Media and the American Mind
Media and the American Mind

Author: Daniel J. Czitrom

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-02-03

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0807899208

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In a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation.

New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics II
New Quests in Stellar Astrophysics II

Author: Miguel Chavez Dagostino

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-02-27

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0387876219

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This book presents an up-to-date collection of reviews and contributed articles in the field of ultraviolet astronomy. Its content has been mainly motivated by the recent access to the rest frame UV light of distant red galaxies, gained through large optical facilities. This driveway has derived in a renewed interest on the stars that presumably dominate or have important effects on the integrated UV properties of evolved systems of the nearby and faraway Universe. The topics included in this volume extend from the fresh spectroscopic analyses of high redshift early-type galaxies observed with the 8-10m class telescopes to the fundamental outcomes from various satellites, from the long-lived International Ultraviolet Explorer to current facilities, such as the Galaxy Evolution Explorer. This is one of the few volumes published in recent years devoted to UV astronomical research and the only one dedicated to the properties of evolved stellar populations at these wavelengths. This contemporary panorama will be an invaluable resource in the preparation of the next planned space missions, such as the World Space Observatory and the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope.

The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law
The Making of Modern Intellectual Property Law

Author: Brad Sherman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-07-08

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0521563631

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One of the common themes in recent public debate has been the law's inability to accommodate the new ways of creating, distributing and replicating intellectual products. In this book the authors argue that in order to understand many of the problems currently confronting the law, it is necessary to understand its past. This is its first detailed historical account. In this book the authors explore two related themes. First, they explain why intellectual property law came to take its now familiar shape with sub-categories of patents, copyright, designs and trade marks. Secondly, the authors set out to explain how it is that the law grants property status to intangibles. In doing so they explore the rise and fall of creativity as an organising concept in intellectual property law, the mimetic nature of intellectual property law and the important role that the registration process plays in shaping intangible property.

Lawrie’s Meat Science
Lawrie’s Meat Science

Author: R. A. Lawrie

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2014-01-23

Total Pages: 461

ISBN-13: 184569161X

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Lawrie’s Meat Science has established itself as a standard work for both students and professionals in the meat industry. Its basic theme remains the central importance of biochemistry in understanding the production, storage, processing and eating quality of meat. At a time when so much controversy surrounds meat production and nutrition, Lawrie’s meat science, written by Lawrie in collaboration with Ledward, provides a clear guide which takes the reader from the growth and development of meat animals, through the conversion of muscle to meat, to the point of consumption.The seventh edition includes details of significant advances in meat science which have taken place in recent years, especially in areas of eating quality of meat and meat biochemistry. A standard reference for the meat industry Discusses the importance of biochemistry in production, storage and processing of meat Includes significant advances in meat and meat biochemistry

Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery

Author: Harold P. Drutz

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-12-31

Total Pages: 519

ISBN-13: 1846282381

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This text includes sections on anatomy, normal and abnormal physiology, investigation techniques, inflammatory conditions and treatment options. The international panel of contributors is at the forefront of research in the field; the editors have assembled these contributors and topics that span the entire range of pelvic floor disorders in women. Throughout, the emphasis is on an evidence-based approach to the treatment of pelvic floor problems. Indispensable for gynecologists and urologists.