This book is based on experience and reflections related to international support provided to parliaments and legislative bodies both in selected countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan) and globally. The author intends to provide a critique of parliamentary support, as part of development assistance or foreign aid, for having been conceived in narrow terms of technical assistance and for failing to appreciate that ai...
In this book, Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory (DMFT) approaches are applied to study the magnetic properties of transition metal nanosystems of different sizes and compositions. In particular, in order to take into account dynamical electron correlation effects (time-resolved local charge interactions), we have adopted the DFT+DMFT formalism and made it suitable for application to nanostructures. Preliminary app...
Social entrepreneurship is on the rise and social enterprises are solving some of the most critical and enduring social problems by using innovative, pragmatic and sustainable business models. Access to knowledge thanks to the Internet and rapid expansion of the knowledge economy are opening new opportunities for social ventures. With knowledge-based social entrepreneurship where knowledge is the primary resource, more pressing social problems...
This book presents a review of traditional context-aware computing research, identifies its limitations in developing social context-aware pervasive systems, and introduces a new technology framework to address these limitations. Thus, this book provides a good reference for developments in context-aware computing and pervasive social computing. It examines the emerging area of pervasive social computing, which is a novel collective paradigm d...
Waking Mars is the third book in the series after The Medallion and The Rescue. In Waking Mars, the aliens, whose planet had accidently became part of the solar system, saw the potential in vitalizing Mars to a livable level. They were lucky to encounter another alien race that helped them to achieve that goal. Meanwhile, on Earth, a nuclear war had erupted and led the way for the extinction of life.
Waking Mars is the third book in the series after The Medallion and The Rescue. In Waking Mars, the aliens, whose planet had accidently became part of the solar system, saw the potential in vitalizing Mars to a livable level. They were lucky to encounter another alien race that helped them to achieve that goal. Meanwhile, on Earth, a nuclear war had erupted and led the way for the extinction of life.
This book is based on experience and reflections related to international support provided to parliaments and legislative bodies both in selected countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Serbia, and Kyrgyzstan) and globally. The author intends to provide a critique of parliamentary support, as part of development assistance or foreign aid, for having been conceived in narrow terms of technical assistance and for failing to appreciate that ai...
We all are shaped by our life experiences, we formulate our thoughts and perceptions based on the environment around us. Rasheda has the unique advantage of observing the world through the eyes many different cultures, through wars and peace times. Born in India, raised and educated in Pakistan, she married a fellow student from Master's class in Geography. She also earned her second Master's degree in Education and together they started life ...
Im Jahr 563 vor Christus erblickt Prinz Siddhartha, als Sohn des mächtigen Königs Suddhodana, das Licht der Welt. Die Gelehrten sagen ihm eine aussergewöhnliche Zukunft voraus: In ihm sehen sie einen grossen Herrscher, aber auch den spirituellen Retter des Volkes, auf den die Propheten schon so lange gewartet haben. Vor dem Leid der Welt behütet, wächst der Prinz zu einem begnadeten Kämpfer heran. Doch anders als sein Vater, stellt Siddhartha ...
Im Jahr 563 vor Christus erblickt Prinz Siddhartha, als Sohn des mächtigen Königs Suddhodana, das Licht der Welt. Die Gelehrten sagen ihm eine aussergewöhnliche Zukunft voraus: In ihm sehen sie einen grossen Herrscher, aber auch den spirituellen Retter des Volkes, auf den die Propheten schon so lange gewartet haben. Vor dem Leid der Welt behütet, wächst der Prinz zu einem begnadeten Kämpfer heran. Doch anders als sein Vater, stellt Siddhartha ...
Im Jahr 563 vor Christus erblickt Prinz Siddhartha, als Sohn des mächtigen Königs Suddhodana, das Licht der Welt. Die Gelehrten sagen ihm eine aussergewöhnliche Zukunft voraus: In ihm sehen sie einen grossen Herrscher, aber auch den spirituellen Retter des Volkes, auf den die Propheten schon so lange gewartet haben. Vor dem Leid der Welt behütet, wächst der Prinz zu einem begnadeten Kämpfer heran. Doch anders als sein Vater, stellt Siddhartha ...
The book contains mainly women's status in the society-how helpless and insecure they are while abused by men either at home or at work all along and wherever. They need respect and proper value as a part of human society.In this book, there are three women in total from different cultures and different countries. Maria, the first one, establishes herself along with her husband, Joseph, and a son, apparently going through all necessary steps t...
One of the great thinkers of Indian cinema, Javed Akhtar needs no introduction. He has contributed to Indian cinema both as a screenplay writer and as a songwriter. Talking Films and Songs showcases both these aspects of Javed Akhtar's versatile genius, through freewheeling conversations with Nasreen Munni Kabir. Originally published in 1999 (Talking Films) and 2005 (Talking Songs), these extremely popular books have delighted readers for more...
This book is a part of SFQs ongoing work towards intersectionality and inclusiveness. It is even a protest against the growing right-wing extremism and racism in Sweden. This research used in-depth qualitative interviews with students to present a deeper intersectional understanding of how homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, racism, and similar forms of discrimination, are experienced and maintained within the social spaces that non-Swedish and...
