This book explores the political aspects of China's climate change policy, focusing on the newly established carbon markets and carbon trading schemes. Lo makes a case for understanding the policy change in terms of discourse and in relation to narratives of national power and development.
Immigration has expanded dramatically in both traditional and emerging receiving nations. This worldwide boom has profoundly altered urban areas as new arrivals have transformed inner cities and suburbs alike into bastions of new ethnic economic activity. Examining the essential role of space in assisting and modifying ethnic business activity, this book considers how ethnic economies are reshaping the urban landscape in the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Each chapter explores the significance of urban space and local context in the development of an ethnic economy and how, in turn, ethnic economies have helped to recreate urban neighborhoods. With its international scope and rich case studies, this book will be invaluable for scholars and students alike in the fields of ethnic studies, urban studies, economic development, geography, and sociology.
From the moment we open our eyes in the morning to the time we turn out the lights at night, there’s lots to see in our world. In this exciting early concepts book, presented in both Latin American Spanish and English, beginning readers learn to take what they see and learn from it. Through accessible text and strong picture-text correlation aided by full color photographs, budding readers’ eyes will be opened to the world around them as they learn about this vital sense.
Hearing is an important sense for those just beginning to explore the world. From the chirping of birds to the sound of cars and trucks, a good sense of hearing can teach people a lot about the beauty and dangers of the world around them. In this exciting book presented in standard Latin American Spanish and English, early readers learn how hearing impacts their world. Full-color photographs also provide a strong picture-text correlation, while a picture glossary helps enhance vocabulary skills.
Touch is one of the earliest senses we develop. It’s easy to understand: just reach out and grab it! Beginning readers are given an opportunity to explore a world of textures in this book presented in standard Latin American Spanish and English. From rough surfaces like sand to smooth cloths and silks, the contrast between sensations makes for a learning experience at every turn. Full-color photographs provide strong picture-text correlation to enhance comprehension of this basic science concept.
Take a journey through time and genres and discover a past where queer figures live, love and shape the world around them. Seventeen of the best young adult authors across the queer spectrum have come together to create a collection of beautifully written diverse historical fiction for teens. From a retelling of Little Red Riding Hood wset in war-torn 1870s Mexico featuring a transgender soldier...to two girls falling in love while mourning the death of Kurt Cobain...to forbidden love in a sixteenth-century Spanish convent...to an asexual girl discovering her identity amid the 1970s roller-disco scene...All Out tells a diverse range of stories across cultures, time periods and identities, shedding light on an area of history often ignored or forgotten. FEATURING STORIES FROM Dahlia Adler, Sara Farizan, Tessa Gratton, Shaun David Hutchinson, Kody Keplinger, Mackenzi Lee, Malinda Lo, Nilah Magruder, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Natalie C. Parker, Alex Sanchez, Kate Scelsa, Tess Sharpe, Robin Talley, Scott Tracey, Elliot Wake
Leviathans at the Gold Mine is an ethnographic account of the relationship between the Ipili, an indigenous group in Papua New Guinea, and the large international gold mine operating on their land. It was not until 1939 that Australian territorial patrols reached the Ipili. By 1990, the third largest gold mine on the planet was operating in their valley. Alex Golub examines how "the mine" and "the Ipili" were brought into being in relation to one another, and how certain individuals were authorized to speak for the mine and others to speak for the Ipili. Considering the relative success of the Ipili in their negotiations with a multinational corporation, Golub argues that a unique conjuncture of personal relationships and political circumstances created a propitious moment during which the dynamic and fluid nature of Ipili culture could be used to full advantage. As that moment faded away, social problems in the valley increased. The Ipili now struggle with the extreme social dislocation brought about by the massive influx of migrants and money into their valley.
Shacora. Una novela de ficción esotérica. Suena algo extraño, un tanto contradictorio, ficción contradice a esotérico, y esotérico es todo lo contrario a ficción. No es mi intención confundir, o tratar de hacerme el diferente. Intentare explicarme de una forma simple y sencilla. Las confusiones, los malos entendimientos, las pasiones mal interpretadas, los sentimientos que nos ofusca, y las cosas aprendidas que no las sabemos usar en forma correcta. Cuando todos estos obstáculos son sobrellevados y comprendidos, se convierten en nuestras verdades. Esa verdad que tanto buscamos, es tan personal, tan propia de cada individuo, es una caja fuerte con clave olvidada, que tal vez solo su dueño pueda entrar en ella. Mi verdad es Esotérica, esta dentro de mi ser, de mi alma y de mi corazón. Si intento explicar a alguien, lo que llevo encerrado en mi cerebro, cuan secreto impenetrable e incomprensible, de seguro que el escuchador lo tildaría de ficción, hasta pudiese ser que me apodara de loco, de extraño y demente. Todos callamos, nunca decimos lo que de verdad pensamos, no compartimos esos secretos que nos parece fantasmales y de novela. Pues, decidí hacerlo, comparto mi mente con cualquiera que desee leer a Shacora. Y espero disfrute de este trabajo que lo llamo: NOVELA DE FICCION ESOTERICA.
