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Nourish your mind with UNDERSTANDING NORMAL AND CLINICAL NUTRITION,
12th Edition! Start by learning about normal nutrition, including
the effects of food and nutrients on your mental and physical
health, and then turn your focus to the clinical side of nutrition
and the therapeutic care of people with health problems. Packed
with practical information and resources, this text is designed to
help you understand and apply nutrition concepts to your daily life
as well as to clinical settings. Features in the text include
real-life case studies and questions, step-by-step "How To"
instruction, detailed illustrations, intriguing vignettes, a full
glossary, and much more. Regardless of your background, the
authors' enthusiasm, student-friendly writing, careful
explanations, and concise coverage of current topics will inspire
you to take a healthy look at the field of nutrition!
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Hitman: Agent 47 (DVD)
Rupert Friend, Zachary Quinto, Thomas Kretschmann, Ciarán Hinds, Dan Bakkedahl, …
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Rupert Friend stars in the eponymous role of this action thriller
directed by Aleksander Bach. The International Contracts Agency
(ICA), a top secret organisation that works independently of the
U.S. government, has spent millions of dollars developing its own
army of genetically engineered assassins. Known only by the last
two digits of the barcode stamped on the back of his neck, Agent 47
is the best assassin in the business, boasting unrivalled
intelligence, speed and strength. When 47's latest target,
multi-national corporation owner John Smith (Zachary Quinto), gets
wind of his impending fate, Smith tries to penetrate the ICA to
find the secret to their success in creating invincible agents with
a plan of improving on their skills to develop his own army.
This comprehensive Research Handbook provides insights into
entrepreneurship across a range of country contexts, migration
corridors and national policies to provide a collection of
conceptual, empirical and policy-focused findings addressing
transnational diaspora entrepreneurship. Chapters illustrate the
phenomenon, considering what it is, how it works and how it is
regulated. Contributions from top scholars in the field underline
the view that transnational diaspora entrepreneurship is a
socio-cultural as well as an economic phenomenon of increasing
worldwide relevance in shifting economic, technological and
political landscapes. Conceptual and methodological developments
are presented from multiple perspectives, embedding unique country-
and- context-based empirical research. Split into four key thematic
sections, this Research Handbook first provides readers with an
overview of the topic, before delving into country-specific case
studies, migration corridors and their impacts, and then finally
exploring the policy implications. Entrepreneurship scholars and
students—particularly those with a focus on global
entrepreneurship, diasporas, migration and international
entrepreneurship—will find this a timely and important read. It
will also be of value to administrators of entrepreneurial and
migration programs, business developers, investment and startup
agencies, diaspora organisations, NGOs and think-tanks.
BEC is an internationally recognised business qualification that
demonstrates an ability to use English in professional contexts. As
a University of Cambridge ESOL examination, international companies
use it as a suitable entry requirement by academic institutions and
for recruitment. Success with BEC provides complete preparation for
the BEC exams, but is also an ideal focus for in-company training
courses and for business people and students wishing to improve
their English and job prospects. The course covers the three levels
of the exam: BEC Preliminary, BEC Vantage and BEC Higher.
This book presents the design of steel structures using finite
element methods (FEM)according to the current state of the art in
Germany and the rest of Europe. After a short introduction on the
basics of the design, this book illustrates the FEM with a focus on
internal forces, displacements, critical loads and modal shapes.
Next to finite element procedures for linear calculations
considering the stress states of normal force, biaxial bending and
warping torsion, non-linear calculations and the stability cases of
flexural buckling, lateral torsional buckling and plate buckling
are concentrated on significantly. In this context, design
procedures for stability according to the standard Eurocode 3 is
introduced and discussed. In addition, important fundamental issues
are covered, such as the determination of cross-section properties
as well as the elastic and plastic cross-section resistance.
Complementary, finite element procedures for cross sections are
dealt with, which will have an increasing
importance in the future.
This book has evolved within the teaching activities of the authors
in the lecture Computer-oriented Design of Steel Structures on the
Masters Programme Computational Engineering at the University of
Bochum. It covers the total variety of demands needed to be
discussed for the safe, economic and modern design of steel
structures.
Rolf LAnge was Schwabisch, born in southern Germany on 27th April
1939. He trained as a master in Patisserie in Germany and moved to
Oxford, England as a young man to work, married and had two
daughters, Karin and Juliette. He was an adventurer, raconteur,
teller of rude jokes, iconoclast, humanist, student of European
Studies, accordionist, yachtmaster and pilot, a lover and a
warrior. Over forty-five years he divorced, remarried, taught
English in Greece, qualified for university entrance through Open
University European Studies, and made wine on the Rhine. He
explored America and shot the rapids of the Rio Grande in New
Mexico, sailed the Mediterranean and lived on his catamaran for ten
years with his wife Carol. They sailed to Spain and bought a house
in the Alpujarra mountains of Andalucia. He loved trees and planted
pomegranate, almond, fig, palm, orange, grapefruit, lemon, quince,
lime, avocado, apple, cherry, pear, nispero, chirimoya and olive.
Rolf had a boundless zest for life. His passion was flying and he
was in process of renewing his pilot's licence when he died
suddenly in his beloved village of Darrical, Andalucia, on 1st
March 2016. He always said that when his time came, he would just
fly his plane into a mountain. He found his mountain that night.
Rolf was deeply moved by the plight of homeless people. Proceeds
from sales of this book will go to the Oxford Community Soup
Kitchen run by Ma Smith in Oxford, England, where he played his
accordion for the people Christmas 2015.
Prepare for your future career in nutrition with this bestselling
text--which makes the science of nutrition relatable and
meaningful. UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION makes the sometimes confusing
topic of nutrition easy to understand by offering step-by-step
coverage of nutrition concepts and related processes. Vivid
illustrations and quick-reference nutrition tables make even the
most difficult concepts easy to master. With an understanding of
nutrition, you can make healthy choices in your daily life and
provide others with accurate information in your professional
career.
Discover the remarkable ways your nervous system works in service of your safety and well-being.
Polyvagal Theory, developed by researcher and scientist Dr. Stephen Porges and popularized by therapist Deb Dana, has impacted countless lives. It has changed the way therapists work with their clients and provided a pathway toward healing for those who have experienced hardship or trauma.
In Polyvagal Prompts, Deb Dana and Courtney Rolfe invite readers to explore their nervous systems through Polyvagal Theory with engaging questions and exercises, which readers can respond to directly in the pages of the book. Readers are guided in noticing their systems, listening with curiosity, and reflecting on what they learn. The prompts can be used as a daily practice or to explore specific topics at the reader’s own pace, and are also ideal for helping clients track and reflect upon their polyvagal-informed therapies.
No matter how readers decide to explore, Polyvagal Prompts offers an invaluable opportunity to begin the life-changing journey of befriending one’s nervous system.
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Happy Campers (DVD)
Brad Renfro, Dominique Swain, Emily Bergl, James King, Jordan Bridges, …
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It's summer at Camp Bleeding Dove and the year's batch of teenage
residents are engaged in the traditional camp activities, both
wholesome and libidinous. But watchful camp director Oberon (Peter
Stormare) is soon injured in a freak accident and the counsellors
are left to run the show themselves. This means that the summer fun
is about to take off in a new and wholly unpredictable direction.
Starring Brad Renfro ('Bully') and Dominique Swain ('Lolita'),
'Happy Campers' marks the directorial debut of 'Heathers'
screenwriter Daniel Waters.
Cambridge Business qualifications are internationally recognised
business qualifications which demonstrate an ability to use English
in professional contexts. As a Cambridge English examination, it is
used as a suitable entry requirement by academic institutions and
for recruitment by international companies. Cambridge English
Qualifications are designed so that each exam builds on the skills
developed at the previous level. Now in a new edition, Success with
Business (formerly Success with BEC) provides a complete
preparation for the Cambridge Business exams. It is also an ideal
focus for in-company training courses and for business people and
students wishing to improve their English and job prospects. The
course covers the three levels of the exam: Preliminary B1, Vantage
B2 and Higher C1.
Adriatic spans over two thousand years of history and the whole of
the eastern Mediterranean region around the Adriatic sea and part
of the neighbouring Ionian sea. Ever since the Romans, these lands
and their peoples have experienced the coming and going of great
empires, including occupation by the British in recent centuries,
and the demise of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after the First World
War, which had its origins in this combustible region. The book
untangles a rich and complex history into the twentieth century,
before the former Yugoslavia once again fractured. The fascinating
and highly accessible account emphasises the interplay between
different parts of the Adriatic: on the plus side, the alliances
that countries formed, often through trade or royal marriage, and
on the negative side, the rivalries that divided states and ended
in war, invasion or the overthrow of government. The narrative is
filled with personal stories of individuals from many different
periods that illuminate the real issues of their day, and explores
the political, cultural and economic developments, together with
the major conflicts from earliest Roman times, through the
Crusades, right up to the battles of the Second World War.
Triple bill of World War Two dramas. 'Everyman's War' (2009) is an
American drama based on the personal wartime experiences of
director Thad Smith's father. Don Smith (Cole Carson), a young
sergeant in the 94th Infantry Division, finds himself unarmed and
wounded on the frontline of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest
and bloodiest battle involving American forces in the entire war.
As the Allies advance through the snow-packed, densely-forested
mountains of Ardennes, Don's sweetheart Dorine (Lauren Bair) waits
at home in Oregon, desperate for news. 'Anonyma: The Downfall of
Berlin' (2008) is a German drama set in Berlin in the final days of
the war. The events of the film are based on the real diary of an
anonymous woman who lived through the liberation of Berlin by
Soviet troops in 1945, suffering shockingly brutal treatment by the
city's captors. Living in the basement of her bombed-out apartment
building with a handful of similarly destitute neighbours, the
woman - known only as 'Anonyma' (Nina Foss) - endures repeated rape
by Russian soldiers, and tries to wrestle a modicum of control over
her destiny by using sex as a tool for survival, forging an uneasy
sexual alliance with Russian leader Major Andrei Rybkin (Yevgeni
Sidikhin). Brad Haynes directs the Australian drama 'Broken Sun'
(2008). In 1944, a group of Japanese soldiers held in a P.O.W. camp
deep in the Australian outback make an escape attempt. One young
soldier, Masaru (Shingo Usami), ends up hiding in the remote
hilltop farm of reclusive farmer Jack (Jai Koutrae), a World War
One veteran who never recovered from the traumas he experienced as
a soldier. Despite their differences and mutual suspicions, it soon
becomes evident that the two men share the understanding that war
is not simply a question of good versus evil but a complex set of
rules by which each of them is duty-bound to abide.
Using a multi-disciplinary and comparative approach, this study
examines emerging and innovative attempts to tackle privacy and
legal issues in cloud computing such as personal data privacy,
security and intellectual property protection. An international
team of legal scholars, computer science researchers, regulators
and practitioners present original and critical responses to the
growing challenges posed by cloud computing. They analyze the
specific legal implications pertaining to jurisdiction, biomedical
practice and information ownership, as well as issues of regulatory
control, competition and cross-border regulation. Law academics,
practitioners and regulators will find this book to be a valuable,
practical and accessible resource, as will computer science
scholars interested in cloud computing issues. Contributors: H.
Chang, A.S.Y. Cheung, A. Chiu, K.P. Chow, E.S. Dove, X. Fan, Y.
Joly, T.S.-H. Kaan, B.M. Knoppers, J. Kong, G. Master, J.-P. Moiny,
C. Reed, D.N. Staiger, G.Y. Tian, R.H. Weber, P.K. Yu
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Hopper (Paperback)
Rolf G Renner
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Edward Hopper (1882-1967) is something of an American success
story, if only his success had come swifter. At the age of 40, he
was a failing artist who struggled to sell a single painting. As he
approached 80, Time magazine featured him on its cover. Today, half
a century after his death, Hopper is considered a giant of modern
expression, with an uncanny, unforgettable, and utterly distinct
sense for mood and place. Much of Hopper's work excavates modern
city experience. In canvas after canvas, he depicts diners, cafes,
shopfronts, street lights, gas stations, rail stations, and hotel
rooms. The scenes are marked by vivid color juxtapositions and
stark, theatrical lighting, as well as by harshly contoured
figures, who appear at once part of, and alien to, their
surroundings. The ambiance throughout his repertoire is of an eerie
disquiet, alienation, loneliness and psychological tension,
although his rural or coastal scenes can offer a counterpoint of
tranquility or optimism. This book presents key works from Hopper's
oeuvre to introduce a key player not only in American art history
but also in the American psyche. About the series Born back in
1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art
book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art
series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and
oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical
importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with
explanatory captions
The Field Guide to the Succulent Euphorbias of southern Africa by
Alma Moeller and Rolf Becker is a pioneer publication on euphorbias
in southern Africa. It is a beautifully illustrated, full colour
identification guide that makes it easy for the layperson as well
as anybody interested in the flora of southern Africa to identify a
particular species. The Guide contains: Introductory chapters
containing general information about the species characters, how to
identify an euphorbia, growing euphorbias in cultivation, gardening
with euphorbias, medicinal and other uses, herbaceous species and
invaders. Detailed descriptions of 224 species, including emphasis
on distinguishing features, habitat, distribution maps,
conservation status, scientific and known common names, as well as
notes on similar species. Similar looking species are grouped
together in 18 species groups, based on easily recognisable
morphological characters. Group 19 contains previously undescribed
species, and Group 20 contains species of uncertain status. More
than 870 full-colour photographs and illustrations. Taxonomic
classification. Glossary and index to scientific and common names.
This book explores the interdependences of economic globalization,
political tensions, and national policymaking whilst analysing
opportunities for governance reform at both national and
international levels. It considers how governance mechanisms can be
fashioned in order to both exploit the opportunities of
globalization and cope with the numerous potential conflicts and
risks. The authors adopt a multidisciplinary approach based on
various theories from economics, political science, sociology and
law to provide new insights into globalization processes, their
causes and effects and to further develop the understanding of, and
interaction between globalization and governance. They underline
the need to design innovative governance structures at national,
regional, and global levels ? an unalterable precondition to
overcome political, cultural, and distributional conflicts in a
globalizing world. In conclusion, the book prescribes development
strategies to successfully manage and overcome the political,
cultural and distributional conflicts arising in a globalizing
world.Highlighting the successes and failures of globalization,
this challenging book will be warmly welcomed by scholars and
researchers in various fields of economics including development
economics, institutional economics, political economy, and the
economics of transition. Those with an interest in regulation and
governance, including policymakers and professionals in
non-governmental organizations and development agencies will also
find the book to be an invaluable tool.
Presents an overview of China’s efforts in cleaning up the
environment, restoring ecosystems, and decarbonizing the economy.
Contains a short history of the Chinese environment, efforts for
the remediation of air and water, ecosystem restoration, emerging
measures for decarbonization, and megatrends that contribute to
environmental protection.
In recent years our understanding of corporate sustainability has
moved from exploitation to exploration, from corporate
environmental management to sustainable entrepreneurship, and from
efficiency to innovation. Yet current trends indicate the need for
radical innovation via entrepreneurial start-ups or new ventures
within existing corporations despite difficulties with the
financing and marketing of such efforts. Presenting both conceptual
and empirical research, this fascinating book addresses how we can
combine environmental and social sustainability with economic
sustainability in order to produce innovative new business models.
The international cast of contributors addresses the wide range of
issues in the balance between growth and environmental concerns.
The first five chapters discuss various aspects of sustainable
entrepreneurship. This is followed by two chapters that look at
innovation within existing firms. Innovation is not successful
until it finds a customer, so the two chapters that follow delve
into the marketing aspects of business-to-consumer and
business-to-business settings. The book closes with a broad
discussion of the evolution and future of the research agenda into
the intersection of sustainability, innovation and
entrepreneurship. Academics, students, business professionals, and
NGOs will find this volume enlightening and useful.
This book provides evolutionary and institutional perspectives on
the reform of infrastructure industries, tracing the development of
this process in a number of sectors and countries.The contributors
contend that infrastructure based industries such as
telecommunications, public transport, water management and energy
have been increasingly exposed to the dynamism of the market since
becoming privatized, and have therefore been stimulated into
short-term efficiency and long-term innovation. Drawing on
institutional economic theory backed up with case studies such as
the California energy crisis, the Dutch gas industry, oil and
electricity companies in Spain and the privatization of Schipol
airport in Amsterdam, the book focuses on process, driving forces,
and actors' roles to explain how new balances are established
between competing institutions. The degree to which the processes
of institutional change are predictable and the effects of
deliberate strategic interventions of governments or private actors
are explored. Specific technical and sector aspects and their
influence on institutional change in various infrastructures are
also discussed. This book will strongly appeal to academics and
practitioners in politics or industry with an interest in
industrial, evolutionary institutional or public sector economics.
Greening the Budget regards the fundamental cause of environmental
degradation as government and market failure and proposes the use
of budgets as an instrument of environmental policy to rectify this
problem. The book focuses on the elements of the public budget
which currently affect the environment and explores the scope for
greening both revenue and expenditure through specific measures.
The authors begin by considering the effects of removing
environmentally damaging subsidies and the potential for correcting
market failure by way of appropriate pricing. They go on to examine
the introduction of new taxes following the 'polluter pays'
principle and, in contrast, the allocation of incentives for those
who take the environmentally preferred course of action. They also
explore the environmental and budgetary implications of European
Union financial transfers by looking at a case study of the
agricultural sector. The book concludes by addressing public
purchasing and administration. This book will be of particular
interest and value to scholars of environmental economics,
researchers involved in environmental policy, and environmental
consultants, practitioners and policymakers.
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