Authors:Melody Chia-Wen Lu, Wen-Shan Yang,
Publisher: Amsterdam University Pre
Keywords: issues, social, aup, iias, publications, patterns, demographic, cross, border, marriage, migration, asian
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1969-12-31
ISBN-10: 9089640541
ISBN-13: 9789089640543

Despite active scholarly interest in the phenomenon of cross-border marriage migration between Southeast and East Asia—a majority of which marriages are between men from wealthier regions and women from regions that are less economically developed—we know very little about who these women are and why they choose to marry and migrate. This volume provides an overview of the demographic patterns and social issues related to cross-border marriage in the past two decades, as well as case studies that consider the living experiences and strategies of cross-border families in the host

Author: Raymond A. Pyles
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: life, cycle, patterns, consumption, material, aircraft, usaf, workload, aging
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2003
ISBN-10: 0833033492
ISBN-13: 9780833033499

Current United States Air Force (USAF) plans are to retain aircraft fleets for unprecedentedly long service lives, which may be as long as 80 years. The safety, aircraft availability, and cost implications of that fleet-retention policy are unknown. This study is part of Project AIR FORCE

Author: Diana G Oblinger
Publisher: Educause
Keywords: generation, net, educating
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2005-06-23
ISBN-10: 0967285321
ISBN-13: 9780967285320

This book will help educators make sense of the many patterns and behaviors are seen in the Net Generation but not quite understood. Educating the Net Generation is a privilege and a challenge. They expect a great deal of us, just as we do of them. To find the right balance point, we need to understand each other well. We hope this book helps as you educate the Net Generation-and as they educate us.

Authors:Andi Gutmans, Stig Bakken, Derick Rethans,
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Keywords: open, source, series, perens, bruce, power, programming, php
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 2004-11-06
ISBN-10: 013147149X
ISBN-13: 9780131471498

From the Back Cover"This book, written by my colleague, Andi Gutmans, and two very prominent PHP developers, Stig Bakken and Derick Rethans, holds the key to unlocking the riches of PHP 5. It thoroughly covers all of the features of this new version, and is a must have for all PHP developers interested in exploring PHP 5's advanced features"—Zeev Suraski, Co-Designer of PHP 5 and Co-Creator of the Zend Engine Expert PHP 5 programming techniques, direct from PHP 5 co-creator and key developers Definitive coverage of the PHP object model, design patterns, XML/SOAP integration, and more Solid int

Authors:David Batten, David F. Batten,
Publisher: Westview Press
Keywords: economies, evolve, learn, agents, artificial, economics, discovering
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-10-01
ISBN-10: 0813397707
ISBN-13: 9780813397702

Discovering Artificial Economics is an informal introduction to the ideas of modern systems theory and self-organization as they apply to problems in the economic realm. David Batten interleaves anecdotes and stories with technical discussions, in order to provide the general reader with a good feel for how economies function and change. Using a wealth of examples from evolutionary game theory, to stock markets, to urban and traffic planning, Batten shows how economic agents interact to produce the behavior we have come to recognize as economic life. Despite the book’s easy-to-read style

Author:
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: terror, war, steps, years, three
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037528
ISBN-13: 9780833037527

In the early 1990s, patterns in terrorism began to change. In particular, while the number of terrorist events was declining, the lethality was growing. This growth in terrorism was largely fueled by religious and millennial motivations. Three years after September 11, many studies by scores of institutions have been undertaken to find new ways of dealing with the evolving challenge of terrorism. On September 8, 2004, upon the approach of the third anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the RAND Corporation held a conference in Washington, D.C., to share the resu

Author: Mark Burles Abram N. Shulsky
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: china, patterns
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2000
ISBN-10: 0833028049
ISBN-13: 9780833028044

The People’s Republic of China has often used force in ways that surprised and perplexed other countries. The Chinese appear to believe that, by carefully designing military operations to achieve maximum political effect, they can successfully use force even when the overall military balance is unfavorable. China’s past successes in using force in this way while avoiding a massive reaction from its adversaries may give it confidence that it can succeed in the future as well. And China may feel that it can afford to accept greater risks. Many of the past uses of force occurred when