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Food emulsions have existed since long before people began to process foods for distribution and consumption. Milk, for example, is a natural emulsion/colloid in which a nutritional fat is stabilized by a milk-fat-globule membrane. Early processed foods were developed when people began to explore...

Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary subject, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...

Als Bestsellerautor David Safier für seinen Roman "28 Tage lang" recherchierte, der im Warschauer Ghetto spielt, stieß er auf ein außergewöhnliches literarisches Dokument: eine Komödie des polnischen Autors Jerzy Jurandot, die im Januar 1942 im Femina-Theater inmitten der Grauen des...

"The time will come with each human being when he will step out of the great throng that drifts with the tide and enter upon the course of conscious evolution, assisting nature instead of ignoring her beneficent plan; and since it is but a question of time, the sooner a beginning is made the better, for the sooner will suffering cease."

In 1941, after the conquest of Yugoslavia and Greece, senior German military leaders were considering two airborne operations, one for the invasion of Crete and the other for the invasion of Malta. The invasion of Crete was executed from 20 May to 1 June 1941 with heavy German losses. The invasion...

First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Do all people desire democracy? For at least a century, the idea that democracy is a universal good has been an article of faith for American policy makers. Paula Sabloff challenges this conventional wisdom about who wants democracy and why. Arguing that certain universal human aspirations exist,...

The composition of this book was inspired by the unconditional love and spiritual guidance of my mother. It is predicated on ten years of experience conducting domestic-violence groups for court-ordered male perpetrators. I was trained in the Duluth, Minnesota, model for treating perpetrators of domestic...

It is possible to increase cost-effectiveness and lower the risk of lawsuits while improving patient care and office morale. In this revolutionary work, the authors, a seasoned primary care physician and an experienced defense attorney, detail risk management techniques and introduce the concept of...

The problems inherent in the traditional design-bid-build procurement method often lead to the adversarial working relationships within the construction industry. Target cost contracts, accompanied by a gain-share/pain-share arrangement serving as a cost incentive mechanism, have emerged in the United...

Der Weihnachtsklassiker - gehört zum Fest wie Tannenbaum und Plätzchenbacken. Kinder und Eltern sitzen mit leuchtenden Augen und gespitzten Ohren am Tannenbaum, die Plätzchen sind verteilt, und Großvater hat schon die Lesebrille auf der Nase. Jetzt noch schnell die Kerzen angezündet, und das...

This insightful book focuses on state-of-the-art retirement communities in the United States today. Experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, and aging present in-depth profiles of a variety of retirement communities. The changing function and character of retirement communities--resulting...

On June 10, 2014, Senator Tom Coburn testified before a House subcommittee on Social Security Disability. In his testimony, Senator Coburn made an interesting comment and asked what he thought was a rhetorical question. The comment was that, "Michael Astrue was approved to be the head of Social...