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8 produkter
8 produkter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
1 021 kr
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American education is undergoing rapid change. Concern over poor student performance, the ability and motivation of teachers, and the inefficiency of school bureaucracy have led to numerous recommendations for changing the structure of American education. These vary from small changes in the current structure to wholesale privatization of public schools. The contributions in this book discuss a wide range of proposals, including greater school choice, charter schools, promoting contact with the business community, public-private partnerships, and more. Several chapters assess the current research on choice and restructuring. Overall the consensus is that proposed reforms have a good chance of yielding significant benefits.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1997
1 050 kr
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Throughout the world, governments are reducing their involvement in the area of telecommunications. Some telecommunications are being fully or partly privatized while others are experiencing deregulation. The situation in six Asian countries, four European countries, and two Latin American countries are examined. In addition, there is one chapter on the telecommunications business in developing countries as a whole. All sections explore the interaction with encroaching competition, new technology, and a desire for greater freedom.
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PDF, Engelska, 20001 103 kr
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American education is undergoing rapid change. Concern over poor student performance, the ability and motivation of teachers, and the inefficiency of school bureaucracy have led to numerous recommendations for changing the structure of American education. These vary from small changes in the current structure to wholesale privatization of public schools. The contributions in this book discuss a wide range of proposals, including greater school choice, charter schools, promoting contact with the business community, public-private partnerships, and more. Several chapters assess the current research on choice and restructuring. Overall the consensus is that proposed reforms have a good chance of yielding significant benefits.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
160 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
311 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
423 kr
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Ephemeral phenomena like fire, precipitation, shade, and wind have emerged as important contemporary protagonists for environmental design due to their dynamic impact on buildings and cities. The importance of including these forces in architecture has gained rapid momentum in the global quest for sustainability. This book investigates the history, theory and applications of climatic design in the built environment examining architecture and landscapes from various time periods. Based on a collaboration between the University of Sydney and the National University of Singapore, the book brings together contributing authors from Australia, Singapore, and the United States. "Dry", "Wet", "Cool" and "Hot" divide the book into categories through which a wide array of representational topics are covered —from dust storms and clouds, to ice and bushfires. A concluding section presents project examples for exploratory application in the design of architecture.
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Engelska, 202642 kr
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Deep in Venezuela's mist‑shrouded tabletop mountains, biologist Dr. Aris Thorne uncovers an ancient fungus that does more than kill—it learns. Ant colonies move with terrible precision; ecosystems begin to change in ways science cannot explain.In the dusty frontier town of Santa Elena, Dr. Lena Hanson treats patients suffering crippling confusion, sensory hallucinations, and bruise‑like rashes under which victims claim to feel insects crawling. Tests show nothing—and people are dying.Across continents at Geneva's Global Health Monitoring Centre, data analyst Dr. Anjali Sharma finds a faint statistical pattern linking the outbreaks. Her warnings are dismissed as noise while the pathogen adapts, jumping from insects to birds, reptiles, and mammals.Three perspectives trace the chilling first days of Sporefall: the human horror on the ground, the failing institutions in the middle, and the cold, rising signal in the data. As bureaucracy stalls and the fungus evolves, the window to stop a global pandemic slams shut. For readers of biological horror and biopunk, Sporefall is a harrowing, page‑turning prelude to collapse.