Supporting the Military-Affiliated Learner: Communication Approaches to Military Pedagogy and Education challenges the academic community to 1) reevaluate how they support military-affiliated learners (MALs) and address how the military-civilian-academic divide causes disparities and barriers to MAL academic achievement and retention and 2) implement programs and develop strategies to facilitate equitable academic integration from application to graduation. With contributions from veterans...

Questo libro parla di noi, descrive ciò che abbiamo nel cuore, pensieri, parole molto profonde. Sono tutte dedicate a Lui il grande "King Of Pop" Michael Jackson. Questo Grande uomo è tragicamente scomparso il 25 Giugno 2009. Questa raccolta è un modo per ricordarlo, anzi, è un modo per capire a molte persone cosa ci ha lasciato,cosa ci ha dato e trasmesso attraverso la sua Musica e la sua Generosità. Lui NON era JACKO, WACKO o quant'altro LUI ERA SEMPLICEMENTE UN GRANDE, GRANDISSIMO UOMO ...

Teaching and Learning Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language, edited by Ko-Yin Sung, addresses three emerging themes in the field of Chinese language teaching and learning. (1) Increasingly ubiquitous in all language learning and teaching, and for the learning of Chinese as a second language in particular, information and communication technology (ICT) can serve as an important and effective tool. Several chapters focus on how certain emerging ICT tools are applied in teaching and learnin...

Completely updated from the successful first edition, this book provides a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge of all aspects of plant perception, signalling and adaptation to a variety of environmental stresses. It covers in detail areas such as drought, salinity, waterlogging, oxidative stress, pathogens, and extremes of temperature and pH. This second edition: Presents detailed and up-to-date research on plant responses to a wide range of stresses Includes new full-col...

Neue Erkenntnisse in der Neuro- und Molekularbiologie, der Epigenetik und Entwicklungspsychologie sowie der Psychotherapie- und der Stressforschung haben zu einem weitreichenden Paradigmenwechsel in der Psychosomatischen Medizin geführt. Dieses Lehr- und Handbuch bietet in 100 Kapiteln zunächst eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme der wissenschaftlich gesicherten bio-psycho-sozialen Grundlagen dieser neuen Psychosomatik, um darauf aufbauend die Diagnostik und Therapie der wichtigsten psychosomat...

It all started after what was called the new world but, other issues came along. We had to run away from a predictable situations and as a military family with 4 children it wasn’t that easy. I was a pilot. We had a choice to walk and cross the mountain and leave all the troubles behind; this way would have saved us but she told me:‘Children are the ultimate intention.’It was therefore a decision between life and death to fly a US Navy helicopter with my entire family onboard...

This is the first work available in any language to extensively document and critically discuss traditions of 'Alid piety and their modern contestations in the region. The concept of 'Alid piety allows for a reframing of our views on the widespread reverence for 'Ali, Fatima and their progeny that emphasizes how such sentiments and associated practices are seen as part of broad traditions shared by many Muslims, which might or might not have their origins in a specifically Shi'a identity. ...

Enter the world of the wonderfully cozy Snugglebuggle the Bear! While he is indeed a bear, he is also sweet and sensitive. In a world of understandable challenges of perception, he simply seeks Snugglebuggles as he will not be able to hibernate without them. Join Snugglebuggle the Bear in his search of Snugglebuggles and a memorable path to sleep.

Aus nachvollziehbaren Gründen hat sich die Wissenschaft von der nationalhistorischen Perspektive abgewandt, die die Entwicklung der modernen Philologien im 19. und in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts maßgeblich geprägt hat. Seit 1945 hat sich jedoch in den Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften sowie in der Linguistik eine ‚enthistorisierende‘ Tendenz etabliert. Für unser Verständnis der komplexen Übergänge zwischen Vormoderne und Moderne sowie auch für das Verständnis der Moderne selbs...

Manchmal ist die Familie, die man findet, das größte Abenteuer von allen. Tief in der afrikanischen Savanne lebt Kiara, ein fröhliches und neugieriges Schweinhorn. An ihrer Seite ist stets ihr bester Freund Timon, ein wachsames Erdmännchen, das tapfer über sie wacht. Doch in Kiara schlummert der Ruf der Wildnis. Sie will wissen, was hinter dem Horizont liegt! Gemeinsam brechen die beiden zu einer heimlichen Entdeckungsreise auf, doch ihr Abenteuer nimmt eine unerwartete Wendung, als sie au...

Marvel at the history of space exploration through its daring vehicles, exhaustively chronicled in this authoritative volume featuring more than 250 artworks.In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter. Sputnik 1 would spend three months circling Earth every 98 minutes and cover 71 million miles in the process. The world’s space programs have traveled far (literally and figurati...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...