Human language, cognition, and culture are unique; they are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. The claim that we can learn what makes us human by studying other animal species provokes vigorous reactions and many deny that comparative research can shed any light on the origins and character of human distinctive capacities. However, Learning from Animals? presents empirical research and an analysis of comparative approaches for an understanding of human uniqueness, arguing that we cannot know what capacities are uniquely human until we learn what other species can do. This interdisciplinary volume explores the prospects and problems of comparative approaches for understanding modern humans' abilities by presenting: (1) the latest findings and theoretical approaches in primatology, comparative psychology, linguistics, and philosophy; (2) methodological reflections on the prospects and challenges of understanding human capacities through comparative research strategies; and (3) discussions of conceptual and ethical issues. This is the first book to address the issues raised by comparative research from such a diverse perspective. It will therefore be of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals in comparative psychology, linguistics, primatology, biology, and philosophy.

Human language, cognition, and culture are unique; they are unparalleled in the animal kingdom. The claim that we can learn what makes us human by studying other animal species provokes vigorous reactions and many deny that comparative research can shed any light on the origins and character of human distinctive capacities. However, Learning from Animals? presents empirical research and an analysis of comparative approaches for an understanding of human uniqueness, arguing that we cannot know what capacities are uniquely human until we learn what other species can do.

This interdisciplinary volume explores the prospects and problems of comparative approaches for understanding modern humans abilities by presenting: (1) the latest findings and theoretical approaches in primatology, comparative psychology, linguistics, and philosophy; (2) methodological reflections on the prospects and challenges of understanding human capacities through comparative research strategies; and (3) discussions of conceptual and ethical issues.

This is the first book to address the issues raised by comparative research from such a diverse perspective. It will therefore be of great interest to students, researchers, and professionals in comparative psychology, linguistics, primatology, biology, and philosophy.

The aim of this volume is to provide a compendium of state of the art overview chapters by leading research, from diverse scientific fields, who share a common involvement in understanding and utilizing the interactions between chemicals and plant leaves.

The book, based on a course of lectures by the authors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, covers aspects of infinite permutation groups theory and some related model-theoretic constructions. There is basic background in both group theory and the necessary model theory, and the following topics are covered: transitivity and primitivity; symmetric groups and general linear groups; wreatch products; automorphism groups of various treelike objects; model-theoretic constructions for building structures with rich automorphism groups, the structure and classification of infinite primitive Jordan groups (surveyed); applications and open problems. With many examples and exercises, the book is intended primarily for a beginning graduate student in group theory.

Modern molecular technology in the so-called life sciences (biology as weil as medicine) allows today to approach and manipulate living beings in ways and to an extent wh ich not too long aga seemed Utopian. The empirical progress promises further and even more radical developments in the future, and it is at least often claimed that this kind of research will have tremendeous etfects on and for all of humanity, for example in the areas of food production, transplantation medicine (including stem cell research and xenotransplantation), (therapeutic) genetic manipulation and (cell-line) cloning (of cell lines or tissues), and of biodiversity conservation-strategies. At least in Western, industrialized countries the development of modern sciences led to a steady increase of human health, well-being and quality of life. However, with the move to make the human body itself an object of scientific research interests, the respective scientific descriptions resulted in changes in the image that human beings have of themselves. Scientific progress has led to a startling loss of traditional human self-understanding. This development is in contrast to an under standing according to which the question what it means to be "human" is treated in the realm of philosophy. And indeed, a closer look reveals that - without denying the value of scientitic progress - science cannot replace the philosophical approach to anthropological questions."

Antioch in Syria critically reassesses this ancient city from its Seleucid foundation into Late Antiquity. Although Antioch's prominence is famous, Kristina M. Neumann newly exposes the gradations of imperial power and local agency mediated within its walls through a comprehensive study of the coins minted there and excavated throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. Patterns revealed through digital mapping and Exploratory Data Analysis serve as a significant index of spatial politics and the policies of the different authorities making use of the city. Evaluating the coins against other historical material reveals that Antioch's status was not fixed, nor the people passive pawns for external powers. Instead, as imperial governments capitalised upon Antioch's location and amenities, the citizens developed in their own distinct identities and agency. Antioch of the Antiochians must therefore be elevated from traditional narratives and static characterisations, being studied and celebrated for the dynamic polis it was.

