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Explains why the world's tropical rain forests are so universally rich in species, what factors may contribute to high species richness, and how ecologists investigate the complex interrelationships among flora and fauna. This book covers tropical montane ecology, riverine ecosystems, savanna, dry forest - and more.

An ever increasing population has increased the amount of energy used in the UK throughout the last century and this trend is set to continue into the future. Energy produced from fossil fuels does not fit into the Government's carbon reduction targets. This means that an alternative cleaner source is required to meet the UKs future energy needs. How can the UK achieve a clean and stable supply of energy? Is it possible that this can be achiev...

The natural workings of the Earth often lead to immense human suffering. Is this suffering inevitable? In this book Simon Saint makes the case that it isn't. He considers two events which are typically thought of as 'natural disasters' - the 2008 Boxing Day Tsunami and the current events in Japan (March 2011) - and explains why these events, whilst having natural causes, are actually 'human-made' disasters. The acceptance that these disasters ...

This is the tenth volume of Beletra Almanako, a literary almanac in Esperanto. --- La deka numero de Beletra Almanako entenas originalajn verkojn (prozon, poezion) de Sten Johansson, Jorge Camacho, Cindy McKee, Bjorn A. Bojesen, Baldur Ragnarsson, Nicolino Rossi, Mikaelo Bron­stejn kaj Istvan Ertl. Krome tradukitajn verkojn de Manuel Vicent (trad. Goncalo Neves), Nichita Stanescu (trad. Ionel Onet), Ghoni Ramonov (trad. Slavik Ivanov) kaj Llor...

Inside the Insane is a first hand account of life inside a psychiatric crisis ward in Los Angeles, California. From patients suffering from chronic paranoid schizophrenia to bipolar disorder disease, to major depressive disorder, Inside the Insane takes the reader inside the walls of the mentally insane and manifests the realities of the human condition. Erica provides detailed accounts of patients screaming in restraints, to being locked in...

What would it take for you to know that your self-esteem was the best it could be? Good self-esteem brings happiness to your life no matter what may be going on. In "Take Command of Your Self-Esteem" you will learn where your self-esteem came from and it is your birthright to love and honor yourself. There is absolutely no reason why people should "suffer" from low self esteem. Your self esteem is something which you have absolute and immedia...

Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating, and delivering maps on the World Wide Web and its products. OpenLayers is a powerful, community driven, open source, pure JavaScript web mapping library. With it, you can easily create your own web map mashup using WMS, Google Maps, and a myriad of other map backends. Interested in knowing more about OpenLayers? This book is going to help you learn OpenLayers from scratch.OpenL...

The majority of the people who make up the United States' seasonal agricultural workforce are nonimmigrant Mexican citizens. Immigration policies such as the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) and the H-2A agricultural guest worker program were meant to encourage growers to employ legal labor workforces. A study of the laws and practices that eventually resulted in the H-2A program shows how and why the demographics are predominantly Me...

Village life in the late 1950s was never dull, especially when there's a philandering husband involved, plus a gossiping shopkeeper, a woman with a secret, an arrogant incomer and a group of mischievous children. Distant Laughter portrays happiness and heartache and, above all, the sense of village community.

Put together by award winning author and former teacher and attorney, Penelope Dyan, this workbook is a perfect way to reinforce basic reading skills while encouraging creativity and fun. It is meant to be used with Penelope Dyan's 'Mikey & Me books, ' but it can stand alone as a fun workbook all by itself. All you have to do is use your very own imagination and complete the book in style, because that is what this is. It is a workbook that be...

Discover the true meaning and the origins of the zodiac in E.R. Winstanley's new book, Pathways to the Zodiac. Why was it formed and by whom? Has the mystery about the architects of Stonehenge and other similar structures been solved? Does the Sphinx still remain an enigma? The deities of the ancient world made an indelible impact upon the lives of the various tribes who wandered throughout Mesopotamia and Europe. Their beliefs and rituals hav...

United States Air Force Officers are not often given the choice of career fields when they enter active duty. This may have some impact on performance on an academic measure in the assigned field. In addition to choice, levels of two causality orientations were assessed using Deci and Ryan's 1985 General Causality Orientation Scale, 12-Vignette version. Causality orientations are posited to exist in varying degrees in every individual and, for...

The Dead is about Gabriel Conroy and his wife Gretta Conroy, who tells her past affair. It's considered the best of Joyce's short works. It was made into a film also entitled The Dead in 1987, directed by John Huston. In 1999 it was adapted into a musical by Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey. Christopher Walken starred in the original production.

This book is not intended to be a deep-dive on security, programming, reporting, configuration, etc. but more of a high-level overview on salesforce.com, Force.com development, tools, methodology and other resources. We will not cover all aspects of salesforce.com. We wrote this book to (hopefully) become an invaluable resource for anyone new or inexperienced with the Force.com platform. For new administrators and developers coming on to the p...

This book is one of the steps that are expected to bridge an existing gap in design practice: An existing distance between design trends which are more affected by culture and those practices which are more concentrated on physical interaction with the products, meaning designing highly interactive products. Regarding this direction , the phenomenon of cultural affordance comes out : We need to study how element of culture can manipulate the p...

Seminar paper de l'année 2011 dans le domaine Français - Sciences Sociales, note: 15, 0, UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2 Sciences et Techniques, cours: Initation à la culture francaise, langue: Français, résumé: « Deux hommes se rencontrèrent et, à travers eux, deux pays. » (Une citation sur la relation entre de Gaulle et Adenauer) En 1958, il y a de cela cinquante ans, les souvenirs de la Seconde Guerre mondiale pendant laquelle Allemands et Franç...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Freiburg, course: Proseminar I, 12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Ho and Platt (1993:1) argue that Singaporean English is a particularly interesting indigenized, or nativized, speech variety because it is so widely used and fills so many functions. I can confirm Ho and Platt's statement, since I was in Singapore in...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportpsychologie, Note: 2, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Sportpsychologie, 6 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Seit geraumer Zeit befaßt sich die Psychologie mit Emotionen, vor allem mit dem Thema Angst haben sich Psychologen schon seit langem auseinandergesetzt - sei es mit der von Freud angewandte...

Natural Resource Management (NRM) in Sub-Sahara Africa often mimics western models, while overlooking the contribution of indigenous cultures and institutions. Today, the use and control of NRM by traditional institutions are proving less effective due to their power and authority being usurped by formal institutions that relegate them as mere custodians of their traditions and customs. This results in conflict of roles between traditional ins...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich BWL - Rechnungswesen, Bilanzierung, Steuern, Note: 2, 7, FernUniversität Hagen (Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft), 21 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Neue Chancen für Wagniskapitalbeteiligungen mit IFRS Die Form der Wagniskapitalbeteiligung wird in Deutschland seit den 70-er Jahren als wachstumsförderndes Finanzierungsinstrument für junge kapitalsuchende Unternehme...