This classic text has been used in over 20 countries by advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in biophysics, physiology, medical physics, neuroscience, and biomedical engineering. It bridges the gap between an introductory physics course and the application of physics to the life and biomedical sciences. Extensively revised and updated, the fifth edition incorporates new developments at the interface between physics and biomedicine.

New coverage includes cyclotrons, photodyna...

Social Groups in Action and Interaction reviews and analyzes the human group as it operates to create both social good and, potentially, social harm. It summarizes current knowledge and contemporary research, with real-world examples in succinct yet engaging chapters, to help students understand and predict group behavior. Unlike other texts, the book considers a wide range of topics such as conformity, leadership, task performance, social identity, prejudice, and discrimination from both an ...

Het succes van sterke merken is terug te voeren op de mensen die ervoor werken. In de vorige eeuw was de waarde van een bedrijf voor 90 procent te herleiden tot tastbare zaken zoals machines, gebouwen en voorraden. Tegenwoordig is dat nog maar 20 procent en wordt het grootste deel van de waarde bepaald door de 'living assets': het merk en de medewerkers. Tevreden klanten en goede bedrijfsresultaten zijn vooral het resultaat van de inspanningen, talenten en persoonlijkheid van de medewerkers d...

What are our human rights? What are their philosophical justifications and historical origins? Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this Very Short Introduction discusses the controversies and complexities behind these vitally relevant issues.

Trask's Historical Linguistics, Third Edition, is an accessible introduction to historical linguistics - the study of language change over time. This engaging book is illustrated with language examples from all six continents, and covers the fundamental concepts of language change, methods for historical linguistics, linguistic reconstruction, sociolinguistic aspects of language change, language contact, the birth and death of languages, language and prehistory and the issue of very remote re...

Zielniveau C1/1

Kursbuchteil:

- transparenter Aufbau

- trainiert die vier Grundfertigkeiten sowie "Sehen und Hören", "Wortschatz" und "Grammatik" im Baukastensystem

- Checkliste zur Lernzielkontrolle am Ende jedes Bausteins

- interessante Themen aus den Bereichen Alltag, Beruf, Studium und Ausbildung

- abwechslungsreiche und fundierte Aufgaben- und Ãœbungstypologie

- Vermittlung von Lernstrategien durch gezielte Aufgabenstellungen und praxisnahe Tipps

- Infos zur Landeskunde

Arbeitsbuchteil:

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This new Sogang Korean series is an updated version of its predecessor with the following changes:

- new Grammar textbook

- Information on social and cultural context updated and modernized

- New illustrations and more effective layout

- Complete guide for Korean language learning, covering grammar, reading, speaking, listening and writing

Description of the original Sogang Korean series:

The objective of this book is to assist readers to improve their communication skills in the Korean langu...

Door de vaak lange zinnen en het soms eigenaardige

taalgebruik van de Hoge Raad is het lezen en analyseren

van belastingarresten voor velen een onplezierige en tijdrovende

bezigheid. Bovendien worden belastingarresten

nogal eens verkeerd geïnterpreteerd. Dit boek beoogt

zowel studenten als in de praktijk werkzame fi scalisten

een praktische handleiding te bieden voor het lezen en

analyseren van belastingarresten. Uitvoerig wordt ingegaan

op de werkwijze van de Hoge Raad en op de betekenis

en reikwijd...

As with the successful first edition, the new edition of Microbiology: A Clinical Approach is written specifically for pre-nursing and allied health students. It is clinically-relevant throughout and uses the theme of infection as its foundation. Microbiology is student-friendly: its text, figures, and electronic resources have been carefully designed to help students understand difficult concepts and keep them interested in the material.

The Second Edition includes a robust instructor ancill...