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William James, Moral Philosophy, and the Ethical Life
The Cries of the Wounded
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Virtue theory, natural law, deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism: these are the basic moral theories taught in “Ethics,” “History of Philosophy,” and “Introduction to Philosophy” courses throughout the United States. When the American philosopher William James (1842 – 1910) find...
by Stanley B. Greenfield, Daniel G. Calder
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1996
Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry is, without question, the major literary achievement of the early Middle Ages (c. 700-1100). In no other vernacular language does such a vast store of verbal treasures exist for so extended a period of time. For twenty years the definitive guide to that literature has...
The Cold War at Home and Abroad
Domestic Politics and US Foreign Policy since 1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2018
From President Truman's use of a domestic propaganda agency to Ronald Reagan's handling of the Soviet Union during his 1984 reelection campaign, the American political system has consistently exerted a profound effect on the country's foreign policies. Americans may cling to the belief that "politics...
by C. Burri, K.H. Altemeyer, B. Gorgass
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The application of the caval catheter in emergency medicine and intensive care has today become routine. Generally, even in severe shock this route of access to the cardiovascular system is available in order to apply life saving volume substitution. It also permits longterm infusions in modern intensive...
Intestinal Anastomoses with Bioabsorbable Anastomosis Rings
Proceedings of the First European Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The anastomotic technique plays a predominant role in gastrointestinal surgery. A feared complication is leakage due to the sutures. Such leakage cannot be detected early; consequently, infection spreads locally and systemically. An anastomotic method is generally evaluated according to its rate of...
by L. Symon, B. Guidetti, E. Pásztor
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language...
Epidemiology of Psychogenic Disorders
The Mannheim Study · Results of a Field Survey in the Federal Republic of Germany
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Shortened version of the original German edition: Psychogene Erkrankungen der Stadtbevölkerung, 1987, Springer-Verlag
Achieving sustainable production of poultry meat Volume 2
Breeding and nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
To meet growing demand, the FAO has estimated that world poultry production needs to grow by 2-3% per year to 2030. Much of the increase in output already achieved has been as a result of improvements in commercial breeds combined with rearing in more intensive production systems. However, more intensive...
by L. Symon, J. Brihaye, B. Guidetti
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sorghum Volume 2
Sorghum utilization around the world
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2018
Sorghum is one of the world’s major cereals, cultivated in the semi-arid tropics for a growing range of uses. Like other crops it faces the need to meet rising demand whilst reducing its environmental impact and adapting to the challenges of climate change. This volume summarises the wealth of research...
by B.E. Khesin, V.G. Alexeyev, Lev Eppelbaum
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Books published during recent years in the field of applied geo physics can be, in general, divided into two main types. The first type covers such multiaspect books as "Introduction to Geophysics", while the second-special works on fundamental theoretical prob lems with an elaborate...
by Anton G. Kutikhin, Arseniy E. Yuzhalin, Elena B. Brusina
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2012
Over the years of cancer investigation a lot of discoveries in this field were made, and many associations between various biological carcinogens and cancer were revealed. Some of them are credibly determined, thus these infectious agents (human papilloma virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus,...
Implementing Collaboration Technologies in Industry
Case Examples and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This book provides practitioners with detailed experiences from industry on the implementation and use of collaboration technologies. Despite the increasing range of applications available - such as video and desktop conferencing systems, workflow management systems and on-line meeting schedulers...
Water Pollution
Drinking Water and Drinking Water Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
The concern over the entry of agrochemicals and other xenobiotics into drinking water resources and over the general quality of drinking water is increasing. The topic of water quality and water supply will continue to be of great interest during the next two decades in developed as well as in developing...