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Book 1001  Esercizi Italiano   Cinese Tradizionale

Download or read book 1001 Esercizi Italiano Cinese Tradizionale written by Gilad Soffer and published by Soffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1001+ Esercizi Italiano - Cinese Tradizionale è una raccolta di più di 1000 esercizi per italofoni. Ogni esercizio è costituito da una frase in Italiano e 5 possibili traduzioni in Cinese Tradizionale dalle quali scegliere. Gli esercizi sono divisi in sezioni e in numeri, i colori, il tempo, i giorni, il corpo, augurio, meteo, shopping, salute, emergenza, ristorante e altro ancora.

Book World Development Report 2019

Download or read book World Development Report 2019 written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work is constantly reshaped by technological progress. New ways of production are adopted, markets expand, and societies evolve. But some changes provoke more attention than others, in part due to the vast uncertainty involved in making predictions about the future. The 2019 World Development Report will study how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Technological progress disrupts existing systems. A new social contract is needed to smooth the transition and guard against rising inequality. Significant investments in human capital throughout a person’s lifecycle are vital to this effort. If workers are to stay competitive against machines they need to train or retool existing skills. A social protection system that includes a minimum basic level of protection for workers and citizens can complement new forms of employment. Improved private sector policies to encourage startup activity and competition can help countries compete in the digital age. Governments also need to ensure that firms pay their fair share of taxes, in part to fund this new social contract. The 2019 World Development Report presents an analysis of these issues based upon the available evidence.

Book Disabling Obesity

    Book Details:
  • Author : Paolo Capodaglio
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2013-04-04
  • ISBN : 3642359728
  • Pages : 307 pages

Download or read book Disabling Obesity written by Paolo Capodaglio and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Obesity is currently regarded as one of the major health challenges of the developed world. Excess body weight is an important risk factor for morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, musculoskeletal disorders and even psychiatric problems and is estimated to cause nearly 3 million deaths per year worldwide. Obesity is not necessarily associated with comorbidities: there are indeed metabolically healthy obese individuals. Thus, we need to consider individuals presenting simple with obesity separately from those at risk of developing or who have already developed complex clinical states potentially leading to disability. Comorbidities can tip the balance of independence in patients who already have functional limitations mainly due to the excess of mass itself or who develop conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, where an abnormal metabolism of adipose tissue prevails. Morbid obesity with comorbidities leading to disability represents a real social and economic burden for National Health Systems worldwide. The presence of multiple and associated comorbidities often represents an obstacle to being admitted to hospitals for the treatment of metabolic diseases. On the other hand, clinical units with optimal standards for the treatment of pathological conditions in normal-weight patients are often structurally and technologically inadequate for the care of patients with extreme obesity. The aim of this book is to focus on the pathophysiological and rehabilitative aspects of disabling obesity, highlighting multidisciplinary rehabilitation interventions as key to counteracting the disabling aspects of complicated obesity.

Book Soft Power

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mingjiang Li
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Release : 2009-08-15
  • ISBN : 0739133799
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Soft Power written by Mingjiang Li and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-08-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soft power has become a very popular concept in international affairs, appearing in government policy papers, academic discussions, and the popular media. In China, soft power has become one of the most frequently used phrases among political leaders, leading academics, and journalists. Defined against hard power, which often involves threat and coercion, soft power applies attraction, persuasion, and cooperation, finding its sources in culture, political values, and foreign policies. China, rich in culture and traditional philosophy, boasts abundant sources of soft power. Soft Power attempts to analyze the domestic and international views of China's soft power, the main strengths and weaknesses of China's soft power, and the application of soft power in China's international politics. It provides a comprehensive exploration of the soft power dimension in China's foreign relations by integrating views from various disciplines, such as history, education, culture, political economy, comparative politics, and philosophy. The book argues that soft power has become a very popular concept in China, that China is contemplating and exploring an innovative strategy in its rise and international politics, and that there have been quite a few notable elements of this in China's diplomatic practice, including softer rhetoric, promotion of the Chinese culture abroad, economic diplomacy, and image building. The book also argues that the limitations of China's soft power primarily stem from political values and China's own transitions, and reflects the reality that views and opinions regarding China's soft power are fairly diverse both in China and in the international arena.

