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Discriminant Equations in Diophantine Number Theory

By: Jan-Hendrik Evertse,Kálmán Győry

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Discriminant Equations in Diophantine Number Theory

By: Jan-Hendrik Evertse,Kálmán Győry

The first comprehensive and up-to-date account of discriminant equations and their applications. For graduate students and researchers.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107097614

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Magnesium and Its Alloys as Implant Materials

Corrosion, Mechanical and Biological Performances

By: Mirco Peron,Filippo Berto,Jan Torgersen

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Magnesium and Its Alloys as Implant Materials

Corrosion, Mechanical and Biological Performances

By: Mirco Peron,Filippo Berto,Jan Torgersen

Despite their tremendous potential, Mg and its alloys are not yet used in biomedical applications. This book aims to provide scientific insights into the challenges of the materials, and give an overview of the research regarding their mechanical properties, corrosion behaviour and biological performances. The authors intend to put the reader into the position to accurate discern the proper Mg-based material for his/her applications and to choose the proper improvement strategy to his/her cause. To this aim, the manuscript is structured as follow: in Section 2, the main challenges hampering the use of magnesium in biomedical applications and the common improvement strategies are listed. In Section 3, the most investigated Mg alloys are reported in separate sub-sections, detailing their mechanical properties, corrosion behaviour and biotoxicity. High-pure and ultra-high-pure Mg, Al-based Mg alloys, Zn-based Mg alloys, Ca-based alloys and RE-based Mg alloys have been considered. In Section 4, the alloys’ performances with respect to the challenges is summarized providing the reader with useful information and suggestions on the potentially most suited choice. Finally, in Section 5, an outlook portraying the authors’ opinion of the future development of the field will be provided. This book will allow biomedical engineers, surface scientists, material scientists, implant manufacturers and companies working on implant approval an overview of the state-of-the-art technologies adopted so far to overcome the drawbacks of Mg for biomedical applications. Particular emphasis is put on explaining the link between mechanical, corrosion and biocompatible properties of Mg and its alloys as well as their pros and cons. In doing so, the authors intend to put the reader into the position to accurate discern the proper Mg-based material for his/her applications and to choose the proper improvement strategy to his/her cause.

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CRC Press

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1000048691

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Orthotics

A Comprehensive Clinical Approach

By: Jan Bruckner,Joan Edelstein

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Orthotics

A Comprehensive Clinical Approach

By: Jan Bruckner,Joan Edelstein

Orthotics: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach is an innovative and comprehensive new text that provides essential information about contemporary orthoses to guide the student and clinician in prescribing and utilizing these appliances in neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and integumentary rehabilitation. Written by recognized authorities in the field, Joan Edelstein, MA, PT, FISPO and Jan Bruckner, PhD, PT, this is a prime resource for practitioners and clinicians. Individual chapters cover orthoses for the foot, ankle, knee, hip, trunk, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand. Orthoses for patients with paraplegia, burns, and soft tissue contractures are detailed and illustrated. Prescription guidelines, evaluation techniques, goal setting, and training procedures are presented. Each chapter has interesting thought questions and case studies to promote clinical reasoning and problem-solving skills. A unique feature of this text is the inclusion of a point-counterpoint discussion to demonstrate how clinicians can manage the same patient in different ways. This approach inspires broader thinking about clinical management.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040136761

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Roman Women’s Dress

Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development

By: Jan Radicke

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Roman Women’s Dress

Literary Sources, Terminology, and Historical Development

By: Jan Radicke

The book concerns female dress in Roman life and literature. The main focus is on female Roman dress as it may have been worn in daily life in Rome and in a social environment influenced by Roman culture in the time from the beginnings of the Republic until the end of the 2nd century AD. There is, however, a certain surplus as to its contents because many Latin texts also talk about mythical Greek dress and the largely fictional early Roman dress. Altogether, large parts of the history of Roman dress are only known to us through what scholars thought about it in Classical and Late Antiquity. For this reason, this book is not only about real female Roman dress, but also about the ancient pseudo-discourse on early female Roman dress, which has been taken too seriously by modern scholarship. This pseudo-discourse has been mixed together with real facts to produce an ahistorical fabric. It therefore appeared necessary to break with this old tradition and to take a completely new path. The detailed analysis of many texts on female Roman dress is the basis of this new handbook meant for philologists, historians, and archaeologists alike.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110711656

