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The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter Gerven

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The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter Gerven

This book provides a general introduction to the European Union (EU) and describes how, from its origin in 1952, it has grown into a polity of 25 states with a population of more than 450 million.

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0804750645

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The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter van Gerven

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The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter van Gerven

This book provides a general introduction to the European Union (EU) as an ever closer union of states and peoples. It describes how, from its origin in 1958 as an economic community of six states, the EU has grown into a political entity of 25 states with a population of more than 450 million. It also explains the constitution-making process that is currently taking place—with a draft constitution now being submitted for ratification by the 25 member states. The book shows how the distinctive features of a democratic polity that characterize the separate EU member states are gradually replicated in the European Union and how the Union is on its way to becoming a democratic polity of its own kind. Van Gerven writes from a legal perspective, with an eye to political theory and recent American and European history, and with a diverse readership from both sides of the Atlantic in mind.

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Stanford University Press

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0804767602

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Death on the Nile

Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt

By: Walter Scheidel

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Death on the Nile

Disease and the Demography of Roman Egypt

By: Walter Scheidel

A pioneering comparative and multidisciplinary study of the interaction between local disease environments and demographic structure, this book breaks new ground in reconstructing the population history of Egypt during the Roman period and beyond. Drawing on a wide range of sources from ancient census data and funerary commemorations to modern medical accounts, statistics and demographic models, the author explores the nature of premodern disease patterns, challenges existing assumptions about ancient age structure, and develops a new methodology for the assessment of Egyptian poplation size. Contextualising the study of Roman Egypt within the broader framework of premodern demography, ecology and medical history, this is the first attempt to interpret and explain demographic conditions in antiquity in terms of the underlying causes of disease and death.

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319

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BRILL

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9004350942

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9789004350946

Fast Facts: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

By: Walter T. McNicholas,Ulf Kallweit,Gert Jan Lammers,Joerg Steier

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Fast Facts: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

By: Walter T. McNicholas,Ulf Kallweit,Gert Jan Lammers,Joerg Steier

Excessive daily sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea is a multifaceted complaint that usually involves disabling symptoms. Despite being a common complaint, best practice regarding the management of patients is not well defined, and failure to recognize the severity of the effects of symptoms on quality of life results in underdiagnosis, preventing patients from receiving adequate treatment. 'Fast Facts: Excessive Daily Sleepiness Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea' discusses the difficulties in formulating a single definition of excessive daily sleepiness that appropriately considers the experiences and features of daytime sleepiness, alongside an up-to-date overview of how to accurately assess patients, and ensure effective management and support. Table of Contents: • Epidemiology and etiology • Clinical features and diagnosis • Management • Patient impact and support

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Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers

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3318023795

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9783318023794

Cities of Ladies

Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 12-1565

By: Walter Simons

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Cities of Ladies

Beguine Communities in the Medieval Low Countries, 12-1565

By: Walter Simons

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title In the early thirteenth century, semireligious communities of women began to form in the cities and towns of the Low Countries. These beguines, as the women came to be known, led lives of contemplation and prayer and earned their livings as laborers or teachers. In Cities of Ladies, the first history of the beguines to appear in English in fifty years, Walter Simons traces the transformation of informal clusters of single women to large beguinages. These veritable single-sex cities offered lower- and middle-class women an alternative to both marriage and convent life. While the region's expanding urban economies initially valued the communities for their cheap labor supply, severe economic crises by the fourteenth century restricted women's opportunities for work. Church authorities had also grown less tolerant of religious experimentation, hailing as subversive some aspects of beguine mysticism. To Simons, however, such accusations of heresy against the beguines were largely generated from a profound anxiety about their intellectual ambitions and their claims to a chaste life outside the cloister. Under ecclesiastical and economic pressure, beguine communities dwindled in size and influence, surviving only by adopting a posture of restraint and submission to church authorities.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812200128

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9780812200126

N Nitrogen

Compounds with Noble Gases and Hydrogen

By: Walter Hack,Reinhard Haubold,Ulrike Ohms-Bredemann,Claudia Heinrich-Sterzel,Hannelore Keller-Rudek,Dag Schiöberg,Carol Strametz

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N Nitrogen

Compounds with Noble Gases and Hydrogen

By: Walter Hack,Reinhard Haubold,Ulrike Ohms-Bredemann,Claudia Heinrich-Sterzel,Hannelore Keller-Rudek,Dag Schiöberg,Carol Strametz

