Jeroen Scheerder (editor), Hanna Vehmas (Editor), Kobe Helsen (Editor) - The Rise and Size of the Fitness Industry in Europe: Fit for the Future?

English | 2020 | Palgrave Macmillan | ISBN: 9783030533472 (ISBN10: 3030533476) | 501 pages | PDF | 13 MB

This book explores the rise, size and shape of the European fitness industry by using harmonised data as well as in-depth analyses of national surveys in fifteen European countries. Following an introduction to the socio-historical and conceptual aspects of fitness, the collection presents the scope of fitness as a business and participatory activity. Furthermore, both policy and governance issues as well as community and supply angles are considered.
Drawing on this unique material, the book will appeal to students and scholars of sport business, sport economics, sport management, and social sport sciences, but also to administrators, policymakers and entrepreneurs in the international and national sport and health community.



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Shin-Ho Chung (Editor), Olaf S. Anderson (Editor), Vikram V. Krishnamurthy (Editor) - Biological Membrane Ion Channels: Dynamics, Structure, and Applications

English | 2006 | Springer | ISBN: 9780387333236 (ISBN10: 0387333231) | 657 pages | PDF | 13 MB

This book deals with recent breakthroughs in ion-channel research that have been brought about by the combined effort of experimental biophysicists and computational physicists, who together are beginning to unravel the story of these exquisitely designed biomolecules. With chapters by leading experts, the book is aimed at researchers in nanodevices and biosensors, as well as advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biology and the physical sciences.


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G. Eliades (Editor), David C. Watts (Editor), Theodore Eliades (Editor) - Dental Hard Tissues and Bonding: Interfacial Phenomena and Related Properties

English | 2005 | Springer | ISBN: 9783540234081 (ISBN10: 354023408X) | 201 pages | PDF | 13 MB

This book comprehensively reviews bonding to enamel, dentin and cementum and analyses relevant adhesion mechanisms. It is addressed to both the dental researcher and the clinician. Emphasis is placed on the characterization of material interfaces with dental tissues in situ. The volume also stresses the importance of appropriate experimental protocol design in facilitating clinically-relevant research methods, clarifies the mechanisms of adhesion of polymeric materials to hard dental tissues and furnishes a handy reference for routine clinical procedures in restorative and prosthetic dentistry as well as orthodontics. The book introduces important aspects of the chemistry of dental materials and their adaptation to dental hard tissues. It also analyses interfacial phenomena occurring during application of materials, including mechanical properties, and structural-compositional alterations. The text presents the current instrumental approaches in studying related issues and a summary of the current status of theories concerning bonding to dental tissues. This work, in its scope and scientific content, provides an in-depth view of the way in which aesthetic dentistry is currently being practiced.


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Terkel Rosenqvist - Principles of Extractive Metallurgy

English | 1974 | McGraw-Hill | ISBN: 9780070538474 (ISBN10: 0070538476) | 563 pages | PDF | 16 MB

Rather than simply describing the processes and reactions involved in metal extraction, this book concentrates on fundamental principles to give readers an understanding of the possibilities for future developments in this field. It includes a review of the basics of thermodynamics, kinetics and engineering principles that have special importance for extractive metallurgy, to ensure that readers have the background necessary for maximum achievement. The various metallurgical unit processes (such as roasting, reduction, smelting and electrolysis) are illustrated by existing techniques for the extraction of the most common metals. Each chapter includes a bibliography of recommended reading to aid in further study. The appendices include tables and graphs of thermodynamic qualities for most substances of metallurgical importance; these are ideal for calculating heat (enthalpy) balances and chemical equilibrium constants. SI Units are used consistently throughout the text.



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Bogliaccini, Juan A. - Empowering Labor: Leftist Approaches to Wage Policy in Unequal Democracies

English | 2024 | Cambridge University Press | ISBN: 978-1-009-43352-5 (ISBN10: 1009433520) | 240 pages | PDF | 2 MB

Empowering Labor uses a comparative study of Chile, Portugal, and Uruguay to analyze the underlying political dynamics that shape the use of wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument of leftist parties in power in unequal democracies. The book theorizes that the unity of the Left and labor's political legitimacy are two main drivers for relating on wage policy as a pre-distributive instrument for promoting inclusion. These factors are shaped by elite long-term strategies towards labor. Such strategies, when dominant for long-enough periods, create path dependency, shaping differential opportunities for further options down the road. The book integrates large-scale historical processes with frequently analyzed short-term and agency-based factors to elucidate variation in the crafting of wage policies and reshapes the debate on the politics of pre-distribution in unequal democracies by situating the cases in a longer historical arc.


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Werner Nachtigall - Ökophysik: Plaudereien über das Leben auf dem Land, im Wasser und in der Luft

German | 2005 | Springer | ISBN: 9783540288787 (ISBN10: 3540288783) | 266 pages | PDF | 9 MB

Prof. em. Dr. rer. nat. Werner Nachtigall, geb. 1934, war als Zoophysiologe und Biophysiker Leiter des Zoologischen Instituts der Universitat des Saarlandes in Saarbrucken. In Forschung und Ausbildung hat er sich insbesondere mit Aspekten der Technischen Biologie und Bionik befasst und mit seinen Forschergruppen viele Basisdaten insbesondere zur Okologie, Physiologie und Physik des Fliegens und Schwimmens aber auch zur Stabilitat beispielsweise der Graser erarbeitet.

Lebewesen uberraschen immer wieder durch ihre "Biodiversitat," ihre hochspezifischen Ausgestaltungen und Anpassungen. Dabei nutzen sie auch alle physikalischen Grundgesetzlichkeiten.

Das zentrale Thema ist die Ortsbewegung, die ja auf dem Boden und in den Fluiden (Wasser, Luft) denkbar unterschiedlich ablauft. Erganzende Themenkreise sind Korpergrosse und Stoffwechsel, Atmung und Atemgastransport, Warme- und Wasserhaushalt.

Mit dem vorliegenden Buch, das in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. rer. nat. Alfred Wisser entstanden ist, stellt er solche Forschungsergebnisse in einen grosseren Rahmen und berichtet kenntnisreich und allgemein verstandlich uber die "Okophysik" des Lebens auf dem Land, im Wasser und in der Luft mit Gewinn zu lesen von jedem, der sich fur Biologie oder fur Physik interessiert (oder gar fur beides)."


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