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Robert Morrison sets Pride and Prejudice within the social contexts of female conduct books and political tales of terror and traces criticism of the novel from the nineteenth century to the present, including material on the 1995 film adaptation. Extensive introductory comment and annotation complement extracts from critical and contextual texts. The book concludes with fourteen widely studied passages from Pride and Prejudice, reprinted with...

This volume introduces some basic theories on computational neuroscience. Chapter 1 is a brief introduction to neurons, tailored to the subsequent chapters. Chapter 2 is a self-contained introduction to dynamical systems and bifurcation theory, oriented towards neuronal dynamics. The theory is illustrated with a model of Parkinson's disease. Chapter 3 reviews the theory of coupled neural oscillators observed throughout the nervous systems at a...

E-learning is still in its infancy. This can be seen both in the limited pedagogical quality and lack of portability of e-learning content, and in the lack of user-friendly tools to exploit the opportunities offered by current technologies. To be successful, e-learning must offer effective and attractive courses and programmes to learners, while at the same time providing a pleasant and effective work environment for staff members who have the...

Why me Lord? Why me? I feel this pain (emptiness), deep inside, and I pray and wonder if it will ever go away. Is this some sort of trial or test? Am I being taught a lesson (a belief of punishment, instead of grace)? They say it's because of (fill in the blank). Wait, I know! My heart, my spirit, my hope, nothing fits. Your word says "the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit, who can bear (Proverbs 18:14)?" I physi...

Explains massage for preemies, newborns, and toddlers Soothe your baby and promote well-being the all-natural way Curious about baby massage? Featuring illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this friendly guide makes it easy to use techniques that can reduce your baby's stress, ease the discomfort of colic, constipation, and teething, and create a strong attachment between the two of you. You'll also find suggestions for making massage p...

In late 1945, a German doctor and his two teenaged daughters arrive by freighter into the sweltering, squalid port of Cayenne in French Guyana. They enter the South American country with forged passports and under assumed names. But the doctor is recognized by two people who were once in a Nazi labor camp, and now are in the employ of a group which is on the lookout for Fascist fugitives wanted by the Allied War Crimes Tribunal. The two men, a...

This book assembles major writings in speech production and phonetics of the pioneering Gunnar Fant, along with his more recent work on speech prosody. The book reviews the stages of the speech chain, covering production, speech data analysis and speech perception. 19 selected articles are grouped in 6 chapters, including a historical outline plus Speech production and synthesis, The voice source, Speech analysis and features, Speech perceptio...

A comprehensive introduction to multiresolution time domain scheme The rapid development of computer techniques and information technologies in recent decades has fueled the need for efficient tools for electromagnetic modeling of millimeter-wave integrated circuits, high-speed and high-density VLSI circuits, microwave and antenna design, and scattering analysis for large and complex targets. The multiresolution time domain (MRTD) scheme has ...

Written by a renowned expert with 25 years of experience in urban watershed management, Porous Pavements is the first comprehensive "encyclopedia" of porous pavement materials. The book begins with five chapters that lay a foundation for all porous pavement materials and applications, introducing the types of materials and arrangements, their roles in the urban environment, and the principles of pavement structure, hydrology, and rooting space...

I found it (the story) at first sad and tragic, all the more to be uplifted by its outcome. What better ever proof of a miracle, of the value of family support, of the power of faith, of the hand of God, of the unpredictability of life. All in all it's a wonderful piece to read. What's more, you make readers care, because the woman (Jane Williams) and her family, including the convincing and articulate narrator, Dr. Henry, become real people i...

I found it (the story) at first sad and tragic, all the more to be uplifted by its outcome. What better ever proof of a miracle, of the value of family support, of the power of faith, of the hand of God, of the unpredictability of life. All in all it's a wonderful piece to read. What's more, you make readers care, because the woman (Jane Williams) and her family, including the convincing and articulate narrator, Dr. Henry, become real people i...

Das in der fünften Auflage neu konzipierte und vollständig überarbeitete Kompendium gibt einen einführenden Überblick über den derzeitigen Entwicklungsstand der Allgemeinen Betriebswirtschaftslehre und verdeutlicht zugleich sich abzeichnende Weiterentwicklungen. Es besteht aus 18 Einzelbeiträgen, die die Sichtweise des jeweiligen Autors widerspiegeln, in ihrer Gesamtheit aber ein repräsentatives Bild der Lehrinhalte darstellen, die an deutsche...

The book Smart Sensors and MEMS provides an unique collection of contributions on latest achievements in sensors area and technologies that have made by eleven internationally recognized leading experts from Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Israel, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine and USA during the NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) in Povoa de Varzim, Portugal, from 8 to 19 September 2003. The aims of this volume are to disseminate wider and i...

This powerful story is a tale of the gritty, hard working North East of England, in the first years of the twentieth century, when life had never been harder. Set among the dockers and workers of the close-knit Irish community, this is a novel of hard times and violence, but also of the powerful bonds of family and a strong Catholic faith that can unite the group against a rough and hostile world. Using the theme of Tom Casey, who is im...

Topics from A to Z is a conversation/listening series designed for low-intermediate students. Twenty-six units -- one for each letter of the alphabet -- take readers on a journey from the straightforward to the highly imaginative, using topics such as childhood memories, jazz, Australia, phobias, and more.

From the 18th to the 30th August 2003 , a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) was held in Cargèse, Corsica, France. Cargèse is a nice small village situated by the mediterranean sea and the Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese provides ? a traditional place to organize Theoretical Physics Summer Schools and Workshops * in a closed and well equiped place. The ASI was an International Summer School on "Chaotic Dynamics and Transport in Cla...

This book presents the basic aspects of the field of the optical spectroscopy of solids, allowing students with a background in quantum physics, optics and solid state physics, to interpret simple optical spectra (absorption, reflectivity, emission, scattering...) and obtain knowledge of the main instrumentation used in this field. Although most of the material treated in this book concerns the spectroscopy of centres embedded in inorganic mat...

Participate in an ancient dedication to the twelve holy days of Christmas. Join in this opportunity to connect with your Spirit and the true meaning of the Christmas Season. "I find this book to be a wonderful way to honor the twelve holy days of Christmas as they conjoin with the signs of the zodiac, so that you can focus your meditations to help you move up the spiritual path. This book brings a new metaphysical, spiritual depth to the holy ...

Eine Tomate erlebt auf ihrer Fahrt nach Südamerika zusammen mit der Gurke immer wieder Situationen, in denen sie die zuhörenden Kinder um Rat fragt. Das vorliegende Buch besteht aus vielen Einzelgeschichten, bei denen der Erzähler genau so zum Mitmachen aufgefordert ist wie die Kinder. Improvisation ist gefragt, unerwartete Antworten der Kinder sind in den weiteren Ablauf der Geschichten einzubauen. Seien Sie gewiß, ihre kleinen Zuhörer werden...

In Deutschland erkranken jährlich 47.500 Frauen neu an Brustkrebs, 10.000 Frauen an Eierstockkrebs. Dies sind die häufigsten Krebserkrankungen der Frau. Ein Teil dieser Fälle geht auf bekannte ererbte Gendefekte zurück (BRCA 1 und BRCA 2, Mutationen treten bei ca. 115.000 Frauen auf). Frauen mit diesen Gendefekten tragen ein sehr hohes Risiko, schon in jungen Jahren an Brust- oder Eierstockkrebs zu erkranken. Außerdem haben Sie ein hohes Rezid...