Diffraction patterns in quantum physics evidence the fact that the behavior of matter is the result of its entanglements with measurement, or as Karen Barad suggests, the entanglement of matter and meaning. In this sense, therefore, phenomena (including texts, cultural agents, or life forms) are the results of their relational, onto-epistemological entanglements and not individual entities that separately pre-exist their joint becoming. As such, 'diffraction' proposes a new understanding of difference: no longer a dualist understanding, but one going beyond binaries. Diffraction is about patterns, constellations, relationalities. From this angle, the book explores 'diffraction', which has begun to impact critical theories and humanities debates, especially via (new) materialist feminisms, STS and quantum thought, but is often used without further reflection upon its implications or potentials. Doing just that, the book also pursues new routes for the onto-epistemological and ethical challenges that arise from our experience of the world as relational and radically immanent; because if we start from the ideas of immanence and entanglement, our conceptions of self and other, culture and nature, cultural and sexual difference, our epistemological procedures and disciplinary boundaries have to be rethought and adjusted. The book offers an in-depth consideration of 'diffraction' as a quantum understanding of difference and as a new critical reading method. It reflects on its import in humanities debates and thereby also on some of the most inspiring work recently done at the crossroads of science studies, feminist studies and the critical humanities. This book was originally published as a special issue of Parallax.

During their first two centuries of colonial life, Americans produced a large and fascinating body of original Latin poetry. The poets included in this anthology represent the continuity and vitality of the classical tradition as a major educational and cultural force in the New World. The book includes Latin text and notes.

Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting options, ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term, is one of the largest challenges of our time. Various approaches and first implementations show that it is not only technological issue, but also a matter of societal acceptance and acceptability, considering basic ethic values of the society. The main foci of the book are, thus, to develop an understanding about the specific challenges of the scientific policy advice in the area, to explore typical current approaches for the analysis of future energy systems and to develop criteria for the quality assessment and guidelines for the improvement of such studies. The book provides assistance to the interpretation of existing studies and guidelines for setting up and carrying out new analyses as well as for communicating and applying the results. Thereby, it aims to support the involved actors such as the respective scientific experts and researchers as well as decision makers, energy suppliers, stakeholders and the interested public in designing procedures for a successful transition process. The study elaborates consistent interdisciplinary advice as contribution for realising a continuously safe and secure, long-term viable energy supply in spite of diverse interests, multi-level responsibilities, multi-dimensional processes, large uncertainties and lack of knowledge about future developments.

Interdisciplinarity has seemingly become a paradigm for modern and meaningful research. Clearly, the interdisciplinary modus of deliberation enables to unfold relevant but quite different disciplinary perspectives to the reflection of broader scientific questions or societal problems. However, whether the comprehensive results of interdisciplinary reflection prove to be valid or to be acceptable in trans-disciplinary terms depends upon certain preconditions, which have to be fulfilled for securing scientific quality and social trust in advisory contexts. The present book is written by experts and practitioners of interdisciplinary research and policy advice. It analyses topical and methodological approaches towards interdisciplinarity, starting with the current role of scientific research in society. The volume continues with contributions to the issues of knowledge and acting and to trans-disciplinary deliberation. The final conclusions address the scientific system as substantial actor itself as well as the relevant research and education politics.

Managing a successful transition of the current energy supply system to less carbon emitting options, ensuring a safe and secure supply during the whole process and in the long term, is one of the largest challenges of our time. Various approaches and first implementations show that it is not only technological issue, but also a matter of societal acceptance and acceptability, considering basic ethic values of the society. The main foci of the book are, thus, to develop an understanding about the specific challenges of the scientific policy advice in the area, to explore typical current approaches for the analysis of future energy systems and to develop criteria for the quality assessment and guidelines for the improvement of such studies. The book provides assistance to the interpretation of existing studies and guidelines for setting up and carrying out new analyses as well as for communicating and applying the results. Thereby, it aims to support the involved actors such as the respective scientific experts and researchers as well as decision makers, energy suppliers, stakeholders and the interested public in designing procedures for a successful transition process. The study elaborates consistent interdisciplinary advice as contribution for realising a continuously safe and secure, long-term viable energy supply in spite of diverse interests, multi-level responsibilities, multi-dimensional processes, large uncertainties and lack of knowledge about future developments.

