Tabla de Contenidos: “…Theoretical Framework -- Getting Substance Abusers to Talk -- There Is No Place Like Home—Family Role in the Rehabilitation and Reintegration Process -- Sense of Direction—The Need for Supervision -- What Do I Need to Succeed? Perception of Motivation and Its Role in the Reintegration Process -- Working My Way Out—The Challenge of Finding a Job -- Mentoring Others -- Dealing with Social Institutions -- What Does Migration Have to Do with Rehabilitation, Reentry, and Reintegration? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Background : understanding the legislative intent and symbolism of public policies -- The evolution and devolution of maternity leave as an employee benefit -- Women's health care and the workplace -- Research approach -- The interviews : profiles of women and their perceptions and experiences -- The themes : how women cope with the myths and realities of maternity leave -- Inconsistencies in administration of maternity leave policies -- The other voices -- An international comparison the other kingdoms -- Can the fairy tale be realized or should it be rewritten?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- The Persistence of Technology -- Rethinking the History of Repair -- MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURES -- Repairing China's Power Grid Amidst Perpetual Warfare, 1937-1955 -- Changing Perceptions of Repair and Maintenance -- Business as Usual -- USERS AND REPAIR -- Mud Bricks in a Concrete State -- Maintaining the Mobility of Motor Cars -- Of Buses, Batteries and Breakdowns -- REUSE AND CONSERVATION -- A Bargain or a "Mousetrap"? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Contributors; Preface; 1 Social, cultural and cognitive factors in stereotype formation; 2 Stereotype formation as category formation; 3 Subjective essentialism and the emergence of stereotypes; 4 The role of theories in the formation of stereotype content; 5 Illusory correlation and stereotype formation: making sense of group differences and cognitive biases; 6 Dependence and the formation of stereotyped beliefs about groups: from interpersonal to intergroup perception…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Post-Material Aesthetics of Digital Objects -- 7. Aestheticizing Perception of Design -- Coda: Too Much Aesthetics? -- Glossary: A Quick Guide to Design Aesthetics -- References -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Personalities, processes, institutions : sculpting Azerbaijan's foreign and energy policy -- In the name of sovereignty : Azerbaijan's perceptions and strategies in dealing with Russia's military might -- Mining, pipelines and deals : strategic manoeuvering with Russia on the Caspian -- From euphoria to pragmatism : the evolution of Azerbaijan's policy towards Turkey -- The Western dimension of Azerbaijan's strategic manoeuvering -- Postscript and conclusions: What future for Azerbaijani gas and strategic manoeuvering?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Global Environmental Outlooks from Subglobal to Local: GEO’s Multilevel, Multiscale Geographic Success -- Chapter 7: Global Environment Outlook Support Systems -- Chapter 8: Outreach to Stakeholders and Users -- Chapter 9. Global Perceptions and Influence of GEO -- Chapter 10: Regional Perceptions and Influence of GEO -- Chapter 11: Beyond GEO-6 -- Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Annex I: The Evolution of UNEP Mandates for the Global Environment Outlook -- Annex II: GEO Collaborating Centres and other Contributing Institutions listed in GEO reports -- Annex III: Structure of GEOs-1 to 6 Reports -- Annex IV: GEO-related Reports -- Annex V: Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Annex VI: List of Interviews -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ Jules Lubbock -- Otto Neurath and the sociology of happiness / Iain Boyd Whyte -- Surveying and comprehensive planning : the co-ordination of knowledge in the wartime plans of Patrick Abercrombie and Max Lock / Michiel Dehaene -- Everywhere at any time : post-Second World War genealogies of the city of the future / Volker M. Welter -- Perceptions in the conception of the modernist urban environment : Canadian perspectives on the spatial theory of Jaqueline Tyrwhitt / Rhodri Windsor-Liscombe -- Selling the future city : images in UK post-war reconstructions plans / Peter Larkham -- Paper dream city/modern monument : Donald Gibson and Coventry / Louise Campbell -- Conceptions and perceptions of urban futures in early post-war Britain / Keith Lilley -- "Into the world of conscious expression" : modernist revolutionaries at the Architectural Association School, 1933-39 / Elizabeth Darling -- Plan: a student journal of ambition and anxiety / Clive B. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Endangered ecosystems and coping strategies : towards a conceptualization of environmental change in the developing world / Beate Lohnert and Helmut Geist -- Coping with vulnerability and unsustainability : the case of Nepalese upland farmers / Hans-Georg Bohle -- Hydropower, rice farmers and the state : the case of deforestation in Laos / Thomas Krings -- Debating vulnerability, environment and housing : the case of rural-urban migrants in Cape Town, South Africa / Beate Lohnert -- Soil mining and societal responses : the case of tobacco in eastern Miombo highlands / Helmut Geist -- Changes of land use and institutions in natural resource management : the case of the Tanzanian Maasailand / Sven Schade -- Drought hazards and threatened livelihoods : environmental perceptions in Botswana / Fred Krüger -- Environmental conservation, land tenure and migration : the case of the Atlantic rainforest in southeast Brazil / Florian Dünckmann -- Why herd animals die : environmental perception and cultural risk management in the Andes / Barbara Göbel -- Risks and coping strategies of a vulnerable group in the Dominican Dry Forest : the case of charcoal burners in Chalona / Veronika Ulbert -- Actors, structures and environments: a comparative and transdisciplinary view on regional case studies of global environmental change / Gerhard Petschel-Held, Matthias K.B. …”

“…This issue will bring together papers revealing the development, structure, and physiology of neuronal circuits involved in sensory perception, sleep and wakefulness, behavioral selection, and motor command generation in a range of species from the nematode to the primate…”

“…Mobile robotic systems need to perceive their surroundings in order to act independently. In this work a perception framework is developed which interprets the data of a binocular camera in order to transform it into a compact, expressive model of the environment. …”

“…Result of studies and researches of someone who comes from a lot, instigated with the search for an understanding of reality from contemporary forms of perception and worldview where art, and therefore dance, emerges as a highly complex system…”

“…Aquila offers a novel reading of Kant's theories of synthesis and conceptual rules, productive and reproductive imagination, the distinction between judgments of perception and experience, and the relations between self and objects. …”

“…The approaches consider uncertainties from imperfect perception, occlusions and limited sensor range, and also those in the behavior of other traffic participants…”

“…Ultimately, he moved from a more traditional representation of nature to an intuitive perception of the essential elements of landscape rock, water, and sky as impacted by light. …”

“…Applying the methodologies of phenomenology, hermeneutic phenomenology, embodied perception, ecological psychology, and sense-based research, the authors place the body at the centre of their analyses. …”

“…Cooperative decisions of multiple vehicles need a collaborative perception. Therefore, fusion methods for ego and environmental information are developed and evaluated. …”

“…To the typical web user, speed doesn’t only mean performance. Users’ perception of your app or site’s speed is heavily influenced by their user experience. …”

“…Web performance is crucial as your company moves toward digital transformation—not just the actual time it takes your online experience to load, but also the perception of load time for your users and customers. …”

“…This book presents an integrated and multidisciplinary approach to quality and innovation in the food sector with particular emphasis on consumer perception of quality. Chapters cover such topics as identification of environmental variables, practices crops, and cultivars to improve nutritional and functional quality of different food matrices; increased preservation of biodiversity through the use of genetic resources; nutritional and functional characterization of food matrices; and evaluation of the main bioactive substances that give food its functional qualities…”