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Biomusicology

Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music

By: Nils Lennart Wallin

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Biomusicology

Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music

By: Nils Lennart Wallin

Wallin's discourse encompasses: 1) the musical consequences of cerebral functional asymmetry; 2) the hierarchic and selective organization of perceptual-cognitive auditory processes; 3) reticular-limbic responses to musical stimuli interpreted as synapse-modifying mechanisms for long-term motivation and learning, as well as for phylogenetical "learning"; 4) the question of remnants or retentions with roots in the sound-gestures of other vertebrates of a higher order (and not solely the non-human primates) being active in the innermost structure of music; 5) vocalization techniques, e.g., the "kolning" technique of the late Paleolithic herding culture of Europe, as paleobiological retention; 6) the epistemological perspective of models of life-processes as discussed in recent scientific research."--BOOK JACKET.

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Pendragon Press

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0945193203

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9780945193203

The Discovery of the Baltic

The Reception of a Catholic World-System in the European North (AD 1075-1225)

By: Nils Blomkvist

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The Discovery of the Baltic

The Reception of a Catholic World-System in the European North (AD 1075-1225)

By: Nils Blomkvist

Nils Blomkvist discusses how the Baltic Rim was initially Europeanized between 1075 and 1225 AD. He compares the indigenous civilisations to the prevailing western European one. After the expansive Viking period, European penetration became a process of discovery. The importance of the Catholic Reform movement and its unintentional ties to the formation of an endurable commodity market are outlined. Clashes and compromises are investigated in case studies of the Kalmarsund region, Gotland and the Daugava valley. Dissimilar cases of state formation are compared: those of Sweden and Livonia. Many classical scholarly problems are revisited. A new approach to the period's narrative sources brings to life Scandinavian, German, Russian, Finno-Ugrian and Baltic attitudes and day-to-day concern in the midst of a change of epic dimensions.

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784

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BRILL

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9047406443

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9789047406440

The Nobel Prize

The First 100 Years

By: Agneta Wallin Levinovitz,Nils Ringertz

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The Nobel Prize

The First 100 Years

By: Agneta Wallin Levinovitz,Nils Ringertz

This wonderful book gives a comprehensive review of the Nobel prizes awarded since 1901 Reading the book is like reading a compressed history of humankind in the twentieth century. It shows how by and large the Nobel prizes have indeed tracked the epoch-making events in this turbulent century."M VeltmanNobel Laureate in Physics (1999)Emeritus Professor of PhysicsUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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252

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World Scientific

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981024665X

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9789810246655

Megaprojects and Risk

An Anatomy of Ambition

By: Bent Flyvbjerg,Nils Bruzelius,Werner Rothengatter

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Megaprojects and Risk

An Anatomy of Ambition

By: Bent Flyvbjerg,Nils Bruzelius,Werner Rothengatter

Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts and overvalued economic development effects. This results in projects that are extremely risky, but where the risk is concealed from MPs, taxpayers and investors. The authors not only explore the problems but also suggest practical solutions drawing on theory, experience and hard, scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents that illustrate the book. Accessibly written, it will be the standard reference for students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and interested citizens for many years to come.

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226

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Cambridge University Press

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0521009464

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9780521009461

Meta-organizations

By: Göran Ahrne,Nils Brunsson

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Meta-organizations

By: Göran Ahrne,Nils Brunsson

A growing number of organizations are meta-organizations; rather than individuals they have other organizations as their members. This comprehensive book explains, in-depth, the unique way in which meta-organizations function, how they differ from organizations with individual membership, and how they are crucial agents in the process of globalization. Göran Ahrne and Nils Brunsson combine the fields of organization theory and international relations in a new way. They portray a theory based on insights from organization studies that is also used to explain and understand international organizations. This theory creates new possibilities to analyze meta-organizations such as the EU and the UN and compare them to other meta-organizations such as national trade associations, sport federations and international non-governmental organizations. The authors point out striking similarities between all these organizations that have never been discovered before, including the conditions for membership, identity formation and decision-making. The book opens a whole new area for organizational research. It will be essential reading for researchers and postgraduate students interested in organization theory, globalization, politics and organizations, or international organizations.

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201

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1848442653

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9781848442658

Forest Monitoring

Chapter 20. Quality Assurance in International Forest Monitoring in Europe

By: Marco Ferretti,Nils König

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Forest Monitoring

Chapter 20. Quality Assurance in International Forest Monitoring in Europe

By: Marco Ferretti,Nils König

A comprehensive Quality Assurance (QA) approach has been recently developed and implemented within the largest international forest monitoring program in Europe: ICP Forests. It includes a series of components aimed at providing agreed methods, explicit quality standards, training, and intercomparison procedures as well as remedial counter-actions. All investigations carried out by the program are covered, and this provides the basis for documented statements about data quality. Although considerable work is still necessary in the area of field sampling, the QA approach presented here can also be useful for other programs and projects based on international, multiagency cooperation.

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Elsevier Inc. Chapters

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0128055332

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9780128055335

Biomusicology

Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music

By: Nils Lennart Wallin

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Neurophysiological, Neuropsychological, and Evolutionary Perspectives on the Origins and Purposes of Music

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Biomusicology

Biomusicology

The Discovery of the Baltic

The Discovery of the Baltic

The Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize

Megaprojects and Risk

Megaprojects and Risk

Meta-organizations

Meta-organizations

Forest Monitoring

Forest Monitoring

Biomusicology

Biomusicology

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