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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program (IUCCP) has
sponsored eight previous international symposia covering a range of
topics of interest to industrial and academic chemists. The ninth
IUCCP Symposium, held March 18-21, 1991 at Texas A&M University
was the second in a two part series focusing on Biotechnology. The
title for this Symposium "Applications of Enzyme Biotechnology" was
by design a rather all encompassing title, similar in some respects
to the discipline. Biotechnology refers to the application of
biochemistry for the development of a commercial product. Persons
employed in or interested in biotechnology may be chemists,
molecular biologists, biophysicists, or physicians. The breadth of
biotech research projects requires close collaboration between
scientists of a variety of backgrounds, prejudices, and interests.
Biotechnology is a comparatively new discipline closely tied to new
developments in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular
biology and medicine. The primary function of Texas A&M
University is to educate students who will be appropriately trained
to carry out the mission of biotechnology. The IUCCP Symposium
serves as an important forum for fostering closer ties between
academia and industry and exchanging ideas so important to this
evolving area.
A growing number of people completing or holding graduate degrees
now seek non-faculty positions-also called alternative academic, or
"alt-ac" positions--at different stages in their careers. While an
increasing number of people with doctoral degrees are hunting for a
diminishing pool of tenure-track faculty jobs, most degree-granting
institutions do not adequately prepare their graduate students to
enter the new reality of the alt-ac job market. Yet the
administrative ranks in higher education institutions are growing,
as colleges and universities are creating a diverse range of
positions that support teaching and learning efforts. Focusing on
the range of potential alternative career choices, this highly
practical book offers tools and prompts for readers who are:
Considering whether to choose an alt-ac career path Seeking
specific alt-ac positions Advising graduate students or mentoring
recent professional graduates Encountering alt-ac career challenges
The authors offer case stories-their own and those of colleagues
across North America in alt-ac roles-with concrete examples
designed to help readers pursue, obtain, and excel in a wide
variety of alt-ac positions. The book can equally be used as a
resource for graduate courses on professional development and
job-market preparation.
The Industry-University Cooperative Chemistry Program (IUCCP) has
sponsored eight previous international symposia covering a range of
topics of interest to industrial and academic chemists. The ninth
IUCCP Symposium, held March 18-21, 1991 at Texas A&M University
was the second in a two part series focusing on Biotechnology. The
title for this Symposium "Applications of Enzyme Biotechnology" was
by design a rather all encompassing title, similar in some respects
to the discipline. Biotechnology refers to the application of
biochemistry for the development of a commercial product. Persons
employed in or interested in biotechnology may be chemists,
molecular biologists, biophysicists, or physicians. The breadth of
biotech research projects requires close collaboration between
scientists of a variety of backgrounds, prejudices, and interests.
Biotechnology is a comparatively new discipline closely tied to new
developments in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, molecular
biology and medicine. The primary function of Texas A&M
University is to educate students who will be appropriately trained
to carry out the mission of biotechnology. The IUCCP Symposium
serves as an important forum for fostering closer ties between
academia and industry and exchanging ideas so important to this
evolving area.
A growing number of people completing or holding graduate degrees
now seek non-faculty positions-also called alternative academic, or
"alt-ac" positions--at different stages in their careers. While an
increasing number of people with doctoral degrees are hunting for a
diminishing pool of tenure-track faculty jobs, most degree-granting
institutions do not adequately prepare their graduate students to
enter the new reality of the alt-ac job market. Yet the
administrative ranks in higher education institutions are growing,
as colleges and universities are creating a diverse range of
positions that support teaching and learning efforts. Focusing on
the range of potential alternative career choices, this highly
practical book offers tools and prompts for readers who are:
Considering whether to choose an alt-ac career path Seeking
specific alt-ac positions Advising graduate students or mentoring
recent professional graduates Encountering alt-ac career challenges
The authors offer case stories-their own and those of colleagues
across North America in alt-ac roles-with concrete examples
designed to help readers pursue, obtain, and excel in a wide
variety of alt-ac positions. The book can equally be used as a
resource for graduate courses on professional development and
job-market preparation.
This book offers insights and perspectives from a study of
"Cultural Encounters in Intervention Against Violence" (CEINAV) in
four EU-countries. Seeking a deeper understanding of the
underpinnings of intervention practices in Germany, Portugal,
Slovenia and the United Kingdom, the team explored variations in
institutional structures and traditions of law, policing, and
social welfare. Theories of structural inequality and ethics are
discussed and translated into practice. Using a shared qualitative
methodology, space was created to listen to professionals
discussing the challenges of intervention and as well to hear
voices of women who had escaped domestic violence or trafficking
for sexual exploitation and of young people who had been taken into
care due to abuse or neglect. Voices of professionals as well as of
women and young people who have experienced intervention illuminate
how and why practices may differ. The authors examine how existing
theories can illuminate complex inequalities or encompass the
experiences of minorities against the background of European
colonial history, and what streams of ethical theory apply to the
dilemmas and challenges of intervention practice. Analytical
descriptions of the legal-institutional frameworks for each of the
three forms of violence set the stage for comparison. Drawing on a
rich store of empirical data, five chapters discuss key issues
facing policy-makers and practitioners seeking effective strategies
of intervention that can diminish violence while strengthening the
agency of women and children. Unique among comparative studies,
CEINAV integrated creative art workshops into the research and
involved both professionals and survivors of violence in the
process. "Reflections" include a discussion of different
intervention cultures in Europe, alongside working with different
voices and making cultural encounters visible through art. Overall
the authors argue that overcoming violence cannot be achieved by
standardising procedure but require an ethical foundation, for
which they offer a proposal.
