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December 2013The Evolution of Soviet Union and National Issues Research
by Wei SHANG
The evolution of Soviet Union has a close relationship with national issues,but national issues can’t be regarded alone,because the formulation and solution of national issues are connected with specific stages of social development.So we should summarize the experiences and learn lessons from the past.
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Celebration of Life: Secrets of Evolution
by Miao Desui
What is life? Different people have different views. In the book Celebration of Life: Secrets of Evolution, Professor Miao Desui presents to readers epic and magnificent scenes of life evolution using rigorous, lucid, and poetic language. The book contains topics and contents including the origin of life, biological inheritance and variation, evidence of biological evolution, adaptability to the environment of living things, and other hot spots like genes, bacteria, and viruses. It not only reveals the true connotation of life, but also could make people marvel at the magnificence of the world.
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March 2022The History and Evolution of Tourism
by Prokopis A Christou
This book provides an overview of the history and evolution of tourism to the present, and speculates on possible and probable change into the future. It discusses significant travel, tourism and hospitality events while referring to tourism-related notions and theories that have been developed since the beginnings of tourism. Even so, its scope moves beyond simply a detailed historical account of facts and events from the past and attempts to bridge these with contemporary issues, challenges and concerns, so that readers can connect tourism past with the present and future, which helps with decision making and even the development of new theories. Despite its academic orientation, the book is written in an approachable style enabling a clear and solid understanding of how tourism has evolved through the centuries. It uses several practitioner-linked, real-life examples and case studies derived from organisations and enterprises across all aspects of the tourism, travel and events industries. This book will be of great interest to academics, practitioners and students from a wide variety of disciplines, including tourism, hospitality, and events, sociology, psychology and human geography.
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May 2021Escapades in Evolution
Of humans, chimps and other capers of nature
by Matthias Glaubrecht
Humans are rapidly changing the conditions of evolution, and while many species have not yet been discovered, the extinction of numerous species is becoming more and more dramatic. In this book, Matthias Glaubrecht contrasts the impending “end of evolution”, of which the evolutionary biologist writes in his bestseller of the same name, with the beauty, diversity and also the whims of nature. In 36 short chapters, the zoologist presents the animal and the all-tooanimal from the curiosity cabinet of evolution, easy to understand and with a good touch of humour – from dinosaurs with four wings to the annual new “Minnelied” hit of the humpback whale to the women’s communes of bonobos who use sex as a form of social bonding.
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Business, Economics & LawNovember 2020Tourism in Development: Reflective Essays
by Peter U C Dieke, Brian E M King, Richard Sharpley, Ali Thompson
This book: - comprises reflective essays written by internationally-ranked scholars and tourism consultants with extensive experience, particularly in the developing world countries - considers extant themes, issues and challenges related to tourism and development - offers a critical and contemporary perspective on tourism's significance and role in development.
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Business, Economics & LawFebruary 2018Sustainable Bamboo Development
by Zhu Zhaohua, Jin Wei
This book presents over 40 cases of bamboo development across 22 major bamboo-industry countries and explores the knowledge gained from their successes and failures. It synthesises experiences and exchanges with country experts from international training courses and consultations, study tours, and seminars. Each case includes observations and summaries of discussions related to the development of bamboo-based industries in a healthy, sustainable way, and the facilitation of strategic and balanced development of bamboo in different global regions. Industrial and artisanal bamboo growing and processing is expanding worldwide and this book brings together key experiences to help inform future developments. This book provides an analysis of bamboo plant features, including strong renewability, fast-growing, and high biomass production. It also reviews important ecological functions of bamboos, such as water and soil conservation, carbon sink and storage, and adaptation to climate change, as well as addressing the diversified culture of bamboo and key issues affecting the sector. Sustainable Bamboo Development: - Is authored by an internationally recognised leading expert in the growth and use of bamboo - Takes a holistic view, covering technical, socio-economic, policy, cultural and business development - Provides practical knowledge to guide the development of bamboo sectors - Gives a clear idea and rich examples of what has been attempted in many countries - Acts as a roadmap for using bamboo as a poverty reduction and environmental security tool Highly illustrated and in full colour throughout, this book is an essential resource for all those interested in bamboo, from private sector investors to governmental and development agencies, academic researchers and students.
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September 2022Die Evolution des Wissens
Eine Neubestimmung der Wissenschaft für das Anthropozän | Sachbuchbestenliste der WELT
by Jürgen Renn, Sven Scheer
Die Evolution des Wissens erzählt in sechzehn Kapiteln die faszinierende Wissensgeschichte der Menschheit. Anhand von Schlüsselepisoden aus der Entwicklung von Wissenschaft und Technik, von der Erfindung der Schrift über die frühneuzeitliche wissenschaftliche Revolution bis hin zu Industrialisierung und Digitalisierung, analysiert Jürgen Renn, wie Wissen entsteht und sich verändert, wie es sich seit Jahrtausenden global verbreitet und auf welche Weise Wissensökonomien und die Gesellschaften, in die sie eingebettet sind, sich wechselseitig beeinflussen. Das enorm materialreiche und opulent bebilderte Buch entwickelt unter Einbeziehung einer Vielzahl von Methoden und Disziplinen einen völlig neuen Rahmen für das Verständnis der Wissenschaftsgeschichte als Teil jener kulturellen Evolution, die unserem Planeten ihren Stempel aufgedrückt hat. Der weite Blick zurück, den Die Evolution des Wissens wagt, schärft daher auch den Blick für die komplexen Herausforderungen, mit denen wir aktuell im Anthropozän konfrontiert sind.
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January 2021The Evolution of Cells, Third Edition
by Kristi Lew and Terry L. Smith
Some 3.8 billion years ago, in an era of churning seas and murky skies, a few chemicals combined under the right conditions, and life emerged on planet Earth. From that first cell, life progressed to a myriad of one-celled organisms, to organisms capable of photosynthesis, to multicellular organisms, to simple plant and animal forms, up to the complex life-forms we know today. The Evolution of Cells, Third Edition traces these developments and how they may have occurred, through the scientific study of fossils, relationships among organisms, biochemistry of current life-forms, genetic sequencing, and laboratory experiments. Readers will also explore the complexity of cells and the ways science is making use of internal cell mechanisms for new discoveries in sustainable energy sources, cleaning up pollution, improving the food supply, and treating disease.
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Business, Economics & LawAugust 2020Tourism Planning and Development in Latin America
by Carlos Monterrubio, Konstantinos Andriotis, Dimitrios Stylidis
Despite the significance of tourism to the economic, social and environmental structures of Central and South America, little has been documented in the English literature about tourism in this sub-region, which in terms of population size, ranks fourth in the world with 652 million inhabitants. The first of its kind, this book focuses exclusively on tourism development, planning and their impacts in a wide number of Central and South American countries. It covers experiences, challenges, successful and unsuccessful stories, specific cases, and other tourism related issues of twelve countries in total. Each chapter is authored by scholars who have done extensive research on tourism in the countries covered. This book:Examines the impact of tourism development and planning within Latin American countries.Takes a multidisciplinary approach including Anthropology, Development, Economics, Ecology, Policy, Sociology and Tourism Planning and Management.Is the first book in English to offer an insight into extensive research undertaken within the region.This book will provide a valuable insight for tourism researchers, practitioners and decision-makers in private and public organisations, not only from the regions of Central, South and North America, but also individuals from other parts of the world who want a more encompassing view of global tourism. Table of contents Chapter 1: Strategies for regional tourism development in Argentina. A path with new initiatives for tourism dispersal policies Chapter 2: The commitment to sustainable tourism and the development of indigenous tourism in Chile Chapter 3: Tourism development in Colombia: between conflict and peace Chapter 4: Ecotourism development in Costa Rica Chapter 5: The challenges of natural and cultural heritages of Galapagos and Quito, Ecuador Chapter 6: Tourism development in Mexico Chapter 7: Panama, the "affordable exotic destination": planned tourism success and its unplanned consequences Chapter 8: The impacts of tourism in economic growth and development in Uruguay Chapter 9: Peru and Nicaragua: tourism development in postconflict eras Chapter 10: Ecuador and Panama: Lifestyle mobilities, the golden years and the quest for paradise
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February 2024Die Evolution des Handelns
Von den Eidechsen zum Menschen | Ein neues Standardwerk der Evolutionspsychologie
by Michael Tomasello, Jürgen Schröder
Die Natur kann Organismen nicht so »bauen«, dass sie biologisch auf alle Eventualitäten vorbereitet sind. Sie kann aber psychologische Akteure schaffen: Organismen, welche als Feedbacksteuerungssysteme funktionieren, die Ziele verfolgen, fundierte Verhaltensentscheidungen treffen und deren Ausführung überwachen. In seinem neuen Buch stellt Michael Tomasello eine Typologie der wichtigsten Formen psychologischen Handelns vor, die auf dem Weg der Evolution zum Menschen entstanden sind. Er skizziert vier Haupttypen dieses Handelns in der evolutionären Reihenfolge ihres Auftretens: das zielgerichtete der Wirbeltiere, das intentionale der Säugetiere, das rationale der Menschenaffen und schließlich das sozial-normative der Menschen. Jede neue Form ging mit einer höheren Komplexität bei der Planung, Entscheidungsfindung und Kontrolle einher. Und jede führte zu neuartigen Erfahrungen mit der Umwelt sowie – in einigen Fällen – mit sich selbst. Schlussendlich kam es dazu, dass der Mensch eine sowohl objektive als auch normative Welt erlebt, die sein gesamtes Denken und Handeln bestimmt. Die Evolution des Handelns ist ein ebenso kreatives wie kühnes Werk, das einen neuen theoretischen Rahmen präsentiert, der den evolutionspsychologischen State of the Art sowohl erweitert als auch vertieft.
