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An introduction and research guide to onomastics the study of names, this book covers the major areas of name study in individual chapters on personal names (anthroponyms), place names (toponyms), acronyms, brand names and trade names.

Americans deserve honest government. This text addresses the need for a comprehensive statement of ethical behavior for public officials and employees at every level of government. Recognizing the need for legal reforms that focus mainly on campaign contributions, the authors examine the broader question of how we should measure the routine, day-to-day ethics of men and women in public service. By focussing more on attitudes and practices, the...

Presents an understanding of scattering theory, starting with basic principles and extending to research. This work presents a comprehensive exposition of the theory, covering different methods (of trace class and smooth perturbations) and approaches (time dependent and stationary) and discussing the relationships among them.

Compares stability and change in the political culture of the relatively new Asian democracy Japan and the much older Western democracy Britain. By analysing long-term trends and recent changes in political attitudes, the authors seek to provide a unique perspective on these two island cultures.

PALPA has been designed as a comprehensive psycholinguistic assessment of language processing in adult acquired aphasia. Intended both as a clinical instrument and research tool, PALPA is a set of resource materials enabling the user to select language tasks that can be tailored to the investigation of an individual patient's impaired and intact abilities. The detailed profile that results can be interpreted within current cognitive models of ...

This projected ten-volume edition of Mao Zedong's writings provides abundant documentation in his own words regarding his life and thought. It has been compiled from all available Chinese sources, including the many new texts that appeared in 1993, Mao's centenary.

A review of poverty in the United States, summarising conservative views and providing evidence to defeat their arguments. The author aims to demonstrate that widespread poverty is not caused by lack of ambition, and probes both the political dimension and the role of government.

Using the profiles of women living in a retirement community, the author explores the information and social worlds of aging women. The focus of the study is the effects of aging on help-seeking behaviors. The author examines ways in which older women search for information, she found several areas of need, including failing health, financial concerns, and loneliness. For many of the women, death was not a problematic area. The author also dis...

This volume chronicles the phenomenon of a television program that commanded first place for much of the time since its premiere in September 1984. Each week in the United States it has consistently drew a loyal audience of up to 60 million people, breaking records for ratings and shares. The show is credited with lifting a third-place network into commanding leadership, advancing the image of black families, being the object of the greatest s...

Smallkit ermöglicht es Studenten oder wenig erfahrenen Programmierern, Anwendungsprogramme mit professionellem Look and Feel in wenigen Wochen (inkl. Einarbeitungszeit) zu erstellen. Es wurde bisher in mehreren Programmier­ praktika für Wirtschaftsinformatiker sowie in Diplomarbeiten eingesetzt. Die erzielten Resultate bestätigen, daß der Einsatz von Application Frameworks mit in akzeptabler Zeit meisterbarer Komplexität in der Ausbildung äuße...

Examines the administrative tools and techniques that US presidents have used to influence environmental policy and legislation through the years. A major portion of the book assesses current techniques and recent administrations, particularly the Reagan, Carter and Bush strategies.

In his Doctrine of Vibration, the author presents a synthesis of Kashmir Shaivism--an overview with Spanda as the central theme. Spanda is the vibratory dynamism of the absolute consciousness. In this book the author focuses on the school of Kashmir Shaivism that presents this doctrine as its cardinal principle and whose literature consists essentially of the works translated here. In his Introduction and in his exposition of the four commenta...

This book is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues in state sales taxation. Topics such as taxation of services, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofit organizations, media, religious organizations, and international companies are analyzed by a group of the nation's leading experts on state taxation, including representatives of industry, government, and academia. The book identifies long-term qualitative and quantitative trends in the sal...

This unique text, for both the first year graduate student and the newcomer to the field, provides in-depth coverage of the basic principles of data communications and covers material which is not treated in other texts, including phase and timing recovery and echo cancellation. Throughout the book, exercises and applications illustrate the material while up-to-date references round out the work.

Modern physical science is constituted by specialized scientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work and in rational and mathematical representations. Contemporary scientific explanation is rigorously differentiated from religious interpretation, although, to be sure, scientists sometimes do the philosophical work of interpreting the metaphysics of space, time, and matter. However, it is rare that either theologians or philosophers c...

Asking whether a folktale must be connected to its culture and assuming that children's literature is the major conduit for folklore today, this volume brings together 23 writers/illustrators of children's literature who offer their views on folklore issues, based upon the North American folktale.

Budget deficits are features of over 80 percent of countries. This book analyses the macroeconomic impacts of these deficits largely with regard to their effects on money supply, comparing the characteristics of revenue and expenditure between the developing and the industrial countries.

Contrasts Adam Smith's market with the prevailing American one, arguing that for results comparable to Smith's ideal ones to be achieved in the current American market, a socially responsible/proactive behaviour (allowing for vulnerable groups) on the part of marketing itself is necessary.

This book examines the ethical development of American lawyers against a historical, cultural, and religious backdrop. Goes beyond the rules and statements of professional organizations, such as the American Bar Association, and considers how lawyers actually perceive their responsibility for their communities and the ethical standards of their profession.