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Psychiatry and Decolonisation in Uganda (Mental Health in Historical Perspective)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This open access book investigates psychiatry in Uganda during the years of decolonisation. It examines the challenges facing a new generation of psychiatrists as they took over responsibility for psychiatry at the end of empire, and explores the ways psychiatric practices were tied to shifting political and development priorities, periods of...

The Vaal Uprising of 1984 and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa

James Currey, 2021

On 3 September 1984 a bloody uprising set the African townships of the Vaal Triangle aflame. Triggered by dissatisfaction over rent increases and a local government that was failing to provide any meaningful political power or social transformation to the black majority, it heralded the insurrectionary period that was to profoundly...

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time

Penguin Press, 2005

He has been cited by The New York Times Magazine as "probably the most important economist in the world" and by Time as "the world's best-known economist." He has advised an extraordinary range of world leaders and international institutions on the full range of issues related to creating economic success and reducing...

Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2009

The Internet is amazing, but the risks you’ve heard about are real, too. You can avoid being a victim of online crime with the simple steps for staying safe online that you’ll find in Using the Internet Safely For Seniors For Dummies.

Here’s the guide you need to steer safely through the hazards so you can shop,...

Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies

For Dummies, 2010

A full-color directory of must-have iPhone and iPod touch apps!

The App Store allows you to browse and download thousands of applications that were developed with the iPhone SDK and published through Apple. The popularity of iPhone and iPod touch apps is exploding and this handy guide helps you sort through the tens of...

The Linked Photographers' Guide to Online Marketing and Social Media

Course Technology PTR, 2010

"The Linked Photographer's Guide to Online Marketing and Social Networking" is a complete resource for photographers looking to improve their business through social media. This book provides a step-by-step process for getting a photographer's business online, and acts as a reference guide for the variety of online marketing...

Neo4j in Action

Manning Publications, 2014

Summary

Neo4j in Action is a comprehensive guide to Neo4j, aimed at application developers and software architects. Using hands-on examples, you'll learn to model graph domains naturally with Neo4j graph structures. The book explores the full power of native Java APIs for graph data manipulation and...

Integrating Soft Computing into Strategic Prospective Methods: Towards an Adaptive Learning Environment Supported by Futures Studies (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

Springer, 2019

This book discusses how to build optimization tools able to generate better future studies. It aims at showing how these tools can be used to develop an adaptive learning environment that can be used for decision making in the presence of uncertainties. The book starts with existing fuzzy techniques and multicriteria decision making...

Trust, Institutions and Managing Entrepreneurial Relationships in Africa: An SME Perspective (Palgrave Studies of Entrepreneurship in Africa)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

This book highlights the importance of understanding how trust and indigenous African cultural institutions enhance the development of entrepreneurial networks and relationships in Africa. Drawing on institutional theories, the author re-examines the way that entrepreneurial behaviour can be shaped, with a focus on trust, networks...

Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management

Idea Group Publishing, 2006

"This encyclopedia has a breadth and depth that makes it a valuable reference work for anyone." --Prof. Miles Nicholls, RMIT University, Australia

The Encyclopedia of Communities of Practice in Information and Knowledge Management is the leading reference source for dynamic and innovative research in the field of...

New Developments in Categorical Data Analysis for the Social & Behavioral Science

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004

Almost all research in the social and behavioral sciences, and also in economic and marketing research, criminological research, and social medical research deals with the analysis of categorical data. Categorical data are quantified as either nominal or ordinal variables. This volume is a collection of up-to-date studies on modern categorical data...

Strategic Computing: DARPA and the Quest for Machine Intelligence, 1983-1993 (History of Computing)

MIT Press, 2002

This is the story of an extraordinary effort by the U.S. Department of Defense to hasten the advent of "machines that think." From 1983 to 1993, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) spent an extra $1 billion on computer research aimed at achieving artificial intelligence. The Strategic Computing Initiative (SCI) was...

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