This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on 'crises' in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in the region over the last three decades. Contemporary crises and changes in the region provoke a challenge to accepted ways of understanding and imagining socio-political life in the region - whether at the level of subnational and national communities, or international and regional structures of interest, such as refugees, weapon trafficking, cross-border military incursions, regional security, and transnational epidemics. This book explores and transcends the central explanatory tropes that have oriented research on the region and re-evaluates them in the light of the contemporary structural dynamics of crises, changes and continuities.

After World War II, returning veterans with GI Bill benefits ushered in an era of unprecedented growth that fundamentally altered the meaning, purpose, and structure of higher education. This volume explores the multifaceted and tumultuous transformation of American higher education that occurred between 1945 and 1970, while examining the changes in institutional forms, curricula, clientele, faculty, and governance. A wide range of well-known contributors cover topics such as the first public university to explicitly serve an urban population, the creation of modern day honors programs, how teachers' colleges were repurposed as state colleges, the origins of faculty unionism and collective bargaining, and the dramatic student protests that forever changed higher education. This engaging text explores a critical moment in the history of higher education, signaling a shift in the meaning of a college education, the concept of who should and who could obtain access to college, and what should be taught.

​Der ulnokarpale Schmerz entspringt aus einer funktionell äußerst wichtigen Region am Handgelenk. Aufgrund der Komplexität der Strukturen ist einerseits die Kenntnis der Anatomie und andererseits das Verständnis der Biomechanik dieser Gelenkregion essentiell für eine zielgerichtete Untersuchung und Diagnostik. Nach Darlegung dieser Grundlagen werden die häufigsten Differentialdiagnosen, von traumatisch bedingten Läsionen über degenerative Alterationen bis zu angeborene Pathologien vorgestellt und die möglichen konservativen bzw. operativen Therapiemöglichkeiten präsentiert.

This book examines the radical changes in social and political landscape of the Upper Guinea Coast region over the past 30 years as a result of civil wars, post-war interventions by international, humanitarian agencies and peacekeeping missions, as well as a regional public health crisis (Ebola epidemic). The emphasis on 'crises' in this book draws attention to the intense socio-transformations in the region over the last three decades. Contemporary crises and changes in the region provoke a challenge to accepted ways of understanding and imagining socio-political life in the region - whether at the level of subnational and national communities, or international and regional structures of interest, such as refugees, weapon trafficking, cross-border military incursions, regional security, and transnational epidemics. This book explores and transcends the central explanatory tropes that have oriented research on the region and re-evaluates them in the light of the contemporary structural dynamics of crises, changes and continuities.

This SpringerBrief introduces the development and practical application of a module-oriented development framework for domain specific system-dynamic libraries (SDL approach), which can be used in the simulation of multi-causal and dynamic relationships on different levels of an industry, as an example the construction industry. Multidisciplinary research and development teams, scientists from different domains as well as practitioners can develop SDL units from varying perspectives based on this approach. For example, the explanation of the risk situation of a company, the identification and evaluation of project risks, endangered operational procedures on various functional levels, or to improve the understanding of the decision making process in detail. This book is an excellent source for researchers, programmers and practitioners. It enables the development of suitable simulation systems from the beginning and demonstrates that it is possible to connect the development of simulation models and daily work. It provides advanced-level students from different domains with a comprehensive overview and clear understanding of a new and valuable modeling technique.

1. R.C. Mehrotra, Jaipur, India Present Status and Future Potential of the Sol-Gel Process 2. J. Fricke, A. Emmerling, Wuerzburg, FRG Aerogels - Preparation, Properties, Applications 3. S. Sakka, T. Yoko, Kyoto, Japan Sol-Gel-Derived Coating Films and Applications 4. H. Schmidt, Saarbruecken, FRG Thin Films, the Chemical Processing up to Gelation 5. M. Henry, J.P. Jolivet, J. Livage, Paris, France Aqueous Chemistry of Metal Cations: Hydrolysis, Condensation and Complexation 6. R. Reisfeld, Jerusalem, Israel, C.K. Joergensen, Geneva, Switzerland Optical Properties of Colorants or Luminescent Species in Sol-Gel Glasses

