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State-of-the-art overview on bioepoxy polymers as well as their blends and composites – covering all aspects from fundamentals to applications! Bioepoxy polymers is an emerging area and have attracted more and more attention due to their biodegradability and good thermo-mechanical performance. In recent years, research progress has been made in synthesis, processing, characterization, and applications of bioepoxy blends and composites. Bioepoxy polymers are very promising candidates to replace...
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Viele Menschen glauben, dass die Wut in der Weltbevölkerung insgesamt in alarmierendem Maße zunimmt. Es werden verschiedene Gründe vorgeschlagen, von denen einige sind: Gewalt im Fernsehen und in Filmen; Chemikalien und E-Nummern in verarbeiteten Lebensmitteln; das Besprühen von Pflanzen; Chemtrails von Flugzeugen; Alkohol- und Drogenmissbrauch; eine Abnahme der Selbstkontrolle; reduzierter Glaube an Gott; mangelnder Respekt vor traditionellen Autoritätspersonen und viele andere. Viele Menschen...
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Muchas personas creen que la ira en la población mundial está aumentando a una taza alarmante. Se han propuesto diversos motivos como la causa de este fenómeno: la violencia en los programas de televisión y las películas; el uso de sustancias químicas y aditivos en los alimentos procesados; la fumigación de cultivos; las estelas químicas producidas por las aeronaves; el abuso en el consumo del alcohol y otras substancias; la disminución del autocontrol; el creer menos en Dios; la falta de...
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Experts in the intelligence community say that torture is ineffective. Yet much of the public appears unconvinced: surveys show that nearly half of Americans think that torture can be acceptable for counterterrorism purposes. Why do people persist in supporting torture—and can they be persuaded to change their minds?In Tortured Logic , Erin M. Kearns and Joseph K. Young draw upon a novel series of group experiments to understand how and why the average citizen might come to support the use of...
| Автор | Joseph K. Young |
In an unsettling time in American history, the outbreak of right-wing violence is among the most disturbing developments. In recent years, attacks originating from the far right of American politics have targeted religious and ethnic minorities, with a series of antigovernment militants, religious extremists, and lone-wolf mass shooters inspired by right-wing ideologies. The need to understand the nature and danger of far-right violence is greater than ever.In American Zealots , Arie Perliger...
| Автор | Arie Perliger |
Terrorist groups attain notoriety through acts of violence, but threats of future violence are just as important in attaining their political goals. Force of Words is a groundbreaking examination of the role of threats in terrorist strategies. Joseph M. Brown shows how terrorists use threats, true and false, to achieve key outcomes such as social control, economic attrition, and policy concessions. Brown demonstrates that threats are integral to terrorism on a tactical level as well,...
| Автор | Joseph Brown |
America’s undergraduates truly represent a mind-boggling diversity. <I>Today’s College Students: A Reader</I> looks at a wide variety of student groups and identities, which sets it apart from other texts on contemporary college students that do not cover such a broad spectrum. The editors and contributors also invite students, their instructors, and other college/university practitioners to be mindful of the crucial, yet sometimes overlooked, connection between extra-curricular...
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A riveting introduction to the complex and evolving field of geospatial intelligence. Although geospatial intelligence is a term of recent origin, its underpinnings have a long and interesting history. Geospatial Intelligence: Origins and Evolution shows how the current age of geospatial knowledge evolved from its ancient origins to become ubiquitous in daily life across the globe. Within that framework, the book weaves a tapestry of stories about the people, events, ideas, and technologies...
| Автор | Robert M. Clark |
"This anthology is breathtaking in its geographic and temporal sweep."— Canadian Journal of History The American media has recently «discovered» children's experiences in present-day wars. A week-long series on the plight of child soldiers in Africa and Latin America was published in Newsday and newspapers have decried the U.S. government's reluctance to sign a United Nations treaty outlawing the use of under-age soldiers. These and numerous other stories and programs...
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Ever since George Washington warned against «foreign entanglements» in his 1796 farewell speech, the United States has wrestled with how to act toward other countries. Consequently, the history of anti-Americanism is as long and varied as the history of the United States. In this multidisciplinary collection, seventeen leading thinkers provide substance and depth to the recent outburst of fast talk on the topic of anti-Americanism by analyzing its history and currency in five key global regions:...
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Winner, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2002, Non-FictionFor every survivor of a crime, there is a criminal who forces his way into the victim's thoughts long after the act has been committed. Reporters weren’t allowed into Kosovo during the war without the permission of the Yugoslavian government but Matthew McAllester went anyway. In Beyond the Mountains of the Damned he tells the story of Pec, Kosovo’s most destroyed city and the site of the earliest and worst...
| Автор | Matthew McAllester |
In a century of mass atrocities, the Khmer Rouge regime marked Cambodia with one of the most extreme genocidal instances in human history. What emerged in the aftermath of the regime's collapse in 1979 was a nation fractured by death and dispersal. It is estimated that nearly one-fourth of the country's population perished from hard labor, disease, starvation, and executions. Another half million Cambodians fled their ancestral homeland, with over one hundred thousand finding refuge in...
| Автор | Khatharya Um |
Recent years have seen numerous books about the looming threat posed to Western society by biological and chemical terrorism, by narcoterrorists, and by the unpredictable leaders of rogue nations. Some of these works have been alarmist. Some have been sensible and measured. But none has been by Loch Johnson. Johnson, author of the acclaimed Secret Agencies and "an experienced overseer of intelligence" ( Foreign Affairs ), here examines the present state and future challenges of...
| Автор | Loch K. Johnson |
This volume seeks to fill the vacuum created by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress's decision to cease publishing comprehensive assessments of Russia's performance and potential. It provides readers with authoritative descriptions of Russia's economy, military prowess and international ambitions. The volume does not settle controversies, but does provide readers with an objective basis for assessing Russia's prospects without the distortions caused by fake news and...
