Second of three volumes containing the proceedings of the International Colloquium on Free Boundary Problems: Theory and Applications, held in Canada in June 1990. Topics covered in this volume include a theoretical treatment of solvability to numerical procedures, and solid-solid phase transition.
A guide for understanding the relationship between the design, installation, operation, and maintenance of HVAC systems and achieving indoor air quality. It identifies the techniques for evaluating the performance characteristics of ventilation systems, including the use of carbon dioxide monitors and sulfur hexafluoride tracer testing equipment.
Superbly clue-laden...A complex and satisfying puzzle."THE BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBEThe case seems so simple, Inspector Morse deemed it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxford's luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the lady's handbag, which contained the Wolvercote Tongue, a priceless jewel that her late husband had bequeathed to the Ashmolean Museum just across the street. Mors...
Using the writings of slaves and former slaves, as well as commentarieson slavery, Between Slavery and Freedom explores the American slave experience togain a better understanding of six moral and political concepts -- oppression, paternalism, resistance, political obligation, citizenship, and forgiveness. Theauthors use analytical philosophy as well as other disciplines to gain insight intothe thinking of a group of people prevented from part...
Examines the competing theoretical models that historians use to explain the process of change and continuity--including those of the great philosophers and contemporary environmental historians. Green emphasizes the importance of such systematic models for any true appreciation of the dynamic process of historical change.
Examines deterrence theory at a structural level, which allows a focus on the similarities between the major perspectives on nuclear strategic doctrine. By examining such issues as validity standards and the evaluation of evidence, Dauber aims to assess deterrence as a theory of persuasion.
Before turning to filmmaking, Francois Truffaut was a film critic writing for Cahiers du Cinema during the 1950's. This book makes available, for the first time in English, articles that originally appeared in French journals. He discusses films by such acknowledged masters as Hitchcock, Huston, Dymytryk, and Lang, but also examines the work of such lesser-known directors as Robert Wise, Don Weis, and Roger Vadim.
Psychotherapie soll dem Patienten helfen, unglückliche und festgefahrene Situationen zu überwinden und im Alltag wieder zu neuer Sinngebung und zu einem gesunden, freudigen Leben zu gelangen. Dies wird jedoch nicht über eine Anwendung von "richtigen" Techniken erreicht. Joseph Zinker versteht die Therapie vielmehr als eine kreative Kunst. Jede Therapiesitzung wird so zu einem innovativen Bemühen und führt zu neuen, überraschenden Erfahrungen -...
..". both an excellent introduction and a thoroughgoing analysis ofKristeva's writing." -- Signs"The book is a brilliantcombination of a recuperative and a critical reading of Kristeva's work." --Changes: An International Journal of Psychology &Psychotherapy, ..". a thorough, detailed, and criticalanalysis of the writings of Julia Kristeva." -- ElizabethGrosz..". the most involved and engaging study of JuliaKristeva's work to date..." -- The Y...
This reference surveys and synthesizes recent advances in the provision of care in psychiatric hospitals. It includes sections on administrative, clinical, diagnostic and educational innovations. It also covers service delivery, programme planning and the managing of different departments.
0 e This is the proceedings of the first annual symposium of the Safety-critical Systems Club (The Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, 9-11 February 1993), which provided a forum for exploring and discussing ways of achieving safety in computer systems to be used in safety-critical industrial applications. The book is divided into three parts, which correspond with the themes of the three days of the symposium. The first - Experience from Around ...
Propp's essay in Russian Folk Lyrics extends beyond the formalisticanalysis of folklore outlined in his classic The Morphology of the Folktale. In thisstudy, newly translated by Roberta Reeder, Propp considers the Russian folk lyric inthe social and historical context in which it was produced.Reedersupplements Propp's theoretical presentation with a comprehensive anthology ofexamples. Some songs were imitated by or appear in the works of Russi...
A compilation of findings in the field of drug abuse research with specific ethnic-minority groups. This guide, by authors from the same ethnic-minority backgrounds, suggests effective methods of conducting and enhancing opportunities to study such groups, especially the young and homeless.