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A.K. Patra, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery S.D. Markowitz, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Biomedicine Sciences, Kolkata, India (Ed.) USA; N.A. Berger, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA (Eds.) Dietary Phytochemicals and A. von Gabain, Intercell AG, Vienna, Austria; C. Klade, Intercell AG, Microbes Energy Balance and Vienna, Austria (Eds.) Gastrointestinal Cancer

Development of Novel Vaccines Humans have utilized the bioactive principles of different plants for various beneficial physiological The gastrointestinal track provides one of the Skills, Knowledge and Translational Technologies properties including antimicrobial properties distinct systems where multiple malignancies, for many centuries. However, interests of using including adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, “Development of novel vaccines” gives an overview medicinal plants declined in the 20th century with esophagus and colon are each associated with of the tasks in basic research leading to the final the availability of effective synthetic antimicrobial obesity. This unique association is covered product – the vaccine and its applications, belonging drugs. The development of microbial resistance in this volume of Energy Balance and Cancer to the most complex biologics in the pharmaceutical to various drugs has accelerated research interests from the epidemiologic, biologic and potential field. Distinct from most textbooks in the vaccine towards the use of phytochemicals as alternatives etiologic viewpoint. The focus on possible dietary arena, the current issue focuses on the translational to synthetic drugs in the recent years. This contribution as well as the role of exercise in aspect, namely, how research results can be book presents an comprehensive reviews on prevention and therapy is presented in both animal transformed into life-saving medical interventions. the antimicrobial and antiviral properties of model and patient based studies. Special focus is Each chapter of the book deals with one important numerous recently reported phytochemicals, provided also on the role of genetic mutations and paradigm for the development of novel vaccines, and their mechanisms of antimicrobial actions. inflammatory pathways as drivers of these obesity along the value chain towards the final vaccine, and Some of the chapters have critically discussed the related gastrointestinal malignancies. Overall, this furthermore, with the inevitable tools required for beneficial and adverse effects of antibacterial, and volume on Energy Balance and Gastrointestinal this process. Contributions are prepared by teams stimulatory activities of dietary phytochemicals Malignancies should be valuable to Epidemiologists, of scientists, all of whom are experts in the field, on rumen microbial populations, and gut Gastroenterologists and Oncologists, as well as to most of them anchored in biomedical organizations microbial populations of humans and animals. students and researchers from multiple disciplines devoted to translational culture, thereby lighting Microbial adaptation and resistance of microbes to interested in understanding and disrupting the the certain topics from different views. This volume phytochemicals has also been highlighted. On the[..] association between obesity and cancer. is a must read for researchers engaged in vaccine development and who really want to see their Features Features research results to become a product. Humans have utilized the bioactive principles of The gastrointestinal track provides one of the different plants for various beneficial physiological distinct systems where multiple malignancies, Features properties, including antimicrobial properties, for including adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, “Development of novel vaccines” gives an overview many centuries. However, with the availability of esophagus and colon are each associated with of the tasks in basic research leading to the final effective, synthetic antimicrobial drugs, interest obesity. This unique association is covered product – the vaccine and its applications, belonging in using medicinal plants declined during the in this volume of Energy Balance and Cancer to the most complex biologics in the pharmaceutical 20th century. In recent years, the development of from the epidemiologic, biologic and potential field. Distinct from most textbooks in the vaccine microbial resistance to various drugs has focused etiologic viewpoint. The focus on possible dietary arena, the current issue focuses on the translational research [..] contribution as well as the role of exercise [..] aspect, namely, how research results can be transformed into life-saving medical interventions. Contents Contents [..] List of contributors.- Preface .- 1 An overview Preface.- Obesity and Gastrointestinal Cancers: of antimicrobial properties of different classes Epidemiology.- Genetics of Colon Cancer Contents of phytochemicals.- 2 Antimicrobial properties Susceptibility.- Dietary Modulation of Colon Cancer: Preface.- 1. The immunological fundamentals of flavonoids.- 3 Antiviral properties of Effects on Intermediary Metabolism, Mucosal Cell (Şefik Şanal Alkan).- 2. Finding protective bacterial Phytochemicals.- 4 Antimicrobial properties Differentiation and Inflammation.- The ApcMin/ antigens (Guido Grandi, Eszter Nagy).- 3. Enhancing of organosulfur compounds.- 5 Antimicrobial + Mouse Model to Study the Effects of Exercise and tailoring the immunogenicity of vaccines with activities of essential oils.- 6 Phytochemicals against on Gastrointestinal Malignancy.- Obesity and the novel adjuvants (Christopher B. Fox, Benjamin drug-resistant microbes.- 7 Phytochemicals as Pathogenesis of Barrett’s Esophagus.- Obesity and Wizel, Steven G. Reed, Derek T. O’Hagan).- 4. anti-microbial food preservatives.- 8 Dietary Pancreatic Cancer.- Obesity, Insulin Resistance Vaccine Delivery – beyond needles (Flyer).- 5. tannins on microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal Pathway Factors and Colon Cancer.- Ras/Raf and Employing live microbes for vaccine delivery tract in ruminants.- 9 Manipulating ruminal their Influence in Glycolysis in Colon Cancer.- (Holger Loessner, Astrid Schwantes, Matthias biohydrogenation by the use of plants bioactive Energy Balance and Other Modifiable Host Factors Hamdorf, Uliana Komor, Sara Leschner, Siegfried compounds.- 10[..] on Colorectal Cancer[..] Weiss).- 6. Synthesizing vaccines with microbes (Michael Wacker, Danilo R. Casimiro).- 7. Fields of interest Fields of interest Purification and[..] Biomedicine (general); Science; Life Sciences Cancer Research; Human Physiology (general); Microbiology; Chemistry (general); Fields of interest Agriculture Target groups Vaccine; Pharmaceutical Sciences / Technology; Research Immunology; Laboratory Medicine Target groups Research Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Research Type of publication Contributed volume Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Contributed volume Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2012. XII, 184 p. 15 illus., 10 in color. (Energy Balance Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. and Cancer, Vol. 4) Hardcover 2012. XII, 400 p. 53 illus. Hardcover 139,95 € 2012. XIII, 303 p. 52 illus., 30 in color. With online files/ 139,95 € ISBN 978-1-4614-2366-9 update. Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-3925-3 149,95 € ISBN 978-3-7091-0708-9 springer.com Biomedicine 3

S.D. Mittelman, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, S.M. Gasser, Friedrich-Miescher-Institut, Basel, Switzerland; E. Li, P. Boddington, Oxford University, UK CA, USA; N.A. Berger, Case Western Reserve University, NIBR Shanghai, China (Eds.) Cleveland, OH, USA (Eds.) Ethical Challenges in Genomics Epigenetics and Disease Energy Balance and Hematologic Research Pharmaceutical Opportunities Malignancies A Guide to Understanding Ethics in Context Epigenetics has emerged recently as an important New developments in science and technology have area of molecular biological studies. Epigenetic The obesity pandemic continues to increase on resulted in shifting ethical challenges in many modifications lead to potentially heritable but a world-wide basis with over 70% of the United areas including in genomics research. This book reversible alterations in the expression of genes States population being either overweight or obese. enables those who are involved in genomics research, that determine cell fate. Epigenetic misregulation Hematologic malignancies have recently been whether as researcher, participant or policy maker, is thus often linked to degenerative diseases, cancer identified among the obesity associated malignancies to understand the ethical issues currently developing and neuronal disorders. Recent biomedical interest spanning the lifespan from childhood to the elderly in this field and to participate actively in these in this regulatory system stems from the fact that and include leukemia, myeloma, lymphoma and important debates. A clear account is given of how epigenetic, in contrast to genetic, alterations are in others. In addition to the etiologic association science and technology are outstripping the capacity principle amenable to pharmacological intervention. between obesity and hematologic malignancies, the of previous ethical regulations to cope with current A few epigenetically active drugs, for example presence of obesity has profound effects on therapy issues, together with practical illustrations of possible histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi) and DNA by impacting pharmacokinetics of chemotherapeutic ways forward. Key ethical ideas are presented, methyltransferase (DNMT) inhibitors, have been agents, dose, adipocyte metabolism and drug drawing on the history of research regulation approved by FDA for treatment of cancers such as distribution. These may be particularly important and on an account of the particular challenges CTCL, MDS, and AML. This volume explores the in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Another arising in the field of genomics. The book uses a scientific background for clinical applications of important aspect of the association of obesity grounded, practical approach to explaining ethical epigenetically active drugs. Included are descriptions with hematologic malignancies is the increased concepts and issues which is geared to enhancing of epigenetic controls over gene expression, the incidence of obesity in children who successfully interdisciplinary dialogue. Its broad approach to post-transcriptional silencing of genes by RNA complete therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. ethical issues includes relevant considerations interference (RNAi) and microRNAs, as well as new This and other observations indicate important from social psychology and there is a particular findings from[..] relations between the hematopoietic systems and fat emphasis[..] metabolism. This volume on Energy[..] Features Features Epigenetics has emerged recently as an important Features New developments in science and technology have area of molecular biological studies. Epigenetic The obesity pandemic continues to increase on resulted in shifting ethical challenges in many modifications lead to potentially heritable but a world-wide basis with over 70% of the United areas including in genomics research. This book reversible alterations in the expression of genes that States population being either overweight or obese. enables those who are involved in genomics research, determine cell fate. Epigenetic misregulation is thus Hematologic malignancies have recently been whether as researcher, participant or policy maker, often linked to degenerative diseases, cancer and identified among the obesity associated malignancies to understand the ethical issues currently developing neuronal disorders. Recent biomedical interest in spanning the lifespan from childhood to the in this field and to participate actively in these this regulatory system stems from the fact that [..] elderly and include leukemia, myeloma, lymphoma important debates. A clear account is given of how and others. In addition to the potential etiologic Contents [..] association between [..] DNA Methylation and Cancer.- Genome-wide Contents Epigenetic Modifications in Cancer.- DNA Repair Contents The ‘ethics job’.- Why ethics in genetics?- Why and the Control of DNA Methylation.- Errors in Preface.- The Epidemiology of Obesity and ethics in research?- The case of genomics research.- Erasure: Links Between Histone lysine Methylation Hematologic Malignancies.- Adipocytes, Lipid What ethics is, and how we are going to proceed.- Removal and Disease.- Histone Modifications Metabolism and Hematopoiesis.- Mechanisms Starting analysis in ethics: a practical guide.- in Cancer Biology and Prognosis.- Dynamics of Linking Obesity and Leukemia Prognosis.- Obesity Research ethics and challenges from genomics: an Histone Lysine Methylation: Structures of Methyl and Multiple Myeloma.- The Impact of Obesity overview of the issues.- Autonomy and its limits: Writers and Eraser.- Epigenetic Mechanisms on Pharmacokinetics and Dosing of Leukemia the view from genetics.- The social and institutional of Mental Retardation.- Histone and DNA Chemotherapy.- The Impact of Obesity on Stem context of ethics.- Respect for persons in research Modifications in Mental Retardation.- HDAC Cell Transplant.- Obesity Following Childhood and in genetics.- Responsibilities of researchers in Inhibitors and Cancer Therapy.- Epigenetic Leukemia: Mechanisms and Consequences.- genomics.- Data sharing in genomics.- Glossary.- Mechanisms in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.- The Physical Activity and Recovery from Hematological Abbreviations.- Index of text boxes.- Subject index. Liver-Specific MicroRNA miR-122: Biology and Malignancy.- Index. Therapeutic[..] Fields of interest Fields of interest Human Genetics; Theory of Medicine / Bioethics; Fields of interest Pharmacology / Toxicology; Cancer Research Philosophy of Medicine; Ethics; Medical Law Gene Function Target groups Target groups Target groups Research Research Research Type of publication Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Monograph Reviews

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M. Anisimova, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Ed.) M. Anisimova, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Ed.) A. Aartsma-Rus, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands (Ed.) Evolutionary Genomics Evolutionary Genomics Exon Skipping Statistical and Computational Methods, Volume 1 Statistical and Computational Methods, Volume 2 Methods and Protocols Together with early theoretical work in population Together with early theoretical work in population genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup “Next generation” sequencing techniques allow initiated by proponents of the neutral theory initiated by proponents of the neutral theory for more detailed analysis of exons and introns in made a solid contribution to the spectacular made a solid contribution to the spectacular multiple genes at the same time. This will reveal growth in statistical methodologies for molecular growth in statistical methodologies for molecular many mutations that potentially lead to exon evolution. Evolutionary Genomics: Statistical evolution. Evolutionary Genomics: Statistical skipping. To functionally test these a lot can be and Computational Methods is intended to bring and Computational Methods is intended to bring achieved with a limited set of protocols, while together the more recent developments in the together the more recent developments in the for the intentional induction of exon skipping statistical methodology and the challenges that statistical methodology and the challenges that different tools and target genes are involved and the followed as a result of rapidly improving sequencing followed as a result of rapidly improving sequencing translational path from in vitro splicing to in vivo technologies. Presented by top scientists from a technologies. Presented by top scientists from tests in animal models requiring a more extensive set variety of disciplines, the collection includes a wide a variety of disciplines, the collection includes a of protocols. Exon Skipping: Methods and Protocols spectrum of articles encompassing theoretical works wide spectrum of articles encompassing theoretical provides scientist with a comprehensive guide to and hands-on tutorials, as well as many reviews with works and hands-on tutorials, as well as many many of the methods and techniques used for exon key biological insight. Volume 1 includes a helpful reviews with key biological insight. Volume 2 begins skipping, such as methods on how to discriminate introductory section of bioinformatician primers with phylogenomics and continues with in-depth “real polymorphisms” from mutations that affect followed by detailed chapters detailing genomic data coverage of natural selection, recombination, and splicing. Written in the highly successful Methods in assembly, alignment, and homology inference as well genomic innovation. The remaining chapters treat Molecular Biology™ series format, chapters include as insights into genome evolution from statistical topics of more recent interest, including population introductions to their respective topics, lists of the analyses. Written in the highly successful Methods genomics, -omics studies, and computational issues necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, in Molecular[..] related to the handling of[..] readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on[..] Features Features Together with early theoretical work in population Together with early theoretical work in population Features genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup genetics, the debate on sources of genetic makeup “Next generation” sequencing techniques allow initiated by proponents of the neutral theory initiated by proponents of the neutral theory for more detailed analysis of exons and introns in made a solid contribution to the spectacular made a solid contribution to the spectacular multiple genes at the same time. This will reveal growth in statistical methodologies for molecular growth in statistical methodologies for molecular many mutations that potentially lead to exon evolution. Evolutionary Genomics: Statistical evolution. Evolutionary Genomics: Statistical skipping. To functionally test these a lot can be and Computational Methods is intended to bring and Computational Methods is intended to bring achieved with a limited set of protocols, while for the together the more recent developments in the together the more recent developments in the intentional induction of exon skipping different tools statistical methodology [..] statistical methodology [..] and target genes are involved and the translational path [..] Contents Contents Introduction to Genome Biology: Features, Tangled Trees: The Challenge of Inferring Species Contents Processes, and Structures.- Diversity of Genome Trees from Coalescent and Non-Coalescent Genes.- DNA Diagnostics and Exon Skipping.- Organization.- Probability, Statistics, and Modeling Gene Family Evolution and Reconciling Bioinformatics and Mutations Leading to Exon Computational Science.- The Essentials of Phylogenetic Discord.- Genome-Wide Comparative Skipping.-Minigenes to Confirm Exon Skipping Computational Molecular Evolution.- Next- Analysis of Phylogenetic Trees: The Prokaryotic Mutations.-Analysis and Interpretation of Generation Sequencing Technologies and Fragment Forest of Life.- Philosophy and Evolution: Minding RNA Splicing Alterations in Genes Involved in Assembly Algorithms.- Gene Prediction.- Alignment the Gap Between Evolutionary Patterns and Tree- Genetic Disorders.-Exon Skipping Mutations in Methods: Strategies, Challenges, Benchmarking, Like Patterns.- Selection on the Protein Coding Neurofibromatosis.-Overview on Applications and Comparative Overview.- Whole-Genome Genome.- Methods to Detect Selection on Non- of Antisense-mediated Exon Skipping.-Overview Alignment.- Inferring Orthology and Paralogy.- Coding DNA.- The Origin and Evolution of New on DMD Exon Skipping.-Overview on AON Detecting Laterally Transferred Genes.- Genome Genes.- Evolution of Protein Domain Architectures.- Design.-Optimizing RNA/ENA Chimeric Antisense Evolution in Outcrossing Vs. Selfing Vs. Asexual Estimating Recombination Rates from Genetic Oligonucleotides Using in vitro Splicing.- Species.- Transposable Elements And Their[..] Variation in Humans.-[..] Optimizing Antisense Oligonucleotides using Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomers.- Fields of interest Fields of interest Optimizing Splice Switching[..] Human Genetics; Evolutionary Biology Human Genetics; Evolutionary Biology Fields of interest Target groups Target groups Human Genetics Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Type of publication Professional/practitioner Contributed volume Contributed volume Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Contributed volume

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J. Schildmann, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; V. Sandow, R. Rappuoli, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena, Italy; G. Del D. Escors, University College London, UK; K. Breckpot, Free Ruhr University Bochum, Germany; O. Rauprich, Ruhr University Giudice, Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Siena, Italy (Eds.) University Brussels, Jette, Belgium; F. Arce, University College Bochum, Germany; J. Vollmann, Ruhr University Bochum, London, UK; G. Kochan, University of Oxford, UK; H. Stephenson, Germany (Eds.) University College London, UK Influenza Vaccines for the Future Human Medical Research Lentiviral Vectors and Gene The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and Therapy Ethical, Legal and Socio-Cultural Aspects of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both Medical research involving human subjects has seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. During Gene therapy was conceived during the early contributed to considerable advancements in our the last ten years, science and technology have made and mid part of the 20th century. At first, it was knowledge, and to medical benefits. At the same enormous progress, and we are now able to monitor considered a revolutionary biomedical procedure, time the development of new technologies as well in real time the genetics of viruses while they spread which could potentially cure any disease for which as further globalisation of medical research raises globally, to make more powerful vaccines using the molecular bases were understood. Since then, questions that require the attention of researchers novel adjuvants, and to generate viruses in the gene therapy has gone through many stages and from a range of disciplines. This book gathers the laboratory using reverse genetics. This volume has evolved from a nearly unrealistic perspective to contributions of researchers from nine different not only provides state-of-the-art information on a real life application. Clinical efficacy in humans countries, who analyse recent developments in the biology of influenza viruses and on influenza was demonstrated at the beginning of this century medical research from ethical, historical, legal and vaccines, but is also designed to be a resource to face after its successful application in small-scale clinical socio-cultural perspectives. In addition to reflections the present H1N1 pandemic and to plan for long- trials to cure severe immunodeficiency in children. on innovations in science such as genetic databases term global and sustainable solutions. However, their successes were overshadowed and the concept of “targeted therapy” the book some time later by the occurrence of vector-related also includes analyses regarding the ethico-legal Features leukaemia in a number of treated children. It is in regulation of new technologies such as human tissue The emergence of H5N1 avian influenza in 1997 and this context that lentiviral vectors have appeared, banking or the handling of genetic information of the influenza A H1N1 of swine origin in 2009 calls with improved efficiency and, possibly, increased potentially relevant for participants in medical for new, rapid and sustainable solutions for both biosafety. Very recently, the first clinical trials with research. Country and culture-specific aspects that seasonal and pandemic influenza viruses. During lentivectors have been carried out with some success. are relevant to human medical research from a global the last ten years, science and technology have made This book firstly defines gene therapy, and places perspective also play a part. The value of multi- enormous progress, and we are now able to monitor lentivectors within this fascinating therapeutic[..] and[..] in real time the genetics of viruses while they spread globally, to make more powerful vaccines using Features Features novel [..] Gene therapy was conceived during the early Medical research involving human subjects has and mid part of the 20th century. At first, it was contributed to considerable advancements in our Contents considered a revolutionary biomedical procedure, knowledge, and to medical benefits. At the same EVOLUTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY.- Influenza which could potentially cure any disease for which time the development of new technologies as well Virus: The Biology of a Changing Virus.- The the molecular bases were understood. Since then, as further globalisation of medical research raises Epidemiology of Influenza and its Control.- gene therapy has gone through many stages and has questions that require the attention of researchers Epidemiology of Influenza in Tropical and Sub- evolved from a nearly unrealistic perspective to a from a range of disciplines. This book gathers the Tropical Low Income Regions.- The Origin and real life application. Clinical efficacy in humans was contributions of researchers from nine different Evolution of H1N1 Pandemic Influenza Viruses.- demonstrated [..] countries, who [..] The Emergence of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic Influenza.- IMMUNITY AND VACCINE STRATEGIES.- Contents Contents Influenza Vaccines have Short but Illustrious 1 Introduction to gene therapy.- 1.1 The concept of Introduction.- British Responses to Nazi Medical History of Dedicated Science Enabling the Rapid gene therapy.- 1.2 Origins of gene therapy.- 1.3 Gene War Crimes.- History and its Relevance in the Global Production of A/Swine (H1N1) Vaccine in therapy in the 1970s.- 1.4 Gene therapy in the 1980s.- Development and Teaching of Research Ethics.- the Current Pandemic.- Influenza and Influenza 1.5 The breakthroughs in gene therapy from the Human Embryo Research and Islamic Bioethics: Vaccination in Children.- The Immune Response to 1990s and 2000s.- 1.6 Current human gene therapy a View from Iran.- From Farming to Pharming: Influenza[..] and lentiviral vectors.- 1.7. Concluding remarks.- 2 Transcending of Bodily Existence as a Question Development of retroviral and lentiviral vectors.- 2.1 of Medical Ethics in an Intercultural Context.- Fields of interest Retrovirus biology.- 2.2 Vectors based on γ - Rethinking the Therapeutic Obligation in Clinical Virology; Life Sciences (general) retroviruses.- 2.3 Vectors based on lentiviruses.- 2.4 Research.- Biomedical Research in Developing Summary and conclusions.- 3 Cell and tissue gene Countries and International Human Rights Law.- Target groups targeting with lentiviral vectors.- 3.1 Introduction.- Research Involving Human Subjects and Human Research 3.2 Modification of[..] Biological Material from a European Patent Law Type of publication Perspective. Autonomy,[..] Fields of interest Monograph Gene Therapy; Immunology; Genetic Engineering; Fields of interest Cell Biology; Oncology Biomedicine (general); Theory of Medicine / Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 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S. Ceccatelli, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; M. Y. Bigot, UMR INRA-CNRS, Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Y.-K. Tu, University of Leeds, UK; D.C. Greenwood, University of Aschner, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA Comportements, France (Ed.) Leeds, UK (Eds.) (Eds.) Mobile Genetic Elements Modern Methods for Epidemiology Methylmercury and Neurotoxicity Protocols and Genomic Applications Routine applications of advanced statistical methods Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that knows Transposable elements are used as genetic tools on real data have become possible in the last ten no environmental boundaries. Even the most for dissecting the function of a specific gene and years because desktop computers have become stringent control of anthropogenic Hg sources elaborating on mechanisms leading to genetic much more powerful and cheaper. However, proper will not eliminate exposure given its ubiquitous change and diversity, and the evolutionary impact understanding of the challenging statistical theory presence. Exposure to Hg occurs primarily via the of mobile DNA on the biology and evolution of behind those methods remains essential for correct food chain due to MeHg’s accumulation in fish. organism. In, Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols application and interpretation, and rarely seen Latest US statistics indicate that 46 States have and Genomic Applications, Second Edition gathers a in the medical literature. Modern Methods for fish consumption advisories. In addition, Hg is a wide array of strategies and protocols for identifying Epidemiology provides a concise introduction to common pollutant in hazardous waste sites, with an transposable elements (TEs) and their evolutionary recent development in statistical methodologies estimated 3-4 million children living within one mile derivatives, and for studying genome structure, for epidemiological and biomedical researchers. of at least one of the 1,300+ active hazardous waste function, and evolution. Written in the highly Many of these methods have become indispensible sites in the US. The effects on intellectual function in successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ series tools for researchers working in epidemiology children prenatally exposed to MeHg via maternal format, the chapters include the kind of detailed and medicine but are rarely discussed in details by fish consumption have been the subject of two on- description and implementation advice that is crucial standard textbooks of biostatistics or epidemiology. going major, prospective, longitudinal studies in for getting optimal results in the laboratory. Through Contributors of this book are experienced the Seychelles and the Faroe Islands. It is important and intuitive Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols researchers and experts in their respective fields. to recognize that the risk for MeHg exposure is not and Genomic Applications, Second Edition aids This textbook provides a solid starting point for limited only to islanders with high fish consumption. scientists in the continuing study of in silico tools, those who are new to epidemiology, and for those This book will provide state-of-the-art information strategies and protocols that are complementary of looking for guidance in more modern statistical to the graduate student training in toxicology, risk[..] those described in the first volume. approaches to observational[..]

Features Features Features Mercury (Hg) is a global pollutant that knows Transposable elements are used as genetic tools Routine applications of advanced statistical methods no environmental boundaries. Even the most for dissecting the function of a specific gene and on real data have become possible in the last ten stringent control of anthropogenic Hg sources elaborating on mechanisms leading to genetic years because desktop computers have become will not eliminate exposure given its ubiquitous change and diversity, and the evolutionary impact much more powerful and cheaper. However, proper presence. Exposure to Hg occurs primarily via the of mobile DNA on the biology and evolution of understanding of the challenging statistical theory food chain due to MeHg’s accumulation in fish. organism. In, Mobile Genetic Elements: Protocols behind those methods remains essential for correct Latest US statistics indicate that 46 States have and Genomic Applications, Second Edition gathers a application and interpretation, and rarely seen fish consumption advisories. In addition, Hg is a wide array of strategies and protocols for identifying in the medical literature. Modern Methods for common pollutant in hazardous [..] [..] Epidemiology provides [..]

Contents Contents Contents Epidemiological Update on Methylmercury and Transposable Elements as Tools for Reshaping Preface.-1 Confounding and Causal path diagrams.-2 Minamata Disease.- Epidemiological Evidence the Genome: it's a Huge World After All !.-Using Statistical modelling of partially observed data using On Methylmercury Neurotoxicity.- The Impact of and Understanding RepeatMasker.-Roadmap for multiple imputation: principles and practice.-3 Prenatal Exposure to Methylmercury and Maternal Annotating Transposable Elements in Eukaryote Measurement errors in epidemiology.-4 Selection Nutritional Status on Child Development: Findings Genomes.-To Detect and to Analyze Sequence bias in epidemiologic studies.-5 Multilevel from the Seychelles Child Development Study.- Repeats Whatever their Origin.-Exploring Bacterial modelling.-6 Modelling data that exhibit an Methylmercury and Fish Nutrients in Experimental Insertion Sequences with ISfinder: Objectives, Uses excess number of zeros: zero-inflated models and Models.- Mercury-Dependent Inhibition of and Future Developments.-Methods and Software generic mixture models.-7 Multilevel latent class Selenoenzymes and Mercury Toxicity.- Redox State in NGS for TE Analysis.-The Application of LTR modelling.-8 Bayesian bivariate disease mapping.-9 in Mediating Methylmercury Neurotoxicity.- The Retrotransposons As Molecular Markers in Plants.- A multivariate random frailty effects model for Role of Thyroid Modulation by Methylmercury Individual Analysis of Transposon Polymorphisms multiple spatially dependent survival data.-10 in Developmental Neurotoxicity.- Effects of by AFLP.-Construction of a Library of Random Meta-analysis of observational studies.-11 Directed Developmental Methylmercury Exposure on[..] Mutants in the[..] acyclic[..]

