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This book examines pupils' experience of school from their own perspectives, showing a range of responses involving both pain and pleasure. It brings together a wide range of material to evoke pupil realities, to describe pupil cultures, and to consider the meanings of activities.

A combination dictionary and annotated discography, videography and bibliography, this sourcebook brings together listings of materials on the Rastafarian movement and reggae music. . . . This sourcebook serves as a good introduction to Rastafari and reggae. Reference Books Bulletin Coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of Rastafari, this reference book traces the relationship between two intertwined aspects of Jamaican culture: Rastafari ...

Covers the legal and economic issues raised by what are known in the USA as "gray market goods" - genuine trademarked goods, manufactured with the authority of the trademark owner, but imported without that entity's permission.

-- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University

Aufgrund der intensiv geführten Diskussion um die Auswirkung des neuen Produkthaftungsgesetzes rückt bei Verbrauchern und Herstellern die Sicherheit von Konsumgütern stärker in den Mittelpunkt des Interesses. Hersteller haben der Rechtsverschärfung Rechnung zu tragen, wollen sie sich nicht dem Risiko höherer Schadensersatzansprüche und negativer Imageeffekte aussetzen. Die Arbeit strukturiert und überprüft daher das Sicherheitsverhalten von Ko...

Dieses Buch beschreibt die grundlegenden Verfahren zur Tolerierung von Fehlern, die in Rechensystemen auftreten. Besondere Beachtung finden Fehlertoleranz-Maßnahmen für verteilte Systeme, da diese eine zunehmende Bedeutung erlangen. Die Ansätze zur Vermeidung von Zuverlässigkeitsengpässen durch Fehlertoleranz-Instanzen, die selbst fehlertolerant sind, werden ausführlich diskutiert. Die Darstellung ist weniger auf die Beschreibung existierender...

Bei Delegation von Entscheidungen besteht für die delegierende Instanz (Principal) die Gefahr, daß der Entscheidungsträger (Agent) nicht in ihrem Sinne handelt. Empfindet der Entscheidungsträger Arbeitsleid, so besteht insbesondere die Gefahr, daß er einen zu geringen Arbeitseinsatz leistet. Es wird für unterschiedliche Problemsituationen untersucht, wie aus Sicht einer Instanz optimale erfolgsabhängige Prämienfunktionen bestimmt werden können...

Das Buch behandelt die Auseindandersetzung mit chronischen Erkrankungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter. Sowohl aus der Sicht der Eltern als auch der Kinderwerden Belastungen und Bew{ltigungsprozesse bei schweren Krankheiten, medizinischen Eingriffen und Tod beleuchtet. Die Beitr{ge internationler Autoren zu diesem in der Forschung bisher vernachl{ssigten Gebiet werden neue Perspektiven f}r Forschung u. Praxis er- \ffnen.

The First Wiggers Bernard Conference on Shock, Sepsis, and Organ Failure was envisaged as a meeting of American and European Scientists. It was named after two researchers, one from the "Old" and one from the "New World", who are wellknown for their outstanding achievements in shock research and experimental medicine. This meeting was a point of de­ parture for a series of workshops that will focus on two to three main topics dealt with in det...

These insightful essays, remarkably free of the jargon endemic to the social sciences, will enrich academic libraries' psychology reference ollections." Wilson Library Bulletin "This book will serve as a valuable resource for teachers and scholars alike." Choice

Focusing on segmented marketing, the author profiles the major, emerging consumer areas - 50+ age group, women, students, Hispanics and Afro-Americans. Personalized marketing campaigns target these segments, taking demographics, attitudes, community activities and affiliations into account.

The history of the origin and development of the new Classification of Fractures was described in the preface to the French edition. The history of the acceptance of this new concept dates back to 1986, when the Swiss Association for the Study of the Problems of Internal Fixation (AO) accepted the new Classification of Fractures. In the same year, the Trustees of the AO/ASIF Foundation, at their annual meeting in Montreux, adopted the new AO C...

Focuses on the possibility that, due to the realities of workforce demographics, poor leadership, lack of competitiveness in the labour market and demotivating worker conditions, the public service will not maintain its capacity to manage programmes, execute laws and effectively deliver services.

As long as the people of Pern could remember, the Holds had protected them from Thread, the deadly silver strands that fell from the sky and ravaged the land. In exchange for sanctuary in the huge stone fortresses, the people tithed to their Lord Holders, who in turn supported the Weyrs, whose dragons were Pern's greatest weapon against Thread.But not everyone on Pern was part of that system of mutual care and protection, particularly those wh...

A study of Nixon's presidency, focusing on Nixon as a political leader and on his style of decision-making and management. The book includes a biographical sketch of Nixon's early years and rise in politics and an examination of the events that led to Watergate and the collapse of his presidency.

Markets and Ideology in the City of London is the first fieldwork-based sociological study of how participants in City of London financial markets view the markets in which they work and the market mechanism in general. But it is more than a narrow study of financial market participants because it is also an empirical investigation into how ideologies function and it develops a critique of pro-market ideologies such as 'Thatcherism'. Finally, ...

Herbert Lindenberger was one of the first literary critics to call for some kind of return to historical thinking in literary criticism. His ten essays cover canon formation, the historical status of genres, and the ways that art and criticism are embedded within institutional frameworks.Lindenberger argues that, "what we label 'historical' assumes strikingly different shapes in different historical situations" and that present shape empowers ...

The area of the sociology of medicine has developed its own internal debates. Over the years there has been a shift from a sociology in medicine to a sociology of medicine and then towards a sociology of health and illness. This book discusses the latter perspective.

This book examines pupils' experience of school from their own perspectives, showing a range of responses involving both pain and pleasure. It brings together a wide range of material to evoke pupil realities, to describe pupil cultures, and to consider the meanings of activities.