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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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1134928165

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9781134928163

Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics

An Introduction to Its Present Usage

By: Volker Heine

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Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics

An Introduction to Its Present Usage

By: Volker Heine

Geared toward research students in physics and chemistry, this text introduces the three main uses of group theory in quantum mechanics: (1) to label energy levels and the corresponding eigenstates; (2) to discuss qualitatively the splitting of energy levels, starting from an approximate Hamiltonian and adding correction terms; and (3) to aid in the evaluation of matrix elements of all kinds. "The theme," states author Volker Heine, "is to show how all this is achieved by considering the symmetry properties of the Hamiltonian and the way in which these symmetries are reflected in the wave functions." Early chapters cover symmetry transformations, the quantum theory of a free atom, and the representations of finite groups. Subsequent chapters address the structure and vibrations of molecules, solid state physics, nuclear physics, and relativistic quantum mechanics. A previous course in quantum theory is necessary, but the relevant matrix algebra appears in an appendix. A series of examples of varying levels of difficulty follows each chapter. They include simple drills related to preceding material as well as extensions of theory and further applications. The text is enhanced with 46 illustrations and 12 helpful appendixes.

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Courier Corporation

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0486174336

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9780486174334

Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

By: Volker Ullrich

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Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich

By: Volker Ullrich

[G]ripping, immaculately researched . . . In Mr. Ullrich’s account, the murderous behavior of the Reich’s last-ditch loyalists was not a reaction born of rage or of stubbornness in the face of defeat—common enough in war—but of something that had long ago tipped over into the pathological." —Andrew Stuttaford, Wall Street Journal The best-selling author of Hitler: Ascent and Hitler: Downfall reconstructs the chaotic, otherworldly last days of Nazi Germany. In a bunker deep below Berlin’s Old Reich Chancellery, Adolf Hitler and his new bride, Eva Braun, took their own lives just after 3:00 p.m. on April 30, 1945—Hitler by gunshot to the temple, Braun by ingesting cyanide. But the Führer’s suicide did not instantly end either Nazism or the Second World War in Europe. Far from it: the eight days that followed were among the most traumatic in modern history, witnessing not only the final paroxysms of bloodshed and the frantic surrender of the Wehrmacht, but the total disintegration of the once-mighty Third Reich. In Eight Days in May, the award-winning historian and Hitler biographer Volker Ullrich draws on an astonishing variety of sources, including diaries and letters of ordinary Germans, to narrate a society’s descent into Hobbesian chaos. In the town of Demmin in the north, residents succumbed to madness and committed mass suicide. In Berlin, Soviet soldiers raped German civilians on a near-unprecedented scale. In Nazi-occupied Prague, Czech insurgents led an uprising in the hope that General George S. Patton would come to their aid but were brutally put down by German units in the city. Throughout the remains of Third Reich, huge numbers of people were on the move, creating a surrealistic tableau: death marches of concentration-camp inmates crossed paths with retreating Wehrmacht soldiers and groups of refugees; columns of POWs encountered those of liberated slave laborers and bombed-out people returning home. A taut, propulsive narrative, Eight Days in May takes us inside the phantomlike regime of Hitler’s chosen successor, Admiral Karl Dönitz, revealing how the desperate attempt to impose order utterly failed, as frontline soldiers deserted and Nazi Party fanatics called on German civilians to martyr themselves in a last stand against encroaching Allied forces. In truth, however, the post-Hitler government represented continuity more than change: its leaders categorically refused to take responsibility for their crimes against humanity, an attitude typical not just of the Nazi elite but also of large segments of the German populace. The consequences would be severe. Eight Days in May is not only an indispensable account of the Nazi endgame, but a historic work that brilliantly examines the costs of mass delusion.

