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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The micro approach to human welfare postulates the existence of man
as a micro order. The working of micro order depends upon the use
of inputs provided by the soul (or Self), nature and the macro
order. We affirm that an individual's decision can tailor the use
of all inputs either to impair, or improve his welfare. The nature
endowed instruments of activity, contained in the body, are
animated by the life energy, knowledge and consciousness provided
by the Self. The Self also provides insight and foresight through
intelligence, whose incidence on decision- making is precepted by
the relative strength of selfish or unselfish motive. The micro
approach reveals that the decision embodying the spirit of
sacrifice and selfless service, without disregarding one's own,
integrates the cause of life and livelihood both for oneself and
other selves. The decision is and ingenious device to make the
micro and macro approaches to human welfare consistent.
Thirty-something and stunningly beautiful Karmella LaRew has the
brain of a scientist and the body of a runway model. Focused on her
rewarding career as a lawyer in Miami, Florida, Karmella is a
strong, independent woman who seems to have everything-a long-term
relationship with a man who adores her and a fulfilling career.
Used to getting whatever she wants, she is ready to marry the
charming, romantic Tevin Anthony and become a mother to his
children. But first, she must win the affections of Tevin's
seven-year-old daughter, Natalia.
Despite her bratty nature, Natalia can do no wrong in her
father's eyes. Influenced by her mother, Ciarra, Natalia harbors
resentment toward her potential stepmother-something Karmella is
determined to overcome. As Natalia and Ciarra team up and pull one
prank after the other on Karmella, Tevin is unable to see the
problems Ciarra is trying to create. He loves Natalia and Karmella,
and the only thing he wants is for both of his girls to be happy
and in his life forever.
But Tevin may have underestimated the power of a woman ruled by
jealousy, unrequited love, and the overwhelming desire to cause a
disturbance like no other.
The authors, leading representatives of Russian space research and industry, show the results and future prospects of astronautics at the start of the third millennium. The focus is on the development of astronautics in Russia in the new historical and economic conditions, but the book also covers the development in the USA, Europe, China, Japan, and India. It spotlights the basic trends in space related issues: necessary restructuring of space industry and spaceports, improvement of carrier rockets, booster units, spacecraft, and component elements. The possibilities of the wide use of space technologies and its numerous applications such as navigation and communication, space manufacturing, space biotechnology, pollution research, etc. are described. The book contains a huge amount of facts described in a way understandable without specialist knowledge and accompanied by many photographs, charts and diagrams, mostly in color. Therefore the book will be interesting both to experts and to lay readers.
Quadratic programs and affine variational inequalities represent
two fundamental, closely-related classes of problems in the t,
heories of mathematical programming and variational inequalities,
resp- tively. This book develops a unified theory on qualitative
aspects of nonconvex quadratic programming and affine variational
inequ- ities. The first seven chapters introduce the reader
step-by-step to the central issues concerning a quadratic program
or an affine variational inequality, such as the solution
existence, necessary and sufficient conditions for a point to
belong to the solution set, and properties of the solution set. The
subsequent two chapters discuss briefly two concrete nlodels
(linear fractional vector optimization and the traffic equilibrium
problem) whose analysis can benefit a lot from using the results on
quadratic programs and affine variational inequalities. There are
six chapters devoted to the study of conti- ity and/or
differentiability properties of the characteristic maps and
functions in quadratic programs and in affine variational inequa-
ties where all the components of the problem data are subject to
perturbation. Quadratic programs and affine variational inequa-
ties under linear perturbations are studied in three other
chapters. One special feature of the presentation is that when a
certain pr- erty of a characteristic map or function is
investigated, we always try first to establish necessary conditions
for it to hold, then we go on to study whether the obtained
necessary conditions are suf- cient ones. This helps to clarify the
structures of the two classes of problems under consideration
The search for new producers of biologically active substances
(BAS) against human and animal diseases continues to be an
important task in biology and medicine. Experimental work must be
carried out well in advance of need because it takes an average of
ten years to develop a new medication, as well as additional time
to put it on the market. Study of the Protozoa forms a special
branch of biology - protozoology. The traditional fields of
protozoology are taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, cytology,
evolution, ecology and host parasite-interactions. The Protozoa is
the only taxon among the microscopic organisms, which has not been
persistently studied as a source of BAS. This book then is the
result of the research on the project: "Biologically active
substances of the Mastigophora (Flagellates)." The research was
carried out at the Laboratory of Antibiotics, Department of
Microbiology, Biological Faculty of Moscow State University.
Articles of other authors on the matter have been considered as the
important part of this reference book. The goal of the reference
book is to elucidate scientific approaches, which lead to obtaining
biologically active substances from cultures of protozoa; the book
reviews the historical background in connection with contemporary
development of the field. N.N. Sukhareva ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The
research was performed in fruitful cooperation with my research
associates (V. Urinyuk, T. Titiova, L. Udalova, R. Zeleneva, V.
Brusovanik, M. Zaretskaya), postgraduate students (N. Kalenik, M.
