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Overview: Six suggestions to the UN as how to address consensual sexual relationships in future policies.Comprehensive legal inquiry into definition of sexual exploitation employed by the UN.Global administratiThis book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General’s Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse (2003) (SGB) and its definition of sexual exploitation, which includes sexual relationships and prostitution. With reference to people affect

Overview: In this comprehensive text a systematic numerical and analytical treatment of the procedures for reducing complicated systems to a simplified reaction mechanism is presented. The results of applying the reduced reaction mechanism to a one-dimensional laminar flame are discussed. A set of premixed and non-premixed methane-air flames with simplified transport and skeletal chemistry are employed as test problems that are used later on to evaluate the results and assumptions in reduced reaction networks. The first four chapters form a short tutorial on the procedures used in formulating

Overview: Rapid Cycle Real-Time PCR is a powerful analytical tool with broad application for the basic and applied life sciences. Compared with conventional PCR technology, Rapid Cycle Real-Time PCR is faster, has greater specificity, and is more easily adaptable for a variety of diagnostic tests, including qualitative, quantitative and mutation detection assays. This book provides general overviews of this technology for use in the clinical microbiology laboratory as well as specific diagnostic protocols for the detection of viral, bacterial and fungal pathogens and genetically modified organ

Overview: Deckt eine große Bandbreite von Themen aus Philosophie, Psychologie und Hirnforschung ab.Macht auch komplexe Gedankengänge und Argumente ohne besondere Vorkenntnisse verständlich und nachvollziehbar.IIn diesem Buch geht es um die großen Fragen an der Schnittstelle von Philosophie, Psychologie und Hirnforschung: Wer bin ich? Wie handle ich richtig? Wie entsteht Bewusstsein? Gibt es einen freien Willen? Wie hängen Sprache und Denken, Gefühle und Moral, Körper und Geist miteinander zusammen? Was ist der Sinn des Lebens? Nie zuvor beschäftigten sich so viele Menschen mit solch grundlegen

Overview: 978-3-663-00971-9978-3-663-02884-0

Overview: Insbesondere für Industrieunternehmen sind produktionsbezogene Make-or-buy-Entscheidungen auf Grund ihrer unmittelbaren Erfolgswirksamkeit und des Einflusses auf die langfristige Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von hoher Bedeutung. Dies spiegelt sich nicht zuletzt in einer Vielzahl von Empfehlungen für Praktiker wider. Gleichwohl liegen kaum empirische Erkenntnisse hinsichtlich unterschiedlicher Problemfelder in der Unternehmenspraxis vor. Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet Christof Irle Rationalitätsdefizite und deren potenzielle Ursachen entlang eines umfassenden Make-or-buy-Entscheidungsproze

Overview: Robinson Crusoe explores Defoe‘s story, the legend it captured, the universal desire which underlies the myth and a range of modern re-writings which reveal a continued fascination with the problematic character of this narrative. Whether envisaged as an heroic rejection of the old world order, a piece of pre-colonialist propaganda or a tale raising archetypal problems of ‘otherness‘ and ‘inequality‘, the mythic value of Crusoe has become a pretext over many centuries for an examination of some of the fundamental problems of existence. This collection of essays examines, from a wide

Overview: Managerial decision-making during the lifetime of a project can have im­ portant implications on project handling and its contribution to shareholder value. Traditional capital budgeting methods (in particular methods based on net present value) fail to capture the role of managerial degrees of free­ dom and therefore tend to lead to a systematic undervaluation of the project. In contrast, the real options approach to investment analysis characterizes decision-making flexibility in terms of (real) option rights which can be eval­ uated analogously to financial options using contingen

Overview: Analyzes the effects of digital technology on copyright owners and readers.Examines the differences in copyright in the USA, UK, and China.Proposes a feasible solution to balance the benefits between .This book comprehensively discusses the effects of digital technology on the way work is disseminated and the resulting challenges concerning the fair use of copyright. It also analyzes so-called fairness by examining theories on the system of fair use, demonstrating the “system changes that will be brought about by technological changes” from the perspective of economics, i.e., the pro

Overview: 978-3-7908-0337-2978-3-662-00403-6

Overview: First scholarly book on Russell Brand.Explores Brand‘s relationship to activist communities.Considers the potential and problems of Russell Brand’s left-wing/activist celebrity capital in a ‘post-poliRussell Brand is one of the most high profile and controversial celebrities of our time. A divisive figure, his ability to bounce back from adversity is remarkable. This book traces his various career stages through which he has done this, moving from comedy, to TV presenting; from radio to Hollywood films. It identifies how this eclectic career in entertainment both helped and hindered

