Going for Broke

Going for Broke
Author: Jeffrey W. Dement
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1999
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780810836242

Closely analyzes over 20 films of the past five decades that either deal directly with compulsive gambling or contain characters who are compulsive gamblers.

Truth and the Nature of Decisions

Truth and the Nature of Decisions
Author: Chris Angle
Publisher: Philosophy Publishing Co.
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2004
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780966112665

Truth & The Nature of Decisions explains that information is experience put in memory, that knowledge is the assimilation of information, that truth is knowledge without inconsistency within a reference of relevancy, and free will is simply effort plus our rational faculties.This discourse is distinguished amongst others that explore this subject matter in that its treatment is not tortuous, circumlocutory, or laborious but clear, concise, very enjoyable…yet cogent.

Getting it Right

Getting it Right
Author: Deborah C. Sawyer
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 1998-11-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781574442281

In the rush to make decisions, many business professionals overlook an invaluable resource... one that could mean the difference between overwhelming success and outrageous failure. Readily available information is becoming the key factor behind better decision-making-especially as businesses prepare for the 21st century. Getting it Right: Avoiding the High Cost of Wrong Decisions is the first book to link information and decision making as a single powerful tool. Drawn from Deborah C. Sawyer's 20+ years of research to support business decisions, she now invites readers to consider and learn decision-making strategies once known only to a few professionals. Going behind the scenes, Sawyer leads you through a review of recent and past business decisions. Some were disasters-others were triumphs. In each case, Sawyer can show you where information would have prevented catastrophe-and how it ensured success. Also noting the many situations that keep recurring in business and industry today, Getting it Right: Avoiding the High Cost of Wrong Decisions emphasizes that today's actions are tomorrow's consequences. Sawyer explains how information currently being ignored or excluded from decision-making will have a negative impact over the next 10 to 25 years. Fortunately, Sawyer knows when a simple infusion of the right information can save companies a bundle. Let her experiences and observations empower you to build the same abilities-and make better decisions for now and the future!

Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition

Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition
Author: Victor R. Preedy
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 3527
Release: 2011-04-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0387922717

This book disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa. This ranges from the neuroendocrine control of eating to the effects of life-threatening disease on eating behavior. The importance of this contribution to the scientific literature lies in the fact that food and eating are an essential component of cultural heritage but the effects of perturbations in the food/cognitive axis can be profound. The complex interrelationship between neuropsychological processing, diet, and behavioral outcome is explored within the context of the most contemporary psychobiological research in the area. This comprehensive psychobiology- and pathology-themed text examines the broad spectrum of diet, behavioral, and neuropsychological interactions from normative function to occurrences of severe and enduring psychopathological processes.

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Publisher: Odile Jacob
Total Pages: 339
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ISBN: 2738193625