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Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response

Maritime Crisis Response

By: Larissa Forster

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Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response

Maritime Crisis Response

By: Larissa Forster

This thesis was accepted as a doctoral dissertation by the Faculty of Arts of the University of Zurich in the fall semester 2010 on the recommendation of Prof. Dr. Albert A. Stahel and Prof. Dr. Peter Dombrowski (U.S. Naval War College.)" - p. ii

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U.S. Government Printing Office

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1935352032

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9781935352037

New Emitters for OLEDs

The Coordination- and Photo-Chemistry of Mononuclear Neutral Copper(I) Complexes

By: Larissa Bergmann

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New Emitters for OLEDs

The Coordination- and Photo-Chemistry of Mononuclear Neutral Copper(I) Complexes

By: Larissa Bergmann

Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) enable the energy-efficient generation of light, and thus find application for displays or lighting. In particular, luminescent copper(I) complexes present a promising, resource- and cost-efficient class of emitting materials for OLEDs and have attracted enormous interest due to their high emission efficiencies and color tunability by ligand variation. The assessment of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) to copper(I) compounds has accelerated the development and investigation of several complex classes. Herein, novel emitting materials based on mononuclear neutral copper(I) complexes of the type [(NN)Cu(PP)] have been developed and a deeper understanding of the structureproperty relationships was achieved by comprehensive spectroscopical studies. The investigation of a large variety of complexes by absorption and emission spectroscopy, supported by theoretical calculations and electrochemical measurements, enabled a thorough understanding of the steric and electronic effects of the ligands on the complexes' emission. Furthermore, the mechanism of thermally activated delayed fluorescence could be illustrated by means of time-resolved emission spectroscopy, and the intersystem crossing of a representative TADF complex determined in the solid state for the first time, which is essential for the design of efficient TADF materials.

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Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH

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3832541837

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9783832541835

Strangers Drowning

Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help

By: Larissa MacFarquhar

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Strangers Drowning

Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Urge to Help

By: Larissa MacFarquhar

What does it mean to devote yourself wholly to helping others? In Strangers Drowning, Larissa MacFarquhar seeks out people living lives of extreme ethical commitment and tells their deeply intimate stories; their stubborn integrity and their compromises; their bravery and their recklessness; their joys and defeats and wrenching dilemmas. A couple adopts two children in distress. But then they think: If they can change two lives, why not four? Or ten? They adopt twenty. But how do they weigh the needs of unknown children in distress against the needs of the children they already have? Another couple founds a leprosy colony in the wilderness in India, living in huts with no walls, knowing that their two small children may contract leprosy or be eaten by panthers. The children survive. But what if they hadn’t? How would their parents’ risk have been judged? A woman believes that if she spends money on herself, rather than donate it to buy life-saving medicine, then she’s responsible for the deaths that result. She lives on a fraction of her income, but wonders: when is compromise self-indulgence and when is it essential? We honor such generosity and high ideals; but when we call people do-gooders there is skepticism in it, even hostility. Why do moral people make us uneasy? Between her stories, MacFarquhar threads a lively history of the literature, philosophy, social science, and self-help that have contributed to a deep suspicion of do-gooders in Western culture. Through its sympathetic and beautifully vivid storytelling, Strangers Drowning confronts us with fundamental questions about what it means to be human. In a world of strangers drowning in need, how much should we help, and how much can we help? Is it right to care for strangers even at the expense of those we are closest to? Moving and provocative, Strangers Drowning challenges us to think about what we value most, and why.

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336

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Penguin

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0698195604

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9780698195608

After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

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After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother, Della, on a tour of England's most revered literary sites, Jasmine hopes it will bring them closer together and help them reconcile the past. Twenty-five years earlier the disappearance of Jasmine's older sister devastated their tight-knit community. This tragedy returns to haunt Jasmine and Della when another child mysteriously goes missing on Hampstead Heath. As Jasmine immerses herself in the world of her literary idols &– including Jane Austen, the Bront&ë sisters and Virginia Woolf &– Della is inspired to rediscover the wisdom of her own culture and storytelling. But sometimes the stories that are not told can become too great to bear. Ambitious and engrossing, After Story celebrates the extraordinary power of words and the quiet spaces between. We can be ready to listen, but are we ready to hear?

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289

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Univ. of Queensland Press

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0702265322

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9780702265327

Automaton Biographies

By: Larissa Lai

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Automaton Biographies

By: Larissa Lai

“Part exoskeletal enjambment, part shared soft biology, Automaton Biographies wends through creative industries and uncommon commons, picking up the shards of both our latent futures and our Polaroid pasts.”—Mark Nowak, poet The first poetry book by novelist Larissa Lai (When Fox is a Thousand) is a multilayered “autobiography” that puts an ear to the white noise of advertising, pop music, CNN, and biotechnology, exploring the problem of what it means to exist on the boundaries of “human.” Lai, who teaches English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, is prominent within the women’s, LGBT, and Asian American communities.

