New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

A colour illustrated study of some thirty houses in various rural environments which have been built or converted or rehabilitated for modern comfortable living.

Physical examination, along with history-taking, forms the basis of diagnosis. Interpretation of the information obtained will determine whether further diagnostic tests are worthwhile, and if so, which ones. This book provides students, lecturers and practising doctors with a standard for physical examination.

Physical Diagnostics describes physical examination systematically. The relevant anatomy and physiology are set out, as these provide the basis for the proper technique of physical ex...

All over the world, governments impose punishments on their citizens for transgressions of the criminal law. Consensus exists that this sanctioning should be in accordance with the principle of legality and the rule of law. However, governments around the world struggle with providing foreseeability and non-arbitrariness in their sentencing systems. This continuous struggle raises the question how - and to what extent - foreseeability and non-arbitrariness must be guaranteed. Not only in rela...

Today’s global society – with its fast technological developments, unlimited choice, uncertainty and complexity – requires new knowledge, dispositions and abilities from academically educated legal professionals. This challenges academic legal education to reconsider its theoretical foundations, aims, curriculum and pedagogy.

This research explores how educators in legal education can contribute to the academic development of law students in contemporary times. A reinterpretation of the...

VAT is characterized by a set of very technical rules that are difficult to fathom for non-lawyers. However, economists are interested in the functioning of the VAT system in their analysis of trade transactions.This book provides a clear overview of the VAT-system in the EU. The focus lies on explaining the VAT consequences of economic transactions. The right of deduction has been referred to as the “cornerstone” of the VAT system, through the relationship between input and output one ca...

Are you interested in making a positive social impact? In his book “Society Driven Design” Judah Armani explains the role of design in community development and the role of the designer in the process of social change. In doing so, the book demystifies how design can foster social change and community development.

Based on Armani’s decades-long experience in social innovation the book offers a framework on how to cultivate the conditions for social change. Armani is a designer and educ...

How AI changes the face of the creative industry

Get a deeper understanding of the brilliance and limitations of AI, our added human value on creativity and the future of work in the creative industry.

The creative industry is rapidly evolving due to the rise of artificial intelligence. Some fear that the increase in machine-learning technologies could end human creativity. Seema Sharma, a renowned creative director at one of the world's largest independent communication agencies, believes th...

Wie haspelt er niet met het juiste gebruik van de tijden in het Engels? Daarom is er nu een kaart die met heldere uitleg en duidelijke voorbeelden een goede basis legt voor een juist taalgebruik in die taal. Daarop komen aan bod: het gebruik van de tegenwoordige tijd, de verleden tijd, de toekomende tijd, de voltooid tegenwoordige tijd, de voltooid verleden tijd en de lijdende vorm.

De basiswoorden die je moet kennen voordat je aan klas 4 begint. Dan ben je in klas 3,4 klaar om verder te gaan met Examenwoorden Engels vmbo. Deze lijst van ca. 1500 woorden is bedoeld om thuis en op school te gebruiken als je een woord niet weet. Door met regelmaat woorden op te zoeken en de lijst door te nemen met aandacht voor de woorden die nog niet bekend zijn, zal de leerling zich realiseren dat hij steeds meer weet en dat er elke keer minder woorden zijn die hij nog niet kent. Zo kom ...