An in-depth study of the concept of a consequence relation, culminating in the concept of a Lindenbaum-Tarski algebra, intended for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics and philosophy, as well as researchers in the field of mathematical and philosophical logic.
What would you say or do if you ever wanted to reach your Greatness? This shocking and provocative question is at the core of the remarkable and inspiring book, Destined for Greatness. This book emerged from the speaking series designed to help people discover their Greatness and then speak it out loud, as taught by Pastor Alex. In this book, Pastor Alex goes beyond the event and dives into what it means to discover your truth and pursue your destiny of Greatness. He answers the question "Why people should go after their Greatness? "and then explains precisely how to reach Greatness. If you feel living more authentically could allow you to have a more significant impact on others, or you can't find the way to reach your destination as bad as you want to, this is the book for you. The path Pastor Alex lays out is simple but not easy because your greatest gift lies next to your deepest wounds, but make no mistake, You are destined for Greatness.
Introducing... Essentials of Investments, 9th Global Edition, by Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane and Alan J. Marcus. We are pleased to present this Global Edition, which has been developed specifically to meet the needs of international Investment students. A market leader in the field, this text emphasizes asset allocation while presenting the practical applications of investment theory without unnecessary mathematical detail. The ninth edition includes new coverage on the roots and fallout from the recent financial crisis and provides increased content on the changes in market structure and trading technology. Enhancements to this new Global Edition include: - New ‘On the market front’ boxes highlight important investment concepts in real world situations across the globe, to promote student thinking without taking a full case study approach. Topics include short-selling in Europe & Asia, credit default swaps and the debt crisis in Greece and include examples from Commerzbank, JP Morgan, Facebook, Coca-Cola, Santander, The European Energy Exchange, plus many more! - Revised worked examples illustrate problems using both real and fictional scenarios from across the world to help students develop their problem solving skills. Regional examples include Hutchinson Whampoa (Asia), The Emirates Group (The Middle East) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (The Netherlands). - Revised end-of chapter material includes brand new global questions and global internet exercises that feature currencies, companies and scenarios from Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia to increase engagement for international students. - Global Edition of Connect Plus Finance, McGraw-Hill’s web-based assignment and assessment platform with eBook access, helps students learn faster, study more efficiently, and retain more knowledge. This Global Edition has been adapted to meet the needs of courses outside of the United States and does not align with the instructor and student resources available with the US edition.
Comprises 16 papers from the March 1997 meeting on the subject in Montreal. The focus is on the search for solutions to eigenvalue problems that satisfy additional equations in the spectral parameter such as pairs of eigenvalue equations. Among the topics: automorphisms of the weyl algebra and bispectral operators, Huygens Principle, beyond the classical orthogonal polynomials, dual isomonodromic deformations, Darboux transformations, explicit formulas for the Airy and Bessel bispectral involutions in terms of Calogero-Moser pairs, Baker-Akhiezer functions and the bispectral problem in many dimensions, and the geometry of spinors and the multicomponent BKP and DKP hierarchies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
An all-inclusive guide to trend following As more and more savvy investors move into the space, trend following has become one of the most popular investment strategies. Written for investors and investment managers, Trend Following with Managed Futures offers an insightful overview of both the basics and theoretical foundations for trend following. The book also includes in-depth coverage of more advanced technical aspects of systematic trend following. The book examines relevant topics such as: Trend following as an alternative asset class Benchmarking and factor decomposition Applications for trend following in an investment portfolio And many more By focusing on the investor perspective, Trend Following with Managed Futures is a groundbreaking and invaluable resource for anyone interested in modern systematic trend following.
Crafting and Executing Strategy has been revised and updated specifically with its European readers in mind. Building upon the success of previous editions, it continues to explain the core concepts and key theories in strategy and illustrate them with practical, managerial examples students can really relate to. Brand new features have been developed to encourage readers to go beyond learning and to apply their knowledge to from a diverse range of real-life scenarios including global brands, SMEs, public sector and not-for-profit organizations.
