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This text is not just another reader on death, but rather a carefully developed book, created specifically for those persons whose major interests are either death education, death counseling, or, of course, both. The audience which this book addresses include: persons who have had either experience in death counseling or education or previous academic work; those who are contemplating professional work in the field or who are already in the process of developing this area as one of their fields of competence; and individuals who are already either counselors or educators or otherwise involved in the fields of mental health or education and who wish to learn more about the relationship of death and grief to their work.
What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which have transformed the way we live. Societies that have undergone all four transitions emerge into an era of radically different population dynamics, food surpluses (and waste), abundant energy use, and expanding economic opportunities. Simultaneously, in other parts of the world, hundreds of millions remain largely untouched by these developments. Through erudite storytelling, Vaclav Smil investigates the fascinating and complex interactions of these transitions. He argues that the moral imperative to share modernity's benefits has become more acute with increasing economic inequality, but addressing this imbalance would make it exceedingly difficult to implement the changes necessary for the long-term preservation of the environment. Thus, managing the fifth transition--environmental changes from natural-resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and global warming--will determine the success or eventual failure of the grand transitions that have made the world we live in today.
Richard R. Jr. Brennan,Charles P. Ries,Larry Hanauer,Ben Connable,Terrence K. Kelly
Author : Richard R. Jr. Brennan,Charles P. Ries,Larry Hanauer,Ben Connable,Terrence K. Kelly Publisher : Rand Corporation Page : 635 pages File Size : 48,8 Mb Release : 2013-11-05 Category : Political Science ISBN : 9780833080486
Ending the U.S. War in Iraq by Richard R. Jr. Brennan,Charles P. Ries,Larry Hanauer,Ben Connable,Terrence K. Kelly Pdf
Ending the U.S. war in Iraq required redeploying 100,000 military and civilian personnel; handing off responsibility for 431 activities to the Iraqi government, U.S. embassy, USCENTCOM, or other U.S. government entities; and moving or transferring ownership of over a million pieces of property in accordance with U.S. and Iraqi laws, national policy, and DoD requirements. This book examines the planning and execution of this transition.
Final Cut Pro X has literally rocked the film and video-editing world by completely re-imagining the inherent concepts of nonlinear editing. For many editors and users of the previous versions of Final Cut Pro, it is like starting anew and learning a brand-new program. Those experienced with previous versions of Final Cut and other non-linear editors such as iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Avid Media Composer already understand the basic concepts of editing and are now looking for a quick guide to getting started. In this useful, cut-to-the-chase guide to the program, popular trainer and Final Cut guru Larry Jordan takes these experienced users through all the components of the software, from importing footage and organizing media to export and sharing. Along the way, they’ll learn the best ways to edit footage and add transitions, effects, and filters, do basic color correcting, work with audio, and utilize a variety of HD workflow techniques, to name a few. Within a weekend, users will learn the best ways to start editing in this groundbreaking program in this must-have guide.
Death has always been a misunderstood subject, feared as the final demise of one's consciousness. But, death is simply the movement of consciousness from one reality to another. There is no end to your existence. The Death Transition is a book that answers questions on pre-death and after-death experiences. It describes step-by-step experiences which will be encountered by an individual upon death. A book for readers who are curious about the destiny of their existence after physical death.
Nonadiabatic transition is a highly multidisciplinary concept and phenomenon, constituting a fundamental mechanism of state and phase changes in various dynamical processes of physics, chemistry and biology, such as molecular dynamics, energy relaxation, chemical reaction, and electron and proton transfer. Control of molecular processes by laser fields is also an example of time-dependent nonadiabatic transition. Thus, nonadiabatic transition represents one of the very basic mechanisms of the mutability of the world. This book has been written because the complete analytical solutions to the basic problem have recently been formulated by the author. Contents:Introduction — What is “Nonadiabatic Transition”?MultidisciplinarityHistorical Survey of Theoretical StudiesBackground MathematicsBasic Two-State Theory for Time-Independent ProcessesBasic Two-State Theory for Time-Dependent ProcessesTwo-State ProblemsEffects of Dissipation and FluctuationMulti-Channel ProblemsMulti-Dimensional ProblemsComplete Reflection and Bound States in the ContinuumNew Mechanism of Molecular SwitchingControl of Nonadiabatic Processes by an External FieldConclusions: Future Perspectives Readership: Graduate students and researchers in molecular physics, atomic physics, physical chemistry and theoretical physics. Keywords:Nonadiabatic;Transition
The best-selling guide for coping with changes in life and work, named one of the 50 all-time best books in self-help and personal development Whether you choose it or it is thrust upon you, change brings both opportunities and turmoil. Since Transitions was first published, this supportive guide has helped hundreds of thousands of readers cope with these issues by providing an elegantly simple yet profoundly insightful roadmap of the transition process. With the understanding born of both personal and professional experience, William Bridges takes readers step by step through the three stages of any transition: The Ending, The Neutral Zone, and, eventually, The New Beginning. Bridges explains how each stage can be understood and embraced, leading to meaningful and productive movement into a hopeful future. With a new introduction highlighting how the advice in the book continues to apply and is perhaps even more relevant today, and a new chapter devoted to change in the workplace, Transitions will remain the essential guide for coping with the one constant in life: change.
