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The economic activities of humanity, particularly during the last couple of cen­ turies, have had a profound impact on the natural environment. Fast depletion of the world's forest resources, fish stocks, fossil fuels and mine deposits have raised many moral as well as practical questions concerning present and future generations. Furthermore, a number of global environmental problems such as acid rain, the 'greenhouse effect' and depletion of...

God made the country, man made the town.' William Cowper's words, written two centuries ago, underline an idealisation of rural life and landscape which persists to this day. What are the main historical processes and ideas underlying the continuing attachment to the countryside? How have these shaped popular values and lifestyles influenced artistic expression, defined attitudes to nature, country life and 8andscape, and affected the developm...

A biographical dictionary, the second of two volumes, featuring 31 key female orators in the US. Each entry includes biographical information and analyses the subject's rhetoric. This volume includes Frances Perkins, Rachel Carson, Dorothy Day, Helen Keller, Eleanor Roosevelt and Phyllis Schlafly.

In this volume we will present some applications of special functions in computer science. This largely consists of adaptations of articles that have appeared in the literature . Here they are presented in a format made accessible for the non-expert by providing some context. The material on group representations and Young tableaux is introductory in nature. However, the algebraic approach of Chapter 2 is original to the authors and has not ap...

Introduction to Convolutional Codes with Applications is an introduction to the basic concepts of convolutional codes, their structure and classification, various error correction and decoding techniques for convolutionally encoded data, and some of the most common applications. The definition and representations, distance properties, and important classes of convolutional codes are also discussed in detail. The book provides the first compr...

Information theory is an exceptional field in many ways. Technically, it is one of the rare fields in which mathematical results and insights have led directly to significant engineering payoffs. Professionally, it is a field that has sustained a remarkable degree of community, collegiality and high standards. James L. Massey, whose work in the field is honored here, embodies the highest standards of the profession in his own career. The boo...

Deafness is a "low incidence" disability and, therefore not studied or understood in the same way as other disabilities. Historically, research in deafness has been conducted by a small group of individuals who communicated mainly with each other. That is not to say that we did not sometimes publish in the mainstream or attempt to communicate outside our small circle. Nonetheless, most research appeared in deafness-related publications where i...

These essays examine various aspects of the abortion issue in the United States and Canada. Chapters deal with such issues as the rhetoric of public discourse, public opinion at the mass level and the role of religion in political socialisation on the abortion issue.

Equally important to our understanding of history and humanity are the great works of literature. The Nobel Prize for literature recognises modern classics and the efforts of authors to bridge gaps between different cultures, time-periods and styles, the prizewinners between 1968 and 1995 are from four continents.These volumes are collections of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies, portraits and pr...

Equally important to our understanding of history and humanity are the great works of literature. The Nobel Prize for literature recognises modern classics and the efforts of authors to bridge gaps between different cultures, time-periods and styles, the prizewinners between 1968 and 1995 are from four continents.These volumes are collections of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies, portraits and pr...

This book is a one-stop guide to the state of the art of COB technology. For professionals active in COB and MCM research and development, those who wish to master COB and MCM problem-solving methods, and those who must choose a cost-effective design and high-yield manufacturing process for their interconnect systems, here is a timely summary of progress in al aspects of this fascinating field. It meets the reference needs of design, material...

Music historian Irene Heskes takes a topical and chronological approach to present an exhaustive examination of the history, form and meaning of Jewish musical traditions. Chapters include: Documenting the Heritage, Bible, Liturgy, and Cantorial Art, The Musical Heritage of Sephardic and Oriental Jewry, Music of Mysticism and Piety, The Yiddish Musical World of Eastern Europe, The Holocaust Era, America, The Music of Zion and Israel, Composers...

Behavioral and cognitive development is considered here as an ordered change in an individual throughout his or her lifespan, and not as sets of individual differences between persons, nor as stage-like progressions. The concept of developmental task is introduced, stressing contexts within which individuals meet, eliciting transitions in their behavior and, by implication, in the self. The developmental task concept is compatible with the act...

The distinctions between newspapers, broadcast television, cable television, motion pictures, telephones and computers are blurring as a new universal media appears. This book examines the new multimedia and the concept of "turbonews".

Market: Applied acousticians and microphone users such as engineers, scientists, and technicians. The first single-volume reference to offer complete, up-to-date coverage of the wide-ranging topics related to condenser microphone calibration. Featuring contributions by prominent acousticians, this book provides easy-to-follow calibration methods and step-by-step procedures for operating the various measuring instruments and acoustic devices di...

Angela McRobbie argues for a commitment to cultural studies as an "undisciplined discipline, " reforming and re-inventing itself as circumstances demand, for the importance of ethnography and empirical work, dealing with living voices and spoken language, and for the necessity for feminists to continually ask questions about the meaning of a feminist theory in a postmodern world.

Since 1971 when useful working concepts for the technique of phase-transfer catalysis (PTC) were introduced, the understanding, development, and applica­ tions of this method for conducting organic reactions has expanded exponentially. PTC has brought vast new dimensions and options to chemists and chemical engineers. From its use in less than ten commercial processes in 1975, PTC use has increased so that in the early 1990s it is involved in ...

This timely work increases awareness of and knowledge about problems of societal living among the chronically disabled elderly, with implications for policy makers, educational institutions, advocacy groups, families, and individuals.

Quantum mechanics is notoriously difficult to understand for students with no prior knowledge of quantum theory. This book provides an introduction to quantum mechanics. It includes examples and exercise sets that help students to master the subject.

I dipped into My God, My Glory and found that it expresses so beautifully what I am wanting to pray.' Joyce Huggett. Eric Milner-White's collection of moving, personal prayers is a well-loved classic of Christian expression. Here the complete text is republished for a new generation with a specially written introduction by Joyce Huggett and a preface about the author's life. The book includes prayers for different times of the day and the Chri...