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This book lets teachers feel confident in teaching English as an additional language to young beginners. Containing 68 fully developed sessions, this book provides total flexibility for lesson planning and offers up to c. 200 customisable lessons depending on individual requirements.

Because prevailing atmospheric/troposcopic conditions greatly influence radio wave propagation above 10 GHz, the unguided propagation of microwaves in the neutral atmosphere can directly impact many vital applications in science and engineering. These include transmission of intelligence, and radar and radiometric applications used to probe the atmosphere, among others. Where most books address either one or the other, Microwave Propagation an...

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if we developed a reverent but joyful intimacy with the Person who has existed in eternal, holy, and loving communion with the Father and the Son?" So asks Jim McGuiggan as he invites you to allow the Spirit to take up residence in your heart and transform your life. Discussions on the Holy Spirit range from the sensational to the sterile. But McGuiggan approaches this vast and somewhat mysterious subject with warmth, ...

This report analyses the partnerships that governments form with citizens, users and CSOs in order to innovate and deliver improved public service outcomes. These approaches can offer creative policy responses that enable governments to provide better public services in times of fiscal constraints. Although co production and citizens' involvement are still in the developmental stage in many countries, early efforts appear to lead to cost reduc...

How can suffering and injustice be reconciled with the idea that God is good, that he loves humans and is merciful to them? Job′s question runs through the history of the three monotheistic religions.

Children today are growing up in an increasingly commercialised world. But should we see them as victims of manipulative marketing, or as competent participants in consumer culture? The Material Child provides a comprehensive critical overview of debates about children's changing engagement with the commercial market. It moves from broad overviews of the theory and history of children's consumption to insightful case studies of key areas such...

How adequate are our theories of globalization for analysing the worlds we share with others? In this provocative new book, Henrietta Moore asks us to step back and re-examine in a fresh way the interconnections normally labelled "globalization". Rather than beginning with abstract processes and flows, Moore starts by analysing the hopes, desires and satisfactions of individuals in their day-to-day lives. Drawing on a wide range of examples, ...

Numbers and statistical claims dominate today's news. Politics, budgets, crime analysis, medical issues, and sports reporting all demand numbers. Now in its third edition, News & Numbers focuses on how to evaluate statistical claims in science, health, medicine, and politics. It does so by helping readers answer three key questions about all scientific studies, polls, and other statistical claims: "What can I believe?" "What does it mean?" and...

Effective assessment and treatment of offenders is important for reducing the likelihood of further offending. Understanding the processes which initiate and maintain offending behaviour is integral to the design and evaluation of appropriate, individually-tailored interventions. Forensic Case Formulation describes the principles and application of case formulation specifically for forensic clinical practice. In this edited volume, contributo...

Anton lebt den Spagat zwischen zwei Welten: Mehrere Monate im Jahr rettet er als idealistischer Arzt in einem afrikanischen Flüchtlingscamp Menschenleben. Zuhause, in der Idylle der dänischen Provinz, muss er sich als engagierter Vater und Ehemann den Herausforderungen des Familienalltags stellen. Seine Ehe mit der Ärztin Marianne steht kurz vor dem Aus, als die innige Freundschaft seines Sohns Elias zu seinem einsamen Schulkameraden Christian...

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Over the last two decades, the countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) have undergone significant political and economic reforms. As part of this reform agenda, they have started modernising their public administrations and expenditure management practices, bringing them closer to international standards. However, the recent global financial and economic crisis revealed a multitude of remaining structural weaknesses in t...

This collection of Professor MacKinnon's writings shows his three preoccupations: philosophical, theological, and ethical. As a philosopher and theologian working in one of the world's great scientific centers, Professor MacKinnon is aware (as he says) "that it is in the laboratories of the molecular biological research unit and in the radio astronomical observatory rather than in the libraries and lecture rooms of the Divinity School that the...

Spielen im 21. Jahrhundert Tugenden eigentlich noch eine Rolle? Der Autor beschreibt in seinem Buch neun Charakterzüge und Wesensmerkmale, die für die Entwicklung eines Menschen seiner Meinung nach von Bedeutung sind. Dazu gehören beispielsweise Besonnenheit, Hingabe, Humor, aber auch Vornehmheit. Ein Buch, mit dem der Autor auf unterhaltsame Art und Weise zum Nachdenken über die eigenen Tugenden anregt.

This book contains the papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Compressors and their Systems at City University London in conjunction with the IMECHE.

Afronta la autora, en este trabajo de investigación, una tarea que además de compleja es, por desgracia, poco frecuente. Doble mérito, pues el suyo, al abordar la descripción cuántica de los sistemas físicos desde la perspectiva de sus implicaciones filosóficas. Llama la atención que, cuando los descubrimientos de la Física más reciente ponen de actualidad, quizás como nunca antes lo habían hecho, el problema de la naturaleza íntima de la Real...

Desde el punto de vista de la teoría política, en las modernas democracias los medios de comunicación actúan como un contrapeso del poder político, en tanto actores sociales independientes. En la práctica, es fácil detectar complicidades y alineamientos entre las distintas elites en función de sus ideologías respectivas. Pero incluso puede ocurrir que, en su conjunto, las elites políticas y mediáticas lleven a cabo un cierre del universo discu...

This book is a concise, self-contained, up-to-date introduction to extremal combinatorics for nonspecialists. There is a strong emphasis on theorems with particularly elegant and informative proofs, they may be called gems of the theory. The author presents a wide spectrum of the most powerful combinatorial tools together with impressive applications in computer science: methods of extremal set theory, the linear algebra method, the probabilis...