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Measuring Happiness

The Economics of Well-Being

By: Joachim Weimann,Andreas Knabe,Ronnie Schob

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Measuring Happiness

The Economics of Well-Being

By: Joachim Weimann,Andreas Knabe,Ronnie Schob

An investigation of the happiness-prosperity connection and whether economists can measure well-being. Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In the West after World War II, happiness seemed inextricably connected to prosperity. Beginning in the 1960s, however, other values began to gain ground: peace, political participation, civil rights, environmentalism. “Happiness economics”—a somewhat incongruous-sounding branch of what has been called “the dismal science”—has taken up the puzzle of what makes people happy, conducting elaborate surveys in which people are asked to quantify their satisfaction with “life in general.” In this book, three economists explore the happiness-prosperity connection, investigating how economists measure life satisfaction and well-being. The authors examine the evolution of happiness research, considering the famous “Easterlin Paradox,” which found that people's average life satisfaction didn't seem to depend on their income. But they question whether happiness research can measure what needs to be measured. They argue that we should not assess people's well-being on a “happiness scale,” because that necessarily obscures true social progress. Instead, rising income should be understood as increasing opportunities and alleviating scarcity. Economic growth helps societies to sustain freedom and to finance social welfare programs. In this respect, high income may not buy happiness with life in general, but it gives individuals the opportunity to be healthier, better educated, better clothed, and better fed, to live longer, and to live well.

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0262323729

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Political Epistemics

The Secret Police, the Opposition, and the End of East German Socialism

By: Andreas Glaeser

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Political Epistemics

The Secret Police, the Opposition, and the End of East German Socialism

By: Andreas Glaeser

What does the durability of political institutions have to do with how actors form knowledge about them? Andreas Glaeser investigates this question in the context of a fascinating historical case: socialist East Germany’s unexpected self-dissolution in 1989. His analysis builds on extensive in-depth interviews with former secret police officers and the dissidents they tried to control as well as research into the documents both groups produced. In particular, Glaeser analyzes how these two opposing factions’ understanding of the socialist project came to change in response to countless everyday experiences. These investigations culminate in answers to two questions: why did the officers not defend socialism by force? And how was the formation of dissident understandings possible in a state that monopolized mass communication and group formation? He also explores why the Stasi, although always well informed about dissident activities, never developed a realistic understanding of the phenomenon of dissidence. Out of this ambitious study, Glaeser extracts two distinct lines of thought. On the one hand he offers an epistemic account of socialism’s failure that differs markedly from existing explanations. On the other hand he develops a theory—a sociology of understanding—that shows us how knowledge can appear validated while it is at the same time completely misleading.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226297950

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Reactions and Syntheses

In the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

By: Lutz F. Tietze,Theophil Eicher,Ulf Diederichsen,Andreas Speicher,Nina Schützenmeister

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Reactions and Syntheses

In the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

By: Lutz F. Tietze,Theophil Eicher,Ulf Diederichsen,Andreas Speicher,Nina Schützenmeister

The second edition of this classic text book has been completely revised, updated, and extended to include chapters on biomimetic amination reactions, Wacker oxidation, and useful domino reactions. The first-class author team with long-standing experience in practical courses on organic chemistry covers a multitude of preparative procedures of reaction types and compound classes indispensable in modern organic synthesis. Throughout, the experiments are accompanied by the theoretical and mechanistic fundamentals, while the clearly structured sub-chapters provide concise background information, retrosynthetic analysis, information on isolation and purification, analytical data as well as current literature citations. Finally, in each case the synthesis is labeled with one of three levels of difficulty. An indispensable manual for students and lecturers in chemistry, organic chemists, as well as lab technicians and chemists in the pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527338144

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Retinal Glia

By: Andreas Reichenbach,Andreas Bringmann

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Retinal Glia

By: Andreas Reichenbach,Andreas Bringmann

In 1851, Heinrich Müller discovered what he called “radial fibers” and what we now call Müller cells, as the principal glial cells of the vertebrate retina. Later on, other glial cell types were found in the retina, including astrocytes, microglia, and even oligodendrocytes. It turned out that retinal glial cells are essential constituents of the tissue. For instance, Müller cells appear to constitute the “core” of columnar units of clonally and functionally related groups of neurons. Their primary function is to support neuronal functioning by guiding the light towards the photoreceptor cells, removing excess neurotransmitter molecules from extracellular space, and performing efficient clearance of excess extracellular potassium ions. The latter two functions are also crucial for neuronal survival and are coupled to water clearance which is also essential. Müller cells are capable of “sensing” neuronal activity and modifying it by the release of signal substances (gliotransmitters). In cases of retinal injuries the Müller cells become reactive, and all above-mentioned functions are impaired. However, such de-differentiated Müller cells may proliferate, and may even serve as stem cells for the regeneration of a damaged retina. As well as the Müller cells, retinal astrocytes and microglial cells are important players in retinal development and function. This book gives a comprehensive survey of the present knowledge on retinal glia.

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Biota Publishing

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1615046712

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Mechanics of Classical Sandwich Structures

By: Andreas Öchsner

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Mechanics of Classical Sandwich Structures

By: Andreas Öchsner

This book treats the mechanical behavior of one-dimensional sandwich structures, a typicaloncept in the context of lightweight design. Such structures are composed of different constituent (e.g., layers) in order to achieve overall properties, which are better than for a single component alone. This book covers the basic mechanical load cases, i.e., tension/compression, bending, and shear. Based on this knowledge, different failure modes, i.e., plastic yielding, and global and local instabilities are investigated. In addition, an introduction to classic optimization problems, i.e., the formulation of an objective function (e.g., the weight of a structure) and corresponding restrictions, is included. The consideration here is limited to one- or two-dimensional design spaces, i.e., with a maximum of two design variables. For such simple cases, the minimum of the objective function can often be determined using analytical or graphical methods.

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Springer Nature

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3031251067

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Yvan Goll

A Bibliography of the Primary Works

By: Andreas Kramer,Robert Vilain

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Yvan Goll

A Bibliography of the Primary Works

By: Andreas Kramer,Robert Vilain

This is the first complete bibliography of the writings of Yvan Goll (1891-1950), the French-German poet, novelist, dramatist, journalist and translator. The first part gives full details of Goll's publications during his lifetime, and includes books and pamphlets, contributions to periodicals, newspapers and anthologies, books and journals edited by Goll, translations by Goll, and his published letters. The second part makes it possible to trace the dissemination of Goll's work, with posthumous first publications, posthumous reprints in periodicals and anthologies, translations of Goll's works by others (into twenty languages) and musical collaborations and settings. A comprehensive index of titles or first lines allows the user to trace single works through the various sections; there are also indexes of writers translated by Goll and letters by recipient. This bibliography documents the huge scope of the writings of an author who wrote in three major languages and published in many countries. It contains a wide range of references to texts hitherto unknown, many of them items in journals and newspapers, and is by far the most reliable source to date of what Goll actually wrote.

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Peter Lang

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3906766462

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By: Andreas Reichenbach,Andreas Bringmann

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Müller cells make up just 0.005% of the cells in our central nervous system. They do not belong to the more esteemed family of neuronal cells but to the glia, a family of cells that until recently were seen as mere filling material between the neurons. Now, however, all that has changed. Sharing the insights of more than a quarter century of research into Müller cells, Drs. Andreas Reichenbach and Andreas Bringmann of Leipzig University make a compelling case for the central role Müller cells play. Everyone agrees that the eye is a very special and versatile sense organ, yet it has turned out in recent years that Müller cells are peculiar and multipotent glial cells. In the retina of most vertebrates and even of many mammals, Müller cells are the only type of (macro- ) glial cells; thus, they are responsible for a wealth of neuron-supportive functions that, in the brain, rely upon a division of labour among astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and ependymal cells. Even beyond such a role in the central nervous system as "model glia", Müller cells are adapted to several exciting roles in support of vision. They deliver the light stimuli to the photoreceptor cells in the inverted vertebrate retina, aid the processing of visual information, and are responsible for the homeostatic maintenance of the retinal extracellular milieu. In Müller Cells in the Healthy and Diseased Retina, aimed not just at neurobiologists but at anyone concerned with retinal degeneration, every angle of Müller cells is covered, from an introduction to their basic properties, through their roles as 'light cables' and 'shock absorbers', to the part they play in diseases and disorders of the eye. Once these have all been covered in detail, the authors move on to discuss the future direction of research into these small but potent cellular phenomena. About the Authors Dr. Andreas Reichenbach was born in 1950 in Leipzig, Germany. He studied medicine and specialized as a physiologist, working on the mammalian retina. Since 1984, he has focused his efforts - and those of a growing number of fellows in his team - on Müller cell research. He has held a professorship at Leipzig University since 1994. After studying biology, Dr. Andreas Bringmann (* 1960) worked in the field of systemic neurophysiology until he was inspired in 1996 by Andreas Reichenbach to research the most interesting cell, the Müller cell. He is now in the Department of Ophthalmology of the University of Leipzig where he is the head of the Basic Research Laboratory

