For the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunther Koschorrek, a fresh young recruit, wrote his notes on whatever scraps of paper he could find and sewed the pages into the lining of his winter coat. Left with his mother on his rare trips home, this illicit diary eventually was lost--and did not come to light until some 40 years later when Koschorrek was reunited with his daughter in America. It is...
For most pathologists any lesion in a bone is potentially problematic. Thus, the important diagnostic feature of each major lesion (including all known variants) is presented here in detail. This includes not only the gross, histopathologic, and cytologic findings, but also the clinical and radiographic features of particular importance in the differential diagnosis of bone tumours and their mimics.
Two pioneers in the field of applied anthropology have compiled a groundbreaking, comprehensive anthology, which provides contributions from key figures of the anthropological world together in a single volume.
For 182 countries, this yearbook provides figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports by trade partners for the years 1998 to 2004. It also includes area and world aggregates showing trade flows.
Provides minimum requirements for flood-resistant design and construction of structures located in flood hazard areas. This standard applies to new construction, which includes: new structures including subsequent work to such structures, and work classified as substantial repair or substantial improvement of an existing structure.
The Disaster Dictionary identifies terms, acronyms, and related concepts. More than 1, 100 entries are derived from many types of disasters and crisis scenarios. Appendix A provides a detailed description of Weapons of Mass Destruction: their classification, characteristics, and response protocols. Appendix B explains the background, purpose and use of the Incident Command System (ICS). You'll learn how resources within ICS are organized and u...
International migration, the movement of people across international boundaries, has enormous economic, social and cultural implications in both origin and destination countries. It is estimated that some one hundred and eighty million people (three per cent of the world's population) are living in countries in which they were not born. Among these are millions of highly-educated people who moved to developed countries from developing countrie...
Argues that the resurgence of partisanship is but a different chapter in a larger story of party realignment - a story that reaffirms the centrality of political parties. This book marshals data from more than a century of elections to highlight unexpected patterns of voting behavior.
Presents Brownian motion and deals with stochastic integrals and differentials, including Ito lemma. This book is devoted to topics of stochastic integral equations and stochastic integral equations on smooth manifolds. It is suitable for graduate students and researchers interested in probability, stochastic processes, and their applications.