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Locus Amoenus: Gardens and Horticulture in the Renaissance By Alexander Samson (ed.)
2012 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 1444361511 | PDF | 4 MB
Locus Amoenus provides a pioneering collection of new perspectives on Renaissance garden history, and the impact of its development. Experts in the field illustrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment. A ground-breaking collection of new perspectives on garden history Essays demonstrate the extent of our knowledge of how the natural world looked and how humans related to their environment The book's broad coverage includes botany and herbals, literary reflections of changing ideas of landscape and nature, and human's place within it Contributors come from a wide range of experts, including archaeologists, scholars and the librarian and archivist to the Royal Horticultural Society Reflects the growing emergence of this field, which has been assisted both by archaeology and ideas from green studies and environmental criticism Richly illustrated throughout Content: Chapter 1 The world of the Renaissance herbal (pages 24-41): Brent ElliottChapter 2 Clinging to the past: medievalism in the English 'Renaissance' garden (pages 42-69): Paula HendersonChapter 3 River gods: personifying nature in sixteenth?century Italy (pages 70-94): Claudia LazzaroChapter 4 Dissembling his art: 'Gascoigne's Gardnings' (pages 95-110): Susan C. StaubChapter 5 'My innocent diversion of gardening': Mary Somerset's plants (pages 111-123): Jennifer MunroeChapter 6 Outdoor pursuits: Spanish gardens, the huerto and Lope de Vega's Novelas a Marcia Leonarda (pages 124-150): Alexander SamsonChapter 7 Experiencing the past: the archaeology of some Renaissance gardens (pages 151-182): Brian Dix

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Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes By
2012 | 266 Pages | ISBN: 1118112865 | PDF | 4 MB
Local Planning for Terror and Disastergives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing the quality of preparedness in each field, and offering directions for improvement.Introductory chapters provide overviews of terror medicine, security and communications, which are indispensable to successful preparedness, while subsequent chapters concentrate on a particular field and how responders from that field communicate and interact with others during and after an event.Thus, achapter by a physician discusses not only the doctor's role but how that role is, or should be, coordinated with emergency medical technicians and police.Similarly, chaptersby law enforcement figures also review police responsibilities and interactions with nurses, EMTs, volunteers and other relevant responders. Developed from topics at recent Symposia on Terror Medicine and Security, Local Planning also encompassesaspects of emergency and disaster medicine, as well as techniques for diagnosis, rescue, coordination and security that are distinctive to a terrorist attack.Each chapteralso includes acase study that demonstrates preparedness, or lack thereof, for a real or hypothetical event, including lessons learned, next steps, and areas for improvement inthisglobal erawhich increasingly calls for preparedness at a local level.Content: Chapter 1 Preparedness, Uncertainty, and Terror Medicine (pages 1-15): Leonard A. ColeChapter 2 Bioterrorism and the Communication of Uncertainty (pages 17-27): Leonard A. Cole, Laura H. Kahn and Peter M. SandmanChapter 3 Responding to Disaster and Terrorism: The Central Role of Communication (pages 29-43): Steven M. BeckerChapter 4 The Role of the Emergency Physician (pages 45-60): Emily G. Kidd, Donald H. Jenkins and Craig A. ManifoldChapter 5 The Role of the Nurse (pages 61-70): Dian Dowling Evans, Samuel E. Shartar and James W. GordonChapter 6 The Role of the Dentist (pages 71-81): David L. GlotzerChapter 7 The Role of the Emergency Medical Technician (pages 83-93): Brendan McCluskey and Henry P. CortacansChapter 8 The Role of the Mental Health Professional (pages 95-107): Ann E. Norwood, Lisa M. Brown and Gerard A. JacobsChapter 9 The Role of the Manager of Mass Casualty and Disaster Events (pages 109-122): Shmuel C. Shapira and Limor Aharonson?DanielChapter 10 The Role of Public Health (pages 123-137): Henry Falk and Isaac AshkenaziChapter 11 The Role of the Hospital Receiver (pages 139-152): Mark A. MerlinChapter 12 Managing Traumatic Stress (pages 153-162): Steven M. CrimandoChapter 13 The Role of the On?Scene Bystander and Survivor (pages 163-175): Bruria AdiniChapter 14 The Role of the Trained Volunteer (pages 177-188): Brenda D. Phillips, Njoki Mwarumba and Debra WagnerChapter 15 Bioterrorism, Biosecurity, and the Laboratory (pages 189-199): Nancy D. Connell and James NetterwaldChapter 16 The Role of the Law Enforcement Officer (pages 201-213): Graeme R. Newman and Ronald V. ClarkeChapter 17 A Model Case of Counterterrorism: Thwarting a Subway Bombing (pages 215-226): Joshua SinaiChapter 18 The Newest Security Threat: Cyber?Conflict (pages 227-238): Panayotis A. YannakogeorgosChapter 19 Preparedness, Black Swans, and Salient Themes (pages 239-248): Nancy D. Connell and Leonard A. Cole

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Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time: In Construction Contracts, Third Edition By Brian Eggleston(auth.)
2008 | 404 Pages | ISBN: 1405118156 | PDF | 4 MB
Liquidated damages and extensions of time are complex subjects, frequently forming the basis of contract claims made under the standard building and civil engineering contracts. Previous editions of Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time are highly regarded as a guide for both construction industry professionals and lawyers to this complex area. The law on time and damages continues to develop with an increasing flow of judgments from the courts. Alongside this, the standard forms of contract have also developed over time to reflect prevailing approaches to contractual relationships. Against this background a third edition will be welcomed by construction professionals and lawyers alike. Retaining the overall approach of the previous editions, the author clarifies, in a highly readable but legally rigorous way, the many misunderstandings on time and damages which abound in the construction industry. The third edition takes account of a large volume of new case law since the previous edition was published over ten years ago, includes a new chapter on delay analysis and features significantly expanded chapters on penalty clauses, the effects of conditions precedent and time-bars, and the complexities of causation.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1-15): Chapter 2 Time in Contracts (pages 16-40): Chapter 3 Damages for Late Completion (pages 41-70): Chapter 4 Liquidated Damages and Penalties (pages 71-130): Chapter 5 Prevention (pages 131-155): Chapter 6 Legal Construction of Liquidated Damages Clauses (pages 156-169): Chapter 7 Effects of Determination (pages 170-174): Chapter 8 Problems with Sectional Completion (pages 175-178): Chapter 9 Application to Sub?Contractors (pages 179-187): Chapter 10 Recovery of Liquidated Damages (pages 188-208): Chapter 11 Defences / Challenges to Liquidated Damages (pages 209-235): Chapter 12 Extensions of Time (pages 236-264): Chapter 13 Relevant Events (pages 265-284): Chapter 14 Causation and Concurrency (pages 285-301): Chapter 15 Programmes, Method Statements and Best Endeavours (pages 302-312): Chapter 16 Delay Analysis (pages 313-324): Chapter 17 Building Forms (pages 325-336): Chapter 18 Civil Engineering Forms (pages 337-355): Chapter 19 Process and Plant Forms (pages 356-371): Chapter 20 FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1999 (pages 372-378):

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Linguistics in a Colonial World: A Story of Language, Meaning, and Power By Joseph Errington(auth.)
2007 | 210 Pages | ISBN: 1405105690 | PDF | 3 MB
Drawing on both original texts and critical literature, Linguistics in a Colonial World surveys the methods, meanings, and uses of early linguistic projects around the world. * Explores how early endeavours in linguistics were used to aid in overcoming practical and ideological difficulties of colonial rule * Traces the uses and effects of colonial linguistic projects in the shaping of identities and communities that were under, or in opposition to, imperial regimes * Examines enduring influences of colonial linguistics in contemporary thinking about language and cultural difference * Brings new insight into post-colonial controversies including endangered languages and language rights in the globalized twenty-first centuryContent: Chapter 1 The Linguistic in the Colonial (pages 1-21): Chapter 2 Early Conversions, or, How Spanish Friars Made the Little Jump (pages 22-47): Chapter 3 Imaging the Linguistic Past (pages 48-69): Chapter 4 Philology's Evolutions (pages 70-92): Chapter 5 Between Pentecost and Pidgins (pages 93-122): Chapter 6 Colonial Linguists, (Proto)?National Languages (pages 123-148): Chapter 7 Postcolonial Postscript (pages 149-171):

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Richard Rose, "Life Story Therapy With Traumatized Children: A Model for Practice"
English | 2012 | pages: 196 | ISBN: 1849052727 | PDF | 2,9 mb
Life Story Therapy is an approach designed to enable children to explore, question and understand the past events of their lives. It aims to secure their future through strengthening attachment with their carers and providing the opportunity to develop a healthy sense of self and a feeling of wellbeing. This comprehensive overview lays out the theory underlying life story therapy, including an accessible explanation of contemporary research in neurobiology and trauma. Featuring tried and tested ideas, with tools and templates illustrated through instructive case studies, the author identifies how life story therapy can be implemented in practice. Finally, the relationships between life story therapy and traditional 'talking' therapies are explored. Life Story Therapy with Traumatized Children is essential reading for those working with children and adolescents, including social workers, teachers, child psychotherapists, residential care staff, long-term carers, psychologists and other professionals.

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Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products By
2012 | 616 Pages | ISBN: 1118099729 | PDF | 12 MB
The first book of its kind, the LCA Handbook will become an invaluable resource for environmentally progressive manufacturers and suppliers, product and process designers, executives and managers, and government officials who want to learn about this essential component of environmental sustainability.Content: Chapter 1 Environmental Life Cycle Assessment: Background and Perspective (pages 1-14): Gjalt Huppes and Mary Ann CurranChapter 2 An Overview of the Life Cycle Assessment Method - Past, Present, and Future (pages 15-41): Reinout Heijungs and Jeroen B. GuineevChapter 3 Life Cycle Inventory Modeling in Practice (pages 43-66): Beverly SauerChapter 4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment (pages 67-103): Manuele Margni and Mary Ann CurranChapter 5 Sourcing Life Cycle Inventory Data (pages 105-141): Mary Ann CurranChapter 6 Software for Life Cycle Assessment (pages 143-157): Andreas CirothChapter 7 Modeling the Agri?Food Industry with Life Cycle Assessment (pages 159-183): Bruno Notarnicola, Giuseppe Tassielli and Pietro A. RenzulliChapter 8 Exergy Analysis and its Connection to Life Cycle Assessment (pages 185-215): Marc A. Rosen, Ibrahim Dincer and Ahmet OzbilenChapter 9 Accounting for Ecosystem Goods and Services in Life Cycle Assessment and Process Design (pages 217-231): Erin F. Landers, Robert A. Urban and Bhavik R. BakshiChapter 10 A Case Study of the Practice of Sustainable Supply Chain Management (pages 233-248): Annie Weisbrod and Larry LoftusChapter 11 Life Cycle Assessment and End of Life Materials Management (pages 249-266): Keith A. WeitzChapter 12 Application of LCA in Mining and Minerals Processing - Current Programs and Noticeable Gaps (pages 267-289): Dr. Mary Stewart, Dr. Peter Holt and Mr. Rob RouwetteChapter 13 Sustainable Preservative?Treated Forest Products, Their Life Cycle Environmental Impacts, and End of Life Management Opportunities: A Case Study (pages 291-310): Christopher A. BolinChapter 14 Buildings, Systems Thinking, and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 311-328): Joel Ann ToddChapter 15 Life Cycle Assessment in Product Innovation (pages 329-343): Nuno Da SilvaChapter 16 Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool in Food Waste Reduction and Packaging Optimization - Packaging Innovation and Optimization in a Life Cycle Perspective (pages 345-367): Ole Jorgen Hanssen, Hanne Meiler, Erik Svanes and Vibeke SchakendaChapter 17 Integration of LCA and Life?Cycle Thinking within the Themes of Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (pages 369-389): Shawn Hunter, Richard Helling and Dawn ShiangChapter 18 How to Approach the Assessment? (pages 391-412): Jose Potting, Shabbir Gheewala, Sebastien Bonnet and Joost van BuurenChapter 19 Integration of MCDA Tools in Valuation of Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (pages 413-431): Valentina Prado, Kristin Rogers and Thomas P. SeagerChapter 20 Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Technique Providing a New Wealth of Information to Inform Sustainability?Related Decision Making (pages 433-451): Catherine Benoit NorrisChapter 21 Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (pages 453-474): Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinee, Reinout Heijungs and Paolo MasoniChapter 22 Environmental Product Claims and Life Cycle Assessment (pages 475-543): Martha J. Stevenson and Wesley W. IngwersenChapter 23 Building Capacity for Life Cycle Assessment in Developing Countries (pages 545-561): Prof. Toolseeram RamjeawonChapter 24 Environmental Accountability: A New Paradigm for World Trade is Emerging (pages 563-584): Ann K. NgoChapter 25 Life Cycle Knowledge Informs Greener Products (pages 585-596): James Fava

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Lewis Acids in Organic Synthesis By
2000 | 1005 Pages | ISBN: 3527295798 | PDF | 25 MB
The use of Lewis acids in organic synthesis, especially in catalysis is one of the most rapidly developing fields in synthetic organic chemistry. In addition, Lewis acid catalysis is one of the key technologies for asymmetric synthesis, and combinatorial chemistry as well as for large-scale production. Until now, pertinent information on these topics was scattered throughout the literature. Although review articles have appeared,it was difficult for the researcher to compare different methods based on Lewis acids. This two-volume handbook, edited and written by an outstanding team of experts in the field, fills this gap! This book is based on a classification according to metal centre of these electron-deficient compounds, allowing an in-depth treatment of the characteristics, benefits and limitations of each class of acid. Extensive cross-referencing and a comprehensive index enables readers to quickly find the solution to their synthesis problem. The chemical community will welcome this as a source of inspiration and invaluable reference for daily work. Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1-7): Hisashi YamamotoChapter 2 Li(I), Na(I), and K(I) Lewis Acids (pages 9-58): Susumu SaitoChapter 3 Mg(II) and Zn(II) Lewis Acids (pages 59-88): Yukihiro Motoyama and Hisao NishiyamaChapter 4 Achiral B(III) Lewis Acids (pages 89-133): Kazuaki IshiharaChapter 5 Chiral B(III) Lewis Acids (pages 135-190): Kazuaki IshiharaChapter 6 Achiral Al(III) Lewis Acids (pages 191-281): Takashi Ooi and Keiji MaruokaChapter 7 Chiral Aluminum Lewis Acids in Organic Synthesis (pages 283-354): William D. WulffChapter 8 Silicon(IV) Lewis Acids (pages 355-393): Masataka OishiChapter 9 Sn(II) and Sn(IV) Lewis Acids (pages 395-452): Kazuaki IshiharaChapter 10 Preparation and Addition Reactions of Allylic and Allenic Tin and Indium Reagents (pages 453-522): James A. MarshallChapter 11 Sb(III) and Sb(V) Lewis Acids (pages 523-541): Kazuaki IshiharaChapter 12 Copper Lewis Acids in Organic Synthesis (pages 543-574): Mukund P. Sibi and Gregory R. CookChapter 13 Ag(I), Au(I) Lewis Acids (pages 575-596): Akira YanagisawaChapter 14 Transition Metal Lewis Acids: From Vanadium to Platinum (pages 597-652): E. Peter Kundig and Christophe M. SaudanChapter 15 Titanium(IV) Lewis Acids (pages 653-798): Hirokazu Urabe and Fumie SatoChapter 16 Chiral Ti(IV) Lewis Acids (pages 799-847): Koichi Mikami and Masahiro TeradaChapter 17 Hf?Centered Lewis Acids in Organic Chemistry (pages 849-864): Keisuke Suzuki and Shigeo YamanoiChapter 18 Zirconium Lewis Acids (pages 865-881): Ryuichiro Hara and Tamotsu TakahashiChapter 19 Sc(III) Lewis Acids (pages 883-910): Shu KobayashiChapter 20 Lanthanide Lewis Acids Catalysis (pages 911-944): Masakatsu Shibasaki, Ken?Ichi Yamada and Naoki YoshikawaChapter 21 Polymer?Supported Metal Lewis Acids (pages 945-979): Shinichi Itsuno

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Leukaemia Diagnosis, Third Edition By
2003 | 268 Pages | ISBN: 1405106611 | PDF | 9 MB
Now in its third edition Leukaemia Diagnosis has been completely revised and updated throughout to include the latest developments in the fields of haematology and oncology. Written by Barbabra Bain, an acclaimed haematologist and morphologist, Leukaemia Diagnosis is a highly practical guide and reference source, which reflects the latest changes in the fields of morphology, cytochemistry, immunophenotyping, cytogenetics and molecular genetics.The third edition of Leukaemia Diagnosis includes:Over 180 superb four-colour photographs of normal cells and abnormal variantsThe latest WHO leukaemia classification guidelinesContent: Chapter 1 Acute Leukaemia: Cytology, Cytochemistry and the FAB Classification (pages 1-56): Chapter 2 Acute Leukaemia: Immunophenotypic, Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetic Analysis in the Classification of Acute Leukaemia ? The EGIL, MIC, MIC?M and WHO Classifications (pages 57-143): Chapter 3 Myelodysplastic Syndromes (pages 144-179): Chapter 4 Chronic Myeloid Leukaemias (pages 180-202): Chapter 5 Chronic Lymphoid Leukaemias (pages 203-254):

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Alicia Kopfstein-Penk, "Leonard Bernstein and His Young People's Concerts"
English | ISBN: 0810888491 | 2015 | 354 pages | AZW3 | 4 MB
Leonard Bernstein touched millions of lives as composer, conductor, teacher, and activist. He frequently visited homes around the world through the medium of television, particularly through his fifty-three award-winning Young People's Concerts (1958-1972), which at their height were seen by nearly ten million in over forty countries. Originally designed for young viewers but equally attractive to eager adults, Bernstein's brilliance as a teacher shined brightly in his televised presentations. And yet, despite the light touch of the "maestro," the innocence of his audience, and the joyousness of each show's topic, the turbulence of the times would peek through.

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Dominik Zaum, "Legitimating International Organization"
English | 2013 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 0199672091 | PDF | 1,7 mb
The legitimacy of international and regional organisations and their actions is frequently asserted and challenged by states and commentators alike. Their authorisations or conduct of military interventions, their structures of decision-making, and their involvement into what states deem to be domestic matters have all raised questions of legitimacy. As international organisations lack the coercive powers of states, legitimacy is also considered central to their ability to attain compliance with their decisions.

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