Author: JACQUES.. BRUNETPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 94
Book Description
CONTRIBUTION A L'ETUDE DE LA FATIGUE PAR EXAMEN DE LA CAPACITE D'AMORTISSEMENT
Author: JACQUES.. BRUNETContribution à l'étude de la fatigue
Author: Jean-Pierre RamponneauPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 152
Book Description
Dictionary of Building and Civil Engineering
Author: Don MontaguePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780419199106
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
This dual-language dictionary lists over 20,000 specialist terms in both French and English, covering architecture, building, engineering and property terms. It meets the needs of all building professionals working on projects overseas. It has been comprehensively researched and compiled to provide an invaluable reference source in an increasingly European marketplace.
The Global Sporting Arms Race
Author: Veerle de BosscherPublisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag
ISBN: 1841262285
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This title presents an international comparison of elite sports policies in six nations (Norway, Canada, Italy, Holland, the UK and Belgium). Drawing on research involving more than 1400 athletes, coaches, and performance directors, it evaluates and compares over 100 factors that lead to international sporting success.
The Theory of Propellers
Author: Theodore TheodorsenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Summary: A technical method is given for calculating the axial interference velocity of a propeller. The method involves the use of certain weight functions P, Q, and F. Numerical values for the weight functions are given for two-blade, three-blade, and six-blade propellers.
A New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages in Two Parts
Author: Thomas NugentThe Lion's Share
Author: Guido AlfaniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110847621X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This is the most in-depth analysis of inequality and social polarization ever attempted for a preindustrial society. Using data from the archives of the Venetian Terraferma, and compared with information available for elsewhere in Europe, Guido Alfani and Matteo Di Tullio demonstrate that the rise of the fiscal-military state served to increase economic inequality in the early modern period. Preindustrial fiscal systems tended to be regressive in nature, and increased post-tax inequality compared to pre-tax - in contrast to what we would assume is the case in contemporary societies. This led to greater and greater disparities in wealth, which were made worse still as taxes were collected almost entirely to fund war and defence rather than social welfare. Though focused on Old Regime Europe, Alfani and Di Tullio's findings speak to contemporary debates about the roots of inequality and social stratification.
Soil Conservation Districts
Author: Wind-tunnel Investigation of a Number of Total-pressure Tubes at High Angles of Attack
Author: A. Gerald RaineyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aerodynamics
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Stuck
Author: Marc SommersPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820338907
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Young people are transforming the global landscape. As the human population today is younger and more urban than ever before, prospects for achieving adulthood dwindle while urban migration soars. Devastated by genocide, hailed as a spectacular success, and critiqued for its human rights record, the Central African nation of Rwanda provides a compelling setting for grasping new challenges to the world's youth. Spotlighting failed masculinity, urban desperation, and forceful governance, Marc Sommers tells the dramatic story of young Rwandans who are “stuck,” striving against near-impossible odds to become adults. In Rwandan culture, female youth must wait, often in vain, for male youth to build a house before they can marry. Only then can male and female youth gain acceptance as adults. However, Rwanda's severe housing crisis means that most male youth are on a treadmill toward failure, unable to build their house yet having no choice but to try. What follows is too often tragic. Rural youth face a future as failed adults, while many who migrate to the capital fail to secure a stable life and turn fatalistic about contracting HIV/AIDS. Featuring insightful interviews with youth, adults, and government officials, Stuck tells the story of an ambitious, controlling government trying to govern an exceptionally young and poor population in a densely populated and rapidly urbanizing country. This pioneering book sheds new light on the struggle to come of age and suggests new pathways toward the attainment of security, development, and coexistence in Africa and beyond. Published in association with the United States Institute of Peace