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Today's consumers have unprecedented choice in terms of the technologies and platforms that access, produce, and distribute media content. The development and overlap of television, the internet, and other media technologies is fragmenting and empowering media audiences more than ever. Building on his award-winning book, Audience Economics, Philip M. Napoli maps the landscape of our current media environment and describes its challenge to trad...

Bridging the gap between climatology research and applied urban design, this title provides architects and urban design professionals with an understanding of how the structure of the built environment at various scales affects microclimatic conditions in the space between buildings.

Innovations in technology and new therapies have changed the face of medicine in the last few decades. This title intends to highlight these innovations in technology and therapy that have not only changed the way we deliver care to fetus and neonate but also reduced neonatal mortality thereby saving millions of lives in the process.

The essays create an interdisciplinary conversation about the nature and function of sacred and devotional objects across the globe during the medieval and Early Modern period. Topics include the veneration of relics of the Buddha, the cult of the saints in medieval and early modern Ireland, medieval surveys of pagan and Christian Rome.

This book examines George W. Bush’s legacy in terms of his presidential leadership and politics and explains why he was the most controversial president of recent times. It focuses on Bush’s expansion of presidential power in pursuit of the “war on terror, ” the ideological and pragmatic foundations of his presidential politics, and the complexity of his legacy in both foreign and domestic policy. In addition to an introductory overview, it co...

This book explores "A Common Word Between Us and You, " a high-level ongoing Christian-Muslim dialogue process. The Common Word process was commenced by leading Islamic scholars and intellectuals as outreach in response to the Pope's much criticized Regensburg address of 2007, and brings to the fore, in the interest of developing a meaningful peace, how the Islamic and Christian communities representing well over half of the world's population...

A collection that focuses on the role of European law in colonial contexts and engages with recent treatments of this theme in known works written largely from within the framework of postcolonial studies, which implicitly discuss colonial deployments of European law and politics via the concept of ideology.

This book explores 'A Common Word Between Us and You', a high-level ongoing Christian-Muslim dialogue process. The Common Word process was commenced by leading Islamic scholars and intellectuals as outreach in response to the Pope's much criticized Regensburg address of 2007.

This collection of essays by prominent economists and philosophers showcases the important contributions that markets can make to important topics within social economics, including practical issues such as poverty and disaster relief, as well as more general concerns regarding ethics and well-being.

Advances in Immunology, a long-established and highly respected publication, presents current developments as well as comprehensive reviews in immunology. Articles address the wide range of topics that comprise immunology, including molecular and cellular activation mechanisms, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and clinical modalities. Edited and authored by the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and...

A text book that brings together ongoing debates about personalised learning, creativity and ICT in education, with a cross-curricular focus, establishing a principled framework for cross-curricular teaching and learning in the arts.

Chadwick's philological study of Anglo-Saxon legal sources provided a new impetus to the study of early English social history.

From the crops that have fed billions of people over the centuries to the plants highly regarded for their medicinal qualities, this fascinating offering from garden expert Bill Laws unearths the stories behind some of the world's best-known plants.

Hat die moderne Technik ein besonderes Wesen? Kann Kunst so gefährlich sein wie Technik? Und wieso macht Martin Heidegger eigentlich einen Bogen um das Wesen der antiken Technik? Das vorliegende Buch verbindet mehrere Analysen zu Heideggers verschiedenen Technik-Interpretationen miteinander und deckt dabei eine Reihe von fundamentalen Spannungen auf. Eins wird klar: Heideggers Kritik der modernen Technik steht auf sehr wackeligem Boden. Zeit f...

From 1802, when the young artist William Edward West began painting portraits on a downriver trip to New Orleans, to 1918, when John Alberts, the last of Frank Duveneck's students, worked in Louisville, a wide variety of portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802--1920 charts the course of those artists as they painted the mighty and the...

It is well known that most important electronic devices use Schottky junctions and heterojunctions. Unfortunately there is not an advanced book introducing heterojunctions systematically. Introduction to Organic Semiconductor Heterojunctions fills the gap. In this book, the authors provide a comprehensive discussion and systematic introduction on the state-of-the-art technologies as well as application of organic semiconductor heterojunctions....

Phthalates are primarily synthetic compounds have been widely used in industry and consequently became ubiquitous pollutants in natural environment. However, conventional activated sludge process can not effectively treat recalcitrant phthalate wastewater. Bioaugmentation is one of the strategies for enhancement of the recalcitrant compounds degradation. A key ingredient for a successful bioaugmentation strategy is bioseeds selection. During c...

Allen Carr is the author of the international bestseller "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking". This trains the mind for healthy eating, avoiding all the feelings of deprivation and frustration involved in diets.

Für viele Menschen ist die "Lindenstraße" mit ihren charismatischen Schauspielern mehr als eine gewöhnliche Fernsehserie, sie ist ein Teil ihres Lebens geworden. Die "Lindenstraße" ist das wahre Leben - pur, unverfälscht und dadurch jede Minute spannend...Episoden:Disc 1:573 Schulden574 Aphrodisiaka575 Ruhestörung576 Durchkreuzte Pläne577 Gemütlich578 Alte KamellenDisc 2:579 Happy New Year580 Etwas Warmes braucht der Mensch581 Anwälte582 Überf...

Der alte Ebenezer Scrooge ist ein hartherziger Geizkragen, wie man ihn im ehrwürdigen London wohl kaum ein zweites Mal antrifft. Für seine bedürftigen Mitmenschen hat er nur Geringschätzung übrig und Weihnachten hält er für geld- und zeitverschwendenden Humbug. In der Nacht zum 25. Dezember jedoch erhält er unerwarteten Besuch. Der Geist seines vor sieben Jahren verstorbenen Geschäftspartners Jacob Marley sucht ihn auf, um ihn vor einem schrec...