The possibility of stimulated light emission was discussed by Einstein in 1917, eight years before the quantum-mechanical description of energy levels of many-electron systems. Though it is imperative to use samples having optical properties greatly different from the stan dard continuous spectrum of opaque objects ("black body" radia tion) it is not always necessary to restrict the study to monatomic entities. Thus, spectral lines can be obtained (in absorption and in emission) from lanthanide compounds, containing from one to thir teen 4f electrons going from trivalent cerium to ytterbium, that are nearly as sharp as the ones from gaseous atoms. However, the presence of adjacent atoms modifies the simple picture of an isolated electron configuration, and in particular, it is possible to pump excited levels efficiently by energy transfer from species with intense absorption bands, such as the inter-shell transitions of other lanthanides and of thallium(I), lead(II) and bismuth(III) or the electron transfer bands of the uranyl ion or other complexes. On the other hand, it is possible to diminuish the mUlti-phonon relaxation (competing with sharp line luminescence) by selecting vitreous or crystalline materials with low phonon energies. Obviously, one cannot circumvent the conservation of energy by lasers, but they may have unprecedented consequences for the future by allowing nuclear fusion of light elements, effects of non-linear optics and time-resolved spectroscopy, besides the more conventional applications of coherent light beams with negligible angular extension."

After World War II, returning veterans with GI Bill benefits ushered in an era of unprecedented growth that fundamentally altered the meaning, purpose, and structure of higher education. This volume explores the multifaceted and tumultuous transformation of American higher education that occurred between 1945 and 1970, while examining the changes in institutional forms, curricula, clientele, faculty, and governance. A wide range of well-known contributors cover topics such as the first public university to explicitly serve an urban population, the creation of modern day honors programs, how teachers' colleges were repurposed as state colleges, the origins of faculty unionism and collective bargaining, and the dramatic student protests that forever changed higher education. This engaging text explores a critical moment in the history of higher education, signaling a shift in the meaning of a college education, the concept of who should and who could obtain access to college, and what should be taught.

Lernen Sie in diesem Buch uber die Arbeit 4.0, wie Sie die Digitalisierung im Mittelstand umsetzen Dieses Buch beleuchtet die Auswirkungen der Digitalisierung auf die Arbeitswelt von morgen, die zunehmend im Mittelstand an Relevanz gewinnen. Wahrend Grossunternehmen den Wandel hin zur Industrie 4.0 weiter vorantreiben, entstehen parallel dazu fur KMU im Kontext der digitalen Transformation unzahlige Herausforderungen. Vernetzte Produktionsanlagen, Automatisierung und cyber-physische Systeme sind fur mittelstandische Unternehmen selten rentable Loesungen. Vielmehr gilt es fur sie, ihre Prozesse mit den digitalen Moeglichkeiten weiter zu optimieren und dadurch positive Effekte zu generieren. Die Leser sollen Massnahmen der Digitalisierung selbst umsetzen Ziel dieses Buches ist es, Loesungsansatze fur die Arbeit 4.0 im Mittelstand von der Entwicklung bis hin zur Umsetzung in mittelstandischen Unternehmen aufzuzeigen und damit fur Inhaber und Fuhrungskrafte verfugbar zu machen. Dabei liegt der Schwerpunkt auf den folgenden inhaltlichen Themenbereichen: Strategieentwicklung Technologieeinfuhrung Assistenzsysteme Wissensmanagement Kommunikation und Fuhrung Digitale Transformation Neue Formen der Arbeitsorganisation Veranderungs- und Change Management Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Die Praxisbeispiele dienen als Anstoss bzw. Anknupfungspunkt fur eigene Digitalisierungsprojekte. Die Herausgeber richten sich vor allem an Unternehmensfuhrungen, Fuhrungskrafte und leitende Angestellte.

Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were marginal or primitive and situating them instead -- both ideologically and institutionally -- within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture. Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives -- that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal religious undercurrent, or medieval ritualism -- he likewise demonstrates these to be stock patterns in the European historical imagination. Through close analysis of primary sources, Wedemeyer reveals the lived world of Tantric Buddhism as largely continuous with the Indian religious mainstream and deploys contemporary methods of semiotic and structural analysis to make sense of its seemingly repellent and immoral injunctions.Innovative, semiological readings of the influential Guhyasamaja Tantra underscore the text's overriding concern with purity, pollution, and transcendent insight -- issues shared by all Indic religions -- and a large-scale, quantitative study of Tantric literature shows its radical antinomianism to be a highly managed ritual observance restricted to a sacerdotal elite. These insights into Tantric scripture and ritual clarify the continuities between South Asian Tantrism and broader currents in Indian religion, illustrating how thoroughly these radical communities were integrated into the intellectual, institutional, and social structures of South Asian Buddhism.

