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Emphasis is given to practical skills such as the ability to interpret audiograms to support therapy and referral decisions, and the subjective checking and troubleshooting of hearing aids. Symbols and terms appropriate to UK, Australian and USA clinicians are given throughout.

Tomsk is one of the oldest established centres of industry and learning in the Russian Federation. The city of Tomsk and its surrounding region now face challenging economic and resource utilisation problems. These must be overcome if the pace of devel

Wenn jemand eine Geschichte erzählt, in der Absicht, einen Lernprozeß zu unterstützen, nennt man diese Geschichte eine Metapher. Lerninhalte gewinnen durch eine metaphorische Form einen phantasievollen Charakter, durch den sie dem Hörer näher erscheinen als die Logik der sachlichen Zusammenhänge. Die Erkenntnisse, die der Metapher abgewonnen werden, sind Resultate der eigenen Suche und keine vorgegebenen Schemata. Das erleichtert deren Annahme...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Braucht die Öffentliche Verwaltung das INTERNET? Es ist unumstritten - wir leben in einer modernen Informationsgesellschaft. Die Information ist zum vierten Wirtschaftsfaktor avanciert. Die Menge an verfügbaren Informationen wächst explosionsartig. Da besteht leicht die Gefahr, daß aus dem Internetboom ein Internet"boom"erang wird. Braucht man also noch mehr Informationen oder müssen vorhandene Informationen n...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Angeregt wurde die Arbeit durch die öffentliche Debatte über unattraktive Standortfaktoren und ein ineffizientes Standortmarketing für Gesamtdeutschland. Ziel dieser Studie war es herauszufinden, ob ein Zusammenhang zwischen den wirtschaftspolitischen Rahmenbedingunjen bzw. der Ausgestaltung der deutschen Wirtschaftsförderung und dem geringen Zufluß ausländischer Direktinvestitionen besteht. Aus diesem Grunde wu...

The primary thesis here is the authors' belief that the emergence of computers as an elemental force in our society must be viewed with a sceptical eye. Crandall and Levich, one a mathematician, the other a philosopher, strive, however, to present a balanced viewpoint, investigating and reflecting on the good and bad sides of this revolution, and seek meaning in this "Information Age". Their examination is stripped of journalistic hyperbole, t...

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the Markov modeling method, a powerful technique for analyzing the reliability, maintainability, and safety of complex systems. Written for practicing engineers engaged in designing and providing support for complex redundant systems, this book contains necessary background material for probability theory and Markov analysis. It also contains a Windows-based computer program suitable for solving sma...

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The description is outstanding. Nowhere else can one find such a succinct and eminently readable account that places Shakerism in its broadest context. Garrett makes character and personality come alive throughout the book, from the Prophets' strange gyrations to Mother Ann Lee's drinking problem."--Journal of American History"The most successful study yet written of transatlantic spiritual enthusiasm in the century of the Enlightenment."--Jon...

With the baby boom generation came the genre of parenting books that told parents how to teach their kids everything from toilet training to developing self-esteem. Generally the message has been: go easy on your child, but hard on yourself. It is starting to become apparent, especially in the best of families, that giving your kids lots of choices, validating their feelings at great peril to your own and providing "enough" individual attentio...

The use of computers in qualitative research has redefined the way social researchers handle qualitative data. Two leading researchers in the field have written this lucid and accessible text on the principal approaches in qualitative research and show how the leading computer programs are used in computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS). The authors examine the advantages and disadvantages of computer use, the impact of research ...

The book includes more than 100 photographs, and the appendices include referral forms, questionnaires, assessment and report form, suggestions for treatment activities, the home treatment programmes, equipment used in treatment, a food challenge handout, and a glossary. The information in the appendices may be reproduced freely, with acknowledgement.

Rather than investigating the pathology of families under stress, this book takes the unusual step of studying individuals, families and ethnic groups moving towards health. This approach provides new insights as to why some families manage life events with relative ease and recover from adversity with renewed strength, harmony and purpose. The contributors develop the concept of family and cultural `coherence' as the key to promoting health a...

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Writing the Lives of Writers ponders that strange ventriloquized dialogue between biographers and their subjects, a dialogue all the stranger when the subject is a writer. It contains 22 essays by internationally distinguished scholars and biographers including Martin C. Battestin, Isobel Grundy, John Haffenden, Hermione Lee, Lawrence Lipking, Ray Monk, Hazel Rowley, Max Saunders, Martin Stannard and John Worthen. They tackle the lives of Chau...

This volume provides a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups, their new political influence in the emergent democracies and their efforts to revive suppressed cultures. It begins with a theoretical analysis of the concepts of national identity and ethnicity. It features case studies of contemporary Belarussian, Polish and Ukrainian national identities before turning to a study of Eastern Europ...

This fourth volume in the Academy of International Business Series examines three main areas of internationalization: the internationalization process, competitive advantage in an international context and international business in emerging markets. The cohesive theme threading through the chapters comprises the twin objectives of assessing the current state-of-the-art research into international business phenomena and looking forward to emerg...

A full-throttle thriller and a powerful human drama of wounded love-and the hurts that afflict the body, mind, and spiritIt was truly a crime against innocents. Eleven dolphins, part of an experiment in healing, are found slaughtered in their saltwater tanks. When Thorn, a Florida renegade who has lived a life of fierce freedom, investigates, he triggers a vicious attack that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down, plagued by unrelenting pai...

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