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The World of Greek Religion and Mythology

Collected Essays II

By: Jan N. Bremmer

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The World of Greek Religion and Mythology

Collected Essays II

By: Jan N. Bremmer

In this wide-ranging work on Greek religion and mythology, Jan N. Bremmer brings together his stimulating and innovative articles, which have all been updated and revised where necessary. In three thematic sections, he analyses central aspects of Greek religion, beginning with the gods and heroes and paying special attention to the unity of the divine nature and the emergence of the category 'hero'. The second section begins with a discussion of the nature of polis religion, continues with various facets, such as seers, secrecy and the soul, and concludes with the influence of the Ancient Near East. The third section studies human sacrifice and offers the most recent analysis of the ideal animal sacrifice, combining literature, epigraphy, iconography, and zooarchaeology. Regarding human sacrifice, it concentrates on the famous cases of Iphigeneia and the werewolves of Mount Lykaion. The fourth and final section investigates key elements of Greek mythology, such as the definition of myth and its relationship to ritual, and ends with a brief history of the study of Greek mythology. The multi-disciplinary approach and rich footnotes make this work a must for anybody interested in Greek religion and mythology.

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Mohr Siebeck

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316154451X

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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

During the Cold War, more than 36,000 individuals entering Canada claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship. A defining characteristic of this migration of predominantly political refugees was the prevalence of anti-communist and democratic values. Diplomats, industrialists, politicians, professionals, workers, and students fled to the West in search of freedom, security, and economic opportunity. Jan Raska’s Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada explores how these newcomers joined or formed ethnocultural organizations to help in their attempts to affect developments in Czechoslovakia and Canadian foreign policy towards their homeland. Canadian authorities further legitimized the Czech refugees’ anti-communist agenda and increased their influence in Czechoslovak institutions. In turn, these organizations supported Canada’s Cold War agenda of securing the state from communist infiltration. Ultimately, an adherence to anti-communism, the promotion of Canadian citizenship, and the cultivation of a Czechoslovak ethnocultural heritage accelerated Czech refugees’ socioeconomic and political integration in Cold War Canada. By analyzing oral histories, government files, ethnic newspapers, and community archival records, Raska reveals how Czech refugees secured admission as desirable immigrants and navigated existing social, cultural, and political norms in Cold War Canada.

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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0887555705

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Electrical Product Compliance and Safety Engineering

By: Steli Loznen,Constantin Bolintineanu,Jan Swart

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Electrical Product Compliance and Safety Engineering

By: Steli Loznen,Constantin Bolintineanu,Jan Swart

This comprehensive resource is designed to guide professionals in product compliance and safety in order to develop more profitable products, contribute to customer satisfaction, and reduce the risk of liability. This book analyzes the principles and methods of critical standards, highlighting how they should be applied in the field. It explores the philosophy of electrical product safety and analyzes the concepts of compliance and safety, perception of risk, failure, normal and abnormal conditions, and redundancy. Professionals find valuable information on power sources, product construction requirements, markings, compliance testing, and manufacturing of safe electrical products.

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Artech House

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1630814563

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The Early Greek Concept of the Soul

By: Jan N. Bremmer

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The Early Greek Concept of the Soul

By: Jan N. Bremmer

Published for the Center for Hellenic Studies.

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Princeton University Press

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0691101906

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The Syriac Language of the Peshitta and Old Syriac Versions of Matthew

Syntactic Structure, Inner-Syriac Developments and Translation Technique

By: Jan Joosten

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The Syriac Language of the Peshitta and Old Syriac Versions of Matthew

Syntactic Structure, Inner-Syriac Developments and Translation Technique

By: Jan Joosten

This linguistic description of Classical Syriac on the basis of a study of the early versions of the Gospel of Matthew makes a contribution to the understanding of Syriac and Semitic syntax as well as to questions of New Testament textual criticism.

