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  Informed Arguments: A Guide to Writing and Research

  Welcome to composition and rhetoric! While most of you are taking this course because it is required/ we hope that all of you will leave with more confidence in your reading/ writing/ researching/ and speaking abilities as these are all elements of freshman composition. Many times/ these elements are presented ...Read More

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  Instruction in Functional Assessment

  Instruction in Functional Assessment introduces learners to functional assessment (FA)/ which includes a variety of assessment approaches (indirect/ observational/ and experimental) for identifying the cause of an individual's challenging behavior for the purpose of designing effective treatments. FA is mandated by federal law and is a recognized empirically based approach ...Read More

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  Inteligencia Artificial

  Este libro es una introducción al area de la Inteligencia Artificial y presenta algunas de las aplicaciones que puede tener en la vida real en diversos campos de aplicación/ El libro esta compuesto de ocho capítulos los cuales abarcan los antededentes/ algunos conceptos importantes para la resolución de problemas como ...Read More

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  Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials

  This book is an introduction to intellectual property law/ the set of private legal rights that allows individuals and corporations to control intangible creations and marks—from logos to novels to drug formulae—and the exceptions and limitations that define those rights. It focuses on the three graphmain forms of US federal ...Read More

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  Intercultural Communication

  Intercultural Communication examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores the opportunities and problems arising from similarities and differences in communication patterns/ processes/ and codes among various cultural groups. It explores cultural universals/ social categorization/ stereotyping and discrimination/ with a focus on topics including race/ ethnicity/ social class/ religion/ gender and sexuality as they relate to communication.

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  Intercultural Learning: Critical preparation for international student travel

  Intercultural learning: Critical preparation for international student travel aims to take students beyond practical preparation/ to equip them with a critical lens through which to view and understand their international experiences. The book leads students toward a deeper understanding of culture and cultural difference through an exploration of challenging concepts such as imperialism/ racism/ privilege and intercultural practice. As an adjunct to traditional approaches/ the book adds a significant and valuable dimension to the process of preparing students for international study/ increasing the potential for meaningful and transformative learning experiences.

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  Intermediate Algebra

  It is essential to lay a solid foundation in mathematics if a student is to be competitive in today's global market. The importance of algebra/ in particular/ cannot be overstated/ as it is the basis of all mathematical modeling used in applications found in all disciplines. Traditionally/ the study of ...Read More

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  Intermediate Algebra - 2e

  Intermediate Algebra 2e is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a one-semester intermediate algebra course. The book’s organization makes it easy to adapt to a variety of course syllabi. The text expands on the fundamental concepts of algebra while addressing the needs of students with diverse backgrounds ...Read More

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  Intermediate Biblical Greek Reader: Galatians and Related Texts

  After completing basic biblical Greek/ students are often eager to continue to learn and strengthen their skills of translation and interpretation. This intermediate graded reader is designed to meet those needs. The reader is “intermediate” in the sense that it presumes the user will have already learned the basics of ...Read More

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  Intermediate Financial Accounting Volume 1

  This text is intended for a first course in Intermediate Financial Accounting. It presumes that students have already completed one or two Introductory Financial Accounting courses. The book reflects current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)/ such as IFRS 15 - Revenue from Contracts With Customers. It focuses on more difficult ...Read More

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  Intermediate Financial Accounting Volume 2

  This new text by G. Arnold and S. Kyle/ developed in collaboration by Athabasca University and Lyryx/ is intended for the second of two in Intermediate Financial Accounting courses. It presumes that students have already completed the Introductory Financial Accounting/ and the first Intermediate Financing Accounting course. The text reflects ...Read More

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  Intermediate Microeconomics with Microsoft Excel - 2nd Edition

  This book is based on the idea that there is a particular framework used by economists to interpret observed reality. This framework has been called the economic way of thinking/ the economic approach/ and the method of economics. This book is different from the many other books that attempt to ...Read More

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  International Advances in Writing Research: Cultures/ Places/ Measures

  The thirty chapters in this edited collection were selected from the more than 500 presentations at the Writing Research Across Borders II Conference in 2011. With representatives from more than forty countries/ this conference gave rise to the International Society for the Advancement of Writing Research. The chapters selected for ...Read More

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  International Business

  International Business is one of the most challenging and exciting courses to teach in the Business School. To teach a current/ dynamic and complete course you need a textbook by authors as passionate and informed about International Business as you are. Carpenter and Dunung's International Business: The Opportunities and Challenges ...Read More

