Alfred Beit (1853-1906) has been called a financial genius. When he went to South Africa in 1875, no one could imagine that the son of converted Hamburg Jews would soon become one of the richest men of his time - thanks to the diamonds of Kimberley and the gold of the Witwatersrand.As a co-founder of De Beers Ltd. and close friend of Cecil Rhodes, the charismatic promoter of British imperialism…
Already two decades ago, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Peter Brooks forcefully declared the narrative turn to be over. “The notion,” he stated, “that narrative is part of a universal cognitive tool kit, which seemed in the mid-60’s a radical discovery, is now one of the banalities of postmodernism
The HR function is currently dealing with a range of questions: How can HR prepare for the future? Which HR competencies will be needed? Which aspects should be focused upon? The way forward may start with capacitating HR managers to obtain the necessary competencies and be enlightened about which aspects should get specific attention in order to prepare for the future world of work. In ord…
The state of São Paulo, Brazil, is one of the most densely populated and developed areas in South America. Such development is evident both in terms of industrialization and urbanization, as well as in agriculture, which is heavily based on sugar cane, Eucalyptus plantations and livestock. This intense land use has resulted in great alteration of the original land cover and fragmentation of na…
This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States
This biography examines the long life of the traveller and author Stephen Graham. Graham walked across large parts of the Tsarist Empire in the years before 1917, describing his adventures in a series of books and articles that helped to shape attitudes towards Russia in Britain and the United States. In later years he travelled widely across Europe and North America, meeting some of the best k…
A New Approach to Research Ethics adalah panduan yang jelas, praktis, dan berguna untuk masalah etika yang dihadapi peneliti saat ini. Dengan mengkaji teori pengambilan keputusan etis dan menerapkan teori-teori ini pada berbagai situasi dalam karier dan proses penelitian, teks ini menawarkan perspektif yang lebih luas tentang bagaimana etika dapat menjadi kekuatan positif dalam memperkuat komun…
Substrat atrium mengalami remodeling listrik dan struktural selama fibrilasi atrium. Model multiskala terperinci digunakan untuk mempelajari efek remodeling struktural yang diinduksi pada tingkat seluler dan jaringan. Elektrogram simulasi digunakan untuk melatih algoritma pembelajaran mesin untuk mengkarakterisasi substrat. Selain itu, arah propagasi gelombang dilacak dari elektrogram yang tida…
Menawarkan eksplorasi multidisiplin tentang "flow" dan cara-cara yang seringkali tidak jelas dalam mengkonseptualisasikan dan mengoperasionalkannya dalam pedagogi penulisan, buku ini mengatasi kesenjangan kritis dalam studi penulisan. Menyatukan persepsi berbasis praktik dan ilmiah, buku ini menguraikan fitur-fitur utama dan definisi flow, serta mengidentifikasi pendekatan pedagogis dan peluang…
Apakah biofeedback variabilitas denyut jantung merupakan intervensi yang menjanjikan untuk PTSD? Apakah ada hubungan antara peristiwa traumatis awal dalam hidup dan adanya psikopatologi dan kesulitan interpersonal pada masa dewasa? Ingin tahu apa langkah selanjutnya bagi terapis humanistik, psikodinamik, atau CBT yang bekerja dengan pasien PTSD? Jangan mencari lagi. A Multidimension…