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The goal of this handbook is to provide a comprehensive resource on
the Amazonian languages that synthesizes a diverse body of work by
a highly international group of linguists. It will provide a review
of the current state of the art, thus laying the groundwork for
future scholarship in this important area. Volume 2 will focus on
theory-neutral grammatical descriptions of smaller Amazonian
language families.
This handbook provides the first broadly comprehensive,
typologically-informed descriptive overview of the languages of
Greater Amazonia. Organized by genealogical units, the chapters
provide empirically rich descriptions of the phonology and grammar
of all Amazonian families and isolates for which data and
descriptions exist. Volume 1 focuses on the many isolates of the
region - those languages for which no extant sisters can be
identified.
Congratulations on an outstanding book on the WTO TBT Agreement!
International regulations and standards reflect societies'
fundamental choices. Regulating and monitoring them is complex, and
the renowned co-authors of this book have well understood the
multi-faceted matters at stake. In this book, world experts have
seized a unique opportunity provided by the wealth of recent TBT
jurisprudence to analyse the different dimensions of the TBT
Agreement, a WTO agreement little discussed up to now. WTO experts
as well as anyone interested in the reach of WTO law into the
balance between national sovereignty and the need for international
co-operation must read this book.' - Gabrielle Marceau, WTO, Legal
Affairs Division, UNIGE and Graduate Institute, Geneva,
SwitzerlandA relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis,
technical barriers to trade (TBT's) have become more common as
traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive
Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars
exploring the implications of the WTO's TBT Agreement. The TBT
Agreement imposes disciplines on the manner in which WTO member
countries adopt and maintain technical measures, recognizing the
importance of such measures to advance legitimate domestic policy
goals such as health, safety and environmental objectives, but also
the potential for technical measures to constitute barriers to
trade. The contributors to this volume provide an in-depth
examination of the text of the Agreement and how the WTO's dispute
settlement system, the TBT Committee, WTO members, and other
international organizations have engaged with and been affected by
it. The book's comprehensive and accessible approach makes it a
first point of reference for all trade law practitioners,
policymakers and regulators. For scholars and students, the
Handbook will prove essential reading for a deeper understanding of
trade law. Contributors: A.E. Appleton, A. Arcuri, M. Cardwell, H.
Churchman, M.M. Du, T. Epps, C. Gascoigne, L. Gruszczynski, B.
Hazucha, R. Howse, A. Kudryavtsev, P.C. Mavroidis, G. Mayeda, A.
Mitchell, D. Prevost, F. Smith, J.P. Trachtman, M.J. Trebilcock, T.
Voon, M. Wagner, E.N. Wijkstroem
Rose Calamia is a first generation Italian American working girl in
a 1945 aircraft plant, when she meets Iowa farm boy, Jack Conner.
Jack has recently been discharged from the Army and is still
licking his wounds from an all too familiar war time casualty--a
"Dear John" followed by divorce. When their love affair leads to a
wedding and a move to Jack's home community, Rose is totally
unprepared for the life that awaits her in rural Iowa. Ever the
sheltered daughter and sister in a family steeped in old world
traditions, Rose is exposed to Jack's world which is the polar
opposite. Living with her in-laws for the first few months of
marriage, Rose is homesick and unsure of her hasty decision to move
back to the Midwest with her husband of three months. On top of all
the other adjustments (no modern conveniences like electricity and
indoor plumbing) Rose harbors a secret, her pregnancy. Her
mother-in-law, Bess is determined to sabotage Jack's marriage to
this skinny foreigner and "city gal," whose skin is dark and ways
unlike any she's familiar with. Rose's determination to endure and
love her husband is tested when she is called home for her mother's
funeral. Once back in warm, sunny California -- Iowa, Jack, and the
harsh Midwest seem worlds away. Rose has to decide if what she
wants is in Iowa with her husband or in the comfortable
surroundings of California and family --and an old flame who
awakens her heart in ways she thought were dead. Rose's struggle,
like so many women of her generation, is a tug-of-war between what
is expected and what desires are left over for her in the ash-heap
of duty and subservience. Rose's final decision will test her
character and surprise her harshest critiques.
Susanna Epp's DISCRETE MATHEMATICS WITH APPLICATIONS, 4e,
International Edition provides a clear introduction to discrete
mathematics. Renowned for her lucid, accessible prose, Epp explains
complex, abstract concepts with clarity and precision. This book
presents not only the major themes of discrete mathematics, but
also the reasoning that underlies mathematical thought. Students
develop the ability to think abstractly as they study the ideas of
logic and proof. While learning about such concepts as logic
circuits and computer addition, algorithm analysis, recursive
thinking, computability, automata, cryptography, and combinatorics,
students discover that the ideas of discrete mathematics underlie
and are essential to the science and technology of the computer
age. Overall, Epp's emphasis on reasoning provides students with a
strong foundation for computer science and upper-level mathematics
courses.
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) provide flexibility
in education and have become widely used for the promotion of
multimedia learning. This use coincides with mobile devices
becoming prevalent, VR devices becoming more affordable, and the
creation of user-friendly software that allows the development of
AR/VR applications by non-experts. However, because the integration
of AR and VR into education is a fairly new practice that is only
in its initial stage, these processes and outcomes need to be
improved. Designing, Deploying, and Evaluating Virtual and
Augmented Reality in Education is an essential research book that
presents current practices and procedures from different
technology-implementation stages (design, deployment, and
evaluation) to help educators use AR/VR applications in their own
teaching practices. The book provides comprehensive information on
AR and VR applications in different educational settings from
various perspectives including but not limited to mobile learning,
formal/informal learning, and integration strategies with practical
and/or theoretical implications. Barriers and challenges to their
implementation that are currently faced by educators are also
addressed. This book is ideal for academicians, instructors,
curriculum designers, policymakers, instructional designers,
researchers, education professionals, practitioners, and students.
Living in a world where lies and deceit seem to come easy in
Albany's word. This Double Feature will keep you up turning the
pages throughout the night. With her unpredictable nature as well
as unforeseen events within Albany's life; "Finding out the Truth"
will be worth the ride chapter by chapter !!
This edited text explores immigration detention through a global
and transnational lens. Immigration detention is frequently
transnational; the complex dynamics of apprehending, detaining, and
deporting undocumented immigrants involve multiple organizations
that coordinate and often act across nation state boundaries. The
lives of undocumented immigrants are also transnational in nature;
the detention of immigrants in one country (often without due
process and without providing the opportunity to contact those in
their country of origin) has profound economic and emotional
consequences for their families. The authors explore immigration
detention in countries that have not often been previously explored
in the literature. Some of these chapters include analyses of
detention in countries such as Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and
Indonesia. They also present chapters that are comparative in
nature and deal with larger, macro issues about immigration
detention in general. The authors' frequent usage of lived
experience in conjunction with a broad scholarly knowledge base is
what sets this volume apart from others, making it useful and
practical for scholars in the social sciences and anybody
interested in the global phenomenon of immigration detention.
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