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Barton, Aisling Elizabeth. A study of factors influencing the destructive potential of human neutrophils. University of Birmingham, 1996.

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Firestone, Robert. FAST, Firestone assessment of self-destructive thoughts, FASI, Firestone assessment of suicidal intent: Professional manual. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., 2006.

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Firestone, Robert. FAST, Firestone assessment of self-destructive thoughts, FASI, Firestone assessment of suicidal intent: Professional manual. Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc., 2006.

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Nongard, Richard K. The perfect-victim factor: Taking control of destructive personality traits. PeachTree Professional Education, 1997.

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Bulian, Giovanni, and Yasushi Nakano. Small-scale Fisheries in Japan. Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0.

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This collection of essays brings together a range of critical approaches, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to provide an in-depth overview of the past and current status of small-scale fisheries in Japan. The book attempts to map out some of the major themes relating to community-based fisheries-management systems, environmental sustainability, lottery systems for allocating fishing spots, fishing livelihoods, local knowledge, social vulnerability to environmental hazards, socioeconomic factors affecting small-scale fisheries development, history of destructive fishing practices, women’s

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Chirkova, Tamara. The psychology of destruction. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1081759.

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The textbook systematizes methodological problems of studying the psychology of destruction as one of the most significant phenomena of the modern social world. The methodological analysis of the basic principles, means, methods and rules of studying the psychology of destruction is presented. The content of the manual includes a theoretical and practical course of analysis of the laws, mechanisms and factors of the psychology of destruction. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. It is intended for students o

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Proctor & Redfern Limited. and Canada. Environmental Protection Directorate. Office of Waste Management., eds. Options for the treatment/destruction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and PCB-contaminated equipment. Environment Canada, 1991.

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Linnik, Vladimir. Destruction of coal seams during mining by dredging machines. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1218150.

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The monograph is devoted to the issues of scientific substantiation of ways to improve the efficiency of the functioning of the executive bodies of coal mining machines used in the underground mining of coal seams, which are of great practical importance.  The results of studies on the reliability of destructive organs are new in the formulation and not previously published in the monograph format. A model is described and a physical interpretation of the failure patterns of auger assemblies and elements is given, methods for assessing the reliability and efficiency of using augers and c

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Galas, Marina, and Lyudmila Brushkova. Self-identification of Russian youth in a transforming world. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2162821.

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The monograph examines and systematizes the value orientations of the Russian youth of the digital generation, which form self-identification. In this context, the social, economic, sociocultural, and family value orientations of young Russian citizens are studied; the features of their civic self-identification are revealed. The analysis of youth's assessment of the inclusivity and quality of higher education and its role in social adaptation and competitiveness is carried out. The influence of modern institutions and channels on the self-identification of Russian youth of the digital generat

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Leonovich, Sergey, Evgeniy Shalyy, Elena Polonina, Elena Sadovskaya, Lev Kim, and Valentin Dorkin. Durability of port reinforced concrete structures (Far East and Sakhalin). INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1816638.

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Section I of the monograph is devoted to an urgent problem - forecasting the durability of port reinforced concrete structures, the destruction of which is associated with corrosion of steel reinforcement caused by chloride aggression and carbonation of concrete. The analysis of models for calculating the service life of structures and experimental data is carried out, the life cycles for the main degradation processes in concrete and reinforcement, the periods of initiation and propagation of corrosion are considered, the influence of environmental factors (temperature, humidity) and the qual

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Zeer, Eval'd, El'vira Symanyuk, and Mariya Zinnatova. Fundamentals of professionology. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1818877.

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Professionology is a scientific and applied discipline of professional knowledge, the subject of which is the problems of human interaction with the world of professions, and its semantic factor is psychological content. An important place in the textbook is occupied by the professionology of education: the trends in the development of continuing education, the interface of professional and educational standards, the design of individual educational trajectories of students are reflected. Particular attention is paid to the professionology of the individual: its development and sel

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Erhard, Geissler, Gazso L. G, Buder Ernst, North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Scientific Affairs Division., and NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Conversion of Former BTW Facilities: Development & Production of Prophylactic, Diagnostic & Therapeutic Measures for Countering Diseases (1997 : Budapest, Hungary), eds. Conversion of former BTW facilities. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.

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Lobanov, Aleksey. Medical and biological bases of safety. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1439619.

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The textbook considers the subject and tasks of the discipline, highlights the medical and biological foundations of ensuring human security in the conditions of natural, man-made and biological-social emergencies, as well as when using modern weapons of destruction by a probable enemy.  Briefly, but quite informative, the structure of the human body and the basics of its functioning are described. The specificity and mechanism of the toxic effect of harmful substances on a person, the energy effect and the combined effect of the main damaging factors of the sources of emergency situatio

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Fox, Claudine, Keith Hawton, and Claudie Fox. Deliberate Self-Harm in Adolescence. Kingsley Publishers, Jessica, 2004.

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Hawton, Keith, and Claudine Fox. Deliberate Self-harm in Adolescence (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Series). Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.

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Fanning, Jennifer R., and Emil F. Coccaro. Neurobiology of Impulsive Aggression. Edited by Phillip M. Kleespies. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199352722.013.24.

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Aggression is a behavior with evolutionary origins, but in today’s society it’s often both destructive and maladaptive. The fact that aggression has a strong basis in biological factors has long been apparent from case histories of traumatic brain damage. Research over the past several decades has confirmed the involvement of neurotransmitter function and abnormalities in brain structure and function in aggressive behavior. This research has centered around the “serotonin hypothesis” and on dysfunction in prefrontal brain regions. As this literature continues to grow, guided by preclinical res

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Roos, Philip. The Osiris Factor: New Solutions for Overcomng Human Destructiveness. Bonneville Books, 2002.

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Nongard, Paula, and Richard K. Nongard. The Perfect Victim Factor: Taking Control of Destructive Personality Traits. Peachtree Professional Education, 2005.

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Mohyeldin, Ahmed, Ricardo L. Carrau, and Daniel M. Prevedello. Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190696696.003.0014.

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Chordomas and chondrosarcomas are rare tumors that arise from the axial skeleton and skull base. They are often difficult to manage given their locally destructive behavior and predilection to grow near vascular and critical neural structures. They have an indolent clinical course that results in the late clinical presentation of patients. Unfortunately, these factors make complete surgical resection of these tumors difficult to perform without causing significant morbidity, although advancements in surgical and high-dose radiation techniques for treatment of these lesions continues to be deve

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Dyer, Carol A. Tuberculosis. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216027836.

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This thought-provoking biography of tuberculosis presents medical, historical, and social perspectives on this reemergent threat. Tuberculosis is a complicated medical condition that has a rich and important history, a distinctive social context, and an active and destructive present. The disease appears in Greek literature as early as 460 BCE and was a favorite of 19th-century novelists whose heroines often succumbed to "consumption." Through history, the development of TB diagnosis and treatment has been synonymous with events in the development of medicine. Tuberculosis presents TB from the

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Miert, Dirk van. The Janus Face of Scaliger’s Philological Heritage. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198806837.003.0005.

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Daniel Heinsius and Hugo Grotius worked on the New Testament in the same decade, 1630–1640, and within the same genre of a selective annotation, but they ended up publishing two contrasting types of commentary, with diverging consequences for the authority of God’s Word. Two factors shaped these different outcomes. First, the instrument of philology was subjugated to different philosophical agendas: Heinsius aimed at highlighting the existence of a Hellenistic language, while Grotius was driven by the wish for Christian reunification. Secondly, as an exile Grotius enjoyed greater freedom than

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Chen, Eunice. Eating Disorders in Borderline Personality Disorder. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199997510.003.0010.

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Eating disorders (EDs) often arise from a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social processes in which there is a dialectical tension between the overabundance of food and an obsession with thinness. The DSM-5 recognizes three specific types of EDs that are common in borderline personality disorder (BPD): anorexia nervosa (AN), bulimia nervosa (BN), and binge eating disorder (BED). The impulsive, self-destructive tendencies of those with BPD may also make them particularly vulnerable to developing an ED. Recent advances in neuroscience have resulted in great understanding of t

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The terrorism threat and U.S. government responses: Operational and organizational factors (INSS book series). USAF Institute for National Security Studies, 2001.

