BOOKS with Alphabet W (Wa, Wb,Wc, We…)

Overview: The new growth patterns and shifting wealth in the world economy fundamentally alter the basis for Western aid. This book demonstrates how Western development aid has been transformed over time, in particular in the 1990s, when the West enjoyed world hegemony. Western aid, once a helping hand to other countries‘ development strategies, has increasingly been seen as a tool for large-scale attempts to transform states, societies and minds according to Western models. The authors claim that this has made aid more complex and less useful to poor countries in their fight against poverty.E

Overview: Provides a systematic analysis of all known CIA PMOs and explains the why, who, and how of proxy warfare.Includes both a survey of secondary literature and an array of primary sources.Adds a theoreticThis book analyzes U.S. pro-insurgency paramilitary operations (PMOs) or U.S. proxy warfare from the beginning of the Cold War to the present and explains why many of these operations either failed entirely to achieve their objective, or why they produced negative consequences that greatly diminished their benefits. The chapters cover important aspects of what PMOs are, the history of U.

Overview: Mit diesem Buch liegt eine umfassende, praxisnahe und vor allem gut verständliche Darstellung der Werkstoffkunde vor. Ebenso bewährt wie beliebt ist dieses Lehrbuch gänzlich unerläßlich für jeden, der auf ein solides Grundlagenwissen in den Werkstoffwissenschaften nicht verzichten kann. Idee dieses Buches ist es, stets aufs Neue deutlich zu machen, daß es nur wenige grundlegende Tatsachen und Vorgänge sind, die die Eigenschaften eines Werkstoffes bestimmen. Der Inhalt ist gut strukturiert, viele Abbildungen erleichtern das Verständnis. Dieses Buch richtet sich nicht nur an Ingenieure

Overview: A scientific, technical and clinical guide to all aspects of weight bearing cone beam computed tomography (WBCT) in the foot and ankle.Describes the history and development of the modality, its scientThis scientific, technical and clinical guide to Weight Bearing Cone Beam Computed Tomography (WBCT), written by the board of the International WBCT Society, presents all of the relevant content to date on the development, implementation, interpretation and clinical application of WBCT for the foot and ankle. .Part One describes the history of the development of, and need for, WBCT as an

Overview: Michael Kausche ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Baukonstruktionslehre und Massivbau der Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg.Includes supplementary material: Dieses Buch befasst sich mit den Stromgestehungskosten schwimmender Offshore-Windenergieanlagen. Im Ergebnis der Untersuchungen wurden Kostensenkungspotenziale hinsichtlich der Stromgestehungskostenoptimierung in den Bereichen Risikominimierung und damit verbundene Kapitalkostensenkung, Kostensenkung beim Tragwerk und der Installationstechnologie, Reduzierung der Operation & Maintenance-Maßnahmen sow

Overview: Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as ‘poor‘. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a ‘post-fordist‘ model of production.978-1-349-33128-4978-0-230-30759-9Series ISSN 2947-4124 Series E-ISSN 2947-4132

Overview: Offers a comprehensive treatment of wave propagation and radiation characteristics of gyrotropic and anisotropic media.Discusses the design of devices using composite structures made of gyrotropic andAs technology matures, communication system operation regions shift from mic- wave and millimeter ranges to sub-millimeter ranges. However, device perf- mance at very high frequencies suffers drastically from the material de?ciencies. As a result, engineers and scientists are relentlessly in search for the new types of materials, and composites which will meet the device performance requ

Overview: Proceedings of the European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the European Conference on Information Literacy, ECIL 2013, held in Istanbul Turkey, in October 2013. The 73 revised full papers presented together with two keynotes, 9 invited papers and four doctoral papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 236 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on overview and research; policies and strategies; theoretical framework; related concepts; citizenship and digital divide; disadvantaged groups; informat

Overview: Enables readers to gain an overview of the challenges and opportunities that workplaces offer in increasing physical activity over the working day.Offers a direct linkage between the layout of office .This concise volume analyzes the potential for the workplace environment—where so many people spend so much of their day—to improve workers’ capacity for health and wellness. It pinpoints the link between sedentary lifestyles and poor health, and explores the role of office spatial design in encouraging physical activity to promote physical activity, health and prevent disease. The feat

Overview: Expertenstandards der Brustwiederherstellung.Die wichtigsten Fragen rund um das Thema Brustwiederherstellung mit Therapieplan.Vierfarbige Abbildungen.Mit der Diagnose Brustkrebs entsteht bei vielen Frauen auch gleichzeitig die Angst vor der Entstellung des eigenen Körpers. Auch wenn die  Krebstherapie selbstverständlich an erster Stelle steht, gewinnt die Thematik der Brustwiederherstellung immer mehr an Bedeutung...Dieses Buch soll betroffenen Frauen die gängigsten Methoden der Brustwiederherstellung aufzeigen..Aus langjähriger Erfahrung der Autoren wird dabei der klassische Ablauf

