A highly readable and comprehensive introduction to the key theories, debates and issues that help students to understand how sociology can answer complex questions about health and illness.

This seventh edition of Business Analysis and Valuation: An International Perspective guides students through the interpretation and use of IFRS-based financial statements with the help of case studies from a wide range of international corporations. The authors use real-life financial and non-financial data to show how financial analysis informs valuation decisions. Numerous and varied tasks cement a fundamental and practical understanding of corporate analysis in students.

Applying Statistics in Behavioural Research is written for undergraduate students in the behavioural sciences, such as Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology and Ethology. The topics range from basic techniques, like correlation and t-tests, to moderately advanced analyses, like multiple regression and MANOV A. The focus is on practical application and reporting, as well as on the correct interpretation of what is being reported. For example, why is interaction so important? What does it mean when t...

Food holds an important place in people’s lives and in the social values of individuals and groups, shaping identities along religious, ethnic, linguistic, and national lines and according to gender, class, place (including identification with particular towns or landscapes), and other variables. In the Middle East and among Middle Eastern diasporic communities today, culinary culture remains a source of deep pride, while reflecting ethical values that people place on sharing food with gues...

Through an intellectually stimulating and empirical approach to global studies, students examine how key factors—forces, interactions, and tensions—contribute to world events and global problems.

A comprehensive guide to HRM that emphasizes DEI, ethics, and sustainability, equipping students with the skills to drive positive change in the workplace.

In ULTRA, R.M. Gonzales Martinez invites you into a mind-bending journey through dystopian nightmares and utopian dreams of artificial intelligence. Drawing on science, philosophy, and speculative fiction, this provocative work explores the rise of Artificial Ultra Intelligence (AUI): a cognitive force beyond human comprehension.

Structured like a modern Divine Comedy, the book begins in the digital infernos of machine dominance and war, passes through haunting visions of indifferent AI, and ...

This text supports you to develop the competencies aligned to the SCoPEd professional standards in counselling. It covers the core competencies in client assessment, self-awareness, and knowledge and skills.