Christmas is a special time. A Time of rejoicing, of solemn thanksgiving, of gift-giving, of pleasures both modern and traditional, of feasting and of being together with family and friends. And christmas is a time of special music. What better way to celebrate the birthday of Jesus than to join together and raise our voices in the special songs of Christmas - or to tune our musical songs of Ch…
Freedom of speech and extremism in university campuses are major sources of debate and moral panic in the United Kingdom today. In 2018, the Joint Committee on Human Rights in Parliament undertook an inquiry into freedom of speech on campus. It found that much of the public concern is exaggerated, but identified a number of factors that require attention, including the impact of government coun…
The capacity for sound to be powerfully evocative is unquestionable. An old photograph, or even a silent cine film from one’s childhood, brings back memories and can have strong emotional resonances. Listening to the ‘unseen sound’ of an old audio recording however, can almost without warning, engulf us in the feelings it triggers. The sound of a distant night-time …
Contrary to the widespread perception that the‘spiritual dimension’of health isprimarily related to palliative care and has emerged relatively recently within theWHO, we show in this book that its history is considerably longer and morecomplex. The emergence of a‘spiritual dimension’in WHO discourse wasconnected to aspirations for universal primary healthcare, attempts to delivera more …
At first glance, this book deals with a dry, technical question. The issue of digital records sounds like an unremarkable aspect of our increasingly bureaucratic health-care systems rather than a topic for intriguing discussion. However, our experience of digital records tells a different story. In the academic and pastoral forums in which the issue has been discussed, it h…
Start with Why menggunakan contoh dunia nyata untuk menguraikan konsep Lingkaran Emas yang merangkum pentingnya mengindentifikasi tujuan keberadaan organisasi sebelum hal lainnya, kemudian mengambil tindakan untuk membuat visi menjadi kenyataan. Asal mula perusahaan harus menjadi alasannya. Begitu juga dengan pribadi kita. Setiap orang atau organisasi dapat menjelaskan apa yang mereka lakukan; …
Each year, fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) are consumed in ever-greater quantities, despite the danger of global warming, which makes such large-scale consump-tion unsustainable. The facts of consumption growth are at odds with ever more insistent claims that we are moving to a post-fossil-fuel era. Clearly, the causes of consumption growth are very strong. The purpose of this book is to put t…
Dalam survei ini tidak dijumpai individu orangutan secara langsung, hanya indikasi keberadaannya berdasarkan sarang yang ditinggalkan. Indikasi keberadaan Orangutan tersebut, hanya dijumpai pada kawasan hutan di blok Air Hitam, sementara pada kawasan hutan blok Kendawangan tidak dijumpai indikasi keberadaannya baik dari sarang, suara maupun informasi dari masyarakat. Temuan 4 sarang Orangutan y…
Yerusalem adalah kota universal, ibukota dua bangsa, dan tempat suci tiga agama. Kota warisan berbagai kekaisaran yang di masa kini menjadi medan perang bagi bentrokan peradaban ini dipercayai bakal jadi tempat penghancuran terakhir dunia di Hari Kiamat. Bagaimana kota kecil yang terpencil ini menjadi Kota Suci, “pusat dunia” dan kini menjadi kunci perdamaian di Timur Tengah? Dalam buku ya…
The subject of adaptive filters constitutes an important part of statistical signal processing. Whenever there is a requirement to process signals that result from operation in an environment of unknown statistics, the use of an adaptive filter offers an attractive solution to the problem as it usually provides a significant improvement in performance over the use of a fixed filter designed by …