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In den Fokus globaler Gesundheitspolitik trat die «spirituelle Dimension» der Gesundheitsversorgung 1983 während der 36. Weltgesundheitsversammlung der WHO. Eine Gruppe von Delegierten, die mehrheitlich aus muslimischen Ländern stammte, forderte, dass die spirituelle Dimension der Gesundheit künftig in der WHO-Politik berücksichtigt werden müsse. Ein Jahr später wurde eine Resolution verabschiedet, die die Bedeutung der «spirituellen Dimension...

Traditional project management overwhelmingly focuses on techniques and procedures for planning and controlling. This creates a framework to confine project team members to operate within a set of processes and measurements. However, most projects require project team members to be innovative and creative. It is difficult to ask employees to think outside of the box while using a "box" style system to manage projects. In addition, much of the ...

Maps are the main tool to represent geographical information. Users often zoom in and out to access maps at different scales. Continuous map generalization tries to make the changes between different scales smooth, which is essential to provide users with comfortable zooming experience.In order to achieve continuous map generalization with high quality, we optimize some important aspects of maps. In this book, we have used optimization in the ...

Peng explores the legal dimension of a most pressing issue in today's China - massive rural land expropriation. Explaining why and how pervasive takings have been mandated and facilitated, rather than constrained, by the takings law, this book is essential for anyone interested in law and society in contemporary China.

Über Jahrhunderte galt Kontemplation als nur von wenigen erreichbare Höchststufe des christlichen Gebetsweges. Inzwischen spricht man von einer allgemeinen Berufung zu dieser Gebetsform. Die vorliegende Hinführung zur christlichen Kontemplation geschieht in Form eines Übungs- und Erfahrungswegs. Sie deutet zunächst die Horizonte, Sprachen und Bildwelten, die eine heutige kontemplative Wahrnehmung und Gebetspraxis formen. Danach skizziert sie ...

This book explains compellingly that, despite common belief, in the early modern period, the intra-East Asian commercial network still functioned sustainably, and within that network, the Sino-Japanese trade can be seen as the most significant part which not only connected the Chinese and Japanese domestic markets but also was linked to the global economy. It is commonly thought that East Asian countries like China and Japan maintained a stanc...

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Transaction processing is fundamental for many modern applications. These applications require the backend transaction processing engines to be available at all times as well as provide a massive horizontal scale for intensive transaction requests.Concurrency Control and Recovery features recent progress in research in online transaction processing. The book also showcases the authors' research on a highly scalable OLTP system. Its contents in...

This book offers a compilation of technical papers presented at the International Research Symposium on Computing and Network Sustainability (IRSCNS 2018) held in Goa, India on 30-31st August 2018. It covers areas such as sustainable computing and security, sustainable systems and technologies, sustainable methodologies and applications, sustainable networks applications and solutions, user-centered services and systems and mobile data managem...

This book explores how around the world, women's increased presence in the labor force has reorganized the division of labor in households, affecting different regions depending on their cultures, economies, and politics, as well as the nature and size of their welfare states and the gendering of employment opportunities. As one result, the authors find, women are increasingly migrating from the global south to become care workers in the globa...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium, ISICA 2018, held in Jiujiang, China, in October 2018.The 32 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on nature-inspired computing, bio-inspired computing, novel operators in evolutionary algorithms, automatic object segmentation and detection, and image colorization, ...

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This book discusses the effect of communication strategies in the course of China’s national image building from both a theoretical and a practical perspective.  The research data are collected via researcher’s in-depth observation as well as focus group analysis and case study of selected Chinese radio and TV networks. On the basis of the empirical study and drawing on theories of international communication and political communication, this ...

This new collection examines the paradox of Sino-Japanese relations and the rising diplomatic antagonism between both countries despite deepening economic interdependency. Offering a unique perspective on the history of bilateral ties since diplomatic normalization in 1972, it considers the growing interdependency between China and Japan in bilateral trade, investment, tourism and education, as well as the question of nationalism and Sino-Japa...

This book presents the major research advances relating to Chinese Danxia landforms over the past 80 years. It covers geological setting, morphologic characteristics and evolution, biology and ecology, aesthetic value and earth science value, and briefly introduces the six heritage sites, enabling readers to gain a systematic understanding of Danxia landform theories and the China Danxia World Heritage sites.

Introduce students to success in global business today with strategic approach and unique coverage found in GLOBAL BUSINESS, 2E, International Edition. Written by renowned international instructor, author, and consultant Mike Peng, GLOBAL BUSINESS, International Edition is the first truly global global business book to answer the big question, "What determines the success and failure of firms around the globe?" This edition blends both an inst...

Drawing from the combined experiences of Mike Peng and Klaus Meyer International Business provides a comprehensive insight into contemporary business practices. Covering recent global developments and current issues such as Brexit, as well as the historical context of international business, the third edition highlights the complex nature of global business.

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