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9004100369

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Functional Analysis and Infinite-Dimensional Geometry

By: Marian Fabian,Petr Habala,Petr Hajek,Vicente Montesinos Santalucia,Jan Pelant,Vaclav Zizler

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Functional Analysis and Infinite-Dimensional Geometry

By: Marian Fabian,Petr Habala,Petr Hajek,Vicente Montesinos Santalucia,Jan Pelant,Vaclav Zizler

This book introduces the basic principles of functional analysis and areas of Banach space theory that are close to nonlinear analysis and topology. The text can be used in graduate courses or for independent study. It includes a large number of exercises of different levels of difficulty, accompanied by hints.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475734808

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Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking: Behaviour and Brain Function

By: Monicque Lorist,Jan Snel

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Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking: Behaviour and Brain Function

By: Monicque Lorist,Jan Snel

Often, people use nicotine, caffeine, and some level of alcohol in varying combinations at different times of the day in order to optimize their functioning and feelings of well-being, whether at work, in leisure time, or in a social context. However, until now, studies on the effects of this everyday practice have been diverse, widespread, and insufficiently summarized. Recently developed methods to study the effects in more detail have received little attention, especially among a nonscientific readership. Nicotine, Caffeine and Social Drinking focuses readers' attention on the effects of normal, socially accepted psychoactive substances on cognitive performance and on the brain. Divided into three sections, this book studies each substance individually before examining the effects of their combined usage.

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Routledge

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1134409451

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Between Nazis and Soviets

Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947

By: Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

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Between Nazis and Soviets

Occupation Politics in Poland, 1939-1947

By: Marek Jan Chodakiewicz

Between 1939 and 1947 the county of Janów Lubelski, an agricultural area in central Poland, experienced successive occupations by Nazi Germany (1939-1944) and the Soviet Union (1944-1947). During each period the population, including the Polish majority and the Jewish, Ukrainian, and German minorities, reacted with a combination of accommodation, collaboration, and resistance. In this remarkably detailed and revealing study, Marek Jan Chodakiewicz analyzes and describes the responses of the inhabitants of occupied Janów to the policies of the ruling powers. He provides a highly useful typology of response to occupation, defining collaboration as an active relationship with the occupiers for reasons of self-interest and to the detriment of one's neighbors; resistance as passive and active opposition; and accommodation as compliance falling between the two extremes. He focuses on the ways in which these reactions influenced relations between individuals, between social classes, and between ethnic groups. Casting new light on social dynamics within occupied Poland during and after World War II, Between Nazis and Soviets yields valuable insight for scholars of conflict studies.

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Lexington Books

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0739104845

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Integral Representation Theory

Applications to Convexity, Banach Spaces and Potential Theory

By: Jaroslav Lukeš,Jan Malý,Ivan Netuka,Jirí Spurný

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Integral Representation Theory

Applications to Convexity, Banach Spaces and Potential Theory

By: Jaroslav Lukeš,Jan Malý,Ivan Netuka,Jirí Spurný

This monograph presents the state of the art of convexity, with an emphasis to integral representation. The exposition is focused on Choquet’s theory of function spaces with a link to compact convex sets. An important feature of the book is an interplay between various mathematical subjects, such as functional analysis, measure theory, descriptive set theory, Banach spaces theory and potential theory. A substantial part of the material is of fairly recent origin and many results appear in the book form for the first time. The text is self-contained and covers a wide range of applications. From the contents: Geometry of convex sets Choquet theory of function spaces Affine functions on compact convex sets Perfect classes of functions and representation of affine functions Simplicial function spaces Choquet's theory of function cones Topologies on boundaries Several results on function spaces and compact convex sets Continuous and measurable selectors Construction of function spaces Function spaces in potential theory and Dirichlet problem Applications

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110203219

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Noetherian Semigroup Algebras

By: Eric Jespers,Jan Okninski

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Noetherian Semigroup Algebras

By: Eric Jespers,Jan Okninski

Here is a comprehensive treatment of the main results and methods of the theory of Noetherian semigroup algebras. These results are applied and illustrated in the context of important classes of algebras that arise in a variety of areas and have recently been intensively studied. The focus is on the interplay between combinatorics and algebraic structure. Mathematical physicists will find this work interesting for its attention to applications of the Yang-Baxter equation.

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1402058101

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Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East

By: Jan Bremmer

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Greek Religion and Culture, the Bible and the Ancient Near East

By: Jan Bremmer

In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East. This challenging book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of important Greek myths, such as those of the creation of the world and the first woman, the Flood, the Golden Fleece, the Titans and travelling seers, but also of the births of Attis and Asclepius as well as the origins of the terms ‘paradise’ and ‘magic’. It also shows that, in turn, Greek literature influenced Jewish stories of divine epiphanies and that the Greek scapegoat myths and rituals contributed to the central Christian notion of atonement.

