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During the past twenty or so years, foreign direct investment (FDI)
flows have increased at rates approaching the astounding,
especially so during the 1990s. While much of the increase was due
to unprecedented cross-border mergers and acquisitions among
high-income countries, the amount of FDI flowing to developing
nations also grew substantially. This volume examines the economics
of this FDI to developing countries. Some chapters are theoretical
in nature, others empirical, and still others are largely
policy-oriented. Topics covered include whether FDI makes an
autonomous contribution to growth in these nations and whether or
not 'spillovers' are generated by this investments. Also covered
are effects of policy intervention by governments on FDI flows and
whether non-economic factors (e.g. cultural factors) might figure
as determinants of location of FDI.
Michael H. Graham argues that to meet the problem of witness
intimidation squarely, the system must eliminate the possibility of
intimidation by preserving the victiM's or eyewitness's testimony
in a form admissible at trial. To do this, the legal profession
must develop procedures to preserve prior out-of-court statements
and to admit such statements as substantive evidence if the witness
is deemed sufficiently trustworthy. Finally, Graham advances a new
proceeding--the preservation proceeding--that would permit the
prosecutor to bring a witness before a judge, magistrate, or
specially appointed attorney for the express purpose of recording
and preserving the witness's testimony.
Standards. We apply them, uphold them, or fail to meet them. But
how do they get made? The Social Life of Standards reveals how
these political and technical tools for organizing society are
developed, subverted, contested, and reassembled by local
communities interacting with standards created by others. Using
ethnographic approaches, contributors investigate biomedical,
agricultural, and other contexts that reveal the mismatch between
the inconsistent implementation of standards in the real world and
the non-negotiable criteria presupposed by external forces. These
cases support a reflexive process that involves local engagement at
every stage in the production and application of standards.
Expanding and building on the measures included in the original
1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook
provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and
group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in
newer subdisciplines in communication, including intercultural,
family, and health. It also includes measures from outside the
communication discipline that have been employed in communication
research.
The measures profiled here are "the best of the best" from the
early 1990s through today. They are models for future scale
development as well as tools for the trade, and they constitute the
main tools that researchers can use for self-administered
measurement of people's attitudes, conceptions of themselves, and
perceptions of others. The focus is on up-to-date measures and the
most recent scales and indexes used to assess communication
variables.
Providing suggestions for measurement of concepts of interest to
researchers; inspiring students to consider research directions not
considered previously; and supplying models for scale developers to
follow in terms of the work necessary to produce a valid and
reliable measurement instrument in the discipline, the authors of
this key resource have developed a significant contribution toward
improving measurement and providing measures for better
science.
Building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume and
subsequent 2009 volume, Communication Research Measures III: A
Sourcebook extends its coverage of measurement issues and trends
across the entire communication discipline. Volume III features
entirely new content and offers an assessment of new measures in
mass, interpersonal, instructional, group, organizational, family,
health, and intercultural communication and highlights work in
emergent subdisciplines in communication, including social media
and new communication technologies, sports communication, and
public relations. The "best of the best" from 2009 through today,
the profiled research measures in Volume III serve as models for
future scale development and constitute the main tools that
researchers can use for self-administered measurement of people's
attitudes, conceptions of themselves, and perceptions of others.
This book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses that
emphasize quantitative research methods, measurement, and/or survey
design across communication studies disciplines.
Building on the measures included in the original 1994 volume and
subsequent 2009 volume, Communication Research Measures III: A
Sourcebook extends its coverage of measurement issues and trends
across the entire communication discipline. Volume III features
entirely new content and offers an assessment of new measures in
mass, interpersonal, instructional, group, organizational, family,
health, and intercultural communication and highlights work in
emergent subdisciplines in communication, including social media
and new communication technologies, sports communication, and
public relations. The "best of the best" from 2009 through today,
the profiled research measures in Volume III serve as models for
future scale development and constitute the main tools that
researchers can use for self-administered measurement of people's
attitudes, conceptions of themselves, and perceptions of others.
This book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate courses that
emphasize quantitative research methods, measurement, and/or survey
design across communication studies disciplines.
Expanding and building on the measures included in the original
1994 volume, Communication Research Measures II: A Sourcebook
provides new measures in mass, interpersonal, instructional, and
group/organizational communication areas, and highlights work in
newer subdisciplines in communication, including intercultural,
family, and health. It also includes measures from outside the
communication discipline that have been employed in communication
research.
The measures profiled here are "the best of the best" from the
early 1990s through today. They are models for future scale
development as well as tools for the trade, and they constitute the
main tools that researchers can use for self-administered
measurement of people's attitudes, conceptions of themselves, and
perceptions of others. The focus is on up-to-date measures and the
most recent scales and indexes used to assess communication
variables.
