Brain Facts - A Primer on the Brain and Nervous System
Brain Facts is a primer on the brain and nervous system, published by SfN. Designed for a lay audience as an introduction to neuroscience.
It sets humans apart from all other species by allowing us to achieve the wonders of walking on the moon and composing masterpieces of literature, art and music. Throughout recorded time, the human brain—a spongy, threepound mass of fatty tissue—has been compared to a telephone switchboard and a supercomputer. But the brain is much more complicated than any of these devices, a fact scientists confirm almost daily with each new discovery.
Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work: How to Use the Enneagram System for Success
A proven system for improving your own work and for working better in a team Used by such organizations as the Walt Disney Company, Cisco Systems, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the CIA, the Enneagram is a proven psychological system based on nine number types that helps people achieve self-awareness and develop strategic approaches to interpersonal interactions. In Bringing Out the Best in Yourself at Work, Enneagram teacher and business consultant Ginger Lapid-Bodga shows professionals how to apply this popular tool to their work as a way to improve their productivity and help them build positive relationships among coworkers.
In Defence of Self - How the Immune System Really Works in Managing Health and Disease.By William R. Clark
We live in a sea of seething microbial predators, an infinity of invisible and invasive microorganisms capable of setting up shop inside us and sending us to an early grave. The only thing keeping them out? The immune system. William Clark's In Defense of Self offers a refreshingly accessible tour of the immune system, putting in layman's terms essential information that has been for too long the exclusive province of trained specialists. Clark explains how the immune system works by using powerful genetic, chemical, and cellular weapons to protect us from the vast majority of disease-causing microbes-bacteria, viruses, molds, and parasites.
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Ison Sleep System 2.0: Relax and Sleep--Easily and Naturally
Finally, A Natural Way to Get the Sleep You Need Stress contributes to the struggle sleeping that millions of us experience each night. The Ison Sleep System is proven to help you let go of the stress and anxiety that can keep you from a good night's rest. After just a few minutes of listenning to this peaceful music, your breathing will effortlessly slow down and your mind and body will fall into a state of deep relaxation. As layers of tension melt away, you will drift easily into deep and restful sleep.
No music CDs, please.
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Assessing the Benefits and Costs of ITS: Making the Business Case for ITS Investments
The 17 chapters in this book, which evolved from a conference on measuring the contributions of ITS sponsored by the California Department of Transportation in February 2002, examine the costs and benefits of ITS in an economic and business policy context. Section 1 examines the broad theme of how and what ITS contributes to the economy and how one makes a business case for ITS. Section 2 includes three chapters on ITS applications in mass transit. Section 3 explores ITS applications in the automobile/highway system. Section 4 considers integrative issues including how ITS is perceived and how it can be positioned to improve surface transportation.