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S.C. Kaul, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & S.D. Sarker, University of Wolverhampton, UK; L. Nahar, De I.-Y. Choi, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, Technology, Ibaraki, Japan; R. Wadhwa, National Institute of Montfort University, Leicester, UK (Eds.) USA; R. Gruetter, University of Lausanne and Geneva, Lausanne, Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Ibaraki, Japan (Eds.) Switzerland (Eds.) Natural Products Isolation Mortalin Biology: Life, Stress and Neural Metabolism In Vivo

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The book is unique as it describes isolation [..] neurochemical processes of [..] mortalin [..] Contents Contents Contents An Introduction to Natural Products Isolation.- Non-invasive methods for neural metabolism.- In Contributors.- Foreword.- Preface.- Section 1: Initial and Bulk Extraction of Natural Products vivo assessment of neural activity via neurovascular Structure and Function of Mortalin.- 1. Birth of Isolation.- Supercritical Fluid Extraction in Natural coupling.- Cerebral energy metabolism and Mortalin: Multiple Names, Niches and Functions Products Analyses.- Accelerated Solvent Extraction substrates in vivo.- In vivo assessment of metabolic Connecting Stress, Senescence and Cancer.- 2. (ASE®) for Natural Products Isolation.- Microwave- compartmentation between neurons and glia.- Mortalin’s Machinery.- 3. The Role of Mortalin in Assisted Extraction in Natural Products Isolation.- Cerebral metabolism of antioxidants, osmolytes and Iron Homeostasis .- 4. Functional Characteristics An Introduction to Planar Chromatography and Its others in vivo. of Mortalin.- Section 2: Mortalin in Evolution2 Application to Natural Products Isolation.- Isolation of Natural Products by Low-Pressure Column Deocaris.- 5. Mortalin and Drosophila DmHsp22: Fields of interest Two Mitochondrial Chaperones Regulating Aging Chromatography.- Isolation of Natural Products by Ion-Exchange Methods.- Separation of Natural Neurosciences; Neurochemistry; Biomedicine and Carcinogenesis .- 6. 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Nervous system development evolves from the well- Testing orchestrated processes of neural induction, cell Chemoprevention of cancer has been the focus of intensive research for more than two decades. proliferation, differentiation, cell migration, survival, The central theme running through this volume Epidemiological evidence has shown a small, but and synapse formation. Among these environmental on New Technologies for Toxicity Testing is the significant association between fruit and vegetable cues, neurotrophic factors are secreted proteins development and application of advanced techniques intake and a reduction in cancer risk. Diet may that promote neurite outgrowth, neuronal cell for cell and tissue culture, as well as new markers account for about thirty five percent of cancer. differentiation and survival both in vivo and in and endpoints of toxicity, as alternatives to the Large claims have been made for the effectiveness vitro. Nerve growth factor (NGF) is the founding traditional paradigm of relying on data from of particular diets in determining one's risk of and best characterized member of the neurotrophin laboratory animal tests to undertake labelling and developing cancer, ranging from protection against family of neurotrophic polypeptides. Neurotrophic risk assessment. Of course, many of the techniques cancer initiation, progression and metastasis. Factors: Methods and Protocols presents a selection and methods described in this volume are in the A wide array of dietary components has been of protocols and procedures which make use of early stages of development, and much work will demonstrated to be as effective in fighting off cellular, tissue, and whole animal models which be needed to ensure their further improvement, cancer. Towards an increased understanding of the can be applied to the investigation of neurotrophic optimisation and validation. However, we are nutrition, excercise and diet in preventing cancer or factors and other agents impacting on these systems. confident that this will be achieved and that, just inhibiting its progression has led to the discovery Chapters cover a wide-range of topics such as as with the in vitro assays that were validated and and development of novel and effective drugs that dealing with the culture of neurons and glia from granted regulatory acceptance over the last decade, regulate intracellular signaling network in the body. the central and peripheral nervous systems, neuron- these, and many other new, advanced methods, will This information will be very useful to explore novel glia co-culture models, and cell-based assays for the likewise become part of the toxicologist’s improved and highly effective chemopreventive strategies for evaluation of neuroprotective molecules, as well as toolbox for coping with increasingly stringent reducing the health burden of cancer. 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Chemoprevention of prostate cancer Neuroprotective Agents.- Isolation and Culture Quasi‑Vivo® In‑Vitro Organ Models.- ECVAM and with cruciferous vegetables: role of epigenetics.- of Neural Progenitor Cells from Rat Postnatal New Technologies for Toxicity Testing.- Medium to 4. Molecular insight and preclinical perspective Cerebellum.- Culture of Rodent Cortical and High Throughput Screening: Microfabricat ion[..] Hippocampal Neurons.- Amyloid β-Peptide of thymoquinone as chemopreventive agent and Neurotoxicity Assay Using Cultured Rat Cortical Fields of interest therapeutic adjunct in cancer.- 5. Dietary biofactors Neurons.- Culture of Neonatal Rodent Microglia, Pharmacology / Toxicology; Biomedicine (general) in the management of cancer: Reality or Myth?.- 6. Astrocytes, and Oligodendrocytes from Cortex and Nutritional Compounds as Chemopreventive Agents Spinal Cord.- Central Nervous System Neuron- Target groups by Proteasome Inhibition. -7. 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M.A. Hayat, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA (Ed.) T. Balla, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; M. T. Balla, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; M. Wymann, University of Basel, Switzerland; J.D. York, Duke Wymann, University of Basel, Switzerland; J.D. York, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA (Eds.) University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA (Eds.) Pediatric Cancer, Volume 2

Teratoid/Rhabdoid, Brain Tumors, and Glioma Phosphoinositides I: Enzymes of Phosphoinositides II: The Diverse

A general introduction to the principles of diagnosis Synthesis and Degradation Biological Functions and treatment of children with brain tumors is presented. Molecular characterization of solid Phosphoinositides play a major role in cellular Phosphoinositides play a major role in cellular tumors is also presented. Molecular pathways signaling and membrane organization. During the signaling and membrane organization. During the provide putative targets for new therapies. High last three decades we have learned that enzymes last three decades we have learned that enzymes resolution magic spinning NMR spectroscopy is turning over phosphoinositides control vital turning over phosphoinositides control vital explained, which is used to determine metabolic physiological processes and are involved in the physiological processes and are involved in the profiles for small pieces of intact tissue and whole initiation and progression of cancer, inflammation, initiation and progression of cancer, inflammation, cells in culture. The differences between adult neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic and pediatric brain tumors are outlined. It is disease and more. In two volumes, this book disease and more. In two volumes, this book emphasized that pediatric low-grade gliomas need elucidates the crucial mechanisms that control elucidates the crucial mechanisms that control lower doses of antidrugs such as cisplatin/etoposide. the dynamics of phosphoinositide conversion. the dynamics of phosphoinositide conversion. It is explained that tumor suppressor genes and Starting out from phosphatidylinositol, a chain Starting out from phosphatidylinositol, a chain oncogenes play a crucial role in the development and of lipid kinases collaborates to generate the of lipid kinases collaborates to generate the progression of human malignancies, including those oncogenic lipid phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)- oncogenic lipid phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)- in children. Neurofibromatosis type-1 is a common trisphosphate. For every phosphate group added, trisphosphate. For every phosphate group added, genetic disorder with a high prevalence in CNS there are specific lipid kinases – and phosphatases there are specific lipid kinases – and phosphatases abnormalities including tumors in children; which to remove it. Additionally, phospholipases can to remove it. Additionally, phospholipases can is discussed in detail. Various neuroradiological cleave off the inositol head group and generate poly- cleave off the inositol head group and generate imaging modalities in children with leukemia are phosphoinositols, which act as soluble signals in poly-phosphoinositols, which act as soluble signals detailed. Also are detailed[..] the cytosol. Volume I untangles the web of these in the cytosol. Volume II extends into the role of enzymes and their products, and relates them to phosphoinositides in membrane organization and Features function in health and disease. Phosphoinositide 3- vesicular traffic. Endocytosis and exocytosis are Pediatric Cancer: Teratoid/Rhabdoid, Brain Tumors, kinases[..] modulated[..] and Glioma · Epilepsy prognosis and treatment· Symptoms of tumors in children Features Features · Diagnostic imaging technology This Phosphoinositides play a major role in cellular Phosphoinositides play a major role in cellular second volume in the Pediatric Cancer series signaling and membrane organization. During the signaling and membrane organization. During the edited by Professor M.A. Hayat presents a general last three decades we have learned that enzymes last three decades we have learned that enzymes introduction to the principles of diagnosis and [..] turning over phosphoinositides control vital turning over phosphoinositides control vital physiological processes and are involved in the physiological processes and are involved in the Contents initiation and progression of cancer, inflammation, initiation and progression of cancer, inflammation, Part I Teratoid/Rhabdoid.- 1. Pediatric Atypical neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic disease neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic disease Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors (An Overview).- 2. and more. In two volumes, this book elucidates the and more. In two volumes, this book elucidates the Pediatric Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor .- crucial [..] crucial [..] 3. Pediatric Rhabdomyosarcoma: Role Of Cell Cycle Regulators Alteration.- 4. Pediatric Atypical Contents Contents Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors: Imaging With Ct And 1. The Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinases: Don’t Call it a 1. Ca2+ signalling by IP3 receptors. - 2. Mri.- 5. Pediatric Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Comeback.- 2. PIP kinases from the cell membrane Phosphoinositide signaling during membrane Tumor: Diagnosis Using Imaging Techniques And to the nucleus.- 3. The Phospholipase C Isozymes transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. - 3. Histopathology.- 6. Pediatric Atypical Teratoid/ and Their Regulation.- 4. Phosphoinositide 3- Phosphoinositides in the mammalian endo- Rhabdoid Tumors: Differential Diagnosis.- Part Kinases – A Historical Perspective.- 5. PI 3-kinases lysosomal network. - 4. Role of PtdIns(4,5)P2 in II Brain Tumors (General).- 7. Pediatric Brain – drug targets in inflammation and cancer.- 6. vesicle exocytosis and membrane fusion. - 5. Role Tumors (An Overview).- 8. 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L.E. May, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, MO, R.M. Bill, Aston University, Birmingham, UK (Ed.) R.A. Figlin, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Los USA Angeles, CA, USA; W.K. Rathmell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; B.I. Rini, Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Recombinant Protein Production in Institute, OH, USA (Eds.) Physiology of Prenatal Exercise and Yeast Fetal Development Renal Cell Carcinoma Methods and Protocols Translational Biology, Personalized Medicine, and Novel This new SpringerBrief in Physiology explores the In the last few years, significant advances have been Therapeutic Targets newest research findings on how exercise influences made in understanding how a yeast cell responds the fetus in utero and beyond. Physiology of to the stress of producing a recombinant protein, This book provides a comprehensive look at renal Prenatal Exercise and Fetal Development reviews and how this information can be used to engineer cell carcinoma, exploring its biology as well as the current findings of how maternal exercise improved host strains. The molecular biology current and future molecular targets for renal cancer throughout gestation influences fetal development of the expression vector, through the choice of carcinoma. of key organ systems, and also encompasses the promoter, tag and codon optimization of the target relationship between maternal activity level and fetal, gene, is also a key determinant of a high-yielding Features birth, and neonatal effects. This information will protein production experiment. Recombinant This volume examines every major topic area in help researchers and scientists better understand the Protein Production in Yeast: Methods and Protocols the modern era of renal carcinoma biology and physiological effects of exercise during pregnancy on examines the process of preparation of expression treatment. The unique and intricate genetics of this offspring development. vectors, transformation to generate high-yielding cancer are highly distinct from most other tumors, clones, optimization of experimental conditions to and the advances made in this cancer beyond VHL Features maximize yields, scale-up to bioreactor formats and biology have been intrinsically driven by discoveries Exercise during pregnancy maintains, and in some disruption of yeast cells to enable the isolation of the from familial renal cell carcinomas linked with cases improves, maternal fitness and physical recombinant protein prior to purification. Written in newer large scale genomic efforts in sporadic disease. capacity, significantly decreases risk of developing the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ These [..] preeclampsia, hypertension, gestational diabetes series format, chapters include introductions to their mellitus, decreases weight gain, and improves respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and Contents attitude and mental state. Placental adaptations have reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible[..] Preface.- The Genetic Basis of Kidney Cancer and been discovered recently that indicate an increase in Implications for Targeted Therapies.- Molecular blood flow and nourishment to the fetus. This new Features Biology of Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma.- HIF [..] In the last few years, significant advances have been Biology in RCC: Implications for Signaling, made in understanding how a yeast cell responds Disease Progression, and Treatment.- Tissue Contents to the stress of producing a recombinant protein, Biomarkers in Renal Cell Carcinoma: Intermediate Maternal Exercise Throughout Gestation and Fetal and how this information can be used to engineer Endpoints in the Selection of Targeted Agents for Development.- Effects of Maternal Exercise on improved host strains. The molecular biology of the RCC.- Molecular Characterization of Renal Cell Labor and Delivery.- Fetal and Postnatal Growth expression vector, through the choice of promoter, Carcinoma.- Targeting The Vegf Pathway In Renal and Development.- Effect on Postnatal Health and tag and codon optimization of the target gene, is also Cell Carcinoma.- Angiopoetins and Other Non- Beyond.- What are the barriers and what is OK for a key determinant of a high-yielding protein [..] VEGF Antiangiogenic Targets In Advanced Renal an exercise study.- Conclusions. Cell Carcinoma.- Towards Personalized Cancer Contents Medicine.- Epigenetic Targeting and[..] Fields of interest Optimising Yeast as a Host for Recombinant Protein Human Physiology; Maternal and Child Health; Production( review).-Which Yeast Species Shall I Fields of interest Developmental Biology; Obstetrics / Perinatology; Choose? 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O. Troshichev, Arctcv and Antarctic Research Institute, St. I.K. Mellinghoff, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New P.A. Lapchak, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Petersburg, Russia; A. Janzhura, Arctic and Antarctic Research York, NY, USA; C.L. Sawyers, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer J.H. Zhang, Loma Linda University, CA, USA (Eds.) Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Center, New York, NY, USA (Eds.) Translational Stroke Research Space Weather Monitoring by Therapeutic Kinase Inhibitors Ground-Based Means From Target Selection to Clinical Trials Cancer drug development is currently undergoing a This volume sets a basis for effective translational PC Index profound shift. Drugs targeting fundamental cellular research. Authored by experts in the field of This book demonstrates that the method, based processes such DNA-replication and microtubule translational stroke research, each chapter on the ground polar cap magnetic observations function, often referred to as “chemotherapy” specifically addresses one or more components of is a reliable diagnosis of the solar wind energy and still the backbone of most cancer treatment preclinical stroke research. The emphasis is placed coming into the magnetosphere Method for the regimens, are increasingly being complemented by on target identification and drug development uninterruptive monitoring of the magnetosphere or replaced with kinase inhibitors. This new class using state-of-the-art in vitro and in vivo assays, in state (i.e. space weather). It shows that the solar wind of drugs targets enzymes which provide growth combination with in vitro toxicology assays, AMDE energy pumping power, can be described by the PC and survival signals to cancer cells by transferring and clinical design. growth rate, thus, the magnetospheric substorms phosphate groups from Adenosine-5'-triphosphate Features features are predetermined by the PC dynamics. (ATP) to other proteins, lipids, nucleotides, Translational Stroke Research: From Target Furthermore, it goes on to show that the beginning and carbohydrates. This book summarizes the Selection to Clinical Trials is part of “Springer and ending of magnetic storms is predictable. The current state of kinase inhibitor therapy for Series in Translational Stroke Research.” Forty- magnetic storm start only if the solar energy input cancer. Successful drug development relies on three chapters from leading stroke research groups into the magnetosphere exceeds a certain level and the expertise and dedication of many experts. To around the world select future targets and methods stops when the energy input turns out to be below reflect this team approach to finding new kinase for stroke management such as the vasculature and this level. inhibitors and defining their optimal use for cancer treatment, the editors invited experts in academia white matter, protein aggregation, neuroglobin, Features and pharmaceutical industry to share their insights microRNAs, oxidation, soluble epoxide hydrolase, This book demonstrates that the method, based into various aspects of this process, ranging from the apoptosis, [..] on the ground polar cap magnetic observations first chemical screens, to[..] Contents is a reliable diagnosis of the solar wind energy Vascular Targets For Ischemic Stroke Treatment.- coming into the magnetosphere Method for the Features Identifying Vascular Targets to Treat Hemorrhagic uninterruptive monitoring of the magnetosphere Cancer drug development is currently undergoing a Stroke.- Experimental Platforms For Assessing state (i.e. space weather). 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E. Sansinenea, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, J. Wilcox, Stanford University, CA, USA Chemistry México (Ed.) Carbon Capture Bacillus thuringiensis M.L. Herrera, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Biotechnology This book approaches the energy science sub-field Analytical Techniques for Studying carbon capture with an interdisciplinary discussion Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a based upon fundamental chemical concepts ranging the Physical Properties of Lipid biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito from thermodynamics, combustion, kinetics, mass Emulsions control because of its advantages of specific toxicity transfer, material properties, and the relationship against target insects, lack of polluting residues and between the chemistry and process of carbon capture safety to non-target organisms. The insecticidal technologies. Energy science itself is a broad field This book will review old and new methods to properties of this bacterium are due to insecticidal that spans many disciplines -- policy, mathematics, study emulsion stability and structure. Examples of proteins produced during sporulation. Despite these physical chemistry, chemical engineering, geology, emulsion-based foods include ice cream, yoghurt, ecological benefits, the use of Bt biopesticides has materials science and mineralogy -- and the author and mayonnaise. The physicochemical properties of lagged behind the synthetic chemicals. Genetic has selected the material, as well as end-of-chapter emulsions play an important role in food systems, improvement of Bt natural strains, in particular problems and policy discussions, that provide the as they directly contribute to the texture, sensory Bt recombination, offers a promising means of necessary tools to interested students. and nutritional properties of foods. One of the improving efficacy and cost-effectiveness of Bt- Features main properties is stability, which refers to the based bioinsecticide products to develop new Carbon Capture takes an interdisciplinary approach ability of an emulsion to resist physical changes over biotechnological applications. On the other hand, with in-depth discussion based on fundamental time. The development of an effective strategy to the different Bacillus species have important concepts, ranging from the chemical physics prevent undesirable changes in the properties of a biotechnological applications; one of them is carried associated with a given material that binds CO2, to particular food emulsion depends on the dominant out by producing secondary metabolites, which are the unit operations of the process, closely coupled physicochemical mechanism(s) responsible for the study object of natural product chemistry. The by mass transfer. The core chapters pay significant the changes. In practice, two or more of these amazing structural variability of these compounds attention to the pedagogy associated with absorption, mechanisms may operate in concert. It is therefore has attracted the curiosity of chemists and the adsorption, and membrane separation [..] important for food scientists to identify the relative biological[..] importance of each mechanism, the relationship Contents between them, and the factors that influence them, Features Power Systems (PCC, IGCC, NGCC, so that effective means of controlling the stability Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has been used as a Oxycombustion).-Capture Systems and physicochemical properties of emulsions can biopesticide in agriculture, forestry and mosquito (Postcombustion, precombustion, direct air be[..] control because of its advantages of specific toxicity capture).- CO2 Chemistry (carbonate vs. against target insects, lack of polluting residues and carbomate); thermodynamics; kinetics.- Mass Features safety to non-target organisms. 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Endeward, Dominik Margraf, Andriy Marko und Features Emerging Compounds Removal from Wastewater Thomas F Prisner New Directions in Electron Topics in Number 54 include:General theory of by Green Technologies: Natural and Solar Based Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy on Molecular disperse metal electrodepositionElectrodeposition Treatments introduces green chemistry in relation Nanomagnets, by J. van Slageren of pure metal powders e.g., Cu, Ag, Pb, Co, Fe to these treatment technologies. More specifically, Features and NiFormation of porous Cu electrodes by this volume:• Reviews the suitability of alternative Sabine Van Doorslaer Damien M. 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C. Petit, City University, New York, NY, USA W.S. Hu, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (MN), USA; A.-P. A. Mohammad, Aligarh Muslim University, India; D. Inamuddin, Zeng, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Germany (Eds.) Aligarh Muslim University, India (Eds.) Factors Affecting the Removal of Ammonia from Air on Genomics and Systems Biology of Green Solvents II Mammalian Cell Culture Carbonaceous Materials Properties and Applications of Ionic Liquids The conventional solvents used in chemical, Investigation of Reactive Adsorption Mechanism Transcriptome Analysis, by Frank Stahl, Bernd pharmaceutical, biomedical and separation processes Hitzmann, Kai Mutz, Daniel Landgrebe, Miriam Air pollution related to the release of industrial toxic represent a great challenge to green chemistry Lübbecke, Cornelia Kasper, Johanna Walter und gases, represents one of the main concerns of our because of their toxicity and flammability. Since the Thomas Scheper Transcriptome Data Analysis modern world owing to its detrimental effect on the beginning of “the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry” for Cell Culture Processes, by Marlene Castro- environment. To tackle this growing issue, efficient in 1998, a general effort has been made to replace Melchor, Huong Le und Wei-Shou Hu Modeling ways to reduce/control the release of pollutants are conventional solvents with environmentally Metabolic Networks for Mammalian Cell Systems: required. Adsorption of gases on porous materials benign substitutes. Water has been the most General Considerations, Modeling Strategies, appears as a potential solution. However, the popular choice so far, followed by ionic liquids, and Available Tools, by Ziomara P. Gerdtzen physisorption of small molecules of gases such surfactant, supercritical fluids, fluorous solvents, Metabolic Flux Analysis in Systems Biology of as ammonia is limited at ambient conditions. liquid polymers, bio-solvents and switchable Mammalian Cells, by Jens Niklas und Elmar For their removal, adsorbents providing strong solvent systems.Green Solvents Volume I and II Heinzle Advancing Biopharmaceutical Process adsorption forces must be used/developed. In this provides a throughout overview of the different Development by System-Level Data Analysis and study, new carbon-based materials are prepared types of solvents and discusses their extensive Integration of Omics Data, by Jochen Schaub, and tested for ammonia adsorption at ambient applications in fields such as extraction, organic Christoph Clemens, Hitto Kaufmann und conditions. Characterization of the adsorbents’ synthesis, biocatalytic processes, production of Torsten W. 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Scheper modern world due to its detrimental effect on the beginning of “the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry” Transcriptome Analysis.- M. Castro-Melchor H. environment. To tackle this growing issue, efficient in 1998, a general effort has been made to replace Le W.-S. Hu Transcriptome Data Analysis for ways to reduce/control the release of pollutants are conventional solvents with environmentally benign Cell Culture Processes.- Z. P. Gerdtzen Modeling required. Adsorption of gases on porous materials substitutes. Water has been the most popular choice Metabolic Networks for Mammalian Cell Systems: appears as one potential solution. However, the so far, [..] General Considerations, Modeling Strategies, and physisorption of small molecules of gases such as [..] Available Tools.- J. Niklas E. 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The conventional solvents used in chemical, This book of general analytical chemistry – as Characterization of Bacterial pharmaceutical, biomedical and separation processes opposed to instrumental analysis or separation Foodborne Pathogens represent a great challenge to green chemistry methods – in aqueous solutions is focuses on because of their toxicity and flammability. Since fundamentals, which is an area too often overlooked the beginning of “the 12 Principles of Green in the literature. Explanations abound of the This is a review of recent advances on the use Chemistry” in 1998, a general effort has been chemical and physical principles of different of DNA microarray for diagnosing foodborne made to replace conventional solvents with operations of chemical analysis in aqueous solutions. pathogens. Rapid detection and characterization environmentally benign substitutes. Water has Once these principle are firmly established, of foodborne pathogens is critical for food safety. been the most popular choice so far, followed numerous examples of applications are also given. Many relevant technologies have been intensively by ionic liquids, surfactant, supercritical fluids, developed to date. DNA microarray technology Features fluorous solvents, liquid polymers, bio-solvents offers a new way to food safety involving pathogen This book of general analytical chemistry – as and switchable solvent systems. Green Solvents detection and characterization. DNA microarray opposed to instrumental analysis or separation Volume I and II provides a throughout overview of can be used for detection and characterization of methods – in aqueous solutions is focuses on the different types of solvents and discusses their pathogens by analyzing hybridization patterns fundamentals, which is an area too often overlooked extensive applications in fields such as extraction, between capture probes and nucleic acids isolated in the literature. Explanations abound of the organic synthesis, biocatalytic processes, production from food samples or bacteria. It allows more chemical and physical principles of different of fine chemicals, removal of hydrogen sulphide, rapid, accurate, and cost-effective detection of operations of chemical analysis in aqueous solutions. biochemical transformations, composite material, pathogens compared with traditional approaches Once these principle are firmly established, energy storage devices and polymers. 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Examples Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Oggi, l’evoluzione dei sistemi digitali ha generato include the decision to release an individual on Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only nuovi scenari di comunicazione, richiedendo ai parole, determination of the parole conditions, forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall moderni crittografi di progettare crittosistemi che bail recommendations, and sentencing. Since the CI, but also is unique in providing an element of soddisfino requisiti di sicurezza complessi, ben 1920s, "risk assessments" of various kinds have been interconnection between sectors as well as often also oltre il requisito base di confidenzialità ottenibile used in parole hearings, but the current availability intra-sectoral control mechanisms. The 14 papers of attraverso la “scrittura nascosta”. Tuttavia, l’analisi of large administrative data bases, inexpensive this book present a collection of pieces of scientific di sicurezza di questi schemi crittografici (fino ai computing power, and developments in statistics work in the areas of critical infrastructure protection. primi anni ‘80) era soprattutto guidata dall’intuito and computer science have increased their accuracy In combining elementary concepts and models with e dall’esperienza. Nuovi schemi venivano ideati e, and applicability. In this book, these developments policy-related issues on one hand and placing an dopo qualche tempo, inevitabilmente, un nuovo are considered with particular emphasis on the emphasis on the timely area of control systems, the attacco alla sicurezza veniva scoperto. 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The intended audience is researchers in the Features crittosistemi: in questo modo è possibile fornire una social sciences and data analysts in criminal justice The present volume aims to provide an overview of dimostrazione matematica che un[..] agencies. the current understanding of the so-called Critical Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Features Features Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only L'analisi di sicurezza degli schemi crittografici, n/a forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall in passato, era spesso guidata dall'intuito e Contents CI, but also is unique in providing an element of dall'esperienza. Nuovi schemi venivano ideati e, Getting Started.- Some Important Background interconnectionbetween sectors as well as often also dopo qualche tempo, inevitabilmente, un nuovo Material.- A Conceptual Introduction to intra-sectoral control mechanisms.The 14 papers [..] attacco alla sicurezza veniva scoperto. 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Systems, and Services 4th International Conference, eHealth 2011, Málaga, Spain, November 21-23, 2011, Revised Selected Papers Emerging Trends and Applications 8th International Workshop, GECON 2011, Paphos, Cyprus, December 5, 2011, Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- in Information Communication conference proceedings of the 4th International This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings Technologies Conference, eHealth 2011, held in Málaga, Spain, in of the 8th International Workshop on Economics of November 2011. The 20 revised full papers presented Second International Multi Topic Conference, IMTIC 2012, Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2011, along with 8 short papers were carefully reviewed Jamshoro, Pakistan, March 28-30, 2012. Proceedings held in Paphos, Cyprus, in December 2011. The 9 and selected from numerous submissions in total revised full papers presented together with 5 work in This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of and cover a wide range of topics including social progress papers were carefully reviewed and selected the Second International Multi-topic Conference, media analysis, knowledge integration and EPR, from 27 papers. The papers are organized in topical IMTIC 2012, held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, in personalisation and patient support systems, early sections on market mechanisms and negotiation; March 2012. The 51 revised full papers presented warning systems and mobile monitoring, games cost models, charging, and trading platforms; were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 and learning, security, privacy and prevention, resource allocation, scheduling, and admission submissions. The papers address topics from online support for professionals and patients, control; and two work in progress sections: risk information communication technologies. agents in eHealth, online communities of practice, assessment and economics of cloud services; and eHealth solutions, social media surveillance, and cost-aware adoption of cloud services. Features communication and data integration. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Features the Second International Multi-topic Conference, Features This book constitutes the refereed post-proceedings IMTIC 2012, held in Jamshoro, Pakistan, in This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- of the 8th International Workshop on Economics of March 2012. The 51 revised full papers presented conference proceedings of the 4th International Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services, GECON 2011, were carefully reviewed and selected from 205 Conference, eHealth 2011, held in Málaga, Spain, in held in Paphos, Cyprus, in December 2011. The 9 submissions. The papers address topics from November 2011. The 20 revised full papers presented revised full papers presented together with 5 work in information communication technologies. along with 8 short papers were carefully reviewed progress papers were carefully reviewed and selected and selected from numerous submissions in total from 27 papers. The papers are organized in topical Fields of interest and cover a wide range of topics including social sections on market mechanisms and negotiation; Computer Communication Networks; Artificial media analysis, knowledge integration and EPR, [..] cost [..] Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Information Systems Fields of interest Fields of interest Applications (incl.Internet); Information Storage Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); and Retrieval; Systems and Data Security Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Computers and Information Storage and Retrieval; Special Society; Computer Communication Networks; User Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Software Target groups Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Health Engineering; System Performance and Evaluation; Research Informatics Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing Type of publication Target groups Target groups Proceedings Research Research Type of publication Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Type of publication Proceedings Proceedings 2012. Approx. 570 p. (Communications in Computer Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. and Information Science, Vol. 281) Softcover 80,00 € 2012. XVI, 206 p. 60 illus. (Lecture Notes of the 2012. XII, 199 p. 75 illus. (Computer Communication ISBN 978-3-642-28961-3 Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Networks and Telecommunications, Vol. 7150) Telecommunications Engineering, Vol. 91) Softcover Softcover 46,00 € 46,00 € ISBN 978-3-642-29261-3 ISBN 978-3-642-28674-2 springer.com Computer Science 29

Y. Charalabidis, University of the Aegean, Karlovassi, Greece; S. ISBN 978-3-642-27218-9 J.R. Gil-Garcia, CIDE, Mexico City, Mexico Koussouris, National Technical University of Athens, Greece (Eds.) Enacting Electronic Government Empowering Open and Success Collaborative Governance An Integrative Study of Government-wide Websites, Technologies and Methods for Online Citizen Engagement in Organizational Capabilities, and Institutions Public Policy Making Many countries around the world are investing The use of information and communication a great amount of resources in government IT technologies to support public administrations, initiatives. However, few of these projects achieve governments and decision makers has been recorded their stated goals and some of them are complete for more than 20 years and dubbed e-Government. failures. Therefore, understanding e-government Moving towards open governance roadmaps success has become very important and urgent in worldwide, electronic participation and citizen recent years. In order to develop relevant knowledge engagement stand out as a new domain, important about this complex phenomenon, researchers and both for decision makers and citizens; and over practitioners need to identify and assess what are the last decade, there have been a variety of related the main conditions, variables, or factors that have pilot projects and innovative approaches.With an impact on e-government success. However, contributions from leading researchers, Charalabidis before being able to evaluate these impacts, it is and Koussouris provide the latest research findings necessary to define what e-government success is such as theoretical foundations, principles, and what some e-government success measures are. methodologies, architectures, technical frameworks, This book presents a review of both e-government cases and lessons learnt within the domain of success measures and e-government success factors. open, collaborative governance and online citizen It also provides empirical evidence from quantitative engagement. The book is divided into three sections: analysis and two in-depth case studies. Although Section one, “Public Policy Debate Foundations,” based on sound theory and rigorous empirical lays the foundations regarding processes and analysis, the book not only significantly contributes methods for scoping, planning, evaluating and to academic knowledge, but[..] transforming citizen engagement. The second section,[..] Features Many countries around the world are investing Features a great amount of resources in government IT The use of information and communication initiatives. However, few of these projects achieve technologies to support public administrations, their stated goals and some of them are complete governments and decision makers has been recorded failures. Therefore, understanding e-government for more than 20 years and dubbed e-Government. success has become very important and urgent in Moving towards open governance roadmaps recent years. In order to develop relevant knowledge worldwide, electronic participation and citizen about this complex phenomenon, researchers and engagement stand out as a new domain, important practitioners need to [..] both for decision makers and citizens; and over the last decade, there have been a [..] Contents E-Government Success: Definition, Measures, and Contents Factors.- E-Government Success and the Ensemble Section I - Public Policy Debate Foundations: View of Information Technology.- Identifying E- Processes and Methods for Scoping, Planning, Government Success Factors: A Statistical Analysis.- Evaluating and Transforming Citizen Engagement.- Enacting the Government-Wide New York State Democratic Legitimacy and Recruitment Strategies Website.- Enacting the Government-Wide Indiana in eParticipation Projects.- Collaboration for Open Website.- Understanding E-Government Success: Innovation Processes in Public Administrations.- Discussion and Implications.- Conclusions. An Integrated Methodology for the Evaluation of ePetitions.- Assessing a Measurement Model for Fields of interest Digital Political Participation: A Multidisciplinary Information Systems and Communication Service; Point of View.- Online Engagement from the Business Information Systems; Social Policy Grassroots: Reflecting on over a Decade of ePetitioning Experience in Europe and the UK.- Target groups Evaluating[..] Professional/practitioner