Interdisciplinarity has seemingly become a paradigm for modern and meaningful research. Clearly, the interdisciplinary modus of deliberation enables to unfold relevant but quite different disciplinary perspectives to the reflection of broader scientific questions or societal problems. However, whether the comprehensive results of interdisciplinary reflection prove to be valid or to be acceptable in trans-disciplinary terms depends upon certain preconditions, which have to be fulfilled for securing scientific quality and social trust in advisory contexts. The present book is written by experts and practitioners of interdisciplinary research and policy advice. It analyses topical and methodological approaches towards interdisciplinarity, starting with the current role of scientific research in society. The volume continues with contributions to the issues of knowledge and acting and to trans-disciplinary deliberation. The final conclusions address the scientific system as substantial actor itself as well as the relevant research and education politics.

Diffraction patterns in quantum physics evidence the fact that the behavior of matter is the result of its entanglements with measurement, or as Karen Barad suggests, the entanglement of matter and meaning. In this sense, therefore, phenomena (including texts, cultural agents, or life forms) are the results of their relational, onto-epistemological entanglements and not individual entities that separately pre-exist their joint becoming. As such, 'diffraction' proposes a new understanding of difference: no longer a dualist understanding, but one going beyond binaries. Diffraction is about patterns, constellations, relationalities. From this angle, the book explores 'diffraction', which has begun to impact critical theories and humanities debates, especially via (new) materialist feminisms, STS and quantum thought, but is often used without further reflection upon its implications or potentials. Doing just that, the book also pursues new routes for the onto-epistemological and ethical challenges that arise from our experience of the world as relational and radically immanent; because if we start from the ideas of immanence and entanglement, our conceptions of self and other, culture and nature, cultural and sexual difference, our epistemological procedures and disciplinary boundaries have to be rethought and adjusted. The book offers an in-depth consideration of 'diffraction' as a quantum understanding of difference and as a new critical reading method. It reflects on its import in humanities debates and thereby also on some of the most inspiring work recently done at the crossroads of science studies, feminist studies and the critical humanities. This book was originally published as a special issue of Parallax.

This book provides essential didactic content for the SAGES University Masters Program Colorectal Surgery Curriculum. Surgeons seeking to complete the competency, proficiency, or mastery curriculum of the MASTERS Colorectal Pathway for a particular anchoring colorectal procedure will find relevant educational content in this SAGES Manual. Written by experts in the field, each chapter provides detailed guidance on preoperative and peri-procedural considerations for right and left elective and emergency colorectal resections, for both benign and malignant pathologies. Technical pearls and strategies to manage pitfalls and complications are also extensively reviewed along with detailed guidance for both laparoscopic and robotic procedures. The SAGES Manual of Colorectal Surgery provides a wealth of practical guidance to surgeons along their journey to progress from competency to mastery in various minimally invasive approaches to colorectal surgery.

In the third book of his popular trilogy on creating and sustaining arts organizations, Michael Kaiser reveals the hidden engine that powers consistent success. According to Kaiser, successful arts organizations pursue strong programmatic marketing campaigns that compel people to buy tickets, enroll in classes, and so on--in short, to participate in the organization's programs. Additionally, they create exciting activities that draw people to the organization as a whole. This institutional marketing creates a sense of enthusiasm that attracts donors, board members, and volunteers.
Kaiser calls this group of external supporters the family. When this hidden engine is humming, staff, board, and audience members, artists, and donors feel confidence in the future. Resources are reinvested in more and better art, which is marketed aggressively; as a result, the "family" continues to grow, providing even more resources. This self-reinforcing cycle underlies the activities of all healthy arts organizations, and the theory behind it can be used as a diagnostic tool to reveal--and remedy--the problems of troubled ones.
This book addresses each element of the cycle in the hope that more arts organizations around the globe--from orchestras, theaters, museums, opera companies, and classical and modern dance organizations to service organizations and other not-for-profit cultural institutions--will be able to sustain remarkable creativity, pay the bills, and have fun doing so

The text includes Carmina 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 31, 43, 51, 65, 70, 72, 75, 76, 85, 86, 87, 101 from one of Rome's greatest lyric poets. The book features facing vocabulary, selections from famous English poems inspired by Catullus, and comments from noted scholars.

