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Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

By: John Richard Stepp

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Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

By: John Richard Stepp

Plants play a central role in human existence. Medicinal plants, in particular, have allowed for the continued survival of the human species. This book, based on over a decade of research in Southern Mexico with the Highland Maya, explores the relationship between medicinal plants, traditional ecological knowledge and the environment. The biodiversity of the region remains among the highest in the world, comprising more than 9000 plant species. Over 1600 employed for medicinal uses and knowledge for approximately 600 species is widespread. Medicinal plants play an overwhelmingly primary role in the daily health care of the Highland Maya. Three principal objectives are addressed: 1) identifying which medicinal plants are used; 2) determining the role of environmental variation on use and selection of medicinal plants; and 3) identifying which habitats are preferred for medicinal plant procurement. Findings demonstrate the overwhelming importance of human modified environments for medicinal plants. Explanations are presented from human ecology and biochemical ecology. Implications for conservation, health and the environment are discussed.

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Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

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Estimating Equilibrium Exchange Rates

By: John Williamson

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Estimating Equilibrium Exchange Rates

By: John Williamson

The problems of exchange rate misalignments and the resulting payments imbalances have plagued the world economy for decades. At the Louvre Accord of 1987, the Group of Five industrial countries adopted a system of reference ranges for exchange rate management, influenced by proposals of C. Fred Bergstan and John Williamson for a target zone system. The reference range approach has, however, been operated only intermittently and half-heartedly, and questions continue to be raised in policy and scholarly circles about the design and operation of a full-fledged target zone regime. This volume, with chapters by leading international economists, explores one crucial issue in the design of a target zone system: the problem of calculating Williamson's concept of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER). Williamson contributes an overview of the policy and analytic issues and a second chapter on his own calculations.

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Peterson Institute

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0881320765

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9781785891656

By: John Schroeder

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By: John Schroeder

All for the Love of Music is the journey through John Schroeder’s life – after having completed National Service to landing his dream job with E.M.I Records. John’s discovery of Helen Shapiro, and later penning her number 1 hit Walking Back to Happinessmade John a household name. During his time in the music industry, John worked with world renowned artists and musicians including Status Quo, Geno Washington and Sounds Orchestral. John details his rich experiences of what it was like to produce award-winning songs, as well as the treacherous path of founding a record label. All for the Love of Music relives the joys and successes, pitfalls and failures throughout John’s career, which spans over 50 years, as one of the most widely acclaimed and talented record producers in modern music history. ‘It was Monday morning and I felt scared and excited as I walked along East Castle Street for the first time towards EMI’s offices. I still couldn’t get over the fact that the Chairman of the entire Company had written to me. Someday I’d find the answer to that.’ Scattered with photographs that beautifully illustrate his successful career, All for the Love of Music regales John’s time at the forefront of the music industry. This book will be enjoyed by those with a passion for music and those who wish to know more about the music industry from someone who’s experienced it all.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1785891650

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Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery

By: Lee E. Ohanian,John B. Taylor,Ian Wright

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Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery

By: Lee E. Ohanian,John B. Taylor,Ian Wright

This book examines the reasons for the unprecedented weak recovery following the recent US recession and explores the possibility that government economic policy is the problem. Drawing on empirical research that looks at issues from policy uncertainty to increased regulation, the volume offers a broad-based assessment of how government policies are slowing economic growth and provides a framework for understanding how those policies should change to restore prosperity in America.

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263

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Hoover Press

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0817915362

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9780817915360

Genetic Programming

On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection

By: John R. Koza

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Genetic Programming

On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selection

By: John R. Koza

In this ground-breaking book, John Koza shows how this remarkable paradigm works and provides substantial empirical evidence that solutions to a great variety of problems from many different fields can be found by genetically breeding populations of computer programs. Genetic programming may be more powerful than neural networks and other machine learning techniques, able to solve problems in a wider range of disciplines. In this ground-breaking book, John Koza shows how this remarkable paradigm works and provides substantial empirical evidence that solutions to a great variety of problems from many different fields can be found by genetically breeding populations of computer programs. Genetic Programming contains a great many worked examples and includes a sample computer code that will allow readers to run their own programs.In getting computers to solve problems without being explicitly programmed, Koza stresses two points: that seemingly different problems from a variety of fields can be reformulated as problems of program induction, and that the recently developed genetic programming paradigm provides a way to search the space of possible computer programs for a highly fit individual computer program to solve the problems of program induction. Good programs are found by evolving them in a computer against a fitness measure instead of by sitting down and writing them.

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MIT Press

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0262111705

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9780262111706

Trying Again

A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss

By: Ann Douglas,John R. Sussman

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Trying Again

A Guide to Pregnancy After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss

By: Ann Douglas,John R. Sussman

Written especially for parents who have lost a child, Trying Again provides facts to help determine whether you, or your partner, are emotionally ready for another pregnancy.

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1589795067

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9781589795068

Screen World

By: John Willis

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Screen World

By: John Willis

(Screen World). Movie fans eagerly await each year's new edition of Screen World , the definitive record of the cinema since 1949. Volume 55 provides an illustrated listing of every American and foreign film released in the United States in 2003, all documented with more than 1,000 photographs. The 2004 edition of Screen World features such notable films as Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King , which won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, tying a record; Clint Eastwood's Mystic River , which won Academy Awards for Best Actor Sean Penn and Best Supporting Actor Tim Robbins; Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation , Academy Award-winner for Best Original Screenplay; and Peter Weir's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World . Also featured are Patty Jenkins' Monster , featuring Academy Award-winner for Best Actress Charlize Theron, and independent successes such as Gurinder Chadha's Bend It like Beckham and Tom McCarthy's The Station Agent . As always, Screen World 's outstanding features include: photographic stills and shots of the four Academy Award-winning actors as well as all acting nominees; a look at the year's most promising new screen personalities; complete filmographies cast and characters, credits, production company, date released, rating and running time; and biographical entries a priceless reference for over 2,400 living stars, including real name, school, and date and place of birth. Now featuring 16 pages of color photos!

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557836388

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9781557836380

Derek Walcott

By: John Thieme

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Derek Walcott

By: John Thieme

John Thieme here provides a comprehensive study of Derek Walcott's writing from its beginnings in the 1940s to his most recent work. Walcott's poetry and drama are set against the background of various contexts and intertexts--Caribbean, European and other--that have shaped him as a writer. The book contains a broad overview of Walcott's career for students and readers coming to the work of the 1992 Nobel Laureate for the first time.

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Manchester University Press

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0719042062

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9780719042065

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Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

Ethnoecology and Medicinal Plants of the Highland Maya

Estimating Equilibrium Exchange Rates

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Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery

Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery

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