This introduction to tropical food science is meant for two groups of people. First, there are those living in the tropics who require a simple introductory text. Food science is perhaps the most important science affecting their lives. The second group consists of students, administrators and workers in industry and research in temperate zones, who are concerned with food problems but who have no first-hand knowledge of the tropics. The text provides a concise and accessible guide to all the major elements of the subject, including the nutritional value of tropical foodstuffs, its digestion, and the preparation and preservation of food. The author has taken care to avoid the use of jargon and the text is supplemented by many useful explanatory illustrations. The volume is suitable for first-year food science students at universities, polytechnics and colleges; graduate students taking conversion courses in food science; administrators, practitioners and students of food science in the tropics.
Das Zivilrecht ist das zentrale Fach der juristischen Ausbildung. Dabei legt der allgemeine Teil des B rgerlichen Gesetzbuches das Fundament f r praktisch alle zivilrechtlichen Gesch fte. Der allgemeine Teil schwingt bei jeder Pr fung im Zivilrecht mit, wenngleich er nicht immer einen Schwerpunkt bildet. Trotzdem muss man zumindest summarisch pr fen, ob irgendeine dieser Vorschriften einschl gig sein k nnte. Die sich hier stellenden Fragen sind mannigfaltig und k nnen an verschiedenen Stellen des Pr fungsaufbaus eine Rolle spielen: Wurde berhaupt eine Willenserkl rung abgegeben? Wenn ja, ist sie formg ltig? Wer hat f r wen gehandelt? Durfte er berhaupt so handeln? Mit welchem Inhalt ist ein Vertrag zustande gekommen? Ist eine Frist gewahrt? Ist ein Anspruch verj hrt?Dieses Buch erhebt keinen Anspruch darauf, das notwendige BGB-AT-Wissen vollst ndig und umfassend zu vermitteln. Es ist kein Lehrbuch und es vermittelt nicht die Grundlagen, die man ben tigt, um eine zivilrechtliche Klausuraufgabe in den Griff zu bekommen. Es dient vielmehr dem Schlie en von Wissensl cken, die einen in der Bearbeitung behindern.Kapitel: Gesch ftsf higkeit Willenserkl rungen Formvorschriften Irrtum und Anfechtung Nichtigkeit Vertr ge Stellvertretung Fristberechnung Verj hrung
Theth is a small settlement of the Shala Valley in the northern Albanian Alps. As the crow flies, it is not far from the coastal town of Shkodra, but in reality it is a world away. Getting there involves crossing a high mountain pass on a twisty road. Heavy snow blocks the pass from October to May and leaves Theth in splendid isolation, sometimes for weeks on end. Though it is one of the remotest corners of Europe, Theth has never failed to attract visitors. Edith Durham was in her element when she visited the valley in 1908, as were the Austro-Hungarian scholars Karl Steinmetz and Baron Franz Nopcsa, and the American writer Rose Wilder Lane. During the long years of the Stalinist regime that isolated Albania from the rest of the world (1944-1991), few foreigners were allowed into the valley due to its proximity to the Montenegrin border. The region was severely depopulated in the 1990s and only a couple of families remained in Theth over the winter. Things have changed in the last few years. Theth has become a unique, yet still little-known holiday destination for a hardy breed on travellers - hikers, mountain-climbers and visitors with a spirit of adventure. The native inhabitants have come back, too, and many of them have refurbished their homes to serve as modest guesthouses for the ever-increasing number of visitors. A Passion for Theth: Albania's Rugged Shangri-La presents the beauties of Theth and the northern Albanian Alps in the photos of Dutch photographer Herman Zonderland. Robert Elsie and Gerda Mulder introduce the region with the writings of the early explorers and travellers to the valley to the accompaniment of old photographs of the period. This material is supplemented by contemporary writings on the valley today, on the families living there and on the impact of tourism in the region. These contemporary texts, based upon interviews and travel accounts by Gerda Mulder from 1995-2013, add a personal touch. About the authors: Robert Elsie is a Canadian scholar and specialist in Albanian studies. He has published many books about the country and its history and culture. He is currently based in Berlin, Germany. See www.elsie.de Gerda Mulder has been travelling to Albania since the 1970s. She is the author of the first Dutch-language travel guide to Albania (1983) and is currently manager of the Dutch Herman Zonderland is a noted professional photographer who lives in Delft, the Netherlands. See www.zonderland.nl
The LAMY 2000 fountain pen and the KM 3 food processor are well known even beyond design circles. Nevertheless, their designer, Gerd A. Müller, has faded into obscurity. His designs can be considered pioneering for the development of a new, pared-back design language among well-known companies. Together with Dieter Rams, he was one of the first form designers at Braun. Now, for the very first time, the highly diverse body of work created by this industrial, graphic, ecological and exhibition designer from Frankfurt has been compiled in a publication. Here, the focus is firmly on Gerd A. Müller’s product designs, which have helped shape German industrial design to this day. Text in English and German.
This volume provides a guide to the extensive literature on the war in the East, including largely unknown Soviet writing on the subject. Indispensable for military historians, but also for all scholars who approach this crucial period in world history from a socio-economic or cultural perspective.
