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Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state
The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking the welfare state : a ref...
3A571139051.jsonld
Managing to improve public services
The agenda for public service improvement / Jean Hartley and Chris Skelcher -- Does governance perform? Concepts, evidence, causalities, and research strategies / Chris Skelcher -- Performativity, management and governance / Paul M. Collier -- Critical assessment of performance measurement for policy making / Michael ...
3A1604848642.jsonld
Perspectives on U.S. energy policy : a critique of regulation
Mitchell, E. J. U.S. energy policy.--MacAvoy, P. W. and Pindyck, R. S. Price controls and the natural gas shortage.--Mancke, R. B. Performance of the Federal Energy Office.--Mitchell, E. J. and Chaffetz, P. R. Toward economy in electric power
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Verfahren zur Gewinnung von Wirkstoffen aus heimischen Gewürzpflanzen unter Anwendung tiefer Temperaturen : Schlußbericht zum InnoRegio-Verbundprojekt ; Bearbeitungszeitraum: 01.06.2002 - 31.07.2004
Fluidized bed freeze drying of plant matter, experimental investigations, plant engineering and constructions
3A250810875.jsonld
Untersuchung der Morphologie und der chemischen Bindungsverhältnisse plasmabehandelter organischer Grenzflächen und Schichtsysteme : Schlußbericht des BMBF-Vorhabens
Biphenol A carbonate, injection moulding, spin coating, plasma etching, SF6, Ar, metallisation, Al ECR plasma, microwave plasma, photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS, scanning force microscopy, SFM, force spectroscopy, noncontact mode, contact mode, mass spectroscopy
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Writing and seeing architecture
Destruction -- Can we think without language? -- The power of dreams -- Passion fixe -- "Manufacturability" -- Adventure of language, time, body -- Memories/sleep -- Intervention/Cézanne -- Afterword : for the musicians!
3A393677109.jsonld
The Bible in Western culture : the student's guide
In the beginning -- The history of Israel -- Poetry and wisdom literature -- The prophets -- The birth and childhood of Jesus -- The ministry and teaching of Jesus -- The death and resurrection of Jesus -- The early church -- The book of Revelation (the Apocalypse)
3A782548091.jsonld
Elites and politics in Central and Eastern Europe (1848 - 1918)
"The volume deals with the evolution and metamorphoses of the political elite in the Habsburg lands and the neighbouring countries during the long 19th century. It comprises fourteen studies, compiled by both renowned scholars in the field and young researchers from Central and Eastern Europe. The research targets main...
3A816991588.jsonld
Model-based engineering of an automotive adaptive exterior lighting system : realistic example specifications of behavioral requirements and functional design
Model-based engineering is a well-established approach to cope with the complexity of today's embedded systems. Furthermore, model-based engineering can address industry needs for highly automated development solutions to foster correctness of safety-critical systems. In contrast, there is a vital lack of accessible sp...
3A37305324X.jsonld
CO-Sensoren für wasserstoffreiche Gase : Schlussbericht zum BMBF Verbundprojekt: Wasserstofferzeugung in Mikrosystemen ; Teilprojekt: Sensorentwicklung
CO-sensor, SnO2, Methanol reformer, fuel cell, PEM, H"-rich athmosphere, reducing athmosphere, gas analysis
3A390321117.jsonld
Information Technology Auditing : an evolving agenda
An evolving agenda of Information Technology Auditing is subject of this book. The author presents various current and future issues in the domain of IT Auditing in both scholarly as well as highly practice-driven manner so as to make those issues clear in the mind of an IT auditor. The aim of the book is not to delve ...
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Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur experimentellen Quantifizierung der Schadstoff-Quellstärke für Lockermaterial: CO2-beeinflusste Mobilisierung anorganischer Schadstoffe : Projekt ; Schlussbericht ; Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 01.10.2000 bis 31.12.2003
leachate prognosis, source term, column experiments, non-saturated conditions, CO2, electrical conductivity
3A50773176X.jsonld
The Columbia guide to African American history since 1939
Presenting a multifaceted approach to understanding the central developments in African American history since 1939, this volume combines an historical overview, essays on specific facets of the African American experience, and a chronology of events. An A-to-Z listing provides information on various movements and figu...
