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Conference on Statistics 1960
by J. C. Weldon • E. F. BeachIn 1958 the Canadian Political Science Association established a committee to look into ways and means of improving statistical research in the social sciences in Canada. One of the ways in which the committee thought this could be done was by establishing an annual forum where papers could be prese... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1951 -
Drama In Malta
A fascinating personal flashback, Weldon's account of his service as an artillery officer in Malta, 1939-1943, based on notes made during 1939-1943."A great deal of this personal narrative was originally jotted down in Malta during intervals between the raids. The remainder has been added, and the w... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Detonation: Theory and Experiment
Detonation, as the authors point out, differs from other forms of combustion "in that all the important energy transfer is by mass flow in strong compression waves, with negligible contributions from other processes like heat conduction." Experiments have shown that these waves have a complex transv... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1979 -
The Case for Jesus the Messiah
A study using Bible references to prove that Jesus is really the messiah. ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1989 -
When Protest Makes Policy: How Social Movements Represent Disadvantaged Groups
"A must-read for scholars across a broad sweep of disciplines. Laurel Weldon weaves together skillfully the theoretical strands of gender equality policy, intersectionality, social movements, and representation in a multimethod/level comparative study that unequivocally places women's movements at ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2011 -
Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics: State Action on Women's Rights Around the World (Cambridge Studies in Gender and Politics)
When and why do governments promote women's rights? Through comparative analysis of state action in seventy countries from 1975 to 2005, this book shows how different women's rights issues involve different histories, trigger different conflicts, and activate different sets of protagonists. Change ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Automaticity and Control in Language Processing (Advances in Behavioural Brain Science)
The use of language is a fundamental component of much of our day-to-day life. Language often co-occurs with other activities with which it must be coordinated. This raises the question of whether the cognitive processes involved in planning spoken utterances and in understanding them are autonomous... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra
Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs, taken from the collection of famed dealer Rudolf G. Smend, date from 1880-1930, a time ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra
Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs, taken from the collection of famed dealer Rudolf G. Smend, date from 1880-1930, a time ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Batik: From the Courts of Java and Sumatra
Batik occupies a special position in Indonesia's history and culture. The extraordinary photographs of cloths and prints in this book demonstrate why batik is the stuff of textile legend. These 71 batik designs, taken from the collection of famed dealer Rudolf G. Smend, date from 1880-1930, a time ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Conservation Agriculture for Africa: Building Resilient Farming Systems in a Changing Climate
by Dennis Dennis • Peter Dorward • Michael Misiko • John A. Pickett • J N Blignaut • H Boulal • Roland Bunch • Trent W Bunderson • Oussama El Gharras • Mohammed El Mourid • Mphatso Gama • Zwide D Jere • Josef Kienzle • Jaap Knot • Erna Kruger • Peter Kuria • Baqir Lalani • Simon Lugandu • Brand Mbale • Charles Midega • Zeyaur Khan • Obedi Mkandawire • Alice Murage • Richard M. Museka • Weldone Mutai • Blessings M. Mwale • Spencer W.D. Ng’oma • John M. Paul • Jimmy Pittchar • Brian G. Sims • Hendrik J. Smith • Phillip Tembo • Christian Thierfelder • Patrick C. Wall • Reynolds K. Shula • Jose DambiroTillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation. This book reviews research and development initiatives in Africa aimed at building resilient farming systems. It summarises the status of conservation agriculture today, discusses prospects for future development and provides ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set): From the Global to the Individual
by James Gilligan • Gwen Adshead • Kate Rothwell • Grace Lee • Estela Welldon • Christopher Scanlon • John Adlam • Anna Motz • Alex Maguire • Julian Manley • Simon Hackett • David W. Jones • Matt Killingsworth • Thilo Kroll • Lucy Neal • Tilman Kluttig • Bandy Lee • John L Young • Annie Stopford • Gardnel Carter • Gina Donoso • Gloria Uwizeye • Efrat Even-Tzur • Ismail Karolia • Klaus Hoffmann • Barry Richards • Aileen Schloerb • Hayley Berman • Reinmar Du Bois • Maggie McAlister • Clinton Van der Walt • Zoe Berko • Sarita Bose • Martha Ferrito • Martina Mindang • Robyn Timoclea • Deborah J. Cohan • Claude Barbre • Jill Barbre • Tamsin Cottis • Andrew Ware • Gerrard Drennan • James S. VrettosThis is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent state... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
Conservation Agriculture in Africa: Climate Smart Agricultural Development
by Neil Miller • Richard Bell • Patrick Gicheru • Trent W Bunderson • Zwide D Jere • Josef Kienzle • Erna Kruger • Peter Kuria • Simon Lugandu • Weldone Mutai • Brian G. Sims • Hendrik J. Smith • Christian Thierfelder • Reynolds K. Shula • Johann Strauss • Joseph Mureithi • Mohamed Annabi • Haithem Bahri • Mloza Banda • Gotlieb Basch • Alexandra Bot • Martin Bwalya • Hatem Cheikh M’hamed • Cornelius Chiduza • Cary Clark • Demba Diakhaté • Mazwi Dlamini • Sjoerd Duiker • Alioune Fall • Aymen Frija • Josiah Gitari • Tom Goddard • Emilio Gonzalez-Sanchez • Isaac Gura • Enamul Haque • Michel Havard • Zied Idoudi • Mohammad Jahiruddin • Onesmos Kitonyo • Phlorentin Philip Lagwen • Ngari Macharia • Temakholo Mathebula • Sixolise Mcinga • Alfred Micheni • Frank Mmbando • Rachid Moussadek • Pearson Nyari Mnkeni • Rachid Mrabet • Ndabhemeye Mulengera • Walter Mupangwa • R. M. Museka • Munyaradzi Mutenje • Lindah Muzangwa • Remmy Mwakimbwala • Andre A Nel • James Njeru • Rama Ngatoluwa • Phumzile Ngcobo • Isaiah Nyagumbo • Putso Nyathi • Ricardo Ralisch • Leonard Rusinamhodzi • John Sariah • Ibrahima Sarr • Peter Setimela • Richard Shetto • Dimas Soares Júnior • Peter Steward • Gerhardus Trytsman • Jean Twilingiyumukiza • Carl Wahl • Peter Waweru • Nouhoun ZampaligreTillage agriculture has led to widespread soil and ecosystem degradation globally, and more particularly in the developing regions. This is especially so in Africa where traditional agricultural practices have become unsustainable due to severe exploitation of natural resources with negative impacts... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022 -
Zorg rondom hartfalen
Verpleegkundigen krijgen in toenemende mate met patiënten met hartfalen te maken. Een goed instrument om evidence-based zorg te verlenen aan patiënten met hartfalen is daarom onmisbaar. Zorg rondom hartfalen is het eerste naslagwerk dat op een overzichtelijke manier beschrijft wat hartfalen is, wa... More
Language: DUTCopyright: 2004