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Entwicklungspotenzen des frühen Säugetierkeimes. Die entzündliche Reaktion und die antiphlogistischen Heilmittel (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen #193)

Entwicklungsstrategien in der Informationsgesellschaft: Mensch, Wirtschaft und Umwelt (Umweltnatur- & Umweltsozialwissenschaften)

29 der Kraftwerksabgase, die Förderung des Pkw-Katalysators und die Verringerung der Emissionen von flüchtigen Kohlenwasserstoffen. Seit jedoch die Arbeitslosigkeit hoch ist, nahm die Bereitschaft ab, Umweltproblemen weiterhin eine besondere Priorität einzuräumen. Dieser Trend hat sich gegen Ende der 1990er Jahre deutlich verstärkt; beispielsweise werden die Konventionen zur Verringerung von klimawirksamen Gasen nur abgeschwächt ratifiziert und langsam umgesetzt. Dagegen genießt die Förderung der Wirtschaft jetzt allgemein höchste Priorität, wenngleich aus regional unterschiedlichen Gründen. In Westeuropa ist die Arbeitslo­ sigkeit ein bedeutender Antrieb, in den USA die Begeisterung über den Boom und die vielen neuen Möglichkeiten durch das Wachsen des Informationsbereichs. In den Entwicklungsländern besteht die Notwendigkeit, Hunger, Armut und Unterentwick­ lung zu vermindern. Weltweit wirkt die Aussicht auf Wohlstand und Wirtschaftswun­ der beflügelnd, nicht nur die Not. Dies zeigt sich in den Entwicklungsvorstellungen der asiatischen "Tigernationen" und dem weltweiten Wunsch nach raschem Reichtum und eigenem Auto. Da die Förderung der Wirtschaft derzeit weltweit Vorrang genießt, jedoch überall sehr unterschiedliche Motive genannt werden, kann man davon ausgehen, daß letzt- 1ich nicht nur diese genannten Motive die treibende Kraft darstellen, sondern daß es zusätzlich tiefere Beweggründe gibt. Diese könnten bewirken, daß die Priorität für Wirtschaft auch bei einem Wandel der wirtschaftlichen Gegebenheiten anhalten wird.

Entwicklungstendenzen der Gaserzeugung (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen #19)

Entwicklungstendenzen der Landschaftsplanung: Vom frühen Naturschutz bis zur ökologisch nachhaltigen Flächennutzung

Entwicklungstendenzen wissenschaftlicher Rechenzentren: Kolloquium, Göttingen, 19.–20. Juni 1980 (Informatik-Fachberichte #37)

Dieser Band enthält die Vorträge eines Kolloquiums, das in Göttingen am 19. und 20. Juni 1980 anläßlich der Einweihung eines neuen Rech­ ners, einer SPERRY-UNIVAC 1100/82, im Rechenzentrum der Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Göttingen und anläßlich des zehnjährigen Bestehens dieser Gesellschaft stattfand. Zu dem KOlloquium waren etwa hundert Gäste aus der Bundesrepublik, hauptsäch­ lich Fachleute aus Rechenzentren der Universitäten und Forschungsein­ richtungen, aber auch aus Industrie und öffentlicher Verwaltung nach Göttingen gekommen. Unter den Zuhörern befanden sich außerdem zahl­ reiche Anwender der Datenverarbeitung aus den Universitäts- und Max­ Planck-Instituten Göttingens. Ich möchte das Vorwort zu einem kurzen Uberblick über die Geschichte und Vorgeschichte des Rechenzentrums verwenden, das den Anlaß zu dem KOlloquium gab. Das Wort "zehnjähriges Bestehen" könnte die Vermutung nahelegen, die Datenverarbeitung in Göttingen sei erst zehn Jahre alt. Der erste Beitrag dieses Bandes belegt das Gegenteil. Die dort geschil­ derte Pionierzeit der frühen Rechenmaschinen endete für Göttingen Ende der fünfziger Jahre mit der Ubersiedlung des Max-Planck-Instituts für Physik und damit auch der Konstrukteure der ersten Göttinger Maschinen nach München. Für wissenschaftliche Berechnungen stand ab Herbst 1959 ein serienmäßig gefertigter Rechner zur Verfügung, eine Anlage IBM 650 mit einer Magnettrommel als Programmspeicher. Der Rechner wurde von der Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt betrieben. Für statistische Auswertungen gab es eine "Abteilung für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung" in der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, die mit Hollerithmaschinen ausgestattet war.

