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Attempts to guide readers towards forming the remarried family, considering such issues as former spouses, new grandparents, and legal issues involving custody, visitation, adoption and financial arrangements.

As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the Euro­ pean Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language...

Risicomanagement is een instrument dat ondersteuning biedt bij projectmatig werken. In projecten lopen dingen vaak anders dan verwacht. Soms in gunstige zin, maar vaak ook niet. Dan gaat er kostbare tijd verloren met het blussen van brandjes tijd die beter kan worden besteed aan de voortgang van het...

Mathematical Modelling of Waves in Multi-Scale Structured Media presents novel analytical and numerical models of waves in structured elastic media, with emphasis on the asymptotic analysis of phenomena such as dynamic anisotropy, localisation, filtering and polarisation as well as on the modelling of photonic, phononic, and platonic crystals.

Advances in the Study of Behavior is the leading series in its field. Each volume includes a variety of review essays by experts providing authoritative overviews of key areas of current interest that are invaluable to the teacher, student, and researcher in the field of behavior, whether psychologist...

Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes serve to foster cooperation and communication in these diverse fields.

Advances in the Study of Behavior continues to serve scientists across a wide spectrum of disciplines. Focusing on new theories and research developments with respect to behavioral ecology, evolutionary biology, and comparative psychology, these volumes serve to foster cooperation and communication...

Ths book examines the efforts made by the British government of the period to lessen its dependence on American oil supplies, the emergence of Venezuela as the largest single British oil supplier in the early 1930s, and the changing structure of the oil industry both in the US and Europe. It draws almost entirely on primary sources.

Aimed at graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics, this book presents the modern theory of strong interaction: quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The book exposes various perturbative and nonperturbative approaches to the theory, including chiral effective theory, the problems of anomalies,...

Precision agriculture is based on the ability to identify inter and intra-field variability and to use this information for more targeted crop management. By using resources more efficiently, precision agriculture can make agriculture more productive and sustainable. This volume reviews the key elements...

Viele Menschen erinnern sich gerade in diesem 30jährigen Jubiläums-Jahr der Wende an Begebenheiten, die sie persönlich in diesem Zusammenhang berührt haben. Wie haben damalige Besucher aus dem Westen die DDR erlebt? Welche Schicksale ereilte Men-schen, die sich in dem System nicht gefügt haben?...

30 Autorinnen schreiben Gedichte. Sie schreiben über Hoffnung, Ankommen, Lebensgefühl und Abschied, über ihre Beziehungen, ihre Ängste und Wünsche, ihre Enttäuschungen. Aber sie schreiben auch über das Gefühl des Glücks, über ihre Lust am Leben und über erfüllte Partnerschaft.

Facetten der Liebe – Geschichten und Gedichte Fröhliche, nachdenkliche und spannende Lektüre zum immer und immer wieder lesen. Überall, wo die Liebe ihre Spuren hinterlässt, tut sie dies auf einzigartige Weise. Daher ist schon so oft über die Liebe geschrieben worden, immer wieder und wieder....

On September 21, 1938, one of the most powerful storms of the twentieth century came unannounced into the lives of New Yorkers and New Englanders, leaving utter devastation in its wake. The Great Hurricane, as it came to be known, changed everything from the landscape and its inhabitants’ lives,...