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BRILL

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9047432711

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9789047432715

Color Atlas of Biochemistry

By: Jan Koolman,Klaus Heinrich Roehm

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Color Atlas of Biochemistry

By: Jan Koolman,Klaus Heinrich Roehm

Totally revised and expanded, the Color Atlas of Biochemistry presents the fundamentals of human and mammalian biochemistry on 215 stunning color plates.Alongside a short introduction to chemistry and the classical topics of biochemistry, the 2nd edition covers new approaches and aspects in biochemistry, such as links between chemical structure and biological function or pathways for information transfer, as well as recent developments and discoveries, such as the structures of many new important molecules. Key features of this title include:- The unique combination of highly effective color graphics and comprehensive figure legends;- Unified color-coding of atoms, coenzymes, chemical classes, and cell organelles that allows quick recognition of all involved systems;- Computer graphics provide simulated 3D representation of many important molecules.This Flexibook is ideal for students of medicine and biochemistry and a valuable source of reference for practitioners.

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Thieme

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1604061235

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KOR

A History of the Workers' Defense Committee in Poland 1976–1981

By: Jan Józef Lipski

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KOR

A History of the Workers' Defense Committee in Poland 1976–1981

By: Jan Józef Lipski

The signing of the Gdansk Agreements in August 1980 signaled the birth of the Solidarity independent trae union movement. The sixteen months that followed until the December 1981 declaration of martial law remain one of the most fascinating chapter in the history of communist states. But the events of August 1980 did not materialize from thin air. The groundwork for Solidarity was prepared five years before when a group of dissident intellectuals gathered to boldly proclaim their solidarity with persecuted workers at Random and Ursus. This group called itself the Komitet Obrony Robotnikow (KOR) or the Worker's Defense Committee. What was KOR? What were the social and political circumstances that lead to its formation? And how did it presage a movement that would come to symbolize the hopes of a whole generation of Poles? The answers to these questions lie in the rare insights provided by one of Poland's most respected historians, Jan Jozef Lipski, who was also a found and active member of KOR. His book, translated from the Polish, is a meticulously detailed, insider's account of KOR from its formation in 1976 to its dissolution of 1981 when it was subsumed by the more powerful movement of mass, organized protest, Solidarity. The history of KOR is painted on the broad canvass of Polish society, in a manner which sheds light on the roles of other actors--workers, peasants, government officials, the Catholic Church, the Soviet Union--who also had a hand in shaping events during this period. KOR: A History of the Workers' Defense Committee in Poland is a work of first-rate importance unlike any other published in the West. It provides a deep insight into the origins of events in Poland, and will also inform those intersted in the process of liberation elsewhere in Eastern Europe. Although written with a historian's attention to detail and objectivity, it is a riveting work of sustained dramatic tension. For Lipski is a dissident who writes about Poland from Poland and the history he writes about is till in the making. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1985.

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0520312333

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Healing in the 21st Century

Complementary Medicine and Modern Life

By: Jan de Vries

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Healing in the 21st Century

Complementary Medicine and Modern Life

By: Jan de Vries

Based on the combined works and extensive knowledge of Jan de Vries, Dr Carl Heede and Marie-Louise Schicht, this book provides guidelines on how to treat diseases associated with modern society. The author suggests that many of the diseases must be addressed in a new way - in treating twenty-first century diseases, a twenty-first century approach is needed. At the same time, de Vries reminds us of the great scientific pioneers of the past whi understood and used the gift s of nature to alleviate human suffering. He explores the possibility of going back to the grass roots of medicine in order to regain good health. Healing in the 21st century will be an eye-opener for those working in the medical profession. The author demonstrates that a multi-disciplinary approach, combining orthodox and conventional, old and new, medicine is not only possible but necessary. Part of the successful Jan de Vries Healthcare series, this book is an outstanding and authoritative manual, a must for anybody interested in attaining and maintaining good health.

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Random House

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178057178X

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The Orientalist Karl Süssheim Meets the Young Turk Officer İsma’il Hakkı Bey

Two Unexplored Sources from the Last Decade in the Reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II

By: Jan Schmidt

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The Orientalist Karl Süssheim Meets the Young Turk Officer İsma’il Hakkı Bey

Two Unexplored Sources from the Last Decade in the Reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid II

By: Jan Schmidt

The book consists of transcriptions and summary translations of two texts in, mostly, Ottoman Turkish, the first of which is the recently discovered second volume of the diary of the German orientalist Karl Süssheim, covering the years 1903-08 which he mostly spent in Istanbul. The second text is a printed memoir of a Young Turk officer called İsma’il Hakkı, in which the latter discusses his life, political engagement and the resulting problems. Süssheim met İsma’il Hakkı in Cairo in 1908 and kept in contact with him later. The texts offer a lively picture of Istanbul and Cairo in the early years of the 20th century, the repressive regime of Sultan Abdulhamid II and the heady days of the Young Turk revolution of July 1908.