Entwurf zur einheitlichen Werthbestimmung chemischer Desinfektionsmittel: Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der neueren physikalisch-chemischen Theorien der Lösungen

Entwürfe zu Festsetzungen über Lebensmittel: Heft 6: Kaffeeersatzstoffe

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Entzifferung Verschollener Schriften und Sprachen (Verständliche Wissenschaft #51)

Entzifferung verschollener Schriften und Sprachen (Verständliche Wissenschaft #51)

Entzündliche Orbitaerkrankungen: Klinik · Radiologie · Differentialdiagnose

Interdisziplinäres Praxis-Wissen für die radiologische Abklärung entzündlicher Orbita-Erkrankungen steht Ihnen mit diesem Werk lerngerecht, übersichtlich und aktuell zur Verfügung:- Systematisch werden klinische Merkmale, charakteristische CT- Befundmuster sowie die wichtigsten Kriterien für die Differentialdiagnose beschrieben.- Aussagekräftige Fallbeispiele ermöglichen Ihnen die Vertiefung wichtiger differentialdiagnostischer Kriterien.- Bei jedem Fall sind Klinik und radiologische Diagnostik aufeinanderfolgend behandelt. Umfangreiches Bildmaterial begleitet den Text.Expertenwissen auf einen Blick - Ihre sichere Entscheidungshilfe für Klinik und Praxis.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerations: Data and Literary Study

For well over a century, academic disciplines have studied human behavior using quantitative information. Until recently, however, the humanities have remained largely immune to the use of data—or vigorously resisted it. Thanks to new developments in computer science and natural language processing, literary scholars have embraced the quantitative study of literary works and have helped make Digital Humanities a rapidly growing field. But these developments raise a fundamental, and as yet unanswered question: what is the meaning of literary quantity? In Enumerations, Andrew Piper answers that question across a variety of domains fundamental to the study of literature. He focuses on the elementary particles of literature, from the role of punctuation in poetry, the matter of plot in novels, the study of topoi, and the behavior of characters, to the nature of fictional language and the shape of a poet’s career. How does quantity affect our understanding of these categories? What happens when we look at 3,388,230 punctuation marks, 1.4 billion words, or 650,000 fictional characters? Does this change how we think about poetry, the novel, fictionality, character, the commonplace, or the writer’s career? In the course of answering such questions, Piper introduces readers to the analytical building blocks of computational text analysis and brings them to bear on fundamental concerns of literary scholarship. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in Digital Humanities and the future of literary study.

Enumerative Combinatorics: (pdf) (The Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole Mathematics Series #1)

Enumerative Invariants in Algebraic Geometry and String Theory: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, June 6-11, 2005 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics #1947)

Starting in the middle of the 80s, there has been a growing and fruitful interaction between algebraic geometry and certain areas of theoretical high-energy physics, especially the various versions of string theory. Physical heuristics have provided inspiration for new mathematical definitions (such as that of Gromov-Witten invariants) leading in turn to the solution of problems in enumerative geometry. Conversely, the availability of mathematically rigorous definitions and theorems has benefited the physics research by providing the required evidence in fields where experimental testing seems problematic. The aim of this volume, a result of the CIME Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy, in 2005, is to cover part of the most recent and interesting findings in this subject.

Enviroment, Ethics and the Corporation

Environment, Ethics and the Corporation synthesises the perspectives of corporate environmental strategy, urban planning, international environmental diplomacy and ethics in a single, wide-ranging volume. Providing a unique analysis of the growing social and environmental responsibility within the corporate sector, this book discusses corporate innovation, entrepreneurial approaches and corporate culture from both an environmental and global perspective. Partnerships with government and non-governmental organisations on achieving environmental goals are presented in a wide range of case studies and examples which include both developed and non-developing countries. In the final section of the book, the authors turn an incisive and detailed gaze on the ethical dilemmas facing the globalised and environmentalised corporation of the future.

