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Biomedicine H. Aldskogius, Uppsala University, Sweden (Ed.) P. van Endert, Université Paris Descartes, France (Ed.) Animal Models of Spinal Cord Antigen Processing

G. Laviola, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy; S. Macrì, Isti- Repair Methods and Protocols tuto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy (Eds.)

The development of treatment strategies that can Features Adaptive and Maladaptive Aspects help patients with spinal cord injury to regain lost Antigen processing is a biological process that pre- of Developmental Stress functions and an improved quality of life is a major pares antigens for the presentation to special cells medical challenge, and experimental spinal cord in the immune system called T lymphocytes. In research has to meet these challenges by resolving Antigen Processing: Methods and Protocols, expert Since the very early stages of life, we all experi- fundamental problems, establishing a basis for possi- researchers in the field provide a comprehensive set ence some form of stress. Stressors can be mild to ble novel treatment strategies of spinal cord injury, of protocols for studying presentation of antigens severe and can range from unsuccessfully longing for and motivating their clinical translation. In Animal produced in the standard processing pathways for maternal milk in infancy, to recklessly wiggling on a Models of Spinal Cord Repair, expert researchers MHC class I and class II molecules. The chapters [..] motorbike to be on time to watch the NBA finals on examine a broad range of experimental models for TV, to breaking up a relationship. All those events research on spinal cord injury, how they have con- Fields of interest that we call “stress” have the capability of perturbing tributed to our current state of knowledge, and what Immunology; Antibodies a given state of psychological and physiological equi- their advantages are in the further advancement of librium and moving it to a different level. The transi- spinal cord repair. With[...] Target groups tion from crawling to walking has to be considered a Professional/practitioner form of stress as much as losing a job. It is through a Features continuous cross-talk between environmental stres- The development of treatment strategies that can Type of publication sors and individual adaptations that we build our[...] help patients with spinal cord injury to regain lost Contributed volume functions and an improved quality of life is a major More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-217-9 Features medical challenge, and experimental spinal cord Since the very early stages of life, we all experi- research has to meet these challenges by resolving Hardcover ence some form of stress. Stressors can be mild to fundamental problems, establishing a basis for possi- 2013. XVII, 589 p. 85 illus., 25 in color. (Methods in Mol- severe and can range from unsuccessfully longing for ble novel treatment strategies of spinal cord injury, ecular Biology, Vol. 960) maternal milk in infancy, to recklessly wiggling on a and motivating their clinical translation. In [..] $159.00 motorbike to be on time to watch the NBA finals on ISBN 978-1-62703-217-9 TV, to breaking up a relationship. All those events Contents Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. that we call “stress” have the capability of perturbing The Spinal Cord: Functional Organization, Dis- a given state of psychological and [..] eases, and Dysfunctions.- The Pathological Findings in Traumatic Injury to the Human Spinal Cord.- Contents Acute Spinal Cord Injury In Vitro: Insight Into Basic Making Sense of Stress: An Evolutionary-Develop- Mechanisms.- Spinal Cord Injury: The Lamprey mental Framework.- Prenatal and maternal psy- Model.- Dorsal Root Injury for the Study of Spinal chosocial stress in primates: adaptive plasticity or Cord Injury Repair.- No-Laminectomy Spinal Cord- vulnerability to pathology?.- The Everyday Stress Transected Murine Model.- Spinal Cord Injury: Resilience Hypothesis: Unfolding resilience from a The Rabbit Model.- The Cat Model of Spinal Cord perspective of everyday stress and coping.- Ontogeny Injury.- Using Naturally-Occurring Spinal Cord of stress reactivity in the human child: Phenotypic Injury in Domestic Dogs to Explore Novel Thera- flexibility, trade-offs, and pathology.- Consequences peutic Options.- Primate Models of Spinal Repair.- of Developmental Stress in Humans: Prenatal Stress.- Animal Models[...] Consequences of Developmental Stress in Humans: Adversity experienced during Childhood and Ado- Fields of interest lescence.- Behavioural and neuroendocrine[...] Neurosciences; Neurology; Animal Models

Fields of interest Target groups Neurosciences; Psychiatry; Biomedicine (general) Professional/practitioner

Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-196-7 Type of publication Contributed volume Hardcover 2013. XII, 336 p. 49 illus., 36 in color. (Neuromethods, More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5604-9 Vol. 76) Hardcover $139.00 2013. XII, 281 p. 19 illus., 7 in color. (Current Topics in ISBN 978-1-62703-196-7 Neurotoxicity, Vol. 3) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $209.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-5604-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Biomedicine 3

K.K. Jain, Jain PharmaBiotech, Basel, Switzerland Y.Y. Shugart, National Institute of Mental Health , Bethesda, MD, K.L. Tucker, University of Heidelberg, Germany; T. Caspary, Emory USA (Ed.) University, Atlanta, GE, USA (Eds.) Applications of Biotechnology in Neurology Applied Computational Genomics Cilia and Nervous System Development and Function "Applied Computational Genomics" focuses on an Culling together excerpts from a wide range of writ- in-depth review of statistical development and appli- ings by Dr. Kewal K. Jain on biotechnology topics as Cilia are tiny microtubule-based organelles project- cation in the area of human genomics including they relate to disorders of the nervous system, Appli- ing from the plasma membrane of practically all cells candidate gene mapping, linkage analysis, popula- cations of Biotechnology in Neurology covers a vari- in the body. In the past 10 years a flurry of research tion-based, genome-wide association, exon sequenc- ety of applications for those working in life sciences has indicated a crucial role of this long-neglected ing and whole genome sequencing analysis. The and the pharmaceutical sciences, particularly those organelle in the development and function of the authors are extremely experienced in the area of developing diagnostics and therapeutics for the ner- central nervous system. A common theme of these statistical genomics and will give a detailed intro- vous system. This detailed volume delves into areas studies is the critical dependency of signal transduc- duction of the evolution in the field and critical eval- such as neurobiotechnology, like neurogenomics tion of the Sonic hedgehog, and more recently, Wnt uations of the advantages and disadvantages of the and neuroproteomics, molecular diagnostics, vari- signaling pathways upon cilia to regulate fate deci- statistical models proposed. They will also share their ous methods of improving systemic administration sions and morphogenesis. Both primary and motile views on a future shift toward translational biology. of drugs for targeted delivery to the nervous system, cilia also play crucial roles in the function of the ner- The book will be of value to human geneticists, med- including the use of nanobiotechnology, biotechnol- vous system, including the primary processing of ical doctors, health educators,[...] ogy-based strategies and[...] sensory information, the control of body mass, and Features higher functions such as[...] Features "Applied Computational Genomics" focuses on an Culling together excerpts from a wide range of writ- Features in-depth review of statistical development and appli- ings by Dr. Kewal K. Jain on biotechnology topics as Cilia are tiny microtubule-based organelles project- cation in the area of human genomics including they relate to disorders of the nervous system, Appli- ing from the plasma membrane of practically all cells candidate gene mapping, linkage analysis, popula- cations of Biotechnology in Neurology covers a vari- in the body. In the past 10 years a flurry of research tion-based, genome-wide association, exon sequenc- ety of applications for those working in life sciences has indicated a crucial role of this long-neglected ing and whole genome sequencing analysis. The and the pharmaceutical sciences, particularly those organelle in the development and function of the authors are extremely experienced in the area of sta- developing diagnostics and therapeutics for the ner- central nervous system. A common theme of these tistical genomics and will give a detailed introduc- vous system. This detailed volume [..] studies is the critical dependency of signal transduc- tion of the [..] tion of the Sonic hedgehog, and more recently, Wnt Contents Contents [..] Introduction to Neurobiotechnology.- Neuro- Introduction.- Concepts of Genetic Epidemiology.- genetics & Neurogenomics.- Neuroproteomics.- Contents Integration of Linkage Analysis and Next Genera- Biomarkers of Neurological Disorders.- Molecu- Introduction.- 1 Primary and motile cilia: their ultra- tion Sequencing Data.- From Family Study to Pop- lar Diagnostics for Neurological Disorders.- Mol- structure and ciliogenesis.- 2 Primary Cilia, Sonic ulation Study: A history of Genetic Mapping for ecular Neuropharmacology.- Ion Channels and Hedgehog Signaling, and Spinal Cord Development.- Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC).- QTL Map- Neurology.- Role of Nitric Oxide in Neurological 3 Primary cilia and brain development.- 4 Primary ping of Molecular Traits for Studies of Human Com- Disorders.- Nanoneurology.- Neurotrophic Fac- Cilia in Cerebral Cortex: Growth and Functions plex Diseases.- Renewed Interest in Haplotype: from tors.- Cell Therapy of Neurological Disorders.- Gene on Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Cells.- 5 Primary Genetic Marker to Gene Prediction.- Analytical Therapy of Neurological Disorders.- Role of Biotech- Cilia and Inner Ear Sensory Epithelia.- 6 Neuronal Approaches for Exome Sequence Data.- Rare Vari- nology in Drug Delivery to the Nervous System.- Cilia and Obesity.- 7 Motile cilia and brain function: ants Analysis in Unrelated Individuals.- Gene Dupli- Vaccines for Neurological Disorders.- Biotechnology ependymal motile cilia development, organization, cation and Functional Consequences.- From GWAS for Neuroprotection.- Biotechnology in Neuroregen- function and their associated pathologies.- 8 Primary to Next-Generation Sequencing on Human Complex eration.- Role of[...] Cilia and Brain Cancer.- 9 Abnormalities of the Cen- Diseases: the[...] tral Nervous System across the[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Neurosciences Fields of interest Human Genetics; Bioinformatics; Biotechnology Biomedicine (general); Neurobiology; Neuro- Target groups Target groups sciences; Human Physiology; Cancer Research; Professional/practitioner Research Developmental Biology Type of publication Type of publication Target groups Monograph Contributed volume Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-271-1 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5557-4 Type of publication Hardcover Hardcover Contributed volume 2013. XXXVII, 636 p. 16 illus., 5 in color. 2012. XII, 184 p. 10 illus., 8 in color. (Translational Bioin- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5807-0 $159.00 formatics, Vol. 1) ISBN 978-1-62703-271-1 Hardcover $189.00 2013. XIII, 277 p. 69 illus., 38 in color. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-94-007-5557-4 $209.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-94-007-5807-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 4 Biomedicine springer.com

A. Aghamohammadi, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; N. Kabbani, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA (Ed.) S. Choi, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea (Ed.) N. Rezaei, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran (Eds.) Dopamine Encyclopedia of Signaling Clinical Cases in Primary Molecules Immunodeficiency Diseases Methods and Protocols Dopamine, a catecholamine transmitter, plays a A Problem-Solving Approach Biological processes are driven by complex sys- number of vital physiological roles in the brain and tems of functionally interacting signaling mole- body, and, in recent years, studies on the role of Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a cules. Thus, understanding signaling molecules is dopamine in disease have opened new avenues of heterogeneous group of inherited disorders charac- essential to explain normal or pathological biologi- research and discovery. In Dopamine: Methods and terized by different defects in the development and cal phenomena. A large body of clinical and experi- Protocols, experts and key figures within the field function of the immune system. This book aims to mental data has been accumulated over these years, provide detailed protocols on leading approaches increase the clinical awareness and knowledge of albeit in fragmented state. Hence, systems biologi- in the study of dopamine within biological systems. practicing clinicians regarding the diagnosis and cal approaches concomitant with the understand- Divided into sections on cellular/biochemical, imag- management of PIDs. In order to achieve this goal, ing of each molecule are ideal to delineate signaling ing, genetics, and electrophysiology, this collections about 90 cases drawn from real life are presented, networks/pathways involved in the biologically includes protocols for bioluminescence and fluores- along with approximately 300 related questions. The important processes. The control of these signaling cence imaging, receptor immunoprecipitation and selected case reports are the result of the invaluable pathways will enrich our healthier life.Currently, proteomic analysis, creation and characterization of cooperation of more than 40 scientists in the field there are more than 30,000 genes in human genome. a mouse model of Parkinson’s[...] of immunodeficiency. They focus both on the pre- However, not all the proteins encoded by these[...] senting features of patients with PIDs and on the Features required further investigation and[...] Features Dopamine, a catecholamine transmitter, plays a Biological processes are driven by complex systems number of vital physiological roles in the brain and Features of functionally interacting signaling molecules. Thus, body, and, in recent years, studies on the role of Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a understanding signaling molecules is essential to dopamine in disease have opened new avenues of heterogeneous group of inherited disorders charac- explain normal or pathological biological phenom- research and discovery. In Dopamine: Methods and terized by different defects in the development and ena. A large body of clinical and experimental data Protocols, experts and key figures within the field function of the immune system. These defects render has been accumulated over these years, albeit in frag- provide detailed protocols on leading approaches in patients susceptible to a variety of infectious diseases. mented state. Hence, systems biological approaches the study of dopamine within biological systems. [..] Knowledge of normal immunity and specific warn- concomitant with the understanding of each [..] ing signs and symptoms can help physicians to iden- Contents tify those children with underlying PIDs.This [..] Contents Detection of Cell Surface Dopamine Receptors.- 5-Hydrocytryptamine receptor 3a.- 5-Hydroxytrypt- Methods for the Study of Dopamine Receptors Contents amine receptor 2B.- 5-Hydroxytryptamine recep- Within Lipid Rafts of Kidney Cells.- Methods of Recurrent infections.- Combined T- and B-cell tor 2C.- A-Raf.- ABCA.- Ack1.- ADAP.- Adap1.- Dopamine Research in Retina Cells.- Capture of D2 immunodeficiencies.- Primary Antibody Deficien- Adenylyl cyclase.- Adenylyl cyclase type 9.- Adhe- Dopamine Receptor Signaling Complexes in Striatal cies.- Disorders of Phagocytic Cells.- Immune dys- sion-GPCRs.- ADP-ribosylation factor domain pro- Cells for Mass Spectrometry Proteomic Analysis.- regulation diseases.- Defects in Innate immunity: tein 1.- Ags (Activators of G-protein signaling).- Modeling Spatial Aspects of Intracellular Dopamine Receptors and Signaling Components.- Autoinflam- Aif.- AKAP.- Androgen receptor.- Angiotensin II Signaling.- A Biophysical Approach for the Study of matory disorders.- Complement deficiencies.- Other receptor 2.- Ant.- AP-3.- AP-4.- Apo2L (TRAIL).- Dopamine Receptor Oligomerization.- Detection of well-defined immunodeficiency syndromes. Arap3.- Arf-like protein 8b.- Arfgap1.- Arfrp1.- Receptor Heteromers Involving Dopamine Recep- ATF3.- Aurora kinase.- Bcl2 family.- Beta-Catenin.- Fields of interest tors by the Sequential BRET-FRET (SRET) Technol- Bradykinin receptor.- Btg/Tob.- c-Myb.- Cadherin.- Immunology; Allergology; Pediatrics; Infectious Dis- ogy.- BRET Approaches to Characterize Dopamine Calcium channel, voltage-dependent.- Calpain.- eases; Human Genetics and TAAR1[...] Carma1.-[...] Target groups Fields of interest Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Neurosciences; Neurobiology; Neurochemistry Gene Function; Molecular Medicine; Cytokines and Type of publication Target groups Growth Factors; Cell Biology; Protein-Ligand Inter- Contributed volume Professional/practitioner actions; Bioinformatics

More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31784-2 Type of publication Target groups Hardcover Contributed volume Research 2012. XIX, 377 p. 31 illus., 19 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-250-6 Type of publication $209.00 Encyclop(a)edia ISBN 978-3-642-31784-2 Hardcover 2013. XI, 312 p. 78 illus., 22 in color. (Methods in Molec- Due: February 28, 2013 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4419-0460-7 ular Biology, Vol. 964) 2012. XLVIII, 2030 p. 300 illus., 100 in color. Print + eRef- $139.00 erence. ISBN 978-1-62703-250-6 $1,350.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-1-4419-0462-1 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. springer.com Biomedicine 5

M. Pascual, Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Spain; J.V. Burnier, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, S. Lentzsch, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (Ed.) S. Roa, Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, Spain Canada; M.N. Burnier, Jr., McGill University Health Centre, Mon- treal, QC, Canada (Eds.) Genetic and Molecular Epigenetic Approaches to Allergy Epidemiology of Multiple Myeloma Research Experimental and Clinical Metastasis Multiple myeloma is a plasma cell malignancy char- In recent years, epigenetic approaches to existing sci- A Comprehensive Review acterized by complex heterogenous cytogenetic entific problems have offered many new and excit- abnormalities that accounts for 1.4% of all cancers, Metastatic disease is the most lethal aspect of human ing perspectives. This book focuses on epigenetic and approximately 10% of hematologic malignan- malignancies, making the understanding and con- approaches to study asthma and allergy research. cies. The clinical manifestations of multiple myeloma tinued research of the process of metastasis a cru- The authors briefly review cellular factors, immune include lytic bone lesions, cytopenia, hypercal- cial step in treating cancer. The proposed book, signaling, and inflammatory pathways in allergy and cemia, renal dysfunction, hyperviscosity of the blood, entitled “Experimental and Clinical Metastasis: A asthma, as well as genetic influences in the patho- immunodeficiency, and peripheral neuropathy. Comprehensive Review” aims to provide a clear and genesis of atopic disorders. Diseases that have been Based on the clinical and genetic data, probably all extensive review of the clinical and experimental clearly linked to an epigenetic dysregulation will be cases of multiple myeloma arise from an asympto- implications of metastatic disease. This work focuses discussed, as well as the role of epigenetics in the ori- matic monoclonal gammopathy of unknown signif- on recent contributions to the field of metastasis, gin of complex diseases. The authors will examine icance. The exact mechanism of the transition from and will highlight crucial findings in the molecu- the impact of environment factors in the predisposi- MGUS to overt multiple myeloma is still not well lar understanding of disseminated disease as well as tion to atopic disorders, and they will also describe understood. Recent oncogenomic studies have fur- standard and personalized medicine currently being the major unanswered[...] ther[...] investigated in the clinic. Topics will include, among Features many, gene properties of[...] Features In recent years, epigenetic approaches to existing sci- This state-of-the-art book is written by a group of Features entific problems have offered many new and excit- international experts to provide insight into the The primary cause of death related to cancers can ing perspectives. This book focuses on epigenetic newest breakthroughs from basic pathogenesis to be traced back to metastases, originated from cancer approaches to study asthma and allergy research. clinical aspects of multiple myeloma. The book pro- cells. The presence of metastatic disease, the spread The authors briefly review cellular factors, immune vides a comprehensive overview of the genetic and of cancer cells, is the most important prognostic and signaling, and inflammatory pathways in allergy and molecular epidemiology of multiple myeloma in survival factor in patients with cancer. Although asthma, as well as genetic influences in the pathogen- order to get a more refined and conclusive under- treatment of the primary tumor is well established esis of atopic disorders. Diseases that have been [..] standing of this disease. Areas, which are covered and usually results in local control, treating metasta- include the [..] Contents tic disease is a much more daunting task. At [..] Introduction.- Immune System and Atopic Disor- Contents Contents ders.- Epigenetics.- Epigenetics, Environment and Preface.- Genetics of Multiple Myeloma.- Gene Introduction.- Interactions of Normal Tissues and Allergic Diseases.- Conclusions and Future Perspec- expression signature in MGUS and multiple Systems with Metastatic Cells: Impact on Location, tives. myeloma.- Cap-Dependent Protein Translation Ini- Survival and Growth.- Introduction to Metastasis tiation in Multiple Myeloma: an Attractive Target Suppressor Genes.- Metastasis suppressor genes.- Fields of interest for Therapy.- IRES-dependent, CAP-independent Metastatic Dormancy & Metastatic Suppressor Human Genetics; Gene Expression; Allergology translation in Multiple Myeloma.- Epigenetic gene Genes.- Clinical Implications.- Growth Factor Sys- silencing as a new target for multiple myeloma.- Target groups tems and Cell Cycle Regulation.- Angiogenesis.- Role of Bone Disease in the Pathogenesis of Multiple Research Inflammatory mediators in Tumorigenesis and Myeloma.- Index. Metastasis.- Role of stroma in disease progression.- Type of publication Local spread.- Lymphatic – GI tract and Breast Can- Fields of interest Brief cer.- Hematogenous – Uveal Melanoma.- Other Cancer Research; Cell Biology; Human Genetics More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6365-8 methods.- Haematogenous Models of Metastases.- Spontaneous,[...] Target groups Softcover Research 2013. VIII, 64 p. 13 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Genetics) Fields of interest $49.95 Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology Type of publication ISBN 978-1-4614-6365-8 Contributed volume Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Target groups Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4659-0 Hardcover Type of publication 2013. VII, 125 p. 15 illus., 13 in color. Contributed volume $189.00 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3684-3 ISBN 978-1-4614-4659-0 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVI, 472 p. 65 illus., 51 in color. $209.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-3684-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 6 Biomedicine springer.com

I. Malyshev, Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry, W.S. El-Deiry, Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, PA, USA (Ed.) R. Küppers, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany (Ed.) Moscow, Russia Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Lymphoma Immunity, Tumors and Aging: The Therapy Role of HSP70 Methods and Protocols Lymphomas are lymphoid malignancies derived The topic of ‘Impact of genetic targets on cancer from B or T lymphocytes, and their study has been The book is dedicated to the topical area of biology therapy’ has reviews that each focuses on a specific and still is paradigmatic for many aspects of can- and medicine and the role of stress proteins HSP70 tumor type, review recent knowledge about mol- cer research. Lymphoma: Methods and Protocols in the regulation of intracellular protein homeostasis, ecular pathogenesis in general and especially as it presents and discusses key methods that are used in signaling transduction and cell protection. The book impacts response to therapy. The topic is aimed to lymphoma research, partly specific for lymphoma is divided into chapters, which describe the discov- provide a forum for publication of original peer- research but often adaptable to the study of other ery of HSP70 and its molecular structure, the mech- reviewed short communications, full-length research cancers. By covering a broad variety of methods used anism of the synthesis and function in normal and and review articles on new research findings and in lymphoma research, this book will be of inter- damaged cells, examine the role of HSP70 in immu- developments in cancer therapies. As the field is est not only for hematologists, hematopathologists, nity, cancerogenesis, aging, Alzheimer's disease and highly important it requires co-operation between and immunologists but also for scientists interested cardiac surgery. In this book, the author looks at research communities from all over the world to in other fields of cancer research as well as human HSP70 as a factor which prevents the transformation share their knowledge and experience in order to genetics. Written in the highly successful Methods in of homeostasis mechanisms of intracellular proteins build a comprehensive knowledge on genetic targets Molecular Biology™ series format,[...] into a link in the pathogenesis of a disease. on different cancer therapies. Each[...] Features Features Features Lymphomas are lymphoid malignancies derived The book is dedicated to the topical area of biology The topic of ‘Impact of genetic targets on cancer from B or T lymphocytes, and their study has been and medicine and the role of stress proteins HSP70 therapy’ has reviews that each focuses on a specific and still is paradigmatic for many aspects of can- in the regulation of intracellular protein homeostasis, tumor type, review recent knowledge about mol- cer research. Lymphoma: Methods and Protocols signaling transduction and cell protection. The book ecular pathogenesis in general and especially as it presents and discusses key methods that are used in is divided into chapters, which describe the discov- impacts response to therapy. The topic is aimed to lymphoma research, partly specific for lymphoma ery of HSP70 and its molecular structure, the mech- provide a forum for publication of original peer- research but often adaptable to the study of other anism of the synthesis and function in normal and reviewed short communications, full-length research cancers. By covering a broad variety of methods used damaged cells, examine the role of HSP70 in [..] and review articles on new research findings and [..] in [..] Contents Contents Contents Forward.- Introduction.- 1 A General Description Novel antineoplastics targeting genetic changes in Origin and Pathogenesis of B Cell Lymphomas.- of HSPs, The Molecular Structure of HSP70, The colorectal cancer.- Update on Clinical Trials: Genetic Flow Cytometry for Non-Hodgkin and Classical HSP70 Cycle.- 2 HSP70 Functions In Normal Cells.- Targets in Breast Cancer.- Impact of Genetic Tar- Hodgkin Lymphoma.- Laser-Based Microdissection 3 HSP70 IN A Damaged Cells.- 4 Mechanisms Of gets on Cancer Therapy in Esophagogastric Cancer.- of Single Cells from Tissue Sections and PCR Analy- Activation And Inactivation Of HSP70 Synthesis.- Impact of Genetic Targets on Cancer Therapy: Liver sis of Rearranged Immunoglobulin Genes from Iso- 5 HSP70 In The Immune Responses.- 6 HSP70 in Cancer.- Targeting the molecular phenotype of pan- lated Normal and Malignant Human B Cells.- PCR- Carcinogenesis.- 7 HSP70 In Aging.- 8 The Role Of creatic cancer toward the goal of patient-tailored Based Analysis of Rearranged Immunoglobulin or T- HSP70 in Protection of (a) The Brain In Alzheimer’s therapy.- Impact of genetic markers on treatment of Cell Receptor Genes by GeneScan Analysis or Het- Disease, and (b) The Heart.- Index. Non-small cell lung cancer.- Impact of Genetic Tar- eroduplex Analysis for Clonality Assessment in Lym- gets on Therapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell phoma Diagnostics.- Expression Cloning of Human Fields of interest Carcinoma.- Tyrosine Kinase Targeted Treatment of B Cell Immunoglobulins.- Studying the Replication Biomedicine (general); Immunology; Protein Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and[...] Science; Molecular Medicine; Cancer Research History of Human B Lymphocytes by Real-Time Fields of interest Quantitative (RQ)-PCR.-[...] Target groups Cancer Research; Human Genetics; Medical Micro- Fields of interest Research biology; Biomedicine (general) Cancer Research; Gene Expression Type of publication Target groups Target groups Brief Research Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5942-8 Type of publication Type of publication Softcover Contributed volume 2013. XI, 141 p. 48 illus., 46 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6175-3 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol. 6) More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-268-1 $49.95 Hardcover Hardcover ISBN 978-94-007-5942-8 2013. VIII, 446 p. 22 illus., 21 in color. (Advances in 2013. XI, 315 p. 46 illus., 24 in color. (Methods in Molec- Experimental Medicine and Biology, Vol. 779) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ular Biology, Vol. 971) $209.00 $139.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-6175-3 ISBN 978-1-62703-268-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Biomedicine 7

C. Has, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany; C. Sitaru, Univer- S. Lacey, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA; M. Upadhyaya, Cardiff University, UK; D.N. Cooper, Cardiff Univer- sitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany (Eds.) R. Lawson, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK (Eds.) sity, UK (Eds.)

Molecular Dermatology Multisensory Imagery Neurofibromatosis Type 1

Methods and Protocols Molecular and Cellular Biology Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona The sustained skin research efforts over the past Lisa’s hands is crossed over the other? What would Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), caused by muta- decades has led to the accumulation of a significant the Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass tional inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor collection of information on skin structure and phys- band? Although these are questions that appeal to gene, is one of the most common dominantly inher- iology as well as on the pathogenesis of cutaneous mental imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, ited human disorders, affecting 1 in 3000 individu- diseases. In Molecular Dermatology: Methods and mental imagery research has been dominated by als worldwide. This book presents in concise fashion, Protocols, leading experts in the field provide a col- visual imagery. With the emergence of a well-estab- but as comprehensively as possible, our current state lection of state-of-the-art reliable protocols cover- lished multisensory research community, however, of knowledge on the molecular genetics, molecu- ing a wide spectrum of techniques and experimental it is time to look at mental imagery in a wider sen- lar biology and cellular biology of this tumour pre- models, specific molecular assays and disease mod- sory context. Part I of this book provides overviews disposition syndrome. Written by internationally els, as well as overviews of diagnostic and research of unisensory imagery in each sensory modality, recognized experts in the field, the 44 chapters that areas relevant to molecular dermatology. As a vol- including motor imagery, together with discussions constitute this edited volume provide the reader with ume in the highly successful Methods in Molecular of multisensory and cross-modal interactions, synes- a broad overview of the clinical features of the dis- Biology™ series, chapters include introductions to thesia, imagery in the blind and following[...] ease, the structure and expression of the NF1 gene, their respective topics,[...] its germ line and somatic[...] Features Features Is a pear sweeter than a peach? Which of Mona Lisa’s Features The sustained skin research efforts over the past hands is crossed over the other? What would the Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), caused by muta- decades has led to the accumulation of a significant Moonlight Sonata sound like played by a brass band? tional inactivation of the NF1 tumour suppressor collection of information on skin structure and phys- Although these are questions that appeal to men- gene, is one of the most common dominantly inher- iology as well as on the pathogenesis of cutaneous tal imagery in a variety of sensory modalities, men- ited human disorders, affecting 1 in 3000 individu- diseases. In Molecular Dermatology: Methods and tal imagery research has been dominated by visual als worldwide. This book presents in concise fashion, Protocols, leading experts in the field provide a col- imagery. With the emergence of a well-established but as comprehensively as possible, our current state lection of state-of-the-art reliable protocols covering multisensory research community, however, it is of knowledge on the molecular genetics, molecular a wide spectrum of techniques and [..] time to [..] biology and cellular biology of this tumour [..]

Contents Contents Contents Molecular Dermatology Comes of Age.- Molecular Introduction.- Visual Mental Imagery.- Somes- From the Contents: von Recklinghausen disease.- Diagnosis of Autoimmune Blistering Diseases.- Mol- thetic Mental Imagery.- Auditory Aspects of Audi- Clinical diagnosis and atypical cases.- Management ecular Diagnosis of Genodermatoses.- Three-Dimen- tory Imagery.- Modulation by Sensory Experience and treatment of NF1: complex UK NF1 clinics.- sional Visualization of the Molecular Architecture and Comparison to Auditory Mental Imagery.- Mortality in NF1.- The cognitive profile of NF1 chil- of Cell-Cell Junctions In Situ by Cryo-Electron Motor and Kinesthetic Imagery.- Mental Imagery dren, therapeutic implications.- Clinical expression Tomography of Vitreous Sections.- 3D Visualization and Blindness.- Representing 3D Space in Work- of NF1 in monozygotic twins.- Whole body MRI of Epidermal Langerhans Cells.- In Vivo Imaging ing Memory: Spatial Images from Vision, Hearing, studies in NF1 patients.- Quality of Life in NF1.- of Lymph Node Lymphangiogenesis by Immuno- Touch, and Languag.- Crossmodal Mental Imagery.- NF1 gene: promoter, 3’UTR and complex features.- Positron Emission Tomography.- Optical Imaging Is Synesthesia a Form of Mental Imagery? .- Visual Germline mutational spectrum of NF1 and Geno- of HPV Infection in a Murine Model.- Laser Scan- Imagery in Haptic Shape Perception.- Auditory type-Phenotype Correlations.- Splicing mechanisms ning Microscopy Approach for Semiquantitation of Imagery Contains More Than Audition.- Visual and mutations in the NF1 gene.- NF1 Germline and In Vitro Dermal Particle Penetration.- Analysis of and Motor Mental Imagery after Brain Damage.- somatic mosaicism.- Deep intronic NF1 mutations Cutaneous[...] Imagery Questionnaires:[...] and[...]

Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Molecular Medicine; Endocrinology Neurosciences; Neurology; Cognitive Psychology Human Genetics; Cancer Research; Oncology; Mole- cular Medicine; Neurosciences Target groups Target groups Professional/practitioner Graduate Target groups Research Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-226-1 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5878-4 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32863-3 Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XII, 460 p. 84 illus., 59 in color. (Methods in Molec- 2013. X, 435 p. 35 illus., 14 in color. Hardcover ular Biology, Vol. 961) $209.00 2012. XVI, 717 p. 75 illus., 60 in color. $139.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-5878-4 $239.00 ISBN 978-1-62703-226-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-642-32863-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 8 Biomedicine springer.com

P.J. Quesenberry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA; J.J. S.T. Sonis, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; M.J. Richardson, M.A. Riley, K. Shockley (Eds.) Castillo, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, D.M. Keefe, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia (Eds.) Providence, RI, USA (Eds.) Progress in Motor Control Pathobiology of Cancer Regimen- Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Related Toxicities Neural, Computational and Dynamic Approaches Prognostic Factors and Targets This volume is the most recent installment of the Progress in Motor Control series. It contains contri- The contents of this book will be organized into This book will be the first that focuses on solely on butions based on presentations by invited speakers three sections. The first section defines the scope, model organisms for lymphoma. It's editors are at the Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting held impact and behaviour of cancer regimen-related tox- internationally recognized in the field. in Cincinnati, OH, USA in July, 2011. Progress in icities and frames the issue of balancing treatment Motor Control is the official scientific meeting of the Features success and physiological cost. In the second seg- International Society of Motor Control (ISMC). The Recent developments in the therapy of non-Hodgkin ment of the book, the most current thinking around Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting, and conse- lymphoma have improved response and survival the pathobiology of specific, common, and represen- quently this volume, provide a broad perspective on rates in patients with these conditions. This book is tative toxicities is presented by leading researchers the latest research on motor control in humans and focused on the biology, prognostic factors and novel and translational scientists. The final portion of the other species. targets of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. We believe that book discusses the common biological relationships understanding the pathophysiology of non-Hodgkin between toxicities, bioinformatical approaches to Features lymphoma provides a mean to improve its risk-strat- analysing key and common pathways, and strategies This volume is the most recent installment of the ification and treatment. This book is intended for for the development of effective interventions. Progress in Motor Control series. It contains contri- medical [..] butions based on presentations by invited speakers Features at the Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting held Contents Toxicities have been consistent undesirable com- in Cincinnati, OH, USA in July, 2011. Progress in Cancer Stem Cells: A Matter of Perspective.- B panions of every form of radiation and drug cancer Motor Control is the official scientific meeting of the and T-cell development.- HIV lymphomagenesis.- treatment regimens. In addition to the potential for International Society of Motor Control (ISMC). The Epstein-Barr Virus Lymphomagenesis and Thera- toxicities to devastate patients’ quality of life, they Progress in Motor Control VIII meeting, and [..] peutic Targets.- Antigen driven lymphomagenesis.- generate huge incremental financial costs, and sap Pre-clinical lymphoma models.- Prognostic factors patients’ ability to tolerate definitive cancer therapy. Contents in B-cell lymphoma.- Prognostic factors in T-cell And every new drug or biological has come with new Preface.- Model-based and model-free mechanisms lymphoma.- Prognostic factors in HIV-associated side effects. Historically, [..] of human motor learning.- The molecular basis of lymphoma.- Future directions on the treatment of experience-dependent motor system development.- Contents aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphoma.- New mono- Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Error-Based Motor Preface.-Epidemiology and outcomes of regi- clonal antibodies for indolent non-Hodgkin lym- Learning.- Plasticity in the motor network following men-related toxicities.- The biological basis for phomas.- Current therapies for T-cell lymphoma.- primary motor cortex lesion.- The mirror system in differences in normal tissue response to radiation Stem Cell Transplantation for lymphoma.- Autolo- monkeys and humans and its possible motor-based therapy and strategies to establish predictive assays gous stem cell[...] functions.- A molecular basis for intrinsic muscle for individual complication risk.- The bystander properties: Implications for motor control.- Theoret- Fields of interest effect: Ionizing radiation-induced non-targeted ical and methodological issues in serial correlation Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology effects: Evidence, mechanism and significance.- The analysis.- On the control of unstable objects: The role of genes on the metabolism of chemotherapeu- Dynamics of Human Stick Balancing.-[...] Target groups tic agents and their impact on toxicity.- Animal Research models of regimen-related toxicities.- Nausea and Fields of interest Vomiting.- Mucositis.- Dermatitis and Alopecia.- Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurology Type of publication Fibrosis.- Myelosuppression.- Neuropathy.-[...] Contributed volume Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5850-0 Fields of interest Research Cancer Research; Pharmacology / Toxicology Hardcover Type of publication 2013. 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K.S. Sastry, Emeritus Prof., Dept. of Virology, S.V. University, Tiru- P.M. Rabinovich, The Anlyan Center, Yale School of Medicine, M.G. Katze, University of Washington at Seattle, WA, USA (Ed.) pathi-517502, AP, India New Haven, CT, USA (Ed.) Systems Biology Seed-borne plant virus diseases Synthetic Messenger RNA and Cell

Metabolism Modulation First, systems biology is an inter-disciplinary Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating Methods and Protocols approach, requiring the combined talents of biol- plant virus and viroid diseases. The success of mod- ogists, mathematicians, and computer scientists. ern agriculture depends on pathogen free seed with Synthetic mRNA is an attractive tool for mam- Second, systems biology is holistic, with the goal of high yielding character and in turn disease manage- malian cell reprogramming that can be used in basic obtaining a comprehensive understanding of the ment. There is a serious scientific concern about the research, as well as in clinical applications. Present workings of biological systems. This is achieved transmission of plant viruses sexually through seed mRNA in vitro synthesis is a rather simple proce- through the acquisition of massive amounts of data and asexually through plant propagules. The present dure, which delivers a high yield of quality product. by high-throughput technologies—oligonucleotide book provides the latest information along with the Various modifications may be introduced into the microarrays, mass spectrometry, and next-gen- total list of seed transmitted virus and viroid diseases mRNA by changing the sequence of the DNA tem- eration sequencing—and the analysis of this data at global level including, the yield losses, diagnostic plate, by modifying the reaction of transcription, or through sophisticated mathematical algorithms. techniques, mechanism of seed transmission, epi- by post-transcriptional modification. mRNA, as a It is perhaps the use of mathematics, to integrate demiology and virus disease management aspects. transfection agent, has several advantages over DNA, abundant and diverse types of data and to generate Additional information is also provided on the trans- as mRNA expression is not dependent on nuclear models of interconnected molecular networks, that mission of plant[...] entry and occurs directly in the cytosol. Synthetic best[...] Messenger RNA and Cell Metabolism Modulation: Features Methods and Protocols covers the typical[...] Features Seeds provide an efficient means in disseminating In this volume, a wide-ranging series of reviews plant virus and viroid diseases. The success of mod- Features reveal how systems biology—a holistic and inter- ern agriculture depends on pathogen free seed with Synthetic mRNA is an attractive tool for mam- disciplinary approach requiring the combined tal- high yielding character and in turn disease manage- malian cell reprogramming that can be used in basic ents of biologists, mathematicians, and computer ment. There is a serious scientific concern about the research, as well as in clinical applications. Present scientists—is changing the face of infectious dis- transmission of plant viruses sexually through seed mRNA in vitro synthesis is a rather simple proce- ease research. Leading experts discuss how the use and asexually through plant propagules. The present dure, which delivers a high yield of quality product. of high-throughput and computational approaches book provides the latest information along with [..] Various modifications may be introduced into the are generating exciting—and often unexpected—new mRNA by changing the sequence of the DNA tem- insights into the [..] Contents plate, by modifying the reaction of transcription, or Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Identification by [..] Contents and Taxonomic Groups.- Chapter 3: Economic Sig- Introduction.- Editorial.- System approaches to dis- nificance of Seed Borne Virus Disease.- Chapter Contents secting Immunity.- Integrative omics and model- 4: Virus Transmission.- Chapter 5: Mechanism of Cell Engineering with Synthetic Messenger RNA.- ing of pathogenic Samonellae and Yersiniae.- The Seed Transmission.- Chapter 6: Detection of Viruses In vitro Transcription of Long RNA Containing role and contribution of system biology to the non- in Seeds.- Chapter 7: Vegetative Propagative Plant Modified Nucleosides.- HPLC Purification of in human primate model of influenza pathogenesis and Materials and Their Certification Schemes. vitro Transcribed Long RNA.- Synthetic mRNAs vaccinology.- Host-pathogen genome politics and with Superior Translation and Stability Properties.- policies.- The TB regulatory network.- Proteomic Fields of interest Non-Viral, Cationic Lipid-Mediated Delivery of network understanding of immune cell signal- Virology; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences mRNA.- Light-Induced mRNA Transfection.- Engi- ing and cell-cell communication via data-driven modeling.- Systems vaccinology.- Correlates of vac- Target groups neering B Cells with mRNA.- Programming Human cine and natural mediated immune protection in Research Dendritic Cells with mRNA.- Large Volume Flow Electroporation of mRNA: Clinical Scale Process.- HIV infection.- System biology approach for new Type of publication Retrovirus-Based mRNA Transfer for Transient Cell target and[...] Monograph Manipulation.- mRNA Delivery to Human Dendritic Cells by Recombinant.-[...] Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0812-9 Biomedicine (general); Medical Microbiology; Hardcover Fields of interest Immunology; Vaccine 2013. XVIII, 329 p. 8 illus. in color. Human Genetics Target groups $209.00 Research ISBN 978-81-322-0812-9 Target groups Professional/practitioner Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33098-8 More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-259-9 Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XX, 263 p. 49 illus., 42 in color. (Current Topics in 2013. XI, 324 p. 49 illus., 18 in color. (Methods in Molec- Microbiology and Immunology, Vol. 363) ular Biology, Vol. 969) $189.00 $139.00 ISBN 978-3-642-33098-8 ISBN 978-1-62703-259-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 10 Chemistry springer.com

R. Dermietzel, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Ed.) M. Bennett, Brain & Mind Research Institute, Camperdown, NSW, Australia Chemistry The Cytoskeleton Virginia Woolf and Neuropsychiatry Imaging, Isolation, and Interaction P.L.H. McSweeney, University College Cork, Ireland; P.F. Fox, Uni- versity College Cork, Ireland (Eds.) The cerebral cytoskeleton, considered to be the This book, written by one of the leaders in the field working horse in brain tissues, becomes particularly of the neurosciences, will give an explanation of the Advanced Dairy Chemistry important when degenerative diseases of the nervous symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one of system are considered. The Cytoskeleton: Imaging, literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The Volume 1A: Proteins: Basic Aspects, 4th Edition Isolation, and Interaction assembles chapters on gen- sources used are letters and statements from Woolf eral aspects of the cytoskeleton, which are helpful for herself, the literature she wrote and comments, let- Professor Fox’s multi-volume Advanced Dairy polishing knowledge of the cytoskeleton in a brief ters and any other documentation that referred to Chemistry set was first published in four volumes and informative way, and these pieces are flanked by her mental state and her medical status. The author in the early 1980s. A second edition came out in the a collection of detailed protocols on diverse emerg- will use current insight into depression, the men- early 1990s, and an updated third edition was pub- ing techniques including in vivo and in vitro imag- tal consequences of child abuse and drug interac- lished a decade later. The set is the leading major ing of the cytoskeleton at work as well as proteomics tions/effects to illustrate this case study. The book reference on dairy chemistry, providing in-depth methodologies addressing preparative strategies for should appeal to researchers in the neurosciences, coverage of milk proteins, lipids, and lactose. The the isolation of cytoskeletal components of the cen- psychology and psychiatry as well as to a broader editors propose beginning the revision cycle again, tral nervous[...] audience, mainly individuals[...] with a revised first volume on proteins, to be divided and published separately as Volume 1A - Proteins: Features Features Basics Aspects, and Volume 1B – Applied Aspects. The cerebral cytoskeleton, considered to be the This book, written by one of the leaders in the field Fox and his co-editor, Paul McSweeney, have created working horse in brain tissues, becomes particularly of the neurosciences, provides an explanation of an extensively revised the Table of Contents for Vol- important when degenerative diseases of the nervous the symptoms and eventual untimely suicide of one ume 1A, which details the novel[...] system are considered. The Cytoskeleton: Imaging, of literatures greatest authors; Virginia Woolf. The Isolation, and Interaction assembles chapters on gen- sources used are letters and statements from Woolf Features eral aspects of the cytoskeleton, which are helpful for herself, the literature she wrote and comments, let- The chemistry and physico-chemical properties of polishing knowledge of the cytoskeleton in a brief ters and any other documentation that refers to her milk proteins is perhaps the largest and most rapidly and informative way, and these pieces [..] mental state and her medical status. The author [..] evolving major area in dairy chemistry. Advanced Dairy Chemistry-1A; Proteins: Basic Aspects cov- Contents Contents ers the fundamental chemistry of dairy proteins, the Fluorescence Proteins and Time-Lapse Imaging of 1. Sexual Abuse, Literary Genius and a Mind gone most commercially valuable constituents of milk. the Cytoskeleton.- Visualizing In Vitro Traffick- Awry. - 2. The Development of Early 20th century This fourth edition includes all chapters in the third ing.- Interaction of the Glycocalyx with the Actin Psychiatry and its Failure. - 3. Freud, the Subcon- edition on basic aspects of dairy proteins [..] Cytoskeleton.- Cytoskeleton Dynamics and Bind- scious and Virginia Woolf. - 4. Virginia Woolf’s ing Factors.- Principles of Proteomic Approaches to Suicide. - 5. Brain Networks, Hormones and Genes Contents the Cytoskeleton.- Analyzing the Cytoskeletal Tran- implicated in Depression. - 6. The Pathology of 1. Origin and evolution of the major constituents scriptome: Sex Differences in Rat Hypothalamus.- Synapses in Brain Networks implicated in Depres- of milk.- 2. Milk Proteins: Introduction and histori- Proteomic Approaches for the Study of Electrical sion. - 7. On the Mechanism of Action of an Anti- cal aspects.- 3. Quantitation of proteins in milk and Synapses and Associated Protein-Interaction Com- Depressant. - 8. On the Identification of Drugs Mod- milk products.- 4. Chemstry of Caseins.- 5. Higher plexes.- The Cytoskeleton as a Pharmacological Tar- ulating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Depression. - 9. order structures of the caseins: a paradox.- 6. Casein get in Neurodegenerative Diseases.- Neurofilaments: Brain Networks in Psychosis. - 10. The Mind, Mental micelle structure, functions and interactions.- 7. b- Properties, Functions, and Regulation.- From an Illness and the Stream of Consciousness. Lactoglobulin.- 8. a-Lactalbumin.- 9. Immunoglob- Axon[...] ulins in mammary secretions.- 10. Lactoferrin.- 11. Fields of interest Minor proteins, Including Growth Factors.- 12. Fields of interest Biomedicine (general); Neurosciences; Neurobiol- Indigenous enzymes of milk.- 13. Interspecies com- Neurosciences; Neurobiology ogy; Psychiatry; Popular Science in Medicine and parison of milk proteins.- 14. Genetics and Biosyn- Health; Psychoanalysis thesis of milk proteins.- 15.[...] Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Fields of interest Popular/general Food Science; Protein Science; Microbiology Type of publication Contributed volume Type of publication Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-265-0 Monograph Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5747-9 Hardcover Type of publication 2013. XIV, 359 p. 52 illus., 31 in color. (Neuromethods, Hardcover Contributed volume Vol. 79) 2013. XVIII, 214 p. 35 illus., 10 in color. $139.00 $49.95 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4713-9 ISBN 978-1-62703-265-0 ISBN 978-94-007-5747-9 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVII, 548 p. 113 illus., 40 in color. $229.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-4713-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Chemistry 11

M.V. Putz, West University of Timisoara, Romania; D.M.P. Mingos, C. Hill, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; D.G. Musaev, Emory T. Inokuma, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA University of Oxford, UK (Eds.) University, Atlanta, GA, USA (Eds.) Development of Novel Hydrogen- Applications of Density Functional Complexity in Chemistry and Bond Donor Catalysts Theory to Chemical Reactivity Beyond: Interplay Theory and

Experiment This work describes novel, effective hydrogen-bond The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical New and Old Aspects of Complexity in Modern Research (HB) donor catalysts based on a known bifunctional reviews on topics of research concerned with chem- tertiary amine-thiourea, a privileged structure, which ical structure and bonding. The scope of the series Complexity occurs in biological and synthetic sys- has been proven to be one of the most widely used spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses struc- tems alike. This general phenomenon has been organocatalysts. These HB donor catalysts derived ture and bonding issues associated with all of the addressed in recent publications by investigators in from quinazoline and benzothiadiazine were ini- elements. It also focuses attention on new and devel- disciplines ranging from chemistry and biology to tially synthesized as novel HB donors with their oping areas of modern structural and theoretical psychology and philosophy. Studies of complexity HB-donating abilities being measured by analytical chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular elec- for molecular scientists have focussed on breaking methods. They were found to be effective for a vari- tronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal symmetry, dissipative processes, and emergence. ety of asymmetric transformations including Michael clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and Investigators in the social and medical sciences reactions of a, b-unsaturated imides and hydraz- spectroscopic techniques used to determine, exam- have focused on neurophenomenology, cognitive ination reactions of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. ine and model structures fall within the purview of approaches and self-consciousness. Complexity in Thiourea catalysts that have an additional functional Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is both structure and function is inherent in many sci- group are also described. Specifically,[...] on the scientific results[...] entific disciplines of current significance and also in technologies of current importance that are rapidly Features Features evolving to address global societal[...] This work describes novel, effective hydrogen-bond Mihai V. Putz Density Functional Theory of Bose- (HB) donor catalysts based on a known bifunctional Einstein Condensation: Road to Chemical Bonding Features tertiary amine-thiourea, a privileged structure, which Quantum CondensateRoman F. Nalewajski Infor- Complexity occurs in biological and synthetic sys- has been proven to be one of the most widely used mation Theory Insights into Molecular Electronic tems alike. This general phenomenon has been organocatalysts. These HB donor catalysts derived Structure and ReactivityGeorge Maroulis Apply- addressed in recent publications by investigators in from quinazoline and benzothiadiazine were ini- ing Conventional Ab Initio and Density Functional disciplines ranging from chemistry and biology to tially synthesized as novel HB donors with their HB- Theory Approaches to Electric Property Calcula- psychology and philosophy. Studies of complexity donating abilities being measured by analytical [..] tions. Quantitative Aspects and [..] for molecular scientists have focussed on breaking symmetry, dissipative processes, and emergence. Contents Contents Investigators in the social and medical sciences have Introduction.- Development of HB donor catalysts.- From the Contents: Density Functional Theory of focused [..] Development and properties of novel HB donor cat- Bose-Einstein Condensation: Road to Chemical alysts.- Asymmetric Michael addition to alpha,beta- Bonding Quantum Condensate - Information The- Contents unsaturated imides catalyzed by HB donors.- Asym- ory Insights into Molecular Electronic Structure and Challenges of Complexity in Chemistry and Beyond; metric Hydrazination of activated methylene com- Reactivity - Applying Conventional Ab Initio and K. Mainzer.-Emergence, breaking symmetry and pounds catalyzed by HB donors.- Development of Density Functional Theory Approaches to Electric neurophenomenology as pillars of chemical tenets; hydroxy thiourea catalysts.- Asymmetric Michael Property Calculations. Quantitative Aspects and Per- A. Dei.- Complexity in Molecular Magnetism; D. addition of gamma-hydroxyenones and alkenyl- spectives - Descriptors as Probes for Inter-Molecular Gatteschi.-Rational Design of Single-Molecule boronic acids.- Asymmetric Petasis Reaction of N- Interactions and External Perturbation - Application Magnets; T.Glaser.- Emergence in Inorganic Poly- aryl-alpha-iminoamides and Alkenylboronates.- of Reactivity Indices Within Density Functional The- oxometalate Cluster Systems: From Dissipative Conclusion. ory to Rationale Chemical Interactions Dynamics to Artificial Life; L. Cronin.-.The Amaz- ingly Complex Behaviour of Molybdenum Blue Fields of interest Fields of interest Solutions; E. Diemann and A. Müller.-Encapsu- Organic Chemistry; Medicinal Chemistry; Catalysis Inorganic Chemistry lated Water Molecules in Polyoxometalates. Insights Target groups from Molecular Dynamics; P. Miró and C. 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J.C.A. Boeyens, University of Pretoria, South Africa; P. Comba, H. King, Fayetteville, GA USA F.-M. Matysik, University of Regensburg, Germany; J. Wegener, Universität Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) University of Regensburg, Germany (Eds.) Food Safety Management Electronic Structure and Number Frontiers of Bioanalytical Chemistry Implementing a Food Safety Program in a Food Retail Busi- Theory ness Selected Contributions from Bioanalytical Reviews

Bohr’s Boldest Dream The goal of this book is to show how to build and Here, renowned researchers in bioanalysis present manage a food safety department that is tasked with in-depth reviews of recent trends in the field. Cov- The series Structure and Bonding publishes critical ensuring food safety within a food retail business. erage includes topics such as aptamers, bioelectro- reviews on topics of research concerned with chem- The experiences of the author as the head of Food analysis, nanoparticles, quantitative NMR, mass ical structure and bonding. The scope of the series and Product Safety at Chick-fil-A will be used as the spectrometry, immunosensors and -assays, or chiral spans the entire Periodic Table and addresses struc- model. Specifically, the book will discuss the spe- electromigration techniques. Originally published in ture and bonding issues associated with all of the cific components of a food safety program, the tac- the journal Bioanalytical Reviews, these outstanding elements. It also focuses attention on new and devel- tics needed to establish these components (forming contributions are now available in a hardcover print oping areas of modern structural and theoretical the majority of the chapters), how to measure the format. This volume benefits in particular those chemistry such as nanostructures, molecular elec- success of each component, and how to influence research groups and libraries that have chosen to tronics, designed molecular solids, surfaces, metal the organization to ensure resources to support the have only electronic access to the journal. It also pro- clusters and supramolecular structures. Physical and program. The book will also focus on how to choose vides valuable content for all researchers in bioana- spectroscopic techniques used to determine, exam- and work with the appropriate partners, validate the lytical science. ine and model structures fall within the purview of value to the business, and[...] Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is Features on the scientific results[...] Features Here, renowned researchers in bioanalysis present Food Safety Management is intended for retail food in-depth reviews of recent trends in the field. Cov- Features safety professionals and business leaders tasked to erage includes topics such as aptamers, bioelectro- J.C.A. Boeyens and P. Comba Chemistry by build and manage food safety programs, as well analysis, nanoparticles, quantitative NMR, mass Number TheoryJ.C.A. Boeyens as regulatory professionals, academic researchers, spectrometry, immunosensors and -assays, or chiral Chemistry in Four DimensionsC.J.H. including students of food science, and other food electromigration techniques. Originally published in Schutte Is the Rydberg-Ritz relation- industry professionals who work to ensure the safety the journal Bioanalytical Reviews, these outstanding ship valid?J.C.A. Boeyens Cal- of food along the supply chain.This book will help contributions are now available in a hardcover print culation of Atomic Structure J.C.A. the reader to:Develop and [..] [..] Boeyens Covalent [..] Contents Contents Contents Introduction.- The Food Safety Management Analysis of endogenous D-amino acid –containing Chemistry by Number Theory.- Chemistry in Four Team.- The Food Safety Management Program.- peptides in Metazoa.- Toxin immunosensors and Dimensions.- Is the Rydberg-Ritz relationship Systems.- Education and Training.- Facilities and sensor arrays for food quality control.- Surface plas- valid?.- Calculation of Atomic Structure.- Covalent Capabilities.- Execution and Verification.- Gap mon resonance sensors in cell biology: basics and Interaction.- Molecular Shape.- All is Number. Analysis.- Influence and Resources.- Partnerships application.- Electrochemical aptamer-based sen- Fields of interest with Public Health Officials.- Index. sors.- Analytical potential of gold nanoparticles in Inorganic Chemistry; Math. 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G. Hommel (Ed.) H.K. Biesalski, University Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany G. Hommel (Ed.)

