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Die über 200 Briefe dokumentieren die Zusammenhänge, in denen Max Weber am Anfang seines beruflichen Werdegangs stand. Sie umspannen die Phase von der juristischen Ausbildung über Promotion und Habilitation, der Zeit als Privatdozent und außerordentlicher Professor in Berlin bis zu seiner Berufung zum ordentlichen Professor der Nationalökonomie nach Freiburg i.Br. Sie zeigen ihn schwankend zwischen praktisch-beruflicher Karriere und akademischer Laufbahn. Sie dokumentieren die Herausbildung seiner politischen Urteilskraft in Auseinandersetzung mit zentralen Problemen des Kaiserreichs und dem älteren Honoratiorenliberalismus, der die Bedeutung der "sozialen Frage" unterschätzte. Max Weber engagierte sich im Evangelisch-sozialen Kongreß und im Verein für Socialpolitik, für den er die Lage der Landarbeiter im ostelbischen Deutschland analysierte und so seinen Ruf als Nationalökonom begründete. Im Unterschied zu den 1936 erschienenen "Jugendbriefen" enthält der Band die Briefe an Marianne Schnitger (Weber) aus der Verlobungszeit und dem ersten Ehejahr in Berlin, die den Beginn ihrer lebenslang so emotionalen wie intellektuellen Beziehung markieren. Eine sachkundige Einleitung führt in die Kontexte der Briefe ein, Editorische Vorbemerkungen, Kommentare, Verzeichnisse und Register erschließen den Band.

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Mit der Festschrift zum 70. Geburtstag von Hans-Jürgen Kerner wird ein Jurist und Kriminologe gewürdigt, dessen Werk und Wirken bei hohem wissenschaftlichem Anspruch nie den Praxisbezug vermissen ließ. Die Interdisziplinarität seiner Arbeiten und das Bestreben, Kriminalpolitik aktiv mitzugestalten, waren und sind wichtige Aspekte seiner Arbeiten. Hans-Jürgen Kerners Schaffenskraft und die Weite seines wissenschaftlichen Œuvre spiegeln sich in rund 700 Veröffentlichungen wider, darunter 40 Monographien und 34 Sammel- bzw. Herausgeberwerke. Zu einem Zeitpunkt, zu dem sich die deutsche Kriminologie wieder intensiv und kritisch mit ihrer Geschichte und ihrer kriminalpolitischen wie wissenschaftlichen Bedeutung beschäftigt, trägt die Festschrift mit Beiträgen zu den Bereichen Kriminologie, Kriminalprävention und Kriminalpolitik, Strafrecht und Jugendstrafrecht sowie Strafverfahren und Strafvollzug auch dazu bei, das wissenschaftliche Profil der Kriminologie zu schärfen.

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Rolled & Told is an all-inclusive gaming experience! Each and every month, we brought you a ready-to-play, fun adventure for one of your favorite tabletop role-playing games. And now the first 11 adventures are collected here! These pages are packed with beautiful illustrations, comics coinciding with each adventure to excite and inspire your players, and helpful articles sure to enhance the game for new and old game masters alike. Within you'll also find early art of our iconic heroes and extra content you couldn't get in the single issues!

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Destination Success is an academic recovery textbook written for the student that is on academic probation or perhaps has been readmitted after a dismissal or poor academic performance. Either way, they have some work to do to understand how they got to their current situation and to develop the skills they need to become academically successful. Beginning with guiding students to critically self-reflect on the choices and circumstances that led them to their current situation, Destination Success then pushes students to assess their locus of control and how they will maintain their motivation and set goals while creating a better path forward. Chapters focus on: time management. reading and critical thinking. learning strategies. test taking skills. The text is rounded out with two chapters on major and career decision-making and health and wellness. Destination Success features: perforated pages with numerous activities and assessments to check for understanding. checkpoints for active reflection while reading. a quiz at the end of each chapter for students to self-assess their understanding of key concepts.

