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Singing to the Plants

A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By: Stephan V, Beyer

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Singing to the Plants

A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon

By: Stephan V, Beyer

In the Upper Amazon, mestizos are the Spanish-speaking descendants of Hispanic colonizers and the indigenous peoples of the jungle. Some mestizos have migrated to Amazon towns and cities, such as Iquitos and Pucallpa; most remain in small villages. They have retained features of a folk Catholicism and traditional Hispanic medicine, and have incorporated much of the religious tradition of the Amazon, especially its healing, sorcery, shamanism, and the use of potent plant hallucinogens, including ayahuasca. The result is a uniquely eclectic shamanist culture that continues to fascinate outsiders with its brilliant visionary art. Ayahuasca shamanism is now part of global culture. Once the terrain of anthropologists, it is now the subject of novels and spiritual memoirs, while ayahuasca shamans perform their healing rituals in Ontario and Wisconsin. Singing to the Plants sets forth just what this shamanism is about--what happens at an ayahuasca healing ceremony, how the apprentice shaman forms a spiritual relationship with the healing plant spirits, how sorcerers inflict the harm that the shaman heals, and the ways that plants are used in healing, love magic, and sorcery.

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0826347312

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Wonder Wood

A Favorite Material for Design, Architecture and Art

By: Barbara Glasner,Stephan Ott

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Wonder Wood

A Favorite Material for Design, Architecture and Art

By: Barbara Glasner,Stephan Ott

Wonder Wood presents this timeless material as it is being used today and how it can be used in the future. It also documents a selection of current international projects and processes, making-ofs, and experiments by 120 internationally renowned designers, architects, and artists, whose creative and innovative approach to the material makes their work compelling. For selected projects, interviews with the designers provide an in-depth look at the creative process and its results. A second section, dedicated to materials and technologies examines innovative developments as well as wood, wood-based materials, finishing technologies, and wooden structure principles. With biographies of the designers represented in the book, an alphabetical index, a bibliography and sources, Wonder Wood will serve the reader as a classic book of reference.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3034610890

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Entrepreneurship and Management in Forestry and Wood Processing

Principles of Business Economics and Management Processes

By: Franz Schmithüsen,Bastian Kaiser,Albin Schmidhauser,Stephan Mellinghoff,Karoline Perchthaler,Alfred W. Kammerhofer

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Entrepreneurship and Management in Forestry and Wood Processing

Principles of Business Economics and Management Processes

By: Franz Schmithüsen,Bastian Kaiser,Albin Schmidhauser,Stephan Mellinghoff,Karoline Perchthaler,Alfred W. Kammerhofer

Forestry has long been in a rather favourable position in offering a valuable raw material source in high demand. However, with rapidly changing end-user demands and cost competitiveness within the forest and wood chain as a whole, the industry is needing to adapt. Explaining entrepreneurial action as part of a chain of comprehensive value-added processes leads to a new perception of forest production and wood processing. This book applies the main concepts of modern managerial science to the world of forestry and is the perfect book for students studying forestry and wood processing, as well as entrepreneurs and managers within the sector. Topics are covered from an entrepreneurial perspective and include perspectives from accounting, finance, economics, supply chain management, marketing and strategy.

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1317368479

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Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140-1234

Second Edition

By: Stephan Kuttner

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Gratian and the Schools of Law, 1140-1234

Second Edition

By: Stephan Kuttner

Collected Studies CS1071 The central figure in this volume is that of Gratian, whose monumental compilation of canon law sparked off the revival of legal studies in the medieval West. In other collections of essays, Stephan Kuttner dealt with the development of canon law in the two centuries that followed the publication of Gratian's Decretum, and the ideas that this engendered; here he is concerned with the foundations upon which all these later efforts were based. The work of Gratian is, of course, the principal focus, but the studies then follow the spread of the teaching of law, from its inception at Bologna in the 1140s to its appearance soon after in other centres of learning in the West especially in France, in the Anglo-Norman schools and in Germany. With a quarter of the volume consisting of additional notes and extensive indexes, it makes a contribution of the greatest importance to the historical study of canon law. For this second edition, a new section of additional notes has been supplied, and the volume is introduced with an essay by Peter Landau; these take account of the important recent work on Gratian and the Decretum and chart the significance of Stephan Kuttner's work.

