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Do for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) pose a threat to traditional providers of higher education, or do they play a vital role at a time when the capacity of public and private non-profits to meet demand is constrained? This book offers an analysis of for-profit colleges and universities, reviewing their history and business strategies.

Answering the need for both fabrication specifications and analytical standards, this volume is the first complete source of information on the Kelvin probe. In surface engineering, the probe is considered the most powerful non-destructive technique used to understand active and passive surfaces and interfaces. While the equipment can be easily fabricated, until now engineers have lacked ready access to what this text provides: systematic docu...

Integrating physical modeling, mathematical analysis, and computer simulation, this book explores a variety of specific and practical instrumentation design situations. It discusses several technologies for implementing vibration isolation. It focuses on instruments for various applications, from geophysics to mechanical and aerospace engineering.

This book takes a closer look at the phenomenon of 'cinematic tourism', exploring audiences' perceptions of film and their covert relationship with tourist advertizing campaigns, alongside the nature of, and resistance to, newly-born tourist industries.

Dover Castle has undoubtedly played a major role in the defence of Britain since its earliest times, and here, Roy Humphreys describes the key role in this highly readable and well-illustrated book.

The Lee Strasberg Notes reproduces the original teachings of a unique voice in actor training, for the very first time. It is a stunning document in the history and ongoing practice of Strasberg 's Method. Compiled and edited by Lola Cohen, the book is based on unpublished transcripts of Strasberg 's own classes on acting, directing and Shakespeare. It recreates his theoretical approach, as well as the practical exercises used by his students,...

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A history of Scottish fishing boats

By analyzing historic and contextualized transit practices and case studies of travel in technological cultures, car travel, air travel, and cycling in Dutch towns, this book argues that travel cannot simply be reduced to getting from A to B.

In the aftermath of the financial collapse of August 1998, it looked as if Russia's day as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and reassert itself after less than a decade is nothing short of an economic and political miracle. Based on extensive research, including several interviews with Vladimir Putin, this revealing book chronicles Russia's dramatic reemergence on the world stage, illuminating the key reason for its rebir...

Globally, over the next 40 years, the number of people, aged 60 and over is set to grow by one and a quarter billion. More than 80 per cent of these people will be living in developing regions, such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. What are the implications of this for the world? What will old age be like for these people? This book offers a general, critical review of the current state of knowledge on population ageing and older people in ...

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This volume presents the results of a conference on the history of total war.

Examines how American social science modelled itself on natural science and liberal politics.

Der Kurs vermittelt Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern der Pharmaindustrie englische Redemittel und Fachterminologie in den folgenden Bereichen des internationalen Pharmageschäfts: Produktentwicklung Wirkstoffforschung Forschung und Entwicklung Qualitätssicherung und Audits Klinische Prüfungen und Zulassungen Produktion und Verpackung Authentische Texte und realistische Szenarien verbessern die Ausdrucksfähigkeit und machen fit für die K...

Deutsch-englische Textausgabe zum deutschen Außensteuerrecht mit nationalen Vorschriften und Doppelbesteuerungsabkommen. Das Werk hat den Stand August 2009.- Ausgewählte nationale Vorschriften- Gesetzestexte und Rechtsverordnungen, z.B. Auszüge aus AO, EStG, KStG, u.a.- Ausgewählte Verwaltungsanweisungen, z.B. KSt-RL, ausgewählte Erlasse zur AO und zum AußensteuerG- OECD-Musterabkommen 2005 zur Vermeidung der Doppelbesteuerung auf dem Gebiet d...

Dieses Werk bietet dem Praktiker einen umfassenden Zugriff auf das Gesellschaftsrecht. Er eignet sich sowohl zur einführenden Lektüre als auch für die tägliche Arbeit und wendet sich nicht nur an Juristen, sondern auch an Kaufleute und Betriebswirte. Das Werk behandelt Personen- und Kapitalgesellschaftsrecht einschließlich Umwandlung und Besteuerung. Handels- und registerrechtliche Grundlagen werden ebenso dargestellt wie die Unternehmensfinan...