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A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style.

A collection of engaging and thought-provoking essays looking at the world of business and management during a recession. Furnham takes a sideways look at some business issues that are often brushed under the carpet and examines recent academic contributions to business literature in an amusing and jargon-free style.

As Mubarak's regimenearing its end becomes a strong possibility, many pressures, both foreign and domestic, are coming to bear on Egypt to bring democratic reforms to this struggling country. In The Mubarak Leadership and Future of Democracy in Egypt , Alaa Al-Din Arafat studies this new era and the obstacles that must be overcome.

Το «Σκυλίσια ζωή-Αληθινές, αστείες ιστορίες στην καθημερινότητα ενός σκύλου» είναι ένα βιβλίο γεμάτο από αληθινές ιστορίες αληθινών ανθρώπων με αστείες και ντροπιαστικές στιγμές στη ζωή ενός σκύλου. Το βιβλίο αυτό είναι κατάλληλο για όποιον ψάχνει κάτι να γελάσει ή να θυμηθεί τον αγαπημένο του σκύλο. Θα γελάσεις και εσύ και θα πεις «Αυτό συνέβη και σε εμένα!».

創造の物語 (The Creation Story)私たちが今見ているこの美しい世界には初まりがありました。地球の創造はどんなふうに行われたのでしょうか。私たちの住むこの巨大な宇宙には、ただ神様だけがおられ、他には何ひとつありませんでした。神様がそこで何をしておられたのか、それはわかりません。ただ、ひとりぼっちでも神様は寂しくも怖くもありませんでした。それは、神様には大きな計画があったからです。そうです。神様はこの巨大な宇宙にまず星や惑星を、人々を、そして人々の住む場所を造ることにしたのです。神様は時間の枠組みを作って、天と地とを順番に造っていかれました。

Some stories die with the people who lived them. This one almost did. Off the record is a quietly devastating love story told in timestamps, tracking one unforgettable February night in Chicago between two strangers who were never supposed to meet. He is a reclusive, self-made entrepreneur. She is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist named Zephyr Halima. What passes between them from 7 PM to 7 AM is irreversible. Structured as a first-person confession, the night unfolds across a documentary screening, a dim Italian restaurant near the river, a gallery after hours, and a sunrise at the lake. But it is told by a man writing from the driver's seat of a car parked outside an apartment where no light is on anymore. He is not explaining what happened. He is not asking for understanding. He is keeping a promise he made to himself: that she would not be forgotten. Intimate and atmospheric, Off the record... captures the profound weight of a single night. What happened after is left, deliberately, unwritten.

As Mubarak''s regimenearing its end becomes a strong possibility, many pressures, both foreign and domestic, are coming to bear on Egypt to bring democratic reforms to this struggling country. In The Mubarak Leadership and Future of Democracy in Egypt , Alaa Al-Din Arafat studies this new era and the obstacles that must be overcome.

The field of library and information science is experiencing significant and continued transformation as a result of advancements in digital technology. Adapting to new technologies is crucial for librarians and other information professionals, but there exists a particularly acute gap in technology adoption among developing countries. Library and Information Science in Developing Countries: Contemporary Issues explores the relationship between global technology development and the impact of new technologies on library practice, library education, and information science. Book chapters and case studies in this work provide insight to and support for practitioners and executives concerned with the management of knowledge, information, and organizational development in different types of work environments and learning communities.

Multimedia information retrieval focuses on the tools of processing and searching that are applicable to the content-based management of new multimedia documents. It has recently expanded to encompass newly devised techniques that will further its performance and growing importance. Image Retrieval and Analysis Using Text and Fuzzy Shape Features: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a critical scholarly resource that explores methods and strategies related to multimedia information retrieval systems. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics including content-based image retrieval, text-based image retrieval, fuzzy object shape features, encoding, and indexing, this book is geared towards library science specialists, information technology specialists, and researchers seeking current information on the integration of new information retrieval technologies.

In the medical field, there is a constant need to improve professionals' abilities to provide prompt and accurate diagnoses. The use of image and pattern recognizing software may provide support to medical professionals and enhance their abilities to properly identify medical issues. Medical Image Processing for Improved Clinical Diagnosis provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of computer-based imaging and applications within healthcare and medicine. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as biomedical imaging, pattern recognition, and medical diagnosis, this book is ideally designed for medical practitioners, students, researchers, and others in the medical and engineering fields seeking current research on the use of images to enhance the accuracy of medical prognosis.

With more restrictions upon animal experimentations, pharmaceutical industries are currently focusing on a new generation of experiments and technologies that are considerably more efficient and less controversial. The integration of computational and experimental strategies has led to the identification and development of promising compounds. Computer Applications in Drug Discovery and Development is a pivotal reference source that provides innovative research on the application of computers for discovering and designing new drugs in modern molecular biology and medicinal chemistry. While highlighting topics such as chemical structure databases and dataset utilization, this publication delves into the current panorama of drug discovery, where high drug failure rates are a major concern and properly designed virtual screening strategies can be a time-saving, cost-effective, and productive alternative. This book is ideally designed for chemical engineers, pharmacists, molecular biologists, students, researchers, and academicians seeking current research on the unexplored avenues and future perspectives of drug design.

Throughout the world, local, natural wonders are being overrun by hordes of destination seekers intent on capturing nature's majesty. Though the flood of tourists brings economic stability to these regions, the environmental and local community concerns must be taken into consideration. Ecotourism and Community Intervention: Emerging Research and Opportunities examines community intervention strategies and their causal relationship with destination sustainability and destination quality. The book calls for more proactive measures to enhance destination sustainability through ecotourism initiatives in destinations across the globe. The content within this publication examines global business, mass tourism, and resource management. It is designed for conservationists, environmentalists, tour developers, travel agents, policymakers, administrators, managers, and university students.