Research, the Study of Politics, and Understanding the World in Which We Live, 1st edition
Patrick Novotny, Georgia Southern University and Darin H. Van Tassell
2013
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The Norton Mix: Sociology
Nathan Palmer, Georgia Southern University; Tanya Gladney, University of St. Thomas, Minnesota; Erica Hunter, University at Albany, State University of New York; and Fernando I. Rivera, University of Central Florida
1-1-2013
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Toward an American Conservatism: Constitutional Conservatism during the Progressive Era
Joseph W. Postell and Jonathan O'Neill, Georgia Southern University
11-12-2013
During the Progressive Era (1880-1920), leading thinkers and politicians transformed American politics. Historians and political scientists have given a great deal of attention to the progressives who effected this transformation. Yet relatively little is known about the conservatives who opposed these progressive innovations, despite the fact that they played a major role in the debates and outcomes of this period of American history. These early conservatives represent a now-forgotten source of inspiration for modern American conservatism. This volume gives these constitutional conservatives their first full explanation and demonstrates their ongoing relevance to contemporary American conservatism.
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Security, Privacy, Trust, and Resource Management in Mobile and Wireless Communications
Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University; Bhed B. Bista, Iwate Prefectural University; and Gongjun Yan, University of Southern Indiana
10-1-2013
Book Summary: While security is of vital importance to ensure the integrity of communications in wireless and mobile networks, most businesses which rely on these networks expect a high level of security and privacy to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of communications among terminals, networks, applications, and services.
Security, Privacy, Trust, and Resource Management in Mobile and Wireless Communications examines the current scope of theoretical and practical applications on the security of mobile and wireless communications. This book covers fundamental concepts of current issues, challenges, and solutions in wireless and mobile networks and will serve as a reference for graduate ... Read more
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Environmental Geology, 2nd Edition
James Reichard, Georgia Southern University
2013
Reichard's Environmental Geology second edition continues to emphasize how humans interact with the environment within a geological context. The writing style holds the interest of nonmajor students and includes recent geologic events they can relate to. Each chapter incorporates student activities and discussion questions designed to give students a personal connection to the topic
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A Curriculum of Place: Understandings Emerging through the Southern Mist
William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University
2013
Georgia Southern faculty member William M. Reynolds edited A Curriculum of Place Understandings Emerging Through the Southern Mist.
Part of Counterpoints Series, Volume 412.
Since the United States has gone South in a number of respects, it is crucial to our understandings of ourselves and our current milieu to peer through the mist that covers the intricacies of the culture and history of the South. A Curriculum of Place: Understandings Emerging through the Southern Mist presents new and provocative insights into the study of curriculum and place focusing on the South. The essays emphasize understanding the importance of Southern place ... Read more
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Critical Studies of Southern Place: A Reader
William M. Reynolds, Georgia Southern University
9-2013
Georgia Southern University faculty member William M. Reynolds co-authored Critical Studies of Southern Place: A Reader.
Part of Counterpoints Series, Volume 434.
Critical Studies of Southern Place: A Reader critically investigates and informs the construction of Southernness, Southern identity, and the South past and present. It promotes and expands the notion of a Southern epistemology. Authors from across the South write about such diverse topics as Southern working-class culture; LGBT issues in the South; Southern music; Southern reality television; race and ethnicity in the South; religion in the South; sports in the South; and Southernness. How do these multiple interpretations ... Read more
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Business Data Communications- Infrastructure, Networking and Security
William Stallings and Thomas Louis Case, Georgia Southern University
2013
Business Data Communications: Infrastructure, Networking and Security covers the fundamentals of data communications, networking, distributed applications, and network management and security. These concepts are presented in a way that relates specifically to the business environment and the concerns of business management and staff. While making liberal use of real-world case studies and charts and graphs to provide a business perspective, the book also provides the student with a solid grasp of the technical foundation of business data communications.
