Fragile Bonds
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Deadly Bonds
Author: Anne Marie Becker
language: en
Publisher: Anne Marie Becker
Release Date: 2013-07-22
The Mindhunters, Book Three Life tore them apart. Death is about to bring them together again. After his wife’s death, Dr. Holt Patterson threw himself into his work as a criminal profiler. Catching killers was something he had some control over while the rest of his life imploded. Unfortunately, his work ethic hurt his relationship with his young son, Theo. Torn between making the world a safer place for his son and learning how to balance family with his life’s mission, Holt is barely keeping his head above water. Sara Burns, the director at the prestigious academy Theo attends, once loved Holt Patterson, but he married her best friend. A decade later, Sara channels her energy and focus into the school, its students, and helping Theo through a tough time. But when Holt enters her orbit again, she realizes her feelings for him weren’t gone, they’d just gone dormant. When a stalker develops an interest in Sara, Holt is determined to protect her, and old emotions spark to life. Can they get past their history and survive the present to build a future together? 90,000 words Author's Note: This title was originally published by a different publisher, with a different cover. The story has not changed from the original 2013 edition.
Organic Electroluminescence
Unique reference on the fundamentals, applications, and latest research in electroluminescence of organic molecules Organic Electroluminescence provides a comprehensive overview of organic electroluminescent materials from their structure-property relationships to the outlook of improved device performance. Divided into three parts, the first section of the book covers fundamental aspects of OLEDs such as history, structures, properties, and operating and aging mechanisms. The second section provides quantum chemical and experimental insights into correlations between device performance, material characteristics, molecular physical parameters, and molecular structure. The last section is devoted to improving device performance in real world applications using molecular and device simulations. Featuring contributions from experts from around the world, Organic Electroluminescence discusses sample topics including: Fundamental concepts in the fields of display, organic electronics, molecular photochemistry, and quantum chemistry Device fabrication, characterization and simulation techniques Physical and chemical processes in OLEDs including charge injection and transport, exciton generation and decay, reversible dipole reorientation, and chemical reactions Physical and chemical properties of organic semiconductors in solutions and thin-films including photoluminescence quantum yield, excited-state lifetime, and redox potential Single-molecule and condensed-matter simulations including vertical transition, nonradiative decay, spin-orbital and spin-phonon coupling, bond dissociation and charge transfer Organic Electroluminescence delivers advanced information for professionals seeking a thorough reference on the subject and for students learning about OLEDs.
Nurturing Dads
Author: William Marsiglio
language: en
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Release Date: 2012-01-01
American fathers are a highly diverse group, but the breadwinning, live-in, biological dad prevails as the fatherhood ideal. Consequently, policymakers continue to emphasize marriage and residency over initiatives that might help foster healthy father-child relationships and creative co-parenting regardless of marital or residential status. In Nurturing Dads, William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy explore the ways new initiatives can address the social, cultural, and economic challenges men face in contemporary families and foster more meaningful engagement between many different kinds of fathers and their children. What makes a good father? The firsthand accounts in Nurturing Dads show that the answer to this question varies widely and in ways that counter the mainstream "provide and reside" model of fatherhood. Marsiglio and Roy document the personal experiences of more than 300 men from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds and diverse settings, including fathers-to-be, young adult fathers, middle-class dads, stepfathers, men with multiple children in separate families, and fathers in correctional facilities. They find that most dads express the desire to have strong, close relationships with their children and to develop the nurturing skills to maintain these bonds. But they also find that disadvantaged fathers, including young dads and those in constrained financial and personal circumstances, confront myriad structural obstacles, such as poverty, inadequate education, and poor job opportunities. Nurturing Dads asserts that society should help fathers become more committed and attentive caregivers and that federal and state agencies, work sites, grassroots advocacy groups, and the media all have roles to play. Recent efforts to introduce state-initiated paternity leave should be coupled with social programs that encourage fathers to develop unconditional commitments to children, to co-parent with mothers, to establish partnerships with their children's other caregivers, and to develop parenting skills and resources before becoming fathers via activities like volunteering and mentoring kids. Ultimately, Marsiglio and Roy argue, such combined strategies would not only change the policy landscape to promote engaged fathering but also change the cultural landscape to view nurturance as a fundamental aspect of good fathering. Care is a human experience—not just a woman's responsibility—and this core idea behind Nurturing Dads holds important implications for how society supports its families and defines manhood. The book promotes the progressive notion that fathers should provide more than financial support and, in the process, bring about a better start in life for their children. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology