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In Letters, the art and poetry of the English alphabet comes alive through rhythm and rhyme in philosophically charged verse.Much can be learned about a people by the language they use, but what can be said of the letters of that language? This playful treatise on the English alphabet explores the art and philosophy of some letters as they gained form in one artist's eye and expression in the language of a wondering wordsmith… Twenty-six lette...

When encroaching blindness took her music teaching career away, Dene Ward turned her attention to writing. What began as e-mail devotions to some friends grew into a list of hundreds of subscribers. Forwards and re-postings likely increased her readership to the thousands. Due to this positive response, 366 of those devotions have been assembled to form this daily devotional. Follow her through a year of camping, bird-watching, medical pro...

2010 Reprint of 1926 London Edition. Khalil Gibran [1887 - April 10, 1931] also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in the town of Bsharri in modern-day Lebanon he immigrated when young with his family to the United States where he studied art and began his literary career. He is chiefly known in the English speaking world for his 1923 book The Prophet, a series of philosophical essays written in Engl...

Jaci has a successful career, but her sister Sheila has everything Jaci really wants-a wonderful husband with children on the way. The contrast is even more pronounced with the devastating breakup of the relationship with the man Jaci was sure she would marry. Now in her thirties, Jaci's time is running out to find the perfect mate, her only hope of happiness is a magical spell that combines the best qualities of twelve men. Soon, Jaci finds h...

An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition To Include A Comprehensive Index: The Will To Believe - Is Life Worth Living - The Sentiment Of Rationality - Reflex Action And Theism - The Dilemma Of Determinism - The Moral Philosopher And The Moral Life - Great Men And Their Environment - The Importance Of Individuals - On Some Hegelisms - What Physical Research Has Accomplished - Index

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Classical general equilibrium theory with incomplete markets assigns utilities to firms just as economists have always assigned utilities to consumers. This theory of the firm is at variance with the Arrow-Debreu model of the firm where decentralized markets function at their best and firms maximizing profits. This book, therefore, considers a model of the firm under time and uncertainty where the objective function of the firm is independent ...

The burning of a train coach carrying Hindu religious pilgrims in Godhra, Gujarat on 27 Feb 2002 led to some of the most horrific communal violence that independent India has ever seen. It has been alleged that even the police and other state representatives were complicit in the massacre of the state''s Muslim population. In this context, this research seeks to uncover the ways in which nationalist constructs play a role in human suffering an...

Knowledge Representation (KR) languages such as OWL (Web Ontology Language), offer the possibility of computationally exploiting biological knowledge, by codifying it in the axioms of bio-ontologies. Bio-ontologies are widely used in life sciences for knowledge management. Knowledge is, however, often represented in bio-ontologies without following rigorous principles of modelling and the resulting bio-ontologies are axiomatically lean. Theref...

Flows in graphs present a basis for solving many problems in modern mathematics, having applications in practice and significant theoretical impact in various areas on discrete mathematics, such as graph coloring, labeling, covering of graphs, matroid theory, combinatorial optimization, and statistical physics. In the book are considered several theoretical aspects of flows in graphs. The results are divided into three parts. In the first part...

Many applications in computer vision can be formulated as labeling problems of assigning each pixel a label where the labels represent some local quantities. To improve results of these labeling problems, smoothness-based priors can be enforced in the formulations.Such labeling problems with smoothness-based priors can be solved by minimizing a Markov energy. According to different definitions of the energy functions, different optimization to...

Waterborne diseases are top killers world over, it was important to investigate factors associated with their occurrence. This book presents literature and findings from a cross-sectional study that was done in Temeke, Dar es Salaam in 2007. Information gathered was on community''s level of knowledge and awareness, attitudes and opinions towards waterborne diseases, and hygiene practices as well as household water management and sanitation. It...

Since the early era the resistance of arthropods to crop management chemicals had been problematic of synthetic organic pesticides.The resistance phenomena has its effects on pest biology, behaviour and its structural tissues also.Insects could gain metabolic resistance by some modefications in its enzymes.So the study of pesticides''sciences is so important to understand of its mode of action inside the target agriculture pests. This book als...

In post-conflict situations, landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERW) have a devastating effect on the population, blocking sustainable development. The cost of the placement of a landmine is very low, the cost of the removal is very high. The annual number of casualties in the whole world is between 15.000 and 20.000 civilians. Even a suspicion of the presence of landmines can already have a devastating effect on communities and their so...

Earthworms are recognized as farmer''s friend. Inspite of their utility in the fields these are also having medicinal & pharmaceutical significance. In the research it has been described that a species of earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae which is native of Africa is having the medicinal importance. The antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant properties of Eudrilus eugeniae were studied. The chapters of the book are written ...

The book chronicles poignant experiences of family members who provided care for HIV and AIDS patients before antiretroviral drugs were available in the public health sector in Lesotho. Central to the caregivers'' experiences is the patients'' bodies that need attention, resist care and project suffering. The issues of confidentiality, the "minimum package of care", de-medicalisation of HIV/AIDS care and rationing are discussed to illustrate t...

This study focuses on the protection of terrorism suspects under International Humanitarian Law. This study makes Guantanamo Bay in Cuba a case study. The central themes of this study is the question on whether Guantanamo bay detainees are entitled for prisoners of war status or and also this study deals with the legal position for detainees suspected of terrorism acts during peacetime. These are main issues the field study has attempted to ad...

The research work on dewfall and its impact on growth and yield of Indian mustard crop grown with normal growing and terminal moisture stress conditions under open and dew sheltered situations was conducted. The total dew amount in the entire crop season ranged between 95.99 mm in open irrigated crop and 92.51 mm in open stressed crop. In dew sheltered conditions, the total dew amount recorded was 3.52 mm in sheltered irrigated and 2.86 mm in ...

For over one decade the Govt of Nigeria has spent huge sums of money in hydrocarbon exploration of the Nigerian sector of the Chad Basin without success, as no oil or gas discovery has been made in the region. Meanwhile, most researchers and scholars on petroleum potentials in Nigeria have concentrated mostly in the southern basins while little geophysical work has been carried out in the Chad Basin. The book utilizes the Well log data from 23...

HIV/AIDS has remained a recurring decimal across the globe. The rising incidence of HIV/AIDS, its peculiar devastating effects on societies'' and especially amongst nations active professional labour force presents a major concern, to governments, employers, international community, and to the security forces, as a whole. The spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic among persons employed in the security forces, health care delivery chains, students in hos...