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9004366172

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Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World

By: Jan N. Bremmer

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Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World

By: Jan N. Bremmer

The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a ‘thick description’ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the Mysteries of Samothrace, Imbros and Lemnos as well as those of the Corybants. It then proceeds to look at the Orphic-Bacchic Mysteries, which have become increasingly better understood due to the many discoveries of new texts in the recent times. Having looked at classical Greece we move on to the Roman Empire, where we study not only the lesser Mysteries, which we know especially from Pausanias, but also the new ones of Isis and Mithras. We conclude our book with a discussion of the possible influence of the Mysteries on emerging Christianity. Its detailed references and up-to-date bibliography will make this book indispensable for any scholar interested in the Mysteries and ancient religion, but also for those scholars who work on initiation or esoteric rituals, which were often inspired by the ancient Mysteries.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110376997

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We Are All Migrants

A History of Multicultural Germany

By: Jan Plamper

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We Are All Migrants

A History of Multicultural Germany

By: Jan Plamper

The first narrative history of migration to post-1945 Germany, West and East, focusing on first-person experiences.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009242296

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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX

By: Jan den Boeft,Jan Willem Drijvers,Daniël den Hengst,Hans Teitler

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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXIX

By: Jan den Boeft,Jan Willem Drijvers,Daniël den Hengst,Hans Teitler

Book 29 opens with the judicial terror in Antioch following the discovery of a plot against the emperor in the East, Valens, who played an active role in hunting down and executing the culprits. The account of these internal troubles is balanced by two long chapters at the end of the book dealing with warfare in Africa and Central Europe. The general Theodosius mercilessly crushed the revolt of the Moorish prince Firmus, while the emperor in the West, Valentinian, had to deal with violent invasions of the Quadi and the Sarmatians. The two central chapters are devoted to different aspects of Valentinian’s character, his cruelty on the one hand, his diligence in reinforcing the border defenses on the other.

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9004267875

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Solar Magnetic Fields

Polarized Radiation Diagnostics

By: Jan Olof Stenflo

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Solar Magnetic Fields

Polarized Radiation Diagnostics

By: Jan Olof Stenflo

Magnetic fields are responsible for much of the variability and structuring in the universe, but only on the Sun can the basic magnetic field related processes be explored in detail. While several excellent textbooks have established a diagnostic foundation for exploring the physics of unmagnetized stellar atmospheres through spectral analysis, no corresponding treatise for magnetized stellar atmospheres has been available. The present monograph fills this gap. The theoretical foundation for the diagnostics of stellar magnetism is developed from first principles in a comprehensive way, both within the frameworks of classical physics and quantum field theory, together with a presentation of the various solar applications. This textbook can serve as an introduction to solar and stellar magnetism for astronomers and physicists at the graduate or advanced undergraduate level and will also become a resource book for more senior scientists with a general interest in cosmic magnetic fields.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401582467

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Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Poland and Soviet Ukraine, 1921-1926

By: Jan Jacek Bruski

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Between Prometheism and Realpolitik

Poland and Soviet Ukraine, 1921-1926

By: Jan Jacek Bruski

The Treaty of Riga of March 1921 did not signify real peace. It was soon followed by the outbreak of a Polish-Soviet cold war, which in the early 1920s threatened to reach a boiling point. One of the salient fronts on which it was fought was Ukraine and the Ukrainian question. The means by which it was waged – first by Poland, and subsequently, more successfully, by the Soviets – was by attempts to stir up centrifugal tendencies on enemy territory, leading eventually to the splitting up of the neighboring state along its national seams. Polish-Soviet rivalry over Ukraine had flared up at the Riga peace conference. In the following years both antagonists struggled to win over the sympathies of Ukrainians living on either side of the frontier River Zbrucz (Zbruch) and dispersed in various émigré centers, and the weapons employed were propaganda, diplomacy, nationalities policy, economic projects, political subterfuge, and armed irredentism. Jan Jacek Bruski's book addresses the first, very important phase of this Polish-Soviet tussle.

