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Close the gender equity gap with powerful mentoring relationships

According to a recent report, women earned 73% of doctorates in education, but only hold one-third of the school superintendents jobs in the United States. At the current pace of change, it will take almost 30 years before there are as many women serving as superintendents as men. Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley, and Delores B. Lindsey introduce a new model for creating mentoring relationships that help emerging women leaders thrive. Current and aspiring leaders can use Mentoring for Momentum as a standalone resource or in conjunction with the authors Leading While Female and My Leading While Female Journey. Leaders will learn to mentor aspiring female leaders, and mentees will discover how to build these vital connections.

Using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency, the authors guide readers in identifying and overcoming systemic barriers, helping aspiring leaders build the momentum needed to achieve their career goals and foster greater gender equity in their organizations.

This practical guide includes:
A framework for using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency to develop reciprocal and culturally responsive mentoring relationships Case stories from female leaders that offer models for navigating the challenges and opportunities of mentorship Guidance on how to locate a mentor, serve as a mentor, and establish effective mentoring programs within your organization Reflective prompts, end-of-chapter questions, and a free study guide to deepen understanding and encourage personal and professional growth
Female leaders will learn how to leverage the power of mentorship to break through barriers, build supportive networks, and create lasting change for themselves and for the next generation of women leaders.

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Trudy T. Arriaga, Stacie L. Stanley, Delores B. Lindsey

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This text distinguishes itself by moving beyond traditional group-based approaches to race, instead adopting a comprehensive, topical framework that centers intersectionality and contemporary issues. The accessible narrative is enriched by personal stories, critical research insights, and global perspectives, all presented alongside updated data and visuals. Each chapter combines rigorous academic analysis with practical tools for meaningful discussion, equipping students not only with knowledge but with strategies for thoughtful engagement in conversations about race. The integration of digital resourcesincluding videos, self-quizzes, and flashcardsensures that learners can interact with the material in multiple ways, fostering a multidimensional understanding of current and historical racial dynamics in the United States.

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Tanya Golash-Boza, Tanya Golash-Boza, Marisela Martinez-Cola

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Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law

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Borders not only demarcate nations and territories, but transform people into migrants. Hand-in-hand with law and law enforcement, borders create residents and foreigners. The law ascertains who crosses borders and who does not, and who remains foreign despite being within national borders.

Migrating Borders and Citizenship in Law argues that law has multiple roles and mechanisms for breathing life into borders, operating at different locales and scales (from worldwide to the nation; from the family to the workplace), and through different practices, for example, preventing entry or withholding access to resources. It examines case law, legislation and press accounts relating to several key events in recent times that have changed the legal landscape on migration control, such as the Immigration and Nationality Acts in the UK, the end of empire, the arrival of Empire Windrush, Brexit, Covid and the case of Shamima Begum. Focusing on race and ethnicity, gender and class, as well as crime and control, the book contextualises the legal debates around these historical and political developments, the question of who belongs, the consequences of behaviour for immigration status and citizenship, and the links with conduct and national security.

With its wide interdisciplinary framing of the law, drawing from sociology, politics, philosophy and history, this groundbreaking book will appeal to all readers with broad interests in migration studies.

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Inspired by a vivid account of St Francis  where he didnt merely pray but became prayer  Becoming Prayer introduces readers to the heart of Franciscan spirituality. Drawing on the enduring wisdom of Francis, Clare and generations of Franciscans, including voices like Richard Rohr and Ilia Delio, it offers a rich and accessible introduction to prayer as a way of life. From moments of thanksgiving and praise to silent contemplation, readers will learn how Franciscans aim to pray not just in church, but in every moment. Simon Cocksedge and Nicholas Alan Worssam explore communal practices such as the Daily Office and Eucharist, and delve into prayer rooted in Scripture  through the Passion, the Stations of the Cross, and the Rosary. They also embrace the stillness of solitude: night time reflection, silence and the Jesus Prayer. Rooted in a tradition that speaks powerfully to todays world, and published in a milestone year for Franciscans globally, this is an invitation to an ancient yet ever-renewing journey of prayer.