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H.D. Goff, R.W. Hartel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI USA A. Zeinolebadi, University of Hamburg, Germany M. Guo, Imperial College, London, UK

Ice Cream In-situ Small-Angle X-ray Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Scattering Investigation of Light-Weight Eco-composites Ice Cream, 7th Edition focuses on the science and Transient Nanostructure of Multi- technology of frozen dessert production and qual- Miao Guo's PhD thesis provides scientific insights ity. It explores the entire scope of the ice cream and phase Polymer Materials Under into the environmental issues related to biocom- frozen dessert industry, from the chemical, physical, Mechanical Deformation posites based on starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) engineering and biological principles of the produc- blends. The author contributes significantly to the tion process to the distribution of the finished prod- methodological issues underlying the Life Cycle uct. It is intended for industry personnel from large The results in this dissertation set the ground to Assessment (LCA) modelling approach. As well to small scale processors and suppliers to the indus- answer a fundamental question in data-driven poly- as presenting complete LCA inventories using pri- try and for teachers and students in dairy or food sci- mer material science: "Why don't prepared com- mary data from a variety of sources, Guo devel- ence or related disciplines. While it is technical in posites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A ops a new modelling approach incorporating the scope, it also covers much practical knowledge useful simultaneous analysis of mechanical testing and process-oriented biogeochemistry model Denitrifica- to anyone with an interest in frozen dessert produc- small angle X-Ray scattering from the DESY source tion-Decomposition (DNDC) into site-specific LCA tion. World-wide production and consumption data, in Hamburg has been applied to approach this ques- studies to simulate carbon and nitrogen dynamics global[...] tion, which is also central to the European research project "Nanotough", and the results are clearly pre- in the wheat agro-ecosystem. This thesis addresses Features sented in this book. The evolution of the materials important LCA data quality issues by using compre- Ice Cream, 7th Edition focuses on the science and structure is visualized and quantitatively analyzed hensive[...] technology of frozen dessert production and qual- from exhaustive sequences of scattering images. Features ity. It explores the entire scope of the ice cream and Three different classes of polymer composites are Miao Guo's PhD thesis provides scientific insights frozen dessert industry, from the chemical, physical, presented as typical and illustrative[...] into the environmental issues related to biocom- engineering and biological principles of the produc- posites based on starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) tion process to the distribution of the finished prod- Features blends. The author contributes significantly to the uct. It is intended for industry personnel from large The results in this dissertation set the ground to methodological issues underlying the Life Cycle to small scale processors and [..] answer a fundamental question in data-driven poly- mer material science: "Why don't prepared com- Assessment (LCA) modelling approach. As well as Contents posites show less fatigue than the pure plastics?" A presenting complete LCA inventories using primary The Ice Cream Industry.- Composition and simultaneous analysis of mechanical testing and data from a variety of sources, Guo develops a new Formulations.- Mix Ingredients.- Flavoring and small angle X-Ray scattering from the DESY source modelling [..] Coloring Materials.- Mix Processing and Proper- in Hamburg has been applied to approach this ques- Contents ties.- Calculation of Ice Cream Mixes.- Freezing and tion, which is also central to the European research Materials and Methods.- LCA of Wheat Agro-Eco- Refrigeration.- Soft-Frozen Dairy Desserts.- Novelty project [..] Systems.- LCA Case Studies of Starch-Based Foam.- Products and Ice Cream Cakes.- Packaging, Hard- End of Life Scenarios.- LCA of WBF Products Over ening and Shipping.- Ice Cream Structure.- Shelf- Contents Whole Life Cycles.- Sensitivity and Uncertainty Life.- Cleaning and Sanitizing for Microbio- Introduction.- Experimental Part.- Data Evaluation.- Analysis. logical Quality and Safety.- Analyzing Frozen Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers Under Uniaxial Deformation.- Polypropylene/Montmo- Desserts.- Formulations for Specialty Products.- Fields of interest rillonite Nanocomposites: Continuous Stretching Index. 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WangChemoprevention of porated into medical diagnostic systems due to the with novel spectroscopic approaches are presented Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma with Berri- inherent advantages of miniaturization. In Microflu- in this thesis. Following a general introduction on esC. S. Yang N. SuhCancer Prevention by Different idic Diagnostics: Methods in Molecular Biology, the chemistry of water and water clusters, detailed Forms of TocopherolsI. Almazari Y.-J. SurhCancer researchers in the field detail methods and protocols descriptions of the experiments and analyses are Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Potential of Gug- covering subjects such as microfluidic device fabrica- given. All the experimental results, including first gulsteroneA. H. ConneyY.-R. LouP. NghiemJ. J. tion, on-chip sample preparation, diagnostic applica- size-selective spectra of large clusters consisting of BernardG. C. Wagner Y.-P. LuInhibition of UVB- tions and detection methodologies. The [..] 200 water molecules, are presented with [..] Induced [..] Contents Contents Contents Present Technology and Future Trends in Point of General Introduction.- Infrared spectroscopy of Chemoprevention of Esophageal Squamous Cell Care Microfluidic Diagnostics.-Teaching Microflu- chromophore-labeled water clusters phenol-(H2O)n Carcinoma with Berries, by Gary D. Stoner and Li- idic Diagnostics Using Jell-O® Chips.-Fundamen- (n < ~50).- Infrared pectroscopy of large protonated Shu WangChemoprevention of Esophageal Squa- tals of Microfluidics for High School Students with water clusters H+(H2O)n (n ≤ 221).- Tuning of the mous Cell Carcinoma with Berries, by Gary D. no Prior Knowledge of Fluid Mechanics.-Measur- Internal Energy and Isomer Distribution in Proto- Stoner and Li-Shu Wang.- Cancer Prevention by Dif- ing Microchannel Electroosmotic Mobility and nated Water Clusters H+(H2O)n (n ≤ 50): Towards ferent Forms of Tocopherols, by Chung S. 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J. Filipe, INSTICC and Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal; A. A. Bar-Noy, City University of New York, NY, USA; M.M. Halldors- J. Floyd Kelly, H. Timmis Fred, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (Eds.) son, Reykjavik University, Iceland (Eds.) Arduino Adventures Agents and Artificial Intelligence Algorithms for Sensor Systems Escape from Gemini Station Third International Conference, ICAART 2011, Rome, Italy, Jan- 8th International Symposium on Algorithms for Sensor Sys- uary 28-30, 2011. Revised Selected Papers tems, Wireless Ad Hoc Networks and Autonomous Mobile Arduino Adventures: Escape from Gemini Station Entities, ALGOSENSORS 2012, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September provides a fun introduction to the Arduino micro- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- 13-14, 2012. Revised Selected Papers controller by putting you (the reader) into the action conference proceedings of the Third International of a science fiction adventure story. 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F. Dignum, Utrecht University, The Netherlands; C. Brom, Charles A. Villavicencio, T. Poibeau, A. Korhonen, A. Alishahi (Eds.) H.-W. Shen, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Acad- University, Prague, Czech Republic; K.V. Hindriks, Delft University emy of Sciences, Beijing, China of Technology, The Netherlands; M. Beer, Sheffield Hallam Uni- versity, UK; D. Richards, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Aus- Cognitive Aspects of Computational tralia (Eds.) Language Acquisition Community Structure of Complex Networks Cognitive Agents for Virtual Questions related to language acquisition have Environments been of interest for many centuries, as children Community structure is a salient structural charac- seem to acquire a sophisticated capacity for pro- teristic of many real-world networks. Communities First International Workshop, CAVE 2012, Held at AAMAS are generally hierarchical, overlapping, multi-scale 2012, Valencia, Spain, June 4, 2012, Revised Selected Papers cessing language with apparent ease, in the face of ambiguity, noise and uncertainty. However, with and coexist with other types of structural regularities This book constitutes the refereed post-proceed- recent advances in technology and cognitive-related of networks. This poses major challenges for conven- ings of the First International Workshop on Cogni- research it is now possible to conduct large-scale tional methods of community detection. This book tive Agents for Virtual Environments, CAVE 2012, computational investigations of these issuesThe book will comprehensively introduce the latest advances held at AAMAS 2012, in Valencia, Spain, in June discusses some of the latest theoretical and practi- in community detection, especially the detection 2012. 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In addi- computational investigations of these issues.The will comprehensively introduce the latest advances in tion one invited high quality contribution has been book [..] community detection, especially the detection of [..] included. The papers are organized in the following Contents topical [..] Contents Language Learning.- T.Poibeau, A.Villavicencio, Community structure: An Introduction.- Detecting Contents A.Korhonen and A.Alishahi.- Part I Methods and the overlapping and hierarchical community struc- Coupling Agents and Game Engines.- HLA Proxy: Tools for Investigating Phonetics and Phonology.- ture in networks.- Multiscale community detection Towards Connecting Agents to Virtual Environ- Phon: A Computational Basis for Phonological Data- in networks with heterogeneous degree distribu- ments by Means of High Level Architecture (HLA.- base Building and Model Testing. Y.Rose, G. J. 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S. Tominaga, Chiba University, Japan; R. Schettini, Università W. Xu, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, G. CSURKA, Xerox Research Centre Europe, Meylan, France; M. degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy; A. Trémeau, Univer- China; L. Xiao, National University of Defense Technology, Kraus, Aalborg University, Denmark; L. Mestetskiy, Moscow State sité Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France (Eds.) Changsha, China; P. Lu, National University of Defense Tech- University, Russia; P. Richard, University of Angers, France; J. Braz, nology, Changsha, China; J. Li, National University of Defense Escola Superior de Tecnologia do IPS, Setubal, Portugal (Eds.) Technology, Changsha, China; C. Zhang, National University of Computational Color Imaging Defense Technology, Changsha, China (Eds.) Computer Vision, Imaging and 4th International Workshop, CCIW 2013, Chiba, Japan, March 3-5, 2013. Proceedings Computer Engineering and Computer Graphics - Theory and Applications This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Technology the 4th Computational Color Imaging Workshop, 16th National Conference, NCCET 2012, Shanghai, China, International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, Vilamoura, CCIW 2013, held in Chiba, Japan, in March 2013. August 17-19, 2012, Revised Selected Papers Portugal, March 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers The 21 revised full papers, presented together with 4 invited papers, were carefully reviewed and selected This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of from numerous submissions. The papers are orga- 16th National Conference on Computer Engineer- the International Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, nized in topical sections on color image perception; ing and Technology, NCCET 2012, held in Shanghai, the Joint Conference on Computer Vision, The- color combination; multi-spectral image analysis and China, in August 2012. The 27 papers presented were ory and Applications (VISAPP), on Imaging The- rendering; color image detection and classification; carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submis- ory and Applications (IMAGAPP), on Computer color image features; and color image filtering and sions. They are organized in topical sections named: Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), and on enhancement. microprocessor and implementation; design of inte- Information Visualization Theory and Applications gration circuit; I/O interconnect; and measurement, (IVAPP), held in Vilamoura, Portugal, in March Features verification, and others. 2011. The 15 revised full papers presented together This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and the 4th Computational Color Imaging Workshop, Features selected. The papers are organized in topical sections CCIW 2013, held in Chiba, Japan, in March 2013. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the on computer graphics theory and applications; imag- The 21 revised full papers, presented together with 4 16th National Conference on Computer Engineer- ing theory and applications; information visualiza- invited papers, were carefully reviewed and selected ing and Technology, NCCET 2012, held in Shanghai, tion theory and applications; and computer vision from numerous submissions. The papers are orga- China, in August 2012. The 27 papers presented were theory and[...] nized in topical sections on color image perception; carefully reviewed and selected from 108 submis- color combination; multi-spectral image analysis and sions. They are organized in topical sections named: Features rendering; [..] microprocessor and implementation; design of inte- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of gration circuit; I/O interconnect; and measurement, the International Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, Contents [..] the Joint Conference on Computer Vision, The- Color image perception.- Color combination.- ory and Applications (VISAPP), on Imaging The- Multi-spectral image analysis and rendering.- Color Contents ory and Applications (IMAGAPP), on Computer image detection and classification.- Color image fea- Session 1: Microprocessor and Implementation.- A Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP), and on tures.- Color image filtering and enhancement. Method of Balancing the Global Multi-mode Clock Information Visualization Theory and Applications Network in Ultra-large Scale CPU.- Hardware Archi- (IVAPP), held in Vilamoura, Portugal, in March Fields of interest tecture for the Parallel Generation of Long-Period 2011. The 15 revised full papers [..] Image Processing and Computer Vision; Computer Random Numbers Using MT Method.- MGTE: A Graphics; Pattern Recognition Multi-level Hybrid Verification Platform for a 16- Contents Core Processer.- An Efficient Parallel SURF Algo- Computer graphics.- Imaging.- Information visual- Target groups rithm for Multi-core Processor.- A Study of Cache ization.- Computer vision. Research Design in Stream Processor.- Design and Implemen- Fields of interest tation of Dynamically Reconfigurable Token Coher- Type of publication Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and ence Protocol for Many-Core Processor.- Dynamic Proceedings Graphics; Image Processing and Computer Vision; and Online Task Scheduling Algorithm Based on Computer Graphics; Pattern Recognition; Algorithm More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36699-4 Virtual Compute[...] Analysis and Problem Complexity; Computer Appli- Softcover Fields of interest cations 2013. XII, 335 p. 207 illus. 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H.D. Pfeiffer, Akamai Physics, Las Cruces, NM, USA; D. Ignatov, R.L.F. Cordeiro, University of São Paulo, Brazil; C. Faloutsos, R. Di Pietro, University of Rome, Italy; J. Herranz, Universitat National Research University, Moscow, Russia; J. Poelmans, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; C. Traina Júnior, Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain; E. Damiani, University Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium; G. Nagarjuna, Tata University of São Paulo, Brazil of Milan, Italy; R. State, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (Eds.) (Eds.) Data Mining in Large Sets of Conceptual Structures for Complex Data Data Privacy Management and Discovering Knowledge Autonomous Spontaneous Security

20th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS The amount and the complexity of the data gathered 7th International Workshop, DPM 2012, and 5th International 2013, Mumbay, India, January 10-12, 2013, Proceedings by current enterprises are increasing at an exponen- Workshop, SETOP 2012, Pisa, Italy, September 13-14, 2012. tial rate. Consequently, the analysis of Big Data is Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th nowadays a central challenge in Computer Science, International Conference on Conceptual Structures, This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint especially for complex data. For example, given a ICCS 2013, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. post proceedings of two international workshops, satellite image database containing tens of Terabytes, The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed the 7th International Workshop on Data Privacy how can we find regions aiming at identifying native and selected from 43 submissions for inclusion in the Management, DPM 2012, and the 5th International rainforests, deforestation or reforestation? Can it be book. The volume also contains 3 invited talks. ICCS Workshop on Autonomous and Spontaneous Secu- made automatically? Based on the work discussed in focuses on the useful representation and analysis of rity, SETOP 2012, held in Pisa, Italy, in September this book, the answers to both questions are a sound conceptual knowledge with research and business 2012. The volume contains 13 full papers selected “yes”, and the results can be obtained in just minutes. applications. It advances the theory and practice in out of 31 submissions and 3 keynote lectures from In fact, results that used to require days or weeks connecting the user's conceptual approach to prob- the DPM workshop and 10 papers selected among of hard work from human specialists can now be lem solving with the formal structures that computer numerous submissions from the SETOP workshop. obtained in[...] applications need to bring their productivity to bear. The contributions from DPM cover topics from Conceptual structures (CS) represent a family of Features location privacy, citizens' privacy, privacy, authen- approaches that[...] The amount and the complexity of the data gathered tication with anonymity, privacy in distributed by current enterprises are increasing at an exponen- systems, privacy policies, and automated privacy Features tial rate. Consequently, the analysis of Big Data is enforcement. The[...] This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th nowadays a central challenge in Computer Science, International Conference on Conceptual Structures, Features especially for complex data. For example, given a ICCS 2012, held in Mumbai, India, in January 2013. This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint satellite image database containing tens of Terabytes, The 22 full papers presented were carefully reviewed post proceedings of two international workshops, how can we find regions aiming at identifying native and selected from 43 submissions for inclusion in the the 7th International Workshop on Data Privacy rainforests, deforestation or reforestation? [..] book. The volume also contains 3 invited talks. ICCS Management, DPM 2012, and the 5th International focuses on the useful representation and analysis of Contents Workshop on Autonomous and Spontaneous Secu- conceptual knowledge with research and business [..] Preface.- Introduction.- Related Work and Con- rity, SETOP 2012, held in Pisa, Italy, in September cepts.- Clustering Methods for Moderate-to-High 2012. The volume contains 13 full papers selected Contents Dimensionality Data.- Halite.- BoW.- QMAS.- Con- out of 31 submissions and 3 keynote lectures from Syllogisms in Logic Teaching.- A Model to Compare clusion. the DPM workshop and [..] and Manipulate Situations Represented as Seman- tically Labeled Graphs.- Analyzing Clusters and Fields of interest Contents Constellations from Untwisting Shortened Links on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Database Location privacy.- Citizens' privacy.- Privacy.- Twitter Using Conceptual Graphs.- Taking SPARQL Management Authentication with anonymity.- Privacy in distrib- 1.1 Extensions Into Account in the SWIP System.- uted systems.- Privacy policies.- Automated privacy System Architecture to Implement a Conceptual Target groups enforcement.- Run-time enforcement in process Graphs Storage in an RDF Quad Store.- Medical Research and service security.- Security policy deployment.- Archetypes and Information Extraction Templates Distributed intrusion detection.- Autonomous and in Automatic Processing of Clinical Narratives.- Type of publication spontaneous response.- Privacy policies.- Secure Using Conceptual Structures in the Design of Com- Brief localization.- Context aware and ubiquitous comput- ing.- Identity management. puter-based Assessment Software.- Modeling Onto- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4889-0 logical Structures[...] Softcover Fields of interest Fields of interest 2013. 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Management and Emergencies 8th Italian Research Conference, IRCDL 2012, Bari, Italy, Feb- Systems ruary 9-10, 2012, Revised Selected Papers 5th International Symposium, ESSoS 2013, Paris, France, Feb- Disaster management is a process or strategy that is This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- ruary 27 - March 1, 2013. Proceedings implemented when any type of catastrophic event ceedings of the 8th Italian Research Conference This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the takes place. The process may be initiated when any- on Digital Libraries, held in Bari, Italy, in Febru- 5th International Symposium on Engineering Secure thing threatens to disrupt normal operations or puts ary 2012. The 22 full papers, included together with Software and Systems, ESSoS 2013, held in Paris, the lives of human beings at risk. Governments on 4 panel papers, were selected from extended ver- France, in February/March 2013. The 13 revised full all levels as well as many businesses create some sort sions of the presentations given at the conference, papers presented together with two idea papers were of disaster plan that make it possible to overcome following an additional round of reviewing and carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submis- the catastrophe and return to normal function as revision after the event. The topics covered are as fol- sions. The papers are organized in topical sections on quickly as possible. Response to natural disasters lows: legacy documents and cultural heritage; sys- secure programming, policies, proving, formal meth- (e.g., floods, earthquakes) or technological disas- tems interoperability and data integration; formal ods, and analyzing. ter (e.g., nuclear, chemical) is an extreme complex and methodological foundations of digital libraries; process that involves severe time pressure, various semantic web and linked data for digital libraries; Features uncertainties, high non-linearity and many stake- multilingual information access; digital library infra- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the holders. Disaster management[...] structures; metadata creation[...] 5th International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems, ESSoS 2013, held in Paris, Features Features France, in February/March 2013. The 13 revised full Disaster management is a process or strategy that is This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- papers presented together with two idea papers were implemented when any type of catastrophic event ceedings of the 8th Italian Research Conference carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submis- takes place. The process may be initiated when any- on Digital Libraries, held in Bari, Italy, in February sions. The papers are organized in topical sections on thing threatens to disrupt normal operations or puts 2012. The 22 full papers, included together with 4 secure programming, policies, proving, formal meth- the lives of human beings at risk. Governments on all panel papers, were selected from extended versions ods, [..] levels as well as many businesses create some sort of of the presentations given at the conference, follow- disaster plan that make it possible to overcome the ing an additional round of reviewing and revision Contents catastrophe and return to normal function as [..] after the event. The topics covered are as follows: [..] Control-Flow Integrity in Web Applications Using Security Policies to Automate Placement of Network Contents Contents Intrusion Prevention.- Idea: Callee-Site Rewriting of On the Use of Information in Humanitarian Oper- Experiences and Perspectives in Management for Sealed System Libraries.- Towards Unified Autho- ations.- Decision Aid Models and Systems for Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage Resources rization for Android.- Model-Based Usage Control Humanitarian Logistics. A Survey.- Uncertainty in (Panel).- Where Do Humanities Computing and Policy Derivation.- Compositional Verification of Humanitarian Logistics for Disaster Management.- Digital Libraries Meet?.- The Archimede Project Application-Level Security Properties.- Towards Fuzzy inference systems for disaster response.- for an Electronically Digitized Archive of Historical Verifying Voter Privacy through Unlinkability.- Security Based Operation in Container Line Supply Monographs.- Considerations on the Preservation Confidentiality for Probabilistic Multi-threaded Pro- Chain.- A Linguistic-Valued Information Process- of Base Digital Data of Cultural Resources.- Sup- grams and Its Verification.- A Fully Homomorphic ing Method for Fuzzy Risk Analysis.- A Belief Rule- porting Tabular Data Characterization in a Large Crypto-Processor Design: Correctness of a Secret Based Generic Risk Assessment Framework.- Fuzzy Scale Data Infrastructure by Lexical Matching Tech- Computer.- DKAL: Constructing Executable[...] semantics in closed domain question answering.- niques.- Data Interoperability and Curation: The Decision Making with Extensions of Fuzzy Sets.- European Film Gateway Experience.- Annotating Fields of interest Classification of Disasters and Emergencies under Digital Libraries and Electronic Editions in a[...] Computer Communication Networks; Data Encryp- Bipolar[...] tion; Software Engineering / Programming and Fields of interest Operating Systems; Data Structures, Cryptology and Fields of interest Information Storage and Retrieval; User Inter- Information Theory; Mathematical Applications in Simulation and Modeling; Computer Applications; faces and Human Computer Interaction; Com- Computer Science; Models and Principles Operation Research / Decision Theory; Business & puter Appl. in Administrative Data Processing; Economics (general) Database Management; Document Preparation and Target groups Text Processing; Information Systems Applications Target groups Research (incl.Internet) Research Type of publication Target groups Type of publication Proceedings Research Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36562-1 More on www.springer.com/978-94-91216-73-2 Type of publication Softcover Proceedings Hardcover 2013. 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B. Magnini, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Povo, Italy; F. Cutugno, L.A. Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland; K. Y.I. Nakano, Seikei University, Musashino-shi, Tokyo, Japan; C. University Federico II, Naples, Italy; M. Falcone, Fondazione Ugo Zhang, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA (Eds.) Conati, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Bordoni, Rome, Italy; E. Pianta, CELCT, Povo, Italy (Eds.) Th. Bader, AGT International, Darmstadt, Germany (Eds.) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Evaluation of Natural Language and Software Engineering Eye Gaze in Intelligent User Speech Tool for Italian Interfaces 6th International Conference, ENASE 2011, Beijing, China, International Workshop, EVALITA 2011, Rome, January 24-25, June 8-11, 2011. Revised Selected Papers Gaze-based Analyses, Models and Applications 2012, Revised Selected Papers This book contains a collection of thoroughly refer- Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies EVALITA (http://www.evalita.it/) is the reference eed papers presented at the 6th International Confer- opened the way to design novel attention-based evaluation campaign of both Natural Language Pro- ence on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the cessing and Speech Technologies for the Italian lan- Engineering, ENASE 2011, held in Beijing, China, in importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in guage. The objective of the shared tasks proposed June 2011. The 18 revised and extended full papers human-computer interaction and human-human at EVALITA is to promote the development of lan- presented together with 10 revised short papers were communication. For instance, a user’s focus of atten- guage technologies for Italian, providing a common carefully reviewed and selected from 75 initial sub- tion is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, framework where different systems and approaches missions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, their understanding of the conversation, and their can be evaluated and compared in a consistent man- such as software quality and testing, requirements attitude towards the conversation. In human face- ner. This volume collects the final and extended con- engineering, programming, software processes and to-face communication, eye gaze plays an important tributions presented at EVALITA 2011, the third methods, software tools and environments, busi- role in floor management, grounding, and engage- edition of the evaluation campaign. The 36 revised ness process and services modeling, software com- ment in conversation.Eye Gaze in Intelligent User full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from ponents, software effort and processes, and socio- Interfaces draws on ideas from a number of contrib- a total of 87 submissions. The papers are organized technical aspects of software development. utors working on how attentional information can in topical sections roughly corresponding[...] be[...] Features Features This book contains a collection of thoroughly refer- Features EVALITA (http://www.evalita.it/) is the reference eed papers presented at the 6th International Confer- Remarkable progress in eye-tracking technologies evaluation campaign of both Natural Language Pro- ence on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software opened the way to design novel attention-based cessing and Speech Technologies for the Italian lan- Engineering, ENASE 2011, held in Beijing, China, in intelligent user interfaces, and highlighted the guage. The objective of the shared tasks proposed June 2011. The 18 revised and extended full papers importance of better understanding of eye-gaze in at EVALITA is to promote the development of lan- presented together with 10 revised short papers were human-computer interaction and human-human guage technologies for Italian, providing a common carefully reviewed and selected from 75 initial sub- communication. For instance, a user’s focus of atten- framework where different systems and approaches missions. The papers cover a wide range of topics, tion is useful in interpreting the user’s intentions, can be evaluated and compared in a consistent man- [..] their understanding of the conversation, and their ner. This volume [..] attitude [..] Contents Contents Software quality and testing.- Requirements engi- Contents The EVALITA Dependency Parsing Task: From neering.- Programming.- Software processes and Preface.- Introduction.- Part I: Gaze in Human 2007 to 2011.- Use of Semantic Information in a Syn- methods.- Software tools and environments.- Busi- Communication.- How Eye Gaze Feedback Changes tactic Dependency Parser.- Parsit at Evalita 2011 ness process and services modeling.- Software com- Parent-child Joint Attention in Shared Storybook Dependency Parsing Task.- An Ensemble Model ponents.- Software effort and processes.- Socio- Reading: An Eye-tracking Intervention Study.- for the EVALITA 2011 Dependency Parsing Task.- technical aspects of software development. Shared Gaze in Situated Referential Grounding: An Tuning DeSR for Dependency Parsing of Italian.- Empirical Study.- Automated Analysis of Mutual Domain Adaptation for Dependency Parsing at Fields of interest Gaze in Human Conversational Pairs.- Part II: Gaze- Evalita 2011.- Experiments in Newswire-to-Law Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Pro- based Cognitive and Communicative Status Esti- Adaptation of Graph-Based Dependency Parsers.- grams; Computer Communication Networks; Pro- mation.- REGARD: Remote Gaze-Aware Reference Domain Adaptation by Active Learning.- Named gramming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Detector.- Effectiveness of Gaze-based Engagement Entity Recognition on Transcribed Broadcast News Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Estimation in Conversational Agents.- A Computa- at EVALITA 2011.- A Simple Yet Effective Approach Management of Computing and Information Sys- tional Approach for Prediction of Problem-solving for Named Entity Recognition[...] tems Behavior using[...]

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C.S. Pasareanu, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, B. Beckert, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; F. Dami- D.A. Yuen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; L. USA; G. Salaün, INRIA, Montbonnot Saint-Martin, France (Eds.) ani, University of Turin, Italy; F.S. de Boer, CWI Amsterdam, The Wang, Computer Center and Computer Network Information Netherlands; M.M. Bonsangue, Leiden University, The Nether- Center, Beijing, PR China; X. Chi, Supercomputing Center, Beijing, lands (Eds.) PR China; L. Johnsson, University of Houston, TX, USA; W. Ge, Formal Aspects of Component Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PR China; Y. Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Eds.) Software Formal Methods for Components 9th International Symposium, FACS 2012, Mountain View, CA, and Objects GPU Solutions to Multi-scale USA, September 11-13, 2012. Revised Selected Papers 10th International Symposium, FMCO 2011, Turin, Italy, Octo- Problems in Science and This book constitutes the revised selected papers ber 3-5, 2011, Revised Selected Papers Engineering of the 9th International Symposium on Formal Aspects of Component Software, FACS 2012, held Formal methods have been applied successfully to the verification of medium-sized programs in pro- in Mountain View, CA, USA in September 2012. This book covers the new topic of GPU comput- tocol and hardware design for some time. However, The 16 full papers presented were carefully reviewed ing with many applications involved, taken from their application to the development of large systems and selected from 40 submissions. They cover top- diverse fields such as networking, seismology, requires more emphasis on specification, modeling, ics such as formal models for software components fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , and validation techniques supporting the concepts of and their interaction; formal aspects of services, ser- earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will reusability and modifiability, and their implementa- vice oriented architectures, business processes, and show the public why GPU computing is important tion in new extensions of existing programming lan- cloud computing; design and verification methods and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU com- guages like Java.This book contains 20 revised papers for software components and services; composition puting is useful and how to implement codes in an submitted after the 10th Symposium on Formal and deployment: models, calculi, languages; formal everyday situation. methods and modeling languages for components Methods for Components and Objects, FMCO 2011, and services; model based and GUI based testing which was held in Turin, Italy, in October 2011. Features of[...] Topics covered include autonomic service-compo- This book covers the new topic of GPU comput- nent ensembles; trustworthy eternal systems[...] ing with many applications involved, taken from Features diverse fields such as networking, seismology, Features This book constitutes the revised selected papers of fluid mechanics, nano-materials, data-mining , Formal methods have been applied successfully to the 9th International Symposium on Formal Aspects earthquakes ,mantle convection, visualization. It will the verification of medium-sized programs in pro- of Component Software, FACS 2012, held in Moun- show the public why GPU computing is important tocol and hardware design for some time. However, tain View, CA, USA in September 2012. The 16 and easy to use. It will offer a reason why GPU com- their application to the development of large systems full papers presented were carefully reviewed and puting is useful and how to implement codes in an requires more emphasis on specification, modeling, selected from 40 submissions. They cover topics such everyday situation. as formal models for software components and their and validation techniques supporting the concepts of interaction; formal aspects of services, service ori- reusability and modifiability, and their implementa- Contents ented [..] tion in new extensions of existing programming [..] Initial-value problems associated with viscoelastic- ity in the geosciences.- The geophysical phenome- Contents Contents non of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment.- Initial Value The ASCENS Project.- ASCENS: Engineering Auto- Formal models for software components and their Approach with the MOL.- Elastic and Viscoelastic nomic Service-Component Ensembles.- A Lan- interaction.- Formal aspects of services, service ori- Responses.- Current Numerical Methods for inte- guage-Based Approach to Autonomic Computing.- ented architectures, business processes, and cloud grating VIP.- GPU Hardware aspects.- GPU Soft- A Survey on Basic Connectors and Buffers.- The computing.- Design and verification methods for ware aspects.- Philosophy of GPU Implementation EternalS Coordination Action.- Synthesis-Based software components and services.- Composition of the MOL in VIP problems.- Code conversion ver- Variability Control: Correctness by Construction.- and deployment: models, calculi, languages; formal sus Code implementation using CUDA or Open CL.- Modeling Application-Level Management of Virtual- methods and modeling languages for components Examples of Postglacial Rebound.- Future Perspec- ized Resources in ABS.- HATS Abstract Behavioral and services.- Model based and GUI based testing of tives of VIP on GPU. components and services.- Models for QoS and other Specification: The Architectural View.- Automatic extra-functional properties (e.g., trust, compliance, Service Categorisation through Machine Learning Fields of interest security) of components and services.- Components in Emergent Middleware.- Towards a Model- and Numeric Computing; Geophysics / Geodesy; Contin- for real-time, safety-critical, secure,[...] Learning-Based Framework for Security Anomaly uum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Physi- Detection.- Enhancing Model[...] cal Chemistry Fields of interest Software Engineering; Mathematical Logic and For- Fields of interest Target groups mal Languages; Logics and Meanings of Programs; Software Engineering; Programming Languages, Research Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters; Compilers, Interpreters; Operating Systems; Logics Programming Techniques; Management of Comput- and Meanings of Programs; Software Engineering / Type of publication ing and Information Systems Programming and Operating Systems; Information Monograph Systems Applications (incl.Internet) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-16404-0 Target groups Research Target groups Hardcover Research 2013. 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R. Lämmel, Universität Koblenz-Landau, Germany; J. Saraiva, Uni- J.M. Kizza, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, TN, USA L. Sun, University of Plymouth, UK; I.-H. Mkwawa, University of versidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal; J. Visser, Software Improve- Plymouth, UK; E. Jammeh, University of Plymouth, UK; E. Ifea- ment Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) chor, University of Plymouth, UK Guide to Computer Network Generative and Transformational Security Guide to Voice and Video over IP

Techniques in Software For Fixed and Mobile Networks Engineering IV This comprehensive guide exposes the security risks and vulnerabilities of computer networks and This book presents a review of the latest advances International Summer School, GTTSE 2011, Braga, Portugal, networked devices, offering advice on developing in speech and video compression, computer net- July 3-9, 2011, Revised and Extended Papers improved algorithms and best practices for enhanc- working protocols, the assessment and monitoring ing system security. Fully revised and updated, this of VoIP quality, and next generation network archi- This tutorial volume includes revised and extended new edition embraces a broader view of computer tectures for multimedia services. The book also con- lecture notes of six long tutorials, five short tutorials, networks that encompasses agile mobile systems cludes with three case studies, each presenting easy- and one peer-reviewed participant contribution held and social networks. Features: provides support- to-follow step-by-step instructions together with at the 4th International Summer School on Gen- ing material for lecturers and students, including challenging hands-on exercises. Features: provides erative and Transformational Techniques in Soft- an instructor’s manual, slides, solutions, and lab- illustrative worked examples and end-of-chapter ware Engineering, GTTSE 2011. The school presents oratory materials; includes both quick and more problems; examines speech and video compression the state of the art in software language engineering thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chap- techniques, together with speech and video compres- and generative and transformational techniques in ter; devotes an entire chapter to laboratory exercises; sion standards; describes the media transport proto- software engineering with coverage of foundations, discusses flaws and vulnerabilities in computer[...] cols RTP and RTCP, as well as the VoIP signalling methods, tools, and case studies. protocols SIP and SDP; discusses the concepts[...] Features Features With the growth of cloud computing, social net- Features This tutorial volume includes revised and extended works, and ever more advanced mobile devices, Since the release of the first internet phone in 1995, lecture notes of six long tutorials, five short tutorials, information security and assurance has become the use of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) has and one peer-reviewed participant contribution held more important than ever before.This comprehen- grown exponentially, so that today it is an estab- at the 4th International Summer School on Genera- sive and authoritative Guide to Computer Network lished and popular technology for real-time commu- tive and Transformational Techniques in Software Security exposes the various security risks and vul- nications in both business and daily life.This Guide Engineering, GTTSE 2011. The school presents the nerabilities of computer networks and networked to Voice and Video over IP introduces the funda- state of the art in software languagae engineering and devices, offering advice on developing improved mental techniques underpinning the huge success generative and transformational techniques in [..] algorithms and [..] and global penetration of VoIP. After [..]

Contents Contents Contents Compilation of Legacy Languages in the 21st Cen- Part I: Understanding Traditional Computer Net- Introduction.- Speech Compression.- Video Com- tury.- Variation Programming with the Choice work Security.- Computer Network Fundamentals.- pression.- Media Transport for VoIP.- VoIP Sig- Calculus.- Leveraging Static Analysis in an IDE.- Understanding Computer Network Security.- Part nalling – SIP.- VoIP Quality of Experience (QoE).- Differencing UML Models: A Domain-Specific vs. II: Security Challenges to Traditional Computer Net- IMS and Mobile VoIP.- Case Study 1: Building Up a a Domain-Agnostic Method.- Model Management works.- Security Threats to Computer Networks.- VoIP System Based on Asterisk.- Case Study 2: VoIP in the Wild.- Bidirectional by Necessity: Data Per- Computer Network Vulnerabilities.- Cyber Crimes Quality Analysis and Assessment.- Case Study 3: sistence and Adaptability for Evolving Application and Hackers.- Hostile Scripts.- Security Assessment, Mobile VoIP Applications and IMS. Development.- Requirements for Self-adaptation.- Analysis, and Assurance.- Part III: Dealing with Net- Dynamic Program Analysis for Database Reverse work Security Challenges.- Disaster Management.- Fields of interest Engineering.- Model-Based Language Engineering Access Control and Authorization.- Authentication.- Computer Communication Networks with EMFText.- Feature-Oriented Software Devel- Cryptography.- Firewalls.- System Intrusion Detec- opment: A Short Tutorial on Feature-Oriented Pro- tion and Prevention.- Computer and Network[...] Target groups gramming, Virtual[...] Graduate Fields of interest Fields of interest Information Storage and Retrieval; Data Storage Type of publication Software Engineering; Logics and Meanings of Pro- Representation; Management of Computing and Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook grams; Programming Languages, Compilers, Inter- Information Systems; Computer Communication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4904-0 preters; Programming Techniques; Mathematical Networks Logic and Formal Languages; Software Engineering / Hardcover Programming and Operating Systems Target groups 2013. XII, 269 p. 204 illus., 5 in color. (Computer Com- Lower undergraduate munications and Networks) Target groups $79.95 Research Type of publication ISBN 978-1-4471-4904-0 Undergraduate textbook Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4542-4 Proceedings Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35991-0 2013. XXIV, 521 p. 106 illus. (Computer Communica- Softcover tions and Networks) 2013. XII, 449 p. 112 illus. (Programming and Software $69.95 Engineering, Vol. 7680) ISBN 978-1-4471-4542-4 $95.00 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-642-35991-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 30 Computer Science springer.com

M.J. Burge, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, USA; K. Bowyer, Uni- S. Uesugi, Matsuyama University, Japan (Ed.) I. Diethelm, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, Germany; versity of Notre Dame, IN, USA (Eds.) R.T. Mittermeir, Alpen-Adria Universität, Klagenfurt, Austria (Eds.) IT Enabled Services Handbook of Iris Recognition Informatics in Schools. Sustainable

As the global economy turns more and more service Informatics Education for Pupils of This authoritative collection introduces the reader oriented, Information Technology-Enabled Services all Ages to the state of the art in iris recognition technology. (ITeS) require greater understanding. Increas- Topics and features: with a Foreword by the “father ing numbers and varieties of services are provided 6th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situa- of iris recognition,” Professor John Daugman of through IT. Furthermore, IT enables the creation of tion, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, Oldenburg, Ger- many, February 26 -- March 2, 2013, Proceedings Cambridge University; presents work from an inter- new services in diverse fields previously untouched. national selection of preeminent researchers, reflect- Because of the catalyzing nature of internet technol- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of ing the uses of iris recognition in many different ogy, ITeS today has become more than “Outsourc- the 6th International Conference on Informatics social contexts; provides viewpoints from researchers ing” of services. This book illustrates the enabling in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, in government, industry and academia, highlight- nature of ITeS with its entailment of IT, thus con- ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in Feb- ing how iris recognition is both a thriving industry tributing to the betterment of humanity. The scope ruary/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in and an active research area; surveys previous devel- of this book is not only for academia but also for this volume were carefully reviewed and selected opments in the field, and covers topics ranging from business persons, government practitioners and from 48 submissions; in addition the book contains the low-level (e.g., physics of iris image acquisition) readers from daily lives. Authors[...] two keynote talks in full-paper length. The contri- to the high level[...] butions are organized in topical sections named: Features from computer usage to computational thinking; Features As the global economy turns more and more service algorithmic and computational thinking; games; More than 100 trillion iris comparisons are now oriented, Information Technology-Enabled Services informatics in the context of other disciplines; and being performed on a daily basis, a number that is (ITeS) require greater understanding. Increas- competence-based learning and retention of compe- rapidly growing. This is breath-taking progress for a ing numbers and varieties of services are provided tencies. field that is arguably just twenty years old.The first through IT. Furthermore, IT enables the creation of book of its kind devoted entirely to the subject, the new services in diverse fields previously untouched. Features Handbook of Iris Recognition introduces the reader Because of the catalyzing nature of internet technol- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of to this exciting, rapidly developing, technology of ogy, ITeS today has become more than “Outsourc- the 6th International Conference on Informatics today and tomorrow. Blending [..] ing” of [..] in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in Febru- Contents Contents ary/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in this Introduction to the Handbook of Iris Recognition.- IT-Enabled Services.- The Effects Of Similarities To volume were carefully reviewed and selected from A Survey of Iris Biometrics Research: 2008-2010.- Previous Buyers On Trust And Intention To Buy 48 submissions; in addition the book contains two Standard Iris Storage Formats.- Iris Quality Metrics From E-Commerce Stores: An Experimental Study keynote talks in full-paper length. The contributions for Adaptive Authentication.- Quality and Demo- Based On The Svs Model.- Information Diffusion [..] graphic Investigation of ICE 2006.- Iris Recogni- And Dissipative Effect On Social Networks.- Con- tion with Taylor Expansion Features.- A Theoretical struction Of An Appropriately Professional Working Contents Model For Describing Iris Dynamics.- Iris Recogni- Environment For It Professionals: A Key Element Of The Darmstadt Model: A First Step towards a tion in the Visible Wavelength.- Multispectral Iris Quality It-Enabled Services.- A Community Based Research Framework for Computer Science Educa- Fusion and Cross-spectrum Matching.- Robust and Trust Establishing Mechanism For A Social Web tion in Schools.- Computer Science in Secondary Secure Iris Recognition.- Template Aging in Iris Bio- Service.- Smartphones: The Next Generation Med- Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers.- metrics.- Fusion of Face and Iris Biometrics.- Meth- ication Administration Tool.- Weaknesses Of The E- From Computer Usage to Computational Think- ods for Iris Segmentation.- Introduction[...] Government Development Index.- Computer Medi- ing Informatics in the French Secondary Curricula: ated Communication[...] Fields of interest Recent Moves and Perspectives.- Informatics for All High School Students: A Computational Think- Pattern Recognition Fields of interest ing Approach.- Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Pattern Composition.- Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Target groups Complex Networks; e-commerce / e-business Research Algorithmic Problems.- Location-Based Games in Target groups Informatics Education.- Using Computer Games as Type of publication Research Programming Assignments[...] Contributed volume Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4401-4 Type of publication Monograph Computers and Education; Science Education; Com- Hardcover puters and Society; Personal Computing; Learning 2013. 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M. Agosti, University of Padova, Italy; N. Ferro, University of D. Cotroneo (Ed.) J.L. Ayala, University of Madrid, Spain; D. Shang, Newcastle Uni- Padova, Italy; P. Forner, Center for the Evaluation of Language versity, UK; A. Yakovlev, Newcastle University, UK (Eds.) and Communication Technologies, Povo, Italy; H. Müller, Uni- versity of Applied Sciences, Sierre, Switzerland; G. Santucci, Innovative Technologies for Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (Eds.) Dependable OTS-Based Critical Integrated Circuit and System Systems Design. Power and Timing Information Retrieval Meets Modeling, Optimization and Information Visualization Challenges and Achievements of the CRITICAL STEP Project Simulation The demand for large-scale dependable, systems, PROMISE Winter School 2012, Zinal, Switzerland, January 22nd International Workshop, PATMOS 2012, Newcastle upon 23-27, 2012, Revised Tutorial Lectures such as Air Traffic Management, industrial plants Tyne, UK, September 4-6, 2012, Revised Selected Papers and space systems, is attracting efforts of many The research domains information retrieval and word-leading European companies and SMEs in the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the information visualization have always been indepen- area, and is expected to increase in the near future. 22nd International Conference on Integrated Circuit dent from each other. However, they have the poten- The adoption of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) items plays and System Design, PATMOS 2012, held in New- tial to be mutually beneficial. With this in mind, a a key role in such a scenario. OTS items allow mas- castle, UK Spain, in September 2012. The 25 revised writer school was organized in Zinal, Switzerland, in tering complexity and reducing costs and time-to- full papers presented were carefully reviewed and January 2012, within the context of the EU-funded market; however, achieving these goals by ensuring selected from numerous submissions. The paper fea- research project PROMISE (Participative Research dependability requirements at the same time is chal- ture emerging challenges in methodologies and tools Laboratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Infor- lenging. CRITICAL STEP project establishes a strate- for the design of upcoming generations of integrated mation Systems Evaluation). PROMISE aims at gic collaboration between academic and industrial circuits and systems, including reconfigurable hard- advancing the experimental evaluation of complex partners, and proposes a framework to support the ware such as FPGAs. The technical program focus multimedia and multilingual information systems development of dependable, OTS-based,[...] on timing, performance and power consumption as in order to support individuals, commercial entities, well as architectural aspects with particular emphasis and communities who design, develop, employ, and Features on modeling, design, characterization, analysis and improve such complex systems. The overall goal[...] The demand for large-scale dependable, systems, optimization. such as Air Traffic Management, industrial plants Features and space systems, is attracting efforts of many Features The research domains information retrieval and word-leading European companies and SMEs in the This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the information visualization have always been indepen- area, and is expected to increase in the near future. 22nd International Conference on Integrated Circuit dent from each other. However, they have the poten- The adoption of Off-The-Shelf (OTS) items plays a and System Design, PATMOS 2012, held in New- tial to be mutually beneficial. With this in mind, a key role in such a scenario. OTS items allow master- castle, UK Spain, in September 2012. The 25 revised writer school was organized in Zinal, Switzerland, in ing complexity and reducing costs and time-to-mar- full papers presented were carefully reviewed and January 2012, within the context of the EU-funded ket; however, [..] selected from numerous submissions. The paper fea- research project PROMISE (Participative Research ture emerging challenges in methodologies and tools Laboratory for Multimedia and Multilingual Infor- Contents for the design of upcoming generations of integrated mation [..] Introduction to basic concepts.- V&V in Safety Criti- circuits [..] cal Systems.- Fault Injection.- Security.- Monitoring Contents and Diagnosing. Contents Introduction to Information Visualisation.- Princi- Sleep-Transistor Based Power-Gating Tradeoff ples for Human-Centred Design of IR Interfaces.- Fields of interest Analyses.- Modelling and Analysis of Manufac- Human-Computer Interaction View on Information Performance and Reliability; Software Engineering / turing Variability Effects from Process to Archi- Retrieval.- User-Oriented Information Retrieval.- Programming and Operating Systems tectural Level.- Non-invasive Power Simulation User-Oriented Evaluation in IR.- Multimedia Infor- at System-Level with SystemC.- A Standard Cell Target groups mation Retrieval in a Social Context.- TREC-Style.- Optimization Method for Near-Threshold Voltage Research Visual Analytics and Information Retrieval.- An Operations.- An Extended Metastability Simulation Introduction to Crowdsourcing for Language and Method for Synchronizer Characterization.- Phase Multimedia Technology Research.- Medical (Visual) Type of publication Contributed volume Space Based NBTI Model.- Fast Propagation of Information Retrieval.- Is Visualization Usable for Hamming and Signal Distances for Register-Transfer Displaying Web Search Results in an Exploratory More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2771-8 Level Datapaths.- Noise Margin Based Library Opti- Search Context?. 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W. Cirne, Google, Mountain View, CA, USA; N. Desai, Argonne A. Fred, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal; J.L.G. Dietz, Uni- K. Lodaya, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India National Laboratory, IL, USA; E. Frachtenberg, Facebook Inc., versity of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands; K. Liu, University (Ed.) Menlo Park, CA, USA; U. Schwiegelshohn, Technische Universität of Reading, UK; J. Filipe, INSTICC and Instituto Politécnico de Dortmund, Germany (Eds.) Setúbal, Portugal (Eds.) Logic and Its Applications

