Talk about Faith: How Debate and Conversation Shape Belief by Stephen Pihlaja
English | Jan 31, 2021 | ISBN: 110847599X | 200 pages | PDF | 1 MB
How do people of faith use language to position themselves, and their beliefs and practices, in the contemporary world? This pioneering and original study looks closely at how Christians and Muslims talk to people inside and outside of their own communities about what they think are the right things to believe and do. From debates, to podcasts and YouTube videos, the book covers a range of engaging texts and contexts, showing how doctrine and beliefs are not nearly as fixed and static as we might think, and that people are prone to change what they say they believe, depending on who they are talking to. From abortion, to hell, to whether it's okay to sell alcohol, Pihlaja investigates how Christians and Muslims struggle with different elements of their own faith, and try to make decisions about what to do when there are so many different voices to believe.
Alicia Cook, "Sorry I Haven't Texted You Back"
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1524860522 | 240 pages | EPUB | 40.7 MB
Sorry I haven't texted you back, (I've been anxious and depressed) I haven't had time to catch my breath, you know how life gets.
Webster, "Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0752499076 | 168 pages | EPUB | 6.1 MB
The city of Glasgow, formerly one of the largest industrial centres in the world, was once responsible for building about one-quarter of the world's railway locomotives. This was complemented by a massive urban railway network: the second largest in the UK. However, the Beeching Report of 1963 inevitably took its toll on Glasgow. This book examines the changing face of Glasgow's railways ever since, starting with the period of rationalisation and industrial decline that followed. It also explores the revival enjoyed in the latter half of the 20th century, with lines re-opened and modern rolling stock being introduced.
Phytotoxicity of Nanoparticles by Mohammad Faisal
English | PDF | 2018 | 407 Pages | ISBN : 3319767070 | 11 MB
This book provides relevant findings on nanoparticles' toxicity, their uptake, translocation and mechanisms of interaction with plants at cellular and sub-cellular level. The small size and large specific surface area of nanoparticles endow them with high chemical reactivity and intrinsic toxicity.
On the Basis of Morality (Hackett Classics) by Arthur Schopenhauer, translated by E. F. J. Payne
English | June 1, 1999 | ISBN: 0872204421 | EPUB | 226 pages | 16.9 MB
Schopenhauer's treatise on ethics is presented here in E. F. J. Payne's definitive translation, based on the Hubscher edition (Wiesbaden, 1946-1950). This edition includes an Introduction by David Cartwright, a translator's preface, biographical note, selected bibliography, and an index. For convenient reference to passages in Kant's work discussed by Schopenhauer, Academy edition numbers have been added.
Madness and Genetic Determinism: Is Mental Illness in Our Genes? by Patrick D. Hahn
English | EPUB | 2019 | 193 Pages | ISBN : 3030218651 | 0.38 MB
The book covers important topics in the psychiatric genetics (PG) field. Many of these have been overlooked in mainstream accounts, and many contemporary PG researchers have omitted or whitewashed the eugenic and "racial hygiene" origins of the field. The author critically analyzes PG evidence in support of genetic claims which, given the lack of gene discoveries, are based mainly on the results of psychiatric twin and adoption studies. Given that the evidence in favor of genetic influences is much weaker than mainstream sources report, due to serious issues in twin and adoption research, the author points to environmental factors, including trauma, as the main causes of conditions such as schizophrenia.
Language Literacy and Science: Enhancing Engagement and Achievement in Science
English | 2021 | ISBN: 9811640009 | 79 Pages | PDF | 4 MB
This book presents the findings of two case studies in the 'Making Connections' two-year project funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. It shows how science literacy was improved in a state coeducational school with Pacific Island students from diverse linguistic backgrounds. This book details ideas and strategies relevant to schools where English literacy has an impact on the science engagement and achievement of ethnically diverse student populations. It also presents the teaching as inquiry model and its usage by teachers to improve aspects of their teaching strategies.
Knocking Combustion of Methane-Based and Highly Knock Resistant Liquid Fuels
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3658351772 | 165 Pages | PDF | 7 MB
Marcel Eberbach provides insight into the investigations of the knocking behavior of methane-based fuels and compares them with the knocking behavior of very high knock resistant liquid fuels during engine combustion. With pressure-based knock detection algorithms and thermodynamic evaluation, the atypical knocking combustion phenomena are evaluated with respect to the abnormalities on the heat release curve. Based on the investigated fuels an engine specific relation between the fuel index numbers (RON and MN) and the actual knock resistance of the fuels by means of the motor methane number was established and applied to the investigated gaseous and liquid fuels during knocking combustion.
Judah Folkman: A Biography by Domenico Ribatti
English | PDF | 2018 | 124 Pages | ISBN : 3319926322 | 3.1 MB
The aim if this book is to analyze the scientific biography of Judah Folkman, one of the most important scientist of the last century. More 50 years ago, Folkman found a revolutionary new way to think about cancer. Blood supply, Folkman hypothesized, was the key to tumor growth. Without new blood vessels, tumors simply did not thrive. In 1971, Folkman published his theory of angiogenesis in the "New England Journal of Medicine".
International Teachers' Lived Experiences: Examining Internationalised Schooling in Shanghai
English | 2021 | ISBN: 3030786854 | 219 Pages | PDF EPUB | 8 MB
This book explores the emerging and under-researched phenomenon of internationalised schooling in China. It focuses on a group of "accidental" teachers who fell into teaching through happenstance or necessity, a group of teachers increasingly seeking refuge in Chinese Internationalised Schools. Chinese Internationalised Schools cater to an affluent middle class in China, offering some form of international curriculum which is taught by host country Chinese nationals and expatriate teachers. Chapters focus on three dimensions of teachers' lived experiences of working in these schools: the intercultural, which explores teachers' negotiations of intercultural teacher identities; the precarious, which highlights the struggles they might face at work; and the resilient, which illustrates how teachers survive-and even thrive-in the position. The author identifies a complex interplay between surviving and thriving, giving rise to the concept of "sur-thrival."