Robert Lawrence Guyer, "Insiders Talk: How to Successfully Lobby State Legislatures: Guide to State Legislative Lobbying, 4th Edition - Revised, Ed 4"
English | ISBN: 0967724252 | 2020 | 298 pages | EPUB | 1208 KB
Manual 3 in the Insiders Talk six-volume series, for the past 20 years and after four editions this book remains the hands-on, how-to, best-practices primer for developing personal lobbying skills and for planning and implementing an effective state legislative lobbying campaign. Revised, updated, and expanded this fourth edition, retitled How to Successfully Lobby State Legislatures, has 11 process flow charts, numerous best-practices checklists, and 100 additional pages of advice, facts, insights, and techniques from lobbyists across the USA.

Mary Bishop, Allan Bishop, "How to Write Poetry: The Step-by-Step Guide on How to Write a Poem"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1719946272 | ASIN: B07GWYJNPR | EPUB | pages: 187 | 0.2 mb
In this book, you will learn how to find the content for your poems by grasping the main sources of inspiration, such as memory, ekphrasis, and the quotidian. You will also master the mechanisms of poetic language and form as rhymes, images, metaphors, synesthesia, rhythm, and sound. If you want to write your own poems and be proud of yourself, this book is for you. It will provide you with tools to start writing professionally.

How to Pick Locks Easily: Step by Step Guide on How to Pick Locks the Easy Way by James Brunner
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09Q152DHR | 110 pages | EPUB | 1.66 Mb
Have you ever had to break or damage a door or a lock just to get inside after losing a key and looking back, you feel this would have been unnecessary if you know the art of lock picking?

How To Use A Sewing Machine To Sew Anything: Step by Step Guide on How to Start Using Sewing Machines to Sew and Mend Anything You Want (Including Sample Projects to Get You Started) by James Brunner
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09Q1DYYQM | 97 pages | EPUB | 4.01 Mb
Have you always wanted to learn how to use a sewing machine so that you can play around with fabric and create and mend anything you want but have never really committed to learning sewing using a sewing machine or haven't found a guide that simplifies the whole process so you don't feel clueless about any step of the learning process?

The Princeton Review, "High School Chemistry Unlocked: Your Key to Understanding and Mastering Complex Chemistry Concepts"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1101921552 | EPUB | pages: 272 | 15.1 mb
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF CHEMISTRY with THE PRINCETON REVIEW.

Ewa Dabrowska, Dagmar Divjak, "Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics"
English | 2015 | pages: 725 | ISBN: 3110291843 | PDF | 5,6 mb
Cognitive Linguistics is an approach to language study based on the assumptions that our linguistic abilities are firmly rooted in our cognitive abilities, that meaning is essentially conceptualization, and that grammar is shaped by usage. The Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics provides state-of-the-art overviews of the numerous subfields of cognitive linguistics written by leading international experts which will be useful for established researchers and novices alike. It is an interdisciplinary project with contributions from linguists, psycholinguists, psychologists, and computer scientists which will emphasise the most recent developments in the field, in particular, the shift towards more empirically-based research. In this way, it will, we hope, help to shape the field, encouraging methodologically more rigorous research which incorporates insights from all the cognitive sciences. Editor Ewa Dabrowska was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2018.

Guided Tarot for Teens: A Beginner's Guide to Card Meanings, Spreads, and Trust in Your Intuition by Stefanie Caponi
English | August 23rd, 2022 | ISBN: 0593435958 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 136.56 MB
Adapted from the Amazon best-seller Guided Tarot with over 2400 reviews, this essential guide is a must-have for teens ready to embrace the wisdom of their inner voice through understanding tarot cards.

Bijan Omrani, "Great Potential, Many Pitfalls: Understanding China's Belt and Road Initiative"
English | ISBN: 0367516578 | 2021 | 108 pages | EPUB | 1219 KB
China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China's globe-girdling infrastructure and trade corridor project, is a rare watershed in international affairs. It affects, whether directly or indirectly, nearly the entire world, directly involving more than 60 countries, nearly 4.5 billion people (about two-thirds of the world's population), up to $8 trillion, and around 40 per cent of the global economy.