Job Scheduling Strategies for Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge 5th International Conference, ICLA 2013, Chennai, India, Janu- Parallel Processing Engineering and Knowledge ary 10-12, 2013, Proceedings Edited in collaboration with FoLLI, the Association 16th International Workshop, JSSPP 2012, Shanghai, China, Management May 25, 2012. Revised Selected Papers of Logic, Language and Information, this book con- Second International Joint Conference, IC3K 2010, Valencia, stitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Indian This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- Spain, October 25-28, 2010, Revised Selected Papers Conference on Logic and Its Applications, ICLA ceedings of the 16th International Workshop on 2013, held in Chennai, India, in January 2013. The This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, 15 revised full papers presented together with 7 conference proceedings of the Second International JSSPP 2012, which was held in Shanghai, China, in invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowl- May 2012. The 14 revised papers presented were from numerous submissions. The papers cover the edge Engineering, and Knowledge Management, carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submis- topics related to pure and applied logic, foundations IC3K 2010, held in Valencia, Spain, in October 2010. sions. The papers cover the following topics: parallel and philosophy of mathematics and the sciences, set This book includes revised and extended versions batch scheduling; workload analysis and modeling; theory, model theory, proof theory, areas of theoreti- of a strict selection of the best papers presented resource management system software studies; and cal computer science, artificial intelligence and other at the conference; 26 revised full papers together Web scheduling. disciplines which are of direct interest to mathemati- with 2 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and cal and philosophical logic. Features selected from 369 submissions. According to the This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed pro- three covered conferences KDIR 2010, KEOD 2010, Features ceedings of the 16th International Workshop on and KMIS 2010, the papers are organized in topical This book collects the refereed proceedings of the Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing, sections on knowledge discovery and information 5th Indian Conference on Logic and Its Applications, JSSPP 2012, which was held in Shanghai, China, in retrieval, knowledge engineering and ontology[...] ICLA 2013, held in Chennai, India, in January 2013. May 2012. The 14 revised papers presented were The 15 revised full papers presented together with Features carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submis- 7 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- sions. The papers cover the following topics: parallel from 35 submissions. The papers cover the topics conference proceedings of the Second International batch scheduling; workload analysis and modeling; related to pure and applied logic, foundations and Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowl- resource [..] philosophy of mathematics and the sciences, set [..] edge Engineering, and Knowledge Management, Contents IC3K 2010, held in Valencia, Spain, in October 2010. Contents Parallel batch scheduling.- Workload analysis and This book includes revised and extended versions Invited Papers.- Constructive Decision Theory modeling.- Resource management system software of a strict selection of the best papers presented at (Extended Abstract).- Bisimulation and Coverings studies.- Web scheduling. the conference; 26 revised full papers together with 2 for Graphs and Hypergraphs.- Forcing Axioms, invited [..] Finite Conditions and Some More.- A Note on Fields of interest Axiomatisations of Two-Dimensional Modal Log- Fields of interest Software Engineering; Operating Systems; Computer ics.- The Birth of Proof: Modality and Deductive Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Communication Networks; Algorithm Analysis and Reasoning.- Indiscrete Models: Model Building and Computer Communication Networks; Information Problem Complexity; Software Engineering / Pro- Model Checking over Linear Time.- Probabilistic Storage and Retrieval; Software Engineering; User gramming and Operating Systems; Simulation and IF Logic.- Contributed Papers.- Tableaux-Based Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Data Modeling Decision Method for Single-Agent Linear Time.- Mining and Knowledge Discovery Synchronous Temporal Epistemic Logics with Inter- Target groups acting Time and Knowledge.- Agent-Time Epis- Research Target groups Research temics and Coordination.- Dynamic[...] Type of publication Fields of interest Proceedings Type of publication Proceedings Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages; Logics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35866-1 and Meanings of Programs; Artificial Intelligence More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-29763-2 (incl. 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C.C. Aggarwal, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA (Ed.) A. Kucera, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; Th.A. Hen- H. Greenspan, Tel Aviv University, Israel; H. Müller, University of zinger, Institute of Science and Technology, Klosterneuburg, Applies Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO), Switzerland; T. Austria; J. Nesetril, Charles University in Prague, Czech Repub- Syeda-Mahmood, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, Managing and Mining Sensor Data lic; T. Vojnar, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic; D. USA (Eds.) Antos, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Eds.)

Advances in hardware technology have lead to an Medical Content-Based Retrieval ability to collect data with the use of a variety of sen- Mathematical and Engineering for Clinical Decision Support sor technologies. In particular sensor notes have Methods in Computer Science become cheaper and more efficient, and have even Third MICCAI International Workshop, MCBR-CDS 2012, Nice, been integrated into day-to-day devices of use, such 8th International Doctoral Workshop, MEMICS 2012, Znojmo, France, October 1st, 2012, Revised Selected Papers as mobile phones. This has lead to a much larger Czech Republic, October 25-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers scale of applicability and mining of sensor data sets. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This volume contains the post-proceedings of the 8th The human-centric aspect of sensor data has cre- the Third MICCAI Workshop on Medical Con- Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineer- ated tremendous opportunities in integrating social tent-Based Retrieval for Clinical Decision Support, ing Methods in Computer Science, MEMICS 2012, aspects of sensor data collection into the mining MCBR-CBS 2012, held in Nice, France, in October held in Znojmo, Czech Republic, in October, 2012. process. Managing and Mining Sensor Data is a con- 2012. The 10 revised full papers presented together The 13 thoroughly revised papers were carefully tributed volume by prominent leaders in this field, with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected out of 31 submissions and are presented targeting advanced-level students in computer sci- selected from 15 submissions. The papers are divided together with 6 invited papers. The topics covered ence as a secondary text book or[...] on several topics on image analysis of visual or mul- by the papers include: computer-aided analysis and timodal medical data (X-ray, MRI, CT, echo videos, Features verification, applications of game theory in computer time series data), machine learning of disease corre- Advances in hardware technology have lead to an science, networks and security, modern trends of lations in visual or multimodal data, algorithms for ability to collect data with the use of a variety of sen- graph theory in computer science, electronic systems indexing and retrieval of data from visual or multi- sor technologies. In particular sensor notes have design and testing, and quantum information pro- modal medical databases, disease model-building become cheaper and more efficient, and have even cessing. and clinical decision support systems[...] been integrated into day-to-day devices of use, such Features as mobile phones. This has lead to a much larger Features This volume contains the post-proceedings of the 8th scale of applicability and mining of sensor data sets. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Doctoral Workshop on Mathematical and Engineer- The human-centric aspect of sensor data [..] the Third MICCAI Workshop on Medical Con- ing Methods in Computer Science, MEMICS 2012, tent-Based Retrieval for Clinical Decision Support, Contents held in Znojmo, Czech Republic, in October, 2012. MCBR-CBS 2012, held in Nice, France, in October An Introduction to Sensor Data Analytics.- A The 13 thoroughly revised papers were carefully 2012.The 10 revised full papers presented together Survey of Model-based Sensor Data Acquisition selected out of 31 submissions and are presented with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and and Management.- Query Processing in Wire- together with 6 invited papers. The topics covered by selected from 15 submissions. 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V.V. Das, Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientist, Amster- A. Dudin, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; V. Klimenok, J. Clarke dam, The Netherlands; Y. Chaba, Guru Jambheshwar University, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus; G. Tsarenkov, Belaru- Hisar, India (Eds.) sian State University, Minsk, Belarus; S. Dudin, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (Eds.) Oracle Exadata Recipes

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C.C. Aggarwal, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown M. Roughan, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia; C. Rocky, The G. Andreucci Heights, NY, USA Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China (Eds.) Pro iOS Geo Outlier Analysis Passive and Active Measurement Building Apps with Location Based Services 14th International Conference, PAM 2013, Hong Kong, China, With the increasing advances in hardware tech- March 18-19, 2013, Proceedings Pro iOS Geo: Developing Apps with Location Based nology for data collection, and advances in soft- Services is a one of kind book for your iOS app ware technology (databases) for data organization, This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the development needs. This book lets you learn, use computer scientists have increasingly participated 14th International Conference on Passive and Active and integrate various geo-location based tools and in the latest advancements of the outlier analysis Measurement, PAM 2013, held in Hong Kong, APIs. Google Maps, Microsoft Bing, OpenStreetMap field. Computer scientists, specifically, approach China, in March 2013. The 24 revised full papers and Map Kit APIs and libraries are explored for this field based on their practical experiences in presented were carefully reviewed and selected from usage in iOS Safari Web browser or full use/integra- managing large amounts of data, and with far fewer 74 submissions. The papers have been organized in tion as part of your apps development. After reading assumptions– the data can be of any type, struc- the following topical sections: measurement design, this book, you'll be able to give your apps life. Your tured or unstructured, and may be extremely large. experience and analysis; Internet wireless and mobil- apps will be location aware. Your apps will guide Outlier Analysis is a comprehensive exposition, as ity; performance measurement; protocol and appli- your readers to all the hot spots or to where you or understood by data mining experts, statisticians and cation behavior; characterization of network usage; your clients need them to go. Your apps will give computer scientists. The book has been organized and network security and privacy. In addition, 9 your users travel advice and much more. carefully, and emphasis was placed on[...] poster abstracts have been included. Features Features Features Pro iOS Geo: Developing Apps with Location Based With the increasing advances in hardware technol- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Services is a one of kind book for your iOS app ogy for data collection, and advances in software 14th International Conference on Passive and Active development needs. This book lets you learn, use technology (databases) for data organization, com- Measurement, PAM 2013, held in Hong Kong, and integrate various geo-location based tools and puter scientists have increasingly participated in China, in March 2013. The 24 revised full papers APIs. Google Maps, Microsoft Bing, OpenStreetMap the latest advancements of the outlier analysis field. presented were carefully reviewed and selected from and Map Kit APIs and libraries are explored for Computer scientists, specifically, approach this field 74 submissions. The papers have been organized in usage in iOS Safari Web browser or full use/integra- based on their practical experiences in managing the following topical sections: measurement design, tion as part of your apps development.

R. Lenz, University of Erlangen and Nuremberg, Germany; S. M. Wiertlewski, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA R. Glueck, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; T. Yokoyama, Miksch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; M. Peleg, Uni- Nanzan University, Seto, Japan (Eds.) versity of Haifa, Israel; M. Reichert, Ulm University, Germany; D. Riano, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain; A. ten Teije, Reproduction of Tactual Textures Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) Reversible Computation Transducers, Mechanics and Signal Encoding 4th International Workshop, RC 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, Process Support and Knowledge Texture accounts for an important part of the real- July 2-3, 2012, Revised Papers Representation in Health Care ism of simulated experiences, and it is most cer- tainly true during tactile interaction. We usually This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the BPM 2012 Joint Workshop, ProHealth 2012/KR4HC 2012, experience roughness by running our fingers onto 4th International Workshop on Reversible Compu- Tallinn, Estonia, September 3, 2012, Revised Selected Papers the explored surface. The perception of this fine tation, RC 2012, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in texture is mediated by the vibrations generated by July 2012. The 19 contributions presented in this vol- This book constitutes thoroughly refereed revised the encounters of the skin and the asperities of the ume were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 selected papers from the BPM 2012 Joint Work- surfaces.Reproduction of Tactual Textures presents submissions. The papers cover theoretical consider- shop on Process-Oriented Information Systems and factors that contribute to the mechanics of the inter- ations, reversible software and reversible hardware, Knowledge Representation in Health Care, Pro- action between a bare finger and a surface with a and physical realizations and applications in quan- Health 2012/KR4HC 2012, held in Tallinn, Esto- view to their artificial reproduction. It discusses the tum computing. nia, in September 2012. The 9 papers presented were recording and reproduction of tactual textures, and Features carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. analyses a case study of the development of a device This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the In addition the book contains 1 keynote paper and able to record the[...] 2 invited contributions. The papers are organized in 4th International Workshop on Reversible Compu- topical sections named: guidelines and summariza- Features tation, RC 2012, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in tion; archetypes and cooperation; and process min- Texture accounts for an important part of the real- July 2012. The 19 contributions presented in this vol- ing and temporal analysis. ism of simulated experiences, and it is most cer- ume were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 tainly true during tactile interaction. We usually submissions. The papers cover theoretical consider- Features experience roughness by running our fingers onto ations, reversible software and reversible hardware, This book constitutes thoroughly refereed revised the explored surface. The perception of this fine and physical realizations and applications in quan- selected papers from the BPM 2012 Joint Work- texture is mediated by the vibrations generated by tum [..] shop on Process-Oriented Information Systems and the encounters of the skin and the asperities of the Contents Knowledge Representation in Health Care, Pro- surfaces.Reproduction of Tactual Textures [..] Health 2012/KR4HC 2012, held in Tallinn, Esto- Theoretical Considerations.- Tutorial: Graphi- nia, in September 2012. The 9 papers presented were Contents cal Calculus for Quantum Circuits.- One-Way carefully reviewed and selected from 19 submissions. Foreword.- Introduction.- Literature Review.- Reversible Multi-head Finite Automata.- A Deter- In addition the book contains 1 keynote paper and 2 Causality Inversion in the Reproduction of Rough- ministic Two-Way Multi-head Finite Automaton invited [..] ness.- The Spatial Spectrum of Tangential Skin Dis- Can Be Converted into a Reversible One with the placement.- Transducer for Mechanical Impedance Same Number of Heads.- Undecidability of the Contents Testing Over a Wide Frequency Range.- Mechanical Surjectivity of the Subshift Associated to a Tur- The Elicitation, Representation, Application, and Behavior of the Fingertip in Lateral Traction.- Vibra- ing Machine.- Reversible Software and Languages Automated Discovery of Time-Oriented Declara- tions of a Finger Sliding on Flat and Wavy Surfaces.- Isomorphic Interpreters from Logically Reversible tive Clinical Knowledge.- Guidelines and Summa- Conclusions. 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S. Abdel Hamid, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; H.S. S. Qadeer, Mircosoft Research, Remond, WA, USA; S. Tasiran, Koc P. van Emde Boas, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Hassanein, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada; G. Taka- University, Istanbul, Turkey (Eds.) F.C.A. Groen, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; G.F. Ital- hara, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada iano, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; J. Nawrocki, Poznan University of Technology, Poland; H. Sack, Hasso Plattner Insti- Runtime Verification tute, Potsdam, Germany (Eds.) Routing for Wireless Multi-Hop Third International Conference, RV 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, Networks September 25-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers SOFSEM 2013: Theory and Practice

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- of Computer Science The focus of this brief is to identify what unifies and conference proceedings of the Third International what distinguishes the routing functions in four 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory Conference on Runtime Verification, RV 2012, wireless multi-hop network paradigms. The brief and Practice of Computer Science, Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech held in Istanbul, Turkey, in September 2012. The 25 Republic, January 26-31, 2013, Proceedings introduces a generic routing model that can be used revised full papers presented together with 3 invited as a foundation of wireless multi-hop routing pro- papers and 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the tocol analysis and design. It demonstrates that such- selected from 50 submissions. The papers address a 39th International Conference on Current Trends in model can be adopted by any wireless multi-hop wide range of specification languages and formalisms Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM routing protocol. Also presented is a glimpse of the for traces, specification mining, program instrumen- 2013, held in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic, in ideal wireless multi-hop routing protocol along with tation, monitor construction techniques, logging, January 2013. The 37 revised full papers presented several open issues. recording, and replay, fault detection, localization, in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The book also contains 10 Features recovery and repair, program steering and adapta- invited talks, 5 of which are in full-paper length. The focus of this brief is to identify what unifies and tion, metrics and statistical information gathering, The contributions are organized in topical sections what distinguishes the routing functions in four combination of static and[...] named: foundations of computer science; software wireless multi-hop network paradigms. The brief Features and Web engineering; data, information, and knowl- introduces a generic routing model that can be used This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- edge engineering; and social computing and human as a foundation of wireless multi-hop routing pro- conference proceedings of the Third International factors. tocol analysis and design. It demonstrates that such- Conference on Runtime Verification, RV 2012, model can be adopted by any wireless multi-hop held in Istanbul, Turkey, in September 2012.The 25 Features routing protocol. Also presented is a glimpse of the revised full papers presented together with 3 invited This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the ideal [..] papers and 2 tutorials were carefully reviewed and 39th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, SOFSEM Contents selected from 50 submissions. The papers address a 2013, held in Špindlerův Mlýn, Czech Republic, in Introduction to Wireless Multi-Hop Networks.- wide range of specification languages and [..] January 2013. The 37 revised full papers presented Routing for Wireless Multi-Hop Neworks: Unify- Contents in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected ing Features.- Routing for Wireless Multi-Hop Net- Multimedia Forensics and Counter-Forensics.- Blind from 98 submissions. The book also contains 10 works: Distinguishing Features.- Conclusions and Median Filtering Detection Using Statistics in Dif- invited talks, 5 of which are in full-paper length. The Open Issues. ference Domain.- Robustness of Color Interpolation [..] Fields of interest Identification against Anti-forensic Operations.- Ste- Contents Computer Communication Networks; Communica- ganalysis.- Steganalysis of LSB Replacement Using Major Achievements in Software Studies.- Foun- tions Engineering, Networks Parity-Aware Features.- Statistical Detection of LSB Matching Using Hypothesis Testing Theory.- Tex- dations of Computer Science.- Software and Web Target groups tural Features for Steganalysis.- JPEG-Compatibility Engineering.- Data, Information and Knowledge Research Steganalysis Using Block-Histogram of Recompres- Engineering.- Social Computing and Human Fac- sion Artifacts.- Data Hiding in Unusual Content tors.- Foundations of Computer Science.- Software Type of publication Hiding a Second Appearance in a Physical Relief and Web Engineering.- Data, Information, and Brief Surface.- Blind Robust Watermarking[...] Knowledge Engineering.- Social Computing and Human Factors. 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B. Christianson, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; J.A. L.R. Knudsen, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, R. Nambiar, Cisco Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, USA; M. Poess, Ora- Malcolm, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; V. Matyáš, Denmark; H. Wu, University of Windsor, ON, Canada (Eds.) cle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA, USA (Eds.) Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic; M. Roe, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK (Eds.) Selected Areas in Cryptography Selected Topics in Performance

Security Protocols XVII 19th International Conference, SAC 2012, Windsor, Canada, Evaluation and Benchmarking August 15-16, 2012, Revised Selected Papers 17th International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, April 1-3, 2009. 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, Istanbul, Revised Selected Papers This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Turkey, August 27, 2012, Revised Selected Papers conference proceedings of the 19th International This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, the 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, proceedings of the 17th International Workshop SAC 2012, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in held in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2012. It contains on Security Protocols, SP 2009, held in Cambridge, August 2012. The 24 papers presented were carefully 10 selected peer-reviewed papers, 2 invited talks, a UK, in April 2009. The 17 revised full papers pre- reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They are report from the TPC Public Relations Committee, sented together with edited transcriptions of some organized in topical sections named: cryptanalysis, and a report from the workshop on Big Data Bench- of the discussions following the presentations have digital signatures, stream ciphers, implementations, marking, WBDB 2012. The papers present novel gone through multiple rounds of reviewing, revi- block cipher cryptanalysis, lattices, hashfunctions, ideas and methodologies in performance evaluation, sion, and selection. The theme of this workshop was blockcipher constructions, and miscellaneous. "Brief Encounters". In the old days, security proto- measurement, and characterization. cols were typically run first as preliminaries to, and Features Features later to maintain, relatively stable continuing rela- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of tionships between relatively unchanging individual conference proceedings of the 19th International the 4th TPC Technology Conference, TPCTC 2012, entities. Pervasive computing, e-bay and second life Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in August 2012. It contains have shifted the ground: we now[...] SAC 2012, held in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in 10 selected peer-reviewed papers, 2 invited talks, a August 2012.The 24 papers presented were carefully report from the TPC Public Relations Committee, Features reviewed and selected from 87 submissions. They are and a report from the workshop on Big Data Bench- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- organized in topical sections named: cryptanalysis, marking, WBDB 2012. The papers present novel proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on digital signatures, stream ciphers, implementations, ideas and methodologies in performance evaluation, Security Protocols, SP 2009, held in Cambridge, UK, block [..] in April 2009. The 17 revised full papers presented [..] together with edited transcriptions of some of the Contents Contents discussions following the presentations have gone Cryptanalysis.- An All-In-One Approach to Dif- TPC Benchmark Roadmap 2012.- Incorporating through multiple rounds of reviewing, revision, and ferential Cryptanalysis for Small Block Ciphers.- A Recovery from Failures into a Data Integration selection. The theme of this workshop was "Brief [..] New Method for Solving Polynomial Systems with Benchmark.- Two Firsts for the TPC: A Benchmark Noise over F2 and Its Applications in Cold Boot Key to Characterize Databases Virtualized in the Cloud, Contents Recovery.- Cryptanalysis of the Xiao – Lai White- and a Publicly-Available, Complete End-to-End Ref- Evolutionary design of attack strategies.- Below the Box AES Implementation.- Digital Signatures A erence Kit.- Adding a Temporal Dimension to the salt.- Attacking each other.- Bringing zero-knowl- Practical Leakage-Resilient Signature Scheme in TPC-H Benchmark.- Performance Per Watt - Bench- edge proofs of knowledge to practice.- Towards the Generic Group Model.- Forward Secure Signa- marking Ways to Get More for Less.- Revisiting ETL a verified reference implementation of a trusted tures on Smart Cards.- The Stafford Tavares Lec- Benchmarking: The Case for Hybrid Flows.- MulTe: platform module.- Pretty good democracy.- Brief ture Extracts from the SHA-3 Competition.- Stream A Multi-Tenancy Database Benchmark Framework.- encounters with a random key graph.- Why I'm not Ciphers Cryptanalysis of the “Kindle” Cipher.- BDMS Performance Evaluation: Practices, Pitfalls, an entropist.- A novel stateless authentication proto- Cryptographically Strong de Bruijn Sequences with and Possibilities.- Data Historians in the Data Man- col.- Establishing distributed hidden friendship rela- Large[...] tions.- The final word. agement[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Data Encryption; Systems and Data Security; Algo- System Performance and Evaluation; Database Man- Data Encryption; Computer Communication Net- rithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Computer agement; Software Engineering; Computer Appl. in works; Management of Computing and Information Communication Networks; Information Systems Administrative Data Processing Systems; Systems and Data Security; Information Applications (incl.Internet) Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Legal Aspects Target groups of Computing Target groups Research Research Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Type of publication Proceedings Proceedings Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36726-7 Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35998-9 Softcover Softcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36212-5 2013. 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K.-D. Schewe, Johannes-Kepler-University, Linz, Austria; B. Thal- R. de Lemos, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK; H. Giese, Hasso A. De Lucia, Università di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy; F. Ferrucci, Uni- heim, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany (Eds.) Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering, Potsdam, versità di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Eds.) Germany; H.A. Müller, University of Victoria, BC, Canada; M. Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (Eds.) Semantics in Data and Knowledge Software Engineering

Bases Software Engineering for Self- International Summer Schools, ISSSE 2009-2011, Salerno, Italy, Revised Tutorial Lectures 5th International Workshop SDKB 2011, Zürich, Switzerland, Adaptive Systems July 3, 2011, Revised Selected Papers Software engineering is widely recognized as one International Seminar Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, October of the most exciting, stimulating, and profitable This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- 24-29, 2010 Revised Selected and Invited Papers research areas, with a significant practical impact conference proceedings of the 5th International on the software industry. Thus, training future gen- Workshop on Semantics in Data and Knowledge Although the self-adaptability of systems has been erations of software engineering researchers and Bases, SDKB 2011, held in July 2011 in Zürich, studied in a wide range of disciplines, from biology bridging the gap between academia and industry Switzerland. The 8 revised full papers presented were to robotics, only recently has the software engineer- are vital to the field. The International Summer carefully selected from numerous submissions cov- ing community recognized its key role in enabling School on Software Engineering (ISSSE), which ering topics of formal models for data and knowl- the development of self-adaptive systems that are started in 2003, aims to contribute both to training edge bases, integrity constraints maintenance and able to adapt to internal faults, changing require- future researchers and to facilitating the exchange of dependency theory, formal methods for data and ments, and evolving environments. The 15 carefully knowledge between academia and industry. This vol- knowledge base design, reasoning about data and reviewed papers included in this state-of-the-art sur- ume consists of chapters originating from a number knowledge base dynamics, adaptivity for person- vey were presented at the International Seminar on of tutorial lectures given in 2009, 2010, and 2011 at alised data and knowledge bases view-centered data- "Software Engineering for Self-Adaptive Systems", the International Summer School on[...] and knowledge-intensive systems, information inte- held in Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, in October 2010. 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K. Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, ON, Canada; G. Hedin, Lund D. Winkler, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; S. Biffl, J. Cordeiro, INSTICC, Setubal, Portugal; M. Virvou, University of University, Sweden (Eds.) Vienna University of Technology, Austria; J. Bergsmann, Software Piraeus, Greece; B. Shishkov, IICREST, Sofia, Bulgaria (Eds.) Quality Lab GmbH, Linz, Austria (Eds.) Software Language Engineering Software and Data Technologies Software Quality. Increasing 5th International Conference, SLE 2012, Dresden, Germany, 5th International Conference, ICSOFT 2010, Athens, Greece, September 26-28, 2012, Revised Selected Papers Value in Software and Systems July 22-24, 2010. Revised Selected Papers Development This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- proceedings of the 5th International Conference 5th International Conference, SWQD 2013, Vienna, Austria, conference proceedings of the 5th International on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2012, held January 15-17, 2013, Proceedings Conference on Software and Data Technologies, in Dresden, Germany, in September 2012. The 17 ICSOFT 2010, held in Athens, Greece, in July 2010. papers presented together with 2 tool demonstra- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of The 30 revised full papers presented together with 1 tion papers were carefully reviewed and selected the 5th Software Quality Days Conference (SWQD) invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. SLE’s foremost mission is to held in Vienna, Austria, in January 2013. This pro- from a total of 410 submissions in two rounds of encourage and organize communication between fessional symposium and conference offers a range reviewing and improvement. The papers cover a communities that have traditionally looked at soft- of comprehensive and valuable opportunities for wide range of topics and are organized in four gen- ware languages from different, more specialized, and advanced professional training, new ideas, and net- eral topical sections on healthinf, biodevices, biosig- yet complementary perspectives. SLE emphasizes the working with a series of keynote speeches, profes- nals, and bioinformatics. fundamental notion of languages as opposed to any sional lectures, exhibits, and tutorials. The seven realization in specific technical spaces. scientific full papers accepted for SWQD were Features each peer-reviewed by three or more reviewers and This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post- Features selected out of 18 high-quality submissions. 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Mit dem unaufhaltsamen Vordringen der Com- ceedings of the 10th Theory of Cryptography Con- papers presented at the 25th IFIP TC 7 Conference putertechnik in immer mehr sicherheitskritische ference, TCC 2013, held in Tokyo, Japan, in March on System Modeling and Optimization, held in Dres- Bereiche wird die Software-Qualitätssicherung zu 2013. The 36 revised full papers presented were care- den, Germany, in September 2011. The 55 revised einer stetig wichtiger werdenden Disziplin der Infor- fully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers were carefully selected from numerous sub- mationstechnik. Aber warum ist die Qualität von papers cover topics such as study of known para- missions. They are organized in the following topical Software heute so schlecht? Und viel wichtiger noch: digms, approaches, and techniques, directed towards sections: control of distributed parameter systems; Stehen wir der Misere hilflos gegenüber? 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K. Iwama, Kyoto University, Japan; Y. Kawano, NTT, Kanagawa, E. Dawson, Queensland University of Technology, QLD, Australia M. Gavrilova, University of Calgary, AB, Canada; C.J.K. Tan, Exas- Japan; M. Murao, University of Tokyo, Japan (Eds.) (Ed.) cala Ltd., Birmingham, UK (Eds.)

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J.F. Peters, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; A. Y. Yuan, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, D. Maharry Skowron, University of Warsaw, Poland; S. Ramanna, University China; X. Wu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunica- of Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Z. Suraj, University of Rzeszow, Poland; tions, China; Y. Lu, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommuni- X. Wang, University of Calgary, AB, Canada (Eds.) cations, China (Eds.) TypeScript Revealed

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The chapter content is ordered talks and one invited lecture were carefully reviewed ented software design from use case all the way along the lines of many popular statistics books so it and selected from 13 submissions. through coding and testing, based on the minimal- should be easy to supplement the content and exer- ist, UML-based ICONIX process. In addition to a cises with class lecture materials. The book contains Contents comprehensive explanation of the foundations of the R script programs to demonstrate important topics Unifying Theories of Undefinedness in UTP.- Unify- approach, the book makes extensive use of examples and concepts covered in a statistics [..] ing Theories of Programming with Monads.- Circus and provides exercises at the back of each chapter. Time with Reactive Designs.- Algebra Unifies Oper- Contents [..] ational Calculi.- A Probabilistic Theory of Designs R Fundamentals.- Probability.- Statistical Theory.- Based on Distributions.- The Logic of U•(TP)2.- Fields of interest Frequency Distributions.- Central Tendency and Conscriptions: A New Relational Model for Sequen- Software Engineering / Programming and Operating Dispersion.- Statistical Distributions.- Hypothesis tial Computations.- Mechanical Approach to Link- Systems Testing.- Chi-Square Test.- z-test.- t-test.- F-test.- ing Operational Semantics and Algebraic Semantics Correlation.- Linear Regression.- Replication of for Verilog Using Maude.- Unifying Operational Target groups Results.- Synthesis of Findings.- Glossary.- Appen- Semantics with Algebraic Semantics for Instanta- Popular/general dix.- Author Index.- Subject Index. neous Reactions.- Higher-Order UTP for a Theory of Methods.- Denotational Semantics for a Probabilis- Type of publication Fields of interest Professional book Probability and Statistics in Computer Science; Sim- tic[...] ulation and Modeling; Models and Principles More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4305-2 Fields of interest Logics and Meanings of Programs; Programming Softcover Target groups 2013. 472 p. 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M. Haindl, Institute of Information Theory and Automation, S.K. Ghosh, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, J. Cordeiro, INSTICC, Setúbal, Portugal; K.-H. Krempels, RWTH Prague, Czech Republic; J. Filip, Institute of Information Theory India; T. Tokuyama, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Eds.) Aachen University, Germany (Eds.) and Automation, Prague, Czech Republic WALCOM: Algorithms and Web Information Systems and Visual Texture Computation Technologies Accurate Material Appearance Measurement, Representation and Modeling 7th International Workshop, WALCOM 2013, Kharagpur, India, 8th International Conference, WEBIST 2012, Porto, Portugal, February 14-16, 2013, Proceedings April 18-21, 2012, Revised Selected Papers This book surveys the state of the art in multidimen- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of This book contains the thoroughly refereed and sional, physically-correct visual texture modeling. the 7th International Workshop on Algorithms and revised best papers from the 8th International Con- Features: reviews the entire process of texture syn- Computation, WALCOM 2013, held in Kharagpur, ference on Web Information Systems and Technolo- thesis, including material appearance representa- India, in February 2013. The 29 full papers presented gies, WEBIST 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April tion, measurement, analysis, compression, modeling, were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 sub- 2012, and organized by the Institute for Systems and editing, visualization, and perceptual evaluation; missions. The papers are organized in topical sec- Technologies of Information, Control and Commu- explains the derivation of the most common repre- tions on computational geometry, approximation nication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM sentations of visual texture, discussing their proper- and randomized algorithms, parallel and distrib- SIGMIS.The 23 papers presented in this book were ties, advantages, and limitations; describes a range uted computing, graph algorithms, complexity and carefully reviewed and selected from 184 submis- of techniques for the measurement of visual texture, bounds, and graph drawing. sions. The papers were selected from those with the including BRDF, SVBRDF, BTF and BSSRDF; inves- best reviews also taking into account the quality of tigates the visualization of textural information, from Features their presentation at the conference. The papers are texture mapping and mip-mapping to illumination- This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of grouped into parts on Internet Technology; Web and view-dependent data[...] the 7th International Workshop on Algorithms and Interfaces and Applications; Society, e-Business,[...] Computation, WALCOM 2013, held in Kharagpur, Features India, in February 2013. The 29 full papers presented Features Although the field of texture processing is now well- were carefully reviewed and selected from 86 sub- This book contains the thoroughly refereed and established, research in this area remains predomi- missions. The papers are organized in topical sec- revised best papers from the 8th International Con- nantly restricted to texture analysis and simple and tions on computational geometry, approximation ference on Web Information Systems and Technolo- approximate static textures.This comprehensive text/ and randomized algorithms, parallel and distributed gies, WEBIST 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April reference presents a survey of the state of the art in computing, graph [..] 2012, and organized by the Institute for Systems and multidimensional, physically-correct visual texture Technologies of Information, Control and Commu- modeling. Starting from basic principles and build- Contents nication (INSTICC), in collaboration with ACM ing upon the fundamentals to the [..] Computational Geometry.- Approximation and SIGMIS.The 23 papers presented in this book were Randomized Algorithms.- Parallel and Distributed Contents carefully [..] Computing.- Graph Algorithms.- Complexity and Motivation.- Representation.- Texture Acquisition.- Bounds.- Graph Drawing. Contents Static Multispectral Textures.- Dynamic Textures.- Part I: Internet Technology.- Part II: Web Interfaces Spatially-Varying Bidirectional Reflectance Distrib- Fields of interest and Applications.- Part III: Society, e-Business and ution Functions.- Bidirectional Texture Functions.- Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Dis- e-Government.- Part IV: Web Intelligence.- Part V: Visualization.- Perceptual Validation and Analysis.- crete Mathematics in Computer Science; Mathemati- Mobile Information Systems. Applications.- Conclusions and Open Problems. cal Applications in Computer Science; Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation; Computer Graphics; Algo- Fields of interest Fields of interest rithms Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Image Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Business Information Systems; e-commerce / e-busi- Recognition; Computer Graphics Target groups ness; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interac- Research Target groups tion; Software Engineering Research Type of publication Target groups Proceedings Type of publication Research Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36064-0 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4901-9 Softcover Proceedings 2013. XIII, 348 p. 101 illus. (Theoretical Computer Hardcover Science and General Issues, Vol. 7748) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36607-9 2013. XXXI, 284 p. 158 illus., 148 in color. (Advances in $83.00 Softcover Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) ISBN 978-3-642-36064-0 2013. 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P. Demeester, Ghent University, Belgium; I. Moerman, Ghent Uni- D. Stoecker, eLearning + Film, Bamberg versity, Belgium; A. Terzis, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Dentistry MD, USA (Eds.) eLearning - Konzept und Drehbuch

Wireless Sensor Networks Handbuch für Medienautoren und Projektleiter T. Eliades, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Ed.)

10th European Conference, EWSN 2013, Ghent, Belgium, Feb- eLearning – Konzept und Drehbuch ist ein Praxis- ruary 13-15, 2013, Proceedings handbuch, das Medienautoren und Projektleitern Research Methods in Orthodontics Einblick gewährt in die komplexe Vorarbeit für die This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the A Guide to Understanding Orthodontic Research Realisierung von eLearning-Projekten. Vor diesem 10th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Net- Hintergrund beschreibt das Buch, wie Projektleiter works, EWSN 2013, held in Ghent, Belgium, in Feb- The orthodontic literature includes many articles on und Medienautor in Teamarbeit ein Drehbuch für ruary 2013. The 12 revised full papers presented were basic science and engineering research techniques, eLearning erstellen, das lernpsychologischen Krite- carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. but clinicians are typically unfamiliar with the prin- rien und der aktuellen Multimedia-Didaktik gerecht The papers cover a wide range of topics in the fol- ciples underlying these techniques and may also lack wird. Werkzeuge für das Konzipieren und Schreiben lowing areas: experimentation and data access; data the background knowledge required for a full appre- von Drehbüchern werden vorgestellt und evaluiert, management; network algorithms and protocols; and ciation of their role. This book comprehensively sodass eine bedarfsgerechte Auswahl möglich wird. physical layer and hardware aspects. reviews a wide array of the research methods most Das Handbuch ist angereichert mit Tipps für die frequently encountered in the literature, encompass- Features Arbeitsorganisation und einem Abriss über das ing the areas of materials science and clinical and This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Berufsbild des Medienautors. Im Anhang und online biological research. The various methods and tech- 10th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Net- stehen[...] niques are carefully described, and their indications works, EWSN 2013, held in Ghent, Belgium, in Feb- and limitations are explained. All of the information Features ruary 2013. The 12 revised full papers presented were is up to date, reflecting latest developments in the eLearning – Konzept und Drehbuch ist ein Praxis- carefully reviewed and selected from 51 submissions. field. For practicing[...] handbuch, das Medienautoren und Projektleitern The papers cover a wide range of topics in the fol- Einblick gewährt in die komplexe Vorarbeit für die lowing areas: experimentation and data access; data Features Realisierung von eLearning-Projekten. Vor diesem management; network algorithms and protocols; and The orthodontic literature includes many articles on Hintergrund beschreibt das Buch, wie Projektleiter [..] basic science and engineering research techniques, und Medienautor in Teamarbeit ein Drehbuch für but clinicians are typically unfamiliar with the prin- Contents eLearning erstellen, das lernpsychologischen Krite- ciples underlying these techniques and may also lack On Assessing the Accuracy of Positioning Systems in rien und der aktuellen Multimedia-Didaktik gerecht the background knowledge required for a full appre- Indoor Environments.- TrainSense: A Novel Infras- wird. [..] ciation of their role. This book comprehensively tructure to Support Mobility in Wireless Sensor reviews a wide array of the research methods most Contents Networks.- Access Control in Multi-party Wire- frequently encountered in the literature, [..] Wie kommt das Drehbuch vom Film zum eLearn- less Sensor Networks.- HybridStore: An Efficient ing?- Wer bezieht Stellung bei der Produktion Data Management System for Hybrid Flash-Based Contents von eLearning?- Briefing – welche Inhalte sollen Sensor Devices.- Annotating Real-World Objects Orthodontic materials: An overview of research ins Drehbuch?- Konzeption – wie kommt Struk- Using Semantic Entities.- Data-Aware, Resource- on orthodontic alloys and ceramics.- Research on tur in die Inhalte?- Was macht ein gutes eLearn- Aware, Lossless Compression for Sensor Networks.- orthodontic polymers.- Assessment of biological ing-Drehbuch aus?- Wie organisiere ich die Arbeit BLITZ: Wireless Link Quality Estimation in the action of materials: biocompatibility testing proto- am Drehbuch?- Woran erkenne ich einen guten Dark.- Understanding Link Dynamics in Wireless cols. Computers in orthodontic research: Comput- Drehbuchautor?- Glossar: Fachbegriffe, Abkürzun- Sensor Networks with Dynamically Steerable Direc- ers in orthodontic research. Clinical orthodontic gen aus der Multimedia-Welt.- Literatur und Links.- tional Antennas.-[...] research: Clinical research and epidemiological stud- Checklisten Lektorat. ies.- Meta-analysis and bias in clinical research.- Key Fields of interest issues in designing epidemiologic and clinical studies Fields of interest Computer Communication Networks; Special Pur- in orthodontics. Biological research in orthodontics: Media Design; Information Systems Applications pose and Application-Based Systems; System Per- Tooth movement and craniofacial growth: evolution (incl.Internet); User Interfaces and Human Com- formance and Evaluation; Algorithm Analysis and of study models. puter Interaction; Multimedia Information Systems; Problem Complexity Computers and Education Fields of interest Target groups Dentistry; Biomedicine (general) Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Type of publication Proceedings Professional book Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36671-0 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-17205-2 Professional book Softcover Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31376-9 2013. X, 197 p. 116 illus. (Computer Communication 2013. XVI, 270 S. 50 Abb., 20 in Farbe. (X.media.press) Networks and Telecommunications, Vol. 7772) Hardcover $69.95 $72.00 2013. 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.. acatech, acatech - Deutsche Akademie der Technikwis- D.G. Zeitoun, Ecole Superieure de Gestion, Paris, France; E. Wak- Earth Sciences senschaften, München (Ed.) shal, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Georessource Boden – Land Subsidence Analysis in Urban M. Kühn, GFZ German Research, Potsdam, Germany; U. Münch, Koordinierungsbüro Geotechnologien, Potsdam, Germany (Eds.) Wirtschaftsfaktor und Areas

Ökosystemdienstleister The Bangkok Metropolitan Area Case Study CLEAN Empfehlungen für eine Bündelung der wissenschaftlichen Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consist- Kompetenz im Boden- und Landmanagement CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas Recovery in the Altmark Nat- ing of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly sus- ural Gas Field - GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report No. 19 Böden bilden eine wesentliche Lebensgrundlage ceptible to subsidence. Such regions are common der Menschen. Auf ihnen wachsen Pflanzen, die in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, The project CLEAN (CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal Recovery in the Altmark Natural Gas Field) provides als Nahrungs- und Futtermittel dienen oder als Biomasse, aus der etwa Energie gewonnen wird. marsh lands. Building cities in such areas aggravates site specific knowledge for a potential future pilot the problem for several reasons:1. Construction project. This contributed volume gives an overview Sie erfüllen auch wichtige Funktionen in unserem Ökosystem und sind als Ausgangspunkt aller of buildings and streets adds weight to the region and final results of the entire project which is final- causing additional soil deformations. 2. Often the ized to the end of 2012. biobasierten Wertschöpfungsketten ein zentraler Wirtschaftsfaktor. Der Klimawandel beeinträchtigt regions have to be drained in order to be occupied. This results in lowering of the water table and leads Features sowohl die Produktions- als auch Ökosystemfunk- to hydro-compaction.3. Often the groundwater is The project CLEAN (CO2 Large-Scale Enhanced Gas tionen des Bodens. Diesen Herausforderungen muss used as a source of water for both human consump- Recovery in the Altmark Natural Gas Field) provides auch die Forschung zum Boden- und Landman- tion and industrial[...] site specific knowledge for a potential future pilot agement begegnen. Die acatech POSITION erklärt, warum die deutsche Bodenforschung fächerüber- project. This contributed volume gives an overview Features greifend zusammenarbeiten sollte und benennt elf and final results of the entire project which is final- Cities built on unconsolidated sediments consist- notwendige und neue Aktionsfelder dafür.[...] ized to the end of 2012. ing of clays, silt, peat, and sand, are particularly sus- ceptible to subsidence. Such regions are common Contents Features in delta areas, where rivers empty into the oceans, 1.Introduction to the joint research project CLEAN: Böden bilden eine wesentliche Lebensgrundlage along flood plains adjacent to rivers, and in coastal CO2 Large-scale Enhanced gas recovery in the Alt- der Menschen. Auf ihnen wachsen Pflanzen, die marsh lands. Building cities in such areas aggravates mark Natural gas fields.- 2. Technical Aspects of als Nahrungs- und Futtermittel dienen oder als the problem for several reasons:1. Construction of CO2 Injection.- 3.Well Integrity.- 4. Evaluation of Biomasse, aus der etwa Energie gewonnen wird. buildings and streets adds weight to [..] Geo-Processes.- 5. Reservoir and Cap Rock Monitor- Sie erfüllen auch wichtige Funktionen in unserem Ökosystem und sind als Ausgangspunkt aller ing.- 6. Environmental and Process Monitoring.- 7. Contents biobasierten Wertschöpfungsketten ein zentraler Theoretical test case of the injection of 100,000 t of Introduction.- The subsidence phenomenon Wirtschaftsfaktor. Der Klimawandel beeinträchtigt CO2 into the Altmark depleted gas field.- 8. Public throughout the world.- Mechanical modeling of sowohl die Produktions- als auch [..] Outreach. porous media.- Fundamentals of teh consolida- tion theory for soils.- Biot's theory of consolida- Fields of interest Contents tion.- The numerical solution of the Biot equations.- Geology; Energy Technology; Sustainable Develop- Themenfelder und Herausforderungen.- Die General software.- A case study: the Bangkok ment; Analytical Chemistry; Simulation and Model- Forschungslandschaft.- Notwendige und neue Hand- plain.- Conclusions.- Index ing lungsfelder.- Empfehlungen. Fields of interest Target groups Fields of interest Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Research Geology; Climate Change; Soil Science & Conserva- tion; Hydrogeology Hydrogeology; Geoengineering, Foundations, Type of publication Hydraulics; Software Engineering; Landscape, Monograph Target groups Regional and Urban Planning; Geophysics and Envi- Research ronmental Physics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31676-0 Hardcover Type of publication Target groups 2013. X, 199 p. 119 illus., 16 in color. (Advanced Tech- Monograph Graduate nologies in Earth Sciences) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35027-6 $129.00 Type of publication ISBN 978-3-642-31676-0 Softcover Monograph 2013. 52 S. 6 Abb., 5 in Farbe. (acatech POSITION) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5505-5 $39.95 ISBN 978-3-642-35027-6 Hardcover 2013. XVIII, 307 p. 113 illus., 14 in color. 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A. Schmidt, University of Leeds, UK K.N. van Dalen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Economics Modelling Tropospheric Volcanic Multi-Component Acoustic

