Author: Myron Weiner
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: india, state, child
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1990-10-16
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0691018987
ISBN-13: 9780691018980

India has the largest number of non-schoolgoing working children in the world. Why has the government not removed them from the labor force and required that they attend school, as have the governments of all developed and many developing countries? To answer this question, this major comparative study first looks at why and when other states have intervened to protect children against parents and employers. By examining Europe of the nineteenth century, the United States, Japan, and a number of developing countries, Myron Weiner rejects the argument that children were removed from the labor f

Authors:Myron F. Weiner, Anne M. Lipton,
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: third, research, treatment, diagnosis, dementias
Number of Pages: 596
Published: 2003-01
List price: $124.00
ISBN-10: 1585620432
ISBN-13: 9781585620432

This is the human experience of dementing illness, and it is at the heart of this practical, informative volume by a broad range of clinically grounded experts. The giant strides in dementia research since the publication of the first edition in 1991have generated optimism that we will soon be able to delay onset and even prevent these diseases that devastate both patient and caregiver. This third edition has been revised, updated, and expanded to cover changes in the classification, management, and treatment of dementing illness. It includes a world-class presentation on the molecular and

Authors:Myron F. Weiner, Anne M. Lipton,
Publisher: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: textbook, psychiatry, geriatric, diagnostic, app, issues, dementia, dementias, psychiatric, publishing, alzheimer, disease, american
Number of Pages: 577
Published: 2009-03-15
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 1585622788
ISBN-13: 9781585622788

The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias is an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of dementia for practicing psychiatrists or residents who deal with cognitively impaired adults in outpatient, inpatient, and long-term care settings. With content ranging from clinical guidance to basic research, it contains information on nearly every subject related to dementing conditions or illnesses not only providing extensive coverage of clinical management issues but also enabling a deeper understanding of the causes of dementia. Designed to assist the p

Authors:Myron Weiner, Michael S. Teitelbaum,
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: engineering, demographic, demography, political
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2001-06
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 1571812547
ISBN-13: 9781571812544

"Over the past decade, the impacts of demographic trends on international security and on peaceful relations between and within states have come to the fore in ways not seen since the aftermath of World War II. An evolving and more complex set of changes in the size, distribution, and composition of populations has become the basis for a new look at the security effects of changes in the size, distribution, and composition of populations. This book is an attempt to lay out the new look, to take issue with some of the prevailing views on the political consequences of population change and to su

Authors:Samuel Brownstein, Mitchel Weiner, Sharon Weiner Gre
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series
Keywords: pocket, guides, barron, vocabulary, guide
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2004-07-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0764126946
ISBN-13: 9780764126949

This fast-reference word finder and vocabulary guide alphabetically lists more than 3,000 words with definitions and sample sentences. For many years, Barron’s Pocket Guides have served high school and college students, as well as business professionals and others, as reliable fast-reference books filled with easy-to-locate information pertaining to all practical aspects of language use. The new editions are attractively designed and printed in two-color type, and serve as especially useful books for the home, school, or business reference bookshelf.

Authors:Sharon Weiner Green, Mitchel Weiner,
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series
Keywords: workbook, reading, critical
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-02-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0764133810
ISBN-13: 9780764133817

Concentrating on the Critical Reading section of the newly structured SAT college entrance exam, this test-preparation workbook presents tips, questions, answers, and answer explanations for the section’s two main question types—sentence completion questions and reading comprehension questions—as well as extensive vocabulary review. Both the sentence completion and the reading comprehension exercises are organized according to level of difficulty and presented in three sections, labeled from A to C. Students who master Level C in both parts are well on the road to achieving a

Authors:Sharon Weiner Green, Mitchel Weiner,
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Serie
Keywords: workbook, reading, critical, barron
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2009-08-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 0764141953
ISBN-13: 9780764141959

Updated to reflect the current SAT format and questions found on its most recent exams, this workbook concentrates on the SAT Critical Reading section with an extensive series of exercises. They reflect that section’s two question types: sentence completion and reading comprehension. The exercises for both question types are divided into three levels of increasing difficulty, labeled from A to C, with all questions answered and explained. Students who master level C of both sections will be prepared to excel on the actual exam. The author also presents test-taking tips and an extensive vocab