This fascinating reference fuels the passionate debate about the biblical Exodus with a provocative thesis: Not only was Moses an Egyptian but so were the Hebrew people who followed him to Canaan. Through linguistic, philologic, and religious explorations, the authors prove that the «Chosen People» were not slaves from a foreign country but high-ranking Egyptian priests and the adherents of the monothiest pharaoh Akhenaton. During a counterrevolution against monotheism, his followers were forced to move to the Egyptian province of Canaan.

The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica, gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan

On the heels of his widely successful trilogy of works honoring H. P. Lovecraft, Donald Tyson now unveils a true grimoire of ritual magic inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. The __Grimoire of the Necronomicon__ is a practical system of ritual magic based on Lovecraft's mythology of the alien gods known as the Old Ones.Fans of Lovecraft now have the opportunity to reliably and safely get in touch with the Old Ones and draw upon their power for spiritual and material advancement. Tyson expands upon the Old Ones' mythology and reintroduces these "monsters" in a new, magical context―explaining their true purpose for our planet. As a disciple, you choose one of the seven lords as a spiritual mentor, who will guide you toward personal transformation. __Grimoire of the Necronomicon__ features ritual forms and invocations for the daily and yearly rites of the Old Ones, individual rituals devoted to each of the seven major figures of the mythos, and most importantly, a grand ritual for personal attainment. The daily rituals provide an excellent system of esoteric training for individual practitioners. This grimoire also provides structure for an esoteric society―Order of the Old Ones―devoted to the group practice of this unique system of magic.

'Once one is fairly competent at practical sorcery, there is little of importance that remains to be said or read about the subject; the magician at this point tends to emphasize inner development in his work. It seems to me that Chaos Magic itself has reached this point; the basic ideas needed for anyone to construct his or her own system of sorcery and to hone their skills are already covered by the available books. What has been lacking so far, is a Chaos magical approach to the investigation of the ecstatic states that underlie magical gnosis. This book, rather than trying to provide yet another slightly different flavour of Chaos technique, takes as its starting point the relationship between ecstasy and magic; between Chaos Magic and Chaos Mysticism, if you like.' from page 8 "Chaotopia! is neither Utopia nor its opposite. It is what Austin Osman Spare called 'the chaos of the normal', seen through an illuminated eye, the eye of the sorcerer." Chaotopia! includes updates and evaluations of techniques in Chaos Magick and an exploration of ecstatic states in relation to both magick and mysticism. Also chapters on: Wealth Magick/Conflict and Exorcism/Sex Magick/Body Alchemy and Healing/Magick and Physics/Chaos Illumination/Spirits/Aeonics 'A highly intelligent book by a leading Chaos Magician which will broaden and deepen Chaoist debate, theory and practice.' Peter J. Carroll

Compiling research spanning two decades, this reference comprehensively details the analysis, synthesis, and chemistry of thermosetting polymers, blends, and networks and describes practical methods, processes, and formulations of specialized thermosetting polymer materials for industrial applications. It provides a survey of polymer chemistry; criteria for adequate selection of cure conditions; procedures and equations to calculate the statistical parameters of a network; numerous examples and descriptions of compounds containing thermosets, including coatings, adhesives, molding materials, composites, and micro networks; and the latest rheological and dielectric techniques; and more.

