Packaging can perform three functions: it acts as a container; it helps to protect against damage and spoilage; and it can communicate information about the contents. Packaging discusses these functions in detail and looks at traditional and mechani…
1. Einleitend wurden die mathematischen Grundlagen fur die Bestimmung der Warmeleitfahigkeit aufgezeigt. Sodann wurden die prinzipiellen Moglichkeiten zur experimentellen Ermittlung der Warmeleitfahigkeit behandelt. 2. Eine Apparatur zur Messung der…
Philosophical Profiles in the Theory of Communication is the first book to draw systematic attention to the theme of communication in twentieth-century academic philosophy. It covers a broad range of philosophical perspectives on communication, incl…
This book presents a graphic picture of the backgrounds, development, status, and needs of business education in the changing South. The data have been compiled and analyzed in a regional framework with the results carefully evaluated and presented…
Global Production and Trade in East Asia focuses on the profound change that the traditional paradigm of production and international trade has undergone in the last two decades or so as a result of worldwide trade and investment liberalization. Thi…
The only book that integrates all important small group communication topics into a single comprehensive conceptual model, this text pioneered the systems approach for the group communication course. Each chapter begins with a brief preview, followe…
Now in its fifty-fifth edition, this title continues to provide the most up-to-date geo-political and economic information for this important world area.Key Featurescovers the Middle East and North Africa from Algeria to Yemen includes topical contr…
Through an intensive examination of photographs and engravings from European, Peruvian, and U.S. archives, Deborah Poole explores the role visual images and technologies have played in shaping modern understandings of race. Vision, Race, and Moderni…
The Parama rthasa ra, or `Essence of Ultimate Reality', is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth-eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine of which he is a notable exponent, namely nondual…
On the back of a brightening global outlook, government bond yields in major advanced economies rose between 1 June and 15 August, with the increase extending to emerging East Asia. This publication reviews recent developments in East Asian local cu…
Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics - one of the seminal philosophies of the 20th century - has had a profound influence on a wide array of fields, including classical philology, theology, the philosophy of the social sciences, literary…
Humans have always been fascinated by the workings of the mind and now, more than ever, neuroscience has become a popular area of inquiry. While neuroscience advertises itself as an interdisciplinary field, drawing on biology, physics, engineering,…
EU membership involves political and economic reforms which influence financial markets in the new member states. This study empirically explores and quantifies the effects of EU accession on the risk and return of equity markets in eight Central an…
This volume, written by his friends, collaborators and students, is offered to the memory of Paul Tunin. Most of the papers they contributed discuss subjects related to his own fields of research. The wide range of topics reflects the versatility of…
Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geschichte - Ausland, Note: 1,0, Universit t Konstanz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit soll untersucht werden, inwiefern die Medien einen Einfluss auf die Geschehnisse vor und w hrend des V…
Focusing on world regions where human rights abuses are the most serious, extensive and sustained; this book fills a crucial gap in our knowledge of the difficulties and promise of promoting human rights in our global age.
Sports culture and practice has been intertwined with the media and communication industries since both began to emerge in their contemporary forms in the late 19th century. There has evolved a complex and symbiotic relationship between sport and th…
First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Cette analyse sectorielle de l'education en Republique Centrafricaine (RCA) s'ajoute a la liste croissante des Rapports d'Etat des Systemes Educatifs Nationaux (RESEN) que la Banque Mondiale a soutenu dans la region Afrique. Comme dans les rapports…
Significant historical and geographical differences account for the many processes and trajectories of regional development in East Asia. These historical and geographical specificities in East Asia have prompted serious re-examination of existing t…
The coming of digital electronics has given rise to many textbook- outstanding among which are the authoritative works of Douglas Lewin- dealing, in the main, with the combinational and sequential logic aspects of system design. By comparison, the c…
The main topic of this volume is natural multimodal interaction. The book is unique in that it brings together a great many contributions regarding aspects of natural and multimodal interaction written by many of the important actors in the field. T…
The volume opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch of the author's original 'meeting with Japan', which began in 1961after taking up a post at ANU, Canberra (the result of a successful response to an advert in the Manchester Guardian). After t…
Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa available. It contains macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators for 53 countries. The companion CD-ROM has additional data, with some 1,700 indicators cove…
This is a pivotal period in Sri Lanka's economic development. The end of conflict opens a door for accelerated economic growth and poverty reduction. Reform is needed to regain momentum because fiscal imbalances and rising public debt could jeopardi…
This book investigates the characteristics of today's built environment: no longer simply a city but increasingly large conurbations made up of a number of development clusters, linked by transport routes. The diffusion of the once compact city into…
Much of everyday work is done through talk between practitioner and client. Conversation Analysis is the close inspection of people's use of language in interaction. The work reported in this collection shows how CA can be used to identify, and impr…
Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More, Second Edition, guides scientists of any discipline in the design of compelling science communication. Most scientists never receive formal training in th…
This text shows how persuasion works and provides specific, detailed strategies forhoning argumentative and critical thinking skills. It includes a detailed overview of thetraditional canons of rhetoric along with updated versions for contemporaryco…
George Pullman's lively and accessible introduction to the study of persuasion is an ideal text for use in courses where the understanding and practice of argumentation, rhetoric, and critical thinking are central. Continually challenging his reader…
Family and home are one word - jia - in the Chinese language. Family can be separated and home may be relocated, but jia remains intact. In signifies a system of mutual obligation, lasting responsibility, and cultural values. This strong yet flexibl…
Better transport is essential to Myanmar's development. After decades of underinvestment, Myanmar's transport infrastructure lags behind other regional countries. Sixty percent of trunk highways and most of the railways need maintenance or rehabilit…