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Potter, Nancy Nyquist, and Jennifer Radden. “Belonging Bulimia”. Edited by John Z. Sadler, K. W. M. Fulford, and Werdie (C W. ). van Staden. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198732372.013.23.

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This article examines the ethical issues associated with explaining, understanding, and treating disorderly eating behaviors (DEB) in young women. It argues that the kind of gender-related, self-destructive behavior observed in disordered eating seems to be incongruent with individualistic analysis and explanation, instead pointing to evidence indicating that it is better to view such disorders as group phenomena. After reviewing recent studies that looked into the prevalence and causes of “group” disorders using the particular example of bulimia, the article describes the new category of “bel

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John Hoffman, August. Philosophical Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology. Published by Lexington Books, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781978725980.

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Philosophical Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology describes the unique relationship between early schools of thought in Greek philosophy, modern psychology, and most recently evolutionary psychology. This volume provides the reader with a concise history and description of some of the most important theories used in understanding human behaviors (i.e., the mind-body duality, the essence of human nature, and how humans have evolved to cooperate with each other) and how the physical characteristics of communities have contributed to positive (i.e., prosocial) or destructive (i.e., antisocial)

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Smashing the image factory: A complete manual of billboard subversion and destruction. 1996.

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A Savage Factory: An Eyewitness Account of the Auto Industry's Self-Destruction. AuthorHouse, 2009.

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A savage factory: An eyewitness account of the auto industry's self-destruction. AuthorHouse, 2009.

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Foreclosing the Future: The World Bank and the Politics of Environmental Destruction. Island Press, 2007.

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Finney, Mark, Sara McAllister, Torben Grumstrup, and Jason Forthofer. Wildland Fire Behaviour. CSIRO Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/9781486309092.

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Wildland fires have an irreplaceable role in sustaining many of our forests, shrublands and grasslands. They can be used as controlled burns or occur as free-burning wildfires, and can sometimes be dangerous and destructive to fauna, human communities and natural resources. Through scientific understanding of their behaviour, we can develop the tools to reliably use and manage fires across landscapes in ways that are compatible with the constraints of modern society while benefiting the ecosystems.  The science of wildland fire is incomplete, however. Even the simplest fire behavio

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Croddy, Eric A., James J. Wirtz, and Jeffrey A. Larsen, eds. Weapons of Mass Destruction. ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216991557.

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The first accessible reference to cover the history, context, current issues, and key concepts surrounding biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. A collection of information on everything from aerosols to zones of peace, these two volumes cover historical background, technology, and strategic implications of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, thus providing facts, terms, and context needed to participate in contemporary policy debate. This encyclopedia is the only comprehensive reference dedicated to the three types of weapons of mass destruction. With over 500 entries arranged alp

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Croddy, Eric A., ed. Weapons of Mass Destruction. ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216991540.

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The first accessible reference to cover the history, context, current issues, and key concepts surrounding biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. A collection of information on everything from aerosols to zones of peace, these two volumes cover historical background, technology, and strategic implications of biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, thus providing facts, terms, and context needed to participate in contemporary policy debate. This encyclopedia is the only comprehensive reference dedicated to the three types of weapons of mass destruction. With over 500 entries arranged alp

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Lories, Rik. Mechanisms of bone destruction and proliferation in psoriatic arthritis. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198737582.003.0008.

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Psoriatic arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease that can affect both the peripheral and axial skeleton. The clinical presentation of psoriatic arthritis is very heterogeneous and different subforms have been described. Structural damage to the joint is a feared complication of psoriatic arthritis. The severity of joint inflammation and subsequent damage can range from mild to extreme. Over the last decade, insights into the molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie the skeletal changes in psoriatic arthritis have gradually increased although translational validation of concep

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Lotufo Jr., Zenon. Cruel God, Kind God. Praeger, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400634642.

