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Ecology is the study of the interrelationships between organisms and their environment, including the biotic and abiotic components. There are at least six kinds of ecology: ecosystem, physiological, behavioural, population, and community; specific topics include: Acid Deposition, Acid Rain Revisited, Biodiversity, Biocomplexity, Carbon Sequestration in Soils, Coral Reefs, Ecosystem Services, Environmental Justice, Fire Ecology, Floods, Global Climate Change, Hypoxia, and Invasion. This book presents new research on ecology from around the world.

The number of racial-ethnic minorities and of females entering the workforce has been increasing over the past couple of years making the United States workforce more diverse today than it ever has been (EEOC, 2005). The emerging diversity of today''s organizations has stimulated challenges to be addressed, including social-sexual behaviors at work (e.g., sexual harassment), lack of appropriate mentors/mentoring, and gross inequitable compensation problems (Buchanan, 2005; Cleveland, Stockdale & Murphy, 2000). Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) along with the Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs; EEOC, 2007a) reported that 12,025 sexual harassment charges were filed in the year 2006. Not including cases that were litigated, organizations paid $48.8 million to victims of sexual harassment. Further, the EEOC does not report the demographics (i.e. race, ethnicity, national origin) of those who file a sexual harassment complaint or charge; therefore, it is difficult to know the extent to which racial-ethnic minority groups are encountering and reporting sexual harassment incidences at work. Thus, it is imperative that research on sexual harassment focus on the perspective of racial-ethnic minority groups in the workplace (Murrell & James, 2001). This leads to the primary purpose of this paper, which was to examine variousracial-ethnic group differences pertaining to the perception, occurrence, acknowledgement, and measurement of sexual harassment. Specifically, this study investigated whether cultural differences at the individual level account for variation in the perception and acknowledgement of sexual harassment. Further, two sexual harassment measures (i.e., the ESH and the SEQ) were examined to determine their invariance, or lack of, to cultural differences. Specifically, the SEQ was factor-analyzed to determine if a fourth dimension would emerge with the addition of five items asking about social-sexual behavior aimed at the respondents'' race or ethnicity. The results did not support the four-factor model. The SEQ and the ESH were further examined to determine their relation to cultural variables such as individualism and power distance. The results did not support that either scale was influenced by the cultural variables; however, these results should be interpreted with caution for two reasons. First, the attempts to obtain a heterogeneous sample were not successful, and second, the scale used to measure individualism, the Behavioral Content of Self (Triandis, 1995), proved to be unreliable. However, further research is needed to continue expanding on the current literature concerning sexual harassment and its possible relationship to race-ethnicity and or culture.

What happened when life went silent? Threading the Snail: My Journey Through Deafness is a true account of author Stephanie Halvorson''s world, a world that was changed forever. Faced with a life-threatening infection, she has described the spiritual and personal challenges she encountered when the infection resulted in the loss of her hearing. Although technology has offered some opportunities, Stephanie has opened the door to let us enter and understand life in the deaf culture. Her faith and personal strength have enabled her to overcome the obstacles she has faced as she has continued to succeed in her profession as a teacher and as a loving wife and mother. Threading the Snail will take you into a world that you?ve never heard before.

The molecular mechanisms underlying the retrograde control of presynaptic neurotransmitter release at the NMJ are not well understood. Here we describe the identification of the first known inhibitor of synaptic homeostasis. Identification of the pathways through which this inhibitor act may eventually lead to a greater understanding of the mechanisms that regulate homeostasis.

Emily Elizabeth explains why she loves her big red dog, Clifford.

George Whittell purchased over 40,000 acres of land on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe basin in the period from 1935 to 1942. The fact that he refrained from developing most of his land led to his reputation today as a conservationist. However, while much of his land is conserved by the U.S. Forest Service and the Nevada State Park Commission, his status as a conservationist is somewhat ambiguous. In the mid 1950''s, Whittell''s large tracts of undeveloped land became desirable for developers, as well as conservationists who wanted to conserve the largest remaining undeveloped parcel of land in the basin. Whittell''s sales and donations of land in the basin reflect the influence of the local trends towards conservation and development and reveal Whittell''s willingness to support both types of land use in the basin.

The Specks Collection is noted for its high quality, breadth, and profound graphic power. In celebration of the gift to the museum, the collection is presented here for the first time in its entirety.

Draws on the experience of more than 1,000 women. Shows how to break the PMS cycle of anger, guilt, denial, & depression.

A text for beginning students in medical imaging, especially in radiologic technology, emphasizing communication and the imaging professional''s role in patient care. Chapters on areas such as age- related considerations; infection control; medical ethics; emergency medicine; and patient care in critical situations feature illustrated procedures of patient care and vignettes, plus key terms, objectives, chapter summaries, and study questions. Color photos depict both male and female imaging professionals. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Paperback edition of a textbook for students in tertiary nursing education programs in Australia, covering social aspects of nursing including learning to be and working as a nurse, bureaucratic organisation, the illness experience, mental illness, death and nursing the dying, the health care system, and nurses as agents of social change. Includes a bibliography and an index. The book will also be a useful introduction to the social aspects of health care for health professionals and students of sociology. Simultaneously published in hardback.