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Presence Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems Immersive Multimodal Interactive Presence presents 7th International Conference, HAIS 2012, Salamanca, Spain, 7th International Conference, HAIS 2012, Salamanca, Spain, advanced interdisciplinary approaches that connect March 28-30th, 2012, Proceedings, Part I March 28-30th, 2012, Proceedings, Part II psychophysical and behavioral haptics research with advances in haptic technology and haptic rendering. The two LNAI volumes 7208 and 7209 constitute The two LNAI volumes 7208 and 7209 constitute It delivers a summary of the results achieved in the the proceedings of the 7th International Conference the proceedings of the 7th International Conference IMMERSENCE European project and includes on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2012, on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2012, selected chapters by international researchers. held in Salamanca, Spain, in March 2012. 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Explosive growth in the size of spatial databases Software similarity and classification is an emerging Financial identity theft is well understood with clear has highlighted the need for spatial data mining topic with wide applications. It is applicable to underlying motives. Medical identity theft is new techniques to mine the interesting but implicit the areas of malware detection, software theft and presents a growing problem. The solutions spatial patterns within these large databases. This detection, plagiarism detection, and software clone to both problems however, are less clear. The book explores computational structure of the exact detection. Extracting program features, processing Economics of Financial and Medical Identity Theft and approximate spatial autoregression (SAR) model those features into suitable representations, and discusses how the digital networked environment solutions. 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Although this parallel classification techniques developed throughout the chapter, looking at the risks we may see in the future implementation showed scalability up to eight book. and how these risks can be mitigated or avoided. processors, the exact SAR model solution still suffers Features from high[..] Features Software similarity and classification is an emerging Financial identity theft is well understood with clear Features topic with wide applications. It is applicable to underlying motives. Medical identity theft is new None the areas of malware detection, software theft and presents a growing problem. The solutions detection, plagiarism detection, and software clone Contents to both problems however, are less clear. The detection. Extracting program features, processing Introduction.- Theory behind the SAR Model.- Economics of Financial and Medical Identity Theft those features into suitable representations, and Parallel Exact SAR Model Solutions.- Comparing discusses how the digital networked environment is constructing distance metrics to define similarity and Exact and Approximate SAR Model Solutions.- critically different from the world of paper, eyeballs dissimilarity are the key methods to identify [..] Parallel Implementations of Approximate SAR and pens. Many of the effective identity [..] Model Solutions.- A New Approximation: Gauss- Contents Contents Lanczos Approximated SAR Model Solution.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Identity in Economics, and in Context.- Modern Conclusions and Future Work.- Supplementary Taxonomy of Program Features.- Program Technological and Traditional Social Identities.- Materials. 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M.H.G. Jacobs, Technical University, Clausthal, Germany; H.A.J. S. Kenyon, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), C.-D. Reuther, Universität Hamburg Oonk, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Arnold MO, USA; M.C. Pacino, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Rosario, Argentina; U. Marti, Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern, Switzerland (Eds.) Grundlagen der Tektonik Equilibrium Between Phases of Kräften und Spannungen der Erde auf der Spur Matter Geodesy for Planet Earth Kräften und Spannungen der Erde auf der Spur Supplemental Text for Materials Science and High-Pressure Proceedings of the 2009 IAG Symposium, Buenos Aires, Geophysics Kräfte aus dem Inneren der Erde bauen Spannungen Argentina, 31 August 31 - 4 September 2009 in den Kontinenten und den Böden der Ozeane auf. Gesteine werden zerbrochen, gegeneinander The Second Volume of “Equilibrium between These proceedings include the written version of 130 geschoben, übereinander gestapelt und gefaltet. So Phases of Matter”, when compared with the First papers presented at the International Association entstehen tektonische Strukturen, die den Bau und Volume, by H.A.J. Oonk and M.T. Calvet, published of Geodesy IAG2009 "Geodesy for Planet Earth" die Entwicklung von Gebirgen und Meeresbecken in 2008, amounts to an extension of subjects, and Scientific Assembly. It was held 31 August to 4 charakterisieren. Claus-Dieter Reuther erklärt klar a deepening of understanding. In the first three September 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The und verständlich die theoretischen Grundlagen sections of the text an extension is given of the theme "Geodesy for Planet Earth" was selected der Tektonik – Kräfte und Spannungen – sowie theory on isobaric binary systems. The fourth section to follow the International Year of Planet Earth die Deformationsarten und die Mechanismen der gives an account of the thermodynamic analyses 2007-2009 goals of utilizing the knowledge of the Verformung, die damit verbunden sind. Anschaulich of four isobaric binary key systems, highlighting world’s geoscientists to improve society for current beschreibt und erklärt er die daraus resultierenden the power of empirical, (exo)thermodynamic and future generations. The International Year tektonischen Strukturen: Klüfte, Abschiebungen, correlations. The fifth section is devoted to the started in January 2007 and ran thru 2009 which Horizontalverschiebungen, Aufschiebungen, Falten thermodynamic description of ternary systems. The coincided with the IAG2009 Scientific Assembly, etc. Hervorzuheben sind die zahlreichen farbigen last three sections concentrate on the properties one of the largest and most significant meetings of Grafiken und Fotos. Kenntnisse über die Entstehung of materials, and the phase behaviour of systems the Geodesy community held every 4 years. The tektonischer Strukturen finden ihre praktische under the conditions of high temperature and high IAG2009 Scientific Assembly was organized into Anwendung z. B. in der Exploration und Analyse pressure – conditions that prevail in the interior of eight Sessions. Four of the Sessions of IAG2009 bestimmter Lagerstätten oder in der Messung the Earth. A new equation of state is the subject of were based on the IAG Structure (i.e. one per aktueller Spannungszustände an tektonischen the sixth section. In the seventh section a move is Commission) and covered Reference Frames, Strukturen,[..] made to statistical thermodynamics and vibrational Gravity Field, Earth Rotation and Geodynamics, and models; the description of the systems has changed Positioning and Applications. Since IAG2009 was from mathematical to[..] Features taking place in the great Argentine city of[..] Kräften und Spannungen der Erde auf der Spur Kräfte aus dem Inneren der Erde bauen Spannungen Features Features in den Kontinenten und den Böden der Ozeane The Second Volume of “Equilibrium between These proceedings include the written version of 130 auf. Gesteine werden zerbrochen, gegeneinander Phases of Matter”, when compared with the First papers presented at the International Association geschoben, übereinander gestapelt und gefaltet. So Volume, by H.A.J. Oonk and M.T. Calvet, published of Geodesy IAG2009 "Geodesy for Planet Earth" entstehen tektonische Strukturen, die den Bau und in 2008, amounts to an extension of subjects, and Scientific Assembly. It was held 31 August to 4 die Entwicklung von Gebirgen und Meeresbecken a deepening of understanding. In the first three September 2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The charakterisieren. Claus-Dieter Reuther erklärt klar sections of the text an extension is given of the theme "Geodesy for Planet Earth" was selected und [..] theory on isobaric binary systems. The fourth section to follow the International Year of Planet Earth gives an account of the thermodynamic analyses of 2007-2009 goals of utilizing the knowledge of the four isobaric [..] Contents world’s geoscientists [..] Vorwort1 Einführung2 Kräfte in der Lithosphäre3 Spannung4 Deformation5 Contents Contents Verformungsverhalten6Brüche7 Klüfte8 Central role of Gibbs energy.- Slopes of curves Session 1: Reference Frames Implementation for Verwerfungen9 Abschiebungen10 in phase diagrams.- Retrograde equilibrium Geoscience's Applications: From Local to Global Horizontalverschiebungen11 Auf- und curves.- Three cases – Phase theory in practice.- Scales.- Session 2: Gravity of the Planet Earth.- Überschiebungen12. Inversionstektonik12 Falten13 Multicomponent systems.- Systems under high Session 3: Geodesy and Geodynamics: Global Neotektonik und aktive Tektonik14 In-situ pressure and high temperature.- Phase-equilibrium and Regional Scales.- Session 4: Positioning and Ermittlung von aktiven Krustenspannungen15 analysis for the future. Remote Sensing of Land, Ocean and Atmosphere.- Tektonik und Lagerstätten16 Klima und Session 5: Geodesy in Latin America.- Session 6: Fields of interest TektonikAnhangLiteraturSachregister Joint ION/FIG/ISPRS Session on Navigation and Geophysics / Geodesy; Materials Science (general); Earth Observation.- Session 7: The Global Geodetic Physical Chemistry; Geology; Thermodynamics Fields of interest Observing System: Science and Applications.- Geology; Structural Geology Target groups Session 8: The IAG International Services and their Graduate Role for Earth Observation. 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N. Shikazono, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan V.I. Ferronsky, Water Problems Institute of the Russian Academy J. Krecek, Czech technical University in Prague, Czech Republic; of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; V.A. Polyakov, Institute of M. Haigh, Oxford Brookes University, UK; Th. Hofer, FAO, Rome, Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology, Moscow, Russia Italy; E. Kubin, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Muhos, Finland Introduction to Earth and Planetary (Eds.) System Science Isotopes of the Earth's Hydrosphere Management of Mountain New View of Earth, Planets and Humans This book covers the distribution, hydrochemistry Watersheds This book presents basic information on material and geophysics of the naturally occurring stable science (geochemistry, geophysics, geology, isotopes namely: hydrogen, oxygen and radioactive mineralogy, etc.), interaction between subsystem The book aims to address the interdisciplinary tritium, carbon and other cosmogenic and consisting earth system (atmosphere, hydrosphere, targets of watershed management in mountain radiogenic isotopes of the uranium-thorium series, litho (geo) sphere, biosphere, humans) and in earth- regions based on the current knowledge of the in the oceans and in atmosphere, the earth's surface planet system and evolution of earth-planetary subject. The focus of the book is particularly on and ground water. The use of environmental system. The nature-humans interactions are monitoring, research, and modelling the interactions isotopes in the three main areas of natural waters described and new view on earth, planets and between the climate, water cycle, and aquatic is discussed: origin, dynamics and residence humans (integration of anthropocentrism and ecosystem. The issues of watershed management time in natural reservoirs. The origin of the naturecentrism) are presented. in mountain regions in different parts of Europe, hydrosphere is examined in the light of isotopic, new Africa, America and Asia have been the central Features cosmochemical and recent theoretical results.The theme of the book, which is basically divided A stable sustainable human society cannot be book will be of interest to scientists and researchers into five sections: Institutional aspects in control achieved without an understanding of the earth’s who use environmental isotopes in solving scientific of mountain regions; Stream-flow processes in surface environment and the earth’s interior as and practical problems in hydrology, hydrogeology, mountain catchments; Water chemistry and biota it influences the surface, and of the interactions oceanography, meteorology, hydrogeochemistry in mountain streams and lakes; Effects of forest between humans and nature. According to earth and cosmochemistry. Lecturers, students and practices and climate change on hydrological system science, the earth system consists of postgraduates in these fields will also find it useful. phenomena; and Soil conservation and control of subsystems, such as the atmosphere, hydrosphere, floods and landslides. The contributions have been Features geosphere, biosphere, and humans, and the peer-reviewed and the interdisciplinary team of This book covers the distribution, hydrochemistry interactions among these [..] authors includes experts from the specialised areas of and geophysics of the naturally occurring stable geography, hydrology, chemistry, biology, forestry, isotopes namely: hydrogen, oxygen and radioactive Contents ecology, economy and sociology. The practical[..] Constituent components of earth system.- Material tritium, carbon and other cosmogenic and circulation in earth.- Nature-humans interaction.- radiogenic isotopes of the uranium-thorium series, Features Universe-sun system.- Evolution of the earth in the oceans and in atmosphere, the earth's surface The book aims to address the interdisciplinary system.- Modern view in nature and humans. and ground water. The use of environmental targets of watershed management in mountain isotopes in the three main areas of natural waters is regions based on the current knowledge of the Fields of interest discussed: origin, [..] subject. The focus of the book is particularly on Geochemistry; Earth Sciences (general); monitoring, research, and modelling the interactions Contents Geoecology / Natural Processes; Planetology between the climate, water cycle, and aquatic Part I Stable Isotopes.- Isotope geochemistry of ecosystem. 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R. Sinding-Larsen, Norwegian University of Science and H. Kreutzmann, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany (Ed.) M.A.T.M. Broekmans, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Technology,Trondheim, Norway; F.-W. Wellmer, Federal Institute Trondheim, Norway (Ed.) for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany (Eds.) Pastoral practices in High Asia Proceedings of the 10th Agency of 'development' effected by modernisation, Non-Renewable Resource Issues resettlement and transformation International Congress for Applied Mineralogy (ICAM) Geoscientific and Societal Challenges In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral and transcended in order to reach a higher level of This book comprises 96 peer-reviewed contributions commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern development. In this context, global approaches submitted to the 10th ICAM Congress, held in society is increasingly dependent on mineral and to modernize a rural society have been ubiquitous Trondheim, Norway on 01-05 August 2011. Themes fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, phenomena independent of ideological contexts. The covered include: 1) Advanced materials, including cost of production, and geographical distribution. 20th century experienced a variety of concepts to high-performance technical ceramics and glasses, Even if solid fuels, fossil energy resources and settle mobile groups and to transfer their lifestyles 2) Analytical techniques, instrumentation and mineral commodities are non-renewable, the to modern perceptions. Permanent settlements are automation, 3) Bio-mimetic mineral materials, extracted metals can to a large extent be recycled the vivid expression of an ideology-driven approach. medical mineralogy, 4) Construction materials and used again and again. Although the stock of Modernization theory captured all walks of life including cement/SCMs, concrete, bricks, tiles, these secondary resources and their use increases, and tried to optimize breeding techniques, pasture screeds, 5) Cultural heritage, stone artifacts the world still needs and will continue to need utilization, transport and processing concepts. New and preservation, 6) Environment and energy primary mineral resources for the foreseeable insights into other aspects of pastoralism such as its mineralogy, including CO2 sequestration, 7) future. Growing demands have begun to restrict role as an adaptive strategy to use marginal resources Geometallurgy and process mineralogy, and 8) availability of these resources. The Earth is not in remote locations with difficult access could Industrial minerals including gems, ore minerals, running out of critical mineral resources – at least only be understood as a critique of capitalist and and mineral exploration. for the near future – but the ability to explore and communist concepts of modernization. In recent extract these resources is being restricted in many years a renaissance of modernization theory-led Features regions by competing land use, as well as political development activities can be observed. Higher[..] This book comprises 96 peer-reviewed contributions and environmental issues. Extraction of natural submitted to the 10th ICAM Congress, held in resources requires a clear focus on sustainable Features Trondheim, Norway on 01-05 August 2011. Themes development, involving[..] In conventional views, pastoralism was classified as covered include: 1) Advanced materials, including a stage of civilization that needed to be abolished high-performance technical ceramics and glasses, Features and transcended in order to reach a higher level of 2) Analytical techniques, instrumentation and All the solid fuels fossil energy and mineral development. In this context, global approaches automation, 3) Bio-mimetic mineral materials, commodities we use come out of the Earth. Modern to modernize a rural society have been ubiquitous medical mineralogy, 4) Construction materials society is increasingly dependent on mineral and phenomena independent of ideological contexts. The including cement/SCMs, concrete, [..] fossil energy sources. They differ in availability, cost 20th century experienced a variety of concepts to of production, and geographical distribution. Even settle mobile groups and to transfer their lifestyles Contents if solid fuels, fossil energy resources and mineral [..] From the Content: Iodine K-edge EXAFS commodities are non-renewable, the extracted spectroscopy of iodine-bearing AFm-(Cl2, CO3, metals can to a large extent be recycled and used Contents SO4).- Prediction of mineral processing behavior of again and [..] From the Content: Pastoralism in High Asia.- bauxite ores by XRD cluster analysis.- Metallogeny Introduction.- Variegated pastoral practices in of Culampajá Gold District, Argentina.- Systematic Contents the Pamirian knot.- Pastoral practices on the REE partitioning in cubo-dodecahedral fluorite from The exhaustion of mineral resources.- A truism or move – Recent transformations in mountain Belgium revealed by cathodoluminescence spectral a state of mind?- Stretching the availability of non- pastoralism on the Tibetan Plateau.- Case studies imaging and laser ablation-ICP-MS.- Geochemical renewable resources.- Challenges in the optimal from Hindukush, Karakoram, Pamir and Tien Shan.- characteristics of the Aligudarz granite intrusion management of remaining petroleum resources.- Pastoralism, power and politics: access to pastures and its mineralization potential.- Occurrences and Uranium: The world's energy mineral.- Coal: an under conditions of tenure insecurity in Northern petrographical variations among the glauconite energy source for future world needs!?- Natural Afghanistan.- Economic Strategies and Market deposits from Egypt.- Investigation of an old gas hydrates: Recent research and assessment Orientation of the Afghan Kyrgyz.- Herding on high problem:[..] developments.- Challenges of the European Mining grounds. Diversity and typology of pastoral systems Industry in the Years to Come.- Commision Raw in the Eastern Hindu Kush (Chitral, Pakistan).- Fields of interest Materials Initiative.- The metal market: A new Tobias Kraudzun:[..] Mineralogy; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural corporate landscape emerging.- Developments and Materials; Mineral Resources; Characterization and trends in the availability of non-ferrous mineral Fields of interest Evaluation of Materials; Metallic Materials; Cultural raw[..] Earth System Sciences; Agriculture; Environmental Heritage Management Fields of interest Target groups Geology; Geoecology / Natural Processes; Physical Target groups Research Geography Research Type of publication Target groups Type of publication Proceedings Research Monograph Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Monograph 2012. XXV, 823 p. 417 illus., 270 in color. 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H. Sato, Tohoku University, Miyagi-Ken, Japan; M.C. Fehler, MIT, M.A. Sakr, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Egypt; A. K. von Elverfeldt, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria Cambridge, MA, USA; T. Maeda, University of Tokyo, Japan Ansal, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Eds.) System Theory in Geomorphology Seismic Wave Propagation and Special Topics in Earthquake Challenges, Epistemological Consequences and Practical Scattering in the Heterogeneous Implications Earth : Second Edition Geotechnical Engineering Empirical research needs a profound theory to be successful. This is the simple but, in its Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Seismic waves - generated both by natural consequences, radical approach for this study in Dynamics, as well as their interface with Engineering earthquakes and by man-made sources - have geomorphology. It critically analyses the current Seismology, Geophysics and Seismology, have all produced an enormous amount of information system understanding and offers a new view for a made remarkable progress over the past 15 years, about the Earth's interior. In classical seismology, the geomorphology that understands systems as being mainly due to the development of instrumented Earth is modeled as a sequence of uniform horizontal open but at the same time operationally closed, as large scale experimental facilities, to the increase layers (or spherical shells) having different elastic self-organized, structure-building and potentially in the quantity and quality of recorded earthquake properties and one determines these properties self-referential. Kirsten von Elverfeldt succeeds in data, to the numerous well-documented case studies from travel times and dispersion of seismic waves. designing a theoretical framework that sets new from recent strong earthquakes as well as enhanced The Earth, however, is not made of horizontally standards within Physical Geography. By using state- computer capabilities. One of the major factors uniform layers, and classic seismic methods can take of-the-art concepts in system theory, it offers also contributing to the aforementioned progress is the large-scale inhomogeneities into account. Smaller- new bridges to Human Geography as well as to other increasing social need for a safe urban environment, scale irregularities, on the other hand, require other neighbouring disciplines.This book was awarded large infrastructures and essential facilities. The main methods. Observations of continuous wave trains the Dissertation prize 2010 of the German Working scope of our book is to provide the geotechnical that follow classic direct S waves, known as coda Group in Geomorphology of the DGfG and the Hans engineers, geologists and seismologists, with the waves, have shown that there are heterogeneities Bobek-prize of the ÖGG (Austrian Geographical most recent advances and developments in the area of random size scattered randomly throughout the Society). of earthquake geotechnical engineering, seismology layers of the classic seismic model. This book focuses and soil dynamics. on recent developments in the area of seismic wave Features Empirical research needs a profound theory propagation and scattering through the randomly Features to be successful. This is the simple but, in its heterogeneous structure of the Earth, with emphasis Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil consequences, radical approach for this study in on the[..] Dynamics, as well as their interface with Engineering geomorphology. It critically analyses the current Seismology, Geophysics and Seismology, have all Features system understanding and offers a new view for a made remarkable progress over the past 15 years, Seismic waves - generated both by natural geomorphology that understands systems as being mainly due to the development of instrumented large earthquakes and by man-made sources - have open but at the same time operationally closed, as scale experimental facilities, to the increase in the produced an enormous amount of information self-organized, structure-building and potentially quantity and quality of recorded earthquake data, to about the Earth's interior. In classical seismology, the self-referential. [..] the numerous well-documented case studies from Earth is modeled as a sequence of uniform horizontal recent [..] layers (or spherical shells) having different elastic Contents Part I: Problem areas.- First problem area: properties and one determines these properties from Contents Coherence of basic assumptions and concepts.- travel times and dispersion of seismic waves. The Foreword.- 1. Geotechnical Aspects on the Abruzzo Second problem area: Openness and determinacy.- Earth, however, is [..] 2009 Earthquake; M. Maugeri et al.- 2. Geotechnical Third problem area: The physical basis.- Fourth Aspects of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China; Contents problem area: Equilibria.- Complexity and non- I. Towhata.- 3. Effect of Fines and Aging on Introduction.- Heterogeneity in the Lithosphere.- linearity.- Tentative conclusions in two steps.- Part Liquefaction Strength and Cone Resistance of Sand Phenomenological Approaches to Seismogram 2: Consequences and implications.- Epistemological Investigated in Triaxial Apparatus; T. Kokusho.- Envelopes in short-periods.- Born approximation consequences.- Practical implications.- Meeting the 4. Static and Dynamic Earth Pressure: Full-scale for Wave Scattering in Random Media.- Attenuation challenge: An approach towards a geomorphological Testing and Analysis; A. Elgamal.- 5. Macro element of High-Frequency Seismic Waves.- Synthesis of system theory.- Summary. for Pile Head Cyclic Lateral Loading; M. Pender.- Three-Component Seismogram Envelopes for 6. Analysis of Piles in Liquefying Soils by the Pseudo- Earthquakes Using Scattering Amplitudes from the Fields of interest Static Approach; M. Cubrinovski.- 7. 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A.M. Scheffers, Geoscience Southern Cross University, Lismore K. Fischer, DFKI GmbH, Saarbrücken, Germany; J.P. Müller, Campus, NSW, Australia; S.R. Scheffers, Marine Ecology Research Economics Clausthal University of Technology, Germany; R. Levy, Intelligent Centre, Southern Cross University, Lismore Campus, NSW, Automation, Inc., Rockville, MD, USA (Eds.) Australia; D.H. Kelletat, Department of Geography, University of Cologne, Köln, Germany E. Tanfani, University of Genova, Italy; A. Testi, University of Agent-Based Technologies and Genova, Italy (Eds.) The Coastlines of the World with Applications for Enterprise Google Earth Advanced Decision Making Interoperability

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This requires successful applications of these technologies, and hazards such as storms or tsunamis. The book not only the ability to analyze and interpret a on lessons learned. In particular, ATOP brings Coastlines of the World with Google Earth aims to large amount of information but also arrange it so together research combining ideas from MDA and draw people's attention (within and outside of the that it becomes a cognitive base for appropriate SOA with agent technologies. The ATOP 2009 science community) towards coastal sciences and decision-making. Moreover, decisions in the health and 2010 workshops were held at the AAMAS spark interest for the extraordinary diversity and care field are subjected to many challenges and conferences in Budapest, Hungary, in May 2009, beauty of coastal environments. The book illustrates constraints: fast change and uncertain outcomes, and in Toronto, Canada, in May 2010. 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P.J.J. Welfens, University of Wuppertal, Germany (Ed.) A. Beck, civity Management Consultans, Berlin, Germany P. Tschmuck, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria Clusters in Automotive and Competition for Public Transport Information & Communication Services Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry Technology Institutional Framework and Empirical Evidence of Bus Services in Germany Innovation, Multinationalization and Networking Dynamics Why did jazz become a dominant popular music This book evaluates the successes, failures, and genre in the 1920s and rock 'n' roll in the 1950s? Information & communication technology (ICT) factors that influence the competition for public bus Why did heavy metal, punk rock and hiphop find and the automotive sector are two of the most transport services. Using Germany as a case study, their way from sub-cultures to the established important industries in the EU and the US. 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Specialization for those whose goal is to increase competition. several revolutions in the music industry that were and structural change in the automotive sector caused by the inference of aesthetic, technological, are highlighted, and new strategic approaches for Features legal, economic, social and political processes of multinational companies and changes in policy This book evaluates the successes, failures, and change. On the basis of an integrated model of options are identified. factors that influence the competition for public bus creativity and innovation, an explanation is given on transport services. 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D. Armbruster, Arizona State University, Department of G. Wittwer, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia (Ed.) K. Çaliyurt, Trakya Universitesi, Edirne, Turkey; S.O. Idowu, Mathematics, Tempe AZ 85287-1804, USA; K.G. Kempf, Intel London Metropolitan University,UK (Eds.) Corporation, Chandler, AZ, USA (Eds.) Economic Modeling of Water Emerging Fraud Decision Policies for Production The Australian CGE Experience Fraud Cases from Emerging Economies Networks The book details the innovative TERM (The Enormous Regional Model) approach to regional Fraud has become a challenging phenomena affecting economies worldwide. 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Researchers and practitioners come together to policy background and implications of TERM’s explore a wide variety of approaches to a range of dynamic modeling will provide food for thought in policy making circles worldwide, where there is a Features topics including:•WIP and equipment management Fraud has become a challenging phenomena policies,•Material release policies,•Machine, factory, pressing need for solutions to similarly intractable problems in water management. affecting economies worldwide. Anti-fraud measures and supply chain network policies for delivery in the are an integral part of today’s management practices face of supply and demand variability, and•Conflicts Features and have found their way into business education. between complex production network models and As anthropogenic climate change accelerates, leading Yet in developing countries these topics have long their controlling policies.Case studies and relevant both to weather unpredictability and extremes, the been neglected and only limited research has been mathematical[..] issue of water use and extraction has never had conducted in this area. This book fills an essential gap by analyzing the impact of fraud on developing Features a higher profile. 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R.A. Francisco A. Sarkar, West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India L.J. Heinrich, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich

Finance for Academics Functional Instability or Paradigm Geschichte der

A Guide to Investment for Income Shift? Wirtschaftsinformatik

The purpose of this book is to provide a hands-on A Characteristic Study of Indian Stock Market in the First Entstehung und Entwicklung einer Wissenschaftsdisziplin Decade of the New Millennium guide to finance and investment for academics with Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entstehung und an objective of providing strategies to maximize The study investigates the working of the Indian Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsinformatik als income, minimize fees, and legally minimize taxes. stock market in recent years and attempts to look Wissenschaft, deren Gegenstandsbereich und There are many risks in finance and investment such for functional instability, if any, embedded in the Forschungsmethoden durch Wirtschafts- und as stock market crashes, inflation, corruption, fees stock market. Specifically, it explores to discern Sozialwissenschaften einerseits und durch and interest rates. This book stresses that stocks and whether there been any significant change in recent Technikwissenschaften andererseits geprägt bonds are the mainstay of most investors. Dividend- years in Indian stock market and the nature and wurden. Es gibt Antworten auf Fragen nach growth stocks mitigate the risk of inflation. In characteristics of such changes, if any. It chooses den frühen Spuren, die zur Entstehung der addition, they cost nothing once they are purchased, the nine year period from 1999 to 2008. Over this Wirtschaftsinformatik führten, und benennt so ihre unlike mutual funds that have constant fees. The period, stock market witnessed some major price Wurzeln. Es spannt von daher den Bogen über die author explains how to find dividend-growth stocks changes: one in late 1999 that ended in mid 2001, ersten wissenschaftlichen Analysen als Antwort auf whose payout increase exceeds inflation and how to another that commenced from mid 2004 and a die Probleme des Einsatzes der damals so genannten compound quarterly in order to make projections recent one that in effect commenced from early EDV in Wirtschaft und Öffentlicher Verwaltung for future growth in the number of shares or in the 2008. There is significant volatility in the market über die Jahrzehnte der Wissenschaftswerdung bis value of the capital itself. The author, in addition, with presence of risk premium;there is asymmetric zu den jüngsten Diskussionen über die Zukunft discusses the value of bond funds and master-limited impact. The market responds more to the negative der Wirtschaftsinformatik als Wissenschaft in partnerships for an investment portfolio. Retirement shocks. The global stock market is having its einem globalen Wissenschaftssystem. Methodisch income is a major concern for senior academics and influence on Indian stock market. The impact of im Mittelpunkt dieser Untersuchung steht die the median level of retirement[..] developed country effect, particularly, that of US Selbstzeugnisforschung.Teil A Vorgeschichte widmet stock market has been the most prominent. There is Features sich der Spurensuche und verfolgt die Spuren vom some evidence for regional contagion. When we look The purpose of this book is to provide a hands-on 17. Jahrhundert bis in die 1950er und 1960er Jahre, at the domestic sectors,[..] guide to finance and investment for academics with dem Zeitraum des Beginns der[..] an objective of providing strategies to maximize Features Features income, minimize fees, and legally minimize taxes. The study investigates the working of the Indian Dieses Buch beschreibt die Entstehung und There are many risks in finance and investment such stock market in recent years and attempts to look for Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsinformatik als as stock market crashes, inflation, corruption, fees functional instability, if any, embedded in the stock Wissenschaft, deren Gegenstandsbereich und and interest rates. This book stresses that stocks and market. Specifically, it explores to discern whether Forschungsmethoden durch Wirtschafts- und bonds are the mainstay of most investors. [..] there has been any significant change in the recent Sozialwissenschaften einerseits und durch years in Indian stock market and the nature and Contents Technikwissenschaften andererseits geprägt characteristics of such changes, if any. It chooses the Introduction.- Risks.- Forms of Investment.- wurden. Es gibt Antworten auf Fragen nach nine year period from 1999 to 2008. 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S. Borgert, Münster M. Bianchi, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; A. B. Göransson, C. Brundenius (Eds.) Piccaluga, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy (Eds.) Holistisches Projektmanagement L’université en transition La sfida del trasferimento Vom Umgang mit Menschen, Systemen und Veränderung tecnologico: le Università italiane si L’évolution de son rôle et des défis à relever Wie gelingt ganzheitlicher Projekterfolg? Täglich raccontano La mondialisation, l’ère de l’information et wird in Unternehmen an tausenden Projekten l’essor de l’économie du savoir transforment gearbeitet. Viele von ihnen sind zum Scheitern profondément les modalités d’acquisition, de verurteilt, bevor sie begonnen haben. Unklare L’opera presenta e descrive il fenomeno del diffusion et de transformation du savoir. Il s’ensuit Ziele und Verantwortlichkeiten, aneinander vorbei trasferimento tecnologico da università a que la production du savoir a graduellement arbeitende Projektteams, internes Machtgerangel industria attraverso una prospettiva originale, da davantage à voir avec la compétitivité économique – so sieht es allzu oft hinter den Kulissen aus. “insider”, cioè la prospettiva delle università. Il et y est plus directement liée. Ce nouvel état de fait Stephanie Borgert analysiert anschaulich, in welchen volume racconta, attraverso la penna degli stessi signifie également que les universités se sentent Fallstricken sich organisationale Projekte verfangen protagonisti, la nascita, la crescita e le esperienze de plus en plus poussées à s’adapter aux besoins und zeigt Lösungen für erfolgreiche Veränderungen degli Uffici di Trasferimento Tecnologico (TTO) de la société et de l’économie, qui évoluent sans auf. Im Zentrum steht die ganzheitliche Sicht delle principali università italiane, facendo emergere cesse. En particulier, des pressions croissantes auf Projekte als komplexe dynamische Systeme l’eterogeneità delle loro ambizioni, dei traguardi s’exercent sur les établissements d’enseignement (Makroebene), welche von Menschen mit Leben raggiunti e delle risorse a loro disposizione per la supérieur et de recherche des pays industrialisés gefüllt werden (Mikroebene). Die Autorin valorizzazione della ricerca scientifica. L’idea di pour qu’ils définissent et affirment leur nouveau verknüpft Erkenntnisse aus der Systemtheorie, der fondo dell’opera è che i “numeri” danno una visione rôle au sein du système national d’innovation. Les Hirnforschung so-wie dem Neuro-Linguistischen importante ma solo parziale di quello che è un TTO établissements des pays en développement, quant Programmieren (NLP) zu praktischen Werkzeugen universitario. Il nostro lavoro a stretto contatto à eux, sont appelés à définir le rôle qu’ils joueront und Methoden für die Projektarbeit. „Holistisches con i professionisti del trasferimento tecnologico afin de soutenir les structures émergentes du système Projektmanagement“ hält für Mitarbeiter wie ci ha dimostrato che l’attività di tali uffici è ricca di d’innovation. Ce livre examine le rôle des universités Führungskräfte gleichermaßen Aha-Effekte storie significative e ad alto contenuto formativo, et des instituts de recherche nationaux dans le bereit und motiviert zur Umsetzung im eigenen dove l’elemento umano, e le modalità con cui esso è développement[..] Projektalltag. Stephanie[..] gestito, giocano un ruolo centrale nel trasferimento di conoscenza dal mondo della ricerca a[..] Features Features La mondialisation, l’ère de l’information et l’essor de Wie gelingt ganzheitlicher Projekterfolg?Täglich Features l’économie du savoir transforment profondément wird in Unternehmen an tausenden Projekten L’opera presenta e descrive il fenomeno del les modalités d’acquisition, de diffusion et de gearbeitet. Viele von ihnen sind zum Scheitern trasferimento tecnologico da università a transformation du savoir. Il s’ensuit que la verurteilt, bevor sie begonnen haben. Unklare industria attraverso una prospettiva originale, da production du savoir a graduellement davantage Ziele und Verantwortlichkeiten, aneinander vorbei “insider”, cioè la prospettiva delle università. Il à voir avec la compétitivité économique et y est arbeitende Projektteams, internes Machtgerangel volume racconta, attraverso la penna degli stessi plus directement liée. Ce nouvel état de fait signifie – so sieht es allzu oft hinter den Kulissen aus. protagonisti, la nascita, la crescita e le esperienze également que les universités se sentent de plus en Stephanie Borgert analysiert anschaulich, in welchen degli Uffici di Trasferimento Tecnologico (TTO) plus [..] Fallstricken sich [..] delle principali università italiane, facendo emergere l’eterogeneità [..] Fields of interest Contents Development Economics; Economic Policy; Workstream ‚Der Mensch'.- Workstream ‚Das Fields of interest Educational Technology System’.- Workstream ‚Kommunikation, Technology Management; R & D / Technology Veränderung und Lernen’.- Go Live.- Das System Policy; Entrepreneurship Target groups ‚Sommermärchen'. 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M.S. Sodhi, City University, London, UK; C.S. Tang, University of N.K. Singh, Varanasi, India P. Mertens, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg; S. Rässler, Otto- California Los Angeles, CA, USA Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg (Eds.) Mantras for Managers Managing Supply Chain Risk Prognoserechnung The Dialogue with Yeti

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It deals with the key issues of mission and in der Unternehmung Verwendung finden und global supply chains. Sodhi and Tang present objectives of organisations, understanding people wo die Probleme beim Einsatz liegen. Das Buch important concepts, frameworks, strategies, and and bringing changes in organisational culture. wendet sich gleichermaßen an Wissenschaft analyses that are essential for managing supply Future development in socio-economic sphere will und Praxis. Das Spektrum reicht von einfachen chain risks. Not only does this book suggest some be greatly influence by values and attitude of people Verfahren der Vorhersage über neuere Ansätze practical ways to work with different partners to in various organisations. “Mantras for Managers” is a der künstlichen Intelligenz und Zeitreihenanalyse manage the risks that are present in a global supply window on the new humanism in organisational and bis hin zur Prognose von Softwarezuverlässigkeit chain, it creates a framework that would enable institutional development. und zur kooperativen Vorhersage in Liefernetzen. practitioners to engage researchers to work on this In der siebenten, wesentlich überarbeiteten und important area.”—Thomas A. 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The imaginary dialogues in the als Variante der „Business Intelligence“ und die and rare disruptions that can occur at any link in the book represent the inherent conflict between logical Kombination von Vorhersagen mit Elementen der global supply chain.[..] cut-throat competitions rampant in today’s world Chaostheorie berücksichtigt. and the inevitable need to retain natural grace of Features values.It deals with the key issues of mission and Features “Supply Chain Risk Management is an issue that objectives of organisations, understanding people Mit diesem Buch liegen kompakte many companies face and yet few companies know and [..] Beschreibungen von Prognoseverfahren vor, how to deal with it in a systematic and pragmatic die vor allem in Systemen der betrieblichen manner. While avoiding and reducing supply chain Contents Informationsverarbeitung eingesetzt werden. risks are certainly preferable, developing ways to 1. Why Development?.- 2. Why Organizations?.- Praktiker mit langjähriger Prognoseerfahrung restore and stabilize supply chain operations rapidly 3. Insights on Organizations.- 4. Tools for Insights: zeigen außerdem, wie die einzelnen Methoden in after a major disruption is critical for managing Feelings.- 5. Tools for Insights: EUT.- 6. Of Mission der Unternehmung Verwendung finden und wo global supply chains. Sodhi and Tang present and Objectives.- 7. Diagnosing the "Organizational die Probleme beim Einsatz liegen. Das Buch wendet important [..] Unconscious".- 8. Organizational Unconscious: sich gleichermaßen an Wissenschaft und Praxis. Das Signs and Symbols 9. Understanding Organizational Spektrum [..] Contents Culture: Values.- 10. Understanding Organizational Supply Chain Risk Management.- Risk Change.- 11. Perception of Reality and Creativity.- Contents Identification.- Risk Assesment.- Mitigating Risks.- 12. Notes on Indian words. 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A. Shtub, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel D. Cadeddu, University of Milan, Italy M. Eley, Aschaffenburg

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The software introduces the user to one can begin to shed light on Olivettian political ereignisdiskreten Simulation bei der Lösung the full dynamics of project planning, monitoring thinking.The term ‘utopia’, which has come to komplexer Probleme aus Logistik und Produktion. and control, moving scenario-wise from the easy, designate an entire vein of political literature, has [..] Neben einer Einführung in die Simulation und in fundamental issues to the more involved, complex einige dazugehörige Grundlagen aus der Statistik ones. Based on a sound conceptual foundation, Contents führt das Buch in die praktische Umsetzung mit dem it provides the ideal individual and team training 1. Introduction.- 2. On Alienation.- 3. A Scientific Werkzeug "Plant Simulation" ein. Anhand von drei support for [..] Approach to Politics.- 4. Between Marxism and kleinen Aufgaben erlernt der Leser [..] Personalism.- 5. Philosophy of Action.- 6. Puzzled Contents Democracy.- 7. 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J.L. Stein, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA P.-O. Johansson, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; B. K.G. Quinn, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, USA (Ed.) Kriström, Centre for Environmental and REsource Economics, Umea, Sweden Stochastic Optimal Control and the The Economics of the National U.S. Financial Debt Crisis The Economics of Evaluating Water Football League Projects The State of the Art Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC)—a mathematical theory concerned with minimizing a cost (or Hydroelectricity Versus Other Uses This book lays down a marker as to the state of maximizing a payout) pertaining to a controlled economists’ understanding of the National Football This book presents research on a kind of water use dynamic process under uncertainty—has proven League (NFL) by assembling sophisticated, critical conflicts that is becoming more and more common incredibly helpful to understanding and predicting surveys of by leading sports economists on major and important: How to best manage moving water debt crises and evaluating proposed financial topics associated with the league. The book is in times of increasing demand for electricity as well regulation and risk management. Stochastic Optimal divided into four parts. The first three chapters in as environmental services. How should decisions be Control and the U.S. Financial Debt Crisis analyzes Part I provide an overview of the business of the made between water use for electricity generation SOC in relation to the 2008 U.S. financial crisis, and NFL from an economist’s perspective. Part II is a or for environmental and recreational benefits? offers a detailed framework depicting why such a collection of surveys of the economics of the NFL’s The authors develop a simple general equilibrium methodology is best suited for reducing financial most important revenue streams, including media, model of a small open economy which is used to risk and addressing key regulatory issues. Topics attendance, and merchandising. The NFL’s labor derive a cost-benefit rule that can be used to assess discussed include the inadequacies of the current economics is the focus of Part III, with chapters projects that divert water from electricity generation approaches underlying financial regulations, the on player and coach labor markets, the draft, and to recreational and other uses (or vice versa). The use of SOC to explain debt crises and superiority contract structure. Part IV includes essays on cost-benefit rule is then applied to the specific case of over existing approaches to regulation, and the competitive balance, gambling, economic impacts a proposed change at a Swedish hydropower plant. domestic and international applications of SOC to of the Super Bowl, behavioral economic issues The book provides a manual for the evaluation of financial crises. Principles in this book will appeal associated with the league, and antitrust issues. river regulations which can easily be replicated in to economists, mathematicians, and researchers This book will appeal to sports economists, sports other studies. interested in the U.S. financial debt crisis and management professionals, and policy-makers, and would be useful as a supplementary text for sports optimal risk management. Features economics and[..] This book presents research on a kind of water use Features conflicts that is becoming more and more common Stochastic Optimal Control (SOC)—a mathematical Features and important: How to best manage moving water theory concerned with minimizing a cost (or This book lays down a marker as to the state of in times of increasing demand for electricity as well maximizing a payout) pertaining to a controlled economists’ understanding of the National Football as environmental services. How should decisions be dynamic process under uncertainty—has proven League (NFL) by assembling sophisticated, critical made between water use for electricity generation incredibly helpful to understanding and predicting surveys of by leading sports economists on major or for environmental and recreational benefits? The debt crises and evaluating proposed financial topics associated with the league. The book is authors develop a simple general equilibrium model regulation and risk management. Stochastic Optimal divided into four parts. The first three chapters in of a [..] Control and the U.S. Financial Debt Crisis analyzes Part I provide an overview of the business of the NFL from an economist’s perspective. Part II is a [..] SOC in relation to [..] Contents Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Origins of CBA of Wter Contents Contents Use Conflicts.- 3 A Simple Cost-Benefit Rule.- 4 The Introduction/preface .- Failure of the Fed, IMF, Introduction.- Part I The Business of the National Main Items in the Cost-Benefit Analysis.- 5 Towards academic profession to anticipate the crisis, Football League.- Chapter 1 Overview of the Empirical Measurement of Externalities.- 6 Blueprint disregarded warnings.- Failure of the Quants, Economics of the NFL.- Chapter 2 NFL Franchise for a CBA.- 7 Concluding Remarks.- 8 References.- 9 mathematical finance models.- Philosophy of Values, Locations, and Stadium Economics.- Appendices.- Index. Stochastic optimal control approach, relation to Chapter 3 Revenues and Costs in the NFL.- Part II The NFL’s Major Revenue Streams.- Chapter 4 M-V analysis; Sensitivity of optimal debt and risk Fields of interest Economics of NFL Attendance.- Chapter 5 Media to alternative stochastic processes, Early Warning Environmental Economics; Renewable and Green Economics of the NFL.- Chapter 6 Merchandising Signals.- Application of Stochastic Optimal Control Energy; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution NFL Brands and Intellectual Property Rights.- to Financial crisis 2007-08.- AIG in the crisis.- Crises Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Part III Labor Economics of the NFL.- Chapter 7 in the 1980s: Agricultural, S&L.- Diversity of debt Public Finance & Economics; Energy Policy, Measuring Productivity of NFL Players.- Chapter 8 crises in Euro. Economics and Management Wages, Contracts, and the Free Agent Market under Fields of interest Target groups the NFL Salary Cap System.-[..] Finance / Banking; Probability Theory and Research Stochastic Processes; Statistics for Business, Fields of interest Economics, Mathematical Finance, Insurance Type of publication Economics; Labor Economics; Management/ Monograph Business for Professionals Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Professional/practitioner Type of publication Monograph Type of publication 2012. XIV, 135 p. 20 illus., 6 in color. Hardcover Contributed volume Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 89,95 € ISBN 978-3-642-27669-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2012. XVI, 157 p. 31 illus. Hardcover 2012. VI, 338 p. 22 illus. (Sports Economics, 89,95 € Management and Policy, Vol. 2) Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4614-3078-0 129,95 € ISBN 978-1-4419-6289-8 springer.com Education 61

R. Gutbrod, Sandhausen, Germany; C. Wiele, Eppingen, Germany A. CARSRUD, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, CA; M. Brännback, Åbo Akademi University, School of Business and Education Economics, Turku, Finland (Eds.) The Software Dilemma

Balancing Creativity and Control on the Path to Sustainable Understanding Family Businesses S. Schuck, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; P. Software Aubusson, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; J. Undiscovered Approaches, Unique Perspectives, and Buchanan, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; T. The complexity of software is continuously Neglected Topics Russell, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada growing as a result of today’s interconnected business processes. Governance of architecture and Businesses owned and operated by families Beginning Teaching technology strategy helps to ensure coherence of constitute the vast majority of firms around the software and avoid excessive complexity. At the same world. These firms are found in all industrial Stories from the Classroom time software development needs room for creativity segments, from retail and service establishments and empowerment to provide solutions to business to heavy manufacturers. Their sizes and revenues The experiences of the first years of new teachers’ problems of increasing complexity. The book looks range from the smallest venture of a husband and professional lives are critical to their decisions about at this software dilemma from the perspectives of wife roadside food stall in rural India to the largest embracing or leaving the teaching profession. Writ CIOs/CTOs, software architects, and auditors. Each multinational, highly diversified corporations in large, these experiences have the potential to either of these groups has different interests which need the United States and Europe. Many challenges, underpin or undermine the growth and development to be considered, reconciled, and balanced. CIOs/ such as competition, regulation, environmental of the teaching profession. This book offers a CTOs are provided with the boundary conditions concerns, access to capital, and macroeconomic research-based account of beginning teachers’ they have to establish assuring the achievement of factors confront family and nonfamily firms alike. experiences, told from their own perspectives and strategic objectives. Architects and auditors find In addition, family and closely-held firms grapple often in their own words.Beginning Teaching: proven concepts for effectively assessing software with such issues of succession, continuity, conflict Stories from the Classroom provides valuable source projects and architectures, as well as for effectively resolution, identity and organizational roles, estate material to inform teacher education practices. 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Writ at this software [..] wife roadside food stall in rural India to the largest large, these experiences have the potential to either multinational, highly diversified corporations in the underpin or undermine the growth and development Contents United States [..] of the teaching profession. This book offers a The World Has Changed.- Are you connected - CIO, research-based account of beginning teachers’ Architect, and Auditor ?.- Building the Foundation.- Contents experiences, told from their own perspectives and [..] Orienteering Race - Position, direction, Go !.- The Chapter 1 Where Have We Been and Where We Software Sustainability Audit.- The Process Audit - Should Be Going in Family Business Research.- Contents Not just for the Auditor.- The Product Audit - Look Chapter 2 Family Business: A Global Perspective Acknowledgements.- Foreword.- 1 Telling tales at this, Architect !.- Governance Where It Belongs from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics out of school: Sharing the stories of beginning - Control Self-Assessment.- It's Not Only about the and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor.- Chapter teachers.- 2 The first months of teaching.- 3 The Facts - Communication Matters. 3 Intentions in the Family Business: The Role of kids today: Alphabet generations in transition.- 4 Family Norms.- Chapter 4 Identity Dynamics The way we do things around here: School culture Fields of interest in the Family Business Context: A Novel(’s) and socialisation.- 5 Teacher identity: A confidence Technology Management; R & D / Technology PerspectiveBjörn Kjellander, Mattias Nordqvist and trick?.- 6 Mentoring and induction: Nourishing or Policy; Business & Economics (general); Friederike Welter.- Chapter 5 Love, Hate and Desire: eating our young?.- 7 Professional challenges in the Organization / Planning The Role of Emotional Messiness in the Business life of a new teacher.- 8 Teaching here and there: Family.- Chapter 6 What’s Love Got to Do With It? 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G. Krauthausen, Universität Hamburg; F. Padberg, Universität A. Curaj, POLITEHNICA University of Bucharest, Romania; P. Scott, J. Bauer, Technische Universität München, Germany; C. Harteis, Bielefeld (Ed.) Institute of Education (IOE), London, UK; L. Vlasceanu, Bucharest University of Paderborn, Germany (Eds.) University, Romania; L. Wilson, European University Association (EUA), Brussels, Belgium (Eds.) Digitale Medien im Human Fallibility

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P. Van den Bossche, University of Antwerp, Belgium; W.H. J. Romero-Trillo, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain (Ed.) M. Robertson, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia (Ed.) Gijselaers, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; R.G. Milter, The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds.) Pragmatics and Prosody in English Schooling for Sustainable Learning at the Crossroads of Language Teaching Development: Theory and Practice A Focus on Australia, New Zealand, and the Oceanic Region This volume explores the elusive subject of English Research on Innovative Learning Practices prosody—the stress, rhythm and intonation of the "This book Schooling for Sustainable Development: language—, and its relevance for English language A Focus on Australia, New Zealand and the Oceanic Core concepts in education are changing. For teaching. Its sharp focus will be especially welcomed Region, is the product of passionate interests of example, professional performance or expertise by teachers of English to non-native speakers, teachers, scholars and researchers located in diverse is not uniquely the fruit of specialist knowledge but also by scholars and researchers interested parts of the Australasian region. Working with their acquired at professional schools, but the sum of in Applied Linguistics. The book examines key colleagues within local contexts they have conducted influences exerted by a complex web of continuous issues in the development of prosody and delves research and gathered together information for learning opportunities for which an individual into the role of intonation in the construction of practitioners and students interested in learning is well (or ill) prepared by their schools and meaning. The contributions tackle difficult areas more about sustainable lifestyle practices. Some of their workplace. The key contributory factors to of intonation for language learners, providing a the work has taken place in remote locations and professional expertise are how professional schools theoretical analysis of each stumbling block as well some has been in within the confines of major cities. connect to professional practice, how schools as a practical explanation for teachers and teacher The Australasian Region brings together people and prepare graduates for continuous learning, and how trainers. The numerous issues dealt with in the cultures that link traditional economies to global the workplace endorses continuous development. book include stress and rhythm; tone units and networks and lifestyles. Diverse terrain, politics and Thus, the question this volume addresses—how to information structure; intonation and pragmatic responses typify the region. Close to Asia there are design learning and working environments that meaning; tonicity and markedness, etc... 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Standardized measurements of with unevenness and reflectance taken into is the second conference under this title, first took conducted EMI.- 3. Conducted EMI issues in Smart consideration.- Adaptive radar system to visualize place in [..] Grids.- 4. Shaping of the EMI characteristics in antipersonnel plastic landmines.- Removal of phase Contents Smart Grids.- 5. Compensation of interference singular points to create digital elevation map.- Condition monitoring in non-stationary operations.- sources inside Power Electronic Interfaces.- 6. Lightwave associative memory that memorizes and Modelling of dynamics and fault in systems.- Signal EMI measuring procedures in Smart Grids.- 7. recalls information depending on optical-carrier processing and Pattern recognition for condition Conclusion.- Appendix A. Essential parameters.- frequency.- Adaptive optical-phase equalizer.- monitoring.- Monitoring and diagnostic systems.- Index. Developmental[..] Noise and vibration of machines. 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The workshop theme: pass filters in modern ultra-deep-submicron CMOS and addresses address theoretical developments, “Designing inclusion for real-world applications” technologies for integrated wideband radio receivers. novel computational approaches and illustrative refers to the emerging potential and relevance of Coverage includes system-level issues related to the applications to various fields. Part I discusses the latest generations of inclusive design thinking, design and implementation of a complete single- modeling and system identification of linear tools, techniques, and data, to mainstream project chip radio receiver and related to the design and parameter varying systems, Part II covers the applications such as healthcare and the design implementation of a filter circuit as a part of a importance of analysis and control design when of working environments. Inclusive Design complete single-chip radio receiver. 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We ultimately[..] This book presents a new filter design approach on novel analytical and computational methods and concentrates on the circuit techniques that can to address system modeling and identification, Features be utilized when designing continuous-time low- complexity reduction, performance analysis and The Cambridge Workshops on Universal Access pass filters in modern ultra-deep-submicron CMOS control design for time-varying and nonlinear and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT) are a series technologies for integrated wideband radio receivers. systems in the LPV framework. The book has of workshops held at a Cambridge University Coverage includes system-level issues related to the an interdisciplinary character by emphasizing College every two years. 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O. Inderwildi, Oxford, UK; S.D. King, Oxford, UK (Eds.) A. Grancharova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria; D. Gross, Technische Universität Darmstadt; W. Hauger, T.A. Johansen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt; J. Schröder, Universität Trondheim, Norway Duisburg-Essen, Essen; E. Werner, TU München, Garching Energy, Transport, & the Environment Explicit Nonlinear Model Predictive Formeln und Aufgaben zur Addressing the Sustainable Mobility Paradigm Control Technischen Mechanik 4