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170

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arsenal pulp press

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1551523582

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9781551523583

Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems

How Physics Could Enrich Biological Understanding : Proceedings of the International Workshop, Acireale, Catania, Italy, 18-22 September, 2002

By: Francesco Musumeci,Larissa S. Brizhik,Mae-Wan Ho

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Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems

How Physics Could Enrich Biological Understanding : Proceedings of the International Workshop, Acireale, Catania, Italy, 18-22 September, 2002

By: Francesco Musumeci,Larissa S. Brizhik,Mae-Wan Ho

This volume contains papers based on the workshop ?Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems: How Physics Could Enrich Biological Understanding?, held in Italy in 2002. The meeting was a forum aimed at evaluating the potential and outlooks of a modern physics approach to understanding and describing biological processes, especially regarding the transition from the microscopic chemical scenario to the macroscopic functional configurations of living matter. In this frame some leading researchers presented and discussed several basic topics, such as the photon interaction with biological systems also from the viewpoint of photon information processes and of possible applications; the influence of electromagnetic fields on the self-organization of biosystems including the nonlinear mechanism for energy transfer and storage; and the influence of the structure of water on the properties of biological matter.

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371

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World Scientific

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9812384197

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9789812384195

Knitalong

Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together

By: Larissa Brown,Martin John Brown

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Knitalong

Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together

By: Larissa Brown,Martin John Brown

An inspiring history of communal knitting events—from circles to online meet-ups to socially conscious knit-ins. Includes 20 projects. The immensely popular knitalong—an organized event where people knit together for a common goal—has only grown with the explosion of the Internet. Yesterday’s wartime Red Cross sock drives have evolved into today’s meet-ups at locales as diverse as cafes, state fairs, and major league ballparks, as well as international online gatherings; in fact, at any given time tens of thousands of people worldwide are involved in knitalongs, organized around a particular yarn, a favorite social cause, an intriguing project, a special event, or myriad other themes. Authors Larissa Brown and Martin John Brown present an inspiring look at centuries of people knitting together, and why knitters find the interaction so meaningful and worthwhile. Along the way, they offer 20 projects especially suited for different types of knitalongs. The Barn Raising Quilt and the Traveling Scarf, for instance, call on individual knitters to collaborate on a single project; while the Pinwheel Blanket and the Meathead Hat encourage a community of knitters to improvise on the same pattern to come up with a variety of results. Also included is essential information about finding, joining, and starting knitalongs. Hundreds of knitters participated in the knitalongs hosted by the authors as part of their research, and this book will inspire thousands more to get involved in the knitalong movement. The only book that celebrates this tradition of community and purpose, Knitalong is sure to have a powerful impact.

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Open Road Media

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1453220763

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9781453220764

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Seaborne Crisis Response (Newport Paper 39)

By: Larissa Forster,Naval War College Press

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Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Seaborne Crisis Response (Newport Paper 39)

By: Larissa Forster,Naval War College Press

Newport Paper 39. The monograph is an empirical analysis of crisis haracteristics, actors, U.S. involvement, and outcomes, exploring the political use of naval forces during foreign-policy crises short of full-scale warfare. Dr. Forster, of the University of Zurich, uses a statistical model to analyze naval crisis data in ways useful to policy makers and strategists-outlining the unique characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of naval forces and summarizing theoretical literature on naval diplomacy and coercion, as well as earlier quantitative research.

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340

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Military Bookshop

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1782663797

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9781782663799

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Seaborne Crisis Response

By: Larissa Forster

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Seaborne Crisis Response

By: Larissa Forster

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE-Signifcantly reduced list price Influence without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response, by Dr. Larissa Forster of the University of Zurich, is the 39th monograph in the Naval War College's Newport Paper series. It is an empirical analysis of crisis characteristics, actors, U.S. involvement, and outcomes, exploring the political use of naval forces during foreign-policy crises short of full-scale warfare. Dr. Forster uses a statistical model to analyze naval crisis data in ways useful to policy makers and strategists-outlining the unique characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of naval forces and summarizing theoretical literature on naval diplomacy and coercion, as well as earlier quantitative research.

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Newport Paper

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1935352032

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Book's by Larissa Forster

Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response

Influence Without Boots on the Ground: Seaborne Crisis Response

New Emitters for OLEDs

New Emitters for OLEDs

Strangers Drowning

Strangers Drowning

After Story

After Story

Automaton Biographies

Automaton Biographies

Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems

Energy and Information Transfer in Biological Systems

Knitalong

Knitalong

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

Influence Without Boots on the Ground

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