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Power Players: Football in Propaganda, War and Revolution takes a
fascinating look at the ugly side of the beautiful game. Football
is increasingly becoming an instrument of political power.
Dictators in the Middle East brutally bring players into line and
present themselves in the stands as fathers of the people. In
Syria, stadiums were used as military bases and internment camps.
But football is often also directed against the state. In
Yugoslavia, Ukraine and the Arab world, 'ultras' and hooligans have
fought on the front line in revolutions, and gone to war.
Award-winning journalist Ronny Blaschke brings these battles to
life, having researched them across four continents. He traces how
power in football is shifting as club investors from China, Russia
and the Gulf States secure economic influence in Europe for their
governments. Blaschke explores the interplay between politics,
history, religion and football to shine a light on a subject poorly
understood and seldom discussed.
This book brings together a collection of invited interdisciplinary
persp- tives on the recent topic of Object-based Image Analysis
(OBIA). Its c- st tent is based on select papers from the 1 OBIA
International Conference held in Salzburg in July 2006, and is
enriched by several invited chapters. All submissions have passed
through a blind peer-review process resulting in what we believe is
a timely volume of the highest scientific, theoretical and
technical standards. The concept of OBIA first gained widespread
interest within the GIScience (Geographic Information Science)
community circa 2000, with the advent of the first commercial
software for what was then termed ‘obje- oriented image
analysis’. However, it is widely agreed that OBIA builds on older
segmentation, edge-detection and classification concepts that have
been used in remote sensing image analysis for several decades.
Nevert- less, its emergence has provided a new critical bridge to
spatial concepts applied in multiscale landscape analysis,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the synergy between
image-objects and their radiometric char- teristics and analyses in
Earth Observation data (EO).
Neutron stars are the densest observable bodies in our universe.
Born during the gravitational collapse of luminous stars - a birth
heralded by spectacular supernova explosions - they open a window
on a world where the state of the matter and the strengths of the
fields are anything but ordinary. This book is a collection of
pedagogical lectures on the theory of neutron stars, and especially
their interiors, at the forefront of current research. It addresses
graduate students and researchers alike, and should be particularly
suitable as a text bridging the gap between standard textbook
material and the research literature.
This book brings together a collection of invited interdisciplinary
persp- tives on the recent topic of Object-based Image Analysis
(OBIA). Its c- st tent is based on select papers from the 1 OBIA
International Conference held in Salzburg in July 2006, and is
enriched by several invited chapters. All submissions have passed
through a blind peer-review process resulting in what we believe is
a timely volume of the highest scientific, theoretical and
technical standards. The concept of OBIA first gained widespread
interest within the GIScience (Geographic Information Science)
community circa 2000, with the advent of the first commercial
software for what was then termed 'obje- oriented image analysis'.
However, it is widely agreed that OBIA builds on older
segmentation, edge-detection and classification concepts that have
been used in remote sensing image analysis for several decades.
Nevert- less, its emergence has provided a new critical bridge to
spatial concepts applied in multiscale landscape analysis,
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the synergy between
image-objects and their radiometric char- teristics and analyses in
Earth Observation data (EO).
Steffen Blaschke reconsiders the three major concepts knowledge,
learning, and memory in the light of social systems theory. He
complements autopoietic organization theory with a clear-cut
distinction between individual and organizational knowledge,
learning, and memory.