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1351058932

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Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong

Containing Contention

By: Stephan Ortmann

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Politics and Change in Singapore and Hong Kong

Containing Contention

By: Stephan Ortmann

This book explains the changing pattern of contentious politics in the democratization process of the two city-states Singapore and Hong Kong. It explores the causal connections between popular contention and democratization by applying a multi-disciplinary approach, using theoretical insights from the political sciences, sociology and psychology. It argues that the differences in the strategies applied by the ruling elite in the city-states explain why members of the opposition were empowered or obstructed in challenging the government.

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1135244677

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Medieval Councils, Decretals and Collections of Canon Law

By: Stephan Kuttner

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Medieval Councils, Decretals and Collections of Canon Law

By: Stephan Kuttner

First published in 1980, but then out of print for several years, this collection, together with The History of Ideas and Doctrines of Canon Law in the Middle Ages, presents a series of fundamental articles by the acknowledged master of medieval canon law studies. For this second edition they have been provided with extensive sections of new notes and references and the detailed indexes have been wholly revised and expanded. The volumes therefore now constitute essential works of reference for all those interested in the study of the medieval Church and its law. Ces deux collections, tout d’abord publiées en 1980, mais actuellement hors impression depuis plusieurs années, présentent une série de textes fondamentaux du mâitre incontesté de l’étude du droit canon médiéval. Pour cette seconde édition, elles ont été enrichies de sections importantes de nouvelles notes et références et les index détaillés ont été entiérement révisés et approfondis. De ce fait, ces ouvrages constituent aujourd’hui des travaux essentiels de référence pour tous ceux intéressés par l’étude de l’Eglise médiévale et de son droit.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040247709

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Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Principles and Applications

By: Stephan Hüfner

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Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Principles and Applications

By: Stephan Hüfner

The author, S. Hüfner, presents an authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the field by comprehensively treating the electronic structures of atoms, molecules, solids, and surfaces. Brief descriptions are given of inverse photoemission, spin-polarized photoemission and photoelectron diffraction. Experimental aspects are considered throughout the third edition book and the results are carefully interpreted in terms of the theory. A wealth of measured data is presented in tabulator form for easy use by experimentalists. The reader will learn about the basic technique of photoemission spectroscopy and obtain the necessary background for work based on this book.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662092808

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China’s Foreign-Invested Limited Partnership Enterprise

An Analysis of its Legal Personality, Limited Liability and Transferable Ownership Interest

By: Stephan Kuntner

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China’s Foreign-Invested Limited Partnership Enterprise

An Analysis of its Legal Personality, Limited Liability and Transferable Ownership Interest

By: Stephan Kuntner

Since a reform in 2010, foreign investors can establish a Foreign-Invested Limited Partnership Enterprise (FILPE) in China together with Chinese or foreign investors. The FILPE can be combined with a domestic or foreign corporate general partner, thus allowing for a structure that offers the flexibility and taxation conditions of a partnership while protecting its investors against personal liability like a company. The book explores from the perspective of a foreign investor if the FILPE is an attractive investment vehicle by analysing whether it provides the characteristics that are internationally recognized as constituting a standard corporate form. Among these characteristics, the three that are most strongly interconnected and interdependent form the core of the analysis: legal personality, limited liability and transferable ownership interest. These are analyzed in context of China's restrictive framework of foreign investment regulations and enterprise organization law.

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3030541819

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Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

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Hunting Wildlife in the Tropics and Subtropics

By: Julia E. Fa,Stephan M. Funk,Robert Nasi

Provides a comprehensive review of all topics related to the use and overuse of wildlife for their meat.

