Greece and the Balkans Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters since the Enlightenment
Greece and the Balkans: Identities, Perceptions and Cultural Encounters since the Enlightenment By Dimitris Tziovas
2003 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 0754609987 | PDF | 17 MB
Greece and the Balkans explores the cultural relationships between Greece and other Balkan countries in the domains of language, literature, thought, translation, and music, and examines issues of identity and perception among the Balkan peoples themselves. The essays bring together scholars from across a range of disciplines: historians, anthropologists, linguists and musicologists with specialists on literature, translation, the history of ideas and religion. By raising issues of cultural hybridity, and nationalist or pre-nationalist interpretations of culture and history it lays claim to a place in the context of studies on nationalism and post-colonialism. Greece and the Balkans also contributes to a recognition of the Balkans as a site, like some postcolonial ones, where identities have become fused, orientalism and eurocentrism blurred and where religion and modernity clashed and co-existed. By approaching cultural encounters between Greece and the Balkans from a fresh and informed perspective, it makes a substantial contribution to the study of a rather neglected aspect in the history of a region which has suffered in the past from narrow-minded, nationalistic arguments.

Governance and Development in India
Seyed Hossein Zarhani, "Governance and Development in India "
English | ISBN: 0367586762 | 2020 | 232 pages | PDF | 3 MB
The study of the political economy of development in India is significant as India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing countries during the last three decades and the rate of economic growth and poverty reduction have not been matched in India's subnational states. Although the Union Government has introduced and implemented several economic reforms since 1991 to enhance the economic development, the results of implantation have varied.

God Strong The Military Wife's Spiritual Survival Guide
Sara Horn, "God Strong: The Military Wife's Spiritual Survival Guide"
English | ISBN: 0310294029 | 2010 | 240 pages | EPUB | 551 KB
Currently, more than one million military wives care for their families and their homes, often while their husbands are deployed out of state or overseas for months at a time. These women can experience a roller coaster of emotions including disappointment, loneliness, and fear. Sara Horn, the wife of a navy reservist, understands the challenges these women face. She knows how to talk about faith and spiritual truths through the filter of military life.

Getting Your Groove Back The Sasay Woman's Guide to Recharging Your Life
Amy Hall, "Getting Your Groove Back: The Sasay Woman's Guide to Recharging Your Life"
English | ISBN: 0740704834 | 2000 | 128 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
Finally, the perfect book for women who have had it with feeling like the dynamic pulse of life has faded and who are looking to recharge their existence. The draining stress and hubbub of the modern world can sometimes make a woman feel like she's just a shell of the fun-loving, vivacious person she once was. To solve this common problem, author Amy Hall presents Getting Your Groove Back, a sassy and hip collection of tips and exercises for women who are eager to reinvigorate life by recapturing their lost but innate Grooviness-the spunk and special aura that used to set them apart from the crowd. This book covers everything a woman needs to know in order to get her career, relationships, and sense of self back on track by standing up to the evil forces of numbness and mediocrity that have taken root! Hall dishes out tough love, provoking insights and advice with a biting humor that just doesn't stop. At the office . . . A tried-but-true confidence builder moves from the bedroom to the office place. Wear really sexy underwear not only on third dates, but also to any dreaded presentation you must give. In relationships . . . Save the money you set aside for the obligatory birthday gift for the friend with whom you are no longer close. Spend it on yourself instead. Go buy a decadent box of chocolate-dipped strawberries from those fine Godiva folks and scarf them under a tree, celebrating your ability to sever the old and seek out the new. That relationship had a place in your past, and guess what, we call it the past for a reason-move on. Besides, the hussy never returned that favorite belt of yours she borrowed; hence, it's time to trot toward evolution.Within the inner self . . . Stop beating yourself up because you're not what you said you'd become when you were a little girl. Okay, so you didn't get an Olympic gold medal or become an ambassador to the UN. It's true our lives don't always deal us the cards we need to get the grandiose life, but g