Providing suggestions for measurement of concepts of interest to
researchers; inspiring students to consider research directions not
considered previously; and supplying models for scale developers to
follow in terms of the work necessary to produce a valid and
reliable measurement instrument in the discipline, the authors of
this key resource have developed a significant contribution toward
improving measurement and providing measures for better
science.
The mendicant friars, especially the Dominicans and the
Franciscans, made an enormous impact in thirteenth-century Spain
influencing almost every aspect of society. In a revolutionary
break from the Church's past, these religious orders were deeply
involved in earthly matters while preaching the Gospel to the laity
and producing many of the greatest scholars of the time.
Furthermore, the friars reshaped the hierarchy of the Church, often
taking up significant positions in the episcopate. They were
prominent in the establishment of the Inquisition in Aragon and at
the same time they played a major part in interfaith relations
between Jews, Muslims and Christians. In addition, they were key
contributors in the transformation of urban life, becoming an
essential part of the fabric of late medieval cities, while
influencing policies of monarchs such as James I of Aragon and
Ferdinand III of Castile. Their missions in the towns and their
educational role, as well as their robust associations with the
papacy and the crown, often raised criticism and lead to internal
tensions and conflict with other clergymen and secular society.
They were to be both widely admired and the subjects of biting
literary satire. As this collection demonstrates, the story of
medieval Spain cannot possibly be fully told without mention of the
critical role of the friars.
During the past twenty or so years, foreign direct investment (FDI)
flows have increased at rates approaching the astounding,
especially so during the 1990s. While much of the increase was due
to unprecedented cross-border mergers and acquisitions among
high-income countries, the amount of FDI flowing to developing
nations also grew substantially. This volume examines the economics
of this FDI to developing countries. Some chapters are theoretical
in nature, others empirical, and still others are largely
policy-oriented. Topics covered include whether FDI makes an
autonomous contribution to growth in these nations and whether or
not 'spillovers' are generated by this investments. Also covered
are effects of policy intervention by governments on FDI flows and
whether non-economic factors (e.g. cultural factors) might figure
as determinants of location of FDI.
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Syzygies (Paperback)
E.Graham Evans, Phillip Griffith
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The aim of this book, which was originally published in 1985, is to
cover from first principles the theory of Syzygies, building up
from a discussion of the basic commutative algebra to such results
as the authors' proof of the Syzygy Theorem. In the last three
chapters applications of the theory to commutative algebra and
algebraic geometry are given.
Standards. We apply them, uphold them, or fail to meet them. But
how do they get made? The Social Life of Standards reveals how
these political and technical tools for organizing society are
developed, subverted, contested, and reassembled by local
communities interacting with standards created by others. Using
ethnographic approaches, contributors investigate biomedical,
agricultural, and other contexts that reveal the mismatch between
the inconsistent implementation of standards in the real world and
the non-negotiable criteria presupposed by external forces. These
cases support a reflexive process that involves local engagement at
every stage in the production and application of standards.
Mathematik lernen mit DERIVE entwickelt die mathematischen
Grundlagen, die in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften benotigt
werden, und ist gleichzeitig eine praktische Einfuhrung in das
Computer Algebra Programm DERIVE. Die Autoren legen auf zwei
Aspekte von DERIVE besonderen Wert: Zum einen konnen Lernende
DERIVE zu eigenen Untersuchungen nutzen, um grundlegende
mathematische Ideen zu verstehen. Andererseits dient DERIVE als
Werkzeug, um naturwissenschaftliche und technische Probleme zu
losen. Besonders nutzlich fur Lehrende und Lernende ist hierbei die
Fulle von Aufgaben, die mitsamt ihren Losungen in diesem Buch zu
finden sind.
Dieses Buch ist in erster Linie fur diejenigen gedacht, die sich
den Stoff der Sekundarstufe II erst aneignen mussen, um zur
Hochschulreife zu gelangen. Es bietet aber auch jenen, die mit den
angebotenen Inhalten aus der Analysis und der linearen Algebra
schon vertraut sind, eine vorzugliche Gelegenheit, diese Themen,
verbunden mit einem Einstieg in die Anwendung von DERIVE, zu
wiederholen und zu vertiefen.
Mathematik lernen mit DERIVE zeigt eine neue erfrischende Art,
Mathematik zu lernen und zu lehren. Die Autoren haben als
Mathematiklehrer an der Universitat von Plymouth die Uberzeugung
gewonnen, dass der Einsatz von DERIVE einen wesentlichen Beitrag
zur Verbesserung des Verstandnisses und damit des Studienerfolges
geleistet hat und immer noch leistet.
Die vorliegende Ubersetzung bezieht sich auf die deutschsprachige
Version von DERIVE und berucksichtigt die aktuelle DERIVE Version
3."
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