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Sulfur, Energy, and Environment is a guide to the properties of sulfur; its three important compounds; and a review of the production, use, and recovery of sulfur in relation to energy production and environmental protection. After a brief introduction to the history of sulfur, the chemical properties...

This book provides a clinically oriented overview on the patho-physiological background and the use of bisphosphonates in oncology. The clinical development of pamidronate to treat tumor-induced hypercalcemia and malignant osteolytic bone disease is demonstrated, as well as the results of pivotal...

A study of local government and politics in China, exploring when and why local government officials comply with policy directives from above. The author draws on interviews with government officials in various municipalities and a review of county records and other government documents.

I was in Orlando for a business conference. I was just about to use the new prostate massager/vibrator that I had bought for myself as a birthday present when a knock on the door changed all of that. A man claiming to be an undercover cop forced his way into my room, threw me down on the bed and had...

Diseases remain a serious problem in wheat and barley cultivation. It has been estimated that around 20% of global crop production is lost to diseases. Leading fungal diseases affecting wheat and barley include rusts, Septoria blotches, powdery mildew, tan spot, spot blotch, net blotch, scald and...

Cow is the story of a Spanish agricultural labourer, Ambrosio, who goes to Switzerland as a Gastarbeiter. He is bound for Innenwald, a village in the Swiss highlands, and the novel begins as he is about to spend a summer working for Farmer Knuchel. It ends in the abattoir of the neighbouring city,...

While there have been dramatic increases in the use of digital technologies for information storage, processing and delivery over the last twenty years, the affordances of paper have ensured its retention as a key information medium. In this book we review a wide variety of projects and technological...

When computed tomography (CT) was developed and introduced by Hounsfield (1973), a new era of clinical diagnostic potential began. At the same time CT created new difficulties, in that the physicians who had to deal with the CT images were not acquainted with their interpre­ tation. Therefore, it...

La presente publicación en tres volúmenes tiene la intención de divulgar qué hacemos cubanos y brasileños, en la actualidad con el legado del Enfoque Histórico- Cultural. Los trabajos que aquí se publican fueron los presentados y debatidos en el evento, denominado VII Conferencia Internacional...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2000 im Fachbereich Informationswissenschaften, Informationsmanagement, Note: gut/sehr gut, Hochschule Luzern (Hochschule für Wirtschaft (HSW) Luzern), 37 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Einleitung 1.1 Paradoxien Kommen Ihnen diese Aussagen bekannt...

La presente publicación en tres volúmenes tiene la intención de divulgar qué hacemos cubanos y brasileños, en la actualidad con el legado del Enfoque Histórico- Cultural. Los trabajos que aquí se publican fueron los presentados y debatidos en el evento, denominado VII Conferencia Internacional...

Estimado lector, con el deseo de continuar divulgando la producción científica que se realiza en la Cátedra L.S. Vygotski de la Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de La Habana, ponemos en sus manos el eBook IV. El presente volumen reúne un grupo de las ponencias seleccionadas a partir de...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Theologie - Systematische Theologie, Note: 1,0, Université de Fribourg - Universität Freiburg (Schweiz), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das II. Vaticanum begann feierlich am 11. Oktober 1962. Es nahmen 2498 Konzilsväter daran teil. Im darauf folgenden...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 5.5/6, Université de Fribourg - Universität Freiburg (Schweiz), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit befasse ich mich mit dem Monte Verità im Süden der Schweiz. Dabei beginne ich mit einer kleinen Einführung...