With the sun straight overhead, the vacationers point their car toward the town of Barreirinhas, not far from the promised paradise of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses, a national park since 1981. The road is nearly deserted, the land-scape dotted by only a few villages, some scattered adobe houses, and a bar here and there. Large expanses of land have been burned off to give way to…
This book is about purpose or rather the achievement of purpose, whichis the realization of the highest form of aspiration of any organization orindividual.It is the argument of this bookthat the real battle our globalized worldis facing today is not between liberalism and protectionism, or betweenChina and the United States, or between globalization and nationalism,but rather between a sense o…
Terrified of speaking in front of a group? Or simply looking to polish your skills? No matter where you are on the spectrum, this guide will give you the confidence and the tools you need to get results. Written by presentation expert Nancy Duarte, the HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations will help you: Win over tough crowds Organize a coherent narrative Create powerful messages and vi…
When Sir Rowland Winn, fifth baronet, inherited Nostell Priory in Yorkshire in 1765, he promptly sacked James Paine, the architect employed by his father, and brought in Robert Adam to create fashionable neoclassical interiors. The rooms were filled with Chippendale furniture; paintings by the renowned Italian artist, Antonio Zucchi, adorned the walls; a…
After cutting into small fragments of their DNA, millions of reads of 100 bases in length and in both directions of reading (forward and reverse) were performed for each of the sixteen plants, also called accessions. Thus, for each accession, a library of short sequences of its genome was obtained. We could compare them to bags containing the pieces of a puzzle that must be assembled…
Generation Z (Gen Z) is the young generation born between the mid-1990s and 2010s. Currently, they enter the market, starting their first jobs. Therefore, managers need to shape the company workplace environment to encourage young employees to work efficiently and for them to connect their future with the company. Only then will both managers and employees share mutual satis…
Wood modification represents an assortment of innovative processes currently being adopted in the wood protection sector. Though many aspects of these treatments are known, the fundamental influence of the process on product performance, the environment, and end of life scenarios remain relatively unknown. It is essential to integrate interactive assessment of process parameters, developed prod…
This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the question of esports and their role in society. A diverse group of authors tackle the impact of esports and the ways in which it has grown within the entertainment industry around the world. Chapters offer a coherent response to the following questions: What role do esports play in the entertainment industry? What communication skills can be le…