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The translation of Lyotard's work into English in 1984 marked an important stage in the globalization of the modernity/postmodernity debate involving the central thinkers of the late 20th century, Michel Foucault, Jurgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, and others. This collection of 10 essays brings together for the first time a number of contributions on Lyotard's work made by philosophers, educationalists, and sociologists in the English-speaking w...

Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering Robert J. Stokes D. Fennell Evans Fundamentals of Interfacial Engineering defines the newly emerging, cross-disciplinary field of interfacial engineering. It gives students a coherent, integrated approach to the field, while offering engineering instructors an excellent starting point for curriculum development. The text emphasizes the fundamental concepts underlying interfacial phenomena and how these c...

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Combined with Volumes 29A and 29B, this volume is a comprehensive treatment of the key experimental methods of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, as well as an excellent experimental handbook for the field. Thewide availability of tunable lasers in the past several years has revolutionized the field and lead to the introduction of many new experimental methods that are covered in these volumes. Traditional methods are also included to ens...

This study of managed care in the USA looks at how it started, how it works and what needs to be adjusted. Consumers and providers have had varying experiences with health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and the rules they subject doctors to, this book synthesizes the research and analysis.

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Dieses für einen breiten Leserkreis verständlich geschriebene Buch richtet sich besonders an Interessenten, die sich lange nicht mit Mathematik beschäftigt haben und nun eine grundlegende Einführung in die lineare Algebra ohne Überbetonung von Abstraktion und Formalismen suchen. Mit vielen Beispielen für die Anwendung auf Differentialgleichungen.

Inhaltsangabe:Zusammenfassung: Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Zusammenhängen und Auswirkungen von Mitarbeiter- und Kundenzufriedenheit in zwei Sparkassen der neuen Bundesländer. Es wird ausgehend von der Annahme, daß Zufriedenheit jeweils von mehreren Faktoren beeinflußt wird, untersucht, in welchem Maße sich diese auf Mitarbeiter und Kunden auswirkt. Um der besonderen Situation in den neuen Bundesländern gerecht zu werden, ...

Inhaltsangabe:Einleitung: Das Treffen von Entscheidungen in allen Unternehmensbereichen (bei der Beschaffung, Distribution, Finanzierung etc.) kennzeichnet die Tätigkeit und den Erfolg einer Führungskraft. Gerade in Dienstleistungsbetrieben stellen jedoch auch die Mitarbeiter einen entscheidenden Faktor zum Unternehmenserfolg dar, dementsprechende Bedeutung besitzen Personalentscheidungen. Gemäß dem Thema dieser Arbeit soll analysiert werden,...

Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. Thi...

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This text is divided into three sections: the first examines new programmes being developed by IC2, the second looks at new methodologies, and the third reviews new science. The research topics covered point to potential ways of bringing research into practical use.

Using other disciplines as an example (particularly the social sciences), the author calls for higher standards of research into accounting and its problems. Six areas for critical concern are outlined, comparing perspectives used by researchers in other fields to what is desirable in accounting.

Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes the current state of the adult student experience in higher education, exploring the organizational, instructional, and interpersonal barriers that adults face in reaching their educational goals. Using applied critical and postmodern theory, the author explores the hypothesis that adults are at-risk ...

This is the first of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state house speakers from 1911 to 1994. The book covers speakers from Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.

This work addresses the cultural background of stewardship as a progression from individual aesthetics towards an informed environmental ethic. Beginning with notions of our role in the natural world, the author examines changing views of our relation to it, and looks at common archetypes.

This work explores the intimate relationships in lesbian families living in American society. It examines how these families form and develop, what special concerns and problems result, what personal gains the family members derive from these types of families and how motherhood evolves.

When men of knowledge impart this knowledge, I do not mean they will convince your reason. I mean they will awaken in you the faith that it is so. - Sri Krishna, Bhagavadgita BACKGROUND The use of computers has led to significant productivity increases in the en­ gineering industry. Most ofthe computer-aided engineering applications were . restricted to algorithmic computations, such as finite element programs and circuit analysis programs. Ho...

Pensionopolis", "Weltkurstadt", nennt sich Wiesbaden in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts voller Selbstbewußtsein und frei von jeder Bescheidenheit. Der steile Aufstieg der kleinen Landstadt mit kaum mehr als 2000 Einwohnern zu einer Großstadt innerhalb eines Jahrhunderts ist sicher eine Erfolgsgeschichte sui generis. In Wiesbaden wurde das Geld verzehrt, das anderswo verdient oder ererbt worden war. Hier wohnten reiche Rentiers und mach...

This work addresses the question: Do government energy conservation programmes hinder or help the nation? It includes chapters on how conservation is applied in the electric utility world, whether waste truly exists, and the economic aspect of conservation.