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Все книги издательства John Wiley & Sons LimitedThe Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2. 1920 to the Present
The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium. Reflects the current scholarly and pedagogic structure of African American literary studies Selects literary texts according to extensive research on classroom adoptions, scholarship, and the expert opinions of leading professors Organizes literary texts according to more appropriate periods of literary history, dividing them into seven sections that accurately depict intellectual, cultural, and political movements Includes more reprints of entire works and longer selections of major works than any other anthology of its kind This second volume contains a comprehensive collection of texts authored by African Americans from the 1920s to the present The two volumes of this landmark anthology can also be bought as a set, at over 20% savings.
Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures. Lyotropic Liquid Crystals
This book will describe fundamentals and recent developments in the area of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architecture and their relevance to the understanding of the functionality of membranes as delivery systems for active ingredients. As the heirarchial architectures determine their performance capabilities, attention will be paid to theoretical and design aspects related to the construction of lyotropic liquid crystals: mesophases such as lamellar, hexagonal, cubic, sponge phase micellosomes. The book will bring to the reader mechanistic aspects, compositional considerations, transition within phases, solubilization capacities, drug entrapment and release mechanisms and transmembrane, transdermal, and other transport phenomena. It will stress the importance of these mesostructures to crystallization and polymorphism of drugs, fats, and nutraceuticals and will discuss regioselectivity of organic and enzymatic reactions that take place at interfaces and within the channels of the mesophase. The book will bring studies on the use of these mesophase as crystallization or particulation media for the formation of nanoparticles and nanocrystals. Chapters will discuss applications in the areas of pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, plastics, paper, agro-chemistry and industrial applications.
Reading Assessment. Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition
A groundbreaking integrated approach to reading assessment that addresses each child's unique Learning Profile Fifteen to twenty percent of our nation's children have reading difficulties. Educational evalua-tors must be able to use progress monitoring and diagnostic tools effectively to identify students who may be at risk, evaluate the effectiveness of school-wide reading programs, and suggest interventions that will improve reading skills. Written from a strengths-based perspective, Reading Assessment: Linking Language, Literacy, and Cognition is the first book of its kind to present a research-based, integrated review of reading, cognition, and oral language testing and assessment. Author Melissa Lee Farrall explores the theoretical underpinnings of reading, language, and literacy, explains the background of debates surrounding these topics, and provides detailed information and administration tips on the wide range of reading inventories and standardized tests that may be used in a reading psychoeducational assessment. With a focus on how to craft professional evaluation reports that illuminate a student's strengths—not just weaknesses—Reading Assessment enables school psychologists and diagnosticians, reading specialists, and special education professionals to conduct evaluations and develop effective interdisciplinary remedial recommendations and interventions. Clear, engaging, and inviting, Reading Assessment features: Case examples and practice exercises Chapter-opening reviews of each theory Strengths, weaknesses, and potential problems of tests and their interpretations Chapter-ending review questions that foster skill development and critical thinking Comprehensive information on more than 50 different assessment tests Reading Assessment is an invaluable resource that helps professionals gain the knowledge and skills to confidently interpret test results and prepare detailed and effective evaluation reports designed to meet each child's unique needs as a learner.
Wissensmanagement, Wissenstransfer, Wissensnetzwerke. Konzepte, Methoden und Erfahrungen
Dieses Buch fasst den Stand von Wissensmanagement praxisorientiert zusammen; es richtet sich an Fuhrungskrafte aus kleinen, mittleren und gro?en Unternehmen oder Non-Profit-Organisationen sowie an alle anderen Personen, die sich mit wissensorientiertem Management befassen, zum Beispiel aus den Bereichen HR, F&E, IT, Marketing oder Verwaltung und Controlling. Kompakte Beitrage – geschrieben aus Sicht der Unternehmen – bieten jeweils einen Uberblick uber die Themengebiete Wissensmanagement, Wissenstransfer, Wissenssicherung, effektives Auffinden von Wissen und Wissenscontrolling/Wissensbilanz. Ein wesentlicher Aspekt liegt in der Darstellung von Querbeziehungen zu verwandten Managementansatzen wie Qualitats- oder Prozessmanagement, soziale Netzwerke, Innovation und ethisches Management. Fallbeispiele zeigen beispielsweise auf, wie der Wissensabfluss durch Pensionierungen oder Kundigungen reduziert werden kann, welcher Prozess die effektive Weitergabe von Erfahrungswissen unterstutzt, wie Wissen fur die Organisation in einem Wiki gesichert wird, wie vorhandenes Wissen schnell aufgefunden werden kann, wie die Herausforderungen durch das Internet beantwortet werden konnen oder wie eine Wissensbilanz die Entwicklung des intellektuellen Kapitals einer Organisation misst. Dabei werden auch Aspekte wie das Uberwinden von Hurden, erzielter Nutzen, Begleitma?nahmen und Folgeschritte behandelt.
Learning the City. Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage
Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning for political strategies and developing a progressive international urbanism. Presents a distinct approach to conceptualising the city through the lens of urban learning Integrates fieldwork conducted in Mumbai's informal settlements with debates on urban policy, political economy, and development Considers how knowledge and learning are conceived and created in cities Addresses the way knowledge travels and opportunities for learning about urbanism between North and South
Silicon Technologies. Ion Implantation and Thermal Treatment
The main purpose of this book is to remind new engineers in silicon foundry, the fundamental physical and chemical rules in major Front end treatments: oxidation, epitaxy, ion implantation and impurities diffusion.