The diverse set of projects and student exercises enables the instructor to use the book as a component in a rich and ... Read more -
My Lai: An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War
William T. Allison, Georgia Southern University
7-16-2012
Book Summary: On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In My Lai William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any?
My Lai has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, ... Read more
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The Gulf War, 1990-1991
William T. Allison, Georgia Southern University
10-2-2012
Book Summary: In August 1990, Saddam Hussein's Iraqi forces boldly invaded and occupied neighboring Kuwait. It was a move that shocked the world and threatened the interests of those countries, such as the USA and the nations of Europe, dependent on oil from the Middle East. The ensuing Gulf War signaled, for many, a new dawn in warfare: one based upon lethal technology, low casualties, and quick decisive victory.
Incorporating the latest scholarship, William Thomas Allison provides a concise overview of the origins, key events and legacy of the first Gulf War, as well as the major issues and debates. ... Read more
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American Military History: A Survey from Colonial Times to the Present
William T. Allison, Georgia Southern University; Jeffrey G. Grey, Australian Defence Force Academy; and Janet G. Valentine, US Army Command and General Staff College
7-12-2012
Book Summary: American Military History is uniquely tailored to American military history courses. Organized chronologically, the text begins at the point of European conflict with Native Americans and concludes with military affairs in the early 21st century.
The content and style will appeal to history majors and non-majors and is designed to allow instructors flexibility in the structure of their course.
Companion Website: http://www.routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780205898503/
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Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering
Hamid R. Arabnia, University of Georgia; Ray R. Hashemi, Georgia Southern University; and Fernando G. Tinetti, National University of La Plata, Argentina
1-1-2012
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Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data: Methods and Applications
Ding-Geng Chen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Jianguo Sun, University of Missouri; and Karl E. Peace, Georgia Southern University
7-19-2012
Book Summary: Interval-Censored Time-to-Event Data: Methods and Applications collects the most recent techniques, models, and computational tools for interval-censored time-to-event data. Top biostatisticians from academia, biopharmaceutical industries, and government agencies discuss how these advances are impacting clinical trials and biomedical research.
Divided into three parts, the book begins with an overview of interval-censored data modeling, including nonparametric estimation, survival functions, regression analysis, multivariate data analysis, competing risks analysis, and other models for interval-censored data. The next part presents interval-censored methods for current status data, Bayesian semiparametric regression analysis of interval-censored data with monotone splines, Bayesian inferential models for interval-censored data, ... Read more
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We Saved the Best for You: Letters of Hope, Imagination and Wisdom for 21st Century Educators
Tricia M. Kress, University of Massachusetts Boston and Robert L. Lake, Georgia Southern University
12-7-2012
Lake also authored "Reigniting Radical Hope and Social Imagination in 'Dark Times'" alongside non-faculty member Tricia M. Kress and "Imagination, Play and Becoming the Text" in We Saved the Best for You: Letters of Hope, Imagination and Wisdom for 21st Century Educators.