Overview: Presents the psychosocial experiences of women in a broad range of countries.Includes chapters authored by a wide range of international experts in fields such as women‘s studies and psychology.Covers.This wide-ranging collection analyzes the status and advancement of women both in a national context and collectively on a global scale, as a powerful social force in a rapidly evolving world. The countries studied—China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Cameroon, South Africa, Italy, France, Brazil, Belize, Mexico, and the United States—represent a cross-section of economic conditions, c

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Overview: Leichte Kost für ein schwieriges Thema: Funktionsweise des MRT verstehen.Anschauliche Vermittlung des physikalischen Basiswissens: speziell für den Anfänger.Berücksichtigung der neuesten technischen E.Wie funktioniert MRI? - Genau so!.Physik und Funktionsweise der Magnetresonanztomographie sind komplex und für den Nicht-Physiker nur schwierig nachzuvollziehen. Dennoch muss jeder, der diese Technik in der Praxis erfolgreich anwenden möchte, ihre Grundlagen verstehen..In diesem Buch wird das erforderliche physikalische und technische Basiswissen prägnant und bestechend anschaulich erkl

Overview: The purpose of World Humanism: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Ethical Practices in Organizations is to discover what is distinctive about humanistic management practices around the world. It examines the nature and occurrence of humanistic management practices within businesses and other organizations across the world.978-1-349-33625-8978-1-137-37849-1Series ISSN 2662-124X Series E-ISSN 2662-1258

Overview: Erläutert die Geheimnisse überzeugender Kommunikation, anhand antiker Rhetorik und moderner Neurowissenschaft..Enthält Tipps, Tricks und Techniken von einem der bedeutendsten Redenschreibern der Welt.Es gibt Geheimnisse überzeugender Kommunikation: eine geheime Kombination körperlicher, verbaler und vokaler Reize und Signale, die schon seit Zehntausenden von Jahren existieren und nach wie vor darüber entscheiden, wer es heutzutage im Geschäftsleben oder in der Politik an die Spitze schafft. In der Vergangenheit haben viele Menschen versucht, diese Geheimsprache zu entschlüsseln, doch

Overview: Examines how British Wiccans and Wiccan-derived Pagans reacted to the rise of ‘second-wave‘ feminism and the Women‘s Liberation Movement in the UK.Uses primary sources never before analyzed in an acad.This book explores the ways in which changing views on gender and the place of women in society during the latter half of the twentieth century affected women’s participation and standing within British Paganism. More specifically, it examines how British Wiccans and Wiccan-derived Pagans reacted to the rise of ‘second-wave‘ feminism and the Women‘s Liberation Movement in the UK – with

Overview: Provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution of well-being in Belgium based on an innovative and representative large-scale survey.Looks at the well-being of individuals in a way that goes be.What constitutes a good life? For most people, well-being involves more than a high income or material prosperity alone. Many non-material aspects, such as health, family life, living environment, job quality and the meaningful use of time are at least as important. Together, these factors also influence the degree to which people are satisfied with their lives, and help to determine ho

Overview: Countering popular myths of women‘s deficiencies in communicating in traditionally male professions, the author uses women‘s talk to illustrate the interactional skills required to contribute effectively to workplace meetings, and presents new insights on the organization of talk in meetings while celebrating women‘s clear competence.978-1-349-54133-1978-0-230-58218-7Series ISSN 2947-812X Series E-ISSN 2947-8138

Overview: Eine themenvergleichende InhaltsanalyseWissenschaft ist ein zentrales Element moderner „Wissensgesellschaften“. Dies zeigt sich darin, dass Massenmedien über einige wissenschaftliche Themen intensiv berichten und darin, dass Soziologie und Kommunikationswissenschaft die Analyse der Wissenschaftsberichterstattung für sich entdeckt haben. Die dabei oftmals verwendeten theoretischen Modelle haben jedoch einige Schwächen..Mike S. Schäfer stellt zwei dieser Modelle dar – das „Medialisierungs-Paradigma“ und das Modell der Wissenskulturen – und überprüft sie anhand einer Inhaltsanalyse der

Overview: In this new collection of essays on the Vietnam War, eminent scholars of the Second Indo-china conflict consider several key factors that led to the defeat of the United States and its allies. The book adopts a candid and critical look at the United State‘s stance and policies in Vietnam, and refuses to condemn, excuse, or apologize for America‘s actions in the conflict. Rather, the contributors think widely and creatively about the varied reasons that may have accounted for the United State‘s failure to defeat the North Vietnamese Army, such as the role played by economics in Americ