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Educating Multilingual Learners, Second Edition

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What Every Classroom Teacher Needs to Know

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An updated edition offering a framework of best practices for the K12 educators of the 5.3 million US students who are multilingual language learnersIn this wholly updated second edition of Educating Multilingual Learners, the authors streamline their easy-to-use protocols for teachers of multilingual learners so that they apply to students who are learning through any new language in any PreK12 classroom context.

The authors present the new, teacher-friendly Teaching All Subjects, Language, and Literacy (TASLL) Framework that can be implemented flexibly to meet the needs of multilingual learners in the classroom. Drawing from the latest research and culturally relevant pedagogy, this new edition illuminates for teachers why and how to use the full linguistic repertoire of multilingual learners. It also encourages a collaborative approach to classroom instruction, recommending simple first steps to educator partnerships.

Throughout the book, the authors return to four case study students of different ages, backgrounds, and levels of language proficiency to show the TASLL Framework in action. Pre-service and in-service teachers will find this an invaluable resource for classroom teaching of multilingual language learners.

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Carine  Strebel, Joyce W. Nutta, Edwidge Crevecoeur Bryant, Florin  M. Mihai, Kouider  Mokhtari, Donita Grissom

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Transparenz als Katalysator fur Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit

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Implementationsstand und Auswirkungen des Reformmodells Open Government in deutschen Grostadten

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Das vorliegende Buch untersucht den Implementationsstand und die Auswirkungen des Reformmodells Open Government in deutschen Grostadten. Open Government zielt darauf ab, Transparenz, Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit in offentlichen Verwaltungen zu starken, um demokratische Prozesse zu fordern und die Leistungsfahigkeit des politisch-administrativen Systems zu steigern. Anhand eines zweistufigen Forschungsdesigns  einer deutschlandweiten Online-Umfrage und eines Fallstudienvergleichs  wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie weitreichend das Konzept bereits auf kommunaler Ebene umgesetzt wurde und welche Effekte auf die Input-, Throughput- und Output-Legitimitat von Grostadten nachweisbar sind. Die Ergebnisse verdeutlichen, dass Transparenz als Katalysator fur Partizipation und Zusammenarbeit fungieren kann, um die kommunale Performanz zu optimieren. Gleichzeitig zeigt die Arbeit auf, welche Herausforderungen und Grenzen bei der Umsetzung von Open Government bestehen und welche Perspektiven sich daraus fur zukunftige Verwaltungsreformen ableiten lassen.

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A Practical Guide to Cyber Risk Quantification

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Cyber risk quantification (CRQ) is the practice of measuring cybersecurity risk using numbers not colors or guesswork. Instead of labeling risks high, medium, or low, CRQ uses probabilities, ranges, and impact estimates to help organizations make better, data-informed decisions about risk.
In a world where ransomware gangs operate like small businesses, every core function of an organization is digital, and Boards and regulators are demanding meaningful, defensible risk metrics, CRQ has never been more relevant than now. And thanks to AI, its about to scale fast.
At the same time, CRQ is often misunderstood as expensive, technical, or just voodoo math. People assume you need a stats degree, six-figure software, or a room full of analysts. This book is here to prove otherwise.
 
From Heatmaps to Histograms is a hands-on, plain-English guide written by a seasoned practitioner whos built CRQ programs at top global companies. Its packed with step-by-step instructions, practical tips, templates, shortcuts, AI prompts, and plenty of myth-busting to take you from CRQ skeptic to CRQ championeven if youve never cracked open a statistics book.
 
All techniques in this book can be performed in Excel or Google Sheetsno coding required. But for readers who want to go further, youll find dozens of GenAI prompts that help you generate risk scenarios, clean messy data, or even vibe-code your way through a Monte Carlo simulation in Python or R. You'll also get guidance on when to not use AI, how to spot hallucinations, and how to integrate it responsibly into your risk practice.
 
CRQ is no longer optional. This is your roadmap for making it workcheaply, ethically, and effectively.
 
What You Will Learn:

A beginner-friendly introduction to the statistical foundations of CRQ, including Monte Carlo simulations, credible intervals, Bayesian reasoning, and simple methods for summarizing uncertaintywithout requiring a math or coding background
Gather, vet, and work with dataeven when its scarce, messy, or missing
Perform full end-to-end quantitative risk assessments using only Excel or Google Sheets
Harness the power of generative AI to supercharge risk analysis workflows
Apply CRQ and GenAI responsibly and ethically, with clear guidance on common pitfalls, misuse scenarios, and ensure transparency, fairness, and trustworthiness in your analysis and reporting

 
Who This Book Is For
Beginner/intermediate in the cyber/technology risk management field
 

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Kommunikation und Beziehungsgestaltung in der Physiotherapie

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Das Beziehungsdreieck Patient:in - Therapeut:in - AngehArige

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Kommunikation und Beziehungsgestaltung sind Schlusselfaktoren gelingender (Physio-) Therapie. Dieses Essential zeigt, wie Interaktionen zwischen Patient*innen, Angehorigen und Therapeut*innen den Therapieverlauf pragen und wie sich beziehungsorientierte Therapiesteuerung gezielt nutzen lasst. Praxisnahe Fallbeispiele verknupfen theoretische Grundlagen mit konkreten Handlungsansatzen fur den Therapiealltag. Aus dem Inhalt: ,Personlichkeit und Krankheitsverarbeitung, Kommunikation als Gestaltungsmittel sozialer Beziehungen, Beziehungen und Konstellationen in der Physiotherapie, Interaktives Clinical Reasoning: Sozialanamnese und partizipative Zielentwicklung, Einbindung von Angehorigen in die Rehabilitation.
Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch, was bedeutet, dass Sie freien und uneingeschrankten Zugang haben.

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This open access book introduces social aspects relevant to research and developments of explainable AI (XAI). The new surge of XAI responds to the societal challenge that many algorithmic approaches (such as machine learning or autonomous intelligent systems) are rapidly increasing in complexity, making justified use of their recommendations difficult for the users. A large body of approaches now exists with many ideas of how algorithms should be explainable or even be able to explain their output. However, few of them consider the users' perspective, and even less address the social aspects of using XAI. To fill the gap, the book offers a conceptualization of explainability as a social practice, a framework for contextual factors, and an operationalization of users' involvement in creating relevant explanations.
For this, scholars across disciplines gathered at the Shonan meeting to account for how explanation generation can be tailored to diverse users and their heterogeneous goals when interacting with XAI. As a result, social interaction is the key to the involvement of the users. Accordingly, we define sXAI (social eXplainable AI) as systems that interact with the users in such a way that an incremental adaptation of explaining to the users is possible, along with the unfolding context of interaction, to yield a relevant explanation at the interface with both active partnershuman and AI. To encourage novel interdisciplinary research, we propose to account for the following dimensions:
    Patterndness: XAI should account for different contexts that yield different social roles impacting the construction of explanations.    Incrementality: XAI should build on the contribution of the involved partners who adapt to each other.    Multimodality: XAI needs to use different communication modalities (e.g., visual, verbal, and auditory).
This book also addresses how to evaluate social XAI systems and what ethical aspects must be considered when employing sXAI. Together, the book pushes forward the building of a community interested in sXAI. To increase the readability across disciplines, each chapter offers a rapid access to its content.

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Perspectives and Trends in Education and Technology. Volume 1

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This book from the LNNS Series is composed of the best selected papers accepted for presentation and discussion at the 2025 International Conference in Information Technology & Education. The ICITED is a multidisciplinary conference with a special focus on new Technologies and Systems in the Education sector and was held between July 10 and 12, 2025. The ICITED25 was supported by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, in Natal, Brazil and by IADITIInternational Association for Digital Transformation and Technological Innovation. This book is intended for researchers, academics, lecturers, specialists, professionals, doctoral and master's students, undergraduates, and practitioners working in Information Technology and Computer Science in Education area.