2 Homogeneous superconducting state 210 3 Superconducting phases
with broken space symmetries 213 4 Flavor asymmetric quark
condensates 219 5 Concluding remarks 221 Acknowledgments 222
References 223 Neutral Dense Quark Matter 225 Mei Huang and Igor
Shovkovy 1 Introduction 225 2 Local charge neutrality: homogeneous
phase 226 3 Global charge neutrality: mixed phase 234 4 Conclusion
238 References 238 Possibility of color magnetic superconductivity
241 Toshitaka Tatsumi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, and Eiji Nakano 1
Introduction 241 2 What is ferromagnetism in quark matter? 243 3
Color magnetic superconductivity 248 4 Chiral symmetry and
magnetism 253 5 Summary and Concluding remarks 258 Acknowledgments
260 References 260 Magnetic Fields of Compact Stars with
Superconducting Quark Cores 263 David M. Sedrakian, David Blaschke,
and Karen M. Shahabasyan 1 Introduction 263 2 Free Energy 265 3
Ginzburg-Landau equations 267 4 Vortex Structure 269 5 Solution of
Ginzburg-Landau Equations 271 6 The Magnetic Field Components 273 7
Summary 275 Acknowledgments 275 References 275 Thermal
Color-superconducting Fluctuations in Dense Quark Matter 277 D. N.
2 Homogeneous superconducting state 210 3 Superconducting phases
with broken space symmetries 213 4 Flavor asymmetric quark
condensates 219 5 Concluding remarks 221 Acknowledgments 222
References 223 Neutral Dense Quark Matter 225 Mei Huang and Igor
Shovkovy 1 Introduction 225 2 Local charge neutrality: homogeneous
phase 226 3 Global charge neutrality: mixed phase 234 4 Conclusion
238 References 238 Possibility of color magnetic superconductivity
241 Toshitaka Tatsumi, Tomoyuki Maruyama, and Eiji Nakano 1
Introduction 241 2 What is ferromagnetism in quark matter? 243 3
Color magnetic superconductivity 248 4 Chiral symmetry and
magnetism 253 5 Summary and Concluding remarks 258 Acknowledgments
260 References 260 Magnetic Fields of Compact Stars with
Superconducting Quark Cores 263 David M. Sedrakian, David Blaschke,
and Karen M. Shahabasyan 1 Introduction 263 2 Free Energy 265 3
Ginzburg-Landau equations 267 4 Vortex Structure 269 5 Solution of
Ginzburg-Landau Equations 271 6 The Magnetic Field Components 273 7
Summary 275 Acknowledgments 275 References 275 Thermal
Color-superconducting Fluctuations in Dense Quark Matter 277 D. N.
This volume covers the main topics in heavy flavour physics in a
comprehensive yet accessible way. The material is presented as a
combination of extensive introductory lectures and more typical
contributions. This book will benefit postgraduate students and
reseachers alike.
Neutron stars are the densest observable bodies in our universe. Born during the gravitational collapse of luminous stars - a birth heralded by spectacular supernova explosions - they open a window on a world where the state of the matter and the strengths of the fields are anything but ordinary. This book is a collection of pedagogical lectures on the theory of neutron stars, and especially their interiors, at the forefront of current research. It addresses graduate students and researchers alike, and should be particularly suitable as a text bridging the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature.
The idea that communication constitutes organization (CCO) provides
a unique perspective to organization studies by highlighting the
fundamental and formative role of communication for organizational
phenomena of various kinds. The book features original works that
address the idea of organization as communication in the light of
other theories, related concepts, as well as the tension between
strategy and emergence. The first set of chapters discusses the
idea of organization communication in the light of critical works
of European scholars (Habermas, Honneth, and Gunther). The second
set of chapters reflects on a range of concepts such as
institutions, routines, and leadership from a CCO perspective. The
final set of chapters examines the tension between strategic and
emergent communication by drawing on new methodology and empirical
evidence. The chapters are set into dialogue with some of the most
prominent proponents of CCO scholarship. The book offers an
important contribution to CCO thinking by adding European
perspectives on organization as communication. It connects the
primarily North American approach and European traditions of
theoretical thought to existing debates in communication and
organization studies.