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1107117577

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Understanding Regression Analysis

An Introductory Guide

By: Larry D. Schroeder,David L. Sjoquist,Paula E. Stephan

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Understanding Regression Analysis

An Introductory Guide

By: Larry D. Schroeder,David L. Sjoquist,Paula E. Stephan

Providing beginners with a background to the frequently-used technique of linear regression, this text provides a heuristic explanation of the procedures and terms used in regression analysis and has been written at the most elementary level.

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0803927584

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9780803927582

Textbook of Small Animal Pathophysiology

By: Stephan Neumann

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Textbook of Small Animal Pathophysiology

By: Stephan Neumann

The comprehensive overview of the essential discipline of pathophysiology in small animal disease Textbook of Small Animal Pathophysiology provides a complete and accessible overview of disease mechanisms and pathophysiological consequences in the field of small animal medicine. The text focuses on the relationship between pathophysiology and disease of any etiology to aid better diagnostics and targeted therapy. The text includes general pathophysiology of key organ systems such as cardiac, respiratory, gastrointestinal, neural, and more. Core information such as diagnostic methods and therapeutic options is presented in tabular form and clear full-color illustrations are featured throughout to aid in seamless reader comprehension. Written by a highly qualified professional with significant firsthand experience in the field, Textbook of Small Animal Pathophysiology includes information on: Common pathological mechanisms, such as inflammation, sepsis and cytokine storm, fibrosis, degeneration, obesity, ischemia, hypoxia, cell death, apoptosis, necrosis, neoplasia, infection, ageing and pain General clinical manifestations, like abdominal enlargement, ataxia, constipation, cough, diarrhea, dyschezia, dysphagia, dyspnea, effusion, fatigue, fever, inappetence, jaundice, oedema, polyphagia, pruritus, regurgitation, seizure, shock, syncope, urinary disorders, vomitus, and weight loss Pathophysiology of organ systems cardiac system, hypertension, respiratory system, gastrointestinal system, hepatobiliary system, exocrine pancreas, urinary system, electrolyte system and acid-base balance, endocrine system, reproduction system, nerve system, joints, haematology and infectious diseases Written to be a complete resource on the subject, Textbook of Small Animal Pathophysiology enables its readers to develop a clear understanding of how each disease works in order to improve decision making and patient outcomes. It is essential reading for veterinary students and a highly useful reference for small animal clinicians.

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111982463X

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Organizing Creativity

Context, Process, and Practice

By: Stephan M. Schaefer

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Organizing Creativity

Context, Process, and Practice

By: Stephan M. Schaefer

Creativity is a defining feature of contemporary work life. Who has not taken part in brainstorming sessions, read glossy pamphlets about innovation and creativity as important cornerstones of a new business strategy, or been made aware of the importance of creative skills for one ́s career? But what does it mean to be creative in and as an organization? Organizing Creativity provides an answer to this question. The book builds on the premise that creativity is essentially about ideas. Every organization is dependent on valuable ideas for solving everyday problems as well as inventing new processes, products or services. The main argument of the book is that an analysis of organizational creativity should always account for the interdependency of context, process and practice. Based on cultural and processual perspectives, it highlights the implications of context, process and practice for different aspects of the creative process: generating, evaluating and facilitating ideas. Furthermore, it reflects on how dominant notions of creativity in the economy and society prevent transformative changes and suggests a radical transformative approach to organizing creativity as an alternative. To support and illustrate its argument, Organizing Creativity draws on abundant empirical examples, case illustrations and seminal research from Sociology, Social Psychology and Organization Studies. It provides us with a multi-dimensional perspective and will both further our understanding of and spark critical reflection on the complex interplay of the organizational, social and cultural contexts, processes and practices of organizing creativity.

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Oxford University Press

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0192609734

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50 Women against Hitler

Female resistance fighters in World War II

By: Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal

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50 Women against Hitler

Female resistance fighters in World War II

By: Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal

Women in the resistance is to this day a barely treated topic of the historiography of World War II. But many successful actions of the Allies, the knowledge of German activities would not have been possible without the perilous use of women. Whether as spies, as couriers of important news, in the supply and accommodation of resistance fighters or refugee soldiers of the Allies, without the energetic help of women many lives would have been lost. This book tries to use examples of women from different countries to record how active and sometimes very effective their work was. But this book also commemorates those women who lost their lives in this fight against oppression, occupation and barbarism.

