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Compensating Wounded Warriors
An Analysis of Injury, Labor Market Earnings, and Disability Compensation Among Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
This comprehensive, quantitative assessment of how injury sustained by service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan affects their subsequent labor market earnings also explores the extent to which retirement and disability payments compensate for any resulting earnings losses. The analysis controls...
Memory Boosters For The Brain
Really Helpful Memory Improvement Tips Including Vitamins For The Brain And Brain Exercises To Improve Memory And Concentration So You Can Retain And Recall Precious Memories And Valuable Ideas Without Forgetting It
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2012
The human brain is like a storeroom that stores up loads of memories, old and new ones, for short-term or long-term. The ability of the brain to retain and recall these stocks of memories depends on how well it is stored in the areas of the brain that are the major players in memory function. Anyone...
by S. Deviant
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2011
The Practically Cheating Statistics Handbook TI-83 Companion Guide picks up where the the Practically Cheating Statistics Handbook left off, by giving students simple, step-by-step instructions for solving the most common statistics problems with the TI-83 calculator. The guide walks you through each problem type, telling you exactly what buttons to press without leaving out any details!
by Charles H. Anderton, Katherine Barbieri, Nathaniel Beck
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2003
Globalization and Armed Conflict addresses one of the most important and controversial issues of our time: Does global economic integration foster or suppress violent disputes within and between states? Here, cutting-edge research by leading figures in international relations shows that expanding...
Voting Procedures for Electing a Single Candidate
Proving Their (In)Vulnerability to Various Voting Paradoxes
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
This book deals with 18 voting procedures used or proposed for use in elections resulting in the choice of a single winner. These procedures are evaluated in terms of their ability to avoid paradoxical outcomes. Together with a companion volume by the same authors, Monotonicity Failures Afflicting...
Voting Procedures Under a Restricted Domain
An Examination of the (In)Vulnerability of 20 Voting Procedures to Five Main Paradoxes
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
This book deals with 20 voting procedures used or proposed for use in elections resulting in the choice of a single winner. These procedures are evaluated in terms of their ability to avoid five important paradoxes in a restricted domain, viz., when a Condorcet winner exists and is elected in the...
by Dan S. Felsenthal, Hannu Nurmi
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This book provides an evaluation of 18 voting procedures in terms of the most important monotonicity-related criteria in fixed and variable electorates. All voting procedures studied aim at electing one out of several candidates given the voters' preferences over the candidates. In addition to (strict)...
Reproductive Technologies
A Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2003
Over a decade ago the field of bioethics was established in response to the increased control over the design of living organisms afforded by both medical genetics and biotechnology. Since its introduction, bioethics has become established as an academic discipline with journals and professional societies,...
Civil Society and the Governance of Development
Opposing Global Institutions
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
This book re-conceptualizes civil society engagement with global governance institutions in the field of development in terms of opposition. With an innovative theoretical framework, it maps and explains opposition strategies through detailed case studies on the EU, the Asian Development Bank, and the Global Forum on Migration and Development.
Exchange Rates and Foreign Direct Investment in Emerging Asia
Selected Issues and Policy Options
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
With the rapid growth of China and India and the resurgence of Southeast Asia post-1997–8, emerging Asia has once again become one of the most dynamic regions in the world. This dynamism has in turn been fuelled largely by a carefully calibrated embracement of economic openness to international...
Development Cooperation
Challenges of the New Aid Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
The aims of and motives for development cooperation have changed significantly in recent times. Besides pursuing short- and longer-term objectives in their own economic, foreign policy and other interests, donors usually have a recognisable and genuine interest in assisting countries in their processes of development.
by Changsheng Xu, Min Xu, Jesse S. Jin
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Interactive Media is a new research field and a landmark in multimedia development. *The Era of Interactive Media * is an edited volume contributed from world experts working in academia, research institutions and industry.
The Era of Interactive Media focuses mainly on Interactive Media...
by Zerbe, J.S.
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Instruction in practical household technology, first published in 1914. 60 black-and-white illustrations. "In language which every boy can understand and so arranged the he may readily carry out any work form the instructions given... This book takes the beginner through a comprehensive series of practical...
by S. Palestrant
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This handy guide is extensively illustrated with photographs, drawings and diagrams, forming a complete how to guide to lamps. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.