Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Colonization and fishing in Australia, New Zealand and the United States -- 3 State-Indigenous contention, decolonization and environmental justice -- 4 Political opportunities and obstacles: the legacies...

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Prologue -- 2 Subjective well-­being: happiness and life satisfaction in India and South Africa -- 3 Mental health: depression, anxiety, and anger in the US -- 4 Domestic violence:...

A practical comparison of-and expert guidance on-IFRS and GAAP written by a practicing controller International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are used in over 120 countries. US companies will inevitably encounter IFRS when evaluating the financial health of suppliers and customers. IFRS...

In Development, Security, and Aid Jamey Essex offers a sophisticated study of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), examining the separate but intertwined discourses of geopolitics and geoeconomics. Geopolitics concentrates on territory, borders, and strategic political and...

An overview of the intended and unintended effects of U.S. agricultural and biotechnology policies / Joshua S. Graff Zivin and Jeffrey M. Perloff -- Agricultural policy -- The buck stops where? The distribution of agricultural subsidies / Barry K. Goodwin, Ashok K. Mishra, and François...

Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. One near-term option for using biomass to generate electricity is to cofire biomass in coal-fired electricity plants. This report focuses on two aspects of biomass use: plant-site modifications, changes in...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION -- TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY WORKERS AND FAMILY LIFE -- 1 THE LONG REACH OF THE JOB -- 2 MULTITASKING AMONG WORKING FAMILIES -- 3 COMING TOGETHER AT DINNER -- THE MISFIT BETWEEN OLD WORKPLACES AND A NEW WORKFORCE -- 4 CUSTOMIZING CAREERS...

A new, lucid approach to the formulation of accounting policies for tax reporting Unraveling the layers of complexity surrounding the formulation of accounting policies for tax reporting, Taxation of US Investment Partnerships and Hedge Funds: Accounting Policies, Tax Allocations and Performance...

The Malthusian Moment locates the origins of modern American environmentalism in a twentieth-century revival of interest in Thomas Malthus's theory of population growth, shedding new light on some of the big stories of postwar American life: the role of the federal government, urban and suburban...

FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Foundation for Change -- 2 Improving the Air Transportation System -- 3 System Modeling and Simulation -- 4 Improving Aircraft Performance -- 5 Process for Change -- Findings, Recommendations,...