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Resonating with the ethos of open dialogue and the experimentation of women artists' collectives in the 1970s and 1980s, Of Other Spaces constructs a dynamic, open, and collaborative arena that foregrounds practices of resistance, collectivity, and self-organization. Highlighting the inherent seditiousness that animates feminist...

Aesthetics originated in the mid-eighteenth century as a branch of the theory of cognition; it was then - from Kant on - limited to the arts, the beautiful, and the sublime; eventually - starting in the last decade of the twentieth century - aesthetics...

This research work shows that Healing in the church which is found in different African countries could be better understood from the traditional African religious world-view. Using the Igbo of Nigeria as an example, the author suggests that some problems attributed to one cause...

This collection of essays reflects Wm. A. Little's broad interest in two fields - German studies and music. Literary-critical essays include contributions by Reinhold Grimm on the political novella, Karl Guthke on 400 years of intellectual thought about extraterrestrial life, and Frank Ryder on...

The evolving artwork and early, all-encompassing installation Merzbau was German Dadaist Kurt Schwitters' obsession. He began building a fantastical structure inside his Hanover studio in 1923, which he conceived as a project without end. It gradually took over most of the house. He continued...

The author describes the young and challenging tactical board game Amazons and his mathematical analysis of the game with the means of combinatorial game theory. The main tool of this analysis was the construction of a database of 66 million evaluated Amazons positions. This...

The Wisdom of the Psyche encourages clergy to help parishioners bring forth their unconscious feelings and images to join their conscious thoughts. In this way, the church allows its members the space to present themselves fully to God and to be fully present to...

Refrigeration and its application is met in almost ever y branch of industr y, so that practitioners in other fields find that they have to become aware of its principles, uses and limitations. This book aims to introduce students and professionals in other disciplines...

A university being a higher institution of learning must have all the resources available. Unfortunately, in many universities especially in third world, the standards have gone down due to a number of reasons, principal among them are (a) Unavailability of learning resources: A lot...

Friction Stir Welding (FSW) is known to result in a complex microstructural development, with features that remain unexplained, such as: the formation of the onion rings structure. Moreover, various microstructural factors have been suggested to control the strength in Al-Mg AA5xxx welds, without identifying...

Microencapsulation is a rapidly expanding technology which is a unique way to package materials in the form of micro- and nanoparticles, and has been well developed and accepted within the pharmaceutical, chemical, food and many other industries. Spray drying is the most commonly used...

The rapid political, economical, legal, technological and competitive changes in the business environment necessitated the importance of the teamwork as a cornerstone for any organisation aims to remain in market and compete for the future. Because of the important role it plays as the...

A famous Soviet general who fought in the Battle of Moscow (1941/1942) and the siege of Leningrad (1941-1944), Andrey Vlasov (1901-1946) was captured by Nazi troops and then defected to the Third Reich. Supported by Nazi propaganda, he created a "Russian Liberation Committee" that...

Twist Blockage An investigation has been carried out into the twist blockage which may occur when yarns pass over guides or other surfaces where the influence of primary physical parameters such as surface curvature, arc and length of contact, yarn twist level and tension...

An understanding of the heat and mass transfer phenomena in porous media implies a good description of the flow behaviour within it; this fact is of fundamental importance to many chemical engineering systems such as packed bed extration or catalytic reaction equipment. In general,...

The Loop: Chicago Architecture and the Social Imaginary discusses the social function of architecture. Through close readings of skyscrapers, opera houses, and urban parks in Chicago, Kai Horstmannshoff develops a theoretical framework that allows his readers to understand architectural styles as concrete expressions of...

How did Iranian intellectuals perceive the West? The book argues that there has never been a single, monolithic West amongst Iranian intellectuals but that we can rather identify multifaceted, heterogeneous Occidentalisms. The analysis takes the 19th century Iranian travellers as a starting point who...

Photoactive organic molecules such as luminophores and photoswitches react upon irradiation with light by emitting light of a specific wavelength or a conformational change, respectively. Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) materials are highly efficient luminophores that readily find application in organic light-emitting diodes...

The worldwide increase in societal challenges, such as climate change, political instability, and economic volatility, puts pressure on institutions, organisations, and individuals to develop means to address social problems. Unfortunately, many organisations fail to adequately formulate social problems and even solve the wrong ones,...

With respect to the future urban mobility, modern electrical bicycles, advanced motorcycles and innovative two-wheeled vehicles are arresting enormous amount of attention. Especially, model-based control and optimal trajectory planning for such vehicles are important to the research and development of the future. Therefore, a...

Las lenguas de las Americas -- the Languages of the Americas takes the reader on a journey through twenty chapters addressing the languages of the Americas all the way from Canada and the USA to Argentina and Brazil. The authors are international experts who...

In today's interconnected, differentiated and polarized European Union, sub-regional groupings between the national and EU level are a highly relevant empirical phenomenon. Despite their importance, the interactions between sub-regionalisms and EU actors and processes remain under-researched. This book fills this large research gap by...

This thesis is a mathematical investigation of damping effects in hyperbolic systems. In the first part two models from nonlinear acoustics are studied. Existence of time-periodic solutions to the Blackstock-Crighton equation and the Kuznetsov equation are established for time-periodic data sufficiently restricted in size....

This guide has been conceived as a companion to students of international study programs, who are required to take courses in environmental law, to help them navigate their way through the subject matter. The target group is not limited to students with previous legal...