3A503640301.jsonld
British Buddhism : teachings, practice and development
This book provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the UK, including the Forest Sangha (Theravada) and the Samatha Trust (Theravada), the Serene Reflection Meditation tradition (Soto Zen) and Soka Gakkai (both originally Japanese), the Tibetan Karma Kagyu and New Kadampa traditions and Friends of t...
3A371294487.jsonld
Mac OS X Panther in a nutshell : [a desktop quick reference]
Complete overview of Mac OS Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2) including basic system and network administration features, hundreds of tips and tricks, with an overview of Mac OS X's Unix text editors and CVS
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From traditional to group hegemony : the G7, the liberal economic order and the core-periphery gap
Introduction--group hegemony -- The group hegemon -- Too many CEOs? -- Maintaining the status quo -- Integration and the gap -- The downfall of group hegemony
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Bilanzierung von Umweltchemikalien bei der biologischen Vorbehandlung von Restabfällen, Phase 2: Emissionen, Schadstoffbilanzen und Abluftbehandlung : Abschlußbericht ; BMBF-Verbundvorhaben: Mechanisch-biologische Vorbehandlung von zu deponierenden Abfällen ; Teilvorhaben 4/3
Mechanical-biological pretreatment (MBP), Residual solid waste, balance of environmental pollutants, VOC, TOC, MVOC, NMVOC, Gaseous Emission Control, Biofilter, Greenhouse gas
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin : a casebook
Introduction / Elizabeth Ammons -- Letter to Frederick Douglass / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Letter to William Lloyd Garrison / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Letter to Mrs. Follen / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Does public opinion protect the slave? / Harriet Beecher Stowe -- What is to be done? Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Everybody...
3A244453667.jsonld
European integration and supranational governance
Integration, supranational governance, and the institutionalization of the European polity / Alec Stone Sweet and Wayne Sandholtz -- The path to European integration : a historical-institutional analysis / Paul Pierson -- The institutional terrain of the European Union / Neil Fligstein and Jason McNichol -- From free t...
3A477549292.jsonld
Modeling foundations of economic property rights theory : an axiomatic analysis of economic agreements ; with 5 tables
This book offers a unique comprehensive, technically in-depth, and up-to-date treatment of modeling economic agreements by applying recent results of advanced algebras, representation theory, theory of categories, and transmutation theory. The importance of a new concept of agreements, as introduced here, is derived fr...
3A477549225.jsonld
Frontiers in superconducting materials
Present status of High Tc theory.- Superconductivity of MgB2.- High Tc Cuperates - Thin Film Processing, Atomic Layer Controlled Deposition.- Magnetic Superconductors.- Rutheno-Cuprates.- Superconducting Magnesium Diboride: Theoretical Aspects.- Flux Pinning in MgB2.- Superconducting Fullerides.- Overview.- Organic Sup...
3A391256718.jsonld
Information ethics : privacy and intellectual property
Information technology and ethics/theory -- Intellectual property rights -- Technology's impact on ethics -- Privacy vs security -- The healthcare industry -- Codes of ethics
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Masculine interests : homoerotics in Hollywood films
Masculine interests -- Oedipus in Africa : The lion king -- To "have known ecstasy" : hunting men in The most dangerous game -- Friendship and its discontents : The outlaw -- Looking for the "great whatsit" : Kiss me deadly and film noir -- Midnight cowboy's backstory -- Innerspace -- Batman and Robin -- My own private...