Grain Boundaries and Crystalline Plasticity By
2011 | 348 Pages | ISBN: 1848213271 | PDF | 32 MB
This book explores the fundamental role of grain boundaries in the plasticity of crystalline materials, providing a multi-scale approach to plasticity to facilitate understanding. It starts with the atomic description of a grain boundary, moves on to the elemental interaction processes between dislocations and grain boundaries, and finally shows how the microscopic phenomena influence the macroscopic behaviors and constitutive laws. Drawing on topics from physical, chemical, and mechanical disciplines, this work also explains properties of deformation at low and high temperature, creep, fatigue, and rupture.Content: Chapter 1 Grain Boundary Structures and Defects (pages 1-46): Chapter 2 Elementary Grain Boundary Deformation Mechanisms (pages 47-107): Chapter 3 Grain Boundaries in Cold Deformation (pages 109-163): Chapter 4 Creep and High Temperature Plasticity (pages 165-215): Chapter 5 Intergranular Fatigue (pages 217-280): Chapter 6 Intergranular Segregation and Crystalline Material Fracture (pages 281-325): Chapter 1 Bicrystallography and Topological Characterization of Interfacial Defects (pages 327-332): Chapter 2 Appendices of Chapter 3 (pages 333-339):

Glucose Syrups: Technology and Applications By Peter Hull(auth.)
2010 | 375 Pages | ISBN: 1405175567 | PDF | 6 MB
Glucose syrups (commonly known as corn syrups in North America) are derived from starch sources such as maize, wheat and potatoes. Offering alternative functional properties to sugar as well as economic benefits, glucose syrups are extremely versatile sweeteners, and are widely used in food manufacturing and other industries. They are a key ingredient in confectionery products, beer, soft drinks, sports drinks, jams, sauces and ice creams, as well as in pharmaceuticals and industrial fermentations. This book brings together all the relevant information on the manufacture and use of glucose syrups. Drawing on forty years' experience in the international glucose industry, the author provides a valuable reference for all those involved in the processing and buying of these syrups, and for scientists involved in the manufacture of a full range of food (and some non-food) products in which the syrups are ingredients. The emphasis is on practical information - recipes are included where relevant in the applications chapters, and appendices offer commonly-used calculations and useful data. Food technologists can use the book to make choices about the most suitable glucose syrup to use in a particular application, and also to adapt recipes in order to replace sugar (sucrose) or other ingredients. A glossary of terms reflecting the international terminology of the industry completes the book. Content: Chapter 1 History of Glucose Syrups (pages 1-7): Chapter 2 Fructose Containing Syrups (pages 9-17): Chapter 3 Glucose Syrup Manufacture (pages 19-44): Chapter 4 Explanation of Glucose Syrup Specifications (pages 45-60): Chapter 5 Application Properties of Glucose Syrups (pages 61-75): Chapter 6 Syrup Applications: an Overview (pages 77-100): Chapter 7 Trehalose (pages 101-106): Chapter 8 Sugar Alcohols: an Overview (pages 107-117): Chapter 9 Glucose Syrups in Baking and Biscuit Products (pages 119-132): Chapter 10 Glucose Syrups in Brewing (pages 133-148): Chapter 11 Glucose Syrups in Confectionery (pages 149-173): Chapter 12 Glucose Syrups in Fermentations: an Overview (pages 175-184): Chapter 13 Glucose Syrups in Ice Creams and Similar Products (pages 185-202): Chapter 14 Glucose Syrups in Jams (pages 203-219): Chapter 15 Glucose Syrups in Tomato Products and other Types of Dressings and Sauces (pages 221-226): Chapter 16 Glucose Syrups in Soft Drinks (pages 227-238): Chapter 17 Glucose Syrups in Health and Sports Drinks (pages 239-249): Chapter 18 Carbohydrate Metabolism and Caloric Values (pages 251-260): Chapter 19 Caramel - the Colouring (pages 261-263):