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In August 1862, nineteen-year-old Edward G. Granger joined the 5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment as a second lieutenant. On August 20, 1863, the newly promoted Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer appointed Granger as one of his aides, a position Granger would hold until his death in August 1864. Many of the forty-four letters the young lieutenant wrote home during those two years, introduced and annotated here by leading Custer scholar Sandy Barnard, provide a unique look into the words and actions of his legendary commander. At the same time, Granger's correspondence offers an intimate picture of life on the picket lines of the Army of the Potomac and a staff officer's experiences in the field. As Custer's aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Granger was in an ideal position to record the inner workings of the Michigan Brigade's command echelon. Riding at Custer's side, he could closely observe one of America's most celebrated and controversial military figures during the very days that cemented his fame. With a keen eye and occasional humor, Granger describes the brigade's operations, including numerous battles and skirmishes. His letters also show the evolution of the Army of the Potomac's Cavalry Corps from the laughingstock of the Eastern Theater to an increasingly potent, well-led force. By the time of Granger's death at the Battle of Crooked Run, he and his comrades were on the verge of wresting mounted supremacy from their Confederate opponents. Amply illustrated with maps and photographs, An Aide to Custer gives readers an unprecedented view of the Civil War and one of its most important commanders, and unusual insight into the experience of a staff officer who served alongside him.

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The book provides a unique contribution to the literature in this field in that the studies of decision theory and data-based decision making are integrated. Focusing on educators assuming leadership roles in school improvement, the book’s content is equally relevant for administrators, supervisors, and teachers. The book, however, is centered on data-driven decision making, both as a requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act and as a normative professional standard. Issues related to accumulating, storing, and protecting data in districts and schools also are covered. Applications in administration, supervision, and teaching are demonstrated.

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Tissue engineering aims to develop biological substitutes that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissue and organ functionality. To date, numerous stem cells and biomaterials have been explored for a variety of tissue and organ regeneration. The challenge for existing stem cell–based techniques is that current therapies lack controlled environments that are crucial for regulating stem cell engraftment and differentiation in vivo, because stem cells are rather sensitive to even minute changes in their environment. Micro- and nanotechnology hold great potential to fabricate biomimetic spatiotemporally controlled scaffolds as well as control stem cell behavior and fate by micro- and nanoscale cues.This book presents the latest micro- and nanotechnologies used to manipulate stem cell behaviors, which is a critical area for regenerative medicine. Moreover, it covers and details cutting-edge research in nano- and microfabrication techniques and biomaterials for the regeneration of various tissues and organs, such as bone, cartilage, craniofacial, osteochondral, muscle, bladder, cardiac, and vascular tissues.

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This book on biopolymers offers a comprehensive source for biomaterial professionals. It covers all elementary topics related to the properties of biopolymers, the production, and processing of biopolymers, applications of biopolymers, examples of biopolymers, and the future of biopolymers. Edited by experts in the field, the book highlights international professionals’ longstanding experiences and addresses the requirements of practitioners and newcomers in this field in finding a solution to their problems. The book brings together several natural polymers, their extraction/production, and physio-chemical features. The topics covered in this book are biopolymers from renewable sources, marine prokaryotes, soy protein and humus oils, biopolymer recycling, chemical modifications, and specific properties. The book also focuses on the potential and diverse applications of biogenic and bio-derived polymers. The content includes industrial applications of natural polymeric molecules and applications in key areas such as material, biomedical, sensing, packaging, biomedicine, and biotechnology, and tissue engineering applications are discussed in detail. The objective of this book is to fill the gap between the researchers working in the laboratory to cutting-edge technological applications in related industries. This book will be a very valuable reference material for graduates and post-graduate students, academic researchers, professionals, research scholars, and scientists, and for anyone who has a flavor for doing biomaterial research. The books are designed to serve as a bridge between undergraduate textbooks in biochemistry and professional literature. The book provides universal perspectives for an emerging field where classical polymer science blends with molecular biology with highlights on recent advances.