Agua Mansa, un pueblo en gran parte hispano más allá de la periferia de Los Ángeles, es el hogar de Perla Portillo y su Botánica Oshún, adonde acude la gente en busca de amuletos, hierbas y velas. Más que nada, buscan los consejos de Perla, quien ha estado al servicio de la comunidad durante años, armando a sus clientes con las herramientas que necesitan para sobrellevar todo tipo de crisis, tanto grandes como pequeñas. Tenemos a Juan, un hombre que intenta aceptar la muerte de su padre; Nancy, una maestra de escuela recién casada; Shawn, un adicto que busca la paz dentro de su caótica vida; y Rosa, una adolescente que intenta bajar de peso y encontrarse a sí misma. Pero cuando llega un cliente con un pasado turbulento y misterioso, Perla lucha por ayudarlo y debe hacer frente tanto a sus ilusiones frustradas como a sus dudas acerca del lugar que le corresponde en un mundo que cambia con mucha rapidez. Imaginativa, alentadora, lírica, hermosamente escrita, Los santos de Agua Mansa, California, es una novela que evoca lo imprevisible de la vida y la persistencia del espíritu a través de las vidas de los habitantes de Agua Mansa y, en especial, de la mujer que se encuentra al centro de todo. Sus historias son aquéllas de la fe y la traición, el amor y la pérdida, los lazos de la familia y la comunidad, y la constancia del cambio. “Tan perfecta como las cuentas de un rosario . . . capaz de renovar la fe que tiene uno en la nueva narrativa”. –Sandra Cisneros, autora de La casa en Mango Street “Original, mágica, hermosa y evocadora . . . ofrece una ventana a un mundo que la mayoría nunca vemos”. –Lisa See, autora de Snow Flower and the Secret Fan “Alex Espinoza está en camino de convertirse en el Faulkner de su propio paisaje encantado, aquel de la comunidad de Agua Mansa, tierra adentro en el sur de California. Este lugar cobrará vida ante los lectores de todo el país a través de una prosa delicada, exquisita e infundida de espíritu”. –Susan Straight, autora de Highwire Moon
The theoretical basis and the relevant experimental knowledge underlying our present understanding of the electrical and optical properties of semiconductor heterostructures. Although such structures have been known since the 1940s, it was only in the 1980s that they moved to the forefront of research. The resulting structures have remarkable properties not shared by bulk materials. The text begins with a description of the electronic properties of various types of heterostructures, including discussions of complex band-structure effects, localised states, tunnelling phenomena, and excitonic states. The focus of the remainder of the book is on optical properties, including intraband absorption, luminescence and recombination, Raman scattering, subband optical transitions, nonlinear effects, and ultrafast optical phenomena. The concluding chapter presents an overview of some of the applications that make use of the physics discussed. Appendices provide background information on band structure theory, kinetic theory, electromagnetic modes, and Coulomb effects.
This book is based on a phenomenological study on undocumented Mexican immigrant mothers of high school students who have lived in the U.S. for at least five years and received social services. Most of these mothers have emigrated from rural areas of the central and southern Mexican States of Guanajuato, Michoacan, Queretaro, among others. According to the participants, socio-economic conditions forced them to leave their homelands hoping to find a better life in the U.S.
“Food is the chief of all things, the universal medicine. . . . Food transmutes directly into body, mind, and spirit . . . creates our day-to-day health and happiness.” —from The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health Even in medical schools, alternative medicine is blossoming. Two thirds of them now offer courses in complementary healing practices, including nutrition. At the heart of this revolution is macrobiotics, a simple, elegant, and delicious way of eating whose health benefits are being confirmed at an impressive rate by researchers around the world. Macrobiotics is based on the laws of yin and yang—the complementary energies that flow throughout the universe and quicken every cell of our bodies and every morsel of the food we eat. Michio Kushi and Alex Jack, distinguished educators of the macrobiotic way, believe that almost every human ailment from the common cold to cancer can be helped, and often cured, by balancing the flow of energy (the ki) inside us. The most effective way to do this is to eat the right foods, according to our individual day-to-day needs. Now in this marvelous guide, they give us the basics of macrobiotic eating and living, and explain how to use this powerful source of healing to become healthier and happier, to prevent or relieve more than two hundred ailments, conditions, or disorders—both physical and psychological. This encyclopedic compendium of macrobiotic fundamentals, remedies, menus, and recipes takes into account the newest thinking and evolving practices within the macrobiotic community. The authors integrate all the information into a remarkable A to Z guide to macrobiotic healing—from AIDS, allergies, and arthritis, to cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. They also clearly explain what we need to know to start eating a true macrobiotic diet that will provide us with a complete balance of energy and nutrients. Living as we all do in environmental and climactic circumstances that are largely outside our personal control, it is vital that we follow a healthy lifestyle, including a flexible diet that we can adjust to meet our own individual needs. The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health gives us precisely the tools and the understanding we need to achieve this goal. Use it to build a strong, active body and a cheerful, resourceful mind.