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Geopedology
Geopedology: An Integration of Geomorphology and Pedology for Soil and Landscape Studies
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031206665 | 582 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 162 MB
This updated and revised second edition brings geopedology issues into the current context. This new edition extends the work on popular topics such as digital soil mapping, GIS and landscape mapping, and it also gives valuable insight with up-to-date theoretical discussions and new application with relevant case studies. This textbook offers a proven approach for reliable mapping of soil-landscape relationships to derive information for policy, planning and management at scales ranging from local to regional. Filled with didactic elements such as case studies, visual aids (maps, charts and figures), questions and answers, the book is of interest to geohazard studies, land use conflict analysis, land use planning, land degradation assessment, and land suitability analysis.

Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration
Samia Bano, "Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes: Women, Mediation, and Religious Arbitration "
English | ISBN: 1512600342 | 2017 | 304 pages | EPUB | 439 KB
Recently, new methods of dispute resolution in matters of family law―such as arbitration, mediation, and conciliation―have created new forms of legal culture that affect minority communities throughout the world. There are now multiple ways of obtaining restitution through nontraditional alternative dispute resolution (ADR) mechanisms. For some, the emergence of ADRs can be understood as part of a broader liberal response to the challenges presented by the settlement of migrant communities in Western liberal democracies. Questions of rights are framed as "multicultural challenges" that give rise to important issues relating to power, authority, agency, and choice. Underpinning these debates are questions about the doctrine and practice of secularism, citizenship, belonging, and identity. Gender and Justice in Family Law Disputes offers insights into how women's autonomy and personal decision-making capabilities are expressed via multiple formal and nonformal dispute-resolution mechanisms, and as part of their social and legal lived realities. It analyzes the specific ways in which both mediation and religious arbitration take shape in contemporary and comparative family law across jurisdictions. Demarcating lines between contemporary family mediation and new forms of religious arbitration, Bano illuminates the complexities of these processes across multiple national contexts.

Gallbladder Cancer Current Treatment Options
Gallbladder Cancer: Current Treatment Options
English | 2023 | ISBN: 9811964416 | 400 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 25 MB
The book focuses on identifying candidate molecules and the overall status of the targeted therapies available for gallbladder cancer, as there is an urgent need to discover new molecular targets that can guide the emergence of new treatment strategies to improve patient outcomes and act as biomarkers for the early detection of diseases. Recently, new treatment therapeutics targets for gallbladder cancer patients have been identified and the field is evolving rapidly.

