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Kerstin Werle’s work is based upon a year of fieldwork on Lamotrek and Yap, belonging to a group of islands with a matrilineal culture. Although a trend to the lifestyle of the Western world can be found everywhere on the islands, traditional customs, a gendered division of labour, and subsistence techniques prevail. Kerstin Werle carried out her research according to classical anthropological methods, supplementing the available specialist literature on the widespread Micronesian atolls with a valuable overview. Her book shows how the ideal of an old and wise woman, contained in the cultural symbol lavalava, is faced with a young society. Due to the extremely limited space on the small atolls, individual plots of land have become historically, culturally, and emotionally significant places, all of which have been ascribed their own individual character. With the help of these personalized places, people on Lamotrek pursue local politics. Contents Womens’ Power, Gender Roles and Pictures of Ageing The Anthropology of Landscape in Fieldwork Settings Emotions as Expression of Cultural Norms Culture as a Process of Collective Localisation Target Groups Lecturers and students in Sociology, Psychology, Micronesian Studies, Cultural Anthropology Journalists, media experts, social politicians, development workers, teachers The Author Kerstin Werle has studied sociology and cultural anthropology with a focus on India and Micronesia. Currently, she is living in Breisach and working as a freelance writer.

Women --- Lamotrek (Micronesia) --- Social conditions. --- Human females --- Wimmin --- Woman --- Womon --- Womyn --- Females --- Human beings --- Femininity --- Lamotrek Atoll (Micronesia) --- Swede Island (Micronesia) --- Caroline Islands --- Social sciences. --- Sociology. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Gender Studies. --- Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Social groups. --- Family. --- Family --- Families --- Family life --- Family relationships --- Family structure --- Relationships, Family --- Structure, Family --- Social institutions --- Birth order --- Domestic relations --- Home --- Households --- Kinship --- Marriage --- Matriarchy --- Parenthood --- Patriarchy --- Association --- Group dynamics --- Groups, Social --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Social participation --- Social aspects --- Social conditions

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1. The birth of the electronic journal In the autumn of 1987 Michael Ehringhaus and Bird Stasz of Syracuse University launched New horizons in adult education, probably the very first refereed scientific journal to be published in electronic form ( g. 1. 1). The rst issue was sent over the Adult Education Network (AEDNET). The journal still 2 exists today. In March 1991 Ted Jennings of the University at Albany (State 3 University of New York) launched EJournal, described as an ‘electronic journal concerned with the implications of electronic networks and texts’ ( g. 1. 2), coining the now popular term e-journal. The Online journal of current clinical trials, published from September 1991, has been described as the first peer 45 reviewed electronic journal in medicine. How significant is the phenomenon of the scientific electronic journal today, more than a decade and a half after its introduction? Over this period information and communication technologies (ICT) have been an important factor in the development of scientific communication. Applications such as communication over digital networks (converging towards a single network – the Internet), the use of computerized systems for creating, storing and retrieving 1 The scientific journal is also referred to as ‘scholarly’ or ‘research’ journal. We use the former term in this study. 2 Although no longer distributed over AEDNET but through the World Wide Web. The first issue is now ? available at http://www. nova. edu/ aed/horizons/vol1n1.

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Although the propeller lies submerged out of sight, it is a complex component in both the hydrodynamic and structural sense. This book fulfils the need for a comprehensive and cutting edge volume that brings together a great range of knowledge on propulsion technology, a multi-disciplinary and international subject. The book comprises three main sections covering hydrodynamics; materials and mechanical considerations; and design, operation and performance. The discussion relates theory to practical problems of design, analysis and operational economy, and is supported by extensive design inf

Propellers. --- Ship propulsion. --- Ships -- Hydrodynamics. --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Naval Architecture --- Propulsion systems. --- Ships --- Hydrodynamics. --- Systems, Propulsion --- Screw propellers --- Dynamics --- Propulsion systems --- Hydrodynamics --- Naval architecture --- Stability of ships --- Marine engineering --- Marine machinery --- Engineering systems --- Ship propulsion --- Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering

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Propulsion technology is a complex, multidisciplinary topic with design, construction, operational and research implications. Bringing together a wealth of disparate information from the field, Marine Propellers and Propulsion provides comprehensive and cutting edge coverage to equip marine engineers, naval architects and anyone involved in propulsion and hydrodynamics with the knowledge needed to do the job.

Propellers. --- Ship propulsion. --- Ships - Hydrodynamics. --- Ships -- Hydrodynamics. --- Propellers --- Ships --- Ship propulsion --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Naval Architecture --- Hydrodynamics --- Hydrodynamics. --- Screw propellers --- Propulsion systems --- Dynamics --- Marine engineering --- Marine machinery --- Naval architecture --- Stability of ships

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This book starts with the invention of the wheel nearly 5000 years ago, and via Archimedes, Aristotle and Hero describes the first practical applications such as water wheels and grinding wheels, pushing on to more rigorous scientific research by inquiring minds such as Leonardo da Vinci and Copernicus in later ages. Newton and Leibniz followed, and beam structures received maximum attention three centuries ago.  As focus shifts and related disciplines such as mathematics and physics also develop, slowly turbomachines and rotor and blade dynamics as we know the subject now take shape.   While the book traces the events leading to Laval and Parsons Turbines, the emphasis is on rotor and blade dynamics aspects that pushed these turbines to their limits in the last century. The tabular and graphical methods developed in the pre-computer era have taken different form in the last fifty years through finite element methods. The methods evolved in the last century are discussed in detail to help modern day designers and researchers.   This book will be useful to young researchers and engineers in industry and educational institutions engaged in rotor and blade dynamics work in understanding the past and the present developments and what is expected in future. Faculty and industry engineers can benefit from this broad perspective history in formulating their developmental plans. Indexed in the Book Citation Index– Science (BKCI-S).

Machinery, Dynamics of. --- Rotors -- Dynamics. --- Technology and engineering -- Machinery. --- Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Mechanical Engineering - General --- Rotors --- Dynamics. --- Engineering. --- Structural mechanics. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Machinery. --- Mechanical Engineering. --- Machinery and Machine Elements. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Dynamics --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Quantum theory --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering --- Machinery --- Steam engineering --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering mathematics --- Machines --- Manufactures --- Power (Mechanics) --- Mechanical engineering --- Motors --- Power transmission --- Curious devices