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The cheap, colourful plastic designs from East Germany pitted against the cool functionalism of West German design: The publication German Design 1949 – 1989: Two Countries, One History does away with such clichés. More than 30 years after German reunification, it presents a comprehensive overview of German design history of the post-war period for the first time ever. With over 380 illustrations and numerous examples from the fields of design—fashion, furniture, graphics, automobile, industrial, and interiors—the book shows how design featured in daily life on both sides of the Wall, the important part it played in the reconstruction process and how it served as a propaganda tool during the Cold War. Key objects and protagonists—from Dieter Rams or Otl Aicher in the West to Rudolf Horn or Renate Müller in the East—are presented alongside formative factors such as the Bauhaus legacy and important institutions. The exceptional case of the division of Germany allows a unique comparative perspective on the role design played in promoting socialism and capitalism. While in the Federal Republic to the West, it became a generator of the export economy and the "Made in Germany" brand, in the East it was intended to fuel the socialist planned economy and affordability for broad sections of the population was key. While the book highlights the different realities of East and West, the many cross references that connected design in both are also examined. It impressively illustrates the many facets of German design history in the post-war period. With contributions by Paul Betts, Greg Castillo, Petra Eisele, Siegfried Gronert, Jana Scholze, Katharina Pfützner, Eli Rubin, Katrin Schreiter, Oliver Sukrow, Carsten Wolff, among others; interviews with Prem Krishnamurthy, Renate Müller and Dieter Rams.

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Lorenz Oken - universal gebildeter Naturphilosoph und streitbarer Gelehrter. Die Gesamtausgabe versammelt erstmals seine Werke, die schon im 19. Jahrhundert Maßstäbe setzten und bis heute aktuell geblieben sind. Okens Forschungen erstreckten sich über alle Bereiche der Natur. Seine Experimente waren mit zahlreichen neuen Beobachtungen in der Anatomie, Physiologie und Zoologie verbunden, galten aber vor allem der Naturphilosophie. Den Naturwissenschaften sprach Oken einen hohen Bildungswert zu. Der vierte Band präsentiert Okens erstes vollständig ausgearbeitetes, alle Bereiche der Natur umfassendes System der Naturgeschichte.

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Eisenbahnen sind aus dem Alltag nicht mehr wegzudenken. Doch während mehrheitlich die Züge als Transportmittel im Vordergrund stehen, rückt dieses zweibändige Werk die Eisenbahnschienen in das Zentrum der Betrachtung. Deren Weiterentwicklung ist auch heute noch längst nicht abgeschlossen. Sie müssen gewaltige Lasten tragen und dabei hohe Geschwindigkeiten aushalten. Zur Ausfall- und Unfallreduzierung beschäftigen sich die Autoren mit Schienenfehlern.Dieser zweite Band führt zunächst in die Grundlagen der Bruchmechanik ein – die Basis zur Analyse rissartiger Schienenfehler. Die verschiedenen Arten der bruchmechanischen Analyse und des Sicherheitsnachweises werden behandelt. Betrachtet werden u.a. die Effektivität der zerstörungsfreien Schienenprüfung, die Sicherheitsbewertungen zur Bestimmung zulässiger Rissgrößen, die Analyse kritischer Rissgrößen, die Geschwindigkeit des Risswachstums, die Auswirkungen der Rissgeometrie, die Ermittlung der Rissgrößen mit Hilfe der Monte-Carlo-Simulation sowie die erforderliche Sicherheitsbewertung und die Gefahr von Folgebrüchen.Darüber hinaus beschäftigen sich die Autoren intensiv mit bruchmechanischen Eigenschaften, insbesondere mit der Analyse und Bewertung rissartiger Defekte in Eisenbahnschienen. Sie analysieren die Beanspruchung der Schienenwerkstoffe und leiten aus der sicherheitstechnischen Bewertung der bruchmechanischen Analyse die zulässigen Rissgrößen und die Periodizität der zerstörungsfreien Prüfung ab. Im Fokus stehen der Einfluss der Verspannungstemperatur auf das Bruch- und Risswachstumsverhalten, die Rissausbreitung an Federstellen in Weichenschienen, die Ausbreitung von Rollkontaktermüdungsrissen und die Betriebsgefährdung durch Folgebrüche.Ein besonderes Extra dieses Werkes ist der enthaltene „Katalog der Schienenfehler“.

