This monograph focuses on abrasive tools for grinding, polishing, honing, and lapping operations. The book describes the life cycle of abrasive tools from raw material processing of abrasive grits and bonding, manufacturing of monolithic or multi-layered tools, tool use to tool end-of-life. Moreover, this work highlights sustainability challenges including economic, environmental, social and technological aspects. The target audience primarily comprises research and industry experts in the...

Mit den Händen etwas zu tun, ist für uns alle völlig normal. Wir denken in der Regel gar nicht darüber nach, sondern machen es einfach.Anders sieht es aus, wenn ein Linkshänder z.B. eine Schere in die Hand nimmt und das ausgeschnittene Teil krumm und schief wird. Was ist da passiert? Der Schliff der Schere passte nicht zur Händigkeit dieser Person. Gibt es tatsächlich unterschiedlich geschliffene Scheren?Auf diese und weitere Fragen wie:Was versteht man un...

More than 1.3 million Korean Americans live in the United States, the majority of them foreign-born immigrants and their children, the so-called 1.5 and second generations. While many sons and daughters of Korean immigrants outwardly conform to the stereotyped image of the upwardly mobile, highly educated super-achiever, the realities and challenges that the children of Korean immigrants face in their adult lives astheir immigrant parents grow older and confront health issues that a...

Die Überwindung von autoritären Formen der Kindererziehung und monogamen, eheähnlichen Zweierbeziehungen war immer wieder integraler Bestandteil utopischer Gesellschaftsentwürfe auf Seiten der politischen Linken. Ebenso waren viele AktivistInnen der 1968er-Bewegung der Überzeugung, soziale Revolution sei nicht ohne "befreite" Sexualität denkbar. Die Hoffnungen, die mit der Idee einer "sexuellen Revolution" verbunden wurden, haben sich jedoch nicht erfüllt: Radikale Kommune-Projekte scheite...

In "Links ist, wo der Daumen rechts ist" beschreibt Barbara Vinken die Begriffsgeschichten von "rechts" und "links". Ihr Essay zum Kursbuch 173 "Rechte Linke" geht dabei einerseits auf die Auflösung der sprachhistorischen Zuschreibungen der Richtungen ein, andererseits auf die Entwicklung der bis heute verwendeten politischen Oppositionen.

This book takes a transdisciplinary approach and considers multisectoral actions, integrating health, agriculture and environmental sector issues to comprehensively explore the topic of sustainable diets. The team of international authors informs readers with arguments, challenges, perspectives, policies, actions and solutions on global topics that must be properly understood in order to be effectively addressed. They position issues of sustainable diets as central to the Earth's future. P...

It's 1958. Racial tension and class disparities have everyone on edge in a small Montana town. Despite their differences, three women of the community become the unlikeliest of friends.BOBBI VERNON is a quirky teen, who will do whatever it takes to drive her teacher's new Chevy convertible. Adding to the already volatile mix, she meets Pretty Weasel, an Indian basketball player, who calls her Chokecherry Girl. She dreams of dating him and wearing his class ring.PATSY OLSON,...

This book presents the results of an interdisciplinary project that examined how law, policy and ecological dynamics influence the governance of regional scale water based social-ecological systems in the United States and Australia. The volume explores the obstacles and opportunities for governance that is capable of management, adaptation, and transformation in these regional social-ecological systems as they respond to accelerating environmental change. With the onset of the Anthropocen...

In the current fast-paced and constantly changing business environment, it is more important than ever for organizations to be agile, monitor business performance, and meet with increasingly stringent compliance requirements. Written by pioneering consultants and bestselling authors with track records of international success, The Decision Model: A Business Logic Framework Linking Business and Technology provides a platform for rethinking how to view, desi...

Over the last several years, manufacturers have expressed increasing interest in reducing their energy consumption and have begun to search for opportunities to reduce their energy usage. In this book, the authors explore a variety of opportunities to reduce the energy footprint of manufacturing. These opportunities cover the entire spatial scale of the manufacturing enterprise: from unit process-oriented approaches to enterprise-level strategies. Each chapter examines some aspect of this ...

Wer Aesop war, wissen wir nicht. Wir wissen nicht einmal sicher, ob er überhaupt gelebt hat. Nach Herodot lebte Aesop um 550 v.Chr. auf der Insel Samos und diente dem stinkreichen Krösus als Sklave. Die seit Jahrhunderten überlieferten Fabeln sind heute so aktuell wie zur Zeit ihrer Entstehung und werden in der Nacherzählung von Dimiter Inkiow zu neuem Leben erweckt. Mit 42 Sagen, darunter "Die Katze lässt das Mausen nicht", Der Frosch und die Maus" und "Der Wolf und der Löwe". Gelesen von...

Elsie McKee, "Calvin and His Colleagues as Pastors: Some New Insights into the Collegial Ministry of Word and Sacraments"; Jeffrey R. Watt, "Childhood and Youth in the Geneva Consistory Minutes"; Christoph Strohm, "Methodology in Discussion of 'Calvin and Calvinism'"; Max Engammare, "D’une forme l’autre: Commentaires et sermons de Calvin sur la Genèse "; Cornelis Augustijn / Christoph Burger / Frans P. van Stam, "Calvin in the Light of the Early Letters" ; Christian Link, "Die Finalität de...