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Hitler: Ascent

1889-1939

By: Volker Ullrich

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Hitler: Ascent

1889-1939

By: Volker Ullrich

A New York Times bestseller, this landmark biography of Hitler puts an emphasis on the man himself: his personality, his temperament, and his beliefs. Volker Ullrich's Hitler, the first in a two-volume biography, has changed the way scholars and laypeople alike understand the man who has become the personification of evil. Drawing on previously unseen papers and new scholarly research, Ullrich charts Hitler's life from his childhood through his experiences in the First World War and his subsequent rise as a far-right leader. Focusing on the personality behind the policies, Ullrich creates a vivid portrait of a man and his megalomania, political skill, and horrifying worldview. Hitler is an essential historical biography with unsettling resonance in contemporary times. “[A] fascinating Shakespearean parable about how the confluence of circumstance, chance, a ruthless individual and the willful blindness of others can transform a country — and, in Hitler’s case, lead to an unimaginable nightmare for the world.” —Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography

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Vintage

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0385354398

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9780385354394

Martin Luther

A Late Medieval Life

By: Volker Leppin

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Martin Luther

A Late Medieval Life

By: Volker Leppin

This brief, insightful biography of Martin Luther strips away the myths surrounding the Reformer to offer a more nuanced account of his life and ministry. Coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, this accessible yet robustly historical and theological work highlights the medieval background of Luther's life in contrast to contemporary legends. Internationally respected church historian Volker Leppin explores the Catholic roots of Lutheran thought and locates Luther's life in the unfolding history of 16th-century Europe. Foreword by Timothy J. Wengert.

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Baker Academic

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149341092X

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Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling

A Practical Introduction, Second Edition

By: Steven F. Railsback,Volker Grimm

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Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling

A Practical Introduction, Second Edition

By: Steven F. Railsback,Volker Grimm

The essential textbook on agent-based modeling—now fully updated and expanded Agent-Based and Individual-Based Modeling has become the standard textbook on the subject for classroom use and self-instruction. Drawing on the latest version of NetLogo and fully updated with new examples, exercises, and an enhanced text for easier comprehension, this is the essential resource for anyone seeking to understand how the dynamics of biological, social, and other complex systems arise from the characteristics of the agents that make up these systems. Steven Railsback and Volker Grimm lead students stepwise through the processes of designing, programming, documenting, and doing scientific research with agent-based models, focusing on the adaptive behaviors that make these models necessary. They cover the fundamentals of modeling and model analysis, introduce key modeling concepts, and demonstrate how to implement them using NetLogo. They also address pattern-oriented modeling, an invaluable strategy for modeling real-world problems and developing theory. This accessible and authoritative book focuses on modeling as a tool for understanding real complex systems. It explains how to pose a specific question, use observations from actual systems to design models, write and test software, and more. A hands-on introduction that guides students from conceptual design to computer implementation to analysis Filled with new examples and exercises and compatible with the latest version of NetLogo Ideal for students and researchers across the natural and social sciences Written by two leading practitioners Supported by extensive instructional materials at www.railsback-grimm-abm-book.com

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Princeton University Press

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0691190046

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9780691190044

The Price of Freedom

Courage in the Shadow of the Berlin Wall

By: Volker G. Heinz

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The Price of Freedom

Courage in the Shadow of the Berlin Wall

By: Volker G. Heinz

A thrilling and uniquely personal account of one of the most daring escape dramas of Cold War Berlin.

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Hitler

Ascent, 1889-1939

By: Volker Ullrich

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Hitler

Ascent, 1889-1939

By: Volker Ullrich

Originally published: Germany: S. Fischer Verlag.

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038535438X

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Imperial Germany, 1871-1918

Economy, Society, Culture, and Politics

By: Volker Rolf Berghahn

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Imperial Germany, 1871-1918

Economy, Society, Culture, and Politics

By: Volker Rolf Berghahn

A comprehensive history of German society in this period, providing a broad survey of its development. The volume is thematically organized and designed to give easy access to the major topics and issues of the Bismarkian and Wilhelmine eras. The statistical appendix contains a wide range of social, economic and political data. Written with the English-speaking student in mind, this book is likely to become a widely used text for this period, incorporating as it does twenty years of further research on the German Empire since the appearance of Hans-Ulrich Wehler's classic work.

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1845450116

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Ernst Zermelo

An Approach to His Life and Work

By: Heinz Dieter Ebbinghaus,Volker Peckhaus

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Ernst Zermelo

An Approach to His Life and Work

By: Heinz Dieter Ebbinghaus,Volker Peckhaus

This biography sheds light on all facets of the life and the achievements of Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953). Zermelo is best-known for the statement of the axiom of choice and his axiomatization of set theory. However, he also worked in applied mathematics and mathematical physics. His dissertation, for example, promoted the calculus of variations, and he created the pivotal method in the theory of rating systems. The presentation of Zermelo's work explores motivations, aims, acceptance, and influence. Selected proofs and information gleaned from letters add to the analysis. The description of his personality owes much to conversations with his late wife Gertrud. This second edition provides additional information. The system of citations has been adapted to that of Zermelo's Collected Works in order to facilitate side-by-side reading and thus profit from the thorough commentaries written for the Collected Works by experts in the respective fields. All facts presented are documented by appropriate sources. The biography contains nearly 50 photos and facsimiles.

