Edited by the 1991 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this Second Edition includes new chapters covering such applications as capacitance measurements; single-cell PCR measurements; whole-cell recording from brain slices in combination with imaging techniques; atomic force microscopy of cells and membranes attached to glass pipettes; and patch clamping.
Migration, Transnationalization, and Race in a Changing New York by Hector R. Cordero-Guzman, ISBN 1566398886
When you think of American immigration, what images come to mind? Ellis Island. East Side tenements. Pushcarts on Eighth Avenue. Little Italy. Chinatown. El Barrio. New York City has always been central to the immigrant experience in the United States. In the last three decades, the volume of immigration has increased as has the diversity of immigrant origins and experiences. Contemporary immigration conjures up old images but also some new ones: The sweatshops and ethnic neighborhoods are still there, but so are cell phones, faxes, e-mails, and the more intense and multilayered involvement of immigrants in the social, economic, and political life of both home and host societies.
In this ambitious book, nineteen scholars from a broad range of disciplines bring our understanding of New York's immigrant communities up to date by exploring the interaction between economic globalization and transnationalization, demographic change, and the evolving racial, ethnic, and gender dynamics in the...
Migration, Transnationalization, and Race in a Changing New York by Hector R. Cordero-Guzman, ISBN 1566398886
Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
Most learning on the job is informal. This book offers advice on how to support, nurture, and leverage informal learning and helps trainers to go beyond their typical classes and programs in order to widen and deepen heir reach. The author reminds us that we live in a new, radically different, constantly changing, and often distracting workplace. He guides us through the plethora of digital learning tools that workers are now accessing through their computers, PDAs, and cell phones.
Informal Learning: Rediscovering the Natural Pathways That Inspire Innovation and Performance
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How to Start and Run Your Own Bed & Breakfast Inn
Experienced and first-time innkeepers need reliable information to help them meet the challenges of running a successful inn. This book reveals the secrets of the best inns, including information on securing financing, buying and managing the inn, attracting the right guests, developing a business plan, addressing legal and insurance needs, marketing the inn effectively, and locating professional organizations. Revised and updated with new information on computers, the internet, and cell phones.
How to Start and Run Your Own Bed & Breakfast Inn
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An Intelligent Organization: Integrating Performance, Cometence and Knowledge Management by Pentti Sydanmaanlakka, ISBN 1841120480
When everyone in an organization is focused on results it is easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. This book uses the experience of Nokia to develop a frame-work for the organization of the future - one which is efficient, learning and healthy.
An Intelligent Organization: Integrating Performance, Cometence and Knowledge Management by Pentti Sydanmaanlakka, ISBN 1841120480
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