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O PAPEL DO ENFERMEIRO PERIOPERATÓRIO NOS CUIDADOS DE TRANSIÇÃO NO PERÍODO PÓS-ANESTÉSICO
Authors: Cunha Lara Daniela Matos , Loureiro Hugo André Moura , Bernardo Joana Vanessa Ribeiro , Loureiro Ricardo Filipe Moura
Published: March 2024

O capítulo discute a complexidade das transições vivenciadas pela pessoa em situação perioperatória, abordando as diferentes dimensões e atributos do cuidar. Baseado na teoria de Meleis, são identificados três constructos fundamentais: a natureza da transição, as condições de transição e os padrões de resposta. Quatro tipos específicos de transições são delineados: desenvolvimentais, situacionais, relacionadas à saúde e organizacionais. Esta reflexão destaca a importância de identificar fatores facilitadores e inibidores das transições, classificados em pessoais, comunitários e sociais. Para avaliar a experiência de transição, são propostos padrões de resposta, abordando indicadores de processo e de resultado. O papel do enfermeiro no período pós-anestésico é enfatizado como crucial na facilitação das transições, envolvendo compreensão sensível do fenómeno, promoção de cuidados individualizados e capacitação da pessoa/família. A enfermagem é apresentada como uma ciência sensível aos aspetos multidimensionais das transições, destacando a importância de desenvolver planos de cuidados que promovam adaptação e capacitação.
Research on Improvement and Optimization Design of Mobile Switching in RPL Routing Protocol
Authors: Zhou Hong
Published: March 2024

In response to the shortcomings of the current RPL routing protocol, fully utilizing the idea of opportunistic routing, this study proposes an improved RPL routing protocol node mobility switching method to enhance the mobility support of wireless sensor IPv6 networks. Analyze existing RPL routing protocol solutions and identify their shortcomings; Analyze the challenges encountered in designing and improving routing protocols, and based on the specific application of RPL in 6LoWPAN technology, propose an overall design concept for the mobile switching method of an improved RPL routing protocol; Then, specific design will be carried out for the improved routing protocol mobile switching method, including mobile node detection, discovery and selection of the optimal parent node, link switching, etc; Finally, simulation implementation is carried out to verify its low energy consumption and low latency. Its research content involves disciplines such as the Internet of Things, computer simulation technology, and computer network technology, and has high theoretical and practical value.
TOLERANCE IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION
Authors: Spînu Stela
Published: March 2024

The globalization process, which originally dominated only the economic sphere, subsequently led to profound social, political and cultural transformations, having a significant impact on culture and identity. In this context, tolerance is becoming a fundamental source of the peaceful coexistence of multi-ethnic and multicultural societies, facilitating cooperation and avoiding confrontations/ conflicts of values and norms. In this study, we propose to define the concept of tolerance, to elucidate the importance of promoting tolerance and education for tolerance in the context of the diversity in the contemporary world. Otherwise, tolerance stops violent extremism and genocide, provides prosperity and equal opportunities for the development of cultures, helps us to organize and maintain a constructive intercultural dialog.
CLERICAL PRESENCE IN CONTEMPORARY PARISH AND MONASTERY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS EMBODIMENT OF EASTERN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH TRADITION AND UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES
Authors: Aleksandrov Andrian
Published: March 2024

Presence of several generations of clergy and theologians in educational units and initiatives organised, run, and hosted by Eastern Orthodox Christian parishes, monasteries, and spiritual centres is basic factor of development of church subcultures according to tradition, but in contemporary manner. Church sharing soundly state and public responsibility of education youth in confessional and universal values recently depends on the way clergy would adequately and creatively combine civic environment, resources, and sometimes even team and flock, culturally distanced from church ethos, with personal and collective value of theological mystic vocation to embody divine image and reality, and mission to announce Heavenly Kingdom and lead community to salvation with perspective of eternal life. Therefore this study is exploring in qualitative methods of direct and indirect observation, community development from post-communist and post-modern prevention of youth from church life that was unfavourable to join, through an intermediate folk attitude of socialisation, to a kind of responsibility and inclusion reappearing nowadays.
THE NEED FOR SOCIAL CONTACT IN THE CAREER START
Authors: Hurduzeu Ramona
Published: March 2024

The beginner teacher, during the assimilation of new experiences, develops in his motivational structure different levels of needs, some or others being dominant, depending on the integration of work content, acceptance and assimilation in the community, assuming the responsibility and roles of the chosen profession, the personal priorities in relation to the ones from the professional level, depending on the integration of the contents of the instructive-educational activities carried out. Appropriate social support would involve sympathetic relationships that make it possible to be allowed to directly request support and the receptiveness of others to the demands of the person in difficulty. The transformations made by the beginner teacher during the first two years of didactic activity are of major importance for the future teaching career which determined the concern of the present study to highlight the necessity of different social contact needs for the beginner teachers with the familiarization and assumption of the activity teaching. The conditions of appreciation of the work done, the internalization of the roles and the assumption of responsibilities, motivate the young teacher for continuity in didactic activity, facilitate his adaptation to the professional, social environment that defines the school unit as an organization by which the debutant learns.
PERSPECTIVES OF USING THE MORAL MODEL IN KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES
Authors: Nicola Nicoleta Alina
Published: March 2024

: This article wants to highlight the role of the modeling technique in kindergarten activities, for the formation of moral behavior in preschoolers. Perspectives of some illustrious researchers on the use of the moral model in school lessons and kindergarten activities are presented. Moral education has a defining role, from an early age, for the formation of attitudes, and moral behavior appropriate to children. Educators must carefully choose the right moral models to present to children, use a teaching strategy that combines modern teaching methods and means, to arouse the interest of preschoolers and achieve optimal results. The use of the moral model in kindergarten activities is of great importance, especially in the formation of moral behavior in preschoolers and even more so in the context of a modern, child-centered education.
VALUES IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION IN SLOVENIA
Authors: Drobnič Janez , Hribernik Darja , Kravos Katarina
Published: March 2024

Values are final lines that separate a person from society, whereas a person may be forced to prioritize his or her own values to social-based values. Society influences values and children are educated in those underlying values, which exist in certain society. Therefore, even transmitted knowledge cannot be seen as neutral. We argue that values in education must represent an important topic to practice intellect by establishing dialogues between students; implanting cultural values and contributing to the person’s spiritual and ethical development. In the presented study we focus on the review of the bibliographic sources in Slovenia to analyse which values Slovenia prioritizes, because those values may be reflected in the Slovenian education. The key findings show that values in education are changing, their priority is changing, and some are disappearing altogether. Resource reflection gives us important information on how to introduce learning and socialization of values into the educational processes.
THE MORAL MODEL TECHNIQUE AND PRESCHOOL EDUCATION. KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS’ PERSPECTIVES
Authors: Nicola Nicoleta Alina , Fȃntȃnă Ana
Published: March 2024

This paper aims to analyze the opinion of teachers for preschool education in terms of adopting the best strategies for activities in which the technique of the moral model is used. In this research we are using the moral model technique as a didactic method. From this research carried out so far in the field of Education Sciences, it emerges the special importance of the formation of a moral conduct in children, starting especially from the early education, where the basis of future education is realized. One of the issues discussed in this research is the use of the most appropriate teaching strategy to combine modern teaching methods with traditional ones in kindergarten activities that use the technique of the moral model. The use of moral models in activities guides both teachers and, especially, children in the formation of a moral conduct, in the acquisition of moral norms and values and in the formation of desirable behaviors based on morality. The effect of using the moral model also depends on the quality of the model and how it is perceived by preschoolers. In the primary phases of the ongoing research, we applied a questionnaire to a sample of 132 educators from several counties in the country. Teachers' responses showed that most (98%) of them use the technique of the moral model in activities, to form attitudes and moral behaviors in preschoolers. 99% of the respondents adopt a teaching strategy that combines modern teaching methods with traditional ones in carrying out kindergarten activities. From their answers, we notice that the most important criteria for choosing the right moral models to be used in activities are: the age peculiarities of the children; the number of positive qualities of the moral model; the moral behavior that is to be developed in the respective activity; the notoriety of the chosen model; the degree of morality of the model and the children's affinity for certain moral models known to them, usually characters from stories. Although 90% of the responding teachers consider that the parents of preschoolers have a very important role in shaping the moral behavior and moral attitudes of children, the same percentage say that kindergarten helps a lot in correcting undesirable behaviors of children and training their moral conduct. From the answers given, it appears that the priority teaching methods for the formation of behaviors and moral attitudes in preschoolers are Explanation, The method of thinking hats, Storytelling, Dramatization and Brainstorming.
EXPLORING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN ONLINE EDUCATION DURING COVID PANDEMIC
Authors: Creţu Vasile
Published: March 2024

The global pandemic generated chances in many aspects of the daily life. Education was also strongly impacted, and the actors involved in the educational process had to formulate quick and effective solutions for ensuring its continuity. As a rule, the digital platforms became thus home for education, despite previous critical views that digital was overused by children and youngsters with negative implications for their behavior and mental health. This article tries to explore the way online education changed the school process, the teachers, the pupils or the students, and intends to highlight the opportunities, as well as the brought by the online education during pandemic.
Implementasi Expert System Metode Case Based Reasoning Diagnosa Penyakit Ikan Cupang Berbasis Web
Authors: Sitinjak Nandri
Published: March 2024

