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by Jakub Kerlin, Elżbieta Malinowska-Misiąg, Paweł Smaga
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
This book explores the diversity of restructuring instruments applied to financial institutions in EU countries during the Global Financial Crisis. It investigates the cost of that support before evaluating its effects, as well as providing an extensive analysis of the measures undertaken. The first...
The Squam Lake Report
Fixing the Financial System
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2010
In the fall of 2008, fifteen of the world's leading economists--representing the broadest spectrum of economic opinion--gathered at New Hampshire's Squam Lake. Their goal: the mapping of a long-term plan for financial regulation reform.
The Squam Lake Report distills the wealth of insights...
Living and Loving Better with Time Perspective Therapy
Healing from the Past, Embracing the Present, Creating an Ideal Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
In his 2012 book Time Cure, psychologist Philip Zimbardo introduced a groundbreaking therapeutic approach for PTSD sufferers, co-developed with Rosemary Sword. “Time Perspective Therapy” shifts mental focus from the past to the present, and from negative to positive events, helping anyone achieve...
Mastering Digital Transformation
Towards a Smarter Society, Economy, City and Nation
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2016
The information and communication technology revolution offers the promise of transforming economies and societies, and the risks of missing on a powerful techno-economic revolution and wasting scarce resources without much developmental impact. Some countries have mastered the process of digital...
Healthcare Teamwork: Interprofessional Practice and Education, 2nd Edition
Interprofessional Practice and Education
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Both comprehensive and accessible, this is an ideal resource for anyone who plans to teach or practice integrated, cost-effective healthcare in the 21st century.
• Explores the complexities of interprofessional teamwork and education, addressing both practice and teaching
• Discusses...
by M. Luz Gámiz, K. B. Kulasekera, Nikolaos Limnios
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
Nonparametric statistics has probably become the leading methodology for researchers performing data analysis. It is nevertheless true that, whereas these methods have already proved highly effective in other applied areas of knowledge such as biostatistics or social sciences, nonparametric analyses...
Beyond Oil and Gas
The Methanol Economy
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
The world is currently consuming about 85 million barrels of oil a day, and about two-thirds as much natural gas equivalent, both derived from non-renewable natural sources. In the foreseeable future, our energy needs will come from any available alternate source. Methanol is one such viable alternative,...
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist
Enduring Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
Intelligence and the National Security Strategist: Enduring Issues and Challenges presents students with a useful anthology of published articles from diverse sources as well as original contributions to the study of intelligence. The collection includes classic perspectives from the history of warfare,...
Crime Classification Manual
A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crime
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Praise for Crime Classification Manual
"The very first book by and for criminal justice professionals in the major case fields. . . . The skills, techniques, and proactive approaches offered are creatively concrete and worthy of replication across the country. . . . Heartily recommended for...
Augmented Education
Bringing Real and Virtual Learning Together
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Including relevant case studies and interviews with practitioners, Augmented Education explores the nature of learning where the 'real world' is augmented by use of the virtual to create new learning possibilities, tools, and environments. and offers insights into the development of a pedagogy that is authentic, inclusive and enjoyable.
The Police Manager
8th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
The Police Manager, 8th Edition, is a major update, with a completely fresh chapter on school resource officers, based on a new case study, and a new chapter on managing high-profile events. Every police agency today faces the possibility of controversy, and the need to train managers to deal appropriately...
Poorly Soluble Drugs
Dissolution and Drug Release
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
This book is the first text to provide a comprehensive assessment of the application of fundamental principles of dissolution and drug release testing to poorly soluble compounds and formulations. Such drug products are, vis-à-vis their physical and chemical properties, inherently incompatible with...
by Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Leonidas Karakatsanis, Natalya Ketenci
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Greek–Turkish relations, despite some détente periods in their shared history, have been generally characterized by hostility and antagonism. But a significant breakthrough in Greek–Turkish relations was achieved in 1999, although certain signs of rapprochement were already present in the pre-1999...
Social Networking
Redefining Communication in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Social Networking: Redefining Communication in the Digital Age fulfills a pressing demand in social network literature by bringing together international experts from the fields of communication, new media technologies, marketing and advertising, public relations and journalism, business, and education.
In...