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3662479974

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Introduction to Complex Analysis in Several Variables

By: Volker Scheidemann

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Introduction to Complex Analysis in Several Variables

By: Volker Scheidemann

This book gives a comprehensive introduction to complex analysis in several variables. While it focusses on a number of topics in complex analysis rather than trying to cover as much material as possible, references to other parts of mathematics such as functional analysis or algebras are made to help broaden the view and the understanding of the chosen topics. A major focus are extension phenomena alien to the one-dimensional theory, which are expressed in the famous Hartog's Kugelsatz, the theorem of Cartan-Thullen, and Bochner's theorem. The book aims primarily at students starting to work in the field of complex analysis in several variables and instructors preparing a course. To that end, a lot of examples and supporting exercises are provided throughout the text. This second edition includes hints and suggestions for the solution of the provided exercises, with various degrees of support.

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Springer Nature

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3031264282

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9783031264283

Pictorial Law

Modern Law and the Power of Pictures

By: Volker Boehme-Neßler

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Pictorial Law

Modern Law and the Power of Pictures

By: Volker Boehme-Neßler

We live in a digital Media Society, in which pictures are becoming more and more important. So, human communication is increasingly becoming a visual communication. That is not a new finding. But the new question is: What does this development mean for the law? Up to now the law is the part of the society which is most sceptical towards images. Law has still resisted the visual temptation. This will not last for ever. The rush of pictures in everyday life and in every part of the society is much too strong - and it is even getting stronger. The invasion of images will change the character of modern law deeply. Modern law will become a Pictorial Law.What are the chances and the risks of Pictorial Law and visual law communication? This is the topic of the book.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642118895

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A Taste of Topology

By: Volker Runde

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A Taste of Topology

By: Volker Runde

This should be a revelation for mathematics undergraduates. Having evolved from Runde’s notes for an introductory topology course at the University of Alberta, this essential text provides a concise introduction to set-theoretic topology, as well as some algebraic topology. It is accessible to undergraduates from the second year on, and even beginning graduate students can benefit from some sections. The well-chosen selection of examples is accessible to students who have a background in calculus and elementary algebra, but not necessarily in real or complex analysis. In places, Runde’s text treats its material differently to other books on the subject, providing a fresh perspective.

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038725790X

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9780387257907

Rainer Maria Rilke

The Poet's Trajectory

By: Volker Dürr

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Rainer Maria Rilke

The Poet's Trajectory

By: Volker Dürr

Influenced by Hegel and Nietzsche, and inspired by stays in Italy and France, as well as travels to Russia, Spain, and North Africa, Rainer Maria Rilke nevertheless sought desperately to be original. He rejected all «idées reçues, » whether they were of God, reality, or literature, instead creating his own absolute. He searched for the «real, » re-formed German poetry, and revolutionized Western narrative prose with Malte Laurids Brigge. While Rilke's work is marked by two cesuras, after which it displays important advances in diction and the figuration of verbal icons, it becomes ever more esoteric. However, there are also constants throughout his oeuvre in thematics, topoi, and diction - for example, the preoccupation with death, figures such as the angel, key nouns, alliterations, and noun sequences. His fear of death drove him to adopt «the open, » an idea conceived by the dubious mystagogue Alfred Schuler that surfaces throughout Rilke's poetry and triumphs in Sonnets to Orpheus and Duino Elegies.

