The lightning campaign that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in the spring of 2003 seemed to herald the arrival of a new way of war, as Germany's blitzkrieg had done at the beginning of World War II. But the initial victory soon devolved into a persistent counterinsurgency conflict reminiscent of the long U.S. effort to pacify the Philippines after the rapid defeat of Spain in 1898. In Iraq, American soldiers and their Coalition partn...
Tic-Störungen im Kindes- und Jugendalter umfassen ein weites Spektrum. Sie treten häufig als kaum bemerkbare und nicht störende unwillkürliche Äußerungen auf, können aber auch als massive motorische oder vokale Tics sowie als Kombination von motorischen und vokalen Tics (Tourette-Störung) vorkommen. In dieser Form verursachen sie enormes Leid bei den Betroffenen und schränken deren Möglichkeiten zur Teilnahme in vielen Lebensbereichen erheblic...
OmschrijvingVan angststoornissen tot en met schizofrenie: met dit Zakboek Ziektebeelden heb je altijd alle essentiële informatie over de meest voorkomende psychiatrische ziekten binnen handbereik.De ontwikkelingen in de medische wetenschap en de verpleegkunde gaan erg snel. Het is als verpleegkundige of praktijkondersteuner dan ook onmogelijk om volledig op de hoogte blijven van alle ins en outs op jouw vakgebied. Maar het is wel noodzakelijk ...
This book uses a social worlda "today's undergraduate students' ubiquitous everyday experience of televisiona "as a vehicle for helping awaken students to the true possibilities for learning and their responsibilities inherent in achieving those goals. The book also introduces students to the social construction of reality embedded in the experience of TV. The lead author Barney McGrane is one of the most accomplished and successful teachers o...
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) technology has evolved over the past 30 years as a method of monitoring and controlling large processes. This newly revised reference book offers overviews of SCADA's component technologies, as well as details necessary to understand the big picture.
This volume provides a rigorous yet accessible matrix-oriented introduction to the essential concepts of linear algebra. Although written in a pencil-and-paper manner, the text offers ample opportunities to enhance learning with calculators or computer usage.
After a century of Rationalist scepticism and political upheaval, the nineteenth century awakened to a fierce battle between the forces of secularization and the crusaders of a Christian revival. From this battlefield arose an art movement that would become the torchbearer of a new religious art: Nazarenism. From its inception in the Lukasbund of 1809, this art was controversial. It nonetheless succeeded in becoming a lingua franca in religiou...
Supported by a large number of examples, this book provides a foundation in the theory of linear models and explores the developments in data analysis. It encompasses a wide variety of topics in linear models that incorporate the classical approach and other trends and modeling techniques.
Military supply chains are unique in that what is supplied to the end user is often returned to the supply chain for maintenance, repair, and overhaul. This book offers concepts and tools for enhancing the ability of the military to perform required supply chain duties. The author focuses on five main areas: availability, dependability, capability, affordability, and marketability. With a discussion of operational availability, the first secti...
Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience explores the interface between spiritual and psychological care in the context of disaster recovery work, drawing upon recent disasters including but not limited to, the experiences of September 11, 2001. Each of the three sections that make up the book are structured around the cycle of disaster response and focus on the relevant phase of disaster recovery work. In each section, selected topics ...
Dieses Arbeitsheft wurde speziell zur Unterstützung des Buches „Elternbasierte Sprachförderung im Vorschulalter – Das Lobo-Programm“ entwickelt. Es enthält attraktiv gestaltete Materialien, die Eltern benötigen, um mit ihrem Kind die spielerischen Sprachübungen aus dem Lobo-Programm durchzuführen. Die Kinder erhalten mit Hilfe der Übungen einen Einblick in die Lautstruktur der gesprochenen Sprache. Sie üben, die Lautstruktur von Wörtern zu „er...
Most organic compounds including natural products are cyclic, thus making the development of new reactions for the efficient construction of cyclic skeletons very important for organic chemistry as well as the fine chemicals, pharmaceutical and fragrance industries and agriculture. Recently, many new advances in classic as well as new cyclization reactions - particularly transition metal-catalyzed or -mediated reactions - have been observed.
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Das Lobo-Programm dient der Förderung der phonologischen Bewusstheit bei vier- bis sechsjährigen Kindern. Die Kinder erhalten einen Einblick in die Lautstruktur der gesprochenen Sprache, indem sie üben, die Lautstruktur von Wörtern zu "erhören", zu reimen, Wörter in Silben zu zerteilen und in Laute zerlegte Wörter wieder zusammenzusetzen. Ziel ist es, Lese- und Rechtschreibschwierigkeiten vorzubeugen und den Einstieg in den Lese- und Schriftsp...
