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April 14, 2005

Books, Journals & More supplement

This annual University Times supplement recognizes faculty and staff who have written and edited books, as well as those whose efforts have extended into other areas, such as CDs, electronic publications, art exhibitions, plays and musical compositions.

We regret that space constraints prohibit including other kinds of publications/creative endeavors. At the suggestion of a faculty advisory committee, we have included only items that were peer-reviewed: Self-published works are not included. We also have limited listings to complete works, because individual chapters or articles, poems and musical compositions would be too numerous.

Submissions are divided into three sections: Books, Journals & More. In all three sections, submissions are arranged according to school/unit, then listed alphabetically by title. In instances where there has been collaboration, the Pitt faculty or staff member is listed first.

Books, Journals & More was compiled by Barbara DelRaso from information submitted by faculty and staff members themselves.

Jim Burke of CIDDE shot the cover photograph at the Darlington Library.

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BOOKS

ARTS and SCIENCES

Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000

by George Reid Andrews, history.

Oxford University Press.

This book is a history of the African diaspora in Latin America.

American Public Policy: Promise and Performance, 6th Edition

by B. Guy Peters, political science.

CQ Press.

This is an updated textbook about the process and content of American public policy. It includes new material on the Bush administration and a new chapter on social policy and the culture wars.

Benjamin Franklin’s Vision of American Community: A Study in Rhetorical Iconology

by Lester C. Olson, communication.

University of South Carolina Press.

This book focuses on the pictorial images that Benjamin Franklin produced to represent those British colonies in America that became the United States (1754-1784).

Blackboards

by Tomaz Salamun, English, and Metka Krasovec, Academy of Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Saturnalia Books.

This is a collection of images and poetry written in Italy. The introduction is by John Yau; it was translated from the Slovenian by Michael Biggins.

Bodily Arts: Rhetoric and Athletics in Ancient Greece

by Debra Hawhee, English.

University of Texas Press.

This book examines the cultural and historical intersections between rhetoric and athletics, exploring how ancient teachers and practitioners of the verbal art of rhetoric drew training practices and terminology from boxers, wrestlers, jumpers and their trainers. As a result, rhetoric from its inception was a carefully cultivated art of the body.

Boundaries of Self and Other in Ghanaian Popular Culture

by Joseph K. Adjaye, Africana studies.

Praeger.

This book is a multidisciplinary collection of original essays on African ritual practices (including libations, child naming and girls’ initiation ceremonies) that are grounded in cutting-edge theoretical formulations. The essays demonstrate that these are dynamic (not static) performances that enable individuals and groups to continually shape their identities and boundaries with others.

The Caribbean Postcolonial: Social Equality, Post-Nationalism and Cultural Hybridity

by Shalini Puri, English.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This is the first book-length study to offer an explicitly comparative account of cultural hybridity in the postcolonial arena. The book is a forceful argument for historicizing theory. It intervenes in key debates around popular agency and cultural resistance, feminism and cultural nationalism, the relations between postmodernism and postcolonialism, and the status of nationalism in an era of globalization.

Commonwealth Principles: Republican Writing of the English Revolution

by Jonathan Scott, history.

Cambridge University Press.

This book examines the literature that supported the abolition of the monarchy and the foundation of a republic during the mid-17th century English revolution.

Controlling Modern Government: Variety, Commonality and Change

edited by B. Guy Peters, political science; Christopher Hood, Oxford; Oliver James, University of Exeter, and Colin Scott, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

This book is a comparative study of the long-term development of controls over government.

Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies

edited by Rosen Ori, statistics; Gary King, Harvard University, and Martin Tanner, Northwestern University.

Cambridge University Press.

The last half-decade has witnessed an explosion of research in ecological inference — the attempt to infer individual behavior from aggregate data. The uncertainties and the information lost in aggregation make ecological inference one of the most difficult areas of statistical inference, but such inferences are required in many academic fields, as well as by legislatures and the courts in redistricting, by businesses in marketing research and by governments in policy analysis.

Empowering the Past, Confronting the Future: The Duna People of Papua New Guinea

by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew Strathern, anthropology.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This book discusses and analyzes historical change, transnational flows of ideas and goods, indigenous knowledge, cosmological thought-worlds, and negotiations by local people with mining and oil companies that enter their areas. The setting is Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The book appears in the Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Series.

Evolutionary Psychology, 2nd Edition

by Donald H. McBurney, psychology, and Steven J.C. Gaulin, University of California-Santa Barbara.

Prentice Hall.

This textbook approaches psychology from the perspective of evolutionary theory.

Feminist Literacies, 1968-75

by Kathryn Thoms Flannery, English and women’s studies.

University of Illinois Press.

This book presents a history of radical feminist literacy practices and pedagogies that flourished during a brief era of volatility and hope among the counter-institutions that poet Adrienne Rich has called “the women’s university-without-wall.”

Gender and Chinese Archaeology

edited by Katheryn M. Linduff, history of art and architecture, and Yan Sun, Gettysburg College.

AltaMira Press.

This book looks at gender in the archaeological record of China.

Handbook of Fluorous Chemistry

edited by Dennis Curran, chemistry; J.A. Gladysz, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, and I.T. Horváth, Eotvos University.

Wiley-VCH.

Whether the reader is seeking an introduction to the concepts of fluorous biphase catalysis, summaries of partition coefficients involving fluorous and organic solvents, or information on the latest fluorous mixture separation techniques, this compilation of contributions provides key information needed for working successfully with the diverse families of fluorous molecules.

