40 Ergebnisse - Zeige 1 von 20.

Argues that the cultural dominance of the city has been reinforced by postmodern social theory's near fixation on the urban and the sophisticated. The essays in this collection explore rural identity in a number of cultures and situations, and look at issues of contemporary interest.

Keine Beschreibung.

Keine Beschreibung.

Frontmatter -- VORWORT -- INHALT -- I. EINLEITUNG -- II. DIE VITA BURCHARDI - EINE PARÄNESE FÜR DIE KANONIKER VON WORMS -- III. DIE VITA GODEHARDI PRIOR - EINE RECHTFERTIGUNGSSCHRIFT -- IV. DIE VITA GODEHARDI POSTERIOR - EINE PARÄNESE FÜR HEZILO VON HILDESHEIM -- V. DIE VITA HERIBERTI - IM DIENSTE DES KÖLNER PRESTIGE -- VI. DIE VITA BARDONIS AUCTORE VULCULDO - IM DIENSTE DES MAINZER PRESTIGE -- VII. DIE VITA BARDONIS MAIOR - EINE FULDAER GEGEN...

This work presents physico-chemical, electronic, electrical, elastic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, and other properties of a vast groof elemental, binary and ternary inorganic semiconductors and their solid solutions. It also discusses the properties of organic semiconductors.

This text explores the ways in which four British novelists used and transformed the theme of women's relation to sexual love in the 18th and 19th centuries. It analyzes the moment in cultural history when gender roles, sexuality and literature met to become a new ideology.

High Temperature Electronics brings together essential information on the development of electronic components and packaging reliable to 200 degreeC and beyond and presents it for the first time in a unified way. Packaging and device engineers and technologists will find this book required reading for its coverage of the techniques and tradeoffs involved in materials selection, design, and thermal management and for its presentation of best de...

The aim of this graduate textbook is to provide a comprehensive advanced course in the theory of statistics covering those topics in estimation, testing, and large sample theory which a graduate student might typically need to learn as preparation for work on a Ph.D. An important strength of this book is that it provides a mathematically rigorous and even-handed account of both Classical and Bayesian inference in order to give readers a broad ...

Keine Beschreibung.

International concern in scientific, industrial, and governmental communi­ ties over traces of xenobiotics in foods and in both abiotic and biotic envi­ ronments has justified the present triumvirate of specialized publications in this field: comprehensive reviews, rapidly published research papers and progress reports, and archival documentations. These three international publications are integrated and scheduled to provide the coherency ess...

Das neue Nachschlagewerk bietet Ihnen praxisorientierte Problemlösungen für die schwierigen Fragestellungen bei der Diagnostik, Therapie und Begutachtung von HWS-Weichteildistorsionen. o Neueste interdisziplinäre Diagnostik- und Therapieverfahren, die sowohl die morphologisch nachweisbaren Veränderungen als auch die funktionelle Symptomatik erfassen. o Sinnvolle Behandlungsstrategien zur sofortigen Intervention und Langzeitrehabilitation. o Ko...

Die professionelle Visualisierung meteorologischer Daten aus Observationen und Simulaltionen für ein Laienpublikum über Fernsehen, Presse, Online-Dienste und Meteorologen wird in diesem Band beschrieben. Neue Konzepte und Verfahren erlauben eine umfassende Berücksichtigung des Kontextes: Die Zielgruppe bestimmt maßgeblich die Auswahl und Parametrisierung der Visualisierungstechniken. Das ausführlich dargestellte automatisierte Produktionssyste...

According to Jones and Smith (1973) the potential adverse effect of maternal alcoholism on the development of the offspring has been referred to in early Greek and Roman mythology. In a Carthaginian ritual, the bridal couple was forbidden to drink wine on their wedding night in order that defective children might not be conceived (Haggard and Jellinek 1942). Also, according to lones and Smith (1973, 1975), the British House of Commons indicate...

Lidar or laser radar, the depth-resolved remote measurement of atmospheric parameters with optical means, has become an important tool in the field of atmospheric and environmental remote sensing. In this volume the latest progress in the development of Lidar methods, experiments, and applications is described. The content is based on selected and thoroughly refereed papers presented at the 18th International Laser Radar Conference, Berlin, 22...

Spatio-temporal patterns appear almost everywhere in nature, and their description and understanding still raise important and basic questions. However, if one looks back 20 or 30 years, definite progress has been made in the modeling of insta­ bilities, analysis of the dynamics in their vicinity, pattern formation and stability, quantitative experimental and numerical analysis of patterns, and so on. Universal behaviors of complex systems clo...

Ecosystem management has gained widespread visibility as an approach to the management of land to achieve sustainable natural resource use. Despite widespread interest in this emerging management paradigm, Ecosystems: Balancing Science with Management is the first book to directly propose approaches for implementing ecosystem management, give examples of viable tools, and discuss the potential implications of implementing an ecosystem approach...

This fourth and final volume of Chemical Sensitivity introduces and explains diagnostic and treatment practices that have been successfully used with thousands of chemically sensitive patients.

This book is the first to describe the history of the Bugis. It ranges from their origins 40, 000 years ago to the present and provides a complete picture of contemporary Bugis society. It is based on the Author's extensive field research over the last thirty years, on oral tradition, written epics and chronicles, on travelers' tales from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, and on the latest research by Western and Asian scholars in the...

Introduction to Forensic Sciences, Second Edition is the current edition of this bestselling introductory textbook. Dr. William Eckert, one of the world's foremost authorities in the area of forensic medicine, presents each of the distinct fields that collectively comprise the forensic sciences in a logical, relatively non-technical fashion. Each chapter is written by a well-known expert in his/her respective field, and each specialty area is ...

Manufacturing industries are devoted to producing high-quality products in the most economical and timely manner. Quality, economics, and time not only indicate the customer-satisfaction level, but also measure the manufacturing per­ formance of a company. Today's manufacturing environments are becoming more and more complex, flexible, and information-intensive. Companies invest into the information technologies such as computers, communicatio...