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Technischen Mechanik 4 derselben Autoren. brings together leading figures from business, The main motivation behind explicit NMPC is Behandelte Themen sind: Hydromechanik, academia and governments to address the challenges that an explicit state feedback law avoids the need Grundlagen der Elastizitätstheorie, Statik spezieller and opportunities involved in working towards for executing a numerical optimization algorithm Tragwerke, Schwingungen kontinuierlicher Systeme, sustainable mobility. Key thinkers and decision in real time. The benefits of an explicit solution, Einführung in die Stabilitätstheorie, Viskoelastizität makers approach topics and debates including: in addition to the efficient on-line computations, und Plastizität, Numerische Methoden in der energy security and resource scarcity greenhouse include also verifiability of the implementation and Mechanik. 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The book presents a history of classical mechanics Information and Communication Technologies A theoretical approach and practical experience in by focusing on issues of equilibrium. The historical has enlarged its horizon and it is practiced under transportation point of view adopted here restricts attention multidisciplinary contexts that introduce new The variety and increasing availability of hypermedia to cases where the effectiveness of forces is challenges to theoretical and technical approaches. information systems, which are used in stationary assessed on the basis of the virtual motion of The most critical benefit of introducing new ICT applications like operators’ consoles as well as mobile their points of application. For completeness, technologies in our real world living are the new systems, e.g. driver information and navigation hints of the alternative approach are also referred, ways of working that the online world makes systems in automobiles form a foundation for the the Archimedean for ancient mechanics and the possible.Complexity, uncertainty and scaling issues mediatization of the society. From the human Newtonian for modern mechanics. The laws of real world problems as well as natural phenomena engineering point of view this development and resulting from consideration of virtual motions in ecology, medicine and biology demanding ICT the ensuing increased importance of information are named laws of virtual work. The modern assistance create challenging application domains systems for economic and private needs require formulations of the principle of virtual work are only for artificial intelligence, decision support and careful deliberation of the derivation and application a particular form of them.The book begins with the intelligence systems, wireless sensor networks, of ergonomics methods particularly in the field first documented formulations of laws of virtual pervasive and ubiquitous computing, multimedia of information systems.This book consists of two work in the IV century BC in Greece and proceeds information systems, data management systems, closely intertwined parts. The first, theoretical to the end of the XIX century AD in Europe. A internet and web applications and services, computer part defines the concept of an information system, significant space is devoted to Arabic and Latin networks, security and cryptography, distributed followed by an explanation of action regulation mechanics of Middle Ages. With the Renaissance systems, GRID and cloud computing.This book as well as cognitive theories to describe man it began to appear slightly different wordings of the offers a collection of papers presented at the Third information system interaction. A comprehensive laws, which were often proposed as unique principles International Conference on ICT Innovations held description of information ergonomics concludes of statics. The process reached its[..] in September 2011, in Skopje,[..] the theoretical approach.In the second, practically Features Features oriented part of this book authors from industry as The book presents a history of classical mechanics Information and Communication Technologies well as from academic[..] by focusing on issues of equilibrium. The historical has enlarged its horizon and it is practiced under Features point of view adopted here restricts attention multidisciplinary contexts that introduce new The variety and increasing availability of hypermedia to cases where the effectiveness of forces is challenges to theoretical and technical approaches. information systems, which are used in stationary assessed on the basis of the virtual motion of The most critical benefit of introducing new ICT applications like operators’ consoles as well as mobile their points of application. 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From the human Newtonian for [..] of real world [..] engineering point of view this development and Contents Contents the ensuing increased importance of information Logic status of virtual work laws.- Greek origins.- From the content: EA Jumping Gene Evolutionary systems for [..] Arabic and Latin science of weights.- Italian Approach for Multiobjective Optimization.- Contents Renaissance statics.- Torricelli’s principle.- European Distributed Intelligent MEMS: Progresses and The Field of Information Systems.- Information statics during the XVI and XVII centuries.- The perspectives.- Extracting Emergent Semantics from Ergonomics.- Human aspect of information principle of virtual velocities.- The Jesuit school Large-Scale User-Generated Content.- Protein ergonomics.- Conflict between Ergonomic and of the XVIII century.- Lagrange’s contribution.- Function Prediction by clustering of Protein-Protein Design.- Information Systems in Transport today.- Lazare Carnot’s mechanics of collision.- The debate Interaction Network.- A novel fuzzy decision Potential of Information Systems. in Italy.- The debate at the Ecole polytechnique.- tree based method for detecting protein active Poinsot’s criticism.- The treatises of mechanics.- sites.- Comparison of Protein Descriptors Used Fields of interest Virtual work laws and continuum mechanics.- in Hierarchical Multi-label Classification Based Engineering Design; Media Design; Industrial Thermodynamical approach. on Gene Ontology.- Improving data integrity and and organisational psychology; Technology performance of Cryptographic Structured Log File Management; Automotive Engineering Fields of interest Systems.- Effects of[..] Mechanical Engineering; Mathematical Physics; Target groups History of Science Fields of interest Research Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence Target groups (incl. 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Vengono illustrate le proprietà Produktverständnisses von Sach- und Adaptation and personalization have been fondamentali che definiscono la capacità di Dienstleistung. Dieses Produktverständnis extensively studied in CSCL research community immagazzinamento, trasporto e rilascio dell’acqua betrachtet die Sach- und Dienstleistungsanteile in aiming to design intelligent systems that adaptively negli acquiferi, e successivamente, descritte le integrierter und sich gegenseitig determinierender support eLearning processes and collaboration. metodiche per la determinazione di tali parametri Form als hybride Leistungsbündel und führt Yet, with the fast development in Internet tramite l’esecuzione e l’interpretazione di prove zu einem erweiterten Lösungsraum, in dem technologies, especially with the emergence of new di falda, di pozzo e di laboratorio. A partire aus der integrierten Betrachtung von Sach- data technologies and the mobile technologies, dalla classificazione chimico fisica-tossicologica und Dienstleistungsanteilen Innovationen new opportunities and perspectives are opened dei contaminanti vengono, quindi, analizzati i entstehen. Dieser erweiterte Lösungsraum führt for advanced adaptive and personalized systems. meccanismi di propagazione e illustrate le soluzioni zu einer deutlich verbesserten Vermarktung Adaptation and personalization are posing new analitiche dell’equazione del trasporto di massa nei hochkomplexer Anlagen, die durch die Integration research and development challenges to nowadays mezzi porosi. L’ultima parte del testo è dedicata von Sach- und Dienstleistungsanteilen durch den CSCL systems. In particular, adaptation should alla caratterizzazione e bonifica degli acquiferi Kunden optimal zu nutzen sind. Im Rahmen des be focused in a multi-dimensional way (cognitive, contaminati. Il testo è rivolto sia agli studenti Sonderforschungsbereichs „Engineering hybrider technological, context-aware and personal). universitari, sia ai professionisti che debbano Leistungsbündel“ wurden neue Methoden und Moreover, it should address the particularities of affrontare con un approccio[..] Werkzeuge zur gemeinsamen Entwicklung von both individual learners and group collaboration. Sach- und Dienstleistungen erarbeitet. Das Buch As a consequence, the aim of this book is twofold. Features umfasst den gesamten Lebenszyklus von der Planung On the one hand, it discusses the latest advances Il testo fornisce le conoscenze necessarie per und Entwicklung bis zur Erbringung und Nutzung. and findings in the area of intelligent adaptive and affrontare, con un approccio quantitativo, personalized learning systems. On the other hand it i molteplici aspetti connessi al flusso delle Features analyzes the new implementation perspectives for[..] risorse idriche sotterranee (acque di falda) e alla Das Ziel hybrider Leistungsbündel (HLB) ist die propagazione e bonifica di contaminanti nei Etablierung eines innovativen, nutzenorientierten Features sistemi acquiferi. Vengono illustrate le proprietà Produktverständnisses von Sach- und Adaptation and personalization have been fondamentali che definiscono la capacità di Dienstleistung. Dieses Produktverständnis extensively studied in CSCL research community immagazzinamento, trasporto e rilascio dell’acqua betrachtet die Sach- und Dienstleistungsanteile in aiming to design intelligent systems that adaptively negli acquiferi, e [..] integrierter und sich gegenseitig determinierender support eLearning processes and collaboration. Form als hybride Leistungsbündel und führt zu Yet, with the fast development in Internet Contents einem erweiterten Lösungsraum, in dem aus der technologies, especially with the emergence of new Nozioni di base.- L’applicazione della legge integrierten Betrachtung von Sach- und [..] data technologies and the mobile technologies, di Darcy.- Fondamenti teorici dell’equazione new opportunities and perspectives are opened for differenziale di flusso.- Soluzioni analitiche Contents advanced adaptive and [..] dell’equazione differenziale di flusso per una HLB-Planung und -Entwicklung.- HLB-Erbringung geometria radialpiana.- Caratterizzazione di un und -Nutzung.- HLB-Lifecycle.- Anwendung Contents acquifero.- Capacità produttiva ed efficienza hybrider Leistungsbündel am Beispiel der From the content: Reuse of data flow designs in idraulica di un pozzo.- Ottimizzazione della capacità Mikroproduktion. complex and adaptive CSCL scripts: A case study.- produttiva di un sistema di approvvigionamento System orchestration support for a collaborative idrico.- Vulnerabilità degli acquiferi e rischio Fields of interest blended learning flow.- Adaptive Collaboration di inquinamento.- Delimitazione delle aree Engineering Design; Industrial and Production Scripting with IMS LD.- Extending IMS-LD di salvaguardia dei pozzi ad uso potabile.- I Engineering; Engineering Economics, Organization, capabilities: A review, a proposed framework and contaminanti presenti nelle acque sotterranee.- Logistics, Marketing; Computer Applications implementation cases.- Prototype Tools for the Meccanismi di propagazione[..] Flexible Design of CSCL Activities based on the Target groups Adaptation Pattern Perspective. 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T.M. Buzug, University of Luebeck, Germany; J. Borgert, Philips D. Kissinger, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, C.-N. Ziegler, University of Freiburg, Germany Technologie GmbH, Hamburg, Germany (Eds.) Germany Mining for Strategic Competitive Magnetic Particle Imaging Millimeter-Wave Receiver Concepts Intelligence A Novel SPIO Nanoparticle Imaging Technique for 77 GHz Automotive Radar in Silicon-Germanium Technology Foundations and Applications Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a novel imaging The textbook at hand aims to provide an modality. In MPI superparamagnetic iron oxide introduction to the use of automated methods nanoparticles are used as tracer materials. The The book presents the analysis and design of for gathering strategic competitive intelligence. volume is the proceeding of the 2nd international integrated automotive radar receivers in Silicon- Hereby, the text does not describe a singleton workshop on magnetic particle imaging (IWMPI). Germanium technology, for use in complex research discipline in its own right, such as machine The workshop aims at covering the status and multi-channel radar transceiver front-ends in the learning or Web mining. It rather contemplates recent developments of both, the instrumentation 77GHz frequency band. The main emphasis of the an application scenario, namely the gathering of and the tracer material, as each of them is equally work is the realization of high-linearity and low- knowledge that appears of paramount importance to important in designing a well performing MPI. For power modular receiver channels as well as the organizations, e.g., companies and corporations.To instance, the current state of the art in magnetic coil investigation of millimeter-wave integrated test this end, the book first summarizes the range of design for MPI is discussed. With a new symmetrical concepts for the receiver front-end. research disciplines that contribute to addressing arrangement of coils, a field-free line (FFL) can the issue, extracting from each those grains that be produced that promises a significantly higher Features are of utmost relevance to the depicted application sensitivity compared with the standard arrangement The book presents the analysis and design of scope. Moreover, the book presents systems that put for a FFP. Furthermore, the workshop aims at integrated automotive radar receivers in Silicon- these techniques to practical use (e.g., reputation presenting results from phantom and pre-clinical Germanium technology, for use in complex monitoring platforms) and takes an inductive studies. multi-channel radar transceiver front-ends in the 77GHz frequency band. The main emphasis of the approach to define the gestalt of mining for Features work is the realization of high-linearity and low- competitive strategic intelligence by selecting major Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a novel imaging power modular receiver channels as well as the use cases that are laid out and explained in detail. modality. In MPI superparamagnetic iron oxide investigation of millimeter-wave integrated test These pieces form the first part of the book.Each of nanoparticles are used as tracer materials. The concepts for the receiver front-end. those use cases is backed[..] volume is the proceeding of the 2nd international Features workshop on magnetic particle imaging (IWMPI). Contents The textbook at hand aims to provide an The workshop aims at covering the status and recent Introduction.- Radar Fundamentals.- Silicon- introduction to the use of automated methods developments of both, the instrumentation and the Germanium Bipolar Technology.- Millimeter-Wave for gathering strategic competitive intelligence. tracer material, as each of them is equally important Receiver Concepts.- Differential 77-GHz High- Hereby, the text does not describe a singleton in [..] Linearity Receiver Front-End.- Differential 77-GHz Current Re-Use Low-Noise Amplifier.- Millimeter- research discipline in its own right, such as machine Contents Wave Built-In Test Concepts.- Direct-Conversion learning or Web mining. 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I.I. Androulidakis, Technical Committee on Security & Privacy, G. Takács, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia; B. V. Badescu, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania (Ed.) Anatoli Ioannina, Greece Rohaľ-Ilkiv, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava, Slovakia Moon Mobile Phone Security and Model Predictive Vibration Control Prospective Energy and Material Resources Forensics Efficient Constrained MPC Vibration Control for Lightly Damped Mechanical Structures The Earth has limited material and energy resources. A Practical Approach Further development of the humanity will require Real-time model predictive controller (MPC) Mobile Phone Security and Forensics provides both going beyond our planet for mining and use of implementation in active vibration control (AVC) theoretical and practical background of security and extraterrestrial mineral resources and search of is often rendered difficult by fast sampling speeds forensics for mobile phones. Security and secrets of power sources. The exploitation of the natural and extensive actuator-deformation asymmetry. If mobile phones will be discussed such as software and resources of the Moon is a first natural step on the control of lightly damped mechanical structures hardware interception, fraud and other malicious this direction. Lunar materials may contribute to is assumed, the region of attraction containing techniques used “against” users will be analyzed. the betterment of conditions of people on Earth the set of allowable initial conditions requires Readers will also learn where forensics data reside but they also may be used to establish permanent a large prediction horizon, making the already in the mobile phone and the network and how to settlements on the Moon. This will allow developing computationally demanding on-line process even conduct a relevant analysis. new technologies, systems and flight operation more complex. Model Predictive Vibration Control techniques to continue space exploration. In Features provides insight into the predictive control of fact, a new branch of human civilization could Mobile Phone Security and Forensics provides both lightly damped vibrating structures by exploring be established permanently on Moon in the next theoretical and practical background of security and computationally efficient algorithms which are century. But, meantime, an inventory and proper forensics for mobile phones. Security and secrets of capable of low frequency vibration control with social assessment of Moon’s prospective energy and mobile phones will be discussed such as software and guaranteed stability and constraint feasibility. In material resources is required. This book investigates hardware interception, fraud and other malicious addition to a theoretical primer on active vibration the possibilities and limitations of various systems techniques used “against” users will be analyzed. damping and model predictive control, Model supplying manned bases on Moon with energy and Readers will also learn where forensics data reside in Predictive Vibration Control provides a guide other vital resources. The book collects together the mobile phone and the network and how to [..] through the necessary steps in understanding the recent proposals and innovative[..] founding ideas of predictive control applied in AVC Contents such as:· the implementation of[..] Features GSM/UMTS theory.- The status of security, a The Earth has limited material and energy resources. survey.- Threats-Fraud-Dangers.- Attacking the Features Further development of the humanity will require Internet interfaces.- Detecting attacks and protection Real-time model predictive controller (MPC) going beyond our planet for mining and use of against mobile infrastructures.- Voice, SMS, IMSI implementation in active vibration control (AVC) extraterrestrial mineral resources and search of and IMEI interception in GSM. is often rendered difficult by fast sampling speeds power sources. The exploitation of the natural and extensive actuator-deformation asymmetry. 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C.-D. Munz, Universität Stuttgart; Th. Westermann, Hochschule K. Verghese, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; H. Lewis, B. Touri, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA Karlsruhe RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; L. Fitzpatrick, Birubi Innovation, Dandenong, VIC, Australia (Eds.) Product of Random Stochastic Numerische Behandlung Matrices and Distributed Averaging gewöhnlicher und partieller Packaging for Sustainability Differenzialgleichungen The packaging industry is under pressure from The thesis deals with averaging dynamics in a Ein interaktives Lehrbuch für Ingenieure regulators, customers and other stakeholders to multiagent networked system, which is a main improve packaging’s sustainability by reducing mechanism for diffusing the information over such Das Buch vermittelt die Herleitung its environmental and societal impacts. This is a networks. It arises in a wide range of applications numerischer Algorithmen zur Lösung von considerable challenge because of the complex in engineered physical networks (such as mobile Differenzialgleichungen und gibt einen Einblick interactions between products and their packaging, communication and sensor networks), as well as in die praktische Implementierung.Anhand and the many roles that packaging plays in the social and economic networks. The thesis provides von Beispielen und Übungsaufgaben mit supply chain. Packaging for Sustainability is a in depth study of stability and other phenomena Problemstellungen aus der Ingenieurspraxis concise and readable handbook for practitioners who characterizing the limiting behavior of both werden Eigenschaften und Einsatzbereiche der are trying to implement sustainability strategies for deterministic and random averaging dynamics. verschiedenen Verfahren erläutert.Die beiliegende packaging. Industry case studies are used throughout By developing new concepts, and using the tools CD-ROM enthält eine interaktive Version des the book to illustrate possible applications and from dynamic system theory and non-negative Buches, in welcher der Leser die beschriebenen scenarios. Packaging for Sustainability draws on the matrix theory, several novel fundamental results are Verfahren mit Hilfe des Computer-Algebra- expertise of researchers and industry practitioners rigorously developed. These contribute significantly Systems MAPLE direkt aus dem Text heraus to provide information on business benefits, to our understanding of averaging dynamics as selbst ausführen kann. Die MAPLE-Worksheets environmental issues and priorities, environmental well as to non-negative random matrix theory. The mit anwendungsorientierten Beispielen und evaluation tools, design for environment, marketing exposition, although highly rigorous and technical, Visualisierung der Ergebnisse können leicht selbst strategies, and challenges for the future. is elegant and insightful, and accompanied with modifiziert und erweitert werden. Die dritte Auflage numerous illustrative examples, which makes this liegt nun in durchgesehener und verbesserter Features thesis work easily accessible to those just entering Version vor, die Worksheets wurden an die aktuelle The packaging industry is under pressure from this field and will also be much[..] Version von MAPLE 15 angepasst. regulators, customers and other stakeholders to improve packaging’s sustainability by reducing Features Features its environmental and societal impacts. This is a The thesis deals with averaging dynamics in a Das Buch vermittelt die Herleitung considerable challenge because of the complex multiagent networked system, which is a main numerischer Algorithmen zur Lösung von interactions between products and their packaging, mechanism for diffusing the information over such Differenzialgleichungen und gibt einen Einblick and the many roles that packaging plays in the networks. It arises in a wide range of applications in die praktische Implementierung.Anhand supply chain. Packaging for Sustainability is a in engineered physical networks (such as mobile von Beispielen und Übungsaufgaben mit concise and [..] communication and sensor networks), as well as Problemstellungen aus der Ingenieurspraxis social and economic networks. The thesis provides werden Eigenschaften und Einsatzbereiche der Contents in depth study of stability and other phenomena verschiedenen Verfahren erläutert.Die beiliegende 1. Developing the Strategy.- 2. Designing for characterizing the [..] CD-ROM enthält eine interaktive Version des Sustainability.- 3. Marketing and Communicating Buches, in [..] Sustainability.- 4. Complying with Regulations.- Contents 5. Applying Life Cycle Assessment.- 6. Packaging Introduction.- Products of Stochastic Matrices Contents Materials.- 7. Selecting and Applying Tools.- 8. and Averaging Dynamics.- Ergodicity of Random Numerische Integration und Differenziation.- Implementing the Strategy. Chains.- Infinite Flow Stability.- Implications.- Anfangswertprobleme für gewöhnliche Absolute Infinite Flow Property.- Averaging Differenzialgleichungen.- Rand- und Fields of interest Dynamics in General State Spaces.- Conclusion and Eigenwertprobleme gewöhnlicher Industrial and Production Engineering; Waste Suggestions for Future Works.- Appendices. 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K.P. Valavanis, University of Denver, CO, USA (Ed.) M. Wiering, University of Groningen, The Netherlands; M. van D. Vohra, White Rock, BC, Canada Otterlo, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands (Eds.) Recent Developments in Unmanned Rhodes Framework for Android™ Aircraft Systems Reinforcement Learning Platform and BlackBerry® State-of-the-Art Smartphones Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have seen Reinforcement learning encompasses both a science unprecedented levels of growth during the last of adaptive behavior of rational beings in uncertain The Rhodes framework offers several advantages decade in both military and civilian domains. It environments and a computational methodology for over other mobile frameworks. Some of the unique is anticipated that civilian applications will be finding optimal behaviors for challenging problems features of the Rhodes frameworks are as follows: - dominant in the future, although there are still in control, optimization and adaptive behavior The only smartphone framework to offer support barriers to be overcome and technical challenges to of intelligent agents. As a field, reinforcement for the Model View Controller pattern - The only be met. Integrating UAS into, for example, civilian learning has progressed tremendously in the past smartphone framework to offer support for the space, navigation, autonomy, see-detect-and-avoid decade.The main goal of this book is to present Object-Relational manager -The only smartphone systems, smart designs, system integration, vision- an up-to-date series of survey articles on the main framework to offer offline, disconnected access based navigation and training, to name but a few contemporary sub-fields of reinforcement learning. to data with the Rho-Synch server - The only areas, will be of prime importance in the near This includes surveys on partially observable smartphone framework to support all mobile devices future. This is an edited book composed of peer environments, hierarchical task decompositions, including Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian, reviewed papers presented in the 2011 International relational knowledge representation and predictive and Windows - Provides Ruby implementations for Conference on UAS. The papers present the state state representations. Furthermore, topics such as all smartphone device operating systems -Provides a of the art in UAS, as well as current developments transfer, evolutionary methods and continuous web-based Integrated Development Environment for and applications. This book aims at serving as a spaces in reinforcement learning are surveyed. In developing mobile applications for all smartphone guide tool on UAS for engineers and practitioners, addition, several chapters review reinforcement platforms with the RhoHub development service academics, government agencies and industry.This is learning methods in robotics, in games, and in This book discusses developing Rhodes applications a spin-off edition also published in the Journal of computational neuroscience. In total seventeen for Android and the BlackBerry platform, as these Intelligent and Robotic Systems (JINT), Volume 65: different subfields are presented by mostly young are the two most commonly used mobile platforms. 1-4. experts in those areas, and[..] For each, an application for creating a catalog and another application for getting RSS[..] Features Features Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have seen Reinforcement learning encompasses both a science Features unprecedented levels of growth during the last of adaptive behavior of rational beings in uncertain . decade in both military and civilian domains. It environments and a computational methodology for is anticipated that civilian applications will be finding optimal behaviors for challenging problems Contents dominant in the future, although there are still in control, optimization and adaptive behavior of Rhodes on Android™ platform.- Rhodes on barriers to be overcome and technical challenges to intelligent agents. 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Integrating UAS into, for example, civilian has progressed tremendously in the past decade.The space, navigation, autonomy, see-detect-and-avoid main goal of this book is to present an [..] Fields of interest systems, smart [..] Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Contents Networks; Computer Communication Networks; Contents Continous State and Action Spaces.- Relational Communications Engineering, Networks; Unmanned Aircraft System Logistics and Policies.- and First-Order Knowledge Representation.- Information Systems and Communication UAV design, Modeling, and Simulation.- UAV Hierarchical Approaches.- Predictive Approaches.- Service; Computer Systems Organization and Control Challenges.- Obstacle Avoidance.- Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning.- Partially Communication Networks UAV Motion and Path Planning, Guidance and Observable Markov Decision Processes (POMDPs).- Localization.- UAV Vision Based Challenges and Decentralized POMDPs (DEC-POMDPs).- Target groups Applications.- Quadrotor Challenges.- Micro Air Features and Function Approximation.- RL as Research Vehicles (MAVs).- Cooperative UAVs.- UAS/UAV Supervised Learning (or batch learning).- Bounds Applications. and complexity.- RL for Games.- RL in Robotics.- Type of publication Policy Gradient Techniques.- Least Squares Value Brief Fields of interest Iteration.- Models and Model Induction.- Model- Control , Robotics, Mechatronics; Aerospace based RL.- Transfer Learning in RL.- Using of and Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 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H. Nguyen-Schäfer, Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG, A. Benzaouia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakesh, Morocco T. Borangiu, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania; A. Stuttgart, Germany Thomas, ENSTIB, Epinal, France; D. Trentesaux, University of Valenciennes, France (Eds.) Saturated Switching Systems Rotordynamics of Automotive Turbochargers Service Orientation in Holonic and Saturated Switching Systems treats the problem Multi-Agent Manufacturing Control Linear and Nonlinear Rotordynamics – Bearing Design – Rotor of actuator saturation, inherent in all dynamical Balancing systems by using two approaches: positive invariance in which the controller is designed to work within Service orientation is emerging nowadays at multiple This book deals with rotordynamics of automotive a region of non-saturating linear behaviour; and organizational levels in enterprise business, and it turbochargers while encompassing the analysis saturation technique which allows saturation leverages technology in response to the growing of the dynamics of rotating machines at very but guarantees asymptotic stability. The results need for greater business integration, flexibility and high rotor speeds of 300,000 rpm and above. This obtained are extended from the linear systems agility of manufacturing enterprises. The Service interdisciplinary field involves 1. thermodynamics in which they were first developed to switching Oriented Architecture (SOA) analysed throughout and turbo-matching knowledge to compute working systems with uncertainties, 2D switching systems, the book represents a technical architecture, a conditions of turbochargers, 2. fluid and bearing switching systems with Markovian jumping and business modelling concept, a type of infrastructure, dynamics to calculate various operating thrust switching systems of the Takagi-Sugeno type. The an integration source and a new way of viewing loads and to design the rotating floating ring text represents a thoroughly referenced distillation units of automation within the enterprise. The bearings (two-oil-film bearings), and 3. tribology to of results obtained in this field during the last primary goal of SOA is to align the business world improve the rotor stability and to reduce the bearing decade. The selected tool for analysis and design of with the world of information technology in a way friction. Mathematical background in modeling stabilizing controllers is based on multiple Lyapunov that makes both more effective. The service value and simulation methods is necessary; however, the functions and linear matrix inequalities. All the creation model at enterprise level consists of using prerequisites have been kept to a minimum. The results are illustrated with numerical examples a Service Component Architecture for business book addresses both practitioners working in the and figures many of them being modelled using process applications, based on entities which handle field of rotordynamics of automotive turbochargers MATLAB®. Saturated Switching Systems will be of services. In this view a service is a piece of software and graduate students in mechanical engineering. interest to academic[..] encapsulating the business/control logic or resource functionality of an enterprise entity that exhibits an Features Features individual competence and responds to a[..] This book deals with rotordynamics of automotive Saturated Switching Systems treats the problem turbochargers while encompassing the analysis of actuator saturation, inherent in all dynamical Features of the dynamics of rotating machines at very systems by using two approaches: positive invariance Service orientation is emerging nowadays at multiple high rotor speeds of 300,000 rpm and above. This in which the controller is designed to work within organizational levels in enterprise business, and it interdisciplinary field involves 1. thermodynamics a region of non-saturating linear behaviour; and leverages technology in response to the growing and turbo-matching knowledge to compute working saturation technique which allows saturation but need for greater business integration, flexibility conditions of turbochargers, 2. fluid and bearing guarantees asymptotic stability.The results obtained and agility of manufacturing enterprises. This book dynamics to calculate various operating thrust loads are extended from the linear [..] gathers contributions from scientists, researchers and to design the [..] and industrialists on concepts, methods, frameworks Contents and implementing issues addressing trends in the [..] Contents The Regulator Problem for Linear Systems with Turbocharging Concepts.- Thermodynamics of Constrained Control.- Introduction to Switched Contents Turbochargers.- Vibrations of Turbochargers.- Systems.- Constrained Control of Switching Systems: From the content: Service-Oriented Approach for Stability Analysis of Rotordynamic Behaviors.- A Positive Invariance Approach.- Stabilization Holonic Manufacturing Control and Beyond.- Linear Rotordynamics of Turbochargers.- of Saturated Switching Systems.- Stabilization of Service Oriented Control Framework for a Holonic Bearing Dynamics of Turbochargers.- Nonlinear Saturated Switching Systems with Uncertainties.- System Characterized by a Guided Flow of Entities.- Rotordynamics of Turbochargers.- Rotor Balancing Stabilization of Uncertain State Constrained The Augmentation Concept: How to Make a in Turbochargers.- Applied Tribology in the Oil- Discrete-time Switched Systems.- Stability Analysis Product "Active" During its Life Cycle.- Engineering Film Bearings. of Positive Switching Linear Discrete-time Systems.- Hierarchical Complex Systems: An Agent-based Srabilization of Discrete 2-d Switching Systems Approach. The Case of Flexible Manufacturing Fields of interest by State Feedback Control.- Stabilization of 2-d Systems.- HAPBA - a Holonic Adaptive Plan- Automotive Engineering; Engineering Fluid Switching Systems by Output Feedback Control.-[..] Based Architecture.- Integrating Intelligent Robot Dynamics; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat Services in Holonic Manufacturing.- Key Factors and Mass Transfer; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Fields of interest for Information Dissemination on Communicating Control; Machinery and Machine Elements Control; Systems Theory, Control; Industrial Products and Fixed Databases.-[..] Chemistry / Chemical Engineering; Automotive Target groups Engineering; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. 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R. Shen, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA; S.X.-D. Tan, J.P. Davim, University of Aveiro, Portugal (Ed.) M.H. Faber, Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark University of California, Riverside, CA, USA; H. Yu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Statistical and Computational Statistics and Probability Theory

Statistical Performance Analysis Techniques in Manufacturing In Pursuit of Engineering Decision Support and Modeling Techniques for This book provides the reader with the basic skills In recent years, interest in developing statistical and Nanometer VLSI Designs and tools of statistics and probability in the context computational techniques for applied manufacturing of engineering modeling and analysis. The emphasis engineering has been increased. Today, due to the is on the application and the reasoning behind the great complexity of manufacturing engineering and Since process variation and chip performance application of these skills and tools for the purpose the high number of parameters used, conventional uncertainties have become more pronounced as of enhancing decision making in engineering. The approaches are no longer sufficient. Therefore, technologies scale down into the nanometer regime, purpose of the book is to ensure that the reader will in manufacturing, statistical and computational accurate and efficient modeling or characterization acquire the required theoretical basis and technical techniques have achieved several applications, of variations from the device to the architecture skills such as to feel comfortable with the theory namely, modelling and simulation manufacturing level have become imperative for the successful of basic statistics and probability. Moreover, in processes, optimization manufacturing parameters, design of VLSI chips.This book provides readers this book, as opposed to many standard books on monitoring and control, computer-aided process with tools for variation-aware design methodologies the same subject, the perspective is to focus on the planning, etc. The present book aims to provide and computer-aided design (CAD) of VLSI use of the theory for the purpose of engineering recent information on statistical and computational systems, in the presence of process variations model building and decision making. This work is techniques applied in manufacturing engineering. at the nanometer scale. It presents the latest suitable for readers with little or no prior knowledge The content is suitable for final undergraduate developments for modeling and analysis, with a on the subject of statistics and probability. focus on statistical interconnect modeling, statistical engineering courses or as a subject on manufacturing parasitic extractions, statistical full-chip leakage at the postgraduate level. This book serves as a Features and dynamic power analysis considering spatial useful reference for academics, statistical and This book provides the reader with the basic skills correlations, statistical analysis and modeling for computational science researchers, mechanical, and tools of statistics and probability in the context large global interconnects and analog/mixed-signal manufacturing and industrial engineers, and of engineering modeling and analysis. The emphasis circuits. Provides readers with timely, systematic professionals in industries[..] is on the application and the reasoning behind the and comprehensive treatments of statistical application of these skills and tools for the purpose Features modeling and analysis of VLSI systems with a focus of enhancing decision making in engineering. The In recent years, interest in developing statistical and on interconnects, on-chip power[..] purpose of the book is to ensure that the reader will computational techniques for applied manufacturing acquire the required [..] Features engineering has been increased. Today, due to the Since process variation and chip performance great complexity of manufacturing engineering and Contents uncertainties have become more pronounced as the high number of parameters used, conventional Engineering decisions under uncertainty.- technologies scale down into the nanometer regime, approaches are no longer sufficient. 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A. Subic, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; J. Wellnitz, A. Monti, University of Bologna, Italy (Ed.) Z. Rosenberg, Armament Development Authorit, Haifa, Israel; E. UAS-Ingolstadt, Germany; M. Leary, RMIT University, Melbourne, Dekel, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel VIC, Australia; L. Koopmans, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Eds.) Switchgrass Terminal Ballistics A Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy Sustainable Automotive Technologies 2012 The demand for renewable energies from biomass is This monograph covers all important issues growing steadily as policies are enacted to encourage of terminal ballistics in a comprehensive way Proceedings of the 4th International Conference such development and as industry increasingly sees combining experimental data, numerical simulations an opportunity to develop bio-energy enterprises. and analytical modeling. It uses a unique approach The book on Sustainable Automotive Technologies Recent policy changes in the EU, USA and other to numerical simulations as sensitivity measure for aims to draw special attention to the research countries are spurring interest in the cultivation of the major physical parameters.In the first chapter, and practice focused on new technologies and energy crops such as switchgrass. Switchgrass has the book includes necessary details about the approaches capable of meeting the challenges to gained and early lead in the race to find a biomass experimental equipment which are used for ballistic sustainable mobility. In particular, the book features feedstock for energy production (and for the almost tests. The second chapter covers essential features incremental and radical technical advancements that requisite need for bio-based products from such of the codes which are used in recent years all over are able to meet social, economic and environmental feedstocks). Switchgrass: A Valuable Biomass the world, the Euler vs. Lagrange schemes, meshing targets in both local and global contexts. These Crop for Energy provides a comprehensive guide techniques etc. The third chapter, devoted to the include original solutions to the problems of to the biology, physiology, breeding, culture and penetration mechanics of rigid rods, brings the pollution and congestion, vehicle and public conversion of switchgrass as well as highlighting update of modeling in this field. The fourth chapter safety, sustainable vehicle design and manufacture, various environmental, economic and social deals with plate perforation and the fifth chapter new structures and materials, new power-train benefits. Considering this potential energy source, deals with the penetration of shaped charge jets and technologies and vehicle concepts. In addition to Switchgrass: A Valuable Biomass Crop for Energy eroding long rods. 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It benefits and[..] captures selected peer reviewed papers accepted for Features presentation at the 4th International Conference on Features This book covers the important issues of terminal Sustainable Automotive Technologies, ICSAT2012, The demand of renewable energies is growing ballistics in a comprehensive way combining held at the RMIT,[..] steadily both from policy and from industry which experimental data, numerical simulations and seeks environmentally friendly feed stocks. The analytical modeling.The first chapter reviews Features recent policies enacted by the EU, USA and other the experimental equipment which are used for The book on Sustainable Automotive Technologies industrialized countries foresee an increased ballistic tests and the diagnostics for material aims to draw special attention to the research interest in the cultivation of energy crops; there is characterization under impulsive loading and practice focused on new technologies and clear evidence that switchgrass is one of the most conditions.The second chapter covers essential approaches capable of meeting the challenges to promising biomass crop for energy production and features of the codes which [..] sustainable mobility. 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D.W. Russell, Penn State Great Valley,Malvern,PA,US P.J. Marrón, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; D. Minder, M. Nicholson, The Pocket, NSW, Australia University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; S. Karnouskos, SAP AG, Karlsruhe, Germany The BOXES Methodology The Power Makers' Challenge

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Robust control mechanisms customarily require Cooperating Objects The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - knowledge of the system’s describing equations Definitions and Concepts must meet the demands of their customers while also which may be of the high order differential type. addressing the threat of climate change. There are In order to produce these equations, mathematical This book provides a classification of current and widely differing views about solutions to electricity models can often be derived and correlated with future applications for the domain of Cooperating generation in an emission constrained world. Some measured dynamic behavior. There are two flaws Objects. The book has been created with a very see the problem as relatively straight forward, in this approach one is the level of inexactness strong participation of the industry and taking requiring deep cuts in emissions now by improving introduced by linearizations and the other when no into account current research trends and industrial energy efficiency, energy conservation and using model is apparent. Several years ago a new genre roadmaps only renewable resources. Many electricity industry of control systems came to light that are much less engineers and scientists see the problem as being dependent on differential models such as fuzzy logic Features much more involved. The Power Makers ’ Challenge: and genetic algorithms. Both of these soft computing This book provides a classification of current and and the need for Fission Energy looks at why using solutions require quite considerable a priori system future applications for the domain of Cooperating only conventional renewable energy sources is not knowledge to create a control scheme and sometimes Objects. The book has been created with a very quite as simple as it seems. Following a general complicated training program before they can be strong participation of the industry and taking introduction to electricity and its distribution, implemented in a real world dynamic system.Michie into account current research trends and industrial the author quantifies the reductions needed in and Chambers’ BOXES methodology created a roadmaps greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector black box system that was designed to control a in the face of ever increasing world demands mechanically unstable system with very little a priori Contents for electricity. It provides some much needed system knowledge, linearization or approximation. Foundation.- Related Concepts.- Enabling background on the many energy sources available for All the method[..] Technologies.- Conclusions and Outlook. producing[..]