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This enlightening analysis of the image of a cruel God sustained by conservative Christianity reveals how this image formed, the psychological effects of this concept, and the ways in which it has guided religious individuals–in both positive and negative ways. This book is born, in large measure, as a result of a writing by contemporary theologian J. Harold Ellens. In his essay "Religious Metaphors Can Kill" from Praeger's The Destructive Power of Religion, Ellens espouses that theological doctrines are rooted in a model of God that determines all the aspects of those doctrines, and strongly

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Clare, Anthony, Caroline Smyth, and Malcolm MacLachlan. Cultivating Suicide?: Destruction of Self in a Changing Ireland (Pressure Points in Irish Socie). Liffey Press, 2003.

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Potter, David. Disruption. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197518823.001.0001.

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Disruption is about radical change—why it happens and how. Drawing on case studies ranging from the fourth century AD through the twentieth century, we look at how long-established systems of government and thought are challenged, how new institutions are created, and new ideas become powerful. While paying attention to the underlying political, intellectual, economic, and environmental sources of social disruption, we will see that no matter what similarities there might be between forces that shake different societies, these underlying factors do not dictate specific outcomes. The human acto

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Linton, Marisa. Terror and Politics. Edited by David Andress. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199639748.013.027.

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In a move away from overarching explanations of the Terror based on ideology, class or a ‘system of Terror’, historians have been investigating the web of connections between politics, ideology, tactics, emotions and the role of individuals. Consequently, a more complex picture of revolutionary politics has begun to emerge. This chapter uses these new approaches to examine the individual experiences of Jacobin leaders. It asks how far we can reconstruct the motives that led individual Jacobin leaders to choose terror. Personal factors, including friendships, influenced political decision-makin

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Orvell, Miles. Empire of Ruins. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190491604.001.0001.

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Empire of Ruins explores the meaning of ruins in American culture, from the mid-nineteenth century to the twenty-first century, arguing that photographs have been the chief means by which the significance of ruins has been created in American culture. The book traces a historical argument that begins in the nineteenth century, when Americans yearned for the ruins of Europe, then moves to the discovery of Native American ruins in the Southwest. Later chapters explore the visualization of inner city ruins, abandoned factories, and shopping malls, and the “creative destruction” of buildings in or

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Bunch, Chris. Haemolytic anaemia. Edited by Patrick Davey and David Sprigings. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0280.

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Haemolytic anaemias occur when the rate of red-cell breakdown is increased and exceeds the marrow’s capacity to generate new cells. Increased red-cell destruction, or haemolysis, may reflect a broad range of disorders. Some involve intrinsic defects in the red cell itself; in others, the red cells are normal but are subjected to external factors which lead to premature destruction. Many of the intrinsic defects are due to inherited disorders affecting the red-cell membrane, its enzymes, or haemoglobin. The marrow can normally compensate for moderate haemolysis by increasing red-cell production

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Kurtzberg, Terri R., and Jennifer L. Gibbs. Distracted. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400641510.

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What are the benefits and negative consequences of our increased connectivity at school, at work, and at home? Is being constantly distracted now a worldwide problem? This book examines how new technologies and social pressures have changed the way we use our attention, and the extent to which they drive us to distraction, by interpreting hundreds of scientific studies from the literatures in cognitive and social psychology, sociology, communication, management, and decision making. While distraction is ever-present in daily life, staying connected in an efficient way is the goal for one and a

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Aslan, Reza. Cosmic War in Religious Traditions. Edited by Michael Jerryson, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Margo Kitts. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199759996.013.0015.

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This chapter provides a discussion on cosmic war in religious traditions, focusing on the development and evolution of cosmic war in the Hebrew Bible. Cosmic war can allow belief in the direct intervention of a deity on the battlefield on behalf of the deity's tribe, nation, or peopl, and is a concept that is profoundly settled in the religious traditions of the ancient Near East. The major themes found in most cosmic war traditions are elaborated. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq rapidly play the tenor of a cosmic conflict against demonic forces. It must be noted that behind the cosmic impuls

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Neiberg, Michael S. The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780190644987.001.0001.

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Signed on June 28, 1919, between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, the treaty was seen even by its contemporaries as a mediocre compromise, creating a precarious order in Europe and abroad and destined to fall short of ensuring lasting peace. The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction explains the enormous challenges facing those who tried to put the world back together after the global destruction of World War I amid competing national interests. It analyzes the many subtle factors that i

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Nieznane tajemnice III Rzeszy na Dolnym Śląsku: Stacje podsłuchowe, fabryki podziemne, bunkry przeciwlotnicze, ukryte skarby. Agencja Wydawnicza "CB", 2014.

