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Worldwide developments like globalization and scale increase have totally changed the port and maritime landscape as compared to two decades ago. These developments also generated new questions in relation to the future industrial-economic structure of the maritime and ports sector.

An excellent guide for anyone working with China, highlighting China's economic, legal, political, social and cultural contexts. This second, improved and updated edition, provides in-depth insight in how to successfully do business with China. The book has become a benchmark for business people dealing with China.

The Brussels Canal Zone is an example of post-industrial reconversion, where private and public actors and civil society negotiate visions on future urban renewal. This study looks at visions expressed in spatial planning documents from 1988 onwards and then focuses on the renewal of the Tour & Taxis site, the conversion of the Belle-Vue brewery, the citizens' movement Platform Kanal and the branding project of the Canal Zone.

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A comprehensive guide to the formation of epitaxial III-Nitrides and epitaxial Ge3N4 on germanium substrates--and solid phase epitaxy of germanium on silicon substrates--this work presents a simple but effective method for growing epitaxial III-Nitride layers on crystalline germanium surfaces. Beside epitaxial III-Nitride growth, a method is introduced to obtain epitaxial Ge3N4 on germanium. Finally a novel method to produce high-quality germa...

Presenting the developments in telecommunication and millimeter technology, this reference explains how research should be used for creating adaptable designs and applications, and offers alternative telecommunication technology for achieving an adaptable millimeter wave reflector imaging system.

Addressing the hydraulic structure of mangrove trees to gain knowledge about the way they successfully respond to the environmental demands of intertidal areas, this study explores the field of ecological wood anatomy and the quest to discover how trees adapt their cellular make-up for survival under ambient and site-specific conditions.

Integrates a platform-driven decision framework with the model-driven architecture (MDA). This practical guide explains how to combine three technology areas - MDA, ontologies, and software product lines - in order to integrate several platform-specific software products into a single MDA.

Commemorating the 80th birthday of revolutionary Belgian animation filmmaker Raoul Servais, this historical and autobiographical account surveys the major themes of the artist's life and works. Including a thorough interview with Servais himself, this richly illustrated trilingual book--in English, French, and Dutch--provides fresh insights into Servais' works and gives a new impetus to the reception of this extraordinary artist. Engaging and ...

Inspired by the work of Ron Lesthaeghe, retired professor of demography and social science research methodology, this collection is also based on the 'Demographic Challenges for the 21st Century: A State of the Art in Demography" conference.

Presents an assessment of the European Commission consultation exercises from a novel perspective. Examining what happens in concrete instances of consultation, this title chronicles a series of related issues such as environmental governance, policy implementation, and the better regulation framework.

Exploring sociocultural competence and the promotion of intercultural communication, this study aims to clearly define the concepts behind teaching foreign language and the connections between culture and language. As foreign language teaching continues to increasingly focus on the relationship between culture and language, understanding the link and what it means becomes more important. Objective and informative, this examination particularly...

Presenting a rare glimpse into the dining rooms of Belgian nobility from the Middle Ages to modern times, specialists in the field discuss gastronomy and festive culture in a historical and sociological context. This stunning work provides insights into both the culinary proclivities and table manors of these epic gourmands, answering such questions as "What was the daily menu of the dukes of Burgundy?" "What was behind the sudden enthusiasm f...

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This penetrating study of the violence associated with juvenile leisure activities combines research from six European countries - Belgium, France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom - to gain insight into the cause of the violence and to formulate effective strategies for solving this growing problem.

Artists, and medical artists in particular, have always incorporated in their work the various symbols of death. Nevertheless they consider their work to be a celebration of life and a preservation of something beautiful. The work presented in this book is an ongoing research and investigation by scientists and artists into the fascinating subject of mortality. Plants, bugs, birds, animals and people, all are equal in mortality. Medical and sc...

Compiled by the CROSSTALKS program for policy-probing scientific issues, this volume reflects on the meaning and impact of existing and future interfaces--and what the added value could be. Offering a broad analysis of the individual, social, and economic impacts that the next generation of interfaces will have, its unique interdisciplinary approach combines the perspectives of artists, academics, and businesspeople.

Though Guillaume Dupuytren is famous in medical books as a pioneer of plastic surgery, this intriguing biography is the first to describe his private life and career against the cultural and political landscape of Napoleonic France. As this work details, as the head surgeon of the Hotel-Dieu hospital, the largest hospital in France, Dupuytren treated not only a large and highly varied number of surgical patients, but also the victims of riots,...

Bringing together a wide range of essays from contemporary scholars, this collection marks a growing interest in the suggestive yet problematic relation between the experience of photography, video, and film and the perception of the visual world. As an essential concentration of contemporary thought, this selection provides an excellent introduction for newcomers and a fresh point of view for those already engaged in discussions about photogr...

Aiming toward the integration of science, art, and design, this vast collection takes a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and molding architectural methodology. Where science addresses how things are and design explores the possibilities available, both arenas challenge the physical world, while art transforms reality by giving it new meaning, raising the physical to the metaphysical. The various contributions work to unite these see...