Book Summary: This outstanding resource guide for students and young adults provides an introduction to the history of prescription drug abuse that explains how this problem has arisen and examines the social, political, economic, and health issues associated with prescription drug abuse in modern society. • Explains the dangers associated with the use of prescription drugs for nonmedical purposes • Provides a detailed introduction for readers seeking to learn about the topic of prescription drug abuse and serves as an research tool for school projects • Includes thought-provoking perspective essays from individuals involved in the discussion of how to address prescription drug abuse • Supplies primary source documents in the form of excerpts from laws, administrative rulings, and court cases regarding prescription drug abuse as well as a glossary of key terms used in discussing the topic of prescription drug abuse

Review of Social Change in America : The Historical Handbook 2006. Patricia C. Becker Bernan. 2006. 307p, 1598880128, $75.00

Coeliac disease is an intestinal disorder, requiring patients to maintain a life-long gluten-free diet to ensure better health and reduce the risks of osteoporosis, intestinal lymphoma and other associated diseases. Patients must have access to clear information about the disease and about what foods are safe to eat, detect foods that contain gluten and make adjustments that need to be made to their diet. There is very little well designed information currently available for Coeliac patients. Eating out and shopping in supermarkets can become a nightmare. A User-centred design approach was used to generate information and insights on the Coeliac disease and patients' needs to conceptualise, design and evaluate an information handbook that is both functional and pleasurable to use. Questionnaires, interviews and focus groups were used to generate empirical data that guided a participative design process before the evaluation of the handbook. This project consists of a handbook as practical work that represents the main body of applied research. The practical work and the exegesis constitute 50% each of the thesis value.

<p>Abstract:</p><p>It is important to determine the optimal living accommodations depending on which stage of life a person is in. The authors of this paper present, with the help of previous studies, five different stages in life. They have also been in contact with eleven experts within the following areas: the house or apartments design such as architecture, the human beings´ private sphere, the area surrounding the living accommodations, environmental issues and energy consumption and the municipal standards and law regarding production and the building and restoration of old and new real-estate.</p><p>Purpose:</p><p>This paper aims to construct a handbook that covers the optimal living accommodations depending on in which lifecycle the focus is on .The handbook which has been developed, aims to help the people who operate on this market to coordinate their different areas of knowledge to provide the optimal living accommodations for each lifecycle.</p><p>Method:</p><p>A feasibility study has been carried out with the purpose of finding experts within each area mentioned above and also to have them be part of the semi-structured interviews that have been carried out.</p><p>Conclusions:</p><p>There are a lot of different factors which affects the way people wish to live. The conclusions made in this paper presents a handbook with recommendations on how cityplanners, politicians and contractors can offer the optimal living accommodations depending on different factors that influence the way we live, together with different stages of life.</p>

Abstract: It is important to determine the optimal living accommodations depending on which stage of life a person is in. The authors of this paper present, with the help of previous studies, five different stages in life. They have also been in contact with eleven experts within the following areas: the house or apartments design such as architecture, the human beings´ private sphere, the area surrounding the living accommodations, environmental issues and energy consumption and the municipal standards and law regarding production and the building and restoration of old and new real-estate. Purpose: This paper aims to construct a handbook that covers the optimal living accommodations depending on in which lifecycle the focus is on .The handbook which has been developed, aims to help the people who operate on this market to coordinate their different areas of knowledge to provide the optimal living accommodations for each lifecycle. Method: A feasibility study has been carried out with the purpose of finding experts within each area mentioned above and also to have them be part of the semi-structured interviews that have been carried out. Conclusions: There are a lot of different factors which affects the way people wish to live. The conclusions made in this paper presents a handbook with recommendations on how cityplanners, politicians and contractors can offer the optimal living accommodations depending on different factors that influence the way we live, together with different stages of life.

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Coeliac disease is an intestinal disorder, requiring patients to maintain a life-long gluten-free diet to ensure better health and reduce the risks of osteoporosis, intestinal lymphoma and other associated diseases. Patients must have access to clear information about the disease and about what foods are safe to eat, detect foods that contain gluten and make adjustments that need to be made to their diet. There is very little well designed information currently available for Coeliac patients. Eating out and shopping in supermarkets can become a nightmare. A User-centred design approach was used to generate information and insights on the Coeliac disease and patients' needs to conceptualise, design and evaluate an information handbook that is both functional and pleasurable to use. Questionnaires, interviews and focus groups were used to generate empirical data that guided a participative design process before the evaluation of the handbook. This project consists of a handbook as practical work that represents the main body of applied research. The practical work and the exegesis constitute 50% each of the thesis value.

The thesis deals with teaching of the geography of religion in geography lessons at the 2 nd stage elementary school. The main objective of the thesis is to create design of own teaching material focusing on the geography of religion. The first part deals with the characteristics of selected religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the inclusion of religion in the context of geography and geography in elementary school curriculum and teaching methods. Another part is an evaluation of the geography textbooks with the current clause, the Ministry of Education for a given topic. The last part of the thesis contains own draft training material focused on the geography of religion produced in two versions version for teachers and version for pupils.

Book review of `Kenya Coast Handbook. Culture, resources and development in the East African littoral`by Jan Hoorweg, Dick Foeken & R. A. Obudho.

Advanced Swahili students as well as teachers of Swahili will surely appreciate the new German Swahili - Handbook published recently. This handbook fills a gap in Swahili teaching materials. Thirteen authors, each of them being a specialist in the given Swahili field, have been collectively working on the volume.