The Handy Biology Answer Book

by Laurel Bridges Roberts, biological sciences; James Bobick, School of Information Sciences; Naomi Balaban, and Sandra Bobick.

Visible Ink Press.

This book answers, in plain English, more than 1,600 questions on all aspects of human, animal, plant and microbial biology.

The Human Fossil Record, Volume 3: Brain Endocasts, The Paleoneurological Evidence

edited by Jeffrey Schwartz, anthropology, and Ian Tattersall.

Wiley-Liss.

“The Human Fossil Record” presents, for the first time, detailed descriptions and illustrations of virtually all of the important specimens representing the human fossil record.

Hume and Machiavelli: Political Realism and Liberal Thought

by Frederick G. Whelan, political science.

Lexington Books.

This book is a comparison of Machiavelli’s and Hume’s political thought and, by extension, a study of ways in which liberal political theory can incorporate a political-realist perspective.

I ribelli dell’Atlantico: La storia perduta di un’utopia libertaria

by Marcus Rediker, history, and Peter Linebaugh, University of Toledo.

Feltrinelli.

This is the Italian translation of the book, “The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic.”

Insider’s Guide to Graduate Programs in Clinical and Counseling Psychology, 2004/2005 Edition

by Michael Sayette, psychology; Tracy J. Mayne, New York University and Columbia University, and John C. Norcross, University of Scranton.

Guilford Publications.

This book explains the psychology graduate admissions process. Based on the authors’ research, the book presents up-to-date facts on 300 programs in the U.S. and Canada. It also provides a historical overview of the field as well as tips for improving one’s application.

Last Mountain Dancer: Hard-Earned Lessons in Love, Loss, and Honky-Tonk Outlaw Life

by Chuck Kinder, English.

Carroll & Graf.

Native West Virginian Chuck Kinder (portrayed as Grady Tripp in Michael Chabon’s “Wonder Boys”) makes a midlife pilgrimage to his homeland to re-imagine and reconnect with that fabled, fantastic country. Immersing himself in the lives of mountaineer characters, the bad-boy author bears witness to the triumphs and misdeeds of the loafers and misfits, winos and oddball characters of his homeland.

Lunas de miel

by Chuck Kinder, English.

Circe.

This is the Spanish translation of the novel, “Honeymooners, a Cautionary Tale.”

Metallurgy in Ancient Eastern Eurasia From the Urals to the Yellow River

edited by Katheryn M. Linduff, history of art and architecture.

The Edwin Mellen Press.

This book, volume 31 in the Chinese Studies Series, considers the emergence and development of metallurgical technology in a region called Inner Asia. This volume brings together 10 new articles about the beginning stages of metallurgy in eastern Eurasia, where regional cultures can be documented and where the materials and manufacture of the earliest datable metal artifacts have been tested.

The Middle Ages at Work

edited by Kellie Robertson, English, and Michael Uebel, University of Texas.

Palgrave Macmillan.

This book offers new perspectives on how medieval labor practice and its representations can supplement (as well as challenge) current understanding of post-industrial theories of culture. This volume examines the commitments of historicism in the wake of New Historicism.

Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake, 2nd Edition

edited by Edward M. Stricker, neuroscience, and Stephen C. Woods, University

of Cincinnati.

Kluwer Academic Publishers.

In this book, experts discuss the integration of the biological and behavioral contributions to homeostasis and the way in which basic neuroscientific studies of animal subjects can be used to illuminate parallel clinical phenomena in human subjects. The book is part of the Handbooks of Behavioral Neurobiology Series.

Nouvelle-Guinée: danses de la couleur

by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew Strathern, anthropology.

Hazan.

This book presents a look at the peoples of New Guinea, and the way indigenous peoples present their creativity and knowledge of their environment through body decorations.

Pittsburgh Collects: European Drawings, 1500-1800

edited by Ann Sutherland Harris, history of art and architecture.

The Frick Art & Historical Center.

This book contains 51 drawings made between 1500 and 1800 from the Carnegie Museum of Art and several private collections.

Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: The Quest for Control

edited by B. Guy Peters, political science, and Jon Pierre, University of Gothenberg.

Routledge.

This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework, the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system, anonymity, partisanship and systems used to handle appointees of prior administrations in the U.S., Canada, Germany, France, Britain, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and Greece.

Politics, Governance and Public Policy

by B. Guy Peters, political science, and Jon Pierre, University of Gothenberg.

Bonsum.

This is the Korean translation of the book.

Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java

by Andrew Weintraub, music.

Ohio University Press.

This book examines the ways in which meanings about identity, citizenship and community are produced through systems of representation, particularly through theatre, music, language and discourse in modern Indonesia. It is part of the Research in International Southeast Asia Series.

Research Methods, 6th Edition

by Donald H. McBurney, psychology, and Theresa L. White, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, and LeMoyne College.

Wadsworth.

This book is widely used as a text for research methods in psychology.

Rural Athens Under the Democracy

by Nicholas F. Jones, classics.

University of Pennsylvania Press.

This book is a comprehensive account of the society and culture of Athens outside the walls during the “classical” 5th and 4th centuries B.C.

Science, Values and Objectivity

edited by Peter Machamer, history and philosophy of science, and Gereon Wolters, University of Konstanz.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

This book explores the complex connections and interactions between values and science.

Seventeenth-Century Art & Architecture

by Ann Sutherland Harris, history of art and architecture.

Pearson Prentice Hall.

