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This is one of the most important books ever published about the American university. Robert Nisbet accuses universities of having betrayed themselves. Over the centuries they earned the respect of society by attempting to remain faithful to what he terms “the academic dogma,” the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. The measure of a university’s greatness and of the stature of an individual scholar was determined not by the immediate usefulness of the work done, but by how much it contributed to scholarship, learning, and teaching. American universities abandoned this ideal, Nisbet charges, after World War II, welcoming onto their campuses academic entrepreneurs engaged in the “higher capitalism,” the highly profitable sale of knowledge. This “reformation,” says Nisbet, has resulted in the greatest change in the structure and values of the university that has occurred since their founding as guilds in the Middle Ages. And it may be responsible, for reasons he spells out in convincing detail, for their eventual demise as centers of learning. In her introduction, Gertrude Himmelfarb pays tribute to Robert Nisbet for his prescience in analyzing the reformation of the university in the postwar period. A second reformation, she says, has further undermined the academic dogma, first by applying the principles of affirmative action and multiculturalism to the curriculum as well as to student admissions and faculty hiring, and then by “deconstructing” the disciplines, thus subverting the ideas of truth, reason, and objectivity. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma is even more pertinent today than when it was first published a quarter of a century ago. For those concerned with the integrity of the university and of intellectual life, Robert Nisbet has once again proved himself a prophet and a mentor.

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Protect your home, health, and appliances by filtering your water with this KDF water filter. The Express Water Whole House Kinetic Degradation Fluxion Filter removes dangerous heavy metal contaminants from your water supply and provides clean water for drinking, showering, cooking, and other home uses. The KDF captures: Heavy Metals, Iron, Lead, Arsenic, Nickel, Cadmium, Bacteria, Sulfur, Algae, Viruses, Hydrogen Sulfide, Chromium, Fungi, Mercury, Chlorine, Chloramine, Microorganisms, Copper, Aluminum, and more. Shower without harsh chlorine. Give healthier water to your pets. Extend the life of your dishwasher, laundry machine, washing machine, other appliances, and reduce your energy cost with this replacement filter for your reverse osmosis filter system. The KDF filter is good for up to 100,000 gallons or 6-12 months. This is based on average water quality. We recommend a KDF filter replacement every 6 months. This durable, heavy-duty whole house filter can deliver up to 0.25 gallons of water every second. The filter works with 45-80 psi and water temperatures between 40-100°F. Filter your water with catalytic carbon and high purity copper and zinc granules for maximum capture of contaminants. Choose the filter that lasts longer to give you the best value in filtration. The Express Water Kinetic Degradation Fluxion Whole House Filter FLTWH2045K is the best in heavy metal filtration.

Protect your home, health, and appliances by filtering your water with this KDF water filter. The Express Water Whole House Kinetic Degradation Fluxion Filter reduces dangerous heavy metal impurities from your water supply and provides clean water for drinking, showering, cooking, and other home uses. Shower without harsh impurities. Give healthier water to your pets. Extend the life of your dishwasher, laundry machine, washing machine, other appliances, and reduce your energy cost with this replacement filter for your reverse osmosis filter system. The KDF filter is good up to 100,000 Gal. or 6-12 months. This is based on average water quality. Your whole house replacement filter life may be different depending on your water quality, temperature, and incoming pressure. We recommend a KDF filter replacement every 6 months. This durable, heavy-duty whole house filter can deliver up to 0.25 Gal. of water every second. The filter works with 45-80 psi and water temperatures between 40°F - 100°F. The filter is vacuum sealed and complete with a polypropylene shell, a thermal bonded cap, and an industrial sealed silicon ring to make sure it's durable and reliable. Filter your water with catalytic carbon and high purity copper and zinc granules for maximum capture of contaminants. Choose the filter that lasts longer to give you the best value in filtration. The Express Water Kinetic Degradation Fluxion Whole House Filter 2 Pack FLTWH2045K2 is the best in heavy metal filtration.