Planning today is more important than ever. Both acquisition and allocation of resources are increasingly difficult for arts organizations as a result of emerging technologies, reduced arts education, aging donors, and the advent of new forms of entertainment. It is essential for arts organizations to take a coherent approach to these issues to remain vibrant over time. In fact, most arts organizations do periodically attempt some kind of planning exercise. But a review of hundreds of such plans suggests that most contain merely a wish list, rather than concrete plans for the future: "We will increase ticket sales!" is a common "strategy" expressed in too many arts plans. In the absence of details about how ticket sales will be increased, it's an empty promise. In Strategic Planning in the Arts, Michael M. Kaiser, the former head of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and an arts management guru, has produced a clear, concise guide for staff or board members of not-for-profit arts organizations who are responsible for developing, evaluating, or implementing plans. Relying on real-world cases and examples, Kaiser shows how to conceive, assess, and act on every part of the strategic plan, from the mission statement to the financial statement; from managing the board to marketing. Praise for Michael Kaiser: "A rich yet tidy cornucopia of solutions for the challenges facing the American arts scene." - Washington Post

In den Entwicklungslandern leben gegenwartig etwa 3,5 Milliarden Menschen, das sind fast drei Viertel der Weltbevoelkerung. Bis zum Jahr 2000 - also in weniger als vierzehn Jahren - wird diese Zahl auf etwa 4,8 Milliarden angewachsen sein, was dem jetzigen Stand der Weltbevoelkerung entspricht. Gleichwohl wird den ent- wicklungspolitischen Fragen noch immer keine angemessene Beachtung ge- schenkt. Dies mag darin begrundet sein, dass Entwicklungspolitik auf unterschied- lichen Ebenen, z. B. national und international, praktiziert wird, dass Entwick- lungspolitik ein schwieriges Unterfangen ist und haufig nicht zu den gewunschten Ergebnissen fuhrt, dass die weltweite entwicklungspolitische Zusammenarbeit ein kaum zu durchschauendes Geflecht aus unterschiedlichen Sachzusammenhangen, Zielsetzungen und Realisierungschancen darstellt. Unser Buch versucht, dieses Geflecht zu entwirren und dem Leser Orientierungshilfen zu geben. Wegen der Vielschichtigkeit der weltweiten Verflechtungen werden die einzelnen Sachverhalte aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln betrachtet. Hohes Bevoelke- rungswachstum zum Beispiel ist ein typisches Kennzeichen der Entwicklungslan- der und wird folglich als Problemfeld (Kapitel I) dargestellt. Andererseits kann eine starke UEberbevoelkerung auch Ursache von Unterentwicklung (Kapitel II) sein, weshalb Familienpolitik zu einem wichtigen Bestandteil der Eigenanstren- gungen der Entwicklungslander (KapitelllI) werden muss. Diese Eigenanstren- gungen koennen von den Industrielandern (Kapitel IV) in Form von Entwicklungs- projekten unterstutzt werden. Gemeinsam mit diesen direkten Einflussmoeglichkei- ten der Lander selbst und ihrer Partnerlander spielen die internationalen Wirt- schaftsbeziehungen (Kapitel V) eine bedeutsame Rolle. Entwicklungspolitik kann auch auf dieser Ebene ansetzen. Aussenhandel und Kapitaltransfer besitzen einen grossen Einfluss auf den Wohlstand eines Landes.

Die Reihe der Fortbildungsbiinde der Sektion "Innere Medizin - Inten- sivrnedizin" der Schriftenreihe Fachschwester-Fachpfleger wird durch den zweiten Band "Dberwachung des zentralen Venendrucks" fortge- setzt. Die Fortbildungsbiinde befassen sich mit speziellen Problemen und Ver- fahren der Intensivmedizin, wahrend die Weiterbildungsbiinde der Schriftenreihe den Grundstoff der praktischen Unterweisung und des theoretischen Unterrichtes der einzelnen Weiterbildungslehrgange er- fassen. Die Fortbildungsbande sollen den Lernenden das Verstandnis flir den theoretischen Hintergrund, den Sinn und Zweck der von ihnen ausge- ftihrten praktischen MaBnahmen vertiefen und den Lehrenden die Erar- beitung des Lehrstoffs und die Durchftihrung des Unterrichts erleich- tern. Die Bestimmung des zentralen Venendruckes hat in der Intensivmedizin eine besonders groBe Bedeutung erlangt. Die genaue Kenntnis der MeB- technik, der Fehierquellen und der Aussagem6glichkeiten dieser MeB- gr6Ben ist unbedingt zu fordern. Aus diesen Griinden haben wir dem zentralen Venendruck einen eigenen Fortbildungsband gewidmet und daftir die Form des programmierten Lernunterrichtes gewahlt. Dieser Band solI tiber das unmittelbare Anliegen der Weiterbildung hinaus allen in der Intensivrnedizin tatigen Schwestern, Pflegern und Arzten, besonders aber auch den in Sonderdiensten auf Intensivstationen arbei- tenden Studierenden der Medizin eine Hilfe bei der Austibung ihres taglichen Dienstes sein. Juni 1978 Die Herausgeber VII Inhaltsverzeichnis Warum Bestimmung des zentralen Venendrucks? 1 Einfiihrung ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Welche Voraussetzungen mu8 der Lemende erfiillen? 3 Lernziele ...................... . 4 Teill. Instrumentarium 5 1.1. Venenkatheter . 7 1.2. Manometer . . . 12 1.3. Infusionssystem 16 1.4. Dreiwegehahn . 21 Teil2. Theoretiscbe Grundlagen ..... 25 2.1. Definition des zentralen Venendrucks 27 2.2. Beurteilung der Me8ergebnisse ...