Aerosol Characterization of Porous Media M. Bornewasser, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald; G. Zülch, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (Eds.) From Aerosol Microphysical Processes to Earth System Impacts The feasibility to extract porous medium parame- ters from acoustic recordings is investigated. The Arbeitszeit - Zeitarbeit Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehen- thesis gives an excellent discussion of our basic sive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric vol- understanding of different wave modes, using a full- Flexibilisierung der Arbeit als Antwort auf die Globalisierung canic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality waveform and multi-component approach. Focus Die Zeitarbeitsbranche ist in Deutschland in den and human health. Using a state-of-the-art global lies on the dependency on porosity and permeabil- letzten Jahren rasant gewachsen. Zwar gehen die microphysics model, the thesis describes and quan- ity where especially the latter is difficult to estimate. wirtschaftlichen Turbulenzen nicht spurlos an ihr tifies the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions on In this thesis, this sensitivity is shown for inter- vorüber, doch zweifelt niemand daran, dass flex- global aerosol, clouds and the radiative forcing of face-wave and reflected-wave modes. For each of ible Personaldienstleistungen auch zukünftig zur climate. The advanced model enables the first ever the pseudo-Rayleigh and pseudo-Stoneley interface Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Unternehmen estimate of the impact of the emissions on aerosol waves unique estimates for permeability and poros- beitragen werden. Dieses Buch beschreibt die Zeitar- microphysical properties such as particle number ity can be obtained when impedance and attenuation beit aus verschiedenen Perspektiven. Dabei kom- concentrations and sizes, and therefore a consider- are combined. The pseudo-Stoneley wave is most men alle relevanten Interessengruppen zu Wort: ably improved ability to quantify the climate and air sensitive to permeability: both the impedance[...] quality effects. There are several important discover- Wissenschaftler und Personalmanager aus der ies in this thesis. Firstly, it[...] Features betrieblichen Praxis, Personaldienstleister, Volks- The feasibility to extract porous medium parame- und Betriebswirte, Psychologen, Juristen, Journalis- Features ters from acoustic recordings is investigated. The ten sowie Vertreter von Verbänden, Gewerkschaften Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive thesis gives an excellent discussion of our basic und Betriebsräten. Gleichzeitig wird durch die Ein- evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic understanding of different wavemodes, using a full- bindung[...] aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and waveform and multi-component approach. Focus Features human health. Using a state-of-the-art global micro- lies on the dependency on porosity and permeability In den Unternehmen haben sich vielfältige Arbeit- physics model, the thesis describes and quantifies where especially the latter is difficult to estimate. In szeitmodelle etabliert, die einerseits den Arbeit- the impact of volcanic sulphur emissions on global this thesis, this sensitivity is shown for interface and nehmern mehr Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten bei der aerosol, clouds and the radiative forcing of climate. [..] The advanced model enables the first ever estimate Aufteilung von Arbeit und Freizeit lassen, die ander- [..] Contents erseits aber auch Unternehmen die Möglichkeit Governing equations for wave propagation in a geben, flexibel auf volatiles Auftragsvolumen zu Contents fluid-saturated porous medium.- Green’s tensors reagieren. Neue Beschäftigungsformen bis hin zur Motivation and background.- GLOMAP-mode for wave propagation in a fluid-saturated porous Zeitarbeit entwickeln sich mehr und mehr. Dabei overview.- The role of time-averaged volcanic sul- medium.- On wavemodes at the interface of a fluid stellt sich die Frage, [..] phur emissions in the pre-industrial Era.- Impact of and a fluid-saturated poroelastic solid.- Pseudo Contents the 1783–1784AD Laki eruption on global aerosol interface waves observed at the fluid/porous- Arbeitszeit und Zeitarbeit.-Work-Life-Balance.-Sim- formation processes and cloud condensation nuclei.- medium interface. A comparison of two methods.- ulation von neuen Arbeitszeitmodellen/konkret Impact of the 1783–1784 AD Laki eruption on cloud Impedance and ellipticity of fluid/elastic-solid inter- angepasste Mitarbeiterplanung unter Berücksichti- drop number concentrations and the first aerosol face waves: medium characterization and simul- gung der Mitarbeiterbedürfnisse (WLB).-Qualifika- indirect effect.- What if a Laki-style eruption were to taneous displacement - pressure measurements.- tion in der Zeitarbeit.-Alternativen zur Zeitarbeit happen tomorrow?. Impedance and ellipticity of fluid/porous-medium (Vernetzung/Poolbildung). interface waves: medium characterization and simul- Fields of interest taneous[...] Natural Hazards; Earth System Sciences; Atmos- Fields of interest Business & Economics (general); Business & Man- pheric Sciences; Environmental Health; Atmospheric Fields of interest agement Science; Personnel Management Protection / Air Quality Control / Air Pollution Geophysics / Geodesy; Acoustics; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Applica- Target groups Target groups tions of Mathematics; Geoengineering, Foundations, Research Professional/practitioner Hydraulics Type of publication Type of publication Target groups Monograph Professional book Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34838-9 More on www.springer.com/978-3-8349-3149-8 Type of publication Hardcover Softcover Monograph 2013. XV, 145 p. 44 illus., 41 in color. (Springer Theses) 2013. 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C. Niemann, Bayreuth G. Bourier, Hochschule Regensburg S. Boch, Bremen

Behandlungsplanung in der Beschreibende Statistik Bestimmung des

Notaufnahme von Krankenhäusern Praxisorientierte Einführung - Mit Aufgaben und Lösungen Repositionierungsspielraums von Marken Hybride Entscheidungsunterstützung in partiell automatisier- Dieses einführende Lehrbuch zeigt fundiert den baren Entscheidungssituationen gesamten Ablauf einer statistischen Untersuchung Markenführung mit Hilfe neuroökonomischer Die Behandlungsplanung in der Notaufnahme von auf, ausgehend von der Datenerhebung über die Forschungserkenntnisse Krankenhäusern ist ein hoch dynamischer Prozess, Aufbereitung und Analyse der Daten bis hin zur Durch die zunehmende Dynamik insbesondere an der immer wieder zu langen Wartezeiten führt. Interpretation der Ergebnisse. Im Vordergrund Konsumgütermärkten entwickelt sich die Marken- Christoph Niemann stellt mit seinem Modell der stehen die Anwendung und praktische Umset- repositionierung immer mehr zu einem wichti- marktbasierten Verhandlungen ein dezentrales zung statistischer Methoden. Der Autor legt beson- gen Instrument der erfolgreichen Markenführung. System vor, in dem Softwareagenten den Behand- deren Wert auf eine anschauliche, verständliche Gleichzeitig wird der hierfür zur Verfügung ste- lungsplan koordinieren. Die Planung berücksichtigt und nachvollziehbare Beschreibung. Zu diesem hende Spielraum durch den Wunsch der Nachfrager die Dringlichkeit der Behandlung und führt zu Zweck werden alle Methoden in klar strukturierter nach Kontinuität und Entscheidungsvereinfachung verkürzter Wartezeit für die einzelnen Patienten. Das Form, Schritt für Schritt und detailliert dargestellt. eingeschränkt. Sonja Boch entwickelt auf Basis System automatisiert einen großen Teil der Planung, Übungsaufgaben und Kontrollfragen zu allen neuroökonomischer Forschungserkenntnisse so dass von den Leistungserbringern weniger Koor- Kapiteln vertiefen den Stoff. Die 11. Auflage wur- und unter Zuhilfenahme Impliziter Assoziation- dinationstätigkeit erwartet wird. de kritisch durchgesehen, alle Praxisbeispiele und Übungsaufgaben wurden[...] stests ein entscheidungsunterstützendes Modell Features für die professionelle Bestimmung des Reposition- Die Behandlungsplanung in der Notaufnahme von Features ierungsspielraums von Marken. Die Anwendbarkeit Krankenhäusern ist ein hoch dynamischer Prozess, Dieses einführende Lehrbuch zeigt fundiert den und Vorzüge ihrer Herangehensweise gegenüber tra- der immer wieder zu langen Wartezeiten führt. gesamten Ablauf einer statistischen Untersuchung ditionellen Markenforschungsansätzen belegt[...] Christoph Niemann stellt mit seinem Modell der auf, ausgehend von der Datenerhebung über die Features marktbasierten Verhandlungen ein dezentrales Aufbereitung und Analyse der Daten bis hin zur Durch die zunehmende Dynamik insbesondere an System vor, in dem Softwareagenten den Behand- Interpretation der Ergebnisse. Im Vordergrund Konsumgütermärkten entwickelt sich die Marken- lungsplan koordinieren. Die Planung berücksichtigt stehen die Anwendung und praktische Umset- repositionierung immer mehr zu einem wichti- die Dringlichkeit der Behandlung und führt zu zung statistischer Methoden. Der Autor legt beson- gen Instrument der erfolgreichen Markenführung. verkürzter Wartezeit für die [..] deren Wert auf eine anschauliche, verständliche und nachvollziehbare Beschreibung. Zu [..] Gleichzeitig wird der hierfür zur Verfügung ste- Contents hende Spielraum durch den Wunsch der Nachfrager Multiagentensystem.- Ubiquitous Computing.- Soft- Contents nach Kontinuität und Entscheidungsvereinfachung wareagenten.- Marktbasierte Koordination.- Patien- Statistische Grundbegriffe.- Datenerhebung.- Date- eingeschränkt. Sonja Boch entwickelt auf Basis neu- tensteuerung in der Notaufnahmen. naufbereitung.- Datenanalyse und -interpreta- roökonomischer [..] tion.- Häufigkeitsverteilungen.- Verhältnis- und Fields of interest Indexzahlen.- Zeitreihenanalyse.- Regressions- Contents Business Information Systems analyse.- Korrelationsanalyse. Markenpositionierung an FMCG-Märkten.- Neu- roökonomische Forschung als Ansatz zur Bestim- Target groups Fields of interest mung des Repositionierungsspielraums von FMCG- Research Game Theory / Mathematical Methods; Statistics Marken.- Empirische Untersuchung und Poistion- for Business, Economics, Mathematical Finance, ierungsempfehlungen für die Untersuchungsmarken. Type of publication Insurance Monograph Fields of interest Target groups Marketing More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00817-8 Lower undergraduate Softcover Target groups 2013. XVIII, 220 S. 40 Abb. 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M.-A. Aufaure, Ecole Centrale Paris, France; E. Zimányi, Universite J. Hruby, Monheim E. Fernández Vázquez, University of Oviedo, Spain; F. Rubiera Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels Belgium (Eds.) Morollón, University of Oviedo, Spain (Eds.) Das Global Mindset von Managern Business Intelligence Defining the Spatial Scale in

Second European Summer School, eBISS 2012, Brussels, Bel- Das vorliegende Buch zeigt den Stand der Forschung Modern Regional Analysis gium, July 15-21, 2012, Tutorial Lectures des Themas Global Mindset auf und eröffnet die New Challenges from Data at Local Level Diskussion im deutschsprachigen Raum. Dabei To large organizations, business intelligence (BI) wird insbesondere der Zusammenhang zwischen This book explores different approaches to defin- promises the capability of collecting and analyzing Global Mindset und Global Leadership beleuchtet. ing the concept of region depending on the spe- internal and external data to generate knowledge Es erfolgen Personalentwicklungsmaßnahmen, cific question that needs to be answered. While the and value, thus providing decision support at the die beim Manager ansetzen, um ein Global Mind- typical administrative spatial data division fits cer- strategic, tactical, and operational levels. BI is now set zu entwickeln und Organisationsentwicklungs- tain research questions well, in many cases, defining impacted by the “Big Data” phenomena and the evo- maßnahmen zur Förderung eines Global Mindsets regions in a different way is fundamental in order to lution of society and users. In particular, BI appli- beim Unternehmen werden beleuchtet. Ebenso obtain significant empirical evidence. The book is cations must cope with additional heterogeneous wird dargestellt, welche individuelle Führungseigen- divided into three parts: The first part is dedicated to (often Web-based) sources, e.g., from social net- schaften beim Manager vorhanden sein müssen, a methodological discussion of the concept of region works, blogs, competitors’, suppliers’, or distribu- um ein Global Mindset zu entwickeln. Übergreifend and the different potential approaches from different tors’ data, governmental or NGO-based analysis and behandelt dieses Buch interkulturelle und interna- perspectives. The problem of having sufficient infor- papers, or from research publications. In addition, tionale Managementperspektiven und[...] mation to define different regional units is always they must be able to provide their results also on present. This justifies the second part of the book, mobile devices, taking into account[...] Features which focuses[...] Die Globalisierung ist ein in Wirtschaft, Wis- Features senschaft und Politik stark diskutiertes Thema. Features To large organizations, business intelligence (BI) Ein Global Mindset – eine globale Orientierung This book explores different approaches to defin- promises the capability of collecting and analyzing – zu besitzen, ist für den international arbeiten- ing the concept of region depending on the spe- internal and external data to generate knowledge den Manager von essentieller Bedeutung und für cific question that needs to be answered. While the and value, thus providing decision support at the das Unternehmen ein zentraler Erfolgsfaktor. Jörg typical administrative spatial data division fits cer- strategic, tactical, and operational levels. BI is now Hruby zeigt den Forschungsstand zum Thema tain research questions well, in many cases, defining impacted by the “Big Data” phenomena and the evo- Global Mindset auf und eröffnet die Diskussion im regions in a different way is fundamental in order to lution of society and users. In particular, BI applica- deutschsprachigen Raum. Er [..] obtain significant empirical evidence. The book is tions must cope with additional heterogeneous [..] divided into three parts: The first part is dedicated Contents Contents [..] Global Mindset.- Global Leadership.- Personalen- Managing Complex Multidimensional Data.- twicklung.- Organisationsentwicklung.- Führung- Contents An Introduction to Business Process Modeling.- seigenschaften.- Interkulturelles bzs. Internationales Preface.- Part I: Building Economic Areas from Local Machine Learning Strategies for Time Series Fore- Management. Data.- Part II: Estimation of Spatial Desaggregated casting.- Knowledge Discovery from Constrained Data.- Part III: Applications of Spatial Analysis with Relational Data: A Tutorial on Markov Logic Net- Fields of interest Small Area Observations. works.- Large Graph Mining: Recent Developments, Business Strategy/Leadership Challenges and Potential Solutions.- Big Data Ana- Fields of interest lytics on Modern Hardware Architectures: A Tech- Target groups Regional Science; Economic Geography; Statistics nology Survey.- An Introduction to Multicriteria Research for Business, Economics, Mathematical Finance, Decision Aid: The PROMETHEE and GAIA Meth- Insurance ods.- Knowledge Harvesting for Business Intelli- Type of publication gence.- Business Semantics as an Interface between Monograph Target groups Enterprise Information[...] More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00231-2 Research

Fields of interest Softcover Type of publication Business Information Systems; Computer Appl. in 2013. XXIV, 355 S. 54 Abb. Contributed volume Administrative Data Processing; Database Manage- $79.95 ment; Information Storage and Retrieval; Discrete ISBN 978-3-658-00231-2 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31993-8 Mathematics in Computer Science; Probability and Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover Statistics in Computer Science 2012. XIV, 326 p. 84 illus., 7 in color. (Advances in Spa- tial Science) Target groups $179.00 Research ISBN 978-3-642-31993-8 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36317-7 Softcover 2013. X, 235 p. 83 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business Infor- mation Processing, Vol. 138) $72.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36317-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Economics 51

U. van Suntum, Universität Münster S.O. Idowu, London Metropolitan University, UK; N. Capaldi, Loy- F.A. Rabhi, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Aus- ola University New Orleans, LA, USA; L. Zu, International Labor tralia; P. Gomber, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany (Eds.) Organization, Turin, Italy; A. Das Gupta, Indian Institute of Planta- Die unsichtbare Hand tion Management, Bangalore, India (Eds.) Enterprise Applications and Ökonomisches Denken gestern und heute Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Services in the Finance Industry Die Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrise hat nicht nur Responsibility 6th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2012, Barcelona, Wirtschaft und Politik, sondern auch die Wis- Spain, June 10, 2012, Revised Papers senschaft herausgefordert. Müssen die ökonomis- chen Lehrbücher umgeschrieben werden? Hat die The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th marktwirtschaftliche Ordnung ausgedient? Hätte business world has developed from a fig leaf mar- International Workshop on Enterprise Applications man die Krise voraussehen und verhindern kön- keting front into an important aspect of corporate and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom nen? Was läuft falsch in der aktuellen Wirtschaft- behavior over the past several years. Sustainable 2012, held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 10, 2012.The spolitik? Sind Arbeitslosigkeit, Staatsverschuldung strategies are valued, desired and deployed more workshop spans multiple disciplines, including tech- und steigende Steuerlasten wirklich unvermei- and more by relevant players in many industries all nical, service, economic, sociological, and behav- dbar? Dieses Buch gibt darauf keine schnellen over the world. Both research and corporate prac- ioral sciences. It reflects on technologically enabled Antworten. Stattdessen wird der Leser bis in die tice therefore see CSR as a guiding principle for opportunities, implications, and changes due to Tiefen des ökonomischen Denkens geführt, ganz business success.The “Encyclopedia of Corporate the introduction of new business models or regula- ohne Mathematik, dafür mit vielen Beispielen Social Responsibility” has been conceived to assist tions related to the financial services industry and und geschichtlichen Anekdoten. Denn die großen researchers and practitioners to align business and the financial markets. The seven papers presented wirtschaftlichen Fragen unserer Zeit[...] societal objectives. All actors in the field will find were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous reliable and up to date definitions and explanations submissions. The topics covered are: news and text Features of the key terms of CSR in this[...] analysis; algorithmic and[...] Der Finanz- und Schuldenkrise hat nicht nur Wirtschaft und Politik, sondern auch die Wis- Features Features senschaft herausgefordert. Müssen die ökonomis- The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in the This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th chen Lehrbücher umgeschrieben werden? Hat die business world has developed from a fig leaf mar- International Workshop on Enterprise Applications marktwirtschaftliche Ordnung ausgedient? Hätte keting front into an important aspect of corporate and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom man die Krise voraussehen und verhindern können? behavior over the past several years. Sustainable 2012, held in Barcelona, Spain, on June 10, 2012.The Was läuft falsch in der aktuellen Wirtschaftspoli- strategies are valued, desired and deployed more workshop spans multiple disciplines, including tech- tik? Sind Arbeitslosigkeit, Staatsverschuldung und and more by relevant players in many industries all nical, service, economic, sociological, and behav- steigende Steuerlasten wirklich [..] over the world. Both research and corporate practice ioral sciences. It reflects on technologically enabled therefore see CSR as a guiding principle for business opportunities, implications, and changes due to [..] Contents [..] Menschen und Märkte (Mikroökonomie).- Krisen Contents der Marktwirtschaft (Makroökonomie).- Handel und Contents Part I: News and Text Analysis.- Part II: Algorithmic Wandel in der Weltwirtschaft (Außenwirtschaft).- AA1000.- Academy of Business in Society (EABIS) and High Frequency Trading.- Part III: Technology Der Staat und das Soziale (Finanzwissenschaft). ACCA.- Accountability.- AccountAbility.- Acid Role and Impact. Rain.- Acidification.- Adam Smith - The Theory Fields of interest of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations.- Fields of interest Economics; Methodology and the History of Eco- Advertisment.- Affirmative Action.- African Peer Business Information Systems; e-commerce / e- nomic Thought Review Mechanism (APRM).- Ageism.- Agency and business; Finance / Banking; Computer Appl. in Corporate Governance.- Agency Theory.- Agenda21 Administrative Data Processing; Data Mining and Target groups (UN).- Agglomeration.- Alcohol.- Altruistic CSR.- Knowledge Discovery; Information Systems Applica- Popular/general An Aristotelian Approach to Sustainable Man- tions (incl.Internet) agement.- Anglo-American model v. Continen- Type of publication Target groups Popular science tal Europe model.- Animal rights.- Animal rights, Human rights Environmental Management.- Animal Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31307-3 testing.-[...] Type of publication Hardcover Proceedings 2013. XIV, 316 S. Fields of interest $39.95 Non-Profit Enterprises/Corporate Social Respon- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36218-7 sibility; Environmental Economics; Energy Policy, ISBN 978-3-642-31307-3 Softcover Economics and Management; Environment (gen- Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. X, 131 p. 19 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business Infor- eral); Social Sciences (general) mation Processing, Vol. 135) Target groups $72.00 Graduate ISBN 978-3-642-36218-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Encyclop(a)edia More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-28035-1 Hardcover 2013. LVI, 2772 p. 226 illus., 108 in color. $1,600.00 ISBN 978-3-642-28035-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 52 Economics springer.com

G. Poels, Ghent University, Belgium (Ed.) W. Ver Eecke, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA N. Langen, Bonn

Enterprise Information Systems of Ethical Reflections on the Financial Ethics in Consumer Choice the Future Crisis 2007/2008 An Empirical Analysis based on the Example of Coffee

6th IFIP WG 8.9 Working Conference, CONFENIS 2012, Ghent, Making Use of Smith, Musgrave and Rajan This dissertation elaborates differences and simi- Belgium, September 19-21, 2012, Revised Selected Papers larities of forms of ethical behaviour in general and In this book the author reflects on the philosophical analyses whether German consumers differentiate This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and between different types of ethical behaviour in par- International IFIP Working Conference on Research the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith ticular. The thesis is characterised by its intensive and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information solid arguments for the new free market economy, combination of theoretical and empirical research. Systems (CONFENIS 2012), held in Ghent, Bel- capitalism, but also arguments for a role for the gov- It furthermore contributes to the literature as the gium, during September 19–21, 2012. The theme ernment in the case of public goods (roads) and of method triangulation applied in the different surveys of the conference was "enterprise information sys- merit goods (education, control of banking). Where reveals previously unknown relationships between tems of the future –– evolving toward more perfor- the provision of public goods requires that the gov- different kinds of ethical behaviour, such as ethi- mance through transparency and agility," mirroring ernment respect consumer sovereignty there the pro- cal consumption and charitable giving, as well as the trend toward more open and more flexible vision of merit goods legitimizes the violation of that between different forms of ethical products. Choice systems.In all, 53 contributions were submitted principle. By making use of the history of economic experiment, latent class analysis, information display and after a rigorous review process 10 full papers thought (e.g., the neo-liberal tradition) the author matrix and item-based[...] and 15 short papers were selected for publication in demonstrates that Musgrave’s idea of merit goods this book. These 25 papers present a well-balanced can be expanded to[...] Features mix between the traditional social sciences and the Individuals have a multitude of possibilities by novel[...] Features means of their decisions to influence ecological, In this book the author reflects on the philosophical social and economic developments at the regional, Features and ethical bases of the financial crisis 2007-08 and national and global level. Nina Langen elaborates dif- This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th the subsequent recession. He finds in Adam Smith ferences and similarities of forms of ethical behav- International IFIP Working Conference on Research solid arguments for the new free market economy, iour, such as ethical consumption and charitable and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Sys- capitalism, but also arguments for a role for the gov- giving in general and investigates whether German tems (CONFENIS 2012), held in Ghent, Belgium, ernment in the case of public goods (roads) and of consumers differentiate between different types of during September 19–21, 2012. The theme of the merit goods (education, control of banking). Where ethical [..] conference was "enterprise information systems of the provision of public goods requires that the [..] the future –– evolving toward more performance Contents through transparency and agility," mirroring the Contents Consumers’ decision making.- Preference measure- trend toward more open [..] Introduction.- Adam Smith and the Free Market.- ment.- Ethical consumption.- Fair Trade.- Charitable The Concepts of Private, Public and Merit Goods.- Giving.- Cause-related Marketing. Contents Business Ethics and Eleven Categories of Merit Full Papers.- Short Papers. Goods.- The Ethical and Socio-political Dimensions Fields of interest of the Financial Crisis of 2007-08 and the Subsequent Marketing Fields of interest Recession.- Conclusion. Business Information Systems; Information Sys- Target groups tems Applications (incl.Internet); Computer Appl. in Fields of interest Research Administrative Data Processing Financial Economics; Finance / Banking; Ethics; International Economics; Political Economy; Type of publication Target groups Methodology and the History of Economic Thought Monograph Research Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00758-4 Type of publication Research Softcover Proceedings 2013. XXIV, 344 p. 20 illus., 4 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36610-9 Type of publication $89.95 Brief Softcover ISBN 978-3-658-00758-4 2013. XII, 277 p. 62 illus. (Lecture Notes in Business More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35090-0 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Information Processing, Vol. 139) Softcover $72.00 2013. X, 102 p. (SpringerBriefs in Economics) ISBN 978-3-642-36610-9 $49.95 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 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K. Hoeyer, University of Copenhagen, Denmark J.F. e Cunha, University of Porto; M. Snene, University of Geneva, R. Advani Switzerland; H. Nóvoa, University of Porto, Portugal (Eds.) Exchanging Human Bodily Material: Financial Freedom Exploring Services Science Rethinking Bodies and Markets A Guide to Achieving Lifelong Wealth and Security 4th International Conference, IESS 2013, Porto, Portugal, Feb- ruary 7-8, 2013, Proceedings If you're one of the millions of Americans who is This book addresses the debate usually tagged as buried in credit card debt, or maybe you're hav- being about ’markets in human body parts’ which Service science constitutes an interdisciplinary ing trouble deciphering the fine print on your is antagonistically divided into pro-market and approach to systematic innovation in service sys- 401(K)—that is, if you even have a 401(K)!—don't anti-market positions. The author provides a set of tems, integrating managerial, social, legal, and dismay. You can start taking steps toward closing propositions about how to approach this and shows engineering aspects to address the theoretical and your financial illiteracy gap right away with the a way out of the concrete impasse of it. Assump- practical challenges of the services industry and its sound, practical personal finance advice offered up tions about markets and bodies that characterize this economy.This book contains the refereed proceed- in Reuben Advani's Financial Freedom. Designed debate are analyzed and described while the author ings of the 4th International Conference on Explor- for young adult professionals but filled with cru- argues that these assumptions are in fact constitu- ing Services Science (IESS), held in Porto, Portugal, cial information that will financially empower read- tive for exchanges of human bodily material – but in February 2013. This year, the conference theme ers of all ages, Financial Freedom is more than just in unacknowledged ways. It is concluded that what was Enhancing Service System Fundamentals and your standard personal finance book, which offers we need is a different analytical approach to better Experiences, chosen to address the current need to up plenty of encouragement but very little actionable understand the mechanisms at play when organiza- explore enhanced methods, approaches, and tech- advice. Instead, this user-friendly[...] tions exchange organs, tissues and cells for[...] niques for a more sustainable and comprehensive economy and society. The 19 full and 9 short[...] Features Features If you're one of the millions of Americans who is This book addresses the debate usually tagged as Features buried in credit card debt, or maybe you're hav- being about ’markets in human body parts’ which Service science constitutes an interdisciplinary ing trouble deciphering the fine print on your is antagonistically divided into pro-market and approach to systematic innovation in service sys- 401(K)—that is, if you even have a 401(K)!—don't anti-market positions. The author provides a set of tems, integrating managerial, social, legal, and dismay. You can start taking steps toward closing propositions about how to approach this and shows engineering aspects to address the theoretical and your financial illiteracy gap right away with the a way out of the concrete impasse of it.Assumptions practical challenges of the services industry and its sound, practical personal finance advice offered up about markets and bodies that characterize this economy.This book contains the refereed proceed- in Reuben Advani's Financial [..] debate are analyzed and described while the author ings of the 4th International Conference on Explor- argues [..] ing Services Science (IESS), held in Porto, Portugal, Fields of interest [..] Business & Management Science Contents 1. Introduction.- 2. What is a market?.- 3. What is a Contents Target groups human body?.-4. Ubject exchange as everyday prac- Strategic Reorientation and Influences on Busi- Popular/general tice.- 5. Ubjectology.- 6. Conclusion. ness-IT Alignment: Case Study of a Luxembour- gish Financial Services Provider.- A Service Oriented Type of publication Fields of interest Simulation Architecture for Intelligent Building Professional book Health Economics; Theory of Medicine / Bioethics; Management.- Capabilities in Systems Engineer- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4539-1 Ethics ing: An Overview.- Applying the Lead User Method for Designing e-Services – Practical Techniques and Softcover Target groups Experiences.- Theory of Constraints in the Service 2014. 164 p. Research Sector: Characterization for Banking and Analy- $24.99 ISBN 978-1-4302-4539-1 Type of publication sis of the Factors Involved in Its Adoption.- Service Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Monograph Innovation Analytics: Towards an Approach for Val- idating Frameworks for Service Innovation Capabil- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5263-4 ities[...] Hardcover 2013. XI, 191 p. 1 illus. 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B.L. Nelson, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA K. Waldkirch, Neustadt S. Ziermann, Verlag Fuchsbriefe, Berlin (Ed.)

Foundations and Methods of Geschäftserfolge in Indien Grünes Geld 2013 - Nachhaltige

Stochastic Simulation Erfolgsfaktoren erkennen, Perspektiven entwickeln, Märkte Sachwert-Investments erschließen A First Course Ein Sicherheitsportfolio nach dem Yale-Prinzip Die Zahl deutscher Firmen, die in Indien investieren This graduate-level text covers modeling, program- Die Finanzkrise und die Suche der Anleger nach oder ihre Präsenz ausbauen, nimmt deutlich zu. ming and analysis of simulation experiments and dauerhaft sicheren Realwert-Investments beflügelt Aus langjähriger Beratungserfahrung bietet Karl provides a rigorous treatment of the foundations of den Markt für nachhaltige Geldanlagen. Das Ange- Waldkirch solide Informationen zur fundierten simulation and why it works. It introduces object- bot an ethisch, sozial und ökologisch vertretbaren Vorbereitung auf ein Indien-Engagement. Nach oriented programming for simulation, covers both Anlagen wächst beinahe täglich. Auch nachhaltige einer landeskundlich-politischen Einführung erhält the probabilistic and statistical basis for simulation Beteiligungsprodukte kommen verstärkt auf den der Leser u. a. einen Überblick über Erfolgsfak- in a rigorous but accessible manner (providing all Markt, die bei der Abrundung eines Anlageportfo- toren (angepasste Produktentwicklung, Mark- necessary background material); and provides a lios gute Zwecke leisten können – wenn man denn teinschätzung, Standortevaluierung, rechtliche modern treatment of experiment design and analy- die richtigen auswählt. Die FUCHSBRIEFE-Redak- und betriebswirtschaftliche Due Diligence, Ver- sis that goes beyond classical statistics. The book tion hat sich die boomenden nachhaltigen Anlage- handlungsstrategien und Mitarbeiterführung) emphasizes essential foundations throughout, rather produkte genau angesehen. Es zeigt sich, dass sich in und Informationen zu Wachstumsprognosen für than providing a compendium of algorithms and diesem Segment inzwischen viel Spreu angesammelt den indischen Markt. Der Autor zeigt, wie man theorems and prepares the reader to use simulation hat – es sind zahlreiche Trittbrettfahrer des Öko- bürokratische Hürden überwindet und Infrastruk- in research as well as practice.The book is[...] booms unterwegs, die den gutmeinenden Privatan- turmängeln erfolgreich begegnet.[...] leger mit viel zu[...] Features Features This graduate-level text covers modeling, program- Features Die Zahl deutscher Firmen, die in Indien investieren ming and analysis of simulation experiments and Die Finanzkrise und die Suche der Anleger nach oder ihre Präsenz ausbauen, nimmt deutlich zu. provides a rigorous treatment of the foundations of dauerhaft sicheren Realwert-Investments beflügelt Aus langjähriger Beratungserfahrung bietet Karl simulation and why it works. It introduces object- den Markt für nachhaltige Geldanlagen. Das Ange- Waldkirch solide Informationen zur fundierten Vor- oriented programming for simulation, covers both bot an ethisch, sozial und ökologisch vertretbaren bereitung auf ein Indien-Engagement. So erhält the probabilistic and statistical basis for simulation Anlagen wächst beinahe täglich. Auch nachhaltige der Leser u. a. einen Überblick über Erfolgsfak- in a rigorous but accessible manner (providing all Beteiligungsprodukte kommen verstärkt auf den toren (angepasste Produktentwicklung, Marktein- necessary background material), and provides a Markt, die bei der Abrundung eines Anlageportfolios schätzung, Standortevaluierung, rechtliche und modern [..] gute Zwecke leisten können – wenn man denn die betriebswirtschaftliche [..] richtigen auswählt. [..] Contents Contents Why Do We Simulate?.- Simulation Programming: Contents Wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen.- Erfolgsfak- Quick Start.- Examples.- Simulation Programming Nachhaltige Sachwertanlagen liegen im Trend toren im Indiengeschäft.- Produktion und Qual- with VBASim.- Two Views of Simulation.- Simula- - Zukunftsfähige Marktwirtschaft nicht ohne itätswesen.- Personal und Management.- Forschung tion Input.- Simulation Output.- Experiment Design SRI.- Marktüberblick: Steigende Nachfrage bei und Entwicklung.- Erfolgreiche Markteintrittsstrate- and Analysis.- Simulation for Research.- VBASim. Profis - Boom bei nachhaltigen Banken; Sozialer gien. Zusatznutzen macht SRI-Anlagen attraktiv.- Fields of interest Fields of interest SRI-Investments: Auf dem Weg zum Main- Operation Research / Decision Theory; Operations Business Strategy/Leadership; Management/Business streamFNG-Profil schafft mehr Transparenz.- SRI- Research, Mathematical Programming; Simulation for Professionals Portfoliostruktur: Die Asset-Allocation bestimmt and Modeling den Erfolg - Worauf Sie bei grünen Beteiligungen Target groups achten müssen. Target groups Professional/practitioner Graduate Fields of interest Type of publication Finance / Banking Type of publication Professional book Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-8349-4548-8 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6159-3 Professional/practitioner Softcover Hardcover 2013. XVIII, 198 S. Type of publication 2013. XIV, 276 p. 53 illus., 11 in color. 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J. Bach, R. Werner T. Ackermann, Darmstadt, Germany C. Burmann, Universität Bremen; V. König, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg (DHBW), Mannheim; J. Meurer, Keylens Management Consultants (Eds.) How to Secure Your H-1B Visa IT Security Risk Management

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S. Leitner, University of Klagenfurt, Austria T. Bauer, Oldenburg N. Kraiczy, Vallendar, Germany

Information Quality and Innovationen in Innovations in Small and Medium- Management Accounting Familienunternehmen Sized Family Firms

A Simulation Analysis of Biases in Costing Systems Eine empirische Untersuchung An Analysis of Innovation Related Top Management Team Behaviors and Family Firm-Specific Characteristics One of the main aims of management accounting is Familienunternehmen sind von zentraler volk- to provide managers with accurate information in swirtschaftlicher Bedeutung, sodass auch aus the- Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent orga- order to provide a good basis for decision-making. oretischer wie praktischer Sicht von Relevanz ist, nizational form in Germany. Their importance for There is evidence that the information provided by die Innovationstätigkeiten und -fähigkeit dieses the German economy is indisputable. Most of them management accounting systems (MAS) is distorted Unternehmenstypus zu verstehen. Die wenigen are global market leaders in their niches and are con- and the occurrence of biases in accounting informa- Forschungsergebnisse zu dieser Thematik weisen sidered to be a force for innovation in the German tion is widely accepted among users of MAS. At the widersprüchliche Ergebnisse auf, sodass einerseits economy. The ability to be innovative in niche mar- same time, the intensity and the frequency of use of anzunehmen ist, dass Familienunternehmen wand- kets has been identified as the antecedent of their MAS increase, too. Consequently, the quality of the lungsresistent sind und in Traditionen verharren, strong, or even dominant, competitive positions in provided information is critical. The focus of this andererseits kommen einige Studien auch zu dem their industries. The driver of this innovation success simulation study is twofold. On the one hand, the Ergebnis, dass Familienunternehmen von großer may well be the family, which distinguishes family impact of the sophistication of traditional costing Innovationskraft sind. So setzt diese Arbeit an der firms from non-family firms. But how can a family systems on error propagation in the case of a set of Schnittstelle zwischen Innovation und Tradition influence innovation in a family firm and does this input biases is investigated.[...] in Familienunternehmen an und gibt einen Beitrag influence have only positive effects? This dissertation zum besseren[...] focuses on the impact[...] Features One of the main aims of management accounting is Features Features to provide managers with accurate information in Der Entstehung von Innovationen in Familienun- Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent orga- order to provide a good basis for decision-making. ternehmen ist bislang, trotz der volkswirtschaftlichen nizational form in Germany. Their importance for There is evidence that the information provided by Bedeutung dieses Unternehmenstypus, kaum Beach- the German economy is indisputable. Most of them management accounting systems (MAS) is distorted tung in der Forschungslandschaft widerfahren. Inno- are global market leaders in their niches and are con- and the occurrence of biases in accounting informa- vationen sind jedoch für den nachhaltigen Erfolg sidered to be a force for innovation in the German tion is widely accepted among users of MAS. At the eines Unternehmens unabdingbar. Tim Bauer unter- economy. The ability to be innovative in niche mar- same time, the intensity and the frequency of use of sucht die Auswirkungen familiärer Spezifika auf kets has been identified as the antecedent of their MAS [..] Produktinnovationen. Der Autor entwickelt hierzu strong, or even dominant, competitive positions in einen konzeptionellen [..] their [..] Contents Introduction.- Management Accounting.- Concep- Contents Contents tual and Theoretical Framework.- Research Design Die Besonderheiten von Family firms.- Innovation.- Top Management and Model Formalization.- Costing System Sophisti- Familienunternehmen.- Managementsysteme vs. Teams.- Upper Echelon Theory.- Innovativeness. cation and Quality of Provided Information.- Effects Unternehmenskultur.- Der Formalisierungsgrad of Single Input Biases on the Quality of Provided des Innovationsprozesses.- Der Innovationsgrad aus Fields of interest Information.- Effects of Multiple Input Biases on the Perspektive des Unternehmens.- Explorative und Business Strategy/Leadership Quality of Provided Information.- Discussion.- Sum- exploitative Produktinnovationen.- Der Einfluss des Target groups mary and Conclusion. familiären Faktors auf Innovationen. 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S. Gassner, Hohenheim J.B. Guerard, Jr., McKinley Capital Management, Inc., Anchorage, Z. Xu, PLA University of Science and Technology,Nanjing,China AK, USA Instandhaltungsdienstleistungen in Intuitionistic Fuzzy Aggregation Produktionsnetzwerken Introduction to Financial and Clustering Forecasting in Investment Analysis Mehrzielentscheidung zwischen Make, Buy, Concurrent Sourc- ing und Cooperate This book offers a systematic introduction to the Forecasting—the art and science of predicting future clustering algorithms for intuitionistic fuzzy val- Diese Arbeit zeigt theoretisch und empirisch auf, outcomes—has become a crucial skill in business ues, the latest research results in intuitionistic fuzzy wie Bereitstellungsentscheidungen für Instand- and economic analysis. This volume introduces the aggregation techniques, the extended results in inter- haltungsdienstleistungen auf Unternehmens- und reader to the tools, methods, and techniques of fore- val-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environments, and Produktionsnetzwerkebene im Zeitverlauf zus- casting, specifically as they apply to financial and their applications in multi-attribute decision making, tande kommen und welche Kriterien und Alter- investing decisions. With an emphasis on "earnings such as supply chain management, military system nativen hierbei berücksichtigt werden können. per share" (eps), the author presents a data-oriented performance evaluation, project management, ven- Neben empirischen Ergebnissen aus der chemischen text on financial forecasting, understanding finan- ture capital, information system selection, building Industrie und dem Maschinenbau entwickelt sie des cial data, assessing firm financial strategies (such as materials classification, and operational plan assess- Weiteren ein online verfügbares Entscheidungsun- share buybacks and R&D spending), creating effi- ment, etc. terstützungstool. cient portfolios, and hedging stock portfolios with financial futures. The opening chapters explain how Features Features to understand economic fluctuations and how the This book offers a systematic introduction to the Die Zusammenarbeit von Unternehmen konzentri- stock market leads the[...] clustering algorithms for intuitionistic fuzzy val- ert sich meist auf die Fertigung von Endprodukten. ues, the latest research results in intuitionistic fuzzy Die daraus folgende Optimierung des netzwerk- Features aggregation techniques, the extended results in inter- weiten Produktionsprozesses führt zu komplexen Forecasting—the art and science of predicting future val-valued intuitionistic fuzzy environments, and und hoch verketteten Produktionssystemen, deren outcomes—has become a crucial skill in business their applications in multi-attribute decision making, Verfügbarkeit und Zuverlässigkeit essenziell sind. and economic analysis. This volume introduces the such as supply chain management, military system Zusätzlich erlangt die Instandhaltung eine immer reader to the tools, methods, and techniques of fore- performance evaluation, project management, [..] höhere Bedeutung, da durch Just-in-Time-Produk- casting, specifically as they apply to financial and tion Pufferläger, [..] investing decisions. With an emphasis on “earnings Contents per share” (eps), the author presents a data-oriented 1 Intuitionistic Fuzzy Aggregation Techniques.-1.1 Contents text on financial forecasting, understanding [..] Rankings of Intuitionistic Fuzzy Values.-1.1.1 Intu- Bereitstellung von Dienstleistungen.- Instandhal- itionistic Fuzzy Values.-1.1.2 Methods for Ranking tung in Produktionsnetzwerken.- Instandhaltung Contents IFVs.-1.1.2.1 The Method for Ranking IFVs by Using in der chemischen Industrie und im Maschinen- Chapter 1: Why do we forecast?.- Chapter 2: Regres- the Score Function.-1.2.1.2 The Method for Ranking bau.- Mehrzielentscheidungen in Produktionsnet- sion Analysis and Forecasting Models.- Chapter 3: IFVs by Using the Positive Ideal Point.-1.1.2.3 The zwerken.- Make, Buy, Concurrent Sourcing und An Introduction to Time Series Modeling and Fore- Method for Ranking IFVs by Using the Intuitionis- Cooperate.- Entscheidungsunterstützung in der casting.- Chapter 4: Regression Analysis and Multi- tic Fuzzy Point Operators.-1.1.2.4 The Method for Praxis. collinearity: Two Case Studies.- Chapter 5: Multiple Ranking IFVs by Using the Similarity Measure and Time Series Analysis and Causality Testing.- Chapter the Accuracy Degree.-1.1.3 The Application of Rank- Fields of interest 6: A Case Study of Portfolio Construction using the ing IFVs Using the Similarity Measure and the Accu- Production / Logistics USER Data and the Barra Aegis System.- Chapter 7: racy Degree in Multi-attribute Decision[...] More Efficient Portfolios Featuring the USER Data Target groups and an Extension to Global Data and Investment Fields of interest Research Universes.- Chapter 8: Forecasting World Stock Operation Research / Decision Theory; Marketing Type of publication Returns and Improved Asset Allocation.-[...] Target groups Monograph Fields of interest Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01366-0 Financial Economics; Finance / Banking; Quantita- Type of publication Softcover tive Finance Monograph 2013. 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I. Suzuki, Y. Kaneko M. Ghosh, Visva- Bharati, Santiniketan, Birbhum, India A. Taschner, ESB Business School (Hochschule Reutlingen)

Japan’s Disaster Governance Liberalization, Growth and Management Reporting für

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Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause Lösungsorientierte Kompaktedition Upon the backdrop of impressive progress made severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become by the Indian economy during the last two decades Dieser handliche Ratgeber liefert neben einem national and even global crises. Today’s world after the large-scale economic reforms in the early kurzen, praxisorientierten Überblick über das Man- urgently needs a new body of knowledge and tech- 1990s, this book evaluates the performance of the agement Reporting eine vertiefende Darstellung niques for the mitigation of and response to disas- economy on some income and non-income dimen- von Störungen und Fehlerquellen im Umgang mit ter. Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster sions of development at the national, state and sec- (Berichts-)Informationen. Aufbauend auf Aspek- preparedness, emergency and crisis management toral levels. It examines regional economic growth ten des Behavioural Accounting bzw. der Organi- systems of government, of which capacity build- and inequality in income originating from agricul- sationspsychologie stellt das Buch die praktischen ing is becoming an increasingly important element ture, industry and services. In view of the importance Auswirkungen und vor allem konkrete Beispiele in public administration, management and gover- of the agricultural sector, despite its declining share in den Mittelpunkt. Es wird erläutert, wie typische nance. Today, disasters are to be managed by sound in gross domestic product, it evaluates the perfor- Fehler, Störungen und Missverständnisse im Report- local, national, and global governance, through all mance of agricultural production and the impact of ingprozess erkannt und vermieden werden können. the phases of preparedness, prevention, mitigation agricultural reforms on spatial integration of food and then to relief, recovery and[...] grain markets. It studies rural[...] Features Dieser handliche Ratgeber liefert neben einem Features Features kurzen, praxisorientierten Überblick über das Man- Natural disasters are often multifaceted and cause Upon the backdrop of impressive progress made by agement Reporting eine vertiefende Darstellung severe damage. Disasters initiated locally can become the Indian economy during the last two decades after von Störungen und Fehlerquellen im Umgang mit national and even global crises. Today’s world the large-scale economic reforms in the early 1990s, (Berichts-)Informationen. Aufbauend auf Aspek- urgently needs a new body of knowledge and tech- this book evaluates the performance of the economy ten des Behavioural Accounting bzw. der Organi- niques for the mitigation of and response to disaster. on some income and non-income dimensions of sationspsychologie stellt das Buch die praktischen Central to such a body of knowledge are disaster pre- development at the national, state and sectoral levels. Auswirkungen und vor allem konkrete Beispiele in paredness, emergency and crisis management sys- It examines regional economic growth and inequal- den Mittelpunkt. Es wird [..] tems of government, of which capacity building is ity in income originating from agriculture, industry becoming [..] and [..] Contents Gestaltung und Prozesse im Management Report- Contents Contents ing.- Der Mensch als Fehlerquelle.- Heuristiken im Contents.- Introduction.- Brief overview of the Chapter1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Review of Eco- Management Reporting.- Tipps zur Reduzierung des Tohoku 3.11 Mega Earthquake, Tsunami and nomic Policies and Growth Performance.- Chap- Einflusses von Heuristiken. Fukushima NPS Disasters.- Government institu- ter 3: Regional Economic Growth and Inequality.- tions available at time of the 3.11disaster for the Chapter 4: Growth and Regional Divergence in Fields of interest emergency management.- How the 3.11 emergency Industry and Services.- Chapter 5: Growth and Accounting / Auditing responses for the gigantic natural disasters were Regional Divergence in Agriculture.- Chapter 6: actually organized?.- Managing Fukushima NPS Target groups Structural Breaks and Performance in Agriculture.- accidents: in particular focus on government crisis Professional/practitioner Chapter 7: Growth and Structural Breaks in Food communication.- Road to Recovery and Reconstruc- Grains Production.- Chapter 8: Spatial Efficiency in tion after the Great East Japan Earthquake.- Conclu- Type of publication Regional Food Grain Markets.- Chapter 9: Inclusive sion. 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W. Sroka, Academy of Business in Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland; Š. E.S. Lee, Pusan National University, Republic of South Korea J. Drengner, Chemnitz Hittmár, University of Zilina, Slovakia Management of International Trade Markenkommunikation mit Sport Management of Alliance Networks Wirkungsmodell für die Markenführung aus Sicht der Ser- Formation, Functionality, and Post Operational Strategies Under the current multilateral trading system, most vice-Dominant Logic business entities have turned their attention away Effective management is crucial to the success of the from focusing exclusively on their domestic market Der Aufbau und das Management starker Marken inter-firm cooperation, and may reduce the risk that to the management of international business trans- gelten in der Marketingwissenschaft und - praxis is inherently associated with these strategies. If coop- actions on the global market. Around the world, this als Garant für den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg der erative strategy is to be successful, managers must trend has increased the demand for education and marktorientierten Unternehmensführung.Für die have knowledge of factors that should be taken into training on the principles of international trade and, Nachfrager bilden sie beispielsweise eine Orien- consideration during formation and management of more practically, the administration of international tierungshilfe beim Einkauf und mindern das Risiko alliance networks. Therefore the main goal of this- business transactions. This book aims to give upper- von Fehlentscheidungen. Die Hersteller profi- book is an understandable and simple presentation level undergraduates and graduate students a com- tieren von starken Marken unter anderem in Form of the complexity involved in the management of prehensive understanding of the administrative and größerer Absatzmengen und höherer Preise, die ihre alliance networks at three basic stages: formation practical aspects of international commerce. It seeks Kunden für markierte Leistungen bezahlen. Marken stage, functioning stage, and post-operational stage. to provide students, as the potential future practi- beinhalten außerdem Wachstumspotentiale, indem The book consists of six chapters, both theoreti- tioners of[...] sie die Erschließung neuer Absatzregionen erle- cal and practical. A new model for management of ichtern oder die Erfolgs- wahrscheinlichkeit bei der alliance networks, which[...] Features Markteinführung neuer Leistungen verbessern.Eine Under the current multilateral trading system, most mögliche[...] Features business entities have turned their attention away Effective management is crucial to the success of the from focusing exclusively on their domestic market Features inter-firm cooperation, and may reduce the risk that to the management of international business trans- Unternehmen greifen bei ihrer Markenkommunika- is inherently associated with these strategies. If coop- actions on the global market. Around the world, this tion häufig auf das Thema Sport zurück, da Sport in erative strategy is to be successful, managers must trend has increased the demand for education and westlichen Gesellschaften einen hohen Stellenwert have knowledge of factors that should be taken into training on the principles of international trade and, genießt. Das Spektrum der eingesetzten Kommu- consideration during formation and management of more practically, the administration of [..] nikationsinstrumente reicht dabei von der Werbung alliance networks. Therefore the main goal of this- über Eventmarketing, Sponsoring und Ambush- book is an understandable and simple [..] Contents Marketing bis hin zu Interaktionsplattformen im Preface.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Overseas Market Internet. Eine notwendige Voraussetzung für den Contents Research.- 3 International Trade Contracts.- 4 Erfolg dieser Instrumente [..] Introduction.- Network organizations: theoretical Terms of International Trade.- 5 Payment Collec- assumptions of functioning and management of tion in International Trade.- 6 International Trans- Contents inter-firm cooperation.- Management of alliance portation.- 7 Marine Cargo Insurance.- 8 Foreign Markenführung aus der Perspektive der Ser- network at the formation stage.- Management of Exchange Risks.- 9 Electronic Commerce.- 10 Claim vice-Dominant Logic.- Markenkommunikation mit alliance network at the functionality stage.- Man- and Dispute Settlement.- 11 Application to Practical Sport.- Analyse der Konsumprozesse in Sporter- agement of alliance network at the post-operational Fields.- Index. lebniswelten als Voraussetzung einer erfolgreichen stage.- A process approach to the management of Markenkommunikation mit Sport.- Analyse der alliance networks.- Management of the alliance net- Fields of interest Wirkungen der Markenkommunikation mit Sport work in practice.- Conclusions.- Summary. Emerging Markets/Globalization; Production / auf die Markenstärke.- Entwicklung eines Mod- Logistics; Commercial Law ells zur Erklärung der Wirkungen der Markenkom- Fields of interest munikation mit Sport auf die Markenstärke.- Business Strategy/Leadership; Industrial Organiza- Target groups Handlungsempfehlungen für das Management der tion; Organization / Planning; Business Information Graduate Markenkommunikation mit Sport. Systems Type of publication Fields of interest Target groups Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Marketing Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-30402-6 Target groups Type of publication Hardcover Research Brief 2012. XV, 353 p. 4 illus. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34245-5 $99.00 Type of publication ISBN 978-3-642-30402-6 Monograph Softcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. XVII, 124 p. 27 illus. 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F. Studenski, Grünstadt; R. Berton, Bad Bergzabern; M.C. Birr, A. Ghadiri, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University, Sankt Augustin, Ger- L.C. Peh, SIM University, Singapore; S.P. Low, National University Kleinmachnow (Eds.) many; A. Habermacher, ctp corporate training programmes, of Singapore Zuerich, Switzerland; T. Peters, Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University, Sankt Augustin, Germany Neues Entgeltsystem in der Organization Design for Psychiatrie und Psychosomatik Neuroleadership International Construction Business