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Wydawnictwo UJ

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8323395845

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9788323395843

The Trees Called Śigru (Moringa Sp.), Along with a Study of the Drugs Used in Errhines

By: Jan Meulenbeld

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The Trees Called Śigru (Moringa Sp.), Along with a Study of the Drugs Used in Errhines

By: Jan Meulenbeld

Research on the Ayurvedic materia medica, in particular its drugs of plant origin, is a venture bristling with pitfalls despite the apparent confidence displayed in the lists of botanical identifications of medicinal plants in numerous publications on the subject. This self-assurance is unwarranted in quite a few cases, as this study will demonstrate.The majority of these lists of botanical equivalents of Sanskrit plant names are not based on own research; instead, they usually reflect a consensus reached somehow among Indian ayurvedic scholars. The course of events that resulted in this agreement remains uninvestigated. Setting aside the role of leading authorities and trend-setting publications, one of the factors involved may be the significance of a seemingly trustworthy and scientifically-looking pharmacopoeia for the Indian ayurvedici in their competition with western medicine. In this respect the developments referred to are understandable.From a strictly scientific point of view caution is required. When trying to take stock of the situation, one's attention is arrested by the prevalence of North-Indian influences and opinions in the secondary literature on the Indian materia medica. The concurrence mentioned is a North-Indian product that may be looked upon as an artefact since regional differences in the identifications tend to be disregarded. Though exceptions do occur, most often books by authors hailing from northern India fail to pay attention to the plants employed under the same Sanskrit names in southern India and areas such as, for instance, Gujarat and Orissa.

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9077922520

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Nonclassical Thermoelastic Problems in Nonlinear Dynamics of Shells

Applications of the Bubnov-Galerkin and Finite Difference Numerical Methods ; with 18 Tables

By: Jan Awrejcewicz,Vadim Anatolʹevich Krysʹko

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Nonclassical Thermoelastic Problems in Nonlinear Dynamics of Shells

Applications of the Bubnov-Galerkin and Finite Difference Numerical Methods ; with 18 Tables

By: Jan Awrejcewicz,Vadim Anatolʹevich Krysʹko

From the reviews: "A unique feature of this book is the nice blend of engineering vividness and mathematical rigour. [...] The authors are to be congratulated for their valuable contribution to the literature in the area of theoretical thermoelasticity and vibration of plates." Journal of Sound and Vibration

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540438807

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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXX

By: Jan den Boeft,Jan Willem Drijvers,Daniël den Hengst,Hans C. Teitler

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Philological and Historical Commentary on Ammianus Marcellinus XXX

By: Jan den Boeft,Jan Willem Drijvers,Daniël den Hengst,Hans C. Teitler

The first part of Book 30 of Ammianus Marcellinus’ Res Gestae is devoted to the military and diplomatic struggle for Armenia between Valens, emperor of the East, and king Sapor II of Persia. The Romans successfully defend their position, until they are forced to deal with the Goths who threaten to cross the Danube border. The second half of Book 30 is dominated by Valentinian I, emperor of the West. Ammianus presents a kaleidoscopic picture of this emperor alternating between admiration for his military qualities and devotion to his duty and bitter criticism of his avarice and cruelty. The account of his death forms the conclusion of Ammianus’ treatment of the history of the western half of the Empire.

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BRILL

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9004300929

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9789004300927

Semigroup Algebras

By: Jan Okninski

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Semigroup Algebras

By: Jan Okninski

Gathers and unifies the results of the theory of noncommutative semigroup rings, primarily drawing on the literature of the last 10 years, and including several new results. Okninski (Warsaw U., Poland) restricts coverage to the ring theoretical properties for which a systematic treatment is current

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CRC Press

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1000147665

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9781000147667

Solving Direct and Inverse Heat Conduction Problems

By: Jan Taler,Piotr Duda

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Solving Direct and Inverse Heat Conduction Problems

By: Jan Taler,Piotr Duda

This book presents a solution for direct and inverse heat conduction problems, discussing the theoretical basis for the heat transfer process and presenting selected theoretical and numerical problems in the form of exercises with solutions. The book covers one-, two- and three dimensional problems which are solved by using exact and approximate analytical methods and numerical methods. An accompanying CD-Rom includes computational solutions of the examples and extensive FORTRAN code.

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3540334718

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