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Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume,
including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology, were
largely concerned with deducing the behaviour of schizophrenics
from general psychological theories of language, learning and
cognition. Their emphasis on deduction reflected a modern reliance
on laboratory experimentation, and, taken as a whole, the chapters
cover the breadth and variety of current approaches of the time to
the study of schizophrenic language and cognition. The first part
of the volume is concerned with recent developments in the study of
schizophrenic language. The second part deals with various aspects
of schizophrenic cognition. The final chapter, by the editor,
attempts to review and integrate what was currently known about
schizophrenic cognition and language. This chapter contrasts the
various experimental methodologies used to validate theories by
pointing out areas of agreement and disagreement as well as
possible directions for future theory and research. Here is a book
that at the time presented the most up-to-date overview available
on language and thought in schizophrenia. Today it can be read and
enjoyed in its historical context.
When the stream of plasma emitted from the Sun (the solar wind)
encounters Earth's magnetic field, it slows down and flows around
it, leaving behind a cavity, the magnetosphere. The magnetopause is
the surface that separates the solar wind on the outside from the
Earth's magnetic field on the inside. Because the solar wind moves
at supersonic speed, a bow shock must form ahead of the
magnetopause that acts to slow the solar wind to subsonic speeds.
Magnetopause, bow shock and their environs are rich in exciting
processes in collisionless plasmas, such as shock formation,
magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration and wave-particle
interactions. They are interesting in their own right, as part of
Earth's environment, but also because they are prototypes of
similar structures and phenomena that are ubiquitous in the
universe, having the unique advantage that they are accessible to
in situ measurements. The boundaries of the magnetosphere have been
the target of direct in-situ measurements since the beginning of
the space age. But because they are constantly moving, changing
their orientation, and undergoing evolution, the interpretation of
single-spacecraft measurements has been plagued by the fundamental
inability of a single observer to unambiguously distinguish spatial
from temporal changes. The boundaries are thus a prime target for
the study by a closely spaced fleet of spacecraft. Thus the Cluster
mission, with its four spacecraft in a three-dimensional
configuration at variable separation distances, represents a giant
step forward. This 20th volume of the ISSI Space Science Series
represents the first synthesis of the exciting new results obtained
in the first few years of the Cluster mission.
In 1934, the Pacific Coast was shaken by a massive strike of
waterfront workers- on the docks and the ships. In this mighty
struggle, the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, quiescent since it's
defeat in the period after the first World War was reborn. Fighting
on San Francisco's Embarcadero led to the stationing of National
Guard troops on the 'front'. This book looks at the Union from 1885
to 1985.
A major feature of the rise of Islamism in the Middle East, Asia,
Africa and parts of the West is the rapid growth of a starkly
repressive version of Islamic shari'a law, often fueled by funds
and support from Saudi Arabia. The central purpose of Islamists,
including terrorists, is to impose such law in all Muslim lands,
and then throughout the world in a new Caliphate. Despite its
importance, this worldwide growth of extreme shari'a is
under-documented and little understood. By a comparative study over
the last twenty-five years of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Sudan,
Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia, this book shows its terrible
effects on human rights, especially the status of women and
religious freedom, of Muslims as well as religious minorities, and
on democracy itself. It also shows that such laws are a direct
threat to the American interest of advancing democracy and human
rights, that the United States lacks a policy for dealing with the
spread of extreme shari'a, and concludes with policy
recommendations for the United States regarding specific countries
confronting extreme shari'a.
Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume,
including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology, were
largely concerned with deducing the behaviour of schizophrenics
from general psychological theories of language, learning and
cognition. Their emphasis on deduction reflected a modern reliance
on laboratory experimentation, and, taken as a whole, the chapters
cover the breadth and variety of current approaches of the time to
the study of schizophrenic language and cognition. The first part
of the volume is concerned with recent developments in the study of
schizophrenic language. The second part deals with various aspects
of schizophrenic cognition. The final chapter, by the editor,
attempts to review and integrate what was currently known about
schizophrenic cognition and language. This chapter contrasts the
various experimental methodologies used to validate theories by
pointing out areas of agreement and disagreement as well as
possible directions for future theory and research. Here is a book
that at the time presented the most up-to-date overview available
on language and thought in schizophrenia. Today it can be read and
enjoyed in its historical context.
8. 8 Boundary Layer Structure and Detached Plasma 305 8. 8. 1
Background 305 8. 8. 2 Structure inside the boundary layer 306 8.
8. 3 Observation of detached plasma 308 8. 8. 4 Summary 309 8. 9
Summary and Conclusions 310 References 312 9. CLUSTER AT THE
MAGNETOSPHERIC CUSPS 321 9. 1 Introduction 321 9. 1. 1 Previous
work 323 9. 1. 2 How Cluster investigates the cusp 325 9. 2 The
High-Altitude Cusp 326 9. 2. 1 March 17, 2001 328 9. 2. 2 February
4, 2001 332 9. 2. 3 February 13, 2001 337 9. 2. 4 Statistical
survey 340 9. 2. 5 Waves and turbulence 343 9. 3 The Mid-Altitude
Cusp 352 9. 3. 1 Structure: Case study 352 9. 3. 2 Structure:
Statistical survey 354 9. 3. 3 Ionospheric ions 354 9. 3. 4
Mid-altitude signatures of the LLBL 357 9. 4 Discussion 359
References 360 10. MAGNETOPAUSE PROCESSES 367 10. 1 Magnetopause
Reconnection 368 10. 1. 1 Intermittent vs. quasi-steady
reconnection 368 10. 1. 2 Component vs. anti-parallel reconnection
382 10. 1. 3 Tailward-of-the-cusp reconnection 385 10. 1. 4
Quantitative tests of reconnection occurrence 388 10. 1. 5 Summary
391 10. 2 Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability at the Flank Magnetopause
391 10. 3 Microphysics of Magnetopause Processes 396 10. 3. 1
Collisionless generalised Ohm's law 397 10. 3. 2 Ion di?usion
region observations 398 10. 3. 3 High-frequency waves 402 10. 3. 4
Lower-hybrid waves 405 10. 3.
Decision making is the physician's major activity. Every day, in
doctors' offices throughout the world, patients describe their
symptoms and com plaints while doctors perform examinations, order
tests, and, on the basis of these data, decide what is wrong and
what should be done. Although the process may appear routine-even
to the physicians in volved-each step in the sequence requires
skilled clinical judgment. Physicians must decide: which symptoms
are important, whether any laboratory tests should be done, how the
various items of clinical data should be combined, and, finally,
which of several treatments (including doing nothing) is indicated.
Although much of the information used in clinical decision making
is objective, the physician's values (a belief that pain relief is
more important than potential addiction to pain-killing drugs, for
example) and subjectivity are as much a part of the clinical
process as the objective findings of laboratory tests. In recent
years, both physicians and psychologists have come to realize that
patient management decisions are not only subjective but also prob
abilistic (although this is not always acknowledged overtly). When
doc tors argue that an operation is fairly safe because it has a
mortality rate of only 1 %, they are at least implicitly admitting
that the outcome of their decision is based on probability."
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Wicked (Paperback)
Stephen Schwartz
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R674
R567
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Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards and grossing more than $1 million each week, Wicked is this year's Broadway smash! A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of Oz, this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda, school roommates who grow up to become the Wicked Witch and the Good Witch, respectively. We are very proud to offer two songbooks featuring this delightful music: a Vocal Selections book which contains the vocal line with piano accompaniment (00313268), and a Piano/Vocal Selections book, in standard piano/vocal format with the melody in the piano part (00313267). Both songbooks feature a special section of color photos from the production, a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed * No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This Feeling? * The Wizard and I * Wonderful.