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3752825715

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9783752825718

Methods & Techniques in Deep Learning

Advancements in mmWave Radar Solutions

By: Avik Santra,Souvik Hazra,Lorenzo Servadei,Thomas Stadelmayer,Michael Stephan,Anand Dubey

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Methods & Techniques in Deep Learning

Advancements in mmWave Radar Solutions

By: Avik Santra,Souvik Hazra,Lorenzo Servadei,Thomas Stadelmayer,Michael Stephan,Anand Dubey

Introduces multiple state-of-the-art deep learning architectures for mmwave radar in a variety of advanced applications Methods and Techniques in Deep Learning: Advancements in mmWave Radar Solutions provides a timely and authoritative overview of the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-based processing for various mmwave radar applications. Focusing on practical deep learning techniques, this comprehensive volume explains the fundamentals of deep learning, reviews cutting-edge deep metric learning techniques, describes different typologies of reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms, highlights how domain adaptation (DA) can be used for improving the performance of machine learning (ML) algorithms, and more. Throughout the book, readers are exposed to product-ready deep learning solutions while learning skills that are relevant for building any industrial-grade, sensor-based deep learning solution. A team of authors with more than 70 filed patents and 100 published papers on AI and sensor processing illustrate how deep learning is enabling a range of advanced industrial, consumer, and automotive applications of mmwave radars. In-depth chapters cover topics including multi-modal deep learning approaches, the elemental blocks required to formulate Bayesian deep learning, how domain adaptation (DA) can be used for improving the performance of machine learning algorithms, and geometric deep learning are used for processing point clouds. In addition, the book: Discusses various advanced applications and how their respective challenges have been addressed using different deep learning architectures and algorithms Describes deep learning in the context of computer vision, natural language processing, sensor processing, and mmwave radar sensors Demonstrates how deep parametric learning reduces the number of trainable parameters and improves the data flow Presents several human-machine interface (HMI) applications such as gesture recognition, human activity classification, human localization and tracking in-cabin automotive occupancy sensing Methods and Techniques in Deep Learning: Advancements in mmWave Radar Solutions is an invaluable resource for industry professionals, researchers, and graduate students working in systems engineering, signal processing, sensors, data science and AI.

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111991065X

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Intangible Values in Financial Accounting and Reporting

An Analysis from the Perspective of Financial Analysts

By: Stephan Grüber

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Intangible Values in Financial Accounting and Reporting

An Analysis from the Perspective of Financial Analysts

By: Stephan Grüber

Academics and practitioners argue that intangible values have become significant value drivers of today’s economy. Major production inputs no longer comprise of property, plant and equipment, but rather of brands, knowledge and other technological innovation. Based on this notion, information on such phenomena is supposedly crucial for existing and potential capital providers in making decisions whether to allocate resources to a company. This thesis examines the information use and needs of financial analysts with respect to intangible values. The purpose is to shed light on the usefulness of such information from the perspective of one of the primary user groups of IFRSs.

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3658065508

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Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States

United Germany in Perspective

By: Lutz Leisering,Stephan Leibfried

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Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States

United Germany in Perspective

By: Lutz Leisering,Stephan Leibfried

Time and Poverty in Western Welfare States is the English-language adaptation of one of the most important contributions to welfare economics published in recent years. Professors Leibfried and Leisering offer a time-based (dynamic) analysis of the study of poverty, and suggest the need for a radical re-think of conventional theoretical and policy approaches. The core of this study is the empirical analysis of the life course of recipients of 'Social Assistance' in Germany, although the conclusions are put into a wider context of socio-economic and socio-political analysis and comparative observations are made with other countries, notably the USA. Time, Life and Poverty will be of interest to upper-level students, researchers and policy-makers in a wide range of social science disciplines, including: economics, social policy, sociology, psychology and European studies.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521003520

