In ‘The arena of everyday life’ nine authors look back and forward at developments in the sociology of consumers and households. Nine chapters show variety in the employed methods, from multivariate analyses of survey data to classical essays. The contributions are organised around four themes.In the first theme, two chapters entail a critical discussion of the concepts livelihood and household. The second part deals with health, in particular food security, hygiene and aids/HIV. The third theme focuses on female opportunities to foster income procurement of household by respectively microfinance and entrepreneurship. The fourth theme concentrates on two topical societal developments in a Western society, the first chapter dealing with the issue of creating opportunities for tailor-made services to older people, the second one focussing on the home-work balance of telecommuters.This publication, written by international researchers, once supervised by prof. Anke Niehof, while writing their PhD dissertation, or (former) colleagues of Niehof, covers the many issues and reflecting her work and interest. The arena of everyday life is what her research and teaching evolved around, as shown in this book.
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Author: Carja Butijn; Johan van Ophem; Gerda Casimir Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers ISBN: 9789086867752 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: May 2013 163 pages
This new edition examines management of built heritage through the use of values-led decision making, based on an understanding of the significance of the cultural asset. It considers how significance is assessed and used as an effective focus and driver for management strategies and processes.
The authors consider key policies and procedures that need to be implemented to help ensure effective management. The book will be useful for specialists in built heritage – conservation officers, heritage managers, architects, planners, engineers and surveyors – as well as for facilities and estates managers whose building stock includes protected or designated structures or buildings in conservation or other historic areas.
describes management strategies and tools for a wide range of built heritage assets
a reflective and informative guide on current conservation management
explains how understanding and using conservation values (significance ) is essential to the protection of the built heritage
uses real-life examples to draw out best practice
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Author: Stephen Bond; Derek Worthing Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9781118298749 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: March 2016 272 pages
The field of pain research is rapidly expanding in both human and veterinary medicine, and has helped increase our understanding of acupuncture. However, many are still highly sceptical about the use of acupuncture and prefer for it to remain far from orthodox veterinary practice.
This book seeks to challenge common misgivings by showing how veterinary acupuncture works (for small and large animals), and why it should be established as an orthodox form of treatment.
Written from a Western approach, rather than a traditional Chinese Medicine approach, it explains the background and history of acupuncture and includes key information on safety aspects, understanding pain and how acupuncture can help, practical aspects such as types of needles and methods of restraint, and related techniques.
Not intended as a techniques manual, this book is a preparatory text for those considering taking an acupuncture course and those wishing to gain a solid understanding of the subject.
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Author: Samantha Lindley; Mike Cummings Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9781405172318 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2008 209 pages
Quantum Macroeconomics presents a new paradigm in macroeconomic analysis initiated by Bernard Schmitt. It explains the historical origin, the analytical contents, and the actual relevance of this new paradigm, with respect to current major economic issues at national and international level. These issues concern both advanced and emerging market economies, referring to inflation, unemployment, financial instability, and economic crises. In the first part of this volume, leading scholars explain the historical origin and analytical content of quantum macroeconomics. The second part explores its relevance with respect to the current major economic issues such as the sovereign debt crisis and European monetary union. The volume also features two previously unpublished papers by Bernard Schmitt. The main findings of this book concern the need to go beyond agents’ behaviour to understand the structural origin of a variety of macroeconomic problems, notably, inflation, unemployment, financial instability, and economic crises. The originality that pervades all contributions is plain, when one considers the lack of any structural explanation of national and international economic disorders in the literature within the mainstream approach to economics.
This edited volume is of great interest to those who study macroeconomics, monetary economics and money and banking.
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Author: Jean-Luc Bailly; Alvaro Cencini; Sergio Rossi Publisher: Taylor and Francis ISBN: 9781317287865 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: October 2016 233 pages
This book is about the history of thought and policy on the international adjustment mechanism. Economics emerged as a discipline in its own right largely out of the accumulated reflections, analyses and judgements of a group of writers from the sixteenth to the early nineteenth century who shared a common perspective on matters relating to the adjustment of the balance of payments. The present survey starts with the development of the doctrine at that time and continues the story up to the present debate on economic and monetary union in Europe.