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F. Pierron, Arts et Métiers ParisTech, Châlons-en-Champagne, C. Dal Mutto, University of Padova, Italy; P. Zanuttigh, University E.A. Ural, Loss Prevention Science and Technologies, Inc., France; M. Grédiac, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, of Padova, Italy; G.M. Cortelazzo, University of Padova, Italy Stoughton, MA, USA France Time-of-Flight Cameras and Towards Estimating Entrainment The Virtual Fields Method Microsoft Kinect™ Fraction for Dust Layers Extracting Constitutive Mechanical Parameters from Full-field Deformation Measurements Time-of-Flight Cameras and Microsoft Kinect™ Towards Estimating Entrainment Fraction for Dust The Virtual Fields Method: Extracting Constitutive closely examines the technology and general Layers closely examines the factors that can affect Mechanical Parameters from Full-field Deformation characteristics of time-of-flight range cameras, the assessment of a dust hazard, and outlines a new Measurements is the first and only one on the and outlines the best methods for maximizing strawman method designed to help practitioners Virtual Fields Method, a recent technique to identify the data captured by these devices. This book also estimate the fraction of the dust accumulations that materials mechanical properties from full-field analyzes the calibration issues that some end-users can become airborne. This book also aims to provide measurements. It contains an extensive theoretical may face when using these type of cameras for aid in the removal of aerodynamic disturbances description of the method as well as numerous research, and suggests methods for improving the of dust particles or agglomerates from layers or examples of application to a wide range of materials real-time 3D reconstruction of dynamic and static piles of cohesive and non-cohesive dusts. Towards (composites, metals, welds, biomaterials etc.) and scenes.Time-of-Flight Cameras and Microsoft Estimating Entrainment Fraction for Dust Layers situations(static, vibration, high strain rate etc.). Kinect™ is intended for researchers and advanced- is designed for practitioners as a reference guide Finally, it contains a detailed training section with level students as a reference guide for time-of-flight for improving dust hazard assessment. Researchers examples of progressive difficulty to lead the reader cameras. Practitioners working in a related field will working in a related field will also find the book to program the VFM. This is accompanied with also find the book valuable. valuable. a set of commented Matlab programs as well as with a GUI Matlab based software for more general Features Features situations. None None

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Reiser, Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionstechnik Climbing robot is a challenging research topic that Agents and Multiagent Systems und Automatisierung IPA, Stuttgart, Germany; M. Zöllner, has gained much attention from researchers. Most Forschungszentrum Informatik, Karlsruhe, Germany (Eds.) of the robots reported in the literature are designed 10th International Conference on Practical Applications of to climb on manmade structures, but seldom robots Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Towards Service Robots for are designed for climbing natural environment such as trees. Trees and manmade structures are PAAMS, the International Conference on Practical Everyday Environments very different in nature. It brings different aspects Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems is an evolution of the International Workshop on Recent Advances in Designing Service Robots for Complex of technical challenges to the robot design. In this Tasks in Everyday Environments book, you can find a collection of the cutting edge Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent technologies in the field of tree-climbing robot and Systems. PAAMS is an international yearly tribune People have dreamed of machines, which would free the ways that animals climb. It provides a valuable to present, to discuss, and to disseminate the latest them from unpleasant, dull, dirty and dangerous reference for robot designers to select appropriate developments and the most important outcomes tasks and work for them as servants, for centuries if climbing methods in designing tree-climbing related to real-world applications. It provides a not millennia. Service robots seem to finally let these robots for specific purposes. Based on the study, a unique opportunity to bring multi-disciplinary dreams come true. But where are all these robots that novel bio-inspired tree-climbing robot with several experts, academics and practitioners together to eventually serve us all day long, day for day? A few breakthrough performances has been developed and exchange their experience in the development of service robots have entered the market: domestic and presents in this book. It is capable of performing Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. This volume professional cleaning robots, lawnmowers, milking various actions that is impossible in the state-of-the- presents the papers that have been accepted for the robots, or entertainment robots. Some of these art tree-climbing robots, such as moving between 2012 in the workshops: Workshop on Agents for robots look more like toys or gadgets rather than trunk and branches. This book also proposes[..] Ambient Assisted Living, Workshop on Agent-Based real robots. But where is the rest? This is a question, Solutions for Manufacturing and Supply Chain which is asked not only by customers, but also by Features and Workshop on Agents and Multi-agent systems service providers, care organizations, politicians, and Climbing robot is a challenging research topic that for Enterprise Integration. This volume presents funding agencies. The answer is not very satisfying. has gained much attention from researchers. Most the papers that have been accepted for the 2012 in Today’s service robots have their problems operating of the robots reported in the literature are designed the workshops: Workshop on Agents for Ambient in everyday environments. This is by far more to climb on manmade structures, but seldom robots Assisted Living, Workshop on Agent-Based[..] challenging than operating an industrial robot are designed for climbing natural environment such behind a fence. There is a comprehensive list of as trees. Trees and manmade structures are very Features technical and scientific problems, which still need to different in nature. It brings different aspects of PAAMS, the International Conference on Practical be solved. To advance the state of[..] technical challenges to the robot design. In this book, Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems [..] is an evolution of the International Workshop on Features Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent People have dreamed of machines, which would free Contents Systems. PAAMS is an international yearly tribune them from unpleasant, dull, dirty and dangerous Introduction.- State-of-the-Art Tree-climbing to present, to discuss, and to disseminate the latest tasks and work for them as servants, for centuries if Robots.- Methodology of Tree Climbing.- A Novel developments and the most important outcomes not millennia. Service robots seem to finally let these Tree-climbing Robot: Treebot.- Optimization of related to real-world applications. It provides a dreams come true. But where are all these robots that the Fastening Force.- Kinematics and Workspace unique [..] eventually serve us all day long, day for day? A few Analysis.- Autonomous Climbing.- Global Path and service robots have entered the market: domestic and Motion Planning.- Conclusions and Future Work. Contents professional cleaning robots, lawnmowers, [..] From the content: Applying Model-based Fields of interest Techniques to the Development of UIs for Agent Contents Robotics and Automation; Engineering Design Systems.- Virtual Agents in Next Generation Service robots in everyday environments: Where are Interactive Homes.- Accessing cloud services we? Where are they?.- System architecture.- Task Target groups through BDI agents. Case study: An agent-based planning and execution control.- Self-modeling, Research personal trainer to COPD patients.- Evaluating the monitoring and adaptation for manipulation robots.- n-Core Polaris Real-Time Locating System in an Type of publication Perception.- Mobility, manipulation and grasping in Indoor Environment.- Cyclic Scheduling for Supply Monograph everyday environments.- Interactive robot teaching.- Chain Network.- Improving Production in Small Robot development process and tools. and Medium Enterprises.- Multiagent System for Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Detecting and Solving Design-time Conflicts in Civil Fields of interest Infrastructure. Robotics and Automation; Artificial Intelligence 2012. XXII, 166 p. 95 illus., 75 in color. (Springer Tracts in (incl. Robotics) Fields of interest Advanced Robotics, Vol. 78) Hardcover Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence Target groups (incl. 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This session examines comes to mixing miscible liquids, one can speed Each of these impacts will decrease food and developments related to online methods of map up mixing in the formation by manipulating the nutrition security, primarily by reducing access delivery, particularly Application Programmer flow such as through the use of recirculation wells. to and availability of food, and also by increasing Interfaces (APIs) and MapServices in general, Furthermore, much of the mixing can be achieved the risk of infectious disease.Although increased including Google Maps API and similar services. partially within recirculation wells themselves, where biofuel demand has the potential to increase Map mashups have had a major impact on how contaminated water is admixed with additives, incomes among producers, it can also negatively spatial information is presented. The advantage of volatile products may be removed through a vapor affect food and nutrition security. Land used for using a major online mapping site is that the maps mass exchanger, etc. Thus, adding mixing wells cultivating food crops may be diverted to biofuel represent a common and recognizable representation can significantly increase the performance of the production, creating food shortages and raising of the world. Overlaying features on top of these delivery and mixing system and speed up the process prices. Accelerations in unregulated or poorly maps provides a frame of reference for the map user. of remediation. regulated foreign direct investment, deforestation A particular advantage for thematic mapping is the and unsustainable use of chemical fertilizers may ability to spatially reference thematic data. Features also result. Biofuel production may reduce women’s This volume describes the principles of chemical control of resources, which may in turn reduce the Features delivery and mixing systems and their design and quality of household diets. Each of these effects The Internet has become the major form of map implementation for effective in situ remediation. increases risk of[..] delivery. The current presentation of maps is based The intended audiences include the decision makers, on the use of online services. This session examines practicing engineers and hydrogeologists who will Features developments related to online methods of map select, design and operate remedial systems, as well Climate changes will affect food production in a delivery, particularly Application Programmer as the researchers seeking to improve the current number of ways. Crop yields, aquatic populations Interfaces (APIs) and MapServices in general, state of the science and technology. Our hope is [..] and forest productivity will decline, invasive insect including Google Maps API and similar services. and plant species will proliferate and desertification, Map mashups have had a major impact on how Contents soil salinization and water stress will increase. Each spatial information is presented. [..] Preface.- About the Editors.- External Reviewers.- of these impacts will decrease food and nutrition Introduction.- Transport and Mixing.- security, primarily by reducing access to and Contents Hydrogeochemical Models.- Travel-Time Based availability of food, and also by increasing the [..] Online Mapping with APIs.- XML in Online Reactive Transport Modeling for in situ Subsurface Mapping.- Web Map Design for a Multipublishing Reactor.- Recirculation Systems.- Permeable Barrier Contents Environment Based on Open APIs.- Mapping Walls.- In situ Sparging for Delivery of Gases in 1. Summary.- 2. 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L. Bazzanella, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; L. Caneparo, Politecnico M.F.H. Hirsch Ballin, Pels Rijcken & Droogleever Fortuijn, The di Torino, Italy; F. Corsico, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; G. Law Hague, The Netherlands Roccasalva, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (Eds.) Anticipative Criminal Investigation The Future of Cities and Regions R. Abeyratne, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada Theory and Counterterrorism Practice in the Netherlands and Simulation, Scenario and Visioning, Governance and Scale the United States Air Navigation Law This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner The book assesses the adoption of counterterrorism systematically explains fifteen best practices across measures in the Netherlands and the United three continents; it explores questions of broad The aviation community, in which the International States, which facilitate criminal investigations interest for designing and planning the future of Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the with a preventive focus (anticipative criminal cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is International Air Transport Association (IATA) investigations), from the perspective of rule of law simulation useful to explore the effects of different and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization principles. Anticipative criminal investigation has design, policy and planning strategies? Which (CANSO) play leading roles, is hard at work in emerged in the legal systems of the Netherlands approach will help manage the uncertainties of bringing aviation into the 21st Century. In doing so, and the United States as a consequence of metropolitan areas both today and tomorrow ? What the United States and Europe have taken proactive counterterrorism approaches where the objective are the strengths and weaknesses of the different steps forward in introducing modernization, of realizing terrorism prevention is combined simulation practices for city leadership, public and particularly in moving towards more efficient with the objective to eventually prosecute and private partnership, and citizen involvement?The air traffic management systems within NextGen punish terrorists. This book has addressed this book reviews computer models and media, socio- and SESAR. Elsewhere, in the fields of personnel new preventive function of criminal justice and political initiatives, professional practices which licensing, rules of the air, accident investigation and identified the rule of law principles limiting the role help communicating the future effects of different aeronautical charts and information, significant of criminal investigation in terrorism prevention. design, political and planning strategies with a strides are being made in moving from mere The possibilities and limits of criminal investigation wide range of aims: from information, through regulation to implementation and assistance in general and of cooperation and the division consultation, towards active participation. These calculated to make all ICAO member States self of responsibilities between law enforcement and world best practices are considered according to four sufficient in international civil aviation. However, intelligence have been addressed in a manner leading issues for urban and regional development, these objectives can be achieved only if the aviation transcending differences between national legal respectively[..] industry has a sustained understanding of the legal systems. Valuable for academics and[..] and regulatory principles applying to the various Features areas of air navigation. This book[..] Features This guide for tomorrow’s urban practitioner This book deals with the adoption of systematically explains fifteen best practices across Features counterterrorism measures in the Netherlands three continents; it explores questions of broad The aviation community, in which the International and the United States which facilitate criminal interest for designing and planning the future of Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the investigations with a preventive focus (anticipative cities and regions. Key questions addressed are: Is International Air Transport Association (IATA) criminal investigations). These anticipative criminal simulation useful to explore the effects of different and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization investigations are assessed from the perspective design, policy and planning strategies? Which (CANSO) play leading roles, is hard at work in of rule of law principles. Anticipative criminal approach will help manage the uncertainties of bringing aviation into the 21st Century. In doing so, investigations have emerged in the legal systems of metropolitan [..] the United States and Europe have taken proactive the Netherlands and the [..] steps forward in introducing modernization, Contents particularly in moving [..] Contents Preface.- 1. The Relevance of Engaging the Future Introduction.- The System of Criminal Investigation in Planning Practices.- 2. Chicago Metropolis Plans Contents in the Netherlands.- Counterterrorism Measures 2020.- 3. Communities at the Crossroads: Using Territorial Sovereignty and Flight Information.- The Affecting Criminal Investigation in the Netherlands.- MetroQuest to Help Communities Create Consensus Provision of Air Traffice Services.- Rules of the Air.- The Implications of Enabling Anticipative Criminal around a Vision of the Future.- 4. Stockholm 2030.- Search and Rescue Operations.- Aircraft Accident Investigations to Confront Terrorism for the 5. GranTorino. Active and Dialogue Making of and Incident Investigation.- Air Crew Licencing .- Objectives of Criminal Procedural Law: The the Metropolitan City.- 6. luci2, Scenarios, and the Aerodromes.- Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Netherlands.- The System of Criminal Investigation Hendricks County, Indiana, USA, Comprehensive Air.- Aviation and Environmental Protection.- in the United States.- Counterterrorism Measures Plan.- 7. Application of Albatross for Scenario Aeronautical Charts.- NextGen and SESAR.- ICAO Affecting Criminal Investigation in the United Development: Future Travel Behavior in an Ageing and the Expoloration and Use of Outer Space.- States.- The Implications of Enabling Preventive Population.- 8. 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I. Doron, University of Haifa, Israel; A.M. Soden, National Institute C. Spengel, University of Mannheim and Centre for European A. Musil, Universität Potsdam; S. Kirchner, Senatsverwaltung of Law, Policy and Aging, Montreal, QC, Canada (Eds.) Economic Research (ZEW), Germany; Y. Zöllkau, Ernst & Young Berlin GmbH, Cologne, Germany (Eds.) Beyond Elder Law Das Recht der Berliner Verwaltung Common Corporate Tax Base New Directions in Law and Aging (CC(C)TB) and Determination of Unter Berücksichtigung kommunalrechtlicher Bezüge All over the world, there is a growing interest in Taxable Income Der Stadtstaat Berlin weist eine von den the relationship between law and aging: How does Flächenländern stark abweichende organisatorische the law influence the lives of older people? Can An International Comparison Struktur auf. Insbesondere gibt es keine rights, advocacy and representation advance the Gemeinden, sondern nur Bezirke ohne eigene social position of the aged and combat ageism? What The study conducted by the Centre of European Rechtspersönlichkeit. Die Besonderheiten are the new and cutting-edge frontiers in the field Economic Research (ZEW), the University of Berlins werden anhand eines Vergleichs mit dem of elder law? Should there be a new international Mannheim and Ernst & Young contributes to the Kommunalrecht der Flächenländer aufgezeigt. Dabei human rights convention in this field? These are ongoing evaluation of the proposal for a Draft findet die aktuelle Rechtsprechung und Literatur only a few of the many questions that arise. This Council Directive on a Common Consolidated mit Bezug zur Berliner Verwaltung eine vollständige book attempts to answer some of these questions Corporate Tax Base (CC(C)TB) released by the Berücksichtigung. Der weiteren Vertiefung and to set the agenda for the future development European Commission on March 16, 2011. For the dienen Übungsfälle aus der Rechtsprechung of elder law across the globe. Taking into account first time, details on the determination of taxable der Berliner Gerichte. Das Buch richtet sich vor existing research and knowledge, leading scholars income under the proposed Council Directive are allem an Studenten der Rechtswissenschaft und from different continents (North America, Europe, compared to prevailing corporate tax accounting Rechtsreferendare, aber auch für Praktiker ist es als Asia, and Australia) present in this book original regulations in all 27 Member States, Switzerland and Nachschlagewerk von großem Nutzen. and novel ideas regarding the future development the US. The study presents evidence on the scope of elder law. These ideas touch upon key topics such of differences and similarities between national tax Features as elder guardianship, citizenship, mental capacity, accounting regulations and the Directive’s treatment Der Stadtstaat Berlin weist eine von den elder abuse, human rights and international law, in a complete, yet concise form. 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Can Bezug zur Berliner Verwaltung eine [..] rights, advocacy and representation advance the Features social position of the aged and combat ageism? What The study conducted by the Centre of European Contents are the new and cutting-edge frontiers in the field Economic Research (ZEW), the University of Grundlagen des Stadtstaates Berlin.- Die of elder law? Should there be a new international Mannheim and Ernst & Young contributes to the Rechtsstellung der Bezirke.- Der Aufbau der human rights convention in this field? These are only ongoing evaluation of the proposal for a Draft Berliner Verwaltung.- Die Aufgabenverteilung.- a few [..] Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Wichtige Verfahrensvorschriften.- Die Aufsicht.- Corporate Tax Base (CC(C)TB) released by the Die Bezirksverfassung.- Rechtsschutz der Bezirke.- Contents European Commission on March 16, 2011. For the Die Einnahmewirtschaft.- Das Haushaltswesen.- T. 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B. Hecker, Universität Trier; M.A. Zöller, Universität Trier W. Gropp, Universität Gießen; G. Küpper, Universität Potsdam; W. V. Epping, Universität Hannover Mitsch, Universität Potsdam Fallsammlung zum Europäischen Grundrechte und Internationalen Strafrecht Fallsammlung zum Strafrecht Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende, Die vorliegende Fallsammlung ist ein die entweder einen Einstieg in den Bereich der Anhand von Klausurfällen erlernen Studierende die Trainingsbuch für fortgeschrittene Grundrechte suchen oder aber die Grundrechte notwendige Technik, wie sie ihre in der Vorlesung Studenten und Examenskandidaten zur zwecks Vorbereitung auf die Übungen bzw. das erworbenen Rechtskenntnisse in der praktischen Einübung und Verbesserung strafrechtlicher Staatsexamen wiederholen möchten. Das Werk ist Fallbearbeitung umsetzen können. Hierdurch Fallbearbeitungskompetenz. Die 18 Fälle haben konsequent auf die Anforderungen zugeschnitten, wird zum einen eine exemplarische Wiederholung durchweg Schwierigkeitsgrad und Umfang von mit denen Studierende in Klausuren, Haus- und Vertiefung des Basiswissens im Europäischen Aufgaben der ersten Juristischen Prüfung. Je 6 und Studienarbeiten konfrontiert werden. Alle und Internationalen Strafrecht ermöglicht. Zum Fälle beinhalten als Schwerpunkte die Bereiche Grundrechte mitsamt ihren europarechtlichen anderen wird die "handwerkliche" Fähigkeit geschult, Allgemeines Strafrecht, Nichtvermögensdelikte Bezügen sowie die prüfungsrelevanten Grundzüge einen aufbautechnisch, methodisch und sprachlich- und Vermögensdelikte Bei der Auswahl der der Verfassungsbeschwerde werden ausgehend stilistisch überzeugenden Lösungsvorschlag zu Themen und Gestaltung der Sachverhalte haben vom Verfassungstext systematisch erschlossen. entwickeln. sich die Autoren von ihrer langjährigen Erfahrung Die allgemeinen Grundrechtslehren, die in ihrer Features als Hochschullehrer und Prüfer im juristischen Abstraktheit gerade für den Einsteiger häufig Anhand von Klausurfällen erlernen Studierende die Staatsexamen leiten lassen und darauf geachtet, nur schwer verständlich sind, werden nicht "vor notwendige Technik, wie sie ihre in der Vorlesung dass alle prüfungsrelevanten Problemfelder die Klammer" gezogen, sondern am Beispiel erworbenen Rechtskenntnisse in der praktischen Berücksichtigung finden. Daher eignet sich das einzelner Grundrechte behandelt. Zum besseren Fallbearbeitung umsetzen können. Hierdurch Buch auch zur systematischen Wiederholung des Verständnis gibt das Buch außerdem die zentralen wird zum einen eine exemplarische Wiederholung Prüfungsstoffes im gesamten Bereich des materiellen Entscheidungen des BVerfG in den relevanten und Vertiefung des Basiswissens im Europäischen Strafrechts. Auszügen wieder. Beispielsfälle, deren Lösungen und Internationalen Strafrecht ermöglicht. Zum über das Internet bereitgestellt werden, sowie Features anderen wird die "handwerkliche" Fähigkeit geschult, Zusammenstellungen typischer Klausurprobleme Die vorliegende Fallsammlung ist ein einen aufbautechnisch, [..] runden[..] Trainingsbuch für fortgeschrittene Contents Studenten und Examenskandidaten zur Features 1 Luxuswagen (Bernd Hecker).- 2 Der volltrunkene Einübung und Verbesserung strafrechtlicher Dieses Lehrbuch richtet sich an Studierende, Kraftfahrer (Bernd Hecker).- 3 Diebesgrüße aus Fallbearbeitungskompetenz. Die 18 Fälle haben die entweder einen Einstieg in den Bereich der Holland (Mark Zöller).- 4 Mord in Afrika (Mark durchweg Schwierigkeitsgrad und Umfang von Grundrechte suchen oder aber die Grundrechte Zöller).- 5 Die polnische Autoschieberbande Aufgaben der ersten Juristischen Prüfung. Je 6 zwecks Vorbereitung auf die Übungen bzw. das (Mark Zöller).- 6 "Ganz großes Kino" (Mark Fälle beinhalten als Schwerpunkte die Bereiche Staatsexamen wiederholen möchten. Das Werk ist Zöller).- 7 Der nachlässige Zeuge (Bernd Allgemeines Strafrecht, Nichtvermögensdelikte und konsequent auf die Anforderungen zugeschnitten, Hecker).- 8 Der geschmierte EU-Beamte (Bernd Vermögensdelikte Bei der [..] mit denen Studierende in Klausuren, Haus- Hecker).- 9 Wundermittel (Bernd Hecker).- 10 und Studienarbeiten konfrontiert werden. Alle Contents Selbstgemachte EU-Bescheinigungen (Mark Zöller).- Grundrechte mitsamt ihren europarechtlichen [..] Die gefährdete Kunstsammlung.- Die verweigerte 11 Grenzüberschreitende Luftverunreinigung Bluttransfusion.- Fehlende Hilfsbereitschaft mit Contents (Bernd Hecker).- 12 Abtreibungstourismus (Bernd Folgen.- Die unglückliche Jagdgesellschaft.- Ein Geschichte, Funktionen und Quellen der Hecker).- 13 Lenkzeitüberschreitung durch Lkw- unachtsamer Bauarbeiter und ein gewissenloser Grundrechte.- Versammlungsfreiheit (Art. 8 GG).- Fahrer (Bernd Hecker).- 14 "Griechische[..] Chef.- Der "grundlose" Hilferuf.- Der lebensmüde Leben / Körperliche Unversehrtheit (Art. 2 Abs. 2 S. 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G.-S. Hök, Berlin C. Meloni, University of Milan, Italy; G. Tognoni, Lelio Basso R. Lee, Schweizer Kobras, Sydney, NSW, Australia Foundation, Rome, Italy (Eds.) Handbuch des internationalen und Law and Regulation of Commercial ausländischen Baurechts Is There a Court for Gaza? Mining of Minerals in Outer Space A Test Bench for International Justice