Book Summary: As standardization and “accountability” have continued to increase in the 21st century, educators and scholars of education have become increasingly frustrated. Yet as frustrated as we are, it is essential that we not send to our our students, children, grandchildren the message that the past was better and they “should have been there.” Instead, we must ... Read more
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Dear Nel: Opening the Circles of Care (Letters to Nel Noddings)
Robert L. Lake, Georgia Southern University
3-9-2012
Book Summary: This collection is a moving tribute to Nel Noddings, a fascinating and influential scholar who has contributed greatly to numerous fields, including education, feminism, ethics, and the study of social justice and equity. Dear Nel: Opening the Circles of Care presents contributions from renowned teachers, educators, and activists, such as David Berliner, Jim Garrison, Madeline Grumet, Denis Phillips, William H. Schubert, Barbara Thayer-Bacon, Cristina Igoa, Eva Feder Kittay, Riane Eisler, and Sara Ruddick. Each provides a personal tribute to Noddings, highlighting stories of her lived experience and drawing on her writing and teaching. This unique volume includes an ... Read more
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Vygotsky on Education Primer
Robert L. Lake, Georgia Southern University
3-31-2012
Book Summary: The Vygotsky on Education Primer serves as an introduction to the life and work of the Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky. Even though he died almost eighty years ago, his life’s work remains both relevant and significant to the field of education today. This book examines Vygotsky’s emphasis on the role of cultural and historical context in learning, while challenging theories that emphasize a universalistic view of learning through fixed, biologically determined stages of development. Given our current preoccupation with standardized outcomes and the corporatization of schooling, Vygotsky’s most important ideas about education need to be reconsidered. The primer ... Read more
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WISDOMe Monograph Volume 2: Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematical Modeling: A Driver for STEM Integrated Education and Teaching in Context
Robert L. Mayes, Georgia Southern University and Larry Hatfield, University of Wyoming
1-1-2012
Book Summary: Quantitative reasoning is an essential tool for scientists, applied mathematicians, and statisticians in their work to model real world phenomena and address grand challenges in environment and energy. Some exemplars from practitioners in the established fields of biology and ecology, as well as from the emerging field of computational science are explicated in this paper. Our intent is to provide support for the argument of incorporating quantitative reasoning into the teaching of science, mathematics, and statistics, since it is an essential tool in the practice of STEM and has the potential to increase student engagement.
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Contemporary Mathematics: Recent Advances in Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations
Andrea R. Nahmod, University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Christopher D. Sogge, John Hopkins University; Xiaoyi Zhang, University of Iowa; and Shijun Zheng, Georgia Southern University
12-1-2012
Book Summary: This volume is based on the AMS Special Session on Harmonic Analysis and Partial Differential Equations and the AMS Special Session on Nonlinear Analysis of Partial Differential Equations, both held March 12-13, 2011, at Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia, as well as the JAMI Conference on Analysis of PDEs, held March 21-25, 2011, at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. These conferences all concentrated on problems of current interest in harmonic analysis and PDE, with emphasis on the interaction between them.
This volume consists of invited expositions as well as research papers that address prospects of the recent significant ... Read more
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Decision Making by the Modern Supreme Court
Richard L. Pacelle Jr., University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Brett W. Curry, Georgia Southern University; and Bryan Marshall, Miami University - Oxford
6-2012
There are three general models of Supreme Court decision making: the legal model, the attitudinal model and the strategic model. But each is somewhat incomplete. This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from each of the three models. In examining the modern Supreme Court, since Brown v. Board of Education, the book argues that decisions are a function of the sincere preferences of the justices, the nature of precedent, and the development of the particular issue, as well as separation of powers and the potential constraints posed by the president and Congress. To ... Read more
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Corporal Punishment Around the World
Matthew Pate, University at Albany, State University of New York and Laurie A. Gould, Georgia Southern University
1-1-2012
Book Summary: This unique volume provides an insightful research-based overview of corporal punishment as implemented in a variety of venues and cultures. It is the first comprehensive analysis of practices that while often controversial, remain deeply ingrained in human culture.
Corporal Punishment defines what may be humanity's oldest form of punishment both historically and in its contemporary forms, then looks at how it is currently applied to children, students, the incarcerated, and in religious settings. A series of case studies examines corporal punishment in specific regions of Bolivia, the Bahamas, Nigeria, Singapore, and Saudi Arabia to understand why certain societies ... Read more -
Pervasive Vulnerabilities: Sexual Harassment in School
Regina Rahimi, Armstrong State University and Delores D. Liston, Georgia Southern University
2012
Book Summary: Pervasive Vulnerabilities explores the beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors of adolescent girls and boys and female teachers in order to expose the continuing persistence of sexual harassment in the United States. The book addresses the sexual double standard that continues to hold girls and women accountable for male sexual aggression, and demonstrates that this double standard still dismisses males who harass young women with a cavalier "boys will be boys" attitude, while castigating young women if they express an interest in sexual expression. It discusses issues of sexual harassment through four domains: its impact on women’s lives, sometimes long ... Read more
