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Several Complex Variables VII

This volume of the Encyclopaedia offers a systematic introduction and a comprehensive survey of the theory of complex spaces. It covers topics like semi-normal complex spaces, cohomology, the Levi problem, q-convexity and q-concavity. It is the first surv

Complex Scheduling

This book presents models and algorithms for complex scheduling problems. Besides resource-constrained project scheduling problems with applications also job-shop problems with flexible machines, transportation or limited buffers are discussed. Discrete optimization methods like linear and integer programming, constraint propagation techniques, shortest path and network flow algorithms, branch-and-bound methods, local search and genetic algorithms, and dynamic programming are presented. They are used in exact or heuristic procedures to solve the introduced complex scheduling problems. Furthermore, methods for calculating lower bounds are described. Most algorithms are formulated in detail and illustrated with examples.

Complex Proofs of Real Theorems

Invariant Distances and Metrics in Complex Analysis

Invariant Distances and Metrics in Complex Analysis--revisited

Celt Or Saxon?

Celt and Saxon

Energieoptimierte Trocknungsprozesse in der Keramikindustrie, Teilvorhaben 1: Grundlagen der effektiven Trocknung

Proceedings of the 18th TESOL Arabia Conference

"This volume contains a selection of 40 articles that originated as papers presented at the 18th TESOL Arabia Conference: Achieving Excellence through Life Skills Education, held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, in March 2012. The affiliations of the authors in this volume highlight just how international TESOL Arabia really is. As might be expected. many authors who feature articles in these Proceedings work in the Arabian Gulf: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Other authors work afield in locations as diverse as India, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan, Russia, Tunisia Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The 40 articles selected for inclusion in these proceedings showcase the high quality of academic discourse that documents current theory, research and pedagogy in the field of TESOL -- not only in the Gulf, but worldwide"--Page vii.

An Exploration of Place-Based TESOL

This study interrogates the assumption that the classroom is the best place for teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). It explores postmodern pedagogies that dissolve the boundaries between classroom and community and shows how these might transform TESOL practice. Based on the extensive reflections of 15 participants, it analyses the range and properties of the places of their English acquisition and finds the classroom to be an insufficient place because its social relations limit learner agency. To overcome this it recommends that English classrooms be transformed into laboratories for critical reflection on students' social concerns, leading to participative language learning as they actively seek solutions within local English speaking communities of practice. This explorative study is situated within the critical paradigm of language education research

Credit and Debt in Indonesia, 860-1930

Credit and debt are practical concerns of all times and places. They are also increasingly important topics in economic history and the social sciences, from Marcel Mauss and the anthropology of the gift to the urgent quest for understanding of today's global credit crunch. This volume brings together eight essays on credit and debt in the history of Indonesia, where for centuries debt and debt bondage played central roles in the organization of society, and where efforts to combat 'usury' an...

Ethiopia, politics, economics, and society

Dictionary of Hotels, Tourism and Catering Management

"This dictionary clearly defines over 10,000 terms with entries covering all aspects of the hotel, tourism and catering management trade. A wide range of topics is covered including travel, toursim, ticketing, hotels and their staff, restaurants and their staff, kitchens, table settings, cooking, together with general business, accounting and personnel terms." - back cover.

Tourism

Bung Karno panglima revolusi

Thoughts of President Soekarno on politics and social in Indonesia; collected articles.

Understanding the Evolving Inflation Process

Caring for preschool children

Sun spaces

Syria and Bilad Al-Sham Under Ottoman Rule

This volume brings together some thirty essays in a Festschrift in honour of Abdul-Karim Rafeq, the leading historian of Ottoman Syria, touching on themes in socio-economic history which have been Rafeq's principal academic concerns.