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Die Unternehmensumwelt hat sich grundlegend gewandelt. Auf die Pandemie folgt als nächste Bewährungsprobe die Inflation. Die hohen Inflationsraten haben finanzielle Auswirkungen auf Unternehmen und ihre Stakeholder, weil Umstrukturierungen, Effizienzsteigerungen und Liquiditätsmanagement an Relevanz gewinnen, um der Inflation entgegenzuwirken. Die Preis- und Mengeneffekte der Inflation wirken sich auf alle Wertschöpfungsstufen im Unternehmen aus, was wiederum die Unternehmenssteuerung, insbesondere das Financial Reporting beeinflusst. In den Unternehmen resultiert daraus eine große Unsicherheit, da oftmals Erfahrungswerte im Umgang mit der Inflation fehlen.CFO, Corporate Treasurer und die Finanzfunktion im Allgemeinen müssen sich intensiv mit den Konsequenzen der Inflation auseinandersetzen und gezielte Maßnahmen zur Inflationsbekämpfung ergreifen. Der Quick Guide Inflations-Management bietet konkrete Lösungsansätze sowie operative und strategische Instrumente zur Inflationsbekämpfung und stellt Maßnahmen zum Aufbau von Inflationsresilienz vor.Aus Sicht der Finanzfunktion wird anhand von Beiträgen aus den Bereichen Inflation Management, Inflation Finance, Inflation Controlling und Accounting Inflation aufgezeigt, wie die Finanzfunktion die Inflation über die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette zielgerichtet bekämpfen kann.

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Concrete and clear instructions for digital transformation in business! Supply chain management is, without question, deeply affected by the disruptive flux of forces of a modern organization, both positively and negatively. Between advanced analytics and AI, agile role models and autonomous warehouses, a senior executive is often in danger of losing their way in the digital jungle. Digital experts can help, sharing valuable insights about digital supply chains, their application in business, and the vital transformation necessary to successfully prepare organizations for these challenges. Digital Supply Chains provides detailed explanations of best practices and the ways in which CSOs can make use of technologies and advancements. It also makes daring forecasts about how processes and leadership must be designed so that the digital transformation does not fail in its infancy, but rather leads to a truly agile organization.

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Dx-Direct is a series of eleven Thieme books covering the main subspecialties in radiology. It includes all the cases you are most likely to see in your typical working day as a radiologist. For each condition or disease you will find the information you need -- with just the right level of detail. Dx-Direct gets to the point: - Definitions, Epidemiology, Etiology, and Imaging Signs - Typical Presentation, Treatment Options, Course and Prognosis - Differential Diagnosis, Tips and Pitfalls, and Key References ...all combined with high-quality diagnostic images. Whether you are a resident or a trainee, preparing for board examinations or just looking for a superbly organized reference: Dx-Direct is the high-yield choice for you! The series covers the full spectrum of radiology subspecialties including: Brain Gastrointestinal Cardiac Breast Urogenital Spinal Head and Neck Musculoskeletal Pediatric Thoracic Vascular

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In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Eoos is one of the chariot draft horses of the sun god Helios; the design studio EOOS founded in Vienna 20 years ago is also a driving force, in the today's globalized world of design. This is verified by more than 130 design awards and an impressive number of patents. EOOS pursues a consistent reduced design language, alternating between archaic and high-tech and entirely free from stylistic affectations. This first and long overdue monograph on EOOS is divided into three parts, and is a source of inspiration, analysis, and documentation. Part one is based on a series of images, which gives insight into the “making of” - into the way in which EOOS approaches the design process. It shows references, links, drawings, research material, and finished products. In part two, EOOS assumes the form of first-person narrator to report on selected designs, backgrounds, and details of their histories. Part three documents in chronological order all the EOOS products that have gone into production, as well as projects and design experiments conceived purely by and for EOOS.

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What Does Dead Mean? is a beautifully illustrated book that guides children gently through 17 of the 'big' questions they often ask about death and dying. Questions such as 'Is being dead like sleeping?', 'Why do people have to die?' and 'Where do dead people go?' are answered simply, truthfully and clearly to help adults explain to children what happens when someone dies. Prompts encourage children to explore the concepts by talking about, drawing or painting what they think or feel about the questions and answers. Suitable for children aged 4+, this is an ideal book for parents and carers to read with their children, as well as teachers, therapists and counsellors working with young children.

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This insightful book offers a critical reflection on the sustainability and effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and its legacy over the last 70 years. Exploring the problems surrounding universality, proliferation and costs, it asks the provocative question, can we still afford human rights? Expert contributors illustrate the interdependence between these three key issues in an unprecedented way, addressing many of the contemporary criticisms voiced against the human rights system and the reasons for popular skepticism about human rights. In order to interrogate the deficiencies of the UDHR, chapters analyse the following questions: Can and should we keep claiming that human rights are universal? Is their proliferation rendering human rights meaningless? And have human rights become too costly? The book concludes that there is a pressing need for a renewed and lasting commitment to human rights. We cannot afford not to afford human rights. This book will be a valuable resource for academics and students of international relations, the political sciences and comparative legal studies. Covering policy and advocacy issues as well as the evolution of case law regarding particular human rights, it will also be beneficial for policy-makers and human rights practitioners.

