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Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, it has long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine current perceptions o... More

The international feminist contributors to this book look through the lens of poststructuralism at how child sexual abuse is differently represented and understood in the populist, academic, clinical, media and legal contexts. Reworking earlier feminist analyses, they show how child sexual abuse is ... More

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of four workshops held at the 25th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2021, held virtually, in March 2021.The workshops are as follows: CoDecFin: The Second Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance D... More

Combining contemporary research with practice findings, this book shows how we can improve the mental health of children in care. Expert contributors highlight the challenges that children face and propose innovative models of practice which have been proven to improve outcomes. The book describes... More

This award-winning book charts the unfolding, from the Revolutionary War to the Great Depression, of the American tradition of city building and city living, using Philadelphia as a resonant example.... More

An illustrated history of the American city's evolution from sparsely populated village to regional metropolis.American Urban Form—the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life—has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, stre... More

American urban form--the spaces, places, and boundaries that define city life--has been evolving since the first settlements of colonial days. The changing patterns of houses, buildings, streets, parks, pipes and wires, wharves, railroads, highways, and airports reflect changing patterns of the soc... More

Confessions of Augustine, a timeless piece of classic literature, written by legendary philosopher and theologian Saint Augustine, is an autobiographical work which is required reading for various courses and curriculum's.... More

As Gen Z leaves the church in record numbers, the adults in their lives feel at a loss to stop the trend. Yet there are research-based and proven strategies that help young people both own their faith and effectively engage the world around them. Sean McDowell, Ph.D., and Detective J. Warner Wall... More

This fully-researched, eight-session guide takes participants through a variety of engaging materials that will enable youth leaders, Christian teachers, and parents to strategically teach truth to the next generation. These authors are both parent’s and have been youth leaders (and Sean has been a ... More

China has always viewed itself as a vulnerable underdeveloped country. In the 1990s, it began negotiating economic agreements and creating China-centric institutions, culminating in the 2000s in numerous institutions and ultimately the Belt and Road Initiative. The authors analyze China’s political ... More

International health and aid policies of the past two decades have had a major impact on the delivery of care in low and middle-income countries. This book argues that these policies have often failed to achieve their main aims, and have in fact contributed to restricted access to family medicine a... More

Bringing together a wide range of European thought on music therapy practice, this book provides a deeper insight into the aspects of the therapeutic process which are enabled by music. With a theoretical, psychodynamic approach and high quality clinical case material from across Europe, the editor... More

Der Umgang mit vorhandener Bausubstanz gehört zu den täglichen Aufgaben für Bauingenieure und Architekten. Das vorliegende Buch vermittelt die notwendigen Kenntnisse der verschiedenen Methoden der Zustandserfassung und Bewertung von Bauteilen und Tragwerk sowie der Planung von Instandsetzungs- und E... More

Strengthening of existing structures is an increasing area of work for practising structural design engineers. The book delivers the necessary knowledge about various methods of recording the condition of existing elements and structures and the design of strengthening measures.... More

Das Buch legt die Grundlagen des Holzbaus detailliert dar und vermittelt die wesentlichen Kenntnisse und Kompetenzen, die für den Entwurf, die Bemessung und die Konstruktion einfacher Holztragwerke für typische Bauwerke des Hochbaus erforderlich sind. Einführend wird auf Holz als Konstruktionswerkst... More

Das Buch umfasst die wichtigsten theoretischen Grundlagen der Berechnung und Bemessung von Verbindungen und Tragelementen, sowie für den Tragwerksentwurf typischer Konstruktionen und Gesamttragwerke des Ingenieurholzbaus. Über das Basiswissen und die einfache Normenanwendung hinaus, werden Berechnun... More

Das Buch befasst sich mit ökonomischen und gesetzlichen Anforderungen an das Risikomanagement, insbesondere aus §§ 91, 93 AktG, sowie Methoden zu deren Überprüfung durch Wirtschaftsprüfer oder Interne Revision (methodische Grundlagen und konkrete Hilfsmittel, z.B. Checklisten). Ein Fokus liegt dabei... More