Der D'Ans - Lax ist ein Standardwerk fur Naturwissenschaftler; er bietet wichtiges Zahlenmaterial fur die tagliche Arbeit. Die vierte Auflage wurde komplett uberarbeitet und alle Werte sind nun in SI-Einheiten angegeben. Der erste Band enthalt generelle physikalisch-chemische Informationen, der dritte Band wird der Anorganischen Chemie gewidmet sein. Die behandelten Themen wurden nicht verandert, allerdings sind einige Umrechnungstabellen entfallen (z.B. Logarithmentafeln), da heute Taschenrechner weitverbreitet sind. Daten fur moderne spektroskopische Methoden wurden zusatzlich aufgenommen.

In this collection, both individually and collectively, the authors explore the gendering of women's experiences in academia through the lens of narratives of lived experience. This is a cogent theme throughout the book, reflecting on women's experiences as intersectional-always raced, classed, gendered, nuanced and complex. Jointly, the chapters provide important insights into individual and collective contemporary women's experiences in academia from international perspectives, such as gender equity, barriers to success, and achievement. This comprehensive volume provides a reference point for all women and their colleagues working in universities and colleges across the world.

Marcus M. Neumann analysiert das Konstrukt Konsumentenvertrauen. Dies ermoglicht Unternehmen, den Status Quo des Konsumentenvertrauens zu ermitteln und Massnahmen zur Steigerung des Vertrauensniveaus zu entwickeln und deren Wirkung zu uberprufen."

Epilepsien geh ren zu den h ufigsten chronischen Erkrankungen des zentralen Nervensystems und betreffen mit einer Pr valenz von 1% einen recht hohen Teil der Bev lkerung. Epilepsien sind nicht nur unmittelbar durch die Anf lle von Bedeutung, sie sind es auch mittelbar, weil sie Probleme im Alltag des Kranken mit sich bringen k nnen, die f r den Betroffenen eine erhebliche Einschr nkung bedeuten. Dies betrifft insbesondere die Fahrtauglichkeit und ihre psychosozialen Folgen. Mit der zunehmenden Mobilit t und Reiset tigkeit gewinnen die speziellen Risiken der an Epilepsie erkrankten Menschen Bedeutung f r die Aufkl rung durch den behandelnden Arzt. Dazu geh ren insbesondere Reisesicherheit, Sport und Impfung.

Diese Monographie bietet hierzu die wesentlichen Fakten und gibt Ratschl ge f r die individuelle Beratung des Patienten.

Es besteht kein consensus omnium, ob der nie zuvor gekannte Wohlstand der westlichen Industrienationen durch oder trotz Keynesianischer Wirtschaftspolitik entstanden ist. Ein Kon- sens scheint eher in der Auffassung zu liegen, daB die Wirt- schaftspolitik, so wie sie in den vergangenen zehn Jahren in den meisten Industrielandern betrieben wurde, kaum Erfolge fUr die Zukunft verspricht. Allein die Verneinung des Keynesianismus bringt jedoch noch keine theoretische Grund- lage fUr kUnftige Wirtschaftspolitik hervor. Der Vorteil der Keynesianischen Wirtschaftstheorie fUr die Konzeption einer Wirtschaftspolitik lag nicht zuletzt in der Simplizitat der ihr im Kern zugrunde liegenden makrookonomi- schen Verhaltensannahmen. Die Keynesianische Theorie hat je- doch den Nachteil, eine im Ursprung statische Theorie zu sein, deren Dynamisierung nur formal Uberzeugen kann. Der Keynesia- nismus hatte und konnte seine BlUte wohl auch nur zu einer Zeit relativ stabiler Makroverhaltensfunktionen erreichen. Mit der Renaissance der Gedanken von Max Weber und Joseph A. Schumpeter ist in den letzten Jahren wieder die Frage ge- stellt worden, was Menschen letztlich zur Arbeit, zum Produ- zieren veranlaBt. In Koinzidenz entstand in der Wirtschafts- theorie eine neue Problemsicht, in der der Markt als System von incentives aufgefaBt, und die Anreiz-Kompatibilitat wirtschaftspolitischer Eingriffe etwa auf moral hazard- Verhalten und Arbeits/Freizeit-Entscheidungen untersucht wird. Vielleicht ist es wichtiger, statt nach der Grenz- leistungsfahigkeit des Kapitals nach der Grenzleistungs- willigkeit des Menschen zu fragen.