This book provides an introduction to major developments in art and architecture in Western Europe in the 17th century. Artists such as Caravaggio, Bernini, Rubens, Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Vermeer are discussed, as are emerging new subjects such as still life, landscape and scenes of daily life.

Stars: The Film Reader

edited by Lucy Fischer, English and film studies, and Marcia Landy, English.

Routledge.

This book is a collection of essays on cinematic stardom with an introduction and essays by the editors. The book provides new perspectives on the study of international film and television stardom.

The Structure of Detachment: The Aesthetic Vision of Kuki Shûzô

translated by Hiroshi Nara, East Asian languages and literatures.

University of Hawaii Press.

In a 1930 book called “The Structure of Iki,” Kuki Shûzô (1888-1941) used Western philosophy in the continental tradition to examine a traditional Japanese aesthetic sensibility of iki, a type of stylishness prevalent among the townsmen of Tokyo (formerly Edo). By combining Martin Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology and Henri Bergson’s vitalism, Kuki tried to establish iki as the bedrock of the Japanese ethnic being. This book is an English translation of Kuki’s book and is accompanied by three critical essays by Nara, J. Thomas Rimer of East Asian languages and literatures and Jon Mark Mikkelsen.

Subalternidad y representación. Debates en teoría cultural

by John Beverley, Hispanic languages and literatures.

Iberoamericana-Vervuert.

This is a Spanish translation of Beverley’s 1999 book, “Sublaternity and Representation,” with a new introduction addressing some of the political and cultural developments that have taken place in Latin America since the book’s initial publication.

Testimonio: On the Politics of Truth

by John Beverley, Hispanic languages and literatures.

University of Minnesota Press.

This is an account of testimonio, the socially and politically charged Latin American narrative of personal witness. Testimonio traces its development and cultural role from its emergence in the Cold War era to the rise of a globalized economy and U.S. political and military hegemony today. The form gave rise to widespread debate in several academic fields, including anthropology, sociology and literary/cultural studies, sparked above all by David Stoll’s much publicized attack on Rigoberta Menchu.

Theologisch-Musikwissenschaftliche Kommentierung der Geistlichen Vokalwerke Johann Sebastian Bachs: Band 1

by Don O. Franklin, music, and Martin Petzoldt, University of Leipzig.

Bärenreiter.

This book is the first in a series of three volumes. Band 1 offers a theological and musical commentary on the church cantatas Bach composed for the first to 17th Sundays of Trinity. The commentary draws primarily on the writings of the authors whose works were part of Bach’s personal library.

Villains of All Nations: Atlantic Pirates in the Golden Age

by Marcus Rediker, history.

Beacon Press.

This book explores the “golden age” of Atlantic piracy (1716-1726) and the infamous generation whose images underlie the modern, romanticized view of pirates.

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Rumors and Gossip

by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew Strathern, anthropology.

Cambridge University Press.

This book contributes to the literature on the topic of witchcraft and the role of rumor and gossip in “demonizing” others. It is the first book in the Cambridge University Press series New Departures in Anthropology.

Words for Students of English, Volume 8

by Dawn E. McCormick, linguistics; Lionel Menasche, linguistics; Marilyn Smith Slaathaug, and Judith L. Yogman, Duquesne University.

University of Michigan Press.

This is part of the English Language Institute’s Pitt Series in English as a Second Language. It focuses on advanced vocabulary in a variety of lexical fields, with a special emphasis on collocations. There are additional units on a companion web site.

The WPA History of the Negro in Pittsburgh

edited by Laurence A. Glasco, history.

University of Pittsburgh Press.

This is a detailed overview of life in Pittsburgh during most of the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries, as seen through the eyes of its African-American population.

Yoga in Modern India: The Body Between Philosophy and Science

by Joseph Alter, anthropology.

Princeton University Press.

This is the first academic book to trace the cultural history of yoga’s development in India over the course of the past 100 years.

BRADFORD

Forsaken

by Jonathan J. Blair, computer science.

PublishAmerica.

This novel is about a priest who escapes from Hell and has a chance to change his final judgment.

BUSINESS

Competitive Intelligence: A Guide for Your Journey to Best-Practice Processes

by John E. Prescott, Farida Hasanali, Paige Leavitt and Darcy Lemons.

APQC Publications.

As part of the Passport to Success Series, this book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to have a successful competitive intelligence functional unit. Based on years of research of leading-edge organizations — and supported by examples of best practices and tips from actual practitioners — this book will guide readers in their competitive intelligence efforts.

Financial Theory and Corporate Policy, 4th Edition

by Kuldeep Shastri, Thomas Copeland and J. Fred Weston.

Pearson-Addison-Wesley.

This textbook provides a bridge between theory and practice. Appropriate for the second course in finance for M.B.A. students and the first course in finance for doctoral students, the text prepares students for the complex world of modern financial scholarship and practice. It presents a unified treatment of finance combining theory, empirical evidence and applications.

CENTER for PHILOSOPHY of SCIENCE

Podstawy psychoanalizy. Krytyka filozoficzna.

by Adolf Grünbaum.

Universitas Publishing House.

This is the Polish translation of “The Foundations of Psychoanalysis: A Philosophical Critique.” The book provides a critical scrutiny, from a philosophy of science perspective, of the fundamental hypotheses of Freudian and post-Freudian psychoanalysis, as well as of its “hermeneutic” reconstruction.

EDUCATION

Heroji Trece Gimnazije: Ratna Skola u Sarajevu 1992-1995

by David M. Berman, instruction and learning.

Institute for History in Sarajevo.

