Best Selling Books by Laura Jones

200 Sudoku Puzzles Medium Level Sudoku is one of the most popular games. It is a fun activity and helps to stimulate your adult''s brain. Research says that keeping the mind engaged is a great way to stay sharp while ageing. Some studies have shown that sudoku might help people reduce their risk of Alzheimer''s disease, cognitive decline, or dementia as they get older. Sudoku also creates a sense of accomplishment. Features: 200 medium level Sudoku puzzles One puzzle per page Instructions and answers included Paperback, matte cover finish Great gift ideas on any occasion. Order today!

Easy Sudoku for Gardeners Sudoku is one of the most popular games. It is a fun activity and helps to stimulate your adult''s brain. Research says that keeping the mind engaged is a great way to stay sharp while ageing. Some studies have shown that sudoku might help people reduce their risk of Alzheimer''s disease, cognitive decline, or dementia as they get older. Sudoku also creates a sense of accomplishment. Features: 100 easy Sudoku puzzles One puzzle per page Instructions and answers included Paperback, matte cover finish Great gift ideas for gardeners on any occasion. Order today!

Grandma Easy Sudoku Sudoku is one of the most popular games for seniors. It is a fun activity and helps to stimulate your older adult''s brain. Research says that keeping the mind engaged is a great way to stay sharp while ageing. Some studies have shown that brain exercises can keep seniors sharper for up to 10 years longer. And it might help people reduce their risk of Alzheimer''s disease, cognitive decline, or dementia as they get older. Sudoku also creates a sense of accomplishment. Features: 100x easy level Sudoku puzzle One puzzle per page Instructions and answers included Paperback, matte cover finish Great gift ideas for grandmother on any occasion. Order today!

2020-2024 Five Year Planner Personal Planners Daily Weekly And Monthly: Calendar Schedule agenda Organizer and Journal Notebook (Month Start from January 2020 through December 2024).This classic planner will help you schedule your appointments and daily activities, plan events, set goals, and get things done. It will also make a great gift for family and friends. Features: - Elegant minimalist design - January 2020 - December 2024- 8.5" x 11" - 60 months (2 pages per month) - Yearly reference calendars- Extra lined pages to record notes - Pages to write down important dates - Contacts page - Laminated cover, matte finish - Perfect binding

Teach your kids cyber responsibility with a creative twist! From Instagram, A.I., and machine learning, technology is evolving rapidly. We are living in a time where equipping your pre-teen and teenagers to navigate being online has never been more important. It is time to meet your newest heroes Cyber Ky and Tekkie Guy! Author Laura A. Jones has created fun and relatable characters to guide your children through the do''s and don''ts of being online. This exciting tool is the perfect way to encourage your child to be savvy and alert. Follow Cyber Ky & Tekkie Guy as they empower your kids to:-Stay safe online-Know and remember real world terms and definitions -And explore careers in technology!Let author Laura A. Jones reinforce the important principles your children will need for the high-tech world they are living in.

A Polar Bear Christmas tells the delightful tale of two children, Audrey and Pierre, who befriend a baby polar bear at the Central Park Zoo. On Christmas Eve, the two help the baby bear escape for a tour of the town. What follows is an adventurous, hilarious story that captures all the heartfelt magic of New York City at Christmastime. A book the whole family will enjoy. Perfect for reading aloud.

Easy Sudoku for Knitters Sudoku is one of the most popular games. It is a fun activity and helps to stimulate your adult''s brain. Research says that keeping the mind engaged is a great way to stay sharp while ageing. Some studies have shown that sudoku might help people reduce their risk of Alzheimer''s disease, cognitive decline, or dementia as they get older. Sudoku also creates a sense of accomplishment. Features: 100 easy Sudoku puzzles One puzzle per page Instructions and answers included Paperback, matte cover finish Great gift ideas for knitters on any occasion. Order today!

