Books published by Arcler Press

This book covers some introductory steps in biostatistics using R programming language. Biostatistics is the branch of statistics that applies statistical methods to medical and biological problems. Biostatistics has become more important recently for studying the great amount of data that is produced from census data, genome sequencing, gene expression data, medical bioinformatics, and medical imaging data. With the help of R programming, statistical analysis, data cleaning, data visualization, and machine learning has become a relatively easy tasks for these huge datasets. R is now considered the centerpiece language for doing all these data science skills because it has many useful packages that not only can perform all these tasks, but also, has additional packages that were specifically designed for several statistical tasks related to biology and medical data. In addition, many scientific journals require the data analysis R scripts to ensure reproducibility of the submitted results. The first chapter of this book introduces many statistical concepts used in scientific research like study designs, sample, and population, and data types. Chapters 2, 4, and 5 cover the three main data types which are continuous data, categorical data, and time to event data. Chapter 3 discusses the popular continuous distribution that is the normal distribution along with its application to sample data. Chapter 6 is about the sampling distribution of different sample estimates along with a discussion of the famous central limit theorem (CLT). Chapters 7 and 8 are involved in confidence interval (CI) calculations, and Chapters 911 discuss several types of statistical tests like t-test, ANOVA, Chi-square, log-rank, etc. Finally, Chapters 1214 deal with different regression types; linear regression for continuous outcomes, logistic regression for binary outcomes, and Cox regression for time to event outcomes. In all these chapters, many examples from many scientific journal articles or built in data sets along with different codes and outputs are given to help your understanding of these numerous statistical concepts. I hope this book will be a great addition to your future biostatistical projects.

This book provides a brief introduction to school leadership and the classroom management and organization. It talks about the different qualities of an effective teacher, lays emphasis on the developing skills for effective school leadership along with discussing the prevailing challenges and opportunities and the importance of making school leadership an attractive profession and addresses the policies and initiatives that are taken in order to improve school leadership.

This book gives an insight to the various dimensions of western philosophy of education. It begins with introduction to education and philosphy along with providing an overview and history of the western philosohphy of education. It illustrates the different principles of education that are both, philosophical and sociological. It also outlines the various aspects of western philosphy and the role of teacher and students in a changing world. In the end, it further explores the subject of education in the light of 21st century.

The book takes the readers through several different concepts related to development of an anti- harassment corporate policy, an overview on harassment at workplace, sexual harassment in academic sciences, engineering and medicine. This book sheds light on the various organizational responsibilities in order to prevent, prohibit and redress sexual harassment at workplace, during trainings, as well as provides a framework for policy creation and communication.

This book examines the gender situation in the arts, culture, and media in different countries. The purpose of which is to compare the situation with the experience and procedures of other countries, and offer advice on potential future actions to achieve gender parity in these areas. In this volume, cultural works (such as films, documentaries, visual images, and biographies are explored to offer more clarity. Nevertheless, it also mentions the minimal attention given to gender matters in the media, religious and cultural fields, while feminist scholars are relatively marginalized in media and cultural contexts. Among the topics of discussion include chapter 1. Men representation in the media, 2. Women representation in the media, 3. How much the media favors men, and 4. Gender stereotyping and sexism in the media. The volume seeks to solve complex contemporary phenomena such as globalization, neoliberalism, and "e;fundamentalism"e;, which have aroused new problems related to cultural integration in the media. For those who need an easy-to-understand guide to the latest issues and concepts in the gender field, this extensive volume is essential reading. It is universal in scope, multidisciplinary in approach, and points out what still has to be done. The volume is also useful for researchers looking for ways to improve gender equality in media, art, and culture.

This book gives an introduction to mass media. It illustrates the concepts of globalization , development and mass media. It addresses the critical theories of mass media. This book also outlines the mass media and journalistic practices as well as highlights the current trends and future directions of mass media. Additionally, it also discusses the political economy of mass media along with the impacts and challenges of mass media and politics.

This volume examines the influence of the media on the criminal justice system, where age has a greater influence on consumers attitudes towards criminal justice in the media than any other factor. The volume argues that external pressure is determining how the news media covers crime and violence in contemporary times, and the resulting reports have played an important role in remodeling public opinion and ultimately shaping criminal justice policies. The news media is not only a mirror that reflects social events, but is also affected by other external influences, which often exceed traditional news reporting standards. The volume explores how regional and national television stations cover crime stories. In these news, the degree and style of crime news reports have been adjusted to meet the needs of viewers. They often emphasize specific groups of people to have violent tendencies. For instance, chapter 7 discusses the role of media in creating social awareness, and chapter 8 the effects of media on law enforcement. The volume argues that news media has played an important role in creating support for punitive criminal justice rules, which is rarely known. It also reflects on how the news media interrelates with other dynamics that influence public opinion in the criminal justice structure.

Language is associated with social relations and is a channel for people to participate in various social activities. This captivating volume explores the significant role of language in different aspects of social life, including identity, class, ancestry, gender relations, status, and hierarchy. Language plays various roles in society, plus society also works in a similar manner. If one of them does not exist, the other will be impacted. Language is the main tool used for communication, establishing social peace and direction, demonstrating authority and power, and achieving goals. For this reason, some of the topics discussed in this volume include: chapter 3: language and culture chapter 4: social class and language chapter 5: psychology of language development, chapter 6: social interaction, and chapter 7: social explanation of cognitive development. However, if used improperly, language can also destroy society. It must abide by the societal rules to avoid conflicts and cover the boundaries of personal differences. The volume uses data from various languages and societies to show that language is not just a basic form of social behavior. It is equally an effective tool for people to develop models of social behavior. Anyone interested in the connection between language, society, and culture will welcome this volume.

This book runs the reader through the crucial information and data of any sustainability management system. Moreover it goes into depth on the process of building a successful and effective sustainability management system strategy for any type of company / business organization. Providing the necessary templates (policies, action plans and indicators) easing the sustainability manager/ responsible on its sustainability implementation journey.

This book explains in detail the importance of training and capacity building within any business organization, it deepens on to the benefits and opportunities arising from specifically providing employees training on sustainability implementation. Moreover it presents all the necessary information and templates needed for any Human resources manager to correctly embed and implement sustainable related training for their organization. A real life case study is presented from an implementation process as well as a training guideline on how to implement the Sustainable Development Goals agenda within any organization.

This book provides information and scientific data on the trends, the opportunities and the risks of worldwide sustainability management systems and actions during the years 2019, 2020 2021. Providing the reader a good overall knowledge of what has been important and the evolution of sustainability within these three years. Moreover it highlights the trends per business sector as well as providing detailed information on how millennials see and live sustainable values.