GEAR AND GEAR CUTTINGS  The Complete and Effective Guide to Designing and Cutting Gears Inexpensively on a Lathe
GEAR AND GEAR CUTTINGS : The Complete and Effective Guide to Designing and Cutting Gears Inexpensively on a Lathe by WAYNE PALMER RND
English | 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BJCFHNCJ | 85 pages | MOBI | 0.20 Mb
Gеаrѕ or Cogs аrе іn juѕt аbоut еvеrуthіng соntаіnіng a spinning part, thаt is, frоm cars tо сlосkѕ. Cаr'ѕ trаnѕmіѕѕіоnѕ аnd engines contain lots оf cogs thаt hеlр іn rеduсіng thе gear іn mоtоrіzеd equipment. There're оthеr lots оf important jоbѕ реrfоrmеd by these simple mасhіnеѕ; hоwеvеr іn thіѕ bооk, you will bе еnlіghtеnеd оn the hіѕtоrу, wоrkѕ and the applications оf соgѕ. Lеаrn hоw gеаrѕ wоrk bеlоw. History has іt thаt cogs were fіrѕt uѕеd bу Grееkѕ іn clocks аnd water whееlѕ аrоund 3rd сеnturу B.C. Hоwеvеr, a сlеаr оrіgіn оf thеѕе simple mасhіnеѕ саn bе trасеd back to a vеhісlе thаt wаѕ аllеgеdlу engineered by Mа Jun, a Chіnеѕе mechanical engineer, іn thе 27th century B.C. Thе сhаrіоt was buіlt on two whееlѕ, аnd it bore a mоvаblе іndісаtоr thаt wаѕ mесhаnісаllу geared to fасе tоwаrdѕ Sоuth оnlу, nо mаttеr hоw much the vehicle turnеd. It іѕ believed thаt nо furthеr dіѕсоvеrіеѕ оn cogs wеrе mаdе until the 17th century whеn scientists аttеmрtеd tо provide соnѕtаnt vеlосіtу ratio оf cogs. It wаѕ іn thе 19th сеnturу thаt rоtаtіng сuttеrѕ аnd fоrm сuttеrѕ wеrе іntrоduсеd іn thе mаrkеt, thrоugh thе help оf an Englіѕh іnvеntоr, Whіtwоrth, whо раtеntеd thе first gear hоbbіng рrосеѕѕ in 1835. Lаtеr іn 1897, Hеrmаn Pfauter of Gеrmаnу іntrоduсеd thе first hobbing machine capable of сuttіng hеlісаl аnd ѕрur Cоgѕ. Gеаrѕ аrе соnѕіdеrеd as оnе оf the oldest еԛuірmеnt knоwn tо mаnkіnd. Thе origin оf gears gоеѕ dоwn tо thе Chinese Sоuth-Pоіntіng Chariot іn thе 27th Cеnturу B.C. This сhаrіоt was knоwn to роіntіng tо thе ѕоuth nо matter how іt was turnеd. Arіѕtоtlе hаѕ thе сrеdіt tо hіѕ name of gіvіng thе earliest dеѕсrірtіоn of gears іn the 4th сеnturу B.C. Aссоrdіng tо his dеfіnіtіоn, thе dіrесtіоn оf rotation is rеvеrѕеd whеn оnе еаr wheel drіvеѕ аnоthеr gеаr wheel. Gеаrѕ hаvе bееn uѕеd by thе Greek Inventors in wаtеr wheels аnd clocks. The ѕkеtсhеѕ of vаrіоuѕ tуреѕ оf gеаrѕ of this time саn bе fоund іn thе nоtеbооkѕ оf Leonardo dа Vinci. Evеn аftеr thеѕе grоund-brеаkіng discoveries, nо mаjоr dеvеlорmеnt соnсеrnіng whееlѕ was made untіl the 17th Cеnturу. In thіѕ tіmе, fіrѕt attempts were mаdе to provide constant vеlосіtу rаtіоѕ. These аttеmрtѕ utіlіzеd thе іnvоlutе сurvеѕ. Thіѕ was juѕt the bеgіnnіng оf ѕоmеthіng that сhаngеd thе wоrld fоr all thе gооd rеаѕоnѕ. Hоwеvеr, іn thе 19th century, form cutters аnd rоtаtіng сuttеrѕ wеrе fіrѕt used аnd іt wаѕ then in 1835 whеn thе Englіѕh іnvеntоr Whіtwоrth раtеntеd thе fіrѕt gеаr hоbbіng process. Vаrіоuѕ оthеr раtеntѕ fоllоwеd untіl 1897 whеn Herman Pfаutеr оf Gеrmаnу іnvеntеd the fіrѕt hоbbіng machine capable оf сuttіng both ѕрur аnd hеlісаl gеаrѕ. Thrоugh the 20th сеnturу, vаrіоuѕ tуреѕ оf mасhіnеѕ dеvеlореd. But, the nеxt major ѕtер саmе in 1975 whеn thе Pfauter Company in Gеrmаnу introduced the fіrѕt NC hоbbіng machine and іn 1982 the Full 6 axis mасhіnе wаѕ іntrоduсеd. Bеѕіdеѕ bеіng uѕеd іn the іnduѕtrу, gеаrѕ аrе аlѕо being uѕеd іn dіffеrеnt toys аnd they are оnе оf the mаjоr соmроnеntѕ in tоу саrѕ аnd оthеr tоуѕ tо help thеm move. Evеn in ѕmаllеr tоуѕ, gears аrе used іn different ѕіzеѕ tо ensure thе рrореr funсtіоnаlіtу оf thеm.