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For decades a pervasive therapeutic pessimism has surrounded attempts to work with clients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) with this population viewed as 'too difficult' or 'impossible to...

This book contains insightful essays on issues of diaspora, migration, identity, globalization on works from across the word. It gives an insight into one of the most engaging topics of our times...

The temporal and spatial distribution patterns of diatoms colonising artificial substrates were used to develop a model indicating different levels of degradation in urban streams of the Swan River,...

The author establishes how different variants of Marxism conceptualise the structure-agency relation. He distinguishes three groups of theories: First, there are the dichotomous approaches of...

Aseptic arthritis of the knee joint was induced in 12 healthy donkeys, weighing 60 to 85kg by intra- articular injection of 0.3ml of turpentine oil. The animals were randomly divided into 2 groups A...

Die Unternehmen haben sich im Zusammenhang mit der Abbildung des Emissionshandels im Jahresabschluss mit einer Vielzahl von Bilanzierungskonzepten auseinanderzusetzen. Diese Arbeit soll einen...

Das Buch besch?ftigt sich mit der Analyse der weiblichen Figuren im Roman "Die Klavierspielerin" und dessen Filmadaption. Haupts?chlich wird eine autobiografische - feministische Interpretation des...

Die Nachrichtenstelle f?r den Orient (NfO) war eine deutsche Propagandainstitution w?hrend des Ersten Weltkrieges. Als ihr Initiator gilt Freiherr Max von Oppenheim. Er formulierte ein...

Aufmerksamkeit, was bedeutet dieser Bergriff und was verstehen wir darunter? Wie entstehen Aufmerksamkeit und Konzentration? Ist es m?glich in einem Sch?ler die Bereitschaft zu wecken, sich aus...

Perception is a process of knowing, a process of learning, and it produces knowledge by itself. Finding differences and similarities in perception between different cultures will contribute to...

In Different Dispatches, David T. Humphries brings together a diverse group of well-known American writers of the interwar period, including Willa Cather, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, Zora...

It is commonly believed that children are naive and 'colour blind'. However, research demonstrates that children not only notice differences in skin colour and facial features, but they also start...

Das Lernen sportmotorischer Bewegungsabl?ufe im Handball beinhaltet, wie auch im Alltag, st?ndig stattfindende Anpassungsprozesse unseres Organismus. Beim differenziellen Lernen wird das Erzeugen von...

Internet adoption can be considered the late 20th century's most important event. In academic environments today, Internet applications have been widely implemented in universities and colleges, with...

This book describes experiments that have been carried out on a model metal-oxide interface to understand diffusion reactions and the effect of an external electric field across the interface. The...

This study describes the development and application of a 2D raster-based diffusion wave model (FloodMap), either loosely-coupled or tightly-coupled to a 1D river flow model, to determine patterns of...

Digital control techniques for sensorless electrical drives can be named as a hand book for those who are interested in sensorless control of electrical drives. The book addresses various practical...

This book describes general and robust algorithms that are devoted to automate the analysis process in the 3D space and in time of dynamic objects present in a volume studied by a specific microscope...

Baseband processing techniques for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems generally fall into two broad categories: error coding and signal spreading. This thesis addresses these issues for the...

We describe the design of a micropower digital pulsewidth modulator (PWM) for a hearing instrument Class D amplifier. The PWM embodies a novel delta- compensation sampling process and a novel pulse...

Power electronics is an engineering discipline that deals with the conversion of electrical power using semiconductor devices. The semiconductor devices are utilized as switches, in order to reduce...

The requirements for high resolution audio circuits are characterized by extremely high dynamic range and relatively low signal frequencies. For digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital converters...

High-dimensional data refers to data with a large number of variables. Classifying these data is a difficult problem because the enormous number of variables poses challenges to conventional...

This thesis explores the dimensions and causes of social income poverty in Rural Pakistan, focusing on nutrition and health. The analysis also tests the 'efficiency-wage' hypothesis which links...

When dinosaurs were first unearthed in the 19th century, they were reconstructed as lethargic beasts, a stigma associated with ectothermy. This perception prevailed for 150 years. Then John Ostrom...

Long-term agricultural field experiments, especially those that are 50 years or older, are relatively rare globally. A significant majority of them are also located in Europe and North America, with...

It is a standard approach to consider the maximum likelihood estimation procedure for the estimation of parameters in statistical modelling. The sample likelihood function has a closed form...

During continuous casting of steel, the delta-ferrite to austenite phase transition occurs following solidification. It is of great industrial significance to gain a better understanding of the...

Architectonic size (proportions) has remained a fundamental, if optional, architectural concern throughout much of the course of modern architectural history. However, the same could not be said...

A gulf exists between the rights and the realities of parents with intellectual disabilities. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities affirms the right of persons with...