Why does one society survive while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, Peter Elsass has studied five separate groups in Venezuela and Colombia and documented their successes and failures as they struggle to remain independent. This book has broad implications for anyone working with minority populations.

Innovation is increasingly recognized as a key factor in environmental protection and balanced sustainable development within the forestry sector.This volume provides a comprehensive theoretical foundation for the analysis of innovation processes and policies in a traditional, rural sector as well as presenting empirical analyses of innovation processes from major innovation areas. Territorial services of the forest sector are examined, including various types of forest ecosystem services such as carbon sequestration or recreation and wood value chains, including timber frame construction and bioenergy.

Torture is among the most disturbing and psychologically devastating of human behaviors. It dehumanizes its victims, leaving them with serious and lasting psychological wounds. Like other psychological trauma, torture frequently leaves in its wake denial and silence among both perpetrators and their victims. This communicative void creates a public and mental block that can make treatment of torture survivors very difficult.

Treating Victims of Torture and Violence is the definitive manual for therapists treating victims of torture, prisoners of war, and casualties of forced migration. Divided into five sections dealing with basic concepts of torture--violence and aggression, the torture syndrome, psychotherapeutic treatment, the cultural psychology of torture syndrome, and cultural psychological treatment-- Treating Victims of Torture and Violence employs both classic psychoanalytic and cognitive- behavioral methods. Realizing that torture victims are frequently from different cultures than those of their therapists, Peter Elsass provides in-depth aid to therapists dealing with a multicultural clientele.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine kompakte Einfuhrung in die allgemeine Histologie der Vertebraten, wie sie in einem einsemestrigen Kurs vermittelt wird. Kapitel zu den Grundgeweben (Epithelien, Binde- und Stutzgewebe, Muskelgewebe und Nervengewebe) werden erganzt durch die Themen Zellteilung sowie Blut und Gefasse. Jedes Kapitel enthalt eine Anleitung zum Mikroskopieren mit einem Atlasteil, der Praparate zeigt, wie sie in gangigen histologischen Kursen verwendet werden. Hinweise zu den Farbungen und zur Handhabung eines Mikroskops unterstutzen die praktische Arbeit im Kurs. Zur Prufungsvorbereitung stehen umfangreiche Fragenkataloge zur Verfugung. Dieses Buch eignet sich besonders fur Studierende der Biologie, Humanbiologie und deren Grenzfacher.