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Book SQUID  85 Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices and their Applications

Download or read book SQUID 85 Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices and their Applications written by Hans-D. Hahlbohm and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Stories of Democracy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Ann Tétreault
  • Publisher : Columbia University Press
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780231114899
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book Stories of Democracy written by Mary Ann Tétreault and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political elite, Stories of Democracy sheds light on a wide array of issues concerning Middle Eastern politics and democratic institutions in general. Mary Ann Tétreault explores how various political factions have sought to advance their own notions of Kuwaiti history and politics through distinctive popular appeals: (1) pro-democracy forces focusing on Kuwait's relationship to the universal values of the democratic world around them, and (2) anti-democrats proffering Arab and Muslim religious and cultural traditions. She explores how such dramatic events as the suspension of the Kuwaiti constitution in 1986 and the invasion by Iraq in 1990 occasioned major shifts in the course of the democracy movement. The current running through virtually all of the nation's political drama is the monolithic Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), used by the government as an instrument of economic strength to safeguard sovereignty in the absence of military might.

Book Official Summary of Security Transactions and Holdings Reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935

Download or read book Official Summary of Security Transactions and Holdings Reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Profiting from Intellectual Capital

Download or read book Profiting from Intellectual Capital written by Patrick H. Sullivan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-03-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Profiting from Intellectual Capital" - Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, warum geistiges Eigentum als finanzieller Vermögenswert gilt, was man darunter versteht, wo es anzutreffen ist, wie man es investiert und wie man es erntet, um den Shareholder Value zu steigern. Autor Patrick Sullivan erläutert hier, wie Unternehmen aus ihrem intellektuellen Kapital finanzielle Vorteile und eine noch größere Wertschöpfung erzielen können. Das Buch gliedert sich in drei Teile; im ersten Teil werden grundlegende Begriffe und Konzepte besprochen, in den beiden folgenden Teilen werden Methoden für Messung, Management und Überwachung des intellektuellen Kapitals erörtert. Darüber hinaus werden wichtige Techniken zur Wertgewinnung diskutiert, wie z.B. die Erstellung einer Datenbank für geistiges Eigentum. Mit einer Fülle von Beispielen zu Methoden und Verfahren von auf diesem Gebiet führenden internationalen Unternehmen, wie z.B. ICM-Dow Chemical, Xerox, Rockwell International, Skandia und Hewlett-Packard. "Profiting from Intellectual Capital" ist Pflichtlektüre für alle vorausschauenden Experten im Bereich intellektuelles Kapital.

Book Getting to Pluralism

Download or read book Getting to Pluralism written by Marina Ottaway and published by Carnegie Endowment. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pluralism in the Arab world has not yet matured into functional democratic politics. While ruling establishments, Islamist movements, and secular parties have introduced a much greater degree of pluralism into Arab societies, the imbalance of power and interdependence among these actors limits both the degree of political diversity and its effectiveness at bringing about reforms. The Arab world is likely to grapple with political apathy, low voter turnout, dwindling membership in registered parties, and shrinking constituencies for the foreseeable future. Even the Islamists, who demonstrated great ability to organize and gain followers in the past, have begun showing signs of decreasing popularity. Getting to Pluralism: Political Actors in the Arab World explores the balance of power between the disparate political forces of the Arab world. The essays in this volume examine the characteristics of the major political actors in great detail and assess the weaknesses of the secular parties. They also illustrate the complexities of Islamist participation in the political processes of several Arab countries—pointing out both similarities and differences. Finally, the authors evaluate how incumbent Arab regimes have been able to maintain their grip on power in spite of their claims that they support political and social reform.

Book Land Use Problems and Conflicts

Download or read book Land Use Problems and Conflicts written by John C. Bergstrom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The causes, consequences and control of land use change have become topics of enormous importance in contemporary society. Not only is urban land use and sprawl a hot-button issue, but issues of rural land use have also been in the headlines. Policy makers and citizens are starting to realize that many environmental and economic issues have the question of land use at their very core. Comprising papers from a conference sponsored by the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Land Use Problems and Conflicts draws together some of the most up-to-date research in this area. Sections are devoted to problems in the United States and Europe, the consequences of such problems, land use-related data and alternative solutions to conflict. With a lineup including some of the best scholarship on this subject to date, this volume will be of use to those studying environmental and land use issues in addition to policy makers and economists.

Book Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism

Download or read book Proceedings of the International Conference on Magnetism written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Louis MacNeice and the Poetry of the 1930s

Download or read book Louis MacNeice and the Poetry of the 1930s written by Richard Danson Brown and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates Louis MacNeice in two major central strands, exploring MacNeice's ambiguous positioning as an Irish poet and the self-consciousness in his writing.