Honorable Mention from the 2022 International Latino Book Awards for Best Nonfiction - Multi-Author A curated collection of new Latinx and Latin American plays, monologues, interviews, and critical essays that asks the question: what is the common ground between Latinx and Latin American artists? Featuring a mix of plays and scholarly essays, this work originally emerged from the Latino Theater Company's Encuentro de las Américas festival, produced in partnership with the Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) at the Los Angeles Theatre Center in 2017. The collection chronicles not only the theatrical productions of the festival, but also features a transnational exploration of U.S. Latinx and Latin American theatre-making. Alongside plays by Evelina Fernández, Alex Alpharaoh, J.Ed Araiza and Carlos Celdrán this anthology also includes a mix of monologues, snapshots, profiles and interviews that together provide a dynamic account of these intersections within U.S. Latinx and Latin American Theater. A unique collection it serves not only as a testament to the diversity of Latinx artists, but also to the strength of the Latinx Theater movement and its ever-growing networks across the Hemispheric Americas. Full playtexts include: Dementia by Evelina Fernández WET: A DACAmented Journey by Alex Alpharoah Miss Julia adapted by J.Ed Araiza 10 Million by Carlos Celdrán
In Sounds of Crossing Alex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in the sounds and poetics of huapango arribeño, a musical genre originating from north-central Mexico. Following the resonance of huapango's improvisational performance within the lives of audiences, musicians, and himself—from New Year's festivities in the highlands of Guanajuato, Mexico, to backyard get-togethers along the back roads of central Texas—Chávez shows how Mexicans living on both sides of the border use expressive culture to construct meaningful communities amid the United States’ often vitriolic immigration politics. Through Chávez's writing, we gain an intimate look at the experience of migration and how huapango carries the voices of those in Mexico, those undertaking the dangerous trek across the border, and those living in the United States. Illuminating how huapango arribeño’s performance refigures the sociopolitical and economic terms of migration through aesthetic means, Chávez adds fresh and compelling insights into the ways transnational music-making is at the center of everyday Mexican migrant life.
You may have several triggers to investigate the feasibility of moving a workload or set of workloads to the IBM® System z® platform. These triggers could be concerns about operational cost, manageability, or delivering the agreed service levels, among others. Investigating the feasibility of a possible migration or transition to any other platform, including System z, requires a number of basic steps. These steps usually start with an understanding of the current workload and its pain points, and end with a business case to move the workload. It is important to find out how easy a migration is going to be and how much risk will be involved. In this IBM Redbooks® publication we offer thoughts on how to move through these steps. We also include a chapter with a System z technology summary to help you understand how a migrated workload may fit on the platform. Our focus in this book is on workloads that are mission-critical and require a high level of availability, including disaster recovery.
Being taught by a great teacher is one of the great privileges of life. Teach Now! is an exciting new series that opens up the secrets of great teachers and, step-by-step, helps trainees to build the skills and confidence they need to become first-rate classroom practitioners. Written by a highly-skilled practitioner, this practical, classroom-focused guide contains all the support you need to become a great English teacher. Combining a grounded, modern rationale for learning and teaching with highly practical training approaches, the book guides you through all the different aspects of English teaching offering clear, straightforward advice on classroom practice, lesson planning and working in schools. Celebrating the values of English teaching, Alex Quigley sets out a ‘steps to success’ model that will help you to go from novice to expert teacher. The English curriculum, planning, assessment, behaviour management, literacy and differentiation are all discussed in detail alongside carefully chosen examples to demonstrate good practice. There are also chapters on dealing with pressure, excelling in observations, finding the right job and succeeding at interview. Throughout the book, there is a great selection of ready-to-use activities and techniques, including effective reading and writing strategies, pedagogies for teaching poetry and Shakespeare, and how to harness the power of debate, dialogue and drama, all of which will help you overcome any challenges and put you on the fast track to success in the classroom. Covering everything you need to know, this book is your essential guide as you start your exciting and rewarding career as an outstanding English teacher.
