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This text gives a full examination of the challenges presented by a projected world population of 10 billion by the year 2050. It analyses the international agenda & Plan of Action from the UN Cairo Conference, & provides a framework of the problems.

Education in chemistry occurs best when the three components of the "Triangle"-an experiment, a description of the experiment, and an explanation of the experiment-are at the same place at the same time. Lectures in a main chemistry building on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and labs in another building on Tuesdays or Thursdays are not the same experience.

Psychoneuroendocrinology is the study of hormone fluctuations and their relationship to human behaviour. This book examines psychoneuroendocrinology in the context of sport and exercise, offering a comprehensive review of current research and assessment techniques, and highlighting directions for future research.

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This book explores Latino and Black and other relevant local experiences of collaboration and contention around policies and initiatives of advancement, in the context of recent global and national socioeconomic changes and changes in social policies in the United States.

Why do Shakespeare and the English Bible seem to have an inherent relationship with each other? How have these two monumental traditions in the history of the book functioned as mutually reinforcing sources of cultural authority? How do material books and related reading practices serve as specific sites of intersection between these two textual traditions? This collection makes a significant intervention in our understanding of Shakespeare, t...

This book explores the myth of Persephone and Demeter as it informs the development of a long discourse about civilization, the development of children, child psychology, and fantasy literature. The pattern in the myth of girls who descend into underworlds and negotiate a partial return to the earth is a marked feature of girls¿ literature, and the cycle also reflects the change of seasons and fertility/death. Tracing the parallel between the ...

In developing countries across the world, qualified teachers are a rarity, with thousands of untrained adults taking over the role and millions of children having no access to schooling at all. Teacher Education and the Challenge of Development is co-written by experts working across a wide range of developing country situations. It provides a unique overview of the crisis surrounding the provision of high-quality teachers in the developing wo...

The landscapes of Tibet, Nepal, and Bhutan are filled with holy places. Some are of natural origin - summits, rivers and lakes, caves, or forest sanctuaries. Others are consecrated by religious practice - shrines, temples, monasteries, or burial grounds. The holy sites of the Himalaya unite faith and geography to produce some of the most sublime places on Earth. In Land of Pure Vision, David Zurick draws from his thirty-five years of experienc...

The book collects research-driven chapters from different disciplines: anthropology, sociology, management, and law. It addresses the issues of legal and administrative professionals' identity, ethics, and workplace enactment. Through an analysis of different groups of lawyers and paralegals, conducted by quantitative or qualitative methods, it draws conclusions on the general condition of these occupations and their role in the society. In pa...

Based on the blog "Rich Kids of Instagram": a hilarious novel about the intersecting lives of the world's most extravagant teenagers

A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema.

Dans toutes les dimensions de la communication verbale, le virtuel s'efface devant l'actuel, mais le sens « absent » ne cesse d'escorter le sens « present ». Il le sous-tend, l'informe et, quelquefois, pointe le bout de son nez. En s'inscrivant dans la perspective de la sémantique microstructurale, ce livre se propose de revisiter le virtuel linguistique pour saisir ses rapports avec le domaine de l'actuel, en envisageant la virtualité dans l'...

This title examines the revolution in military affairs (RMA) that is underway as a result of rapid changes in information and communications technologies, looking at how the US experience can benefit smaller states' military transformations.

At last a sound, readable, well-researched and balanced book about the late Emperor has been produced ... It should be a standard work for all students of the Showa period' - Sir Hugh Cortazzi

These in-depth essays cover current economic theory and applied economics in a single, comprehensive volume. The chapters are written by people who are excellently qualified and frequently well-known in their field.

A study of the development of strategic concepts in Stalin's Navy, in the context of his foreign/defence policy, using original archival documents translated from the Russian.

International contributors evaluate the contribution of Paulo Legrenzi to the field of thinking & reasoning.

The international and multi-disciplinary contributors examine the milieu in which Piaget was born and educated, and search for traces of the experiences, social relationships, commitments and debates that peppered his childhood and adolescence, and informed his future academic career.

This volume represents a review of neural network modelling in core areas of cognitive psychology including memory and learning, language (written and spoken), cognitive development, cognitive control, attention and action.