This book, “The Heroes of Treca Gimnazija: A War School in Sarajevo 1992-1995,” is a case study of Treca Gimnazija, an academic secondary school that became a “war school“ during the siege of Sarajevo.

Perceived Exertion for Practitioners: Rating Effort With the OMNI Picture System

by Robert J. Robertson, health and physical activity.

Human Kinetics.

This book gives a broad understanding of perceived exertion. Eleven picture scales are included.

The Reading Specialist: Leadership for the Classroom, School and Community

by Rita M. Bean, instruction and learning.

The Guilford Press.

This book provides information and guidance for reading specialists in grades K-12 as well as those preparing for certification. The focus is on the many responsibilities of today’s reading specialists, from teaching students to taking a leadership role in a school-wide literacy program.

Technology-Assisted College Skills

by Shirley A. Biggs, instruction and learning, and Alice M. Scales, instruction and learning.

Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.

This is an interactive computer-based reading, writing and study skills textbook for college students. The purpose of the text is to teach students how to assess and strengthen their reading, writing and study skills so that they can use them to meet academic requirements. Students will be shown how to integrate material from their other courses. This text is specifically designed for college reading and study skills courses where students use technology.

ENGINEERING

Contributions to Current Challenges in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics

edited by Giovanni Galdi, mechanical engineering; John G. Heywood, and Rolf Rannacher.

Springer-Verlag/Birkhäuser.

The mathematical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations presents still fundamental open questions that represent many challenges for interested mathematicians. This volume furnishes new contributions and ideas to these questions, with particular regard to turbulence modelling, regularity of solutions to the initial-value problem, flow in a region with an unbounded boundary and compressible flow.

Essentials of Materials for Science and Engineering

by Pradeep P. Phulé, materials science and engineering, and Donald R. Askeland.

Brooks/Cole.

This is an introductory textbook aimed mainly at engineering students who are concerned with aspects of advanced materials for applications in different areas of technology.

GREENSBURG

Communication, Power and Media

by Donald Gibson, behavioral sciences/sociology.

Nova Science Publishers.

This book provides an analysis of control over and use of media based on an examination of the concrete historical groups that have dominated mass media in the United States since the early 1900s. This is an alternative to critical studies of media based on various systems approaches.

HEALTH and REHABILITATION SCIENCES

Occupational Therapy Intervention Resource Manual: A Guide for Occupation-Based Practice

by Denise Chisholm, occupational therapy; Cathy Dolhi, and Jodi Schreiber.

Thomson/Delmar Learning.

This book provides practical strategies for generating and implementing occupation-based treatment plans in everyday practice. It is designed to help the user develop and engage clients in treatment programs that are individualized, meaningful and oriented toward the clients’ occupations and occupational performance.

HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY SYSTEM

Federal Drug Control: The Evolution of Policy & Practice

edited by Jonathon Erlen and Joseph F. Spillane, University of Florida.

The Haworth Press.

This book surveys major federal legislation and Supreme Court decisions involving illicit drugs in the 20th century. It examines the key role played by Harry Anslinger and covers international efforts to control illicit drugs.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

Communication Patterns of Engineers

by Donald W. King, information science and telecommunications/library and information science, and Carol Tenopir, University of Tennessee.

Wiley-IEEE Press.

This book presents study results and a review of the literature dealing with how engineers communicate. It deals with the professional aspects of engineers’ work, information resources used to perform work, and information output from their work. There is special emphasis on the education of engineers.

The Handy Biology Answer Book

by James Bobick, library and information science; Laurel Bridges Roberts, Arts and Sciences; Naomi Balaban, and Sandra Bobick.

Visible Ink Press.

Lester J. Cappon and the Relationship of History, Archives and Scholarship in the Golden Age of Archival Theory

edited by Richard J. Cox, library and information science.

Society of American Archivists.

Lester J. Cappon (1900-1981) was the quintessential proponent of archival knowledge based on historical scholarship, and this volume collects 12 of his most important essays, including an introductory essay describing Cappon’s career.

No Innocent Deposits: Forming Archives by Rethinking Appraisal

by Richard J. Cox, library and information science.

Scarecrow Press.

This book borrows its title from a description of archives by an oral historian who suggests that archives do not just happen but are consciously shaped (and sometimes distorted) by archivists, the creators of records, and other individuals and institutions.

JOHNSTOWN

Fries’s Rebellion: The Enduring Struggle for the American Revolution

by Paul Douglas Newman, history.

University of Pennsylvania Press.

Fries’s Rebellion was the third of three popular uprisings immediately following the Revolution — after Shays’s Rebellion and the Whiskey Rebellion — that directly challenged the still-fledgling federal government. This is the first book on that watershed event in early America.

LAW

Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Pennsylvania, 5th Edition

by John M. Burkoff.

Thomson/West.

This is a compilation of substantive criminal law in Pennsylvania, bringing together the many penal laws and judicial decisions, and interpreting them with case analysis of the most important decisions. Presented in a dictionary format, subjects are analyzed under topic headings in alphabetical order. The book, part of West’s Pennsylvania Practice, is cross-referenced extensively to assist in research, and a quick index in the front serves as an additional research guide.

Criminal Procedure: Cases, Problems & Exercises, 2nd Edition

by John M. Burkoff; Leslie W. Abramson, University of Louisville; Ronald Bacigal, University of Richmond; Catherine Hancock, Tulane University; Donald Lively, Florida Coastal College of Law, and Russell L. Weaver, University of Louisville.

