Nicht zuletzt der fortwährende Patentstreit zwischen den Konzernen Apple und Samsung zeigt: Patente rücken zunehmend in das Bewusstsein von Managern und Öffentlichkeit. Angesichts der zunehmenden Bedeutungsaufwertung von Patenten in der modernen Gesellschaft überrascht es, dass sich die Soziologie bis jetzt nur wenig mit Patenten beschäftigt hat. Christian Mersch schließt diese Forschungslücke und eröffnet dabei überraschende globalisierungstheoretische und historische Perspektiven auf die Welt der Patente. Das Buch ermöglicht den Lesern zudem einen neuartigen und fruchtbaren Zugang zu Niklas Luhmanns Systemtheorie, der abstrakte Begrifflichkeiten in der systematischen Anwendung auf den konkreten Forschungsgegenstand Patent anschaulich werden lässt.
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<p>In this book, numerous prominent aquaculture researchers contribute 27 chapters that provide overviews of aquaculture effects on the environment. They comprise a comprehensive synthesis of many ecological and genetic problems implicated in the practice of aquaculture and of many proven, attempted, or postulated solutions to those problems. This is an outstanding source of reference for all types of aquaculture activities.</p>
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Die Europäische Union legitimiert sich für alle Akteure über einen wohlfahrtspolitischen Nutzen. Vor allem die ökonomischen Grundfreiheiten sowie teils die Europäische Währungsunion gelten nach dem Willen aller Mitgliedstaaten als zentrale Instrumente, um mittels eines liberalen Binnenmarktes dieses hohe Ziel zu erreichen. Neben diesen marktbasierten Grundsätzen verfügt die EU darüber hinaus über eine beachtliche Anzahl sozialer Politiken, die das rechtlich verfasste Ziel des Europäischen Gemeinwohls fördern soll. Nationale Sozialpolitiken fungieren meist als Verteilungspolitiken, um nach den jeweiligen Präferenzen des Nationalstaates soziale Gerechtigkeit herzustellen. Europäische Sozialpolitiken dagegen werden mit deutlich marktorientiertem Charakter organisiert. Diese sozialpolitischen Institutionen werden auf ihre gemeinwohlpolitischen Effekte untersucht. In dieser Studie erfährt der Europäische Gerichtshof eine besondere Berücksichtigung, da er sowohl als wichtiges Organ zur Durchsetzung des Binnenmarktes als auch zur endgültigen Gestaltung der Europäischen Sozialpolitik gilt. Soziale Gerechtigkeit nimmt in der volkswirtschaftlich heterogenen EU-27 primär einen ökonomischen Charakter an. Es treibt die nicht einfache Frage nach dem Bestehen von (Grenz-)Nutzen für die einzelnen Nationalstaaten in die Diskussion.
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<p>Alcohol continues to be the substance of choice for today’s youth, leading to serious physical, psychological, and social consequences. Alcohol Problems in Adolescents and Young Adults ably addresses this growing trend. The latest entry in the Recent Developments in Alcoholism<em> </em>series, it comprehensively presents a wide-ranging clinical picture of teen drinking - epidemiology, neurobiology, behavioral phenomena, diagnostic and assessment issues, prevention and treatment data - in a developmental context. Fifty expert contributors display the scientific rigor, practical wisdom, and nuanced analysis that readers have come to expect from previous volumes.</p> <p></p> <p>Among the subjects studied in depth:</p> <p>- Initiation of alcohol use/abuse</p> <p>- Risk and protective factors for alcohol dependence</p> <p>- High-risk adolescent populations</p> <p>- Drinking habits of college students</p> <p>- Long-range consequences of teenage drinking</p> <p>- Family-, school-, and community-based prevention programs</p> <p>- Treatment of comorbid substance and psychiatric disorders</p> <p>Clinicians, researchers, and policy makers will find this a bedrock source of evidence-based knowledge, whether one’s goal is choosing an age-appropriate assessment tool for eighth graders, preventing drinking among high school students, or understanding the alcohol-friendliness of campus culture. Here is a critical resource for all professionals dedicated to helping youngsters grow up sober. </p> <p></p>
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The skin loves green Green Cosmetics are biological alternatives to deodorants containing aluminum, skin creams containing polyethylene glycol, and products tested on animals. Shampoos grow on trees; meadow flowers give us toothpaste, and sunscreen sprouts in the garden. Everything is 100 percent natural, conjured up quickly and so pure it can be tasted. It's a healthy makeover from nature - like biting into a fresh apple! Cosmetics from nature " 130 complete recipes; many vegan " creams, ointments, skin smoothies, deodorants, shampoos, dental care, depilation, sun protection, baby care, and much more " suitable for all skin types and for all the family " readily available food-quality ingredients " quick and easy to prepare in the kitchen " step-by-step instructions