Ikan cupang adalah ikan air tawar yang habitat asalnya adalah dari beberapa negara di Asia Tenggara, antara lain Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, dan Vietnam. Ikan cupang merupakan salah satu ikan air tawar yang mempunyai keunikan tersendiri, baik dari warnanya maupun bentuknya. Beberapa diantaranya memiliki warna dan corak yang menarik, beberapa lainnya memiliki bentuk yang indah. Ikan cupang merupakan ikan air tawar yang biasa hidup disekitaran rawa-rawa dan ikan ini memiliki sifat agresif untuk mempertahankan wilayah tempat tinggalnya. Ikan cupang merupakan ikan hias yang saat ini banyak digemari oleh masyarakat. Namun membudidayakan ikan cupang bukan hal yang mudah karena ikan cupang merupakan hewan yang gampang terserang penyakit. Kurangnya informasi tentang penyakit ikan cupang membuat peternak kewalahan untuk mendiagnosis penyakitnya, banyak peternak mengalami kebingungan ketika menangani ikan cupang yang terserang penyakit, maka tidak menutup kemungkinan para peternak ikan cupang akan mengalami kerugian. Tidak semua peternak ikan cupang mengetahui penyakit-penyakit pada ikan cupang. Banyak faktor yang memperngaruhi penyakit pada ikan cupang seperti kondisi air, bakteri, jamur dan budidaya dari ikan cupang itu sendiri. Oleh karena hal tersebut penulis berinisiatif membuat sebuah sistem pakar agar dapat membantu para peternak untuk mendiagnosis gejala-gejala penyakit pada ikan cupang dan mengetahui tata cara penanganan penyakit tersebut, Sehingga dapat memperkecil resiko yang di timbulkan menggunakan sebuah metode yaitu Case Based Reasoning. Sistem pakar merupakan sebuah sistem yang berfungsi untuk memindahkan pengetahuan seorang pakar ke dalam komputer yang selanjutnya akan diolah menjadi suatu perangkat lunak dan kemudian bisa digunakan oleh orang yang bukan pakar. Case Based Reasoning secara luas diartikan, adalah proses pemecahan masalah baru berdasarkan solusi dari masalah masa lalu yang serupa.
Policies to reduce credit risk in Savings and Credit Cooperatives in the tourist and cultural district of Riohacha
Authors: Morales Bustamante Jose Gregorio , Puche Pinto Luis Angel , Zuñiga Alex Jhon
Published: March 2024

In the tourist and cultural district of Riohacha, department of La Guajira, savings and credit cooperatives are a source of resources that serve to finance various business projects that improve people's income and quality of life. That is why these cooperatives are social assets that must be protected in order for them to maintain their operations normally. It should be a concern and a task of the academy to provide conceptual theoretical tools to define a better implementation of the policy for credit risk management in these entities. Methodologically, the research is classified as a descriptive field study, with a population of members of the credit and portfolio area of the savings and credit cooperatives in the district of Riohacha. A questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument, which was reviewed by five (5) experts in the area. Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was used to determine its reliability. The objective is to analyze the policies applied in credit risk management in the savings and credit cooperative sector in the tourist and cultural district of Riohacha. Theoretically supported by the postulates of the authors Lara (2005), Elizondo, A. (2004). Credit risk, Elizondo, A. and Altman, E, Gasol, M (2017), Gitman (2019), Sanchez, Inocencio (2016), Sebastian and Lopez (2020), Soley and Rahenma (2021). The objective of this study is to determine the policies for credit risk management in savings and credit cooperatives in the tourist and cultural district of Riohacha.
VUCA environment innovation and leadership capabilities of tourism service companies in the Department of La Guajira
Authors: Suarez Barros Horacio Bienvenido , Batista De Abreu Judeira Josefina
Published: March 2024

The objective of the research was to determine the correlation between innovation capabilities and leadership in VUCA environments (Volatile, U (uncertain), Complex and ambiguous) and to determine the correlation The type of research was descriptive, documentary, correlational and analytical, with a non-experimental, transectional and field design. The sample was intentional and was made up of 30 active companies with more than 5 years operating, which are service companies and belong to the tourism sector in the department of La Guajira. The data collection technique was the survey, with two instruments, one for each variable, 21 items for innovative capacity and 21 items for integrative leadership of VUCA environments, with five response alternatives. The instruments were validated through expert judgment and their reliability was calculated with Cronbach's alpha coefficient, obtaining 0,87 and 0,89 respectively, resulting in very high reliability. The innovation capabilities variables were analyzed through the dimensions: R&D capability, resource management capability, marketing capability, organizational learning capability, organizational learning capability, organizational capability, strategic planning capability and production capability, and the VUCA environment leadership variable with the dimensions: Accomplishing Instinct, Clarity, Dilemma Transformation, Immersion Learning, Bioempathy, Constructive Depolarization, Calm Transparency, Intelligent Network Organizations, Creation of Common Goods, Based on the results obtained, it was obtained that the innovation capabilities were located in low application and the Leadership of VUCA environments, was located in moderate presence. It should be noted that Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a low correlation between the variables.
Lucro y tortura: un acercamiento etnográfico al próspero negocio de los anexos en México
Authors: Chiw Díaz Pablo Deng
Published: March 2024