The Berenstain Bears Coloring Book contains 40 high quality coloring pages from classic bestseller children books and animated tv series The Berenstain Bears. Each image is printed on a separate page to prevent bleed-through.

How does one let go of the love he has when he finds it is the love he needs? And how does one find strength in the one who makes him weak?After walking away from a dead-end relationship, Gihon (Ghee-on) struggles to put her life back together. But she soon realizes that it is easier said than done. She finds herself homeless and unemployed. Determined not to return to the life she had with her shrewd and calculating ex, Melchi (Mel-khi), she finds herself in the arms of a stranger, Avalon. But, will the secret she has stand in the way of them getting closer? Or, will she be destroyed by the secret he has?Faced with some of life''s most defining challenges, Gihon and Avalon find themselves at a crossroad and are forced to come to terms with the life altering choices they must make. The experience tests their love and her strength to make it on her own. But, will she have to, after a redeemed and financially secure Melchi re-enters her life? The love she lost and the love she found exposed her to her own weakness. But, she is not alone.

Potting training can be a frustrating time for both parents and toddlers. This book is designed with the idea of making this tasks as easy and fun as possible for you and your child. The same process isn''t going to work with every child; therefore we have put together several ideas for you to try. Each child learns at a different pace and will respond differently to different methods. Nothing about potty training is set in stone and there is no one hundred percent cure to make it happen over night. All of the ideas in this book have been tried and have been proven to work.If you are thinking you have tried everything; chances are there is going to be a minimum of one idea in this book you haven''t tried and that might just be then one you are looking for. Reading this book is going to benefit you and your child; it could even put a whole new spin on the way you once thought of potty training. As you read you will probably come across ideas and suggestions that you have heard about in the past and some of the suggestions you may think are just a little over the top; that''s okay, not every suggestion is for every style of parenting. We want you to read the book and make decision based on your style of parenting and what you know that your child will respond to.During this book with will cover the following topics and break them down by chapters to make it easier for you to reference back when needed: Traditional rules of potty training. Using incentives for potty training. Making the potty fun. Making the potty fun. Parent need to knows. Potty training product suggestions. Getting Your FREE BonusRead this book to the end and see "BONUS: Your FREE Gift" chapter after the introduction and conclusion.

For the past twenty years, the data visualization movement has reworked the way we engage with information. It has brought fresh excitement to researchers and reached broad audiences. But what comes next for data? I seek to create example "Data Experiences" that will contribute to developing new spaces of information engagement. Using data from Silent Spring Institute''s environmental health studies as a test case, I explore Data Experiences that are immersive, interactive, and aesthetic. Environmental health datasets are ideal for this application as they are highly relevant to the general population and have appropriate complexity. Dressed in Data will focus on the experience of an individual with her/his own environmental health data while BigBarChart focuses on the experience of the community with the overall dataset. Both projects seek to present opportunities for nontraditional learning, community relevance, and social impact.

