The capability approach of Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen places human capabilities at the centre stage of discussions about justice, equality, development and the quality of life.
This book explores the properties and behavior of silicone surfaces, including polydimethylsiloxane, spread monolayers, self-assembled monolayers, hydrophobicity and super-hydrophobicity, surfactants, fluorosilicones, surface treatments and more.
Yet we also know that people vary their idea of quality as a result of the context of fluctuations in their own health status, the presence or absence of pain or discomfort, and as a result of variations in social and economic contextual factors.
This book is designed both for FPGA users interested in developing new, specific components - generally for reducing execution times –and IP core designers interested in extending their catalog of specific components.
It offers an introduction and 10 chapters by authors in a variety of national contexts to explicate issues such as the cultural turn in... Læs mere
Genesis – In The Beginning deals with the origin and diversity of Life and early biological evolution and discusses the question of where (hot or cold sources) and when the beginning of Life took place.
This volume presents a reconsideration of the concepts of State and political power within the evolving multilateral network of cooperation and conflict.
This book uses the reaction of a number of biologists in the United States and Great Britain to provide an overview of one... Læs mere
This translation is a collection of memoirs recounting an interesting but largely still dark era of Soviet astronomy. The arrangement of the essays is determined primarily by the time when radio astronomy studies began at the institutions involved.
This handbook aims to reflect the relevance and value of studying digital games, now the subject of a growing number of studies,... Læs mere
This volume is a work of philosophical thinking about ritual doing, but challenges those who think to realize that the salvation of philosophical thinking rests in the particularity and contingency of ritual doing.