Se presenta una investigación sobre la estructura operacional de los anexos: intereses fundamentales de sus propietarios, funciones que cumplen los padrinos, administración financiera, prácticas disciplinarias, procedimientos terapéuticos y conexiones con la sociedad civil y el Estado. Para su realización, se hizo un trabajo de campo en cinco anexos no regulados en La Paz, Baja California Sur, durante nueve meses: se practicó la observación participante, se hicieron grupos focales y se aplicaron encuestas y entrevistas a profundidad. Se concluye que los anexos en México funcionan como una franquicia que interna a sus víctimas mediante el engaño o el secuestro, que su objetivo principal es el lucro y se describen las dos clases de estrategias que implementan para obtener más ganancias a costa de la población interna: la extracción pasiva cosiste en el cobro de cuotas, donaciones y aportaciones en especie que entregan las familias y otros organismos y la extracción pasiva consiste en el ejercicio de explotación laboral, explotación sexual y, en los casos más extremos, esclavitud. Estas estrategias sólo pueden llevarse a cabo gracias a técnicas y estrategias de tortura y producción de terror psicológico por parte de la figura central en esta esfera de la desechabilidad: el padrino.
Balanced Scorecard: Una propuesta para empresas de servicios contables
Authors: Delgado Requejo Yonel , Medina Vásquez Juan Martín , Rojas Campos Edi , Dávila Rivera Kevin Willian , Tapia Idrogo Carlos Evitt
Published: March 2024

La propuesta del Balanced Scorecard (BSC) en un estudio contable se fundamenta en su capacidad para proporcionar una visión integral del desempeño organizacional, alinear las actividades con la estrategia y facilitar la comunicación de los objetivos, aspectos esenciales en el ámbito contable. El objetivo fue proponer el balanced scorecard para mejorar la gestión empresarial en una empresa de servicios contables. La metodología empleada fue de tipo básica, enfoque mixto, descriptiva-propositiva, con diseño no experimental-transversal, prospectiva, bajo el método hipotético-deductivo, la población estuvo constituido por N=n, a quienes se aplicó los instrumentos. En los resultados del cuestionario se obtuvo que la gestión empresarial percibe un nivel regular en 71% y 23% nivel óptimo, de la entrevista se obtuvo que la empresa presenta deficiencias en su estructura. Se concluyó que el balanced scorecard mejora la gestión empresarial de la empresa CACIDEP SAC, Cajamarca, 2021; por lo que se propone la implementación y ejecución.
Psikolojide Olumsuz Yanıt Yanlılığı, Temaruz ve Belirti Geçerliliği : Türkiye Odaklı Bir Gözden Geçirme
Authors: AKCA Ali Yunus Emre , ÇİLLER Alpay , KARATAŞ Elif , TEPEDELEN Mehmed Seyda
Published: March 2024

Alanyazın, psikolojik veya nöropsikolojik değerlendirmeler geçiren, veya belirli bağlamlarda (örn. adli tıp) bu tür değerlendirmeler için yönlendirilen bireylerin, bildirdikleri sorunlar veya belirtiler konusunda her zaman dürüst olmadıklarını göstermektedir. Buna göre, bireyler, özellikle öznel bildirimlerde, birtakım faktörlere dayalı değerlendirmelerin sonuçlarını çarpıtan ve hatta geçersiz kılan bir yanıt tarzı sergileyebilirler. Bu faktörler arasında soruların niteliği, testin bağlamı, kişinin değerlendirme sürecindeki ruh hali ve/veya fayda sağlama güdüsü yer alabilir. Mesela, yanıt yanlılığı olarak tanımlanan ve değerlendirme sonuçlarını çarpıtmaya yönelik olan bir yanıt tarzı, bazı kişilerin bir durumu gerçekte olduğundan daha iyi (olumlu yanıt yanlılığı), diğerlerinin ise gerçekte olduğundan daha kötü (olumsuz yanıt yanlılığı) olarak sunmasını içerebilir. Bu durum iç (örn., psikolojik fayda) ve/veya dış (örn., finansal fayda) teşvikler tarafından güdülenebilmektedir. Buradan hareketle, bariz bir dış teşvik doğrultusunda fayda sağlama amacıyla kişinin kendi psikolojik ve/veya fiziksel belirtilerini istemli olarak abartması veya bunları uydurması da bir yanıt tarzıdır ve alanyazında temaruz olarak tanımlanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, belirti geçerliliği, bireyler tarafından sunulan (örn., öz bildirim yoluyla) belirtilerin doğruluğuna atıfta bulunmak için kullanılan bir kavramdır. Yukarıdaki bilgiler ışığında, bu gözden geçirme çalışması, yanıt yanlılığı, temaruz ve belirti geçerliliğine ilişkin uluslararası alanyazının yanı sıra Türkiye’de, Türk toplumuna yönelik veya Türkçe yazılmış çalışmalara dayanmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, DSM’deki temaruz tanımı, DSM tanımına yönelik eleştiriler, yaygınlık oranları, tespit başarısızlıklarının sonuçları, alternatif tespit sistemleri, belirti geçerliliğinin değerlendirilmesi, önerilen nesnel psikometrik test türleri ve genel olarak güncel bulgular ve gelişmeler gözden geçirilmiştir. Elde edilen bilgiler ışığında önerilerde bulunulmaktadır.
Palliative sedation – revised recommendations
Authors: Beauverd Michel , Mazzoli Marta , Pralong Josiane , Tomczyk Martyna , Eychmüller Steffen , Gaertner Jan
Published: March 2024