HANDBOOK OF TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIALS INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS AND PHARMACEUTICALS......Page 1 PREFACE......Page 3 CONTENTS......Page 5 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8 A. SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 10 CONTENTS......Page 0 C. PERSONAL OBJECTIVE ATTRIBUTES......Page 11 II. A CHRONIC PROBLEM: REDUCTIONISM......Page 12 IV. HEALTHCARE CONTINUUM MODEL......Page 13 B. SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 14 C. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 15 A. PERSONAL OBJECTIVE......Page 16 D. PERSONAL SUBJECTIVE......Page 17 B. SOCIETAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 18 A. PERSONAL OBJECTIVE......Page 19 C. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 21 D. PERSONAL SUBJECTIVE......Page 22 C. CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS......Page 23 REFERENCES......Page 24 CHAPTER 2 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE ON TOPICAL ANTISEPTIC DRUG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT......Page 26 II. FDA REGULATORY PROCESS......Page 27 A. DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICACY STANDARDS FOR OTC TOPICAL ANTISEPTIC DRUG PRODUCTS......Page 28 A. IN VITRO AND TIME KILL KINETIC STUDIES......Page 44 B. CLINICAL SIMULATION STUDIES......Page 47 C. NEUTRALIZATION......Page 48 D. RESISTANCE TO ANTISEPTICS......Page 50 IV. CONCLUSIONS......Page 52 REFERENCES......Page 53 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 56 II. BACKGROUND......Page 57 IV. GENERAL POPULATION PRODUCTS: ANTIMICROBIAL HANDWASH AND ANTIMICROBIAL BODYWASH......Page 59 B. PUBLIC HEALTH IMPORTANCE......Page 60 C. ANTIMICROBIAL HANDWASHES......Page 62 D. FOODHANDLER HANDWASH......Page 65 E. HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL HANDWASH......Page 67 F. SURGICAL PRODUCTS: PREOPERATIVE SKIN PREPARATIONS AND SURGICAL SCRUBS......Page 69 V. EFFECTIVENESS TEST METHODS......Page 70 C. REDUCTION OF TRANSMISSION DURING PRESURGICAL/ SURGICAL, PREINJECTION PROCEDURES (SURGICAL SCRUB, PREOP PREP)......Page 72 REFERENCES......Page 73 I. ANTISEPSIS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF IODINE ANTIMICROBIALS......Page 78 II. THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF POVIDONE-IODINE......Page 80 III. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF PVP-I AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL......Page 81 VI. CLINICAL USES OF PVP-I, GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS......Page 82 VII. PVP-I FOR PROPHYLACTIC PREOPERATIVE SKIN DECONTAMINATION......Page 86 IX. PVP-I AS A PROPHYLACTIC DISINFECTANT OF SUPERFICIAL ABRASIONS AND LACERATIONS......Page 87 X. PVP-I FOR MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION CONTROL OF ULCERS AND BURNS......Page 88 XI. COMPARISON OF PVP-I TO OTHER GENERAL ANTISEPTICS......Page 89 XII. AVOIDING ANTIBIOTICS WITH PVP-I......Page 90 A. PVP-I FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCES......Page 91 B. PVP-I AND WOUND REPAIR......Page 92 C. LOCAL IRRITATION AND SYSTEMIC TOXICITY......Page 93 XIV. CONCLUSION......Page 94 REFERENCES......Page 95 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 100 II. CHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF QACS......Page 101 III. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF QACS......Page 103 V. BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE......Page 104 VII. CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND MECHANISM OF QAC ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY......Page 105 VIII. EFFECTS OF FORMULA COMPOSITION AND QAC ACTIVITY......Page 108 IX. SPECTRUM OF QAC ACTIVITY......Page 109 X. EXAMPLE OF BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY FOR A BEC TOPICAL PRODUCT......Page 110 REFERENCES......Page 115 I. CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE......Page 118 A. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION......Page 119 A. SURGICAL SCRUB FORMULATIONS......Page 120 B. PREOPERATIVE SKIN PREPARATION......Page 121 C. HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL HANDWASH......Page 122 REFERENCES......Page 123 I. ALCOHOLS......Page 124 IV. ALCOHOLS FOR SKIN DEGERMING......Page 125 V. TRANSIENT MICROORGANISMS......Page 126 VI. RESIDENT SKIN MICROORGANISMS......Page 127 VII. ALCOHOLS USED TO PREVENT INFECTIONS......Page 129 REFERENCES......Page 130 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 132 II. INFECTION......Page 133 IV. MULTIPLICATION......Page 134 V. IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 135 VII. PHYSICAL FACTORS......Page 136 IX. ADHERENCE......Page 137 X. SPREAD......Page 138 REFERENCES......Page 139 CHAPTER 9 NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION......Page 140 I. PHYSIOLOGICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF A PATIENT TO AN INFECTIOUS OPPORTUNISTIC MICROORGANISM......Page 141 II. VIRULENCE OF AN INFECTION-CAUSING MICROORGANISM......Page 142 IV. COMMON NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS......Page 143 V. SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS......Page 144 VII. ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT MICROORGANISMS......Page 145 IX. PREOPERATIVE SKIN PREP......Page 146 X. PRECATHETERIZATION PREPS......Page 148 XI. PERIPHERAL VENOUS CATHETERS......Page 149 XVI. PREINJECTION/ PHLEBOTOMY SKIN PREPS......Page 150 XVII. HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL HANDWASH......Page 151 REFERENCES......Page 152 CHAPTER 10 POSTSURGERY INFECTION......Page 155 I. INFECTION......Page 156 III. EXOGENOUS ETIOLOGY......Page 157 A. LENGTH OF HOSPITALIZATION......Page 158 C. LENGTH OF SURGICAL PROCEDURE......Page 159 E. PRESENCE OF OTHER INFECTION......Page 160 A. PATIENT PREOPERATIVE PREPS......Page 161 C. SURGICAL SCRUB WASH......Page 162 REFERENCES......Page 163 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 165 II. MICROBIOLOGY OF ANTISEPTIC BODY WASHES......Page 169 III. PERFORMANCE AND REGULATORY ASPECTS OF ANTIMICROBIAL BODY WASHES......Page 171 IV. CONCLUSIONS......Page 175 REFERENCES......Page 176 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 179 III. COLONIZATION......Page 182 IV. DRUG RESISTANCE......Page 184 REFERENCES......Page 185 CHAPTER 13 FULL-BODY SHOWER WASH: EFFICACY EVALUATION OF A 4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE......Page 187 I. METHODS......Page 188 II. RESULTS......Page 190 III. DISCUSSION......Page 192 REFERENCES......Page 193 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 195 II. WHERE THE BACTERIA ARE......Page 196 REFERENCES......Page 214 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 219 II. MICROBIOLOGY OF HAND ASEPSIS-RELATED TO BRUSHLESS SCRUBBING......Page 226 III. CURRENT PROGRESS TOWARDS BRUSHLESS TECHNOLOGIES......Page 228 IV. CONCLUSIONS......Page 234 REFERENCES......Page 235 A. TYPES OF ORGANISMS......Page 238 B. ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS......Page 239 C. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFECTION AND SOAPS......Page 240 B. HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL HANDWASH EVALUATIONS......Page 241 C. MODIFIED CADE HANDWASH PROCEDURE......Page 242 E. OPTIMAL EVALUATION DESIGN......Page 243 A. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS......Page 245 B. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS......Page 246 REFERENCES......Page 248 A. MICROORGANISMS OF CONCERN......Page 249 B. ETIOLOGY OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE......Page 250 A. BARRIER GLOVES......Page 251 III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS......Page 252 IV. BEHAVIORAL ASPECTS......Page 253 A. SHARED VALUES......Page 254 C. INTEGRATION......Page 255 B. RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMENTS......Page 256 C. CONTROL CHART METHODOLOGY......Page 257 E. USING THE CONTROL CHARTS......Page 259 G. MEAN CHART CONSTANT/ RANGE CHART SHIFTING......Page 261 REFERENCES......Page 262 II. METHODS......Page 264 A. MEDICAL LITERATURE......Page 265 B. MICROBIOLOGY LITERATURE......Page 268 C. FOOD INDUSTRY LITERATURE......Page 269 IV. DISCUSSION......Page 270 REFERENCES......Page 271 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 283 A. MATERIALS......Page 284 B. GLOVE JUICE SAMPLING METHOD......Page 285 A. PHASE 1......Page 289 REFERENCES......Page 293 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 294 II. MATERIALS AND METHODS......Page 295 C. PRETEST PERIOD......Page 296 D. PRACTICE WASH......Page 297 H. GLOVE JUICE SAMPLING PROCEDURE......Page 298 J. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS......Page 299 V. OPTIONAL SKIN IRRITATION......Page 300 A. SKIN IRRITATION EVALUATIONS......Page 301 REFERENCES......Page 302 II. THE HEALTHCARE PERSONNEL HANDWASH TEST......Page 304 A. INOCULATING HANDS TWICE WITH BACTERIA......Page 306 B. INOCULATING HANDS WITH A LARGE VOLUME......Page 307 C. EXTRACTION EFFICIENCY AND CROSS-CONTAMINATIONOF HANDS DURING THE WASH......Page 308 D. WASH AND RINSE TIMES......Page 309 F. SUBUNGUAL AREAS AS RESERVOIRS FOR BACTERIA......Page 311 A. SOURCE OF CONTAMINATION......Page 315 B. HANDWASHING HABITS......Page 318 REFERENCES......Page 319 II. CONSUMER DATA THAT SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METHODS......Page 321 B. SOURCES OF CONSUMER CONTAMINATION......Page 322 III. PROMISING METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE BENEFITS OF HANDWASHING IN CONSUMERS......Page 327 B. QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT......Page 328 C. SUMMARY......Page 329 A. USE OF AGAR PLATES TO ASSESS POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFER PRE- AND POST-WASH......Page 330 B. MEAL PREPARATION TEST......Page 332 C. POTENTIAL OF HANDS TO CAUSE CROSS-CONTAMINATION......Page 333 E. CONSUMER REALISTIC RESIDUAL EF.CACY TEST......Page 335 F. CONTINUED METHOD DEVELOPMENT......Page 337 V. SUMMARY......Page 338 REFERENCES......Page 339 CHAPTER 23 IMPORTANCE OF SKIN CARE ATTRIBUTES IN DEVELOPING TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIALS......Page 342 I. IMPORTANT FUNCTIONS......Page 343 II. SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT......Page 344 REFERENCES......Page 348 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 350 III. PROPOSED NEUTRALIZER SYSTEM......Page 351 IV. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS......Page 352 B. TEST MICROORGANISM(S)......Page 356 C. PROCEDURES......Page 357 D. DATA COLLECTION......Page 358 VI. CONCLUSION......Page 359 REFERENCES......Page 360 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 362 A. GENERAL TEST CRITERIA......Page 363 B. SPECIFIC TEST CRITERIA......Page 364 A. GENERAL TEST CRITERIA: IN VITRO TEST REQUIREMENTS......Page 365 B. SPECIFIC TESTING CRITERIA......Page 368 IV. PROPOSITION OF A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR POSP TESTS—THE REQUIREMENT OF METHOD VALIDATION......Page 369 A. METHODOLOGY VALIDATION USING SPORE CHALLENGE......Page 370 B. EFFICACY ESTIMATE USING CHEMICAL ANALYSIS......Page 372 A. GENERAL TEST CRITERIA......Page 373 B. SPECIFIC TEST CRITERIA......Page 374 A. GENERAL TEST CRITERIA: IN VITRO TEST REQUIREMENTS......Page 375 B. SPECIAL TEST CRITERIA......Page 376 REFERENCES......Page 377 A. METHODS INVOLVING SKIN/ STRATUM CORNEUM REMOVAL......Page 379 A. BIOPSY/ SKIN SCRAPING......Page 380 B. ADHESIVE TAPE – STRIPPING TECHNIQUE......Page 381 A. SWABBING......Page 382 C. GLOVE/ BAG JUICE TECHNIQUES......Page 383 A. THE CUP SCRUB METHOD......Page 384 B. THE HANDWASHINGS COLLECTION METHOD......Page 385 B. FINGERNAIL REGION – SAMPLING TECHNIQUES......Page 386 REFERENCES......Page 387 I. INTRODUCTION......Page 395 II. VIRUSES AND THEIR SPREAD BY HANDS......Page 396 III. IMPORTANCE OF HAND ANTISEPSIS......Page 398 A. TEST VIRUS(ES)......Page 399 B. CULTURE AND INFECTIVITY ASSAY OF TEST VIRUS(ES)......Page 400 D. DILUENT FOR TEST GERMICIDE......Page 401 H. TIME FOR VIRUS-GERMICIDE CONTACT......Page 404 I. NEUTRALIZATION OF VIRUCIDAL ACTIVITY......Page 405 J. ELIMINATION OF CYTOTOXICITY......Page 406 M. OTHER ESSENTIAL CONTROLS......Page 407 N. PRODUCT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA......Page 408 A. SUSPENSION TESTS AND TESTING USING INANIMATE CARRIERS......Page 409 B. TESTS USING HUMAN SUBJECTS......Page 412 A. IS IN SITU INACTIVATION OF VIRUSES BY HANDWASH PRODUCTS NECESSARY?......Page 420 D. SHOULD THE TESTING DETERMINE VIRUS ELIMINATION BY THE PRODUCT ALONE OR BY THE PROCESS OF HAND DECONTAMINATION AS A WHOLE?......Page 421 VII. CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 422 REFERENCES......Page 424 PART I OVERVIEW......Page 426 I. IODINE COMPLEXES......Page 427 III. PARACHLOROMETAXYLENOL......Page 428 IV. ALCOHOLS......Page 429 VI. QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS......Page 430 PART III PRODUCT APPLICATIONS......Page 432 PART IV FOOD......Page 433 V CONSUMER PRODUCTS......Page 434

