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Financial institutions are increasingly providing Islamic financial contracts in global markets. As a result of this market growth there is a high demand to understand how to assess and manage the risks arising from applying Islamic financial products and services. Credit, operational, market and liquidity risks together with the risk of non compliance with the Shariah law are becoming very hot issues for financial institutions. This book pres...

This book demystifies the often misunderstood place that spirituality plays in counselling and psychotherapy and explores how transpersonal psychology has been welcomed or ignored by all major schools of psychology. Sharrock serves to enliven the thinking of any psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist regardless of their clinical orientation.

In a climate of anxiety about boys and reading, this book addresses the gendering of English Studies, drawing on recent research on masculinity. In drawing together the study of text and narrative with insight into the experience of the classroom, this book will be of value to both teachers and students of English Studies.

A volume in Research in Mathematics Education Series Editor Barbara J. Dougherty, University of Mississippi This monograph reports on an analysis of a small part of the mathematics curriculum, the definitions given to quadrilaterals. This kind of research, which we call micro-curricular analysis, is often undertaken by those who create curriculum, but it is not usually done systematically and it is rarely published. Many terms in mathemat...

A Volume in The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast: Monograph Series in Mathematics Education Series Editor Bharath Sriraman, The University of Montana Beliefs and Mathematics is a Festschrift honoring the contributions of Günter Törner to mathematics education and mathematics. Mathematics Education as a legitimate area of research emerged from the initiatives of well known mathematicians of the last century such as Felix Klein and Hans Freu...

A volume in Research in Mathematics Education Series Editor Barbara J. Dougherty, University of Mississippi This monograph reports on an analysis of a small part of the mathematics curriculum, the definitions given to quadrilaterals. This kind of research, which we call micro-curricular analysis, is often undertaken by those who create curriculum, but it is not usually done systematically and it is rarely published. Many terms in mathemat...

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Despite the growing body of research on minority men who have sex with men (MSM), coverage has tended to center around HIV/AIDS. Health Issues Confronting Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men presents a fuller picture by focusing on infrequently-studied health/mental health concerns, exploring day-to-day struggles under double-minority conditions, and spotlighting the innovative efforts of professionals and advocates in addressing these issues. ...

Les élèves sont-ils bien préparés aux défis de l'avenir? Sont-ils véritablement capables d'analyser, de raisonner et de communiquer efficacement ? Ont-ils identifié le type d'intérêts qu'ils poursuivront au cours de leur vie en tant que membres productifs de l'économie et de la société ? Le Programme international de l'OCDE pour le suivi des acquis des élèves (PISA) tente d'apporter des réponses à ces questions en enquêtant sur les compétences...

Entrepreneurship has a significant role to play in ensuring sustainable economic growth. However, it can only flourish in an environment conducive to entrepreneurial development and initiatives. Properly nurtured, entrepreneurship can prove to be the key to solving problems like poverty, illiteracy and unemployment, and it has the potential to spur a nation on along the path of development and prosperity. While some are born entrepreneurs, ev...

The essays in this book use the nine-line poem known as Cædmon's Hymn as a lens on the world of Bede's Ecclesiastical History.

Something is stalking Ballenaville. When people start going insane or vanish altogether, a teenager and a detective begin a desperate search for a creature that cannot possibly exist. What they discover is more bizarre than they could ever imagine.

Historians and teacher educators nationwide are now engaged in discussions about the importance of history teacher preparation. Interest within the history profession about the teaching of K-12 history has increased significantly during the past two decades, particularly since the controversy over the National Standards for History's publication. This attention is evident not only in the historical professions' various publications, but also i...

It's the 1950s, and life for Ricky is peaceful. He has left behind the smoky industrial city and is enjoying success as the local vet, surrounded by the stunning scenery of the beautiful Exmoor district. But things takes a sudden twist when he encounters Judy, the shy and mysterious new stable girl. Ricky now faces a decision: should he listen to his doubts or grab this new chance fate had thrown in his direction? The past and present blur...

The Hidden Logic of Sudoku" provides the first systematic perspective of the logical foundations and of the symmetries of the popular game. These are fully exploited to define new resolution rules, new graphical representations and an ordering of the rules consistent with their complexity. The classical pattern of xy-chains has been extended into a homogeneous set of chain rules that, when added to a few elementary rules, suffices to solve alm...

Here is an insider's account of the telecom industry and the true story of a telecom industry executive turned Wall Street analyst, just as the stock market bubble was beginning to burst. Thomas J. Lauria was a Wall Street analyst covering the white-hot telecom sector during the stock market bubble of 2000. 'The Fall of Telecom' revisits the telecom industry's historic and humble beginnings as part of the monopolistic Bell System and brings us...

Here is an insider's account of the telecom industry and the true story of a telecom industry executive turned Wall Street analyst, just as the stock market bubble was beginning to burst. Thomas J. Lauria was a Wall Street analyst covering the white-hot telecom sector during the stock market bubble of 2000. 'The Fall of Telecom' revisits the telecom industry's historic and humble beginnings as part of the monopolistic Bell System and brings us...

THE INTERSECTION OF MONEY, BUSINESS AND GEOPOLITICS IS PERILOUS. Frank Thro is thrust into the middle of Big Oil, world-wide sports, and doping. Someone is impersonating his long-dead father. The peril is just beginning.

Craft is the cauldron in which the writing gets forged.” With these words, Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi introduce teachers to a rich array of strategies for teaching the writer's craft in the classroom. The excerpts in these workshops help participants learn how to match short, insightful lessons to their students' needs. These workshops give participants the chance to test a few of the lessons through their own writing and to try some c...

Presents the full data set underlying PISA 2006 Volume 1: Analysis. Includes data on student performance in science, student engagement in science, quality and equity in schools, school and system characteristics, and student performance in reading and mathematics.Table of contents :ForewordReader's GuideI. Data (chapter numbering aligns with analytical chapters in Volume 1)-Chapter 2. Student Performance in Science (18 Tables)-Chapter 3. Stud...