Global Sustainability: The Impact of Local Cultures By
2004 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 3527312366 | PDF | 4 MB
This first book to focus on cultural diversity as a key element of sustainable development in the context of science and engineering provides cross-disciplinary information and assistance in understanding our world in transition. As such, it furnishes the global scientific community and decision makers in governmental and non-governmental institutions as well as in industry with much-needed information on how the various factors affecting sustainable development -- including culture -- depend on and interfere with each other. Featuring a contribution by the President of the Club of Rome, HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal, this is vital reading for all (natural) scientists, engineers, economists, ecologists, environmental organizations, and consultants.Content: Chapter 1 History and Mandate of Sustainability: From Local Forestry to Global Policy (pages 5-19): Prof. Dr. Gabriele Weber?Blaschke, Prof. Dr. Reinhard Mosandl and Prof. Dr. Martin FaulstichChapter 2 Sustainable Development: Exploring the Cross?Cultural Dimension (pages 21-41): Prof. Dr. Ortwin RennChapter 3 Sustainable Development and Cultural Diversity (pages 43-51): Prof. Dr. Hartmann LiebetruthChapter 4 Technological Progress in Different Cultures and Periods: Historical Evolution Projected into the Future (pages 53-64): Prof. Dr. Raoul WeilerChapter 5 Views of Sustainability: Elements of a Synthesis (pages 65-85): Dr. Dimitris KyriakouChapter 6 A New Way of Thinking about Sustainability, Risk and Environmental Decision?Making (pages 87-93): Prof. Dr. William E. Kastenberg, Gloria Hauser?Kastenberg and Dr. David NorrisChapter 7 Humility and Establishing the Sustainable Environment (pages 95-106): Prof. Dr. Edward D. SchroederChapter 8 Conflicts and Conflict?Solving as Chances to Make the Concept of Sustainable Development Work (pages 107-122): Prof. Dr. Armin GrunwaldChapter 9 Sustainability through Science?Technology?Society Education (pages 123-130): Prof. Dr. David Devraj KumarChapter 10 Sustainability and Consumption of Raw Materials in Germany (pages 131-140): Prof. Dr. Werner SchenkelChapter 11 Sustainability, Culture and Regional Scales: Some Remarks from Human Geography (pages 141-145): Prof. Dr. Horst KoppChapter 12 Sustainable Development in Asia: Traditional Ideas and Irreversible Processes (pages 147-155): Prof. Dr. Dietmar RothermundChapter 13 Sustainability of Development and Valuation of Non?renewable Resources: An Analysis in the Context of Local Cultures (pages 157-169): Prof. Dr. Michael von Hauff and Prof. Dr. Amitabh KunduChapter 14 Sustainability in Latin American Countries: Challenge and Opportunities for Argentina (pages 171-185): Prof. Dr. Monica RennerChapter 15 On the Roles Engineers May Play in the Attempt to Meet Basic Demands of Man and Nature (pages 187-199): Prof. i. R. Dr.?Ing. Dr. h. c. Peter A. Wilderer and Mirka C. WildererChapter 16 Integrating Cultural Aspects in the Implementation of Large Water Projects (pages 201-219): Dipl.?Ing Martin GrambowChapter 17 Sustainability from an Entrepreneurial Point of View Seen from the Particular Standpoint of a Company Active in the Water Industry (pages 221-226): Dipl.?Ing. Hans G. HuberChapter 18 Synthesis (pages 227-231): Prof. i. R. Dr.?Ing. Dr. h. c. Peter A. Wilderer, Prof. Dr. Edward D. Schroeder and Prof. Dr. Josef Bugl

Glass-Ceramic Technology, Second Edition By Wolfram Holand, George H. Beall(auth.)
2012 | 440 Pages | ISBN: 0470487879 | PDF | 5 MB
Glass-ceramic materials share many properties with both glass and more traditional crystalline ceramics. This new edition examines the various types of glass-ceramic materials, the methods of their development, and their countless applications. With expanded sections on biomaterials and highly bioactive products (i.e., Bioglass and related glass ceramics), as well as the newest mechanisms for the development of dental ceramics and theories on the development of nano-scaled glass-ceramics, here is a must-have guide for ceramic and materials engineers, managers, and designers in the ceramic and glass industry.Content: Chapter 1 Principles of Designing Glass?Ceramic Formation (pages 1-74): Chapter 2 Composition Systems for Glass?Ceramics (pages 75-206): Chapter 3 Microstructure Control (pages 207-251): Chapter 4 Applications of Glass?Ceramics (pages 252-353):

