“…Observez ces deux femmes qui sont en sortie, un de ces dimanches de la vie, une ombrelle à la main, venant de Sainte-Adresse. Leur mystère est sans origine et sans fin. …”

“…He orchestrated the injunction hearings on the Dodge Main strike and defended the legality of the sit-down tactic. …”

“…Beyond the permanence of the agrarian landscapes and the main characteristics of the economy and society, this region experienced two major phases of expansion, one until the middle of the third century, the other from 330 to 550.The second phase, the best known, is marked by a considerable increase in the number of men and by an economic progress which has taken on an extensive form, enlargement of the land, then intensive, diversification of production with a view to sale. …”

“…Der vorliegende Band vereint Beiträge zweier Tagungen, die im Jahr 2007 vom »Forum für Ethik in der Medizin Frankfurt am Main e.V.« gemeinsam mit der »Arbeitsgruppe Reproduktionsmedizin und Embryonenschutz in der Akademie für Ethik in der Medizin« sowie vom »Zentrum für Medizinrecht« der Universität Göttingen veranstaltet wurden und welche die aktuelle Debatte um die Reproduktionsmedizin und ihre Möglichkeiten aufgreifen. …”

“…Throughout this process, two main themes emerged and structure Part II, Movement and Growth, and Part III, Dissolution and Traces, of the present volume, respectively. …”

“…The political negotiations and Treaty itself are briefly analysed, but the main part of the book is devoted to more than a decade of effort by the Preparatory Commission for the CTBT Organization to implement the treaty and its verification system: the most comprehensive verification system ever created, with a global coverage connecting more than 300 monitoring stations and an intrusive on-site inspection regime. …”

“…Key features: * Introductory chapters present the main ideas and topics in graph theory—walks, paths and cycles, radius, diameter, eccentricity, cuts and connectivity, trees * Subsequent chapters examine specialized topics and applications * Numerous examples and illustrations * Comprehensive index and bibliography, with suggested literature for more advanced material New to the second edition: * New chapters on labeling and on communications networks and small-worlds * Expanded beginner’s material in the early chapters, including more examples, exercises, hints and solutions to key problems * Many additional changes, improvements, and corrections throughout resulting from classroom use and feedback Striking a balance between a theoretical and practical approach with a distinctly applied flavor, this gentle introduction to graph theory consists of carefully chosen topics to develop graph-theoretic reasoning for a mixed audience. …”

“…Together they comprise a valuable resource for political scientists, environmental engineers and urban planners whose work is aimed at meeting the ambitious Millennium Development Goal on sanitation. The book’s main message is that we need to go beyond traditional dichotomies between either ‘small, appropriate’ or ‘modern, advanced’ sanitation solutions in solving the global sanitation challenge and to develop sanitation with a mix of scales, strategies, technologies, payment systems and decision-making structures that better fit the physical and societal systems for which they are designed. …”

“…The book contains 530 exercises of varying difficulty from immediate consequences of the main text to research problems, and contain many important additional results…”

“…The book contains 530 exercises of varying difficulty from immediate consequences of the main text to research problems, and contain many important additional results…”

“…Especially, the last four topics together comprise the main characteristics of this book, and special stress is placed on interactive decision making aspects of multiobjective programming for human-centered systems in most realistic situations under fuzziness and/or randomness. …”

“…Though improvements of the living conditions have been regularly principal demands along with civil and political liberties in the demonstrations, one of the main striking facts about this so-called “Arab Spring” is that poverty had not been given the same emphasis in southern Mediterranean countries during the last decades as in other areas of the developing and emerging world. …”

“…This study researches the legal implications of artists communicating limited editions to the purchasers of their art with the main question being whether such “promises of exclusivity” are legally binding and thus could be enforced by collectors e. g. in court proceedings Die Fotografie hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einer der populärsten Kunstgattungen entwickelt. …”

“…Et c'est un guide, permettant à ceux qui pourraient être intéressés par la médiation entre élèves de trouver inspiration au travers de quelques points de repères : non pas un mode d'emploi, non pas une méthode « clé en main » mais une invitation à être eux-mêmes créateurs dans leur propre contexte. …”

“…Were mined resources mainly intended for local consumption or distributed throughout the Near East, towards Anatolia, Iran or Mesopotamia? …”

“…Il a été considéré, tour à tour et simultanément, comme l’incarnation des vices les plus noirs et des vertus les plus sublimes ; comme le comble de la frivolité et celui de la profondeur politique ; comme le symbole de la décomposition de la monarchie et celui de la modernité. Il est passé par les mains de la princesse Palatine, sa mère, de Saint-Simon, son ami, de Montesquieu, de Crébillon, de Prévost, de Dumas, de Michelet, de Féval, de Bertrand Tavernier, d’Eve de Castro et de bien d’autres, plus obscurs et plus cruels. …”

“…. – Action de soustraire une fonction, une institution sociale à la domination, à l’influence religieuse, ecclésiastique, de (la) mettre entre les mains des laïcs, des pouvoirs publics. – Action de donner à quelque chose un caractère laïc, non religieux, non sacré. » MODERNE : « Qui est, a été réalisé depuis peu de temps et souvent d’une manière différente de ce qui avait été fait précédemment et qui est représentatif du goût dominant de l’époque. – Qui ne s’inspire pas des réalisations antérieures par les principes, les règles établies et apporte quelque chose d’inédit, d’original. – Qui se veut à l’avant-garde du progrès, de la mode. » L’époque moderne peut-elle congédier son passé et ne se revendiquer que d’elle-même ? …”

“…Sur les pas de Rousseau ou en excursion sur la Mer de Glace, les jeunes gens découvrent des lieux émouvants ou sublimes qui laisseront une empreinte durable sur leur œuvre littéraire. Écrit à deux mains, Histoire d’un voyage de six semaines, publié à l’automne 1817, contient leurs impressions de ces deux voyages ainsi que l’un des plus grands poèmes de Percy Shelley, « Mont Blanc ». …”

“…Highlights an engineering view to social systems (as opposed to a “scientific” view) that stresses the importance of systems intervention design for specific and singular settings Divulges works where the design, re-design, and transformation of social systems constitute the main aim, and where joint considerations of both technical and social perspectives are deemed important in solving social problems Features an array of applied cases that illustrate the application of social systems engineering in different domains Social Systems Engineering: The Design of Complexity is an excellent text for academics and graduate students in engineering and social science—specifically, economists, political scientists, anthropologists, and management scientists with an interest in finding systematic ways to intervene and improve social systems…”

“…In a brief Prelude, I explain the origins of the book, aspects of my career as a Berliozian, the main theme of much of my research ("politics," loosely defined), and some of the particular concerns to be treated in the texts that follow. …”