Wroclaw University Library
Verlagsmetropole Breslau 1800-1945
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Vorwort . . 7
Breslauer Verlage 1800-1945. Historische Desiderate - Forschung - Perspektive . . 9
Ein „solider sowohl als splendider Verleger". Der Breslauer Verlagsbuchhändler Josef Max . . 25
Die Verlagsbuchhandlung Georg Philipp Aderholz . . 139
Verleger, Kulturmissionar und Schmuggler. Ferdinand Hirt und sein Verlag 1832 bis 1879 . . 185
Kleinere und mittlere jüdische Verlage in Breslau. Juden als Verleger - deutsch-jüdische Verlagsgeschichte . . 229
Der Verlag von Eduard Trewendt (1845 -1903). Eine Breslauer Erfolgsgeschichte . . 265
Der Presse- und Buchverlag S. Schottlaender . . 291
M. & H. Marcus Verlag. Zwischen Idealismus und Geschäft . . 335
„Von friderizianischer Tradition erfüllt, sind die Mauern des Hauses". Die letzten Jahre der Buchverlage Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn in Breslau (1929-1945) . . 377
Der Gauverlag NS-Schlesien (1930-1945). Presse-Krake und Buchmarkt-Amateure . . 457
Siglenverzeichnis . . 487
Personenregister . . 489
Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter . . 500
The evolutionary biology of human body fatness : thrift and control
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Preface . . ix
1 Introduction . . 1
2 Human fatness in broad context . . 16
3 Proximate causes of lipid deposition and oxidation . . 49
4 The ontogenetic development of adiposity . . 92
5 The life-course induction of adiposity . . 118
6 The fitness value of fat . . 153
7 The evolutionary biology of adipose tissue . . 195
8 Adiposity in hominin evolution . . 215
9 Adiposity in human evolution . . 244
10 The evolution of human obesity . . 270
References . . 302
Index . . 363
Biodiversity in environmental assessment
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List of contributors . . ix
Foreword . . xi
Preface . . xiii
List of abbreviations . . xvi
Part I. Setting the stage
1 Introduction . . 3
2 Interpretation of biodiversity . . 14
3 Biodiversity conservation and development: challenges for impact assessment . . 59
Part II. Assessment tools
4 The impact assessment framework . . 87
5 Environmental assessment . . 125
6 Biodiversity in Environmental Impact Assessment . . 154
7 Biodiversity-inclusive Strategic Environmental Assessment . . 205
Part III. Emerging issues
8 Reconciling conservation and development: the role of biodiversity offsets . . 255
9 Valuation of ecosystem services: lessons from influential cases . . 287
Epilogue - Topics in need of further elaboration . . 328
Annex: valuation of ecosystem services: influential cases . . 334
Rerences . . 398
Index . . 434
Graphite testing for nuclear applications : the significance of test specimen volume and geometry and the statistical significance of test specimen population
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Overview . . vii
Effect of Test Specimen Size on Graphite Strength . . 1
The Use of Small Graphite Specimen Test Data for Large Core Components for HTGR . . 30
Applicability and Limitations of Miniature Specimens for Properties Determination of Fine-Grained Graphite . . 65
Small-Scale Approaches to Evaluate the Mechanical Properties of Quasi-Brittle Reactor Core Graphite . . 84
Quality Control Using Inferential Statistics in Weibull-Based Reliability Analyses . . 105
The Scaling of the Strength of Nuclear Graphite with Particular Emphasis on Statistical Aspects and Implications for Testing . . 123
Sample Size Effects on Ultrasonic Measurements of Elastic Moduli-Experimental and Theoretical Investigations . . 144
Small Specimen Data from a High Temperature HFIR Irradiation Experiment . . 172
Specimen Size Effects in the Determination of Nuclear Grade Graphite Thermal Diffusivity . . 186
Size Effect on the Fracture Properties of Nuclear Graphite . . 199
Konsulat Generalny Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Kurytybie : 90 lat historii najstarszej polskiej placówki konsularnej w Ameryce Łacińskiej = Consulado Geral da República da Polônia em Curitiba
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Brilliant! : Shuji Nakamura and the revolution in lighting technology
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Preface To The Updated Edition . . I
Introduction . . 9
Out Of The Blue . . 21
The Floodgates Open . . 147
Flight Of The Golden Goose . . 211
The End Of Edison . . 257
Conclusion . . 297
Afterword: Led 2.0 . . 303
Acknowledgments . . 317
Sources . . 319
Index . . 331
Arresting contagion : science, policy, and conflicts over animal disease control
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List of Figures and Tables . . IX
1 An Enduring Struggle . . 1
2 Livestock Disease Environment and Industry Dynamics . . 19
