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IF you're seeking RESULTS lasting relief from spinning out anxiety,
then this IS the book for you.Thankfully, there's a viable road map
for alleviating these issues. Kill Anxiety Live Immensely from
author, Najaam P Lee, provides a strategy for battling with and
healing from anxiety. Does insomnia kick-in when constant worries
fill your thoughts? Is fear like a cloud lingering over your dreams
you want to achieve? Can you use some peace and tranquility? If you
answered YES! you are not alone. Anxiety has always hidden in the
shadows of every human being until Social Media blew it up. This
bomb brought awareness to a vastness in the area of anxiety, that
40 million adults in the U.S. alone are suffering from anxiety; 6.8
million adults affected by G.A.D. which is generalized anxiety
disorder, yet only 43.2% are receiving treatment.This lead Najaam
on a quest to understanding her own struggles and a wild encounter
with Hindu goddess Kali Ma showing the way to overcoming and taking
back her power!
This study explores the interplay between the commendation of
enjoyment and the injunction to fear God in Ecclesiastes. Previous
studies have tended to examine these seemingly antithetical themes
in isolation from one another. Seeing enjoyment and fear to be
positively correlated, however, enables a fresh articulation of the
booka (TM)s theology. Enjoyment of life lies at the heart of
Qoheleta (TM)s vision of piety, which may be characterized as
faithful realism, calling for an authentic engagement with both the
tragic and joyous dimensions of human existence. Winner of the 2007
John Templeton Award for Theological Promise
We live in an age of crises that are global in scale and
potentially apocalyptic in severity, affecting the lives of
millions billions of people. Peter Lee examines the struggle for
truth at the heart of these crises to show how political leaders
attempt to shape individual behavior, attitudes and identity.
Focusing on synthetic nanodevices and the synthesis of
nanomaterials, this book examines polymeric microspheres and
nanostructures, carbon nanotubes, silicon, silicon dioxide, and
iron oxide. There is also a chapter on the characterization of
critical nanostructures for biological applications.
The objective of this book is to provide up-to-date coverage of
some of the emerging developments in the field of integrated DNA
biochips. It will prove a useful source of information for
researchers in the field and for those who are just entering the
field of biochip research.
Bringing together both contemporary and historical Just War
concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality
evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraq invasion
because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their
historical context and applied in a global political system where
they no longer hold sway.
An exploration of the many faces of televangelism in our world
today, including Christian, Islamic and Hindu. The collection
analyses the correspondences and major differences between global
and local televangelism, focusing on the main individuals involved
in televangelism, their practices and the social and cultural
impact of their ministries.
Exposing how memory is constructed and mediated in different
societies, this collection explores particular contexts to identify
links between the politics of memory, media representations and the
politics of justice, questioning what we think we know and
understand about recent history.
Written by one of the foremost leaders in business management
education. Accessible, and written in a style that will appeal to
university leaders, policy-makers and students. Whilst focussed on
a specific university, the book has universal lessons across all
continents.
Written by one of the foremost leaders in business management
education. Accessible, and written in a style that will appeal to
university leaders, policy-makers and students. Whilst focussed on
a specific university, the book has universal lessons across all
continents.
Rising occurrences of various diseases and epidemics have
pressurized the already-burdened health system across the globe,
and this imposes an unprecedented challenge on our current research
in identifying disease-specific biomarkers and molecular targets,
in particular for cancers, neurological disorders and unexplained
infertility. Despite decades of efforts in deciphering the
fundamental biology underlying various diseases at discrete levels
using an array of advanced technologies, attempts to identify
reliable and disease-indicating markers for detection and
biomolecules or cellular structures for targeting are still in
vain. This monograph describes and discusses the updated findings
in this field with a specific aim to compile prior and recent
literature and from there to acquire some insights to facilitate
future research to expand options of understanding, detecting and
treating diseases. Among the many possible areas of biomedical
research, this content comprises two themes: disease biomarkers and
molecular targets. The book also covers topics that are more
advanced in development to emerging scientific discoveries. In
particular, this monograph includesconcepts on the renovated use of
oncofetal molecules in cancer prediction and treatment, the
evolving development in cancer biology at the cellular and
molecular levels and the recent involvement on new classes of
molecules in diseases.Thisbook renews established concepts in the
field, and at the same time leads to important insights for
research and development of drugs, diagnostics, and interventions
for managing diseases of unmet medical needs.
Charlotte P. Lee considers organizational changes taking place
within the contemporary Chinese Communist Party (CCP), examining
the party's renewed emphasis on an understudied but core set of
organizations: party-managed training academies or 'party schools'.
This national network of organizations enables party authorities to
exert political control over the knowledge, skills, and careers of
officials. Drawing on in-depth field research and novel datasets,
Lee finds that the party school system has not been immune to
broader market-based reforms but instead has incorporated many of
the same strategies as actors in China's hybrid, state-led private
sector. In the search for revenue and status, schools have updated
training content and become more entrepreneurial as they compete
and collaborate with domestic and international actors. This book
draws attention to surprising dynamism located within the party, in
political organizations thought immune to change, and the
transformative effect of the market on China's political system.
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This volume, first published in 2004, offers an interesting
perspective on the discussion of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
by broadening the terms of the debate to include both secular and
religious investigations not normally considered. The volume
contains a structured dialogue between representatives of the
following ethical traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism,
feminism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, liberalism, natural law,
pacifism, and realism. There are two introductory chapters on the
technical aspects of WMD and international agreements for
controlling WMD. A concluding essay compares the different ethical
traditions. All the authors address the same set of moral issues
and this creates a dialogue both within and across traditions. The
debate structure is particularly useful and appealing for
pedagogical purposes. The introductory essays on the technical and
legal aspects of WMD could easily be used to introduce the subject
to students.