Chuenkova, V. Vasilevskaya, V. Khorokhorina), my colleagues at
Moscow State University (Yu. Kozlov and I.
A wide range of advanced materials are prepared by cryogenic
processing methods (also called freeze-drying synthesis). This book
focuses on the cryochemical technology of advanced inorganic
materials, which has been the subject of the authors' research for
many years. This book is the first in the 30-year history of this
technology completely devoted to the processes and application of
cryochemical synthesis. The authors also draw special attention to
the fundamental aspects of cryochemical processes and their
physcio-chemical background. Considerably more research has been
performed on this subject in the USSR than anywhere else and this
book also contains a large volume of previously unpublished
scientific material. Cryochemical Technology of Advanced Materials
will be of interest to materials scientists and chemical engineers,
especially those working on catalysis, adsorbents, coatings powder
metallurgy, semiconductors, ceramics and organic synthesis.
Part of a review series that looks at trends in modern biology.
This book covers aspects of bioprocessing and biotransformation,
where knowledge, methods and expertise are required from chemistry,
biochemistry, microbiology, genetics, chemical engineering and
computer science.
The Medieval period was one of the richest eras for the
philosophical study of religion. Covering the period from the 6th
to the 16th century, reaching into the Renaissance, "The History of
Western Philosophy of Religion 2" shows how Christian, Islamic and
Jewish thinkers explicated and defended their religious faith in
light of the philosophical traditions they inherited from the
ancient Greeks and Romans. The enterprise of 'faith seeking
understanding', as it was dubbed by the medievals themselves,
emerges as a vibrant encounter between - and a complex synthesis of
- the Platonic, Aristotelian and Hellenistic traditions of
antiquity on the one hand, and the scholastic and monastic
religious schools of the medieval West, on the other. "Medieval
Philosophy of Religion" will be of interest to scholars and
students of Philosophy, Medieval Studies, the History of Ideas, and
Religion, while remaining accessible to any interested in the rich
cultural heritage of medieval religious thought.
'The History of Western Philosophy of Religion' brings together an
international team of over 100 leading scholars to provide
authoritative exposition of how history's most important
philosophical thinkers - from antiquity to the present day - have
sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central to Western
religious belief, especially Christianity. Divided chronologically
into five volumes, 'The History of Western Philosophy of Religion'
is designed to be accessible to a wide range of readers, from the
scholar looking for original insight and the latest research
findings to the student wishing for a masterly encapsulation of a
particular philosopher's views. Together these volumes provide an
indispensable resource for anyone conducting research or teaching
in the philosophy of religion and related fields, such as theology,
religious studies, the history of philosophy, and the history of
ideas.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century international
rela tions took on new and frightening aspects. A resurgent
nationalism sharpened the conflicts between states, while an
increasing industrial ism afforded them the means to make war on a
scale previously unimaginable. Never before had there been greater
need for art and skill in the conduct of international
negotiations. The statesmen in charge of this intercourse often
fell far short of the ideal necessary to eliminate the tensions in
international relations. They not only had to deal with problems of
great complexity, but they varied greatly in their temperaments, in
their abilities, and even in their inclinations to accommodate
themselves to a solution. Nevertheless, traditional diplomacy made
possible the orderly handling of international crises and kept open
the lines of communication. With all its imperfections it
contributed largely to the maintenance of the European order from
the turbulent mid-century through La Belle Epoque. The colleagues
and former students of Professor Case represented here share with
him his interest in this aspect of history. They analyse the
methods of diplomats and the policies they implemented in articles
ranging from empires in Africa and Mexico to Turkey and the Eastern
Question. But regardless of the diversity of the subjects treated
they are never separated from the mainstream of the diplomatic
policies of the great powers. Moreover, the articles represent the
same approach to history and the same techniques employed by
Professor Case."
The majority of the "memorable" results of relativistic quantum
theory were obtained within the framework of the local quantum
field approach. The explanation of the basic principles of the
local theory and its mathematical structure has left its mark on
all modern activity in this area. Originally, the axiomatic
approach arose from attempts to give a mathematical meaning to the
quantum field theory of strong interactions (of Yukawa type). The
fields in such a theory are realized by operators in Hilbert space
with a positive Poincare-invariant scalar product. This "classical"
part of the axiomatic approach attained its modern form as far back
as the sixties. * It has retained its importance even to this day,
in spite of the fact that nowadays the main prospects for the
description of the electro-weak and strong interactions are in
connection with the theory of gauge fields. In fact, from the point
of view of the quark model, the theory of strong interactions of
Wightman type was obtained by restricting attention to just the
"physical" local operators (such as hadronic fields consisting of
''fundamental'' quark fields) acting in a Hilbert space of physical
states. In principle, there are enough such "physical" fields for a
description of hadronic physics, although this means that one must
reject the traditional local Lagrangian formalism. (The connection
is restored in the approximation of low-energy "phe nomenological"
Lagrangians."
Long-term Environmental Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development
contains 14 chapters by different authors which focus on the US.
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