Authors:Terry E. Duncan, Susan C. Duncan, Lisa A. Strycker,
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Keywords: quantitative, methodology, issues, applications, series, concepts, modeling, latent, variable, growth, curve, introduction
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2006-05-23
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0805855475
ISBN-13: 9780805855470

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to latent variable growth curve modeling (LGM) for analyzing repeated measures. It presents the statistical basis for LGM and its various methodological extensions, including a number of practical examples of its use. It is designed to take advantage of the reader’s familiarity with analysis of variance and structural equation modeling (SEM) in introducing LGM techniques. Sample data, syntax, input and output, are provided for EQS, Amos, LISREL, and Mplus on the book’s CD. Throughout the book, the authors present a variety of LGM techniques t

Authors:Susan Scott, C. J. Duncan,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: disease, demography, human
Number of Pages: 372
Published: 1998-06-28
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 052162052X
ISBN-13: 9780521620529

Human Demography and Disease offers an interdisciplinary and integrated perspective on the relationship between historical populations and the dynamics of epidemiological processes. It brings the techniques of time-series analysis and computer matrix modeling to historical demography and geography to extract detailed information concerning the oscillations in births, deaths, migrations and epidemics. This book presents a new way of studying preindustrial communities and explores the subtle, and hitherto undetected effects of fluctuating nutritional levels on mortality patterns and the dynamics

Authors:Wilbur H. Duncan, Marion B. Duncan,
Publisher: A Wormsloe Foundation Publication
Keywords: states, united, southeastern, trees
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2000-05-31
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0820322717
ISBN-13: 9780820322711

This popular guide enables users to quickly and confidently identify any of the trees of the southeastern United States, from the common loblolly pine or red mulberry to the rare Pinckneya (fever-tree) or goat willow. The guide treats more than 300 species--every one known to occur in the region, from the Coastal Plain to the highest elevations. Included are trees native to the region as well as those introduced and now reproducing. Helpful features include easy identification keys, common and scientific names, distribution maps, an introductory section on basic leaf, flower, and stem struc

Authors:Duncan M. Taylor, Alan Drengson, Duncan Taylor,
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Keywords: forest, sustainable, science, art, ecoforestry
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1998-07-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0865713650
ISBN-13: 9780865713659

Industrial forestry is widely regarded as being obsolete. Ecoforestry presents the new paradigm.

Authors:Susan Daley, Steve Gross, Nancy Berner, Susan Lowry,
Publisher: The Monacelli Press
Keywords: valley, hudson, gardens
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-10-19
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 1580932770
ISBN-13: 9781580932776

The majesty of the Hudson River has captivated both artists and visitors for generations, and the gardens along its banks have a special character. Those created for the Gilded Age estates are more formal; private gardens respond directly to the rolling landscape and mature forests. The area is a crucible for the development of American landscape design since the major figures—Alexander Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, Beatrix Farrand, and Fletcher Steele—all worked in the Hudson Valley. Gardens of the Hudson Valley focuses on the historic landscape and how gardens have been integr

Authors:John Hoffman, Susan Froemke,  Susan K. Golant
Publisher: PublicAffair
Keywords: science, momentum, project, alzheimer
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-05-11
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 1586487566
ISBN-13: 9781586487560

This companion book to the HBO Documentary Films series explores the cutting-edge research on Alzheimer’s disease that is creating new hope for the future.Alzheimer’s disease is the second most-feared illness in America, following cancer. It affects as many as 5 million Americans, a number that could soar to 16 million by 2050. It is estimated that, unless effective preventions are discovered, 10 million baby boomers will eventually develop this irreversible and devastating brain disorder.Until recently, medical news on Alzheimer’s disease was not comforting. But in the past

Authors:Susan Alvare, Diana Dugan RN, Jetta Fuzy RN MS, Susan
Publisher: Hartman Publishing, Inc.
Keywords: care, assistant, nursing
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2005-01-03
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 188834380X
ISBN-13: 9781888343809