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April 2013Frieden auf Erden
Roman
by Hubert Schumann, Stanisław Lem
Im 21. Jahrhundert sind die Großmächte übereingekommen, auf Erden abzurüsten und die gesamten Waffenarsenale auf den Mond zu verlagern; in durch neutrale Zonen getrennte Sektoren. Analog dem Prinzip der natürlichen Evolution organischer Lebewesen vollzieht sich auf dem Mond eine Selbstoptimierung der Waffensysteme, völlig autonom. Zeit also für Ijon Tichy, Lems unermüdlichen Weltraumreisenden, der nie zögert, wenn es gilt, die Menschheit zu retten, als Agent der »Lunar Agency« auf dem Mond nach dem Rechten zu sehen.
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May 1986Gesellschaften
Evolutionäre und komparative Perspektiven. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Nils Thomas Lindquist
by Talcott Parsons, Nils Thomas Lindquist
Parsons᾿ Analyse verschiedener historischer Gesellschaften zeigt, daß die fundamentalen Gesellschaftstypen multiple und variable Ursprünge in den frühen Phasen der Evolution haben. Daher ist es nicht notwendig, einen einzigen primitiven Ursprung aller intermediären Gesellschaften zu postulieren, auch wenn man Faktoren wie etwa die unabhängige Legitimation und Stratifikation von Kultur als notwendige Bedingungen aller intermediären Gesellschaften voraussetzt. Die Bedeutung solcher Variationen auf allen Entwicklungsstufen kann, meint Parsons, nur durch eine analytische Theorie der variablen Faktoren und Komponenten adäquat erfaßt werden. Die eindrucksvolle Entwicklung dieser Theorie seit Spencers Zeiten erlaubt Parsons, ein viel anspruchsvolleres Evolutionsschema zu entwerfen als es damals möglich war.
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April 2022Tourism Planning and Development in Western Europe
by Konstantinos Andriotis, Carla Pinto Cardoso, Dimitrios Stylidis
For many decades, Western European countries have undertaken diverse pathways in tourism development and planning. Most have experienced fast or even unlimited growth, resulting in overtourism and, now, the introduction of policies that respect the limits of communities and the sustainability of their resources. Focusing exclusively on tourism development, planning and policy, this book draws together new voices to discuss issues across Belgium, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It: - Provides both successful and unsuccessful case studies to illuminate real, practical solutions, developed by tourism scholars who are experts in their researched context countries. - Adopts a range of methodological approaches to cover diverse and less-covered areas such as industrial tourism, saltpans, natural and cultural heritage, and micro-destinations. - Considers post-COVID tourism and the significant role of tourism stakeholders in Western Europe's re-development. An invaluable collection for policy-makers, researchers and academics, this book is also an insightful source of engaging contemporary case studies for use in the classroom.
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September 1988Frieden auf Erden
Roman
by Stanisław Lem, Hubert Schumann
Im 21. Jahrhundert sind die Großmächte übereingekommen, auf Erden abzurüsten und die gesamten Waffenarsenale auf den Mond zu verlagern; in durch neutrale Zonen getrennte Sektoren. Analog dem Prinzip der natürlichen Evolution organischer Lebewesen vollzieht sich auf dem Mond eine Selbstoptimierung der Waffensysteme, völlig autonom. Niemand auf Erden weiß, was sich auf dem Mond wirklich abspielt, welche Seite inzwischen einen Vorsprung gewonnen haben mag, die »Doktrin der totalen Unkenntnis« wird strikt eingehalten. Automatische Aufklärungssonden gehen spurlos verloren. Zeit also für Ijon Tichy, Lems unermüdlichen Weltraumreisenden, der nie zögert, wenn es gilt, die Menschheit zu retten, als Agent der »Lunar Agency« auf dem Mond nach dem Rechten zu sehen. Leider zieht er sich dabei eine Kallotomie zu, sein Gehirn wird in zwei Teile aufgespalten, was zu für ihn grotesken Folgen führt, denn zwei Seelen oder zwei Gehirnhälften liegen alsbald in ihm in Widerstreit miteinander, treiben ihn bald dahin, bald dorthin. Es kommt aber noch dicker, denn vom Mond hat Tichy etwas auf die Erde mitgebracht, was den Verlauf der irdischen Zivilisation nachhaltig verändert.