At the height of the Vietnam War protests, twenty-eight-year-old Judith Nies and her husband lived a seemingly idyllic life. Both were building their respective careers in Washington—Nies as the speechwriter and chief staffer to a core group of antiwar congressmen, her husband as a Treasury department economist. But when her husband brought home a list of questions from an FBI file with Judith's name on the front, Nies soon realized that her life was about to take a radical turn. Shocked to find herself the focus of an FBI investigation into her political activities, Nies began to reevaluate her role as grateful employee and dutiful wife. A heartfelt memoir and a piercing social commentary, The Girl I Left Behind offers a fresh, candid look at the 1960s. Recounting Nies's courageous journey toward independence and equality, it evaluates the consequences of the feminist movement on the same women who made it happen—and on the daughters born in their wake.

A newcomer to the scene, aerobic granulation is on its way to becoming the hot new technology for high-efficiency wastewater treatment. Thus far, intensive research has been conducted with regard to the understanding of the mechanism of aerobic granulation in sequencing batch reactors (SBR) and its application in treating a wide variety of municipal and industrial wastewater. This basic research has promoted the technology from laboratory-study all the way to the present pilot- and full-scale application. The time is right for a reference that discusses the technology and its application in wastewater purification. Wastewater Purification: Aerobic Granulation in Sequencing Batch Reactors discusses state-of-the-art research and application of this environmental biotechnology tailored to enhanced wastewater purification. The seventeen chapters provide a systematic and comprehensive understanding of aerobic granulation in SBR by incorporating fundamental principles of aerobic granulation with the basis of process operation under various conditions. The book clearly explains what aerobic granules are and how they form. It elucidates key factors that influence aerobic granulation and addresses common problems encountered and their solutions. This is the first book-length exploration of aerobic granulation. Other books that cover it are smaller, less comprehensive, less in depth, and less up to date. This book provides first-hand information derived from the authors’ research and presents a newly-developed theory for aerobic granulation that offers a deep understanding into the essence of current aerobic granulation technology. Using this book as a platform, the technology can be developed further and quickly applied in the wastewater treatment industry.

<p>In this work, originally published in 1986, Victor Seidler explores the different notions of respect, equality and dependency in Kant's moral writings. He illuminates central tensions and contradictions not only within Kant's moral philosophy, but within the thinking and feeling about human dignity and social inequality which we take very much for granted within a liberal moral culture.</p><p>In challenging our assumption of the autonomy of morality, Seidler also questions our understanding of what it means for someone to live as a person in his or her own right. The autonomy of individuals cannot be assumed but has to be reasserted against relationships of subordination. This involves a break with a rationalist morality, so that respect for others involves respect for emotions, feelings, desires and needs, and establishes a fuller autonomy as a basis for freedom and justice.</p><p>Routledge Revivals is a new initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Encompassing a vast range from across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Routledge Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalogue of imprints and authors associated with Routledge, restoring to print books by some of the most influential academic scholars of the last 120 years.</p>

<p>Two complete volumes in one. Liber Null contains a selection of extremely powerful rituals and exercises for committed occultists. Psychonaut is a manual comprising the theory and practice of magic aimed atthose seeking to perform group magic, or who work as shamanic priests to the community.<br> </p>