The definitive edition of one of the most important scientific books of the twentieth century, setting out the conceptual structure underlying evolutionary biology.This classic work by Julian Huxley, first published in 1942, captured and synthesized all that was then known about evolutionary biology and gave a name to the Modern Synthesis, the conceptual structure underlying the field for most of the twentieth century. Many considered Huxley's book a popularization of the ideas then emerging in evolutionary biology, but in fact Evolution: The Modern Synthesis is a work of serious scholarship that is also accessible to the general educated public. It is a book in the intellectual tradition of Charles Darwin and Thomas Henry Huxley-Julian Huxley's grandfather, known for his energetic championing of Darwin's ideas. A contemporary reviewer called Evolution: The Modern Synthesis "the outstanding evolutionary treatise of the decade, perhaps the century." This definitive edition brings one of the most important and successful scientific books of the twentieth century back into print. It includes the entire text of the 1942 edition, Huxley's introduction to the 1963 second edition (which demonstrates his continuing command of the field), and the introduction to the 1974 third edition, written by nine experts (many of them Huxley's associates) from different areas of evolutionary biology.
Nine months after the beginning of the Second World War, German dominance over much of Europe seemed assured. Hitler not only stood on the pinnacle of his popularity in Germany but more than ever his ideological fixations and political calculations determined German war policy. This volume, the fourth in the acclaimed Germany and the Second World War series, examines the thinking behind the decision to go to war with the Soviet Union which was to prove the undoing of the German war effort. The authors examine in revealing detail the military and political policies behind the attack on the Soviet Union and the strategic conduct of the war. They explore not only the command principles and practices, but also the expenditure and attrition of the forces, and show that by the end of 1941 it was clear that it was in the eastern theatre that the Second World War would be decided and the map of Europe redrawn. This is the fourth in the magisterial ten-volume Germany and the Second World War. The six volumes so far published in German take the story to 1943, and have achieved international acclaim as a major contribution to historical study. Under the auspices of the Militärgeschichtlichtes Forschungsamt [Research Institute for Military History], a team of renowned historians has combined a full synthesis of existing material with the latest research to produce what will be the definitive history of the Second World War from the German point of view. The comprehensive analysis, based on detailed scholarly research, is underpinned by a full apparatus of maps, diagrams, and tables. Intensively researched and documented, Germany and the Second World War is an undertaking of unparalleled scope and authority. It will prove indispensable to all historians of the twentieth century.
Nine months after the beginning of the Second World War, German dominance over much of Europe seemed assured. Hitler not only stood on the pinnacle of his popularity in Germany but more than ever his ideological fixations and political calculations determined German war policy. This volume, the fourth in the acclaimed Germany and the Second World War series, examines the thinking behind the decision to go to war with the Soviet Union which was to prove the undoing of the German war effort. The authors examine in revealing detail the military and political policies behind the attack on the Soviet Union and the strategic conduct of the war. They explore not only the command principles and practices, but also the expenditure and attrition of the forces, and show that by the end of 1941 it was clear that it was in the eastern theatre that the Second World War would be decided and the map of Europe redrawn.
Das komplexe und technisch hoch spezialisierte Gebiet der Geotechnik bildet ein Fundament des Bauingenieurwesens, dessen Herausforderungen heute u. a. im innerstädtischen Infrastrukturbau, im Bauen im Bestand oder in der Gestaltung tiefer, in das Grundwasser hineinreichender Baugruben liegen. Der Band Bodenmechanik vermittelt alle wichtigen Aspekte über den Aufbau und die Eigenschaften des Bodens, die bei der Planung und Berechnung sowie bei der Begutachtung von Schäden des Systems Bauwerk-Baugrund zu berücksichtigen sind. Schwerpunkte sind die Baugrunderkundung, die Ermittlung von Bodenkennwerten im Labor sowie die Behandlung von Setzungs- und Tragfähigkeitsnachweisen einschließlich des Erddrucks. Der Band Grundbau befähigt Bauingenieure, grundbauspezifische Probleme zu erkennen und zu lösen. Prägnant und übersichtlich führt es insbesondere in alle wichtigen Methoden der Gründung und der Geländesprungsicherung ein. Auch Themen wie Frost im Baugrund, Baugrundverbesserung und Wasserhaltung werden behandelt. Alle Darstellungen in beiden Bänden basieren auf dem aktuellen technischen Regelwerk. Zahlreiche Beispiele, die nachvollziehbar erläutert werden, sowie eine große Anzahl von Hinweisen auf den Umgang mit den zu beachtenden Normen und weiterführende Literatur erleichtern das Verständnis. Das Buch ist eine unverzichtbare Orientierungshilfe in der täglichen Planungs- und Gutachterpraxis und erleichtert den Umgang mit dem neuen Regelwerk.
Im sp ten 10. Jahrhundert pr gte eine au ergew hnliche Frau die Geschichte Europas: Theophanu, eine Prinzessin aus dem Glanz des Byzantinischen Reiches, wurde zur Kaiserin des Heiligen R mischen Reiches an der Seite von Otto II. Ihre Ehe war nicht nur eine politische Verbindung, sondern ein kulturelles und diplomatisches Ereignis von weitreichender Bedeutung. Gerd Mulder beleuchtet in diesem fesselnden Werk die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte eines Herrscherpaares, das mit Weitsicht und Geschick die Grenzen zwischen Ost und West berwand. Er zeigt, wie Theophanus byzantinisches Erbe das ottonische Reich bereicherte - von Kunst und Architektur bis hin zu politischer Strategie und h fischem Zeremoniell. Gleichzeitig wirft das Buch einen Blick auf die Herausforderungen und Konflikte, denen sich Otto II. in einer Zeit politischer Umbr che stellen musste. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt von Macht und Intrigen, kulturellem Austausch und vision -rem Handeln. "Zwischen Kaiserkrone und Byzanz" erz hlt die Geschichte einer dynastischen Allianz, deren Strahlkraft bis heute sp rbar ist.
