“…<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The result of groundbreaking research conducted by members of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, this is the first book to address the nature of substance use and abuse in an integrated way. …”

“…In the context of a large increase in the demand for energy, PCMs are an essential class of thermal energy storage materials that contribute to the sustainable growth of both the economy and society. …”

“…First, a Recurrent High Order Neural Network (RHONN) is used to identify discrete-time unknown nonlinear delayed systems under uncertainties, then a RHONN is used to design neural observers for the same class of systems. Therefore, both neural models are used to synthesize controllers for trajectory tracking based on two methodologies: sliding mode control and Inverse Optimal Neural Control. …”

“…In exploring games and practices of play across social and historical contexts, this volume reflects on representations of gender, class, materiality, and imaginations of the nation in Chinese and Sinophone contexts. …”

“…Hydrogels are a class of soft materials with crosslinked network structures. …”

“…Rakesh Khurana shows that university-based business schools were founded to train a professional class of managers in the mold of doctors and lawyers but have effectively retreated from that goal, leaving a gaping moral hole at the center of business education and perhaps in management itself. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…/ by Paul Martin -- Theatres of Memory / Raphael Samuel -- The Presence of the Past : Popular Uses of History in American Life / Roy Rosenzweig and David Thelen -- Heritage from below : class, social protest and resistance / Iain Robertson -- Use and Abuse of Australian History / Graeme Davison -- Taking History to Heart : The Power of the Past in Building Social Movements / James Green -- Making History : The Historian and Uses of the Past / Jorma Kalela -- Forty years of conflict : state, Church and spontaneous representation of massacres and murder in Guatemala / Matthew J. …”

“…We live in times of economic change and challenges, as reports of theincreasing concentration of wealth with "the 1%" and stagnating wagescompete for headlines with new and contentious politics of austerity.Public discourse has become fractured not only along class lines butideologically, with advocates of "economic freedom" and "sustainability" locked in seemingly intractable conflict. …”

