German initiation

Jischa gives an overview of sustainable development and technology assessment, particularly from the German point of view and reviewing the German initiatives... 

This work is part of the Cluster of Excellence Unifying Concepts in Catalysis coordinated by the Technische Universitat Berlin. Financial support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the framework of the German Initiative for Excellence is gratefully acknowledged. 

German initiatives cf. especially Irving (1967), the basic reference to this subject. 

Gas also assumed an increasing importance in the Allied armouries, if only to counter the German initiatives. By June 1918, the French had produced substantial quantities of mustard gas with which they inflicted heavy casualties upon the Seventh German Army and the 11th Bavarian Division. The British and later the Americans increased their production requirements, with the British launching their first mustard gas attack in September. By the Armistice, chemical shells comprised an estimated 35 per cent of the French, 25 per cent of the British and 15 per cent of the American ammunition expenditures. Had the war continued, both the British and Americans planned to expand their gas shell programmes considerably. ... 

Because the term Industrie 4.0 is the name of a strategic German initiative, the tom will be used in its German form, without translation to English. 

The publishers wish to acknowledge the contribution of Dr. Robert W. Waterhouse, who provided the initial draft of the translation from the German. The publishers are grateful to the authors for their diligent help with subsequent drafts of the translation. 

Words ending in -it in German, as, for instance, the names of a great many minerals, should as a rule be translated with the ending -ite as, Kainit, kainite (not kainit). If it seems best to retain the original speUing of a trade name it should be placed in quotation marks or its initial letter should be capitalized as, Permutit, permutite or permutit or Permutit. 

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