Palliative sedation is defined as the monitored use of medications intended to induce a state of decreased or absent awareness (unconsciousness) to relieve the burden of otherwise intractable suffering in a manner ethically acceptable to the patient, their family, and healthcare providers. In Switzerland, the prevalence of continuous deep sedation until death increased from 4.7% in 2001 to 17.5% of all deceased in 2013, depending on the research method used and on regional variations. Yet, these numbers may be overestimated due to a lack of understanding of the term “continuous deep sedation” by for example respondents of the questionnaire-based study.
Inadequately trained and inexperienced healthcare professionals may incorrectly or inappropriately perform palliative sedation due to uncertainties regarding its definitions and practice. Therefore, the expert members of the Bigorio group and the authors of this manuscript believe that national recommendations should be published and made available to healthcare professionals to provide practical, terminological, and ethical guidance. The Bigorio group is the working group of the Swiss Palliative Care Society whose task is to publish clinical recommendations at a national level in Switzerland. These recommendations aim to provide guidance on the most critical questions and issues related to palliative sedation.
The Swiss Society of Palliative Care (palliative.ch) mandated a writing board comprising four clinical experts (three physicians and one ethicist) and two national academic experts to revise the 2005 Bigorio guidelines. A first draft was created based on a narrative literature review, which was internally reviewed by five academic institutions (Lausanne, Geneva, Bern, Zürich, and Basel) and the heads of all working groups of the Swiss Society of Palliative Care before finalising the guidelines.
The following themes are discussed regarding palliative sedation: (a) definitions and clinical aspects, (b) the decision-making process, (c) communication with patients and families, (d) patient monitoring, (e) pharmacological approaches, and (f) ethical and controversial issues. Palliative sedation must be practised with clinical and ethical accuracy and competence to avoid harm and ethically questionable use. Specialist palliative care teams should be consulted before initiating palliative sedation to avoid overlooking other potential treatment options for the patient’s symptoms and suffering.
A ESCASSEZ DE EDUCAÇÃO FINANCEIRA NO SISTEMA EDUCACIONAL BRASILEIRO
Authors: Melo Leonardo Alves de , Pedro Josélia Galiciano
Published: March 2024

The current economic situation is increasingly demanding individuals have financial knowledge and skills in order to maintain financial stabilit. However, on the other hand, currently, two out of every three people in the world are considered financially illiterate. This means that while the scenario requires more and more from people, they are reaching adulthood without the necessary basic knowledge. This situation is no different in Brazil. In this context, the need for financial education in the educational system is notable, so that by addressing this issue with individuals from childhood, we can have better-prepared adults in the future. The overall objective of the research project was to address financial education at the elemntary, middle, and higher education levels, as in Brazil, as well as worldwide, the financial education indices reflect a reality where the marjority of individuals lack control over their finances. The methodoly was based on exploratory research with a qualitative approach, and data collection was conducted through the Scientific Periodicals Electronic Library - SPELL database. Finally, the study identified that to change Brazil’s reality regarding financial education indices,it is necessary to incorporate the topic into the curriculum of schools and universities and address the subject with all layers of the population, including both youth and adults.
Workplace Bullying
Authors: Suskind Dorothy
Published: March 2024

A toolkit for managers wanting to create inclusive cultures by addressing toxic behaviors that stagnate innovation, fracture work communities, and drive out top employees and as a lifeline for employees suffering through workplace abuse.

Workplace Bullying: Finding Your Way to Big Tent Belonging is a lifeline for people who have been targets of workplace abuse and are desperately trying to make sense of the trauma. It is a resource for partners trying to help their loved ones heal. And, it is a toolkit for managers and industry leaders inspiring to create inclusive cultures by proactively addressing toxic behaviors that stagnate innovation, fracture work communities, and drive out top employees. To simplify a complex topic and make the book readable and engaging for a wide audience, the author uses the elements of story to tell the tale of workplace bullying, zooming in on the characters, settings, and plotlines of cultures that allow and/or encourage workplace abuse.
In the Shadow of the Big Top
Authors: Brunsdale Maureen
Published: March 2024

A thrilling behind-the-scenes biography of the Ringling brothers’ chief henchman.

Art Concello wasn’t born into the circus. But he was in the right place at the right time, becoming one of the world’s best trapeze artists before transforming himself into a shrewd circus businessman.

In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling's Unlikely Circus Savior details Concello’s fateful path from flyer, to manager, to owner. Against the backdrop of the golden age of the American circus, this book goes beyond the showmanship displayed in the ring to reveal how the circus could both thrill a crowd and make incredible money—and exposes the human toll extracted for doing so. Maureen Brunsdale not only tells Art’s incredible life story, but also that of his wife, an orphan-turned-acrobat who was determined to never be left behind in a career every bit as terrifying and electrifying as her husband’s.

The first-ever biography of Concello, In the Shadow of the Big Top draws back the curtain on the inner workings of the circus and casts a light on the man who shaped not only Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, but the circus industry as a whole.
Anomaly
Authors: Coumbe Daniel
Published: March 2024

In June 2021, the U.S. National Intelligence publicly admitted that UFOs are real physical objects and that they have been penetrating restricted military airspace since at least 2004. Despite this bombshell and further recent admissions by the Pentagon, the identity of these mysterious craft remains unknown. This book brings the full scientific method to bear on this enigmatic issue.