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Peter Lang

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0820474010

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9780820474014

Biocatalysts and Enzyme Technology

By: Klaus Buchholz,Volker Kasche,Uwe Theo Bornscheuer

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Biocatalysts and Enzyme Technology

By: Klaus Buchholz,Volker Kasche,Uwe Theo Bornscheuer

This second edition of a bestselling textbook offers an instructive and comprehensive overview of our current knowledge of biocatalysis and enzyme technology. The book now contains about 40% more printed content. Three chapters are completely new, while the others have been thoroughly updated, and a section with problems and solutions as well as new case studies have been added. Following an introduction to the history of enzyme applications, the text goes on to cover in depth enzyme mechanisms and kinetics, production, recovery, characterization and design by protein engineering. The authors treat a broad range of applications of soluble and immobilized biocatalysts, including wholecell systems, the use of non-aqueous reaction systems, applications in organic synthesis, bioreactor design and reaction engineering. Methods to estimate the sustainability, important internet resources and their evaluation, and legislation concerning the use of biocatalysts are also covered.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527672001

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9783527672004

The Augmented Spherical Wave Method

A Comprehensive Treatment

By: Volker Eyert

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The Augmented Spherical Wave Method

A Comprehensive Treatment

By: Volker Eyert

The Augmented Spherical Wave (ASW) method is one of the most powerful approaches to handle the requirements of finite basis sets in DFT calculations. It is particularly suited for the calculation of the electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of solid-state materials. Recent developments allow application, in addition, to the elastic properties and phonon spectra. Due to the localized nature of the ASW basis set these properties can be easily interpreted in terms of atomic-like orbitals. The book addresses all those who want to learn about methods for electronic structure calculations and the ASW method in particular. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and extended. In particular, a chapter on the new, both very efficient and accurate spherical-wave based full potential ASW method has been added.

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Springer

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3642258646

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Multiscale Potential Theory

With Applications to Geoscience

By: Willi Freeden,Volker Michel

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Multiscale Potential Theory

With Applications to Geoscience

By: Willi Freeden,Volker Michel

This self-contained text/reference provides a basic foundation for practitioners, researchers, and students interested in any of the diverse areas of multiscale (geo)potential theory. New mathematical methods are developed enabling the gravitational potential of a planetary body to be modeled using a continuous flow of observations from land or satellite devices. Harmonic wavelets methods are introduced, as well as fast computational schemes and various numerical test examples. Presented are multiscale approaches for numerous geoscientific problems, including geoidal determination, magnetic field reconstruction, deformation analysis, and density variation modelling With exercises at the end of each chapter, the book may be used as a textbook for graduate-level courses in geomathematics, applied mathematics, and geophysics. The work is also an up-to-date reference text for geoscientists, applied mathematicians, and engineers.

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1461220483

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9781461220480

Dreamers

By: Volker Weidermann

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Dreamers

By: Volker Weidermann

History that reads like a novel: the story of the writers and intellectuals behind the failed Bavarian Revolution of 1918, by the author of the acclaimed Summer Before the Dark At the end of the First World War in Germany, the journalist and theatre critic Kurt Eisner organised a revolution which overthrew the monarchy, and declared a Free State of Bavaria. In February 1919, he was assassinated, and the revolution failed. But while the dream lived, it was the writers, the poets, the playwrights and the intellectuals who led the way. As well as Eisner, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and many other prominent figures in German cultural history were involved. In his characteristically lucid, sharp prose, Volker Weidermann presents us with a slice of history - November 1918 to April 1919 - and shows how a small group of people could have altered the course of the twentieth century.

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Pushkin Press

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1782275061

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Imperial Germany 1871-1918

Economy, Society, Culture and Politics

By: Volker Berghahn

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Economy, Society, Culture and Politics

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1782384839

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Business Process Management within Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

Markets, BPM Methodology and Process Examples

By: Guido Grüne,Stephanie Lockemann,Volker Kluy,Stefan Meinhardt

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Business Process Management within Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries

Markets, BPM Methodology and Process Examples

By: Guido Grüne,Stephanie Lockemann,Volker Kluy,Stefan Meinhardt

As business processes are crucial success factors for companies, software-based Business Process Management (BPM) is becoming more and more important. In this area SAP, the market leader for enterprise application software, has already gathered substantial experience. For the characterization, modeling and especially the optimization of business processes, SAP’s consultants use their own BPM approach. In addition to their considerable methodological know-how, the consultants’ profound knowledge of the industries facilitates the focus on core and business-critical processes. This book examines the current market situation, as well as the specific challenges and trends for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It also explains business process management basics and the specific SAP Consulting methodology, before illustrating the use of such methods and procedures with sample industry-specific core business processes. With the help of these examples from the chemical and pharmaceutical industries, SAP Consulting provides methodological guidelines on how Business Process Management can be used in practice to optimize business processes and make adjustments in response to constantly changing economic and environmental factors.

