This collection of essays comprises cultural analyses of practices of eremitism and reclusiveness in the USA, which are inseparably linked to the American ideals of individualism and freedom.  Meer

This is the first of two thematically arranged volumes with papers that were presented at the "World Conference of Pluricentric Languages and their non-dominant Varieties" (WCPCL).  Meer

Practitioners in process industry have to increasingly adapt their global production networks to changes in the competitive environment. A majority of the supply network design models proposed by academia do not sufficiently capture the questions that have to be resolved.  Meer

The volume is a selection of papers on a wide range of topics in the area of medieval language and literature. The linguistic papers cover a wide range of problems from phonology to grammar, semantics and pragmatics.  Meer

The authors in this volume present a new point of view related to research methods and techniques in public relations and advertising. The book seeks to provide a research guide that covers topics including selecting and writing a research subject, data collection, and analysis selection for beginner researchers.  Meer

The Fifth International Workshop on Security (IWSEC 2010) was held at Kobe InternationalConferenceCenter,Kobe,Japan,November22–24,2010. Thewo- shop was co-organized by CSEC, a special interest group concerned with the computer security of the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) and ISEC,atechnicalgroupconcernedwiththe informationsecurityofTheInstitute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE).  Meer

In recent years, the Fourier analysis methods have expereinced a growing interest in the study of partial differential equations. In particular, those techniques based on the Littlewood-Paley decomposition have proved to be very efficient for the study of evolution equations.  Meer