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441916822

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Psychology and Law

A Critical Introduction

By: Andreas Kapardis

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Psychology and Law

A Critical Introduction

By: Andreas Kapardis

A comprehensive guide to the complex interactions between psychology and criminal law both in and out of the courtroom.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107650844

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Passions of the Sign

Revolution and Language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist

By: Andreas Gailus

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Passions of the Sign

Revolution and Language in Kant, Goethe, and Kleist

By: Andreas Gailus

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JHU Press

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080188277X

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9780801882777

Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects

By: Andreas Hauptmann

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Archaeometallurgy – Materials Science Aspects

By: Andreas Hauptmann

This book successfully connects archaeology and archaeometallurgy with geoscience and metallurgy. It addresses topics concerning ore deposits, archaeological field evidence of early metal production, and basic chemical-physical principles, as well as experimental ethnographic works on a low handicraft base and artisanal metal production to help readers better understand what happened in antiquity. The book is chiefly intended for scholars and students engaged in interdisciplinary work.

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Springer Nature

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3030503674

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Geographisches Taschenbuch 2011/2012

31. Ausgabe

By: Andreas Dittmann

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Geographisches Taschenbuch 2011/2012

31. Ausgabe

By: Andreas Dittmann

English summary: Founded by Emil Meynen, edited by Andreas Bittmann in Cooperation with: the German Society for Geography, Austrian IGU-National Committee, and the Swiss Association for Geography/ Association Suisse de G�ographie. For over sixty years and in the 31st edition from Franz Steiner Publishers, the Geographic Pocketbook proves itself as a reference work: the clear list of geographic institutions, administrative authorities, organization and geographers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland makes the handbook indispensible for everything concerning geography. It has been updated and furnished with useful register and serves as a compact and reliable source. German description: Begruendet von Emil Meynen, herausgegeben von Andreas Dittmann im Einvernehmen mit: Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Geographie, �sterreichisches IGU-Nationalkomitee, Verband Geographie Schweiz / Association Suisse de G�ographie Seit ueber 60 Jahren und in der 31. Ausgabe im Franz Steiner Verlag bew�hrt sich das Geographische Taschenbuch als Nachschlagewerk: die uebersichtliche Auflistung geographischer Institutionen, Beh�rden, Organisationen und Geographen und Geographinnen in Deutschland, �sterreich und der Schweiz machen das Handbuch unentbehrlich fuer alle, die sich mit der Geographie befassen. Wieder aktualisiert und mit nuetzlichen Registern versehen, ist es eine kompakte und zuverl�ssige Quelle.

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Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH

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3515098194

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9783515098199

The Fovea

Structure, Function, Development, and Tractional Disorders

By: Andreas Bringmann,Peter Wiedemann

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The Fovea

Structure, Function, Development, and Tractional Disorders

By: Andreas Bringmann,Peter Wiedemann

The Fovea: Structure, Function, Development, and Disease summarizes the current biological knowledge regarding the two types of the vertebrate fovea (and its main structural elements, the Müller cells). This information is then used to explain different aspects of human vision, foveal development, and macular disorders. Sections give an overview of the retinal structure and the different types of retinal glia, survey the structure and function of the primate and non-mammalian fovea types, discuss foveal development—with a focus on the human fovea, cover the roles of Müller cells and astrocytes in the pathogenesis and regeneration of various human macular disorders are described. Using a translational approach, this reference is a valuable text for scientists, clinicians and physicians interested in the fovea. Readers will gain a new understanding of the cellular basics of the fovea, which is the most important part of the eye. - Adopts a translational approach, summarizing the biological knowledge regarding the structure and function of the fovea, the roles of Müller cells in mediating the structural integrity, and function of the fovea - Provides overviews of both basic types of the vertebrate fovea, countering the popular belief that there is only one type of the vertebrate fovea, the human fovea - Thoroughly shows the mechanisms involved in the development of the fovea that explain the rapid improvement of visual acuity in newborns - Explains pathological changes in the foveal structure and function with evaluation pointing toward possible prevention and/or cure

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0323904688

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9780323904681

Measuring Happiness

The Economics of Well-Being

By: Joachim Weimann,Andreas Knabe,Ronnie Schöb

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The Economics of Well-Being

By: Joachim Weimann,Andreas Knabe,Ronnie Schöb

Can money buy happiness? Is income a reliable measure for life satisfaction? In this book, three economists explore the happiness-prosperity connection, investigating how economists measure life satisfaction and well-being. --

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