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The world was watching Hong Kong as its sovereignty was returned to China in 1997. Many predicted that it was the doomsday of press freedom in the city. This book provides a review of the dynamic relationship between media and political power in the post-handover years.

Competitive Strategy for Media Firms introduces the concepts and analytical frameworks of strategic and brand management, and illustrates how they can be adapted according to the characteristics of distinct media products. Working from the premise

Introduces the concepts and analytical frameworks of strategic and brand management, and illustrates how they can be adapted according to the characteristics of distinct media products. This book provides empirical examinations of broadcast, multichannel media, enhanced television, broadband communications, and global media conglomerate markets.

Addressing a variety of views on hell, the Bible, and the character of God, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle offer an eloquent response to the recent media storm surrounding questions of eternal destiny.

This is a supplement to The Composition of Foods 5th Edition, providing the only authoritative, up-to-date and extensive compilation of nutrient composition.

This study analyzes the forces, processes and consequences of the formation of cultural boundaries in the age of global communication, and illuminates how communication, nation-states and cultural identities interact in the reconfiguration of these boundaries.

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DATA ENGINEERING: Mining, Information, and Intelligence describes applied research aimed at the task of collecting data and distilling useful information from that data. Most of the work presented emanates from research completed through collaborations between Acxiom Corporation and its academic research partners under the aegis of the Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research (ALAR). Chapters are roughly ordered to follow the logical sequence of...

The emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases, an increasing rate of antibiotic-resistant variants of pathogens, and the threat of bioterrorism underscore the importance of bacterial genomes and infectious diseases. Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases presents major findings about bacterial genomes and their impact on strategy and approach for investigating mechanisms of pathogenesis of infectious diseases. This book imparts funda...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Hong Kong International Workshop on Statistics in Finance, held at the University of Hong Kong in July 1999. Topics covered include heavy-tailed and nonlinear continuous-time ARMA models for financial time series, and forecast evaluation.

This special issue addresses the topic of Internet business models from the perspective of the traditional media sectors. The eleven special-theme articles tackle the issues of online content delivery business models, the relationship between online and off-line media products, the Internet's impact on a media value chain, online marketing of music products, Internet content strategies, and comparative studies of Web content and strategies in ...

Soul, God, and Morality is designed to take good care of two religious postulates: the existence of persons as souls in the hereafter, and the existence of God. Of the postulate, what the author offers is a well-structured and conclusive argument to show that a human being could not possibly be the composite of a body and a soul. Further, he contends that in view of what is known of correlations that exist between brain and mind, it is time fo...

Excerpt from A Marriage in Burmah: A Novel In the following pages I have endeavoured to sketch the life of an English girl who married a native of Burmah, and to show, if only in outline, how vast is the gulf that divides the Eastern from the Western. Of the moral aspect of the story I will say nothing, holding no brief for either party, I merely record things as they actually occurred. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundred...

Despite advances in medical and surgical treatments, infective endocarditis continues to be an important clinical problem. It has an in-hospital mortality of 10–20%, and many patients will require valve surgery during long-term follow-up. Diagnosis is difficult since it is based on a range of findings, none of which alone are pathognomonic. Often unequivocal diagnosis can be made only at surgery or autopsy. Endocarditis: Diagnosis and Managem...

Perspectives in Micro- and Nanotechnology for Biomedical Applications is an exciting new book that takes readers inside the fast-paced world of biomedical sciences fueled by advancements in nanotechnology, polymer chemistry and pharmacology. Guided by biotech researchers Chenjie Xu and Juliana Chan, an international ensemble of leading experts in the field cover topics ranging from classical chemical tools to nanoparticles as imaging probes an...

Is a human being really the composite of a body and a soul? The author of this book believes that there is a conclusive argument to show that this is not so. If you wonder why, this book is for you. Alternatively, if you think the author could not possibly be in the right, but would want to find out where he might have gone wrong, this book is also for you. However, this is definitely not a book for those who are afraid of the strange neighbor...

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DATA ENGINEERING: Mining, Information, and Intelligence describes applied research aimed at the task of collecting data and distilling useful information from that data. Most of the work presented emanates from research completed through collaborations between Acxiom Corporation and its academic research partners under the aegis of the Acxiom Laboratory for Applied Research (ALAR). Chapters are roughly ordered to follow the logical sequence of...

This book updates and greatly extends all existing data for this food group from The Composition of Foods 5th Edition and is a unique source of new information.

This book forms an essential, authoritative, up-to-date source of nutrient data and is an essential reference source for professionals and students of food science and nutrition.