A broad introduction to the fundamentals of wireless communication engineering technologiesCovering both theory and practical topics, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies offers a sound survey of the major industry-relevant aspects of wireless communication engineering technologies. Divided into four main sections, the book examines RF, antennas, and propagation; wireless access technologies; network and service architectures; an...

This Element interrogates the complex role of gender in shaping the sociolinguistic variable of UPTALK within Hong Kong English, highlighting its interaction with other sociodemographic factors. Foregrounding gender as a central factor, the Element employs a robust array of methodologies to dissect how gender interacts with social factors, identities, and social types across a sample of sixteen participants. Findings unveil new perspectives on gender-dependent meanings of UPTALK, demonstra...

Organized around the 2024 CACREP Standards, Counseling Individuals Through the Lifespan introduces students to the fundamentals of the counseling process during each stage of human development. Topics such as the client-counselor relationship, counseling theory, research, and interventions are addressed with a focus on caring for the total person within their environment and culture. Emphasizing the importance of intentionality and self-reflection, the chapters in...

As the day of Fiona’s confirmation draws near, Jackie and Shim—and Thora—try to find a way to escape their imprisonments.

This book shows how art therapists can use found objects in their work with clients.Found objects can be a highly affordable, imaginative and creative way of working, and are particularly effective when working with marginalised populations and clients who have experienced trauma. This edited collection contains chapters from a wide variety of contributors from around the world and covers a vast array of topics, including the use of found objects in clinical settings, community and...

No one preaches in a cultural vacuum.The message of what God has done in Christ is good news to all, but to have the greatest impact on its hearers--or even to be understood at all--it must be culturally contextualized.Finding Our Voice speaks clearly to an issue that has largely been ignored: preaching to Asian North American (ANA) contexts. In addition to reworking hermeneutics, theology, and homiletics for these overlooked contexts, Kim...

A week before Fiona's confirmation, her grandmother tells her a story of adventure on the high seas, and reveals a family secret she has been protected from her whole life.

This is the first practice-oriented book to provide professionals with a clear and practical guide in delivering strength-based recovery-oriented CBT intervention. Essentially, strength-based CBT moves away from a deficit and rehabilitation model and offers a person with mental illness a sense of renewed hope and meaning of life. With plenty of case illustrations, the book integrates the recovery model and cognitive-behaviour approaches and provides readers with a theoretical understanding...

Although the author of this play is now famous for writing the most cliché opening line in literature – “It was a dark and stormy night…” (from his 1830 novel, "Paul Clifford" ), this melodrama by Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton was at one time one of the most popular dramas of its day. This story of romance and deception thrilled Victorian audiences. In the 1840’s, the show served as a starring vehicle for the great William Macready and the incomparable Helene Faucit. The plot of “Lady of Lyons’...

Shortlisted for 2024 Canada ReadsFinalist for the 2024 Carnegie Medals for Excellence through the American Library AssociationA moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian eldersBringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, ...

This second edition continues to be the most comprehensive review on the developments in advanced packaging technologies. Experts in the field discuss established techniques, as well as emerging technologies, to provide readers with the most up-to-date developments in advanced packaging. Original chapters on bonding and joining techniques, nanopackaging and biomedical packaging, MEMS and wafer level chip scale packaging, and packaging materials such as lead-free solders, flip chip underfil...

A 2023 Audie Award winner!"Ever careful in his pacing, BD Wong narrates this cybersecurity tale as if he's pitching the story for a movie."- AudioFileA real-life technological thriller about a band of eccentric misfits taking on the biggest cybersecurity threats of our time."What Michael Lewis did for baseball in Moneyball, Dudley and Golden do brilliantly for the world of ransomware and ha...