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9780521003520

Merritt's Neurology

By: Elan D. Louis,Stephan A. Mayer,Lewis P. Rowland

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Merritt's Neurology

By: Elan D. Louis,Stephan A. Mayer,Lewis P. Rowland

Completely updated and in brilliant full color, Merritt's Neurology, 13th Edition, remains your reference of choice for outstanding guidance on neurologic protocols, treatment guidelines, clinical pathways, therapeutic recommendations, and imaging. Greatly reorganized for ease of use, the 13th Edition features more than 30 new chapters that keep will you up to date with every aspect of your field. Now for the first time, you’ll find dozens of video clips online that demonstrate the clinical signs and symptoms of neurologic disorders. Features: Visualize neurologic topics more easily than ever with an all-new, full-color format throughout. Benefit from the fresh perspective of new editors Dr. Elan Louis and Dr. Stephan Mayer, in addition to 180 expert contributors who offer guidance in their areas of expertise. Stay current with today’s hottest topics, thanks to new chapters on the global burden of neurological disease; magnetic resonance imaging and other imaging modalities; sleep studies; mild cognitive impairment; concussion; restless legs syndrome; seizures in children; HIV, fetal alcohol syndrome, and drug effects; and many more. Find the information you need more quickly thanks to a reorganized format. In 153 succinct chapters, you’ll find the essentials you need on signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, and neurologic disorders of all etiologies. Watch approximately 40 video clips online to gain a clear understanding of the clinical signs and symptoms of neurologic disorders. Get the up-to-date information you need from the practical, readable resource that’s trusted and used by neurologists, primary care physicians, and residents.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1496321073

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Marketing Communications

By: Lynne Eagle,Barbara Czarnecka,Stephan Dahl,Jenny Lloyd

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Marketing Communications

By: Lynne Eagle,Barbara Czarnecka,Stephan Dahl,Jenny Lloyd

Marketing communication is a dynamic industry, which continues to change and adapt to new technologies, media consumption patterns and communication interfaces between marketers and their target markets. At the same time, the fundamental communication processes and well-established theories and models are very much applicable in this dynamic environment. This revised second edition blends the well-established with the new and emerging aspects of marketing communications. Marketing Communications applies a uniquely practical approach to the topic, providing a structured overview of planning, development, implementation and evaluation of marketing communications, alongside detailed case studies that demonstrate how the theory translates to practice. Fully updated, the new edition considers important developments in the global marketplace. It includes new content on emerging digital media platforms, changing media consumption patterns and consumers’ strategies to cope with information overload. It also reflects upon consumer scepticism, a growing phenomenon that communication specialists need to overcome when designing and implementing effective campaigns. This new edition also considers the importance of marketing communications tools in not-for-profit sectors, such as social marketing and political marketing, as well as the cross-cultural aspect of marketing communications. This textbook is essential reading for both students and professionals in marketing, communications and public relations. Online resources include an extensive instructors’ guide, which provides answer checklists to all Think boxes, Ethical issues and end-of-chapter cases within the book. The text is also supported by PowerPoint slides and test banks for all chapters and major cases.

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1000176657

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Places of shame - German war crimes in Italy 1943-1945

By: Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal

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Places of shame - German war crimes in Italy 1943-1945

By: Stephan D. Yada-Mc Neal

With the invasion of the allied troops began for Italy not only the fight against Germany, but also a time of the horror. This book is intended to give a brief overview of the events from September 1943 to the German capitulation in May 1945. The incredible massacre of Italian soldiers on the Greek island of Cephalonia can also be found in this book, as well as the massacres of Marzabotto, Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Roma - Fosse Ardeatine and many other little-known villages. Hundreds of villages and towns, thousands of civilians, men, women but also children can be found here in this book and give us only slightly the horror of this time. Learning from history means preventing something from happening again.

