“…The results in this volume indicate that reversing land degradation trends makes both economic sense, and has multiple social and environmental benefits. On average, one US dollar investment into restoration of degraded land returns five US dollars. …”

“…They were by no means as clear-cut as the ambassador after the Second World War and the previous research would have us believe. André François-Poncet wavered between cooperation and confrontation with Germany until his resignation after the Munich Conference. …”

“…Counterfactual conditionals (subjunctive conditionals) enter the analysis of quantum entangled systems in that they enable us to precisely formulate the locality condition that purports to exclude the existence of causal interactions between spatially separated parts of a system. …”

“…PSB 2014 will bring together top researchers from the US, the Asian Pacific nations, and around the world to exchange research results and address open issues in all aspects of computational biology. …”

“…Die Geiselnahme in der US-Botschaft in Teheran zeigte die Grenzen diplomatischer Bemühungen auf. …”

“…PSB 2010 will bring together top researchers from the US, Asia Pacific, and around the world to exchange research results and address pertinent issues in all aspects of computational biology. …”

“…Why was divorce increasing so rapidly throughout the US and Europe and do we see signs of a turn? Do cohabitation breakups influence divorce trends or is there a renewed stability on the partner market? …”

“…A woman meets young people from various backgrounds - at a U.S. university. She is African, from Chad. The students, eager to learn about her life, ask probing questions. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Young and Susanne Böse - Successful Leadership in Schools Serving Disadvantaged Communities in Germany and the USA Pierre Tulowitzki, Marcus Pietsch and James Spillane - Leadership for Learning in Germany and the US: Commonalities and Differences Barbara Muslic, Jonathan Supovitz and Harm Kuper - Distributed Leadership in Schools: German and American Perspectives II. …”

“…As several countries are now experiencing a return to right-wing politics, this collection helps us better understand why inequalities are so entrenched in the Latin American continent, but also the complex and creative ways that it is continuously contested. …”

“…How might American philosophers talk to us about our religious experience, or political engagement, or literature—or even, popular music? …”

“…This book explores Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer and Alexander Kluge's analyses of the role that a rejuvenation in the capacity for imagination can play in encouraging us to reconceive the possibilities of the past, the present, and the future outside of the parameters of the status quo. …”

“…The papers published in this particular Special Issue of the Cells demonstrate the impressive pathophysiological relevance of ROS and RNS in a range of contexts, including the relevance of second messengers of free radicals like 4-hydroxynonenal, allowing us to assume that even more detailed mechanisms of their positive and negative effects lie in wait, and should assist in better monitoring of the major modern diseases and the development of advanced integrative biomedicine treatments…”

“…Although generally overlooked in the effort to understand modern Chinese history, the era has much to teach us about cultural accommodation and is characterized by its own unique intellectual life. …”

“…Historian Jane McCabe leads us through a compelling research journey that began with uncovering the story of her own grandmother, Lorna Peters, one of 130 adolescents resettled in New Zealand under the scheme between 1908 and 1938. …”

“…According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), achieving safe and healthier foods was one of the top ten achievements of public health in the 20th century. …”

“…This book outlines the transition of U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration. …”

“…Dieses Problemfeld bearbeitet die Autorin unter Rückgriff auf das Denken des hierzulande wenig bekannten US-amerikanischen Theologen Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971). …”