Book Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer

Download or read book Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer written by K. S. Clifford Chao and published by Lippincott Raven. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first clinical book on the hottest topic in radiation oncology, this timely teaching text offers step-by-step guidance in use of IMRT for cancers at each subsite of the head and neck. The book's high-end content gives readers the clinical decision-making expertise and technical proficiency to incorporate this state-of-the-art radiation treatment technique into practice. Unique to this text is the site-specific instruction on target determination and delineation, to ensure adequate treatment of the tumor target while sparing adjacent normal tissue. More than 250 detailed full-color and black-and-white illustrations clarify each step in clinical implementations of head and neck cancer treatment, especially IMRT. The book provides a concise, pertinent overview of the natural course, lymph node spread, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic options for each head and neck cancer subsite. Numerous tables provide extensive summaries of the IMRT literature. Figures with succinct explanatory text demonstrate the patterns of direct tumor extension and nodal metastasis with which target volumes are determined and delineated. Clinical outcomes for patients treated with IMRT and with conventional techniques are also included.

Book Rough Animals

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rae DelBianco
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2018-06-05
  • ISBN : 1628729740
  • Pages : 295 pages

Download or read book Rough Animals written by Rae DelBianco and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 25 Best Thriller Books of the Summer—New York Post Best New Books Coming Out Summer 2018 —Southern Living 46 Great Books to Read This Summer—Nylon Dazzling Debuts"—WYPR, "The Weekly Reader" Summer Thrillers That Will Have You at the Edge of Your Chaise Lounge—Refinery29 8 New Books You Should Read This June—vulture.com What We Read, Watched, and Listened to in May—Outside “Furious and electric . . . a fever dream."—Publishers Weekly, *Starred Review!* Breaking Bad meets No Country for Old Men... Ever since their father's untimely death five years before, Wyatt Smith and his inseparably close twin sister, Lucy, have scraped by alone on their family's isolated ranch in Box Elder County, Utah. That is until one morning when, just after spotting one of their steers lying dead in the field, Wyatt is hit in the arm by a hail of gunfire that takes four more cattle with it. The shooter: a fever-eyed, fearsome girl-child with a TEC-9 in her left hand and a worn shotgun in her right. They hold the girl captive, but she breaks loose overnight and heads south into the desert. With the dawning realization that the loss of cattle will mean the certain loss of the ranch, Wyatt feels he has no choice but to go after her and somehow find restitution for what's been lost. Wyatt's decision sets him on an epic twelve-day odyssey through a nightmarish underworld he only half understands; a world that pitches him not only against the primordial ways of men and the beautiful yet brutally unforgiving landscape, but also against himself. As he winds his way down from the mountains of Box Elder to the mesas of Monument Valley and back, Wyatt is forced to look for the first time at who he is and what he’s capable of, and how those hard truths set him irrevocably apart from the one person he’s ever really known and loved. Steeped in a mythic, wildly alive language of its own, and gripping from the first gunshot to the last, Rough Animals is a tour de force from a powerful new voice.

Book KPI Mega Library

    Book Details:
  • Author : RACHAD. BAROUDI
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-10-28
  • ISBN : 9781539457626
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book KPI Mega Library written by RACHAD. BAROUDI and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this guide book is to give the reader a quick and effective access to the most appropriate Key Performance Indicator (KPI). The 36,000 KPIs are categorized in a logical and alphabetical order. Many organizations are spending a lot of funds on building their strategic planning and performance management capabilities. One of the current challenges is the difficulty to know what KPIs are used in similar situations. This book main objective is to acquaint the reader with available KPIs measuring performance of a specific industry, sector, international topic, and functional area. The book is divided into three sections:1) Organization Section: 32 Industries | 385 Functions | 11,000 KPIs2) Government Section: 32 Sectors | 457 Functions | 12,000 KPIs3) International Section: 24 Topics | 39 Sources | 13,000 KPIsREVIEWS: "It's very interesting book. Let me also use this opportunity to congratulate you on it" Augustine Botwe, M&E Consultant - Sweden "Thank you for this book. As an OD and performance consultant, it will be great to have a reference like this to help assist clients and not reinvent the wheel. Congratulations on making this happen with admiration" Sheri Chaney Jones - Ohio, USA"Fabulous book! I bought it for my company. Good work!" Elizabeth Amini, CEO, Strategist - LA, USA"Congratulations for this tremendous work you have done with this book!" Roxana Goldstein, Monitoring Consultant - Argentina "This looks like a very important reference for me in my BSC consulting practice." Edy Chakra, Partner, ADDIMA Consulting - UK"Congratulations for your book, it is very comprehensive!" Rafael Lemaitre - Manager at Palladium Group - Spain"Many thanks for sharing this valuable information. I will use as reference in my work." Edi Indriyotomo - Senior IT Mgr. - Indonesia"I am reading my copy of your great book "KPI Mega Library" which I bought from Amazon. Thank you, great effort!" Basel A - Kuwait"It's a great idea, for folks who don't have a clue where to start. If you're a strategy consultant who shapes strategies for your clients, you need a tailored set of performance metrics" Shelley Somerville, Social Change Strategist - LA, USA"A very comprehensive list of KPIs across a number of functions, industries, etc. As an organizational consultant, I could use this resource as a jumping off point to discuss KPIs with a client based on their particular needs. This book could be a great tool to pick and choose the correct KPIs based on a number of criteria" Anthony Bussard - Dynamic, Innovative HR Effectiveness Consultant - Boston

