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Alternative Tracks provides a novel interpretation of industrialization and political development in the United States. Focusing on the critical case of railroads, Gerald Berk shows that alternative forms of economic organization and governmental regulation existed in the late nineteenth century. Constitutional choices, not technological imperatives or economic interests, determined the outcome in the twentieth century: a centralized industry regulated according to liberal principles of redistribution. Alternative Tracks reveals a nineteenth-century rival to this political...

Bei der Bewirtschaftung von Grundwasservorkommen die zur Trinkwasserversorgung genutzt werden, gewinnen Aspekte der Wasserbeschaffenheit zunehmend an Bedeutung. Um wasserwirtschaftlich relevante Probleme bewerten und managen zu konnen, ist ein vertieftes und quantitatives geochemisches Prozessverstandnis erforderlich. Mit der vorgestellten Methode der "Wirkungsanalyse mit Stoffflussmodellen" konnen die fur die Rohwasserbeschaffenheit verantwortlichen hydrogeochemischen Prozesse und Reaktionen identifiziert und quantifiziert werden.

Ziel des Buches ist es, den Leser anhand eines...

This book presents a thorough and critical review of current knowledge on the role of immunology in major psychiatric disorders and its potential applications. The opening chapters offer general information on the immune influence of the brain to provide readers with a better understanding of the end of immune privilege. The book then examines possible underlying mechanisms leading to psychiatric disorders, from early infections to pro-inflammatory markers, stress, and immune genetic background, linking etiology and psychiatry. The third section describes each disorder (ie autism,...

Author Nancy Berk pairs her humor and psychological training to address the common social and parenting dilemmas related to bar and bat mitzvah preparation and party planning. From religious school carpools to the just-in-the-nick-of-time home renovation, this book will take you down the winding...

The United States healthcare system is sick and patients are suffering. We spend more money on our medical care than any other developed country, but our average life spans are shorter.

We take more drugs than other nations and pay far more for them.

Accidental drug overdoses now kill more people each year than vehicle accidents.

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in America, right after heart disease and cancer.

Why is this happening? What can we do about...