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Wicked (Book)
Stephen Schwartz
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R763
R686
Discovery Miles 6 860
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(Vocal Selection). Nominated for a whopping 10 Tony Awards and
grossing more than $1 million each week, Wicked is this year's
Broadway smash A prequel to the all-American classic The Wizard of
Oz, this new musical is a character study of Elphaba and Glinda,
school roommates who grow up to become the Wicked Witch and the
Good Witch, respectively. We are very proud to offer two songbooks
featuring this delightful music: a Vocal Selections book which
contains the vocal line with piano accompaniment (00313268), and a
Piano/Vocal Selections book, in standard piano/vocal format with
the melody in the piano part (00313267). Both songbooks feature a
special section of color photos from the production, a note from
composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As
Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For
Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed *
No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This
Feeling? * The Wizard and I * Wonderful.
Schwartz settles across the southwest to shed light on souls who,
despite all odds, are still looking for meaning.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). A stunning songbook featuring 10
songs from the movie and full-color artwork throughout. Includes
the songs: The Bells of Notre Dame * Out There * God Help the
Outcasts * Someday * and more.
The acclaimed introductory text to geometrical and visual optics
--- now in full color Geometrical and Visual Optics, Third Edition
is a rigorous, yet approachable text that expertly combines basic
optics with clinical application in a way that brings key optometry
topics to life. It is meant to be a concise and user-friendly
resource for clinicians as they begin their study of optics, and as
they eventually prepare for licensing examinations. The book
emphasizes optical concepts and problem-solving skills that
underlie contemporary clinical eye care, and because of its
clinical utility, a vergence approach is stressed. FEATURES: *3
complete practice exams, totaling 122 questions *200+
end-of-chapter self-assessment problems with detailed worked-out
solutions*Full-color figures and clinical highlights*Learning
Objectives appear at the beginning of each chapter*Color
highlighted summaries, sample problems, and tables*Summary and list
of formulas appear at the end of each chapter*NEW CHAPTER on lens
thickness; and prism coverage has been expanded to include vertical
imbalance*In-depth coverage of geometrical and visual optics spans
the full spectrum of topics, from refraction at spherical surfaces,
to thin and thick lenses, to depth of field, ametropia,
magnification, retinal image size, and reflection*Primary emphasis
is on core concepts, with a minimum of formulas and superfluous
mathematics
In 1934, the Pacific Coast was shaken by a massive strike of
waterfront workers- on the docks and the ships. In this mighty
struggle, the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, quiescent since it's
defeat in the period after the first World War was reborn. Fighting
on San Francisco's Embarcadero led to the stationing of National
Guard troops on the 'front'. This book looks at the Union from 1885
to 1985.
Since its formation in 1932, Saudi Arabia has been ruled by two interdependent families. The Al Sa’uds control politics and the descendants of Ibn Abd al-Wahhab impose Wahhabism—a violent, fanatical perversion of the pluralistic Islam practiced by most Muslims. Stephen Schwartz argues that Wahhabism, vigorously exported with the help of Saudi oil money, is what incites Palestinian suicide bombers, Osama bin Laden, and other Islamic terrorists throughout the world.
Schwartz reveals the hypocrisy of the Saudi regime, whose moderate facade conceals state-sponsored repression and terrorism. He also raises troubling questions about Wahhabi infiltration of America’s Islamic community and about U.S. oil companies sanitizing Saudi Arabia’s image for the West. This sharp analysis and eye-opening expose illuminates the background to the September 11th terrorist attacks and offers new approaches for U.S. policy toward its closest ally in the Middle East.
Teaches the fundamentals of physics to computer scientists,
electrical and electronic engineers. The presentation is directed
toward understanding the fundamental physics of how a computer
works, while still providing a broad and effective one-year
introduction to classical and modern physics. In this third
edition, the first part of the book has been revised somewhat to
include more references to the applications of the concepts in the
later parts, and the second part now includes sections on chaos and
complexity and on noise and information theory. The discussion of
devices and fabrication has been revised, and an appendix
introducing students to computer programming has been added. This
edition includes many new homework problems, including some that
involve writing computer programs.
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