Environment

Environment, Tenth Edition helps students understand the connection between the core concepts of the Environmental Science and their daily lives. The 10th edition enhanced e-text features a rich, interactive collection of current case studies and in-text examples, which provides students with the tools to understand, apply, and think critically about environmental science. It also provides instructors with powerful tools to assess individual students progresses well as the class as a whole.

Environment

Environment, Ninth Edition weaves the central themes of Systems and Sustainability throughout the text to help students understand the connection between the core concepts of Environmental Science and their daily lives. The 9th edition features a rich collection of current case studies and in-text examples, highlighting local and regional issues which provide students with the science and tools to understand, apply, and think critically about environmental science. It also provides instructors a powerful tools to assess individual students progresses well as the class as a whole.

The Environment: Science, Issues, and Solutions

Students have questions, this book has answers:What is the structure and function of natural systems?Where and how do populations and communities live?How have human impacts altered ecosystems?How can we lessen impacts and create long term solutions?Challenging Times Demand Changing ApproachesAs the world strives to go green and clean, the discipli

The Environment: A History of the Idea

Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature;¢;‚¬;€?nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done. What people lacked was an idea: a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made. Without this notion, we didn;€™t have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature. This idea was "the environment." In this fascinating book, Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker S;¶rlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II, a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans;€™ capacity for almost limitless destruction. It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet-wide impact of people's behavior emerged, closely allied to anxieties for the future. Now we had a vocabulary for talking about how we were changing nature: resource exhaustion and energy, biodiversity, pollution, and;¢;‚¬;€?eventually;¢;‚¬;€?climate change.With the rise of "the environment," the authors argue, came new expertise, making certain kinds of knowledge crucial to understanding the future of our planet. The untold history of how people came to conceive, to manage, and to dispute environmental crisis, The Environment is essential reading for anyone who wants to help protect the environment from the numerous threats it faces today.

The Environment: A History of the Idea

Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the planet for our children and grandchildren? Is the world sick? Can it be healed? Less than a lifetime ago, these questions would have made no sense. This was not because our ancestors had no impact on nature;¢;‚¬;€?nor because they were unaware of the serious damage they had done. What people lacked was an idea: a way of imagining the web of interconnection and consequence of which the natural world is made. Without this notion, we didn;€™t have a way to describe the scale and scope of human impact upon nature. This idea was "the environment." In this fascinating book, Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker S;¶rlin trace the emergence of the concept of the environment following World War II, a period characterized by both hope for a new global order and fear of humans;€™ capacity for almost limitless destruction. It was at this moment that a new idea and a new narrative about the planet-wide impact of people's behavior emerged, closely allied to anxieties for the future. Now we had a vocabulary for talking about how we were changing nature: resource exhaustion and energy, biodiversity, pollution, and;¢;‚¬;€?eventually;¢;‚¬;€?climate change.With the rise of "the environment," the authors argue, came new expertise, making certain kinds of knowledge crucial to understanding the future of our planet. The untold history of how people came to conceive, to manage, and to dispute environmental crisis, The Environment is essential reading for anyone who wants to help protect the environment from the numerous threats it faces today.

Environment across Cultures (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment #19)

Disparate perceptions and conceptual frameworks of environment and the relationship between humans and nature often lead to confusion, constraints on co-operation and collaboration and even conflict when society tries to deal with today’s urgent and complex environment research and policy challenges. Such disparities in perception and "world view" are driven by many factors. They include differences in culture, religion, ethical frameworks, scientific methodologies and approaches, disciplines, political, social and philosophical traditions, life styles and consumption patterns as well as alternative economic paradigms. Distribution of poverty or wealth between north and south may thus be seen as consequence of the above mentioned disparities, which is a challenge for it’s universal reasoned evaluation. This volume discusses a wide range of factors influencing "Environment across Cultures" with a view to identifying ways and means to better understand, reflect and manage such disparities within future global environmental research and policy agendas for bridging the gap between ecology and economy as well as between societies. The book is based upon the results of a scientific symposium on this topic and covers the following sections: Cross Cultural Perception of Environment; Ethics and Nature; Environment, Sustainability and Society. Corresponding contributions were made by well-known scientific authors representing different cultural spheres in accordance with the inter-cultural approach of this effort.