West Group Publishing.

This book is part of the American Casebook Series.

The Draft UNCITRAL Digest and Beyond

edited by Ronald Brand, Harry Flechtner and Franco Ferrari.

Sellier European Law Publishers.

This book is a collection of papers from the Pittsburgh conference organized by Pitt’s Center for International Legal Education.

International Civil Dispute Resolution

by Ronald Brand, Charles S. Baldwin IV, David Epstein and Michael Wallace Gordon.

West Group.

This book, part of the American Casebook Series, is a casebook for law school courses in international litigation.

Principles of Criminal Procedure

by John M. Burkoff; Leslie Abramson, University of Louisville; Catherine Hancock, Tulane University, and Russell L. Weaver, University of Louisville.

West Group Publishing.

This book is part of the Concise Hornbook Series.

Procedural Due Process: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution

by Rhonda Wasserman.

Praeger.

This book gathers, synthesizes and analyzes case law in a variety of substantive contexts, including public employment, prison administration and government benefits. It places current case law into historical context, serving as a reference guide for students, practitioners, judges and scholars interested in procedural due process. The author addresses the central requirements of notice and the opportunity to be heard as well as the “day in court” ideal.

Questions & Answers: Business Associations

by Douglas M. Branson.

LexisNexis.

This is a problem-and-answer formatted book intended to be used as a law school textbook.

The Right to Die: The Law of End-of-Life Decisionmaking, 3rd Edition

by Alan Meisel and Kathy L. Cerminara, Nova Southeastern University.

Aspen Publishers.

This is a treatise on the law regulating decisions about medical treatment at or near the end of life, compiling and analyzing cases, statutes and government reports on the refusal of life-sustaining medical treatment by both competent patients and patients who lack decision-making capacity. Included are such topics as advance directives, surrogate decision-making, futile medical treatment, physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Survey on Circulation Practice and Procedures

by Marc Silverman, Barco Law Library.

William S. Hein & Co.

Law libraries around the country were surveyed regarding circulation practices. This book, which compiles and analyzes the data, includes a bibliography and a collection of policies.

Survey on Licensing

by Linda Tashbook, Barco Law Library.

William S. Hein & Co.

This summary of Tashbook’s nationwide survey of law library practices in negotiating and managing licenses for electronic database subscriptions also includes sample negotiation letters and a guide to license terms. This is part of the Briefs in Law Librarianship Series.

Understanding Corporate Law, 2nd Edition

by Douglas M. Branson and Arthur R. Pinto, Brooklyn Law School.

LexisNexis.

This book is intended for use by laypersons as well as by practicing lawyers and law students.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth

edited by Barbara Burge; Lauren Resnick; Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, University of Neuchatel; Clotilde Pontecorvo, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” and Tania Zittoun, University of Cambridge.

Cambridge University Press.

This book probes the socialization of today’s youth, addressing topics such as the rules and roles involved in socialization, attaining personal agency through collective activity, the use of new technologies and the role of intergenerational relationships.

Listening In on Museum Conversations

by Karen Knutson and Gaea Leinhardt.

AltaMira Press.

The authors advocate an expanded concept of learning for museums, and for more formal schooling environments. The model they developed from their research owes much to sociocultural theory. In this book they challenge others to think about certain specific features of the museum experience

in order to understand and define learning.

The Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain Through Build-to-Order

by Frits K. Pil and Matthias Holweg, University of Cambridge.

The MIT Press.

This book describes the mismatch between automobile production and what customers want, how this critical issue is hampering the industry and how to reshape the value chain for sustainable competitiveness.

MEDICINE

Advanced Therapy of Otitis Media

edited by Cuneyt M. Alper, Charles D. Bluestone, Margaretha L. Casselbrant, Joseph E. Dohar and Ellen M. Mandel, all of otolaryngology.

BC Decker.

This book contains articles addressing various topics on otitis media.

Change One for Diabetes: The Natural Solution Program for Lowering Your Blood Sugar, Losing Weight and Living a Healthier Life

by Pat Harper, medicine; Richard Laliberte, and William A. Petit Jr., Yale University.

Reader’s Digest.

This book presents a realistic program for people with Type 2 diabetes to lose weight and improve diabetes control. Based on a one-year study at Pitt’s School of Medicine, the program focuses on small, steady changes in eating and activity that resulted in an 8-10 percent reduction in weight and an average 25 percent drop in blood sugar. It features 100 recipes, 200 photographs and a unique approach to portion control that promotes weight loss without carb counting or diabetic exchanges.

Chromatin Structure and Dynamics: State-of-the-Art

edited by Sanford H. Leuba, cell biology and physiology, and Jordanka Zlatanova, University of Wyoming.

Elsevier.

This book is about the biological processes that replicate, preserve and use the genetic information encoded in DNA and protein. These proteins do not merely package the DNA in the tiny volume of the nucleus, but impart to the structure the ability to change according to the requirements of the specific process the DNA is involved in. Moreover, chromatin structure is used by the cell to control the activity of DNA.

Current: Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine

edited by Jeannette South-Paul, family medicine; Evelyn Lewis, and Samuel Matheny.

McGraw-Hill.

This practical family medicine textbook highlights evidence-based medicine and patient education.

Cystic Fibrosis: A Guide for Patient and Family, 3rd Edition

by David M. Orenstein, pediatrics.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Diagnostic Imaging: Abdomen

by Michael Federle, radiology.

Amirsys.

This is a comprehensive textbook of gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders and their evaluation by diagnostic imaging (computed tomography, ultrasound, X-rays, MRI, etc.).