Author : John David Jackson Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Page : 421 pages File Size : 42,6 Mb Release : 2023-08-31 Category : Science ISBN : 9781119880417
A Course in Quantum Mechanics Unique graduate-level textbook on quantum mechanics by John David Jackson, author of the renowned Classical Electrodynamics A Course in Quantum Mechanics is drawn directly from J. D. Jackson’s detailed lecture notes and problem sets. It is edited by his colleague and former student Robert N. Cahn, who has taken care to preserve Jackson’s unique style. The textbook is notable for its original problems focused on real applications, with many addressing published data in accompanying tables and figures. Solutions are provided for problems that are critical for understanding the material and that lead to the most important physical consequences. Overall, the text is comprehensive and comprehensible; derivations and calculations come with clearly explained steps. More than 120 figures illustrate underlying principles, experimental apparatus, and data. In A Course in Quantum Mechanics readers will find detailed treatments of: Wave mechanics of de Broglie and Schrödinger, the Klein-Gordon equation and its non-relativistic approximation, free particle probability current, expectation values. Schrödinger equation in momentum space, spread in time of a free-particle wave packet, density matrix, Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem. WKB formula for bound states, example of WKB with a power law potential, normalization of WKB bound state wave functions, barrier penetration with WKB. Rotations and angular momentum, representations, Wigner d-functions, addition of angular momenta, the Wigner-Eckart theorem. Time-independent perturbation theory, Stark, Zeeman, Paschen-Back effects, time-dependent perturbation theory, Fermi’s Golden Rule. Atomic structure, helium, multiplet structure, Russell-Saunders coupling, spin-orbit interaction, Thomas-Fermi model, Hartree-Fock approximation. Scattering amplitude, Born approximation, allowing internal structure, inelastic scattering, optical theorem, validity criterion for the Born approximation, partial wave analysis, eikonal approximation, resonance. Semi-classical and quantum electromagnetism, Aharonov-Bohm effect, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations, gauge invariance, quantization of the electromagnetic field, coherent states. Emission and absorption of radiation, dipole transitions, selection rules, Weisskopf-Wigner treatment of line breadth and level shift, Lamb shift. Relativistic quantum mechanics, Klein-Gordon equation, Dirac equation, two-component reduction, hole theory, Foldy-Wouthuysen transformation, Lorentz covariance, discrete symmetries, non-relativistic and relativistic Compton scattering.
