Het Mandarijn is een van de meest gesproken talen ter wereld. Ongeveer een miljard mensen in China, op Taiwan en in Singapore spreken het Mandarijn als moedertaal, en ook onder Chinezen buiten China is het aantal sprekers sterk toegenomen.

Grammatica van het Mandarijn is een overzichtelijke taalbeschrijving op basis van de hedendaagse spreektaal. Aan de hand van levendige voorbeeldzinnen worden klankleer, zinsbouw, woordsoorten, grammaticale functiewoorden en morfologie helder en gedetailleer...

In het boek Stoomtechniek wordt de nadruk gelegd op de elementaire stoomtheorie en er wordt uitgebreid ingegaan op de soorten stoom, de stoomtabellen en de veel toegepaste diagrammen. Verder worden er in het boek Stoomtechniek ook de onderdelen voorwarmers, de ontgasser, stoomkwaliteit en condenspotten behandeld.

Er wordt in het boek veel aandacht besteed aan de berekeningen met stoom met betrekking tot warmtewisselaars, maar ook aan schema’s, berekeningen van warmteoverdracht, het rendemen...

Managers, sales professionals and marketers need to adjust asap to the customer revolution that is taking place - as we speak- in the online B2B marketing arena. Never before have customers had such an information advantage. The power has shifted from seller to buyer.Klaas Fleischmann shows us convincingly that traditional marketing strategies such as pipeline management and the good old sales funnel approach no longer work. Customer journeys have become too complex to control. Marketers must...

Met het werkboek kunnen de cursisten het geleerde zelfstandig thuis of in de les oefenen. In het tekstboek staan verwijzingen naar het werkboek, zodat de cursist altijd weet welke oefeningen op welk moment gemaakt moeten worden om de leerstof het best te laten beklijven.

Elke unidad van het werkboek besteedt aandacht aan de uitspraak van het Spaans (Pronunciar con gusto) en aan zakelijk Spaans (Mundo profesional). De unidades worden steeds afgesloten met een evaluatietest, bestaande uit meerk...

The world's leading reference in hematopathology returns with this completely updated second edition. Authored by international experts in the field, it covers a broad range of hematologic disorders -- both benign and malignant -- with information on the pathogenesis, clinical and pathologic diagnosis, and treatment for each. Comprehensive in scope, it's a must-have resource for both residents and practicing pathologists alike.

Authored by the chief architects of the WHO classification in neo...

At the heart of coordination chemistry lies the coordinate bond, in its simplest sense arising from donation of a pair of electrons from a donor atom to an empty orbital on a central metalloid or metal. Metals overwhelmingly exist as their cations, but these are rarely met ‘naked’ – they are clothed in an array of other atoms, molecules or ions that involve coordinate covalent bonds (hence the name coordination compounds). These metal ion complexes are ubiquitous in nature, and are cent...

Financial Risk Forecasting is a complete introduction to practical quantitative risk management, with a focus on market risk. Derived from the authors teaching notes and years spent training practitioners in risk management techniques, it brings together the three key disciplines of finance, statistics and modeling (programming), to provide a thorough grounding in risk management techniques. Written by renowned risk expert Jon Danielsson, the book begins with an introduction to financial mark...

The evolution of a classic The new 12th edition of Introduction to Genetic Analysis takes this cornerstone textbook to the next level. The hallmark focuses on genetic analysis, quantitative problem solving, and experimentation continue in this new edition while incorporating robust updates to the science. Introduction to Genetic Analysis is now supported in Achieve, Macmillan's new online learning platform. Achieve is the culmination of years of development work put toward creating the most p...

Since publication of the first edition of Fuel Cell Systems Explained, three compelling drivers have supported the continuing development of fuel cell technology. These are: the need to maintain energy security in an energy-hungry world, the desire to move towards zero-emission vehicles and power plants, and the mitigation of climate change by lowering of CO2 emissions. New fuel cell materials, enhanced stack performance and increased lifetimes are leading to the emergence of the first truly ...

Globalization and technological advances have had a dramatic impact on the relationship between media and politics. How can we understand the connection between the two in the present day? Alexa Robertson argues that we cannot understand the power of the one without taking the other into account. This exciting and accessible book provides fresh insight into our contemporary media landscape, adopting a truly comparative global approach.

In Media and Politics in a Globalizing World, Robertson e...