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American historical writing has traditionally been one of our primary forms of moral reflection. However, David Harlan argues that in the disillusionment following the 1960s, history abandoned its redemptive potential and took up the methodology of the social sciences. In this provocative new book, Harlan describes the reasons for this turn to objectivity and professionalism, explains why it failed, and examines the emergence of a New Traditionalism in American historical writing. Part One, "The Legacy of the Sixties," describes the impact of literary theory in the 1970s and beyond, the rise of women's history, the various forms of ideological analysis developed by historians on the left, and the crippling obsession with professionalism in the 1980s. Part Two, "The Renewal of American Historical Writing," focuses on the contributions of John Patrick Diggins, Hayden White, Richard Rorty, Elaine Showalter, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and others. Harlan argues that at the end of the twentieth century American historical writing is perfectly poised to become what it once was: not one of the social sciences in historical costume, but a form of moral reflection that speaks to all Americans. "[A] wholly admirable work. This book will be talked about for years."—Library Journal

The aim of this research work is to the determination of photolytic degradation of the Tenaxit®, product of Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Bangladesh. Each tablet contains flupentixol INN 0.5 mg (as di-hydrochloride) and melitracen INN 10 mg (as di-hydrochloride). By conducting various type of physical, chemical and instrumental tests were done to determine whether the product is photo sensitive or not in various conditions (control, direct sunlight, normal light in the room, 25watt and 40watt light condition). Physical tests were performed according to the specification of official pharmacopoeia for evaluation of hardness, thickness, weight variation, friability of the Tenaxit® tablets from same batch. Finally, the sample was prepared for the UV-Spectroscopy measurement and absorbance of prepared sample was measured. It was observed that the potency of Tenaxit® was decreased gradually in various conditions after light exposure. So it can be said that the Tenaxit® containing combination of Flupentixol hydrochloride and Melitracen hydrochloride is light sensitive and exposing it to the light and radiation may hamper the content uniformity of the tablet.

This up-to-date, second edition of Land Degradation explores substantial decreases in the land's biological productivity or usefulness to humans due to human activities. Case studies—including tourist impacts in Europe, the environmental footprints of urban areas, wetland drainage for agriculture in the American Midwest, run-on farming in the Negev, land degradation in the Amazon Basin, and irrigation in Egypt—cover the history of land degradation, identify the level of human responsibility in transforming natural landscapes into sustainable agro-ecosystems, look at local and regional effects of human interactions with the environment, and reveal both negative and positive aspects of land modification. Extensively illustrated, Land Degradation can be used as the primary text in a course of the same name or as a supplement in courses covering land use, environmental change, and sustainability.

This book provides a general holistic view of materials degradation without undue emphasis on aqueous corrosion with the neglect of other important topics such as liquid metal corrosion. Discussion of materials degradation is balanced by detailed description and evaluation of surface engineering as a means of managing materials degradation. Thus, the trainee engineer is presented with a comprehensive view of the problem rather than just a part of the problem. The control or management of materials degradation is not only discussed in scientific terms, but the economics or financial aspects of materials degradation and surface engineering is also discussed in detail with the help of analytical models.

This book provides a general holistic view of materials degradation without undue emphasis on aqueous corrosion with the neglect of other important topics such as liquid metal corrosion. Discussion of materials degradation is balanced by detailed description and evaluation of surface engineering as a means of managing materials degradation. Thus, the trainee engineer is presented with a comprehensive view of the problem rather than just a part of the problem. The control or management of materials degradation is not only discussed in scientific terms, but the economics or financial aspects of materials degradation and surface engineering is also discussed in detail with the help of analytical models.

Human impact on natural landscapes through urbanization and agricultural expansion are becoming more and more dramatic and are the cause of serious environmental problems. This volume examines the effect of landscape disturbance on plant and animal diversity in the five mediterranean-climate regions of the world. It begins with three introductory chapters broadly reviewing the issues of landscape degradation. Further contributions describe regional land use conflicts in each of the five regions. Landscape disturbance and plant diversity, and landscape disturbance and animal diversity are treated in separate chapters. Four contributions deal with demography and ecophysiology in vegetation succession following disturbance. The volume closes with a consideration of the future addressing aspects of environmental politics.

xiv + 315 pages including index, thermal degradation of styrene polymers, polyolefins, flourocarbon and chorlocarbon polymers, polyvinyl acetate and polyvinyl alcohol, acrylate polymers, acrlonitrile polymers, polybutadiene and copolymers of butadiene with styrene and acrylonitrile, polyisopropene, natural rubber and neoprene, polyoxides and other polymers, bw charts and diagrams