Als Berufsneuling muE die Schwesternhelferin in kurzer Zeit eine Menge lernen. Obwohl sie gewohnlich ohne pflegerische Kenntnisse ins Krankenhaus kommt, muE sie darauf vorberei- tet sein, oft nach nur wenigen Wochen der EinfUhrung pflegeri- sche Aufgaben zu tibernehmen. Von der Unterrichtsschwester wird jede Schwesternhelferin in ihre Aufgaben und Pflichten eingefiihrt, ohne deren Kenntnis sie dem Pflegepersonal keine wirkliche Hllfe sein kann. Dieses Buch sollte ursprunglich der Unterrichtsschwester diese Aufgabe einfacher machen und den LernprozeB der Schwesternhelferin erleichtern. Uberarbeitet und auf den neue- sten Stand gebracht, beginnt es mit einem Rundgang durch das Krankenhaus und seine verschiedenen Abtellungen, wo die Schwesternhelferin tiber den Mitarbeiterstab und seine verschie- denen Arbeitsbereiche informiert wird. AnschlieBend werden Aufnahme eines Patienten und seine verschiedenen Bediirfnisse wlihrend des Aufenthalts im Krankenhaus beschrieben. Der Haupttell dieses Buchs erkliirt, wie die Schwesternhelferin diese Bediirfnisse erftillen kann. In jedem Krankenhaus gibt es Richtlinien, die detailliert aus- flihren, wie die verschiedenen Tlitigkeiten und MaBnahmen im Krankenhaus durchzuflihren sind. In diesem Buch wird nicht nur auf die korrekte DurchfUhrung all dieser PflegemaBnahmen Wert gelegt, sondern sie werden auch immer wieder in Verbin- dung gebracht zu den menschlichen und personlichen Bediirf- nissen des Patienten. Die Schwesternhelferin lernt, sein Verhal- ten und seine Beweggrtinde verstehen, wenn er in seiner Weise auf StreB und Belastung eines Krankenhausaufenthalts reagiert.

Mit den "Grundlagen des Wasser-, Elektrolyt-und Saure/ Basen-Haushaltes" legen wir den ersten Fortbildungsband der Sektion Innere Medizin - Intensivmedizin der Schrif tenreihe Fachsehwester - Fachpfleger vor. Wahrend die Weiterbildungsbande dieser Schriftenreihe den Grundstoff der praktischen Unterweisung und des theoretischen Un terrichtes der einzelnen Weiterbildungslehrgange in syste matischer Weise erfassen, sollen die Fortbildungsbande spezielle Probleme der Intensivmedizin eingehender dar legen. Sie sollen den Lernenden das Verstandnis flir den theoretischen Hintergrund, den Sinn und Zweck der von ihnen ausgeflihrten praktischen MaBnahmen vertiefen und dem Lehrenden die Erarbeitung des Lehrstoffs und die Durchfiihrung des Unterrichts erleichtem. Die Fortbildungsbande sollen iiber das unmittelbare An liegen der Weiterbildung hinaus allen in der Intensivmedi zin tatigen Schwestem, Pflegem und Arzten eine Hilfe bei der Ausiibung ihres taglichen Dienstes sein. Oktober 1977 Die Herausgeber VII Vorwort zur driften amerikanischen AuOage In diesem Buch werden die physiologischen Grundlagen des Fliissigkeits- und Elektrolythaushalts kurz und leicht versHindlich dargestellt und Richtlinien zur Infusionsthe rapie gegeben. Der Leser sollte immer daran denken, daB auch auf diesem Gebiet die Meinungen der Fachleute in einzelnen Punkten noch immer auseinandergehen und da her keine Lehrmeinung ein absolutes Dogma sein kann. Ich hoffe, daB die vorliegende, iiberarbeitete, dritte Aus gabe den Anklang findet, der der zweiten zuteil wurde. Waban, Massachusetts, Januar 1973 Stewart M. Brooks IX InhaItsverzeichnis 1. Einleitung . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 2. Wasser 2 2.1. Gesamtk6rperwasser 2 2.2. 2 Fliissigkeitsriiume . . 2.3. Fliissigkeitsverschiebungen zwischen den F1iissigkeitsriiumen und Osmose. . . . . . 3 2.4. F1iissigkeitsverschiebungen im Magen-Darm-Trakt ."

