“…Shaun Rein, Founder of the China Market Research Group, puts China's continuing transformation from producer to large-scale consumer - a process that is farther along than most economists think - under the microscope, examining eight megatrends that are catalyzing change in China and posing threats to Americans' consumption-driven way of life.Rein takes an engaging and informative approach to examining the extraordinary changes taking place across all levels of Chinese society, talking to everyone from Chinese billionaires and senior government officials to poor migrant workers and even prostitutes. …”

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“…Methodology: Take samples from the catchment point, pump deposit and reservoir according to standardized sampling standards, pH was determined using the electrometric method, hardness using the titrametric method, chlorides using the Mohr method, sulfates, nitrites and nitrates by absorption spectrophotometry, total dissolved solids by conductimetry, bacteria by the most probable number and heavy metals by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, all of them carried out in the DIRESA Laboratory - Puno (Peru), the parameters were contrasted with the established in the D.S. 004 – 2017 of the MINAM. …”

“…However, regardless of the technological profile, all the students presented difficulties, to a greater or lesser extent, in continuing their studies remotely. …”

“…Global trade requires interplay between all world countries with regard to the development and formation of public and private law. …”

“…Wie war es möglich, dass eine umfangreiche Darstellung eines NS-Verbrechens in der frühen Bundesrepublik erschien und fürs Radio und Fernsehen adaptiert wurde? Wieso wurden alle Fassungen von Am grünen Strand der Spree über Jahrzehnte nur Spezialist/-innen bekannt? …”

“…Today, thousands of papers on autism are published annually across various disciplines and journals, making it challenging – if not impossible – to keep pace with, let alone synthesize, all the latest developments. Based on a solid historical foundation of autism theory and research, the International Handbook of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders integrates the broad scholarly base of literature with a trenchant analysis of the state of the field in nosology, etiology, assessment, and treatment. …”

“…"Many parents work more hours outside of the home and their lives are crowded with more obligations than ever before; many children spend their evenings and weekends trying out for all-star teams, traveling to regional and national tournaments, and eating dinner in the car while being shuttled between activities. …”

“…Although empirical analyses focus on all local integrated plans implemented in Spain from 1994 to 2013, analytical and methodological outcomes can be applied in a broader context to analyse integral urban policies in other countries. …”

“…These days our technological society and its demographical growth are impacting all natural resources with higher intensity than during the entire history of mankind. …”

“…What they have in common is that they have experienced moments, more or less long and hard, when they have been prevented from reading, writing, teaching, painting, etc. All of them testified to these episodes of testing from which sometimes they never recover. …”

“…This volume seeks to remedy this imbalance by focusing on the assessment of student achievement in a broad range of grade levels and subject areas, with particular attention to their use in the evaluation of teachers and schools in all. It addresses traditional end-of-course tests, as well as alternative measures such as portfolios, exhibitions, and student learning objectives. …”

“…Watson and Jane Dailey take care to integrate varied scholarly perspectives and work to engage a diverse readership by addressing what we all share: membership in a democratic republic, with joint claims on its self-governing tradition. …”

“…Optical Fiber Sensing TechnologiesExplore foundational and advanced topics in optical fiber sensing technologiesIn Optical Fiber Sensing Technologies: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive overview of all critical aspects of optical fiber sensing devices, systems, and technologies. …”

“…The promising model was first implemented in the Nordic region and is currently being diffused across Europe, although scientific knowledge about the model remains scarce: the Barnahus model’s potential for delivering holistic services, the various tensions and dilemmas involved in the model, and how dual mandate of Barnahus can be managed all require further research. Continuing from the volume Collaborating Against Child Abuse (2017) which examined the process of Barnahus’ diffusion in the Nordic countries, the current book digs deeper into the intrinsic institutional tensions of the model, as well as those that might arise during collaboration, in order to advance our understanding of what can be achieved through the model and thus improve the situation of child victims of violence and abuse. …”

“…BACKGROUND: Cerebrovascular disease is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. The proportion of all strokes attributable to previously asymptomatic carotid stenosis is low. …”

“…Jumping Computation: Updating Automata and Grammars for Discontinuous Information Processing is primarily a theoretically oriented treatment of jumping automata and grammars, covering all essential theoretical topics concerning them, including their power, properties, and transformations. …”