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“…Python is a first-class tool for many researchers, primarily because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.3 Student Identity and Professional Identity -- 8.4 Details of the Research Studies -- 8.5 Findings: Passion for a Professional Identity -- 8.6 Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Section II: Diversity in Initial Teacher Education and the Teaching Profession in Ireland -- Chapter 9: 'Working Class' Student Teachers' Constructions of Teaching as a Powerful Role: Encountering Deficit-based 'Teacher Talk' During Placement -- 9.1 Introduction and Literature Review -- 9.2 Methodology -- 9.3 Findings -- 9.3.1 Constructing Teaching as a 'Powerful Role' -- 9.3.2 Encountering 'Teacher Talk' about Students, and Advocating for 'Students Like Them' -- 9.4 Discussion and Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10: 'Going the Extra Mile': Working Class Teachers and Their Engagement with Parents -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Literature Review -- 10.3 Methodology -- 10.4 Findings -- 10.4.1 Teachers' Attitudes towards Working Class Parents -- 10.4.2 Teacher Engagement with Parents -- 10.5 Discussion and Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 11: The Journey from Further Education to Teacher Education: A Step too Far? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: TCP/IP Version 4 -- Chapter 1 How to Subnet -- Class A-E Addresses -- Converting Between Decimal Numbers and Binary -- Subnetting a Class C Network Using Binary -- Subnetting a Class B Network Using Binary -- Binary ANDing -- The Enhanced Bob Maneuver for Subnetting -- Chapter 2 VLSM -- IP Subnet Zero -- VLSM Example -- Chapter 3 Route Summarization -- Example for Understanding Route Summarization -- Route Summarization and Route Flapping -- Requirements for Route Summarization -- Part II: Introduction to Cisco Devices -- Chapter 4 Cables and Connections -- Connecting a Rollover Cable to Your Router or Switch -- Terminal Settings -- LAN Connections -- Serial Cable Types -- Which Cable to Use? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…LES REPRÉSENTATIONS SOCIALES DES ÉLÈVESGABONAIS SUR LES ÉQUATO-GUINÉENS DANSLE CHOIX D'APPRENDRE L'ESPAGNOLCOMME LANGUE ÉTRANGÈRE EN CLASSE DE 4ÈMELA LITTERATURE AFRICAINE ET SA FONCTIONSOCIALE : ENTRE ÉDUCATION ET DESENCHANTEMENT; LA INCIDENCIA SOCIOECONÓMICADE LA ENSEÑANZA/APRENDIZAJE DEL ESPAÑOLLENGUA EXTRANJERA EN GABÓN; TEATRO PARA LA EDUCACIÓN ESPECIAL EN EL INBA1:UNA HERRAMIENTA PARA FOMENTAR VALORESEN EL ALUMNADO GABONÉS EN CLASE DE ELE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…5 >> Tipus d'internacionalitzacióUNITAT 4; 1 >> Els tributs i la seva finalitat socioeconòmica; 2 >> Els impostos; 3 >> Infraccions i sancions tributàries; UNITAT 5; 1 >> L'impost sobre activitats econòmiques; 2 >> L'IVA; UNITAT 6; 1 >> L'impost sobre la renda de les persones físiques; 2 >> L'impost sobre societats; UNITAT 7; 1 >> Definició i classes de Dret; 2 >> Fonts del Dret; 3 >> L'Ordenament Jurídic; 4 >> Jerarquia de les normes; 5 >> La separació de poders; UNITAT 8; 1 >> L'Administració central. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…L'antic règim i l'estament, versus la revolució liberal i les classes socials3.7. La burgesia, les classes mitjanes i el proletariat lleidatà. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- The Characteristics of Teachers -- The Status and Prestige of Teachers and Teaching -- The Political Orientations of Teachers -- Dimensions of Quality in Teacher Knowledge -- Teachers' Values in the Classroom -- Footnotes to Teacher Leadership -- Sex Segregation and Tokenism among Teachers -- Teacher Behavior -- The Classroom as an Arena of Teachers' Work -- Teachers and Democratic Schooling -- Teachers and Parents -- Teacher Commitment -- Teachers' Beliefs about Student Learning and Motivation -- Teachers and the Politics of History School Textbooks -- Teachers' Emotion Regulation -- Principal and Teachers Relations: Trust at the Core of School Improvement -- Teacher Misbehaviour -- School Administrator Mistreatment of Teachers -- Teacher Life-Cycles -- Tracking Teachers -- Teachers' Work, Power and Authority -- Teachers as Professionals: Salaries, Benefits and Unions -- Teacher Burnout and Teacher Resilience: Assessing the Impacts of the School Accountability Movement -- Teachers and Promotion: Research Evidence on the Role of Gender, Career Intentions, Promotion Criteria and Teacher Satisfaction -- Teachers and Teaching in Comparative Perspective -- Teachers in Comparative Perspective -- Comparative Perspectives On Teachers, Teaching And Professionalism -- Teachers and Teaching in Eastern and Western Schools: A Critical Review of Cross-Cultural Comparative Studies -- Teachers and Teaching in Africa -- Greek Cypriot Teachers and Classroom Diversity: Intercultural Education in Cyprus -- Dimensions of Teaching -- Three Sides of Teaching: Styles, Models, and Diversity -- Creating Productive Learning Environments in Culturally Pluralistic Classrooms -- Justice in Teaching -- Ethics and Teaching -- Teacher Expectations and Labeling -- Teaching in Classrooms -- Teacher–Student Interaction -- Assessment and Examinations -- Classroom Management -- Teachers as Role Models -- Teaching in a Multicultural Classroom -- Teaching in Large and Small Classes -- Teaching and Learning in the Ict Environment -- Effective Teaching: an Emerging Synthesis -- Teaching and Nonverbal Behavior in the Classroom -- Teaching Specific Student Populations -- Teaching at the Secondary Level -- Teaching at Tertiary Level -- Teaching for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) -- Teaching Students With Special Needs -- Teaching Gifted and Talented Children -- Teaching “at Risk” Students: Meeting Their Needs -- Teaching Indigenous Populations -- Single-Sex or Coeducational Classes -- Teaching and the Boy Problem -- The Teaching of Individual Subjects -- The Teaching of Reading -- Teaching History -- Teaching Mathematics -- Teaching Science -- Teaching About Political and Social Values -- Conditions for Promoting Moral and Prosocial Development in Schools -- Teaching a Second Language -- Teaching in Arts Education -- Research on Teaching Health and Physical Education -- Great Debates about Teachers and Teaching -- Keeping Track or Getting Offtrack: Issues in the Tracking Of Students -- High Stakes Testing and Teaching to the Test -- Value-Added Models of Teacher Effects -- Teachers and Teaching During Educational Restructuring and Reforms -- Grade Retention Redux: A Dissenting Perspective -- Teachers and Teaching in an Era Of Heightened School Accountability: A Forward Look…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Modeling with Complex Data in the Primary School -- Two Cases Studies of Fifth Grade Students Reasoning About Levers -- Don’t Disrespect Me: Affect in an Urban Math Class -- How Do Classroom Modling Communities Develop? …”