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Surrogate Warfare explores the emerging phenomenon of “surrogate warfare” in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to shift the burdens of war to surrogates. Surrogate warfare describes a patron's outsourcing of the strategic, operational, or tactical burdens of warfare, in whole or in part, to human and/or...
| Автор | Andreas Krieg |
George W. Bush’s presidency was poisoned by a lack of human source intelligence on 9/11, Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. Carter was humiliated by the hostage crisis in Iran. The Bay of Pigs was President Kennedy’s greatest blunder. Vietnam ended the Johnson presidency and Korea ended Truman’s. In each case, American blood and treasure were spent; and in each case, a lack of reliable intelligence played a great role.CIA officers are, needless to say, skilled...
| Автор | Ishmael Jones |
Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries?In Please Stop Helping Us , Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of blacks out of the labor force. Affirmative action in higher education is intended to address past discrimination, but the...
| Автор | Jason L. Riley |
Muitas pessoas acreditam que a raiva, como característica, esta crescendo em um ritmo alarmante na população global. Muitas são as razões propostas para isto, e algumas são: Violência na televisão e nos filmes, químicos e derivados nos alimentos processados; pulverização de safras, rastros químicos provenientes de aeronaves; abuso de álcool e outras substancias; queda no auto domínio; crença em Deus em declínio; falta de respeito por figuras de autoridade, e muitos outros. Muitas pessoas...
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Ramai percaya bahawa kemarahan di dalam populasi dunia secara keseluruhannya adalah meningkat pada kadar yang mencemaskan. Terdapat pelbagai saranan kepada penyebabnya, antaranya ialah: keganasan di dalam televisyen dan filem, bahan kimia dan E-nombor di dalam makanan yang diproses; semburan tanaman; jejak kimia dari pengangkutan udara; penyalahgunaan alkohol dan bahan; penurunan kawalan diri; berkurangnya kepercayaan kepada Tuhan; kekurangan hormat kepada tokoh kuasa tradisi, dan banyak lagi....
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Beaucoup de gens pensent que la colère de la population mondiale dans son ensemble augmente à un rythme alarmant. Diverses raisons sont avancées, dont les suivantes : la violence à la télévision et dans les films ; les produits chimiques et numéros en E dans les aliments transformés ; la pulvérisation des récoltes ; les traces de produits chimiques provenant des avions ; l’alcoolisme et la toxicomanie ; la diminution de la maîtrise de soi ; la diminution de la croyance en Dieu ; le manque de...
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Niniejsza monografia została podzielona na pięć głównych części. W pierwszej przybliżone zostaną różnice charakteru zagrożeń, jakie dotykały ludność cywilną kiedyś, a jakie czyhają na nią współcześnie. Warto zaakcentować,iż nie tylko zagrożenia niemilitarne winny być przedmiotem zainteresowania stosownych podmiotów odpowiedzialnych za kwestię ochrony ludności. Autor zwrócił uwagę na genezę ochrony ludności w Polsce – myśl przewodnią podrozdziału stanowią historyczne, aktualne i perspektywiczne...
| Автор | Bogdan Michailiuk |
Many people believe that anger in the population of the world as a whole is increasing at an alarming rate. There are various reasons proposed, some of which are: violence on the television and in films; chemicals and E-numbers in processed food; crop spraying; chem-trails from aircraft; alcohol and substance abuse; a decrease in self-control; reduced belief in God; lack of respect for traditional authority figures, and many others. Many people believe that anger in the population of the world...
| Автор | Owen Jones |
Superinteligencja. Czy cyfrowe umysły zagrażają człowiekowi? Ludzki mózg to dzieło idealne, najdoskonalszy twór w przyrodzie. Jego dominacją zachwiał komputer Deep Blue, który w 1997 roku pokonał w szachy mistrza świata, Garriego Kasparowa. Od tego czasu sztuczna inteligencja jest na ścieżce intensywnego rozwoju. Czy dominacja superinteligencji nad człowiekiem jest realną perspektywą naszej przyszłości? Czy ta przewaga skończy się kresem naszego gatunku? Niniejsza książka jest odważną i...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Raamatus esitatud bakalaureusetöö (kaitstud aastal 2005) peatükkides leiavad käsitlemist muuhulgas järgnevad teemad: inspiratsioon, loovuse tähenduse muutumine ajaloos, arhailine ettekujutus loovusest, muusad, loovusega seotud vanaskandinaavia mütoloogia, kristlik ettekujutus loovusest, keskaeg ja loovus, religioosne inspiratsioon, renessansi ja individualismi teke ja selle seos loovusega, romantism ja loovus, geeniuse kultus, romantiline müüt, mäng ja loovus, kunstiteos ja käsitöö, meelemürgid...
| Автор | Siiri Pärkson |