Many arts organizations today find themselves in financial difficulties because of economic constraints inherent in the industry. While other companies can improve productivity through the use of new technologies or better systems, these approaches are not available in the arts. Hamlet requires the same number of performers today as it did in Shakespeare's time. The New York Philharmonic requires the same number of musicians now as it did when Tchaikovsky conducted it over one hundred years ago. Costs go up, but the size of theaters and the price resistance of patrons limit what can be earned from ticket sales. Therefore, the performing arts industry faces a severe gap between earnings and expenses. Typical approaches to closing the gap--raising ticket prices or cutting artistic or marketing expenses--don't work.
What, then, does it take to create and maintain a healthy arts organization?
Michael M. Kaiser has revived four major arts organizations: the Kansas City Ballet, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, and London's Royal Opera House. In The Art of the Turnaround he shares with readers his ten basic rules for bringing financially distressed arts organizations back to life and keeping them strong. These rules cover the requirements for successful leadership, the pitfalls of cost cutting, the necessity of extending the programming calendar, the centrality of effective marketing and fund raising, and the importance of focusing on the present with a positive public message. In chapters organized chronologically, Kaiser brings his ten rules vividly to life in discussions of the four arts organizations he is credited with saving. The book concludeswith a chapter on his experiences at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, an arts organization that needed an artistic turnaround when he became the president in 2001 and that today exemplifies in practice many of the ten rules he discusses throughout his book.

The Love She Found in Darness is a girl Roxanne who is raped and kidnapped and know one will do anything not even the police. It is up to Andy to find her and keep her safe, before it is all to late. This story is filled with ups and downs, suspense, love and i enjoyed writing it.

While I call this a reference for those interested in switching from conservative to liberal, it's actually a "sarcastic" view of what we see on television. This will definitely help you look at the country with a sense of humor instead of a sense of doom...

On July 7, 2004, an old congressional support agency was given a new name, while keeping the same initials (GAO): at that time, the General Accounting Office, established in 1921, was re-designated the Government Accountability Office (P.L. 108-271). The renaming, which came at the request of its head, the Comptroller General (CG), is designed to reflect the agency's evolution and additional duties since its creation more than eight decades before. Importantly, the act also expands the CG's authority over pay and personnel matters. The Government Accountability Office is the largest of three agencies that provide staff support, research, review, and analysis for Congress. GAO operates under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States, who is appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a 15-year nonrenewable term. A unique arrangement begins the process with a special bicameral commission of legislators from both parties making recommendations to the President. GAO was established in 1921 as an independent auditor of government agencies and activities by the Budget and Accounting Act. The office was intended to be "independent of the executive departments," the entities it would audit and review. Sometimes called "Congress's watchdog" ...

Allison Hill was the first suburb of Harrisburg City, Pennsylvania, the Capital of Pennsylvania. The "Hill" once housed Pennsylvania's Lieutenant Governor as well as other upwardly mobile individuals. Now, Allison Hill is home to Harrisburg's poor, elderly, disabled and disenfranchised. It remains one of the most densely populated areas in the City. With the great recession and continued budget cuts, Allison Hill residents increasingly rely on churches and the few remaining long-term residents to assist with food, clothing and protection from those that take advantage of the poor and neglected.