“…The freedom to take part in civic life - whether in the exercise of one's right to vote or congregate and protest - has become increasingly less important to Americans than individual rights and liberties. …”

“…She explores the rich moral psychology in Kant's later and less widely read works on ethics, and argues that the key to understanding his account of virtue is the concept of autocracy, a form of moral self-government in which reason rules over sensibility. …”
Sumario

“…The Days of the GiantsThe Giants' LamentsValue CreationCommitmentProfit Management by TraditionHope for the Return of the Business CycleFind Forms of Less Expensive LaborFind New Ancillary ServicesDecide to MergeThe Keys or the Car? …”

“…It's a book for anyone who finds that doing things the official way is slower, less efficient, and less powerful because Windows Vista was designed from the ground up to avoid confusing novice users. …”

“…Like Ephrem’s other works, these discourses are replete with biblical language and brimming with creative symbolism. However, being less terse and allusive in style than many of his other poems, they also serve as a crucial exposition of some of his most fundamental ideas and a relatively accessible introduction to his thought as a whole. …”

“…In the early first century, a small group of peasants from the backwaters of the Roman Empire proclaimed that an executed enemy of the state was God’s messiah. Less than four hundred years later it had become the official religion of Rome with some thirty million followers. …”

“…Drawing on ethnographic studies of both patients and nurses involved in telecare, Jeannette Pols demonstrates that instead of resulting in less intensive care for patients, there is instead a staggering rise in the frequency of contact between nursing staff and their patients. …”

“…Starting from the standard model used in the literature on network competition, the effect of departing from three of this model's less realistic assumptions is investigated. First, call externalities are integrated into the model. …”

“…Over the past forty years, industry and business interests have moved increasingly from the developed to the developing world, yet Africa's share of global manufacturing has fallen from about 3 percent in 1970 to less than 2 percent in 2014. Industry is important to low-income countries. …”

“…It surveys the so far piecemeal discussion of narratological concepts in film music studies, and tries to (cautiously) systematize them, and to expand and refine them with reference to ideas from general narratology and film narratology (including contributions from German-language literature less widely known in Anglophone scholarship). The book goes beyond the current focus of film music studies on the distinction between diegetic and nondiegetic music (music understood to be or not to be part of the storyworld of a film), and takes into account different levels of narration: from the extrafictional to 'focalizations' of subjectivity, and music's many and complex movements between them…”

“…The contributions to this volume add to the range of corpus-based studies by providing examples of some less explored applications of corpus analysis methods to translation research. …”

“…How can South Africa diversify its industrial sector so that it is less dependent on mineral exports, increases labour absorption and reduces unemployment? …”

“…While there has been considerable progress in enhancing the efficiency, much less has been made with regard to improving the social situation. …”

“…Electoral decision-making has become much more volatile, rendering election outcomes less predictable. Party system fragmentation intensified sharply. …”

“…Aimed at both novice and experienced developers, the book is designed to facilitate learning through practical exercises and examples, helping readers to spend more time coding and less time learning. The author's extensive experience in programming and Android development enriches the content, making it a valuable resource for professional growth in the field…”

“…Using this perspective, the result should be less surprise when confronting the dynamism of a fragile and unpredictable global life…”

“…This technology can be employed through different modalities that include contact methods such as ultrasonic, eddy current, magnetic particles, and liquid penetrant, in addition to contact-less methods such as in thermography, radiography, and shearography. …”

“…The report also offers options to put a cost on corruption to make it less attractive at both the public and private levels…”

“…Lower employment prospects for immigrants are well explained by lower literacy proficiency, lower education and less favourable socio-economic backgrounds. This Working Paper relates to the 2015 OECD Economic Survey of Sweden www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/economic-survey-sweden.htm…”

“…It discusses ways to improve access to primary care, including different methods for paying GPs, whether access is less equitable than in other countries and the role of patient fees. …”