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What does competitiveness mean? In recent years, discussion of economic policy has become dominated by the notion of competitiveness. In this volume a group of leading economists explore the issue through cross-country comparisons and by means of single country case studies. They also examine: * the relationship between competitiveness and community objectives * the co-existence of diversity, subsidiarity and EU industrial policy * the impact ...

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Super-fields are a class of totally ordered fields that are larger than the real line. They arise from quotients of the algebra of continuous functions on a compact space by a prime ideal, and generalize the well-known class of ultrapowers, and indeed the continuous ultrapowers. These fields are an important topic in their own right and have many surprising applications in analysis and logic. The authors introduce these exciting new fields to ...

Molecular modeling has assumed an important role in understanding the three-dimensional aspects of specificity in drug-receptor interactions at the molecular level. Well-established in pharmaceutical research, molecular modeling offers unprecedented opportunities for assisting medicinal chemists in the design of new therapeutic agents. Advances made in computer hardware and in theoretical medicinal chemistry have brought high-performance compu...

* Entertaining, popular but also serious account of pirates and pirate life by the acknowledged expert on the subject.

Recent advances in molecular genetics make the sequencing of genes a straightforward exercise. Comparisons of sequenced genes from different individuals of a species, or from different species, allow the construction of family trees or evolutionary trees which reveal genetic relationships. This volume shows for the first time how those trees, or phylogenies, can be used to answer questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, ...

Since the 1980s, personality psychologists from a range of perspectives have found the five-factor model to be an effective tool for identifying and structuring personality attributes. Measuring individual differences in terms of degrees of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience, the model provides a common language for the field of personality psychology while, at the same time, it supp...

This work examines ethnoregional conflicts in seven ethnoregions. It explains what factors determine electoral support for ethnoregional parties and why there appears to be an inverse relationship between electoral success and political success among many ethnoregional parties.

The need for evaluation of public sector research and development activity is critical in today's political environment to assist policy-makers with resource allocation. Using case studies, this work describes methodology for evaluating public sector research and development activity.

In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition had a profound impact on urban planning and the Beaux-Arts period of American architecture. The fair introduced the Ferris Wheel, Cracker Jacks, and fiberglass. Yet today, except for one building and a grassy park, all that remains is the legacy of printed material dispersed throughout the country. This reference guide, intended for historians, librarians, and collectors, provides access to that legacy...

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Not only a meditation on Proust, this is a commentary on how the experience of literature is manifested in time and sensation. Kristeva uses Proust as a starting point to reflect upon broader notions of character, time, sensation, metaphor, and history.

A comprehensive British volume on lesbian and gay affirmative psychotherapy has been a while coming. Pink Therapy, however, has arrived, amply fills this gap, and is well worth the wait. The literature reviews are masterful for scholars, and the book offers a comprehensive, thoughtful approach for clinicians. A deft editorial hand is evident in the unusual consistency across chapters, the uniformly crisp, helpful chapter summaries, and the pra...

With a critical afterword by Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz and National Book Award nominee Leonard Nathan.

This is the first major study based on Soviet documents and revelations of the Soviet state security during the period 1939-1953-a period about which relatively little is known. The book documents the role of Stalin and the major players in massive crimes carried out during this period against the Soviet people. It also provides the first detailed biography of V. S. Abakumov, Minister of State Security, 1946-1951.Based on Glasnost revelations ...

This work offers theoretical explanations of social change, discusses the social and ecological effects of high population density, and shows the change in population composition, fertility and mortality rates, and migration patterns. It provides insights into poverty and changing family patterns.

This book provides a comprehensive history of the European nobility between the Renaissance and the French Revolution. Designed to introduce students and non-specialists to the subject, it explains all the principal themes and problems in a authoritative and accessible manner.

Techniques in Protein Chemistry VII, a valuable bench-top reference tool for protein chemists, features the most up-to-date advances in protein methodologies.

This is a comprehensive guide to literature and resources on middle-level education. It includes more than 1700 entries for books, articles, dissertations, newsletters, government documents, videotapes and other publications. Each entry includes an evaluative annotation.