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In the world of borderless, cultural distinctions smear and places look and feel the same. Cultural manifestation can be found by distinctions and interactions among shopping environments in Bangkok, Thailand--a colorful place for shopping and a huge marketplace of everything. This is an empirical investigation into the phenomenon of shopping in a variety of shopping environments from the most traditional to the newest. This work uses psycholo...

Understanding the hepatotoxicity of drugs is essential for progress in academic and industrial research. Studying hepatotoxicity in vitro is challenging because hepatocytes, the metabolically active cells of the liver, are very difficult to maintain in culture. It has been observed that culturing hepatocytes between two layers of collagen maintains in vivo-like morphology and also many drug metabolizing enzymes for weeks. In spite of the resea...

The developmental tasks of adolescent are universal. How these tasks are perceived by adolescents and by society are influenced by culture, subculture, lifestyle, beliefs, and practice among urban and rural adolescents. For adolescents with hearing impairment, the passage through normal developmental stages becomes more complicated because hearing impairment affects different aspects of development in various ways. It is difficult for adolesce...

This book highlights on the co-firing of MSW in a fluidised bed combustor in terms of combustion efficiency and characteristics to assess the potential advantages offered by fluidised bed combustors over conventional methods of burning. The influence of various combustor operation parameters on the combustion efficiency and characteristics is determined. However, wastes are variable in nature, the combustion conditions suitable for one particu...

Das historische Wörterbuch der Pädagogik behandelt in theorie- und problemgeschichtlichen Analysen pädagogische Begriffe, pädagogische Sachverhalte der menschlichen Existenz, pädagogische Institutionen, pädagogische und erziehungswissenschaftliche Disziplinen.»Es ist ein faszinierendes Buch! Die Abhandlungen sind kenntnisreich geschrieben und sprechen den pädagogisch Interessierten lebendig an. Alle Abhandlungen machen neugierig, sie regen zum...

The 2010 edition of OECD's periodic review of Norway's economy. This edition features chapters covering the impact of the crisis and Norway's emergence from it, long-term challenges of fiscal policy, and sustainable development: climate change and fisheries policies.

This is the second book in the magical Adventures of Tom McGuire series. Just as the first book details, good over evil always prevails, Morkann's Revenge, steers away from the theory of Aristotle, where heroes are born. Tom, now 11 years of age, learns from his encounters and experiences thus evolving into a hero by incidents, which occur through the book. His older brother, James, now 14 years embarks on a perilous journey discovering new ho...

Professional clairvoyant and best-selling author Cyndi Dale has provided intuitive consulting and healing to more than 30, 000 individuals, helping them lead more happy, successful, and fulfilling lives. Now she shares true personal stories and practical advice on how intuition can help you with everything from everyday concerns to major life decisions. Presented in an easy-to-follow Q&A, format, the wisdom and guidance within these pages is o...

Originally published in 1918, "The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk" is part of the rich heritage of children's nature books left to us by Thornton W. Burgess in his long running - and much beloved - series of children's nature books about the Green Meadow and t

Vor 150 Jahren hat Konrad Max Kunz die Melodie zu jenem kleinen Lied komponiert, das einmal die Bayernhymne werden sollte und das noch heute öfter gespielt und gesungen wird, als so mancher vermeintlich erfolgreiche Song aus den Charts - Bayerns größter Hit. Der Journalist Thomas Göttinger, wie Kunz im oberpfälzischen Schwandorf geboren, verknüpft in seinem ebenso unterhaltsamen wie informativen Buch die Entstehungs- und Wirkungsgeschichte der...

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The institution of apprenticeship was a common means for providing for the maintenance and future self-reliance of orphaned children, as well as any child whose father had abandoned him or otherwise refused to support him. This publication contains the records of apprenticeships scattered among the minutes of the county courts for Eastern Tennessee. The records, some 11, 000 of them, span the period from 1778 to 1911.

Am Arbeitsplatz wirken sich ungelöste Konflikte nicht nur auf das Wohlbefinden des Einzelnen aus, sie werden auch rasch zum Kostenfaktor: Verminderte Leistungsfähigkeit, Mobbing und Burnout sind nur einige Folgeerscheinungen. Experten stellen in dem Buch Methoden zur Konfliktbearbeitung und -prävention vor, die speziell auf den Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegebereich abgestimmt sind. Möglichkeiten und Grenzen werden anhand von Fallbeispielen auf...

The accidental1 discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation by Penzias and Wilson in 1965 started a new era in modern cosmology. The aim of this book is to give a "not-so-short" introduction into the generation of the observed anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background(CMB). We will discuss the physics involved, and supply analytic calculations of key expressions whenever possible. Moreover, we will derive a semi-analytic approxi...

A credit union is a financial co-operative. Its origins can be traced to the co-operative movement and the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers. There are many factors that have contributed towards their development - economic hardship, the co- operative movement, the influence of credit union pioneers and a credit union legislative framework. Commentators have suggested that a restrictive legislative framework has limited their impact in Gr...

The provision of reliable communication in resource constrained Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is a challenging problem. In this book, the inherent tradeoffs and compromises that arise in this problem space are addressed using Anti-Windup (AW) control techniques and validated using a benchmark IEEE 802.15.4 WSN. The joint problem of providing floor levels on Quality of Service (QoS) while minimising power consumption is examined in a system t...

This work describes an ultrasonic method for measurement of membrane fouling in pressure-driven membrane separation system resulting from filtration of natural brown water. The ultrasonic signals acquired during the in-situ detection of membrane fouling were analysed using wavelet transforms (WTs). Wavelet analysis also was applied to differential ultrasonic signals to obtain additional information about fouling. The work was undertaken at the...

GENRE: AN INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY, THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PEDAGOGY provides a critical overview of the rich body of scholarship that has informed a "genre turn" in Rhetoric and Composition, including a range of interdisciplinary perspectives from rhetorical theory, applied linguistics, sociology, philosophy, cognitive psychology, and literary theory. The book presents an historical overview of genre, describes key issues and theories that have ...

This first volume of "Radiation Medicine Rounds Series" focuses on thoracic malignancies. These tumors take more lives than any others and they are among the most preventable of tumors thus it is crucial for the practitioner to be up-to-date on the latest insights regarding their management. This book addresses the multi-disciplinary nature of the care of these tumors. There is representation from radiation oncology, medical oncology, and surg...

Are your violence prevention and mental health efforts on campus coordinated? Are all your campus professionals aware of the system for reporting information about students who may be in distress or at-risk for harming themselves or others? Is the information reviewed and acted on? Recent campus crises have highlighted that campus administrators will be judged by three things: What the campus was doing before the crisis, its immediate response...