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This book is about affect--its origins, development, and uses--and how it is viewed in a clinical setting. The authors track and further develop the recent major changes in the understanding of affect. From its roots in childhood development to its cross-cultural aspects, affect remains clinically relevant in issues such as aggression and forgiveness.

Zwei Singles auf der Suche nach Liebe im Großstadtdschungel: Wie soll man es nun anstellen mit der Partnersuche? Lohnt es sich, viele Männer auszuprobieren, oder sollte man auf den Richtigen warten? Was versprechen bzw. halten Internet-Chats, Kontaktanzeigen, Single-Parties und Agenturen?

Readers can practice their hearts out with this book, crammed full of genuine psychometric tests from SHL Group Plc, these are the tests used by over 95% of the FTSE 100 companies, the police, civil service, and more.

Across a spectrum of academic disciplines, the topic of globalization is at the forefront of contemporary efforts to understand a dynamically changing world society. How might critical social theory respond creatively to the challenge of thinking and theorizing globalization in its full complexity?

Counterpoint helps music theory and music composition students improve their musicianship by examining the voice leading that underlies Western tonal music. It proceeds by developing species counterpoint in the tradition of Johann Joseph Fux and his famous Gradus ad Parnassum (1725), but with attention to Heinrich Schenker's more in-depth study. For the sake of brevity, musical examples are available on the Scarecrow Press website, rather than...

Finding potential players, attending to the logistical details of scheduling practices, games, banquets and summer leagues, developing an adequate preseason throwing program that will work in a high school gym, efficiently cutting players after tryouts, and promoting a high school baseball program throughout the community?these are just a few examples of the myriad duties assigned to a high school baseball head coach. This reference work assis...

In den letzten Jahren sind die Messung und die Steuerung von Kreditrisiken aufgrund der verschlechterten makroökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen und der daraus resultierenden Zunahme der Insolvenzen ins Zentrum des Interesses gerückt. Verstärkt wird diese Entwicklung durch die vom Baseler Ausschuss für Bankenaufsicht erarbeiteten Neuregelungen der Eigenkapitalausstattung von Kreditinstituten. Die Modellierung von Kreditportfoliorisiken mithilfe ma...

Lassen sich Anleger bei der Wahrnehmung der Qualität ex post sehr stark von der erzielten Rendite leiten, so kann dies für Anbieter einer Anlageberatung ein Problem sein. Ist die Rendite gering, fällt die Qualitätsbeurteilung der Kunden schlecht aus, auch wenn die Rendite auf die Entwicklung des Kapitalmarkts und nicht auf einen schlechten Rat des Anlageberaters zurückzuführen ist. Markus Zuber untersucht, inwieweit die Qualitätswahrnehmung d...

Geri Weibel, Stammgast in der angesagten Schampbar, hat sich - nachdem er in so ziemlich alle Fettnäpfchen getreten ist - zu einer Art Trendseismograph in Fragen des derzeitigen Lifestyle herangebildet. Von A wie Alkohol, B wie Begrüßungsküsschen, F wie Fitness, I wie In-Quartier, K wie Kult, P wie Personality, S wie Szenelokal bis W wie Wohnung oder Weihnachtsrummel - Geri hat sie alle durchbuchstabiert und sich seine Gedanken dazu gemacht.

Constraint satisfaction problems are significant in the domain of automated reasoning for artificial intelligence. They can be applied to the modeling and solving of a wide range of combinatorial applications such as planning, scheduling and resource sharing in a variety of practical domains such as transportation, production, supply-chains, network management and human resource management. In this book we study new techniques for solving cons...

How Students Learn is also available in three paperback versions of the original title. Each volume begins with the Introductory Chapter from the main text, then focuses on either the "History in the Classroom, Math in the Classroom, or Science in the Classroom segments of the book. These smaller, paperback versions are perfect for anyone who wants to focus on individual subject areas.

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The Proper Treatment of Events" offers a novel approach to the semantics of tense and aspect motivated by cognitive considerations. offers a new theory of the semantics of tense aspect and nominalizations that combines formal semantics and cognitive approaches written accessibly for students and scholars in theoretical linguists, as well as in philosophy of language, logic, cognitive science, and computer science accompanied by a website at (h...

The Proper Treatment of Events" offers a novel approach to the semantics of tense and aspect motivated by cognitive considerations. offers a new theory of the semantics of tense aspect and nominalizations that combines formal semantics and cognitive approaches written accessibly for students and scholars in theoretical linguists, as well as in philosophy of language, logic, cognitive science, and computer science accompanied by a website at (h...

In his study of negative existence and how it affects James Joyce's principal characters, Gian Balsamo joins the ongoing debate about the Irish writer's relationship to Dante and considers the centrality of messianism to that relationship.

Here is a hands-on activities book which provides school leaders all the information needed to facilitate discussions on topical issues facing educators today. The activity design uses children's literature to provide a neutral framework for discussion of often difficult issues.

Confined to the restricted area within the city walls of Constantinople, Byzantium of the Palaiologan period (1261-1453) realized impressive cultural achievements. The so-called "renaissance" was short-lived and lacked a sustainable foundation, but it inspired new developments even in areas outside Byzantium proper. Western Europe became a new source of inspiration, while the influence of antiquity now proved particularly powerful. Aspects of ...

In der Literatur gibt es bisher noch keine einheitliche Antwort auf die Frage, wie Lebenszyklusrechnungen generell und besonders diejenigen Lebenszyklusrechnungen auszugestalten sind, die zur Ableitung von Zielkosten verwendet werden. Ulrich Schild untersucht, wie innerhalb des lebenszyklusbezogenen Zielkostenmanagements die "optimale" intertemporale Kostenstruktur gefunden werden kann. Im Mittelpunkt stehen folgende Themen: " Entwurf einer ...

In einer mobilen, arbeitsteiligen Gesellschaft kommt einem bestmöglichen Verkehrsfluss nicht nur aus individueller, sondern vor allem auch aus volkswirtschaftlicher Sicht eine hohe Bedeutung zu, denn dadurch werden Betriebskosten, Unfallschäden und Klimabelastung reduziert. Die seit den 1960er Jahren zu diesem Zweck eingesetzten Geschwindigkeitsempfehlungen vor Lichtsignalanlagen sind allerdings wenig erforscht und inzwischen veraltet. Andrea...

The Code, and how to use it The voluminous 2005 National Electrical Code (NEC)(r)affects many disciplines, but what you need to know is how it influences your work as an installer. Organized by the type of wiring involved, this indispensable guide extracts and explains only the information that applies to installation. It's a practical reference that highlights what's new, what's changed, and what you must do to comply. Understand your respons...