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It is a study of the secret, erotic fantasies that men have always kept hidden, a taboo-shattering investigation that reveals the deepest, most conflicting feelings that men have about women, men and their own sexuality.

Faced with the prospect of global warming, the anticipated rapid rise in global air temperatures due to the release of gases into the atmosphere, we have two choices of how to respond: adaptation or avoidance. With adaptation we keep burning fossil fuels, let global temperatures rise and make whatever changes this requires: move people from environmentally damaged areas, build sea walls, etc. With avoidance we stop warming from occurring, eith...

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In a technological society, with increasing dependence on technology, concerns are natural. Health care technology is associated with a number of these concerns, including whether it is beneficial, too costly, or associated with unacceptable social costs. An important method for evaluating health care technology and its implications is technology assessment, and a growing number of countries are now using this technique in health care as a hel...

The Art of Conversation is a major contribution to the social history of language - a relatively new field which has become the focus of lively interdisciplinary debate in recent years.

Developed from years of teaching psychiatry to medical students and residents, this comprehensive text devoted solely to describing the mental status examination (MSE) fills a void in the teaching literature and will be valuable to both students first learning about the MSE and seasonedclinicians seeking an informative reference. The introductory chapter offers basic advice on interviewing patients and eliciting information. Six major sections...

What role do human resource managers play in the processes of technical change in organizations? What opportunities or constraints are presented by different dimensions of technical change? How does technical change affect such issues as job design, supervision, total quality management, team-working, increased flexibility, skills training and employee involvement? In addressing these central themes and debates, this book provides a systematic...

What role do human resource managers play in the processes of technical change in organizations? What opportunities or constraints are presented by different dimensions of technical change? How does technical change affect such issues as job design, supervision, total quality management, team-working, increased flexibility, skills training and employee involvement? In addressing these central themes and debates, this book provides a systematic...

This book reports new developments in applied econometrics. All papers originated in two international workshops that were organized in the University of Munich on July 6-7, 1989, and on January 11 - 12, 1990. Financial support for these conferences by the University of Munich and the Thyssen Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. Since then all papers were substantially revised and updated. We wish to thank all authors for their patience with...

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This book was inspired by the revolution in geographical information systems during the late 1970s and 1980s which introduced to many the concept of computer-based information systems for spatially referenced data. The map, the aerial photograph and the satellite image were wedded to a database of textual information through the rapidly developing technology of powerful graphics workstations. This brought the skills of the geographer to a wide...

The breakdown of democracy in large parts of interwar Europe has often been attributed to the fragmentation of party systems, executive stability, and the ultimate fate of democracy in Europe between the World Wars.This study comprises sixteen countries, including both successful democracies and countries where democratic rule was replaced by authoritarian regimes. Intensive case studies point to the importance of political continuity between ...

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The successful opening volume of The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism is now available for the first time in paperback.

Die Arbeit untersucht die Merkmale einer optimalen Qualitäts- und Kommunikationspolitik bei gefährlichen Gütern vor dem Hintergrund des Produkthaftungsrechts. Es wird ein kontrolltheoretisches Entscheidungsmodell konzipiert, bei dem der Hersteller über die eingebaute Produktsicherheit und die Ausgaben für Sicherheitskommunikation zu entscheiden hat. Die Sicherheitserwartungen der Konsumenten, die deren Verhalten im Umgang mit gefährlichen Güte...

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