There is no escaping landscape: it's everywhere and part of everyone's life. Landscapes have received much less attention in aesthetics than those arts we can choose to ignore, such as painting or music - but they can tell us a lot about the ethical and aesthetic values of the societies that produce them. Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, Susan Herrington considers the ways landscapes can affect our emotions, our imaginations, an...

Covers methodological and statistical issues in designing and analyzing surveys. This handbook provides guidance on collecting survey data and creating meaningful results. It focuses on data collection, from face-to-face interviews, to Internet and interactive voice response, to special challenges involved in mixing these modes within one survey.

Dit is een boek van fysiotherapeuten voor fysiotherapeuten. Een boek voor fysiotherapeuten die cliënten behulpzaam willen zijn met klachten over het disfunctioneren van de halswervelkolom waaronder pijn. Deze klachten zijn vaak uitgebreid, divers en worden veelal gezien als uiterst complex. De halswervelkolom is in anatomische zin, in innervatorische en in vasculaire zin ingewikkeld. Ook komt in de nek stress en emotionaliteit tot uitdrukking.

Een bijzonder boek. Hagenaars en Bos putten uit ...

Discover the secrets of world-class leadership!When it comes to refined service and exquisite hospitality, one name stands high above the rest: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. With ceaseless attention to every luxurious detail, the company has set the bar for creating memorable customer experiences in world-class settings. Now, for the first time, the leadership secrets behind the company's extraordinary success are revealed.

The New Gold Standard takes you on an exclusive tour behind the sce...

Maxwell's equations are four of the most influential equations in science. In this book, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, making it a wonderful resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in electromagnetism and electromagnetics.

Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed managers in such sectors have realised the necessity of understanding the human dimension to their operations if they hope to improve production and safety performance. While organisational safety culture is a key determinant of workplace safety, it is also essential to focus on the non-technical skills of the syst...

Introducing Judaism is the ideal starting point for students beginning their studies of this fascinating religion. Eliezer Segal takes a historical approach, focusing on religious aspects of Judaism, and introducing themes as they emerge from authentic Jewish documents. Students will gain an understanding of how Judaism is lived by its adherents and the historical and geographical diversity of Jewish beliefs and practices.

The book has a clear and accessible structure. Part One presents the h...

An interesting and accessible introduction to ethical issues raised by various forms of human use of animals. This textbook avoids moral lecturing and presents a range of ethical viewpoints without defending or applying any specific stance. Readers are encouraged and provoked to reflect for themselves, and to sharpen their own points of view regarding the ethical limits on our use of animals.

They will also gain further understanding of the views held by other people. Early chapters of this i...

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisit...

Krankheitsprävention statt Reparaturmedizin

Hilft Zink bei Erkältungen?

Schützen Antioxidanzien vor dem Alter?

Welchen Nutzen haben hohe Selengaben bei Krebs?

Der Leitfaden gibt die Antworten - übersichtlich, praxistauglich, wissenschaftlich begründet. Und er zeigt, wie man mit Vitaminen, Mineralstoffen, Spurenelementen, Aminosäuren und essenziellen Fettsäuren Krankheiten wirksam vorbeugen kann.

Die Auflage aktualisiert die Daten sämtlicher Mikronährstoffe und greift die Indikationen...