<p>Sobolev spaces are a fundamental tool in the modern study of partial differential equations. In this book, Leoni takes a novel approach to the theory by looking at Sobolev spaces as the natural development of monotone, absolutely continuous, and BV functions of one variable. In this way, the majority of the text can be read without the prerequisite of a course in functional analysis. The first part of this text is devoted to studying functions of one variable. Several of the topics treated occur in courses on real analysis or measure theory. Here, the perspective emphasizes their applications to Sobolev functions, giving a very different flavor to the treatment. This elementary start to the book makes it suitable for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students. Moreover, the one-variable part of the book helps to develop a solid background that facilitates the reading and understanding of Sobolev functions of several variables. The second part of the book is more classical, although it also contains some recent results. Besides the standard results on Sobolev functions, this part of the book includes chapters on BV functions, symmetric rearrangement, and Besov spaces. The book contains over 200 exercises.</p>

As the field of tribology has evolved, the lubrication industry is also progressing at an extraordinary rate. Updating the author's bestselling publication, Synthetic Lubricants and High-Performance Functional Fluids , this book features the contributions of over 60 specialists, ten new chapters, and a new title to reflect the evolving nature of the field— Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants: Chemistry and Technology . The book contains chapters on all major lubricant fluids used in a wide range of applications. For each type of lubricant, the authors discuss the historical development, chemistry, properties, performance features, manufacturing, marketing, economics, applications requiring those fluids, and trends in the market. The new chapters cover ground-breaking topics including cyclohydrocarbons, gas-to-liquids (GTL), natural oils as lubricants, chemically modified vegetable oils, the biotechnological enhancement of soybean oil, automatic and continuously variable transmission fluids, environmentally friendly hydraulic fluids, fire-resistant hydraulic fluids, vegetable oil-based engine oils, magnetizable fluids, lubricants for the disk drive industry, fluids for food-grade applications, the critical cleaning of advanced lubricants from surfaces, and diesel automotive trends. In a single, unique volume, Synthetics, Mineral Oils, and Bio-Based Lubricants offers property and performance information of fluids, theoretical and practical background to their current applications, and strong indicators for global market trends that will influence the industry for years to come.

<p>In this work, originally published in 1986, Victor Seidler explores the different notions of respect, equality and dependency in Kant's moral writings. He illuminates central tensions and contradictions not only within Kant's moral philosophy, but within the thinking and feeling about human dignity and social inequality which we take very much for granted within a liberal moral culture.</p><p>In challenging our assumption of the autonomy of morality, Seidler also questions our understanding of what it means for someone to live as a person in his or her own right. The autonomy of individuals cannot be assumed but has to be reasserted against relationships of subordination. This involves a break with a rationalist morality, so that respect for others involves respect for emotions, feelings, desires and needs, and establishes a fuller autonomy as a basis for freedom and justice.</p><p>Routledge Revivals is a new initiative aiming to re-issue a wealth of academic works which have long been unavailable. Encompassing a vast range from across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Routledge Revivals draws upon a distinguished catalogue of imprints and authors associated with Routledge, restoring to print books by some of the most influential academic scholars of the last 120 years.</p>

The search to create a science of signatures that exceeds the attempts of semiology and hermeneutics to determine pure and unmarked signs. The Signature of All Things is Giorgio Agamben's sustained reflection on method. To reflect on method implies for Agamben an archaeological vigilance: a persistent form of thinking in order to expose, examine, and elaborate what is obscure, unanalyzed, even unsaid, in an author's thought. To be archaeologically vigilant, then, is to return to, even invent, a method attuned to a "world supported by a thick weave of resemblances and sympathies, analogies and correspondences." Collecting a wide range of authors and topics in a slim but richly argued volume, Agamben enacts the search to create a science of signatures that exceeds the attempts of semiology and hermeneutics to determine the pure and unmarked signs that signify univocally, neutrally, and eternally. Three conceptual figures organize Agamben's argument and the advent of his new method: the paradigm, the signature, and archaeology. Each chapter is devoted to an investigation of one of these concepts and Agamben carefully constructs its genealogy transhistorically and from an interdisciplinary perspective. And at each moment of the text, Agamben pays tribute to Michel Foucault, whose methods he rethinks and effectively uses to reformulate the logic of the concepts he isolates. The Signature of All Things reveals once again why Agamben is one of the most innovative thinkers writing today.

"This monograph is devoted to the investigation of nonlinear dynamics of plates and shells embedded in a temperature field. Numerical approaches and rigorous mathematical proofs of solution existence in certain classes of differential equations with various dimensions are applied. Both closed shell-type constructions and sectorial shells are studied. The considered problems are approximated by 2D and 3D constructions taking into account various types of nonlinearities (geometrical and/or physical with coupled deformation and temperature fields), and are subjected to an action of stationary and non-stationary thermal loads. Variational and finite difference numerical approaches are used to study numerous problems important for civil and mechanical engineering. Furthermore, a novel and exact computational method to solve large systems of linear algebraic equations especially suitable for computational speed and memory storage of a computer is proposed." "This book is expected to be useful for researchers, engineers and students dealing with thermal and dynamical problems of stability and strength of shell-type constructions."--Jacket

<p>This history presents an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to the experiences of Pacific islanders from their first settlement of the islands to the present day. It addresses the question of insularity and explores islanders' experiences thematically, covering such topics as early settlement, contact with Europeans, colonialism, politics, commerce, nuclear testing, tradition, ideology, and the role of women. It incorporates material on the Maori, the Irianese in western New Guinea, the settled immigrant communities in Fiji, New Caledonia and the Hawaiian monarchy and follows migrants to New Zealand, Australia and North America.</p>

