Every few months a new diet, wonder drug, or workout machine hits the market promising instantaneous results. Unfortunately, none of these fads ever seems to work.
Fluid Bed Technology in Materials Processing comprehensively covers the various aspects of fluidization engineering and presents an elaborate examination of the applications in a multitude of materials processing techniques. A separate chapter outlines the importance of fluidization engineering in high temperature processing, including an analysis of the fundamental concepts and applications of high temperature fluidized bed furnaces for sever...
Through firsthand accounts and research, Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly focuses on the education, training, and support of individuals who care for the elderly. This book provides caregivers with methods to cope with grief and loss and will help educators design programs that meet the needs of their consumers: the elderly and their families, friends, and service providers. From Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly, you'...
The Information System Consultant's Handbook familiarizes systems analysts, systems designers, and information systems consultants with underlying principles, analysis and design tools, and methodologies. Corresponding to the primary stages in the systems development life cycle, the book divides into eight sections. Eighty-two chapters comprise the book, and each contains a stated purpose, strengths, weaknesses, and limitations, inputs and rel...
Mathematical Analysis for Modeling provides you with better comprehension of how mathematics is developed for, and applies to, solving scientific and engineering problems. The author stresses developing mathematical descriptions of scientific and engineering situations, rather than rote memorization of proofs and formulas. Emphasis is placed on algorithms as solutions to problems, and on insight rather than on formal derivations. This book is ...
The English-Portuguese alliance of 1654 lasted for 156 years. Interweaving politics, economics, religion and commerce to portray what life was like for English merchants in Portugal, this work is the result of many years of archival research.
Mediating Divorce is the most readable text on mediation thus far. The book really is a philosophical guide to divorce mediation and clearly spells out the elements and processes of divorce mediation. The book should have been written years ago and is destined to be a classic.?Tan Ngoh Tiong, executive member, International Federation of Social Workers Client's Workbook, contains helpful assessment tools and checklists, these 'take-home assign...
Dunway brings us a well crafted account of the prolific Huxley's American years using interviews with Huxley's family and frieds, his FBI files, and little-known scripts of 'Jane Eyre' and 'Pride and Prejudice.
Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems examines the environmental and social conditions that affect the roles and performance of trees in field- and forest-based agricultural production systems. Various types of ecological settings for agroforestry are analyzed within temperate and tropical regions. The roles of soil, water, light, nutrient and pest management in mixed, annual, woody perennial and livestock systems are discussed. Imp...
Horticultural Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on topics in horticultural science and technology covering both basic and applied research. Topics covered include the horticulture of fruits, vegetables, nut crops, and ornamentals.
Marvin Harris is arguably the most influential, prolific anthropological theorist of our time. This book brings together many of the strands of his work of the past two decades into a unified, contemporary statement on anthropological theory and practice. In this book, he presents his current views on the nature of culture addressing such issues as the mental/behavioral debate, emics and etics, and anthropological holism. He resoundly critique...
This book provides students and general readers with a crucial analysis of Britain's shifting party dilemmas at a time of blurred voter loyalty, policy convergence between the main parties and increased pressure group activity.
Die Mazurka begleitete Chopin sein ganzes künstlerisches Schaffen hindurch: die a-Moll Mazurka aus op. 68 schrieb er mit 17 Jahren und auch seine allerletzte Komposition überhaupt galt dieser polnischen Tanzform. "Chopin entfesselte die unbekannte Poesie, die in den Originalthemen der echt nationalen Mazurken nur angedeutet lag. Ihren Rhythmus beibehaltend, veredelte er die Melodie, erweiterte die Verhältnisse und führte ein harmonisches Helld...
It was our intention and goal to bring together m Biopestzcides Use and Delavery the latest advances in the science and technology of the evolving field of biopesticides In the context of crop protectton, btopesttcides are a key component of integrated pest management (IPM) programs, m which biopesticides are delivered to crops m inundative quantities, vs the mocu- tive approach, which is charactertstic of classical biological control. Althoug...
The focus of the bibliography is on major works dealing with The Shining Path, articles and studies published in Latin American and other related scholarly journals, and Peruvian books that deal directly with the effects wrought by The Shining Path upon Peru.
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Zahlreiche Unternehmen technologieintensiver Industriezweige werden in den letzten Jahren von dem Phänomen der sog. "Zeitfalle" erfaßt. Infolge des Einsatzes immer weitentwickelterer und neuerer Technologien veralten High-Tech-Produkte schneller, so daß ihr Produktlebenszyklus (PLZ) schrumpft. Dadurch verlängert sich - häufig verstärkt durch starken Preisverfall - auch die Amortisationsdauer für diese Investitionen. ...
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Zur Zeit sind die Klubs der beiden deutschen Lizenzligen ausnahmslos als eingetragene Vereine gemäß § 21 BGB organisiert. Längst hat sich aber die Erkenntnis durchgesetzt, daß diese Rechtsform nicht mehr das passende Organisationskleid für Klubs mit Millionenumsätzen ist. Spielergehälter, Werbeeinnahmen, Erlöse aus Fernsehübertragungen und dem...