Overview: Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in ScopeIn this book, Johnston and Mangat consider ways in which particular postcolonial and multicultural literary texts are able to provide a space of cultural mediation for readers from various backgrounds. The studies described in the five chapters of the book explore the spaces of convergence of identity, culture and literature with students and teachers in high school contexts and undergraduates in university settings. In each study, readers are responding to texts that are culturally distant from their own literary and

Overview: Aktuelle sozialwissenschaftliche Beiträge.Includes supplementary material: Die BeiträgerInnen des vorliegenden Sammelbandes setzen sich mit unterschiedlichen Spannungsfeldern und Widersprüchen des Themas Risiko und Soziale Arbeit auseinander. Dabei vermischen sich strukturelle Risikofaktoren mit individuellen Gefährdungslagen, politische Unwägbarkeiten mit einer oft sozialarbeitskritischen Öffentlichkeit, Wünsche nach professioneller und organisationaler Absicherung mit persönlicher Risikobereitschaft und (post)heroischem Risikomanagement.978-3-658-09125-5978-3-658-09126-2

Overview: New elaborations and positions toward central Psychological Phenomena.Extending insights by richly illustrated metaphors of organic nature.Introduction of a central and new cultural psychological posi.The “.Re-Inventing Organic Metaphors for the Social Sciences.” is a volume with the specific goal: to challenge psychological understandings by connecting psychological approaches with  multidimensional perspectives of various other scientific streams, meanwhile imbedding the generated knowledge in metaphors that allows researchers to follow  phenomena into a deeper and more (w)holistic

Overview: Eine Vielzahl von Abbildungen und Praxisbeispielen tragen zu einer hohen Verständlichkeit bei.Zahlreiche Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungshinweisen dienen zur selbständigen Überprüfung des eigenen Wissens.KoUm das Thema Risikomanagement aufzuarbeiten, benötigt man Bestandteile der Versicherungsbetriebslehre, des Finanzmanagements und der Statistik. Dieses Buch soll einen Überblick über sämtliche Grundlagen verschaffen: angefangen bei den mathematischen Begriffen und Methoden über die gesetzlichen Grundlagen bis zu den Methoden der Kapitalanlagesteuerung. Die Kernbereiche Versicherungstechni

Overview: Presents recent research concerning the rise of e-Government with coordinated dimensions.Addresses recent advances in Data and Algorithms for e-Government.Written by experts in the field.This book presents new trends to optimize e-Government in various contexts. It aims to highlight new methods and approaches that unveil the potential of data for public services. The book also illustrates how public services can be mathematically modeled with many case studies. Then, algorithms are proposed to optimize their functioning and to better contribute to the general interest, such as educat

Overview: analysiert vergangene und aktuelle Integrationspolitik in Afrika.prüft wie afrikanische Regionen neue verarbeitende Industrie fördern könnte.untersucht die Rolle internationaler Handelsabkommen bei de.Dieses Buch untersucht die Vergangenheit, die Gegenwart und die Perspektiven der regionalen wirtschaftlichen Integration in Afrika. Die empirische Analyse reicht von Gewerkschaften, die in den Jahren nach der Unabhängigkeit gegründet wurden, bis hin zur vorgeschlagenen Afrikanischen Kontinentalen Freihandelszone (AfCFTA), die darauf abzielt, Handelsbarrieren zwischen allen 55 afrikanisc

Overview: Hugh Hemmings‘ Regulatory Protein Modification: Techniques and Protocols offers critical reviews of major topics concerning posttranslational protein modification in neurons, as well as a comprehensive collection of state-of-the-art techniques for their analysis. Its distinguished international contributors provide detailed and specific methods for studying protein phosphorylation/dephospohorylation, methylation, long chain fatty acylation, ADP-ribosylation, glycosylation, and glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors. Usingboth conventional analytical and novel molecular biological appro

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .In November 2004, M. Yor and R. Mansuy jointly gave six lectures at Columbia University, New York. These notes follow the contents of that course, covering expansion of filtration formulae; BDG inequalities up to any random time; martingales that vanish on the zero set of Brownian motion; the Azéma-Emery martingales and chaos representation; the filtration of truncated Brownian motion; attempts to characterize the Brownian filtration. ..The book accordingly sets out to acquaint its readers with the theory and main examples of enlargements of filtrati

Overview: Provides comprehensive understanding of the complexities of the criminal justice system;.Offers readers actionable steps and strategies to advocate for policy reform;.Shows how restorative justice pra.This thought-provoking and timely book focuses on the pressing issues surrounding criminal justice and policy reform through the examination of flaws and biases within the criminal justice system. It highlights the disproportionate incarceration rates faced by marginalized individuals and the far-reaching consequences for families and communities. The heart of the book lies in the disma