Helmut Schmidt

"China's explosive transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one over the past three decades owes much to the charismatic reformer Zhu Rongji. As China's premier from 1998 to 2003, Zhu displayed a pragmatism and strong work ethic that have been key forces in China's drive to greater modernization and global stature.During this time, Zhu embarked on a plan to reduce the size of government and reform the heavily indebted banking system and state-owned enterprises as well as to overhaul the housing and health care systems. His sweeping efforts ranged from lobbying for the establishment of stock exchanges to revitalizing agriculture through the introduction of a modern grain market. The ramifications of these reforms are still being felt throughout China and the globe, and The Road to Reform provides a real-time look at these plans as they were being formulated during the 1990s to the early 2000s.The second of a two-volume collection containing more than 100 speeches and personal papers by Zhu, this volume is a revealing and insightful look at Zhu's thinking and will lead to greater understanding of one of the world's two largest economic powers."

Dieses seit vielen Jahren bewährte Standardwerk informiert in erster Linie über alle Möglichkeiten des baulichen und technischen Schallschutzes sowie der Raumakustik und Schallmessung. Die fünfte, grundlegend neu bearbeitete und erweiterte Auflage bietet dem Benutzer eine lexikalische Zusammenstellung aller Begriffe und charakteristischen Größen der Schall- und Schwingungstechnik mit Formeln, Materialkennwerten, Tabellen, knappen Detailhinweisen und Literaturangaben. Hinzu kommen Begriffserläuterungen, umfangreiche Normenhinweise und zahlreiche Diagramme zur Ermittlung schalltechnischer Größen.

"China's explosive transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one over the past three decades owes much to the charismatic reformer Zhu Rongji. His pragmatism and strong work ethic have been key forces in China's drive to greater modernization and global stature. He served as the mayor and party chief in Shanghai from 1987 to 1991, as vice premier of China from 1991 to 1998, and then as premier until 2003. This monumental collection brings together, for the first time in English, over one hundred important speeches, articles, letters, and instructions written during his term as vice premier, when he had major responsibility for fulfilling Deng Xiaoping's vision and setting China on a new and fruitful course.During this time, Zhu embarked on a plan to reduce the size of government and reform the heavily indebted banking system and state-owned enterprises as well as the housing and health care systems. His sweeping efforts ranged from lobbying for the establishment of stock exchanges to revitalizing agriculture through the introduction of a modern grain market. The ramifications of these reforms are still being felt throughout China and the globe, and Zhu Rongji on the Record provides a real-time look at these plans as they were being formulated during the 1990s.These pages also reflect the forthright personality that gained great popularity with the Chinese public. Zhu vows to speak the truth and avoid ""empty talk,"" as he tells his compatriots. ""We must tackle [reform] with both hands, and both hands must be strong."" To this end, he provides lists of ""musts"" and ""mustn'ts"" that will ensure a ""soft landing"" during China's transition and calls for swift and resolute action, both in reform and in fighting corruption.In addition to revealing the evolution of Zhu's thinking and demonstrating how he helped transform the world's most populous nation, this book provides insight into the course of China's economic reform from the 1990s through the first part of the twenty-first century—a period of time that is key to the global order today.Publication of this English edition of Zhu Rongji on the Record will be an important milestone in Sino-U.S. cultural exchange and a significant contribution to greater understanding between the world's two largest economic powers."

Als Grundlage und Voraussetzung zur Mitwirkung an einer Vielzahl von Entscheidungen über Entwicklungen und Projekte der Stadt-, Energie- und Verkehrsplanung sowie im Wohnungsbau und im Umweltschutz sind Entwicklungshintergründe, Handlungsalternativen und Empfehlungen unabdingbar. Ausgehend von den rechtlich-administrativen und finanziellen Rahmenbedingungen werden, über die Darstellung der kommunalen Gesamtentwicklung, drei zentrale kommunale Infrastrukturbereiche (Wohnen, Verkehr, Energie) eingehender behandelt. Das Buch hilft dabei, aktuelle Konfliktlagen, konkrete Hemmnisse und Probleme in den Kommunen zu erkennen und eine vorausschauende Kommunalpolitik "vor Ort" zu konzipieren, zu vertreten und durchzusetzen.

The development of database technology has currently reached the stage of deductive database systems which use Horn clauses for defining relations. An important characteristic of these systems is the clear separation of logic and control. However, the programmer cannot affect the control part of a deductive database system. To eliminate this deficiency, this monograph presents a so-called expert deductive database system that allows explicit control of the deduction process. The system consists of an object-level describing the logical aspects of a problem and of a meta-level that contains application-specific control information affecting the object-level deduction process. For example, object-level rules can be disregarded, and some tuples deduced at the object-level can be preferred to others. Besides the architecture of this system, the book also identifies some important possibilities of deduction control which are explained by characteristic examples.

Das von der Literaturwissenschaft ziemlich vernachlassigte -Journal- des John Fox hat im Geistesleben der Quaker durch Jahrhunderte starke Beachtung gefunden und ist zu weltweiter Verbreitung gelangt. Das -Journal- ging, wie die gesamte quakerische Literatur des 17. Jahrhunderts, vom Grundsatz aus, dass Literatur nicht Selbstzweck sei, sondern allein im Dienste der Religion zu stehen habe."