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11th International Conference, ICVNS 2025, Montreal, QC, Canada, May 1214, 2025, Revised Selected Papers

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This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Variable Neighborhood Search, ICVNS 2025, held in Montreal, QC, Canada, in May 2025.
The 14 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. The papers describe recent advances in methods and applications of variable neighborhood search.

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IN SEARCH OF CANDY


The Joes, along with new recruits Quick-Kick and Alpine, are sent on a covert rescue mission to extract a rogue Rip-Cord (and whatever surveillance info they can get) from Cobra Island. Meanwhile, Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow discover the identity of Hard Master's killer and head to Cobra Island as well to exact revenge.

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

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SLAUGHTER


Deep within the Pit, Zartan attempts to escape, confusing the Joes at every turn. But he wasn't counting on SGT. SLAUGHTER reporting for duty!

An action-packed comic of heroes and villains colliding as secrets unravel, loyalties fracture, and one choice will reshape the world forever. Right!!

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck

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"WHO'S WHO ON COBRA ISLAND"


On Cobra Island, the Joes rescue a disguised-as-Ripcord Zartan and unknowingly head back to G.I. Joe headquarters. Meanwhile, Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow slice their way through Cobra Island's bunker to get to Zartan. But if Zartan's already with the Joes, then who is escaping in the Firebat?

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck

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SERPENTOR


General Hawk stages the biggest G.I. Joe assault ever on Springfield! But will it be enough to topple Dr. Mindbender's ultimate creation of the greatest Cobra warrior in history a SERPENTOR?

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

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SEA DUEL


New Joes Beach-Head and Wet-Suit go head-to-head against Dr. Mindbender and Cobra EELS as they lead the rescue efforts for Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow, who fight their way off Cobra Island. But will all of them get out alive?

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck

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IN SEARCH OF CANDY


The Joes, along with new recruits Quick-Kick and Alpine, are sent on a covert rescue mission to extract a rogue Rip-Cord (and whatever surveillance info they can get) from Cobra Island. Meanwhile, Snake-Eyes and Storm Shadow discover the identity of Hard Master's killer and head to Cobra Island as well to exact revenge.

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck

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IMPROVISATION ON A THEME


Lady Jaye takes new Joe recruits Crank-Case, Heavy Metal, Bazooka, and Airtight on a routine training mission... until Destro, Baroness, and Dr. Mindbender unleash a surprise attack!

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

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CROSSROADS


Billy, Candy, Soft Master, and Buzzer's worlds collide in Springfield. Meanwhile, Stalker and Snake-Eyes convince an old friend long thought dead that he has so much more to live for.

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Rod Whigham, Andy Mushynsky, George Roussos, Mike Zeck, John Beatty

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The Theological Promise of Religious Diversity

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This book draws the recent approach to religious diversity known as relational pluralism into dialogue with Nicholas of Cusa's mystical masterpiece, On the Vision of God, to offer an imaginative way to make theological sense of religious diversity. This is theology that views religious diversity as promising rather than problematic. God in Perspective examines how the familiar Christian theological responses to religious diversity known as the exclusivist, inclusivist, and pluralist models, along with their variants, reflect either modernity's totalizing epistemology, by upholding the pre-eminence of a single religious tradition, or postmodernity's decentering epistemologies, by upholding the relativity of all traditions. God in Perspective seeks a space beyond that stalemate between common-ground and incompatibility, beyond modern homogeneity and postmodern fragmentation. By offering a fresh reading of Nicholas of Cusa's vision and drawing on the best scholarship in contemporary theologies of religious diversity, God In Perspective presents a theological framework that enables people of diverse traditions to hold to the particularity of their beliefs and yet learn from those who stand in a different place, discovering a God who is revealed in and through multiplicity.