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Overview: Highlights the unique characteristics of the farmworker population in the eastern United States.Discusses occupational health problems among farmworkers, both general (e.g., musculoskeletal disorders).They work at some of America’s most hazardous jobs, have few protections, and receive some of the lowest wages. .Latino Farmworkers in the Eastern United States. describes this understudied and underserved population. Taking a social justice stance, this volume examines the health and living conditions of workers in agriculture, while advocating for equality. Contributors cover all majo

Overview: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studie.Includes supplementary material: .Claudius Warwitz zeigt, dass Privatsphäre-Bedenken bei der Entscheidung, Location-based Advertising (LBA) zu nutzen, für den Konsumenten kaum eine Rolle spielen. Dagegen tragen Brand Attachment und Markenvertrauen gegenüber dem LBA-Anbieter und der beworbenen Marke entscheidend dazu bei, dass Konsumenten Location-based Advertising akzeptieren und nutzen. Als weitere wichtige Determinanten identifiziert der Autor Markenauthentizität, Markenimage, sowie Nützlichkeit, Unterhaltungswert, Einstellung und persönliche Rel

Overview: Provides background on the categories of dialogue systems, including their problems and weaknesses.Provides a framework for open-world continual learning and explains how it can be used to improve dia.This book introduces the new paradigm of lifelong and continual learning dialogue systems to endow dialogue systems with the ability to learn continually by themselves through their own self-initiated interactions with their users and the working environments. The authors present the latest developments and techniques for building such continual learning dialogue systems.  The book expl

Overview: Das Fernsehen hat seit seiner Einführung sowohl begeisterte Zustimmung als auch massive Kritik erfahren. Wurde es von den einen als Medium der Aufklärung gefeiert, das als Forum öffentlicher Kommunikation zur Emanzipation seiner Zuschauer bei­ trägt, so witterten die anderen im Fernsehen eine ernste Bedrohung für die abendländi­ sche Kultur. Unermüdlich warnten die Kritiker des Fernsehens vor den Gefahren des Fernsehkonsums, und nicht wenige forderten gar die gänzliche Abschaffung des 1 audiovisuellen Mediums . All ihren Bemühungen zum Trotz hat sich das Fernsehen in der Bundesrepubl

Overview: This study of the political philosophy of William Ernest Hocking be­ gan as a doctoral dissertation at Tulane University. Hocking (1873- 1966) was for many years Alford Professor of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity at Harvard University. Although he is relatively well-known among American philosophers, particularly by students of metaphysics and the philosophy of religion, very little atten­ tion has been given to his political philosophy. Some general studies of his thought summarize his political writings in a very cursory fashion, but they do not discuss his co

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-642-92377-7

Overview: Fully revised and updated 3rd edition of landmark reference work.Includes one new volume on Language, Education and Technology.Truly global coverage of language and education.Special emphasis on langu.In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, brea

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .One of the main objectives of nature conservation in Europe is to protect valuable cultural landscapes characterized by a mixture of open habitats and hedges, trees and patchy woodland (semi-open landscapes).The development of these landscapes during the past decades has been characterized by an ongoing intensification of land use on the one hand, and an increasing number of former meadows and pastures becoming fallow as a result of changing economic conditions on the other hand. Since species adapted to open and semi-open landscapes contribute to bi

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Cet ouvrage expose de façon détaillée la pratique de l‘approche statistique bayésienne à l‘aide de nombreux exemples choisis pour leur intérêt pédagogique. La première partie donne les principes généraux de modélisation statistique permettant d‘encadrer mais aussi de venir au secours de l‘imagination de l‘apprenti modélisateur. En examinant des exemples de difficulté croissante, le lecteur forge les clés pour construire son propre modèle. La seconde partie présente les algorithmes de calcul les plus utiles pour estimer les inconnues du modèle. Chaque

Overview: An attempt to use archaeological materials to investigate thecolonization of southeastern Africa during the period 1500 to 1900.Perry demonstrates the usefulness of archaeology in bypassing thebiases of the ethnohistorical and documentary record and generating amore comprehensive understanding of history. Special attention is paidto the period of state formation in Swaziland and a critique of the`Settler Model‘, which the author finds to be invalid.978-1-4757-7250-0978-0-306-47156-8Series ISSN 1574-0439

Overview: Includes supplementary material: Metastases determine malignancy. The main attention so far has been focused upon organ metastases. The molecular mechanisms thereof, while far from being totally elucidated, are increasingly well understood. Modern diagnostic tools now enable detection and precise localization of small lesions. In contrast, our knowl­ edge and diagnostic capabilities regarding metastatic spread to the‘lymphatic system are rather limited. However, there have re­ cently been a number of interesting advances. It is the aim of this volume to submit these developments to d