Nanoscale CMOS. Innovative Materials, Modeling and Characterization
This book provides a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in the development of new and innovative materials, and of advanced modeling and characterization methods for nanoscale CMOS devices. Leading global industry bodies including the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) have created a forecast of performance improvements that will be delivered in the foreseeable future – in the form of a roadmap that will lead to a substantial enlargement in the number of materials, technologies and device architectures used in CMOS devices. This book addresses the field of materials development, which has been the subject of a major research drive aimed at finding new ways to enhance the performance of semiconductor technologies. It covers three areas that will each have a dramatic impact on the development of future CMOS devices: global and local strained and alternative materials for high speed channels on bulk substrate and insulator; very low access resistance; and various high dielectric constant gate stacks for power scaling. The book also provides information on the most appropriate modeling and simulation methods for electrical properties of advanced MOSFETs, including ballistic transport, gate leakage, atomistic simulation, and compact models for single and multi-gate devices, nanowire and carbon-based FETs. Finally, the book presents an in-depth investigation of the main nanocharacterization techniques that can be used for an accurate determination of transport parameters, interface defects, channel strain as well as RF properties, including capacitance-conductance, improved split C-V, magnetoresistance, charge pumping, low frequency noise, and Raman spectroscopy.
Die Weisheit der Roulettekugel. Innovation durch Irritation
Innovationen sind der Garant fur die Zukunftsfahigkeit von Unternehmen und Organisationen. Doch die ubliche Vorgehensweise, namlich Innovationen «effizient» zu generieren, fuhrt zur Trivialisierung. Nicht selten werden banale Neuerungen als wichtige Innovationen gefeiert. Wirklich bedeutende Innovationen aber lassen sich weder erzwingen, noch passieren sie einfach so. Sie finden nur statt, wenn Organisationen die Komfortzone verlassen. Ulf Pillkahn deckt die Schwachen klassischen Innovationsmanagements auf. Er betrachtet die Logik von Unternehmen und beschreibt die wesentlichen Effekte, die aus dem Innovationsverhalten von Unternehmen resultieren (Dornroschen-Effekt, Red-Queen-Effekt, Pionier-Effekt), und verknupft sie mit Fallstudien bekannter Unternehmen. Er betrachtet die Entscheidungsprozesse in Unternehmen und warum es radikale Ideen so schwer haben. Und er zeigt, warum mutigere, schnellere Wege zu deutlich besseren oder zumindest gleichen Ergebnissen fuhren konnen. Als Ausweg aus dem Dilemma der klassischen Innovation empfiehlt Pillkahn die «Irritation», den permanenten Zustand innerer Unruhe, die standige Bewertung von Impulsen, die Kombination klassischer und disruptiver Methoden. Pillkahn bringt den Leser immer wieder zum Nachdenken, denn er macht deutlich, dass das Einhalten von Normen, Konventionen, Standards und Kennzahlen zwar aktuelle Marktchancen erhohen, Kosten sparen oder die Anerkennung von Mitarbeitern steigern kann, aber kaum auf Dauer den Unternehmenserfolg sichert.
Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models. Identification
Since Lord Rayleigh introduced the idea of viscous damping in his classic work «The Theory of Sound» in 1877, it has become standard practice to use this approach in dynamics, covering a wide range of applications from aerospace to civil engineering. However, in the majority of practical cases this approach is adopted more for mathematical convenience than for modeling the physics of vibration damping. Over the past decade, extensive research has been undertaken on more general “non-viscous” damping models and vibration of non-viscously damped systems. This book, along with a related book Structural Dynamic Analysis with Generalized Damping Models: Analysis, is the first comprehensive study to cover vibration problems with general non-viscous damping. The author draws on his considerable research experience to produce a text covering: parametric senistivity of damped systems; identification of viscous damping; identification of non-viscous damping; and some tools for the quanitification of damping. The book is written from a vibration theory standpoint, with numerous worked examples which are relevant across a wide range of mechanical, aerospace and structural engineering applications. Contents 1. Parametric Sensitivity of Damped Systems. 2. Identification of Viscous Damping. 3. Identification of Non-viscous Damping. 4. Quantification of Damping. About the Authors Sondipon Adhikari is Chair Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Swansea University, Wales. His wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary research interests include uncertainty quantification in computational mechanics, bio- and nanomechanics, dynamics of complex systems, inverse problems for linear and nonlinear dynamics, and renewable energy. He is a technical reviewer of 97 international journals, 18 conferences and 13 funding bodies.He has written over 180 refereed journal papers, 120 refereed conference papers and has authored or co-authored 15 book chapters.
Modern Islamist Movements. History, Religion, and Politics
Modern Islamist Movements provides a clear and accessible examination of the history, beliefs and rationale of Islamist Groups and their grievances with the West and governments within the majority-Muslim world, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire. A clear and accessible text that examines the history, beliefs and rationale for violence emerging from Islamist movements, while examining some of these groups' visions for a global Islamic empire Examines Islamist grievances against the West and modern governments in the majority Muslim world, while providing an overview of Islam's relations with the West from the period of the Crusades to the modern age Discusses the historic development of Islamism in Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan Explains classic Islamic understandings of jihad and Bin Laden's, al-Qaida's, and other Islamists interpretations of this concept Offers an historical account of the formative relationship between al-Qaida, other Islamists, and Islamic intellectual trends beginning in the eighteenth century Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as interested general readers