Das Bauvertragsrecht definiert die Rechte und Pflichten des Bauherrn, der Bauaufsicht und der den Bau ausfuhrenden Unternehmen. Das Buch stellt diese komplexe Spezialmaterie sowohl fur den BGB- als auch fur den VOB-Bauvertrag kompakt und dennoch leicht verstandlich mit einer Vielzahl von relevanten Fallen aus der Praxis dar."

Die Ausschreibungsverordnungen fur offentliche Bauauftrage sind hierzulande komplex. Nicht selten unterlaufen den verantwortlichen Sachbearbeitern Fehler, die revidierte oder gar aufgehobene Ausschreibungsverfahren zur Folge haben konnen. Dieser kompakte Leitfaden hilft dabei, die bestehende Lucke zwischen Theorie und Praxis zu uberwinden. Er beschreibt Schritt fur Schritt Verfahrensablaufe speziell bei der nationalen Vergabe einer Bauleistung durch einen offentlichen Auftraggeber. Mit Hilfe von vorgefertigten Listen und Formblattern sowie Auszugen aus den relevanten Gesetzestexten lassen sich die einzelnen Teilschritte einer Ausschreibung nicht nur effizienter, sondern auch fehlerfrei abwickeln. Ein Ablaufschema dokumentiert zudem ubersichtlich die Soll- und Ist-Situation eines Vergabeprozesses und hilft dabei, die Kommunikation zwischen den am Vergabeprozess beteiligten Personen zu verbessern. Eine praxisnahe Fallstudie rundet den Inhalt ab."

Although Raphael has long been recognized as one of the great innovators of visionary painting (images of supernatural phenomena, including apparitions and prophetic visions), the full measure of his achievement in this area has never been taken. Vision and the Visionary in Raphael redresses this oversight by offering an expansive reading of these works within their contemporary artistic and religious contexts. At the center of the book is Raphael's engagement with one of the critical conflicts in the Renaissance understanding of vision. Whereas artistic theory emphasized painting's engagement with the physical world by way of the bodily eyes, religious images were generally intended to inspire their viewers to move from sensible appearances to the use of their "spiritual eyes" for contemplation of their god. For Raphael and his contemporaries, this double commitment to physical appearances and the spiritual dimensions of the image presented one of the greatest challenges of Renaissance religious art.

"Making Sense of Tantric Buddhism" fundamentally rethinks the nature of the transgressive theories and practices of the Buddhist Tantric traditions, challenging the notion that the Tantras were "marginal" or primitive and situating them instead -- both ideologically and institutionally -- within larger trends in mainstream Buddhist and Indian culture.

Critically surveying prior scholarship, Wedemeyer exposes the fallacies of attributing Tantric transgression to either the passions of lusty monks, primitive tribal rites, or slavish imitation of Saiva traditions. Through comparative analysis of modern historical narratives -- that depict Tantrism as a degenerate form of Buddhism, a primal religious undercurrent, or medieval ritualism -- he likewise demonstrates these to be stock patterns in the European historical imagination.

Through close analysis of primary sources, Wedemeyer reveals the lived world of Tantric Buddhism as largely continuous with the Indian religious mainstream and deploys contemporary methods of semiotic and structural analysis to make sense of its seemingly repellent and immoral injunctions. Innovative, semiological readings of the influential "Guhyasamaja Tantra" underscore the text's overriding concern with purity, pollution, and transcendent insight -- issues shared by all Indic religions -- and a large-scale, quantitative study of Tantric literature shows its radical antinomianism to be a highly managed ritual observance restricted to a sacerdotal elite. These insights into Tantric scripture and ritual clarify the continuities between South Asian Tantrism and broader currents in Indian religion, illustrating how thoroughly these "radical" communities were integrated into the intellectual, institutional, and social structures of South Asian Buddhism.