Rebecca is a 54-year-old divorcee with two daughters, a wicked sense of humour and a zest for life.""One night she is brutally attacked and ends up in a coma, her life hanging by a thread. Rebecca's daughters rally by her bedside, but are disheartened by her condition. But Rebecca is having another experience altogether. She awakens in a magical place called Jess. A place where eternal youth is as natural as the perfect way of life. Then her problems begin. Rebecca finds herself in the middle of the countryside wearing nothing but her hospital gown. Her usual good mood is replaced by extreme embarrassment when she has to board a bus driven by a surly man who said he would take her home. She can't remember how she got there, let alone where she lives. This thought-provoking novel will make you question whether Jess is just a dream town or if Rebecca is Crossing Dimensions.
Volume 5 This is a new and enlarged edition of Ben Rampton's ground-breaking study of sociolinguistic processes in urban youth culture. It focuses on language crossing - the use of Panjabi by adolescents of African-Caribbean and Anglo descent, the use of Creole by adolescents with Panjabi and Anglo backgrounds, and the use of stylized Indian English. Its central question is: how far and in what ways do these intricate processes of language sharing and exchange help to overcome race stratification and contribute to a new sense of mixed youth, class and neighbourhood community? Ben Rampton produces detailed ethnographic and interactional analyses of spontaneous speech data, and integrates the discussion of particular incidents with theories of discourse, code-switching, social movements, resistance and ritual drawn from sociolinguistics, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies. Vivid descriptions of adolescent life in youth clubs and school playgrounds provide an important insight into the ways in which young people manage to 'live with difference', and full consideration is given to crossing's critical implications for education policy.
Second in a series of publications from the Institute of Medicine's Quality of Health Care in America project Today's health care providers have more research findings and more technology available to them than ever before. Yet recent reports have raised serious doubts about the quality of health care in America. Crossing the Quality Chasm makes an urgent call for fundamental change to close the quality gap. This book recommends a sweeping redesign of the American health care system and provides overarching principles for specific direction for policymakers, health care leaders, clinicians, regulators, purchasers, and others. In this comprehensive volume the committee offers: A set of performance expectations for the 21st century health care system. A set of 10 new rules to guide patient-clinician relationships. A suggested organizing framework to better align the incentives inherent in payment and accountability with improvements in quality. Key steps to promote evidence-based practice and strengthen clinical information systems. Analyzing health care organizations as complex systems, Crossing the Quality Chasm also documents the causes of the quality gap, identifies current practices that impede quality care, and explores how systems approaches can be used to implement change.
Unveil the enigmatic complexities of our universe with "Crossing Borders: The Intrigue of Multi-Dimensionality". This profound exploration will guide you through the mystifying concept of Multi-Dimensionality, probing its origins, its role in modern physics, and its captivating possibilities.The book delves into the concept of dimensions beyond the familiar three, visually and mathematically guiding you through the implications of higher dimensions on space and time. From String Theory and Dimensionality to the M-Theory Model and Kaluza-Klein Theory, enrich your mind with multi-dimensional models, understanding the current theories and their implications.Experience adventure and contemplation as you learn about potential pathways to accessing higher dimensions and explore the interactions that could arise with them. Discover how quantum physics intertwines with multi-dimensionality through engaging discussions on quantum entanglement, superposition, and the uncertainty principle.Ponder the place of multi-dimensional beings in the universe, exploring intriguing concepts of higher-dimensional life, their hypothetical characteristics and possible encounters with such beings. Delve into extra-dimensional spaces, philosophical views on multi-dimensionality, and its possible spiritual implications.Emerse in consciousness theories tied to multi-dimensionality, unfold the concept of space-time folding, and venture into cosmic dimensions. Peruse the impact of multi-dimensionality on art and literature with lively examples, and thrill at the possibilities of advanced multi-dimensional research."Crossing Borders: The Intrigue of Multi-Dimensionality" is an endearing compilation that brings together various aspects of knowledge. Whether a layman seeking to understand the basics or a seasoned theorist looking for in-depth treatment of the subject, this book is an excellent pick. Open your mind to an intriguing exploration of the multidimensional universe! So, cross your dimensional borders today and plunge into this enlightening journey through the labyrinth of extra dimensions!
Fundamentals of Technical Graphics concentrates on the main concepts and principles of technical graphics. The book is divided into two volumes: volume one contains chapters one to five, whereas volume two comprises of chapters six to ten. Volume one covers the topics of drafting guidelines, free hand sketching, computer design drafting (CDD) systems, geometric and shape construction, and standard multiview drawing creation. Volume two treats the topics of auxiliary views, section views, basic dimensioning, isometric drawings, and working drawings. The appendices provide introductory discussions about screw fasteners, general and geometric tolerancing, and surface quality and symbols. The book is written with current drafting standards of American National Standards Institute/American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ANSI/ASME) in mind. The style is plain and discussions are straight to the point. Its principle goal is meeting the needs of first- and second-year students in engineering, engineering technology, design technology, and related disciplines.
Are there better ways to address community challenges than expending funds on international service-learning?In attempting to wed learning and service, are we are exploiting the “other” for new, or recycled, aims?As these questions attest, of all types of service-learning, international service-learning (ISL) most starkly illuminates the tensions between the liberatory and oppressive potentials of practice.This book explores the ramifications of realizing a new age of service-learning that pushes beyond single episodic course-based projects to rebalance student learning and community outcome priorities, and provides insight into what it looks like in its execution. In describing eleven international programs designed to achieve reciprocal, sustained relationships in which learning is co-created, the contributors reveal their struggles to change the balance of power relationships and move to a more transformative practice. Common themes are the developmental nature of this work; the recognition that it takes multiple attempts, often over years, for an individual or an institution to get this work even nearly right; that resolving the challenges of unequal resources, power, and privilege can never be completely erased; and that attention has to be given to the micro-level details.What emerge are seven guiding principles that define the nature of partnerships in liberatory practice, and that apply to all forms of service learning. They must be: strategic--linked to the mission and expertise of the institution; long-term; multifaceted--allowing both partners to play a multiplicity of roles; developmental in building capacities; contextualized in historic and cultural understanding; fully reciprocal; and create the potential for community-driven change.In addressing the problematic nature of ISL, and of service-learning in general, this book interrogates whether its experiences create the necessary conditions for the formation of individual values, convictions, and action; and whether their pivotal teaching and learning moments are indeed replicable and transferable across individual, institutional and even cultural contexts. Its conclusions and insights will be of intense interest to administrators and practitioners alike.
Discrete geometry has been among the fastest growing fields of mathematics in the last decades. One of the most fascinating objects studied in discrete geometry are k-sets. Not only are they extremely difficult to understand but they also play an important role in estimating the running time of several geometric algorithms. This thesis presents developments in three areas related to k-sets. First, it examines the circle containment problem of Urrutia and Neumann-Lara and reveals its relationships to geometric partitioning problems and centre regions. Next, it investigates k-sets in low dimensions and generalises the k-edge crossing identity of Andrzejak et al. to the sphere. Last, it studies conflict-free colourings of geometric hypergraphs and extends many results on this topic to more restrictive list colouring variants.
Shalom and Dean find themselves in the confusing world of the other person and now must figure out how to rescue their loved ones from certain destruction.
This popular text, now in its fourth edition, “unpacks” the various dimensions of literacy—linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental—and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded. Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and “hands-on” activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures. Changes in the Fourth Edition • Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning • More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction • Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies • Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text • Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout
