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This thesis deals with the dynamics of state-of-the-art
nanophotonic semiconductor structures, providing essential
information on fundamental aspects of nonlinear dynamical systems
on the one hand, and technological applications in modern
telecommunication on the other. Three different complex laser
structures are considered in detail: (i) a quantum-dot-based
semiconductor laser under optical injection from a master laser,
(ii) a quantum-dot laser with optical feedback from an external
resonator, and (iii) a passively mode-locked quantum-well
semiconductor laser with saturable absorber under optical feedback
from an external resonator. Using a broad spectrum of methods, both
numerical and analytical, this work achieves new fundamental
insights into the interplay of microscopically based nonlinear
laser dynamics and optical perturbations by delayed feedback and
injection.
Progestins play a key role in reproductive endocrinology and as
pharmaceutical drugs for contraception and in combined hormone
therapy. To further our understanding of progestin action in the
mammary gland, an international symposium, attended by leading
researchers from academia and industry, was held in Berlin, 21 23
March 2007. Genetic mouse models helped to elucidate the role of
progestins, both in normal breast development and in disease.
Mechanistic molecular studies inspired the design of new progestins
with improved tissue selectivity. In addition, the clinical impact
of progesterone receptor agonists and antagonists for the
prevention and treatment of breast cancer was discussed.
History is one of the most important cultural tools to make sense
of one's situation, to establish identity, define otherness, and
explain change. This is the first systematic scholarly study that
analyses the complex relationship between history and religion,
taking into account religious groups both as producers of
historical narratives as well as distinct topics of historiography.
Coming from different disciplines, the authors of this volume ask
under which conditions and with what consequences religions are
historicised. How do religious groups employ historical narratives
in the construction of their identities? What are the biases and
elisions of current analytical and descriptive frames in the
History of Religion? The volume aims at initiating a comparative
historiography of religion and combines disciplinary competences of
Religious Studies and the History of Religion, Confessional
Theologies, History, History of Science, and Literary Studies. By
applying literary comparison and historical contextualization to
those texts that have been used as central documents for histories
of individual religions, their historiographic themes, tools and
strategies are analysed. The comparative approach addresses
circum-Mediterranean and European as well as Asian religious
traditions from the first millennium BCE to the present and deals
with topics such as the origins of religious historiography, the
practices of writing and the transformation of narratives.
This book presents the story of a unique collection of 140
manuscripts of 'learned magic' that was sold for a fantastic sum
within the clandestine channels of the German book trade in the
early eighteenth century. The book will interpret this collection
from two angles - as an artefact of the early modern book market as
well as the longue-duree tradition of Western learned magic -, thus
taking a new stance towards scribal texts that are often regarded
as eccentric, peripheral, or marginal. The study is structured by
the apparent exceptionality, scarcity, and illegality of the
collection, and provides chapters on clandestine activities in
European book markets, questions of censorship regimes and
efficiency, the use of manuscripts in an age of print, and the
history of learned magic in early modern Europe. As the collection
has survived till this day in Leipzig University Library, the book
provides a critical edition of the 1710 selling catalogue, which
includes a brief content analysis of all extant manuscripts. The
study will be of interest to scholars and students from a variety
of fields, such as early modern book history, the history of magic,
cultural history, the sociology of religion, or the study of
Western esotericism.
Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues
to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion,
anthropology, sociology, and cultural history. 'Defining Magic' is
the first volume to assemble key texts that aim at determining the
nature of magic, establish its boundaries and key features, and
explain its working. The reader brings together seminal writings
from antiquity to today. The texts have been selected on the
strength of their success in defining magic as a category, their
impact on future scholarship, and their originality. The writings
are divided into chronological sections and each essay is
separately introduced for student readers. Together, these texts -
from Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies, and Anthropology -
reveal the breadth of critical approaches and responses to defining
what is magic. CONTRIBUTORS: Aquinas, Augustine, Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky, Dennis Diderot, Emile Durkheim, Edward Evans-Pritchard,
James Frazer, Susan Greenwood, Robin Horton, Edmund Leach, Gerardus
van der Leeuw, Christopher Lehrich, Bronislaw Malinowski, Marcel
Mauss, Agrippa von Nettesheim, Plato, Pliny, Plotin, Isidore of
Sevilla, Jesper Sorensen, Kimberley Stratton, Randall Styers,
Edward Tylor
Magic has been an important term in Western history and continues
to be an essential topic in the modern academic study of religion,
anthropology, sociology, and cultural history. Defining Magic is
the first volume to assemble key texts that aim at determining the
nature of magic, establish its boundaries and key features, and
explain its working. The reader brings together seminal writings
from antiquity to today. The texts have been selected on the
strength of their success in defining magic as a category, their
impact on future scholarship, and their originality. The writings
are divided into chronological sections and each essay is
separately introduced for student readers. Together, these texts -
from Philosophy, Theology, Religious Studies, and Anthropology -
reveal the breadth of critical approaches and responses to defining
what is magic. CONTRIBUTORS: Aquinas, Augustine, Helena Petrovna
Blavatsky, Dennis Diderot, Emile Durkheim, Edward Evans-Pritchard,
James Frazer, Susan Greenwood, Robin Horton, Edmund Leach, Gerardus
van der Leeuw, Christopher Lehrich, Bronislaw Malinowski, Marcel
Mauss, Agrippa von Nettesheim, Plato, Pliny, Plotin, Isidore of
Sevilla, Jesper Sorensen, Kimberley Stratton, Randall Styers,
Edward Tylor
This thesis deals with the dynamics of state-of-the-art
nanophotonic semiconductor structures, providing essential
information on fundamental aspects of nonlinear dynamical systems
on the one hand, and technological applications in modern
telecommunication on the other. Three different complex laser
structures are considered in detail: (i) a quantum-dot-based
semiconductor laser under optical injection from a master laser,
(ii) a quantum-dot laser with optical feedback from an external
resonator, and (iii) a passively mode-locked quantum-well
semiconductor laser with saturable absorber under optical feedback
from an external resonator. Using a broad spectrum of methods, both
numerical and analytical, this work achieves new
fundamental insights into the interplay of microscopically based
nonlinear laser dynamics and optical perturbations by delayed
feedback and injection.
This book (the authors revised dissertation) analyzes the history
of the concept of magic spanning about 2,500 years. Following an
introduction discussing the problem of academic definitions of
magic in general, the book presents the comprehensive history of
the concept of magic for the first time, from its origins in
antiquity to the 20th century. Polemic texts with an external
perspective are included in equal measure along with authors that
described and understood themselves as "magicians" in Western
cultural history.
Eight cases identified, represent 23.5% of the 34 crewmembers flown
on the ISS, with inflight visual changes and pre-to-postflight
refractive changes. In some cases, the changes were transient while
in others they are persistent with varying degrees of visual
impairment. (1) Decreased intraocular pressure (IOP) postflight was
observed in 3 cases. (2) Fundoscopic exams revealed postflight
findings of choroidal folds in 4 cases, optic disc edema in 5 cases
and presence of cotton wool spots in 3 cases. (3) Optical coherence
tomography (OCT) confirmed findings of choroidal folds and disc
edema and documented retinal nerve fiber layer thickening (4
cases). (4) Findings from MRI examinations showed posterior globe
flattening (5 cases) and optic nerve sheath distension (6 cases).
(5) Opening cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure was elevated in 4
cases postflight reflecting raised intracranial pressure. While the
etiology remains unknown, hypotheses speculate that venous
insufficiency or hypertension in the brain caused by cephalad fluid
shifts during spaceflight are possible mechanisms for ocular
changes in astronauts.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:
++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 8 Georges Louis Le Clerc de
Buffon, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto
Pauli, 1782
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 22; Naturgeschichte Der
Vogel; Georges Louis Le Clerc De Buffon Georges Louis Le Clerc de
Buffon, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto
Pauli, 1795
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Versuch Einer Darstellung Der Lizenzen-Geschichten Christian
Otto Law; Maritime; Law / Maritime
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may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as
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++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 24; Naturgeschichte Der
Vogel; Georges Louis Le Clerc De Buffon Georges Louis Le Clerc de
Buffon, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto
Pauli, 1796
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 17 Georges Louis Le Clerc de
Buffon, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto
Traler, 1791
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 16; Naturgeschichte Der
Vogel; Bernhard Christian Otto Georges Louis Le Clerc de Buffon,
Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto Pauli,
1790
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
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the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields
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++++ Naturgeschichte Der Vogel, Volume 1 Georges Louis Le Clerc de
Buffon, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm Martini, Bernhard Christian Otto
Traler, 1786
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