Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

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Published: 1991

Total Pages: 1460

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Lists citations with abstracts for aerospace related reports obtained from world wide sources and announces documents that have recently been entered into the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Database.

Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security
Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security

Author: Irene Petrosillo

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-10-02

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1402065884

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This book examines environmental security from the perspective of landscape sciences, identifying the forces that threaten environmental security at all levels. It stems from the last five years of the Pilot Study Project on Use of Landscape Sciences for Environmental Assessment sponsored by the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society. Readers explore concepts of environmental security from subjective and objective perspectives.

Shadows of the Prophet
Shadows of the Prophet

Author: Douglas S. Farrer

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-06-05

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 140209356X

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This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice, the author provides a major contribution to the study of Malay culture.

A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language
A Dictionary of the Yoruba Language

Author: Nigeria University Press

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 484

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Based upon the nineteenth century standard work on the Yoruba language, and first ever English-Yoruba, Yoruba-English dictionary, this new edition has been revised and enlarged considerably. The dictionary contains about 50,000 references and translations; Yoruba pronunciation guidance; examples of how words are used; contemporary meanings and interpretations; and reference to grammatical usage and parts of speech. There is also an extensive list of commonly occurring birds, plants and trees, translated from Yoruba into English alongside their botanical equivalents.

Creativity and Mental Illness
Creativity and Mental Illness

Author: James C. Kaufman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2014-08-07

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 1107021693

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This book re-examines the common view that a high level of individual creativity often correlates with a heightened risk of mental illness.