Publisher Description (unedited Publisher Data) The Cambridge History Of Western Music Theory Is The First Comprehensive History Of Western Music Theory To Be Published In The English Language. A Collaborative Project By Leading Music Theorists And Historians, The Volume Traces The Rich Panorama Of Music-theoretical Thought From The Ancient Greeks To The Present Day. Recognizing The Variety And Complexity Of Music Theory As An Historical Subject, The Volume Has Been Organized Within A Flexible Framework. Some Chapters Are Defined Chronologically Within A Restricted Historical Domain Whilst Others Are Defined Conceptually And Span Historical Periods. Together The Thirty-one Chapters Present A Synthetic Overview Of The Fascinating And Complex Subject That Is Historical Music Theory. Richly Enhanced With Illustrations, Graphics, Examples And Cross-citations, As Well As Being Thoroughly Indexed And Supplemented By Comprehensive Bibliographies Of The Most Important Primary And Secondary Literature, This Book Will Be An Invaluable Resource For Students And Scholars Alike. Library Of Congress Subject Headings For This Publication: Music Theory History. Mapping The Terrain / Leslie Blasius -- Musica Practica : Music Theory As Pedagogy / Robert W. Wason -- Epistemologies Of Music Theory / Nicholas Cook -- Greek Music Theory / Thomas J. Mathiesen -- The Transmission Of Ancient Music Theory Into The Middle Ages / Calvin M. Bower -- Medieval Canonics / Jan Herlinger -- Tuning And Temperament / Rudolf Rasch -- The Role Of Harmonics In The Scientific Revolution / Penelope Gouk -- From Acoustics To Tonpsychologie / Burdette Green And David Butler -- Music Theory And Mathematics / Catherine Nolan -- Notes, Scales And Modes In The Earlier Middle Ages / David E. Cohen -- Renaissance Modal Theory : Theoretical, Compositional And Editorial Perspectives / Cristle Collins Judd -- Tonal Organization In Seventeenth-century Music Theory / Gregory Barnett -- Dualist Tonal Space And Transformation In Nineteenth-century Musical Thought / Henry Klumpenhouwer -- Organum, Discantus, Contrapunctus In The Middle Ages / Sarah Fuller -- Counterpoint Pedagogy In The Renaissance / Peter Schubert -- Performance Theory / Albert Cohen -- Steps To Parnassus : Contrapuntal Theory In 1725 Precursors And Successors / Ian Bent -- Twelve-tone Theory / John Covach -- The Evolution Of Thythmic Notation / Anna Maria Busse Berger -- Theories Of Musical Rhythm In The Eithteenth And Nineteenth Centuries / William E. Caplin -- Rhythm In Twentieth-century Theory / Justin London -- Tonality / Brian Hyer -- Rameau And Eighteenth-century Harmonic Theory / Joel Lester -- Nineteenth-century Harmonic Theory : The Austro-german Legacy / David W. Bernstein -- Heinrich Schenker / William Drabkin -- Music And Rhetoric / Patrick Mccreless -- Form / Scott Burnham -- Thematic And Motivic Analysis / Jonathan Dunsby -- Energetics / Lee Rothfarb -- The Psychology Of Music / Robert Gjerdingen. Edited By Thomas Christensen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

<p><p>this Unique Book Bridges The Gap Between Evidence-based Research And Clinical Practice. Edited By Kari Bo Who Has Done Pioneering Research In This Area, Each Chapter Focuses On The Evidence, From Basic Studies (theories Or Rationales For The Treatment) And Rcts (appraisal Of Effectiveness), To The Implications Of These For Clinical Practice, And Finally In Recommendations On How To Start, Continue And Progress Treatment.<p><ul><li>detailed Treatment Strategies - Pelvic Floor Muscle Training, Biofeedback, Electrical Stimulation.</li><li>information On Pelvic Floor Dysfunction In Specific Groups - Men, Children, Elite Athletes, The Elderly, Pregnancy, Neurological Diseases.</li><li>detailed Illustrations Of Pelvic Floor Anatomy And Related Neuroanatomy/neurophysiology.</li><li>mris And Ultrasounds Showing Normal And Dysfunctional Pelvic Floor.</li><li>clinical Practice Guidelines.</li><li>critical Appraisal Of Rcts.</li><li>strategies To Reduce Drop-out In Conservative Treatment.</li></ul></p>

Publisher description: The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica (Part One), gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. The chapters covering the prehistory of Mesoamerica offer explanations for the rise and fall of the Classic Maya, the Olmec, and the Aztec, giving multiple interpretations of debated topics, such as the nature of Olmec culture. Through specific discussions of the native peoples of the different regions of Mexico, the chapters on the period since the arrival of the Europeans address the themes of contact, exchange, transfer, survivals, continuities, resistance, and the emergence of modern nationalism and the nation-state

This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discus sed. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations.

Introduction / Frank Solomon And Stuart B. Schwartz -- Testimonies: The Making And Reading Of Native South American Historical Sources / Frank Salomon -- Ethnography In South America: The First Two Hundred Years / Sabine Maccormack -- The Earliest South American Lifeways / Thomas F. Lynch -- The Maritime, Highland, Forest Dynamic And The Origins Of Complex Culture / Anna C. Roosevelt -- The Evolution Of Andean Diversity: Regional Formations (500 B.c.e.-c.e. 600) / Izumi Shimada -- Andean Urbanism And Statecraft (c.e. 550-1450) / Luis Lumbreras -- Chiefdoms: The Prevalence And Persistence Of Señoríos Naturales 1400 To European Conquest / Juan And Judith Villamarín -- Archaeology Of The Caribbean Region / Louis Allaire -- Prehistory Of The Southern Cone / Mario A. Rivera -- The Fourfold Domain: Inka Power And Its Social Foundations / María Rostworowski And Craig Morris -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: The Caribbean (1492-1580) / Neil L. Whitehead -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: Andean Area (1500-1580) / Karen Spalding -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: Coastal Brazil In The Sixteenth Century / John M. Monteiro -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: The La Plata Basin (1535-1650) / Juan Carlos Garavaglia -- The Colonial Condition In The Quechua-aymara Heartland (1570-1780) / Thierry Saignes -- Warfare, Reorganization, And Readaptation At The Margins Of Spanish Rule: The Southern Margin (1573-1882) / Kristine L. Jones -- The Western Margins Of Amazonia From The Early Sixteenth To The Early Nineteenth Century / Anne Christine Taylor -- Warfare, Reorganization, And Readaptation At The Margins Of Spanish Rule-- The Chaco And Paraguay (1573-1882) / James Schofield Saeger -- Destruction, Resistance, And Transformation-- Southern, Coastal And Northern Brazil (1580-1890) / Robin M. Wright -- Native Peoples Confront Colonial Regimes In Northeastern South America (c. 1500-1900) / Neil L. Whitehead -- New Peoples And New Kinds Of People: Adaptation, Readjustment, And Ethnogenesis In South American Indigenous Societies (colonial Era) / Stuart B. Schwartz And Frank Salomon -- The Republic Of Indians In Revolt (c. 1680-1790) Luis Miguel Glave -- Andean Highland Peasants And The Trials Of Nation Making During The Nineteenth Century / Brooke Larson -- Indigenous Peoples And The Rise Of Independent Nation-states In Lowland South America / Jonathan D. Hill -- Andean People In The Twentieth Century / Xavier Albó -- Lowland Peoples Of The Twentieth Century / David Maybury-lewis. Edited By Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discussed. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations

In the last few decades more and more yeast habitats have been explored, spanning cold climates to tropical regions and dry deserts to rainforests. As a result, a large body of ecological data has been accumulated and the number of known yeast species has increased rapidly. This book provides an overview of the biodiversity of yeasts in different habitats. Recent advances achieved by the application of molecular biological methods in the field of yeast taxonomy and ecology are also incorporated in the book. Wherever possible, the interaction between yeasts and the surrounding environment is discussed.

This is the first major survey of research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present since Julian Steward's Handbook of South American Indians was published half a century ago. Although this volume concentrates on continental South America, peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected are also discussed. The volume's emphasis is on self-perceptions of the indigenous peoples of South America at various times and under differing situations

Introduction / Frank Solomon And Stuart B. Schwartz -- Testimonies: The Making And Reading Of Native South American Historical Sources / Frank Salomon -- Ethnography In South America: The First Two Hundred Years / Sabine Maccormack -- The Earliest South American Lifeways / Thomas F. Lynch -- The Maritime, Highland, Forest Dynamic And The Origins Of Complex Culture / Anna C. Roosevelt -- The Evolution Of Andean Diversity: Regional Formations (500 B.c.e.-c.e. 600) / Izumi Shimada -- Andean Urbanism And Statecraft (c.e. 550-1450) / Luis Lumbreras -- Chiefdoms: The Prevalence And Persistence Of Señoríos Naturales 1400 To European Conquest / Juan And Judith Villamarín -- Archaeology Of The Caribbean Region / Louis Allaire -- Prehistory Of The Southern Cone / Mario A. Rivera -- The Fourfold Domain: Inka Power And Its Social Foundations / María Rostworowski And Craig Morris -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: The Caribbean (1492-1580) / Neil L. Whitehead -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: Andean Area (1500-1580) / Karen Spalding -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: Coastal Brazil In The Sixteenth Century / John M. Monteiro -- The Crises And Transformations Of Invaded Societies: The La Plata Basin (1535-1650) / Juan Carlos Garavaglia -- The Colonial Condition In The Quechua-aymara Heartland (1570-1780) / Thierry Saignes -- Warfare, Reorganization, And Readaptation At The Margins Of Spanish Rule: The Southern Margin (1573-1882) / Kristine L. Jones -- The Western Margins Of Amazonia From The Early Sixteenth To The Early Nineteenth Century / Anne Christine Taylor -- Warfare, Reorganization, And Readaptation At The Margins Of Spanish Rule-- The Chaco And Paraguay (1573-1882) / James Schofield Saeger -- Destruction, Resistance, And Transformation-- Southern, Coastal And Northern Brazil (1580-1890) / Robin M. Wright -- Native Peoples Confront Colonial Regimes In Northeastern South America (c. 1500-1900) / Neil L. Whitehead -- New Peoples And New Kinds Of People: Adaptation, Readjustment, And Ethnogenesis In South American Indigenous Societies (colonial Era) / Stuart B. Schwartz And Frank Salomon -- The Republic Of Indians In Revolt (c. 1680-1790) Luis Miguel Glave -- Andean Highland Peasants And The Trials Of Nation Making During The Nineteenth Century / Brooke Larson -- Indigenous Peoples And The Rise Of Independent Nation-states In Lowland South America / Jonathan D. Hill -- Andean People In The Twentieth Century / Xavier Albó -- Lowland Peoples Of The Twentieth Century / David Maybury-lewis. Edited By Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the Native Peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how Native Peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. It also examines the development of a pan-Indian identity since the nineteenth century and provides a comparison not found in other histories of how Native Peoples have fared in Canada and the United States

This book provides the first comprehensive history of the Native Peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how Native Peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. It also examines the development of a pan-Indian identity since the nineteenth century and provides a comparison not found in other histories of how Native Peoples have fared in Canada and the United States.

Specifically developed for food engineers, this is an in-depth reference book that focuses on transport phenomena in food preservation. First it reviews the fundamental concepts regarding momentum, heat, and mass transfer. Then the book examines specific applications of these concepts into a variety of traditional and novel processes and products.

Kurt Hensel (1861-1941) discovered the p-adic numbers around the turn of the century. These exotic numbers (or so they appeared at first) are now well-established in the mathematical world and used more and more by physicists as well. This book offers a self-contained presentation of basic p-adic analysis. The author is especially interested in the analytical topics in this field. Some of the features which are not treated in other introductory p-adic analysis texts are topological models of p-adic spaces inside Euclidean space, a construction of spherically complete fields, a p-adic mean value theorem and some consequences, a special case of Hazewinkel's functional equation lemma, a remainder formula for the Mahler expansion, and most importantly a treatment of analytic elements. Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2000

Bhikhu Parekh As creative and reflective agents, human beings seek meaning in their lives, and develop more or less coherent views of the world or cultures in terms of which to organize their personal and collective lives. When different groups of individuals within the same society subscribe to different ways of thought, they face the crucial question of how to deal with their cultural diversity and sustain a shared common life. Premodern societies took a relatively relaxed view of diversity and generally opted for a looser union. Modernity brought with it a very different approach to the subject. This is reflected in, among other things, the institution of the modern state, especially the liberal democracy which represents one way of constituting it. Liberal democracy has exercised a decisive influence on our political and moral imagination for the past three centuries. Unlike premodern societies which took the community as their starting point and defined the individual in terms of it, it takes the individual as the ultimate and irreducible unit of, and thus conc- tually and ontologically prior to society. The latter is taken to consist of in- viduals, and refers to the totality of its members and their formal and informal relationships. Individual are the sole and equal sources of moral claims, and social and political institutions are judged in terms of their ability to safeguard and promote individual interests. Erscheinungsdatum: 26.11.2009

In response to intensifying interest on surfactant research brought on by recent innovation, Structure-Performance Relationships in Surfactants, Second Edition examines novel developments in our understanding of the properties and performance of surfactants at air-liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid interfaces, highlighting seven new chapters and carefully updated material to reflect current trends. This edition presents new material on the adsorption of vesicle-forming surfactants at the air-water interface, fluorinated surfactants having two hydrophobic chains, surface-active properties of telomer-type surfactants having several hydrocarbon chains, and the association behavior of amphiphilic dendritic polymers, among many other topics.

__Making Cities Work__ brings together leading writers and scholars on urban America to offer critical perspectives on how to sustain prosperous, livable cities in today's fast-evolving economy. Successful cities provide jobs, quality schools, safe and clean neighborhoods, effective transportation, and welcoming spaces for all residents. But cities must be managed well if they are to remain attractive places to work, relax, and raise a family; otherwise residents, firms, and workers will leave and the social and economic advantages of city living will be lost. Drawing on cutting-edge research in the social sciences, the contributors explore optimal ways to manage the modern city and propose solutions to today's most pressing urban problems. Topics include the urban economy, transportation, housing and open space, immigration, race, the impacts of poverty on children, education, crime, and financing and managing services. The contributors show how to make cities work for diverse urban constituencies, and why we still need cities despite the many challenges they pose. __Making Cities Work__ brings the latest findings in urban economics to policymakers, researchers, and students, as well as anyone interested in urban affairs. In addition to the editor, the contributors are David Card, Philip J. Cook, Janet Currie, Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Richard J. Murnane, Witold Rybczynski, Kenneth A. Small, and Jacob L. Vigdor.