Author: Leonard Gomes Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9780230375420 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: July 1993 362 pages
Everyone has had the frustrating experience of putting something down and then forgetting where.Although there are many factors that contribute to the ability to remember; it is also a simple fact that some people are better at remembering than others.Outside influences like stress, hormone problems, or even the side –effects of medications can make people absentminded and forgetful.But what if your memory is simply getting progressively worse? Are you frequently embarrassed at not being able to remember someone’s name? Have you ever driven away from a petrol station and genuinely forgotten to pay? Are these episodes of memory loss driving you to despair?If so, then this book by Miller Caldwell is not only going to amuse and entertain you, but it will provide you with many serious tips and selfhelp exercises that will help you train your brain all over again!Mr Caldwell begins by explaining his own diagnosed condition called mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the frustration he felt at having to retire early because of shortterm memory loss.He explains in simple terms how the human brain processes our thoughts and then stores them in preparation for recall.He explains how in most people, sharp thinking and reasoning skills are unaffected by shortterm memory decline and suggests that, if an older person learns information in the right way, he or she is just as likely to remember it as a younger counterpart.Each helpful tip and suggested exercise comes with an anecdote from Caldwell’s many varied and fascinating life experiences, including how he almost married the wrong woman!Presented in a delightful and straightforward format, this book will be an invaluable companion to those of us who are just a little bit forgetful or, equally, to those in the early stages of dementia.Oh, and just in case you forget, the charming cover illustration of an elephant with a knot in its trunk will remind you to pick up a copy of your own.
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Author: Miller Caldwell Publisher: M-y Books Ltd ISBN: 9780755201464 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2012 198 pages
Worldwide in its membership and increasingly being recognized as a world religion, the Baha’i Faith is enjoying rapid expansion. In this captivating book, one of the world’s leading Baha’i scholars gives a brief survey of the life, the works, and the teachings of Baha’u’llah, its founder. Covering the resistance he encountered, including successive forced exiles and vitriolic opposition, this book highlights his dedication and that of his followers who were often willing to sacrifice their lives for his teachings. Comprehensive and yet concise, and complete with a detailed guide to sources and references, this is a perfect book for anyone interested in knowing more about the Baha’i Faith and its dramatic inception.
Rational Design of Enzyme-Nanomaterials, the new volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials, and includes sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered ‘stable-on-the-table’ biocatalysts and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors.
Continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field
Covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials
Contains sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered ‘stable-on-the-table’ biocatalysts, and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors
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Author: C. Vijay Kumar Publisher: Elsevier Science ISBN: 9780128048337 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: April 2016 294 pages
Evidence, Ideology, and the Making of an African Success Story
This book presents a comprehensive history of Africa’s best-known AIDS “success story,” from the start of the epidemic in the early 1980s up until 2005. It focuses on the various ways in which evidence and ideology have contributed to AIDS policy in Uganda, and it places the development of the country’s innovative prevention and treatment strategies into the context of international, national, and local processes. Through this, John Kinsman shows how the country became an important influence in defining global AIDS control strategies.
Author: John Kinsman Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9780230112117 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: August 2010 259 pages
As a result of globalization, the barriers between countries are coming down. There is more interaction between countries than ever and mutual understanding and communication have become essential considerations. In such an atmosphere, the Korea Legislation Research Institute has published this book to spread awareness of outstanding Korean law and of its legal system throughout the globe, as the authoritative sources of legal information for other countries.This book explains Korean law in nine chapters that focus on its distinguishing aspects. The nine authors who have participated are all prominent scholars who have contributed their expertise to the project.
Author: Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg ISBN: 9783642316890 Format:.pdf.ibooks.epub.mobi.djvu.fb2 Release: November 2012 313 pages
