The growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Asia-Pacific region greatly surpasses the world average. When the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is better realized, then the world’s largest free trade zone will be firmly established. It seems that this region has a very rosy outlook indeed; however, this region also faces a large number of serious problems such as: atomic energy in Japan, conflicts about East Asian regional integration, the decline of the Japanese Official Deve...

Cognition Switch: An Artefact for the Transmission of New IdeasIssue #5: April 2019Featuring Ideas by: Michael Strauss, Ed Simon, Raja Halwani, Robert Noggle, Archie Brown, Michael Robertson, Nancy Weiss Malkiel, Peter Levine, Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Julian Baggini, Christopher Kavanagh, and Johanna Hanink

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

Integration von Körper, Geist und Seele- Hohe Nachfrage: Das Interesse am Körper ist aus der Psychotherapie nicht mehr wegzudenken- Umfassend: Geschichte, Metatheorie, kennzeichnende Einzeltheorien, Methodik sowie Anwendung und PraxeologieDieses Handbuch bietet die umfassendste Darstellung der Körperpsychotherapie und des körperpsychotherapeutischen Feldes. Es repräsentiert die wichtigsten Strömungen und bildet jeweils deren Spektrum der Theorie, Meta...

Disaster management is an increasingly important subject, as effective management of both natural and manmade disasters is essential to save lives and minimize casualties. This book discusses the best practice for vital elements of disaster medicine in both developed and developing countries, including planning and preparedness of hospitals, emergency medical services, communication and IT tools for medical disaster response and psychosocial issues. It also covers the use of state-of the-a...

Shaping American Telecommunications examines the technical, regulatory, and economic forces that have shaped the development of American telecommunications services. This volume is both an introduction to the basic technical, economic, and regulatory principles underlying telecommunications, and a detailed account of major events that have marked development of the sector in the United States. Beginning with the introduction of the telegraph and continuing through to current devel...

Innsbrucks architektonische Geschichte und Gegenwart entdecken: 9 Jahrhunderte, 264 Bauwerke, 300 ArchitektInnen. Vom Goldenen Dachl über die Triumphpforte, die Nordkettenbahn und die Bergiselschanze bis zum Haus der Musik - Innsbrucks abwechslungsreiche Architekturlandschaft lädt zum Entdecken ein! Der Architekturführer Innsbruck bietet erstmals einen Leitfaden durch die Architektur- und Stadtbaugeschichte der Alpenstadt und reicht vom römischen Lager Veldidena, der mittelalterlichen Mark...

Cet ouvrage présente l'intégralité du programme de DFGSM 2-3 en immunologie fondamentale et immunopathologie et constitue le référentiel national. Grâce à un important travail de concertation pédagogique, les auteurs mettent à disposition des étudiants un manuel complet et synthétique qui s'articule en 2 parties :• Tissu lymphoïde et sanguin ;• Immunopathologie et immuno-intervention. Cette 3e édition, tout en couleurs et remise à jour en profondeur, comporte 41 chapitres avec les exercice...

Unrivalled in its coverage of recent work and writers, The Methuen Drama Guide to Contemporary American Playwrights surveys and analyses the breadth, vitality and development of theatrical work to emerge from America over the last fifty years.This authoritative guide leads you through the work of 25 major contemporary American playwrights, discussing more than 140 plays in detail. Written by a team of 25 eminent international scholars, each chapter provides:· a biogr...

Das Praxishandbuch der pädiatrischen Grundversorgung ist im deutschsprachigen Raum einzigartig, denn es deckt das gesamte Spektrum der ambulanten, auch sozial-pädiatrischen Grundversorgung in der Kinder- und Jugendmedizin ab. Dieser Leitfaden ist nicht nur ein weiteres pädiatrisches Handbuch, sondern ein Muss für alle grundversorgenden Kinder- und Jugendärztinnen und -ärzte wie auch für Allgemeinmediziner und Allgemeinmedizinerinnen, die Kinder von 0-18 behandeln! Das Buch gibt Ihnen Antwo...

This unique book can help you change your approach to negotiation by learning key strategies and techniques from actual cases. The Book of Real World Negotiations shines a light on real world negotiation examples and cases, rather than discussing hypothetical scenarios. It reveals what is possible through preparation, persistence, creativity, and taking a strategic approach to your negotiations. Many of us enter negotiations with skepticism and without understanding how to truly n...

The new and fully revised second edition of Enduring Issues in Special Education is aimed at any course in the undergraduate or graduate special education curriculum that is wholly or partly devoted to a critical examination of current issues in special education. As we approach a decade since the original edition was published, the second edition includes an analysis of newly developed and historical issues written by leading experts in the field of education.The book’s o...