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From Orthography to Pedagogy
Essays in Honor of Richard L. Venezky
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
From Orthography to Pedagogy pays tribute to Richard L. Venezky's work and influence on reading, linguistics, and computer science. This book catalogs findings related to speech and language development, reading and spelling's role in infant speech development, and the present and future advances...
The Primordial Violence
Spanking Children, Psychological Development, Violence, and Crime
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!
Why do parents hit those they love? What effect does it have on children? What can be done to end this pattern? These are some of the questions explored in The Primordial Violence. Featuring longitudinal data from over 7,000 U.S. families as well as...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Энэхүү журам нь Азийн Хөгжлийн Банк (АХБ)-наас олгосон аливаа зээл, буцалтгүй тусламж, эсхүл АХБ-наас захиран зарцуулдаг сангаас бүрэн ба хэсэгчлэн санхүүждэг зээлийн...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
The East–West Economic Corridor (EWEC) was launched in 1998 as a flagship initiative of the Greater Mekong Subregion. EWEC has since achieved many of its infrastructure targets and must now be transformed from a transport corridor into an economic corridor. This report reviews and updates the Pre-Investment...
Software and System Development using Virtual Platforms
Full-System Simulation with Wind River Simics
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Virtual platforms are finding widespread use in both pre- and post-silicon computer software and system development. They reduce time to market, improve system quality, make development more efficient, and enable truly concurrent hardware/software design and bring-up. Virtual platforms increase productivity...
by Ralph D Christy, Carlos A da Silva, Nomathemba Mhlanga;Edward Mabaya;Krisztina Tihanyi
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
In an effort to promote agro-enterprises and agro-industries as viable forms of inclusive development, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development (CIIFAD) in collaboration with the International Association...
The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Business Perspectives for Global Development in 2030
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2019
This book provides a business-oriented analysis of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In order to assess their impact on businesses and corporations, the book addresses all 17 goals and a broad range of industries. Gathering contributions from Africa, Europe and Asia, it...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Access to sanitation may have increased significantly in Asian cities between 1990 and 2006, but roughly 2 billion people in the region still do not have basci latrines, let alone more sophisticated sanitation and sewage treatment facilities. While sanitation is a complex issue that involves many factors...
Time 2 Play
Your Complete Activity Guide With Related Milestones for Children Ages 0-5
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
YOUR COMPLETE ACTIVITY GUIDE WITH RELATED DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES This book is for busy parents and caregivers who are in search of knowledge, developmental guidelines and ideas to stimulate their children in appropriate and fun ways to reach their full potential. It sets out the different progress...
Inclusive Dualism
Labour-intensive Development, Decent Work, and Surplus Labour in Southern Africa
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2019
W. Arthur Lewis, the founding father of development economics, proposed a dualist model of economic development in which 'surplus' (predominantly under-employed) labour shifted from lower to higher productivity work. In practice, historically, this meant that labour was initially drawn out of subsistence...
Patterns of Caribbean Development
An Interpretive Essay on Economic Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2010
First published in 1982, this study attempts to put contemporary Caribbean development into historical perspective. By first constructing a Marxist framework for the study of development , Jay Mandle assesses the reasons why the region emerged underdeveloped and evaluates post-world-war two efforts...
Recent Advances in Cognitive-Developmental Theory
Progress in Cognitive Development Research
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in develop mental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat. Demand- side energy efficiency...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
Originally published in 1978, contemporary theory and research into childhood social development had demonstrated the necessity to re-appraise the notion that socialization is merely a process of shaping the behaviour of the child to fit the mores of society. It was now evident that, from the beginnings...