Das Handbuch fu‑r die Praxis vermittelt das The 'Goldstone Report' of September 2009 started a This monograph addresses the legal and policy Verständnis internationalen und ausländischen critical debate at the international level. The Report issues relating to the commercial exploitation Bau- und Bauvertragsrechts. Es liefert für das raised serious allegations of grave violations of of natural resources in outer space. It begins by Auslandsgeschäft das Know-how fu‑r die Erstellung international law with regard to the Israeli attack establishing the economic necessity and technical eigener Vertragsbedingungen und es erläutert on Gaza of 27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009, feasibility of space mining today, an estimate of die gängigen internationalen Vertragsstandards amounting to possible war crimes and crimes the financial commitments required, followed by (FIDIC, NEC, MDB). Das Werk erklärt, wie bei against humanity. The UN General Assembly and a risk analysis of a commercial mining venture in Auslandsbezug das anwendbare Recht u.a. in the Human Rights Council, amidst high political space, identifying the economic and legal risks. Bezug auf Vergabeprobleme, Mehrforderungen, pressure, endorsed the Report’s recommendations, This leads to the recognition that the legal risks Bauablaufstörungen und Haftungsfragen ermittelt calling for prompt and proper investigations to must be minimised to enable such projects to be wird. Verschiedene Bau- und Architektenverträge ensure accountability and justice for the victims. financed. This is followed by a discussion of the sowie weitere Vertragsarten werden eingehend Given the lack of proper investigations at the principles of international space law, particularly besprochen. Nunmehr 19 Länderberichte (u.a. national level, international justice mechanisms are dealing with state responsibility and international zu China, England, Frankreich, Indien, Qatar, now needed. Indeed, the ICC opened a preliminary liability, as well as some of the issues arising from Spanien und den USA) erschließen das ausländische examination of the situation but difficulties arose space mining activities. Much detail is devoted to the Baurecht. FIDIC-Bedingungen und andere übliche because of the uncertain status of the occupied analysis of the content of the common heritage of Vertragswerke werden ausfu‑hrlich erläutert. Palestinian territory. The issue of the existence mankind doctrine. The monograph then attempts to Ein eigenes Kapitel behandelt internationale of a State of Palestine is extremely actual and still balance such interests in creating a legal and policy Baustreitigkeiten. 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Es liefert für das conflict in Gaza that took place in December 2008 commitments required, followed by a risk analysis Auslandsgeschäft das Know-how fu‑r die Erstellung and January 2009: the International Court of Justice of a commercial mining venture in space, identifying eigener Vertragsbedingungen und es erläutert and the International Criminal Court. But neither the economic and legal risks. This leads to the [..] die gängigen internationalen Vertragsstandards of them has jurisdiction prima facie. The challenge, Contents (FIDIC, NEC, MDB). Das Werk erklärt, wie bei then, is to resolve the difficulties in [..] Auslandsbezug das anwendbare Recht u.a. in Bezug List of Figures.- List of Tables.- Glossary.- Table of auf Vergabeprobleme, Mehrforderungen, [..] Contents Abbreviations.- Table of Reports, Series and Journal Introduction.- Selected materials from the Titles.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter I Introduction Contents International Conference ´Is There a Court for and Overview.- Chapter II Economic and Technical Einführung.- Internationales Bau- und Gaza?´ 22 May 2009, Lelio Basso International Prospects of Mining on Celestial Bodies.- Chapter Architektenvertragsrecht.- Besondere Foundation, Rome.- The Goldstone Report and the III State Responsibility and Liability for Compliance Vertragstypen.- Internationale Standardverträge.- Goldstone Retreat: Truths told by law and reviled by with International Space Law.- Chapter IV Rights Vergaberecht der Weltbank.- Finanzierung geopolitics.- The follow-up to the Goldstone Report and Duties in the Commercial Exploration and und Sicherheiten im internationalen Baurecht.- and its legal impact in Israel and beyond.- Initial Extraction of Mineral Resources on Celestial Bodies.- Nebengebiete.- Internationales Verfahrensrecht.- reactions to the Goldstone Report and reflections Chapter V Exploitation Rights: Evolving from the Bewertungsrecht.- Ausländisches Recht.- on Israeli accountability.- Investigating the “Province of Mankind” to the “Common Heritage of Vertragsmuster und Rechtsvorschriften. investigations: A comment on the UN Committee Mankind”.- Chapter VI Meeting[..] of Experts Monitoring of the ‘Goldstone Process’.- Fields of interest Fields of interest The Importance of Fact-Finding Missions under Private International Law, International & Foreign Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space; Mineral International[..] Law, Comparative Law; Civil Law; Administrative Resources; Private International Law, International Law; Civil Engineering; Architecture; Building Law Fields of interest & Foreign Law, Comparative Law; Extraterrestrial Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration; Sources Physics, Space Sciences Target groups and Subjects of International Law, International Professional/practitioner Target groups Organizations; Fundamentals of Law Research Type of publication Target groups Handbook Type of publication Research Monograph Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. 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World A.A. Meharg, University of Aberdeen, UK; F.-J. Zhao, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK Genforschung, Gene, Genetik in Landwirtschaft, International Law and States’ Quest for Survival in der Medizin, in Erziehung und Psychologie. This book offers a comprehensive, highly Arsenic & Rice Viel verwendete Wörter in den Feuilletons der informative and interdisciplinary study on territorial Zeitungen, in Funk, Fernsehen und öffentlichen integrity and the challenges globalization, self- Debatten des 21. Jahrhunderts. Dabei ist oft nicht determination and external interventions present. Rice is the staple food for half of the world’s jedem bekannt oder bewusst, dass Genetik eine This study aims at not only to fill an epistemological population. Consumption of rice is the major junge Wissenschaft ist, gerade einmal etwas mehr als gap in this regard, but also answer the question of exposure route globally to the class one, non- hundert Jahre alt. Doch im Laufe der Jahrzehnte bis whether International Law is adequately equipped threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book heute erhielt der zentrale Begriff des Gens ständig to help states address these challenges. The author explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the neue und andere Bedeutungen, oft befrachtet mit argues that the biggest threat that many states are biogeochemical processes and plant physiological allerlei Unklarheiten und Ungenauigkeiten, ja, mit confronted with today is their disintegration rather attributes of paddy soil-rice ecosystems that lead Abstrusitäten, wenn man an die Irrwege der Eugenik than their obsolescence, and that International Law to high concentrations of arsenic in rice grain. It und an die Diskussionen um die Vererbbarkeit has not often been able to prevent that eventuality. presents the global pattern of arsenic concentration von Intelligenz denkt. Der Dampf der Debatten In fact, states, when they were not destroyed by and speciation in rice, discusses human exposures to um die Gentechnik hat sich weitgehend verzogen, war, managed to survive, thanks to the flexibility of inorganic arsenic from rice and the resulting health aber neue Kämpfe werden ausgefochten über territoriality, i.e. their ability to adjust to difficult risks. It also highlights particular populations that Gene in Nahrungsmitteln, Gene als Rohstoffe von situations as they arose. It is this understanding have the highest rice consumptions, which include Wachstumsindustrien und dergleichen. Genetik of adaptation that urges an increasing number Southern and South East Asians, weaning babies, steht heute genauso wie in den Jahrzehnten zuvor of states today to revive territorial autonomy gluten intolerance sufferers and those consuming im Blickpunkt der Öffentlichkeit.Der Rückblick auf and restore an original understanding of self- rice milk. The book also presents the information hundert Jahre Genetik ergibt eine faszinierende[..] determination in which democracy is a pivotal[..] of arsenic concentration and speciation in other major crops and outlines approaches for lowering Features Features arsenic in rice grain and in the human diet through Genforschung, Gene, Genetik in Landwirtschaft, This book offers a comprehensive, highly agronomic management. in der Medizin, in Erziehung und Psychologie. Viel informative and interdisciplinary study on territorial verwendete Wörter in den Feuilletons der Zeitungen, integrity and the challenges globalization, self- Features in Funk, Fernsehen und öffentlichen Debatten des determination and external interventions present. Rice is the staple food for half of the world’s 21. Jahrhunderts. Dabei ist oft nicht jedem bekannt This study aims at not only to fill an epistemological population. Consumption of rice is the major oder bewusst, dass Genetik eine junge Wissenschaft gap in this regard, but also answer the question of exposure route globally to the class one, non- ist, gerade einmal etwas mehr als hundert Jahre alt. whether International Law is adequately equipped threshold carcinogen inorganic arsenic. This book Doch im Laufe der Jahrzehnte bis heute erhielt [..] to help states address these challenges. The author explains the sources of arsenic to paddy soils and the Contents argues [..] biogeochemical processes and plant physiological attributes of paddy soil-rice ecosystems that lead Prolog.-Mendel und die ersten Jahrzehnte. - Contents to high concentrations of arsenic in rice grain. It Chromosomen. - Der Fliegenraum. - Gene Introduction.- Part One: Foundations of Territorial presents the [..] im Mais .- Zwischen Genetik und Eugenik. - Integrity: Chapter 1. The State's Sovereign Right Angeboren. Anerzogen. Hundert Jahre Kontroverse. of Existence.- Chapter 2. State's Ability to Ensure Contents - Um- und Sonderwege: Genetik in Deutschland its own Survival.- Part Two: The Protection of Acknowledgements.- Abbreviations.- Chapter 1: (1910-1945). - Ein Gen – ein Enzym. - Auf dem Territorial Integrity Against External Threat: Introduction.- 1.1 Arsenic exposure from rice.- Weg in die Molekulare Genetik. - Watson, Crick Chapter 3. The Ambiguous Protection of State 1.2 Historical context.- 1.3 Biogeochemistry of und die Struktur der DNA. - Der genetische Code. Territory.- Chapter 4. The Weakening of State's paddy soils.- 1.4 Plant Physiology.- 1.5 Summary.- - Wie Gene reguliert werden. - Springende Gene - Territorial Sovereignty.- Part Three: The Protection References.- Chapter 2: Arsenic in rice grain.- 2.1 Barbara McClintocks zweiter Auftritt. - Anfänge der of Territorial Integrity Against Internal Threat: Introduction.- 2.2 Quantification of arsenic in rice Gentechnik. - Eukaryotische Gene sind anders. - Chapter 5. Self-determination Classical Paradigm: grain.- 2.3 Arsenic speciation in rice grain.- 2.4 Zwischenstück: Modellorganismen. - Jagd auf Gene. Disintegrating Peripheral States from Within.- Total grain arsenic.- 2.5 Rice products.- References.- - Genetische Tests. - Drosophilas[..] Chapter 6. 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J. Seckbach, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Ed.) F. Kempken, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel; R. Kempken J. Kihara, CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya; D. Fatondji, Soil & water management,International Crop Research, Institute for the Semi- Arid Tropic, P.O. Box 12404,Niamey, Niger; J.W. Jones, University Genesis - In The Beginning Gentechnik bei Pflanzen of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; G. Hoogenboom, AgWeatherNet, Washington, DC, USA; R. Tabo, Forum for Agricultural Research,in Precursors of Life, Chemical Models and Early Biological Chancen und Risiken Africa (FARA), Accra, Ghana; A. Bationo, Alliance for a Green Evolution Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Accra, Ghana (Eds.) Sind gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen Genesis – In The Beginning deals with the origin eine Zukunftsperspektive? Lösen sie die and diversity of Life and early biological evolution Ernährungsprobleme der Menschheit?Aktuell Improving Soil Fertility and discusses the question of where (hot or cold und kompetent geben die Autoren in diesem Recommendations in Africa using sources) and when the beginning of Life took place. Lehrbuch einen Überblick über die Chancen the Decision Support System for Among the sections are chapters dealing with und Risiken der pflanzlichen Gentechnik: prebiotic chemical processes and considering self- Grundlegende Methoden, moderne Verfahren zur Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) replication of polymers in mineral habitats. One Erzeugung und Identifizierung transgener Pflanzen, chapter is dedicated to the photobiological regime on Anwendungsbeispiele sowie Freisetzungsversuche The book gives a detailed description of the early Earth and the emergence of Life. This volume und Kommerzialisierung werden dargestellt. application of DSSAT in simulating crop and soil covers the role of symmetry, information and order Boxen mit Hintergrundinformationen Exkurse processes within various Agro-ecological zones (homochrial biomolecules) in the beginning of Life. zu interessanten Details, Kernaussagen, WWW- in Africa. The book, an output of a series of 3 The models of protocells and the genetic code with Adressen und ein umfangreiches Glossar runden workshops, provides examples of the application of gene transfer are important topics in this volume. den Text ab. Für die 4. Auflage wurde alle Kapitel DSSAT models to simulate nitrogen applications, Three chapters discuss the Panspermia hypothesis weitgehend inhaltlich aktualisiert. Alle Abbildungen soil and water conservation practices including (to answer “Are we from outer Space?”). Other sind nun farbig und erläutern somit das Gesagte effects of zai technology, phosphorus and maize chapters cover the Astrobiological aspects of Life in noch anschaulicher als zuvor.Hier erhalten Sie productivity, generation of genetic coefficients, the Universe in extraterrestrial Planets of the Solar sachliche Informationen als Antwort auf brennende long-term soil fertility management technologies System and deal with cometary hydrosphere (and its Fragen. connection to Earth). We conclude with the history in the drylands, microdosing, optimization of and frontiers of Astrobiogy. Features nitrogen x germplasms x water, spatial analysis of Sind gentechnisch veränderte Pflanzen water and nutrient use efficiencies and, tradeoff Features eine Zukunftsperspektive? Lösen sie die analysis. The minimum dataset requirements for This book deals with the Origin of Life on Earth and Ernährungsprobleme der Menschheit? Aktuell DSSAT is discussed. This book arises from attempts planets, which is currently a very “hot” topic dealt und kompetent geben die Autoren in diesem to address the limited use of models in decision with at several international meetings, conferences Lehrbuch einen Überblick über die Chancen support by African agricultural (both soil scientist and workshops by various societies and groups. The und Risiken der pflanzlichen Gentechnik: and agronomists) scientists. current volume is number 22 of the “Cellular Origin, Grundlegende Methoden, moderne Verfahren zur Features Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology” series Erzeugung und Identifizierung transgener Pflanzen, The book gives a detailed description of the (COLE) published by Springer. The contributors Anwendungsbeispiele sowie Freisetzungsversuche application of DSSAT in simulating crop and soil review new data in this field, following current [..] und Kommerzialisierung [..] processes within various Agro-ecological zones Contents Contents in Africa. The book, an output of a series of 3 PRELIMINARY SECTION: Pathways to “Genesis Einleitung.- Grundlagen und Methoden der workshops, provides examples of the application of - In the Beginning: Precursors of Life, Chemical Gentechnik.- Herstellung, Nachweis und Stabilität DSSAT models to simulate nitrogen applications, Models and Early Biological Evolution”.- von transgenen Pflanzen.- Neue Eigenschaften soil and water conservation practices including Introduction to Genesis - In The Beginning.- transgener Pflanzen.- Freisetzung und kommerzielle effects of zai technology, phosphorus and maize Foreword.-Origins of Life - Keeping Options Open.- Nutzung transgener Pflanzen.- Risiken der productivity, generation of [..] PART 1. CHEMICAL EVOLUTION: The Prebiotic pflanzlichen Gentechnik.- Zukunftsperspektiven.- Contents Chemistry of Alternative Nucleic Acids.- Cooptive Glossar. 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T.R. New, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (Ed.) A. Bationo, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), G. Sandoval, CIATEJ-CONACYT, Guadalajara, Mexico (Ed.) Accra, Ghana; B. Waswa, CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya; J. Kihara, CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya; I. Adolwa, Institute of International Insect Conservation: Past, Present Centre, for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT-TSBF), ICIPE Duduville Lipases and Phospholipases Campus off, Kasarani Road, Nairobi, Kenya; B. Vanlauwe, CIAT- and Prospects TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya; K. Saidou, CIAT-TSBF, Nairobi, Kenya (Eds.) Methods and Protocols

Lipases are the most applied enzymes in organic The history of interest and practice in insect Lessons learned from Long- synthesis due to their broad substrate acceptance conservation is summarised and traced through and because of the availability of the molecular, contributions from many of the leaders in the term Soil Fertility Management biochemical, themodynamical and solvent discipline, to provide the first broad global Experiments in Africa engineering tools, which allows the optimization account of how insects have become incorporated of lipases and lipase-catalyzed reactions. On into considerations of conservation. The essays the other hand, phospholipases are emerging collectively cover the genesis and development This book elucidates the importance of long-term as useful enzymes in food and pharmaceutical of insect conservation, emphasising its strong experiments in revealing evidence of soil fertility industries. 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Pattern in Birds Molecular Marker Applications Wieviel erklärt uns die Hirnforschung?

for Improving Sugar Content in Aus der Sicht der Neurobiologie regiert im Kopf After having read this book you will never see birds Sugarcane das neuronale Geschehen. Doch was wissen in the same way again.The unexpected patterns die Hirnforscher genau über die Mechanismen displayed by a bird’s body have been seen as bizarre des Hirngeschehens und ihren Einfluss auf den events that demanded little attention or were Sugarcane, an important source of sugar, plays a menschlichen Geist? Dieser Frage geht Brigitte described as ‘amazing curiosities’.None of these substantial role in world economy. As a C4 plant Falkenburg nach. Die Physik hat sich längst surprising features seem to be fortuitous. They this has very efficient system for carbohydrate vom mechanistischen Weltbild gelöst, in der appear to be an integral part of a rigid order and a metabolism through photosynthesis. Crop Neurobiologie bleiben überholte mechanistische coherent geometry, which is directed by simple gene improvement efforts have concentrated mainly on Vorstellungen bis heute wirksam. Dabei sind die interactions and molecular cascades occurring at improving quality traits, mainly sugar content. This "mechanistischen" Erklärungen der Hirnforschung various cellular levels, and at different times, during being a complex trait, involves a large number of ganz anders als ihr Name suggeriert; und wer the organism’s development.A novel geometry target genes in the metabolic pathway. The complex annimmt, der Geist sei so strukturiert wie die unfolds in front of your eyes, giving the body polyploid nature of the crop makes it more difficult Materie, zieht atomistische und kausale Fehlschlüsse configurations another meaning.Lima-de-Faria is to pin point the key players in this complex pathway. über das Bewusstsein. Falkenburgs Buch möchte Professor Emeritus of Molecular Cytogenetics at Despite its importance, little is known about the die Debatte um Geist und Gehirn, freien Willen Lund University, Lund, Sweden. This is his sixth exact mechanism of sucrose accumulation and its und Determinismus endlich davon befreien. Es book dealing with the molecular organization regulation in sugarcane. Many enzymes have been liefert Grundzüge einer Wissenschaftstheorie of the chromosome and its implications for the proposed to have a key role in determining the der Hirnforschung und eröffnet den Weg zu understanding of the mechanisms responsible for ultimate sucrose content in sugarcane. There are einem differenzierteren Naturverständnis und biological evolution. evidences to show that some of these like Sucrose Menschenbild. 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Phytohormones and Abiotic Stress Plant DNA Fingerprinting and Plant Genome Diversity Volume 1

Tolerance in Plants Barcoding Plant Genomes, their Residents, and their Evolutionary Dynamics Methods and Protocols Plants are sessile and prone to multiple stresses In this timely new 2-volume treatise, experts from Molecular cloning and DNA-based analysis in the changing environmental conditions. Of the around the world have banded together to produce have become part of every molecular life science several strategies adopted by plants to counteract a first-of-its-kind synopsis of the exciting and fast laboratory. The rapid adoption of DNA-based the adverse effects of abiotic stress, phytohormones moving field of plant evolutionary genomics. In techniques has been facilitated by the introduction provide signals to allow plants to survive under Volume I of Plant Genome Diversity, an update of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which stress conditions. They are one of the key systems is provided on what we have learned from plant has made cloning and characterization of DNA integrating metabolic and developmental events genome sequencing projects. This is followed by quick and relatively simple. PCR is virtually part in the whole plant and the response of plants to more focused chapters on the various genomic of every variation of the plethora of approaches external factors and are essential for many processes “residents” of plant genomes, including transposable used for DNA fingerprinting today. Plant DNA throughout the life of a plant and influence the yield elements, centromeres, small RNAs, and the Fingerprinting: Methods and Protocols aims to bring and quality of crops. The book ‘Phytohormones and evolutionary dynamics of genes and non-coding together the different currently available genome- Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants’ summarizes the sequences. Attention is drawn to advances in our based techniques into one repository. This volume current body of knowledge on crosstalk between understanding of plant mitochondrial and plastid contains detailed protocols for the preparation of plant stresses under the influence of phytohormones, genomes, as well as the significance of duplication in plant genomic DNA, fingerprinting of plants for the and provides state-of-the-art knowledge of genic evolution and the non-independent evolution detection of intra-species variations, the use of DNA recent developments in understanding the role among sequences in plant genomes. Finally, barcoding, as well as methods for the bioinformatic of phytohormones and abiotic stress tolerance in Volume I provides an introduction to the vibrant analysis of data. Also included are several discussions plants. This book presents information on how new frontier of plant epigenomics, describing the on the broader issues of genome-based approaches modulation in phytohormone levels affect regulation current state of our knowledge and the evolutionary in order to provide a sound understanding of of biochemical and molecular mechanisms. implications of the epigenomic landscape. the principles of these methods. Written in the Features successful Methods in Molecular[..] Features Plants are sessile and prone to multiple stresses In this timely new 2-volume treatise, experts from Features in changing environmental conditions. Of the around the world have banded together to produce Molecular cloning and DNA-based analysis several strategies adopted by plants to counteract a first-of-its-kind synopsis of the exciting and fast have become part of every molecular life science the adverse effects of abiotic stress, phytohormones moving field of plant evolutionary genomics. In laboratory. The rapid adoption of DNA-based provide signals to allow plants to survive under Volume I of Plant Genome Diversity, an update techniques has been facilitated by the introduction stress conditions. They are one of the key systems is provided on what we have learned from plant of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which has integrating metabolic and developmental events genome sequencing projects. This is followed by made cloning and characterization of DNA quick in the whole plant and the response of plants to more focused chapters on the various genomic and relatively simple. PCR is virtually part of every external [..] “residents” of plant [..] variation of the plethora of approaches used for Contents DNA fingerprinting [..] Contents Signal transduction of pytohormones under 1. The first ten years of plant genome sequencing Contents abiotic stresses.- Cross-talks on phytohormones and prospects for the next decade (L. 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Since then, genomes of many Ecosystems and the Global Carbon Cycle Organ transplantation has been the most important other organisms have been sequenced, including therapeutic advance in the last third of the 20th Human activities are significantly modifying the several primate species: the chimpanzee, rhesus century. Its development has revolutionized natural global carbon (C) cycles, and concomitantly macaque, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, baboon, medicine, as demonstrated by the fact that a large influence climate, ecosystems, and state and function marmoset, tarsier, galago, lemur, and more recently number of researchers in this field have been of the Earth system. Ever increasing amounts of Neanderthals. In a new era of "post-genome awarded Nobel Prizes. In the beginning of this carbon dioxide (CO2) are added to the atmosphere biology", scientists now have the vast amount century, we are witnessing with great expectations by fossil fuel combustion but the biosphere of information revealed by genome research to the emergence of a new field of medicine related to is a potential C sink. Thus, a comprehensive confront one of the most challenging, fundamental the arrival of a new player on the scene: “stem cells” understanding of C cycling in the biosphere is crucial questions in primatology and anthropology: and their potential use in regenerative medicine. for identifying and managing biospheric C sinks. What makes us human? 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However, land-based sinks cutting-edge research in molecular primatology research in these fields—areas which arouse great require long-term management and a protection and provides great insights into the functional interest from society in general, due to their potential strategy because C stocks grow with a progressive diversity of primates. This valuable collection use in modern medicine for the treatment of a great improvement in ecosystem health. will benefit researchers and students, including number of diseases. primatologists, anthropologists, molecular biologists, Features evolutionary[..] Features This book describes comprehensively carbon (C) . cycle process in global ecosystems and the potential Features and co-benefits of recarbonization of the biosphere. In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome Contents An ever increasing human population is disposing were published. 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The role of nitrogen associate.The contributions are written by a wide molecules are processed by the germ line and the fixers in decontamination of heavy metal toxicity, variety of scholars each with a unique view on physiological significance of this redox activity in mycoremediation of metal contaminated soils, evolutionary cognition and the questions raised the generation of a functional gamete. The factors microbially mediated transformation of heavy metals by Terrence Deacon - emergence in evolution, responsible for perturbing the delicate balance and action of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria the origin of language, the semiotic 'missing between physiological redox signaling on the one and nitrogen fixers together in detoxifying heavy link', Peirce's semiotics in evolution and biology, hand and oxidative stress on the other are also metals are broadly explained. This volume is a useful biosemiotics, evolutionary cognition, Baldwinian extensively reviewed and some of the first clues tool for scientists, policy makers and progressive evolution, the neuroscience of linguistic capacities as concerning the underlying mechanisms (age, heat, legume growers intending to develop safe and well as phylogeny of the homo species, primatology, infection, cryostorage, aberrant lipid metabolism), healthy legumes for future generations. embodied cognition and knowledge types. clearly identified. From a clinical perspective there Features are chapters setting out the methods we should be[..] Features This title discusses various effects of heavy metal Scientific considerations about the origin of Features exposure to legumes as well as the bioremediation humanity might not be entirely new. However, the Studies on Men’s Health and Fertility provides a potential of rhizosphere microbes. 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A. Figà Talamanca, Università di Firenze, Italy (Ed.) J. Getz, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; M. Goresky, G. Da Prato, Università di Pisa, Italy; G. Geymonat (Eds.) Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA Harmonic Analysis and Group Hyperbolicity Hilbert Modular Forms with Representations Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Coefficients in Intersection Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Cortona Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro (Arezzo), Italy, June 24 - July 2, 1976 Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Cortona Homology and Quadratic Base (Arezzo), Italy, June 24 - July 9, 1980 Change Lectures: J. Chazarain, A. Piriou: Problèmes mixtes hyperboliques: Première partie: Les Lectures: A. Auslander, R. Tolimeri: Nilpotent problèmes mixtes hyperboliques vérifiant 1a groups and abelian varieties.- M Cowling: Unitary In the 1970s Hirzebruch and Zagier produced elliptic condition de Lopatinski uniforme; Deuxième and uniformly bounded representations of some modular forms with coefficients in the homology of partie: Propagation et réflexion des singularités.- L. simple Lie groups.- M. Duflo: Construction a Hilbert modular surface. They then computed the Gårding: Introduction to hyperbolicity.- T. Kato: de representations unitaires d’un groupe de Fourier coefficients of these forms in terms of period Linear and quasi-linear equations of evolution of Lie.- R. Howe: On a notion of rank for unitary integrals and L-functions. In this book the authors hyperbolic type.- K.W. 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G. Neumann, Endokrinologikum Hamburg; A. Schäfer, K. Nouri, University of Miami, FL, USA (Ed.) W.A. Nix, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany Universitätsklinikum Berlin Mohs Micrographic Surgery Muscles, Nerves, and Pain Mikroskopische Diagnostik in der A Guide to Diagnosis, Pain Concepts and Therapy Frauenarztpraxis This book is written for dermatologists, otolaryngologists, facial plastic surgeons and any Many patients suffer from problems in their muscles or nerves in combination with pain. This book Die traditionelle lichtmikroskopische Untersuchung physician who want to provide state of the art is about the interplay of these problems. Pain is nativer und gefärbter Abstrichpräparate stellt treatment for skin cancer patients. 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This book Features Mohs Micrographic Surgery.- Chapter 2: General is about the interplay of these problems.Pain is Lichtmikroskopie vaginaler Abstrichpräparate Indications for Mohs Micrographic Surgery - the subjective experience of a psycho-physical – ein kostengünstiges und aussagekräftiges Tumor Location (high risk anatomical location; phenomenon arising from a defined area in the DiagnoseverfahrenViele vaginale Infektionserreger tissue conservation priority) -Tumor Size -Deep body. It is a cry for help and challenges the physician lassen sich in der täglichen Routinediagnostik Structure Involvement -Recurrent Tumor -Positive to ask the right questions and to carry out the right rasch und sicher über ein charakteristisches margins after surgical excision -Tumor type/ examinations. If they succeed in doing so, the [..] mikroskopisches Bild identifzieren. 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M. Freissmuth, Universität Wien; S. Böhm, Universität Wien; S. H.A. Peterson, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA J. Brittenden, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia; Offermanns, Bad Nauheim (Ed.) D.J.M. Tolan, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK (Eds.) Physeal Injury Other Than Fracture Pharmakologie und Toxikologie Radiology of the Post Surgical

Von den molekularen Grundlagen zur Pharmakotherapie This book documents all the ways a growth plate Abdomen can be damaged, other than fracture. This damage Die Pharmakologie scheint aus unendlich can be inflicted by a wide variety of insults, most Radiology of the Post Surgical Abdomen provides a vielen Fakten zu bestehen. Hier finden Sie den of which are uncommon occurrences. They all, comprehensive overview of all abdominal operations ausgewogenen Mittelweg und die Vorteile von however, have two similar characteristics: normal involving the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, Kurzlehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk. Zu jeder roentgenographs at the time of insult and premature hepatobiliary and genitourinary systems. Each Wirkstoffgruppe werden die physiologischen complete or partial arrest noted weeks, months, or chapter is fully illustrated with artists' drawings Grundlagen erklärt und anschließend years later. Because of this delay, the arrest is often and radiological images of normal post operative Wirkmechanismus, Kinetik, unerwünschte not suspected or recognised early. The resulting anatomy. The complications associated with each Wirkungen, Interaktionen und Indikationen bone deformity and relative shortening usually go procedure are described alongside imaging examples. dargestellt. Und das alles übersichtlich strukturiert. undetected until corrective surgery is needed. This Written by experts in the field, Radiology of the Post Zu jedem Kapitel gibt es einen Abschnitt book emphasises etiology, diagnosis, and treatment Surgical Abdomen provides the reader with key „Pharmakotherapie“, in dem Sie mit Beispielen und of these injuries. teaching points emphasising differentiation between Therapieplänen lernen, wie die Theorie in die Praxis normal post-operative anatomy and complications. umgesetzt werden kann. Und mit dem Fallquiz Features können Sie Ihr Wissen gleich selbst anwenden. Eine This book documents all the ways a growth plate can Features besondere Hilfe für die Prüfung und das schnelle be damaged, other than fracture. This damage can be Radiology of the Post Surgical Abdomen provides a Wiederholen sind die Arzneimittel-Steckbriefe. Hier inflicted by a wide variety of insults, most of which comprehensive overview of all abdominal operations werden die wichtigsten Fakten noch einmal kompakt are uncommon occurrences. They all, however, have involving the gastrointestinal tract, pancreas, zusammengefasst. Mit diesem Buch können Sie two similar characteristics: normal roentgenographs hepatobiliary and genitourinary systems. Each gründlich lernen und schnell wiederholen! at the time of insult and premature complete or chapter is fully illustrated with artists' drawings partial arrest noted weeks, months, or years later. and radiological images of normal post operative Features Because of this delay, the arrest is often not [..] anatomy. The complications associated with each Die Pharmakologie scheint aus unendlich procedure are described alongside imaging examples. vielen Fakten zu bestehen. Hier finden Sie den Contents Written [..] ausgewogenen Mittelweg und die Vorteile von Vascular Deficiency.- Disuse.- Infection.- Tumor.- Kurzlehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk. Zu jeder Metabolic.- Neural.- Cold (frostbite).- Heat Contents Wirkstoffgruppe werden die physiologischen (burn).- Electric.- Compression.- Distraction.- Introduction to the Post Surgical Abdomen.- The Grundlagen erklärt und anschließend Stress.- Irradiation.- Light Waves.- Sound Waves.- Oesophagus.- The Stomach and Duodenum.- The Wirkmechanismus, Kinetik, unerwünschte Shock Waves.- Atmospheric Pressure.- Oxygen.- Pancreas.- The Biliary Tree.- The Liver.- The Small Wirkungen, Interaktionen und Indikationen Developmental.- Surgical.- Unknown. Bowel.- The Colon.- Genitourinary System. dargestellt. Und das alles übersichtlich strukturiert. 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R. Hofmann-Wellenhof, Medical University Graz, Austria; G. C.R. Lake, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, W.F. Peacock, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA (Ed.) Pellacani, University of Modena, Italy; J. Malvehy, University KS, USA Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; H.P. Soyer, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (Eds.) Short Stay Management of Acute Schizophrenia Is a Misdiagnosis Heart Failure Reflectance Confocal Microscopy Implications for the DSM-5 and the ICD-11 for Skin Diseases Schizophrenia is the most widely known and feared This timely book is a road map for defining the care mental illness worldwide, yet a rapidly growing of acute heart failure patients in the short stay or observation unit setting. Produced in collaboration This book focuses on the use and significance of in literature from a broad spectrum of basic and with the Society of Chest Pain Centers, this book vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for clinical disciplines, especially epidemiology and provides an understanding of the diverse medical non-invasive high-resolution imaging of the skin. All molecular genetics, suggests that schizophrenia is needs and solutions, administrative processes, of the chapters in this hands-on guide are generously the same condition as a psychotic bipolar disorder and regulatory issues necessary for successful illustrated with numerous confocal images and and does not exist as a separate disease. The goal management. In an environment of increasing structured in a reader-friendly way. The contents is to document and interpret these data to justify financial consciousness, medical practice is changing include detailed information on the most relevant eliminating the diagnosis of schizophrenia from drastically. Short stay care is premier among the and up-to-date aspects of RCM, schematic drawings the nomenclature. The author reviews the changing new specialties that cater to the complex balance summarizing and explaining the most important diagnostic concepts of schizophrenia and bipolar of optimizing patient outcomes while minimizing RCM criteria, and a chapter specifically devoted to disorder with a historical perspective to clarify how fiscal burdens. The observation unit has proven bridging the gap between dermoscopy, RCM, and the current conflict over explanations for psychosis to be an excellent arena for the care of acute heart histopathology. At the end of each chapter, core has arisen. That two disorders, schizophrenia and failure, replete with opportunities to improve both messages recapitulate the most pertinent aspects. bipolar, known as the Kraepelinian dichotomy, medical management and quality metrics. Unique Reflectance Confocal Microscopy for Skin Diseases account for the functional psychoses has been a to the field, Short Stay Management of Acute Heart will be a valuable resource for all physicians involved cornerstone of Psychiatry for over 100 years, but is Failure, Second Edition is the only book of its kind, in the diagnosis and treatment of neoplastic and questioned because of substantial similarities and providing the medical, regulatory, and economic inflammatory skin diseases. overlap between these two disorders. Literature in the field demonstrates that psychotic patients are tools necessary to create and implement successful Features frequently[..] short stay[..] In recent years the relevance of non-invasive Features bioimaging techniques in the field of melanoma Features This timely book is a road map for defining the care screening has steadily increased. In the new era of Schizophrenia is a Misdiagnosis: Implications for of acute heart failure patients in the short stay or “clinicoimaging” diagnosis, reflectance confocal the DSM-5 and the ICD-11 C. Raymond Lake observation unit setting. Produced in collaboration microscopy (RCM) will have a major impact on Schizophrenia: the lay public knows a general picture with the Society of Chest Pain Centers, this book the diagnosis and management of neoplastic and formed from popular culture, familiar legend, and, provides an understanding of the diverse medical inflammatory skin diseases. This book focuses on the often, family history. The professional community needs and solutions, administrative processes, use and significance of in vivo RCM for non-invasive knows a clinical profile gleaned from decades of and regulatory issues necessary for successful [..] scientific theory and findings. But recently a growing body of literature has begun to suggest not only that management. In an environment of increasing Contents the [..] financial [..] From the Contents: CONFOCAL REFLECTANCE Contents MICROSCOPY – THE ESSENTIALS.- Contents Society of Chest Pain Centers’ Heart Failure NORMAL SKIN.- MELANOCYTIC LESIONS.- Chapter 1: Overview.- Chapter 2: The Basic Data.- Accreditation.- The Economics and Reimbursement MELANOCYTIC NEVI.- MELANOMA.- Superficial Chapter 3: A History of the Diagnoses of Psychotic of Congestive Heart Failure.- Regulatory Spreading Melanoma.- Melanoma Progression.- Patients Before 1950.- Chapter 4: Psychiatric Disease Requirements in Acute Heart Failure.- Quality and Nodular Melanoma.- Lentigo Maligna.- Amelanotic and Diagnoses: The Scientific Basis for Establishing Operational Metrics in Heart Failure.- Interaction Melanoma.- NON-MELANOCYTIC SKIN Validity.- Chapter 5: Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926) of Performance Measurements, Staffing, and LESIONS.- Semeiology and Pattern Analysis In Established the Kraepelinian Dichotomy and Facility Requirements for the Heart Failure Non-Melanocytic Lesions.- Dermoscopic and Schizophrenia But Then Reneged.- Chapter 6: Observation Unit.- Heart Failure: Epidemiology Histologic Correlations.- Solar Lentigo, Seborrheic Eugene Bleuler (1857-1939) Named and Dedicated and Demographics.- Pathophysiology of Acute Keratosis and Lichen Planus Like-Keratosi.- Basal Himself to Schizophrenia.- Chapter 7: Jacob Decompensated Heart Failure.- The Out-of-Hospital Cell Carcinoma.- Actinic Keratoses.- Squamous Cell Kasanin (1897-1946) and Schizoaffective Disorder.- Management of Acute Heart Failure.- Dyspnea Carcinoma .- Cutaneous Lymphoma.- Potpourri of Chapter 8: Kurt Schneider (1887-1967): First- and Assessment and Airway Management in Acute Heart Non Melanocytic Skin Lesions.-[..] Second-Rank Symptoms, Not Pathognomonic of Schizophrenia,[..] Failure Syndromes Patients.- Volume[..] Fields of interest Fields of interest Dermatology; Oncology; Plastic Surgery; Fields of interest Cardiology; Emergency Medicine; Internal Medicine Otorhinolaryngology; Pediatrics Psychiatry; Clinical Psychology; Social Work; General Psychology Target groups Target groups Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Target groups Professional/practitioner Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume Type of publication Professional book Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 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M.V. Meraviglia, Urbino, Italia I. Vernero, ORL II Audiologia-Foniatria, Torino, Italy; O. Schindler, V. Hraska, German Pediatric Heart Centre, Sankt Augustin, ORL II Audiologia-Foniatria, Torino Italy (Eds.) Germany; P. Murin, German Pediatric Heart Centre, Sankt Augustin, Germany Sistemi motori Storia della logopedia Nuovi paradigmi di apprendimento e comunicazione Surgical Management of Congenital

