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*Highly Commended in the Health and Social Care category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*Behaviours that challenge can significantly interfere with the quality of life of a person with dementia, as well as that of those who live with and care for them. Yet there is a great deal o... More

Effective communication is critical for everyone, and this insightful book teaches the skills needed by healthcare staff in their day-to-day interactions with people with dementia and their families. Often when people with dementia exhibit behaviour that challenges, it is an indication that their ne... More

The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field. This revised second edition guide to assessment and treatment of behaviours that challenge associated with dementia includes these latest developments along with ne... More

Advocating doll therapy as an intervention for people with dementia, this book combines theory and evidence to show its many benefits and present guidelines for best-practice. Despite being widely and internationally used, doll therapy is a controversial and often misunderstood intervention. This b... More

Citizenship through Secondary History reveals the potential of history to engage with citizenship education and includes: a review of the links between citizenship education and the teaching and learning of history an analysis of how citizenship education is characterised, raising key issues abo... More

Provides a comprehensive text for the study of VCE Information Technology Units 3 & 4: Information Systems. It has been completely revised and updated to meet reacredited Study Design requirements.... More

The three-volume set of LNCS 12532, 12533, and 12534 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 187 full papers presented ... More

The three-volume set of LNCS 12532, 12533, and 12534 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 187 full papers presented w... More

The three-volume set of LNCS 12532, 12533, and 12534 constitutes the proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 187 full papers presented w... More

The two-volume set CCIS 1332 and 1333 constitutes thoroughly refereed contributions presented at the 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020.*For ICONIP 2020 a total of 378 papers was carefully reviewed and selected for... More

The two-volume set CCIS 1332 and 1333 constitutes thoroughly refereed contributions presented at the 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, held in Bangkok, Thailand, in November 2020.*For ICONIP 2020 a total of 378 papers was carefully reviewed and selected for... More

For almost every company, the greatest challenge of innovation is not a lack of ideas but rather, successfully managing innovation so that it delivers the required payback, or return on the company's investment of money, time, and people. This chapter introduces the concept of payback and summarizes... More

This chapter discusses the paramount importance of cash payback and the key factors that affect it, introducing a tool that helps executives visualize, discuss, analyze, improve, and set goals for payback.... More

Payback from innovation means cash, but innovation also delivers other noncash benefits that can be valuable when they have the potential to lead to cash with some certainty. This chapter examines these benefits.... More

The choice of business model can have a dramatic effect on a company's ability to successfully achieve payback with a new product or service. In this chapter, the authors look at companies that have chosen integration, "doing it all themselves" in order to retain maximum control over the innovation ... More

The choice of business model can have a dramatic effect on a company's ability to successfully achieve payback with a new product or service. This chapter examines the popular model of innovation collaboration or orchestration, in which risk and payback are shared among partners.... More

The choice of business model can have a dramatic effect on a company's ability to successfully achieve payback with a new product or service. This chapter shows how more and more companies are choosing licensing to achieve payback on their ideas and intellectual assets without having to make an inve... More

This chapter focuses on the importance of aligning the various organizational units, disciplines, activities, structures, and processes around driving innovation and creating payback.... More

Innovation requires a unique type of leadership. In this chapter, the authors discuss the main areas in which the innovation leader must make key decisions in order to ensure payback.... More

If you are committed to improving your company's payback from innovation, this chapter provides some specific and practical steps you can take to get started on the journey.... More

This concise guide offers an ideal overview of both the practical and theoretical aspects of foot and ankle surgery for trainees and junior consultants. <P><P>Easy to read chapters cover all areas of surgery, from examination, imaging, and the biomechanics of the foot and ankle, to specific conditio... More

In recent years, in the context of the War on Terror and globalization, there has been an increased interest in terrorism and organized crime in academia, yet historical research into such phenomena is relatively scarce. This book resets the balance and emphasizes the importance of historical resear... More

Biology: How Life Works helps introductory majors students understand the story of biology.... More