Daten, Analysen und Ausblicke A Journey Through the Brain for Business Leaders The book explains how Gravitational Distance and Mit der Verabschiedung des § 17d des Kranken- This book takes you on a journey through the brain, the System of Cities influence transnational con- hausentgeltgesetzes zur "Einführung eines its function and its impact on leadership. The young struction-related firms when they venture over- pauschalierenden Entgeltsystems für psychiatrische business field of neuroleadership is founded on the seas. The study presented in the book internalizes und psychosomatische Einrichtungen" im Jahre 2009 belief that understanding the brain can give lead- the characteristics of home and foreign cities, and wurde ein Systemwechsel der Vergütungsform und ers new and powerful insights into human behav- of transnational firms, to develop situational busi- der Fallabbildung der psychiatrischen und psychoso- iour and how to effectively tap into that knowledge ness strategies and organization designs in terms of matischen stationären Versorgung in Gang gesetzt. to generate better returns in business. The book Strategy, Structure, Systems, Leadership Style, Firm’s Die Autoren - allesamt erfahrede Managementmi- approaches the background, history, and major Skills, Staff’s characteristics, Shared Values and Sup- tarbeiter aus dem Gesundheitswesen - schildern thinkers in the field, but also reassesses the funda- ply Chain. The book presents the findings of surveys ihre Erfahrungen bei der Entwicklung und Umset- mental concept of neuroleadership. The authors look and interviews with managers and professionals in zung der neuen Anforderungen an die Kliniken in into the fundamental basic needs of human beings, eight different Asian cities stretching from Singapore der Einführungsphase. Das Ziel der Kosten- und how they are represented in the neural networks, and to China. The findings are then used to develop busi- Leistungstransparenz geht einher mit einem hohen how this manifests in motivational drives. The book ness solutions in the[...] Dokumentationsaufwand, der eine Reorganisation also focuses explicitly on how[...] des Behandlungsmanagements und[...] Features Features The book explains how Gravitational Distance and Features This book takes you on a journey through the brain, the System of Cities influence transnational con- Das BuchSeit 2009 wird – gemäß § 17d des Kranken- its function and its impact on leadership. The young struction-related firms when they venture overseas. hausentgeltgesetzes - in Deutschland für die psychi- business field of neuroleadership is founded on the The study presented in the book internalizes the atrischen und psychosomatischen Einrichtungen belief that understanding the brain can give lead- characteristics of home and foreign cities, and of ein Systemwechsel mit der geplanten Einführung ers new and powerful insights into human behav- transnational firms, to develop situational business eines pauschalierten Entgeltsystems initiiert und iour and how to effectively tap into that knowledge strategies and organization designs in terms of Strat- schrittweise vollzogen. Das Ziel der Kosten- und to generate better returns in business. The book egy, Structure, Systems, Leadership Style, Firm’s [..] Leistungstransparenz gehteinher mit einem hohen approaches the background, history, and major Dokumentationsaufwand, der eine Reorganisation thinkers in [..] Contents des [..] Introduction.- Geographical distance and inter- Contents national business.- Firm’s behavior and System of Contents Preface.- Introduction.- 1 Neuroleadership - The cities.- Internationalization of construction busi- 1. Einleitung.- 2. Strategie aus Sicht eines Backdrop.- 2 Neuroscience for Business.- 3 Neu- ness.- Business strategies and Organization design.- Wirtschaftsexperten.- 3. Strategie aus Sicht roscience in Business - Key Protagonists.- 4 Four Modeling for Organization design.- Research design eines Leistungserbringers.- 4. Medizinische Basic Human Needs at the Heart of Neuroscience.- and methodology.- Survey findings.- Case studies.- Dokumentation in der Psychiatrie und Psy- 5 Organisational and Personnel Development Tools Synthesis for Organization design.- Decision Support chosomatik.- 5. Leistungsdokumentation in the Neuroscience Spotlight.- 6 Practical Applica- System for Organization design.- Conclusion. im Rahmen der Kostenträgerrechnung.- 6. tions.- 7 Learning Check.- 8 Glossary.- Index. Kodierung.- 7. Betreuungsintensität.- 8. Bausteine Fields of interest einer Kostenträgerrechnung.- 9. Medizincontrolling Fields of interest Management/Business for Professionals; Industrial - Nutzen und Notwendigkeit in der Psychiatrie?.- Personnel Management; Neuropsychology; Organi- Organization; Business Strategy/Leadership 10. Medizinische Dokumentationsassistenten in der zation / Planning; Organizational Studies, Economic Psychiatrie / Möglichkeiten, Nutzen und Grenze.- Sociology Target groups 11. 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P. Bogetoft, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Den- E. Stüber, Cottbus R. Dou, Tianjin University, P.R. China (Ed.) mark Personalisierung im Internethandel Proceedings of 2012 3rd Performance Benchmarking Die Akzeptanz von Kaufempfehlungen in der Bekleidungs- International Asia Conference Measuring and Managing Performance branche on Industrial Engineering "In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the Im Internethandel gilt die Personalisierung and Management Innovation theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an als wichtiger Wettbewerbsvorteil, da sie den (IEMI2012) in–depth yet very accessible and readable explana- Einkaufsvorgang der Konsumenten lenken und tion of the best way to do benchmarking, starting vereinfachen kann. Speziell Recommendersysteme from the ground up."Rick AntleWilliam S. Beinecke und die mit ihnen generierten Kaufempfehlungen The purpose of the 2012 3rd International Asia Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Manage- sind zu diesem Zweck weit verbreitet. Vor diesem Conference on industrial engineering and manage- mentCFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc."I highly Hintergrund untersucht Eva Stüber die Akzeptanz ment innovation (IEMI2012) is to bring together recommend this well-written and comprehensive von Kaufempfehlungen im Internethandel. Zur researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in book on measuring and managing performance. Dr. Akzeptanzmessung entwickelt sie einen innova- the application of informatics to industrial engineer- Bogetoft summarizes the fundamental mathematical tiven Messansatz, welcher subjektive und objek- ing and management innovation. concepts in an elegant, intuitive, and understandable tive Messungen kombiniert. Aus den Ergebnissen way."Jon A. ChilingerianProfessor, Brandeis Univer- der Akzeptanzmessung leitet die Autorin Hand- Features sity and INSEAD"Bogetoft gives in his book Perfor- lungsempfehlungen zur Optimierung von Recom- The purpose of the 2012 3rd International Asia Con- mance Benchmarking an excellent introduction to mendersystemen ab. ference on Industrial Engineering and Manage- the[...] ment Innovation (IEMI2012) is to bring together Features researchers, engineers and practitioners interested Features Im Internethandel gilt die Personalisierung in the application of informatics to usher in new "In this book, Peter Bogetoft - THE expert on the als wichtiger Wettbewerbsvorteil, da sie den advances in the industrial engineering and manage- theory and practice of benchmarking - provides an Einkaufsvorgang der Konsumenten lenken und vere- ment fields. in–depth yet very accessible and readable explana- infachen kann. Speziell Recommendersysteme und tion of the best way to do benchmarking, starting die mit ihnen generierten Kaufempfehlungen sind Contents from the ground up."Rick AntleWilliam S. Beinecke zu diesem Zweck weit verbreitet. Vor diesem Hin- Core areas of Industrial Engineering.- Assistive Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Manage- tergrund untersucht Eva Stüber die Akzeptanz von Technology of Industrial Engineering.- Management mentCFO, Compensation Valuation, Inc."I highly Kaufempfehlungen im Internethandel. Zur Akzep- System Innovation or Areas of engineering educa- recommend this well-written and [..] tanzmessung entwickelt sie einen [..] tion.

Contents Contents Fields of interest Introduction to Benchmarking.- Performance Kaufempfehlungen als Personalisierungsansatz Business & Economics (general); Industrial and Pro- Measures.- Performance Models.- Performance im Internethandel.- Technologieakzeptanz von duction Engineering; Technology Management; Analysis – DEA.- Performance Analysis – Kaufempfehlungen.- Messung der Technolo- Business Information Systems SFA.- Performance Planning.- Performance gieakzeptanz von Kaufempfehlungen im Inter- Restructuring.- Performance nethandel.- Erweiterter Untersuchungsansatz zur Target groups Contracting.- Interactive Benchmarking. Akzeptanz von Kaufempfehlungen. Research

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W. Grundmann, Handelsschule Weidenstieg, Hamburg, Ger- M. Missbach, Walldorf, Germany; J. Stelzel, Leimen, Germany; C. J. Huo, Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R.China; Z. Hong, Tongji many; R. Rathner, Berufskolleg am Wasserturm, Bocholt, Ger- Gardiner, Tokyo, Japan; G. Anderson, Cypress, TX, USA; M. Tem- University, Shanghai, P.R.China many pes, Carnegie, VIC, Australia Service Science in China Rechnungswesen, Controlling, SAP on the Cloud

Bankrechnen A service economy era is coming! As the basic disci- This book provides an introduction to the various Basiswissen und Prüfungsaufgaben mit Lösungen pline of service dominant era, service science mainly facets of building and operating an SAP infrastruc- studies common rules of service activities, aiming to Anhand von prüfungsnahen Aufgaben mit kom- ture exploiting Cloud technologies. It describes and provide theoretical bases for creating service value in mentierten Lösungen wiederholt, festigt und ergänzt discusses the latest developments and challenges and the new era. The book, which integrates knowledge der Auszubildende die wirklich relevanten Lernin- suitable solutions, and also outlines future trends of service management, operational management, halte, die ihn optimal auf die Abschlussprüfung vor- where possible. To ensure that this book is also logistics and supply chain management, constructs a bereiten. Zu Beginn jedes Kapitels enthält das Buch useful to readers who do not consider themselves research system for this emerging discipline. Service nützliche Zusammenfassungen und Übersichten experts in this area, this book explains in detail the science research system constitutes service philoso- des Lernstoffs. Begleitend zum Buch informiert ein backgrounds of the various solutions. Also, prac- phy, resource allocation, operational management kostenloser Online-Service über Änderungen in tice-oriented case studies are provided through- and service technology. Many cases about China’s gesetzlichen Vorschriften, so dass der Leser stets out the book in order to make the reader aware of service enterprises are incorporated in the book, in auf dem neuesten Stand relevanter Prüfungsinhalte essential but perhaps less obvious points. However, the hope of providing readers an insight into not bleibt. the book concentrates exclusively on the set up and only service science[...] operation of the SAP[...] Features Features Prüfungstraining für BankkaufleuteRechnungswe- Features A service economy era is coming! As the basic disci- sen, Controlling, Bankrechnen Anhand von prü- This book provides an introduction to the various pline of the new service dominant era, service science fungsnahen Aufgaben mit kommentierten Lösungen facets of building and operating an SAP infrastruc- mainly studies common rules of service activities, wiederholt, festigt und ergänzt der Auszubildende ture exploiting Cloud technologies. It describes and aiming to provide theoretical bases for creating die wirklich relevanten Lerninhalte, die ihn optimal discusses the latest developments and challenges and future service value. This book, which integrates ser- auf die Abschlussprüfung vorbereiten. Dabei sind suitable solutions, and also outlines future trends vice management, operational management, logistics auch die Zusammenfassungen und Übersichten in where possible. To ensure that this book is also and supply chain management, presents a research jedem Kapital äußerst hilfreich. Für die 5. Auflage [..] useful to readers who do not consider themselves system for this emerging discipline. This system [..] experts in this area, this book explains in detail the Fields of interest [..] Contents Business & Management Science; Finance / Banking Preface.- Service Economy Knocks.- The Rise of Ser- Contents vice Science.- The Connotation of Service Science.- Target groups 1 From Adaptive Infrastructures to Cloud Comput- Overview of Service Science Research System.- Ser- Upper undergraduate ing.- 2 How the SAP Business Suite, NetWeaver and vice Philosophy.- Resource Allocation.- Operation HANA fit to the cloud.- 3 Service Level Agreements Management.- Supporting System of Service Tech- Type of publication for SAP on Cloud.- 4 Security of SAP in public and nology.- Service Science Application on Traditional German textbook private clouds.- 5 Change and Configuration Man- Service Industries.- Application of Service Science in More on www.springer.com/978-3-8349-4179-4 agement.- 6 How Private and Public Clouds Work.- the Emerging Service Industries. 7 SAP solutions on public clouds.- 8 Private cloud Softcover infrastructures for SAP.- 9 Stateless computing for Fields of interest 2013. VIII, 249 S. (Prüfungstraining für Bankkaufleute) SAP on clouds.- 10 Economic and Legal Aspects of Business & Economics (general); Operation $39.95 Cloud Computing. Research / Decision Theory; Production / Logistics ISBN 978-3-8349-4179-4 Due: Februar 28, 2013 Fields of interest Target groups Business Information Systems; Information Systems Research Applications (incl.Internet); Management of Com- puting and Information Systems Type of publication Monograph Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34496-1 Professional/practitioner Hardcover Type of publication 2013. XIII, 461 p. 65 illus. Professional book $179.00 ISBN 978-3-642-34496-1 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31210-6 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2013. XX, 215 p. 45 illus. (Management for Profession- als) $89.95 ISBN 978-3-642-31210-6 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Economics 63

Y. Hou, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA M. Deutsch, Berlin, Deutschland G. Probst, Genf, Schweiz; C. Wiedemann, Uetikon am See, Sch- weiz State Government Budget Steuervorteile mit Kindern Strategie-Leitfaden für die Praxis Stabilization Leitfaden für Familien und Steuerberater

Policy, Tools, and Impacts Dieser kompakte Leitfaden gibt einen umfassenden Strategische Weitsicht zeichnet Führungskräfte aus Überblick über Steuervorteile und Gestal- – sei es in der Leitung einer Organisation, eines This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treat- tungsmöglichkeiten mit Kindern. Von Familienleis- Bereichs oder einer Funktion. Diese Weitsicht auch ment of the law, politics and economics with regard tungsausgleich über Elterngeld, Kinderbetreuungs- anzuwenden, ist angesichts des zeitintensiven Tages- to the policies and policy instruments for budget sta- und Ausbildungskosten bis hin zu Erbschafts- geschäfts und komplexer Zusammenhänge heraus- bilization at the state level. Covering the period from teuer und den steuerrechtlichen Möglichkeiten fordernd. Gilbert Probst und Christian Wiedemann 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides bei Vermögensübertragungen werden alle rele- leiten Praktiker Schritt für Schritt an, wie sie erfol- details on the methods and results of empirical tests vanten Themenbereiche verständlich und praxis- greich ihre Strategie entwerfen und verwirklichen of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on nah behandelt. Mit zahlreichen konkreten Tipps können:1. Strategische Ausgangslage identifizieren government operations, public service provision, and zur Umsetzung richtet sich das Buch an Familien 2. Komplexität der Strategie-Situation verstehen 3. some other aspects of social and economic life. With und Alleinerziehende sowie an Steuerberater. Strategie entwickeln 4. Strategie umsetzen 5. Strate- the lingering effects of the most recent financial cri- gie kontrollieren und überprüfen sis and economic downturn, and the subsequent Tea Features Party movement advocating smaller government and Dieser kompakte Leitfaden gibt einen umfassenden Features deficit reduction, this book carries timely and impor- Überblick über Steuervorteile und Gestal- Strategische Weitsicht zeichnet Führungskräfte aus tant[...] tungsmöglichkeiten mit Kindern. Von Familienleis- – sei es in der Leitung einer Organisation, eines tungsausgleich über Elterngeld, Kinderbetreuungs- Bereichs oder einer Funktion. Diese Weitsicht auch Features und Ausbildungskosten bis hin zu Erbschafts- anzuwenden, ist angesichts des zeitintensiven Tages- This book is the first comprehensive, full-scale treat- teuer und den steuerrechtlichen Möglichkeiten geschäfts und komplexer Zusammenhänge heraus- ment of the law, politics and economics with regard bei Vermögensübertragungen werden alle relevan- fordernd. Gilbert Probst und Christian Wiedemann to the policies and policy instruments for budget sta- ten Themenbereiche verständlich und praxisnah leiten Praktiker Schritt für Schritt an, wie sie erfol- bilization at the state level. Covering the period from behandelt. Mit zahlreichen konkreten Tipps [..] greich ihre Strategie entwerfen und verwirklichen 1946 through 2008 in the United States, it provides können. [..] details on the methods and results of empirical tests Contents of the effects of budget stabilization instruments on Einkommensteuer: Familienleistungsausgle- Contents government operations, public [..] ich, Kinderbetreuung, Schulgeld, außergewöhn- Strategische Ausgangslage identifizieren.- Kom- liche Belastung, Krankenversicherung, plexität der Strategie-Situation verstehen.- Strategie Contents Riesterförderung.- Elterngeld und Mutterschafts- entwickeln.- Strategie umsetzen.- Strategie kontrol- Table of Contents.- Preface.- List of Abbreviations.- geld.-Erbschaftsteuer.- Grunderwerbsteuer.- lieren und überprüfen. 1. Introduction and Overview.- Part I: From Eco- Steuergestaltungen: Vermögensübertragun- nomic Stabilization to Budget Stabilization: Theory gen, Arbeitsverträge.-Gestaltungen bei Unter- Fields of interest and Tools.- 2. From Economic Stabilization to Bud- stützungsleistungen.-Hinzuverdienstmöglichkeiten Business Strategy/Leadership; Management/Business get Stabilization.- 3. Subnational Government Tools für Kinder. for Professionals; Organization / Planning for Budget Stabilization.- Part II: Boom-Year Sav- ings and Effects in Bust Years.- 4. Patterns of State Fields of interest Target groups Savings with BSF and GFS.- 5. State Saving Behavior Business Taxation Professional/practitioner – Effects of BSF in Interaction with BBR.- 6. Effects of Boom-year Savings across Three Types of State Target groups Type of publication Expenditures.- 7. Effects of Boom-year Savings on Professional/practitioner Professional book Bust-year Budgetary Actions.-[...] More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01123-9 Type of publication Fields of interest Professional book Hardcover Public Finance & Economics; Political Science, gen- 2013. 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M. Schlickel, Paderborn, Germany G. Gandellini, University of Rome III, Italy; A. Pezzi, University of B.-J. van Putten, Berlin, Germany Rome III, Italy; D. Venanzi, University of Rome III, Italy Strategy Deployment in Business Supporting Reuse in Business Case Units Strategy for Action – II Development Strategy Formulation, Development, and Control Patterns of Operations Strategy Cascading Across Global Sites in a Manufacturing Firm The innovative and unique feature of this book is Determining the value of an information system for that it does not contain theoretical concept that an organization is challenging, especially before the This book reveals and presents the root-causes that cannot be translated into practice. This second execution of the project in which the system is put lead to varying improvement performances across volume expands the analysis of the strategic deci- into operation. Many organizations cope with prob- different locations of a global positioned manufac- sions, emphasizing the importance of a sustainable lems when having to identify the potential benefits turing organization. Conducting a multiple case competitive advantage, and proposing an inte- of the investment, while even more have difficulties study analysis of manufacturing sites around the grated conceptual and operational framework (the with their quantification. An analysis, in which mul- world, the author found that the quality of the strat- “Strateco Dashboard”), that complements and sig- tiple possible investments and approaches are com- egy deployment process is vital, especially when it is nificantly improves the recent and well-known Blue pared with respect to their benefits, costs and risks, clear to all affected employees—a situation we refer Ocean approach to strategy development. Finally, is called a ‘business case’ (BC). The current frame- to as strategy cascading. But having a sound strategy it addresses the measurement of the performance works that can be used to develop BCs offer too little cascading alone is not enough. The author worked of strategy in terms of value creation, highlighting support for the aforementioned challenges. Oppor- out that a company, which achieves to align its sound differences and similarities, as well as strengths and tunities to improve BC frameworks, and thereby the strategy cascading with the company context and weaknesses, of the main metrics. Furthermore, it[...] efficiency and[...] leadership style of its top-management team, is likely to realize more[...] Features Features The innovative and unique feature of this book is Determining the value of an information system for Features that it does not contain theoretical concept that can- an organization is challenging, especially before the This book reveals and presents the root-causes that not be translated into practice. This second vol- execution of the project in which the system is put lead to varying improvement performances across ume expands the analysis of the strategic decisions, into operation. Many organizations find it challeng- different locations of a global positioned manufac- emphasizing the importance of a sustainable com- ing to identify the potential benefits of the invest- turing organization. Conducting a multiple case petitive advantage, and proposing an integrated con- ment, while even more have difficulties with their study analysis of manufacturing sites around the ceptual and operational framework (the “Strateco quantification. An analysis, in which multiple possi- world, the author found that the quality of the strat- Dashboard”), that complements and significantly ble investments and approaches are compared [..] egy deployment process is vital, especially when it is improves the [..] clear to all affected employees—a situation we refer Contents to [..] Contents Challenges and Reuse in Business Case Develop- 1 Introduction to the second volume.- 2 Business ment.- Business Case Ontology.- Business Case Contents strategy: Formulation, development and control.- 3 Framework.- Supporting Dynamic Reuse in Busi- Introduction.- Review of the Literature on Strat- Corporate strategy: diversification and management ness Case Development.- Exploring the Usability in egy Cascading, Context, and Leadership.- Research of multiple SBUs.- 4 Organization, ownership and Valuation Methods in Business Cases.- The Relation Design and Data Collection.- The Relevance of Orga- collaboration strategies.- 5 Financial performance between Dynamic Business Models and Business nizational Context to Strategy Cascading.- The Effect and sustainability of strategy. Cases.- Decision Support by Automatic Analysis of of Leadership on Strategy Cascading.- Assessment Business Process Models. of Strategy Cascading Quality and Improvement Per- Fields of interest formance.- Results on Strategy Cascading, Context, Business Strategy/Leadership; Business & Manage- Fields of interest and Leadership Style.- Theoretical and Managerial ment Science; Management/Business for Profession- Business Information Systems Implications.- Appendix: Interview Guide. als Target groups Fields of interest Target groups Research Business Strategy/Leadership; Organization / Plan- Graduate ning; Production / Logistics Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Target groups Brief More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01170-3 Research More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2474-8 Softcover Type of publication Softcover 2013. XXXII, 223 p. 54 illus. Monograph 2013. X, 117 p. 63 illus. 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C. Murdock R. Fox S. Nayak, ICFAI Business School, Mumbai, India

Tax Insight Tax Strategies for the Small The Global Financial Crisis

For Tax Year 2012 Business Owner Genesis, Policy Response and Road Ahead

Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 will teach you to take Reduce Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits The Financial Crisis, though originating in the US, control of life—s biggest expense—taxes. In your life- is global and comparable with the Great Depression Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner: Reduce time, you will spend more money on taxes than on of the 1930s. The book takes both micro and macro Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits will help the anything else. Despite that fact, you likely know the view of the crisis. It examines the evolution of the small business owner increase profits while feel- current prices of movies and milk but don—t know global monetary system and looks at the crisis from a ing more comfortable dealing with taxes. It begins what your marginal tax rate is. You know where to systemic angle. It examines the institutional changes by looking at the often overlooked critical deci- get the cheapest gallon of gas to save a buck or two, in American capitalism and market mechanisms. sion small business owners face when they start a but you don—t give a thought to the tax strategies you The dynamics of the market and its cyclical charac- business: the choice of business entity. The book should be using right now that would save you thou- ters are discussed. It examines the structural changes then examines all the deductions that a business sands. Why? Is it too complicated and confusing? in the US economy. The role of globalization and owner can take legally to reduce taxes. It also pro- Too unpleasant? In Tax Insight, tax expert Casey international funds flow, their changing character vides advice business owners need to make good tax- Murdock opens up the world of taxes with amazing and the growing interdependence among nations related decisions: Should I lease or buy? Should I hire clarity and simplicity. As you will discover, you have have been examined. At the micro level, the book an employee or outsource the task? How much will within reach numerous[...] discusses the subprime market[...] buying a building reduce my taxes and for how long? Features Many people freeze up when they are[...] Features Tax Insight: For Tax Year 2012 will teach you to take The Financial Crisis, though originating in the US, Features control of life—s biggest expense—taxes. In your life- is global and comparable with the Great Depression Tax Strategies for the Small Business Owner: Reduce time, you will spend more money on taxes than on of the 1930s. The book takes both micro and macro Your Taxes and Fatten Your Profits will help the anything else. Despite that fact, you likely know the view of the crisis. It examines the evolution of the small business owner increase profits while feel- current prices of movies and milk but don—t know global monetary system and looks at the crisis from a ing more comfortable dealing with taxes. It begins what your marginal tax rate is. You know where to systemic angle. It examines the institutional changes by looking at the often overlooked critical decision get the cheapest gallon of gas to save a buck or two, in American capitalism and market mechanisms. small business owners face when they start a busi- but you don—t give a [..] The dynamics of the market and its cyclical [..] ness: the choice of business entity. The book then Fields of interest examines all the deductions that a business owner [..] Contents Business & Management Science Part I- The Crisis: Micro-Macro Perspective.- Chap- Fields of interest ter1- Pathology of the Crisis.- Chapter 2- Sub-Prime Business & Management Science Target groups Debt Imbroglio : Risks-Rewards of Financial Sophis- Popular/general Target groups tication.- Chapter 3- Policy Response.- Chapter 4- Popular/general Why Is the Economy Not Taking Off?.- Chapter 5- Type of publication Euro-Sclerosis: Causation and Control.- Part II- Evo- Professional book Type of publication lutionary Economics: A Systemic View.- Chapter More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4737-1 Professional book 6- Benign Neglect of Dollar: Bretton Woods and its Demise.- Chapter 7- Enter The Globalization : Par- Softcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4842-2 adigm Shift.- Chapter 8- Great Crash and Depres- 2014. 376 p. Softcover sion : Relook.- Part III- Structural Gaps.- Chapter 9- $29.99 2014. 280 p. Metamorphosis of American[...] ISBN 978-1-4302-4737-1 $24.99 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-1-4302-4842-2 Fields of interest Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Financial Economics; International Economics; Macroeconomics / Monetary Economics; Economic Policy; Emerging Markets/Globalization; Finance / Banking

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T. Bourquin, N. Mango L.M. Orr, D. Orr J. Engelfried, Hannover; S. Zahn, Stößen

Traders at Work When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Wirkungsvolle Präsentationen von

How the World's Most Successful Traders Make Their Living in Consultant und in Projekten the Markets Getting Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships Shortly after most novice traders discover how trad- Das Buch zeigt welche Rolle Präsentationen in When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant:Getting ing works and begin to realize that they have the Projekten einnehmen und welche Elemente eine Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships potential to make unlimited amounts of money in erfolgreiche Präsentation kennzeichnen. Kennt- is a hands-on, practical guide for anyone think- the financial markets, they start dreaming the near- nisse über die Aufnahme, Verarbeitung und Spe- ing about hiring a consultant to set strategy, solve impossible dream. They fantasize about buying that icherung von Informationen, Denkstile, Aspekte problems, increase profits or revenue, develop new condo in Boca Raton for their parents or surpris- der Wahrnehmung und die Art und Weise, wie der products, open new markets, or improve efficiency. ing their son with a brand-new car on his 16th birth- Mensch Informationen verarbeitet und lernt, werden Consulting is one of the fastest growing professions day. They even begin to imagine themselves opening erläutert. Die Präsentationsvorbereitung, die Präsen- in the United States. According to the U.S. govern- their own trading firm or milling about the pit of tationshilfsmittel, der persönliche Auftritt und die ment, there were 719,000 consultants in the U.S. in the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, lobbying against Visualisierung der Kernbotschaften einer Präsenta- 2010, and you can expect an additional 274,000 by other professional traders for the perfect entry into tion, mit Praxisbeispielen, stehen im Vordergrund. 2020. Cloaked in —expert— status, consultants might a once-in-a-lifetime trade. But then ... they watch So gelingt es Ihnen, wirkungsvoll zu präsentieren seem to be the answer to many business problems. the markets lurch in wildly unpredictable ways, lose und Ihre (Projekt)Ziele zu erreichen. You call someone in to solve a particular problem or their shirts in a few live[...] develop new markets, then send[...] Features Features Präsentieren-Können ist ein zunehmend wichtiger Features Shortly after most novice traders discover how trad- Aspekt in unserer Gesellschaft, der Wirtschaft und When to Hire—or Not Hire—a Consultant:Getting ing works and begin to realize that they have the im alltäglichen Berufsleben. Präsentieren als Form Your Money's Worth from Consulting Relationships potential to make unlimited amounts of money in von Kommunikation wird als Schlüsselkompetenz is a hands-on, practical guide for anyone think- the financial markets, they start dreaming the near- oder Schlüsselqualifikation angesehen, unabhängig ing about hiring a consultant to set strategy, solve impossible dream. They fantasize about buying that von fachspezifischem Wissen und Können.Da Pro- problems, increase profits or revenue, develop new condo in Boca Raton for their parents or surprising jekte und die Organisation von Tätigkeiten in Pro- products, open new markets, or improve efficiency. their son with a brand-new car on his 16th birthday. jektform in den Organisationen immer häufiger die Consulting is one of the fastest growing professions They even begin to imagine themselves opening their [..] in the United States. According [..] [..] Contents Fields of interest Fields of interest Grundlegendes methodisches Wissen.- Präsentatio- Business & Management Science Business & Management Science nen vorbereiten.- Kernbotschaften visualisieren.- Muster für Präsentationen. Target groups Target groups Popular/general Popular/general Fields of interest Management/Business for Professionals; Project Type of publication Type of publication Management; Marketing Professional book Professional book More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4734-0 Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4302-4443-1 Professional/practitioner Softcover Softcover 2013. 284 p. 2013. 220 p. Type of publication $29.99 $24.99 Professional book ISBN 978-1-4302-4734-0 ISBN 978-1-4302-4443-1 More on www.springer.com/978-3-8349-4257-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Softcover 2012. X, 204 S. 50 Abb. in Farbe. $59.95 ISBN 978-3-8349-4257-9 Due: Februar 28, 2013 springer.com Education 67

A.M. Schoenberg, München Education J. Eulenberger, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Ökonomische Begründbarkeit Migrationsbezogene Disparitäten von Maßnahmen der C. Kuhlmann, Evangelische Fachhochschule Bochum an der ersten Schwelle.

Behindertenförderung Junge Aussiedler im Übergang von der Hauptschule in die Erziehung und Bildung berufliche Bildung.

In dieser Studie wird eine Definition und Deskrip- Einführung in die Geschichte und Aktualität pädagogischer Aus einer sozialökologischen Perspektive nähert tion von Behinderung erarbeitet, die erlaubt, mit Theorien sich diese Studie der Frage, mit welchen Ausgren- Hilfe wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Analysemeth- zungsrisiken junge Aussiedler und Aussiedlerin- oden Aussagen über Nachteile von Menschen mit Das Lehrbuch gibt einen Überblick über die wichtig- nen beim Übergang von der allgemeinbildenden Behinderung zu treffen. Behinderungsverstärkende sten allgemein- und sozialpädagogischen Konzepte Schule in die berufliche Ausbildung/Lehre konfron- ökonomische und soziale Gegebenheiten werden in der europäischen Geschichte - von Platon bis tiert sind und mit welchen Bearbeitungsmodi sie die Analyse einbezogen. Eine umfassende Bestim- Lyotard. Im Zentrum der komprimierten und ver- hierauf reagieren. Die Analyse, die sowohl Sequenz- mung der Behinderung und der behinderungsrel- ständlichen Darstellung von Erziehungs- und Bil- musteranalysen nach der Optimal Matching-Meth- evanten Faktoren wird im Rahmen des Capability dungstheorien stehen nicht allein 'Klassiker' oder ode, Regressionsanalysen im Mehrebenendesign Ansatzes ermöglicht. Sie dient dazu, Hinweise auf bis heute beeindruckende Pädagoginnen und Päda- und rekonstruktive Analysen anhand der Doku- Fördermaßnahmen abzuleiten. Die gesellschaftliche gogen, sondern auch weniger vorbildliche Begründer mentarischen Methode verwendetet, führte zu dem Wohlfahrt wird bei der Bestimmung und Bewer- pädagogischer Ideen. Schluss, dass herkömmliche Erklärungsmodelle zu tung von Politikmaßnahmen berücksichtigt. Es wird kurz greifen. Vielmehr zeigte sich, das für künftige ein allgemeiner theoretischer Referenzrahmen der Features Forschung im Bereich migrationsbezogene Dispar- Behindertenpolitik[...] Dieses Lehrbuch gibt einen Überblick über die itäten in den Übergängen,[...] wichtigsten allgemein- und sozialpädagogis- Features chen Konzepte der europäischen Geschichte - von Features Die Debatte um die Ausgrenzung behinderter Platon bis Lyotard. Im Zentrum der komprimierten Aus einer sozialökologischen Perspektive nähert Menschen von ökonomischen, politischen und und verständlichen Darstellung von Erziehungs- und sich diese Studie der Frage, mit welchen Ausgren- gesellschaftlichen Prozessen führt dazu, dass Bildungstheorien stehen nicht allein 'Klassiker' oder zungsrisiken junge Aussiedler und Aussiedlerin- sich nicht nur die Medizinforschung der wis- bis heute beeindruckende Pädagoginnen und Päda- nen beim Übergang von der allgemeinbildenden senschaftlichen Behindertenanalyse widmet, sondern gogen, sondern auch weniger vorbildliche Begründer Schule in die berufliche Ausbildung/Lehre konfron- sich auch die Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften pädagogischer [..] tiert sind und mit welchen Bearbeitungsmodi sie dieser Problematik zuwenden. Alina M. Schoen- hierauf reagieren. Die Analyse, die sowohl Sequenz- berg erarbeitet eine Definition und Deskription von Contents musteranalysen nach der Optimal Matching-Meth- Behinderung, die erlaubt, mit Hilfe [..] Geburtsstunde der Pädagogik.- Erziehung und Bil- ode, Regressionsanalysen im [..] dung von der Antike zur Neuzeit.- Aufklärungs- und Contents Sozialpädagogik.- Exkurs: "Schwarze Pädagogik".- Contents Behinderung.- Capability Ansatz.- Gesundheit.- Sozialistische, Nationalsozialistische, Psychoanalytis- Einleitung.- Gegenstandsbestimmung.- Erk- Arbeitsmarkt.- Soziale Integration und Erfolgsrech- che und Antiautoritäre Pädagogik.- Empirische und lärungsansätze für migrationsbezogene Disparitäten nung. kritische Erziehungswissenschaft.- Erziehung und in den Ausbildungsmarktbeteiligungen.- Theo- Bildung heute. retische und methodische Konzeption des Studie.- Fields of interest Empirischer Teil I: Verlaufsanalyse.- Empirischer Economics Fields of interest Teil II: Multivariate Analyse.- Empirischer Teil III: Education (general); Teaching and Teacher Educa- Qualitative Analyse.- Zusammenfassung und Sch- Target groups tion Research lussbetrachtung. Target groups Fields of interest Type of publication Upper undergraduate Monograph Education (general); Curriculum Studies; Educa- tional Policy and Politics More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-00518-4 Type of publication German textbook Softcover Target groups 2013. XVII, 178 S. 24 Abb. (Gesundheits- und Qualitäts- More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-19386-1 Professional/practitioner management) Softcover Type of publication $69.95 2013. VIII, 249 S. Professional book ISBN 978-3-658-00518-4 $39.95 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-3-531-19386-1 More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01081-2 Due: Februar 28, 2013 Softcover 2013. XII, 245 S. 22 Abb. (Studien zur Kindheits- und Jugendforschung, Vol. 1) $39.95 ISBN 978-3-658-01081-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 68 Engineering springer.com

A. Spies, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Deutschland H. Nguyen-Schäfer, Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems GmbH & Co. KG, (Ed.) Engineering Stuttgart, Germany

Schulsozialarbeit in der Aero and Vibroacoustics of M. Baczyński, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; G. Beliakov, Bildungslandschaft Deakin University, Burwood, Australia; H. Bustince Sola, Public Automotive Turbochargers University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain; A. Pradera, Universidad Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Reformpotenzials Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain (Eds.) Aero and Vibroacoustics of Automotive Tur- Mit der zunehmenden Implementation von Schul- bochargers is a topic involving aspects from the sozialarbeit sind Reformprozesse im Bildungswe- Advances in Fuzzy Implication working fields of thermodynamics of turboma- sen verbunden, die auch im Kontext des Konstrukts Functions chinery, aerodynamics, rotordynamics, and noise von der ‚lokalen Bildungslandschaft‘ zum Tragen propagation computation. In this broadly interdisci- kommen. Zugleich ziehen die sich verändernden plinary subject, thermodynamics of turbomachinery Bildungsbedingungen strukturelle Konsequenzen Fuzzy implication functions are one of the main is used to design the turbocharger and to determine nach sich, die wiederum die fachliche Positionierung operations in fuzzy logic. They generalize the classi- its operating conditions. Aerodynamics is needed to des Handlungsfeldes herausfordern und in Schulen- cal implication, which takes values in the set {0,1}, study the compressor flow dynamics and flow insta- twicklungsprozesse einbinden Die sechs Beiträge des to fuzzy logic, where the truth values belong to the bilities of rotating stall and surge, which can produce Bandes folgen aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven unit interval [0,1]. These functions are not only fun- growling and whining-type noises. Rotordynamics den derzeit offenen Fragen nach Rahmenbedingun- damental for fuzzy logic systems, fuzzy control, is necessary to study rotor unbalance and self-excited gen, Adressierungen, Kooperationspraxen, Entwick- approximate reasoning and expert systems, but they oil-whirl instabilities, which lead to whistling and lungspotenzialen, Analyseinstrumenten oder auch also play a significant role in mathematical fuzzy constant tone-type noises in rotating[...] Indienstnahmen von Schulsozialarbeit und loten logic, in fuzzy mathematical morphology and image dabei deren[...] processing, in defining fuzzy subsethood measures Features and in solving fuzzy relational equations. This vol- Aero and Vibroacoustics of Automotive Tur- Features ume collects 8 research papers on fuzzy implication bochargers is a topic involving aspects from the Mit der zunehmenden Implementation von Schul- functions.Three articles focus on the construction working fields of thermodynamics of turboma- sozialarbeit sind Reformprozesse im Bildungswe- methods, on different ways[...] chinery, aerodynamics, rotordynamics, and noise sen verbunden, die auch im Kontext des Konstrukts propagation computation. In this broadly interdisci- von der ‚lokalen Bildungslandschaft‘ zum Tragen Features plinary subject, thermodynamics of turbomachinery kommen. Zugleich ziehen die sich verändernden Fuzzy implication functions are one of the main is used to design the turbocharger and to determine Bildungsbedingungen strukturelle Konsequenzen operations in fuzzy logic. They generalize the classi- its operating conditions. [..] nach sich, die wiederum die fachliche Positionierung cal implication, which takes values in the set {0,1}, des Handlungsfeldes herausfordern und in Schulen- to fuzzy logic, where the truth values belong to the Contents twicklungsprozesse einbinden [..] unit interval [0,1]. These functions are not only fun- Introduction to Turbocharging.- Induced Noise damental for fuzzy logic systems, fuzzy control, Types.- Acoustic Propagation Theory.- Analyzing Contents approximate reasoning and expert systems, but they Root Causes of Noise.- Computational Nonlinear Schulsozialarbeit in der Bildungslandschaft.- Analyse also play a significant role in mathematical [..] Rotordynamics of Turbochargers.- Subsynchronous der reformerwartungen und -potenziale von Schul- Constant Tone.- Eigenfrequency Modifications to sozialarbeit.- Institutionelle Konstituierung von Contents Reduce Constant Tone Level. Schülerinnen und Schülern als Adressaten der An Overview of Construction Methods of Fuzzy Schulsozialarbeit.- Das 'Schulklima' im Kontext Implications.- Fuzzy Implications: Classification and Fields of interest von Adressierungs- und Aneignungsprozessen.- a New Class.- A Survey of the Distributivity of Impli- Automotive Engineering; Engineering Acoustics; Schulsozialarbeit im Kontext von Schulentwick- cations over Continuous T-norms and the Simulta- Control , Robotics, Mechatronics; Energy Efficiency lung.- Kooperative Förderung und interdisziplinäre neous Satisfaction of the Contrapositive Symmetry.- (incl. Buildings) Zusammenarbeit in Zeiten der Inklusion.- Schul- Implication Functions in Interval-valued Fuzzy Set sozialarbeit als Ausdruck von Strukturpathologien Theory.- (S;N)-Implications on Bounded Lattices.- Target groups und als Mittel zu deren Entschärfung. Implication Functions Generated Using Functions of Professional/practitioner one Variable.- Compositions of Fuzzy Implications.- Fields of interest Fuzzy Implications: Some Recently Solved Problems. Type of publication Sociology of Education; Education (general) Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35069-6 Target groups Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence Hardcover Professional/practitioner (incl. Robotics) 2013. XIII, 142 p. 76 illus., 14 in color. Type of publication Target groups $129.00 Professional book Research ISBN 978-3-642-35069-6 More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-18255-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Softcover Monograph 2013. V, 190 S. 5 Abb. (Beiträge zur Sozialen Arbeit an Schulen, Vol. 2) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35676-6 $39.95 Hardcover ISBN 978-3-531-18255-1 2013. XII, 210 p. 40 illus. 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E. Maricau, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium; G. Gielen, KU Leuven, H.V. Fuchs, Berlin, Germany A.J. Schwab, KIT, Karlsruhe Heverlee, Belgium Applied Acoustics: Concepts, Begriffswelt der Feldtheorie Analog IC Reliability in Nanometer Absorbers, and Silencers for CMOS Elektromagnetische Felder, Maxwell-Gleichungen, Gradient, Acoustical Comfort and Noise Rotation, Divergenz Control Das Lehrbuch bietet eine gute Grundlage für das This book focuses on modeling, simulation and tiefere Eindringen in die Theorie elektrischer analysis of analog circuit aging. First, all important Alternative Solutions - Innovative Tools - Practical Examples und magnetischer Felder. Übersichtliche System- nanometer CMOS physical effects resulting in cir- atik und Konzentration auf wesentliche Sachver- cuit unreliability are reviewed. Then, transistor aging The author gives a comprehensive overview of mate- halte sind die Vorzüge dieses Buches, das auch compact models for circuit simulation are discussed rials and components for noise control and acousti- die Zusammenhänge zu anderen Fachgebieten – and several methods for efficient circuit reliability cal comfort. Sound absorbers must meet acoustical wie Fragen der mathematischen Physik – herstellt. simulation are explained and compared. Ultimately, and architectural requirements, which fibrous or Numerische Methoden zur Lösung feldtheoretischer the impact of transistor aging on analog circuits is porous material alone can meet. Basics and applica- Fragestellungen werden in ihrer grundsätzlichen studied. Aging-resilient and aging-immune circuits tions are demonstrated, with representative exam- Vorgehensweise verständlich erläutert und in ihrer are identified and the impact of technology scal- ples for spatial acoustics, free-field test facilities and Leistungsfähigkeit verglichen. Studierende der Elek- ing is discussed. The models and simulation tech- canal linings. Acoustic engineers and construction trotechnik sowie Praktiker werden schrittweise von niques described in the book are intended as an aid professionals will find some new basic concepts and einfachen Definitionen physikalischer Größen zu for device engineers, circuit designers and the EDA tools for developments in order to improve acousti- schwierigen Begriffen und Verfahren hingeführt. community to understand and[...] cal comfort. Interference absorbers, active resonators and micro-perforated absorbers of different materi- Features Features als and designs complete the list of applications. Das Lehrbuch bietet eine gute Grundlage für das This book focuses on modeling, simulation and tiefere Eindringen in die Theorie elektrischer und analysis of analog circuit aging. First, all important Features magnetischer Felder. Übersichtliche Systematik und nanometer CMOS physical effects resulting in cir- The author gives a comprehensive overview of mate- Konzentration auf wesentliche Sachverhalte sind cuit unreliability are reviewed. Then, transistor aging rials and components for noise control and acousti- die Vorzüge dieses Buches, das auch die Zusam- compact models for circuit simulation are discussed cal comfort. Sound absorbers must meet acoustical menhänge zu anderen Fachgebieten – wie Fragen and several methods for efficient circuit reliability and architectural requirements, which fibrous or der mathematischen Physik – herstellt. Numerische simulation are explained and compared. Ultimately, porous material alone can meet. Basics and applica- Methoden zur Lösung feldtheoretischer Fragestel- the impact of transistor aging on analog [..] tions are demonstrated, with representative examples lungen werden in ihrer [..] for spatial acoustics, free-field test facilities and canal Contents linings. Acoustic engineers and construction [..] Contents Introduction.- CMOS Reliability Overview.- Transis- Elementare Begriffe elektrischer und magnetis- tor Aging Compact Modeling.- Background on IC Contents cher Felder.- Arten von Vektorfeldern.- Feldthe- Reliability Simulation.- Analog IC Reliability Simula- Introduction.- The Low Frequency Problem.- Sound orie-Gleichungen.- Potentialfunktion, Gradient, tion.- Integrated Circuit Reliability.- Conclusions. Absorption for Noise Control and Room-acousti- Potentialgleichung.- Potential und Potentialfunk- cal Design.- Passive Absorbers.- Panel Absorbers.- tion magnetischer Felder.- Einteilung elektrischer Fields of interest Helmholtz Resonators.- Interference Silencers.- und magnetischer Felder.- Integraloperatoren div-1, Circuits and Systems; Electronics and Microelectron- Absorbers with Active Components.- Micro perfo- rot-1, grad-1.- Spannungs- und Stromgleichungen ics, Instrumentation; Nanotechnology and Micro- rated Absorbers.- Integrated and Integrating Sound langer Leitungen.- Typische Differentialgleichungen engineering Absorbers. der Elektrodynamik.- Numerische Feldberechnung.- Target groups Fields of interest Aufgaben.- Literatur.- Sachverzeichnis. Research Engineering Acoustics; Acoustics; Noise Control; Fields of interest Structural Materials; Civil Engineering; Electrical Electrical Engineering; Energy Technology; Particle Type of publication Engineering Monograph and Nuclear Physics Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6162-3 Target groups Professional/practitioner Hardcover Graduate 2013. XVI, 198 p. 95 illus., 27 in color. (Analog Circuits Type of publication Type of publication and Signal Processing) Professional book $129.00 Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-29366-5 ISBN 978-1-4614-6162-3 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34565-4 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2013. XXV, 593 p. 486 illus., 124 in color. 2013. XV, 368 S. 97 Abb. (Springer-Lehrbuch) $229.00 $69.95 ISBN 978-3-642-29366-5 ISBN 978-3-642-34565-4 Due: March 28, 2013 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 70 Engineering springer.com

I. Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari, Italy (Ed.) B.R. Oswald, Leibnitz Universität Hannover P. Lecca, University of Trento, Italy (Ed.)

