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View book details for The Securitization of Rape
Women, War and Sexual Violence
This book uniquely applies securitization theory to the mass sexual violence atrocities committed during the Bosnia war and the Rwandan genocide. Examining the inherent links between rape, war and global security, Hirschauer analyses the complexities of conflict related sexual violence.
View book details for New Trends in Contemporary Latin American Narrative
Post-National Literatures and the Canon
Examining a rich new generation of Latin American writers, this collection offers new perspectives on the current status of Latin American literature in the age of globalization. Authors explored are from the Boom and Postboom periods, including those who combine …
MATLAB is a high-level language and environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. Using MATLAB, you can analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models and applications. The language, tools, and built-in math functions enable you to explore multiple approaches and …
This volume concentrates on international issues that relate to economic policies and governance. It is essential reading for all postgraduates and scholars looking for expert discussion and debate of the issues surrounding the case for new economic policies at the …
View book details for Sustainable Human Development
A New Territorial and People-Centred Perspective
Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.
This collection analyses new forms and expressions of conflict at work under capitalism. Using theoretical and empirical approaches, it demonstrates an underlying historical continuity to new forms and expressions of conflict at work and a path dependency by country and …
View book details for The Nature of Intractable Conflict
Resolution in the Twenty-First Century
Building upon Mitchell's earlier work, The Structure of International Conflict, this volume surveys the field of conflict analysis and resolution in the twenty-first century, exploring the methods which people have sought to mitigate destructive processes including the creative and innovative …
This study treats the Victorian Antipodes as a compelling site of romance and satire for middle-class writers who went to New Zealand between 1840 and 1872. Blythe's research fits with the rising study of settler colonialism and highlights the intersection …
A new, original investigation into how screenwriting works; the practices, creative 'poetics' and texts that serve the screen idea. Using a range of film, media and creative theories, it includes new case studies on the successful ITV soap Emmerdale, Hitchcock's …
Csaba Singer untersucht die Kostensenkungspotenziale bei der Stromerzeugung mit solarthermischen Turmkraftwerken. Sein Ziel ist die Steigerung des Receiverwirkungsgrades und das Aufzeigen und Bewerten kritischer Aspekte von innovativen Receivertechnologien. Zunachst erfolgt eine Konzeptstudie, die dazu dient, den Stand der Technik der …
Explodes with action, spice and humor. Publishers Weekly on Hidden Hunter Holt might be the most stubborn ex-soldier ever born, but when hes called on to help find a lost foster kid, he jumps into action. Even if it means …
View book details for Project Interface Management
Reducing Risk on Major Projects
J. Ross Publishing
"Owner companies increasingly demand that engineering, procurement, and construction firms have robust procedures and tools in place for interface management. Because it is a new discipline, few have them. This unique book provides everything needed to implement world-class interface management …
View book details for Popular Fiction and Spatiality
Reading Genre Settings
This volume moves the debate about literature and geography in a new direction by showing the significance of spatial settings in the enormous and complex field of popular fiction. Approaching popular genres as complicated systems of meaning, the collected essays …
View book details for Advances in Spatial Data Handling
Geospatial Dynamics, Geosimulation and Exploratory Visualization
This volume is based on the reviewed and edited proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling 2012, held in Bonn. The 15th SDH brought together scholars and professionals from the international GIScience community to present the latest research …
View book details for Crisis-Related Decision-Making and the Influence of Culture on the Behavior of Decision Makers
Cross-Cultural Behavior in Crisis Preparedness and Response
This book provides an analysis on the impact of culture on crisis management, exploring how different cultural types are reflected in crisis-related decision making patterns. Providing an interdisciplinary and international perspective with a rich research and practical outlook, this work …
View book details for Wireless Sensors in Heterogeneous Networked Systems
Configuration and Operation Middleware
This book presents an examination of the middleware that can be used to configure and operate heterogeneous node platforms and sensor networks. The middleware requirements for a range of application scenarios are compared and analysed. The text then defines middleware …
As our understanding of immune mediated chronic inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) grows, it becomes more and more clear that these conditions result from the convergence of a multitude of pathogenic mechanisms whose relative individual contribution is different in different patient subsets.Promising …
View book details for Developing Community Schools, Community Learning Centers, Extended-service Schools and Multi-service Schools
International Exemplars for Practice, Policy and Research
This book focuses on special organizational configurations for schools in diverse parts of the world. Some of these new organizational and institutional designs are called multi-service schools, others are called extended service schools and still others are called community learning …
View book details for Building Resilient Cities in China: The Nexus between Planning and Science
Selected Papers from the 7th International Association for China Planning Conference, Shanghai, China, June 29 July 1, 2013
This book discusses a range of planning and management issues related to building urban resiliency. It covers such topics as urban, environmental, and transportation planning, historical preservation, emergency relief and management, geographic information systems (GIS) and other technological applications. The …
View book details for Yearbook on Space Policy 2012/2013
Space in a Changing World
The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The …
View book details for Praxis der Zerspantechnik
Verfahren, Werkzeuge, Berechnung
Dieses Fachbuch behandelt in pragnanter und verstandlicher Art relevante Verfahren moderner und traditioneller Zerspan- und Abtragtechnik. Wichtige Aspekte wie z. B. Kraft- und Leistungsberechnung, erreichbare Genauigkeiten, Auswahl von geeigneten Werkzeugen, Spannmitteln und Schneidstoffen, Fehlersuche (Troubleshooting) und Richtwerttabellen geben hilfreiche Informationen …
Nietzsche stellt alles in Frage. Sein Denken gehort zu den einschneidenden intellektuellen Erfahrungen der Moderne. Entsprechend vielgestaltig fielen und fallen die Versuche aus, auf dieses Denken und auf die Person dahinter zu reagieren. Was kann von den eigenen Uberzeugungen noch …
View book details for Faszinierende Physik
Ein bebilderter Streifzug vom Universum bis in die Welt der Elementarteilchen
Was ist Zeit? Wie entdeckt man Gravitationswellen? Welche physikalischen Gesetze steuern die globale Erwarmung? Was macht die Quantenphysik so besonders? Dieses Buch bietet einen packenden Streifzug durch die spannendsten und aktuellsten Themen der modernen Physik! Auf jeweils einer Doppelseite findet …
Seit 1909 gibt der Frick/Knoll Generationen von Architekten und Ingenieuren einen umfassenden Einblick in die Baukonstruktionslehre. Das betrifft nicht nur die traditionellen Techniken, sondern auch moderne Bauweisen und neue Materialien. Die umfassende und ganzheitliche Betrachtung von Roh- und Innenausbau erklart …
View book details for Molecular Diagnostics for Dermatology
Practical Applications of Molecular Testing for the Diagnosis and Management of the Dermatology Patient
Molecular diagnostics is an exploding field, and recent advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of disease have provided a platform for the development of new diagnostic tests as well as tests to predict tumor behavior and potential response …
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