Focuses on the nation's emergency management infrastructure and prioritises a future research and development portfolio for thwarting potential terrorist bio-attacks against U.S. livestock and related produce. Motivated by the growing threat of terrorism to the nation's homeland, the Office of Science and Technology, in conjunction with the RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute, organized and convened a Blue Ribbon Panel in early December 2003 to prioritize a future research and development agenda for combating biological acts of agro-terrorism directed against U.S. livestock and related produce. This report contains the papers submitted for the two-day conference, provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of the forum's breakout groups, and discusses the wider threat contingencies related to agro-terrorism.
Although irregular warfare includes a range of activities in which naval forces have played an integral role, there has been little examination of the characteristics or potential of such operations in maritime environments. An assessment of the maritime component of a series of historical and ongoing operations reveals that current notions of irregular warfare would benefit from increased recognition of potential maritime contributions.
Thomas Steinfeld; Peter Luthersson; Theodore Dalrymple; Axel Odelberg; Karin Stensdotter; Roger Kimball; Johan Lundberg; Roger Scruton; James Macmillan; Camilla Lundberg; Pär Sandin; Gunnar Larsson; Hans Henrik Brummer; Therese Bohman; Henry Larsson; Ann-Sofi Ljung-Svensson; Martin Lagerholm; David Andersson; Einar Askestad; Rob Riemen; John Armstrong; Per Bauhn; Torbjörn Elensky; Alain de Botton; Peter Elmlund; Lars Anders Johansson; David Mason; Anna Brodow Inzaina; Christopher Rådlund; Denis Dutton; Brian Boyd; Marcus Nordlund
Under omprövning rymmer ett stort antal bidrag som förenas av att de utifrån ett kritiskt perspektiv diskuterar vår tids mest karakteristiska estetiska hållningar och konstnärliga tendenser. Antologin försöker se framåt, förbi de modernistiska och postmodernistiska strategier som kännetecknat 1900-talets utveckling inom konstarter som litteratur, musik, bildkonst och arkitektur. Detta innebär också en omvärdering av kulturhistorien, där en rad förbisedda författarskap och konstnärskap lyfts fram. Och där kulturhistorien utvärderas med avseende på vad som kan te sig fruktbart och ofruktbart för framtiden.
PRACTICAL GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY The fundamental guide to gastrointestinal endoscopy returns in a fully updated new edition For over forty years, Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has offered a clear, accessible introduction to the fundamentals of endoscopy, from patient positioning to the range of available procedures. Now updated by a new authorial team to reflect the latest advances in endoscopic procedures, this text promises to serve a new generation of trainees and specialists as the essential introduction to upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy. Readers of the eighth edition of Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy will also find: Updated online resources including a downloadable bank of clinical imagesHigh-quality videos illustrating endoscopic practices and procedures, linked to specific points in the text Cotton and Williams' Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy remains a must-own for all trainee and specialist gastroenterologists and endoscopists.
Aral Balkan; Mike Pearce; David Coulson; David Doull; Josh Dura; Peter Elst; Brian Monnone; Paul Prudence; William Spencer; Jon Steer; Jared Tarbell; Steve Young; Gerald YardFace; Brandon Williams; James Dean Palmer; Jennifer Dehaan; David Tudury; Jeremy Larkin; Daryn Nakhuda; Julie Montoya; Todd Marks
Creating web designs and site content in Macromedia Flash MX can be a lot of fun, but there are always tasks that you'll want to do again and again. It's always a bit of a hassle to have to keep recreating and tweaking the same old content or functionality in different projects, so why can't you just reuse what you've created? With components, you can do just that! Flash MX Components enable the creation of self-contained design building blocks that can be simply dragged and dropped into any Flash movie. They are flexible enough to be easily customized to take care of many different tasks. No fuss, no bother - you can repurpose the standard elements of your design, application, or game, and use them over and over again. But wait, it gets better! Components can be used by anyone, not just the person who created them. So in this book, we've done all the hard work for you and collected together the Most Wanted components that will make your life easier. In this book (and on the CD) youÃll find a perfect combination of creative and functional components from some of today's leading Flash designers and developers. Just look at the fantastic components you get: - Event Calendar - David Doull - Text Editor - Josh Dura - XML News Ticker - Jon Steer - Tool Tip - Brandon Williams - Sketchpad - Steve Young - Video Player - Jen DeHaan - Image Scroller - Brian Monnone - Pattern Generators - Paul Prudence - TabControl - Jeremy Larkin - Sliding Panel - Todd Marks - ColorPicker - Jeremy Larkin - Game Player Selector - Todd Coulson - Particle Emitter - Jared Tarbell - Layout Manager - Michael Montagna - Data Grid - Daryn Nakhuda - Movie Loader - Aral Balkan - Image Modulators - Lifaros - XML-to-ActionScript Converter - Mike Pearce - Virtual 3D Trackball - James Palmer - Text Animations - Todd Yard - Dynamic Text Manager - Peter Elst Each of these components is included on the accompanying CD, ready to incorporate within your designs, along with plenty of example files giving practical demonstrations of their use. On top of that, each chapter in this book presents a comprehensive designer-oriented guide that will help you to get the most out of using all of the featured components. If youÃre a Flash designer, of any ability from novice to professional, this book will increase the power of your Flash designs and enhance your project workflow ñ instantly! From the Publisher This book is for experienced Flash users and novices alike. That is the beauty of Flash components, they are so easy to use that those who are fairly new to Flash can use them to create movies that would ordinarily be out of their reach, whereas the more experienced designer can use them as great time-saving tools, cutting the time needed to create their applications and improving their productivity.
Formal specifications were first used in the description of program ming languages because of the central role that languages and their compilers play in causing a machine to perform the computations required by a programmer. In a relatively short time, specification notations have found their place in industry and are used for the description of a wide variety of software and hardware systems. A formal method - like VDM - must offer a mathematically-based specification language. On this language rests the other key element of the formal method: the ability to reason about a specification. Proofs can be empioyed in reasoning about the potential behaviour of a system and in the process of showing that the design satisfies the specification. The existence of a formal specification is a prerequisite for the use of proofs; but this prerequisite is not in itself sufficient. Both proofs and programs are large formal texts. Would-be proofs may therefore contain errors in the same way as code. During the difficult but inevitable process of revising specifications and devel opments, ensuring consistency is a major challenge. It is therefore evident that another requirement - for the successful use of proof techniques in the development of systems from formal descriptions - is the availability of software tools which support the manipu lation of large bodies of formulae and help the user in the design of the proofs themselves.
Kim Beck Danielsen; Ulrik Grubb; Karl-Johann Hemmersam; Lars Peter Visti Hansen; Johan Møhlenfeldt Jensen; Kurt Villads Jensen; Brian Patrick McGuire; Peter Ørsted; Pernille Ipsen
Fokus - Kernestof i historie 1-3 udkommer nu i to bind, hvoraf Fra antikken til europæisk ekspansion er første bind og svarer til den tidligere Fokus 1 tilføjet kapitlet kolonisering fra den tidligere Fokus 2. Fra antikken til europæisk ekspansion dækker syv kernefaglige områder fra perioderne indtil 1453, 1453-1776 og 1776-1914.