Getting Research Findings Into Practice, Second Edition By
2004 | 237 Pages | ISBN: 0727915533 | PDF | 3 MB
Thoroughly updated and revised, the new edition of this accessible guide aims to outline why there is a gap between research findings and what actually happens in clinical practice. It covers a number of topics including the sources of information on clinical effectiveness and methods of information, how to close the gap between research and pratice, potential roles for lay people, the role of decision support, barriers to the use of evidence in clinical practice, the role of decision analysis, implementing research findings in developing countries and how to encourage the implementation of results from economic evaluation.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1-10): Andrew Haines and Anna DonaldChapter 2 Criteria for the Implementation of Research Evidence in Policy and Practice (pages 11-18): Trevor A Sheldon, Gordon Guyatt and Andrew HainesChapter 3 Sources of Information on Clinical Effectiveness and Methods of Dissemination (pages 19-28): Julie Glanville, Margaret Haines and Ione AustonChapter 4 Changing Provider Behaviour: An Overview of Systematic Reviews of Interventions to Promote Implementation of Research Findings by Healthcare Professionals (pages 29-67): Jeremy Grimshaw, Liz Shirran, Ruth Thomas, Graham Mowatt, Cynthia Fraser, Lisa Bero, Roberto Grilli, Emma Harvey, Andy Oxman and Mary Ann O'BrienChapter 5 Implementing Research Findings into Practice: Beyond the Information Deficit Model (pages 68-76): Theresa M Marteau, Amanda J Sowden and David ArmstrongChapter 6 Changing Clinical Practice in the Light of the Evidence: Two Contrasting Stories from Perinatology (pages 77-85): Vivienne van SomerenChapter 7 Roles for Lay People in the Implementation of Healthcare Research (pages 86-94): Sandy Oliver, Vikki Entwistle and Ellen HodnettChapter 8 Implementing Research Findings in Clinical Practice (pages 95-106): Anna Donald and Ruairidh MilneChapter 9 Using Evidence in Clinical Practice (pages 107-114): Sharon E StrausChapter 10 Barriers and Bridges to Evidence?Based Clinical Practice (pages 115-122): Brian Haynes and Andrew HainesChapter 11 Decision Support Systems and Clinical Innovation (pages 123-137): Jeremy C Wyatt and Paul TaylorChapter 12 Decision Analysis and the Implementation of Research Findings (pages 138-153): R J Lilford, S G Pauker, David Braunholtz and Jiri ChardChapter 13 Evidence?Based Policy Making (pages 154-161): J A Muir GrayChapter 14 Implementing Research Findings in Developing Countries (pages 162-173): Paul Garner, Helen Smith, Rajendra Kale, Rumona Dickson, Tony Dans and Rodrigo SalinasChapter 15 Opportunity Costs on Trial: New Options for Encouraging Implementation of Results from Economic Evaluations (pages 174-196): Neil Craig and Matthew SuttonChapter 16 Surviving Research Implementation (pages 197-206): David Evans and Lesley WyeChapter 17 Using Evidence in Practice: Setting Priorities in Oxfordshire (pages 207-217): Sian Griffiths

Geological history of Britain and Ireland By Nigel H. Woodcock, Rob Strachan (editors)
2012 | 454 Pages | ISBN: 1405193824 | PDF | 25 MB
Britain and Ireland have a remarkably varied geology for so small a fragment of continental crust, with a fine rock record back through three billion years of geological time. This history would have been interesting enough if it had been played out on relatively stable continental crust. However, Britain and Ireland have developed at a tectonic crossroads, on crust once traversed by subduction zones and volcanic arcs, continental rifts and mountain belts. The resulting complexity is instructive, fascinating and perplexing.Geological History of Britain and Ireland tells the region's story at a level accessible to undergraduate geologists, as well as to postgraduates, professionals or informed amateurs. This second edition is fully revised and updated, reflecting our continually developing knowledge of the region's geology. Full coverage is again given to the rich Precambrian and Early Palaeozoic history, as well as to later events more relevant to hydrocarbon exploration. The book is an essential starting point for more detailed studies of the regional geology.Additional resources for this book can be found at http://www.wiley.com/go/woodcock/geologicalhistory

Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes By
2007 | 486 Pages | ISBN: 1405125195 | PDF | 10 MB
This state-of-the-art volume reviews both past work and current research, with contributions from internationally recognized experts. The book is organized into fourteen chapters and designed to embrace the full range of terrestrial geochemical sediments. An up-to-date and comprehensive survey of research in the field of geochemical sediments and landscapes Discusses the main duricrusts, including calcrete, laterite and silcrete Considers deposits precipitated in various springs, lakes, caves and near-coastal environments Considers the range of techniques used in the analysis of geochemical sediments, representing a significant advance on previous textsContent: Chapter 1 Introduction: Geochemical Sediments in Landscapes (pages 1-9): David J. Nash and Sue J. McLarenChapter 2 Calcrete (pages 10-45): V. Paul WrightChapter 3 Laterite and Ferricrete (pages 45-94): Mike WiddowsonChapter 4 Silcrete (pages 95-148): David J. Nash and J. Stewart UllyottChapter 5 Aeolianite (pages 149-172): Sue J. McLarenChapter 6 Tufa and Travertine (pages 173-199): Heather Viles and Allan PentecostChapter 7 Speleothems (pages 200-245): Ian J. Fairchild, Silvia Frisia, Andrea Borsato and Anna F. ToothChapter 8 Rock Varnish (pages 246-297): Ronald I. DornChapter 9 Lacustrine and Palustrine Geochemical Sediments (pages 298-329): Eric P VerrecchiaChapter 10 Terrestrial Evaporites (pages 330-364): Allan R. ChivasChapter 11 Beachrock and Intertidal Precipitates (pages 365-390): Eberhard GischlerChapter 12 Sodium Nitrate Deposits and Efflorescences (pages 391-408): Andrew S. Goudie and Elaine HeslopChapter 13 Analytical Techniques for Investigating Terrestrial Geochemical Sediments (pages 409-442): John J. McAlister and Bernie J. SmithChapter 14 Geochemical Sediments and Landscapes: General Summary (pages 443-446): Sue J. McLaren and David J. Nash

Mona Krook, "Gender Quotas and Women's Representation: New Directions in Research"
English | ISBN: 1138907421 | 2015 | 122 pages | EPUB | 1206 KB
Electoral gender quotas have emerged as one of the most critical political reforms of the last two decades, having now been introduced in more than 130 countries worldwide. The recent and global nature of these developments has sparked both scholarly and popular interest in the in which these quotas are designed, as well as their origins and effects.

Galatians Through the Centuries By John Riches(auth.)
2007 | 351 Pages | ISBN: 063123084X | PDF | 3 MB
This commentary on Paul's highly autobiographical letter to the Galations traces the history of the book's reception through the ages.Explores the influence and history of this important New Testament book Demonstrates the crucial role that Galatians has played in the development of very diverse forms of Christian spirituality Considers the influence of Galatians on a wide range of theological figures, including Chrysostom, Augustine, and LutherExamines the ways in which Galatians has influenced images of Paul, suggesting that it is the indeterminacy and complexity of his text that cause it to be interpreted in such widely differing ways Focuses on verses, themes or arguments that have been the subject of particularly influential readings Published in the innovative and stimulating Wiley-Blackwell Bible Commentaries reception history series, which focuses on the broad spectrum of interpretations rather than the traditional verse by verse analysis typically found in commentaries.Content: Chapter none Introduction (pages 1-65): Chapter none Galatians 1:1-9 (pages 66-82): Chapter none Galatians 1:10-24 (pages 83-95): Chapter none Galatians 2:1-10 (pages 96-104): Chapter none Galatians 2:11-21 (pages 105-143): Chapter none Galatians 3:1-14 (pages 144-187): Chapter none Galatians 3:15-29 (pages 188-213): Chapter none Galatians 4:1-20 (pages 214-226): Chapter none Galatians 4:21-31 (pages 227-244): Chapter none Galatians 5 (pages 245-283): Chapter none Galatians 6 (pages 284-301):

Funding Ranking 2006: Institutions - Regions - Networks, DFG Approvals and Other Basic Data on Publicly Funded Research By
2007 | 179 Pages | ISBN: 3527320423 | PDF | 6 MB
Following on from previous publications in 1997, 2000 and 2003, the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) presents its fourth "Funding Ranking", an overview of the distribution of awards to universities and non-university research institutions in Germany. The scope of the report has increased considerably compared to previous editions. Alongside the report's central indicator - DFG awards per individual research institution - the document also covers a wide range of additional indicators regarding publicly financed research in one of the world's leading industrial countries. For the first time, the report also includes information on R&D funding for selected federal programmes, for thematic priorities within the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme, and for collaborative industrial research funded by the German Federation of Industrial Cooperative Research Associations "Otto von Guericke". The third party funding indicators, which each depict individual aspects of publicly financed research, represent in total approximately 80 percent of all public third party funding for university research. Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 10-12): Chapter 2 Funding?Based Research Indicators - Basis and Background (pages 13-42): Chapter 3 Research Profiles of Higher Education Institutions and Regions (pages 43-62): Chapter 4 Indicator Comparison at the Level of Research and Funding Area (pages 63-113): Chapter 5 Overview (pages 114-132): Chapter 6 Bibliography and Information Sources (pages 133-134): Chapter 7 Appendix (pages 135-182):

Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement: Solutions Manual to Accompany, Third Edition By Amitava Mitra(auth.)
2008 | 232 Pages | ISBN: 0470256974 | PDF | 7 MB
A statistical approach to the principles of quality control and management Incorporating modern ideas, methods, and philosophies of quality management, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Third Edition presents a quantitative approach to management-oriented techniques and enforces the integration of statistical concepts into quality assurance methods. Utilizing a sound theoretical foundation and illustrating procedural techniques through real-world examples, this timely new edition bridges the gap between statistical quality control and quality management. The book promotes a unique "do it right the first time" approach and focuses on the use of experimental design concepts as well as the Taguchi method for creating product/process designs that successfully incorporate customer needs, improve lead time, and reduce costs. Further management-oriented topics of discussion include total quality management; quality function deployment; activity-basedcosting; balanced scorecard; benchmarking; failure mode and effects criticality analysis; quality auditing; vendor selection and certification; and the Six Sigma quality philosophy. The Third Edition also features: Presentation of acceptance sampling and reliability principles Coverage of ISO 9000 standards Profiles of past Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award winners, which illustrate examples of best business practices Strong emphasis on process control and identification of remedial actions Integration of service sector examples The implementation of MINITAB software in applications found throughout the book as well as in the additional data sets that are available via the related Web site New and revised exercises at the end of most chapters Complete with discussion questions and a summary of key terms in each chapter, Fundamentals of Quality Control and Improvement, Third Edition is an ideal book for courses in management, technology, and engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels. It also serves as a valuable reference for practitioners and professionals who would like to extend their knowledge of the subject.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction to Quality Control and the Total Quality System (pages 1-14): Chapter 2 Some Philosophies and their Impact on Quality (pages 15-26): Chapter 3 Quality Management: Practices, Tools, and Standards (pages 27-44): Chapter 4 Fundamentals of Statistical Concepts and Techniques in Quality Control and Improvement (pages 45-72): Chapter 5 Data Analyses and Sampling (pages 73-83): Chapter 6 Statistical Process Control using Control Charts (pages 85-95): Chapter 7 Control Charts for Variables (pages 97-123): Chapter 8 Control Charts for Attributes (pages 125-150): Chapter 9 Process Capability Analysis (pages 151-175): Chapter 10 Acceptance Sampling Plans for Attributes and Variables (pages 177-195): Chapter 11 Reliability (pages 197-202): Chapter 12 Experimental Design and the Taguchi Method (pages 203-232):

Frontiers in Geochemistry: Contribution of Geochemistry to the Study of the Earth By
2011 | 278 Pages | ISBN: 1405193387 | PDF | 14 MB
This book is a contribution to the International Year of Planet Earth arising from the 33rd International Geological Congress, held in Oslo, Norway during August 2008. The first section of the book considers aspects of geochemical processes which led to the development of the solid Earth as it is today. The second portion of the book shows how the rapidly-evolving analytical tools and approaches presently used by geochemists may be used to solve emerging environmental and other societal problems. Thisunique collection of reviews, with contributions from a range of internationally distinguished scientists, will be invaluable reading for advanced students and others interested in the central role geochemistry in the earth sciences.Content: Chapter 1 Geochemistry and Secular Geochemical Evolution of the Earth's Mantle and Lower Crust (pages 1-19): Balz S. KamberChapter 2 Crustal Evolution - A Mineral Archive Perspective (pages 20-42): C. J. Hawkesworth, A. I. S. Kemp, B. Dhuime and C. D. StoreyChapter 3 Discovering the History of Atmospheric Oxygen (pages 43-60): Heinrich D. HollandChapter 4 Geochemistry of the Oceanic Crust (pages 61-83): Karsten M. HaaseChapter 5 Silicate Rock Weathering and the Global Carbon Cycle (pages 84-103): Sigurdur R. Gislason and Eric H. OelkersChapter 6 Geochemistry of Secular Evolution of Groundwater (pages 104-116): Tomas PacesChapter 7 Stable Isotope Geochemistry: Some Perspectives (pages 117-131): Jochen HoefsChapter 8 Geochemistry of Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide (pages 133-174): Yousif K. Kharaka and David R. ColeChapter 9 Microbial Geochemistry: At the Intersection of Disciplines (pages 175-199): Philip Bennett and Christopher OmelonChapter 10 Nanogeochemistry: Nanostructures and their Reactivity in Natural Systems (pages 200-220): Yifeng Wang, Huizhen Gao and Huifang XuChapter 11 Urban Geochemistry (pages 221-237): Morten Jartun and Rolf Tore OttesenChapter 12 Archaeological and Anthropological Applications of Isotopic and Elemental Geochemistry (pages 238-253): Henry P. Schwarcz

