Bites
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Bites Prevention
Bites Prevention offers a comprehensive guide to understanding, preventing, and treating bites from insects, animals, and even humans. It addresses a common yet often underestimated health risk, empowering readers with practical skills to minimize complications. The book highlights the importance of recognizing signs of infection and allergic reactions, emphasizing early detection for timely medical intervention. For instance, did you know certain tick bites can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, or that some spider bites can cause severe local reactions? The book progresses logically, starting with the biology of bites and potential pathogens, then systematically addressing different bite categories, including risk assessment and first aid. It explores advanced treatments like antibiotics and allergy management, culminating in practical prevention strategies for various settings. This hands-on approach, supported by scientific literature and expert opinions, makes complex medical information accessible. Readers will learn to assess bite severity, administer first aid, and implement preventative measures, making it an invaluable resource for parents, outdoor enthusiasts, and healthcare professionals alike.
Image Bite Politics
Author: Maria Elizabeth Grabe
language: en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 2009-03-02
Image Bite Politics is the first book to systematically assess the visual presentation of presidential candidates in network news coverage of elections and to connect these visual images with shifts in public opinion. Presenting the results of a comprehensive visual analysis of general election news from 1992-2004, encompassing four presidential campaigns, the authors highlight the remarkably potent influence of television images when it comes to evaluating leaders. The book draws from a variety of disciplines, including political science, behavioral biology, cognitive neuroscience, and media studies, to investigate the visual framing of elections in an incisive, fresh, and interdisciplinary fashion. Moreover, the book presents findings that are counterintuitive and challenge widely held assumptions--yet are supported by systematic data. For example, Republicans receive consistently more favorable visual treatment than Democrats, countering the conventional wisdom of a "liberal media bias"; and image bites are more prevalent, and in some elections more potent, in shaping voter opinions of candidates than sound bites. Finally, the authors provide a foundation for promoting visual literacy among news audiences and bring the importance of visual analysis to the forefront of research.
No Biting
Biting is one of the most frustrating and widespread issues childcare providers and parents face. No Biting discusses why toddlers bite, how to respond to biting, and how to develop a plan to address repeated biting. It also explores what parents think of biting, how to respond to their suggestions and demands, and how to create biting policies. This second edition includes additional anti-biting strategies, new information on the causes of biting, and sample newsletter articles to educate parents.