The aim of this publication is to reflect, conceptually and empirically, on border processes in Europe, paying special attention to the most current border-related developments, with a special focus on the processes of de-bordering and re-bordering. As the authors represent different academic centers and...

This thesis is about mathematical optimization for an efficient operation of gas transmission networks. The challenging question is how to expand and operate the network in order to facilitate the transportation of specified gas quantities at minimum cost. This problem is a major challenge...

Love received from another person changes our experience of the world. When it is mutual, it appears as a miracle; as a miracle unparalleled and not yet experienced by anyone. Spousal love is the end of the world, the end of the old world...

During complex decisions processes, such as a direct investment in Brazil, the risk aversion of a decision maker influences if and to which extent a company invests directly in Brazil. Furthermore, the special economic situation of SMEs determines the degree of risk aversion of...

Compared to diesel or gasoline, using compressed natural gas as a fuel allows for significantly decreased carbon dioxide emissions. With the benefits of this technology fully exploited, substantial increases of engine efficiency can be expected in the near future. However, this will lead to...

Bearing Chambers in Aero-Engines are located near the rolling-element type of bearings which support the shafts and accomodate the resulting thrust loads. One of the main task of the bearing chambers is, beside an efficient scavenging of the lubricating oil, the cooling of the...

In this thesis we are concerned with the robustness analysis and control of uncertain systems. We built upon a powerful framework, the so-called integral quadratic constraint (IQC) approach, which enables us, not only to efficiently perform robust stability and performance analysis for a large...

Euro-Atlantic system, and especially the relationship between the US and the European Union and NATO cooperation with the EU, despite the difficulties, are and will be one of the most important elements in the process of building a new global multipolar order. However, the...

Wheat bran, a readily available and low cost by-product, contains a high amount of dietary fibers reported to deliver nutritional and health benefits. Understanding and controlling its effect on extruded cereals properties is of key importance to optimize its use. Increasing the bran content...

East African Literature: Essays on Written and Oral Traditions is a wide-ranging collection of essays by seasoned and younger literary critics based in universities across the eastern region of Africa. The contributors offer illuminating criticism on issues of gender, sexuality, historiography, stylistics and narratology...

In this book Georges Ibongu shows that Ernst Cassirer adopts a sort of structural realism in his writings on physics. Cassirer does not deny the existence of physical entities. For him, however, a physical entity loses its absolute fixity and is involved in the...

Volume 2 presents the topic Social Perspectives in Physical Education. Foundations and Experiences in Chinese Soil. The structure of the book is divided in two major dimensions: (A) Social perspectives in physical education and (B) the case of Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China....

Simulated counterflow chromatigraphic separations exhibit a complex dynamical behaviour. In this thesis, two new concepts for the control of these processes, and a new concept for the state reconstruction are presented. From a detailed process model, which encounters the continuous and the discrete dynamics...

Contents: - Bill Osgerby: 'The Young Ones'. Youth, Consumption and Representations of the 'Teenager' in Post-War Britain. - Rachel Thomson / Janet Holland: Sexual Relationship, Negotiation and Decision Making. - Mike Storry: Teenagers and Advertising - Peter Bennett: Teen Pop and Teenage Identity in...

Would the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity be changed if both religions seriously engaged with the insights of modern historical consciousness? Could there be greater honesty, openness and humility, or a greater commitment to a reciprocal search for truth, if this was done? This...

In today's capital markets the individual investor finds it increasingly difficult to gather, select and evaluate all the information that is required to make a reasonable investment decision. It is the broker-dealer who steps into the breach. The service he renders as a professional...

Chronicling Saraceno's recurring fascination with spiders and their manifestations in his web-like installationsSince 2006, Tomás Saraceno (born 1973) has been collaborating with spiders and their webs, a research that has unfolded into a wide variety of formats and modalities. These range from large-scale environments,...

The work of Israeli artists Efrat Natan (born 1947) and Nahum Tevet (born 1946)--longstanding friends--is juxtaposed in this volume. Natan's sculptures allude to her childhood in a kibbutz; Tevet develops monumental, three-dimensional installations that investigate experiences of space and color.Author: Efrat NatanISBN-10: 377574360XISBN-13: 9783775743600Publisher:...

Reprint of the original, first published in 1867.Author: John CarrollISBN-10: 375253060XISBN-13: 9783752530605Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag GmbhLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/04/2021Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.85d

1.0 2 The attention then turned to the problem of "Body separation", i.e. separation of occluding bodies in a scene (See [Guzman), [Falk), and [Waltz)). Grape ([Grape)) combined the separation of bodies with recognition, by removing parts of the scene recognized as belonging to...

Reproduction of the original: The History of Prostitution by William W. SangerAuthor: William W. SangerISBN-10: 3752428309ISBN-13: 9783752428308Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/13/2020Pages: 656Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.87lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.45d

Principal Poisonous Plants of the United States is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a...

Lovingly illustrated bedtime story in two languages (English and Italian) for children from 2-3 years. Accompanied by online audiobooks and videos in English (British as well as American) and Italian.Lulu can't fall asleep. All her cuddly toys are dreaming already - the shark, the...

The Principles of Political Economy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...

The renewable material wood and hereof derived structural engineered wood products (EWPs) is widely acknowledged as being the major pillar of sustainable building constructions. Due to an increasing availability and high mechanical performance the wood resource hardwoods has been gaining traction for the use...

Reproduction of the original: Succession in the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by B.H. RobertsAuthor: B. H. RobertsISBN-10: 3732676935ISBN-13: 9783732676934Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/15/2018Pages: 106Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.25d