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The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change

By: Rainer Walz,Joachim Schleich

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The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change

By: Rainer Walz,Joachim Schleich

In its latest Assessment Report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) projects that without further action the global average surface t- perature would rise by a further 1. 8–4. 0°C until the end of this century. But even if the rise in temperature could be limited to the lower end of this range, irreversible and possibly catastrophic changes are likely to occur. Consequently, the protection of the earth’s atmosphere requires substantial efforts to reduce CO and other green- 2 house gas emissions – especially in countries with very high per capita emissions. To limit the imminent rise in temperature, in the Kyoto-Protocol, the European Union has committed itself to reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases by 8% up to 2008–2012 compared to 1990 levels. Within the EU burden sharing agr- ment, some countries have to achieve even higher emissions reductions. Germany was assigned a reduction target of 21%. The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in February 2005 marks a first step towards meting global climate targets, but more ambitious action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is needed after 2012, when the Kyoto targets expire. Under German presidency, the EU has committed itself to unilaterally reduce its greenhouse gas emissions until 2020 by 20%. In case a Post- Kyoto agreement can be reached, the EU reduction target would be 30% (CEU, 2007).

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3790820784

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9783790820782

Case Study Research in Software Engineering

Guidelines and Examples

By: Per Runeson,Martin Host,Austen Rainer,Bjorn Regnell

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Case Study Research in Software Engineering

Guidelines and Examples

By: Per Runeson,Martin Host,Austen Rainer,Bjorn Regnell

Based on their own experiences of in-depth case studies of software projects in international corporations, in this book the authors present detailed practical guidelines on the preparation, conduct, design and reporting of case studies of software engineering. This is the first software engineering specific book on the case study research method.

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John Wiley & Sons

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111818100X

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9781118181003

Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled

By: Rainer Eisfeld

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Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled

By: Rainer Eisfeld

This ground breaking volume offers a range of alternative approaches to political science, highlighting problems too rarely confronted by “mainstream” political scientists. Ranging from Gunfighter Sagas to the changing faces of an imaginary Mars, the innovative chapters introduce whole new ways of rethinking politics, stirring up the all too conventional ways of the discipline. “Klaus von Beyme, one of the most erudite members of our profession, in his introduction conclusively demonstrates the book’s crossdisciplinary merits. I believe this valuable work will be a powerful boost to an international, comparatively informed, pluralist political science.” Theodore J. Lowi (Cornell University), former President, International Political Science Association

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Verlag Barbara Budrich

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3866495366

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9783866495364

75 years of forensic medicine in Mainz. From Barrack No. 18 to the High-Tech Institute

By: Becker, Jürgen,Kaufmann, Thomas,Mattern, Rainer,Riepert, Thomas

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75 years of forensic medicine in Mainz. From Barrack No. 18 to the High-Tech Institute

By: Becker, Jürgen,Kaufmann, Thomas,Mattern, Rainer,Riepert, Thomas

If one takes into account the media presence, then forensic medical science is a beacon in the canon of medical disciplines. On the other hand, taking into account the number of experts (there are only about 350 specialists in Germany), this subject is the smallest specialist discipline. In Mainz, forensic medicine at the Johannes Gutenberg University, has since the founding of the institute in 1946 always played a prominent role. There are a number of good reasons why: Excellent personalities have been active here in the institute’s leadership (Wagner, Leithoff, Rittner, Urban, Germerott). This is true from a professional point of view, but also with regard to their importance for the further development of the medical faculty at the level of the dean’s office and the board of directors. Prof. Dr. Klaus Püschel

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Lehmanns Media

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3965434047

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9783965434042

The Origin of Chronic Inflammatory Systemic Diseases and their Sequelae

By: Rainer Straub

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The Origin of Chronic Inflammatory Systemic Diseases and their Sequelae

By: Rainer Straub

Chronic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases, and others typically stimulate a systemic response of the entire body. This response has a uniform character in many diseases because common pathways are switched on. The uniform response regulates systemic energy and water provision. However, long-term application of this program leads to typical disease sequelae such as fatigue / depressive symptoms, sleep disturbances, anorexia, malnutrition, muscle wasting – cachexia, cachectic obesity, insulin resistance, dyslipidemia, alterations of steroid hormone axes, disturbances of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, elevated sympathetic tone, hypertension, volume expansion, decreased parasympathetic tone, inflammation–related anemia, bone loss, hypercoagulability, circadian rhythms of symptoms, and disease exacerbation by stress . The Origin of Chronic Inflammatory Systemic Diseases and Their Sequelae demonstrates concepts of neuroendocrine immunology, energy and water regulation, and evolutionary medicine in order to show that the uniform response that regulates systemic energy and water provision, has been positively selected for acute physiological responses and short-lived disease states, but is a misguided program in chronic inflammatory diseases and aging. - Offers a broad conceptual framework with a strong clinical link, written in an easy to grasp style and demonstrating the link to aging research - Describes the important principles derived from basic immunology that are used to explain pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory systemic diseases with a focus on autoimmunity - Defines the bioenergetics and energy regulation of the body explaining common response pathways typical for systemic inflammation - Makes use of evolutionary medicine theory to demonstrate the uniformity of the systemic response - Explains the appearance of typical disease sequelae on the basis of the three pillars: neuroendocrine immunology, energy regulation, and evolutionary medicine theory - Contains color figures and tables that explain the field to newcomers

