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The Network Society

Economic Development and International Competitveness as Problems of Social

By: Dirk Messner

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The Network Society

Economic Development and International Competitveness as Problems of Social

By: Dirk Messner

The author argues that the countries that, at the end of the 20th century, have economic, social and ecological success will not be unleashed market economies but "active and learning societies" that attempt to solve their problems via an organizational and governance-related pluralism.

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1135226172

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9781135226176

Systemic Competitiveness

New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

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Systemic Competitiveness

New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

The authors emphasize that an economy's competitiveness relies on purposive and intermeshed measures at the meta-, macro-, meso-, and micro- level and a multidimensional guidance concept consisting of competition, dialogue and shared decision-making which integrates the key groups of actors.

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Routledge

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1135212732

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9781135212735

Oxidative Stress in Plants

By: Dirk Inze

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Oxidative Stress in Plants

By: Dirk Inze

Plants depend on physiological mechanisms to combat adverse environmental conditions, such as pathogen attack, wounding, drought, cold, freezing, salt, UV, intense light, heavy metals and SO2. Many of these cause excess production of active oxygen species in plant cells. Plants have evolved complex defense systems against such oxidative stress. The

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CRC Press

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0203303148

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9780203303146

The Many Faces of Youth Crime

Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency across Countries and Cultures

By: Josine Junger-Tas,Ineke Haen Marshall,Dirk Enzmann,Martin Killias,Majone Steketee,Beata Gruszczynska

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The Many Faces of Youth Crime

Contrasting Theoretical Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency across Countries and Cultures

By: Josine Junger-Tas,Ineke Haen Marshall,Dirk Enzmann,Martin Killias,Majone Steketee,Beata Gruszczynska

This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the second International Self-Report Delinquency study (ISRD-2). An earlier volume, Juvenile Delinquency in Europe and Beyond (Springer, 2010) focused mainly on the findings with regard to delinquency, victimization and substance use in each of the individual participating ISRD-2 countries. The Many Faces of Youth Crime is based on analysis of the merged data set and has a number of unique features:  The analyses are based on an unusually large number of respondents (about 67,000 7th, 8th and 9th graders) collected by researchers from 31 countries;  It includes reports on the characteristics, experiences and behaviour of first and second generation migrant youth from a variety of cultures;  It is one of the first large-scale international studies asking 12-16 year olds about their victimization experiences (bullying, assault, robbery, theft);  It describes both intriguing differences between young people from different countries and country clusters in the nature and extent of delinquency, victimization and substance use, as well as remarkable cross-national uniformities in delinquency, victimization, and substance use patterns;  A careful comparative analysis of the social responses to offending and victimization adds to our limited knowledge on this important issue;  Detailed chapters on the family, school, neighbourhood, lifestyle and peers provide a rich comparative description of these institutions and their impact on delinquency;  It tests a number of theoretical perspectives (social control, self-control, social disorganization, routine activities/opportunity theory) on a large international sample from a variety of national contexts;  It combines a theoretical focus with a thoughtful consideration of the policy implications of the findings;  An extensive discussion of the ISRD methodology of ‘flexible standardization’ details the challenges of comparative research. The book consists of 12 chapters, which also may be read individually by those interested in particular special topics (for instance, the last chapter should be of special interest to policy makers). The material is presented in such a way that it is accessible to more advanced students, researchers and scholars in a variety of fields, such as criminology, sociology, deviance, social work, comparative methodology, youth studies, substance use studies, and victimology.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441994556

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Life Imprisonment

A Global Human Rights Analysis

By: Dirk Van Zyl Smit,Catherine Appleton

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Life Imprisonment

A Global Human Rights Analysis

By: Dirk Van Zyl Smit,Catherine Appleton

Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become the leading issue in international criminal justice reform. In the first global survey of prisoners serving life terms, Dirk van Zyl Smit and Catherine Appleton argue for a human rights–based reappraisal of this exceptionally harsh punishment. The authors estimate that nearly half a million people face life behind bars, and the number is growing as jurisdictions both abolish death sentences and impose life sentences more freely for crimes that would never have attracted capital punishment. Life Imprisonment explores this trend through systematic data collection and legal analysis, persuasively illustrated by detailed maps, charts, tables, and comprehensive statistical appendices. The central question—can life sentences be just?—is straightforward, but the answer is complicated by the vast range of penal practices that fall under the umbrella of life imprisonment. Van Zyl Smit and Appleton contend that life imprisonment without possibility of parole can never be just. While they have some sympathy for the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, they conclude that life imprisonment, in many of the ways it is implemented worldwide, infringes on the requirements of justice. They also examine the outliers—states that have no life imprisonment—to highlight the possibility of abolishing life sentences entirely. Life Imprisonment is an incomparable resource for lawyers, lawmakers, criminologists, policy scholars, and penal-reform advocates concerned with balancing justice and public safety.