Nancy T. de Grummond, Brunilde S. Ridgway, "From Pergamon to Sperlonga: Sculpture and Context (Hellenistic Culture and Society)"
English | 2001 | pages: 405 | ISBN: 0520223276 | PDF | 28,1 mb
This volume brings together the work of leading scholars on two of the most important, yet puzzling, extant ensembles of Hellenistic Age sculpture: the Great Altar at Pergamon, with its Gigantomachy and scenes from the life of Telephos, and the Cave at Sperlonga in Italy, with its epic themes connected especially with the adventures of Odysseus. From Pergamon to Sperlonga has three aims: to update the scholarship on two important monuments of ancient art and architecture; to debate questions of iconography, authorship, and date; and to broaden the scope of discussion on these monuments beyond the boundaries of studies done in the past. In addition, the volume brings forward new ideas about how these two monuments are connected and discusses possible means by which stylistic influences were transmitted between them.

Freud: A Modern Reader By
2005 | 302 Pages | ISBN: 1861564023 | PDF | 6 MB
This much-awaited textbook makes accessible the ideas of one of the most important thinkers of our time, as well as indicating how Freud's theories are put into clinical practice today. The collection of papers have been written by some of the most eminent psychoanalysts, both from Britain and abroad, who have made an original contribution to psychoanalysis. Each chapter introduces one of Freud's key texts, and links it to contemporary thinking in the field of psychoanalysis. The book combines a deep understanding of Freud's work with some of the most modern debates surrounding it. This book will be of great value across a wide spectrum of courses in psychoanalysis, as well as to the scholar interested in psychoanalytic ideas. Content: Chapter 1 'Anna O: The First Case, Revisited and Revised' (pages 31-44): Ronald BrittonChapter 2 'Dora. Fragment of an Analysis of Hysteria' (pages 45-60): Monique Cournut?JaninChapter 3 'The Analysis of a Phobia in a Five?Year?Old Boy' (pages 61-71): Jane TemperlyChapter 4 'On Narcissism' (pages 72-90): Rosine Jozef PerelbergChapter 5 Clinical Observation, Theoretical Construction, Metapsychological Thought (pages 93-108): Jean?Claude RollandChapter 6 'The Unconscious' (pages 109-123): Luiz Eduardo Prado de OliveiraChapter 7 The Wound, the Bow and the Shadow of the Object: Notes on Freud's 'Mourning and Melancholia' (pages 124-141): Ignes SodreChapter 8 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (pages 142-161): Gilbert DiatkineChapter 9 Towards the Structural Model of the Mind (pages 165-174): Margret TonnesmannChapter 10 'Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis' (pages 177-188): Paul WilliamsChapter 11 Gaze, Dominance and Humiliation in the Schreber Case (pages 189-205): John SteinerChapter 12 Unconscious Phantasy and Apres?Coup: 'From the History of an Infantile Neurosis' (The Wolf Man) (pages 206-223): Rosine Jozef PerelbergChapter 13 Clinical and Metapsychological Reflections on 'A Child is Being Beaten' (pages 224-233): Catherine ChabertChapter 14 'The Psychogenesis of a Case of Female Homosexuality' (pages 234-249): Susan BuddChapter 15 'Negation' (pages 253-273): Andre GreenChapter 16 'Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defence' (pages 274-286): Donald Campbell

Frederick Whirlpool VC: Australia's Hidden Victoria Cross by Alan Leek
English | September 5th, 2018 | ISBN: 0369348680 | 386 pages | True EPUB | 2.65 MB
"A riveting historical mystery that sweeps four continents and fills a void in the Victoria Cross story." Frederick Whirlpool's Victoria Cross is displayed near the entrance to the Hall of Valour at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. It was the first VC pinned to an Australian uniform, yet almost nothing was known about its enigmatic recipient.

