The topic of chemical and biological patents is of special importance in European and German patent law. This publication provides an expert overview of the issues using German case law to illustrate the commentary.

An innocent game of spin-the-bottle takes a spectacularly witchy turn in this chilling and atmospheric new standalone.

By providing easy-to-use and step-by-step methodology to address GHG emissions, this methods book will benefit all practitioners in GHG management with its essential guidelines for accurately calculating and verifying GHG emissions from various sources.

Die Verbundbauweise bietet im Brückenbau sowie im Hoch- und Industriebau innovative Tragwerkslösungen, die sich neben der Wirtschaftlichkeit auch aufgrund der Gestaltungsvielfalt durchgesetzt haben. Mit der Einführung der inhaltlich mit dem Eurocode 4 übereinstimmenden DIN 18800-5 "Verbundtragwerke aus Stahl und Beton" wird eine Bemessung und Konstruktion von Verbundtragwerken auf der Grundlage des neuen Sicherheitskonzeptes ermöglicht.Das Buch vermittelt die Grundlagen und Anwendungsbereiche dieser Bauweise. Nach einer Einführung in die neuen nationalen und europäischen Regelwerke werden die Tragwerksberechnung und Nachweismethoden für Träger, Stützen, Verbunddecken und Flachdecken in Verbundbauweise sowie Anschlüsse erläutert und die praktische Anwendung anhand von Beispielen gezeigt.

This work traces the development of Judaism as a Scriptural religion, claiming that this did not arise from discrete moments of "political" authority (e.g., Sinai, Josiah, Ezra), but was part of a complex and multifarious negotiation involving writing, literacy, orality and the socio-political power of the Persian, Greek and Roman empires.

Recognizing that all medieval and modern attempts to 'explain' the "Masnavi" have been based on an examination of its teachings, the author shows that those who have tried to find the key to its message in its separate themes have had little success.

Remembering Cinema' focuses on artists' filmmaking exhibited in gallery spaces since 1990; or 'gallery films'. It gathers, discusses and analyses the proliferating field, and is the first to fully comprehend gallery films' unique explorations of narrative, spectatorship, time, space, film history and identity.

Re-reads Emily Dickinson's works in terms of a nineteenth-century transatlantic culture and British poetic tradition.

This volume will help English readers to reconsider the relation of deconstruction to current political theory as well as to research into the post-human, biopolitics, globalised political theory, and the on-going transformation and displacement of philosophy by the methods of cultural studies.

Events of the last two decades including the Gulf War, 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan have called into question the role of journalism and news media. The meaning of objectivity is particularly contested. This book is a current, timely analysis of the meaning of objectivity and its role in contemporary journalistic practice.

During the period of Mongol occupation from 1258-1386, Baghdad was a site of intense intellectual debate and dialogue between Shi'i and Sunni communities. The author contextualises the social and political climate of Iraq during this time, examining the complex nature of Shi'i-Sunni relations and their competition for authority and legitimacy.