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3746097959

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Emerging Subjectivity in the Long 19th-Century Middle East

Philological Approaches

By: Stephan Guth

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Emerging Subjectivity in the Long 19th-Century Middle East

Philological Approaches

By: Stephan Guth

This volume revisits the "long 19th century" in the Middle East from the perspective of emerging subjectivity as a fundamentally new attitude of the individual vis-à-vis the World. Stephan Guth's holistic vision interprets emerging subjectivity as the key operator at the heart of the many aspects of the so-called Arab(ic) "Renaissance" (and corresponding movements in Turkish), like rationalism, critical analysis, political emancipation, reformism, moralism, and emotionalism, but also a new language, new genres, and new concepts. Guth's thoroughly philological approach demonstrates how a close reading of literary texts from the period, a cultural-psychological interpretation of linguistic phenomena and an etymology-informed look into conceptual terminology can contribute to a deeper understanding of what "modernisation" actually meant, deep inside the human beings' mind and psyche, in their meeting with a rapidly changing world. Twenty essays on language, literature, and key concepts reflect the author's life-long engagement with the culture of the period in question. The articles are glued together by a guiding narrative that assigns each treated aspect its place in the author's vision (which includes a global perspective).

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3111350835

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The Foreign Policy of the European Union

By: Stephan Keukeleire,Tom Delreux

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The Foreign Policy of the European Union

By: Stephan Keukeleire,Tom Delreux

Keukeleire and Delreux demonstrate the scope and diversity of the European Union's foreign policy, showing that EU foreign policy is broader than the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy, and that areas such as trade, development, environment and energy are inextricable elements of it. This book offers a comprehensive and critical account of the EU's key foreign relations – with its neighbourhood, with the US, China and Russia, and with emerged powers – and argues that the EU's foreign policy needs to be understood not only as a response to crises and conflicts, but also as a means of shaping international structures and influencing long-term processes. This third edition reflects recent changes and trends in EU foreign policy as well as the international context in which it operates, addressing issues such as the increasingly contested international order, the conflict in Ukraine, the migration and refugee crisis, Brexit and Covid-19. The book not only clarifies the formal procedures in EU foreign policy-making but also elucidates how it works in practice. The third edition includes new sections and boxes on 'strategic autonomy', European arms exports, the EU's external representation, the 'Brussels Effect', and decentring and gender approaches to EU foreign policy. Up to date, jargon-free and supported by its own website (eufp.eu), this systematic and innovative appraisal of this key policy area is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as practitioners.

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1350930490

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Competence Development in Controlling and Management Accounting

With Systematic Personnel Development to Success

By: Stephan Schöning,Viktor Mendel

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Competence Development in Controlling and Management Accounting

With Systematic Personnel Development to Success

By: Stephan Schöning,Viktor Mendel

The book is considered a guideline for systemic personnel development in controlling of nationally and internationally active companies on the basis of a targeted development of competencies. In particular, the challenges posed by digitalization and globalization are considered and substantiated with the help of empirical studies. Employees and managers in controlling as well as HR managers in companies gain a deeper understanding of the necessity and the components of systematic personnel development. The goals are the formation of high-performance teams in controlling as well as the identification of personal career paths on the way to top management tasks as CFO. The focus of the personnel development model is on the transfer of the competence-oriented development approach, which, in addition to the traditionally considered technical and methodological competencies, also takes into account social and personal competencies as well as additional digital and intercultural competencies. The book is rounded off by a survey of the current situation, the definition of a target situation to be aimed at, the discussion of suitable further training measures and the monitoring of the level of competency achieved, and illustrates concrete career concepts.

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3658393904

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Urinary Cytology

Manual and Atlas

By: Peter Rathert,Stephan Roth,Mark S. Soloway

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Urinary Cytology

Manual and Atlas

By: Peter Rathert,Stephan Roth,Mark S. Soloway

Excellent illustrations and the latest technology from the clinic, practice and laboratory are compiled for both the practicing urologist and the researching cytopathologist in the book "Urinary Cytology." The completely revised and up-dated text in the new second edition reflects the first common effort of urologists, pathologists and cytopathologists to find a unified concept: from conventional cytology to electron microscopy toflow cytometry. The authors' main emphasis is on conveying practical techniques for the collection, concentration, fixation, staining and analysis of cellular material. They clearly discuss the circumstances under which new techniques are advisable and the relevance of these techniques when difficult questions of detail arise. At the same time, basic scientific principles arepresented in comprehensible form. The atlas section gives examples of urologic cytology, compares pathological with normal results, discusses the problems in differential diagnosis and points the way to solutions.

