The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.
Greater Expectations is the book that exposed the low standards that children are confronted with in our homes, our schools, and throughout our culture. It exploded many of the misconceptions about children and how to raise them, including the cult of self-esteem, “child-centered” learning, and other overly indulgent practices that have been watering down the education and guidance that we are providing our young people. It disclosed how the self-centered ethic is damaging our youth. Greater Expectations started America talking about these issues and about how young people need to be provided with challenges and a sense of purpose if we want them to survive and thrive in life.
Provocative and challenging, Greater Expectations was a wake-up call, a must-read for anyone concerned about the growing youth crisis in America and what we can do about it.
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Author: William Damon Publisher: Free Press ISBN: 9781451603101 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release:
This work presents current approaches in geophysical research of earthquakes. A global authorship from top institutions presents case studies to model, measure, and monitor earthquakes. Among others a full-3D waveform tomography method is introduced, as well as propagator methods for modeling and imaging. In particular the earthquake prediction method makes this book a must-read for researchers in the field.
Author: Po Chen; Hung-Chie Chiu; Elisabeth Cochran; Benchun Duan; Yong-Gang Li; Peter Malin; Ru-Shan Wu; Xiao-Bi Xie; Xiang-Chu Yin; Yong-Gang Li; Higher Education Press Publisher: De Gruyter ISBN: 9783110259032 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 2012 272 pages
Russians want both free elections and order, but order – a sense of predictability in everyday life and the rule of law – has been in short supply. This is the challenge that Russia presents to Vladimir Putin. This 2002 book is about Russia’s attempt to achieve democratization backwards, holding elections without having created a modern state. It examines the multiplication of parties that do not hold the Kremlin accountable; the success of Vladimir Putin in offering a ‘third way’ alternative to the Communist Party and the Yeltsin family; the president’s big but vague election mandate; the popular appeal and limits of Putin’s coalition; and what the Russian people make of the combination of free elections and disorderly government. Russia is evaluated from the point of view of ordinary Russians, using clear figures and tables drawn from the rich resources of a decade of New Russia Barometer surveys of public opinion.
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Author: Richard Rose; Neil Munro Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 9780511058813 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2002 274 pages
First published in 1974, Charles Fried’s Medical Experimentation is a classic statement of the moral relationship between doctor and patient, as expressed within the concept of personal care. This concept is then tested in the context of medical experimentation and, more specifically, the randomized controlled trial (RCT). Regularly referred to as a point of departure for ethical and legal discussions of the RCT, the book has long been out of print. This new, second edition includes a general introduction by Franklin Miller and the late Alan Wertheimer, a reprint of the 1974 text, and an in-depth analysis by Harvard Law School scholars I. Glenn Cohen and D. James Greiner which discusses the extension of RTCTs to social science and public policy contexts. The volume concludes with a new essay by Charles Fried that reflects on the original text and how it applies to the contemporary landscape of medicine and medical experimentation.
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Author: Charles Fried; Franklin Miller; Alan Wertheimer Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 9780190602741 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2016 176 pages
What Can Happen When We See People the Way God Does
As Christians, we’re called to love our neighbors—all our neighbors. But is that even possible? And can we truly love them well?
People often think of their neighbors as those already belonging to their “tribe” or community. It’s safe, it’s easy, and it doesn’t often cause conflict—politically or religiously. But in today’s world, everyone and everything is interconnected globally in an ever-changing cultural landscape, while religious strife runs rampant. Is it feasible for Christians to live their faith boldly and lovingly while entering into a true relationship with “neighbors” of other faiths, both locally and globally?
In Bold as Love, Pastor Bob Roberts shows you what it looks like to live out your faith daily in the global public square among people of other faiths—Jews, Muslims, atheists, Hindus, Buddhists. While he admits that it can be challenging to engage people of other faiths whose beliefs are as strong as yours, he demonstrates how to enter into this critical dialogue in a radical yet loving way. “We have to learn to speak with one conversation and give the same message everywhere to everyone,” he says. “We are commanded to love God and love others. And sometimes that requires risky boldness.”
Roberts invites you to respond to this call to live a life of fearless and loving engagement with the world. So take the risk! Your faith wasn’t made to live in isolation. It’s something you do face-to-face, heart-to-heart, hand-to-hand. Whether you are in a suburb of Houston or a village in India, put away the fear and suspicion and, instead, answer the call to radically love others the way God loves. And get ready to see your life and the lives of those you touch—your family, your community, even your enemies—transformed!
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Author: Bob Roberts Jr. Publisher: Thomas Nelson ISBN: 9781400204212 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: December 2012 208 pages
Ce manuel présente une stratégie fiable et rentable pour mesurer le travail bénévole. Il fournit une définition du travail bénévole, une méthodologie de mesure afin d’identifier les travailleurs bénévoles et ses caractéristiques, et une méthodologie pour estimer la valeur de leur travail. La 18a Conférence Internationale de Statisticiens du Travail a discuté et approuvé le manuel en 2008, lequel est devenu la première directive internationale dirigée vers les agences statistiques pour produire des statistiques officielles sur le travail bénévole, utilisant une définition et une approche communes.Le manuel aspire à servir comme référence pour les statisticiens qui mesurent le travail bénévole, et comme guide pour les chercheurs, décideurs et autres qui désirent comprendre et utiliser les statistiques produites. Ce manuel souhaite contribuer à la sensibilisation du besoin pour des statistiques du travail bénévole, une ressource fondamentale qui améliore la qualité de vie partout dans le monde. Comme tel, ce manuel est une partie intégrale de l’engagement de l’OIT pour le travail décent.Sous les auspices du Département de Statistique de l’OIT, ce manuel a été préparé par des chercheurs du Centre d’études de la société civile de l’université Johns Hopkins, en collaboration avec un groupe d’experts techniques et avec l’appui des Volontaires des Nations Unies. Cette publication coïncide avec le 10ème anniversaire de l’Année Internationale des Volontaires (AIV 2001), qui a fait appel aux gouvernements à reconnaitre et améliorer la mesure du travail bénévole.
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Author: Publisher: International Labour Office ISBN: 9789222250714 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: January 2012 118 pages
What Maisie Knew (1897) represents one of James’s finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the pretext for all sorts of adult sexual intrigue.In this classic tale of the death of childhood, there is a savage comedy that owes much to Dickens. But for his portrayal of the child’s capacity for intelligent `wonder’, James summons all the subtlety he devotes elsewhere to his most celebrated adult protagonists. Neglected and exploited by everyone around her, Maisie inspires James to dwell with extraordinary acuteness on the things that may pass between adult and child. In addition to a new introduction, this edition of the novel offersparticularly detailed notes, bibliography, and a list of variant readings.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World’s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford’s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Author: Henry James; Adrian Poole Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 9780191623103 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2008 336 pages
Strained-Layer Superlattices: Materials Science and Technology
The following blurb to be used for the AP Report and ATI only as both volumes will not appear together there.****Strained-layer superlattices have been developed as an important new form of semiconducting material with applications in integrated electro-optics and electronics. Edited by a pioneer in the field, Thomas Pearsall, this volume offers a comprehensive discussion of strained-layer superlattices and focuses on fabrication technology and applications of the material. This volume combines with Volume 32, Strained-Layer Superlattices: Physics, in this series to cover a broad spectrum of topics, including molecular beam epitaxy, quantum wells and superlattices, strain-effects in semiconductors, optical and electrical properties of semiconductors, and semiconductor devices.****The following previously approved blurb is to be used in all other direct mail and advertising as both volumes will be promoted together.****Strained-layer superlattices have been developed as an important new form of semiconducting material with applications in integrated electro-optics and electronics. Edited by a pioneer in the field, Thomas Pearsall, this two-volume survey offers a comprehensive discussion of the physics of strained-layer superlattices (Volume 32), as well as detailing fabrication technology and applications of the material (Volume 33). Although each volume is edited to stand alone, the two books combine to cover a broad spectrum of topics, including molecular beam epitaxy, quantum wells and superlattices, strain-effects in semiconductors, optical and electrical properties of semiconductors, and semiconductor devices.
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Author: Albert C. Beer; R. K. Willardson; Thomas P. Pearsall Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9780080864303 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: February 1991 443 pages
