wyszukanych pozycji: 803
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Malaysian water sector reform: Policy and performance
ISBN: 9789086862191 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The water sector reform in Malaysia, initiated in 2004, intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the water sector in the long term. This book explains the overall policy process of the reform and assesses the extent to which the reform has met its objectives and the means through which it has done so. The conclusions point to a weak correlation between the reform outputs on the one hand and the operational efficiency and environmental effectiveness gains of water utilities on the other. They also offer valuable insights into the policy arrangement that successfully shaped the...
The water sector reform in Malaysia, initiated in 2004, intended to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the water sector in the long term. Thi...
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Code-switching in EFL Classrooms in Southern Taiwan
ISBN: 9783639769791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. This study examines the use of Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English in two Freshman English classrooms in a university in southern Taiwan. With a varied language history, several languages are spoken in Taiwan. Although there are monolingual speakers of either Taiwanese or Mandarin, the majority of people in Taiwan are bilingual or trilingual. Therefore, code-switching often occurs in peoples daily conversation. Just as languages are used in speakers daily communication, so it is in the classroom context. The three aims of this study are firstly to explore the nature of classroom talk, focusing...
This study examines the use of Mandarin, Taiwanese, and English in two Freshman English classrooms in a university in southern Taiwan. With a varied l...
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Authoritarian El Salvador: Politics and the Origins of the Military Regimes, 1880-1940
ISBN: 9780268023751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 482 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In December 1931, El Salvador's civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran history, but the 1931 coup proved to be a watershed. Araujo had been the nation's first democratically elected president, and although no one could have foreseen the result, the coup led to five decades of uninterrupted military rule, the longest run in modern Latin American history. Furthermore, six weeks after coming to power, the new military regime oversaw the crackdown on a peasant rebellion in western El Salvador that is one of the worst...
In December 1931, El Salvador's civilian president, Arturo Araujo, was overthrown in a military coup. Such an event was hardly unique in Salvadoran hi...
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Capitalism as Religion?: A Study of Paul Tillich's Interpretation of Modernity
ISBN: 9780674021471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The relationship between religion and modern culture remains a controversial issue within Christian theology. This book focuses on Paul Tillich's interpretation of modern culture and the influence of capitalism, highlighting the context of his work in relation to Karl Marx and the Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School. When Tillich moved to the United States he sharpened his focus on the cultural dimensions of capitalism. Using the concept of "cultural modernity," Francis Ching-Wah Yip reconstructs Tillich's interpretation of modernity with the key categories of autonomy,... The relationship between religion and modern culture remains a controversial issue within Christian theology. This book focuses on Paul Tillich's ... |
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Nationalit? et identit? ethnique: Attitudes des Chinois ? l'?gard des passeports
ISBN: 9786207847464 / Francuski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Mobile Homes: Spatial and Cultural Negotiation in Asian American Literature
ISBN: 9780415650205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Exploring the works of Chiang Yee, Hualing Nieh, David Wong Louie, Fae Myenne Ng, John Okada and Toshio Mori, 'Mobile Homes' highlights the significance of travelling in the Asian American experience and demonstrates how heterogeneous Asian America has always been.
Exploring the works of Chiang Yee, Hualing Nieh, David Wong Louie, Fae Myenne Ng, John Okada and Toshio Mori, 'Mobile Homes' highlights the significan...
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Reframing Latin America: A Cultural Theory Reading of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
ISBN: 9780292717503 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Providing an extensive introduction to cultural studies in general, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting provocative, essential readings from Latin American writers of the last two centuries, Reframing Latin America brings much-needed accessibility to the concepts of cultural studies and postmodernism. From Saussure to semiotics, the authors begin by demystifying terminology, then guide readers through five identity constructs, including nation, race, and gender. The readings that follow are presented with insightful commentary and encompass... Providing an extensive introduction to cultural studies in general, regardless of chronological or geographic focus, and presenting provocative, es... |
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Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing: 8th International Conference, UIC 2011, Banff, Canada, September 2-4, 2011, Proceedings
ISBN: 9783642236402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, UIC 2010, held in Banff, Canada, September 2011.
The 44 papers presented together with two keynote speeches were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers address all current issues in smart systems and services, smart objects and environments, cloud and services computing, security, privacy and trustworthy, P2P, WSN and ad hoc networks, and ubiquitous intelligent algorithms and applications. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, UIC 2010, held in Banff, ...
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The Divine Manual: A Holistic Approach to Raise Your Consciousness, Resolve Your Karma and Fulfill Your Life Missions
ISBN: 9781491010891 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Divine Manual presents an innovative approach that unifies various branches of New Age theories, practices, and various energy healing modalities into an integrated framework. Novice or intermediate readers eager to transform their lives can follow these step-by-step instructions and discover their own path to awakening by resolving their Past Life Karma, cleansing their emotional scars accumulated in the present life, and aligning the directions of their lives with their Divine Paths. If you have experienced the following in your life, the techniques presented in this book should... The Divine Manual presents an innovative approach that unifies various branches of New Age theories, practices, and various energy healing modalit... |
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Economics, Philosophy and Physics
ISBN: 9780873327596 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It is aimed at students of economics who want to learn about the philosophical underpinnings and scientific foundations of contemporary economic theory. The authors show how advances in scientific knowledge have had an impact on philosophy that in turn influenced the development of economic thought.