Christopher G. Pernin; Elliot Axelband; Jeffrey A. Drezner; Brian B. Dille; John Gordon; Bruce J. Held; K. Scott McMahon; Walter L. Perry; Christopher Rizzi; Akhil R. Shah; Peter A. Wilson; Jerry M. Sollinger
Hovedparten af de danske skoleelever søges i dag inkluderet i de almindelige folkeskoleklasser. En del specialundervisning foregår imidlertid stadig i specialklasser, på specialskoler og i særlige forløb på de almene folkeskoler. I Specialdidaktik i teori og praksis. Undervisning på specialskoler og i specialklasser sættes der fokus på denne del af specialdidaktikken. Inden for specialdidaktikken kan der sjældent arbejdes helt på samme måde som i almendidaktikken. Enhver elev er unik, og netop i specialpædagogikken har denne erkendelse særlig stor og konkret betydning. Der er sjældent en færdig løsning, der kan hentes ned fra hylderne, så præcis hvordan skal man som lærer gribe undervisningen an, når de almene koncepter og praksisser ikke rigtig kan bruges? I denne bog giver en række forskere og fagprofessionelle deres bud på, hvad der bør tages højde for i undervisningen af børn med særlige behov. Bogens første del giver et overblik over specialdidaktikkens placering i det pædagogiske landskab. Anden del zoomer ind på forskellige aspekter af specialdidaktikken, bl.a. hvordan elever møder skolen og faget. Tredje del stiller skarpt på faget dansk og beskriver, hvordan man kan arbejde specialdidaktisk her, fjerde del fokuserer på matematik, og femte del anlægger en specialdidaktisk vinkel på skolens andre fag. I bogens sjette del præsenteres eksempler på tværfaglige indsatser, og endelig diskuteres i bogens sidste del en række tværgående specialdidaktiske temaer med relevans for alle fag. Helga Borgbjerg Hansen er cand. pæd. pæd., lektor ved læreruddannelsen o eftervidereuddannelsen, University College Sjælland. Brian Degn Mårtensson er cand. pæd. i pædagogisk filosofi og ph.d.-studerende ved Aarhus Universitet.
Bogen præsenterer en opdateret og sammenhængende forståelse af læring, fag, undervisning og organisation på det gymnasiale område. Bogens forfattere inddrager de seneste års omfattende empiriske forskning inden for det gymnasiale felt. De kombinerer teori og praksis og giver en række forskellige bud på, hvad god gymnasial pædagogik er, og hvordan pædagogik er en del af skolens samlede aktiviteter. Gymnasiepædagogik giver et overblik over centrale almendidaktiske, fagdidaktiske og organisatoriske problemstillinger og tilbyder dermed de gymnasiale undervisere og ledere et solidt grundlag for en reflekteret pædagogisk praksis og ledelse. Gymnasiepædagogik henvender sig primært til nye lærere i gymnasiet og er også en brugsbog for de erfarne lærere. Den kan endvidere anvendes i forbindelse med fagligt og pædagogisk udviklingsarbejde samt give stof til pædagogiske diskussioner blandt undervisere og ledere. Bogen kan også indgå i studier og projekter på videregående uddannelser. Bogen er redigeret af Jens Dolin, Gitte Holten Ingerslev og Hanne Sparholt Jørgensen.
Frank Cottrell Boyce; William Dalrymple; Margaret Drabble; Simon Callow; Tony Robinson; Tracey Emin; J.K. Rowling; Holly Johnson; Pete Townshend; Melvyn Bragg; Jeffrey Boakye; Onjali Rauf; Will Hutton; Prue Leith; Jonathan Meades; Chris Riddell; Philip Ardagh; Mary Beard; Brian Catling; Shami Chakrabarti; Chris Cleave; Peter J Conradi; Lindsey Davis
How are great turning points in history experienced by individuals?As Britain pulls away from Europe great British writers come together to give voice to their innermost feelings. These writers include novelists, writers of books for children, of comic books, humourists, historians, biographers, nature writers, film writers, travel writers, writers young and old and from an extraordinary range of backgrounds. Most are famous perhaps because they have won the Booker or other literary prizes, written bestsellers, changed the face of popular culture or sold millions of records. Others are not yet household names but write with depth of insight and feeling.There is some extraordinary writing in this book. Some of