This book aims at providing a solid basis for the education of the
next generation of researchers in hot, dense QCD (Quantum
ChromoDynamics) matter. This is a rapidly growing field at the
interface of the smallest, i.e. subnuclear physics, and the largest
scales, namely astrophysics and cosmology. The extensive lectures
presented here are based on the material used at the training
school of the European COST action THOR (Theory of hot matter in
relativistic heavy-ion collisions). The book is divided in three
parts covering ultrarelativistic heavy-ion collisions, several
aspects related to QCD, and simulations of QCD and heavy-ion
collisions. The scientific tools and methods discussed provide
graduate students with the necessary skills to understand the
structure of matter under extreme conditions of high densities,
temperatures, and strong fields in the collapse of massive stars or
a few microseconds after the big bang. In addition to the theory,
the set of lectures presents hands-on material that includes an
introduction to simulation programs for heavy-ion collisions,
equations of state, and transport properties.
The idea that communication constitutes organization (CCO) provides
a unique perspective to organization studies by highlighting the
fundamental and formative role of communication for organizational
phenomena of various kinds. The book features original works that
address the idea of organization as communication in the light of
other theories, related concepts, as well as the tension between
strategy and emergence. The first set of chapters discusses the
idea of organization communication in the light of critical works
of European scholars (Habermas, Honneth, and Gunther). The second
set of chapters reflects on a range of concepts such as
institutions, routines, and leadership from a CCO perspective. The
final set of chapters examines the tension between strategic and
emergent communication by drawing on new methodology and empirical
evidence. The chapters are set into dialogue with some of the most
prominent proponents of CCO scholarship. The book offers an
important contribution to CCO thinking by adding European
perspectives on organization as communication. It connects the
primarily North American approach and European traditions of
theoretical thought to existing debates in communication and
organization studies.
Der Band leistet einen differenzierten Beitrag zur Frage nach
Verhaltnisbestimmungen von Islam und Sozialisation, indem er
Einblicke in qualitativ ausgerichtete Forschungsarbeiten bietet,
die der Frage nach der Bedeutung islamischer Religiositat fur das
Aufwachsen bzw. das 'Sein in der Welt' nachgehen. Die Beitrage
richten die Aufmerksamkeit u.a. auf Prozesse der Adressierung und
Kategorisierung, Bedeutungsdimensionen der Anerkennung,
bildungsbezogene Praktiken und deren biographische Bedeutung,
moralische Orientierungen und asthetische Rezeptionsformen sowie
geschlechtsbezogene Rollenverstandnisse im Zusammenhang mit
islamischer Religiositat.
Shedding light into the darkest corners of the Catholic Church and
revealing some of the most mysterious and controversial aspects of
the institution, Jorge Blaschke describes the greatest challenges
facing the new pope Francis as he strives to usher in an era of
openness and reconciliation with the non-Christian world. The
author begins by examining the possible reasons for the unexpected
resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and the sequence of events that
led to Jorge Mario Bergoglio's ascension to the most powerful seat
in Christendom. Bergoglio's own history--including the role he
played in Argentina during the dictatorship--is analyzed, and
controversies such as the Vati Leaks uproar and the resignation for
sexual misconduct of Scottish cardinal Keith O'Brien are discussed
as Blaschke paints a portrait of the serious obstacles that
threaten to derail the best intentions of Rome's latest pontiff.
"Arrojando luz en las esquinas mas oscuras de la Iglesia catolica y
revelando algunos de los aspectos mas misteriosos y controversiales
de la institucion, Jorge Blaschke describe los mas grandes desafios
a los que se tendra que enfrentar el nuevo papa Francisco mientras
intenta abrir paso a una nueva era de franqueza y reconciliacion
con el mundo no cristiano. El autor comienza por examinar los
posibles motivos detras de la renuncia del Papa Benedicto XVI y la
sucesion de acontecimientos que impulsaron la ascension de Jorge
Mario Bergoglio al puesto mas importante del cristianismo. Se
analiza la historia del propio Bergoglio--incluyendo el papel que
jugo durante la dictadura argentina--y se discuten controversias
como la polemica de Vati Leaks y la dimision por mala conducta
sexual del cardenal escoces Keith O'Brien mientras Blaschke
presenta un retrato de los serios obstaculos que amenazan con dar
al traste las mejores intenciones del ultimo pontifice de Roma."
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