This book traces the relationship between ideas and methodological perspectives in economics to the fields of philosophy and the physical sciences. It...
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Computational Studies of the Most Frequent Chinese Words and Sounds
ISBN: 9789971500221 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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Handbook on China's Wto Accession and Its Impacts
ISBN: 9789812380616 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It has taken China 15 long years of tough negotiations to achieve accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). By becoming a full member of the WTO, China has in fact made three tiers of commitments. The first tier is the commitment to the objectives of the WTO, such as free trade, most-favoured nations, national treatment and transparency, as expounded in the various documents setting up the organization and its predecessor, the GATT. The second tier is the commitment to the set of rules governing trade for specific sectors, such as agricultural and textile goods, or information...
It has taken China 15 long years of tough negotiations to achieve accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). By becoming a full member of the WT...
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Group Decision Making Under Multiple Criteria: Methods and Applications
ISBN: 9783540171775 / Angielski / Miękka / 1986 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This monograph is intended for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course of engineering and management science. as well as for persons in business. industry. military or in any field. who want an introductory and a capsule look into the methods of group decision making under multiple criteria. This is a sequel to our previous works entitled "Multiple Objective Decision Making--Methods and Applications (No. 164 of the Lecture Notes). and "Multiple Attribute Decision Making--Methods and Applications (No. 186 of the Lecture Notes). Moving from a single decision maker (the consideration of...
This monograph is intended for an advanced undergraduate or graduate course of engineering and management science. as well as for persons in business....
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A Monetary Policy Rule: The Augmented Monetary Conditions Index
ISBN: 9783847342618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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Making Sense of Fashion: A guide to help consummers understand the fashion industry and how to make it more sustainable
ISBN: 9798872199496 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Methods and Tools of Parallel Programming Multicomputers
ISBN: 9783642148217 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is our great pleasure to present the proceedings of the second Russia-Taiwan Symposium on Methods and Tools of Parallel Programming (MTPP 2010). MTPP is the main regular event of the Russia-Taiwan scientific forum that covers the many dimensions of methods and tools of parallel programming, algorithms and architectures, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial components and systems. As applications of computing systems have permeated every aspect of daily life, the power of computing systems has become increasingly critical....
It is our great pleasure to present the proceedings of the second Russia-Taiwan Symposium on Methods and Tools of Parallel Programming (MTPP 2010). MT...
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Mysticism and Kingship in China: The Heart of Chinese Wisdom
ISBN: 9780521462938 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Julia Ching offers a survey of over 4,000 years of Chinese civilization through an examination of the relationship between kingship and mysticism. She investigates the sage-king myth and ideal, arguing that institutions of kingship were bound up with cultivation of trance states and communication with spirits. Over time, the sage-king myth became a model for the actual ruler. As a paradigm, it was also appropriated by private individuals who strove for wisdom without becoming kings. As the Confucian tradition interacted with the Taoist and the Buddhist, the religious character...
In this book, Julia Ching offers a survey of over 4,000 years of Chinese civilization through an examination of the relationship between kingship and ...
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Chinese in Southeast Asia and Beyond, The: Socioeconomic and Political Dimensions
ISBN: 9789813203488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 458 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians, scholars and observers in recent decades. The rise of China as a global economic power and its profound influence over Southeast Asia has cast a spotlight on the role of Southeast Asian Chinese in the region's economic relations with China.The Southeast Asian Chinese as an economic force and their growing importance with China are, to a certain extent, determined by the nature and development of their communities. This book uses a multifaceted approach to unravel the forces that...
The Chinese in Southeast Asia, with their growing economic clout, have been attracting attention from politicians, scholars and observers in recent de...
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博物館漆畫歷險(中英雙語版): The Adventures of Lacquer Painting I
ISBN: 9781647849276 / Chiński / Miękka / 2016 / 74 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Thinning Methodologies for Pattern Recognition
ISBN: 9789810214821 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Thinning is a technique widely used in the pre-processing stage of a pattern recognition system to compress data and to enhance feature extraction in the subsequent stage. It reduces a digitized pattern to a skeleton so that all resulting branches are one pixel thick. The method seems easy at first and has many advantages, however after two decades of intensive research, it has been found to be very challenging due to the difficulties in programming computers to do it. This collection of 15 papers by leading scientists working in the area examines the theoretical and experimental aspects of...
Thinning is a technique widely used in the pre-processing stage of a pattern recognition system to compress data and to enhance feature extraction in ...
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