Breakdown is fascinating to the scientist and frustrating to the engineer! As well as advancing the scientific and engineering understanding of electrical degradation and breakdown in polymers, this book forms a comprehensive and international review of the state-of-the-art. Topics include: water and electrical treeing; charge transport; 'classical' and filamentary thermal, electromechanical, electronic and partial discharge breakdown models; the stochastic nature of breakdown and statistical characterisation techniques; and engineering considerations for breakdown testing and degradation assessment. The treatment presumes little prior knowledge but develops into an advanced understanding of new concepts such as the fractal-like nature of trees. Although the book is primarily aimed at scientists and engineers practising in the field, a broad introductory section has been included to cater for a wide audience including those new to the subject area. This comprises a description of the nature of the polymers, basic solid-state physics and an introduction to degradation and breakdown.

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Most of the world's land is manageable yet, throughout history, damage has been done. Ignorance, population pressure, the profit motive, and pressures on land managers all play their part and are investigated in this book.

Breakdown is fascinating to the scientist and frustrating to the engineer! As well as advancing the scientific and engineering understanding of electrical degradation and breakdown in polymers, this book forms a comprehensive and international review of the state-of-the-art. Topics include: water and electrical treeing; charge transport; 'classical' and filamentary thermal, electromechanical, electronic and partial discharge breakdown models; the stochastic nature of breakdown and statistical characterisation techniques; and engineering considerations for breakdown testing and degradation assessment. The treatment presumes little prior knowledge but develops into an advanced understanding of new concepts such as the fractal-like nature of trees. Although the book is primarily aimed at scientists and engineers practising in the field, a broad introductory section has been included to cater for a wide audience including those new to the subject area. This comprises a description of the nature of the polymers, basic solid-state physics and an introduction to degradation and breakdown.

Addressing the persistent environmental threat of organic chemicals with a fresh approach to degradation and transformation processes, Environmental Degradation and Transformation of Organic Chemicals examines a wide range of compounds as well as abiotic and microbiological reactions mediated by microorganisms. The book emphasizes the pathways used and the broad classes of enzymes involved. It provides an overview of experimental procedures with detailed coverage of the organic compounds that are considered to be xenobiotics. The book begins by providing a broad perspective on abiotic and biotic reactions, including the significance of a range of environmental determinants. The following chapters briefly introduce experimental procedures and emphasize those procedures for establishing the structure of metabolites using isotopes and physical methods. Next, the authors outline details of biochemical reactions involved in the biodegradation of the major groups of aliphatic, carbocyclic aromatic, and heterocyclic compounds. They end with coverage of bioremediation that has attracted increasing concern because of the hazard presented by the disposal of unwanted chemicals or by-products from their manufacture. Broad and comprehensive, this book provides a cohesive treatment of the subject. It contains an extensive set of literature references and numerous illustrative figures. The authors use a mechanistic approach with emphasis on the pathways, and the principles that emerge provide a guide not only for specific compounds but also for those having a more remote structural resemblance.

Forest trees constitute one of the major resources of the world and their utilization, either for structural purposes or for the materials which they yield, dates back to antiquity. Over the centuries, the exploitation of this resource has become progressively more sophisticated, and, in many parts of the world has led to the development of highly complex forest-based industries. The research and development work which led to these industrial uses fostered the formation of numerous technical societies and associations, which, through their meetings and publi­ cations, have facilitated communication and the exchange of ideas. Over the years, there have been numerous symposia devoted to wood and the many facets of its properties and utilization. However, rarely has the emphasis in such symposia been placed upon the living tree and the changes which it undergoes in relation to its ultimate utilization. Hence the Phytochemical Society of North America arranged the symposium, "The Structure, Biosynthesis, and Degradation of Wood", held at the University of British Columbia in August, 1976. the contributions to which form the basis of the present volume.

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Identifies the underlying causes of continuing environmental degradation as poverty, population, poor policies, and trade, and analyzes them from the perspective of institutional economics. Drawing historical parallels, concludes that a problem arises whenever the human capacity to exploit the environment outruns the capacity of human institutions to adapt and evolve methods for managing the exploitation. Commissioned by the United Nations Environment Program. Assumes no previous knowledge of economics or the environment. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.