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On Christmas Day, a University scrooge finds a murdered librarian. Each December, the faculty of Balaclava Agricultural College goes wild with Christmas lights. The entire campus glitters with holiday decorations, save for one dark spot: the home of professor Peter Shandy. But after years of resisting the Illumination festival, Shandy snaps, installing a million-watt display of flashing lights and blaring music perfectly calculated to drive his neighbors mad. The horticulturalist flees town, planning to spend Christmas on a tramp steamer, but soon feels guilty about his prank and returns home to find his Christmas lights extinguished, and a dead librarian in his living room. Wishing to avoid a scandal, the school's head asks Shandy to investigate the matter quietly. After all, Christmas is big business, and the town needs the cash infusion provided by the Illumination. As Peter Shandy will soon find, though, there is a dark side to even the whitest of white Christmases. Review Quotes. "Charm, wit, and Holmesian logic." - Audiofile. "MacLeod can be counted on for a witty, literate and charming mystery." - Publishers Weekly. "The epitome of the 'cozy' mystery." - Mostly Murder. Biographical note. Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005) was an internationally bestselling author of cozy mysteries. Born in Canada, she moved to Boston as a child, and lived in New England most of her life. After graduating from college, she made a career in advertising, writing copy for the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company before moving on to Boston firm N. H. Miller & Co., where she rose to the rank of vice president. In her spare time, MacLeod wrote short stories, and in 1964 published her first novel, a children's book called Mystery of the White Knight. In Rest You Merry (1978), MacLeod introduced Professor Peter Shandy, a horticulturist and amateur sleuth whose adventures she would chronicle for two decades. The Family Vault (1979) marked the first appearance of her other best-known characters: the husband and wife sleuthing team Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn, whom she followed until her last novel, The Balloon Man, in 1998.
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Toby Peters investigates threats to Judy Garland and a body on the MGM lot. A year after The Wizard of Oz's smash success, the yellow brick road is crumbling. The famous sets are stashed on a soundstage in the depths of the MGM back lot while the studio plans a sequel, and a strange addition has just been made to the scene: a munchkin in full costume lying facedown with a knife buried in his back. The studio boss calls Toby Peters, a Hollywood detective with a reputation for discretion, and asks for help keeping the murder quiet. MGM is a family company, and Judy Garland, who found the body, is a wholesome actress whose rising star cannot risk a whiff of scandal. But as Peters quickly learns, the threat to Miss Garland isn't the tabloids: It's the psychopathic killer whose turf is the back lot, and whose crime of choice is the murder of the silver screen's finest. About the Author. Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009) was one of the most prolific crime fiction authors of the last four decades. Born in Chicago, he spent his youth immersed in pulp fiction and classic cinema - two forms of popular entertainment which he would make his life's work. After college and a stint in the army, Kaminsky wrote film criticism and biographies of the great actors and directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. In 1977, when a planned biography of Charlton Heston fell through, Kaminsky wrote Bullet for a Star, his first Toby Peters novel, beginning a fiction career that would last the rest of his life. Kaminsky penned twenty-four novels starring the detective, whom he described as "the anti-Philip Marlowe." In 1981's Death of a Dissident, Kaminsky debuted Moscow police detective Porfiry Rostnikov, whose stories were praised for their accurate depiction of Soviet life. His other two series starred Abe Lieberman, a hardened Chicago cop, and Lew Fonseca, a process server. In all, Kaminsky wrote more than sixty novels. He died in St. Louis in 2009. Review quote. "Kaminsky stands out as a subtle historian, unobtrusively but entertainingly weaving into the story itself what people were wearing, eating, driving, and listening to on the radio. A page-turning romp." - Booklist. "If you like your mysteries Sam Spade tough, with tongue-in-cheek and a touch of the theatrical, then the Toby Peters series is just your ticket." - Houston Chronicle. "For anyone with a taste for old Hollywood B-movie mysteries, Edgar winner Kaminsky offers plenty of nostalgic fun . . . The tone is light, the pace brisk, the tongue firmly in cheek." - Publishers Weekly. "Marvelously entertaining." - Newsday. "Makes the totally wacky possible . . . Peters [is] an unblemished delight." - Washington Post. "The Ed McBain of Mother Russia." - Kirkus Reviews.
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Wahnsinn Begegnung mit dem Übernatürlichen Musste das noch sein? Kurz vor Erreichen der Altersgrenze von 27 hat die NVA Udo doch noch eingezogen, unwillkommene Unterbrechung einer Karriere als Profimusiker! Doch auf Udo wartet mehr als grauer Kasernenalltag und verwanzte Mannschaftsquartiere. Mauern und Stacheldraht konnten Gott noch nie aufhalten - und auch nicht die Mauer um Udos Herz. Humorvoll, immer mit einem staunenden "Wahnsinn!" auf den Lippen angesichts der Wendungen in seinem Leben, beschreibt Udo Knöfel seine "Begegnung mit dem Übernatürlichen".
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