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Academic Press

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0128033223

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9780128033227

Archaeologies of Modernity

Avant-Garde Bildung

By: Rainer Rumold

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Archaeologies of Modernity

Avant-Garde Bildung

By: Rainer Rumold

Archaeologies of Modernity explores the shift from the powerful tradition of literary forms of Bildung—the education of the individual as the self—to the visual forms of “Bildung” (from Bild) that characterize German modernism and the European avant-garde. Interrelated chapters examine the work of Franz Kafka, Jean/Hans Arp, Walter Benjamin, and Carl Einstein, and of artists such as Oskar Kokoschka or Kurt Schwitters, in the light of the surge of an autoformation (Bildung) of verbal and visual images at the core of expressionist and surrealist aesthetics and the art that followed. In this first scholarly focus on modernist avant-garde Bildung in its entwinement of conceptual modernity with forms of the archaic, Rumold resituates the significance of the poet and art theorist Einstein and his work on the language of primitivism and the visual imagination. Archaeologies of Modernity is a major reconsideration of the conception of the modernist project and will be of interest to scholars across the disciplines.

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Northwestern University Press

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0810131110

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9780810131118

Internal Friction in Metallic Materials

A Handbook

By: Mikhail S. Blanter,Igor S. Golovin,Hartmut Neuhäuser,Hans-Rainer Sinning

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Internal Friction in Metallic Materials

A Handbook

By: Mikhail S. Blanter,Igor S. Golovin,Hartmut Neuhäuser,Hans-Rainer Sinning

This book is a unique collection of experimental data in the field of internal friction, anelastic relaxation, and damping properties of metallic materials. It reviews virtually all anelastic relaxation phenomena ever published. The reader is also supplied with explanations of the basic physical mechanisms of internal friction, a summary of typical effects for different groups of metals, and more than 2000 references to original papers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540687580

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9783540687580

Carved Splendor

Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria and South Tirol

By: Rainer Kahsnitz

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Carved Splendor

Late Gothic Altarpieces in Southern Germany, Austria and South Tirol

By: Rainer Kahsnitz

The color photographs, specially commissioned for this project, are an essential feature of the book. Each altarpiece is illustrated in its entirety, with its wings both opened and closed, and in close-up views of its most important carvings and paintings - details that are not available to the average visitor to these sites."--BOOK JACKET.

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Getty Publications

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0892368535

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9780892368532

Living Donor Organ Transplantation

By: Rainer W. G. Gruessner,Enrico Benedetti

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Living Donor Organ Transplantation

By: Rainer W. G. Gruessner,Enrico Benedetti

A comprehensive, technique-oriented guide to abdominal organ transplantation A Doody's Core Title for 2011! Valuable to the seasoned and novice transplant surgeon as well as the multidisciplinary team that tends to both the living donor and the recipient of abdominal organs, Living Organ Donor Transplantation puts the entire discipline in perspective while guiding you step-by-step through the most common organ transplant surgeries. Organized into four cohesive parts and featuring numerous surgical illustrations, this sourcebook delivers an incisive look at every key consideration for general surgeons who perform transplantations, from patient selection to recipient workup and outcomes, and emphasizes the most humanitarian approaches. Features: The first A-to-Z, operation-oriented guide to the field of living donor organ transplantation Unparalleled examination of a wide spectrum of solid organ transplantation procedures (liver, pancreas, kidney, intestine), with accompanying chapters on the history of the procedure, the donor, the recipient, and cost analysis Skill-building coverage of techniques that explains adequate pretransplant workup and posttransplant care Chapters on cultural differences, ethical and legal issues, social issues, current financial incentives, and the illegal organ trade Up-to-date survey of the future possibilities of organ transplantation, covering new immunosuppressive protocols, xenotransplantation, gene therapy, organogenesis and therapeutic cloning, and more Reflections from pioneers in the field

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McGraw Hill Professional

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0071593306

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9780071593304

The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change

By: Rainer Walz,Joachim Schleich

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The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Macroeconomic Effects, Structural Adjustments and Technological Change

By: Rainer Walz,Joachim Schleich

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Research and Technology Competence for a Sustainable Development in the BRICS Countries

By: Rainer Walz

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Research and Technology Competence for a Sustainable Development in the BRICS Countries

By: Rainer Walz

Against the backdrop of the fast development in rapidly growing economies, the challenge presented by sustainable development is becoming more and more urgent from a global perspective. To reconcile economic growth and ecological sustainability requires absorption of sustainability technologies and the capacity to further develop them. The analysis determines the research and technology competences in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) and Germany in six selected fields of sustainability. It follows a "System of Sustainability Innovations Approach" and focuses on the relations between general framework conditions, the research system, technological capability and the conditions for technology diffusion and cooperation.

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3816776469

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Book's by Rainer Walz

The Economics of Climate Change Policies

The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Case Study Research in Software Engineering

Case Study Research in Software Engineering

Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled

Radical Approaches to Political Science: Roads Less Traveled

75 years of forensic medicine in Mainz. From Barrack No. 18 to the High-Tech Institute

75 years of forensic medicine in Mainz. From Barrack No. 18 to the High-Tech Institute

The Origin of Chronic Inflammatory Systemic Diseases and their Sequelae

The Origin of Chronic Inflammatory Systemic Diseases and their Sequelae

Archaeologies of Modernity

Archaeologies of Modernity

Internal Friction in Metallic Materials

Internal Friction in Metallic Materials

Carved Splendor

Carved Splendor

Living Donor Organ Transplantation

Living Donor Organ Transplantation

The Economics of Climate Change Policies

The Economics of Climate Change Policies

Research and Technology Competence for a Sustainable Development in the BRICS Countries

Research and Technology Competence for a Sustainable Development in the BRICS Countries

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