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3642117171

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9783642117176

Multi-verb constructions in Eastern Indonesia

By: Volker Unterladstetter

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Multi-verb constructions in Eastern Indonesia

By: Volker Unterladstetter

Constructions with multiple verbal elements have posed a long-standing challenge to linguistic analysis. Most studies of verb serialisation have been confined to single languages rather than looking at crosslinguistic patterns. This book provides the first in-depth account into the areal characteristics of multi-verb constructions (MVCs) in Eastern Indonesia. By collating published data as well as corpus data from 32 Austronesian and Papuan languages, the study traces commonalities as well as differences in MVC use across the area. Analysis takes place on two levels: first, the morpho-syntactic behaviour of MVCs is taken into account. As this plane of analysis arguably does not provide any meaningful insights into why MVCs are construed and used the way they are, a semantic account of MVCs is presented. One of the main hypotheses advanced in this book is that the crucial driving force behind multi-verb construals is semantic interaction between the verbs, leading to four principal techniques of event formation: merging, staging, modification, and free juxtaposition. The study aims at showing that while all four techniques are, to varying degrees, in use in Eastern Indonesian languages, the morpho-syntactic output does not necessarily mirror these underlying differences in event conception. Applying insights from Davidsonian event semantics as well as from predicate decomposition, the book provides a model of event interaction that helps to explain differences in MVC behaviour such as issues in constituent order or operator assignment.

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Language Science Press

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3961102163

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Neurological Rehabilitation

Chapter 14. Neurorehabilitation approaches to facilitate motor recovery

By: Volker Hömberg

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Neurological Rehabilitation

Chapter 14. Neurorehabilitation approaches to facilitate motor recovery

By: Volker Hömberg

Over the last decade a dramatic change has occurred in the field of neurorehabilitation in motor recovery that is marked by three transitions: first, by movement away from intuitive and ideology-based approaches to evidence-based therapy practices; second, by a change from hands-on treatment of patients to hands-off coaching approaches by motor therapists, who incorporate knowledge about motor reorganization and motor learning; and, finally, by a transition from one-on-one treatments to group-oriented treatments. General rules (such as the need for repetition, feedback of results, shaping task difficulty) have been derived from the animal experimental and human behavioral literature and incorporated into the design of innovative treatment strategies that can be adapted to individual patients' needs. This chapter reviews the state of the art for most of the evidence-based motor therapy concepts in the rehabilitation of patients with motor deficits after stroke, traumatic brain injury, etc., and other conditions. Treatment approaches derived from neuromodulation techniques such as stimulation or blockage of peripheral nerves, noninvasive brain stimulation, and pharmacological means are addressed. Finally, a modular concept is proposed to define optimal therapeutic approaches according to the individual level and type of impairment.

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0128078030

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Europe in the Era of Two World Wars

From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950

By: Volker R. Berghahn

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Europe in the Era of Two World Wars

From Militarism and Genocide to Civil Society, 1900-1950

By: Volker R. Berghahn

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0691141223

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Out of Exile, not out of Babylon

The Diaspora Theology of the Golah

By: Volker Glissmann

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Out of Exile, not out of Babylon

The Diaspora Theology of the Golah

By: Volker Glissmann

Exile and the disruptioon of the exilic period are prominent features in scholarly reconstructions of what influenced the shaping of biblical books and the development of theological thinking. The Babylonian golah community, as an exilic community, is credited by a growing number of scholars with influencing large parts of the Hebrew Bible. This study addresses the question whether the redactions show signs of an exilic mindset (first generation exiles) or are better understood as a reflection of a diaspora mindset (second/third and subsequent generations). This study also reviews all known archaeological diaspora findings from Mesopotamia in the pre-Hellenistic period (aided by insights from Elephantine) in order to build an as comprehensive as possible picture of Jewish diaspora life in Mesopotamia.