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The ArtsEvolution of the way to hold the brush
by Zhuang Tianming
This book collected hundreds images of the way to hold the brush since the Han dynasty until late Qing dynasty during the period of the republic of China. It investigates systematically the ancient Chinese written evolution in detail methods. In order to let everybody to have a more comprehensive understanding, it also collected approximate ways of hold the brush in Egypt, Japan, Europe and other countries and regions. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign methods will make an interesting comparison.
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FictionI do not seek, I find
by Taraneh Vafaei
The story hinges on L, a character who is looking for a perfect set to which she will dedicate her love. In order to find the set, she converses with « herself» as well as «The wise crow » and another presence which is considered as “The superior self of L”, and his journey is often accompanied with philosophy, poem and literature.
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Agronomy & crop productionMarch 2012Modeling Physiology of Crop Development, Growth and Yield
by Afshin Soltani, Thomas R Sinclair
Model studies focus experimental investigations to improve our understanding and performance of systems. Concentrating on crop modeling, this book provides an introduction to the concepts of crop development, growth, and yield, with step-by-step outlines to each topic, suggested exercises and simple equations. A valuable text for students and researchers of crop development alike, this book is written in five parts that allow the reader to develop a solid foundation and coverage of production models including water- and nitrogen-limited systems.
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April 2009Zur Evolution der Arten und zur Entwicklung der Erde
Frühe Schriften zur Evolutionstheorie
by Charles Darwin, Rita Seuß, Uwe Hoßfeld, Lennart Olsson
Die erste öffentliche Darstellung von Darwins Evolutionstheorie erfolgte 1858 vor der Linnean Society in London zusammen mit einer Arbeit des Naturforschers Alfred Russel Wallace, der unabhängig von Darwin zu ähnlichen Einsichten gekommen war. Der Band präsentiert ebenjene berühmte Darwin-Wallace-Papers und weitere frühe Schriften Darwins, die seine ersten Schritte zu einer umfassenden Theorie der Evolution markieren und gewissermaßen die Vorgeschichte der Origins of Species erzählen. Der Kommentar beleuchtet nicht nur die historischen Hintergründe, begrifflichen Weichenstellungen und Darwins Arbeitsweise, sondern dokumentiert auch einen seltenen Fall echter wissenschaftlicher Fairneß.
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BiotechnologyDecember 2004Plant Diversity and Evolution
Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation in Higher Plants
by Edited by Robert J Henry
An understanding of plant diversity at both the genome and phenome level is important for both biodiversity conservation and plant breeding. Recent advances in genomics have also resulted in a growth of the subject of plant functional genomics. This book brings these areas together, by reviewing aspects of plant evolution as it relates to variation in plant genomes and associated variations in plant phenomes. Topics covered include chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes, reticulate evolution, polyploidy, population genetics within a species, the evolution of the flower, diversity in plant cell walls and in secondary metabolism, and the importance of plant diversity in ecology and agriculture.
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The ArtsMay 2021Development, architecture, and the formation of heritage in late twentieth-century Iran
A vital past
by Ali Mozaffari, Nigel Westbrook
This book analyses the use of the past and the production of heritage through architectural design in the developmental context of Iran, a country that has endured radical cultural and political shifts in the past five decades. Offering a trans-disciplinary approach toward complex relationship between architecture, development, and heritage, Mozaffari and Westbrook suggest that transformations in developmental contexts like Iran must be seen in relation to global political and historical exchanges, as well as the specificities of localities. The premise of the book is that development has been a globalizing project that originated in the West. Transposed into other contexts, this project instigates a renewed historical consciousness and imagination of the past. The authors explore the rise of this consciousness in architecture, examining the theoretical context to the debates, international exchanges made in architectural congresses in the 1970s, the use of housing as the vehicle for everyday heritage, and forms of symbolic public architecture that reflect monumental time.