Finance For Non-Financial Managers In A Week: Understand Finance In Seven Simple Steps by Roger Mason
English | April 7th, 2016 | ISBN: 1473607841 | 129 pages | True PDF | 0.92 MB
The ability to understand finance is crucial to anyone who wants to advance their career. Written by Roger Mason, a leading expert on business finance as both a coach and a practitioner, this book quickly teaches you the insider secrets you need to know to in order become confident with financial issues.

FT Guide to Investment Trusts by John C Baron
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1292232544 | 420 pages | EPUB | 3.46 Mb
Making your capital work hard has never been more important than it is today. Investment trusts, often over looked as an investing vehicle, are a key tool in getting better returns on your money.The Financial Times Guide to Investment Trusts is your concise and jargon free introduction to one of the City's best kept secrets. It explains how investment trusts differ from unit trusts and OEICs and explores the pros and cons of investment trusts including their superior performance. It also helps you identify your investment objectives, discusses the basic principles of successful investing, and how to run a trust portfolio.Whether you are a novice DIY investor or have many years' experience and wish to question the experts; the FT Guide to Investment Trusts: В· Provides a detailed overview of what investment trusts are and how they differ from other fundsВ· Examines the factors which help to explain the better performance of trusts - including cheaper fees, discounts and gearingВ· Analyses the stepping stones to successful investingВ· Shows you how to construct and monitor a trust portfolioВ· Highlights the workings of two live and benchmarked portfolios which John has been sharing with Investor Chronicle readers over the years.

Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making in Healthcare By Nicky J. Welton, Alexander J. Sutton, Nicola J. Cooper, Keith R. Abrams, A.E. Ades(auth.)
2012 | 293 Pages | ISBN: 047006109X | PDF | 3 MB
In the evaluation of healthcare, rigorous methods of quantitative assessment are necessary to establish interventions that are both effective and cost-effective. Usually a single study will not fully address these issues and it is desirable to synthesize evidence from multiple sources. This book aims to provide a practical guide to evidence synthesis for the purpose of decision making, starting with a simple single parameter model, where all studies estimate the same quantity (pairwise meta-analysis) and progressing to more complex multi-parameter structures (including meta-regression, mixed treatment comparisons, Markov models of disease progression, and epidemiology models). A comprehensive, coherent framework is adopted and estimated using Bayesian methods.Key features:A coherent approach to evidence synthesis from multiple sources.Focus is given to Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis that can be integrated within cost-effectiveness analyses in a probabilistic framework using Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation.Provides methods to statistically combine evidence from a range of evidence structures.Emphasizes the importance of model critique and checking for evidence consistency.Presents numerous worked examples, exercises and solutions drawn from a variety of medical disciplines throughout the book.WinBUGS code is provided for all examples.Evidence Synthesis for Decision Making in Healthcare is intended for health economists, decision modelers, statisticians and others involved in evidence synthesis, health technology assessment, and economic evaluation of health technologies.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1-16): Chapter 2 Bayesian Methods and WinBUGS (pages 17-42): Chapter 3 Introduction to Decision Models (pages 43-75): Chapter 4 Meta?Analysis Using Bayesian Methods (pages 76-93): Chapter 5 Exploring Between Study Heterogeneity (pages 94-114): Chapter 6 Model Critique and Evidence Consistency in Random Effects Meta?Analysis (pages 115-137): Chapter 7 Evidence Synthesis in a Decision Modelling Framework (pages 138-150): Chapter 8 Multi?Parameter Evidence Synthesis (pages 151-168): Chapter 9 Mixed and Indirect Treatment Comparisons (pages 169-192): Chapter 10 Markov Models (pages 193-226): Chapter 11 Generalised Evidence Synthesis (pages 227-250): Chapter 12 Expected Value of Information for Research Prioritization and Study Design (pages 251-269):

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