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During the Second World War the Royal Navy's vitally important
Anti-submarine Experimental Establishment was secretly moved from
Portland in Dorset to the Ayrshire village of Fairlie, to escape
German bombing on the south coast. For the next six years it
occupied the boatyard of yacht builder William Fife on the Firth of
Clyde. During this time, highly confidential world-leading research
on the acoustic detection of submarines by asdic - now known as
sonar - was carried out by hundreds of scientists, officers and
local men and women based at Fairlie. As experiments took place
into new ways of sinking German U-boats, the peace of the quiet
village was shattered. Winston Churchill described the work done at
Fairlie as critical to winning the Battle of the Atlantic and
ultimately the war. The research remained relevant to
anti-submarine warfare long after the war, and is still relevant
today. Fairlie's role in the war was not disclosed until relatively
recently. Highly illustrated throughout and making use of
previously unpublished material, this book tells the full story of
the establishment at Fairlie for the first time. It describes the
impact it had on local people, and their relationship with the
naval officers and scientists who came to work there.
The Pharmaceutical Industry has been undergoing a major
transformation since the heady days of 'big pharma' in the 1970s
and 80s. Patent expiry, the rise of generics, and the decline of
the blockbuster drug have all changed the landscape over the last
10-15 years. It's an environment where products can take 10 years
or more to come to market, billions are spent on research and
development, jobs are being shed in the western pharma homelands
and regulators and the public are more demanding than ever. So what
part is Knowledge Management playing and going to play in this
vital international industry? Knowledge Management (KM) has many
facets from providing comprehensive knowledge bases for workers,
through the sharing of advice and problem solving, to providing an
environment for innovation and change. This book, focusing on
research and development, and manufacturing-based companies,
explores how a range of techniques and approaches have been applied
in the unique environment of the Pharmaceutical Industry, and
examine how it can help the industry in the 21st century. Whilst
the book is centered on the Pharmaceutical Industry, its objective
will be to discuss and demonstrate how Knowledge Management can be
applied in a variety of environments, and with a range of cultural
issues. KM practitioners, and potential practitioners, both within
and outside the Pharmaceutical Industry, will be able to gain
valuable guidance and advice from both the examples of good
practice and the lessons learned by the authors and contributors.
Presented at a time when fascism was a new and little understood
phenomenon, Zetkin's work proposed a sweeping plan for the unity of
all victims of capitalism in an ideological and political campaign
against the fascist danger.
This volume contains the proceedings and resolutions from three
expanded meetings of the Executive Committee of the Communist
International (Comintern) held in 1922-1923, while Lenin was still
alive. At these 'mini-congresses', Communist leaders from around
the world debated out major strategic questions and initiatives,
from united front policy to the fight against fascism. The material
in this book - much of it appearing in English for the first time -
is an essential source for understanding the world revolutionary
movement in Lenin's time, as well as the subsequent evolution of
the Comintern. It is an important supplement to the widely
acclaimed series of volumes edited by John Riddell containing the
record of the Comintern's first four world congresses.
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