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Scales, Len. Central and Late Medieval Europe. Edited by Donald Bloxham and A. Dirk Moses. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199232116.013.0015.

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This article examines genocide in the Central and late Medieval Europe. The existence of peoples in Europe in the central and later Middle Ages reflected the facts of power: for contemporaries, ethnic communities were axiomatically political ones. Where the interactions of different peoples were most intensive, stress-laden, and ideologically and politically charged, acts of ethnic destruction were anticipated, and in some quarters sought most keenly. Outright ethnic destruction was most likely to occur where political subjugation was reinforced by fundamental religious difference. Pagans, Mus

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Saxonhouse, Arlene W. Kinēsis, Navies, and the Power Trap in Thucydides. Edited by Sara Forsdyke, Edith Foster, and Ryan Balot. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199340385.013.33.

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In the Archaeology of his History, Thucydides traces those factors that led to the rise of the cities that face one another in the war that he records. Foremost among them is the navy. I contend that this focus on the navy as the basis of political power captures for Thucydides the connection between movement and power: possession of power is not a static condition but always entails the unending search for more power, allowing the cities who possess navies/power no respite from constant motion. In contrast to what I call the “power trap” that ultimately leads to the destruction of the city en

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Hamilton, Kirk, and Cameron Hepburn. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803720.003.0001.

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While current economic discourse tends to focus on GDP and its growth, there is an older tradition in economics of assessing the wealth of a nation. This book builds on this tradition by defining the components of wealth (produced, natural, human, intellectual and institutional capital, and net foreign assets) and considers how the management of this portfolio can lead to increasing social welfare. Four factors have increased the salience of wealth: a financial crisis centred on the implosion of balance sheet positions, the subsequent emphasis on the distribution of wealth within societies, si

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Göpfert, Mirco. Policing the Frontier. Cornell University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501747212.001.0001.

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This book explores what it means to be a gendarme investigating cases, writing reports, and settling disputes in rural Niger. At the same time, the book looks at the larger bureaucracy and the irresolvable tension between bureaucratic structures and procedures and peoples' lives. The world of facts and files exists on one side, and the chaotic and messy human world exists on the other. The book contends that bureaucracy and police work emerge in a sphere of constant and ambivalent connection and separation. The book's frontier in Niger (and beyond) is seen through ideas of space, condition, an

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Feist, Eugen, and Gerd-R. Burmester. Rheumatoid arthritis—clinical features. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199642489.003.0111.

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) presents with variable clinical features, making this most frequent chronic systemic autoimmune disease with characteristic joint involvement a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. This chapter describes in detail the different clinical, laboratory and imaging findings in patients with RA. In addition to the characteristic arthritic involvement, which can lead to severe joint changes with progressive destruction and loss of function, other systemic disease manifestations as well as an increased risk for cardiovascular events and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with relevance

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Deeks, Ashley. Taming the Doctrine of Pre-Emption. Edited by Marc Weller. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199673049.003.0030.

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This chapter examines one of the most contentious issues in the jus ad bellum: whether and when international law permits a state to use force unilaterally before it suffers an armed attack. More specifically, it considers whether pre-emption needs to be tamed. The discussion begins by sorting through the terminology used by states and scholars with respect to acts of self-defence in advance of an attack, with particular reference to three different terms: anticipatory self-defence, pre-emptive self-defence, and preventive self-defence. The chapter then outlines the basic positions in the hist

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Gordon, Edward E. The 2010 Meltdown. Praeger, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216955122.

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Ed Gordon marshals a vast amount of data to illustrate how various trends are converging to create a labor vacuum—with potentially disastrous consequences for economic competitiveness and individual opportunity. He sounds a wake-up call to business leaders, policymakers, educators, and concerned citizens, employees, and parents—anyone with a stake in our economic future. Moreover, he highlights innovative initiatives in training, education, and community development in the United States and around the world that can serve as models for positive action. Ultimately,The 2010 Meltdownis an optimis

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