1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910793465403321

Autore

Habash Riadh W. Y.

Titolo

Professional practice in engineering and computing : preparing for future careers / / authored by Riadh Habash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2019

ISBN

0-429-51477-8

0-429-20273-3

0-429-51134-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (414 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Disciplina

620.0023

Soggetti

Engineering - Vocational guidance

Computer science - Vocational guidance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Knowledge and understanding -- Design for sustainability practice -- Project management practice -- Professional practice in artificial intelligent -- Professional and career development.

Sommario/riassunto

"The book introduces future professional practice concepts and principles. Modules range from professionalism, ethics, law, communication skills, leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, engineering risk and design safety, design for sustainability, practice and project management, reflective practice, artificial intelligence, and career development. All modules incorporate aspects of moral and ethics, including the appropriate approaches and pedagogies"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810578603321

Autore

Heilig Markus

Titolo

The thirteenth step : addiction in the age of brain science / / Markus Heilig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Columbia University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-231-53902-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (316 p.)

Disciplina

616.86/061

Soggetti

Substance abuse - Treatment

Brain - Effect of drugs on

Neurosciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Us and them -- A grocery store that closed -- An entity in its own right -- A chronic, relapsing disorder -- Man or machine? -- Histories, brains, and behaviors -- The pursuit of happiness -- The dark side of addiction -- Rash actions -- Turning on a red light -- Getting the cue -- A strained mind -- Fathers and sons -- Molecular culprits -- Trick or treatment -- Please behave -- Pills for addiction ills -- Pray if you wish, but please take your meds first -- The journey ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

The past thirty years have witnessed a revolution in the science of addiction, yet we still rely on outdated methods of treatment. Expensive new programs for managing addiction are also flourishing, but since they are not based in science, they offer little benefit to people who cannot afford to lose money or faith in their recovery.Clarifying the cutting-edge science of addiction for both practitioners and general readers, The Thirteenth Step pairs stories of real patients with explanations of key concepts relating to their illness. A police chief who disappears on the job illustrates the process through which a drug can trigger the brain circuits mediating relapse. One person's effort to find a burrito shack in a foreign city illuminates the reward prediction error signaled by the brain chemical dopamine. With these examples and more, this volume paints a vivid, readable portrait of drug seeking,



escalation, and other aspects of addiction and suggests science-based treatments that promise to improve troubling relapse rates. Merging science and human experience, The Thirteenth Step offers compassionate, valuable answers to anyone who hopes for a better handle on a confounding disease.