these pieces are expressions of love of particular places in Europe. Some are true stories, some nostalgic, some hopeful. Some are cries of pain. There are hilarious pieces. There are cries of pain and regret. Some pieces are quietly devastating. All are passionate.Conceived as a love letter to Europe, this book may also help reawaken love for Britain. It shows the unique richness and diversity of British cultures, a multitude of voices in harmony.Contributors include:Hugh Aldersey-Williams, Philip Ardagh, Jake Arnott, Patricia Atkinson, Paul Atterbury, Richard Beard, Mary Beard, Don Boyd, Melvyn Bragg, Gyles Brandreth, Kathleen Burke, James Buxton, Philip Carr, Brian Catling, Shami Chakrabarti, Chris Cleave, Mark Cocker, Peter Conradi , Heather Cooper, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Roger Crowley, David Crystal, William Dalrymple, Lindsey Davies, Margaret Drabble, Mark Ellen, Richard Evans, Michel Faber, Sebastian Faulks, Ranulph Fiennes, Robert Fox, James Fox, Neil Gaiman, Evelyn Glennie, James Hanning, Nick Hayes, Alan Hollinghurst, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch, Will Hutton, Robert Irwin, Holly Johnson , Liane Jones, Ruth Jones, Sam Jordison, Kapka Kassabova, AL Kennedy, Hermione Lee, Prue Leith, Patrick Lenox, Roger Lewis, David Lindo, Penelope Lively, Beth Lync, Richard Mabey, Sue MacGregor, Ian Martin, Frank McDonough, Jonathan Meades, Andrew Miller, Deborah Moggach, Ben Moor, Alan Moore, Paul Morley, Jackie Morris, Charles Nicholl, Richard Overy, Chris Riddell, Adam Roberts, Tony Robinson, Lee Rourke, Sophie Sabbage, Marcus Sedgwick, Richard Shirreff, Paul Stanford, Isy Suttie, Sandi Toksvig, Colin Tudge, Ed Vulliamy, Anna Whitelock, Kate Williams, Michael Wood, Louisa Young
William Glynn; Niya Phiri; Alexia Howard; Simon Konsta; Nigel Miller; Simon Chester; Sandy Gill; Anousheh Bromfield; Charles Kuhn; Brian Rogers; Rebecca Atkinson; Frank Maher; Peter Noyce; Noah Fiedler; Tracey Calvert; Jamie Butler; Ruth Bonino; Chris Holme; Jessica Clay; Iain Miller; Lucinda Soon; Jonathon Bray
Effective risk management in law firms has never been more important. Lawyers must contend with the long-standing risks associated with the practice of law, such as anti-money laundering and issues of client confidentiality, as well as new risk areas such as data protection and cybersecurity, and increased regulatory burdens. Poor handling of these risks can lead to reputational damage, diminished client relationships, and even regulatory action, and so it is critical for law firms to remain vigilant and put in place robust risk management policies, processes and systems. Risk Management in Law Firms brings together lawyers, consultants and other risk and compliance professionals to provide expert and practical guidance on essential risk management topics. Chapters cover risks relating to clients, internal operations and law and regulation, and address recent developments including issues arising from the shift to hybrid working, the increased focus on ESG and climate change, and the extended influence of clients through outside counsel guidelines. There is also consideration of the future of risk management with coverage of the proposed changes to the SRA Codes of Conduct to address issues relating to wellbeing and unfair treatment at work, and the commercial opportunities for law firms and individual lawyers presented by the increasingly flexible principles-based regulation. This title aims to help law firm leaders and individual lawyers understand and prepare for the risks they face – as well effectively handle them when issues do arise – whether they occur in the firm’s internal operations or its dealings with clients. In-house counsel and others will also find it useful to understand their law firm colleagues better, enhancing professional relationships. With the comprehensive coverage of key risk areas in this title, lawyers and firms can not only ensure compliance, but also maintain healthy client relationships, educated staff, a positive reputation, and continued success and growth.
Charlotte Ringsmose; Arne Poulsen; Carsten Bendixen; Frans Ørsted Andersen; Jan Tønnesvang; Kirsten Baltzer; Line Lerche Mørck; René Kristensen; Brian Degn Mårtensson; Torben Pedersen; Jørgen Christiansen; Karen Bønløkke Braad; Christian Quvang; Inger Lokjær Faurdal; Ole Løw; Anne Morin; Torben Kjeldsen; Helga Borgbjerg Hansen; Alex Bräuner; Peter Weng; Valter Tarp; Mette Hind; Bent Hougaard; Karen-Lis Kristensen; Anne Vibeke Fleischer
Specialpædagogik – en grundbog henvender sig primært til studerende på det nye linjefag specialpædagogik på læreruddannelsen, men den vil også være nyttig som håndbog for lærere og andre, der allerede arbejder inden for det specialpædagogiske område. Den giver en saglig og læsevenlig indføring i specialpædagogikkens mange aspekter, såvel de teoretiske som de praktiske. Bidragyderne er dels førende teoretikere og forskere på området, dels praktikere med mange års erfaringer inden for det specialpædagogiske arbejde. Jørgen Christiansen er pæd.psych., aut.psykolog, lektor ved University College Sjælland. Brian Degn Mårtensson er afdelingsleder, foredragsholder samt redaktør på tidsskriftet Specialpædagogik. Torben Pedersen er viceskoleleder på Nordgårsskolen i Nykøbing Sj. Bogens bidragydere: Frans Ørsted Andersen Kirsten Baltzer Carsten Bendixen. Karen Bønløkke Braad Alex Bräuner Jørgen Christiansen Inger Lokjær Faurdal Helga Borgbjerg Hansen Mette Hind Anne Vibeke Fleischer Bent Hougaard Torben Kjeldsen. Karen-Lis Kristensen René Kristensen Ole Løw Anne Morin Line Lerche Mørck Brian Degn Mårtensson Torben Pedersen Arne Poulsen Christian Quvang Charlotte Ringsmose Valter Tarp Jan Tønnesvang Peter Weng
Educators know that problem-based learning answers that perennial student question: ""When will I ever use this in real life?"" Faced with a meaty problem to solve, students finally ""get"" why they need to learn the content and are energized to do so.But here's the exciting part: problem-based learning doesn't require weeks of study or an end-of-year project. In this book, Brian Pete and Robin Fogarty show how you can use problem-based learning as a daily approach to helping students learn authentic and relevant content and skills. They explain how to engage students in each of the seven steps in the problem-based learning model, so students learn how to develop good questions, launch their inquiry, gather information, organize their information, create evidence, present their findings, and assess their learning. Using practical examples, they also describe how to help students master these seven important thinking skills: develop, analyze, reason, understand, solve, apply, and evaluate.To put all this in context, the authors offer seven ""PBL in a Nutshell"" lessons that can easily be incorporated in a single classroom period. Depth of thinking and ease of implementation this is problem-based learning at its best.
This is the third installment from the life of Asil Daniels, now 19, but how much adversity can one person face? Following the suspicious dath of a close family friend, the legacy left to Asil by her deceased parents once again threatens her quiet life in a Suffolk village and blossoming romance with the charming Luke Lomax. The ruthless Charles Bowen and sinister Campeanu will stop at nothing to find out the secret of Asil's inheritance, and they don't care whose life they have to destroy on the way. Old friends and new join forces to protect Asil once again from the secrets of her past.
Life is just settling down for 11 year old Asil Daniels, following her traumatic abduction and the devastating shock of the murder of her parents.Then Inspector turned private eye John Nolloth learns that two Romanian agents are about to arrive in the UK who will stop at nothing to track Asil down. Their object is to retrieve a mysterious silver box that her father bequeated to her - a box that contains the location of valuable treasure and incriminating documents that could threaten their government.Can Nolloth outwit the devious agents on their mission to get to the box before British Intelligence, and save Asil from the same fate that her parents suffered?
Asil and Luke's quiet and ordered country existence is interrupted one evening by a mysterious stranger whose car has broken down. Desperately needing to make the last ferry of the night, he implores Luke to help. But Luke's Good Samaritan act lands him with a lot more than he bargained for. Events quickly spiral out of control and both he and Asil become embroiled in a dangerous web involving drug dealing, ex-IRA paramilitaries, hitmen and murder. Detectives Currie and Lambert join forces with their counterparts in the Ludenscheid Polizei in Germany in an attempt to solve the case. But will it be too late for Asil and Luke? The riveting fourth part in the life of Asil Daniels.