This new edition of Craftingand Executing Strategy continues to provide a valuable resource forEuropean readers while embracing new and updated core concepts and key theoriesin strategy. Throughout the text you will find a range of examples thatillustrate how strategy works in the real world and encourage the practicalapplication of learning. Complementing the chapters is a section of new casesproviding in-depth analysis of the challenges of strategic management at arange of companies. This edition includes: • A new 6Ds framework, allowing readers to structure theirapproach to strategic management around the fundamental elements of thestrategy process (Diagnosis, Direction, Decisions and Delivery) and the contextwithin which that process is managed (Dynamism and Disorder). • Opening cases that begin each chapter and feature real-lifebusiness scenarios from companies such as Tinder, Ikea and Victorinox,introducing strategic concepts and theories. • Illustration Capsules, which have been updated to illustratecontemporary business concerns and demonstrate how companies have reactedstrategically, increasing understanding of successful strategies. Companiesfeatured include Burberry, TOMS, Aldi, Novo Nordisk and more. • Key Debates that stimulate classroom discussion and encouragecritical analysis. • Emerging Themes that present contemporary strategicopportunities and issues such as ripple intelligence and technology and neworganizational structures. • A Different View encouraging readers to appreciate differingviewpoints on strategic concepts and theories. • End of chapter cases that capture each chapter’s main theoriesthrough engaging cases on companies such as Adidas and Nike, Lego and Uber. • New recommended reading at the end of each chapter which help tofurther knowledge, including classic texts and advanced reading, and authornotes providing context Connect is McGraw-Hill Education’s learning and teachingenvironment that improves student performance and outcomes while promotingengagement and comprehension of content. New for this edition are interview-style videos, featuring authorAlex Janes in discussion with business leaders, exploring how organizationalstrategy has developed within companies as diverse as Jeep, Levi Strauss, NovoNordisk and a prestigious oil and gas company. The videos are provided infull-length or in segments, with questions aimed at encouraging classroomdiscussion or self-testing. This new edition is available with SmartBook, McGraw-HillEducation’s adaptive, digital tool that tests students’ knowledge of key conceptsand pinpoints the topics on which they need to focus study time. Crafting and Executing Strategy is also available with both TheBusiness Strategy Game and GLO-BUS – the world’sleading business strategy simulations.
There are luxuries that most of us will never be able to afford in a lifetime, but just off the shores of the moneyed is a huge, fast growing, land of premium value which inspires people to get there, even if they need to stretch their budget to reach it. Premium by Design is a thoroughly researched, well argued and well presented study that identifies how global business leaders have succeeded in achieving margins by design. Thanks to original tools and processes, this book shows how you might also succeed. It is about better, but reachable and real, products and services. The book features insights from the world of customer science and design research. The key challenge for the world today is finding out how sustainable is the underlying process that is driving this apparent desire for more and more indulgent material possessiveness? This book might not have all the answers, but it will provoke and trigger a long overdue debate in the premium and image driven industries about tomorrow's values. As a result it is a must read for anyone in this market, or aspiring to it.
Quantum Wells, Wires and Dots provides all the essential information, both theoretical and computational, to develop an understanding of the electronic, optical and transport properties of these semiconductor nanostructures. The book will lead the reader through comprehensive explanations and mathematical derivations to the point where they can design semiconductor nanostructures with the required electronic and optical properties for exploitation in these technologies. This fully revised and updated 4th edition features new sections that incorporate modern techniques and extensive new material including: Properties of non-parabolic energy bands Matrix solutions of the Poisson and Schrödinger equations Critical thickness of strained materials Carrier scattering by interface roughness, alloy disorder and impurities Density matrix transport modelling Thermal modelling Written by well-known authors in the field of semiconductor nanostructures and quantum optoelectronics, this user-friendly guide is presented in a lucid style with easy to follow steps, illustrative examples and questions and computational problems in each chapter to help the reader build solid foundations of understanding to a level where they can initiate their own theoretical investigations. Suitable for postgraduate students of semiconductor and condensed matter physics, the book is essential to all those researching in academic and industrial laboratories worldwide. Instructors can contact the authors directly (p.harrison@shu.ac.uk / a.valavanis@leeds.ac.uk) for Solutions to the problems.
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