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  International Economics: Theory and Policy

  This text strives to reach a median between these two approaches. First/ I believe that students need to learn the theory and models to understand how economists understand the world. I also think these ideas are accessible to most students if they are explained thoroughly. This text presents numerous models ...Read More

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  International Finance: Theory and Policy

  International Finance Theory and Policy is built on Steve Suranovic's belief that to understand the international economy/ students need to learn how economic models are applied to real world problems. It is true what they say/ that ”economists do it with models.“ That's because economic models provide insights about the ...Read More

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  International Relations

  This book is designed to be a ‘Day 0' introduction to International Relations. As a beginner's guide/ it has been structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in the most accessible way. The chapters offer a broad sweep of the basic components ...Read More

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  International Relations Theory

  This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory – structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in an accessible manner. The first half of the book covers the theories that are most commonly taught in undergraduate programmes. The book then expands to present emerging approaches and offer wider perspectives. Each chapter sets out the basics of a theory whilst also applying it to a real-world event or issue/ creating a lively/ readable and relevant guide that will help students to see not only what theories are – but why they matter.

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  International Trade: Theory and Policy

  International Trade: Theory and Policy is built on Steve Suranovic's belief that to understand the international economy/ students need to learn how economic models are applied to real world problems. It is true what they say/ that ”economists do it with models.“ That's because economic models provide insights about the ...Read More

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  Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships

  Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The writing team of Jason S. Wrench/ Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter/ and Katherine Thweatt incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in ...Read More

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  Interpreting Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling for Health Professionals

  This textbook provides the novice learner with a foundational understanding of Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling. It highlights important considerations for future health professionals seeking to adopt the new food guide into their practice/ including strategies towards healthy eating. This open textbook underscores a relational inquiry approach to inform discussions with clients about nutrition and healthy eating.

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  Interpreting Love Narratives in East Asian Literature and Film

  This book explores the role of traditional East Asian worldviews/ ethical values/ and common practices in the shaping of East Asian narratives in literature and film. It offers a specific method for this analysis. The interpretive goal is to arrive at interpretations that more accurately engage cultural information so that narratives are understood more closely in terms of their native cultural rather than that of the reader/interpreter. Current neuroscience related to processes of perception and the attribution of meaning form the basis for the theory of interpretation offered in the first half of the volume.

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  In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook

  With funding from Alberta Open Educational Resources/ Bow Valley College and NorQuest College collaborated to create Open Educational Resources (OER) in the form of e-textbooks for English language learners. NorQuest College created In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook. The textbook: helps learners notice/ learn/ and practice English that ...Read More

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  Introducing Marketing

  Through good economic times and bad/ marketing remains the pivotal function in any business. Determining and satisfying the needs of customers through products that have value and accessibility and whose features are clearly communicated is the general purpose of any business. It is also a fundamental definition of marketing. This text introduces students to the marketing strategies and tools that practitioners use to market their products.

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  Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials

  This book provides an introduction to the discipline of aerospace structures and materials. It is the first book to date that includes all relevant aspects of this discipline within a single monologue. These aspects range from materials/ manufacturing and processing techniques/ to structures/ design principles and structural performance/ including aspects ...Read More

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  Introduction to Art: Design/ Context/ and Meaning

  Introduction to Art: Design/ Context/ and Meaning offers a comprehensive introduction to the world of Art. Authored by four USG faculty members with advance degrees in the arts/ this textbooks offers up-to-date original scholarship. It includes over 400 high-quality images illustrating the history of art/ its technical applications/ and its ...Read More

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  Introduction to Autonomous Robots

  This book introduces concepts in mobile/ autonomous robotics to 3rd-4th year students in Computer Science or a related discipline. The book covers principles of robot motion/ forward and inverse kinematics of robotic arms and simple wheeled platforms/ perception/ error propagation/ localization and simultaneous localization and mapping. The cover picture shows a wind-up toy that is smart enough to not fall off a table just using intelligent mechanism design and illustrate the importance of the mechanism in designing intelligent/ autonomous systems. This book is open source/ open to contributions/ and released under a creative common license.

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  Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

  This is not a comprehensive citation reference work. Its limited aim is to serve as a tutorial onhow to cite the most widely referenced types of U.S. legal material/ taking account of localnorms and the changes in citation practice forced by the shift from print to electronic sources.It begins with ...Read More