Zusammenfassung Die Entwicklung der amtlichen Statistik in der sowjetischen Besatzungszone Deutschlands und der DDR ist charakterisiert durch einen raschen Übergang von der amtlichen Statistik des deutschen Reiches zu von der sozialistischen Planwirtschaft gekennzeichneten Formen einer...

Although indispensable for long-term economic growth, organizational changes are usually met with resistance. This article draws on psychological theories and empirical evidence to highlight why and under what conditions changes lead to resistance and what likely consequences of resistance are....

Risk-taking behavior is puzzling insofar as it may involve considerable losses (such as increased mortality rates). The present research advances an evolutionary account of risk-taking behavior in that one of its main functions is to get access to potential mating partners. Inasmuch as...

In recent years, debris flows have represented a severe natural hazard in South-Gargano watersheds (Puglia Region, Southern Italy). Hill slopes erosion, caused by the inadequate protection of the degraded forests, produces large amounts of soil and debris that are conveyed downstream during...

Using first principles DFT (density functional theory), we have examined the thermochemical mechanism of electrorefining spent uranium (U) from a LiCl–KCl molten salt on a tungsten (W) surface. We calculated 197 different U/W(110) surfaces to identify the most thermodynamically and...

Die technologische Revolution des Internets, ihre epochale Bedeutung für die Wirtschaft und ihre ethische Bewältigung sind das Thema dieses Buches. Seine Beiträge zum Verstehen des Internets reichen von der Frage der Umwälzung oder gar Abschaffung der Eigentumsrechte durch die...