Fluctuations in temperature greatly influence species'' distributions and ecological interactions. Climate change does not only challenge the physiological limits of species via changes in temperature regimes, but can also increase exposure to novel infectious diseases by restructuring community composition. These risks are amplified in agroecosystems, where many aspects of the landscape are heavily modified. Humans rely on the services provided by species in these agricultural landscapes, including insect pollinators, who may be vulnerable to the risks posed by climate change. The overarching goal of my dissertation is to assess the roles of climate and landscape composition on the thermal tolerance and pathogen transmission dynamics of bees in agroecosystems. I explore these relationships among pollinators that visit Cucurbita (e.g., squash and pumpkin) crops. In chapter 1, I hypothesized that species have greater cold tolerance at higher latitudes and elevations due to adaptation or phenotypic plasticity in response to temperature, and have higher heat tolerance at sites with local extreme temperatures and high relative humidity. I investigated the impacts of climate on the thermal tolerance of one species, the squash bee Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa. Additionally, I assessed a suite of mitochondrial genes for polymorphisms given the known association between mitochondrial sequence variation and differences in cold acclimation. This species recently expanded its geographic range northward from Mexico and the southwestern United States to the province of Québec over the past ~2-3 kya, tracking the human cultivation of its host plants in the genus Cucurbita. I compared the thermal limits between populations in the xeric region of their ancestral range and in two temperate regions within their recently expanded range. I did not find evidence of adaptation in mitochondrial genes, but I found that the lower thermal limit (ranging from -6.4 °C to 10.4 °C) of E. pruinosa correlated with latitude and was strongly predicted by annual mean temperature. Thus, adaptation or plasticity in cold tolerance may have enabled the rapid northward range expansion of E. pruinosa across North America. In contrast, E. pruinosa heat tolerance was variable across populations, and the effects of temperature and relative humidity were sex-specific. Overall, the average upper thermal limit of E. pruinosa in this study (53.1°C ± 3.7 °C) provides an ample thermal safety margin compared to the highest temperatures recorded within the sampled range. In chapter 2, I hypothesized that populations persisting in warmer environments would have higher heat tolerance, however smaller body size or pathogen infection may reduce heat tolerance. I investigated the roles of body mass, microclimate, and pathogen infection on heat tolerance and its population-level variance among E. pruinosa in Pennsylvania (USA). I assessed how these relationships differed between sexes given the larger size and ground-nesting behavior of female E. pruinosa. I predicted that populations of E. pruinosa are more heat tolerant at warmer sites, but that female heat tolerance is better predicted by soil texture than air temperature given their ground nesting behavior. Additionally, I predicted that parasite infection would reduce heat tolerance. I compared the upper thermal limit of male and female squash bees between 14 populations, characterized microclimate, and assessed pathogen infection by three common groups--trypanosomes, microsporidians, and bacteria. I found that heat tolerance increased with body mass, and males show twice the increase in heat tolerance per milligram body mass compared to females. I did not find evidence that microclimate predicted heat tolerance, but found that the population-level standard deviation in the upper thermal limit decreases by 0.72 °C with every 1 °C increase in maximum temperature. One parasite group that is associated with sublethal symptoms in bees, trypanosomes, was negatively associated with heat tolerance in females. This work demonstrates that heat tolerance is highly variable, and exemplifies the need to evaluate trade-offs between infection and thermal tolerance. In chapters 3 and 4, I investigated the roles of host diet breadth and pathogen host-use efficiency in pathogen transmission dynamics. To test the hypothesis that host diet specialization increases pathogen prevalence and intensity, I investigated pathogen sharing dynamics in a simple multi-host community composed of a diet specialist--the squash bee E. pruinosa--and two diet generalists--the western honey bee (Apis mellifera) and the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens). I quantified infection levels of viruses, bacteria, and eukaryotic pathogens to determine if they are able to replicate within the host they are found in or are instead passively picked up. I found that most pathogens are detected in bee hosts but do not show high titer levels, particularly viruses, suggesting low susceptibility. In contrast with previous work in pollinator communities, my investigations have revealed that landscape has a small effect on pathogen dynamics in multi-host communities. I found that the most abundant host species in this system is the diet specialist, E. pruinosa, and that this species drives the prevalence and intensity of pathogens detected across communities. This work provides critical insight into the roles of landscape and the ecology of hosts and pathogens on the pathogen transmission dynamics among bees in agroecosystems. In summary, my work has revealed that host-pathogen dynamics and the impacts of climate on bee thermal limits are highly context-dependent. I found that bee heat tolerance is highly variable and poorly explained by climate data, which suggests that heat stress may be hard to detect or predict for solitary bees. In addition, pathogen sharing dynamics were largely driven by the diet specialists who held the highest pathogen titers, which may indicate that these native bees are more vulnerable to frequent and intense infections. This work exemplifies the need to evaluate climate impacts on both bee and pathogen fitness to predict pathogen pressure in bee communities under future climate scenarios.

