Ayudar a un amigo con un desorden alimenticio (Helping a Friend With an Eating Disorder)

As a teen who may be worried about certain warning signs a friend is exhibiting, it’s important to know how to recognize and confront an eating disorder. After all, teens are the most impacted group for developing eating disorders. Learn how the pressures of school, dating, and athletics contribute to body image issues and why teens are vulnerable. Explore eating disorders that people commonly have and how they are treated. Readers from grades six through twelve will have a relatable text to help them understand how they can make a difference to someone they care about.

A 2014 survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration showed that 8.7 million youths ages twelve to twenty reported drinking alcohol beyond “just a few sips” in the previous month. Those who start drinking before age fifteen are five times more likely to become dependent on alcohol than those who begin at twenty-one. This resource shows young people how to help a friend who is abusing alcohol. It arms them with facts about alcohol, how it affects the teen mind and body, how to look for signs of a problem, and how to bring others on board to help.

Why do some things heat up quickly while others don't? How can heat cause matter to change form from solid to liquid to gas and back again? Heat cannot be seen, but it can easily be felt. Looking at different objects' molecular makeup, this book describes the fundamentals of heat and furthers understanding through a series of easy experiments.

What does it take to build an amazing sandcastle? The answer is: more than you think! Take students on a fun exploration of the properties of sand and factors that influence sandcastle construction such as moisture and sunlight. Created in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution, this STEAM book will ignite a curiosity about STEAM topics through real-world examples. It features a hands-on STEAM challenge that is perfect for makerspaces and that guides students step-by-step through the engineering design process. Make STEAM career connections with career advice from actual Smithsonian...

La presente obra realiza un estudio exhaustivo del Derecho de las obtenciones vegetales establecido en el Convenio de la UPOV, así como en los ordenamientos de la Unión Europea y de España. El libro se divide en veinticinco capítulos, agrupados en siete grandes bloques temáticos referidos, sucesivamente, al sistema normativo, a los requisitos de protección de las variedades vegetales, al derecho a la protección y el procedimiento de registro, a los efectos de la protección, a las obtenciones vegetales como objeto de propiedad, a la nulidad y a la caducidad, y a la defensa del derecho...