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African Books Collective

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9996060616

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9789996060618

Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics

An Introduction to Its Present Usage

By: Volker Heine

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Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics

An Introduction to Its Present Usage

By: Volker Heine

Group Theory in Quantum Mechanics: An Introduction to its Present Usage introduces the reader to the three main uses of group theory in quantum mechanics: to label energy levels and the corresponding eigenstates; to discuss qualitatively the splitting of energy levels as one starts from an approximate Hamiltonian and adds correction terms; and to aid in the evaluation of matrix elements of all kinds, and in particular to provide general selection rules for the non-zero ones. The theme is to show how all this is achieved by considering the symmetry properties of the Hamiltonian and the way in which these symmetries are reflected in the wave functions. This book is comprised of eight chapters and begins with an overview of the necessary mathematical concepts, including representations and vector spaces and their relevance to quantum mechanics. The uses of symmetry properties and mathematical expression of symmetry operations are also outlined, along with symmetry transformations of the Hamiltonian. The next chapter describes the three uses of group theory, with particular reference to the theory of atomic energy levels and transitions. The following chapters deal with the theory of free atoms and ions; representations of finite groups; the electronic structure and vibrations of molecules; solid state physics; and relativistic quantum mechanics. Nuclear physics is also discussed, with emphasis on the isotopic spin formalism, nuclear forces, and the reactions that arise when the nuclei take part in time-dependent processes. This monograph will be of interest to physicists and mathematicians.

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1483152006

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Nietzsche in Turin

By: Volker Ebersbach

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Nietzsche in Turin

By: Volker Ebersbach

Sein Leben und Denken lässt sich exakt in ein Davor und ein Danach teilen. Am 3. Januar 1889 sah Nietzsche in Turin, wie ein Kutscher sein Pferd schlug, eilte hinzu, umarmte es voller Mitleid, umschlang seinen Hals – und brach zusammen. Danach war nichts mehr, wie es war. Aber wieso Turin? Wie heiß war der vorige Sommer in Sils gewesen. Diesmal zog es ihn nicht ans Meer, nicht nach Genua oder Nizza. Die Erlösung für Hirn und Auge wusste er anderwärts: Turin. Warum hatte er es nicht eher gefunden? Diese Stadt war im April ein einziger Blütenkelch voll guter Laune gewesen, er hatte trotz des Karossengerassels einen elysischen Schlaf genossen. Nirgends war er je mit so viel Freiheit herumgegangen wie in diesen blütenüberschütteten Alleen, im Halbschatten der aristokratisch ruhigen Arkaden und in den Promenaden am Po mit wechselnden Blicken über grünende Inselchen in die reiche, bunte, malerische, von Wipfeln überquellende Hügelwelt der Gärten und in die ferne, reine, in ihrer Klarheit dennoch übernahe Schneewildnis des Hochgebirges. Die Stadt, für die Füße wie für die Augen klassisch, würdig und ernst, großartig, nicht großstädtisch, ohne das prätentiöse Durcheinander widerstreitender Epochen durchweg in einem fürstlichen Geschmack erbaut, sich überall selbst entsprechend bis in die Farbe, gelb bis rötlichbraun, hatte mit ihrem angenehmen, dem Kurzsichtigen nicht mit Stolperkanten auflauernden Pflaster und ihrer Größe und Großartigkeit die angenehmste Gefangenschaft über ihn beschlossen, ihn bestrickt mit einem Fluidum, das immer schon das seine gewesen war. Mit dem Turiner Wetter ließ sich leicht fertig werden, sogar bei trübem Himmel. Mehr Sonnentage als Nizza! Die reizend leichte, leichtfertige, stets lichterfüllte Luft verlieh schwerfälligsten Gedanken Flügel. Sie hatte ihn, trocken und anregend, wie er sie brauchte, in einen Arbeitsrausch versetzt, manchmal bei offenem Fenster bis tief in die von Lauten der Lebenslust durchtanzte Nacht. Jedes Gesicht war ihm irgendwie liebenswürdig vorgekommen, keine Spur Vorteilsucht oder Betrug, nur Sympathie, die Sympathie erwidert, vor allem bei jungen Leuten und älteren Junggesellen, höheren Schülern und Offizieren, in Trattorien wie in luxuriösen Cafés ein unglaubliches Entgegenkommen, auch bei den Preisen, abends im Lichterglanz Musik ohne Aufpreis, hübsch, frivol und simpel und doch voll Noblesse, wie es sich für eine Residenz gehörte. Eine kapitale Entdeckung, dieses Turin. Der erste Ort, an dem er möglich war.

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