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Explores Canadian regulators' decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The Canadian decision in 2005 to adopt IFRS is particularly interesting because Canada had well-developed domestic accounting standards and because a significant fraction of Canadian industry was lobb... More

The case describes the challenges that Foxconn faced after a series of suicides took place at its plants. The response of Foxconn's management is presented and the associated implications for Foxconn's stock price are discussed.... More

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Mama Dada is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatrical and cinematic avant-gardes. Since the publication of Stein's major writings by the Library of America in 1998, interest in her dramatic writing has escalated, particularly in American avant-garde thea... More

This timely collaboration by three prominent scholars of media-based performance presents a new model for understanding and analyzing theater and performance created and experienced where time-based, live events, and mediated technologies converge-particularly those works conceived and performed exp... More

This thesis introduces a systematic study on Second Generation (2G) High Temperature Superconductors (HTS), covering a novel design of an advanced medical imaging device using HTS, and an in-depth investigation on the losses of HTS.The text covers the design and simulation of a superconducting Loren... More

Considering Asian cities ranging from Taipei, Hong Kong and Bangkok to Hanoi, Nanjing and Seoul, this collection discusses the socio-political processes of how neoliberalization entwines with local political economies and legacies of ‘developmental’ or ‘socialist’ statism to produce urban contestati... More

This book contains selective chapters from eminent experts working in the interdisciplinary arena of material science and its use in drug delivery. From their recent research experience, the readers can achieve a wide vision on the new and ongoing potentialities of polysaccharides and its applicatio... More

This book systemically presents the latest research on renal fibrosis, covering all the major topics in the field, including the possible mechanisms, biomarkers, and strategies for prevention and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Due to its high prevalence, CKD represents a huge global econ... More

This is the first book in Polity's new 'Urban Futures' series.At the beginning of the twenty-first century, proclamations rang out that gentrification had gone global. But what do we mean by 'gentrification' today? How can we compare 'gentrification' in New York and London with that in Shanghai, Joh... More

Under contemporary capitalism the extraction of value from the built environment has escalated, working in tandem with other urban processes to lay the foundations for the exploitative processes of gentrification world-wide. Global gentrifications: Uneven development and displacement critically as... More

Traveling alone accident was kidnapped only because you look like a person in a small country said he is the ending of ophir reincarnation in this modern world should have a magic a witch these things let yang qiao qiao more let she couldn t believe that their pregnant with the prince of the childre... More

He was the son of the king in the palace and she was a commoner for her sake he was willing to give up the fight for the throne and she but do not want to see their man ordinary life everything in the palace seems calm but to infighting until the day she could stand it no longer she chose to explode... More

Big careless not the least bit of lady s appearance playing with the hands of the small snake the servant girl stood beside her helplessly looking at the front of this daughter gold young lady although is the daughter gold young lady of the prime minister s house but do not have the slightest bit of... More

p p shen yunmeng is a very unlucky through just a cross is facing death threat because of the palace fight be envied her servant girl rainbow in order to save his mother alone to find the master of the shen family shen yunmeng is rescued finally below the help of shen yunmeng s father but shen yu... More

Zheng yuwen without reason through to the ancient times became the ancient emperor s concubine in order to tie up the emperor the empress gave birth to a son often in the emperor s wine drugged what she did not know was that the emperor would not allow her to have a son zheng yuwen such a special wo... More

Fifty thousand years ago met my second master when he was a waste without any man to help him in the family say a word even if it s just a keen practice all these appear in the final analysis because he can t when i see it all i thought of my first host ravaged so i decided to help the youth so i ch... More

She had been through the most humiliating day of her life but her eyes were calm with resentment she is like a dark night rose in the darkness before the dawn quietly quietly waiting for their own bloom waiting for their own bloom take away the sight of all the proud look one day she will take back ... More

International Aid and Democracy Promotion investigates the link between foreign aid and the promotion of democracy, using theory, statistical tests, and illustrative case studies. This book challenges the field of development to recognize that democracy promotion is unlike other development goals... More

The Organometallic Chemistry of N-heterocyclic Carbenes describes various aspects of N-heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) and their transition metal complexes at an entry level suitable for advanced undergraduate students and above. The book starts with a historical overview on the quest for carbenes and ... More

This book addresses the application of process intensification to sustainable energy production, combining two very topical subject areas. Due to the increasing process of petroleum, sustainable energy production technologies must be developed, for example bioenergy, blue energy, chemical looping co... More

The process of investigation is dynamic and fluid. The approach must be reasonable and the investigator flexible. However, in order to be successful, every investigation must have a meaningful purpose and be executed ethically and lawfully.Inevitably, employers must invest time, money, and patience ... More

Drawing on a range of contexts influenced by the Promise Neighborhoods Program—a federal place-based initiative to improve educational outcomes for students in distressed urban and rural neighborhoods—this book outlines effective characteristics and elements for implementing supplementary education.... More

Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to farming and food systems.This concise text offe... More

Savvy advice for adding video to your marketing planVideo marketing is rapidly gaining popularity in online marketing and this fun-but-practical guide presents you with all aspects of video marketing from planning to production to distribution. You'll learn how to create a video strategy, produce an... More