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Social Media: Culture and Identity examines the global impact of social media in the formation of various identities and cultures. New media scholars— both national and international— have posited thought-provoking analyses of sociocultural issues about human communication that are impacted by...

Drawing on recent deconstructions in anthropology, postcolonial studies, and critical sociology, Malaysia and the Development Process situates and explores the phenomenon of international knowledge transfers within the context of globalization. Based on primary and secondary research, and a series...

As the Solutions Manual, this book is meant to accompany the main title, Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms, Third Edition. This book presents recent developments of key topics in nonlinear programming (NLP) using a logical and self-contained format. The volume is divided into three sections:...

This book has two main purposes. On the one hand, it provides a concise and systematic development of the theory of lower previsions, based on the concept of acceptability, in spirit of the work of Williams and Walley. On the other hand, it also extends this theory to deal with unbounded quantities,...

Recent years have shown the growth of federal legislation and programs having a profound impact on educational policy and practice, and a decline in reliance on broadly based educational justifications. Paralleling this development has been the emergence of well-endowed and influential private foundations,...

The book is essentially about the theoretical aspects of thermoluminescence (TL). It is structured and written in a manner which will specially be of interest to the fresh undergraduate students and young researchers planning to take up work in the field of thermoluminescence. It is arranged into...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A well-known and respected standard reference, this fifth edition provides a thorough treatment of the properties of building materials and their manufacture, both on-site and in the factory.

This newly revised edition is an up-to-date and concise volume, clarifying the Building Acts and Regulations relating to houses, flats and maisonettes, for all construction professionals and students. Each chapter forms a self-contained unit covering all the regulation requirements applicable...

What concerns me most is not whether or not time travel is feasible, but rather what human kind will do with it once it figures out how to make it happen. That is, if it has not already; for all human kind needs to accomplish a goal is to determine its importance. As soon as we deem something important,...

Gewgaws are worthless trinkets . . . or are they? Perry Dobbs is a 13-year-old boy who only wants to play video games, never go outside, and avoid 'The Dragon' downstairs. Arvin Pewter's smart, witty, and loves science and girls in equal proportions. He left for two years to live with...

Having survived the attack inside the Natick Mall, Brooke dreads the thought of spending decades in exile while she waits for the media firestorm from the superhuman brawl to run its course. But soon after fleeing Boston, she discovers the battle caught the eye of forces far more lethal than humans....

Was ist ein Winterstern? Ein magisches Artefakt? Ein verwunschener Ort? Eine verzauberte Person? Oder etwas, das gar nicht greifbar ist? Lasst euch in fremde Welten entführen, lernt fantastische Legenden kennen, kämpft für die Gerechtigkeit, Liebe oder Freiheit, erlangt Ruhm und Ehre, erfahrt,...

So many things in life happen and make you wish you were somewhere else, in a world of your own perhaps. Well I have two worlds, but now I am trapped in one, can I get to back to my own time? If I could, would I want to or will something or someone make that decision for me.