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Shareholder inspection rights form an important tool for shareholder protection. They offer shareholders seeking information private access to specific books and records of the company that are otherwise not publicly available. While there has been a discourse on the topic in some jurisdictions such as Delaware (USA), it has not received scholarly treatment at an international level. This Research Handbook seeks to alter that, and signifies the first endeavor to engage in a comprehensive and comparative analysis of shareholder inspection rights across 19 different jurisdictions representing five continents.Themes emerging from the study include the historical evolution of inspection rights, the statutory design of the inspection regime, how inspection rights interact with disclosure norms under securities regulation, and the manner in which inspection rights are actually utilized by shareholders. While there is some commonality among jurisdictions, the larger story is one of divergence, which is understandable since local needs tend to drive the design and operation of the regime.The Research Handbook on Shareholder Inspection Rights is invaluable to academics, scholars, and students working in the area of corporate law and governance, legal practitioners working in corporate law and, in particular, shareholder litigation and regulators and government bodies overseeing the corporate sector, including corporate and securities regulators.

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The revised and fully updated second edition of this textbook illustrates the multi-layered knowledge accumulated in the field of international human resource management, developing understanding of the strategic management of people in organizations in a global context. It integrates comparative approaches to human resource management, extending beyond traditional coverage of the field to provide a broader overview of contemporary cultural, institutional and organizational challenges. Featuring cutting-edge insights into the field, this book is a crucial resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international human resource management and global talent management. It will also benefit instructors of courses in human resource management who wish to introduce an international perspective in their teaching.Key features include: Updated extensive coverage of key international human resource management issues Original case studies that draw attention to key aspects of international human resource management and offer students practical perspectives on the field Teaching materials and chapter slides to support classroom learning.

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Since the adoption of the EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings in 2000 and its recast in 2015, it has become clear that lawyers engaged in consumer insolvency proceedings are increasingly expected to have a basic understanding of foreign insolvency proceedings, as well as knowledge of the foreign country's court and legal system, legislation and judicial practice. Written by 50 highly qualified insolvency experts from 30 European countries, A Guide to Consumer Insolvency Proceedings in Europe provides the necessary information in the largest, most up-to-date and comprehensive book on this topic.Assisting the readers in their navigation through the differences, similarities, and peculiarities of insolvency proceedings in all Member States of the European Union, Switzerland and Russia, this book is a unique guide to insolvency proceedings across Europe. With contributions by both academics and practitioners, it provides truly multinational coverage of the economic, legal, social, political, and demographic issues in consumer insolvency. Illustrating the numerous practices across Europe, this book allows the reader to evaluate each aspect both on its own merits, as well as in comparison to the approaches applied in other European jurisdictions.This book will be an invaluable tool for insolvency practitioners, judges, lawyers, creditors and debtors throughout Europe, especially those participating in cross-border proceedings.Contributors include: E. Andreeva, R. Bodis, J. Bojars, C. Booth, D. Cerini, A. Demetriadi, M. Dordevic, K. Farry, O. Fromholdt, E. Fronczak, J. Garasic, D. Grant, R. Harrison, E. Hellstrom, F. Helsen, J.-O. Heuer, V. Hoffeld, P. Jaatinen, G. Janoshalmi, B. Holohan, N. Jungmann, T. Kadner Graziano, S. Kantara, P. Keinert, B. Lurger, M. Melcher, L. Montrasio, J. Morais Carvalho, R. Norkus, A. Orgaard, D. Orsula, G. Piazza, J.P. Pinto-Ferreira, K. Pisani Bencini, M. Porzycki, A. Rachwal, M. Reymond, P. Rubellin, V. Sajadova, P. Sprinz, M.E. Storme, T. Tofaridou, H. Vallender, F.J.A. Varona, I. Venieris, P. Viirsalu, O. Zaitsev, A. Zetko, L.G. Zidaru

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