Book Historic Macao

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carlos Augusto Montalto Jesus
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1902
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 496 pages

Download or read book Historic Macao written by Carlos Augusto Montalto Jesus and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New Foreign Policy Actors in China

Download or read book New Foreign Policy Actors in China written by LINDA JAKOBSON. and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Rhetoric of Soft Power

Download or read book The Rhetoric of Soft Power written by Craig Hayden and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rhetoric of Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in Global Contexts provides a comparative assessment of public diplomacy and strategic communication initiatives in order to portray how Joseph Nye's notion of "soft power" has translated into context-specific strategies of international influence. The book examines four cases--Japan, Venezuela, China, and the United States--to illuminate the particular significance of culture, foreign publics, and communication technologies for the foreign policy ambitions of each country. This study explores the notion of soft power as a set of theoretical arguments about power, and as a reflection of how nation-states perceive what is an increasingly necessary perspective on international relations in an age of ubiquitous global communication flows and encroaching networks of non-state actors. Through an analysis of policy discourse, public diplomacy initiatives, and related programs of strategic influence, soft power in each case represents a localized set of assumptions about the requirements of persuasion, the relevance of foreign audiences to state goals, and the perception of what counts as a soft power resource. This timely analysis provides an unprecedented comparative investigation of the relationship between soft power and public diplomacy.

Book University of the Nations

Download or read book University of the Nations written by Philip Caraman and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book My Confession

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1855
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book My Confession written by and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Spurious Texts of Philo of Alexandria

Download or read book The Spurious Texts of Philo of Alexandria written by James Ronald Royse and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the Greek texts (ranging from brief lines in florilegia to complete books) which have been incorrectly ascribed to Philo of Alexandria. Analysis of the sources of these texts (especially the catenae and florilegia), and the correct identifications of many texts, often for the first time.

Book The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform

Download or read book The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Era of Reform written by David M. Lampton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive, in-depth account of how Chinese foreign and security policy is made and implemented during the reform era. It includes the contributions of more than a dozen scholars who undertook field research in the People's Republic of China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Book Medieval Narratives Between History and Fiction

Download or read book Medieval Narratives Between History and Fiction written by Panagiotis A. Agapitos and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The rise of literary fiction in medieval Europe has been a hotly debated topic among scholars for at least two decades, but until now that debate has come with severe limitations, focusing on ‘modern’ French and German romances of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Attempting to find common ground among scholars from various disciplines and regions, Medieval Narratives between History and Fiction seeks to clarify the subject by including a wide range of medieval narratives irrespective of their modern label and affiliation to certain disciplines. The chapters collected here broaden the discussion by moving beyond the canonical French and German romances, focusing mainly on texts in Greek, Latin and Old Norse (and also some in Serbian), and by opting for a ‘peripheral’ and a long-term view of the subject. The chapters take us from Graeco-Roman antiquity to medieval France, then to the Scandinavian lands and from there to south-eastern Europe and Byzantium as the link back to the Graeco-Roman world. This disposition also follows a spiral motion in time, leading us from antiquity to late antiquity and from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. By expanding the linguistic as well as the geographical and chronological scope of the debate, the book shows that we should not think of a ‘rise of fiction’ per se; rather, we should see fiction as a potential always imbued in and related to historical narratives – and recognize that non-fictional and non-vernacular writing are important for a modern understanding of medieval fiction."--

Book The Regulation of Entry

Download or read book The Regulation of Entry written by Simeon Djankov and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New data show that countries that regulate the entry of new firms more heavily have greater corruption and larger unofficial economies, but not better quality goods. The evidence supports the view that regulating entry benefits politicians and bureacrats.

Book Complexity in Society  From Indicators Construction to their Synthesis

Download or read book Complexity in Society From Indicators Construction to their Synthesis written by Filomena Maggino and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume discusses the many recent significant developments, and identifies important problems, in the field of social indicators. In the last ten years the methodology of multivariate analysis and synthetic indicators construction significantly developed. In particular, starting from the classical theory of composite indicators many interesting approaches have been developed to overcome the weaknesses of composites. This volume focuses on these recent developments in synthesizing indicators, and more generally, in quantifying complex phenomena.