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Traces the relationship between the two countries from 1990-2000, examining political and military issues, including drug trafficking, guerrillas, human rights violations.

From Protest to Parties provides a unique window into the politics of mobilization and protest in closed political regimes, and sheds light on how the choices of political elites affect organizational development. The book draws upon an in-depth analysis of 3 countries in Anglophone Africa: Zimbabwe, Zambia and Kenya.

Examines the US police and paramilitary assistance to the regime in South Vietnam to combat the spread of communist revolution during the 1955-1963 period. Given the scale of its efforts, and the Diem regime's importance to the US leadership, this text identifies the key factors that contributed to the failure of American policy.

A sourcebook on practical, innovative techniques to effectively solve problems throughout the life cycle stages. It presents instructive, revelatory stories about working with real life clients and provides dynamic, innovative, and often times surprising solutions to a wide range of specifically detailed problems and clinical issues.

Online and mobile technologies are profoundly influencing how we read and write, speak and listen, but not in the ways you might suppose. Always On draws upon a decade of research to reveal how instant messaging, cell phones, multitasking, Facebook, blogs, and internet search functions are reshaping social interaction and written culture.

The military played a pivotal role in the political development, state functions, foreign policy and the daily lives of the people in the Central Asian states from the early twentieth century. This book offers a study of the military institutions and the influence they had on the state and society.

Presents a comprehensive narrative history of Nazi Germany and sets it in the wider context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century German history. This book shows how it was possible that a national culture of such creativity and achievement could generate such barbarism and destructiveness.

Explores the impact that one of the most prominent biologically based pesticides has had on pest control technology - and the issues that surround its use. Examines the development, use, and management of technologies derived from Bacillus thuriniensis.

Homer's epics reflect an eighth-century BCE world of warrior tribes and chiefdoms, fractured by constant strife. Professor Gottschall adopts the innovative approach of analysing Homeric conflict from the perspective of modern evolutionary biology, attributing its intensity to a catalyst familiar across many cultures: a shortage of available young women.

Combines a narrative overview with chronological, bibliographical and tabular information to cover major aspects of Nazi Germany. This guide surveys topics such as: the origins and consolidation of the Nazi regime, Nazi dictatorship in action, Nazi foreign policy, Second World War, Holocaust, opposition to the regime, and the legacy of Nazism.

Offers an exploration of how blues singers used formulas to create songs, and presents a study of the blues, where the structure and content of the lyrics have been less explored than the musical form. This book is useful for the students of African-American music, cultural studies, history and linguistics, and others interested in Blues.

This book describes statistical techniques for the design and evaluation of research studies on medical diagnostic tests, screening tests, biomarkers and new technologies for classification and prediction in medicine.

John Selden stands out as one who sought 'not fame but truth in an erudition more vast than was ever garnered by any other human mind.' Tracing the cultural influence of Selden's scholarship on early modern British poets and intellectuals, this book explores various post-biblical Hebraic ideas that served as the foundation of Selden's own thought.

Offers professional engineers, scientists, and students with a framework for the rigorous conduct and communication of complex research and development projects. This book emphasizes the comprehensive analysis of project problems, requirements, and objectives; and the use of standard and consistent terminology and procedures.

Serves as an entry point for students into some of the most profound ideas of the ages. This collection of readings of sacred texts is drawn from the central canons of religious traditions from around the world. Selections from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Native Traditions are compiled for their readability.

Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies explores the popular ''Food versus Fuel'' debates, discussing the complex relationship between the biofuel and agricultural markets. From the importance of bioenergy in the context of climate change, to the potentially positive environmental consequences of growing second generation biofuels crops, this book provides important insights into the impact of policy, the technical implementation and the resulting impact of biofuels. The discussion of existing issues hindering the growth of the cellulosic biofuel industry and their remedies are particularly relevant for policy makers and others associated with the biofuel industry. Transferring information on bioenergy economy through the discussion of the current and emerging biofuel market, country specific case studies explain the existing biofuel policy and its consequences to both the energy and agricultural markets. Economic simulation models explain the future of the bioenergy markets. Biofuels, Bioenergy and Food Security: Technology, Institutions and Policies is an invaluable resource to the students, scientific community, policy makers, and investors in the bioenergy industry. Students will benefit from a variety of perspectives on major societal questions in context of the interaction between food security and bioenergy. Its review of existing literature on the biofuel marker, investment opportunities, and energy independence provides a broad overview to allow informed decision making regarding the industry.Provides an integrated overview of the world biofuel market by country, including a summary of the existing biofuel policies, role of investment opportunities, and rural development potentialDiscusses the impact of biofuels on efforts by developing countries to become more energy self-sufficient Examines the environmental consequences of biomass-based biofuel use.

For the first time, Pediatric Clinics is devoting one issue to two clinically focused topics: Pediatric Palliative Care and Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Dr. Ottolini has organized her section to focus on a variety of issues of relevant to all pediatricians, but which pose special challenge to the Pediatric Hospitalists. As pediatric care has advanced, children who would not have survived infancy are growing into young adults with complex chronic diseases and dependence upon technology. They frequently require hospitalization to address exacerbation of underlying disease processes and procedures to improve their quality of life. The articles are devoted to patient care challenges of troubleshooting malfunctioning technology, co-managing medically complex patients pre and post-op with surgical colleagues, and the Hospitalist's evolving role in performing procedures and sedation in this population of vulnerable patients. Also discussed rare strategies to maximize communication with parents, patients and primary care providers during hospitalization, especially for medically complex patients. Dr. Ullrich and Dr. Wolfe Pediatric have worked to bring relevant articles on palliative care to the pediatrician. While life-threatening conditions in childhood are rare, children with LTC account for a high proportion of pediatric hospital care, and about one half of such children die in the inpatient setting. The number of hospital-based pediatric palliative care programs has increased dramatically over the past decade to meet the palliative care needs of hospitalized children including symptom management, facilitation of communication, decision-making and advance care planning support, and coordination of care. Given these considerations, it is evident that the topics of pediatric palliative care and hospital medicine are fitting counterparts for this comprehensive issue.