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Harvard University Press

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0674989112

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A Global Perspective on Young People as Offenders and Victims

First Results from the ISRD3 Study

By: Dirk Enzmann,Janne Kivivuori,Ineke Haen Marshall,Majone Steketee,Mike Hough,Martin Killias

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A Global Perspective on Young People as Offenders and Victims

First Results from the ISRD3 Study

By: Dirk Enzmann,Janne Kivivuori,Ineke Haen Marshall,Majone Steketee,Mike Hough,Martin Killias

This Brief presents the first major release of findings from the Third International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD3). ISRD is a major international research collaboration that now covers some 35 countries. It surveys young people aged 12 to 16 in their schools, asking about their experience of crime – both as offenders and as victims – and about their attitudes to crime and justice and about their home and school life. ISRD1 was carried out in 1991-1992 and ISRD2 in 2006-2008. ISRD findings presented here cover the 27 ISRD3 countries for which data are already available, with a total sample approaching 63,000 young people. For most of these countries, the samples are drawn from two major cities. This volume provides key findings on self-reported offending and on victimization.Chapter 1 set the scene, and describes the background to ISRD3. Chapter 2describes the methods used in the survey; respondents complete the ISRD questionnaire either in paper format or – increasingly – using a standardized internet program. Chapter 3 covers key findings on self-reported offending, including the important finding that preparedness to disclose offending varies according to cultural context. Chapter 4 presents findings on victimization, including important new findings on hate crime and the use of parental violence, as well as coverage of more conventional forms of crime. A final chapter summarizes the results and draws out their implications. This Brief will be of interest to researchers in criminology and criminal justice,as well as related fields such as sociology, public policy, and psychology. Due tothe groundbreaking methodological analyses provided, this Brief is essential reading to all who conduct or use internationally comparative and global survey research.

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3319632337

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The Problems of Genocide

Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression

By: A. Dirk Moses

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The Problems of Genocide

Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression

By: A. Dirk Moses

Historically delineates the problems of genocide as a concept in relation to rival categories of mass violence.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107103584

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9781107103580

Business Process Technology

A Unified View on Business Processes, Workflows and Enterprise Applications

By: Dirk Draheim

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Business Process Technology

A Unified View on Business Processes, Workflows and Enterprise Applications

By: Dirk Draheim

Currently, we see a variety of tools and techniques for specifying and implementing business processes. The problem is that there are still gaps and tensions between the different disciplines needed to improve business process execution and improvement in enterprises. Business process modeling, workflow execution and application programming are examples of disciplines that are hosted by different communities and that emerged separately from each other. In particular, concepts have not yet been fully elaborated at the system analysis level. Therefore, practitioners are faced again and again with similar questions in concrete business process projects: Which decomposition mechanism to use? How to find the correct granularity for business process activities? Which implementing technology is the optimal one in a given situation? This work offers an approach to the systematization of the field. The methodology used is explicitly not a comparative analysis of existing tools and techniques – although a review of existing tools is an essential basis for the considerations in the book. Rather, the book tries to provide a landscape of rationales and concepts in business processes with a discussion of alternatives.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642015883

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9783642015885

Andrew's Diseases of the Skin E-Book

Clinical Dermatology

By: William D. James,Dirk Elston,Timothy Berger

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Andrew's Diseases of the Skin E-Book

Clinical Dermatology

By: William D. James,Dirk Elston,Timothy Berger

The 11th Edition of the classic Andrews’ Diseases of the Skin, by Drs. William D. James, Timothy G. Berger and Dirk M. Elston, provides the ultimate foundation in dermatology with comprehensive guidance to effectively diagnose and treat a wide range of skin conditions. These highly respected authors balance evidence-based treatment guidelines with advice from their own clinical experience, offering a practical and realistic medical perspective. Updated throughout with the latest dermatologic findings and a new chapter on cosmetic surgical techniques, this title helps you keep current, improve your skills, and prepare for exams. It is an indispensable, convenient reference for trainees and practicing dermatologists. Practice with confidence through the valued authorship of seasoned professionals Dr. William D. James, Dr. Timothy G. Berger, and Dr. Dirk M. Elston. Rapidly improve your knowledge of skin conditions through a concise, clinically focused, user-friendly format. Obtain thorough guidance on clinical presentation and therapy for a full range of common and rare skin diseases. Confirm your diagnoses by comparing your clinical findings to more than 1,150 illustrations, 40% of which are brand new. Update your surgical skills with chapters devoted to basic dermatologic, laser, and cosmetic surgery, contributed by Dr. Issac M. Neuhaus.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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143773619X

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9781437736199

Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity

Proceedings of the Tenth Leukocyte Culture Conference, Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 10-13, 1975

By: Vincent P. Eijsvoogel,Dirk Roos,Wim P. Zeijlemaker

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Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity

Proceedings of the Tenth Leukocyte Culture Conference, Held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 10-13, 1975

By: Vincent P. Eijsvoogel,Dirk Roos,Wim P. Zeijlemaker

Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity is a result of the Leukocyte Culture Conference meeting held at Amsterdam in 1975. Abstracts presented in the meeting are compiled in this book. The topics of these abstracts are all under leukocyte biology and include not just lymphocytes but also monocytes, macrophages, and granulocytes. The text is composed of six major sections. The first section features abstracts that deal with ligand binding and subsequent changes in membrane. Section II focuses on the receptors on lymphocytes in the context of various subpopulations. Immune r ...

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0122337506

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The Network Society

Economic Development and International Competitveness as Problems of Social

By: Dirk Messner

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The Network Society

Economic Development and International Competitveness as Problems of Social

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Systemic Competitiveness

New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

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New Governance Patterns for Industrial Development

By: Klaus Esser,Wolfgang Hillebrand,Dirk Messner,Jörg Meyer-Stamer

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Book's by Dirk Messner

The Network Society

The Network Society

Systemic Competitiveness

Systemic Competitiveness

Oxidative Stress in Plants

Oxidative Stress in Plants

The Many Faces of Youth Crime

The Many Faces of Youth Crime

Life Imprisonment

Life Imprisonment

A Global Perspective on Young People as Offenders and Victims

A Global Perspective on Young People as Offenders and Victims

The Problems of Genocide

The Problems of Genocide

Business Process Technology

Business Process Technology

Andrew's Diseases of the Skin E-Book

Andrew's Diseases of the Skin E-Book

Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity

Leukocyte Membrane Determinants Regulating Immune Reactivity

The Network Society

The Network Society

Systemic Competitiveness

Systemic Competitiveness

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