Transition: The Final Journey by Stella McMillan,Beverly June Bree Pdf
Transition - The Final Journey - reveals the truth behind our never-ending quest towards full understanding and complete enlightenment. The path of the Spiritual Warrior is as compelling as it is arduous.What happens when we cross-over at the precise moment of our final transition from this current physical life? Where do we go? Do we join a forever-long queue formed by those who have passed through the veil of physical death ahead of us as we wait to be processed? And, what was the purpose of this life that we have endured and enjoyed prior to this moment?There are those who believe that everything turns to black and they exist no longer from that moment onwards. Others accept that a great Master-of-Light will be waiting to greet them on arrival. At the moment when we come face-to-face with True Reality, our current consciousness will determine whether we descend into fear; or, we simply lift the light veil-of-illusion that is separating these two realities.Perhaps, there is another explanation that only the Spiritual Warrior can comprehend? The final transition that Mary underwent in Part One of Transition - The Final Journey - may throw some light on the matter for those who are seeking more understanding and enlightenment than is available currently. Mary watched closely as all of her family members and friends came to the acceptance that Mary existed no longer in physical form on Earth. She could not understand what had happened and why she was surveying everyone from a detached reality while her grieving loved ones were unaware of her presence amongst them. Watching her own funeral from that somewhat-removed vantage point while standing beside her husband and her children was a shattering experience as she witnessed their pain at losing her. In Part One, Mary takes instruction from her Spirit Guide, Gerard, as he tries to explain the process of her physical death to her gently and where she can expect to proceed from that point. Gerard guides Mary in a caring and loving manner as she comes to the realisation that she has left her physical existence of fifty-five years permanently and she has returned to her ongoing spiritual life that is never-ending. He reveals her spiritual name to her. Finally, Gerard takes her to her permanent home in his reality as Mary attempts to come to terms with the enormity of what has occurred to her. Part Two of Transition - The Final Journey - provides a series of Discourses from Onoraus, another Spiritual Guide, who gives a detailed description of life at an earlier time on Earth, namely at the time of the Essenes at Qumran. There are other Discourses and Meditation suggestions from another Spirit Guide, Constella, and these hint at hidden spiritual truths that only the Spiritual Warrior can access from within during meditation. Part Three outlines the Tenets of the LAW OF ONE for those who are prepared to seek a deeper understanding of the reason why we incarnate on Earth. Following these Tenets closely can lead to greater spiritual awareness for the seeker. Part Four of Transition - The Final Journey - provides a Series of Discourses from many Masters-of-Light who have trodden Earth's stage in times long past. The wisdom of their words cannot be denied. These words of wisdom will be questioned by some. Others will embrace these secret and sacred truths fully. Once discovered, the secret and sacred truths cannot be passed on to anyone. Those who discover these hidden truths will know this as fact.The final section of the book outlines our need for self-healing and a detailed method is provided for those who are anxious to proceed beyond the physical aspect of life and to embrace fully this self-healing process for their own benefit. Practised daily, these exercises can assist greatly in overcoming difficulties faced in physical life. An Author's Note at the conclusion of Book Three offers a comprehensive explanation of why we are here at this time in physical embodiment.
Electronic Structure and Properties of Transition Metal Compounds by Isaac B. Bersuker Pdf
With more than 40% new and revised materials, this second edition offers researchers and students in the field a comprehensive understanding of fundamental molecular properties amidst cutting-edge applications. Including ~70 Example-Boxes and summary notes, questions, exercises, problem sets, and illustrations in each chapter, this publication is also suitable for use as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Novel material is introduced in description of multi-orbital chemical bonding, spectroscopic and magnetic properties, methods of electronic structure calculation, and quantum-classical modeling for organometallic and metallobiochemical systems. This is an excellent reference for chemists, researchers and teachers, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students in inorganic, coordination, and organometallic chemistry.
Social Development and Societies in Transition by Stewart MacPherson,Hoi-Kwok Wong Pdf
First published in 1998, this volume features case studies which reflect the central mission of the ICSW (International Council on Social Welfare) to advance social justice, welfare and development. Contributors including practitioners, policy makers and academics have produced articles rich in reflections on real-life projects and experiences, representing countries at various stages of economic and social development. Issues discussed include poverty alleviation, social development trends in late 20th century Asia, and opportunities and education for women and the disabled, along with international priorities for social welfare and development.
Youth Labor in Transition by Jacqueline O'Reilly,Janine Leschke,Renate Ortlieb,Martin Seeleib-Kaiser,Paola Villa Pdf
Exacerbated by the Great Recession, youth transitions to employment and adulthood have become increasingly protracted, precarious, and differentiated by gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Youth Labor in Transition examines young people's integration into employment, alongside the decisions and consequences of migrating to find work and later returning home. The authors identify key policy challenges for the future related to NEETS, overeducation, self-employment, and ethnic differences in outcomes. This illustrates the need to encompass a wider understanding of youth employment and job insecurity by including an analysis of economic production and how it relates to social reproduction of labor if policy intervention is to be effective. The mapping and extensive analysis in this book are the result of a 3½-year, European Union-funded research project (Strategic Transitions for Youth Labour in Europe, or STYLE; http://www.style-research.eu) coordinated by Jacqueline O'Reilly. With an overall budget of just under 5 million euros and involving 25 research partners; an international advisory network and local advisory boards of employers, unions, and policymakers; and non-governmental organizations from more than 20 European countries, STYLE is one of the largest European Commission-funded research projects to exist on this topic. Consequently, this book will appeal to an array of audiences, including academic and policy researchers in sociology, political science, economics, management studies, and more particular labor market and social policy; policy communities; and bachelor's- and master's-level students in courses on European studies or any of the aforementioned subject areas.