DSM-IV-TR Guidebook

by Harold Alan Pincus, psychiatry; Michael B. First, and Allen Francis.

American Psychiatric Publishing.

This is the essential companion to DSM-IV-TR. This book takes the clinician on a tour through DSM-IV-TR.

Modern Cytopathology

by Stephen S. Raab, pathology; Andrea Abati, National Cancer Institute; Kim R. Geisinger, Wake Forest University; Michael W. Stanley, University of Minnesota, and Jan F. Silverman, Drexel University.

Churchill Livingstone.

This is a textbook on the practice of cytopathology.

Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery, 8th Edition

edited by Timothy R. Billiar, surgery; Dana K. Andersen; F. Charles Brunicardi; David L. Dunn; John G. Hunter, and Raphael E. Pollock.

McGraw-Hill.

This surgical textbook features 14 chapters on basic science considerations, and relevant anatomy and physiology for each organ system. Included are all diagnostic tests and procedures as well as extensive photos and line drawings of surgical techniques and radiographs.

Textbook of Critical Care, 5th Edition

edited by Mitchell P. Fink, critical care medicine; Patrick Kochanek, critical care medicine; Edward Abraham, University of Colorado, and Jean-Louis Vincent, Free University of Brussels.

Elsevier Science.

This is a text on the care and treatment of patients in critical care medicine.

The Year Book of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

editors-in-chief: Dana Marie Grzybicki, pathology, and Stephen S. Raab, pathology.

Mosby.

This 2004 yearbook summarizes and comments upon the most important pathology articles published in the previous year.

PUBLIC and INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Classics of Public Administration, 5th Edition

edited by Jay M. Shafritz; Albert C. Hyde, Brookings Institution, and Sandra J. Parkes, University of Utah.

Thomson/Wadsworth.

This book is a collection of articles chosen for their readability and continuing contribution to the study of public administration. Written by the most significant scholars in the field, these classics focus on topics and issues that are recognized as important ongoing themes.

The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration

by Jay M. Shafritz.

Westview Press.

This book offers definitions of the key terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary public policy and administration. Included are brief biographies of major scholars and influential practitioners, summaries of major rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, overviews of significant laws, descriptions of important government agencies and explanations of historical trends and governing doctrines.

Effective Financial Management in Public and Non-Profit Agencies, 3rd Edition

by Jerome McKinney.

Praeger.

This is an up-to-date, comprehensive text that integrates the theory and practice of financial management. The text stresses how revenues are mobilized, allocated, employed, monitored and evaluated to achieve maximum accountability in the delivery of public and not-for-profit goods and services.

Subnationalism in Africa: Ethnicity, Alliances and Politics

by Joshua B. Forrest.

Lynne Rienner Publishers.

This book analyzes the rise of subnationalist movements in Africa, emphasizing that the most successful of those movements reflect inter-ethnic alliances and regionally specific indigenous political cultures. Ancient traditions of political autonomy at the local level are increasingly resurfacing.

PUBLIC HEALTH

Cases in Health Services Management, 4th Edition

edited by Beaufort B. Longest Jr., health policy and management; Kurt Darr, George Washington University, and Jonathon S. Rakich, Indiana University Southeast.

Health Professions Press.

This book is a collection of teaching cases addressing management and leadership issues in health service organizations.

Managing Health Programs and Projects

by Beaufort B. Longest Jr., health policy and management.

Jossey-Bass.

This textbook shows how to effectively organize, implement and evaluate health programs and projects.

Molecular Toxicology Protocols

edited by Stephen Grant, environmental and occupational health, and Phouthone Keohavong, environmental and occupational health.

Humana Press.

This book contains 38 chapters of detailed molecular protocols for techniques to detect exposure to carcinogens, DNA damage, gene mutation and preneoplastic biomarkers, including assessment of the modulating effects of individual detoxification and oxidative metabolism and DNA repair.

UNIVERSITY CENTER for INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

The Scorpion’s Weather

by Jeffrey Whitehead, Study Abroad.

PublishAmerica.

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JOURNALS

ARTS and SCIENCES

boundary 2

edited by Paul A. Bové, English.

Duke University Press.

This journal encourages new thinking in all areas of humanistic study in an era of emerging globality. Special issues included “Contemporary Irish Culture and Politics” and “Critical Secularism.”

Child Development

associate editor: Sharon Nelson-Le Gall, psychology and Learning Research and Development Center.

Blackwell Publishing.

This is the peer-refereed journal of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology

editor-in-chief: Leonard Plotnicov, anthropology.

University of Pittsburgh.

This international journal focuses on aspects of cultural anthropology and theoretical and methodological

discussions.

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

edited by Susan B. Campbell, psychology.

Kluwer Academic.

This is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest research on child and adolescent psychopathology, with an emphasis on disruptive behavior disorders, anxiety, depression and the pervasive developmental disorders.

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

edited by Patrick Doreian, sociology.

Taylor & Francis.

This journal publishes articles in all areas of mathematical sociology.

Journal of Ritual Studies

edited by Pamela J. Stewart, anthropology, and Andrew Strathern, anthropology.

University of Pittsburgh.

This peer-reviewed, subscriber-based, international journal publishes two issues each year. The most recent issue focused on Islamic rituals.

Journal of Social Issues

edited by Irene Frieze, psychology.

Blackwell.

This journal is sponsored by the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. It publishes social science research relating to social issues.