A surge of new molding technologies is transforming plastics processing and material forms to the highly efficient, integrated manufacturing that will set industry standards in the early years of this century. This book is a survey of these technologies, putting them into context and accentuating opportunities. The relations among these technologies are analyzed in terms of products, materials, processing, and geometry.

Emphasizes Centrality of the Ecosystem Perspective Sustainable management of agroecosystems in the 21st century faces unprecedented challenges. Protecting the environment while feeding a burgeoning population that could reach nine billion by mid-century, preserving the world’s biodiversity, and sustaining agriculture in an increasingly urban world is a massive undertaking. Avoiding simple prescriptions for the application of ecological principles to agriculture, Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics, and Society emphasizes the continued centrality of the ecosystem perspective, and the need to integrate ecological, economic, and social considerations in agroecosystem science and management. Truly Interdisciplinary in Scope With contributions from distinguished leaders in the field of sustainable agriculture, this authoritative book first delineates the present and future challenges agroecosystems face. It then reviews the important contributions made by Dr. Ben Stinner, a pioneer in the field of agroecosystem ecology. Providing historical background of attempts to connect the ecological and agricultural sciences, this standard-setting resource highlights recent efforts to integrate natural and social science perspectives. It also examines the challenges for developing integrated approaches to agroecosystem management. Through a variety of case studies with global applications, the text makes it abundantly clear that purely technological approaches are insufficient for solving the food systems problems of the future. It explores practical innovative strategies, policies, and research needs necessary to develop management approaches that emphasize whole system productivity, diversify agricultural operations, and sustain multiple functions, including ecological integrity.

Organometallic compounds of transition metals play a crucial role as reagents and catalysts in organic synthesis. Following up on Professor Tsuji's very well received 1991 volume, this state-of-the-art work provides complete coverage of transition metal reagents and catalysts--from background theory to industrial applications.

0false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalse This book centers on the revolutionary French symbolist movement of the last part of the 19th century, translated by Emmett Parker. Peyre gets to the heart of the subject, through provocative lines.

The Cambridge History of American Music, first published in 1998, celebrates the richness of America's musical life. It was the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. American music is an intricate tapestry of many cultures, and the History reveals this wide array of influences from Native, European, African, Asian, and other sources. The History begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then explores the social, historical, and cultural events of musical life in the period until 1900. Other contributors examine the growth and influence of popular musics, including film and stage music, jazz, rock, and immigrant, folk, and regional musics. The volume also includes valuable chapters on twentieth-century art music, including the experimental, serial, and tonal traditions.

A straightforward step-by-step guide to enhance company profitability and efficiency. Compiling practical recommendations gleaned from more than 20 years of professional experience, this reference provides numerous examples from field authorities that illustrate valuable concepts and approaches employed in the application of target costing to large-scale manufacturing operations.

Text classification is becoming a crucial task to analysts in different areas. In the last few decades, the production of textual documents in digital form has increased exponentially. Their applications range from web pages to scientific documents, including emails, news and books. Despite the widespread use of digital texts, handling them is inherently difficult - the large amount of data necessary to represent them and the subjectivity of classification complicate matters. This book gives a concise view on how to use kernel approaches for inductive inference in large scale text classification; it presents a series of new techniques to enhance, scale and distribute text classification tasks. It is not intended to be a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art of the whole field of text classification. Its purpose is less ambitious and more practical: to explain and illustrate some of the important methods used in this field, in particular kernel approaches and techniques.

<p>The applications of solvent extraction (SX) and liquid membranes (LM) span chemistry, metallurgy, hydrometallurgy, chemical/mineral processing, and waste treatment—making it difficult to find a single resource that encompasses fundamentals as well as advanced applications. <b>Solvent Extraction and Liquid Membranes:</b> <b>Fundamentals and Applications in New Materials</b> draws together a diverse group of internationally recognized experts to highlight key scientific and technological aspects of solvent extraction that are critical to future work in the field.</p> <p>The first chapters identify relevant thermodynamics, kinetics, and interfacial behavior principles and introduce methods for calculating extraction equilibria and kinetic parameters. The next chapters focus on engineering and technological aspects of various industrial processes and plant applications, including optimization and modeling tools and calculations. The final chapters examine new materials for metal extraction and separations, covering preparation and application processes for organic and inorganic sorbents, solid polymeric extractants, and solvent impregnated resins.</p> <p><b>Solvent Extraction and Liquid Membranes</b> offers a comprehensive review of the most important principles, calculations, and procedures involved in this widely applicable separation technique. The book’s pedagogical approach will benefit students and researchers in the field as well as working scientists and engineers who wish to apply solvent extraction to their own applications.</p>

"Electromagnetic Fields in Stratified Media" deals with an important branch of electromagnetic theory, which has many useful applications in subsurface communication, radar, and geophysical prospecting and diagnostics. The book introduces to the electromagnetic theory and wave propagation in complex media, while presenting detailed models for various media: 3, 4, N-layered media, boundary conditions, and anisotropic media. In particular, the complete solutions for a trapped surface wave and lateral wave in a three- or four-layered region, the complete solutions for low frequency wave propagation over a spherical surface coated with a dielectric layer, and the transient field of a horizontal dipole in the boundary layer of two different media are presented. The book is designed for the scientists and engineers engaged in antennas and propagation, EM theory and applications. Dr. Kai Li is Professor at Zhejiang University.

Clinical Oral Medicine and Pathology, is a clinically relevant and accessible resource for health care professionals that truly bridges the worlds of dentistry and medicine. This handbook of oral medicine and oral pathology serves as a highly readable guide for diagnosis and treatment of commonly encountered oral conditions. The volume is organized by grouping clinical entities under easily recognizable, diagnostically related headings and subheadings and allows the busy clinician to quickly reference and identify a lesion of interest. Concise descriptions of each entity provide background information and treatment recommendations while including specific guidelines on diagnosis, management, and follow-up. The authors of this text both have extensive training in the fields of oral pathology, dentistry, oral surgery and otolaryngology, and provide a comprehensive approach to the practice of oral medicine for all those who are likely to encounter diseases of the oral cavity in their daily practice.

In this rethinking of Marxism and its blind spots, Dick Howard argues that the collapse of European communism in 1989 should not be identified with a victory for capitalism and makes possible a wholesale reevaluation of democratic politics in the U.S. and abroad. The author turns to the American and French Revolutions to uncover what was truly "revolutionary" about those events, arguing that two distinct styles of democratic life emerged, the implications of which were misinterpreted in light of the rise of communism.Howard uses a critical rereading of Marx as a theorist of democracy to offer his audience a new way to think about this political ideal. He argues that it is democracy, rather than Marxism, that is radical and revolutionary, and that Marx could have seen this but did not. In Part I, Howard explores the attraction Marxism held for intellectuals, particularly French intellectuals, and he demonstrates how the critique of totalitarianism from a Marxist viewpoint allowed these intellectuals to see the radical nature of democracy. Part II examines two hundred years of democratic political life -- comparing America's experience as a democracy to that of France. Part III offers a rethinking of Marx's contribution to democratic politics. Howard concludes that Marx was attempting a "philosophy by other means," and that paradoxically, just because he was such an astute philosopher, Marx was unable to see the radical political implications of his own analyses. The philosophically justified "revolution" turns out to be the basis of an anti-politics whose end was foreshadowed by the fall of European communism in 1989.

