Provides an introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of its debates and controversies. This book addresses questions, such as: Where did the IMF come from? What does it do? Why do so many governments participate in its programs? And what are their effects? How can we best reform this key global institution?

Explores the distinctive forms of women's political engagement in democratic politics in contemporary India. This book provides an example of how women have adapted to the modern political climate in which underdevelopment and inaccessibility of state institutions often make this role essential in everyday life.

This is the first book to apply discourse analysis to the nation state of Kazakhstan. It offers an original and innovative contribution to the field of International Relations, Critical Security Studies, and Central Asian Studies, providing a unique perspective on the construction of Kazakhstani Identity in relation to Russia.

Colour your way to an inspired life with this selection of words full of meaning, beautifully designed with intricate fonts and backgrounds to give you hours of colouring-in relaxation.

This book provides a basis to interpret acoustic emission (AE) as damage processes in stressed rock, with applications to stress measurements, size effects, source mechanisms, and fracture mechanics. Basic features of an AE monitoring system will be covered, with some background on the sensor, pre-amplifier, and data acquisition. Several examples of AE monitoring will include both lab and field applications ranging from element testing to hydraulic fracturing. Intended for geologists, geophysicists and mining, petroleum and civil engineers dealing with rock stress and rock damage processes.

"This is an extraordinary work--comprehensive, penetrating in its analysis of freedom, and deeply challenging. The perspective is strikingly original and the voice is utterly distinctive. Julius's book is an important contribution to its subject and will be widely read by moral and political philosophers."--Charles Beitz, Princeton University"A stylistic gem, Reconstruction is utterly original--this is a book with a voice all its own. It is an exhilarating read and we would be poorer without it."--Niko Kolodny, University of California, Berkeley

Die Verzahnung des Verfassungsrechts mit dem internationalen und supranationalen Recht gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung. Im Europarecht sind dessen Grundzüge daher als Pflichtstoff eingestuft. Das Lehrbuch behandelt lern- und praxisgerecht die Schnittstellen zwischen Verfassungsrecht und Völkerrecht/Europarecht, speziell die verfassungsrechtlichen Grundlagen der Einbindung Deutschlands in die Völkerrechtsgemeinschaft. Im Mittelpunkt stehen aktuelle Fragen wie Gewaltverbot, Interventionspolitik und Friedenspflicht, internationale Strafgerichtsbarkeit. Eine Übersicht über besonders prüfungsrelevante Bezugsmaterien ergänzt den Stoff.

Unlikely recipes introduced by Dracula in a book with space to record your own plus a high quality cotton apron to preserve your clothing when things get a bit messy

A look at The Highlands' lost and in some cases still extant railway structures and feats of engineering

This volume, which is based on the Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University in 1935, deals with the problem of the unity of natural knowledge. It considers the cleavage between the inorganic and biological sciences, and between the theology of intelligibility and that of inexplicability. Under the heading "The Nature of Biological Order" it considers some of the opinions which biologists, physicists, and philosophers hold regarding the form of organization which living things exhibit. The discussion is continued under the headings "The Deployment of Biological Order" and "The Hierarchical Continuity of Biological Order," and the conclusion is reached that "the profounder our insight into the nature of organic form, the clearer does the unity of science become." "It is an erudite volume, intended for the serious student of the philosophical aspects of biological science. To such it brings the product of a mature and discerning mind, well-versed in all the devious ramifications of a profoundly significant vein of thought." -Scientific Book Club Review

Dr. Jennings states that his purpose in The Universe and Life is to "try to show what positive outlook on life and the world is given by the study of biological science; and how this differs, if at all, from the outlook based on physics, or from the outlook presented in some of the religions of the world." He believes that the study of biology aids in getting a unified view of the universe and of man in his relations with it, and that it helps particularly in the problems of managing life, the problems of conduct, and in the determination of our attitude toward the world. Did life always exist? Does development produce what is really new? Do feelings, ideas, and knowledge have a function in the world? Was what occurs today predictable before life came into the world? Is man indispensable to the advancement of life? Does the study of biology lead to the belief that life tends toward a goal that is already existent? Does it lead to the divine right of the aristocrat? Do individuals continue to live after the event we call death? Professor Jennings sets forth his answers to these and other provocative questions in simple and clear-cut style, and concludes that life "is progressing in the present as it has in the past. In the future it may be expected to advance as it has done in the past-to heights that no one can predict, to which no one can set limits."

The following volume contains the substance of a series of three lectures delivered at Yale University in March 1928, and repeated in the United Congregational Church at Bridgeport, Connecticut, on the Dwight H. Terry Foundation. Its general purpose is the consideration of religion in the light of science and philosophy, and although the main science chosen for discussion has been that of psychology (also in its applied form of psychotherapy), the attempt has been made to preserve a due perspective by not omitting a consideration of the physical and biological sciences in their more general, or philosophical, aspects. The book represents a somewhat fuller treatment of the subject than was possible in the lectures, and may be regarded as a sequel and completion of the author's previous book, Mind and Personality, since it is an attempt to deal more thoroughly with the problem of personality in its relation to science and to the general concept of 'value.' Although much of the discussion is abstract and philosophical, it is based upon scientific evidence gained by close and prolonged observation, in hospital and consulting room, of disturbances of human character and conduct.

After three- quarters of a century, Dr. Abraham Kuyper's exhaustive study of the work of the Holy Spirit -- how available for the first time in a paperback edition -- still stands undiminished as a comprehensive Protestant statement about a central but much-misunderstood part of the Christian faith. "I have made an effort," Dr. Kuyper writes in his preface, "to represent the work of the Holy Spirit in its organic relations, so that the reader may survey the entire domain. And in surveying, who is not surprised at the ever-widening dimensions of the work of the Holy Spirit in all the things that pertain to God and man?" The 123 brief sections that make up this work first appeared in the Heraut, a Dutch religious weekly of which Dr. Kuyper served as editor. So it is that this profound exposition is lucidly written in the language of the ordinary people for whose spiritual growth he was deeply concerned.

Dan, a bell hop who arrives at the Bramson bungalow, has already murdered one woman and there is little doubt that he will soon murder another: the aged Mrs. Bramson herself. He skillfully insinuates himself into her affections while attempting to seduce her suspicious niece Olivia from exposing his diabolical intentions. And though she professes loathing, Olivia is attracted and fascinated by Dan. Fatally.5 women, 4 men

The Monte Carlo (MC) method, established as the gold standard to predict results of physical processes, is now fast becoming a routine clinical tool for applications that range from quality control to treatment verification. This book provides a basic understanding of the fundamental principles and limitations of the MC method in the interpretation and validation of results for various scenarios. It shows how user-friendly and speed optimized MC codes can achieve online image processing or dose calculations in a clinical setting. It introduces this essential method with emphasis on applications in hardware design and testing, radiological imaging, radiation therapy, and radiobiology.

We bring together all the historical information on Hawaiian Drosophilidae in a single reference with a useful summary of where Hawaiian Drosophila research resides and how work on this impressive radiation has molded the field of evolutionary biology. It's in the context of broader areas of inquiry, including island biogeography, population genetics, and genomics.

Based on a comprehensive interpretation and comparison of the existing sources, this book examines early-modern Scottish triumphal entries as politicised events taking place in the urban scenario, where the relationship between urban authorities and rulers was represented and negotiated both visually and through the use of space. The book argues that the significance of triumphal entries becomes clearer when they are seen as a sequence of interconnected events; contextualising them helps understanding of the organisers' desire to follow or separate from tradition, incorporating or refusing to acknowledge foreign flavours.

This book will teach students and professionals proper fundamentals skill sets required to effectively convey themselves.

A comprehensive colour guide for practitioners working in women's health, offering a holistic plan of care for treating and managing patients with endometriosis and PCOS using acupuncture and TCM alongside Western medicine. Authored by two expert ABORM-certified Doctors of Oriental Medicine, and illustrated with rich case studies throughout.