Mobile Computing and Communication Review

guest editors: Panos Chrysanthis, computer science, and Sujata Banerjee, HP Labs.

ACM SIGMOBILE.

This was a special issue on Mobile Data Management (July 2004, Volume 8, No. 3).

Public Administration and Development

co-editors: B. Guy Peters, political science, and Geert Bouckaert, Catholic University of Leuverg.

John Wiley & Sons.

This is a special issue on autonomous organizations (May 2004).

Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism and Pedagogy

editors-in-chief: Paul Kameen, English, and Mariolina Salvatori, English; managing editor: Geoff Bonina, English.

Book Concern Printers.

This is a semi-annual publication that promotes research on reading-related issues in the profession. The journal originated in 1976 in response to the growing interest in reading theory, and it now has an international circulation and contributors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds: literature, composition, rhetoric, gender studies, cultural studies and pedagogy.

BUSINESS

Strategic Management

guest editors: Susan K. McEvily, John E. Prescott and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt, Stanford University.

Wiley.

The articles in this special issue focus on the mechanisms of acquiring, leveraging and protecting technological competencies.

ENGINEERING

Journal of Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing

co-editors: Marwan Simaan, electrical and computer, and E. Fornasini, University of Padova; editor-in-chief: N.K. Bose, Pennsylvania State University.

Kluwer Academic Publishers.

This archival peer-reviewed journal publishes original papers on image processing, array signal processing, spectral analysis and transform techniques, and prediction and filtering of multidimensional processes.

INFORMATION SCIENCES

The International Information and Library Review

edited by Toni Carbo.

Elsevier.

This journal focuses on policy and ethical issues, including digital values, around the world; the ways in which information, technologies and policies are used to help in decision-making, problem-solving and improving the quality of people’s lives, and designing and implementing information systems and services in libraries and other organizations around the world.

New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia

guest editors: Peter Brusilovsky, information science and telecommunications, and Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology.

Taylor & Francis.

The goal of this special issue, Adaptive Hypermedia in the Age of the Adaptive Web, is to provide a collection of papers on various aspects of adaptive hypermedia that can serve as a snapshot of modern research.

Records & Information Management Report

edited by Richard J. Cox, library and

information science.

M.E. Sharpe.

This publication features in-depth discussions of topics vital to professional information managers, as well as archivists and records managers.

Spatial Cognition and Computation

edited by Stephen Hirtle, information science and telecommunications, and Anthony G. Cohn, University of Leeds.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

This is a quarterly, multidisciplinary journal covering cognitive and computational models of spatial reasoning, navigation and environmental

learning.

Technology, Instruction, Cognition and Learning

edited by Peter Brusilovsky, information science and telecommunications; Joseph M. Scandura, and Norbert M. Seel, Frieburg University.

Old City Publishing.

This is an international interdisciplinary journal of structural learning promoting and disseminating interdisciplinary advances in theory and research at the intersection of four focus disciplines: technology, instruction, cognition and learning.

User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research

guest editors: Peter Brusilovsky, information science and telecommunications, and Carlo Tasso, University of Udine.

Kluwer Academic Publishers.

This special issue, User Modeling for Web Information Retrieval, provides an introduction to the state of the art in adaptive processing. It is intended to encourage research on adaptive information access, bringing researchers closer to the goal of improving the current state of the art of information access and retrieval technologies.

JOHNSTOWN

Pennsylvania Geographer

edited by William B. Kory, geography; associate editor: Greg Faiers, geography.

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

This is a semi-annual journal dealing with a variety of geographical topics.

South Asian Review

edited by K.D. Verma, English.

South Asian Literary Association.

This refereed journal is a representative international scholarly forum for the re-examination of South Asian language and literatures in a broad cultural context. The journal is published three times a year.

LAW

Search and Seizure Law Report

edited by John Burkoff.

West Group.

LEARNING RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT CENTER

American Educational Research Journal

edited by Margaret McKeown and Kevin Crowley.

American Educational Research Association.

Artificial Intelligence and Law

edited by Kevin Ashley; Anja Oskamp, Free University Amsterdam, and Giovanni Sartor, Università degli Studi di Bologna.

Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Research Points

edited by Lauren Resnick; managing editor: Chris Zurawsky.

American Educational Research Association.

This is a quarterly journal for education policy makers.

MEDICINE

Bulletin of Anesthesia History

edited by Doris Cope, anesthesiology.

Anesthesia History Association and the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.

This journal began as a quarterly newsletter in 1982 and later developed into a quarterly peer-reviewed journal. It is indexed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine in PubMed, among other databases.

Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology

editors-in-chief: Merrill J. Egorin, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and medicine, and D.R. Newell, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Springer.

This is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to preclinical and clinical studies of anti-cancer drugs.

Critical Care Medicine

guest editors: Patrick M. Kochanek, critical care medicine and the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research; Ake Grenvik, critical care medicine, and John Schaefer, anesthesiology and Winter Institute for Simulation, Education and Research.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

This special issue includes articles on the life and career of Peter J. Safar, along with a selection of quotes and photographs from friends, colleagues and dignitaries. The proceedings of the Second Annual Safar symposium, Oct. 30, 2003, held at the University of Pittsburgh, are included.

The Laryngoscope

edited by Jonas Johnson, otolaryngology.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Each monthly issue features peer-reviewed medical, clinical and research contributions in otolaryngology, bronchoesophagology, communicative disorders, maxillofacial surgery, head and neck surgery, facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, oncology, and speech and hearing defects.