"Testimony" (1856) concerning the William Jones family by Ruby Jones Smith (daughter of William Jones, Sr.), her husband Lewis Smith, and Laura Jones (daughter of William Jones, Jr.) plus another account (1866 or later) by an unknown writer.

The environmental risks our society faces are becoming increasingly urgent and may have devastating implications both locally and globally. Over the past 40 years, environmental efforts have built understanding and have led to some significant changes. Yet, we have not taken enough action on many issues despite an abundance of data, policy proposals, and knowledge. Many fields have explored environmental issues over the decades, including work in human computer interaction and art. My research responds to some of the successes and critiques of these fields and others to investigate how and with whom we understand our local environmental problems. In particular, it explores collective environmental experiences through community based research processes that use art, technology and science to move towards environmental action in communities. I pursue a holistic approach that integrates emotional and aesthetic parameters and investigates opportunities for impact on water quality issues in New England. This dissertation includes the following community-based environmental projects: (1) SeeBoat : citizen science water quality tools for data collection and in situ display, (2) Data Lanterns : open data physicalizations of water quality in industrial rivers, (3) ArtBoat: installations for artistic collaboration in public spaces, and (4) Participatory Self-Portrait : gallery show to bring people together around the dissertation work. Each of these projects adds to an understanding of the local environmental and social system and suggests possible paths towards influencing the overall framework. I evaluate the work through qualitative methods in order to best capture the nuanced human experience of the events and the complexity of the systems that influence our environmental realities.

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The purpose of this study was to determine what facets of the social network of elderly Albertans are associated with the life satisifaction of the elderly. The three aspects of social network studied were size and frequency of network contact, perceived adequacy of network contact and perceived access to one''s network. The original data were collected in a series of interviews with 601 persons aged 55 years and older. The median age of the sample members was 72.5 years with a range from 55 to 96 years. There were 204 (34%) males and 397 (66%) females. The theoretical framework chosen for this study was the exchange theory. The exchange theory is a conceptual framework which views human behavior and family behavior on the basis of rewards and costs. Exchange theory explains social interaction in terms of its outcomes or the rewards received and the costs incurred by each participant in the interaction. This study was a survey which utilized secondary data analysis. The statistical tool used was exploratory data analysis. Box Plot found in SPSSX under MANOVA was used to further analyse the data. The main results were; size and frequency of network contact with one''s network were not associated with the elderlys'' life satisfaction. Perceived adequacy of contact with one''s network is associated with the elderlys'' life satisfaction. Perceived accessibility to one''s network is associated with life satisfaction.

Abstract: Music listening is an activity that nearly every young adult engages in. Research on the psychological effects of music listening show varying results. This study’s purpose was to explore possible relationships between young adults’ listening habits and psychological well-being. A survey, completed by 192 young adults between the ages of 18 and 25, was used to identify the participants’ music listening habits, level of psychological well-being, and demographic information. A series of statistical analyses were conducted to determine relationships between several music factors, demographic factors, and psychological well-being. The results of these analyses show that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between young adults’ music listening habits and their psychological well-being. More than any other factor measured, how an individual engaged in music listening determined their level of psychological well-being. In addition, the lyric content of music had a significant relationship to higher or lower psychological well-being. These results suggest that music listening habits and the lyric content of music may have an impact on young adults’ psychological well-being.

''Cyber Ky & Tekkie Guy Talk About Cyber Bullying'' is a part of the Safety and Security Series written by author Dr. Laura A. Jones. Cyber Ky & Tekkie Guy are kid-friendly characters who talk about internet safety, cyber security, and technology. In this book, they talk about strategies that kids can consider if they''re being cyber bullied, if they observe someone else being cyber bullied, or if they find themselves being the cyber bully! This is a great book for caring adults to use in cyber bullying discussions with elementary age kids.

Alone with only her difficult father, Hester, finds life lonely. From the day she brings home Katherine to the isolated farm where they live, the blinding monotomy of life ceases. The two forge an odd, co-dependent relationship plagued by questionable sanity, dark secrets and tragedy.