Long before she was one of the Little Rock Nine, Melba Pattillo Beals was a warrior. Frustrated by the laws that kept African-Americans separate but very much unequal to whites, she had questions: Why couldn't she drink from a whites only fountain? Why couldn't she feel safe beyond home-or even within the walls of church?...

WE Make Stuff HAppen (WEMSHA)! The purpose of this workbook is to help you progress from the "what" of project management to the "how". That is to "make stuff happen". That's the essence of our training at our corporate learning portal - TAPUniversity....

We are taught that external conditions or people are to blame for our illnesses and pain. While other people and situations can affect the quality of your energy field---it is within your power to train your mind and emotions, and adapt your inner feelings, to let go of whatever is hurting you....

This book resets the agenda on trafficking. The Trafficking of Nepalese women to India for various purposes has a long history and is an extremely sensitive issue, linked to gender, migration, poverty, work, sex, money, power and violence....

This book analyses the ways in which the trajectory of development in Indonesia affects the poor who work in the urban informal sector....

Humla is a remote and mountainous district situated in the north-west corner of Nepal, bordering with China. Humlis belong to the Chhetri-Thakuri, and Dalits social groups of the Indo-Aryan language group and to the Lama social group of the Tibeto-Burman language group....

Over the past few decades, many populations in Asia are aging rapidly. With this demographic transformation, the support and care needs of the growing sector of older adults are pressing concerns that need to be addressed. The main source of support for older Asians has traditionally come from the family, but its sustainability is now in question....

Within the free will debate there are traditionally two competing arguments: determinism and freewill. These two diametrically opposed views are embedded in modern theories on crime, in particular where positivists fiercely criticise libertarianist criminology....

Today’s youth face an escalating range of problems, from exposure to violence to substance abuse and sexuality issues. An increasing number of professionals who work with youth are choosing group work as a primary intervention....

There exists a gap between the field of clinical psychology and the concepts and practice of astrology. The validity of the use of astrological interpretations of personality is not accepted in mainstream psychology despite the fact that psychology can trace its origins back to astrological principles that precede it by thousands of years....

Injuries among Children and Young Adults remain major morbidity and mortality causes worldwide. While actual extent of the problem remains unclear, urgent action is needed to stay the growing burden and impact among children and young adults....

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an incurable neurotraumatic catastrophe that afflicts mostlyyoung individuals with resultant functional impairment of varying degrees of severity....

This book presents a study which explored the types of fears entrepreneurs’ experience, the relationship between fear and business success, as well as some interventions that could be useful for increasing fear management capabilities. This mixed methods research surveyed and interviewed small business owners in the Southwestern United States....

Business and information systems managers are often tasked to justify investments in new information technologies (IT) as levers for promoting business performance. This book empirically investigated the relationship between business and information systems strategies and performance in Nigerian manufacturing firms....

This study is designed to explore anti-inflammatory potential of Aegiceras corniculatum and its mechanism of action against various pro-inflammatory mediators....