3A390843636.jsonld
Schlussbericht zum Projekt Global Info, SFM2, Dateninteraktives Publizieren, Teilprojekt: Interaktive Publikation und Nutzung von 3D-Messdaten : Förderzeitraum: 1.7.1999 - 31.12.2001
Primary data, interaction with 3D-data, publication of 3D-data, VRML, world-wide data exchange, DI-VEECO, DME, SEIKO, SPIP, WSxM, KfG
3A376231122.jsonld
Teaching teachers : building a quality school of urban education
Foreword / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Preface / Nicholas M. Michelli -- The bizarre, complex, and misunderstood world of teacher education / Joe L. Kincheloe -- Teachers as philosophers : the purpose of foundation courses in education / Mordechai Gordon -- A tree grows in Brooklyn : schools of education as brokers of soci...
3A515099104.jsonld
Encyclopedia of mission and missionaries
The "Encyclopedia of Missions and Missionaries" examines the nature and effects of missionary work around the world and throughout history, analyzing how secular and clerical people from major religions (especially Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam) have brought social changes along with words of a new faith.
3A545799872.jsonld
Infinite system of Brownian balls with interaction : the non-reversible case
We consider an infinite system of hard balls in Rd undergoing Brownian motions and submitted to a smooth pair potential. It is modelized by an infinite- dimensional Stochastic Differential Equation with an infinite-dimensional local time term. Existence and uniqueness of a strong solution is proven for such an equation...
3A588775584.jsonld
Continuing the diversity journey : business practices, perspectives and benefits
Many companies are rapidly realizing that the promotion and management of workplace diversity can be a vital strategic resource for competitive advantage, not only for multinationals but also for SMEs, supporting organizations and bodies concerned with business education and promotion. This publication brings together ...
3A483499005.jsonld
Bourgeois nightmares : suburbia, 1870 - 1930
Suburbia, 1870-1930 : the quest for permanence -- Bourgeois nightmares : fears of almost everyone and everything
3A363021582.jsonld
Mathematische Modellierung der Populationsdynamik von genetisch veränderten Mikroorganismen am Beispiel von Baculoviren : Forschungsbericht 29889418
Baculovirus, Autographa californica MNPV, AcMNPV, Cydia pomonella granulovirus (CpGV), codling moth, population dynamics, mathematical model, risk assessment
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Social emergence : societies as complex systems
Emergence, complexity, and social science -- The third wave of social systems theory -- The history of emergence -- Emergence in psychology -- Emergence in sociology -- Durkheim's theory of social emergence -- Emergence and elisionism -- Simulating social emergence with artificial societies -- Communication and improvi...
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In the space of reasons : selected essays of Wilfrid Sellars
Inference and meaning -- Some reflections on language games -- Language as thought and as communication -- Meaning as functional classification : a perspective on the relation of syntax to semantics -- Naming and saying -- Grammar and existence : a preface to ontology -- Abstract entities -- Being and being known -- Th...
3A865163359.jsonld
Getting respect : responding to stigma and discrimination in the United States, Brazil, and Israel
Introduction -- chapter 1. Accounting for differences -- chapter 2. The United States -- chapter 3. Brazil -- chapter 4. Israel -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Methodology -- Appendix 2. Tables of frequency of experiences with and responses to stigmatization and discrimination by respondents "Racism is a common occurrence...
3A683373617.jsonld
Housing density
Housing Density Housing construction for the greatest number is an indicator of the social character of a society. Most people want to live in a single-family house. Is it possible to realize the qualities of single-family housing in high-density construction? Almost 400 students of the Vienna University of Technology ...
3A515021024.jsonld
A sociology of spirituality
Introduction / Kieran Flanagan -- Spirituality : some disciplinary perspectives / Peter R. Holmes -- The spiritual revolution : another false dawn for the sacred / David Voas and Steve Bruce -- The holistic milieu and spirituality : reflections on on Voas and Bruce / Paul Heelas -- Beyond secularisation versus sacralis...
3A370804732.jsonld
Ancient Greek athletics
Introduction -- The world of Greek athletics -- The origins of Greek athletics -- The crown competitions: the events at Olympia, Delphi, Nemea, and Isthmia -- The sites of the crown competitions -- The Olympic games, 300 B.C.: a reconstruction of a festival -- The money games at Epidauros, Athens, Larissa, and Sparta -...