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Jumper (Paperback)
Kellie Thomas-Walker
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R526
Discovery Miles 5 260
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This authoritative, accessible and engaging four-volume history
vividly presents the Irish story - or stories - from c.600 to the
present, within its broader Atlantic, European, imperial and global
contexts. While the volumes benefit from a strong political
narrative framework, they are distinctive also in including essays
that address the full range of social, economic, religious,
linguistic, military, cultural, artistic and gender history, and in
challenging traditional chronological boundaries in a manner that
offers new perspectives and insights. Each volume examines
Ireland's development within a distinct period, and offers a
complete and rounded picture of Irish life, while remaining
sensitive to the unique Irish experience. Bringing together an
international team of experts, this landmark history both reflects
recent developments in the field and sets the agenda for future
study.
The addition of the arts to STEM education, now known as STEAM,
adds a new dimension to problem-solving within those fields,
offering students tools such as imagination and resourcefulness to
incorporate into their designs. However, the shift from STEM to
STEAM has changed what it means for students to learn within and
across these disciplines. Redesigning curricula to include the arts
is the next step in preparing students throughout all levels of
education. Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming From STEM
to STEAM Education is a pivotal reference source that examines the
challenges and opportunities presented in redesigning STEM
education to include creativity, innovation, and design from the
arts including new approaches to STEAM and their practical
applications in the classroom. While highlighting topics including
curriculum design, teacher preparation, and PreK-20 education, this
book is ideally designed for teachers, curriculum developers,
instructional designers, deans, museum educators, policymakers,
administrators, researchers, academicians, and students.
All hope seems lost as Nypre is forced to retreat into the
territory of Aqnis. Before Nypre and his brother Deren can save
their mother from the Night Land, they will have to recover the
waters of Aqnis and battle against the warlord Falkner. Only by
working together with the people of the Aqnis will they be able to
succeed. Yet the Night Land's influence stretches far beyond its
borders, and every soldier that falls in battle is one less blade
to fight the true enemy.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Lily Madisons life in East Empress, Maine was average, boring even,
until her dreams began to take on a life of their own. When her
dreams begin to play out in waking life, she realizes that they are
actually premonitions. She suddenly knows things that she shouldn't
and she doesn't know why. After Lily's dreams take a bloody turn,
she can not shake the ominous feeling that remains. She must figure
out a way to stop her ghastly dreams from becoming a reality.
Following her instincts, she trudges forward on a journey to
interpret the esoteric messages, but she soon finds that she is in
way over her head when her pyschic secret is discovered. Life
begins spiraling out of control when Lily becomes the target of a
madman's obsessive and extreme quest to rid the world of Lily's
kind. She begins to realize that some secrets are too enigmatic to
reveal without consequence, and sometimes, some things are better
left unknown.
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A Prima Donna (Hardcover)
George Henry Curtis; Created by Kelly Thomas Kelly, Kelly Thomas
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R984
Discovery Miles 9 840
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
The Irish government, UK government and European Commission have
recently passed a ban on the sale of all incandescent/GLS lamps
above 100W, which commenced in September 2009 with smaller Wattages
to be phased out by 2012. This paper sets out to investigate if
CFLs are an adequate, suitable and appropriate replacement for GLS
lamps in domestic environments. The main areas examined are power
factor and total harmonic distortion, but other CFL characteristics
are also investigated by means of literature review, to provide a
complete overview of CFL performance. The measured power factor of
all CFLs averaged 0.57 and ranged between 0.52 and 0.62. The
effects of harmonic distortion on the current waveform of a CFL
circuit was significant and reached levels up to 80% of the
fundamental frequency. However, this large harmonic distortion is
returned on the waveform of a smaller current than would be drawn
by a GLS lamp and hence, effects on the national grid and risks of
an overloaded three phase neutral conductor are less than sometimes
claimed by researchers.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was an era of continuity as
well as change. Though properly portrayed as the era of 'Protestant
Ascendancy' it embraces two phases - the eighteenth century when
that ascendancy was at its peak; and the nineteenth century when
the Protestant elite sustained a determined rear-guard defence in
the face of the emergence of modern Catholic nationalism. Employing
a chronology that is not bound by traditional datelines, this
volume moves beyond the familiar political narrative to engage with
the economy, society, population, emigration, religion, language,
state formation, culture, art and architecture, and the Irish
abroad. It provides new and original interpretations of a critical
phase in the emergence of a modern Ireland that, while focused
firmly on the island and its traditions, moves beyond the
nationalist narrative of the twentieth century to provide a history
of late early modern Ireland for the twenty-first century.
The addition of the arts to STEM education, now known as STEAM,
adds a new dimension to problem-solving within those fields,
offering students tools such as imagination and resourcefulness to
incorporate into their designs. However, the shift from STEM to
STEAM has changed what it means for students to learn within and
across these disciplines. Redesigning curricula to include the arts
is the next step in preparing students throughout all levels of
education. Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming From STEM
to STEAM Education is a pivotal reference source that examines the
challenges and opportunities presented in redesigning STEM
education to include creativity, innovation, and design from the
arts including new approaches to STEAM and their practical
applications in the classroom. While highlighting topics including
curriculum design, teacher preparation, and PreK-20 education, this
book is ideally designed for teachers, curriculum developers,
instructional designers, deans, museum educators, policymakers,
administrators, researchers, academicians, and students.
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