Heavily illustrated with clinical case photographs, this text provides a guide to the basics of managing advanced periodontitis. Detienville (periodontics, Rene Descartes U.-Paris 5, France) presents
A fictional account of the war in Chechnya against the Russians as told by a member of an elite military unit known as the “saboteurs,” who penetrate enemy lines on killing missions while still trying
With his colorful residential buildings, Bruno Taut was a decisive influence on Berlin settlement construction in the modern age. The seizure of power by the National Socialists forced the archi -
The Business of Culture examines the rise of Chinese "cultural entrepreneurs," businesspeople who risked financial well-being and reputation by investing in multiple cultural enterprises in the late n
An American woman wakes up alone in a tent in the Norwegian mountains. Outside a storm rages and the fog is dense. Her phone is dead. She has no map, no compass, and no food. How she ended up there, a
In a contested, lawlessregion between Moldova and Ukraine known as Transnistria, a tightly knit groupof “honest criminals” live according to strict codes of ritualized respect andfierce loyalty. In a
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the bienially held International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2009, which took place in Munster, Germany, September 2-
Since the publication of the novel Robinson Crusoe under the guise of an autobiographical report, its hero has been considered a paradigm of the lonely individual whose adventurous stories have since
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Without getting lost in theory, this enterprise-level book gives developers practical, experience-tested advice on how to solve business problems by applying service-oriented architectures (SOA).
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Aircraft designers Nicolai and Carichner, currently with Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works, define aircraft design as both a science and an art, with compromise based on current requirements and available
The birthplace of American modernism, Los Angeles is the epicenter for a new way of living for the last one hundred years, as manifested in its cutting-edge architecture and design. With roots in the
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Rolando Dromundo presents a political and historical analysis of the state-building processes in Ukraine, Moldova, and the unrecognized Republic of Pridnestrovia from the Soviet fall until 2015, start
Business model innovation is an important source of competitive advantage and corporate renewal. An increasing number of companies have to innovate their business models, not just because of competiti
This second edition to a popular first provides a comprehensive, fully updated treatment of advanced conventional power generation and co-generation plants, as well as alternative energy technologies.