Behavioral Issues in Operations Berechnung von Drehstromnetzen Biomechanics of Cells and Tissues

Management Berechnung stationärer und nichtstationärer Vorgänge mit Experiments, Models and Simulations Symmetrischen Komponenten und Raumzeigern New Trends in Design, Management, and Methodologies The application of methodological approaches and Dieses aus langjähriger Vorlesungstätigkeit ent- mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Behavioral Operations Management has been iden- standene Lehr- und Praxisbuch beschreibt die Engineering to investigate and describe biological tified in the last years as one of the most promising wichtigsten Berechnungsverfahren für Drehstrom- processes and design biological structures has led to emerging fields in Operations Management. Behav- netze in moderner systematischer Fassung. Die the development of many disciplines in the context ioral Issues in Operations Management explains äußerst vorteilhafte knotenorientierte Darstel- of computational biology and biotechnology. The and examines up-to-date research in this field, which lung zieht sich dabei wie ein roter Faden durch das best known applicative domain is tissue engineering works to analyze the impact of human behavior on Buch. Schwerpunkte bilden das Rechnen mit Sym- and its branches. Recent domains of interest are in the management of complex operating systems. A metrischen Komponenten im Frequenzbereich auf the field of biophysics, e.g.: multiscale mechanics of collection of studies from leading scholars presents der Grundlage des klassischen Knotenpunktver- biological membranes and films and filaments; mul- different methodologies and approaches, supported fahrens und das Rechnen mit Raumzeigerkompo- tiscale mechanics of adhesion; biomolecular motors by real data and case studies. Issues such as building nenten im Zeitbereich auf der Grundlage des neuen and force generation. Modern hypotheses, models, trust and strong cooperative relationships with sup- Erweiterten Knotenpunktverfahrens. Für die Berech- and tools are currently emerging and resulting from pliers, enhancing motivation and designing proper nung beliebiger Fehlerzustände (Kurzschlüsse und the convergence of the methods and[...] incentives for stimulating more effective decision Unterbrechungen) wird mit dem Fehlermatrizenver- maker behaviours are considered. The[...] fahren ein neues universelles[...] Features The application of methodological approaches and Features Features mathematical formalisms proper to Physics and Behavioral Operations Management has been iden- Dieses aus langjähriger Vorlesungstätigkeit ent- Engineering to investigate and describe biological tified in the last years as one of the most promising standene Lehr- und Praxisbuch beschreibt die processes and design biological structures has led to emerging fields in Operations Management. Behav- wichtigsten Berechnungsverfahren für Drehstrom- the development of many disciplines in the context ioral Issues in Operations Management explains netze in moderner systematischer Fassung. Die of computational biology and biotechnology. The and examines up-to-date research in this field, which äußerst vorteilhafte knotenorientierte Darstel- best known applicative domain is tissue engineering works to analyze the impact of human behavior on lung zieht sich dabei wie ein roter Faden durch das and its branches. Recent domains of interest are in the management of complex operating systems. A Buch. Schwerpunkte bilden das Rechnen mit Sym- the [..] collection of studies from leading scholars [..] metrischen Komponenten im Frequenzbereich auf Contents Contents der Grundlage des klassischen [..] Preface.- Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: From the Contents: Complex systems approaches for Contents application to the case of Anterior Cruciate Liga- BOM research: NK fitness landscape and social net- Symmetrische Komponenten und Raumzeiger.- ment Repair, by C.P. Laurent.- Process Modeling work theory.- Behavioral OM Experiments: Critical Mathematische Modelle der Betriebsmittel im Fre- and Rendering of Biochemical Structures: Actin, Inquiry Reawakening Practical issues in Research.- quenz- und Zeitbereich.- Klassisches und Erweitertes by Ozan Kahramanogullari.- A model predicting Trust in supply chains: A network perspective.- Knotenpunktverfahren.- Netzgleichungssysteme.- rolling cells percentage in inflamed brain venules, by Trust in face-to-face and electronic negotiation: A Leistungsfluss- und Stabilitätsberechnung.- Berech- Paola Lecca.- Analysis and modeling of metabolism laboratory study.- Learning on the Shop Floor: the nung von symmetrischen und unsymmetrischen of cancer, by Miroslava Cuperlovic-Culf.- Model- Behavioural Roots of Organisational Knowledge.- Fehlern.- Berechnung von Ausgleichsvorgängen. ling the influence of cell signaling on the dynamics Incentives in organizations of operating systems: of gene regulatory networks, by Chiara Damiani.- Can Economics and Psychology coexist in Human Fields of interest Mechanistic models of astrocytic glucose metabo- Resources Management?.- Conservatism, Overconfi- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- lism calibrated on PET images, by Paola Lecca.-[...] dence, and Self-attribution in Purchasing[...] works; Electrical Engineering; Control; Energy Tech- nology Fields of interest Fields of interest Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics and Biological Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Target groups Physics; Computational Biology / Bioinformatics; Marketing; Industrial and organisational psychology; Graduate Biotechnology; Analysis Operation Research / Decision Theory Type of publication Target groups Target groups German textbook Research Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-8348-2620-6 Type of publication Type of publication Softcover Contributed volume Monograph 2013. 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M. May, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft, Berlin (Ed.) S.C. Cowin, Grove School of Engineering of The City College and O. Drubel, Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany The Graduate School of The City University of New York, NY, USA CAFM-Handbuch Converter Applications and their Continuum Mechanics of IT im Facility Management erfolgreich einsetzen Influence on Large Electrical Anisotropic Materials Machines Der effiziente Einsatz der Informationstechnik (IT) im Facility Management (FM) stellt eine große Her- Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic ausforderung für Unternehmen und öffentliche Ein- Converter driven applications are applied in more Materials(CMAM) presents an entirely new and richtungen dar. Das Handbuch zeigt erstmals alle and more processes. Almost any installed wind- unique development of material anisotropy in the Aspekte, die bei der erfolgreichen Einführung eines farm, ship drives, steel mills, several boiler feed water context of an appropriate selection and organization Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) zu pumps, extruder and many other applications oper- of continuum mechanics topics. These features will beachten sind. Bedeutung, Einsatzbereiche, Nutzen- ate much more efficient and economic in case of distinguish this continuum mechanics book from potenziale und Prozesse des (CA)FM sowie neue variable speed solutions. The boundary conditions other books on this subject. Textbooks on contin- Modelle zur Wirtschaftlichkeitsberechnung werden for a motor or generator will change, if it is supplied uum mechanics are widely employed in engineering präsentiert. Neben aktuellen IT-Trends werden in by a converter. An electrical machine, which is oper- education, however, none of them deal specifically der Neuauflage des Buches Integrationstechnolo- ated by a converter, can no longer be regarded as an with anisotropy in materials. For the audience of gien vorgestellt und Building Information Modeling independent component, but is embedded in a sys- Biomedical, Chemical and Civil Engineering stu- (BIM) als innovative gewerke- und phasenüber- tem consisting of converter and machine.This book dents, these materials will be dealt with more fre- greifende Methode der Informationsmodellierung gives an overview of existing converter designs for quently and greater accuracy in their analysis will be eingeführt,[...] large electrical machines. Methods for the appropri- desired. Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic Mate- ate calculation of machine[...] Features rials' author[...] Der effiziente Einsatz der Informationstechnik (IT) Features Features im Facility Management (FM) stellt eine große Her- Converter driven applications are applied in more Continuum Mechanics of Anisotropic ausforderung für Unternehmen und öffentliche Ein- and more processes. Almost any installed wind- Materials(CMAM) presents an entirely new and richtungen dar. Das Handbuch zeigt erstmals alle farm, ship drives, steel mills, several boiler feed water unique development of material anisotropy in the Aspekte, die bei der erfolgreichen Einführung eines pumps, extruder and many other applications oper- context of an appropriate selection and organization Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM) zu ate much more efficient and economic in case of of continuum mechanics topics. These features will beachten sind. Bedeutung, Einsatzbereiche, Nutzen- variable speed solutions. The boundary conditions distinguish this continuum mechanics book from potenziale und Prozesse des (CA)FM sowie neue for a motor or generator will change, if it is supplied other books on this subject. Textbooks on contin- Modelle zur [..] by a converter. An electrical machine, which is [..] uum mechanics are widely employed in engineering Contents education, however, none of them [..] Contents Motivation.- Zum Verhältnis von Facility Man- Typical converter designs for electrical machines.- Contents agement und CAFM.- Der CAFM-Markt.- Calculation-methods for converter fed electrical Introduction.- Mechanical Modeling of Materials.- Anwendungsfelder für den IT-Einsatz im FM.- machines.- Additional losses due to higher volt- Basic Continuum Kinetmatics.- Continuum For- Geschäftsprozesse im FM.- Wirtschaftlichkeit des age harmonics.- Converter caused torque oscilla- mulations of Conservation Laws.- Formulation of Einsatzes von CAFM.- IT-Grundlagen für Facil- tions.- Noise based on electromagnetic sources in Constitutive Equations.- Modeling Material Symme- ity Manager.- Datenerfassung und Datenmanage- case of converter operation.- Converter caused shaft try.- Four Linear Continuum Theories.- Modelling ment im FM.- Building Information Modeling.- voltages.- Insulation strategies in converter dri- Material Microstructure.- Poroelasticity.- Mixture CAFM-Software und CAFM-Systeme.- Integra- ven machines.- Converter applications in typical Theory.- Kinematics and Mechanics of Large Defor- tionstechnologien.- CAFM als Basis für strategische examples of energy efficient pump systems and in mations.- Plasticity Theory.- Appendix.- Planung am Beispiel der Flächenoptimierung.- Ein- processes with a strong overload characteristic. führungsstrategien.- Auswahl und Einführung einer Fields of interest Fields of interest CAFM-Software.- Consulting im CAFM.- CAFM Biomedical Engineering; Biophysics and Biological Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- Success Stories.- Trends und Perspektiven im[...] Physics; Mechanics; Biomaterials; Classical Contin- works; Renewable and Green Energy; Computational uum Physics Fields of interest Intelligence; Energy Efficiency (incl. 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M. Friedrich, Rudolstadt, Deutschland M. Wältermann, TU Berlin, Germany M. Kachanov, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA; I. Sevostianov, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA (Eds.) Das Kraft- und Dimension-based Quality Modeling Weggrößenverfahren in Beispielen of Transmitted Speech Effective Properties of Heterogeneous Materials

Das Kraft- und Weggrößenverfahren erklärt an In this book, speech transmission quality is modeled 57 Beispielen. Es werden statisch bestimmte und on the basis of perceptual dimensions. The author The book contains state-of the-art reviews in the unbestimmte Systeme berechnet. Neben Auflager- presents a new analytical assessment method that area of effective properties of heterogeneous mate- reaktionen, Momenten-, Querkraft- und Nor- allows the dimensions to be rated by non-expert lis- rials - the classical field at interface of materials sci- malkraftverlauf werden auch Verschiebungen, teners in a direct way. Due to the efficiency of the ence and solid mechanics. The primary focus is Verdrehungen Diskontinuitäten, Federn und Tem- test method, a relatively large number of stimuli on thermo-mechanical properties, materials sci- peratureinflüsse behandelt. Zu den berechneten Sys- can be assessed in auditory tests. The test method is ence applications, as well as computational aspects temen gehören unter anderem Fachwerke, Rahmen, applied in two auditory experiments. The book gives and new opportunities provided by rapidly increas- Einfeld- und Mehrfeldträger the evidence that this test method provides mean- ing computer powers. The reviews are at the level ingful and reliable results. The resulting dimension that is appropriate for a substantial community of Features scores together with respective overall quality ratings researchers working in this field, both at universities Das Kraft- und Weggrößenverfahren wird in 57 form the basis for a new parametric model for the and in the industry, and to graduate students. The Beispielen erklärt. Es werden statisch bestimmte und quality estimation of transmitted speech based on book can be used as supplementary reading to grad- unbestimmte Systeme berechnet. Neben Auflager- the perceptual[...] uate level courses. reaktionen, Momenten-, Querkraft- und Nor- malkraftverlauf werden auch Verschiebungen, Features Features Verdrehungen, Diskontinuitäten, Federn und Tem- In this book, speech transmission quality is modeled The book contains state-of the-art reviews in the peratureinflüsse behandelt. Zu den berechneten Sys- on the basis of perceptual dimensions. The author area of effective properties of heterogeneous mate- temen gehören unter anderem Fachwerke, Rahmen, presents a new analytical assessment method that rials - the classical field at interface of materials sci- Einfeld- und Mehrfeldträger.Der [..] allows the dimensions to be rated by non-expert lis- ence and solid mechanics. The primary focus is on teners in a direct way. Due to the efficiency of the thermo-mechanical properties, materials science Contents test method, a relatively large number of stimuli applications, as well as computational aspects and Das Kraftgrößenverfahren.– Ermittlung von Sch- can be assessed in auditory tests. The test method is new opportunities provided by rapidly increasing nittgrößen und Formänderungen an statisch bes- applied in two auditory experiments. The book gives computer powers. The reviews are at the level that is timmten Systemen.– Ermittlung von Schnittgrößen [..] [..] und Formänderungen an statisch unbestimmten Sys- temen.– Gegenseitige Verschiebungen/Verdrehun- Contents Contents gen– Diskontinuitäten.– Lagerverformungen.– A Dimension-based Approach to Mouth-to-ear 1 Non-interaction approximation in the problem of Federn.– Temperatureinflüsse.– Das Weggrößen- Speech Transmission Quality.- Quality Feature effective properties.- 2 Multipole expansion method verfahren.– Lagerverformungen: Verdreh- und Space of Transmitted Speech.- Direct Scaling of in micromechanics of composites.- 3 Effective field Verschiebungsgrößen sowie Schnittgrößenermit- Speech Quality Dimensions.- Instrumental Dimen- method in the theory of heterogeneous media.- 4 tlungen.– Federn: Verdreh- und Verschiebungs- sion-based Speech Quality Modeling. Effective properties of composite materials, rein- größen sowie Schnittgrößenermittlungen. forced structures and smart composites: Asymptotic Fields of interest homogenization approach.- 5 An Overview of Com- Fields of interest Communications Engineering, Networks; Informa- putational Micromechanics; T.I. Zohdi. Civil Engineering; Building Construction, HVAC, tion Systems and Communication Service; Acoustics Refrigeration; Solid Construction Fields of interest Target groups Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Target groups Research Structural Materials; Mechanical Engineering Lower undergraduate Type of publication Target groups Type of publication Monograph Research German textbook More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35018-4 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01233-5 Hardcover Monograph Softcover 2013. XII, 203 p. 38 illus. (T-Labs Series in Telecommuni- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5714-1 2013. 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A. Kremser, Georg-Simon-Ohm-Hochschule Nürnberg D. Stotz, Babenhausen, Germany E. Byskov, Aalborg University, Denmark

Elektrische Maschinen und Antriebe Elektromagnetische Verträglichkeit Elementary Continuum Mechanics

Grundlagen, Motoren und Anwendungen in der Praxis for Everyone

Für den Ingenieur im Bereich der antriebstechnis- Design-Analyse - Interpretation der Normen - Bewertung der With Applications to Structural Mechanics Prüfergebnisse chen Entwicklung sind Grundkenntnisse über das The book opens with a derivation of kinematically Betriebsverhalten von Gleichstrom-, Drehstroma- Dieser Praxis-Ratgeber versucht, dem Leser ein intu- nonlinear 3-D continuum mechanics for solids. synchron- und -synchronmaschinen sowie von itives Gespür für elektromagnetisch verträgliche Then the principle of virtual work is utilized to Transformatoren unverzichtbar. Darüber hinaus ist Produktentwicklung zu vermitteln. Im Zentrum derive the simpler, kinematically linear 3-D theory Wissen über die elektromagnetisch-mechanische der Betrachtung liegt die Praxis: Analyse von and to provide the foundation for developing con- Energiewandlung hilfreich. Dieses Lehrbuch liefert Verträglichkeitsproblemen, Beseitigung und Ver- sistent theories of kinematic nonlinearity and lin- hierzu die Grundlagen. Zahlreiche ausführliche meidung. Der Autor stellt die Grundlagen der earity for specialized continua, such as beams and Berechnungsbeispiele erleichtern das Verständ- elektromagnetischen Verträglichkeit einfach und plates, and finite element methods for these struc- nis des Stoffes. Die Darstellung der theoretischen verständlich dar und entwickelt klare Bewer- tures. A formulation in terms of the versatile Budi- Grundlagen wurde soweit vereinfacht, dass zum tungskriterien für Testmessungen und Analysen. ansky-Hutchinson notation is used as basis for the Verständnis Grundkenntnisse der Elektrotechnik Im Detail wird dargelegt, welche Schritte beim theories for these structures and structural elements, ausreichen.Die 4. Auflage wurde um die Wirkungs- Entwurf zu beachten sind, wie sich externe Störun- as well as for an in-depth treatment of structural gradklassen nach IEC 60034-30 ergänzt, sowie der gen fortpflanzen und wie man die Auswirkungen instability. aktuelle Stand der Normung von[...] verhindern kann. Der Autor behandelt auch die Messung und Bewertung von EMV-Störungen, auf Features Features mehreren Ebenen: entwicklungsbegleitend[...] The book opens with a derivation of kinematically Für den Ingenieur im Bereich der antriebstechnis- nonlinear 3-D continuum mechanics for solids. chen Entwicklung sind Grundkenntnisse über das Features Then the principle of virtual work is utilized to Betriebsverhalten von Gleichstrom-, Drehstroma- Dieser Praxis-Ratgeber versucht, dem Leser ein intu- derive the simpler, kinematically linear 3-D theory synchron- und -synchronmaschinen sowie von itives Gespür für elektromagnetisch verträgliche and to provide the foundation for developing consis- Transformatoren unverzichtbar. Darüber hinaus ist Produktentwicklung zu vermitteln. Im Zentrum tent theories of kinematic nonlinearity and linearity Wissen über die elektromagnetisch-mechanische der Betrachtung liegt die Praxis: Analyse von for specialized continua, such as beams and plates, Energiewandlung hilfreich. Dieses Lehrbuch liefert Verträglichkeitsproblemen, Beseitigung und Ver- and finite element methods for these structures. [..] hierzu die Grundlagen. Zahlreiche ausführliche meidung. Der Autor stellt die Grundlagen der Berechnungsbeispiele erleichtern [..] elektromagnetischen Verträglichkeit einfach und Contents verständlich dar und entwickelt klare Bewertungskri- Preface.- Introduction.- I Continuum Mechanics.- Contents terien für Testmessungen und [..] II Specialized Continua.- III Beams with Cross-Sec- Gleichstrommaschinen.- Transformatoren.- tions and Plates with Thickness.- IV Buckling.- V Asynchronmaschinen.- Synchronmaschinen.- Contents Introduction to the Finite Element Method.- VI Regelungsstrukturen in der Antriebstechnik.- Teil I Grundlagen und Festlegungen.- Grundlagen Mathematical Preliminaries.- Index. Dynamik der Drehmomentübertragung.- Lösungen zur Messtechnik und Wellenausbreitung.- Arten der Beispiele. der Störfestigkeit.- Arten der Störaussendung.- Fields of interest Messungen zur Prüfung der Störfestigkeit.- Mes- Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials; Fields of interest sungen zur Prüfung der Störaussendung.- Messun- Mechanical Engineering; Appl. Mathematics / Com- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- gen im Testhaus.- Dokumentation.- Gedanken zur putational Methods of Engineering works; Energy Technology; Electrical Engineering Kostensituation.- Normen und Rechtliches.- Teil II Target groups Target groups Praxis und Erfahrungsbasis.- Untersuchungen und Research Graduate Verbesserungen zur Störfestigkeit.- Untersuchungen und Verbesserungen zur Störaussendung.- Eigene Type of publication Type of publication Tests ohne normgerechtes Equipment.- Entwick- Monograph German textbook lungsbegleitendes Equipment.- Designregeln.-[...] More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5765-3 More on www.springer.com/978-3-8348-0554-6 Fields of interest Hardcover Softcover Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; 2013. XXX, 593 p. 213 illus. (Solid Mechanics and Its 2013. IX, 220 S. 135 Abb. Mit 17 Beispielaufgaben mit Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Power Applications, Vol. 194) Lösungen. 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R. Czerwinski, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland; K.L. Sundarkrishnaa, Chennai, India R.A. Aliev, Joint Business Administration Program, Baku, Azerbai- D. Kania, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland jan Friction Material Composites Finite State Machine Logic Fundamentals of the Fuzzy Logic- Synthesis for Complex Materials Perspective Based Generalized Theory of Programmable Logic Devices Friction Material Composites is the first volume Decisions of the five volumes which strongly educates and updates engineers and other professionals in braking This book is a monograph devoted to logic synthe- industries, research and test labs. It explains besides Every day decision making and decision making in sis and optimization for CPLDs. CPLDs' macro- the formulation of design processes and its com- complex human-centric systems are characterized cell can also be interpreted as programmable AND- plete manufacturing input. This book gives an idea by imperfect decision-relevant information. Main fixed OR structure, well known as PAL-based struc- of mechanisms of friction and how to control them drawback of the existing decision theories is namely ture. The question is: what should be done when the by designing .The book is useful for designers of incapability to deal with imperfect information and number of implicants representing function exceeds automotive, rail and aero industries for designing the modeling vague preferences. Actually, a paradigm the number of product terms available in a logic brake systems effectively with the integration of fric- of non-numerical probabilities in decision making block. The answer is ... in the book.Logic synthe- tion material composite design which is critical. It has a long history and arose also in Keynes’s analysis sis and optimization methods dedicated for PAL- clearly emphasizes the driving safety and how seri- of uncertainty. There is a need for further general- based structures are proposed. The methods strive ous designers should select the design input. The ization – a move to decision theories with percep- to find the optimum fit for the combinational logic significance of[...] tion-based imperfect information described in NL. and finite state machines to the structure of the logic The languages of new decision models for human- device and aim at area and speed optimization. The Features centric systems should be not languages based on theoretical background and complete strategies[...] Friction Material Composites is the first of the five binary logic but human-centric[...] volumes which strongly educates and updates engi- Features neers and other professionals in braking indus- Features This book is a monograph devoted to logic synthe- tries, research and test labs. It explains besides the Every day decision making and decision making in sis and optimization for CPLDs. CPLDs' macrocell formulation of design processes and its complete complex human-centric systems are characterized can also be interpreted as programmable AND-fixed manufacturing input. This book gives an idea of by imperfect decision-relevant information. Main OR structure, well known as PAL-based structure. mechanisms of friction and how to control them by drawback of the existing decision theories is namely The question is: what should be done when the num- designing .The book is useful for designers of [..] incapability to deal with imperfect information and ber of implicants representing function exceeds the modeling vague preferences. Actually, a paradigm of number of product terms available in a logic block. Contents non-numerical probabilities in decision making has The answer is ... in the book.Logic synthesis and [..] Frictional force.- Rolling motion.- Design essentials a long history and arose also in Keynes’s analysis of for brake friction composite material - automobile [..] Contents and rail applications.- Formulation design.- General Introduction.- Definitions and Basic Properties.- property requirements in a friction material design.- Contents Synthesis of FSMs.- State Assignment Algorithms.- Friction material laws and rules governautomobile Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic.- Brief Review of The- Theoretical Background of Technology-Dependent and rail ing a design.-Functional role of raw materi- ories of Decision Making.- Uncertain Preferences Optimization.- The Algorithm of Area Optimization als in brake friction material composite design.- Use- and Imperfect information in Decision Making.- A Based on Graphs of Outputs.- Conclusions.- Output ful manufacturing guidelines for secondary market Generalized Fuzzy Logic-Based Decision theory.- File Format.- Conclusion. automobile brake friction material pad/liner suppli- Extention to Behavioral Decision Making.- Deci- ers.- Quality control design most suited for friction sion Making on the Basis of Fuzzy Geometry.- Fuzzy Fields of interest material industry ISO 9000, 9001, QS 9000, QS 14000 Logic Based Generalized Theory of Stability.- Experi- Circuits and Systems; Logic Design; Engineering and TQM. ments and Applications. Design Fields of interest Fields of interest Target groups Automotive Engineering; Continuum Mechanics Computational Intelligence; Game Theory / Mathe- Research and Mechanics of Materials; Ceramics, Glass, Com- matical Methods; Game Theory, Economics, Social posites, Natural Materials; Nanotechnology; Surface and Behav. Sciences Type of publication and Interface Science, Thin Films Monograph Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36165-4 Target groups Research Professional/practitioner Hardcover Type of publication 2013. XVI, 172 p. 138 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Type of publication Monograph Engineering, Vol. 231) Professional book $129.00 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34894-5 ISBN 978-3-642-36165-4 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33450-4 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2013. XII, 320 p. 63 illus. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft 2012. XXVI, 333 p. 210 illus., 64 in color. 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H. Czichos, Beuth Hochschule für Technik, Berlin, Germany (Ed.) S.-l. Ao, IAENG Secretariat, Hong Kong, China (Ed.) A. Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; R.V. Prakash, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India (Eds.) Handbook of Technical Diagnostics IAENG Transactions on Engineering ICoRD'13 Fundamentals and Application to Structures and Systems Technologies Volume 6 - Special Edition of the World Congress on Global Product Development This book presents concepts, methods and tech- niques to examine symptoms of faults and failures Engineering and Computer Science This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research of structures, systems and components and to moni- 2010 papers from the 4th International Conference on tor functional performance and structural integrity. Research into Design (ICoRD’13) – the largest in The book is organized in five parts. Part A intro- India in this area – written by eminent researchers duces the scope and application of technical diag- This volume contains twenty-two revised and from over 20 countries, on the design process, meth- nostics and gives a comprehensive overview of the extended research articles written by prominent ods and tools, for supporting global product devel- physics of failure. Part B presents all relevant meth- researchers participating in the World Congress opment (GPD). The special features of the book are ods and techniques for diagnostics and monitoring: on Engineering and Computer Science (WCES the variety of insights into the GPD process, and the from stress, strain, vibration analysis, nondestructive 2009). The book offers the state of art of tremendous host of methods and tools at the cutting edge of all evaluation, thermography and industrial radiology to advances in engineering technologies and also serves major areas of design research for its support. The computed tomography and subsurface microstruc- as an excellent reference work for researchers and main benefit of this book for researchers in engineer- tural analysis. Part C cores the principles and con- graduate students working with/on engineering tech- ing design and GPD are access to the latest quality cepts of technical failure analysis,[...] nologies. research in this area; for practitioners and educators, it is exposure to an[...] Features Features This book presents concepts, methods and tech- This volume contains twenty-two revised and Features niques to examine symptoms of faults and failures of extended research articles written by prominent This book showcases over 100 cutting-edge research structures, systems and components and to monitor researchers participating in the World Congress papers from the 4th International Conference on functional performance and structural integrity. The on Engineering and Computer Science (WCES Research into Design (ICoRD’13) – the largest in book is organized in five parts. Part A introduces the 2009). The book offers the state of art of tremendous India in this area – written by eminent researchers scope and application of technical diagnostics and advances in engineering technologies and also serves from over 20 countries, on the design process, meth- gives a comprehensive overview of the physics of as an excellent reference work for researchers and ods and tools, for supporting global product devel- failure. Part B presents all relevant methods and [..] graduate students working with/on engineering tech- opment (GPD). The special features of the book are nologies. the variety of insights into the GPD process, and the Contents host of [..] Introduction.- Methods and Techniques for Diag- Fields of interest nostics and Monitoring.- Technical Diagnostics of Electrical Engineering; Physical Chemistry; Quan- Contents Machines and Plants.- Structural Health Monitoring tum Computing; Mathematical Methods in Physics; Preface.- Conference Organizing Committee.- Table and Performance Control.- Excursion. Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Industrial Chemistry / of Contents. Papers.- Author Index. Chemical Engineering Fields of interest Fields of interest Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Safety Target groups Engineering Design; Computer-Aided Engineering in Chemistry / Dangerous Goods; Characterization Research (CAD, CAE) and Design; Technology Management; and Evaluation of Materials; Structural Materials; Environmental Management Technology Management; Structural Mechanics Type of publication Proceedings Target groups Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0933-0 Research Research Softcover Type of publication Type of publication 2012. 290 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1373) Proceedings $150.00 Handbook More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-1049-8 ISBN 978-0-7354-0933-0 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-25849-7 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Hardcover Hardcover 2013. XXIV, 1448 p. 689 illus. (Lecture Notes in Mechan- 2013. 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M. Wiercigroch, University of Aberdeen, UK; G. Rega, Sapienza A. Buekens, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium A. Thiede, Universität Paderborn University of Rome, Italy (Eds.) Incineration Technologies Integrierte IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Hochfrequenzschaltkreise Dynamics for Advanced Waste incineration is the art of completely combust- Grundlagen des computergestützten Entwurfs Technologies and Engineering ing waste, while maintaining or reducing emission Design levels below current emission standards. Where pos- Das Buch wendet sich an Studierende des Haupt- sible, objectives include the recovering of energy as bzw. Masterstudiums an Universitäten und Fach- Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium on Nonlinear Dynam- well as the combustion residues. Successful waste hochschulen, Doktoranden und Berufseinsteiger. ics for Advanced Technologies and Engineering Design, held incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep Es werden in detailliert nachvollziehbaren Schritten Aberdeen, UK, 27-30 July 2010 reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and mathematische Grundlagen erarbeitet, Schaltung- sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of pollu- stechniken abgeleitet und Methoden der praktis- Nonlinear dynamics has been enjoying a vast devel- tants. This book places waste incineration within the chen computergestützten Entwurfstätigkeit erläutert. opment for nearly four decades resulting in a range wider context of waste management, and demon- Durch ein betont intuitives Verständnis soll ins- of well established theory, with the potential to strates that, in contrast to landfills and composting, besondere die synthetische Entwurfstätigkeit des significantly enhance performance, effectiveness, waste incineration can eliminate objectionable and Entwicklungsingenieurs unterstützt werden. Den reliability and safety of physical systems as well as hazardous properties such as flammability and toxic- Schwerpunkt bilden dabei Verstärker, Oszillatoren offering novel technologies and designs. By criti- ity, result in a significant[...] und Mischer, aber auch digitale Grundfunktionen, cally appraising the state-of-the-art, it is now time to die in integrierten anwendungsspezifischen Halbleit- develop design criteria and technology for new gen- Features erschaltkreisen (ASICs) Anwendung finden. eration products/processes operating on principles Waste incineration is the art of completely combust- of nonlinear interaction and in the nonlinear regime, ing waste, while maintaining or reducing emission Features leading to more effective, sensitive, accurate, and levels below current emission standards. Where pos- Das Buch wendet sich an Studierende des Haupt- durable methods than what is currently available. sible, objectives include the recovering of energy as bzw. Masterstudiums an Universitäten und Fach- This new approach is expected to radically influence well as the combustion residues. Successful waste hochschulen, Doktoranden und Berufseinsteiger. the design, control[...] incineration makes it possible to achieve a deep Es werden in detailliert nachvollziehbaren Schritten reduction in waste volume, obtain a compact and mathematische Grundlagen erarbeitet, Schaltung- Features sterile residue, and eliminate a wide array of [..] stechniken abgeleitet und Methoden der praktis- Nonlinear dynamics has been enjoying a vast devel- chen computergestützten Entwurfstätigkeit erläutert. opment for nearly four decades resulting in a range Contents Durch ein betont intuitives Verständnis soll ins- of well established theory, with the potential to Glossary.- Definition of the Subject.- 1. Introduc- besondere die [..] significantly enhance performance, effectiveness, tion.- 2. Evaluation of Waste Incineration.- 3. Waste reliability and safety of physical systems as well as Incineration.- 4. Incinerator Furnaces and Boil- Contents offering novel technologies and designs. By criti- ers.- 5. Selection of Incinerator Furnaces.- 6. Refuse- Signalausbreitung auf Leitungen.- Grundlagen cally appraising the state-of-the-art, it is now time to Derived-Fuel.- 7. Public Image of Incineration.- 8. des Entwurfs von Hochfrequenzschaltungen.- develop design criteria and technology for new [..] Future Directions.- Bibliography.- Index. Hochfrequenzverstärker.- Oszillatoren.- Mischer .- Logikschaltungen. Contents Fields of interest I New Nonlinear Dynamics Methods and Theories: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Fields of interest 1. Noise-induced jumping prior to a fold: Applied Transfer; Waste Management / Waste Technol- Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Commu- to climate tipping predictions, by J Michael Thomp- ogy; Industrial Chemistry / Chemical Engineer- nications Engineering, Networks; Electrical Engi- son.- 2. Computation of the basins of attraction in ing; Renewable and Green Energy; Environmental neering non-smooth dynamical systems, by Ugo Galvanetto.- Engineering / Biotechnology; Renewable and Green 3. Two conceptions of nonlinear normal vibration Energy Target groups modes and their applications in applied problems, by Graduate Yuri V Mikhlin.- 4. Soliton-mediated electric current Target groups or electron transfer arising from the coupling of elec- Upper undergraduate Type of publication tron quantum mechanics to nonlinear elasticity in German textbook anharmonic crystal lattices, by Manuel G Velarde.- Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-8348-1246-9 5. Dynamics of a ring of[...] Brief More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5751-0 Softcover Fields of interest 2013. XI, 239 S. 173 Abb. in Farbe. Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Engineering Softcover $59.95 Design; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory 2013. XVIII, 89 p. 15 illus., 7 in color. 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R. Bembenik, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; L. E. Goodarzi, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; M. N. Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA; J. Skonieczny, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; H. Rybin- Ziaei, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; L. Teang Zhang, NEC Labs America, Princeton, NJ, USA ski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; M. Kryszkiewicz, Shui, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia Warsaw University of Technology, Poland; M. Niezgodka, Univer- sity of Warsaw, Poland (Eds.) Media Access Control and Resource Introduction to Risk and Allocation Intelligent Tools for Building a Uncertainty in Hydrosystem For Next Generation Passive Optical Networks Scientific Information Platform Engineering This book focuses on various Passive optical net- Advanced Architectures and Solutions works (PONs) types, including currently deployed Water engineers require knowledge of stochastic, Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) This book is a selection of results obtained within frequency concepts, uncertainty analysis, risk assess- as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM two years of research per- formed under SYNAT - a ment, and the processes that predict unexpected PON. Also this book examines the integrated opti- nation-wide scientific project aiming at creating an events. This book presents the basics of stochas- cal and wireless access networks. Concentrating on infrastructure for scientific content storage and shar- tic, risk and uncertainty analysis, and random sam- two issues in these networks: media access control ing for academia, education and open knowledge pling techniques in conjunction with straightforward (MAC) and resource allocation. These two prob- society in Poland. The selection refers to the research examples which are solved step by step. In addition, lems can greatly affect performances of PONs such in artificial intelligence, knowledge discovery and appropriate Excel functions are included as an alter- as network resource utilization and QoS of end users. data mining, information retrievaland natural lan- native to solve the examples, and two real case stud- Finally this book will discuss various solutions to guage processing, addressing the problems of imple- ies is presented in the last chapters of book. address the MAC and resource allocation issues in menting intelligent tools for building a scientific various PON networks. information platform.This book is a continuation Features Water engineers require knowledge of stochastic, and extension of the ideas presented in “Intelligent Features frequency concepts, uncertainty analysis, risk assess- Tools for Building a Scientific Information Platform” This book focuses on various Passive optical net- ment, and the processes that predict unexpected published as volume[...] works (PONs) types, including currently deployed events. This book presents the basics of stochas- Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) Features tic, risk and uncertainty analysis, and random sam- as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM This book is a selection of results obtained within pling techniques in conjunction with straightforward PON. Also this book examines the integrated opti- two years of research per- formed under SYNAT - a examples which are solved step by step. In addition, cal and wireless access networks. Concentrating on nation-wide scientific project aiming at creating an appropriate Excel functions are included as an [..] two issues in these networks: media access control infrastructure for scientific content storage and shar- (MAC) and resource allocation. These two problems ing for academia, education and open knowledge Contents can greatly affect [..] society in Poland. The selection refers to the research Preface.- Basic Concepts.- Probability Theories.- Risk and Uncertainty Analysis.- Monte in artificial intelligence, knowledge discovery and Contents Carlo Simulation.- Evaluation of Dam Overtopping data mining, information retrievaland [..] Overview of Broadband Access Technologies.- PON Risk Based on Univariate Flood Frequency Analy- Architectures.- Media Access Control and Resource Contents ses.-Evaluation of Dam Overtopping Risk Based on Allocation in GPON.- Media Access Control and From the Contents: Media, Information Univariate and Bivariate Flood Frequency Analyses.- Resource Allocation in EPON and 10G-EPON.- Overload, and Information Science.- Information References.- Appendix A.- Appendix B.- Appendix Media Access Control and Resouce Allocation in Retrieval for Heterogeneous Knowledge Sources C.- Index. WDM PON.- OFDM PON.- Hybrid Optical and based on Multi-Agent Systems.- Interactive Infor- Wireless Access.- Green Passive Optical Networks.- mation Search in Text Data Collections.- Home- Fields of interest Looking Forward. pages Identification and Information Extraction Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chem- in Researcher Profiling.- On Digitalizing the Geo- Fields of interest istry and Earth Sciences; Quality Control, Reliability, graphical Dictionary of Polish Kingdom Published Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer Safety and Risk in 1880.- Semantic Data Sharing and Presenta- Systems Organization and Communication Net- tion in Integrated Knowledge System.- Long-term Target groups works; Signal, Image and Speech Processing Preservation Services as a Key Element of the Digital Research Libraries Infrastructure.- Development of a Univer- Target groups sity Knowledge Base.-[...] Type of publication Research Monograph Fields of interest Type of publication Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5850-6 Brief (incl. 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M. Jung, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden, S.X. Ding, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany B. Lotter, Oberderdingen; H.-P. Wiendahl, Leibniz Universität Deutschland; U. Langer, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Öster- Hannover (Eds.) reich Model-Based Fault Diagnosis Techniques Montage in der industriellen Methode der finiten Elemente für Produktion Ingenieure Design Schemes, Algorithms and Tools Ein Handbuch für die Praxis Eine Einführung in die numerischen Grundlagen und Comput- Guaranteeing a high system performance over a wide ersimulation operating range is an important issue surrounding Die industrielle Montage unterliegt einem raschen the design of automatic control systems with succes- Produktwechsel, einer ungebremsten Varianten- Dieses Lehrbuch ist als Einführung in die sively increasing complexity. As a key technology steigerung, dem Preis- und Kostendruck aus den numerische Lösung partieller Differentialgleichun- in the search for a solution, advanced fault detec- Schwellenländern sowie einem kürzeren Pla- gen mittels der Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM) tion and identification (FDI) is receiving consider- nungshorizont der Kunden. Um in Deutschland und in das dazu notwendige Handwerkszeug aus able attention. This book introduces basic model- produzieren zu können, ist ein ganzheitlicher der numerischen linearen Algebra konzipiert. Für based FDI schemes, advanced analysis and design Rationalisierungsansatz der Montageabläufe, eine verschiedene physikalisch-technische Probleme wie algorithms, and mathematical and control-theo- hochflexible Montagetechnik sowie qualifiziertes Wärmeleitprobleme sowie Probleme aus der Fes- retic tools. This second edition of Model-Based Fault Personal erforderlich. Hierzu legen die Herausge- tkörpermechanik und der Elektrotechnik wird deren Diagnosis Techniques contains: • new material on ber in der zweiten Auflage ein weiter entwickeltes Modellierung mittels partieller Differentialgleichun- fault isolation and identification and alarm manage- praxisorientiertes Handbuch vor, das die Grundla- gen diskutiert. Die Grundideen der FEM, der wohl ment; • extended and revised treatment of systematic gen der industriellen Montage variantenreicher Pro- am häufigsten genutzten Rechenmethode für diese threshold determination for systems with[...] dukte der Elektrotechnik und Feinwerktechnik, des Modelle, und Lösungstechniken für die bei der FEM- Maschinenbaus und der Automobilzulieferindustrie Diskretisierung entstehenden (nicht)linearen Gle- Features vermittelt. Die[...] ichungssysteme bzw. Systeme gewöhnlicher Differ- Guaranteeing a high system performance over a wide entialgleichungen werden[...] operating range is an important issue surrounding Features the design of automatic control systems with succes- Die industrielle Montage unterliegt einem raschen Features sively increasing complexity. As a key technology in Produktwechsel, einer ungebremsten Varianten- Dieses Lehrbuch ist als Einführung in die the search for a solution, advanced fault detection steigerung, dem Preis- und Kostendruck aus den numerische Lösung partieller Differentialgleichun- and identification (FDI) is receiving considerable Schwellenländern sowie einem kürzeren Pla- gen mittels der Finite-Elemente-Methode (FEM) attention. This book introduces basic model-based nungshorizont der Kunden. Um in Deutschland und in das dazu notwendige Handwerkszeug aus FDI schemes, advanced analysis and design [..] produzieren zu können, ist ein ganzheitlicher der numerischen linearen Algebra konzipiert. Für Rationalisierungsansatz der Montageabläufe, eine verschiedene physikalisch-technische Probleme wie Contents hochflexible Montagetechnik sowie qualifiziertes Wärmeleitprobleme sowie Probleme aus der Fes- Basic Ideas, Major Issues, and Tools in the Observer- Personal erforderlich. Hierzu legen die [..] tkörpermechanik und der Elektrotechnik wird deren Based FDI Framework.- Modelling of Technical Sys- Modellierung mittels partieller [..] tems.- Structural Fault Detectability, Isolability and Contents Identifiability.- Basic Residual Generation Methods.- Einführung.- Montagegerechte Produktgestaltung.- Contents Perfect Unknown Input Decoupling.- Residual Gen- Die Primär-Sekundär-Analyse.- Zeitwirtschaft in der Modellierungsbeispiele.- Grundprinzipien der eration with Enhanced Robustness against Unknown Montage.- Manuelle Montage von Kleingeräten.- FEM: Ein 1D-Beispiel.- FEM für mehrdimensionale Inputs.- Residual Generation with Enhanced Robust- Manuelle Montage von Großgeräten.- Hybride Randwertprobleme 2. Ordnung.- Lösungsverfahren ness against Model Uncertainties.- Norm-Based Montagesysteme.- Automatische Montagemaschi- für lineare FE-Gleichungssysteme.- Iterative Lösung Residual Evaluation and Threshold Computation.- nen.- Flexible Montage mit Robotereinsatz.- Mate- nichtlinearer Gleichungssysteme.- Galerkin-FEM für Statistical-Methods-Based Residual Evaluation and rialbereitstellung in der Montage.- Integration Anfangsrandwertaufgaben.- Anfangswertaufgaben Threshold Setting.- Integration of Norm-Based and der Teilefertigung in die Montage.- Verfügbarkeit für gewöhnliche Differentialgleichungen. Statistical Methods.- Integrated Design of[...] von Montagesystemen.- Planung und Bewertung von Montagesystemen.- Überlegungen zum Stan- Fields of interest Fields of interest dort Deutschland.- Mitarbeiterqualifizierung in Appl. 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X. Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China H. Gattringer, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Österreich; J. Ger- A.D. Sappa, Computer Vision Center, Barcelona, Spain; J. Vitrià, stmayr, Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH, Austria (Eds.) University of Barcelona, Spain MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Networks Multibody System Dynamics, Multimodal Interaction in Image Robotics and Control and Video Applications

MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Networks provides an overview on the research for mobile ad-hoc net- The volume contains 19 contributions by inter- Traditional Pattern Recognition (PR) and Computer works regarding capacity and connectivity. Wire- national experts in the field of multibody system Vision (CV) technologies have mainly focused on less ad-hoc networks are useful when there is a lack dynamics, robotics and control. The book aims to full automation, even though full automation often of infrastructure for communication. The proposed bridge the gap between the modeling of mechani- proves elusive or unnatural in many applications, notion “MotionCast” is for the capacity analysis cal systems by means of multibody dynamics for- where the technology is expected to assist rather than of multicast in MANET. A new kind of connectiv- mulations and robotics. In the classical approach, a replace the human agents. However, not all the prob- ity (k;m)-connectivity, is also defined, and its criti- multibody dynamics model contains a very high level lems can be automatically solved being the human cal transmission range for i.i.d. (independently and of detail, however, the application of such models interaction the only way to tackle those applica- identically distributed) and random walk mobil- to robotics or control is usually limited. The papers tions. Recently, multimodal human interaction has ity models are derived respectively. This book also aim to connect the different scientific communities become an important field of increasing interest in investigates the related issues of connectivity in in multibody dynamics, robotics and control. Main the research community. Advanced man-machine mobile and static circumstances. In addition, it pro- topics are flexible multibody systems, humanoid interfaces with high cognitive capabilities are a hot vides a survey of the capacity scaling[...] robots, elastic robots, nonlinear control, optimal research topic that aims at solving challenging prob- path planning, and identification. lems in image and video applications.[...] Features MotionCast for Mobile Wireless Networks provides Features Features an overview on the research for mobile ad-hoc net- The volume contains 19 contributions by inter- Traditional Pattern Recognition (PR) and Computer works regarding capacity and connectivity. Wire- national experts in the field of multibody system Vision (CV) technologies have mainly focused on less ad-hoc networks are useful when there is a lack dynamics, robotics and control. The book aims to full automation, even though full automation often of infrastructure for communication. The proposed bridge the gap between the modeling of mechanical proves elusive or unnatural in many applications, notion “MotionCast” is for the capacity analysis of systems by means of multibody dynamics formula- where the technology is expected to assist rather than multicast in MANET. A new kind of connectivity tions and robotics. In the classical approach, a multi- replace the human agents. However, not all the prob- (k;m)-connectivity, is also defined, and its critical [..] body dynamics model contains a very high level of lems can be automatically solved being the human detail, however, the application of such models to interaction the only way to tackle those applications. Contents robotics or [..] [..] MotionCast: Delay and Capacity Tradeoff Analy- sis.- MotionCast: General Connectivity in Clustered Contents Contents Wireless Networks.- MotionCast: A Survey on the Time-optimal path planning along specified tra- An Application for Efficient Error-Free Labeling Capacity Scaling of Wireless Networks. jectories.- Efficient online computation of smooth ofMedical Images.- Interactive Document Retrieval trajectories along geometric paths for robotic manip- and Classification.- Interactive Visual and Semantic Fields of interest ulators.- Constraint and dynamic analysis of compli- Image Retrieval.- Coloresia: An Interactive Colour Communications Engineering, Networks; Computer ant mechanisms with a flexible multibody modelling Perception Device for the VisuallyImpaired..- Inter- Communication Networks; Power Electronics, Elec- approach. - Sensor data fusion for the localization active Pansharpening and Active Classification in trical Machines and Networks; Computer Systems and position control of one kind of omnidirec- RemoteSensing.- Interactive Image Retrieval Based Organization and Communication Networks tional mobile robots. - Modelling and control of on Relevance Feedback.- An User-Driven Tool for infinite-dimensional mechanical systems: a port- Interactive Retrieval of Non AnnotatedVideos.- Target groups Hamiltonian approach. - Passivity-based tracking Exploiting Multimodal Interaction Techniques for Research control of a flexible link robot. - Norm-optimal itera- Video-Surveillance.- Interactive Video Surveillance tive learning control for a pneumatic[...] for Perimeter Control.- Interactive[...] Type of publication Brief Fields of interest Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5634-6 Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Control , Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence Robotics, Mechatronics (incl. 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W. Zhou, Shanghai Nanotechnology Promotion Center, China C. Mavroidis, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA; A. Fer- B. He, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Ed.) reira, École Nationale Supérieure d’Ingénieurs de Bourges, France (Eds.) Nanoimprint Lithography: Neural Engineering An Enabling Process for Nanorobotics Nanofabrication Neural Engineering, 2nd Edition, contains reviews Current Approaches and Techniques and discussions of contemporary and relevant top- ics by leading investigators in the field. It is intended Nanorobots can be defined as intelligent systems Nanoimprint Lithography: An enabling process for to serve as a textbook at the graduate and advanced with overall dimensions at or below the micrometer nanofabrication presents a comprehensive descrip- undergraduate level in a bioengineering curriculum. range that are made of assemblies of nanoscale com- tion of nanotechnology that is one of the most This principles and applications approach to neural ponents with individual dimensions ranging between promising low-cost, high-throughput technologies engineering is essential reading for all academics, 1 to 100 nm. These devices can now perform a wide for manufacturing nanostructures, and an emerging biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, neurophysi- variety of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety lithography candidates for 22, 16 and 11 nm nodes. ologists, and industry professionals wishing to take of fields including but not limited to fields such as It provides the exciting, multidisciplinary field, advantage of the latest and greatest in this emerging manufacturing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and offering a wide range of topics covering: principles, field. process, material and application. This book would aerospace. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and be of specific interest for researchers and graduate Techniques offers a comprehensive overview of this Features students in the field of nanoscience, nanotechnology emerging interdisciplinary field with a wide rang- Neural Engineering, 2nd Edition, contains reviews and nanofabrication, material, physical, chemical, ing discussion that includes nano-manipulation and and discussions of contemporary and relevant top- electric engineering and biology. Dr. Weimin Zhou industrial nanorobotics, nanorobotic manipulation ics by leading investigators in the field. It is intended is an associate professor at[...] in biology and medicine,[...] to serve as a textbook at the graduate and advanced undergraduate level in a bioengineering curriculum. Features Features This principles and applications approach to neural Nanorobot devices now perform a wide variety Nanoimprint Lithography: An enabling process for engineering is essential reading for all academics, of tasks at the nanoscale in a wide variety of fields nanofabrication presents a comprehensive descrip- biomedical engineers, neuroscientists, [..] tion of nanotechnology that is one of the most including but not limited to fields such as manufac- promising low-cost, high-throughput technologies turing, medicine, supply chain, biology, and outer Fields of interest for manufacturing nanostructures, and an emerg- space. Nanorobotics: Current Approaches and Tech- Biomedical Engineering; Neurosciences; Biophysics ing lithography candidates for 22, 16 and 11 nm niques is a comprehensive overview of this interdis- and Biological Physics; Imaging / Radiology nodes. It provides the exciting, multidisciplinary ciplinary field with a wide ranging discussion that field, offering a wide range of topics covering: princi- includes nano-manipulation and industrial [..] Target groups ples, process, [..] Research Contents Contents Section I: NanoRobotics: The Vision and Applica- Type of publication Principles and statues of nanoimprint lithogra- tions.- Introduction to NanoRobotics.- Nanome- Contributed volume chanical Cantilever-Based Manipulation for Sensing phy.- Stamp Fabrication.- stamp surface treatment.- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5226-3 Nanoimprint lithography resists.- Nanoimprint lith- and Imaging.- Swarms of Self-Organized Nanoro- Hardcover ography process.- Modeling and Simulation of NIL.- bots.- Reservoir Nanoagents for In-Situ Sensing 2013. X, 800 p. 308 illus., 168 in color. Application of NIL in Light emitting Diodes.- Appli- and Intervention.- Miniaturization and Micro/ $279.00 cation of NIL in memory devices.- Application of Nanotechnology in Space Robotics.- Diamondoid ISBN 978-1-4614-5226-3 NIL in solar cell. Nanorobotics.- Section II: Nano-Manipulation and Industrial NanoRobotics.- Virtual Tooling for Nano Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Fields of interest Assembly and Nano Manipulations.- Nanorobotic Nanotechnology and Microengineering; Optical and Mass Transport.- Nanorobotic Manipulation of 1D Electronic Materials; Nanotechnology; Nanochem- Nanomaterials in Scanning Electron Microscopes.- istry Section[...]

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R. Camussi, University of Rome 3, Italy (Ed.) B. Shen, Donghua University, Shanghai, PR China; Z. Wang, W. Lacarbonara, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK; H. Shu, Donghua University, Shanghai, PR China Noise Sources in Turbulent Nonlinear Structural Mechanics

Shear Flows: Fundamentals and Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Theory, Dynamical Phenomena and Modeling Applications Incomplete Information Nonlinear Structural Mechanics: Theory, Dynamical Filtering and Control Phenomena and Modeling offers a concise, coherent The articles in this volume present the state-of-the- presentation of the theoretical framework of nonlin- art in noise prediction, modeling and measurement. Nonlinear Stochastic Processes addresses the fre- ear mechanics, computational methods, applications, The articles are partially based on class notes pro- quently-encountered problem of incomplete infor- parametric investigations of nonlinear phenomena vided during the course `Noise sources in turbu- mation. The causes of this problem considered here and their mechanical interpretation towards design. lent shear flows', given at CISM on April 2011. The include: missing measurements; sensor delays and The theoretical and computational tools that enable first part contains general concepts of aero acoustics, saturation; quantization effects; and signal sam- the formulation, solution, and interpretation of non- including vortex sound theory and acoustic analo- pling. Divided into three parts, the text begins with linear structures are presented in a systematic fash- gies, in the second part particular emphasis is put a focus on H∞ filtering and control problems asso- ion so as to gradually attain an increasing level of into arguments of interest for engineers and relevant ciated with general classes of nonlinear stochastic complexity of structural behaviors, under the pre- for aircraft design: jet noise, airfoil broadband noise, discrete-time systems. Filtering problems are consid- vailing assumptions on the geometry of deformation, boundary layer noise (including interior noise and its ered in the second part, and in the third the theory the constitutive aspects and the loading scenarios. control) and the concept of noise sources, their theo- and techniques previously developed are applied to Readers will find a unified[...] retical modeling and identification in turbulent lows. the solution of issues arising in complex networks All these[...] with the design of sampled-data-based controllers Features and filters. Among its highlights, the[...] Nonlinear Structural Mechanics: Theory, Dynamical Features Phenomena and Modeling offers a concise, coherent The articles in this volume present the state-of-the- Features presentation of the theoretical framework of nonlin- art in noise prediction, modeling and measurement. Nonlinear Stochastic Processes addresses the fre- ear structural mechanics, computational methods, The articles are partially based on class notes pro- quently-encountered problem of incomplete infor- applications, parametric investigations of nonlin- vided during the course `Noise sources in turbu- mation. The causes of this problem considered ear phenomena and their mechanical interpretation lent shear flows', given at CISM on April 2011. The here include: missing measurements; sensor delays towards design. The theoretical and computational first part contains general concepts of aero acoustics, and saturation; quantization effects; and signal tools that enable the formulation, solution, and [..] including vortex sound theory and acoustic analo- sampling.Divided into three parts, the text begins gies, in the second part particular emphasis is put [..] with a focus on H∞ filtering and control problems Contents associated with general classes of [..] Concepts, Methods and Paradigms – Stability and Contents Bifurcation of Structures – The Elastic Cable: from Fundamentals: Introduction to aero acoustics and Contents Formulation to Computation – Nonlinear Mechan- self-sustained oscillations of internal flows.- Sound From the Contents: Quantized H-infinity Control ics of Three-Dimensional Solids – The Nonlinear radiation by moving surfaces and the Greens func- for Nonlinear Stochastic Time-delay Systems with Theory of Beams – Elastic Instabilities of Slender tions techniques.- Applications: Jet noise.- Analysis Missing Measurements.- Nonlinear H-infinity Filter- Structures– The Nonlinear Theory of Curved Beams techniques for aero acoustics: noise source iden- ing for Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems with Miss- and Flexurally Stiff Cables – The Nonlinear The- tification.- Broadband noise from lifting surfaces: ing Measurements and Randomly Varying Sensor ory of Plates – The Nonlinear Theory of Cable-Sup- analytical modeling and experimental validation.- Delays.- Robust H-infinity Filtering with Randomly ported Structures – The Nonlinear Theory of Arch- Boundary layer noise: generation mechanisms.- Inte- Occurring Nonlinearities, Quantization Effects and Supported Structures – Discretization Methods. rior noise radiation and control. Successive Packet Dropouts.- H-infinity Filtering with Randomly Occurring Sensor Saturations and Fields of interest Fields of interest Missing Measurements.- Distributed H-infinity Con- Structural Mechanics; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Aerospace Technology sensus Filtering in Sensor Networks with Multiple Systems and Complexity; Civil Engineering; Com- and Astronautics; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Missing Measurements: The Finite-Horizon Case. putational Intelligence; Computational Science and Control Engineering Fields of interest Target groups Control; Probability Theory and Stochastic Target groups Research Processes; Communications Engineering, Networks; Research Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Systems The- Type of publication Type of publication ory, Control Monograph Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-7091-1457-5 Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-1-4419-1275-6 Research Hardcover Hardcover 2013. 450 p. 95 illus. (CISM International Centre for Type of publication 2013. XVII, 802 p. 290 illus., 3 in color. Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 545) Monograph $279.00 $249.00 ISBN 978-1-4419-1275-6 ISBN 978-3-7091-1457-5 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4913-2 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Due: April 28, 2013 Hardcover 2013. XVI, 250 p. 68 illus., 31 in color. $129.00 ISBN 978-1-4471-4913-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 82 Engineering springer.com

R. Seising, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; H. Su, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Z. Fang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China (Ed.) E. Trillas, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; C. China; X. Wang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Moraga, European Centre for Soft Computing, Mieres, Spain; S. Termini, University of Palermo, Italy (Eds.) Pretreatment Techniques for Pinning Control of Complex Biofuels and Biorefineries On Fuzziness Networked Systems

A Homage to Lotfi A. Zadeh – Volume 1 Synchronization, Consensus and Flocking of Networked Sys- This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the tems via Pinning world's leading experts on pretreatment methods The notion of Fuzziness stands as one of the really for biomass. It extensively covers the different types Synchronization, consensus and flocking are ubiq- new concepts that have recently enriched the world of biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese uitous requirements in networked systems. Pinning of Science. Science grows not only through technical whey, sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable Control of Complex Networked Systems investigates and formal advances on one side and useful applica- oil, straws, stalks and wood), various pretreatment these requirements by using the pinning control tions on the other side, but also as consequence of approaches (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physic- strategy, which aims to control the whole dynamical the introduction and assimilation of new concepts ochemical and biological) and methods that show network with huge numbers of nodes by imposing in its corpus. These, in turn, produce new develop- the subsequent production of biofuels and chemi- controllers for only a fraction of the nodes. As the ments and applications. And this is what Fuzziness, cals such as sugars, ethanol, extracellular polysaccha- direct control of every node in a dynamical network one of the few new concepts arisen in the XX Cen- rides, biodiesel, gas and oil. In addition to traditional with huge numbers of nodes might be impossible or tury, has been doing so far. This book aims at pay- methods such as steam, hot-water, hydrothermal, unnecessary, it’s then very important to use the pin- ing homage to Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh, the “father diluted-acid, organosolv, ozonolysis, sulfite, milling, ning control strategy for the synchronization of com- of fuzzy logic” and also at giving credit to his excep- fungal and bacterial,[...] plex dynamical networks. The research on pinning tional work and personality. In a way, this is reflected control strategy in consensus and flocking of multi- in the variety of[...] Features agent systems can not only help us to[...] This book includes 19 chapters contributed by the Features world's leading experts on pretreatment methods for Features The notion of Fuzziness stands as one of the really biomass. It extensively covers the different types of Synchronization, consensus and flocking are ubiq- new concepts that have recently enriched the world biomass (e.g. molasses, sugar beet pulp, cheese whey, uitous requirements in networked systems. Pinning of Science. Science grows not only through technical sugarcane residues, palm waste, vegetable oil, straws, Control of Complex Networked Systems investigates and formal advances on one side and useful applica- stalks and wood), various pretreatment approaches these requirements by using the pinning control tions on the other side, but also as consequence of (e.g. physical, thermal, chemical, physicochemical strategy, which aims to control the whole dynamical the introduction and assimilation of new concepts and biological) and methods that show the [..] network with huge numbers of nodes by imposing in its corpus. These, in turn, produce new develop- controllers for only a fraction of the nodes. As the ments and applications. And this is what Fuzziness, Contents direct control of every node in a dynamical [..] [..] Biopretreatment.- Thermal Pretreatment.- Chemical Pretreatment.- Physicochemical Pretreatment.- Gasi- Contents Contents fication, Liquefaction and Biogas.- Novel Pretreat- Overview.- Pinning control for complete synchro- On Fuzziness: A – Ma. ment Techniques.- Pretreatment of Different Types nization of complex dynamical networks.- Pin- of Biomass. Fields of interest ning control for cluster synchronization of complex Computational Intelligence; Mathematical Logic and dynamical networks.- Distributed pinning-con- Fields of interest Formal Languages trolled second-order consensus of multi-agent sys- Renewable and Green Energy; Industrial Chem- tems.- Distributed pinning-controlled consensus in istry / Chemical Engineering; Renewable and Green Target groups a heterogeneous influence network.- Distributed pin- Energy; Biotechnology Research ning-controlled flocking with a virtual leader.- Dis- tributed pinning-controlled flocking with preserved Target groups Type of publication network connectivity. Professional/practitioner Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35640-7 Type of publication Control; Systems Theory, Control; Artificial Intel- Professional book Hardcover ligence (incl. Robotics); Robotics and Automation; More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32734-6 2013. XII, 466 p. 117 illus. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Communications Engineering, Networks Computing, Vol. 298) Hardcover $179.00 Target groups 2013. XIX, 457 p. 99 illus., 41 in color. (Green Energy and ISBN 978-3-642-35640-7 Research Technology) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $229.00 Type of publication ISBN 978-3-642-32734-6 Monograph Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34577-7 Hardcover 2013. XI, 163 p. 57 illus. $179.00 ISBN 978-3-642-34577-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Engineering 83

Y. Yang, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China; M. Ma, Nanyang M. S, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India; S.S. M. S, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India; S.S. Technological University, Singapore (Eds.) Kumar, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India Kumar, Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India (Eds.) (Eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Green Proceedings of the Fourth Proceedings of the Fourth Communications and Networks International Conference on Signal International Conference on Signal 2012 (GCN 2012): Volume 3 and Image Processing 2012 (ICSIP and Image Processing 2012 (ICSIP 2012) 2012)

The objective of the 2nd International Conference on Volume 1 Volume 2 Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN 2012) is to facilitate an exchange of information The proceedings includes cutting-edge research The proceedings includes cutting-edge research on best practices for the latest research advances in articles from the Fourth International Conference articles from the Fourth International Conference the area of communications, networks and intelli- on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is gence applications. These mainly involve computer organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, science and engineering, informatics, communica- Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides tions and control, electrical engineering, information academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- computing, and business intelligence and manage- est technological advances and research results in est technological advances and research results in ment. Proceedings of the 2nd International Confer- the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applica- the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applica- ence on Green Communications and Networks 2012 tion of signal, image and video processing. The book tion of signal, image and video processing. The book (GCN 2012) will focus on green information tech- provides latest and most informative content from provides latest and most informative content from nology and applications, which will provide in-depth engineers and scientists in signal, image and video engineers and scientists in signal, image and video insights for engineers and scientists in[...] processing from around the world, which will bene- processing from around the world, which will bene- fit the future research community to work in a more fit the future research community to work in a more Features cohesive and collaborative way. cohesive and collaborative way. The objective of the 2nd International Conference on Green Communications and Networks 2012 (GCN Features Features 2012) is to facilitate an exchange of information on The proceedings includes cutting-edge research The proceedings includes cutting-edge research best practices for the latest research advances in the articles from the Fourth International Conference articles from the Fourth International Conference area of communications, networks and intelligence on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is on Signal and Image Processing (ICSIP), which is applications. These mainly involve computer science organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, organised by Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, and engineering, informatics, communications and Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides Kalapatti, Coimbatore. The Conference provides control, electrical engineering, information [..] academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- academia and industry to discuss and present the lat- est technological advances and research results in the est technological advances and research results in the Contents fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of fields of theoretical, experimental, and application of Intelligent Control.- Efficient Management.- Opti- signal, [..] signal, [..] mal Design of Access Network Infrastructures.- Home Networks.- Terminal Equipment. Contents Contents Preface.- Table of Contents.- About the Editors.- Preface.- Table of Contents.- About the Editors.- Fields of interest About ICSIP 2012: Conference Details, Organizing About ICSIP 2012: Conference Details, Organizing Communications Engineering, Networks; Renew- Committee.- Papers.- Author Index. Committee.- Papers.- Author Index. able and Green Energy; Environmental Engineering / Biotechnology; Information Systems and Communi- Fields of interest Fields of interest cation Service Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Computer Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics; Target groups Document Preparation and Text Processing Document Preparation and Text Processing Research Target groups Target groups Type of publication Research Research Proceedings Type of publication Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35469-4 Proceedings Proceedings Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0996-6 More on www.springer.com/978-81-322-0999-7 2013. XX, 793 p. 156 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 225) Hardcover Hardcover $279.00 2013. XVI, 641 p. 302 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical 2013. XI, 479 p. 318 illus. 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Th. Bindel, HTW Dresden; D. Hofmann, TU Dresden A. Hahn, Universität Oldenburg; S. Häusler, BTC Embedded Sys- J. Liu, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China tems AG, Oldenburg; S. große Austing, Big Dutchman Interna- tional GmbH, Vechta Projektierung von Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Automatisierungsanlagen Quantitatives Network Control for Mechanical Eine effektive und anschauliche Einführung Entwicklungsmanagement Systems

In diesem Lehrbuch werden die wesentlichen Modellbasierte Analyse von Produktentwicklungsprozessen Design, Analysis and Matlab Simulation Schritte und Abläufe für die Planung und Durch- Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network Con- führung von Automatisierungsprojekten im Bere- Die Produktentwicklung ist der dynamischste und trol for Mechanical Systems is motivated by the need ich der Verfahrenstechnik beschrieben, wobei am schwersten zu beherrschende Prozess in Indus- for systematic design approaches to stable adaptive sowohl kontinuierliche als auch ereignisdiskrete trieunternehmen. Prozessreifegradmodelle wie control system design using neural network approx- Prozesse betrachtet werden. Ausgehend vom allge- CMMI erfordern dazu quantitative Methoden als imation-based techniques. The main objectives of meinen Aufbau einer Automatisierungsanlage wer- Werkzeug des Entwicklungsmanagements.Mit der the book are to introduce the concrete design meth- den dazu Erarbeitung und Inhalt der wesentlichen modellgetriebenen Entwicklung steht eine Datenba- ods and MATLAB simulation of stable adaptive RBF Projektunterlagen, Steuerungs- bzw. Regelungsen- sis für eine durchgehende quantitative Analyse zur neural control strategies. In this book, a broad range twurf sowie Grundlagen zur Projektierung der Hil- Verfügung. Modellanalysen erlauben eine prozess- of implementable neural network control design fsenergieversorgung erläutert. Darstellungen zur begleitende Qualitätsmessung und die Bestimmung methods for mechanical systems are presented, such Angebotserstellung und Kalkulation von Automa- der Produktkomplexität und des Entwicklungs- as robot manipulators, inverted pendulums, sin- tisierungsprojekten runden das Thema ab. fortschritts. Das Buch stellt bestehende Methoden des quantitativen Entwicklungsmanagements zur gle link flexible joint robots, motors, etc. Advanced Features Entscheidungsunterstützung auf operativer und neural network controller design methods and their In diesem Lehrbuch werden die wesentlichen strategischer Ebene vor. Die Autoren zeigen, wie die stability analysis are explored. The book[...] Schritte und Abläufe für die Planung und Durch- modellgetriebene Entwicklung[...] Features führung von Automatisierungsprojekten im Bereich Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural Network Con- der Verfahrenstechnik beschrieben, wobei sowohl Features trol for Mechanical Systems is motivated by the need kontinuierliche als auch ereignisdiskrete Prozesse Die Produktentwicklung ist der dynamischste und for systematic design approaches to stable adaptive betrachtet werden. Ausgehend vom allgemeinen am schwersten zu beherrschende Prozess in Indus- control system design using neural network approx- Aufbau einer Automatisierungsanlage werden dazu trieunternehmen. Prozessreifegradmodelle wie imation-based techniques. The main objectives of Erarbeitung und Inhalt der wesentlichen Projektun- CMMI erfordern dazu quantitative Methoden als the book are to introduce the concrete design meth- terlagen, Steuerungs- bzw. [..] Werkzeug des Entwicklungsmanagements.Mit der modellgetriebenen Entwicklung steht eine Datenba- ods and MATLAB simulation of stable adaptive RBF Contents sis für eine durchgehende quantitative Analyse zur neural [..] Anschauliche Einführung in die Projektierung- Verfügung. Modellanalysen erlauben eine prozessbe- Contents sproblematik an Hand von Beispielen kontinuier- gleitende Qualitätsmessung [..] Introduction.- RBF Neural Network Design and licher bzw. ereignisdiskreter Prozesse.– Ableitung Simulation.- RBF Neural Network Control Based on der wesentlichen Projektierungsaufgaben.– Lasten- Contents Gradient Descent Algorithm.- Adaptive RBF Neural heft.– Verfahrensfließschema.– Basic-Engineering Einleitung.- Quantitatives Entwicklungsman- Network Control.- Neural Network Sliding Mode (R&I-Fließschema.– EMSR-Stellenliste.– Auswahl agement.- Strukturorientierte Bewertung des Control.- Adaptive RBF Control Based on Global und Dimensionierung von Sensorik, Aktorik sowie Produktumfangs.- Prozessorientiertes Produktqual- Approximation.- Adaptive Robust RBF Control Prozessorik.– Leittechnisches Mengengerüst).– itätsmonitoring.- Prozessgestaltung.- Glossar. Based on Local Approximation.- Backstepping Con- Detail-Engineering (Pflichtenheft, EMSR-Stellen- Fields of interest trol with RBF.- Digital RBF Neural Network Con- pläne, Steuerungs- bzw. Regelungsentwurf aus Sicht Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Soft- trol.- Discrete Neural Network Control.- Adaptive der Projektierung, Erarbeitung der Anwendersoft- ware Engineering; Complexity; Technology Manage- RBF Observer Design and Sliding Mode Control. ware).– Projektierung der Hilfsenergieversorgung.– ment Prozesssicherung.–[...] Fields of interest Target groups Control; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Computational Intelligence; Mathematical Models of Robotics and Automation; Electrical Engineering; Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Net- Type of publication works; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) Professional book Target groups and Design Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34509-8 Target groups Hardcover Type of publication Graduate 2013. IX, 170 S. 54 Abb. 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K.S. Rao, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India; S.G. R.B. Rusu, San Francisco, CA, USA B. Thomson, Univeristy of Cambridge, UK Koolagudi, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India Semantic 3D Object Maps for Statistical Methods for Spoken Robust Emotion Recognition using Everyday Robot Manipulation Dialogue Management Spectral and Prosodic Features

The book written by Dr. Radu B. Rusu presents Speech is the most natural mode of communication In this brief, the authors discuss recently explored a detailed description of 3D Semantic Mapping and yet attempts to build systems which support spectral (sub-segmental and pitch synchronous) and in the context of mobile robot manipulation. As robust habitable conversations between a human and prosodic (global and local features at word and sylla- autonomous robotic platforms get more sophisti- a machine have so far had only limited success. A key ble levels in different parts of the utterance) features cated manipulation capabilities, they also need more reason is that current systems treat speech input as for discerning emotions in a robust manner. The expressive and comprehensive environment mod- equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behaviour authors also delve into the complementary evidences els that include the objects present in the world, is controlled by predefined scripts that try to antici- obtained from excitation source, vocal tract system together with their position, form, and other seman- pate what the user will say and act accordingly. But and prosodic features for the purpose of enhancing tic aspects, as well as interpretations of these objects speech recognisers make many errors and humans emotion recognition performance. Features based with respect to the robot tasks. The book proposes are not predictable; the result is systems which are on speaking rate characteristics are explored with the novel 3D feature representations called Point Feature difficult to design and fragile in use.Statistical meth- help of multi-stage and hybrid models for further Histograms (PFH), as well as a frameworks for the ods for spoken dialogue management takes a radi- improving emotion recognition performance. Pro- acquisition and processing of Semantic 3D Object cally different view. It treats dialogue as the problem posed spectral and prosodic features are evaluated on Maps with contributions to robust[...] of inferring a user's[...] real life emotional[...] Features Features Features The book written by Dr. Radu B. Rusu presents Speech is the most natural mode of communication In this brief, the authors discuss recently explored a detailed description of 3D Semantic Mapping and yet attempts to build systems which support spectral (sub-segmental and pitch synchronous) and in the context of mobile robot manipulation. As robust habitable conversations between a human and prosodic (global and local features at word and sylla- autonomous robotic platforms get more sophisti- a machine have so far had only limited success. A key ble levels in different parts of the utterance) features cated manipulation capabilities, they also need more reason is that current systems treat speech input as for discerning emotions in a robust manner.The expressive and comprehensive environment mod- equivalent to a keyboard or mouse, and behaviour is authors also delve into the complementary evidences els that include the objects present in the world, controlled by predefined scripts that try to anticipate obtained from excitation source, vocal tract system together with their position, form, and other seman- what the user will say and act accordingly. But [..] and prosodic features for the purpose [..] tic aspects, as well as [..] Contents Contents Contents Dialogue system theory.- Maintaining state.- Main- Introduction.- Robust Emotion Recognition using Introduction.- Semantic 3D Object Mapping Ker- taining state - optimizations.- Policy design.- Evalua- Pitch Synchronous and Sub-syllabic Spectral Fea- nel.- Mapping of Indoor Environments.- Applica- tion.- Parameter learning. tures.- Robust Emotion Recognition using Word tions. and Syllable Level Prosodic Features.- Robust Emo- Fields of interest tion Recognition using Combination of Excitation Fields of interest Signal, Image and Speech Processing; Statistics for Source, Spectral and Prosodic Features.- Robust Robotics and Automation; Artificial Intelligence Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chem- Emotion Recognition using Speaking Rate Features.- (incl. Robotics); Image Processing and Computer istry and Earth Sciences; Probability and Statistics in Emotion Recognition on Real Life Emotions.- Sum- Vision; Signal, Image and Speech Processing Computer Science; Neuropsychology; Biological Psy- mary and Conclusions.- MFCC Features.- Gaussian chology; Cognitive Psychology Mixture Model (GMM). Target groups Research Target groups Fields of interest Research Signal, Image and Speech Processing; User Interfaces Type of publication and Human Computer Interaction; Language Trans- Monograph Type of publication lation and Linguistics; Computational Linguistics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35478-6 Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4922-4 Target groups Hardcover Research 2013. XII, 232 p. 181 illus. (Springer Tracts in Advanced Hardcover Robotics, Vol. 85) 2013. XVII, 136 p. 29 illus., 5 in color. (Springer Theses) Type of publication $109.00 $129.00 Brief ISBN 978-3-642-35478-6 ISBN 978-1-4471-4922-4 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6359-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Softcover 2013. XII, 118 p. 37 illus., 15 in color. (SpringerBriefs in Speech Technology) $69.95 ISBN 978-1-4614-6359-7 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 86 Engineering springer.com

W. Sha, Queen’s University Belfast, UK H. Jäger, Hochschule Esslingen, Deutschland; R. Mastel, M.G. Moehrle, University of Bremen, Germany; R. Isenmann, ISI, Hochschule Esslingen, Deutschland; M. Knaebel, Esslingen, Karlsruhe, Germany; R. Phaal, University of Cambridge, UK (Eds.) Deutschland Steels Technology Roadmapping for From Materials Science to Structural Engineering Technische Schwingungslehre Strategy and Innovation Steels and computer-based modelling are fast grow- Grundlagen - Modellbildung - Anwendungen Charting the Route to Success ing fields in materials science as well as structural Dieses Lehrbuch für Studierende ingenieurwis- engineering, demonstrated by the large amount of Technology roadmapping is a significant method to senschaftlicher Studiengänge besticht insbesondere recent literature.Steels: From Materials Science to help companies gain orientation concerning future in seinen verständnisfördernden und praxisori- Structural Engineering combines steels research and challenges. This work contains a description of tech- entierten Beispielen. Dieses Lehrbuch zur Sch- model development, including the application of nology roadmapping in four major parts, providing wingungslehre und Maschinendynamik vermittelt modelling techniques in steels. The latest research expert knowledge on framing/embedding of technol- die theoretischen Zusammenhänge zuverlässig auf includes structural engineering modelling, and ogy roadmapping, processes of technology roadmap- hohem Niveau und schlägt die Brücke zur Anwen- novel, prototype alloy steels such as heat-resistant ping, implementing technology roadmapping and dung auf Probleme in der Praxis. In der aktuellen steel, nitride-strengthened ferritic/martensitic steel linking technology roadmapping to other instru- Auflage wurde Bildqualität und -größe optimiert and low nickel maraging steel. Researchers studying ments of strategic planning. The book provides a und angepasst und an relevanten Stellen Textstellen steels will find the topics vital to their work. Materi- comprehensive survey of technology roadmapping zum besseren Verständnis ergänzt. als experts will be able to learn about steels used in since it contains papers by leading European, Amer- structural[...] Features ican and Asian experts, provides orientation regard- ing different methods of technology roadmapping Features Dieses Lehrbuch für Studierende ingenieurwis- and their interconnections, supplies readers with Steels and computer-based modelling are fast grow- senschaftlicher Studiengänge besticht insbeson- a[...] ing fields in materials science as well as structural dere durch seine praxisorientierten Beispiele. Als Lehrbuch zu Schwingungslehre und Maschinen- engineering, demonstrated by the large amount of Features dynamik vermittelt es zuverlässig die theoretis- recent literature.Steels: From Materials Science to Technology roadmapping is a core method to help chen Zusammenhänge und schlägt die Brücke zur Structural Engineering combines steels research and companies and other organisations gain orienta- Anwendung auf Fragestellungen in der Praxis. In der model development, including the application of tion for future opportunities and changes.This book aktuellen Auflage wurde die Bildqualität verbessert modelling techniques in steels. The latest research is a key resource for technology roadmapping – it und es wurden für das [..] includes structural engineering [..] provides expert knowledge in four areas:To frame/ embed technology roadmappingTo structure the Contents Contents process and tasks of technology roadmappingTo Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 High-strength Grundsätzliches mit einführenden Beispielen.- Har- implement technology roadmapping into [..] low-alloy steel.- Chapter 3 Fire-resistant steel.- monische Bewegung und Fourier-Analyse periodis- cher Schwingungen.- Pendelschwingungen.- Freie Chapter 4 Heat-resistant steel.- Chapter 5 Nitride- Contents ungedämpfte und gedämpfte Schwingungen von strengthened ferritic/martensitic steel.- Chapter 6 Basics of technology roadmapping.- Institutional ref- Systemen mit einem Freiheitsgrad.- Erzwungene Ultra high strength maraging steel.- Chapter 7 Low erence for technology roadmapping.- Processes of Schwingungen von Systemen mit einem Freiheits- nickel maraging steel.- Chapter 8 Concrete struc- technology roadmapping.- Implementing technology grad mit und ohne Dämpfung.- Freie ungedämpfte tures.- Chapter 9 Cold-formed steel portal frame.- roadmapping.- Linking technology roadmapping to Schwingungen mit mehreren Freiheitsgraden.- Chapter 10 Fire engineering.- Chapter 11 Fire resis- other instruments of strategic planning. tance of protected slim floors. Erzwungene harmonische Schwingungen von Syste- men mit mehreren Freiheitsgraden.- Schwingungen Fields of interest Fields of interest von Kontinua. Industrial and Production Engineering; Business Building Materials; Light Construction, Steel Con- Strategy/Leadership; Technology Management struction, Timber Construction; Metallic Materials; Fields of interest Structural Materials; Characterization and Evalua- Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Mechanical Target groups tion of Materials Engineering Research

Target groups Target groups Type of publication Research Upper undergraduate Proceedings

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W. Guo, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA; G. Labrosse, P. Alotto, University of Padova, Italy; F. Freschi, Polytechnic Uni- R. Bartnik, Opole University of Technology, Poland Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, France; R. Narayanan, University versity of Turin, Torino, Italy; M. Repetto, Polytechnic University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA of Turin, Torino, Italy; C. Rosso, Polytechnic University of Turin, Torino, Italy The Modernization Potential of Gas The Application of the Chebyshev- Turbines in the Coal-Fired Power Spectral Method in Transport The Cell Method for Electrical Industry Engineering and Multiphysics Phenomena Thermal and Economic Effectiveness Problems The opportunity of repowering the existing condens- Transport phenomena problems that occur in engi- An Introduction ing power stations by means of gas turbogenera- neering and physics are often multi-dimensional and tors offers an important opportunity to considerably This book presents a numerical scheme for the solu- multi-phase in character. When taking recourse to improvement of their energy efficiency. The Mod- tion of field problems governed by partial differen- numerical methods the spectral method is particu- ernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal- tial equations: the cell method. The technique lends larly useful and efficient. The book is meant prin- Fired Power Industry presents the methodology, cal- itself naturally to the solution of multiphysics prob- cipally to train students and non-specialists to use culation procedures and tools used to support enter- lems with several interacting phenomena. The Cell the spectral method for solving problems that model prise planning for adapting power stations to dual- Method, based on a space-time tessellation, is inti- fluid flow in closed geometries with heat or mass fuel gas-steam combined-cycle technologies. Both mately related to the work of Tonti and to his ideas transfer. To this aim the reader should bring a work- the conceptual and practical aspects of the conver- of classification diagrams or, as they are nowadays ing knowledge of fluid mechanics and heat transfer sion of existing coal-fired power plants is covered. called, Tonti diagrams: a graphical representation of and should be readily conversant with simple con- Discussions of the feasibility, advantages and dis- the problem's equations made possible by a suitable cepts of linear algebra including spectral decomposi- advantages and possible methods are supported by selection of a space-time framework relating physical tion of matrices as well as solvability conditions for chapters presenting equations of energy[...] inhomogeneous problems. The[...] variables to each other. The main features of the cell method are presented and links with many other dis- Features Features crete numerical[...] The opportunity of repowering the existing condens- Transport phenomena problems that occur in engi- ing power stations by means of gas turbogenera- Features neering and physics are often multi-dimensional and tors offers an important opportunity to considerably This book presents a numerical scheme for the solu- multi-phase in character. When taking recourse to improvement of their energy efficiency. The Mod- tion of field problems governed by partial differen- numerical methods the spectral method is particu- ernization Potential of Gas turbines in the Coal- tial equations: the cell method. The technique lends larly useful and efficient. The book is meant prin- Fired Power Industry presents the methodology, cal- itself naturally to the solution of multiphysics prob- cipally to train students and non-specialists to use culation procedures and tools used to support enter- lems with several interacting phenomena. The Cell the spectral method for solving problems that model prise planning for adapting power stations to dual- Method, based on a space-time tessellation, is inti- fluid flow in closed geometries with heat or [..] fuel [..] mately related to the work of Tonti and to his ideas Contents of classification diagrams or, as they are [..] Contents An Introduction to the Book and a Road Map.- An 1.Introduction.- 2.Thermodynamic fundamentals for Contents Introduction to the Spectral Method.- Steady One- production of electric power in hierarchical j-cycle Tonti diagrams.-Topological equations.- Constitu- Dimensional (1D) Heat Conduction Problems.- systems.- 3.In-series or parallel system?.- 4.Energy tive equations.- Classical physical problems.- Multi- Unsteady 1D Heat Conduction Problems.- Steady efficiency of repowering a power unit by installing a physics problems.- Implementation. Two-Dimensional (2D) Heat Conduction Problems.- gas turbogenerator in a parallel system.- 5.Selection 2D Closed Flow Problems - The Driven Cavity.- Fields of interest of an optimum gas turbogenerator for the repowered Applications to Hydrodynamic Instabilities.- Exer- Appl. Mathematics / Computational Methods of power unit.- 6.Selection of the structure of the heat cises for the Reader.- References.- Index. Engineering; Electrical Engineering; Numerical and recovery steam generator for the repowered power Computational Physics unit.- 7.Comparison of specific cost of producing Fields of interest electricity in a 370 MW power unit adapted to dual- Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Target groups fuel gas-steam system and in a new one operating Transfer; Numerical and Computational Physics; Research under supercritical[...] Engineering Fluid Dynamics; Fluid- and Aerody- namics; Computational Science and Engineering Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Efficiency Target groups (incl. Buildings); Engineering Thermodynamics, Graduate More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36100-5 Heat and Mass Transfer Hardcover Type of publication 2013. XII, 130 p. 113 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Target groups Monograph Engineering, Vol. 230) Research More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34087-1 $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36100-5 Type of publication Hardcover Brief 2012. XII, 229 p. 52 illus., 1 in color. (Lecture Notes in Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Applied and Computational Mechanics, Vol. 68) More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4859-3 $49.95 Softcover ISBN 978-3-642-34087-1 2013. VIII, 69 p. 32 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Applied Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Sciences and Technology) $49.95 ISBN 978-1-4471-4859-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 88 Engineering springer.com

T. Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Den- K. Tzanakakis, Athens, Greece Y. Zheng, IMP, TU Darmstadt, Germany mark; L. Bals, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark; P.D. Ørberg Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark; M.M. Larsen, Copenhagen Business The Railway Track and Its Long Tunable Multiband Ferroelectric School, Fredricksburg, Denmark (Eds.) Term Behaviour Devices for Reconfigurable RF- Frontends The Offshoring Challenge A Handbook for a Railway Track of High Quality A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure Strategic Design and Innovation for Tomorrow’s Organization Reconfigurable RF-frontends aim to cope with the objects represents a basic requirement for train safety continuous pursuit of wider frequency coverage, The continuous search for efficiency gains and the and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and higher efficiency, further compactness and lower goal of attaining a sustainable competitive advantage their components deteriorate over time. This affects cost of ownership. They are expected to lay the have steadily increased the volume of goods and ser- performance and may lead to failures. Albert Ein- foundations of future software defined or cogni- vices procured globally from third party vendors. In stein said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. tive radios. As a potential enabling technology for this context, named as “the next wave of globaliza- And then you have to play better than anyone else.” the frontends, the tunable ferroelectric devices have tion”, the offshoring phenomenon has stimulated Only if we understand how the whole system works, shown not only enhanced performance but also new research and political debates. With the rise of ser- taking into account its imperfections and how they functionalities. This book explores the recent devel- vices offshoring, international value chain disaggre- influence its quality and performance will we be able opments in the field. It provides a cross-sectional gation for services has reached a formerly unknown to learn the rules of the game and “play better.” The perspective on the interdisciplinary research. With scale. Also, it is increasingly complex transactions, book provides the readers with the necessary func- attention to the devices based on ceramic thick-films requiring a higher degree of qualification, which tional knowledge of track behaviour and comprehen- and crystal thin-films, the book reviews the adapted are becoming subject to offshoring as well.The Off- sively covers the[...] technologies of material[...] shoring Challenge: Strategic Design and Innovation Features for Tomorrow’s[...] Features A proper quality of a track and other infrastructure Reconfigurable RF-frontends aim to cope with the Features objects represents a basic requirement for train safety continuous pursuit of wider frequency coverage, The continuous search for efficiency gains and the and punctuality. Most of the physical systems and higher efficiency, further compactness and lower goal of attaining a sustainable competitive advantage their components deteriorate over time. This affects cost of ownership. They are expected to lay the have steadily increased the volume of goods and ser- performance and may lead to failures. Albert Ein- foundations of future software defined or cogni- vices procured globally from third party vendors. In stein said, “You have to learn the rules of the game. tive radios. As a potential enabling technology for this context, named as “the next wave of globaliza- And then you have to play better than anyone else.” the frontends, the tunable ferroelectric devices have tion”, the offshoring phenomenon has stimulated Only if we understand how the whole system [..] shown not only enhanced performance but also new research and political debates. With the rise of ser- [..] vices offshoring, international value chain [..] Contents History of Railways – A Quick View.- The External Contents Contents Environment of the Infrastructure.- The Railway Introduction.- Tunable Microwave Dielectrics.- Pro- Exploring Layers of Complexity in Offshoring Track as a System.- The Track Degradation.- Track cessing of Ferroelectric Films and Components.- Research and Practice.- Offshoring Activities Impact Quality.- Design – Construction – Maintenance Novel Multilayer Components on BST Thin-Films.- A Company’s Business Model: The Case of BBVA Aiming at High Performance.- Tools for Rational Summary and Outlook. and Banco Santander.- Entrepreneurial Global- Maintenance (RAMS and LCC).- Outsourcing Track ization: Lessons from the Offshoring Experiences Maintenance. Fields of interest of European Firms.- Tracking Offshoring and Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Commu- Fields of interest Outsourcing Strategies in Global Supply Chains.- nications Engineering, Networks Exploring Processes and Capabilities in Offshoring Civil Engineering; Engineering Economics, Organi- Intermediation.- Offshoring And Outsourcing Of zation, Logistics, Marketing; Engineering Design Target groups Customer-Oriented Business Processes: An interna- Research tional transaction value model.- Offshoring White- Target groups Collar Work: An Explorative Investigation of the Professional/practitioner Type of publication Processes and[...] Monograph Type of publication Fields of interest Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35779-4 Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36050-3 Hardcover Marketing; Organization / Planning; Production / 2013. XII, 148 p. 137 illus. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Hardcover Logistics Engineering, Vol. 228) 2013. XXXII, 414 p. 200 illus. (Springer Tracts on Trans- $129.00 portation and Traffic, Vol. 2) Target groups ISBN 978-3-642-35779-4 Research $179.00 ISBN 978-3-642-36050-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4907-1 Hardcover 2013. XII, 409 p. 32 illus., 4 in color. $179.00 ISBN 978-1-4471-4907-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Environment 89

B. Perovic, Berlin, Germany S. Khan, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Pakistan; A.-S. Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia, Environment Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Eds.) Vorrichtungen im

Werkzeugmaschinenbau Wireless Networks and Security G.Th. Farmer, Farmer Enterprises, Las Cruces, NM, USA; J. Cook, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia Grundlagen, Berechnung und Konstruktion Issues, Challenges and Research Trends

Dieses leicht verständliche, wissenschaftlich “Wireless Networks and Security” provides a broad Climate Change Science: A Modern fundierte Buch wendet sich an Konstrukteure und coverage of wireless security issues including cryp- Synthesis Studierende; es behandelt sämtliche Gebiete des tographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, Positionierens und Spannens eines Werkstücks. key management, attacks and countermeasures, Volume 1 - The Physical Climate Werkstücke werden in Vorrichtungen positioniert, secure routing, secure medium access control, intru- gehalten und gespannt und gegebenenfalls geführt. sion detection, epidemics, security performance An introduction to the principles of climate change So vielfältig wie das Einsatzgebiet der Vorrichtun- analysis, security issues in applications. The contri- science with an emphasis on the empirical evidence gen sind auch ihre konstruktiven Ausführungen und butions identify various vulnerabilities in the physi- for climate change and a warming world. Additional die Gestaltung von Spannelementen, Spannwerkzeu- cal layer, MAC layer, network layer, transport layer, readings are given at the end of each chapter. A list gen und Vorrichtungsteilen. Durch die wachsende and application layer, and focus on ways of strength- of "Things to Know" opens each chapter. Chapters Automatisierung gewinnt der Einsatz von Vorrich- ening security mechanisms and services throughout are arranged so that the student is first introduced to tungen ständig an Bedeutung. Der Autor behan- the layers. This carefully edited monograph is target- the scientific method(s), examples of the use of the delt die Grundlagen zur optimalen Berechnung und ing for researchers, post-graduate students in uni- scientific method from other sciences drawn from Konstruktion von Vorrichtungen. Besonderen Wert versities, academics, and[...] the history of science with an emphasis on climate legt er auf die[...] science. Climate science is treated in each chapter Features based on the premise of global warming. Chapter Features “Wireless Networks and Security” provides a broad treatments on the atmosphere. biosphere, geosphere, Dieses leicht verständliche, wissenschaftlich coverage of wireless security issues including cryp- hydrosphere, and anthroposphere and their inter- fundierte Buch wendet sich an Konstrukteure tographic coprocessors, encryption, authentication, relationships are given. und Studierende; es behandelt sämtliche Gebi- key management, attacks and countermeasures, ete des Positionierens und Spannens eines secure routing, secure medium access control, intru- Features Werkstücks. Werkstücke werden in Vorrichtungen sion detection, epidemics, security performance Climate Change Science: A Modern Synthesis intro- positioniert, gehalten und gespannt und gegebenen- analysis, security issues in applications. The contri- duces the principles of climate change science, falls geführt. So vielfältig wie das Einsatzgebiet der butions identify various vulnerabilities in the physi- emphasizing the empirical evidence for climate Vorrichtungen sind auch ihre konstruktiven Aus- cal [..] change and a warming world. Divided into eleven führungen und die [..] sections, this comprehensive book opens with an Contents introduction to basic scientific principles including Contents From the contents: Security in Amateur Packet the scientific method, the laws of thermodynamics, Allgemeines.- Bestimmen und Spannen der Vorrich- Radio Networks.- Security Issues in Mobile Ad hoc the gathering and interpretation of data, biographical tung auf dem Werkzeugmaschinentisch.- Bestimmen Network.- Secure AODV Routing Protocol Based on [..] des Werkstücks in der Vorrichtung.- Spannen des Trust Mechanism.- Security and Privacy in Vehicu- Werkstücks in der Vorrichtung.- Vorrichtungskon- lar Ad-hoc Networks: survey and the road ahead.- Contents struktionen.- Vorrichtungsteile. Security issues and approaches on wireless M2M sys- 1. Introduction.- Part I - Scientific principles and the tems.- Security and Privacy in Wireless Body Area scientific method.- 2. scientific principles.- 3. The Fields of interest Networks for Health Care Applications.- Security scientific method and its use.- Part II - Overview Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; Machinery and and Privacy Issues in Wireless Mesh Networks: A of climate change science.- 4. Earth’s energy bud- Machine Elements; Operating Procedures, Materials Survey.- Trust Establishment Techniques in VANET. get.- 5. Climate change trends.- 6. Earth’s surface Treatment temperature.- 7. Climate change science as earth Fields of interest science.- Part III - Earth’s atmosphere.- 8. Introduc- Target groups Communications Engineering, Networks; Systems tion to earth’s atmosphere.- 9. Carbon dioxide, other Professional/practitioner and Data Security greenhouse gases, and the carbon cycle.- 10. Earth’s albedo, radiative forcing and climate change.- 11. Type of publication Target groups Atmospheric circulation and climate.- Part IV - The Professional book Research world ocean and[...] More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32706-3 Type of publication Hardcover Fields of interest Monograph 2013. X, 245 S. 167 Abb. (VDI-Buch) Environment (general); Earth Sciences (general); $89.95 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-36168-5 Lifelong Learning / Adult Education; Geography ISBN 978-3-642-32706-3 (general); Organic Chemistry; Energy Policy, Eco- Hardcover nomics and Management Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 2013. VIII, 512 p. 163 illus. (Signals and Communication Technology) Target groups $179.00 Lower undergraduate ISBN 978-3-642-36168-5 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Undergraduate textbook More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5756-1 Hardcover 2013. 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S.A. Shahid, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, H. Imura, Yokohama National University, Japan W.P. Stewart, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA; D.R. United Arab Emirates; M.A. Abdelfattah, Environment Agency - Williams, USDA-FS, Fort Collins, CO, USA; L.E. Kruger, USDA-FS, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; F.K. Taha, International Center Juneau, AK, USA (Eds.) for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Eds.) Environmental Systems Studies