Neurobiology of Disease

edited by J. Timothy Greenamyre, neurology.

Elsevier.

This journal publishes research on the neuroscientific aspects of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

associate editors: Eugene N. Myers, otolaryngology, and Berrylin Ferguson, otolaryngology.

Mosby.

This journal presents peer-reviewed articles and case reports on recent developments in treatment of the ear, nose, throat and related structures of the head and the neck. The journal also provides concise presentations of new instruments and medical devices, as well as articles describing the complications and side effects of new drugs.

Paper Street

edited by Dory Adams, endocrinology.

Paper Street Press.

This new national biannual literary journal based in Pittsburgh publishes poetry and fiction.

Pediatric Diabetes

editor-in-chief: Mark A. Sperling, endocrinology.

Blackwell Munksgaard.

This quarterly publication is the official journal of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes. It is devoted to disseminating new knowledge relating to the epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, management, complications and prevention of diabetes in childhood and adolescence.

Seminars in Ophthalmology

editor-in-chief: Thomas R. Friberg, ophthalmology.

Taylor & Francis.

This peer-reviewed journal presents new and innovative strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of eye disease.

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM

Notes

edited by James P. Cassaro, Music Library.

Music Library Association.

This quarterly journal is dedicated to the fields of music librarianship and musicology. It publishes articles on print culture, library collections and bibliographical studies, as well as book and music reviews, lists of recently published books and music, digital media, sound recordings and video reviews.

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MORE

ARTS and SCIENCES

Arms and the Man

director and scenic designer: W. Stephen Coleman, theatre arts.

Pitt Repertory Theatre.

This production was staged in the Charity Randall Theatre in November 2004.

A Blind Singer’s Story: 50 Years of Life and Work in Hong Kong

producer: Bell Yung, music.

Hong Kong Museum of History.

In his own words and through the haunting melody of the Cantonese narrative song style called nanyin, professional singer Dou Wun poured out his heart and told about his life in Hong Kong from the 1920s to the ‘70s on this DVD. Supplemented by historical photos and rare film footage, Dou’s song captures the 50-year period of Hong Kong’s recent past, including the Japanese occupation of the early ‘40s and the economic growth in the ‘70s as “seen” through the eyes of a lowly citizen and folk artist.

Just Above My Head

composer: Nathan Davis, music; computerized scoring: Anicet Mundundu, music.

Opera Theater of Pittsburgh.

This jazz opera, based on the James Baldwin novel of the same name, was staged in the CAPA Theatre in June 2004. It featured a combination of symphony orchestra, gospel choir, dance team and vocal soloists.

Twelfth Night

director: W. Stephen Coleman, theatre arts.

Pitt Repertory Theatre.

This production was staged in the Henry Heymann Theatre in March-April 2004.

The Waltz Project Revisited: New Waltzes for Piano

pianist: Eric Moe, music.

Albany Records.

This CD has 22 contemporary waltzes for piano, from Philip Glass to Milton Babbitt. It includes new waltzes by Pitt faculty composers Eric Moe, Akin Euba, Mathew Rosenblum and Roger Zahab.

The War That Made America

actor: W. Stephen Coleman, theatre arts.

WQED/PBS.

As a professional actor (stage name Alex Coleman), Coleman played the featured role of General Edward Braddock in this four-part series for PBS. It was filmed last summer and will air this fall.

ENGINEERING

Proceedings: 21st Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference

edited by Badie Morsi, chemical and petroleum engineering.

Pittsburgh Coal Conference.

The PCC is the premier annual event devoted to all aspects of coal, energy and the environment. Its goal is efficient and effective use of coal while protecting the environment.

GREENSBURG

A Dozen Italian Diversions for Classical Guitar

composer: Gilbert DeBenedetti, humanities and music.

Mel Bay.

This CD contains 12 classical guitar pieces evoking scenes from childhood trips to Italy. The pieces also are available as paid downloads.

MEDICINE

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, Applied to Intensive Care Medicine

authors: Michael Pinsky, critical care medicine; Robert Naeije, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, and Jean-Louis Vincent, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels.

This is the CD companion to the ninth postgraduate refresher course held at the University of Brussels.

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology, 10th Postgraduate Refresher Course

editor: Michael Pinsky, critical care medicine; co-editors: Robert Naeije and Jean-Louis Vincent.

The HTML format displays the lecture material for a three-day course as presented in PowerPoint-like slides and associated text summary, covering the basic physiological principles underlying respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation, cardiac and vascular physiology, circulatory shock, sepsis and processes integral to their development. This volume is meant to complement the lectures and workshops given during the course.

Shots 2004

co-authors: Donald Middleton, family medicine, and Richard Zimmerman, family medicine.

STFM Group on Immunization Education.

This software about immunizations for children and adults is for personal digital assistants and for the web.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS

K. Leroy Irvis: The Lion of Pennsylvania

executive producer: Robert Hill; producer: Bill Young.

University of Pittsburgh.

This DVD tells of K. Leroy Irvis’s talents: his role as a prolific legislator, his leadership as the first African-American speaker of the House in Pennsylvania, his teaching and his resolute commitment to achieve social justice for all Pennsylvanians.

STUDENT AFFAIRS

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Members Exhibition

exhibition chair: Sarah E. Williams, Pitt Arts.

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and University Art Gallery.

This was an exhibition of work from new members juried into Associated Artists of Pittsburgh between 2000 and 2003. The exhibition included over 50 works ranging from traditional painting and drawing, to collage, installations, photography and quilting.


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