Kategoria BISAC: Education >> General

This thought-provoking study of academic job markets over the next quarter century uses rigorous analysis to project substantial excess demand for faculty starting in the 1997-2002 period. Particularly severe imbalances are projected in the humanities and social sciences. Contrary to popular impressions, however, these projected shortages are not caused by any unusual "bunching" of retirements. The authors' discussion of factors affecting the outlook for academic employment includes information on changes in the age distributions of faculties, trends in enrollment, shifts in the popularity...

Composed of two extensive sections, this book surveys important work in climate change science, mainly in the United States, and introduces contributions to the body of science that have arrived on the scene between January 2013 and February 2014.

The opening section offers a broad examination of contemporary climate change science, with subsections on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Earth's energy imbalance and energy flow; carbon dioxide's role in the greenhouse effect; climate forcing, and climate feedbacks; Charles David Keeling and the Keeling Curve; the...

Pass the LEED Green Associate Exam, Get Your Building LEED Certified, Fight Global Warming, and Save Money

The USGBC released LEED v4 in GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in November, 2013. The GBCI started to include the new LEED v4 content for all LEED exams in June 2014. We have incorporated the new LEED v4 content in this book.

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is one of the most important trends in development and is revolutionizing the construction industry. It has gained tremendous momentum and has a profound impact on our environment.

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Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common form of cyanotic congenital heart disease, and one of the first to be successfully repaired by congenital heart surgeons. Although "fixed," patients born with tetralogy of Fallot cannot be considered "cured." Improving survival and quality of life for this ever-increasing adult population will continue to challenge the current and future generations of cardiologists.

Adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot should be seen by a cardiologist specializing in the care of adults with congenital heart disease, to be monitored for late complications....

Wo entsprechen die Praktiken und Handlungslogiken von jungen Erwachsenen den gesellschaftlichen Tendenzen von Vermarktlichung und Beschleunigung? Wo zeigen sich in diesen Praktiken Divergenzen zu gesellschaftlichen Mainstreams, die auch als Widerstandsmomente gelesen werden konnen? Welche Bedeutung haben jugendkulturelle Zusammenhange in diesem Fall: eine Hip-Hop-Crew im Kontext solch potenziell transformatorischer sozialer Prozesse? Barbara Stauber geht es in dieser Fallstudie einer jungen Frau in der Hip-Hop-Szene um die Frage, wie gesellschaftliche Verunsicherung sowohl biographisch als...

Pass the LEED Green Associate Exam, Get Your Building LEED Certified, Fight Global Warming, and Save Money

The USGBC released LEED v4 at the GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in November 2013. The GBCI started to include the new LEED v4 content for all LEED exams in late Spring 2014. We have incorporated the new LEED v4 content in this book.

Starting on December 1, 2011, GBCI began to draw LEED Green Associate Exam questions from the second edition of Green Building and LEED Core Concepts Guide. We have incorporated this information in our book....