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This text is taken from a course held in Les Houches and includes information on: the preparation of industrial catalysts; the electronic structure of metals and alloys; and the characterization of metallic catalysts by X-ray and electron microscopy techniques.

Die vorliegende Arbeit entstand wahrend meiner Tatigkeit am Institut fur Arbeitswissenschaft und Technologiemanagement der Universitat Stuttgart (IAT) und am Fraunhofer-Institut fur Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation (IAO). Die Anregung zur wissenschaftlichen Erarbeitung des Themas geht zuruck auf ein IAO-internes Projekt zur Realisierung eines Montageintranets. Meinem Hauptberichter, Herrn Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. H.-I. Bullinger, geschaftsfuhrender Direktor des Instituts fur Arbeitswissenschaft und Technologiemanagement der Universitat Stuttgart (lAT) und Leiter des Fraunhofer-Instituts fur...

In Deutschland wie auch in anderen westlichen Industrienationen stellen Herz Kreislauferkrankungen mit Abstand die haufigste Todesursache dar. Ihr Anteil betragt etwa 50070 aller Todesursachen, davon entrallt etwa ein Drittel auf Korona re Herzkrankheiten und Herzinfarkt 58]. Nach Angaben des Statistischen Bundesamtes kam es im Jahr 1987 allein in der Bundesrepublik zu ca. 137000 Todesfallen durch ischamische Herzkrankheiten, dies entspricht einer Mortalitatsrate von 224 pro 100000 Einwohner. In der glei chen GroBenordnung liegt die Zahl der zusatzlichen nichttOdlichen Herzinfarkte, die in...

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Gustav Jahoda University of Strathclyde Ever since psychology emerged as a separate discipline about a century ago, there have been differing views as to what it is or ought to be. Some, like Ebbinghaus, saw it as a budding natural science, experimental and quantitative. Others, like Dilthey, regarded psychology in the main as a humane field of study, historical and interpretative in character. The dichotomy of "explaining" versus "understanding" has been a subject of debate ever since. Regrettably, most of the protagonists of these respec tive positions tend to view them as mutually...

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