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This book explores issues of identity, ethics and epistemology that
arise around the writing and reception of creative nonfiction. It
examines a range of different nonfiction forms – including the
personal essay and memoir – and ethical questions that arise in
relation to them, such as truth claims, the confessional mode,
counter-narratives. Drawing on the ideas of Bakhtin, Nietzsche and
Foucault; examples from creative non-fiction writers such as
Strayed and Knausgaard; and the founding principles of the
originators of the genre, Seneca, Augustine and Montaigne, George
Jensen argues that a limited conception of nonfiction leads to a
limited view of its ethics. Writing about the truth in an authentic
way is more important than ever before – and essential to this is
the creation of the ethical subject.
In 1869 H.J. Mettenheimer wrote the Auditor's Guide Being a
Complete Exposition of Bookkeeper's Frauds - the first book about
auditing from the earliest period of American accountancy. The sole
remaining copy was found to have been destroyed, leaving only a
barely readable microfilmed photocopy. This book, first published
in 1988, presents a restored Auditor's Guide, finally available to
historians of the early days of professional accountancy, together
with the authors' analysis of this important text.
This book, first published in 1988, brings together for the first
time a comprehensive, analytical and annotated bibliography of all
American Accounting Works up to 1820. The discussion extends,
clarifies and corrects our knowledge of early American publications
on accounting. All known printings are listed including many
heretofore overlooked and hard-to-find accounting treatments. Each
work is reviewed and many illustrations are provided including the
title pages of the first printing of every item. The reviews
represent the first modern analyses of these early accounting
writings and the illustrations are often the first ever published.
In 1869 H.J. Mettenheimer wrote the Auditor's Guide Being a
Complete Exposition of Bookkeeper's Frauds - the first book about
auditing from the earliest period of American accountancy. The sole
remaining copy was found to have been destroyed, leaving only a
barely readable microfilmed photocopy. This book, first published
in 1988, presents a restored Auditor's Guide, finally available to
historians of the early days of professional accountancy, together
with the authors' analysis of this important text.
This book, first published in 1988, brings together for the first
time a comprehensive, analytical and annotated bibliography of all
American Accounting Works up to 1820. The discussion extends,
clarifies and corrects our knowledge of early American publications
on accounting. All known printings are listed including many
heretofore overlooked and hard-to-find accounting treatments. Each
work is reviewed and many illustrations are provided including the
title pages of the first printing of every item. The reviews
represent the first modern analyses of these early accounting
writings and the illustrations are often the first ever published.
'Active ageing' has become a key phrase in discourses about
challenges and remedies for demographic ageing and the enrolment of
older adults into voluntary work is an important dimension of it.
The pattern and factors conditioning volunteering among older
people has so far been an under-researched topic in Europe and this
is the first book to study volunteering among older people
comparatively and comprehensively. In this topical book older
people's volunteering is studied in eight European countries at the
structural, macro, meso and micro levels. Overall it highlights how
different interactions between the levels facilitate or hinder
older people's inclusion in voluntary work and makes policy
suggestions for an integrated strategy. This book provides
important new insights for academics and students interested in
ageing societies, active ageing and voluntary work. It will also be
of great value for policy makers and practitioners in third sector
and voluntary organisations.
Informal work - family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or
unregulated work - is a critical form of labor in today's economy,
yet remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a
comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses
systematically the relationship of formal and informal work. Using
a coherent theoretical and methodological approach, this volume
explores informal and formal work in six countries and contributes
to our empirical knowledge of informal work and its different
interrelations with formal work in various societies. A landmark
study in the analysis of work, the book demonstrates how the
relationship of formal and informal work is developing, how this
can be explained in the specific context of the arrangement of work
and welfare, and in which ways informal work possibly contributes
to social integration and social cohesion.
Informal work ? family care, voluntary work, and undeclared or
unregulated work ? is a critical form of labor in today's economy,
yet remains underanalyzed and examined. This volume develops a
comprehensive conceptual framework of informal work and analyses
systematically the relationship of formal and informal work. Using
a coherent theoretical and methodological approach, this volume
explores informal and formal work in six countries and contributes
to our empirical knowledge of informal work and its different
interrelations with formal work in various societies. A landmark
study in the analysis of work, the book demonstrates how the
relationship of formal and informal work is developing, how this
can be explained in the specific context of the arrangement of work
and welfare, and in which ways informal work possibly contributes
to social integration and social cohesion.