Book The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction  1908 2008  People  Events  and Challenges in Mathematics Education

Download or read book The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction 1908 2008 People Events and Challenges in Mathematics Education written by Fulvia Furinghetti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the history of ICMI trough a prosopographical approach. In other words, it pays a lot of attention to the actors of the International movement. The portraits of the members of the ICMI Central Committees (1908-1936) and ICMI Executive Committees (1952-2008), and other eminent figures in ICMI history, who have passed away in the first 100 years of its life, are the guiding thread of the volume. Each portrait includes: · Biographical information · An outline of the various contributions made by the individual in question to the study of problems pertaining to mathematics teaching/education · Primary bibliography · Secondary with particular attention to the publications concerning the teaching of mathematics · Images: photos, book frontispieces, relevant manuscripts The authors of the portraits (30 altogether) are researchers in the history of mathematics, mathematics, and mathematics education. The focus on the officer’s role within ICMI and on his/her contributions to mathematics education, make the portraits different from usual biographies. In particular, since most officers were active mathematicians, the portraits shed light on aspects of their lesser-known activity. Connecting chapters place the action of these figures in the historical context and in the different phases of ICMI history.

Book Index of Specifications and Standards

Download or read book Index of Specifications and Standards written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bibliographic Guide to North American History

Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to North American History written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U  S  Department of Justice

Download or read book U S Department of Justice written by Eileen Larence and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil Rights Division (Division) of the Dept. of Justice (DoJ) is the primary federal entity charged with enforcing federal statutes prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, religion, and national origin. This report reviewed the Division's enforcement efforts. It addresses the activities the Division undertook from FY 2001 through 2007 to implement its enforcement responsibilities through four of its sections: (1) Employment Litigation, (2) Housing and Civil Enforcement, (3) Voting, and (4) Special Litigation. To conduct this review, the report analyzed data on cases filed in court and matters investigated. It also reviewed a sample of closed matter files (about 210 of 5,400). Charts and tables.

Book Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology   Ergebnisse der Mikrobiologie und Immunit  tsforschung

Download or read book Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology Ergebnisse der Mikrobiologie und Immunit tsforschung written by W. Arber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of the last century and the beginning of this century, the prob lems of immunity in lower vertebrates and the influence of environmental temperature attracted attention for the first time (ERNST, 1890; WIDAL and SICARD, 1897; METCHNIKOFF, 1901). However, relatively little work has been done on this subject until recently. The early investigators were chiefly in terested in the immuno-pathological problems. They immunized various species of lower vertebrates essentially with bacterial vaccines; agglutinating, neutralizing and protective antibodies were detected in their blood. The in fluence of environmental temperature on the immune response was investigated, since this subject represented great economical and theoretical importance. Epizootic diseases were observed to occur in relation to the cold season of the year, when the decrease or spontaneous increase of water temperature occurred (SCHAPERCLAUS, 1965; BESSE et al. , 1965; KLONTZ et al. , 1965 WOOD,1966). The immunological deficiency of fish, caused by their natural or experimental stay in cold water, is now evident for both humoral and cellular immunity. In this review we will focus on two points: We shall attempt (1) to explain the mechanism by which the environmental temperature influences the immune resistance of fish to pathogens, (2) to determine the chronological location of this temperature-sensitive stage in the process of antibody formation, and to make some approaches to the general antibody formation mechanism.

Book Cheap Scares

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gregory Lamberson
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2014-01-10
  • ISBN : 0786452021
  • Pages : 294 pages

Download or read book Cheap Scares written by Gregory Lamberson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a step-by-step guide to creating and selling a horror movie, from rough outline to film distribution, with an emphasis on storytelling and marketing. Chapters cover screenwriting, freelancing as a writer, collaborating, budgeting and pitching projects to industry decision-makers. Interviews with J.B. Bookwalter, Roy Frumkes, Larry Fessenden, Scooter McRae, Brett Piper and others all convey today's realities. Production stills, sample screenplay pages, and sample budgets are included. Fully indexed.

Book Freedom on Fire

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  • Author : John Shattuck
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009-06-30
  • ISBN : 0674043480
  • Pages : 401 pages

Download or read book Freedom on Fire written by John Shattuck and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the chief human rights official of the Clinton Administration, John Shattuck faced far-flung challenges. Disasters were exploding simultaneously--genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia, murder and atrocities in Haiti, repression in China, brutal ethnic wars, and failed states in other parts of the world. But America was mired in conflicting priorities and was reluctant to act. What were Shattuck and his allies to do? This is the story of their struggle inside the U.S. government over how to respond. Shattuck tells what was tried and what was learned as he and other human rights hawks worked to change the Clinton Administration's human rights policy from disengagement to saving lives and bringing war criminals to justice. He records his frustrations and disappointments, as well as the successes achieved in moving human rights to the center of U.S. foreign policy. Shattuck was at the heart of the action. He was the first official to interview the survivors of Srebrenica. He confronted Milosevic in Belgrade. He was a key player in bringing the leaders of genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda to justice. He pushed from the inside for an American response to the crisis of the Haitian boat people. He pressed for the release of political prisoners in China. His book is both an insider's account and a detailed prescription for preventing such wars in the future. Shattuck criticizes the Bush Administration's approach, which he says undermines human rights at home and around the world. He argues that human rights wars are breeding grounds for terrorism. Freedom on Fire describes the shifting challenges of global leadership in a world of explosive hatreds and deepening inequalities.

Book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Download or read book Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: