A discussion of the rapid tooling (RT) technologies under development and in use for the timely production of moulds and manufacturing tools. It describes applications within various leading companies and guides product and manufacturing process development groups on ways to reduce investments of money ... more »

Throughout the 1990s, pictures of Albanian youngsters studying in makeshift classrooms became a symbol of Serbian state repression in Kosovo. The establishment of so-called parallel education in private houses and businesses in Kosovo became part of Albanian resistance to Serbian rule and an important ... more »

This is a book for the Single European Market and for the real estate professionals operating within it. The real estate industry is europeanising rapidly in anticipation of the SEM, with potentially even greater European integration under the provisions of the Maastricht Treaty of European Union. more »

Flexibility and Lifelong Learning have become key aspects of education policy in nation states and bodies such as the European Union and Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development in recent years. They are positioned as necessary for the knowledge economy and social inclusion. The failure to ... more »

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Universities need to better understand their students. Student Engagement in Campus-based and Online Education presents a new analysis of the contemporary student experience. It maps out an approach for understanding online learning in campus-based education. With illustrative case studies to augment ... more »

A Choice Best Academic book in its first edition, The Recorder remains an essential resource for anyone who wants to know about this instrument. This new edition is thoroughly redone, takes account of the publishing activity of the years since its first publication, and still follows the original organization ... more »

Contrary to the expectations of many people, China's recent economic growth has not led to the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party. In fact, the party has recently carried out a peaceful and orderly transition to the so-called fourth generation of leadership, has revitalized itself, and created a ... more »

Spanning a wide array of topics relating to the diagnosis and treatment of cerebrovascular disease, this reference collects the latest studies and recommendations from a team of 75 leading authorities on the subject-including the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the treatment of acute ischemic ... more »

Monetary policy has become one of the most contested areas of modern economics. Governments have come to see prudent monetary policy as essential to the control of inflation and hence to sustained economic growth, yet the processes by which this can be translated into practice remain controversial. In ... more »

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This book asks whether foreign aid can help post-communist societies to steer their technological innovation systems in more environmentally sound directions. It examines the legacy of Soviet-type innovation systems, then looks at opportunities for greener innovations in post-communist Poland. more »