Brill mai 2004 (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Amidst the euphoria about the new frontiers of technology sometimes perceived as a panacea for expansion of higher education in developing countries, there is a need to analyze persistent and new grounds of unequal opportunity for access, learning, and the production of knowledge. This volume addresses fundamental questions about the educational process such as: - The use of technology in higher education for a holistic educational system for social development- The actual technological capacity in Africa and possibilities for virtual higher education- Cultural relevance of the curriculum and pedagogy- Pedagogy and gender in cyberspace education- Perils of externally-driven distance education programs in Africa and the quest for ownership towards development- Challenges and opportunities in the making of knowledge society in an Asian context- Strategies to promote constructive virtual higher education in Africa and Asia.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a comprehensive resource for theory, research and action in health education and health promotion. The authors describe strategies and actions for health education and health promotion based on theories for understanding, predicting and changing behavioural, social and environmental determinants of health. The book also offers a conceptual framework for planning, evaluation and research and discusses ethical issues in health promotion. Health education and health promotion is addressed to bachelor and masters students, scholars, practitioners, policymakers and change managers. It offers a useful guide for a variety of professional and volunteer organisations and their workers, such as health service managers and environmental health officers, community nurses and dieticians, midwives and paediatricians, dentists, general practitioners, epidemiologists as well as psychologists, sociologists and social workers. This is a useful guide for all those who carry the field close to their heart and who are willing to invest in the promotion of health.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Companies in food- and agribusiness chains and networks are facing ever-faster changes in the business environment, to which they must respond through continuous innovation. Societal concerns regarding animal welfare and environmental issues have to be met in a very competitive, increasingly global environment. The growing concern of consumers regarding the quality, traceability and environmental friendliness of products and processes call for fundamentally new ways of developing, producing and marketing products. New ways of organizing food supply networks, with new ties between firms and even between formerly separate sectors -such as the health and the food sector- are needed to cope with these new demands. This publication focusses on the dynamic response to these changes in chains and networks. Important topics include among others: critical success factors for design and control of innovative chains and networks, globalization of the business environment, effects of institutional and policy change, governance structures, technologies for managing interaction and design of information architectures for chains and networks.'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story of Apollonius King of Tyre has rightly been called the most popular romance of the Middle Ages. From Iceland to Greece, from Spain to Russia, versions of this novel are recorded. It is the variation among the Latin versions and the numerous vernacular adaptations that make this story especially interesting. Shakespeare used and adapted it in his Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Its plot continues to fascinate us. Incest, deception, pirates, famine, sex and shipwreck form its tasty ingredients. Its links with the Greek novel, which today stands in the centre of scholarly interest, are striking.In this book the author attempts to show that the novel originated in Greece, or more precisely Asia Minor, possibly in Tarsus. A graffito from Pergamum and a coin struck in Tarsus at the time of Caracalla's visit (215 AD) support his conviction. All these aspects make the present book attractive to scholars of many different disciplines.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains a detailed grammatical description of the spoken Aramaic dialect of the Jewish communities in the towns of Sulemaniyya and ?alabja in North Eastern Iraq. It also includes a transcription of oral texts recorded in the dialect.The grammar is based on extensive fieldwork carried out among native speakers. It consists of sections on phonology, morphology and syntax. There is also a study of semantic fields in the lexicon of the dialect and full glossaries of lexical items.This Aramaic dialect, which belongs to the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic group, has never been described before. The Jewish communities left Sulemaniyya and ?alabja in the 1950s and the dialect is now on the verge of extinction.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Engel sind allgegenwärtig in der Alltagswelt: in der Popkultur, in der Sphäre von Kommerz und Reklame. Aber auch Schriftsteller, Philosophen und bildende Künstler der Gegenwart arbeiten mit diesem Motiv und seinen Konnotationen. Es gibt verschiedenste Engelstypen. Trotz intensiver scholastischer Bemühungen entziehen sie sich wohl der endgültigen Klassifikation. Entsprechende Rätsel gibt das Interesse an ihren Funktionen und ihrer Physiologie auf. Befragt man das kulturelle Gedächtnis Europas, so lassen sich bestimmte Engels-Typen auch in ihren historisch wechselnden Gewändern wiedererkennen: Informationsübermittler, Schutzengel, Schreiberengel, Engel des Erinnerns und des Vergessens. Ihre Spuren sind von alttestamentarischer Zeit bis in die Gegenwart verfolgbar. Im vorliegenden Band werden verschiedene dieser Spuren in der Philosophie, der Literatur, der bildenden Kunst aufgenommen.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This volume thoroughly analyses the Neoplatonic sources and background of Gregory of Nyssa's eight Homilies on the Beatitudes according to the most preeminent themes: human virtue, knowledge of God and Self, negative theology, God's sublimity, ?p??e?a and ?µ???s??, the mutual relationship of the virtues, the Logos as physician, the essence of beauty, the contemplation of the universe, unification. The study complements the first commentary of the homilies published in Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae vol. 52 and provides a deep and rich mine of specialised knowledge in a field that is particularly important for the understanding of Gregory's thought.…