“…It forms a unit together with the catalog “Central European Schools III (Bohemia - Moravia - Silesia - Hungary, ca 1350–1400)” published in 2004, and completes the investigations concerned with the art of book illumination in the Central and Eastern regions during the second half of the 14th Century Der Katalog ist jenen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek gewidmet, die für König Wenzel IV. (1361–1419) und den Prager höfischen Kreis entstanden sind. …”

“…But their growing numbers and visibility reflected the dramatic social, cultural and political changes taking place in Australia and New Zealand in the second half of the twentieth century. This book is the first in-depth study of media portrayals of well-known Indigenous women in Australia and New Zealand, including Goolagong, Te Kanawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Dame Whina Cooper. …”

“…At one time, sociologists were centrally concerned with morality, issues like social cohesion, values, the goals and norms that structure society, and the ways individuals get socialized to reproduce those concerns. In the last half-century, however, explicit interest in these topics has waned, and modern sociology has become uninterested in these matters and morality has become marginalized within the discipline. …”

“…They summarize the latest developments in their respective areas. More than half of the papers belong to search theory which lies on the borderline of mathematics and computer science, information theory and combinatorics, respectively. …”

“…How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? …”

“…The examples include logical operations, counters of different moduli, half adders, full adders, a carry lookahead adder, array multipliers, different types of Moore and Mealy machines, and arithmetic logic units (ALUs)…”

“…He was a partner in conversation with many of the leading Jewish cultural or political figures of the first half of the century including David Ben-Gurion, Chaim Nahman Bialik, Martin Buber, and Simon Dubnow. …”

“…Today, between one-third and one-half of all new disability benefit claims are for reasons of mental ill-health, and among young adults that proportion goes up to over 70%. …”

“…Young people (aged under 30) constitute more than half (55%) of the population across MENA, compared with 36% of the population across OECD countries. …”

“…Income inequality is higher than in any OECD country and redistribution through taxes and benefits is almost negligible. In addition, half a century of internal conflict and violence has displaced a significant part of the population, and many of them are living in extreme poverty. …”

“…Although a relatively recent phenomenon, in 2009 more than half of all OECD countries reported the existence of a dedicated unit of some kind. …”

“…A statistically significant break date is found in the late 1990s only if the upper scenario materialises in the future, which means that despite a clear pick-up in productivity growth in the second half of the 1990s, the size of the hump is not still large enough compared with past variation to make this change a statistically significant break. …”

“…The simulations highlight that half of OECD countries can reduce excess debt mainly through moderate adjustments to instruments (such as subsidies, pensions or property taxes) that have at most limited side-effects on other policy objectives. …”

“…Toronto is also one of the most diverse metropolitan regions in the world: half of its population is foreign born and it hosted 40% of all immigrants to Canada during 2001-2006. …”

“…While women account for more than half of university graduates in several OECD countries, they receive only 30% of tertiary degrees granted in science and engineering fields. …”

“…You'll start by breaking down the historical, societal and political context for the changes in focus of that ‘smartness’ from affordability, efficiency, convenience to recently experimentation. The second half of the book then reviews what current developments tell us about what our homes will look like in the next 10 years through the lens of spaces, services, appliances and behaviours in our homes. …”

“…You will learn about the neurological aspects and limitations of human vision and perception; about our attachment to harmony and dissonance, such as visual harmony, musical harmony; and about our brain’s propensity towards pattern recognition and how we perceive the world cognitively. In the second half of the book you will focus on the practical application of what you have learned, specific to interaction and interface design. …”

“…While end-of-life care services help improve quality of life through relieving pain and other symptoms, currently, there are substantial gaps in the provision of services. More than half of deaths still occur in hospital across OECD countries, despite home generally being the preferred place of death, because of lack of appropriate services and poor care co-ordination. …”

“…McGuinness provides the reader with an overview of the history of Catholicwomen religious in American life, from the colonial period to the present.The earlyyears of religious life in the United States found women religious in immigrantcommunities and on the frontier, teaching, nursing, and caring for marginalizedgroups. In the second half of the twentieth century, however, the role of womenreligious began to change. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- A Confession and a Promise from the Author -- Aligning the Two Leadership Powers -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Part 1 How to Become the Leader You Want to Be -- Chapter 1 Define Your Top -- Chapter 2 Sustain at the Top -- Chapter 3 The Future Is of a Meta-Leader -- Chapter 4 Unleash the Meta-Leader from Within -- Chapter 5 It Takes More Than Performance -- Part 2 Using Your Leadership Powers -- Power 1 Great Leaders Are Mind Readers -- Power 2 Radiate Positive Relational Energy -- Power 3 Focus on Your Game -- Power 4 Develop the Ability of Distanced Thinking -- Power 5 Work Like an Immigrant -- Power 6 Be Unpredictable -- Power 7 Bet on Yourself -- Power 8 Attract Your Sponsors -- Power 9 Sow and Reap Continuously -- Power 10 Play Big -- Power 11 The Devil Is in the Feedback -- Power 12 Train Your Brain to Say No -- Power 13 Go for the Impossible -- Power 14 Avoid Shiny Object Syndrome -- Power 15 Use Your Million-Dollar Asset -- Power 16 Build Your Brand -- Power 17 Make Speed Your Best Friend -- Power 18 Optimize Your Weekends -- Power 19 Take Your People with You -- Power 20 Play Politics, but Come Out Clean -- Power 21 Cut the Cord at the Right Time -- Power 22 Build Emotion Strength -- Part 3 It's Not Lonely at the Top: It's Lonely All the Way to the Top -- It's Not Lonely at the Top, It's Lonely All the Way -- Index…”