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Since 1988, there has been much literature published on the chemistry of nitric oxide, particularly in the field of S-nitrosation and the chemistry of S-nitroso compounds. Written by a chemist for the chemistry community, this book provides an update of the chemistry of nitrosation reactions, dealing with both the synthetic and mechanistic aspects of these reactions. It also looks at the chemistry of nitric oxide in relation to the amazing bio...

Charles Bawden was the first writer to chronicle in English the history of Mongolia from the colonial period to modern times, linking the story of Ghengis Khan's Mongol Empire with the present-day Mongolian People's Republic. Bawden shows how a feeling of cultural unity amongst the Mongolian people, buttressed by their acceptance of Tibetan style lamaism (the 'Yellow Faith') served to ensure their survival as a distinct entity even after their...

One of the popular works written by the well-known doctor, Wilfred T. Grenfell. Sir Wilfred Grenfell is a legend in Newfoundland and Labrador. He arrived from England in 1892 to investigate the lives of the people who fished on "the Labrador." He found poverty and destitution, and decided to change it. Through his tireless efforts - fund raising, building hospitals, nursing stations, schools, and more - Dr. Grenfell enriched the lives of thous...

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CONTENTS: The Boyne WaterBrian O'LinnBy Memory InspiredCharming Mary NealColleen RueThe Croppy BoyThe Cruiskeen LawnThe Dear and Darling BoyDrimmin Dubh DheelishGarryowenHannah Healy, the Pride of HowthThe Irish GrandmotherThe Irishman's Farewell to His CountryIrish Molly OJenny from BallinasloeJohnny, I Hardly Knew YeThe Lamentation of Hugh ReynoldsLanigan's BallA Lay of the FamineMackenna's DreamThe Maid of CloghroeMolly MuldoonThe Native Ir...

Cees Nooteboom ist viele Jahre seines Lebens unterwegs gewesen, hat sich als Reisender Prüfungen und Erfahrungen ausgesetzt, die seine Existenz als Schriftsteller auf besondere Weise beeinflußt, ja geprägt haben. Dabei hat es ihm die arabische Welt schon in jungen Jahren angetan, und so hat der Autor, der »das Sehen« zu seinem »Spezialgebiet gemacht« hat, nicht nur in Erzählungen und Reportagen, in Feuilletons und Glossen, sondern auch in Gedi...

The reminiscences in this volume cover the period 1894 to 1917. Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya (1869-1939) was the wife of V. I. Lenin, was an old member of the Communist Party, a Soviet statesman and a distinguished educator. She was born in St. Petersburg, where she began her revolutionary career.Krupskaya is the author of a number of books on questions of education and pedagogics. Her Reminiscences of Lenin were written over a number of ...

Most of the early settlers came by way of the sea, embarking at Mobile and New Orleans. Because of their innocence, or because of a certain love of independence, they entered through whatever ports on the Gulf seemed most expedient. The ports of entry which Mexico attempted to establish for the collection of customs duties were an early cause of friction which contributed to the Texas Revolution. And during the Revolution, the tiny Texas Navy,...

CONTENTS:PrefaceIntroduction -- Muriel Mitchell-SmithRegulations and StandardsGeneral and Biological RisksRadioluminous MaterialsMining, Agricultural, and Construction Materials Containing RadioactivityProducts Containing Radioactive SourcesMiscellaneous ProductsPanel Discussion

Scouting and Patrolling provides the doctrinal foundation and the tactics, techniques and procedures for scouting and patrolling conducted by Marines from the fire team to the company level. This book provides all Marines with the instructional material they need to build the skills necessary to become effective scouts and patrol team members. This publication provides the fundamentals of scouting and patrolling and their relationship to each ...

This publication serves as a guide and a reference for trained members of the Armed Forces Medical Services and other medically qualified personnel on the recognition and treatment of biological warfare agent casualties. Information contained in this publication may also be relevant for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with naturally acquired diseases or illnesses due to pathogens with BW potential.This publication:(1) Classifies and de...

This manual presents fundamental principles underlying the design and construction of earth and rock-fill dams. The general principles presented herein are also applicable to the design and construction of earth levees.

This manual provides guidance for the selection, design, installation, operation, and maintenance of cathodic protection systems for navigation lock gates and other civil works hydraulic structures. The primary corrosion control method for civil works hydraulic structures is a protective coating system, most often paint. Where the paint system and structure are submerged in water, a combination of the anodic and cathodic properties of material...

This book is concerned with one of the most urgent problems of scientifically based planning and control of the development of science and technology - contemporary methods of analyzing and forecasting trends in scientific and technological progress.The materials for this book are the most recent developments of Soviet and foreign students of science and also on the research carried out by the scientific collective headed by the author.The boo...

During China's War of Resistance Against Japan (1917-1941), the Japanese invaders in 1942 launched barbarous "mopping-up" campaigns against the Communist-led base areas in central Hopei Province. But the people there, every man, woman and child, inspired by Chairman Mao's thinking on people's war, joined in the war effort, closely co-ordinating with the Eighth Route Army units to develop guerrilla warfare over a large area, and creating the "t...

Global arms proliferation continues to be a key concern for the United States, particularly the export role of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Although China experienced a significant decline in its arms exports in the 1990s (down from the boom times of the 1980s), the PRC provides a significant array of lethal weapons and sensitive defense technologies to states around the world. These exports provide an invaluable means by which to ass...

Analysts continue to assess the data from Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a means of improving the military's ability to function efficiently in desert terrain. The information gleaned from this effort will enhance the already considerable body of knowledge on the subject derived from the historical record. That record, of course, is incomplete, in that much valuable information was never recorded, and much that was has been East ...

CONTENTS: ForewordThe United Nations: Stuck in a Fog between Peacekeeping and Enforcement"Assertive Multilateralism": Rhetoric vs RealityProblems for U.S. Forces in Operations Beyond PeacekeepingPeace Support Operations: Implications for the U.S. MilitaryGeneral Discussion

Al Qaeda terrorists discover the one place and time when they can destroy America's entire government infrastructure with a single attack. The answer to stopping the attack is "page 31." The question to the answer is the dilemma.

This introduction to Mongolian literature, both oral and written, from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century, provides a rare insight into the changing worldviews-from clan society to Soviet culture-of the Mongolian people. Translated by renown scholar Charles Bawden, the work is organized into Histories, Legends, Didactic literature, Epics, Shamanistic Incantations, Folk-tales, Myths, Sino-Mongolian Prose Literature, Lyrics and Other Verse...