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Fighting As Real As It Gets

A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

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Fighting As Real As It Gets

A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

Michael Staack’s multi-year ethnography is the first and only comprehensive social-scientific analysis of the combat sport ‘Mixed Martial Arts’. Based on systematic training observations, the author meticulously analyses how Mixed Martial Arts practitioners conjointly create and immerse themselves into their own world of ultimate bodily combat. With his examination of concentrative technique demonstrations, cooperative technique train-ings, and chaotic sparring practices, Staack not only provides a sociological illumination of Mixed Martial Arts culture’s defining theme – the quest of ‘Fighting As Real As It Gets’. Rather further-more, he provides a compelling cultural-sociological case study on practical social constructions of ‘authenticity’.

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3476049914

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9783476049919

Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Structures of the Emerging World Order

By: Michael Staack

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Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Structures of the Emerging World Order

By: Michael Staack

The international system is undergoing a fundamental change from unipolarity to multipolarity and is facing a growing importance of Asia in world politics. In order to build Global Governance for the 21st century the multipolar state-system must be complemented and linked with structures of multilateral cooperation.

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Verlag Barbara Budrich

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384740346X

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Russia, the European Union and NATO

Is a “new normal” possible?

By: Michael Staack

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Russia, the European Union and NATO

Is a “new normal” possible?

By: Michael Staack

Russia, the European Union, and NATO still share some important common interests that need to be given greater attention. A return to strategic partnership is not conceivable without resolving the Ukraine confl ict, but prudent management of the antagonism in order to keep open the prospect of a peaceful new normal is crucial. At the same time, it is important to keep in mind that the persistent volatility of the international environment could further complicate this already diffi cult process.

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3847412051

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Plasma Engineering

By: Michael Keidar,Isak Beilis

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Plasma Engineering

By: Michael Keidar,Isak Beilis

Plasma Engineering, Second Edition, applies the unique properties of plasmas (ionized gases) to improve processes and performance over many fields, such as materials processing, spacecraft propulsion and nanofabrication. The book considers this rapidly expanding discipline from a unified standpoint, addressing fundamentals of physics and modeling, as well as new and real-word applications in aerospace, nanotechnology and bioengineering. This updated edition covers the fundamentals of plasma physics at a level suitable for students using application examples and contains the widest variety of applications of any text on the market, spanning the areas of aerospace engineering, nanotechnology and nanobioengineering. This is highly useful for courses on plasma engineering or plasma physics in departments of Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Physics. It is also useful as an introduction to plasma engineering and its applications for early career researchers and practicing engineers. - Features new material relevant to application, including emerging areas of plasma nanotechnology and medicine - Contains a new chapter on plasma-based control, as well as a description of RF and microwave-based plasma applications, plasma lighting, reforming and other most recent application areas - Provides a technical treatment of the fundamental and engineering principles used in plasma applications

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Academic Press

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0128137037

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Fighting As Real As It Gets

A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

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A Micro-Sociological Encounter

By: Michael Staack

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The Story of China

The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

By: Michael Wood

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The Story of China

The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

By: Michael Wood

A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today. Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world’s oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years. After a century and a half of foreign invasion, civil war, and revolution, China has once again returned to center stage as a global superpower and the world’s second largest economy. But how did it become so dominant? Wood argues that in order to comprehend the great significance of China today, we must begin with its history. The Story of China takes a fresh look at the Middle Kingdom in the light of the recent massive changes inside the country. Taking into account exciting new archeological discoveries, the book begins with China’s prehistory—the early dynasties, the origins of the Chinese state, and the roots of Chinese culture in the age of Confucius. Wood looks at particular periods and themes that are now being reevaluated by historians, such as the renaissance of the Song with its brilliant scientific discoveries. He paints a vibrant picture of the Qing Empire in the 18th century, just before the European impact, a time when China’s rich and diverse culture was at its height. Then, Wood explores the encounter with the West, the Opium Wars, the clashes with the British, and the extraordinarily rich debates in the late 19th century that pushed China along the path to modernity. Finally, he provides a clear up-to-date account of post-1949 China, including revelations about the 1989 crisis based on newly leaked inside documents, and fresh insights into the new order of President Xi Jinping. All woven together with landscape history and the author’s own travel journals, The Story of China is the indispensable book about the most intriguing and powerful country on the world stage today.