Written by Daniel Coumbe, a former research scientist at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen with a PhD in theoretical particle physics, this book defines one of the first scientifically credible studies of UFOs in the modern era.

Anomaly reveals new results derived from radar, optical sensors, and scientific instruments, rather than speculating on unreliable eyewitness testimony. This scientific approach provides the reader with clear and reliable answers, something that is desperately needed in the murky field of UFOs.
The A-Ha! Method
Authors: Zichermann Gabe
Published: March 2024

Helps professionals of all skill levels connect and engage with the distracted audiences of today and tomorrow.

Audiences today are more distracted than ever. As a result, traditional forms of communication and public speaking simply don’t work. Noted behavioral designer and gamification expert Gabe Zichermann has an answer: leveraging behavioral science and breakthrough techniques to help anyone pitch, speak, or lead meetings with confidence and success.

The A-Ha! Method: Communicating Powerfully in an Age of Distraction weaves together the latest research and Zichermann’s own experiences as a renowned keynote speaker and speaking coach in a practical, step-by-step, and easy to follow guide that can make anyone stand out from the crowd.

Readers will learn how to construct stories for maximum impact using techniques from the theatre, improv, and stand up comedy. They’ll apply lessons from the behavioral sciences to structuring talks with a rhythm and meter that’s designed to cut through the fog of distraction. And they’ll learn to build talks, decks, and personal habits to combat speaking anxiety and improve performance.

The A-Ha! Method is designed to help both beginners launching their journeys and experienced speakers in refining their approaches in this radically different media landscape. Anyone can become a great speaker and communicator. The A-Ha! Method provides the most up-to-date and science-based approach to leveling up speaking, pitching and leadership skills.
Jukebox Empire
Authors: Rabinovitch David
Published: March 2024

An aspiring tycoon partners with a racketeer to build a jukebox that makes millions, then takes the fall for the largest money laundering scheme in history.

Caught between the Mob and the feds in a plot to save the casinos in Havana from Castro’s revolution, Wolfe Rabin pulls the biggest money-laundering scheme in history, but his hubris leads to the conspiracy unraveling in a sensational trial. At a time when there was a jukebox in every restaurant, diner, bar, barracks, arcade, and canteen, Rabin’s trajectory from inventor to promoter to outlaw is set against the Mob’s growing infiltration of the jukebox industry. In a world of music, machines, and money, popular culture and organized crime collide in an epic drama of invention and greed. David Rabinovitch’s investigation into his own family history pieces together an epic puzzle that begins in Chicago with the invention of a jukebox and spans the casinos of Havana and the financial giants of Europe, leading to what the FBI called “the biggest bank robbery in the world.”
To Tell the Truth
Authors: Simons Lewis M.
Published: March 2024

Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Lewis M. Simons’s recollects his 50 years as a foreign correspondent, one whose powerful stories contributed to transforming Asia from Vietnam War-era basket case to a global boomtown that today rivals the United States.

Simons’s investigative work led to the toppling of a dictator in the Philippines. He covered the Tiananmen Square massacre in China, bloody coups in Thailand, attempted genocide and societal collapse in Cambodia, and economic advance, decline and rebirth in Japan. He was expelled from India for his exclusive reporting on Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s political misuse of the armed forces. Breaking his own strict rule against becoming personally involved with people whose stories he covered, he saved the life of a dying teenaged Tibetan Buddhist monk.

Simons molds the narrative of his lengthy, action-packed career from foxhole mud and backroom dirt. Layered with moments of tenderness and humor, as his camp-following family often accompanies him, the result is a masterful chronicle of war and murder; extreme poverty and suffering alongside repellent wealth and indulgence; wholesale larceny and ruling-class corruption—much of which escaped the scrutiny of other journalists. Readers who appreciate real-life historic drama will be enthralled.
Respiratory Therapists
Authors: Endsley Kezia
Published: March 2024

Welcome to the respiratory therapist field! If you are interested in a career as a respiratory therapist, you’ve come to the right book. What exactly do these people do on the job every day? What kind of skills and educational background do you need to succeed in this field? How much can you expect to make, and what are the pros and cons of this profession? Is this the right career path for you? How do you avoid burnout and deal with stress? This book can help you answer these questions and more.

Respiratory Therapists: A Practical Career Guide, which includes interviews with professionals in the field covers the following careers.

Emergency respiratory therapy

Adult respiratory therapy

Pediatric respiratory therapy

Geriatric respiratory therapy
Sons of Baseball
Authors: Braff Mark
Published: March 2024

A rare glimpse of professional ballplayers, not as pitchers, hitters, managers, and coaches, but as dads and grandads.

Sons of major league baseball players grow up in a unique environment, not only because they are raised in part by professional athletes, but also because they are raised by the game itself. They come of age immersed in the distinct sounds and aromas of baseball. The locker rooms, the cinderblock-lined corridors beneath the stands, the dugouts, and the fields are the playgrounds of their youth.