3A517658453.jsonld
The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational
Offers an account of the forerunner of the modern multinational: the British East India Company (1600-1874). This book shows how the East India Company pioneered the model of the corporation that we see in modern times. It also articulates that the Company's legacy shows how essential it is to break-up the contemporary...
3A38955782X.jsonld
Analytische Elektronenmikroskopie in Molekularbiologie und Biotechnologie : Schlussbericht
ESI, compositional contrast, boron labelling, ferritin, double immunolabelling, oligonucleotide, slowscan CCD, Omega filter, SESAMe 1, field emission
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Essays in dynamic general equilibrium theory ; Festschrift for David Cass ; with 3 tables
This collection of essays honors David Cass on the 30th anniversary of his joining the faculty of the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Cass's work has spawned a number of important lines of research in Economics, including the study of dynamic general equilibrium, the concept of sunspot ...
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DOM - Der Orientierte Mensch : Schlussbericht I & II ; Laufzeit: 01.11.2000 bis 31.10.2002
DOM, mobile services, mobility services, mobile internet, personalized services, location based services
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How gender shapes the world
This is a book about the multi-faceted notion of gender. Gender differences form the basis for family life, patterns of socialization, distribution of tasks, and spheres of responsibilities. The way gender is articulated shapes the world of individuals, and of the societies they live in. Gender has three faces: Linguis...
3A504797379.jsonld
Regulating aversion : tolerance in the age of identity and empire
Tolerance as a discourse of depoliticization -- Tolerance as a discourse of power -- Tolerance as supplement: the "Jewish question" and the "woman question" -- Tolerance as governmentality: faltering universalism, state legitimacy, and state violence -- Tolerance as museum object: the Simon Weisenthal Center Museum of ...
3A337357382.jsonld
Methodenvergleich zur Datengewinnung und -nutzung im Bereich des Bodenschutzes : Forschungsbericht 29971236
Soil protection, remote sensing, soil erosion, soil compaction, soil sealing, soil surroundation, soil irrigation, soil drainage, soil mapping, soil archives, environmental information, aerial photo, scanner, radar, reflection properties, GIS, GPS, precision farming
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Knowledge management in modern organizations
"This book discusses the philosophical foundations of knowledge management, serving as a viable resource for academicians, practitioners, researchers, and students. It also depicts a global perspective, as the authors come from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States, and adds value to any course focused o...
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The Oxford handbook of Victorian poetry
This handbook offers an authorative collection of original essays and is an essential resource for those interested in Victorian poetry and poetics
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Verbundprojekt: Stadt 2030, Schkeuditz, eine wachsende Stadt im suburbanen Raum : Schlussbericht ; Titel des wissenschaftlichen Abschlussberichtes vom Dezember 2002: Bundeswettbewerb "Stadt 2030 - Schkeuditz- Eine wachsende Stadt im suburbanen Raum!?"
City of Schkeuditz, central Germany, suburbanization, economic and population development, sustainability, land use
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Future city
Introduction / Jürgen Rosemann -- The form of the future / Stephen Read -- Randstad, from Randstad to Deltametropolis / Dirk Frieling -- Johannesburg, remaking Johannesburg / Lindsay Bremner -- Sydney, the construction of Sydney's global image / Penelope Dean -- Kuala Lumpur, an allegorical postmetropolis / Ramesh Kuma...
3A503059455.jsonld
Handbook of research on mobile multimedia
"This handbook provides insight into the field of mobile multimedia and associated applications and services"--Provided by publisher
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Entwicklung neuer Hartmetalle und Hartstoffschichten für die Drehbearbeitung austenitischer Stahlwerkstoffe, Teilprojekt D: Praxiserprobung bei den Endanwendern ; BMBF-Verbundprojekt ; Schlußbericht ; Laufzeit des Vorhabens: 01.04.2000 - 31.03.2003, verlängert bis: 30.06.2003
Modified hard materials and binder compositions, coating with layers of oxides and carbonitrides from zirconium and hafnium, practical tests
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Rechtliche Grundsatzfragen der Auslegung der neuen abfallrechtlichen Vorschriften des Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetzes (KrW-AbfG) : Öffentliche und private Abfallentsorgung und Einzelfragen der Ausnahmen vom Anwendungsbereich des KrW-/AbfG und der allgemeinen Überwachung ; Gutachten
Waste management, circulatory economy and waste act (Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz), public interests, obligations to hand over waste to public waste managers, transfer of duties, reliability, disposal of animal carcasses, mining law, water water, warfare agents, monitoring and control
3A599822082.jsonld
Interaction- und Interfacedesign : Web-, Game-, Produkt- und Servicedesign ; Usability und Interface als Corporate Identity
Interactiondesign -- Interfacedesign -- Servicedesign - User experience design, joy of use -- Usability -- Zielgruppenanalyse und Zielansprache
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Private military and security companies : ethics, policies and civil-military relations
This edited book provides an interdisciplinary, state-of-the-art overview of the growing phenomenon of private military companies
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SATNAB Messempfänger : 10/1999 ... 12/2000 ; Endbericht
SATNAB, measurement receiver, Galileio,rail-bound vehicle, one/two-satellite scenario, measurement receiver software, 1dNavigation 6.0 vee, GPS-receiver, hemisheric antenna, directional antenna, reference point scenario, positioning scenario
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The communication of leadership : design of leadership style
""With the crisis of leadership in the western democracies, there has been a growth of interest in how leaders outside of the west emerge and consolidate their positions. This book analyses the communication strategies of six charismatic non-western leaders: Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Ayatollah Khome...
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Fundamentals of turfgrass management
Careers in the turfgrass industry -- Introduction to the grasses -- Cool-season grasses -- Warm-season grasses -- Establishment -- Soil testing and soil amendment -- Fertilization -- Mowing, plant growth regulators, and shade -- Irrigation -- Thatch, cultivation, and topdressing -- Weed control -- Turf insects -- Turfg...
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Sentiment analysis for PTSD signals
"This book describes a computational framework for real-time detection of psychological signals related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in online text-based posts, including blogs and web forums. Further, it explores how emerging computational techniques such as sentiment mining can be used in real-time to ide...
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Mass uprisings in the USSR : protest and rebellion in the post-Stalin years
Machine generated contents note: Part I. Social Conflict in the USSR After the Death of Stalin, 1953-1960 -- Chapter 1. Mastering New Territories in Kazakhstan and Siberia: The Crisis of Modernization and the Heritage of the Gulag in the 1950s -- Chapter 2. Unrest in the Military: Soldiers' Riots and Disorders -- Chapt...
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Foundations and advances in data mining
With the growing use of information technology and the recent advances in web systems, the amount of data available to users has increased exponentially. Thus, there is a critical need to understand the content of the data. As a result, data-mining has become a popular research topic in recent years for the treatment o...
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Entwicklung von Methoden für die GMP-Produktion von Vektoren für die Gentherapie : Schlussbericht zum BMBF Antrag ; Förderzeitraum: 01.03.1997 - 29.02.2000
Vaccination cells, retroviral vectors, adenoviral vectors, gene therapy, large scale production, cell factory, cellcube, celligen plus, fermenter, bioreactor
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Radio reader : essays in the cultural history of radio
Rethinking radio / Michele Hilmes -- Radio in the Great Depression: promotional culture, public service, and propaganda / Kate Lacey -- Critical reception: public intellectuals decry Depression-Era radio, mass culture, and modern America / Bruce Lenthall -- "Your voice came in last night ... but I thought it sounded a ...
3A560160860.jsonld
Programme of Community action in the field of public health : projects funded under the call for proposals 2006
The aim of this publication is to provide comprehensive and concise information on public health actions funded under 2006 Call for Proposals in the framework of the Program of community action in the field of public health. The eighty seven projects presented in this report received funding in the framework of 2006 Ca...
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Gutachten über die veränderten gesellschaftlichen Rahmenbedingen für die Arbeit von Umweltverbänden am Beispiel des Zivildienstes und des bürgerlichen Engagements : FuE-Vorhaben 20117110 ; im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes
Conversion, civilian service, military reform, civic activities, FÖJ, communitiy service, volontary work, honorary work, environmental organisations, development of organisations
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Institutions, development, and economic growth
The determinants of economic growth and development are hotly debated among economists. Financial crises and failed transition experiments have highlighted the fact that functioning institutions are fundamental to the goal of achieving economic growth. The growth literature has seen an abundance of empirical studies on...
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How much are individuals willing to pay to offset their carbon footprint? : the role of information disclosure and social norms
This paper examines individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) to offset their carbon footprint in response to receiving information about (i) the size of their own carbon footprint, and (ii) further receiving in addition information about the difference between their carbon footprint and the target footprint, i.e. per-capi...
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Public-private partnerships in research and innovation : trends and international perspectives
This volume presents different international approaches to organise public-private-partnerships (PPP) in research and innovation. Besides the German research programme "Forschungscampus", other partnership models from the USA, Korea, China, Australia, Spain, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Sweden are presented. Conclusio...
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In vivo NMR spectroscopy : principles and techniques
Basic principles -- In vivo NMR spectroscopy: static aspects -- In vivo NMR spectroscopy: dynamic aspects -- Magnetic resonance imaging -- Radiofrequency pulses -- Single volume localization and water suppression -- Spectroscopic imaging and multi-volume localization -- Spectral editing and 2D NMR -- Spectral quantific...
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Children of the Father King : youth, authority, and legal minority in colonial Lima
Introduction. Writing a history of Father Kings and colonial minors -- A short history of minority in colonial Lima -- Between the written and the real: child rearing and adult authority, 1650-1750 -- Whether son or stranger: institutions for child rearing -- Minor offenses: youth and crime in the eighteenth century --...
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European margin sediment dynamics : side-scan sonar and seismic images
The book provides acoustic images about sedimentary systems of the shelf edge, slope and deep-sea-floor. The knowledge gained can be used by both academia and hydrocarbon industry in a better understanding of continental margins and the processes shaping them. It is also of interest to colleagues in earth sciences invo...
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Foundations of learning classifier systems
This volume brings together recent theoretical work in Learning Classifier Systems (LCS), which is a Machine Learning technique combining Genetic Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning. "Foundations of Learning Classifier Systems" combines and exploits many Soft Computing approaches into a single coherent framework. It ...
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Ending the Cold War : interpretations, causation, and the study of international relations
What was the Cold War? When and why did it end? / Richard K. Herrmann and Richard Ned Lebow -- Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War / Archie Brown -- Regional conflicts as turning points : the Soviet and American withdrawal from Afghanistan, Angola and Nicaragua / Richard K. Herrmann -- Turning points in arms control ...
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Das Fahrzeug-Fahrweg-Verhalten im Hinblick auf die Prognose von Zugerschütterungen und die Optimierung von Minderungsmaßnahmen : Bericht zum BMBF-Vorhaben 19N9346
Vehicle dynamics, track compliance, dynamic axle loads, simultaneous measurements, soil vibration, slab track, train speed, railway vibration
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Rethinking American history in a global age
Transnationalism and the challenge to national histories / Prasenjit Duara -- Internationalizing international history / Akira Iriye -- Where in the world is America? The history of the United States in the global age / Charles Bright and Michael Geyer -- International at the creation : early modern American history / ...
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The myth of work-life balance : the challenge of our time for men, women and societies
A pivotal challenge in the global context -- Evolutions and developments in seven countries -- Thinking about change at multiple levels -- The invasiveness of paid work -- Care and connections : families, communities, friendships, and care of the self -- Reciprocal relationships between men and women : a critical issue...
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Conscription and the search for modern Russian Jewry
Stepchildren of the tsar : Jewish cantonists and the official origins of Russian Jewry -- Great expectations : the beginnings of cantonist literature and the emancipation of Russian-Jewish consciousness -- The romance of enlightenment : gender and the critique of embourgeoisement in the recruitment novels of I.M. Dik, ...
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Dreamweaver 8 : the missing manual
Building a Web page -- Dreamweaver 8 guided tour -- Adding text to your Web pages -- Text formatting -- Links -- Images -- Building a better Web page -- Cascading style sheets -- Page layout 101 -- Advanced page layout -- Under the hood: HTML -- Bringing your pages to life -- Forms -- Dreamweaver behaviors -- Flash, sh...
3A751424048.jsonld
Compliance matters : what companies can do better to respect EU competition rules
This publication aims to help companies develop a proactive compliance strategy. It summarises the key competition rules companies should respect and sets out generally recognized basic methods to help companies ensure compliance with EU competition rules
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Coping with water scarcity : addressing the challenges
One of the main problems confronting the world of the 21st Century is a shortage of water. There is already severe scarcity in many regions of the world, causing tremendous problems for local populations and indeed entire societies. There is insufficient water available for the production of food to alleviate poverty a...
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Rationalisierung von Inspektionsstrategien II : Abschlußbericht zum Vorhaben MTK 0556 8 des Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF)
The R&D project aimed at optimizing ship inspection processes to minimize costs. This was done by numerically optimizing a related mathematical model. When the project was started, such methods were partly available but could only be applied to certain significantly idealized subtasks. Within the project a stochastic c...
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Quantifying trade-offs for the spatial allocation of onshore wind generation capacity : a case study for Germany
The deployment of onshore wind power is an important means to mitigate climate change. However, wind turbines also have negative impacts at the local scale, like disamenities to residents living nearby, changes in landscape quality, or conflicts with nature conservation. Our paper analyses how these impacts affect the ...
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Red man's land, white man's law : the past and present status of the American Indian
Red Man's Land/White Man's Law is a history of the legal status of the American Indians and their land from the period of first contact with Europeans down to the present day. It begins with the efforts of colonial authorities - Spanish, British, and French - to deal with tribal sovereignty and carries the discussion o...
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From kinetic models to hydrodynamics : some novel results
From Kinetic Models to Hydrodynamics serves as an introduction to the asymptotic methods necessary to obtain hydrodynamic equations from a fundamental description using kinetic theory models and the Boltzmann equation. The work is a survey of an active research area, which aims to bridge time and length scales from the...
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From Goethe to Novalis : studies in classicism and romanticism ; Festschrift for Dennis F. Mahoney in celebration of his sixty-fifth birthday
"Achim von Arnim, Bildungsroman, Classicism, German literature, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Dennis F. Mahoney, Novalis, novel, Jean Paul, Romanticism, Friedrich Schiller" --
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A turn to empire : the rise of imperial liberalism in Britain and France
Critics of empire. Adam Smith on societal development and colonial rule ; Edmund Burke's peculiar universalism -- Utilitarians and the turn to empire in Britain. Jeremy Bentham : legislator of the world? ; James and John Stuart Mill : the development of imperial liberalism in Britain -- Liberals and the turn to empire ...
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Religious experience and the new woman : the life of Lily Dougall
An evangelical childhood -- "Lovereen" : an untold story -- Gendering the crisis of faith -- "She was always a queer child" -- Personal idealism -- Christian socialism : "the Kingdom of God within us and around us" -- The making of a modernist mysticism -- Fellowship -- Body and soul -- Anglican modernism
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My dearest friend : letters of Abigail and John Adams
Love sweetens life, October 1762-July 1774 -- The decisive day is come, August 1774-December 1775 -- We are determined to foment a rebelion, January-October 1776 -- Kind providence has preserved to me a life, January-November 1777 -- I cast my thoughts across the Atlantick, February 1778-April 1782 -- A signal tryumph,...
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Balkan futures : three scenarios for 2025
What will the Western Balkans look like in 2025? Will we witness Republika Srpska declare independence, a worsening of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, and the rise of ethnic tensions across the region – or will we celebrate Montenegro and Serbia joining the EU, with good reason to hope that the rest of the region ...
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Economics of the environment : selected readings
How economists see the environment / Don Fullerton and Robert N. Stavins -- The tragedy of the commons / Garrett Hardin -- The problem of social cost / Ronald Coase -- Environmental regulation and the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing : what does the evidence tell us? / Adam B. Jaffe ... [et al.] -- Toward a new co...
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Theorizing feminist policy
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Entrepreneurship policy : theory and practice
Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice is the first book to fully analyze the construction of entrepreneurship policy, a rapidly-evolving area of policy about which little is known. From a study and assessment of the practices of governments in thirteen countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific, thi...
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Mahāyāna Buddhism : the doctrinal foundations
Originating in India, Mahayana Buddhism spread across Asia, becoming the prevalent form of Buddhism in Tibet and East Asia. Over the last twenty-five years Western interest in Mahayana has increased considerably, reflected both in the quantity of scholarly material produced and in the attraction of Westerners towards T...
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Origin and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres : Implications for Habitability
Based on the authors own work and results obtained by international teams he coordinated, this SpringerBrief offers a concise discussion of the origin and early evolution of atmospheres of terrestrial planets during the active phase of their host stars, as well as of the environmental conditions which are necessary in ...
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Abschlussbericht zum Verbundprojekt: Mikrosysteme für extreme Umgebungsbedingungen -Extrem-, Teilvorhaben: Mechanisch-thermische Zuverlässigkeitsbewertung
Sensors, reliability, high temperature behavior, materials characterisation, materials parameters, thermo-mechanical modeling, simulation, design optimization
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Product information management for mass customization : connecting customer, front-office, and back-office for fast and efficient customization
"This is the first book to provide a holistic recognition of the essential aspects of an IT-supported product configuration system. In doing so, it reveals the basic building blocks of these systems, how they support mass customization, how these systems are selected and implemented, what the alternative options are, a...
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Handbook of regional growth and development theories
Regional economics - an established discipline for several decades - has gone through a rapid pace of change in the past decade and several new perspectives have emerged. At the same time the methodology has shown surprising development. This volume brings together contributions looking at new pathways in regional econ...
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Leitprojekt: Mobile Kommunikationssysteme : Vorhaben: GaAs-Schaltkreise für innovative Mobilfunksysteme ; Teilvorhaben: Linearisierung von HF-Leistungsverstärkern ; Abschlußbericht ; Laufzeit: 01.01.1996 - 31.12.1999
Linearization of power amplifiers, adaptive digital predistortion, integrated RF-circuits in GaAs-HBT-technology
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Optics of semiconductors and their nanostructures
In recent years the field of semiconductor optics has been pushed to several extremes. The size of semiconductor structures has shrunk to dimensions of a few nanometers, the semiconductor-light interaction is studied on timescales as fast as a few femtoseconds, and transport properties on a length scale far below the w...
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A companion to poetic genre
"This eagerly awaited companion features over 40 contributions from leading academicsaround the world, and offers critical overviews of numerous poetic genres"--
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Überprüfung von Methoden des Anhanges 1 der Bundesbodenschutz- und Altlastenverordnung (BBodSchV) zur Beurteilung der Bodenqualität : Förderkennzeichen (UFOPLAN) 20174240
Engl. Zsfassung u.d.T.: Review of methods for the evaluation of soil quality listed in Annex I of the German Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (BBodSchV)
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Embedding society in science & technology policy : European and Chinese perspectives
This book is the result of a series of discussions initiated by an FP6 project carried out during the year 2007 and which focused on issues of Science and Technology (S & T) governance and ethics in Europe and Asia. The discussions not only in increased mutual understanding between the two regions, but also produced a ...
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Esterification : methods, reactions, and applications
"This second edition of a classic reference work has been totally revised and has gathered the most recent and widespread literature about the elementary, yet multifaceted reaction, esterification." "Following an introduction, the book goes on to discuss the methodology, before treating synthetic and industrial applica...