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3642761844

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The Illustrious Dead

The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

By: Stephan Talty

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The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

By: Stephan Talty

A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of Empire of Blue Water “Gripping . . . Talty brings international politics and science together in a compelling story of personal hubris and humbling defeat.”—Jack Weatherford, author of the New York Times bestseller Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World In the spring of 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte was at the height of his powers. Forty-five million called him emperor, and he commanded a nation that was the richest, most cultured, and advanced on earth. No army could stand against his impeccably trained, brilliantly led forces, and his continued sweep across Europe seemed inevitable. Early that year, bolstered by his successes, Napoleon turned his attentions toward Moscow, helming the largest invasion in human history. Surely, Tsar Alexander’s outnumbered troops would crumble against this mighty force. But another powerful and ancient enemy awaited Napoleon’s men in the Russian steppes. Virulent and swift, this microscopic foe would bring the emperor’s progress to a halt. Even as the Russians retreated before him in disarray, Napoleon found his army disappearing, his frantic doctors powerless to explain what had struck down a hundred thousand soldiers. The Illustrious Dead delves deep into the origins of the pathogen that finally ended the mighty emperor’s dreams of world conquest and exposes this “war plague’s” hidden role throughout history. A tale of two unstoppable forces meeting on the road to Moscow in an epic clash of killer microbe and peerless army, The Illustrious Dead is a historical whodunit in which a million lives hang in the balance.

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0307394050

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QCD as a Theory of Hadrons

By: Stephan Narison

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QCD as a Theory of Hadrons

By: Stephan Narison

This 2004 book provides a pedagogical introduction to the perturbative and non-perturbative aspects of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The text introduces the basic theory of QCD and its historical development, covering pre-QCD ideas of strong interactions such as the quark and parton models, the notion of colours and the S-matrix approach. The author then discusses gauge theory, techniques of dimensional regularization and renormalization, deep inelastic scattering and hard processes in hadron collisions, hadron jets and e+e- annihilations. Other topics include power corrections and the technologies of the Shifman-Vainshtein-Zakharov operating product expansion. The final parts of the book are devoted to modern non-perturbative approaches to QCD and the phenomenological aspects of QCD spectral sum rules. The book will be a valuable reference for graduate students and researchers in high-energy particle and nuclear physics, both theoretical and experimental. This book has been reissued as an Open Access publication on Cambridge Core.

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1009290312

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9781009290319

Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

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Arendt, Augustine, and the New Beginning

The Action Theory and Moral Thought of Hannah Arendt in the Light of Her Dissertation on St. Augustine

By: Stephan Kampowski

A splendid piece of scholarship on a major twentieth-century thinker often overlooked. / This book presents an original scholarly analysis of the work of political theorist Hannah Arendt, focusing on an area hitherto ignored: the ways in which Augustine s thought forms the foundation of Arendt's work. Stephan Kampowski here offers readers a valuable overview of central aspects of Arendt s thought, addressing perennial existential and philosophical questions at the heart of every human being.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802827241

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A History of German Literature

From the Beginnings to the Present Day

By: Wolfgang Beutin,Klaus Ehlert,Wolfgang Emmerich,Helmut Hoffacker,Bernd Lutz,Volker Meid,Ralf Schnell,Peter Stein,Inge Stephan

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A History of German Literature

From the Beginnings to the Present Day

By: Wolfgang Beutin,Klaus Ehlert,Wolfgang Emmerich,Helmut Hoffacker,Bernd Lutz,Volker Meid,Ralf Schnell,Peter Stein,Inge Stephan

Since the appearance of its first edition in Germany in 1979, A History of German Literature has established itself as a classic work used by students and anyone interested in German literature. The volume chronologically traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Throughout this chronology, literary developments are set in a social and political context. This includes a final chapter, written for this latest edition, on the consequences of the reunification of Germany in 1990. Thoroughly interdiscipinary in method, the work also reflects recent developments in literary criticism and history. Highly readable and stimulating, A History of German Literature succeeds in making the literature of the past as immediate and engaging as the works of the present. It is both a scholary study and an invaluable reference work for students.