Antioch in Syria critically reassesses this ancient city from its Seleucid foundation into Late Antiquity. Although Antioch's prominence is famous, Kristina M. Neumann newly exposes the gradations of imperial power and local agency mediated within its walls through a comprehensive study of the coins minted there and excavated throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East. Patterns revealed through digital mapping and Exploratory Data Analysis serve as a significant index of spatial politics and the policies of the different authorities making use of the city. Evaluating the coins against other historical material reveals that Antioch's status was not fixed, nor the people passive pawns for external powers. Instead, as imperial governments capitalised upon Antioch's location and amenities, the citizens developed in their own distinct identities and agency. Antioch of the Antiochians must therefore be elevated from traditional narratives and static characterisations, being studied and celebrated for the dynamic polis it was.

Die Zusammenhange zwischen der Kapitalbildung, dem Wettbewerb und dem okonomischen Wachstum sind zu vielgestaltig und verwickelt, als daB sie in einem Buch wie diesem in aller Vollstandigkeit behandelt werden konnten. Wenn man trotz dieser Komplexitat der Beziehungen nach einer groBen Linie sucht, die Kapitalbildung, Wettbewerb und Wachstum miteinander verknlipft, so ist man zu Vereinfachungen und zu einer Auswahl gezwungen. Meinungsverschiedenheiten liber die zu treffende Deutung der Zusammenhange sind dabei wohl unvermeidlich. Die Grundthese dieses Buches ist die, daB in einer freien Wirtschaft das Profitstreben der Unternehmer das treibende Element des Wachs tumsprozesses bildet. In einer Gesellschaft wie der unsrigen, in der ein Wettbewerb urn soziale, durch materielle Statussymbole markierte Posi tionen weit verbreitet ist, sind die Konsumwlinsche unersattlich und konnen nur durch technischen Fortschritt befriedigt werden. Dieser Fortschritt wird nicht als eine Variable aufgefaBt, die jenseits des oko nomischen Kalklils liegt, sondern als ein Vorgang, der yom Profitstre ben der Unternehmer in Gang gehalten und gesteuert wird. Technischer Fortschritt setzt sich durch, wenn Profitchancen bestehen, er unterbleibt, wenn seine Realisierung den Untemehmem nicht lohnend erscheint."

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: ++++ Grundsatze U. Erfahrungen uber Die Anlegung, Erhaltung U. Pflege Von- Glashausern Aller Art: Nebst Einem Anhange uber Die Kunst Der Vermehrung Durch Stecklinge. Aus D. Franzos. ubs. U. Mit Zusatzen Verm. V. Fred. U. Biedenfeld 2 M. Neumann B. F. Voigt, 1852

Bianca Corrotti's vineyard is more than a piece of mouth-watering real estate in Tuscany. It's an inheritance; a storehouse harboring the secrets of her Uncle Egisto, a world-class sculptor, and his troubled wife -- a woman whose destiny converges with Mussolini's when WWII overtakes them all. Based on a true story, Bianca's Vineyard follows a devoted family of strong-willed men and lion-hearted women waging an epic battle against a gathering storm intent on destroying their lives.

William Burnside [1852-1927] was a scholar of international renown, a colourful figure, and a pure mathematician who established abstract algebra as a subject of serious study in Britain. This edition of Collected Papers, enhanced by a series of critical essays, is of major importance to scholars in group theory and the history of mathematics.

How many groups of order n are there? This is a natural question for anyone studying group theory, and this Tract provides an exhaustive and up-to-date account of research into this question spanning almost fifty years. The authors presuppose an undergraduate knowledge of group theory, up to and including Sylow's Theorems, a little knowledge of how a group may be presented by generators and relations, a very little representation theory from the perspective of module theory, and a very little cohomology theory - but most of the basics are expounded here and the book is more or less self-contained. Although it is principally devoted to a connected exposition of an agreeable theory, the book does also contain some material that has not hitherto been published. It is designed to be used as a graduate text but also as a handbook for established research workers in group theory.

"Groups and Geometry" contains the Oxford Mathematical Institute notes for undergraduates and first-year postgraduates. The content, although guided by the Oxford syllabus, covers other material, some introductory and some that, because of limited time, had to be excluded from or curtailed in the syllabus. This book is about the measurement of symmetry, which is what groups are for. Symmetry is visable in all parts of mathematics and in many other areas, and geometrical symmetry is the most visable of all. For this reason, groups and geometry are close neighbours. The first half of the book (chapters 1-9) covers groups and the second half (chapters 10-18) covers geometry, with the symbiotic relationship between the two more than justifying the union. Both parts contain a number of exercises that should be helpful to the reader wishing to gain a fuller understanding of this area of mathematics.