When fossils of birds from China�s Jehol region first appeared in scientific circles, the world took notice.These Mesozoic masterpieces are between 120 and 131 million years old and reveal incredible details that capture the diversity of ancient bird life. Paleontologists all over the world began to collaborate with Chinese colleagues as new and wondrous fossil-related…
Birth Fathers and their Adoption Experiences Virtually all literature about birth parents of adopted children has focused on mothers. In this pioneering study, Gary Clapton gives us a fresh perspective: he recounts the experiences of thirty birth fathers separated from their children at birth. Discussing different notions of fatherhood, such as biological paternity, social fatherhood,…
Birth of an Adoptive, Foster or Stepmother Beyond Biological Mothering Attachments Adoptive, foster and stepmothers, like biological mothers, find their lives completely changed by motherhood although they are not always granted the rights and privileges accorded to those who give birth. Barbara Waterman explores the common experiences that are shared by all those who enter…
Birthing Autonomy brings some balance to the difficult arguments that arise from debates about home births, and focuses on women’s views and their experiences of planning home births. It provides an in-depth exploration of how women make decisions about home births and what aspects matter most to them. Comparing how differently the pros and cons…
Birthmarks Transracial Adoption in Contemporary America”[An] empathetic study of the meanings of cross-racial adoption to adoptees.”�?Law and Politics Book Review Can White parents teach their Black children African American culture and history? Can they impart to them the survival skills necessary to survive in the racially stratified United States? Concerns over racial identity have been…
BiSL®, Business Information Services Library, is het framework voor business informatiemanagement. Dit boek is de officiële beschrijving van BiSL 3de editie. BiSL 3de editie wijkt niet essentieel af van BiSL tweede druk (2012). Daarmee is het framework ‘upwards compatible’. Bestaande BiSL-gebruikers ondervinden geen beperkingen, maar krijgen aanvullende mogelijkheden en informatie aangereikt. Er zijn enkele onderwerpen…
BiSL®, Business Information Services Library, is the framework for business information management. Since the introduction of BiSL, the model has become the standard in Business Information Management (BIM). BiSL offers a structure and guideline for BIM. BiSL establishes connections between operational information management and strategic information management and provides tools for the (further) professionalization of…
Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English.For trainers free additional material of this book is available. This can be found under the “Training Material” tab. Log in with your trainer account to access the material.This book describes a process framework for business information management: the Business Information Services Library (BiSL®) – a…
Note: This book is available in several languages: Dutch, English. Voor trainers is er gratis extra materiaal bij dit boek beschikbaar. Dit is te vinden onder het tabblad ‘Training Material’. Log in met uw trainersaccount om het materiaal te raadplegen. Dit boek is de tweede herziene druk van de officiële uitgave van ASL BiSL Foundation…
Dit boek geeft een beschrijving van de nieuwe generatie van BiSL®, Business Information Services Library. BiSL® Next is een public domain standaard voor business-informatiemanagement met richtlijnen, good practices en praktische templates. Het biedt handvatten voor leidinggevenden die positief staan tegenover de digitalisering en voor degenen die met hen samenwerken, met als uiteindelijke doel om betere…
Effective management of business information is critically important for modern organizations. The Business Information Systems Library (BiSL) is a generic framework which provides an effective solution for business information management. BiSL is a public domain standard which is consistent with ITIL and ASL. This management guide is an easy to use guide about the how…
.The impact of bistatic radar technology on remote sensing is increasing as bistatic systems cross the theoretical threshold into practical embodiment. The wide spectrum of radar applications, including space exploration, defence, transport, aerospace, and meteorology, provides persistent impetus for this progress. This book is dedicated to the more advanced studies in bistatic radar which are…
.Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) is critical for remote sensing. It works day and night, in good weather or bad. Bistatic SAR is a new kind of SAR system, where the transmitter and receiver are placed on two separate platforms. Bistatic SAR is one of the most important trends in SAR development, as the technology renders…
This monograph is the first and an initial introduction to the theory of bitopological spaces and its applications.In particular, different families of subsets of bitopological spaces are introduced and various relations between two topologies are analyzed on one and the same set; the theory of dimension of bitopological spaces and the theory of Baire bitopological…
Within every human as within the whole of creation, there exist major fundamental directive and working energetic programmes. Some call these massive force fields of influence the Archetypes, whilst others call them Morphological Fields. Ancient cultures recognised them as their Gods & Goddesses. These force fields define the blueprints for the building blocks of matter…
Bittersweet Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness One of medicine’s most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent transformation of the disease from a fatal condition into a chronic…