The choice of title for this collective volume reflects the desire of the editors and authors to make clear that, while the bulk of the material is concerned with luminescence, other aspects of the excited state have not been excluded. In the five years which have elapsed since the publication of the classical monograph of Konev, a wealth of new information has ap peared on the emission properties of proteins and nucleic acids. Indeed, since new publications in this area appear to be proliferating in a geometric ratio, this may be the last opportunity to provide a comprehensive summary of the field in a book which is not of prohibitive length. This is what we have attempted to do here. While the orientation of each chapter naturally reflects the interests and point of view of the author, there has been a general effort to present .a critical assessment of existing results and interpretations, rather than a compendium of data with minimal comment. Finally, it should be stressed that the rapid evolution of the subject at the time of writing makes it inevitable that the book will age to some degree over the next few years, although this will occur at differing rates for the various chapters. We can only hope that most of the material in this interim summing-up will prove resistant to the erosion of time and provide a solid foundation for further progress."

During the past decade, fluorescence techniques have come to occupy a position of central importance in biochemistry. Such areas as laser techniques, radiation less energy transfer, and nanosecond fluorometry have evolved from esoteric research specialties into standard procedures that are applied routinely to bio chemical problems. Indeed, discussion of the above three areas occupies the greater part of this book. Its level and approach are appropriate for the bio logical or physical scientist who is interested in applying fluorescence techniques, but is not necessarily an expert in this area. The coverage of the literature has, in general, been selective rather than exhaustive. It is likely that what is summarized here will prove resistant to the erosion of time and provide a basis for the future evolution of this rapidly developing area of science. Robert F. Steiner Catonsville, Maryland vii Contents Chapter 1 Some Principles Governing the Luminescence of Organic Molecules R. M Hochstrasser 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Spontaneous Emission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. 1. General Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2. 2. Luminescence from Nearby States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. 3. Multiple State Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3. Molecular Luminescence Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. 1. The Transition Dipole Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3. 2. Determination of Transition-Moment Directions from Fluorescence . . . 8 3. 3. Polarization of Fluorescence from Crystals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 4. Principles of Luminescence Experiments Carried Out with Lasers. . . . . . . 12 4. 1. Nonlinear Processes and Optical Pumping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 5. Coherent Interactions of Molecules and Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 5. 1. The Distinctions between Fluorescence and Resonance Raman Effects 17 6. Ultrafast Fluorescence Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."

While sitting on a French terrace overlooking a three-hundred-year-old olive grove at sunset, a man listens as his wife confesses her love for someone else. Preparing to leave after twenty years of marriage, she details her erotic and emotional life, a confession that leaves her husband spent but delirious with love for her. The imminent loss of the passion of his life leads him to experience the power of desire, grief, and flushed obsession--and thus begins this riveting monologue at the end of a marriage, one that is mesmerizing with anger and regret. Entirely alive in these intense moments, the husband examines every experience, every feeling that floods his mind with grief and anticipation. And this need, this experience, becomes one of absolute truth, as the story itself becomes composed of complicating love and loss. Negative Space joins Steiner's earlier fictions--such as Bathers, Dread, and The Catastrophe--in evoking the dark texture and brilliant detail of erotic loss. The result is an exploration of heartbreak and sexual obsession the reader will not soon forget.

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Scholarly Research Paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Department of Human Resource Management), course: International Human Resource Management, language: English, abstract: In early 2006, PricewaterhouseCoopers ('PwC') published the latest edition of its Annual Global CEO Survey ('the PwC survey'). This year, more than 1,400 CEOs were interviewed to find out about what is at the top of their mind, focussing on the current topics globalization and complexity with a special emphasis on emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China ('BRIC'). In addition to the data compiled by PwC, the PwC survey also presents in-depth interviews with five CEOs of multinational enterprises, offering insights into their personal way of dealing with globalization and managing complexity within their organizations. The authors have structured this paper into the following three parts: Part 1 critically examines the PwC survey in various aspects and presents three types of shortcomings that have been discovered (content-related, author-related, methodology-related). Part 2 deals with the PwC survey's implications for the role of corporate human resource management ('HRM') in multinational enterprises, examining changing forces in the global economy and linking them to the HRM function. Part 3 explores the impact of globalization and complexity on current international HRM literature and analyses its consistence with the findings presented in the PwC survey.

"Dreamtime: A Collection of Short Stories" dissects a wide range of social problems by merging realism with fantasy and the supernatural. Gifted storyteller Robert Steiner addresses some of life's uncommon questions and provides provocative answers. Sweeping from Australia and Italy to outer space, Steiner offers a look at the world from an altered point of view and compels us to rethink our most sacred beliefs. "Steiner's stories share commonalities with those of Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ray Bradbury, and are distinguished by the author's ability to occupy fully his unnamed and generally conventional narrators. An unusually personal glimpse into the mystical, certain to haunt readers long after the last page." -"Kirkus Discoveries" "Robert Steiner is a storyteller with a gift for description. He grabs the reader's attention from the first word and offers tidbits of uniqueness to carry you through to the end of each tale. "Dreamtimes" is an interesting and enjoyable read that touches on the paranormal but also demonstrates the very human qualities of its characters." -Heather Froeschel, "Bookreview.com"

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensfuhrung, Management, Organisation, Note: 1, Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien (Projektmanagement Group), Veranstaltung: Management des projekt- und prozessorientierten Unternehmens, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Problemstellung der Kursarbeit liegt darin begrundet, dass die Kompetenzen fur unterschiedliche Rollen im Projekt-, Programm- und Prozessmanagement in der Literatur oft anders beschrieben werden als in der Praxis gewunscht. Das Selbstverstandnis unterschiedlicher Rollen im Projekt-, Programm- und Prozessmanagement ist unbekannt und Bedarf einer Definition. Die Zielsetzung der Kursarbeit besteht darin, dieses Selbstverstandnis der Rolle Projektportfolio Group (PPG) Mitglied zu klaren und Kompetenzen fur diese Rolle in der Literatur mit jenen in der Praxis zu vergleichen, da sich oftmals in der Praxis unterschiedliche Kompetenzprofile etabliert haben. Weiters ist mit Hilfe von Interviews bzw. Fragebogen zu klaren, in wieweit Kompetenzprofile mit dem Selbstverstandnis der unterschiedlichen Rollen zusammenpassen und damit auch einen Beitrag zu den pm tagen'07 "PROJEKTE & MANAGEMENT: From 9 to 5" zu leisten.

Die Rekrutierung und Freistellung von Mitarbeitern in traditionell organisierten Unternehmen sind bereits umfassend erforscht und in der allgemeinen Personalmanagement-Literatur beschrieben. Im Vergleich dazu existiert f r projektorientierte Unternehmen kaum Forschung, obwohl Personal auch in projektorientierten Unternehmen ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor ist und die Personalmanagement-Prozesse Rekrutierung und Freistellung somit eine hohe Bedeutung aufweisen. Robert Steiner beleuchtet nun die spezifischen Herausforderungen eines projektorientierten Unternehmens an die Prozesse Rekrutierung und Freistellung von Projektmanagern. Dar ber hinaus arbeitet er Anlassf lle heraus, stellt Prozesse dar und zeigt konkrete Methoden auf.