Qualitative Research : Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological / by Ravitch, Sharon M., author 609533, Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner, author 656054

“…Whether you are new to qualitative research or not, the goal for this book is to develop and deepen your understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in qualitative research. Every chapters begins with an overview and key objectives for the chapter. …”
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Foundations of Computer Vision / by Torralba, Antonio, author 655233, Isola, Phillip, author 655234, Freeman, William T., author 655235, The MIT Press (Online service) 655237

“…To emphasize intuitive learning, concepts are presented in short, lucid chapters alongside extensive illustrations, questions, and examples. …”
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JavaScript : The Definitive Guide / by Flanagan, David, author 374729, O'Reilly Media (Online service) 655241

“…The seventh edition is fully updated to cover the 2020 version of JavaScript, and new chapters cover classes, modules, iterators, generators, Promises, async/await, and metaprogramming. …”
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Business Research Methods / by Bell, Emma, 1968-, author 200397, Bryman, Alan, author 172014, Harley, Bill, author 655243, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…The authors have extensively revised this sixth edition to make it the most engaging and relevant text available. New chapters on quantitative methods and visual research offer extensive coverage of these areas and even greater practical support in applying these techniques, while cutting-edge material on inclusivity and bias in research, feminist perspectives, and decolonial and indigenous research is also introduced. …”
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Foundations of Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling / by Capuzzi, David, editor 296803, Stauffer, Mark D., editor 393065, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…The new edition includes updated content in each chapter and entirely new chapters on assessments and helping families mitigate, adapt, and transition during crisis. …”
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The Future of Service-Learning : New Solutions for Sustaining and Improving Practice / by Strait, Jean R., 1965-, editor 656157, Lima, Marybeth, 1965-, editor 656195, Furco, Andrew, editor 656196, Taylor & Francis Group (Online service) 645650

“…The contributors review how different institutional types have structured their service learning activities; address the issue of centralization or decentralization; propose better ways to form community partnerships; consider promotion and tenure implications; postulate framing service-learning and community engagement as scholarship; and examine service-learning as a springboard for research. Further chapters offer a new blueprint for funding to achieve sustainability; examples of international service learning from a European perspective; a case study and framework for using on-line formats to extend the reach of a program; raise the urgent issue of the experiences and contributions of underrepresented students; and present the rationale and processes for developing effective student-led evaluation of programs.…”
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Digital Transformation for Entrepreneurship / by Durst, Susanne, editor 624151, Pevkur, Aive, editor 656303, World Scientific (Online service) 655444

“…The scientific quality of each chapter has been ensured by the participation of two experienced scholars and supervisors - one of whom is the head of the Entrepreneurship and International Business group, and an active researcher on the book's topic - who have closely monitored the development process of the book"--…”
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Time-inconsistent control problems, path-dependent PDEs, and neural network approximation by Nguwi, Jiang Yu

“…There are two main parts of this thesis: Time-Inconsistent Control (TIC) problems (Chapters 1 and 2) and the neural network approximation (Chapters 3 and 4). …”
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Applications of pentamethyl phenyl ketones in the synthesis of carbocycles and heterocycles by Lunt-Laurin, CE

“…<p><strong>Chapter 1: Introduction.</p></strong> <p>The introduction covers an overview of hydrogen borrowing and the types of hydrogen borrowing strategies. …”

South Asian diasporas and (imaginary) homelands: narratives, representations and mediated exchanges by Clini, Clelia

“…This book will interest students and scholars of media, communication, popular culture, cultural studies, Asian studies, politics and sociology. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of South Asian Diaspora.…”

Studies of some short conjugation length polymeric light-emitting diode materials and their blends by Liau, Chu Yaw.

“…This thesis is mainly divided into five chapters. Chapter 1 gives an overview of light-emitting materials which in particular focuses on the PPV derivatives and their electrical-optical properties. …”
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Software-GPS receiver in Matlab by Wang, Lei

“…And the simulation results are recorded in chapter four. Through this project, Matlab 2008a is used to run the program of software GPS receiver and Maple 15 is used in coefficient calculation.…”
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"But why was I bored?" : Virginia Woolf's treatment of boredom by Akankasha Dewan

“…Secondly, this thesis will reveal that the aestheticism of boredom in Woolf’s novels points to a vision of literature that remains exalted in its consideration of the value of individual, human desire. The three chapters of this paper are divided according to the nuanced experience and expression of Woolfian boredom. …”
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API Governance at Scale by Ahmad, Mak, Geewax, J. J., Macvean, Andrew, Karger, David, Ma, Kwan-Liu

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Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…Given that public organizations are structured more formally, public sector employees are more likely to work in teams than their peers in the private sector. The authors test this view by using variables from the National Organization Survey (NOS) data set and find strong statistical support. …”
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Explicating problematic social network sites use: A review of concepts, theoretical frameworks, and future directions for communication theorizing by Lee, Edmund Wei Jian, Ho, Shirley S., Lwin, May Oo

“…Third, we propose that communication scholars should strive for theoretical integration and examine the impact of microsystem (e.g. parents and peers) and macrosystem (e.g. surveillance culture) on the development of problematic SNSs among adolescents. …”
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Dataset on genetic and physiological adults׳ responses to social distress by Bonassi, Andrea, Ghilardi, Tommaso, Truzzi, Anna, Cataldo, Ilaria, Azhari, Atiqah, Setoh, Peipei, Shinohara, Kazuyuki, Esposito, Gianluca

“…Self-reported questionnaires were used to evaluate participants’ interactional patterns towards peers (Attachment Style Questionnaire, Feeney et al., 1994[1]), and the quality of bond with intimate partners (Experiences in Close Relationships Scale, Fraley et al., 2000 [2]). …”
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'Women in an extraordinary time': the transnational network and educational spaces of the Canadian Eiwa Girls' mission schools in 1920s and 1930s Japan by Dugal, A

“…Through network development, physical and intellectual spatial construction, and curriculum and activity design, these historical actors reached outside their institutions to actively connect themselves and their peers with the wider world. In the 1930s, this appears to have been conducted with a sense of urgency. …”

Do institutional pressures impact voluntary environment information disclosure? by Fan, Jing, Muhamad, Haslinah, Mohd Said, Ridzwana, Daud, Zaidi Mat

“…As a result, companies are increasingly prioritizing compliance with regulatory standards and actively engaging with stakeholders rather than simply imitating the behaviors of their peers.…”
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Concise Guide to APA Style : The Official APA Style Guide for Students / by American Psychological Association (Online service) 655223

“…Full color throughout; Content relevant to a range of majors and courses, including psychology, social work, criminal justice, communications, composition, education, business, engineering, and more; New chapter focused on student papers; Sample student title page, paper, and annotated bibliography; Streamlined APA Style headings and in-text citations; New chapter on writing style and grammar; Chapters on punctuation, lists, italics, spelling, capitalization, abbreviations, numbers, and statistics; Latest bias-free language guidelines; More than 20 new sample tables and figures; Comprehensive guidelines on citation to help writers credit their sources appropriately and avoid plagiarism and self-plagiarism; More than 100 new reference templates and examples, including traditional sources (e.g., journal articles, books, dissertations, and reports) plus many others (e.g., social media, webpages and websites, legal).…”
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