In Sons of Baseball, Mark Braff interviews 18 men who share their exclusive stories, ballpark memories, and the challenges and rewards of having fathers whose talents enabled them to reach the pinnacle of their profession. Each chapter is devoted to one son talking about his experiences, from the poignancy of one son’s disclosure that his dad has not been able to acknowledge his son’s sexuality as a gay man, to the humor of another son absconding with the groundskeepers’ cart in Cleveland.

With a foreword by Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and interviews with the sons of beloved players such as Yogi Berra, Mariano Rivera, Roger Maris, Gil Hodges, and Larry Doby, Sons of Baseball provides a unique, well-rounded perspective on the lives of professional ballplayers and their families.
Countercultural
Authors: Rendle Gil
Published: March 2024

After decades of anti-institutionalism, here is a book that is honest about the importance of congregations and our need for them in our lives. Despite our lack of trust in institutions, we cannot live without them and still hope to live together in communities, let alone a nation. For important reasons our neighborhood institutions of religion (congregations) hold hope not found in other places. Politics and the economy have proven themselves gridlocked and incapable of breaking the narratives of fear and scarcity that now divide us.

However, to step up into public space in order to offer what they hold as so important to these divided times, leaders of congregations need to understand why they are so countercultural and why being countercultural is an important role to play. This is not a time for congregations to try to fit into the culture and to worry about growing their membership and increasing their finances. It is not a time to let organizational anxieties determine next steps. What is required is courage – leaders courageous enough to speak openly with confidence of what they know, congregations courageous enough to seek new forms with which to offer the ancient wisdom that people still search for.

As much as religious institutions are now needed, old forms no longer work in a fast and deeply changing culture. Instead of trying to improve what is already known, this book will provide a way for congregations to thrive and fulfill their purpose by being countercultural.
Law, Science, and Technology
Authors: Friedman Lawrence M.
Published: March 2024

Through a series of historical analyses, Friedman explores the relationship between the legal system and the development of modern science and technology. The scientific revolution produced major changes in culture; and these in turn led to changes in government and law. The book covers, among other topics, the transportation revolution; the camera and the entertainment industry; the “germ theory” and its influence on modern society; and the role of culture and technology in the sexual revolution.
Richard Wagner and the Art of the Avant-Garde, 1860-1910
Authors: Rosenthal Donald A.
Published: March 2024

This book explores the responses of leading European avant-garde painters to the operas of Richard Wagner, the most influential composer of the late nineteenth century. The term avant-garde represents a twenty-first century evaluation of certain nineteenth-century artists working in a variety of advanced styles, rather than a phrase the artists applied to themselves.

Chapters are on individual artists or groups, rather than an attempt to survey all of nineteenth-century Wagnerian visual art. They deal with paintings and drawings inspired by Wagner and his operas, not with the composer’s larger cultural influence through his writings and personal example. Thus artists such as Vincent

Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, who knew of Wagner’s music and writings but did not depict scenes from his operas, are not discussed in detail.

The emphasis is on the diverse effects Wagner had on the works of leading avant-garde artists, varying according to their personalities and stylistic interests. The period beginning in the 1880s, often associated with post-Impressionism, was characterized by a movement away from realist subject matter to more personal or imaginary themes, a general intellectual trend of the fin-de-siècle. Wagner’s remote quasi-historical or mythological subjects fit well with this escapist tendency in the art and culture of the time, in part a return to the Romantic sensibility that was dominant in Wagner’s youth. Wagner’s influence peaked in the period between his death in 1883 and 1900, though a few long-lived artists continued their Wagnerian explorations from this era well into the early twentieth century. There is no “Wagner style” in art, yet Wagner’s pervasive influence is immediately evident in these works. Artists whose works are discussed include Eugène Delacroix, Henri Fantin-Latour, Odilon Redon, Max Klinger, James Ensor, Fernand Khnopff, John Singer Sargent and Aubrey Beardsley, among others.

The book features 60 art reproductions, half of them in color.
A Change of Pastors ... and How it Affects Change in the Congregation
Authors: Mead Loren B.
Published: March 2024

Twenty years after Critical Moment of Ministry was first published, Loren Mead returns to his groundbreaking work on one of the most important times in a congregation’s life—the time between one pastor’s leaving and another’s arrival. In this revised edition, A Change of Pastors, Mead shares the wisdom he gained from 35 years of studying congregations, wisdom that he hopes will allow congregations to take full advantage of this “extraordinarily pregnant moment” during which incredible congregational change can happen.
Becoming Barnabas
Authors: Moots Paul
Published: March 2024

Western culture has made a cult of success, and the church has accepted the larger culture's definition, focusing on success as growth in membership and budget, rather growth in faithfulness as disciples of Jesus. When we do not measure up, we become discouraged, disillusioned, and perhaps even envious. Moots details numerous examples to show how the ministry of encouragement offers a workable, effective pattern for church leadership. "I am convinced," he writes, "that accepting Barnabas as my model has changed my ministry for the better and that Barnabas's example can benefit any pastor and congregation who take his lessons seriously. Barnabas and his ministry of encouragement offer us a focus for the vital, messy, and exhilarating work required of us as faith communities.
Blessed Connections
Authors: Schwanz Judith
Published: March 2024