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Routledge

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1134928165

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9781134928163

Excitons in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

Theory Numerical Methods Applications

By: Stephan Glutsch

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Excitons in Low-Dimensional Semiconductors

Theory Numerical Methods Applications

By: Stephan Glutsch

The author develops the effective-mass theory of excitons in low-dimensional semiconductors and describes numerical methods for calculating the optical absorption including Coulomb interaction, geometry, and external fields. The theory is applied to Fano resonances in low-dimensional semiconductors and the Zener breakdown in superlattices. Comparing theoretical results with experiments, the book is essentially self-contained; it is a hands-on approach with detailed derivations, worked examples, illustrative figures, and computer programs. The book is clearly structured and will be valuable as an advanced-level self-study or course book for graduate students, lecturers, and researchers.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540202404

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9783540202400

Central Asia and the Silk Road

Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia

By: Stephan Barisitz

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Central Asia and the Silk Road

Economic Rise and Decline over Several Millennia

By: Stephan Barisitz

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the pre-modern economic history of Central Asia and the Silk Road, covering several millennia. By analyzing an abundance of sources and materials, it illustrates the repeated economic heydays of the Silk Road, during which it linked the Orient and Occident for many centuries. Nomadic steppe empires frequently dominated Central Asia, molded its economy and influenced trade along the Silk Road. The book assesses the causes and effects of the wide-ranging overland trade booms, while also discussing various internal and external factors that led to the gradual economic decline of Central Asia and eventual demise of the Silk Road. Lastly, it explains how the economic decline gave rise to Chinese and Russian colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries. Detailed information, e.g. on the Silk Road’s trajectories in various epochs, is offered in the form of numerous newly drafted maps.

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3319512137

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Trauma and Emergency Radiology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

By: Stephan Anderson

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Trauma and Emergency Radiology, An Issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America

By: Stephan Anderson

This issue of Radiologic Clinics of North America focuses on Trauma and Emergency Radiology and is edited by Dr. Stephan W. Anderson. Articles will include: Stroke imaging; Imaging of bowel obstruction and ischemia; Abdominopelvic emergencies: Application of MRI; Damage control laparotomy; Imaging of blunt bowel and mesenteric injury; Imaging of soft tissue neck trauma: larynx, esophagus, and vessels; Imaging of cardiac trauma; Imaging of spine trauma; Imaging of brain trauma; Imaging of cardiovascular thoracic emergencies: Acute aortic syndrome, coronary computed tomoangiography, and pulmonary embolism; Easily missed extremity fractures in children; and more!

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323678343

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9780323678346

Respiratory Emergencies

By: Stephan Kamholtz,Alan M Fein,David Ost

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Respiratory Emergencies

By: Stephan Kamholtz,Alan M Fein,David Ost

This comprehensive, but practical, reference is an informative guide to the management of acute respiratory problems in the hospital setting. Evaluation of the patient with breathing difficulties is often challenging, since the differential diagnosis is broad and the use of the wrong treatment can exacerbate the problem. This book helps the practising clinician to recognize both common and more unusual causes of respiratory distress in a patient, and assists them in making the correct diagnosis by enhancing their understanding of the application and significance of tests of pulmonary function and pulmonary imaging studies and through improved knowledge of the underlying physiology of acute and chronic respiratory failure that underpins clinical practice in this area. To enhance this 'bench to bedside' approach, authors illustrate their material with helpful management algorithms, and each chapter will conclude with a summary of key points.

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0340811951

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9780340811955

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