Overview: Provides a first-person perspective on Thai women’s experiences of online cross-cultural relationships.Challenges current thinking on the authenticity and validity of cross-cultural relationships that.This book challenges assumptions about the motivations that drive women from relatively poor, developing countries to use intermarriage dating sites to find partners from relatively wealthy, developed countries. It is generally assumed that economic deprivation or economic opportunities are the main factors, but this book instead focuses on the work of women’s imagination in online cros

Overview: States that the modern pursuit of happiness challenges sustainable life on earth.Provides evidence that materially defined happiness in modern societies is a major problem.Promotes understandings of hThe book offers critical discussion, constructive insights and informed guidance for future research and applied work that can move us closer towards a sustainable society. This is the first comprehensive edited book linking sustainability and happiness. By doing so, it frames modern society’s pursuit of happiness as the ultimate wicked problem challenging sustainable life on earth. Chap

Overview: Standard reference book with selected easily retrievable data from the field of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists working in the field of semiconductors.IncludesThere is no other particle than the neutron which has attracted so much interest, both in fundamental physics and for applications.-Because of no larger compilation of neutron data has appeared since more than 10 years, it seemed necessary, in particular for applications, to publish an up-to-date collection of such data.-The present compilation provides data for neutrons with energies lo

Overview: Explores the most up-to-date research on learning technologies in open education.Focuses on developing successful and appealing instruction in a variety of open education environments.Addresses a wideThis book explores trends in learning and knowledge analytics in open education, as explored in proceedings papers from AECT-LKAOE 2015 International Research Symposium. The chapters investigate various issues surrounding open education in all disciplines, such as learning design in open-ended learning environments, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), learning analytics studies and appl

Overview: In welchem Verhältnis stehen Lernen und Erzählen? Wie können sich Lernende das Erfahrene durch eigenes Erzählen erschließen, und wie verknüpfen und verändern sie ihre sowie fremde Erfahrungen über das Erzählen? Diesen und anderen Fragen widmen sich die Beiträge des Bandes aus Sicht der Volkskunde, Soziologie, Literaturwissenschaft, Narratologie, Fremdsprachendidaktik, Geschichtsdidaktik, Physikdidaktik, Heil- und Sonderpädagogik, Grundschulpädagogik sowie der Erziehungswissenschaft.978-3-531-18112-7978-3-531-93478-5

Overview: Lassen sich in der Analyse von »Lehrer-Filmen« Teile bestimmter bildungspolitischer, gesellschaftlicher oder kultureller Diskurse freilegen? Ist der Film ein archäologisches Instrument, das durch audiovisuelle Bilder Imaginationsschichten des Lehrens abträgt? Die AutorInnen dieses Bandes betrachten und analysieren aus unterschiedlichen - nicht nur erziehungswissenschaftlichen - Perspektiven die Lehr- und Lehrerdarstellungen in internationalen Spielfilmen, in Fernsehfilmen und TV-Serien. Dabei erschließen sie eine Form der Empirie, die der Film in seiner fiktionalen Verdichtung gegenw

Overview: This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.Discusses concepts, types, and trends of Japan’s Hometown Tax Donation Payment system..Examines improvement of business sk.This book discusses the concepts, types, models, and patterns of Japan’s Hometown Tax Donation Payment system, to provide a clear picture of this newly developed unique and innovative fund-raising tool used by municipalities. It also sheds light on the influences that reciprocal gifts provided by each municipality to donors have on local economies by reviewing empirical works and survey

Overview: This volume contains the conference proceedings of ISoLA 2008, the Third International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, which was held in Porto Sani (Kassandra, Chalkidiki), Greece during October 13–15, 2008, sponsored by EASST and in cooperation with the IEEE Technical Committee on Complex Systems. Following the tradition of its forerunners in 2004 and 2006 in Cyprus, and the ISoLA Workshops in Greenbelt (USA) in 2005 and in Poitiers (France) in 2007, ISoLA 2008 provided a forum for developers, users, and researchers to discuss iss

Overview: .Aus den Besprechungen:. "... Insgesamt gesehen ist es dem Herausgeber gelungen, mit Hilfe eines hervorragenden Autorenkollektivs mit überwiegend in der Praxis tätigen Kollegen eine kurze und präzise Zusammenfassung von lebensmitteltechnologischen Verfahren unter direkter Bezugnahme auf die Herstellung einzelner Produkte und Produktgruppen zu erstellen. Entsprechend dem Umfang und der Komplexizität der Thematik konnten im Wesentlichen grundlegende Aspekte berücksichtigt werden, so daß dieses Buch eine Einführung in die Problematik der Lebensmitteltechnologie darstellt. Es ist daher b