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Child abuse and neglect (CAN) continues to be a serious public health problem in the United States, affecting approximately 19% of victims and costing approximately $124 billion to society. When a child is removed from their parent’s custody due to parental abuse or neglect, the child is sometimes placed in

Knots: Post-Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Literature and Film, (PDF) a set of specially commissioned essays provides a wide array of new psychoanalytic approaches influenced by Lacanian theory, post-colonial studies, queer studies, feminism, and deconstruction in the domains of film and literature. We have witnessed an amazing return to psychoanalysis in those fields,

Essentials of Exercise Physiology, 4th Edition, (PDF) provides a compact version of the Seventh Edition of the bestselling Exercise Physiology: Nutrition, Energy, and Human Performance, making it perfect for introductory undergraduate courses. As students progress through the textbook, they will develop a good understanding of the interrelationships among energy intake,

If you’re new to Java—or new to programming—best-selling, Learning Java: An Introduction to Real-World Programming with Java, 5th Edition, (PDF) will guide you through the language features and APIs of Java 11. With fun, captivating, and realistic examples, authors Marc Loy, Patrick Niemeyer, and Daniel Leuck introduce you to Java

For graduate courses in economics, business, financial engineering and financial mathematics; for advanced undergraduate courses with college students who have good quantitative skills; and for practitioners involved in derivatives markets Practitioners refer to Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives 9th edition (PDF) as “the bible;” in the college and university marketplace it’s the