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384

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St. Martin's Press

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1250202582

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9781250202581

Diagnostic Cystoscopy

The Cystoscopist Reference

By: Bradley C. Tenny,Michael O'Neill

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Diagnostic Cystoscopy

The Cystoscopist Reference

By: Bradley C. Tenny,Michael O'Neill

Diagnostic cystoscopy is the gold standard procedure in assessing anatomical variations and/or bladder pathologies. For example, for a clinician to adequately rule out carcinoma in situ of the bladder the clinician must directly visualize the whole bladder. Mastering this skill is thus incredibly important for the training MD and training advanced practice provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant). Once mastered, this readily available reference will serve to benefit said clinician in differentiating benign and malignant pathologies. This text is designed as a comprehensive review by experts in the field of urology on the cystoscope, including both the flexible and rigid instrument, technical use, and certainly bladder pathologies. The rigid cystoscope includes three parts: the scope/lens, bridge, and sheath. These three parts may seem self-explanatory, however there are array of varying options within these three parts that have specific indications for use. Thus, being very familiar with these instruments is vital in being a great cystoscopist. This book will prepare all practitioners to improve and perfect their skills as cystoscopists. Perhaps most significantly, this book will cover numerous topics in normal anatomy, benign and malignant urethral pathology, and benign and malignant bladder pathology. Dialogue on each presented topic includes a brief pathological discussion, associated clinical significance such as common signs or symptoms, suggested treatment for said topic, additional references for further reading, and photographs. Photographs are included on every topic, with a minimum of one image and a maximum of five for reference. A comprehensive reference on diagnostic cystoscopy has been needed for quite some time. This book will satisfy this need for both the developing and experienced cystoscopist.

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153

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Springer Nature

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3031106687

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9783031106682

Intercepted

The Rise and Fall of NFL Cornerback Darryl Henley

By: Michael McKnight

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Intercepted

The Rise and Fall of NFL Cornerback Darryl Henley

By: Michael McKnight

Hailing from suburban Los Angeles, raised by supportive parents, and educated at a boys-only parochial school, Darryl Henley had it all. He earned a history degree from UCLA, became a first-team All American for the Bruins in 1988, and was a rising star as the starting cornerback for the LA Rams in the early nineties. How Henley, in the space of three short years, went from golden NFL role model to federal inmate is one of the most bizarre stories in the annals of sport-stars-turned-criminal. The product of eight years of investigative research and over one hundred interviews, Intercepted has all the dark corners and unexpected twists of the most sophisticated legal thrillers. Michael McKnight takes us into Henley’s fourth season in the NFL, when he met a Rams cheerleader named Tracy Donaho and bumped into a boyhood friend named Willie McGowan—a onetime youth-league standout who had since turned to drug trafficking. The tale devolves from there, as Henley, Donaho, and McGowan embark on a scheme to transport cocaine that lands Henley in federal prison, where he attempts to arrange a Mafia hit on the sentencing judge and the star witness against him: Donaho. Detailing how one of the best and brightest of our professional athletes destroyed himself through temptation, arrogance, and anger at a justice system that he felt had failed him, Intercepted is also a cautionary tale about American culture, as disturbing as it is impossible to ignore.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803245610

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9780803245617

Nano-society

Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

By: Michael Berger

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Nano-society

Pushing the Boundaries of Technology

By: Michael Berger

Each of the chapters is based on a particular scientific paper that has been published in a peer-reviewed journal and, while each story revolves around one or two scientists who were interviewed for this book, many, if not most, of the scientific accomplishments covered in the book are the result of collaborative efforts by several scientists and research groups, often from different organizations and from different countries. The book is different to other books in this field because it provides a novel human touch to nanotechnology research by not only covering a wide range of research topics but also the (often nameless) scientists behind this research. The book is a collection of Spotlight articles from the popular Nanowerk website and each article has been crafted with the author(s) of a scientific paper and signed off by them prior to being posted on Nanowerk.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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1847558836

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Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

By: Michael J. Enright

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Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

By: Michael J. Enright

One of the most important features of China’s economic emergence has been the role of foreign investment and foreign companies. The importance goes well beyond the USD 1.6 trillion in foreign direct investment that China has received since it started opening its economy. Using the tools of economic impact analysis, the author estimates that around one-third of China’s GDP in recent years has been generated by the investments, operations, and supply chains of foreign invested companies. In addition, foreign companies have developed industries, created suppliers and distributors, introduced modern technologies, improved business practices, modernized management training, improved sustainability performance, and helped shape China’s legal and regulatory systems. These impacts have helped China become the world’s second largest economy, its leading exporter, and one of its leading destinations for inward investment. The book provides a powerful analysis of China’s policies toward foreign investment that can inform policy makers around the world, while giving foreign companies tools to demonstrate their contributions to host countries and showing the tremendous power of foreign investment to help transform economies.

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Routledge

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1315393328

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9781315393322

Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias

By: Peter Kohl,Frederick Sachs,Michael R. Franz

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Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias

By: Peter Kohl,Frederick Sachs,Michael R. Franz

Rev. ed. of: Cardiac mechano-electric feedback and arrhythmias. 2005.

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Oxford University Press

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0199570167

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Russia, the European Union and NATO

Is a “new normal” possible?

By: Michael Staack

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Russia, the European Union and NATO

Is a “new normal” possible?

By: Michael Staack

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Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Structures of the Emerging World Order

By: Michael Staack

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Structures of the Emerging World Order

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Fighting As Real As It Gets

Fighting As Real As It Gets

Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Russia, the European Union and NATO

Russia, the European Union and NATO

Plasma Engineering

Plasma Engineering

Fighting As Real As It Gets

Fighting As Real As It Gets

The Story of China

The Story of China

Diagnostic Cystoscopy

Diagnostic Cystoscopy

Intercepted

Intercepted

Nano-society

Nano-society

Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Developing China: The Remarkable Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias

Cardiac Mechano-Electric Coupling and Arrhythmias

Russia, the European Union and NATO

Russia, the European Union and NATO

Multilateralism and Multipolarity

Multilateralism and Multipolarity

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