3 The Battle to Create the Bureau of Animal Industry . . 42
4 The BAI in Action: Establishing the Area Eradication Model . . 63
5 Bad Blood: Deciphering Texas Fever and Confining Its Spread . . 94
6 Contagions and Crises: Foot-and-Mouth Disease . . 115
7 The Hog Cholera Puzzle: Controversy and Discovery . . 138
8 Trichinosis, Trade, and Food Safety . . 156
9 The Benevolence of the Butcher: The Creation of Federal Meat Inspection . . 172
10 Bovine Tuberculosis and the Milk Problem . . 219
11 The Eradication oi Texas Fever: Conflict and Cooperation . . 251
12 An Impossible Undertaking: Eradicating Bovine Tuberculosis . . 278
13 Getting Off the Fix: Hog Cholera Eradication . . 302
14 The Mirror of the Past . . 316
Abbreviations . . 325
Notes . . 327
Bibliography . . 405
Acknowledgments . . 447
Index . . 449
Learning to teach design and technology in the secondary school : a companion to school experience
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List of figures . . VII
List of tables . . VIII
List of contributors . . IX
Acknowledgements . . XII
Introduction . . 1
PART I: DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOL . . 5
1 Design and technology in the secondary school . . 7
2 Design and technology in the primary school . . 18
PART II: PREPARING TO TEACH DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY . . 35
3 Health and safety in design and technology . . 37
4 Preparing to teach design . . 57
5 Preparing to teach electronics, actuation and control technologies . . 77
6 Preparing to teach food technology . . 99
7 Preparing to teach materials technology . . 120
8 Preparing to teach textiles technology . . 136
9 Preparing to teach graphics . . 150
10 Preparing to teach with digital technologies . . 161
PART III: TEACHING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY . . 179
11 Pupil learning in design and technology . . 181
12 Teaching design and technology . . 199
13 Assessing design and technology . . 221
14 Planning to teach design and technology . . 241
PART IV: DEVELOPING YOUR TEACHING . . 267
15 Developing links with other subjects . . 269
16 Developing values . . 287
17 Developing work with disruptive technologies . . 303
18 Your professional development . . 323
Index . . 337
The silent epidemic : coal and the hidden threat to health
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Preface and Acknowledgments . . IX
1 Introduction . . 1
2 Coal . . 9
3 The Pollutants . . 17
4 From Mine to Ash . . 47
5 Mitigation of Pollutants from Burning Coal . . 67
6 Pathophysiology: How Pollution Damages Cells and Tissues . . 85
7 Basic Health Considerations . . 99
8 Diseases of the Respiratory System . . 111
9 Diseases of the Cardiovascular System . . 131
10 Diseases of the Nervous System . . 141
11 Health Effects on the Horizon . . 155
12 Coal, Global Wanning, and Health . . 165
13 Energy and Health Care Economics . . 193
14 Policy Implications . . 207
Glossary . . 221
Index . . 225
The hope and vision of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Preface . . IX
Acknowledgments . . XV
1. Introduction . . 1
Biographical Sketch . . 1
Recent Scholarship and the "Oppenheimer Challenge" . . 17
2. Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision 1957-1959 . . 23
Background . . 23
A Vital Center for Oppenheimer's Thought . . 25
Philosophy and the Public Sphere . . 35
3. MacLeish, Oppenheimer, and "The Conquest of America" . . 41
Background . . 41
The Conquest of America . . 45
Oppenheimer-MacLeish Exchange . . 50
Oppenheimer's Reith Lectures . . 54
MacLeish's Suspicion of Science . . 59
4. Rabi, Oppenheimer, and the Universal Culture of Science . . 65
Background . . 65
Oppenheimer's Response to Rabi . . 69
Focusing Oppenheimer's Hope and Vision . . 71
Rabi's Philosophical Views and Outlook . . 77
MacLeish, Oppenheimer, and Rabi . . 85
5. International Control of Atomic Energy . . 89
Acheson-Lilienthal Proposal . . 89
Moral Ramifications . . 100
6. Complementarity in Atomic Physics . . 111
Oppenheimer and Complementarity . . 111
Bohr, Einstein, and Oppenheimer . . 120
7. Oppenheimer — Philosophical Exploration I . . 125
Oppenheimer and Modernity . . 125
Oppenheimer and Pragmatism . . 132
8. Oppenheimer — Philosophical Exploration II . . 143
Oppenheimer, Moral Dilemmas, and Moral Luck . . 143
Oppenheimer and Narrative . . 154
9. Oppenheimer and International Relations . . 163
Realism, Liberal Internationalism, and Constructivism . . 164
David Mitrany and International Functionalism . . 174
Oppenheimer and Epistemic Communities . . 182
10. Oppenheimer and the Nuclear Revolution . . 189
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty . . 190
Nuclear Disarmament . . 199
Nuclear One Worldism . . 208
Epilogue . . 215
Endnotes . . 229
Index . . 253