Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminary Material / Introduction / Curaçao as a Transit Center to the Spanish Main and the French West Indies / Paramaribo as Dutch and Atlantic Nodal Point, 1640–1795 / Anglo-Dutch Trade in the Chesapeake and the British Caribbean, 1621–1733 / The French Atlantic and the Dutch, Late Seventeenth-Late Eighteenth Century / Anglo-Dutch Economic Relations in the Atlantic World, 1688–1783 / A Network-Based Merchant Empire: Dutch Trade in the Hispanic Atlantic (1680–1740) / A Public and Private Dutch West India Interest / Adultery Here and There: Crossing Sexual Boundaries in the Dutch Jewish Atlantic / The Scholarly Atlantic: Circuits of Knowledge Between Britain, the Dutch Republic and the Americas in the Eighteenth Century / The “Dutch” “Atlantic” and the Dubious Case of Frans Post / The Eighteenth-Century Danish, Dutch and Swedish Free Ports in the Northeastern Caribbean: Continuity and Change / Dutch Atlantic Decline During “The Age of Revolutions” / The Rise and Decline of the Dutch Atlantic, 1600–1800 / Conclusion: The Dutch Moment in Atlantic Historiography / Bibliography / Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wang -- Parties, partisans, and independents in Taiwan / Ching-hsin Yu -- Issues, political cleavages, and party competition in Taiwan / Shing-yuan Sheng and Hsiao-chuan (Mandy) Liao -- Economic voting in Taiwan : micro- and macro-level analysis / Chia-hung Tsai -- Cross-strait relations and the Taiwan voter / Alex C. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- PART ONE -- GATHERING HIM IN -- RAIN TURNING TO SNOW -- FERAL KITTENS -- MISSING -- FOR NADJA -- GRADUAL CLEARING -- LADYBUG -- TAKING OFF MY CROSS -- KISS, AFTERWARD -- DOG, NAPPING -- HAPPINESS -- MAGNOLIA -- RAPUNZEL DESCENDING -- PART TWO -- RESPECTS -- MOTHER'S GOLDFISH -- I LIKED MY MOTHER BEST -- BAD DOG MAN -- UNDERNEATH -- SATURDAY MORNINGS, 1954 -- BY THE LAKE -- REMEMBERING STARS -- SQUARE DANCE, 1956 -- CELLO LESSONS -- THE CORRECTION -- MIDAS ALONE -- VIGIL -- CHAGALL' S FLOATING WOMAN -- PERSONAL EFFECTS -- UNAFRAID -- MOTHER -- URN -- PART THREE -- COLD FRONT -- MIDAS's DAUGHTER AT FIFTY -- AGING NUDE -- LINES ON A WINDOW -- CINDERELLA AT WORK -- THAW -- ANTIPHON -- LIGHTERS AND KNIVES -- THE CLOTHESLINE PROJECT -- WHITE SHIRT -- EVE IN EXILE -- NOWHERE NEAR BETHLEHEM -- MAGDALENE BATHING -- SHOULD THIS BECOME ORDINARY -- OLD DOG -- REMAINS -- SILENT NIGHT -- BLESSING AT THE END OF TIME -- PYRE -- WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS -- BENEDICTION -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- THE MAY SWENSON POETRY AWARD…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: Proactively and Steadily Advancing China's Financial Opening / Huang Yiping -- China's International Strategic Environment / Zhang Yuyan, Feng Weijiang, and Liu Wei -- China's Financial Development : A Global Perspective / Zhu Min, Chen Weidong, Zhou Jingtong, Gai Xinzhe and Xiong Qiyue -- Further Expanding the Opening Up of China's Financial Industry / Zhu Jun, Guo Kai, Ai Ming, Zhao Yue and Bai Xuefei -- RMB Exchange Rate : Moving Towards a Floating Regime / Zhang Bin -- China's Cross-Border Capital Flow Management / Guan Tao, Zhang Antian, Xie Yaxuan, Gao Zheng and Ma Yun -- Promoting China's Financial Market Reform and Innovation with Opening Policies / Xu Zhong, Zhang Xuechun, Cao Yuanyuan, Tang Yingwei and Wan Tailei -- Building China's Overseas Investment and Financing Cooperation / Zhu Jun, Guo Kai, Ai Ming, Bai Xuefei and Zhao Yue --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gellner -- Borders without borderlands : on the social reproduction of state demarcation in Rajasthan / Anastasia Piliavsky -- Allegiance and alienation : border dynamics in Kargil / Radhika Gupta -- Naturalizing the Himalaya-as-border in Uttarakhand / Nayanika Mathur -- On the way to India : Nepali rituals of border crossing / Sondra L. Hausner and Jeevan R. Sharma -- The perils of being a borderland people : on the Lhotshampas of Bhutan / Rosalind Evans -- Developing the border : state and the political economy of development in Arunachal Pradesh / Deepak K. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- CHAPTER 1 DENMARK’S DEVELOPMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK -- Overview of the Strategy 2000 -- -Policy focus and key goals -- Cross-cutting issues -- Aid and the civil society: the Danish resource base and NGOs -- Information, development education and public opinion -- CHAPTER 2 AID MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION -- Policy responsibility and policy coherence -- Country programming and sector concentration -- Private sector promotion -- Aid evaluation, efficiency and performance measurement -- Humanitarian assistance and transitional assistance -- Policy regarding debt forgiveness -- Official aid to Central and Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER 3 BASIC PROFILES -- ODA volume and outlook -- Composition of aid -- Geographical and income distribution -- Sectoral distribution -- Tying Policy -- Aid to countries in transition -- Support from other official and private sector sources -- Debt in developing countries -- ANNEX I FIELD VISITS -- ANNEX II STATISTICS OF AID AND OTHER FLOWS -- PRESS RELEASE OF DAC PEER REVIEW OF DENMARK -- DESCRIPTION OF KEY TERMS…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Evidence-based agri-environmental policies: The Swedish experience -- Evaluating policies for delivering agri-environmental public goods -- Abbreviations -- A policy evaluation of Environmentally Friendly Direct Payment Programme in Korea -- Foreword -- Evaluation of cross compliance in England -- Introduction -- Econometric methods for estimating the additional effects of agri-environmental schemes on farmers' practices -- Evaluating agri-environmental schemes using a spatially explicit agent-based…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Doyle -- Summary Reports and Recommendations Covering Specific Agri-Environmental Indicators -- Part III: Agri-Environmental Indicators as a Policy Tool -- Cross-Cutting Issues in Developing Agri-Environmental Indicators by Andrew Moxey -- Using Agri-Environmental Indicators to Assess Environmental Performance by Paul J.Thomassin -- Developing and Using Agri-Environmental Indicators for Policy Purposes: The OECD Experience by David Baldock -- Part IV: Official Statements -- Opening Address to the Workshop by Elliot Morley -- Outcome of the Workshop in the Context of OECD Work on Sustainable Development by Gerard Viatte -- Closing Remarks for the Workshop by Dudley Coates -- Annex -- Liist of Recommended OECD Agri-Environmental Indicators -- Workshop Agenda and Main Contributors -- List of Participants…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Jan K. Buitelaar -- Cross-cultural/ethnical aspects of childhood hyperactivity / Ernest S.L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Auerbach -- Psychoanalytically informed executive coaching / Seth Allcorn -- Part II: Integrative and cross-theory approaches -- An integrative goal-focused approach to executive coaching / Anthony M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Engaging in societal collaboration through reflexivity: Experiences from a cross-disciplinary pilot course for faculty (Anna Jonsson) -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Collection and Integration of Event-centric Information in Cross-lingual Knowledge Graphs -- 7. Event Analysis through QuoteKG – a Multilingual Knowledge Graph of Quotes -- 8. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…CHAPTER 6: BREAKING THE MOLD: CHALLENGING PREVAILING MYTHS THROUGH CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCESCHAPTER 7: THE LEASTWISE OF THE LAND: TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN A HOMOGENOUS ZONE; CHAPTER 8: CONCEPTUALIZING MALE COLLEGE STUDENTS AS MEN: A COUNSELING PERSPECTIVE WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; CHAPTER 9: CULTURAL COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT FOR NEW STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS; CHAPTER 10: BEYOND TOLERANCE: DEVELOPING MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCIES IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS; BACK COVER…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Women and leadership : the state of play / Crossing the bridge : reflections on women and leadership / The great women theory of leadership? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Measuring Leadership Development -- Chapter 1: Leadership Development Has Never Been More Critical -- Chapter 2: Failure and Success of Leadership Development -- Chapter 3: Leadership Development and the ROI Methodology -- Chapter 4: Business Alignment and Preparation for Return on Investment Analysis -- Chapter 5: Data Collection Issues -- Chapter 6: Isolating the Effects of the Program: Tackling the Attribution Issue -- Chapter 7: Converting Data to Money -- Chapter 8: Leadership Development Costs and Return on Investment -- Chapter 9: Measuring Intangibles -- Chapter 10: Communicating and Using Evaluation Data -- Chapter 11: Taking a Sensible Approach to the ROI Methodology -- Part Two: Case Studies -- Chapter 12: Case Study: Return on Investment in Business Coaching -- Chapter 13: Case Study: Return on Investment in Leadership Development for Cross-Functional Managers -- Chapter 14: Case Study: Measuring Return on Investment in Leadership Development for Production Managers -- Notes -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: contractility and the integrative biology of the myocardium -- Contractility in the modern context -- Control of cardiac contractility is critical to the matching of cardiac output to venous return during exercise with little change in end diastolic volume and with tuning of the dynamics of contraction and relaxation to heart rate -- Control of contractility is at the cellular level of organization -- Left ventricular diastolic and systolic pressure, ejection, and relaxation reflect sarcomeric mechanical properties -- Integration of sarcomere mechanics with cardiac function clarifies the meaning of preload, afterload, and contractility -- Pressure volume loops provide a quantification of contractility -- Phosphorylations of regulatory proteins in excitation contraction coupling modify contractility by controlling cellular Ca2+ fluxes, the response of the myofilaments to Ca2+, and the kinetics of the cross-bridge cycle -- Contractility may be altered by a variety of mechanisms not involving a prominent role for the autonomic nervous system -- Cardiac function curves provide a compact graphical representation of regulation of CO and SV -- Heart failure as a failure of contractility -- References -- Author biography…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Counseling Psychology and Optimal Human Functioning: An Introduction; 1 The Healthy Personality; 2 Fostering Exceptional Development in Intellectually Talented Populations; 3 Individuality and Optimal Human Functioning: Interests, Self-Efficacy, and Personality; 4 Person-Environment Psychology and Well-Being; 5 Optimal Human Functioning From Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Cultural Competence as an Organizing Framework; 6 Optimal Human Functioning in People of Color in the United States; 7 Toward a Positive Psychotherapy: Focus on Human Strength…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cultural Diversity and Cross-Cultural Perspectives; 14 Sex Changes: A Current Perspective on the Psychology of Gender; Author Index; Subject Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. / Evaluation of the Historical Recent Past: Humour as a Possible Collective Coping Strategy / The Medicalization of Emotions: Happiness and the Role of General Practice / Nervios: Lessons from Cuba’s Oriente / The Role of Negative Self-concept in Depression, Stress, and Anxiety of Married Women / Hong Kong’s Female Sex Workers: Stress and Anxietyrelated Consequences of the Intersection of Poverty, Gender, Dangerous Work / We Aim To Pee: Unmasking the Secret Phobia and Reducing Performance Anxiety / Asylum Seekers in Australia: Turning Repression and Stress into long-term Anxiety and Depression / The Hospital Clown: A Cross Boundary Character / Clown Language, Performance and Children’s Hospitals / LaughterBoss – The Court Jester in Aged Care / “Nothing seems funny anymore”: Studying Burnout in Clown-Doctors / Expressing Sensibilities: Healing Functions of Humour in Palliative Care / Collective Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Understanding Apocalyptic Transformation -- Part 1: From Old Worlds to New Worlds -- A Political Theology of the World That Ends -- A Godless Apocalypse and the Atom Bombs: Ronald Knox and a New Concept of World Ending -- Remembering John Ball: Rethinking the Transformation from Old Worlds to New -- Part 2: World Ending Experiences -- New World and the End of the World: Apocalyptic Cartographies of the Conquest -- Mapping Space and Time in Apocalyptic Representations in Latin American Colonial Art -- Restitutive Writings of Worlds at the Southern Confine of the World -- Part 3: Apocalyptic Imaginaries -- The Infrastructure of the Planets of the Apes -- Pralaya: Competing Apocalypses and Dystopias in Contemporary Indian Science-Fiction -- Part 4: Action, Activism, Advocacy -- The Cross and the Pink Shotgun: Apocalypse and the Antifeminist Movement in Bolsonaro's Brazil -- World without Humans, Humans without World: Apocalyptic Passions in the Anthropocene -- The Wheelchair and the Whale: Disability and the End of the World -- Contributors -- Index…”