No pastor sets out to fail, but statistics say 15 to 20 percent of pastors leave pastoral ministry within the first five years. One seminary administrator said that every person he had heard of leaving the ministry had done so because of a relationship failure. We cannot escape relationships in ministry, yet few seminaries offer courses in how to build healthy relationships. The assumption is that the type of person who is called to ministry will have all the "people skills" they need, which sadly is not always true. n Blessed Connections, seminary professor Judith Schwanz focuses on the person of the minister and the relational system of the minister's life. She spotlights three areas of connection--relationship with self, relationships with other people, and relationship with God. Attending to these three primary connections will strengthen the pastor and cushion her or him against the pressures and stresses of daily ministry. Blessed Connections is ideal for seminary students and new pastors and includes "Assessment Journal" questions at the end of each chapter for personal application.
Completing the Circle
Authors: McMahill David R.
Published: March 2024

On his second day as association minister for the United Church of Christ, David McMahill received three phone calls from lay leaders who were looking for resources on "how to evaluate our minister." He knew of several churches in which a poorly constructed process for evaluating the ministers had spun out of control, however, and had gradually come to believe it is probably better for a church not to attempt an evaluation process at all than to do one carelessly or to naively use a design intended for a secular organization. Based on the needs he saw, McMahill began to work with numerous congregations looking for ways to review both leaders and ministries and developed the feedback/reflection process he lays out in this book. Based on sound principles of effective communication, this simple system of asking for descriptive feedback about various aspects of a congregation's life together takes into account the specific setting and the unique relationship between minister and congregation.
Congregations as Learning Communities
Authors: Campbell Dennis G.
Published: March 2024

In our rapidly evolving religious scene, congregations that are open to continuous learning and willing to respond to external and internal change, will be the ones that achieve new vitality and health. Dennis Campbell describes what those congregations will look like and provides four tools to help a congregation shape its community into what God would have it be. Systems thinking, congregational culture, appreciative inquiry, and scenario planning are explained and illustrated, and readers will be shown how to apply the principles to their setting.
Designing Worship Together
Authors: Malefyt Norma deWaal , Vanderwell Howard
Published: March 2024

Much more than a "how-to" for worship planners. Drawing on more than two decades of collaborative worship planning, as well as numerous conversations with other worship planners. Pastor Howard Vanderwell and musician Norma de Waal Malefyt lay out a thoughtful, field-tested process for planning, implementing, and evaluating life-enriching weekly worship. Well over a dozen field-tested tools and a selected bibliography round out this invaluable resource for worship planners.
Holy Places
Authors: DeMott Nancy , Shapiro Tim , Bill Brent
Published: March 2024

Building communicate. Stained glass windows, high altars, multi-purpose worship/gymnasium spaces, Plexiglas pulpits, padded pews--these and all other architectural elements say something about a congregation's theology and mission. They point to a faith community's beliefs about worship, identity, purpose, and more. From the stark simplicity of a Quaker meetinghouse to the splendor of a Romanesque Revival building, sacred spaces speak loudly. What they say can either reinforce a congregation's mission or detract from it. Holy Places is designed to be used by congregations who are involved in or are contemplating work on their facilities. This could include renovation, remodeling, expansion, or building. No matter how extensive the project, approaching the work with mission at the forefront is the key to having a final result that strengthens the congregation's ministry. The process outlined in this book--discern, decide, do--lets congregations begin where they are and provides the help they need to move to the next level.
How to Thrive in Associate Staff Ministry
Authors: Lawson Kevin E.
Published: March 2024

Contents include:

Foreword, by Lovett H. Weems, Jr.

Preface

Introduction

CHAPTER 1. Finding Satisfaction in Following God's Direction

CHAPTER2. Working Well with Your Supervisor and Fellow Associates

CHAPTER 3. Foundational Attitudes and Commitments

CHAPTER4. Church Environments that Enable Thriving

CHAPTER 5. Sustaining Personal Spiritual Vitality

CHAPTER 6. Building Supportive Relationships

CHAPTER 7. Strengthening the Home Front

CHAPTER 8. Savoring Joys and Weathering Storms

CHAPTER 9. Thriving Skills for Female Associate Staff

CHAPTER 10. Veterans' Advice to "Wanna-bes" and "Newbies"

Introduction to Appendixes A and B - For Those Who Care about Associate Staff

APPENDIX A. The Valued Supervisor

APPENDIX B. The Supportive Church Board

APPENDIX C. The "Thriving in Associate Staff Ministry" Study

APPENDIX D. Professional Organizations for Associate Staff Members

Further Reading for Associate Staff Members
Lending Your Leadership
Authors: Granade Nelson
Published: March 2024

As America faces great change, we must find new ways of cooperating with one another to solve problems beyond our individual control. As leaders of one of the largest pools of community capital—our congregations—pastors have both the opportunity and the skills to help guide local communities through transitions and to help cast a vision of renewed communities. At the heart of Granade’s book is a firm belief that clergy can play a unique leadership role in community life. He encourages clergy to reclaim that role and to share with their communities a message of hope: God still cares and is involved in the life of individuals, families, communities, and the world.