Molecular modeling is becoming an increasingly important part of
chemical research and education as computers become faster and
programs become easier to use. The results, however, have not
become easier to understand. Addressing the need for a
"workshop-oriented" book, Molecular Modeling Basics provides the
fundamental theory needed to understand not only what molecular
modeling programs do, but also the gist of research papers that
describe molecular modeling results. Written in a succinct manner
using informal language, the book presents concise coverage of key
concepts suitable for novices to the field. It begins by examining
the potential energy surface (PES), which provides the connection
between experimental data and molecular modeling. It explores ways
to calculate energy by molecular and quantum mechanics. It
describes molecular properties and the condensed phase, and shows
how to extract and interpret information from a program output. The
author uses hands-on exercises to illustrate concepts and he
supplements the text with a blog containing animated tutorials and
interactive figures. Drawn from the author's own lecture notes from
a class he taught for many years at the University of Iowa, this
volume introduces topics in such a way that beginners can clearly
comprehend molecular modeling results. A perfect supplement to a
molecular modeling textbook, the book offers students the
"hands-on" practice they need to grasp sophisticated concepts. In
addition to his blog, the author maintains a website describing his
research and one detailing his seminars.
Social marginalisation due to changing labour markets in a global,
knowledge-intensive economy poses a major challenge to
international welfare states. Addressing the problem from a
citizenship perspective, this book contributes significantly to the
understanding of policy problems and the development of appropriate
strategies "Changing labour markets, welfare policies and
citizenship" readdresses the question of how full citizenship may
be preserved and developed in the face of enduring labour market
pressures. It: clarifies the relationship between changing labour
markets, welfare policies and citizenship; discusses possible ways
in which the spill-over effect from labour market marginality to
loss of citizenship can be prevented; specifies this problem in
relation to the young, older people, men and women and immigrants;
offers theoretical and conceptual definitions of citizenship as a
new, alternative approach to empirical analyses of labour market
marginalisation and its consequences; and highlights the lessons to
be learned from differing approaches in European countries This
book provides important insights for academics and students in
comparative social policy, sociology
'We cannot separate the writer from the writing. Nor should we try.
Both our writing process and our writing products need to carry our
unique signature, a bit of our personality.' - From Writing and
Personality How you write - what works for you and what makes sense
to you - depends on who you are, your personality, your
preferences, your style of thinking and feeling. If you're
extraverted and grounded in your senses, your natural writing style
will be far different from the person who tends to be introverted
and intuitive. Not only that, how you learn to write will be
different as well. Here's a book that taps into the natural
strengths of your personality and helps you use those strengths in
your writing. Whether you're a student, businessperson, or
professional writer, this book will help you: engage your natural
writing voice; adapt to styles that are less natural; overcome
writer's block; and find the right words for communicating
effectively, whatever your assignment.
There have been major shifts in the framework of social policy and
welfare across Europe. Adopting a multi-level, comparative and
interdisciplinary approach, this book develops a critical analysis
of policy change and welfare reform in Europe. It specifically
asks: To what extent do welfare states undergo profound change? Is
the welfare state moving in qualitatively different directions?
What generates change? What are the outcomes of change in terms of
social cohesion? policy changes that are often poorly understood in
the welfare literature, and contributes to a further development of
the theoretical and conceptual frameworks for understanding social
change. simultaneously: changes in the discipline of Social Policy
itself; the changing character of social problems; changes in
social policy and citizenship; and the emergence of new forms of
social integration. The book also speculates on how different
dimensions of change are interlinked. postgraduate or level 3
students in social policy, sociology and politics.
Molecular modeling is becoming an increasingly important part of
chemical research and education as computers become faster and
programs become easier to use. The results, however, have not
become easier to understand. Addressing the need for a
"workshop-oriented" book, Molecular Modeling Basics provides the
fundamental theory needed to understand not only what molecular
modeling programs do, but also the gist of research papers that
describe molecular modeling results.
Written in a succinct manner using informal language, the book
presents concise coverage of key concepts suitable for novices to
the field. It begins by examining the potential energy surface
(PES), which provides the connection between experimental data and
molecular modeling. It explores ways to calculate energy by
molecular and quantum mechanics. It describes molecular properties
and the condensed phase, and shows how to extract and interpret
information from a program output. The author uses hands-on
exercises to illustrate concepts and he supplements the text with a
blog containing animated tutorials and interactive figures.
Drawn from the author's own lecture notes from a class he taught
for many years at the University of Iowa, this volume introduces
topics in such a way that beginners can clearly comprehend
molecular modeling results. A perfect supplement to a molecular
modeling textbook, the book offers students the "hands-on" practice
they need to grasp sophisticated concepts.
In addition to his blog, the author maintains a website
describing his research and one detailing his seminars.
This book, first published in 1998, treats turbulence from the
point of view of dynamical systems. The exposition centres around a
number of important simplified models for turbulent behaviour in
systems ranging from fluid motion (classical turbulence) to
chemical reactions and interfaces in disordered systems.The modern
theory of fractals and multifractals now plays a major role in
turbulence research, and turbulent states are being studied as
important dynamical states of matter occurring also in systems
outside the realm of hydrodynamics, i.e. chemical reactions or
front propagation. The presentation relies heavily on simplified
models of turbulent behaviour, notably shell models, coupled map
lattices, amplitude equations and interface models, and the focus
is primarily on fundamental concepts such as the differences
between large and small systems, the nature of correlations and the
origin of fractals and of scaling behaviour. This book will be of
interest to graduate students and researchers interested in
turbulence, from physics and applied mathematics backgrounds.
This book, first published in 1998, treats turbulence from the
point of view of dynamical systems. The exposition centres around a
number of important simplified models for turbulent behaviour in
systems ranging from fluid motion (classical turbulence) to
chemical reactions and interfaces in disordered systems.The modern
theory of fractals and multifractals now plays a major role in
turbulence research, and turbulent states are being studied as
important dynamical states of matter occurring also in systems
outside the realm of hydrodynamics, i.e. chemical reactions or
front propagation. The presentation relies heavily on simplified
models of turbulent behaviour, notably shell models, coupled map
lattices, amplitude equations and interface models, and the focus
is primarily on fundamental concepts such as the differences
between large and small systems, the nature of correlations and the
origin of fractals and of scaling behaviour. This book will be of
interest to graduate students and researchers interested in
turbulence, from physics and applied mathematics backgrounds.
195 in the coronary flow of the perfused cat's heart. KREITMAIR
confirmed this action by a different method. Using heart-lung
preparation in dogs with a MORAWITZ coronary canula, he found that
harmol (10 mgm. per Kilo) produced 1 a remarkable increase in the
coronary flow. BRAMWELL, CAMPBELL and EVANS treated 20 patients
suffering from angina pectoris with propylharmol by mouth and found
benefit from the drug in four early cases but no improvement in the
more severe types. Seven out of 41 cases of angina, treated by
harmol hydro chloride by mouth, appeared to be improved.
Comparative Actions on the Uterus. The stimulant action on the
uterus, first observed with harmaline, was investigated
subsequently with other compounds with a view to determining
QUi"i." l,""rl111Olol Quill;'''' QlIillillC IIarmnlol I mg per
kilo. J mg per kilo. In/( per kilo. a mg per kilo. 0.3 mg /ler
kilo. Fig.5. Rabbit, non.pregnant, anaesthetised by urethane;
contractions of uterus recorded in situ; varying doses of harmalol
and quinine intravenously. Showing that 0.3 mgm. per kgm, harmalol
in about equnl, in activity on the uterus, to 5.0 mgm. quinine."
This is a true-life account of how I was shackled and imprisoned in
my own thought processes, which led to poor behavior patterns most
of my adult life. It was these thought processes that led me to
almost commit suicide, I eventually was divorced by my wife, I loss
of a relationship with my two sons, and I spent a season of my life
in a state prison. On the night I was going to take my own life, a
voice spoke to me, "Stop, don't do it. I am with you." And this is
where my pilgrimage began. This book shares what I learned and how
God transformed my life and my thought processes. Prayerfully, by
reading this account, you will have the hope, strength and courage
to break your shackles and unlock your prison door as well.
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