Partendo dall’ipotesi relativa alle reti neurali Ripercorrere la storia della logopedia in Italia Heart Disease I coinvolte nei processi che dalla sensazione portano consente di inquadrare la scienza e gli interventi Complex Transposition of Great Arteries Right and Left alla percezione e alla cognizione, il volume intende sanitari nel campo della comunicazione e della Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction Ebstein´s Anomaly A illustrare come in questo panorama complesso si deglutizione. Le radici, le premesse e i primi tentativi Video Manual inseriscano anche gli aspetti legati al movimento di cura si ritrovano già nelle antiche civiltà, ma la e all’azione. Considerando alcune delle più diffuse nascita della comunicologia moderna risale a tempi Approximately 120 different surgical procedures patologie neurologiche che comportano disturbi e molto più recenti. Verso la fine dell’Ottocento, are used to correct congenital heart diseases, alterazioni del movimento, si analizzano gli aspetti in zona mitteleuropea, fanno la loro comparsa and the burden that this places on the surgeon riabilitativi del canale motorio, essenziali per la cura, informale i primi adepti medici, i foniatri, e non is compounded by the exceptional complexity la prevenzione e la partecipazione di ciascuno di noi medici, i logopedisti, ma bisognerà aspettare la fine of the techniques and the rarity of many of the a tutti gli aspetti della vita quotidiana, secondo il del secolo per trovare in questo campo posizioni lesions. Training is problematic, not least because concetto di salute definito dall’OMS. Il libro è rivolto accademiche e professionali definite. Il volume, of legal issues, and currently available texts, in particolare agli studenti delle Facoltà di Scienze oltre ad esporre la cronologia di fatti e avvenimenti, drawings, and images are no substitute for real ‘live’ Motorie e di Psicologia, ma anche di Medicina, vuole percorrere sistematicamente la straordinaria surgery.Against this background, the authors have Scienze e Tecniche della Riabilitazione, Scienze evoluzione scientifico-epistemologica della set out to create an interactive multimedia manual Infermieristiche, Scienze dell’Educazione e a tutti logopedia, che a sua volta ha provocato importanti that covers many aspects of congenital heart surgery. coloro che vogliano conoscere le potenzialità del ricadute nei metodi di intervento sulla patologia. Each heart defect is addressed in an individual movimento per rafforzare, mantenere e riacquistare Una parte consistente riguarda poi gli attuali aspetti chapter, elaborating specific surgical anatomy and la propria salute. legati alle norme, la formazione e l’esercizio della indication for surgery of heart defect first, followed professione. by video clips depicting the operative approach Features and technique. The clips are accompanied by a Partendo dall’ipotesi relativa alle reti neurali Features clear descriptive narrative, and patient history and coinvolte nei processi che dalla sensazione portano Ripercorrere la storia della logopedia in Italia diagnostic images are available to provide a clear alla percezione e alla cognizione, il volume intende consente di inquadrare la scienza e gli interventi backdrop to the operation. The chosen format makes illustrare come in questo panorama complesso si sanitari nel campo della comunicazione e della this manual not only a very powerful teaching tool inseriscano anche gli aspetti legati al movimento deglutizione. Le radici, le premesse e i primi tentativi for practicing[..] e all’azione. Considerando alcune delle più diffuse di cura si ritrovano già nelle antiche civiltà, ma la patologie neurologiche che comportano disturbi e nascita della comunicologia moderna risale a tempi Features alterazioni del movimento, si analizzano gli aspetti molto più recenti. Verso la fine dell’Ottocento, Approximately 120 different surgical procedures [..] in zona mitteleuropea, fanno la loro comparsa are used to correct congenital heart diseases, informale [..] and the burden that this places on the surgeon is Contents compounded by the exceptional complexity of the 1 Le basi anatomo-funzionali dell'attività Contents techniques and the rarity of many of the lesions. mentale.- 2 Modelli del funzionamento cerebrale.- 3 Gli antecedenti foniatrico-logopedici.- L’evoluzione Training is problematic, not least because of legal Evoluzione filogenetica del movimento.- 4 Sviluppo epistemologica.- La professione.- La issues, and currently available texts, drawings, and ontogenetico del movimento.- 5 Nuovi paradigmi formazione.- Evoluzione della Logopedia in alcuni images are no substitute for real ‘live’ [..] patogenetici.- 6 La regolazione del movimento.- 7 Paesi UE. Movimento, apprendimento, comunicazione.- 8 Contents Sistemi motori, sistemi per la salute. 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M. Bonnin, N.A. Amendola, J. Bellemans, S.J. MacDonald, J. I. Gallen Menetrey (Eds.) Philosophy Type 1 Diabetes The Knee Joint Clinical Management of the Athlete L. Soler, Archives H. Poincaré, Paris, France; E. Trizio, Arhives H. Surgical Techniques and Strategies Poincaré, LHPS, Nancy, France; Th. Nickles, University of Nevada, There has been a recent surge of new data on the Reno, NV, USA; W. Wimsatt, University of Chicago, IL,USA (Eds.) Pushed by the progress of biology, technology subject of exercise and sport in type I diabetes, as and biomechanics, knee surgery has dramatically well as great interest from the multidisciplinary Characterizing the Robustness of evolved in the last decades. This book is a "state of healthcare teams looking after such patients. the art" concerning all aspects of knee surgery from Providing advice and support to enable athletes Science ligament reconstruction to Total Knee Arthroplasty. to manage their diabetes during and after sport is After the Practice Turn in Philosophy of Science An international panel of renowned authors have an essential part of diabetes care. Type I Diabetes: worked on this didactic fully illustrated book. It will Clinical Management of the Athlete outlines best Mature sciences have been long been characterized help young surgeons to understand basic sciences practice and scientific progress in the management in terms of the “successfulness”, “reliability” or and modern sugical techniques. The experienced of people with type I diabetes who undertake a “trustworthiness” of their theoretical, experimental surgeon will find help to deal with difficult cases and sport at any level. The book explores endocrine or technical accomplishments. Today many clarifications in recent technologic advances such response to exercise, hypoglycemia and dietetics in philosophers of science talk of “robustness”, often as cartilage surgery, navigation and mini invasive the diabetic patient, and provides real-life examples without specifying in a precise way the meaning of surgery. of type I diabetes management at the professional this term. This lack of clarity is the cause of frequent athlete level. It is the first source of reference for Features misunderstandings, since all these notions, and specialists in diabetes when seeking advice on how that of robustness in particular, are connected to This book is devoted to all surgical aspects of to manage their patient and provides practical advice knee pathology, with the exclusion of bone fundamental issues, which concern nothing less for equipping the type I diabetes patient with the than the very nature of science and its specificity traumatology. It summarizes current concepts and ability to fulfill their sporting potential. recent techniques, from most recent innovations with respect to other human practices, the nature of rationality and of scientific progress; and science’s in biology and regenerative medicine to complex Features claim to be a truth-conducive activity. This book reconstruction involving prosthetic knee surgery. There has been a recent surge of new data on the offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of Operative techniques are clearly reported in a subject of exercise and sport in type I diabetes, as the problem of robustness, and in general, that of the didactic fashion, using figures, tables and algorithms. well as great interest from the multidisciplinary reliability of science, based on several detailed case Worldwide leaders in the [..] healthcare teams looking after such patients. studies and on philosophical essays inspired by the Providing advice and support to enable athletes so-called practical turn in philosophy of science. Contents to manage their diabetes during and after sport is The Traumatic Knee.- The menisci: anatomy, an essential part of diabetes care. Type I Diabetes: Features healing response, and biomechanics.- The cruciate Clinical Management of the Athlete [..] ligaments: anatomy, biology, and biomechanics.- Mature sciences have been long been characterized in terms of the “successfulness”, “reliability” or The anatomy and biomechanics of the medial Contents “trustworthiness” of their theoretical, experimental collateral ligament and posteromedial corner 1. Endocrine and Metabolic Responses to or technical accomplishments. Today many of the knee.- The lateral collateral ligament and Exercise.- 2. The Impact of Type 1 Diabetes on philosophers of science talk of “robustness”, often posterolateral corner.- Basic science of ligament the Physiological Responses to Exercise.- 3. Pre- without specifying in a precise way the meaning of healing.- Clinical basis: epidemiology, risk Exercise Insulin and Carbohydrate Strategies in the this term. This lack of clarity is the cause of frequent factors, mechanisms of injury, and prevention of Exercising T1DM Individual.- 4. Physical Activity misunderstandings, since all these notions, and that ligament injuries of the knee.- MRI evaluation of in Childhood Diabetes.- 5. The Role of Newer of [..] knee ligaments.- Classification of knee laxities.- Technologies (CSII and CGM) and Novel Strategies Scoring the knee.- The Menisci.- Arthroscopic in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes for Sport Contents meniscectomy.- Meniscal[..] and Exercise.- 6. Hypoglycemia and Hypoglycemia Introduction. The Solidity of Scientific Unawareness During and Following Exercise.- Achievements: Structure of the Problem,Difficulties, Fields of interest 7. Fueling the Athlete with Type 1 Diabetes.- 8. Orthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics Philosophical Implications.- Chapter 1. Robustness, Diabetes and Doping.- 9. Synthesis of Best Practice.- Reliability, and Overdetermination (1981).- 10. 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ISBN 978-94-007-2758-8 J. Malpas, University of Tasmania, TAS, Australia; N. Lickiss, D. Solomon, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA; R. Fan, City University of Tasmania, TAS, Australia (Eds.) University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; P.-c. Lo, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (Eds.) Perspectives on Human Suffering Ritual and the Moral Life

This volume brings together a range of Reclaiming the Tradition interdisciplinary perspectives on a topic of central importance, but which has otherwise In the twentieth century, in both China and the tended to be approached from within just one West, ritual became marginalized in the face of or another disciplinary framework. Most of the the growth of secularism and individualism. In essays contained here incorporate some degree China, Confucianism and its essentially ritualistic of interdisciplinarity in their own approach, but comportment to the world were vigorously the volume nevertheless divides into three main suppressed during the Cultural Revolution sections: Philosophical considerations; Humanities (1966-1976) under Mao Zedong. But de-ritualization approaches; Legal, medical, and therapeutic contexts. already took place as a result of the Chinese The volume includes essays by philosophers, medical Revolution of 1911 under Sun Yat-Sen. In the practitioners and researchers, historians, lawyers, West, while the process of de-ritualization literary, Classical, and Judaic scholars. The essays are has been generally more gradual, it has been united by a common concern with the question of nonetheless drastic. In contrast to this situation, this the human character of suffering, and the demands volume investigates the crucial role ritual plays in that suffering, and the recognition of suffering, make constituting the human understanding of their place upon us. in the cosmos, the purpose of their lives, and imbues human existence with a more complete sense of Features meaningfulness. This volume presents the work of This volume brings together a range of philosophers from both China and the West as they interdisciplinary perspectives on a topic of central reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual plays in importance, but which has otherwise tended to human life. They reflect not only on ritual in general be approached from within just one or another but also on specific Confucian[..] disciplinary framework. Most of the essays contained here incorporate some degree of interdisciplinarity Features in their own approach, but the volume nevertheless In the twentieth century, in both China and the divides into three main sections: Philosophical West, ritual became marginalized in the face of considerations; [..] the growth of secularism and individualism. In China, Confucianism and its essentially ritualistic Contents comportment to the world were vigorously 1. Introduction: Human Suffering – Jeff Malpas and suppressed during the Cultural Revolution Norelle Lickiss.-I. Philosophical Considerations.-2. (1966-1976) under Mao Zedong. But de-ritualization Suffering and Forgiveness: An Heroic Journey – already took place as a result of the Chinese Andrew Brennan and Norva Lo.-3. Levinas on Revolution of 1911 under Sun [..] Suffering – Andrew Benjamin.-4. The Other Thing About Suffering – Lucy Tatman.-5. Suffering, Contents Compassion, and the Possibility of a Humane I. Ritual, Virtue, and the Pursuit of the Politics – Jeff Malpas .-6. ‘Pathei Mathos’: Holy.- Ritual as the Creation of Social Reality - Ana The Cognitive Value of Suffering – Gaetano Iltis.- Ritual, Virtue, and Human Flourishing - H. Chiurazzi .-7. ‘Giving the World a More Human Tristram Engelhardt, Jr..-Ritual as Education Face’ – Human Suffering in African Thought and Concerning Social Space and Time - Mark Cherry.- Philosophy – Thaddeus Metz.-8. Suffering as Why the West Spurns Medical Ritual Griffin Substantive and Subjective: Slavoj[..] Trotter.-II. Confucian Insights: Ritual as the Fabric of the Moral Community.-Ritual: Meaning Fields of interest and Recognition - Tangjia Wang.- An Analysis Philosophy of Medicine; Medicine (general); Quality of the Consciousness of Filial Piety Through the of Life Research; Biomedicine (general); Law Time Horizon Xianglong Zhang.- Confucian Rites (general); Psychology (general) of Passage: A Comparative Analysis of Zhu Xi’s Family[..] Target groups Research Fields of interest Non-Western Philosophy; Ethics; Philosophy of Type of publication Religion; Religious Studies Contributed volume Target groups Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Research Type of publication 2012. XVI, 365 p. Hardcover Contributed volume

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H. Satz, Universität Bielefeld, Germany R. Osellame, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; G. Cerullo, Politecnico di 169,95 € Milano, Italy; R. Ramponi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (Eds.) ISBN 978-3-642-23365-4 Extreme States of Matter in Strong Interaction Physics Femtosecond Laser Micromachining An Introduction Photonic and Microfluidic Devices in Transparent Materials The thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter has become a profound and challenging area of Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent modern physics, both in theory and in experiment. material is a powerful and versatile technology. Statistical quantum chromodynamics, through In fact, it can be applied to several materials. It analytical as well as numerical studies, provides is a maskless technology that allows rapid device the main theoretical tool, while in experiment, prototyping, has intrinsic three-dimensional high-energy nuclear collisions are the key for capabilities and can produce both photonic and extensive laboratory investigations. The field microfluidic devices. For these reasons it is ideally therefore straddles statistical, particle and nuclear suited for the fabrication of complex microsystems physics, both conceptually and in the methods with unprecedented functionalities. The book is of investigation used. This course-tested primer mainly focused on micromachining of transparent addresses above all the many young scientists materials which, due to the nonlinear absorption starting their scientific research in this field, mechanism of ultrashort pulses, allows unique providing them with a general, self-contained three-dimensional capabilities and can be exploited introduction that emphasizes in particular the basic for the fabrication of complex microsystems with concepts and ideas, with the aim of explaining unprecedented functionalities.This book presents why we do what we do. To achieve this goal, the an overview of the state of the art of this rapidly present text concentrates mainly on equilibrium emerging topic with contributions from leading thermodynamics: first, the fundamental ideas of experts in the field, ranging from principles of strong interaction thermodynamics are introduced nonlinear material modification to fabrication and then the main concepts and methods used in[..] techniques and applications to photonics and optofluidics. Features The thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter Features has become a profound and challenging area of Femtosecond laser micromachining of transparent modern physics, both in theory and in experiment. material is a powerful and versatile technology. Statistical quantum chromodynamics, through In fact, it can be applied to several materials. It analytical as well as numerical studies, provides the is a maskless technology that allows rapid device main theoretical tool, while in experiment, high- prototyping, has intrinsic three-dimensional energy nuclear collisions are the key for extensive capabilities and can produce both photonic and laboratory investigations. The field therefore microfluidic devices. For these reasons it is ideally straddles [..] suited for the fabrication of complex microsystems with [..] Contents The Analysis of Dense Matter.- The Physics of Contents Complex Systems.- The Limits of Hadron Physics.- Part I: Introductory concepts and From Hadrons to Quarks.- Statistical Quantum characterization.- Fundamentals of femtosecond Chromodyanamics.- Broken Symmetries.- The QCD Laser micromachining in transparent Phase Diagram.- The Quark-Gluon Plasma.- The materials.- Ultrafast imaging of plasma Little Bang.- Probing the Quark-Gluon Plasma.- dynamics and material response during The Fireball Paradigm.- The Event Horizon of Color micromachining.- Spectroscopic characterization Confinement.- Outlook. of waveguides.- Optimizing Laser-induced refractive index changes in bulk optical materials Fields of interest via spatio-temporal beam shaping.- Controlling Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Elementary the cross-section of ultrafast Laser inscribed Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Statistical Physics, waveguides.- Anisotropy of femtosecond Laser Dynamical Systems and Complexity; Astrophysics writing Part II: Waveguides and optical devices and Astroparticles in glass.- Passive optical waveguide devices in glass.- Femtosecond[..] Target groups Research Fields of interest Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Type of publication Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Monograph Optical and Electronic Materials; Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Semiconductors; Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Structural Materials

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S. Gainsbury, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia J. Küchenhoff, Kantonale Psychiatrische Klinik, Liestal, Schweiz; P. M. Borgo, Dueville, Italy; A. Soranzo, University of Teesside, Agarwalla, Kantonale Psychiatrische Klinik, Liestal, Schweiz Middlesbrough, UK; M. Grassi, University of Padova, Italy Internet Gambling Körperbild und Persönlichkeit MATLAB for Psychologists Current Research Findings and Implications Die klinische Evaluation des Körpererlebens mit der Internet gambling is one of the fastest growing forms Körperbild-Liste of gambling. Global Internet gambling expenditure Features is predicted to reach US$33.6 billion in 2011. 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The Balkans is a region Erkenntnistheorie, der Logik und der Geschichte for putting these ideas into action in the therapy marked by post-communist and post-conflict der wissenschaftlichen Psychologie. Heiko room, including a mindful approach to therapeutic transitional turmoil, and this book provides a Hecht, Professor für Allgemeine Psychologie relationships, case conceptualization, treatment comprehensive introduction to research in peace an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz planning, teaching meditation, and intervention. psychology in this part of the world, written by und Wolfgang Desnizza, Diplomphysiker und scholars primarily working in the Balkan area. It promovierter Germanist, geben eine Übersicht Features brings together innovative scholarship that examines über die Voraussetzungen und Hintergründe Mindfulness-based and acceptance-oriented interdisciplinary aspects of peace psychology des Faches. 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L. Schmidt-Atzert, Philipps-Universität Marburg; M. Amelang, J. Hillman, Pennsylvania State University, Berks College, PA, USA A. Trost, Hochschule Furtwangen, HFU Business School Universität Heidelberg Sexuality and Aging Talent Relationship Management Psychologische Diagnostik (Lehrbuch mit Online-Materialien) Clinical Perspectives Personalgewinnung in Zeiten des Fachkräftemangels Despite continuing ageist beliefs that sexuality is a Der zunehmende Fachkräftemangel bedroht die privilege designed only for the young and physically Zukunft vieler Unternehmen aller Größen und Das Standardwerk zur Psychologischen Diagnostik healthy, research continues to indicate that the Branchenzugehörigkeiten. Klassische Ansätze der erscheint nun in der 5. Auflage – und bleibt majority of older adults maintain interest in sexuality Personalgewinnung können das Problem nicht seinem Erfolgskonzept treu: Diagnostik ist and may engage in fulfilling sexual behavior well lösen, weil sie sich an aktiv suchende Kandidaten theoretisch fundiert, erfolgt stets in Hinblick into their last decade of life. Unfortunately, many wenden und in ihrer Ausrichtung zu passiv sind. auf konkrete Fragestellungen und besitzt damit professionals remain unaware of general knowledge Dies gilt insbesondere für die Besetzung strategisch weitreichende Implikationen für die Intervention. of elderly sexuality, including the expected and wichtiger Unternehmensfunktionen sowie für Das Buch ist gleichzeitig prüfungsrelevant und normal physiological changes that can occur within die Gewinnung spezialisierter Fachkräfte.Dabei praxisnah: Didaktisch sorgfältig aufbereitete the context of both male and female aging. 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H. Mytum, School of Archaeology, Classics, and Egyptology, E. Carbonell i Roura, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Social Sciences University of Liverpool, UK (Ed.) Spain (Ed.)

Global Perspectives on High Resolution Archaeology and M.E. Malainey, Brandon University, MB, Canada Archaeological Field Schools Neanderthal Behavior A Consumer's Guide to Constructions of Knowledge and Experience Time and Space in Level J of Abric Romaní (Capellades, Spain) Archaeological Science Archaeological field schools, notably in North The aim of this book is to provide a new insight on America but also across the world, are seminal Neanderthal behaviour using the data recovered Analytical Techniques student experiences. They are also important vehicles in level J of Romaní rockshelter (north-eastern Many archaeologists, as primarily social scientists, by which research students and academic staff carry Spain). Due to the sedimentary dynamics that do not have a background in the natural sciences. out fieldwork research, often away from the environs formed the Romaní deposit, the occupation layers This can pose a problem because they need to of their home institution. 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C. Plüss, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; K.-b. J.-J. Hublin, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, P.-l. Law, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (Ed.) Chan, Chan Institute of Social Sciences, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong Leipzig, Germany; S.P. McPherron, Max Planck Institute for SAR (Eds.) Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany (Eds.) New Connectivities in China

Living Intersections: Transnational Modern Origins Virtual, Actual and Local Interactions

Migrant Identifications in Asia A North African Perspective The fast diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in China has Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central This book presents ground-breaking theoretical, brought forth new forms of connection among the position in the search for the timing and and empirical knowledge to produce a fine-grained Chinese and has changed their social lives. Virtual mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and and encompassing understanding of the costs and networks have been developed and in turn have led the rich archaeological and human paleontological benefits that different groups of Asian migrants, to the formation of networks in the actual world. record of North Africa is critical to this search. In moving between different countries in Asia and in This collection explores the resultant complications this volume, we bring together new research into the West, experience. The contributors—all specialist in the relationship between virtual, actual, and the archaeology, human paleontology, chronology, scholars in anthropology, geography, history, local interactions. It discusses various aspects of and environmental context of modern human political science, social psychology, and sociology the implications of the new connectivities on these origins in North Africa. The result is a volume that —present new approaches to intersectionality three types of interactions in China. The topics better integrates the North African record into the analysis, focusing on the migrants’ performance of examined include: the possibility of the development modern human origins debate and at the same time their identities as the core indicator to unravel the of civil society in China, the implications for the highlights the research questions that are currently mutual constituitivity of cultural, social, political, migrant workers in the south, the challenge posed the focus of continued work in the area. and economic characteristics rooted in different to the traditional social order, and the relationship between the new connectivities and the Chinese places, which characterizes transnational lifestyles. Features social context. The book answers one key question: What happens Over the last decade, Africa has taken a central to people, communities, and societies under position in the search for the timing and Features globalization, which is, among others, characterized mechanisms leading to modern human origins, and The fast diffusion of information and by increasing cultural disidentification? the rich archaeological and human paleontological communication technologies (ICTs) in China has record of North Africa is critical to this search. In Features brought forth new forms of connection among the this volume, we bring together new research into the This book presents ground-breaking theoretical, Chinese and has changed their social lives. 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It thereby focuses on topics such processes that archaeologists undertake to analyze this skill, humans were able to adapt to climate as the demographic dividend and the demographic a site, yet the relationships between these processes changes, discover new territories, and invent new transition, labour market challenges, health care, is rarely considered critically. Reconsidering technologies. "Pressure knapping" is the common universal education and gender issues. These Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that each of term for one method of creating stone tools, where challenges are addressed at a country level and these processes involves at least a bit of subjective a larger device or blade specifically made for this include policy implications for the large majority interpretation. As a group of archaeologists work purpose is use to press out the stone tool. Pressure of the Muslim countries covered in this book. together to reconstruct an objective view of the knapping was invented in different locations and at Moreover, political consequences for Europe with past, at a particular time, at a particular site, their different points in time, representing the adoption respect to the integration of Muslims are presented field methods and subjective interpretations of the Neolithic way of life in the Old world. Recent to the reader. affect the final analysis.This volume explores the research on pressure knapping has led for the important nature of the relationship between first time to a global thesis on this technique. The Features fieldwork, analysis, and interpretation. Containing contributors to this seminal work combine research The book discusses the demographic changes in contributions from a diverse group of archaeologists, findings on pressure knapping from different Muslim countries. 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Archaeological[..] Moreover, political [..] Features Features The evolution of humanity has been a long and Contents Digging, recording, and writing are the three steady process in which stone tool technology played Introduction and Overview.- Topics and Issues.- main processes that archaeologists undertake a prominent role for the bulk of human history. Country and Regional Studies.- Policy Implications.- to analyze a site, yet the relationships between Through advancements in lithic technology, humans Statistical Annex.- Biographical Sketches. these processes is rarely considered critically. were able to adapt to different climates, colonize Reconsidering Archaeological Fieldwork asserts that new territories, and produce new inventions. 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M. Richter, University of Vechta, Germany; S. Andresen, Goethe D. Siegel, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; H. van J.F. May, The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA University, Frankfurt, Germany (Eds.) de Bunt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) World Population Policies The Politicization of Parenthood Traditional Organized Crime in the Their Origin, Evolution, and Impact Shifting private and public responsibilities in education and Modern World child rearing This book examines the history behind the Responses to Socioeconomic Change formulation, implementation, and evaluation of Currently, families are being subjected to increasing Despite strenuous efforts from local, national, and population policies in the more developed, the public attention. Interest is focussing on their international law enforcement, organized crime less developed, and the least developed countries potential strengths and weaknesses in determining continues to thrive and prosper—even centuries- from 1950 until today, as well as their future how well children do at school. Alongside such old crime outfits are surviving the global forces of prospects. It links population policies with the human-development oriented expectations, families mass migration and multinational business and theories of the demographic, epidemiological, and are also becoming a focus of attention as a resource finance. From traditional gangland enterprises such migratory transitions. It begins by summarizing for human capital in times of economic crises and as narcotics, gambling, and prostitution, the world’s the demographic situation around the world, with criticism of the welfare state. 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