Nitrogen" Suppt. Vol. B 1 describes the compounds of nitrogen with noble gases and, in the major part, binary compounds composed of one nitrogen atom and hydrogen. Nitrogen hydrogen compounds with two and more nitrogen atoms are covered in "Nitrogen" Suppt. Vol. 82. There is some information on various nitrogen-noble gas species, to a large extent because of the interest in their bonding behavior. Experimental data have been obtained chiefly for some singly charged cations, particularly those formed by argon Like ArN + and ArNi. The existence of others has only been established by mass spectrometry. The binary compounds of nitrogen and hydrogen comprise NH, NH , NH , NH , the corre 2 4 5 sponding ions, and some adducts. NH and NH1 are not treated. The predominant part 3 of the volume covers the description of the molecules NH and NH . 8oth species are present 2 in photolytic processes in the atmosphere. They play an essential role in combustion systems regardless of whether the nitrogen stems from the nitrogen-containing fuel or from the air. Thus, much work has been devoted to the understanding of the nitrogen chemistry in combustion and in the atmosphere. The production and detection methods as weiL as the reactions have been comprehensively described. ln addition detailed information is given on the spectral behavior, the knowledge of which is important for detecting the mole cules and for studying their kinetics.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3662063336

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9783662063330

Drug Discovery

A History

By: Walter Sneader

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Drug Discovery

A History

By: Walter Sneader

Written by a leading authority with an excellent reputation and ability for writing a good narrative, Drug Discovery: A History is a far cry from simply a list of chemical structures. This lively new text considers the origins, development and history of medicines that generate high media interest and have a huge social and economic impact on society. Set within a wide historical, social and cultural context, it provides expanded coverage of pre-twentieth century drugs, the huge advances made in the twentieth century and the latest developments in drug research. Hallmark features: Up-to-the-minute information in drug research Vignettes of special and unusual information, and anecdotes Discusses drug prototypes from all sources More comprehensive than other volumes on history of drug discovery From the reviews: "...an excellent bibliographic resource for those interested in the background papers that serve as the foundation for discovery of specific drug entities." JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CHEMISTRY, June 2006 "...a very comprehensive overview of drug development. It should be on the shelf on any aspiring pharmacist, medicinal chemist, or person interested in the history of therapeutic agents." JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, February 2006 "...a very readable and closely researched book..." CHEMISTRY & INDUSTRY, October 2005

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470015527

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9780470015520

Principles of Proper Conduct for Supranational, State and Private Actors in the European Union

Towards a Ius Commune : Essays in Honour of Walter Van Gerven

By: Jan Wouters

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Principles of Proper Conduct for Supranational, State and Private Actors in the European Union

Towards a Ius Commune : Essays in Honour of Walter Van Gerven

By: Jan Wouters

This book contains the proceedings of an international colloquium in honour of Professor Walter van Gerven which was held in Leuven on 15-16 September 2000 and organized by the Universities of Leuven and Maastricht in the framework of the lus Commune Research School. Walter van Gerven has been a professor of Law in Leuven for four decades and in Maastricht between 1994 and 2000; he has been Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1988-1994) and was Member of the Committee of Independent Experts which screened the European Commission in 1999. The book is built around three themes: good governance in the European Union, judicial review of administrative action and liability of supranational, State and private actors. A great number of very distinguished scholars have contributed to this book: Lord Slynn of Hadley, Deirdre Curtin, Christiaan W.A. Timmermans, Gil Carlos Rodriguez Iglesias, Sacha Prechal, Jürgen Schwarze, Takis Tridimas, Bruno de Witte, Jeremy Lever, Pierre Larouche, Francis G. Jacobs, Luc Gyselen, Paul J.G. Kapteyn, Arthur Hartkamp and Pieter VerLoren van Themaat.

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Intersentia nv

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9050951627

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9789050951623

The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter Van Gerven

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The European Union

A Polity of States and Peoples

By: Walter Van Gerven

This book explains to a general audience what the European Union is about and how it has grown since 1952 into a polity of 25 States and a population of more than 450 million people. It explains the constitution-making process that is currently taking place in the European Union, and the significance of the draft constitution which has been submitted for ratification by the 25 member states. The book is written from a legal perspective, but contains many references to political science and recent American and European history. It aims to show how the distinctive features of a democratic polity that characterize the Member States can be gradually transplanted to the European Union. To make the book useful to a more specialized set of readers, such as students of law and politics, it contains a large number of notes that contain detailed information and point to additional reading on a variety of topics. The book draws on the author's exceptionally wide and profound knowledge of the institutions of the EU, its history, its laws and its varied cultures. "This book, written by one of the greatest scholars of European law, provides a rare insight into the evolving European constitutionalism. Its analytical narrative explores themes of democracy, accountability, human rights and the rule of law and draws comparisons between the US and European political systems. The end result is an excellent essay on European governance" Professor Takis Tridimas, Queen Mary University of London

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Hart Publishing

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1841135291

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The European Union

The European Union

The European Union

The European Union

Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

Fast Facts: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Fast Facts: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Cities of Ladies

Cities of Ladies

N Nitrogen

N Nitrogen

Drug Discovery

Drug Discovery

Principles of Proper Conduct for Supranational, State and Private Actors in the European Union

Principles of Proper Conduct for Supranational, State and Private Actors in the European Union

The European Union

The European Union

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