Featuring new perspectives on African and Caribbean literature, this History explores the scope of the literature (variety of languages, regions and genres); nature of composition; and complex relationship with African social and geo-political history. It comprehensively covers the field of African literature, defined by creative expression in Africa as well as the black diaspora. This major history of African literature will be an essential resource for specialists and students.

Opium is more than just a drug extracted from poppies. Over the past two centuries it has been a palliative medicine, an addictive substance, a powerful mechanism for concentrating and transferring wealth and power between nations, and the anchor for a now vanished sociocultural world in and around China. Opium Regimes integrates the pioneering research of sixteen scholars to show that the opium trade was not purely a British operation but involved Chinese merchants, Chinese state agents, and Japanese imperialists as well. The book presents a coherent historical arc that moves from British imperialism in the nineteenth century, to Chinese capital formation and state making at the turn of the century, to Japanese imperialism through the 1930s and 1940s, and finally to the apparent resolution of China's opium problem in the early 1950s. Together these essays show that the complex interweaving of commodity trading, addiction, and state intervention in opium's history refigured the historical face of East Asia more profoundly than any other commodity. -- Amazon.com

Publisher Description (unedited Publisher Data) The Cambridge History Of Western Music Theory Is The First Comprehensive History Of Western Music Theory To Be Published In The English Language. A Collaborative Project By Leading Music Theorists And Historians, The Volume Traces The Rich Panorama Of Music-theoretical Thought From The Ancient Greeks To The Present Day. Recognizing The Variety And Complexity Of Music Theory As An Historical Subject, The Volume Has Been Organized Within A Flexible Framework. Some Chapters Are Defined Chronologically Within A Restricted Historical Domain Whilst Others Are Defined Conceptually And Span Historical Periods. Together The Thirty-one Chapters Present A Synthetic Overview Of The Fascinating And Complex Subject That Is Historical Music Theory. Richly Enhanced With Illustrations, Graphics, Examples And Cross-citations, As Well As Being Thoroughly Indexed And Supplemented By Comprehensive Bibliographies Of The Most Important Primary And Secondary Literature, This Book Will Be An Invaluable Resource For Students And Scholars Alike. Library Of Congress Subject Headings For This Publication: Music Theory History. Mapping The Terrain / Leslie Blasius -- Musica Practica : Music Theory As Pedagogy / Robert W. Wason -- Epistemologies Of Music Theory / Nicholas Cook -- Greek Music Theory / Thomas J. Mathiesen -- The Transmission Of Ancient Music Theory Into The Middle Ages / Calvin M. Bower -- Medieval Canonics / Jan Herlinger -- Tuning And Temperament / Rudolf Rasch -- The Role Of Harmonics In The Scientific Revolution / Penelope Gouk -- From Acoustics To Tonpsychologie / Burdette Green And David Butler -- Music Theory And Mathematics / Catherine Nolan -- Notes, Scales And Modes In The Earlier Middle Ages / David E. Cohen -- Renaissance Modal Theory : Theoretical, Compositional And Editorial Perspectives / Cristle Collins Judd -- Tonal Organization In Seventeenth-century Music Theory / Gregory Barnett -- Dualist Tonal Space And Transformation In Nineteenth-century Musical Thought / Henry Klumpenhouwer -- Organum, Discantus, Contrapunctus In The Middle Ages / Sarah Fuller -- Counterpoint Pedagogy In The Renaissance / Peter Schubert -- Performance Theory / Albert Cohen -- Steps To Parnassus : Contrapuntal Theory In 1725 Precursors And Successors / Ian Bent -- Twelve-tone Theory / John Covach -- The Evolution Of Thythmic Notation / Anna Maria Busse Berger -- Theories Of Musical Rhythm In The Eithteenth And Nineteenth Centuries / William E. Caplin -- Rhythm In Twentieth-century Theory / Justin London -- Tonality / Brian Hyer -- Rameau And Eighteenth-century Harmonic Theory / Joel Lester -- Nineteenth-century Harmonic Theory : The Austro-german Legacy / David W. Bernstein -- Heinrich Schenker / William Drabkin -- Music And Rhetoric / Patrick Mccreless -- Form / Scott Burnham -- Thematic And Motivic Analysis / Jonathan Dunsby -- Energetics / Lee Rothfarb -- The Psychology Of Music / Robert Gjerdingen. Edited By Thomas Christensen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Книга посвящена предпосылкам и последствиям Румынской революции 1989 года, в том числе переходному периоду после свержения Чаушеску. Автор рассматривает проблему с нескольких точек зрения и дает оценку социальному развитию Румынии, становлению капиталистической экономики и свободного рынка, отношениям с национальными меньшинствами и т.д. The Romanian revolution was motivated by a desire for greater political and intellectual freedom and economic prosperity. It was the bloodiest of the eastern European transitions due to Ceausescu's cult of personality. However, many of the goals of the revolution are still unfulfilled. The lack of civil society, charges of political corruption, the failure to transform the economy, and concerns over the protection of ethnic minority rights are all factors in Romania's failure to become a fully integrated European country. Tracing the country's political history and examining Romania's postcommunist politics, economic transition and foreign policy, this book contemplates the prospects for this country as it enters the twenty first century.

American Indian musics, past and present / Victoria Lindsay Levine -- Music in America: an overview (part 1) /William Brooks -- Secular music to 1800 / Kate van Winkle Keller, John Koegel -- Sacred music to 1800 / Nym Cooke -- African American music to 1900 / Jacqueline Cogdell Djedje -- Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the nineteenth century / Michael Broyles -- Nineteenth-century popular music / Dale Cockrell -- Art music from 1800 to 1860 / Katherine K. Preston -- Art music from 1860 to 1920 / Michael Broyles -- Music in America: an overview (part 2) / William Brooks --Immigrant, folk, and regional musics in the twentieth century / Philip V. Bohlman -- Popular song and popular music on stage and film / Stephen Banfield -- The rock and roll era / Robert Walser -- Ragtime and early jazz / Jeffrey Magee -- Jazz from 1930 to 1960 / David Joyner -- Jazz since 1960 / Ronald Radano -- Tonal traditions in art music from 1920 to 1960 / Larry Starr -- Serialism and complexity / Stephen Peles -- Avant-garde and experimental music / David Nicholls -- Tonal traditions in art music since 1960 / Jonathan W. Bernard