This international academic and professional yearbook contains
articles and reviews on matters of interest to all concerned with
history in education from contributors throughout the world. The
yearbook will encourage rigorous exploration or philosophical,
psychological, sociological and historical perspectives upon
history in education and their relation to practice where
appropriate. The theme of the first edition is centralisation and
decentralisation of national curricula.
Just war theory is the traditional approach taken to questions of
the morality of war, but war today is far from traditional. War has
been deeply affected in recent years by a variety of social and
technological developments in areas such as international
terrorism, campaigns of genocide and ethnic cleansing, the global
human rights movement, economic globalization, and military
technology. This book asks whether just war theory is adequate to
the challenges these developments pose. Just war theory provides
rules for determining when it is justified to fight a war. But some
have argued that the nature of contemporary war makes these rules
obsolete. For example, genocidal and aggressive regimes may require
the use of military force that is not strictly in self-defense, as
just war theory requires. In addition, the theory provides rules
for determining what the limits are on justified conduct in war.
Charlotte P. Lee considers organizational changes taking place
within the contemporary Chinese Communist Party (CCP), examining
the party's renewed emphasis on an understudied but core set of
organizations: party-managed training academies or 'party schools'.
This national network of organizations enables party authorities to
exert political control over the knowledge, skills, and careers of
officials. Drawing on in-depth field research and novel datasets,
Lee finds that the party school system has not been immune to
broader market-based reforms but instead has incorporated many of
the same strategies as actors in China's hybrid, state-led private
sector. In the search for revenue and status, schools have updated
training content and become more entrepreneurial as they compete
and collaborate with domestic and international actors. This book
draws attention to surprising dynamism located within the party, in
political organizations thought immune to change, and the
transformative effect of the market on China's political system.
Rising occurrences of various diseases and epidemics have
pressurized the already-burdened health system across the globe,
and this imposes an unprecedented challenge on our current research
in identifying disease-specific biomarkers and molecular targets,
in particular for cancers, neurological disorders and unexplained
infertility. Despite decades of efforts in deciphering the
fundamental biology underlying various diseases at discrete levels
using an array of advanced technologies, attempts to identify
reliable and disease-indicating markers for detection and
biomolecules or cellular structures for targeting are still in
vain. This monograph describes and discusses the updated findings
in this field with a specific aim to compile prior and recent
literature and from there to acquire some insights to facilitate
future research to expand options of understanding, detecting and
treating diseases. Among the many possible areas of biomedical
research, this content comprises two themes: disease biomarkers and
molecular targets. The book also covers topics that are more
advanced in development to emerging scientific discoveries. In
particular, this monograph includes concepts on the renovated use
of oncofetal molecules in cancer prediction and treatment, the
evolving development in cancer biology at the cellular and
molecular levels and the recent involvement on new classes of
molecules in diseases. This book renews established concepts in the
field, and at the same time leads to important insights for
research and development of drugs, diagnostics, and interventions
for managing diseases of unmet medical needs.
We live in an age of crises that are global in scale and
potentially apocalyptic in severity, affecting the lives of
millions billions of people. Peter Lee examines the struggle for
truth at the heart of these crises to show how political leaders
attempt to shape individual behavior, attitudes and identity.
What are the ethical principles underpinning the idea of a just war
and how should they be adapted to changing social and military
circumstances? In this book, Steven P. Lee presents the basic
principles of just war theory, showing how they evolved
historically and how they are applied today in global relations. He
examines the role of state sovereignty and individual human rights
in the moral foundations of just war theory and discusses a wide
range of topics including humanitarian intervention, preventive
war, the moral status of civilians and enemy combatants, civil war
and terrorism. He shows how just war theory relates to both
pacifism and realism. Finally, he considers the future of war and
the prospects for its obsolescence. His clear and wide-ranging
discussion, richly illustrated with examples, will be invaluable
for students and other readers interested in the ethical challenges
posed by the changing nature of war.
blends materials, fabrication, and structure issues of developing
nanobio devices in a single volume. treats major nanobio
application areas such as drug delivery, molecular diagnostics, and
imaging. chapters written by the leading researchers in the field.
The intracarotid amobarbital (or Amytal) procedure is commonly
referred to as the Wada test in tribute to Juhn Wada, the physician
who devised the technique and performed the fIrst basic animal
research and clinical studies with this method. Wada testing has
become an integral part of the pre operative evaluation for
epilepsy surgery. Interestingly, however, Wada initially developed
this method as a technique to assess language dominance in
psychiatric patients in order that electroconvulsant therapy could
be applied unilaterally to the non-dominant hemisphere. Epilepsy
surgery has matured as a viable treatment for intractable seizures
and is no longer confmed to a few major universities and medical
institutes. Yet, as is increasingly clear by examining the surveys
of approaches used by epilepsy surgery centers (e.g., Rausch, 1987;
Snyder, Novelly, & Harris, 1990), there is not only great
heterogeneity in the methods used during Wada testing to assess
language and memory functions, but there also seems to be a lack of
consensus regarding the theoretical assumptions, and perhaps, even
the goals of this procedure.
Bringing together both contemporary and historical just war
concepts, Peter Lee shows that Blair's illusion of morality
evaporated quickly and irretrievably after the 2003 Iraqinvasion
because the ideas Blair relied upon were taken out of their
historical context and applied in a global political system where
they no longer hold sway.
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