A Macroscope for Understanding and Operating Spaceship Place-Based Conservation Developments in Soil Salinity Earth Perspectives from the Social Sciences Assessment and Reclamation The environmental field is deep and wide. In the The concept of “Place” has become prominent in Innovative Thinking and Use of Marginal Soil and Water flood of information, how can people understand the Resources in Irrigated Agriculture underlying causes of what they hear about the envi- natural resource management, as professionals ronment from newspapers and television? This book increasingly recognize the importance of scale, place- The papers assembled here cover topics such as tech- was originally published in Japanese, with the aim specific meanings, local knowledge, and social-eco- nological advances in soil salinity mapping and mon- of providing basic information about the ideas and logical dynamics. Place-Based Conservation: Per- itoring, management and reclamation of salt-affected methods to see and understand the interconnection spectives from the Social Sciences offers a thorough soils, use of marginal quality water for crop produc- between nature and human activities from a system- examination of the topic, dividing its exploration tion, salt-tolerance mechanisms in plants, biosaline atic point of view. The author subsequently prepared into four broad areas. Place-Based Conservation pro- agriculture and agroforestry, microbiological inter- an English version of the same material for use as a vides a comprehensive resource for researchers and ventions for marginal soils, opportunities and chal- textbook for the Global Environmental Leaders Pro- practitioners to help build the conceptual grounding lenges in using marginal waters, and soil and water gram at Nagoya University, where he taught many necessary to understand and to effectively practice management in irrigated agriculture. students from Asia and Europe. The book covers place-based conservation. diverse environmental issues such as[...] Features Features This important addition to the technical literature of Features The concept of “Place” has become prominent in ecology is a storehouse of information on marginal The environmental field is deep and wide. In the natural resource management, as professionals soils and waters from around the world. Soil salin- flood of information, how can people understand the increasingly recognize the importance of scale, place- ity is considered the most important component of underlying causes of what they hear about the envi- specific meanings, local knowledge, and social-eco- land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions, it is ronment from newspapers and television? This book logical dynamics. Place-Based Conservation: Per- dynamic, spreading globally in over 100 countries was originally published in Japanese, with the aim spectives from the Social Sciences offers a thorough and covering more than one billion hectares. It is of providing basic information about the ideas and examination of the topic, dividing its exploration causing significant losses in irrigated [..] methods to see and understand the interconnection into four broad areas. Part One, Conceptual [..] between nature and human activities from a system- Contents atic [..] Contents Part I High-tech in Soil Salinity Mapping and Moni- Contents:.- 1: The Emergence of Place-Based Con- toring.- 1. Developments in Soil Salinity Assessment, Contents servation.- Part I: Conceptual Issues of Place-Based Modeling, Mapping and Monitoring from Regional 1. Seeing and Understanding Interactions between Conservation.- 2: Science, Practice and Place.- 3: to Submicroscopic Scales.- 2. Soil Salinity Modelling, Nature and Humanity.- 2. Operating Our Spaceship Conservation That Connects Multiple Scales of Approaches and Key Issues.- 3. Quantification of the Earth.- 3. Understanding the Global Climate Sys- Place.- 4: Organizational Cultures and Place-Based Salt Content of Soils Under Different Climatic Con- tem.- 4. Biodiversity and Ecosystem Service: Indica- Conservation.- 5: Community, Place, and Conser- ditions on a National Scale in South Africa.- 4. Soil tors of the Global Environment.- 5. An Evolutionary vation.- Part II: Experiencing Place.- 6: Sensing Salinizaion Assessment and Monitoring at Boe Klue View of the Environment.- 6. Transforming Our Value in Place.- 7: Place Meanings as Lived Expe- District, Nan Province, Northern Thailand.- 5. Soil Society: Low Carbon, Coexistence with Nature, and rience.- 8: Personal Experience and Public Place Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Sound Material Cycle.- 7. The Environment as a Creation.- 9: Volunteer Meanings in the Making of Images in Agricultural Field of Syrdary Province of Commons: How Should It Be Managed?.- 8. Eco- Place.- Part III: Representing Place.- 10: Integrating Uzbekistan.- 6. The New Map[...] nomics of the Environment.- 9. Resources, Energy, Divergent Representations[...] and Environmental Load.- 10. Japan and an Asian Fields of interest Perspective. Fields of interest Soil Science & Conservation; Waste Water Tech- Environmental Management; Nature Conservation; nology / Water Pollution Control / Water Man- Fields of interest Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Sustain- agement / Aquatic Pollution; Marine & Freshwater Environmental Management; Earth System Sciences; able Development; Environment (general); Human Sciences; Agriculture; Climate Change Environmental Economics Geography

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Type of publication Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5683-0 More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54125-7 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5801-8 Hardcover Softcover Hardcover 2013. LI, 808 p. 212 illus., 116 in color. 2013. XII, 151 p. 27 illus., 22 in color. 2013. XI, 264 p. 18 illus., 1 in color. $229.00 $89.95 $179.00 ISBN 978-94-007-5683-0 ISBN 978-4-431-54125-7 ISBN 978-94-007-5801-8 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Geography 91

M. Casanova, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; O. Salazar, Uni- M. Sargolini, Università di Camerino, Macerata, Italy versity of Chile, Santiago, Chile; O. Seguel, University of Chile, Geography Santiago, Chile; W. Luzio, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile Urban Landscapes

The Soils of Chile Environmental Networks and the Quality of Life M. Raubal, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; D.M. Mark, University of Buf- falo, NY, USA; A.U. Frank, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria (Eds.) Today, more than 50% of the world’s population This book is intended for students and soil scientists lives in cities and is subject to particular environ- Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of who want to know about the state of the art in soil mental and economic impacts against the backdrop sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehen- of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores Geographic Space sive bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried the intimate relationship between the quality of out throughout the length and breadth of Chilean life of city dwellers and the quality of urban land- New Perspectives on Geographic Information Research territory during the past 40 years and more recent scapes, including those regenerated through green 20 years ago, from July 8 to 20, 1990, 60 researchers information obtained by the authors in a number of spaces and environmental networks. Starting from gathered for two weeks at Castillo-Palacio Magalia field studies. As its starting point the book presents the concept of “landscape” as defined by the Euro- in Las Navas del Marques (Avila Province, Spain) a general overview of important features related to pean Landscape Convention (i.e. "an area, perceived to discuss cognitive and linguistic aspects of geo- Chilean soils, such as geology and geomorphology, by people, whose character is the result of the action graphic space. This meeting was the start of suc- climate, land use and vegetation. In this long and and interaction of natural and/or human factors"), it cessful research on cognitive issues in geographic narrow country different soil formation factors and expands upon, in particular, the interactions between information science, produced an edited book (D. processes have resulted in a broad variety of soil bod- the different biotic and[...] ies, from the[...] M. Mark and A. U. Frank, Eds., 1991, Cognitive and Features Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space. NATO ASI Features Today, more than 50% of the world’s population Series D: Behavioural and Social Sciences 63. Kluwer, This book is intended for students and soil scientists lives in cities and is subject to particular environ- Dordrecht/Boston/London), and led to a biannual who want to know about the state of the art in soil mental and economic impacts against the backdrop conference (COSIT), a refereed journal (Spatial Cog- sciences in Chile. The book merges a comprehensive of an evolving planetary crisis. This book explores nition and Computation), and a substantial and still bibliographical review of the soil surveys carried out the intimate relationship between the quality of life growing research community. It[...] throughout the length and breadth of Chilean terri- of city dwellers and the quality of urban landscapes, Features tory during the past 40 years and more recent infor- including those regenerated through green spaces In 1990, sixty researchers gathered for two weeks at mation obtained by the authors in a number of field and environmental networks. Starting from the con- Castillo-Palacio Magalia in Las Navas del Marques, studies. As its starting point the book [..] cept of [..] Spain, to discuss cognitive and linguistic aspects of Contents Contents geographic space. This meeting was the start of suc- Preface.- General Chile overview.- Territory forma- Introduction.- Part I The City and Nature: Ecology cessful research on cognitive issues in geographic tion: geology and geomorphology.- Climate: from vs Aesthetics. Bios, Techne, Logos. Environmen- information science. It appeared worthwhile to desert to glaciers.- Vegetation.-Land use.- Main tal and Landscape Quality. The City Under Trans- assess the achievements and reconsider the research features of Chilean soils.- Soil formation in Chile.- formation and the City in Crisis. Metabolization of challenges twenty years later. What has changed in Major soil zones.- A soil map of Chile.- Manage- the Changes. Waste Spaces: Disused, Residual, and [..] ment of soil properties in Chile.- Chemical prop- Degraded Areas. Smart Communities. A Changing Contents erties.- Physical properties.- Biological properties.- Vision (Alternative Scenarios). Urban and Territor- Researching Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Human induced soil degradation in Chile.- Ero- ial Regeneration Programs. Environmental Networks Geographic Space - Las Navas then and now.- Spatial sive soil degradation.- Non erosive soil degrada- and Greening the City. Environmental Networks and Computing - How spatial structures replace compu- tion.- Desertification.- Future of soil conservation in the Shape of the City. Different Spatial Relationship tational effort.- The Cognitive Development of the Chile.- Annexe. Scales. New Instruments and Support Systems for Spatial Concepts NEXT, NEAR, AWAY and FAR.- Decision Making.- Part II Case Study – the[...] Fields of interest From compasses and maps to mountains and terri- Soil Science & Conservation Fields of interest tories: Experimental results on geographic cognitive Sustainable Development; Landscape, Regional and categorization.- Prospects and Challenges of Land- Target groups Urban Planning; Urbanism; Quality of Life Research marks in Navigation Services.- Landmarks and a hik- Research ing ontology to support wayfinding in a national Target groups park during different seasons.- Talking about Place Type of publication Research Where It Matters.- Many to Many Mobile Maps.-[...] Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5948-0 Type of publication Monograph Geographical Information Systems / Cartography Hardcover 2013. X, 185 p. 179 illus., 149 in color. (World Soils Book More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2879-1 Target groups Series) Softcover Research $129.00 2013. XXIII, 177 p. ISBN 978-94-007-5948-0 $139.00 Type of publication Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-88-470-2879-1 Monograph Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34358-2 Hardcover 2013. XI, 296 p. 64 illus., 45 in color. (Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography) $129.00 ISBN 978-3-642-34358-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. February 28, 2013 92 Geography springer.com

M. Leitner, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA (Ed.) F. Vescovi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Institute for Mobility Research, Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo), Munich, Germany (Ed.) Crime Modeling and Mapping Using Designing the Urban Renaissance Megacity Mobility Culture Geospatial Technologies Sustainable and competitive place making in England How Cities Move on in a Diverse World This book is an academic essay about the urban Recent years in North America have seen a rapid regeneration policies which have been changing the What determines how cities move on? The ever- development in the area of crime analysis and map- physical - and partly social - outlook of many Eng- increasing challenges to urban mobility come in ping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) lish cities during the last 10-15 years, eventually giv- many forms, and approaches to address them range technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Jus- ing birth to a process which is also known as ‘Urban from the technically ingenious to attempts to change tice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research Renaissance’. The main focus is on urban design: travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, the way it has been promoted by the government as the success of any such approach is whether the development, and dissemination of GIS technology. an important means for delivering attractive places urban environment proves to be fertile ground for The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional in more sustainable and competitive cities. The the desired progress. Another vital determinant of Crime Analysis System (CAS) with standardized research describes the support given to local author- success is how well individual measures to engineer data collection and reporting mechanisms, tools for ities for this purpose through new laws and powers, the transport system interact with other develop- spatial and temporal analysis, visualization of data the publishing of planning and design manuals and ments. This leads to the principal subject of Megacity and much more. Among the drawbacks of current the delivery of especially dedicated funds, bodies and Mobility Culture: the basic principles that deter- crime analysis systems is their lack of tools for spatial programmes. It also explores[...] mine the paths along which cities move. This book analysis. For this reason, spatial[...] demonstrates that the concept of ‘mobility[...] Features Features The economic and social challenges brought by glob- Features Recent years in North America have seen a rapid alization and the inevitable prospect of a commit- What determines how cities move on? The ever- development in the area of crime analysis and map- ment to sustainable development have induced the increasing challenges to urban mobility come in ping using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) UE to put towns and cities at the heart of the current many forms, and approaches to address them range technology. In 1996, the US National Institute of Jus- political agenda. Urban and metropolitan areas are from the technically ingenious to attempts to change tice (NIJ) established the crime mapping research considered as primary resources for the regenera- travel behaviour. Key amongst factors essential to center (CMRC), to promote research, evaluation, tion of the territory and for the distribution of wealth the success of any such approach is whether the development, and dissemination of GIS technology. among the population. The initial and admirable [..] urban environment proves to be fertile ground for The long-term goal is to develop a fully functional the desired progress. Another vital determinant of Crime [..] Contents success is how [..] Introduction.-The Recent Reform of the English Contents Planning System.- New strategic drivers for the Contents From the Contents: Spatial Heterogeneity in Crime regeneration of cities.- Stakeholders, programmes, Setting the Context.- The Reader’s Guide to Mobil- Analysis.- When Does a Drug Market Become a strategies.- Elements of design strategy.- The role of ity Culture.- Stories from the Megacity.- Perspectives Drug Market? Finding the Boundaries of Illicit Event housing: city living, communities, places.- Conclu- for Megacities on the Move.- the Seven Mobility Cul- Concentrations.- Convicted Sex Offender Residen- sions: short notes on the English lesson. ture Temperaments of Cities. tial Movements.- Street-Level Spatiotemporal Crime Analysis: Examples from Bronx County, NY (2006– Fields of interest Fields of interest 2010).- Exploring Spatial Patterns of Crime Using Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Sustain- Landscape, Regional and Urban Planning; Civil Non-Hierarchical Cluster Analysis.- Reconstitution able Development; Architectural History and Theory Engineering; Regional Science; Engineering Eco- of the Journeys to Crime and Location of their Ori- nomics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing; Sociol- gin in the Context of a Crime Series. 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J.M. Krisp, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany (Ed.) D. Fernández-Prieto, ESA-ESRIN, Frascati, Italy; R. Sabia, ESA- ESRIN, Frascati, Italy Law Progress in Location-Based Services Remote Sensing Advances for Earth International Ombudsman Institute, International Ombudsman The book consists of peer-reviewed papers from the System Science Institute, Wien, Austria (Ed.) 9th symposium on Location Based Services (LBS) The ESA Changing Earth Science Network: Projects 2009-2011 which is targeted to researchers, industry/market Australasia and Pacific Ombudsman operators and students of different backgrounds (sci- To better understand the various processes and entific, engineering and humanistic). As the research interactions that govern the Earth system and to Institutions field is developing and changing fast, this book fol- determine whether recent human-induced changes Mandates, Competences and Good Practice lows up on current trends and gives suggestions and could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics, both nat- guidance to further research. This book offers a com- ural system variability and the consequences of Commissioned by the International Ombudsman mon ground bringing together various disciplines human activities have to be observed and quantified. Institute (IOI), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of and practice, knowledge, experiences, plans and In this context, the European Space Agency (ESA) Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna conducted a com- ideas on how LBS can and could be improved and on published in 2006 the document “The Changing parative analytical study on Ombudsman Institu- how it will influence both science and society. The Earth: New Scientific Challenges for ESA's Living tions in the Australasia and Pacific region between book comprises front-end publications organized Planet Programme” as the main driver of ESA’s new January 2011 and April 2012. In Part 1, this book into sections on:spatial-temporal[...] Earth Observation (EO) science strategy. The docu- provides an analytical comparison of the public sec- ment outlines 25 major scientific challenges covering tor Ombudsman Institutions in Australia (the Com- Features all the different aspects of the Earth system, where monwealth Ombudsman and the state/territory The book consists of peer-reviewed papers from the EO technology and ESA missions may provide a[...] Ombudsmen of all Australian states as well as of the 9th symposium on Location Based Services (LBS) Northern Territory and the ACT), the Cook Islands, which is targeted to researchers, industry/market Features Hong Kong, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, operators and students of different backgrounds (sci- The European Space Agency, through its Support Samoa, Taiwan, Tonga and Vanuatu. In addition to a entific, engineering and humanistic). As the research to Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a net- comparative analysis showing the partial heterogene- field is developing and changing fast, this book fol- work of young post-doc scientists undertaking cut- ity of the[...] lows up on current trends and gives suggestions and ting-edge research in the area of Remote Sensing. guidance to further research. This book offers a [..] This so-called Changing Earth Science Network Features focuses on the exploitation of Earth Observation Commissioned by the International Ombudsman Contents (EO) data to address major issues related to the Institute (IOI), the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Extraction of location-based Emotions from Photo broader context of Climate Change under five scien- Human Rights (BIM) in Vienna conducted a com- Platforms.- Combining Float Car Data and Multi- tific research lines: [..] parative analytical study on Ombudsman Institu- spectral Satellite Images to Extract Road Features tions in the Australasia and Pacific region between and Networks for Navigation Applications.- Space- Contents January 2011 and April 2012. In Part 1, this book Time Mapping of Mass Event Data.- Analyzing Preface - The Changing Earth Science Network provides an analytical comparison of the public sec- Human Activities through Volunteered Geographic Projects 2009-2011.- Carbongases - Retrieval and tor Ombudsman Institutions in Australia (the Com- Information: Using Flickr to Analyze Spatial and analysis of carbon dioxide and methane greenhouse monwealth Ombudsman and the [..] Temporal Pattern of Tourist Accommodation.- A gases from SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT.- Aerosol Platform for Location Based App Development for direct radiative effect in cloudy scenes retrieved from Contents Citizen Science and Community Mapping.- A fram- space–borne spectrometers.- DIagnostics of MIxing Part 1 Comparative Analysis of the Ombudsman work for on-line detection of custom group move- and TRansport in atmospheric Interfaces.- Study of Institutions: Introduction.- Legal Framework.- Man- ment patterns.- Mining Event Related Knowledge the chemistry-climate coupling in the UTLS region date.- Powers.- Awareness and Outreach.- Good from OpenStreetMap.-[...] with satellite measurements.- Variability of the phy- Practice Examples.- Part 2: Reports on Different toplankton spring and fall blooms in the Northeast- Jurisdictions: Australia Commonwealth Ombuds- Fields of interest ern Atlantic in the 1980s and 2000s.- A method to man.- Australia Ombudsman New South Wales.- Geographical Information Systems / Cartography; retrieve temporal averages of 2D ocean surface[...] Australia Northern Territory Ombudsman.- Aus- Information Systems and Communication Service tralia Queensland Ombudsman.- Australia South Fields of interest Australian Ombudsman.- Australia Tasmanian Target groups Remote Sensing / Photogrammetry; Earth System Research Ombudsman.- Australia Victorian Ombudsman.- Sciences; Climate Change; Oceanography; Meteorol- Australia Western Australian Ombudsman.- Hong ogy / Climatology; Natural Hazards Type of publication Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) Ombudsman.- Cook Islands Ombudsman.- New[...] Monograph Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34202-8 Research Fields of interest Private International Law, International & Foreign Hardcover Type of publication Law, Comparative Law; International IT and Media 2013. 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R. Wolfrum, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and J. Ensthaler, Technische Universität Berlin; P. Wege, Technische C. Wellman, Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, USA International Law, Heidelberg, Germany; I. Gätzschmann, Max Universität Berlin (Eds.) Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) Terrorism and Counterterrorism Management geistigen Eigentums A Moral Assessment International Dispute Settlement: Die unternehmerische Gestaltung des Technologieverwer- Room for Innovations? tungsrechts This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to pre- Das Management geistigen Eigentums ist vent misunderstanding. The book identifies the für den Erfolg eines Unternehmens uner- This publication succeeds previously published sem- features that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including lässlich und etabliert sich als eine eigenständige inars of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative coerciveness, the violation of rights and undermin- unternehmerische Aufgabe. Es beschäftigt sich mit Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Ger- ing of trust. Next, it evaluates reasons given for ter- der technologiebezogenen Entscheidungsfindung many) dealing with evolving principles and new rorism such as the protection of human rights and hinsichtlich der mit geistigem Eigentum verbun- developments in international law. Due to the lim- the liberation of oppressed groups as not normally denen Fragen in Unternehmen. Dazu gehören in its of traditional dispute settlement in international justified. Following this, the book identifies and eval- erster Linie die technischen Schutzrechte (Patent law and the ongoing scholarly debate on those lim- uates international responses to terrorism, taking und Gebrauchsmuster), darüber hinaus jedoch its, it focuses on possible innovations and functional into account General Assembly and Security Coun- auch das Marken- und Designrecht, der Schutz approaches to improve international dispute set- cil resolutions, United Nations conventions and von Unternehmensgeheimnissen, der Technolo- tlement mechanisms. In doing so, it covers a wide criminalization in international law. It also looks at gieschutz, der Technologietransfer sowie als – variety of topics such as procedures of the WTO, national responses which often take the[...] übergreifende Aufgabe – die anlassbezogene Iden- advisory opinions of international courts and tri- tifikation der erforderlichen technologiebezogenen bunals, the privatization of international dispute set- Features Informationen.Als interdisziplinäre Aufgabe baut[...] tlement, the interaction between[...] This book presents a definition of terrorism that is broad and descriptive and much needed to prevent Features Features misunderstanding. The book identifies the features Das Management geistigen Eigentums ist This publication succeeds previously published sem- that make terrorism ‘wrong’, including coerciveness, für den Erfolg eines Unternehmens uner- inars of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative the violation of rights and undermining of trust. lässlich und etabliert sich als eine eigenständige Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Ger- Next, it evaluates reasons given for terrorism such as unternehmerische Aufgabe. Es beschäftigt sich mit many) dealing with evolving principles and new the protection of human rights and the liberation of der technologiebezogenen Entscheidungsfindung developments in international law. Due to the limits oppressed groups as not normally [..] hinsichtlich der mit geistigem Eigentum verbun- of traditional dispute settlement in international law denen Fragen in Unternehmen. Dazu gehören in and the ongoing scholarly debate on those limits, it Contents erster Linie die technischen Schutzrechte (Patent focuses on possible innovations and functional [..] 1.What is Terrorism?.- 2.Why is Terrorism Wrong?.- und Gebrauchsmuster), darüber hinaus jedoch [..] 3.How Could Terrorism be Justified?.- 4.Interna- Contents tional Responses.- 5.State Responses.- 6.Moral Limits Contents Opening Address.- What Makes the WTO Dis- on State Responses.- Index. Einführung: Grundlagen des geistigen Eigentums; pute Settlement Procedure Particular: Lessons to Management geistigen Eigentums; Gegenstand, Auf- be Learned for the Settlement of International Dis- Fields of interest bau und Zielsetzung des Buches.- Teil I: Materiell- putes in General?- Advisory Opinions: Are they a Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History; rechtliche Schutzmöglichkeiten für technologiebe- Suitable Alternative for the Settlement of Interna- Criminology & Criminal Justice; Ethics; Religious zogenes Wissen im Unternehmen als Fundament tional Disputes?- Interaction between Counsel and Studies; Political Theory eines Technologieverwertungsrechts.- Patent- und International Courts and Arbitral Tribunals: Ethical Gebrauchsmusterschutz.- Markenschutz, Design- Target groups Standards for Counsel.- International Courts as Law- schutz und wettbewerblicher Leistungsschutz.- Professional/practitioner makers.- Privatization of the Settlement of Interna- Rechtlicher Schutz von Unternehmensgeheimnis- tional Disputes.- Final Remarks and Conclusions. sen.- Teil II: Kernaktivitäten des Technolo- Type of publication Brief Fields of interest gieverwertungsrechts: Strategischer Einsatz der Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration; Private Technologieschutzinstrumente.- Technologietrans- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-6006-6 fer durch Übertragung und[...] International Law, International & Foreign Law, Softcover Comparative Law; Sources and Subjects of Interna- Fields of interest 2013. 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Protection of Fundamental Rights D.K. Maheshwari, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar, India (Ed.) Methods and Protocols in Criminal Proceedings In recent years, molecular microbiology has emerged A Study in Memory of Vittorio Grevi and Giovanni Tranchina Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease as a top, cutting-edge biological discipline, thanks Management to the multi-disciplinary and integrative approaches The protection of fundamental rights in the field taken by investigators seeking to understand the of transnational criminal inquiries is of great deli- intricacies of the microbial world and how it affects cateness in the current tangled web of domestic and The future of agriculture greatly depends on our human health and the biosphere. In Bacterial Cell international legal sources. Due to this complex sce- ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing Surfaces: Methods and Protocols, recent advances nario, this research has been carried out from a four- long-term production potential. The application of in structural biology, proteomics, and imaging tech- level perspective. The first part provides a critical microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species niques, together with the traditional biochemical and analysis of the multilevel systems of protecting fun- of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), rep- genetic approaches, are provided in order to present damental rights from the perspective of suprana- resents an ecologically and economically sustain- an exciting look into the structure, function, and reg- tional and constitutional case law, and in the field of able strategy. The use of these bio-resources for the ulation of the bacterial cell envelope. The detailed international and organized crime. The second part enhancement of crop productivity is gaining impor- volume contains examples of traditional and innova- focuses on EU judicial cooperation in three main tance worldwide."Bacteria in Agrobiology: Disease tive tools for the[...] fields: financial and serious organized crime, mutual Management" discusses various aspects of biologi- recognition tools, and individual rights protection. cal control and disease suppression using bacteria. Features The third part[...] Topics covered include: fluorescent pseudomonads; In recent years, molecular microbiology has emerged siderophore-producing PGPR; pseudomonas inocu- as a top, cutting-edge biological discipline, thanks Features lants; bacillus-based biocontrol agents;[...] to the multi-disciplinary and integrative approaches The protection of fundamental rights in the field taken by investigators seeking to understand the of transnational criminal inquiries is of great deli- Features intricacies of the microbial world and how it affects cateness in the current tangled web of domestic and The future of agriculture greatly depends on our human health and the biosphere. In Bacterial Cell international legal sources. Due to this complex sce- ability to enhance productivity without sacrificing Surfaces: Methods and Protocols, recent advances in nario, this research has been carried out from a four- long-term production potential. The application of structural biology, proteomics, and [..] level perspective. The first level provides a critical microorganisms, such as the diverse bacterial species analysis of the multilevel systems of protecting fun- of plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), rep- Contents damental rights from the perspective of [..] resents an ecologically and economically sustain- A Bird’s Eye View of the Bacterial Landscape.- Visu- able strategy. The use of these bio-resources for the alizing the Bacterial Cell Surface: An Overview.- Fields of interest enhancement of crop productivity is gaining impor- Purification of the Outer Membrane Usher Protein International Criminal Law; Private International tance [..] and Periplasmic Chaperone-Subunit Complexes Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative from the P and Type 1 Pilus Systems.- Experimental Law; European Law; Human Rights Contents Manipulation of the Microbial Functional Amyloid Advances in Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacte- Called Curli.- Visualization of Gram-Positive Bac- Target groups ria for Biological Control of Plant Diseases.- Bacteria terial Pili.- Single Cell Microfluidic Studies of Bac- Research for Plant Growth Promotion and Disease Manage- terial Motility.- Chromatographic Analysis of the ment.- Bacterial Endophytes of Perennial Crops for Escherichia coli Polysialic Acid Capsule.- Analysis of Type of publication Management of Plant Disease.- Biological Control Exopolysaccharides in Myxococcus xanthus Using Contributed volume of Pathogens and Plant Growth Promotion Poten- Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy.-[...] More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32011-8 tial of Fluorescent Pseudomonads.- Disease Manage- ment in Staple Crops: A Bacteriological Approach.- Fields of interest Hardcover Beneficial Bacteria for Biological Control of Fun- Microbiology; Bacteriology 2013. 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V.K. Gupta, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; M.G. X. Wang, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Ed.) C.W. Heizmann, University of Zürich, Switzerland (Ed.) Tuohy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland (Eds.) Bioinformatics of Human Calcium-Binding Proteins and RAGE Biofuel Technologies Proteomics From Structural Basics to Clinical Applications Recent Developments A major direction in medical research leading to “Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics” discusses Biofuels are considered to be the main potential clinical applications targets the regulation of intra- the development of methods, techniques and appli- replacement for fossil fuels in the near future. In this cellular calcium and the various human diseases cations in the field of protein bioinformatics, an book international experts present recent advances associated with an altered homeostasis of this global important direction in bioinformatics. It collects in biofuel research and related technologies. Top- second messenger. These diseases include, for exam- contributions from expert researchers in order ics include biomethane and biobutanol production, ple: cardiomyopathy, inflammation, brain disor- to provide a practical guide to this complex field microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, biomass ders, diabetes and cancer. In Calcium-Binding of study. The book covers the protein interaction pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, genetic manipu- Proteins and RAGE: from Structural Basics to Clini- network, drug discovery and development, the lation of microbial cells and their application in the cal Applications,expert researchers in the field detail relationship between translational medicine and biofuels industry, bioreactor systems, and economi- many of the methods which are now commonly used bioinformatics, and advances in proteomic methods, cal processing technologies for biofuel residues. The to study calcium binding proteins. These methods while also demonstrating important bioinformatics chapters provide concise information to help under- and techniques, such as calcium-measurements, tools and methods available today for protein analy- stand the technology-related implications of biofuels screening methods, clinical chemistry, and therapy, sis, interpretation and predication. It is intended for development. Moreover, recent updates on biofuel are generally applicable to many other areas[...] feedstocks, biofuel[...] experts or senior researchers in the fields of[...] Features Features Features A major direction in medical research leading to “Bioinformatics of Human Proteomics” discusses Biofuels are considered to be the main potential clinical applications targets the regulation of intra- the development of methods, techniques and appli- replacement for fossil fuels in the near future. In this cellular calcium and the various human diseases cations in the field of protein bioinformatics, an book international experts present recent advances associated with an altered homeostasis of this global important direction in bioinformatics. It collects in biofuel research and related technologies. Top- second messenger. These diseases include, for exam- contributions from expert researchers in order to ics include biomethane and biobutanol production, ple: cardiomyopathy, inflammation, brain disorders, provide a practical guide to this complex field of microbial fuel cells, feedstock production, biomass diabetes and cancer. In Calcium Binding Proteins study. The book covers the protein interaction net- pre-treatment, enzyme hydrolysis, genetic manipula- and RAGE: from Structural [..] tion of microbial cells and their application in the [..] work, drug discovery and development, the relation- ship between [..] Contents Contents Measurement of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentra- Contents Second Generation Bio-ethanol and Renewable tion in Single Cells using Ratiometric Calcium Clinical Bioinformatics in Human Proteomics Chemicals from Lignocellulosics.- Potential Bio- Dyes.-Divers Models of Divalent Cation Interac- Research.- Proteomics defines protein interaction.- resources as Future Sources of Biofuels Produc- tion to Calcium-binding Proteins: Techniques and Protein Function Microarrays: Design, Use and tion: An Overview.- The Role of Fungal Enzymes in Anthology.-Probing Ca2+ Binding Capability of Bioinformatic Analysis in Cancer Biomarker Dis- Global Biofuel Production and Biorefinery.- Progress Viral Proteins with the EF-hand Motif by Grafting covery and Quantitation.- Proteomics and Cancer in Physical and Chemical Pretreatment of Ligno- Approach.-New Aspects of Calmodulin-calmod- Research.- Towards development of novel pep- cellulosic Biomass.- Acid Pretreatment Technolo- ulin Binding Domains Recognition.-Purification tide-based cancer therapeutics: computational design gies and SEM Analysis of Treated Grass Biomass in and Characterization of the Human Cysteine-rich and experimental evaluation.- Advances of pro- Biofuel Processing.- Progress on Enzymatic Saccha- S100A3 Protein and its Pseudo Citrullinated Forms teomic methods.- Clinical and Biomedical Mass rification Technologies for Biofuels Production.- Expressed in Insect Cells.-X-ray Structural Analy- Spectrometry – New Frontiers in Drug Develop- Fermentative Bio-hydrogen Production using Micro- sis of S100 Proteins.-Purification and Stable Isotope ments and Diagnosis.- Disease biomarkers: Mod- bial Consortia.- Bio-hydrogen As Biofuel: Future Labeling of the[...] Prospects and[...] eling MR spectroscopy and clinical applications.- Processing of mass spectrometry[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Protein Science; Protein Structure Microbiology; Applied Microbiology; Renewable and Fields of interest Green Energy; Agriculture; Biotechnology Bioinformatics; Computational Biology / Bioinfor- Target groups matics; Molecular Medicine; Proteomics; Systems Professional/practitioner Target groups Biology Research Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Type of publication Research More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-229-2 Contributed volume Type of publication Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34518-0 Contributed volume 2013. 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L. Galluzzi, INSERM U848, Villejuif , France; I. Vitale, INSERM U848, G.K.E. Scriba, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany (Ed.) R. Wünschiers, University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Ger- Villejuif, France; O. Kepp, INSERM U848, Villejuif, France; G. Kroe- many mer, INSERM U848, Villejuif, France (Eds.) Chiral Separations Computational Biology Cell Senescence Methods and Protocols A Practical Introduction to BioData Processing and Analysis Methods and Protocols There is a demand for analytical methods that are with Linux, MySQL, and R able to discriminate between enantiomers in order to Cell senescence is the process whereby cells per- analyze the enantiomeric purity of compounds from This greatly expanded 2nd edition provides a prac- manently lose the possibility to proliferate without natural or chemical sources not only in pharmaceuti- tical introduction to - data processing with Linux undergoing cell death, and occurs in a plethora of cal sciences but in any field on bioactive compounds tools and the programming languages AWK and distinct model organisms. In Cell Senescence: Meth- including chemistry, biology, biochemistry, foren- Perl- data management with the relational data- ods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field sic, and environmental sciences and many others. base system MySQL, and- data analysis and visual- detail the methods that are now commonly used to The second edition of Chiral Separations: Methods ization with the statistical computing environment study cell senescence, in model organisms encom- and Protocols, expands upon the previous edition R for students and practitioners in the life sci- passing bacteria, fungi, worms, flies, zebrafish, and with current methodology, providing an overview ences. Although written for beginners, experienced mammalian cells. These techniques cover the study and especially practically oriented applications of the researchers in areas involving bioinformatics and of all the morphological, biochemical and functional most important analytical techniques in chiral sep- computational biology may benefit from numerous manifestations of senescence at the cellular level and aration sciences. New chapters on analytical separa- tips and tricks that help to process, filter and format include protocols for population analyses and high- tion sciences by chromatographic[...] large datasets. Learning by doing is the basic con- throughput approaches in suitable model organisms. cept of this book. Worked examples illustrate how to Written in the highly[...] Features employ data processing and analysis techniques,[...] There is a demand for analytical methods that are Features able to discriminate between enantiomers in order to Features Cell senescence is the process whereby cells per- analyze the enantiomeric purity of compounds from This greatly expanded 2nd edition provides a prac- manently lose the possibility to proliferate without natural or chemical sources not only in pharmaceuti- tical introduction to - data processing with Linux undergoing cell death, and occurs in a plethora of cal sciences but in any field on bioactive compounds tools and the programming languages AWK and distinct model organisms. In Cell Senescence: Meth- including chemistry, biology, biochemistry, forensic, Perl- data management with the relational database ods and Protocols, expert researchers in the field and environmental sciences and many others. The system MySQL, and- data analysis and visualiza- detail the methods that are now commonly used to second edition of Chiral Separations: Methods [..] tion with the statistical computing environment R study cell senescence, in model organisms encom- for students and practitioners in the life sciences. passing bacteria, fungi, worms, [..] Contents Although written for beginners, [..] Chiral Recognition in Separation Science – An Contents Overview.-Enantioseparations by Thin-Layer Chro- Contents Cell Senescence as Both a Dynamic and a Static matography.-Gas Chromatographic Enantiosepara- Part I Whetting Your Appetite.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Phenotype.-Senescence Regulation by mTOR.- tion of Unfunctionalized Chiral Hydrocarbons - An Content of this Book.- Part II Computer & Operat- Senescence Regulation by the p53 Protein Fam- Overview.-HPLC-Enantioseparation on Cyclodex- ing Systems.- 3 Unix/Linux.- Part III Working with ily.-Markers of Cellular Senescence.-Biomarkers trin-based Chiral Stationary Phases.-Enantiosepara- Linux.- 4 The First Touch.- 5 Working with Files.- 6 of Cell Senescence Assessed by Imaging Cytom- tions by High Performance Liquid Chromatography Remote Connections.- 7 Playing.- 8 Using the Shell.- etry.-Cytofluorometric Assessment of Cell Cycle Using Polysaccharide-Based Chiral Stationary Phases 9 Installing BLAST+ and ClustalW.- 10 Shell Pro- Progression.-Quantification of Cell Cycle-arrest- – An Overview.-Common Screening Approaches for gramming.- 11 Regular Expressions.- 12 Sed.- Part ing Proteins.-Colorimetric Detection of Senes- Efficient Analytical Method Development in LC and IV Programming.- 13 AWK.- 14 Perl.- 15 Other cence-associated β Galactosidase (SA-βgal).- SFC on Columns Packed with Immobilized Poly- Programming Languages.- Part V Advanced Data Chemiluminescent Detection of Senescence-Asso- saccharide-derived Chiral Stationary Phases.-Chiral Analysis.- 16 Relational Databases with MySQL.- 17 ciated β Galactosidase (SA-βgal).-Detection of the Separations by HPLC[...] The Statistics Suite R.- Part VI Worked Examples.- Senescence-associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP).- 18 Genomic Analysis of the Pathogenicity Factors[...] Unbiased Characterization of the[...] Fields of interest Biochemistry; Chromatography Fields of interest Fields of interest Computer Applications in Life Sciences; Bioinfor- Cell Biology; Cell Physiology Target groups matics; Proteomics; Biochemistry; Computer Appli- Professional/practitioner cations; Biophysics and Biological Physics Target groups Professional/practitioner Type of publication Target groups Contributed volume Professional/practitioner Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-262-9 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-238-4 Hardcover Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook 2013. 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The book will be a useful guide lar Biology™ series[...] gedehnte oder auch nur örtlich begrenzte abiotische for[...] (durch Ernährungsstörungen bei Pflanzen bedingte) Features Schadsymptome aufzuklären und von biotischen Features Invasive fungal infections are a significant cause Pflanzenschäden abzugrenzen, um nachfolgend die Edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (EEMMs) com- of morbidity and mortality. Over the past decade Ursachen für das Auftreten von Ernährungsstörun- prise more than 1000 species and are an important there has been a concerted effort to develop reli- gen durch gezielte[...] food and forest resource. In this volume of Soil Biol- able methods for the detection of such infections. In ogy, internationally recognized scientists offer their Fungal Diagnostics: Methods and Protocols, expert Features most recent research findings on these beguiling researchers in the field detail method performance, Dieses Handbuch zur visuellen Diagnose von fungi. Topics covered include:· Complex ecolog- ease of use and turnaround time of innovative diag- Ernährungsstörungen bei Pflanzen soll Praktikern ical interactions between plants, EEMMs, and soil nostic methods. Focusing mainly on fungal [..] und Studierenden der Land- und Forstwirtschaft organisms· Comparative [..] sowie des Garten-, Obst- und Weinanbaus und des Contents Pflanzen-, Boden-, Natur- und Umweltschutzes Contents Overview of Invasive Fungal Infections.-Fungal die Möglichkeit geben, die Beurteilung von aufge- Biology & Ecology of Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mush- Diagnostics: Review of Commercially Available tretenen Schadsymptomen an Pflanzen im Freiland rooms.- Cultivation of Edible Etomycorrhizal Methods.-Rapid Methods for the Extraction and unmittelbar "vor Ort" im Feldbestand vorzunehmen. 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S.E. Nicholson, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical R. Bose, The City University of New York, NY, USA; A.J. J.J. Kohler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dal- Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia; N.A. Nicola, Walter and Eliza Bartholomew, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA las, TX, USA; S.M. Patrie, University of Texas Southwestern Med- Hall Institute for Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia (Eds.) ical Center, Dallas, TX, USA (Eds.) Macroevolution in Deep Time JAK-STAT Signalling Mass Spectrometry of

Methods and Protocols The prerequisite to investigating the underlying Glycoproteins causes behind mass extinction is a profound under- Methods and Protocols The receptor-associated JAK protein kinases and standing of the evolutionary history of both liv- their substrates, the STAT transcriptional activa- ing and dead species. It is especially important to Glycosylation is the most abundant post-trans- tors, transmit signals following cytokine and growth appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct lational modification of proteins. Estimates vary factor binding to receptors expressed on the cell organisms; especially in organisms that were abun- widely, but a common assessment is that upwards surface, to result in specific transcriptional and cel- dant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently of 50% of eukaryotic proteins are modified by some lular responses. Over the last two decades, the field dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should type of glycan. In Mass Spectrometry of Glycopro- has progressed from identification of the individ- help to accurately evaluate patterns of evolution in teins: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers ual components through to an understanding of the extinct species lineages and help predict the same in in the field detail many of the methods that are activation and deactivation mechanisms, and the its modern analogs. The book includes cutting edge now commonly used for glycoproteomics. These complex structural detail of the proteins involved. research in evolutionary biology that should serve as methods and techniques include robust sample We now know that these pathways are important a starting point for conservation. preparation techniques; advanced chromatographic in many biological processes, including growth and strategies for improving dynamic range; state-of- development, hematopoiesis, and the innate and Features the-art mass spectrometry instrumentation and asso- adaptive immune response. JAK-STAT[...] The prerequisite to investigating the underlying ciated ionization and fragmentation methods; and causes behind mass extinction is a profound under- Features informatics tools used for identifying glycoproteins standing of the evolutionary history of both liv- and[...] The receptor-associated JAK protein kinases and ing and dead species. It is especially important to their substrates, the STAT transcriptional activa- appreciate the significance of such studies in extinct Features tors, transmit signals following cytokine and growth organisms; especially in organisms that were abun- Glycosylation is the most abundant post-trans- factor binding to receptors expressed on the cell dant in a certain geologic era, but have subsequently lational modification of proteins. Estimates vary surface, to result in specific transcriptional and cel- dwindled or become extinct. Such studies should widely, but a common assessment is that upwards lular responses. Over the last two decades, the field help to [..] of 50% of eukaryotic proteins are modified by some has progressed from identification of the individual type of glycan. In Mass Spectrometry of Glycopro- components through to an understanding of the [..] Contents teins: Methods and Protocols, expert researchers in Chapter 1. Advancement in evolutionary theories.- the field detail many of the methods that are now Contents Chapter 2. Macroevolution in extinct species.- Chap- Analysis of Janus Tyrosine Kinase Phosphoryla- commonly used for glycoproteomics. These meth- ter 3. Comparative trends in evolution across cor- ods and [..] tion and Activation.- Co-Immunoprecipitation Pro- related geological strata.- Chapter 4. Evolution in tocol to Investigate Cytokine Receptor Associated modern and extinct species. Contents Proteins e.g. Janus Kinases or Other Associated Sig- Introduction to Glycosylation and Mass Spectrom- naling Proteins.- In Vitro JAK Kinase Activity and Fields of interest etry.-Tandem Lectin Weak Affinity Chromatogra- Inhibition Assays.- Quantitative Analysis of JAK Evolutionary Biology; Conservation Biology / Ecol- phy (LWAC) for Glycoprotein Enrichment.-CSC Binding using Isothermal Titraion Calorimetry and ogy; Biogeosciences; Invertebrates Technology - Selective Labeling of Glycoproteins Surface Plasmon Resonance.- Determination of Pro- by Mild Oxidation to Phenotype Cells.-Use of- tein Turnover Rates in the JAK/STAT Pathway using Target groups Boronic Acid Nanoparticles in Glycoprotein En- a Radioactive Pulse-Chase Approach.- Designing Graduate richment.-Incorporation of Unnatural Sugars for RNAi Screens to Identify JAK/STAT Pathway Com- the Identification of Glycoproteins.-Characteriza- ponents.- The Use of JAK-Specific Inhibitors as Type of publication tion of Membrane-associated Glycoproteins using Chemical[...] Brief Lectin Affinity Chromatography and Mass Spec- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6475-4 Fields of interest trometry.-Sialic Acid Capture-and-Release and LC- Cell Biology; Cytokines and Growth Factors Softcover MSn Analysis of Glycopeptides.-In-Solution Diges- 2013. 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P. Hematti, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA; A. Keating, I. De Smet, University of Nottingham, Loughborough, UK (Ed.) M.-A. Grandbastien, INRA, Versailles, France; J.M. Casacuberta, University of Toronto, ON, Canada (Eds.) Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics, Barcelona, Spain (Eds.) Plant Organogenesis Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Methods and Protocols Plant Transposable Elements Biology and Clinical Applications Organogenesis entails the regulation of cell division, Impact on Genome Structure and Function Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) biology has been cell expansion, cell and tissue type differentiation, studied for more than 4 decades and the cells have and patterning of the organ as a whole. It is essen- Transposable elements are short lengths of DNA been investigated for potential clinical applications tial to gain insight into how organs are initiated and with the capacity to move between different points for more than 15 years. Progress has become expo- how they develop. However, this very often is sub- within a genome. This process can affect the func- nential over the past decade due mainly to the broad ject to technical difficulties as these processes take tion of genes at or near the insertion site. The present therapeutic potential of these cells. However, MSC place embedded deep in tissues or are difficult to book gives an overview of the impact of transpos- studies have also been subject to controversy and access or visualize. To achieve this, we need special- able elements on plant genomes and explains how to increasing scrutiny as new mechanisms of action are ized techniques such as those concisely illustrated in recognize and study transposable elements, e.g. by reported and ever-expanding therapeutic applica- Plant Organogenesis: Methods and Protocols. Chap- using state-of-the-art strategies like “new generation tions pursued. In this book, leading authorities from ters address topics such as how to study and image sequencing.” Moreover, the impact of transposable all over the world, who are actively involved in this the structure of ovules and embryos of Arabidopsis elements on plant genome structure and function is field, provide state-of-the-art knowledge of the basic thaliana, tools to establish cell lineages in order to reviewed in detail, and also illustrated in examples biology, translational requirements and latest clinical visualize[...] and case studies. The book is intended both for read- experience with[...] ers familiar with the field and for newcomers. With Features large-scale[...] Features Organogenesis entails the regulation of cell division, Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC) biology has been cell expansion, cell and tissue type differentiation, Features studied for more than 4 decades and the cells have and patterning of the organ as a whole. It is essen- Transposable elements are DNA sequences with been investigated for potential clinical applications tial to gain insight into how organs are initiated and the capacity to move within a genome. Although for more than 15 years. Progress has become expo- how they develop. However, this very often is subject their presence and impact has long been known, the nential over the past decade due mainly to the broad to technical difficulties as these processes take place recent genome-wide analysis of many eukaryotic therapeutic potential of these cells. However, MSC embedded deep in tissues or are difficult to access or genomes has uncovered their major role in genome studies have also been subject to controversy and visualize. To achieve this, we [..] dynamics and function. The present book explains increasing scrutiny as new mechanisms of action are how to recognize and study transposable elements, [..] Contents e.g. by using state-of-the-art strategies based on new- The Tomato Leaf as a Model System for Organo- generation [..] Contents genesis.- Usefulness of Physcomitrella patens for MSCs in regenerative medicine: A perspective.- Studying Plant Organogenesis.- The Dicot Root Contents MSCs: Changing hypotheses, paradigms, and con- as a Model System for Studying Organogenesis.- So many repeats and so little time - How to classify troversies on mechanisms of action in repairing tis- Genetic Control of Root Organogenesis in Cereals.- transposable elements.- Transposable element anno- sues.- MSCs: the need to rethink.- Characterization Gene Expression Analysis of Aquatic Angiosperms tation in completely sequenced eukaryote genomes.- of MSCs: From early studies to the present.- MSCs Podostemaceae to Gain Insight into the Evolution Using nextgen sequencing data to investigate as therapeutics.- MSC niche for hematopoiesis.- of Their Enigmatic Morphology.- Brown Algae as a genome size variation and transposable element con- Immunomodulatory properties of MSCs.- MSCs and Model for Plant Organogenesis.- Microscopic Analy- tent.- Genome-wide analysis of transposition using the innate immune system: A balancing act.- MSCs: sis of Ovule Development in Arabidopsis thaliana.- Next Generation .-Sequencing technologies.- Hitch- paracrine effects.- Cross-talk between MSCs and Imaging of Phenotypes, Gene Expression and Pro- ing a ride: Non-autonomous retrotransposons and their environments.- Human MSCs from bone mar- tein Localization During Embryonic Root Formation parasitism as a lifestyle .- Plant endogenous retro- row, umbilical cord blood and adipose tissue: all the in[...] viruses? A case of mysterious ORFsMITEs, miniature same?.- MSCs in solid tumors and hematological[...] elements with a major role in plant genome evolu- Fields of interest tion.- Glue for jumping elements: Epigenetic[...] Fields of interest Plant Sciences; Plant Biochemistry Stem Cells; Cell Biology; Biotechnology Fields of interest Target groups Plant Genetics amd Genomics; Plant Biochemistry; Target groups Professional/practitioner Nucleic Acid Chemistry; Cell Biology Professional/practitioner Type of publication Target groups Type of publication Contributed volume Research Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-220-9 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5710-7 Hardcover Contributed volume Hardcover 2013. XVI, 356 p. 41 illus., 24 in color. (Methods in Mole- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31841-2 2013. XXVI, 695 p. 61 illus., 40 in color. 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P. Vit, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela; S.R.M. A. Sabu, Kannur University, Kerala, India; A. Augustine, Kannur S.T.A. Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, Pedro, University of São Paulo, Brazil; D. Roubik, Smithsonian University, Kerala, India (Eds.) USA; M.L. Cadenasso, University of California, Davis, CA, USA; B. Tropicsl Research Institute, Panama (Eds.) McGrath, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY, USA (Eds.) Prospects in Bioscience: Addressing Pot-Honey the Issues Resilience in Ecology and Urban A legacy of stingless bees Design The stingless bees are one of the most diverse, attrac- The book entitled “Prospects in Bioscience: Address- Linking Theory and Practice for Sustainable Cities tive, fascinating, conspicuous and useful of all the ing the issues” is a collection of selected research papers presented at the International Conference on insect groups of the tropical world. This is a formi- The contributors to this volume propose strategies of Advances in Biological Sciences (ICABS) organized dable and contentious claim but I believe it can be urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiol- backed up. They are fifty times more species rich urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ogy and the Inter University Centre for Bioscience, than the honey bees, the other tribe of highly euso- ability of complex systems to adapt to changing con- Kannur University, Kerala, India. ICABS witnessed cial bees. They are ubiquitous in the tropics and ditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is a unique spectrum of Scientific Programmes on the thrive in tropical cities. In rural areas, they nest in especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban most recent and exciting developments in modern a diversity of sites and are found on the flowers of areas exemplify complex systems. With something biology. The conference displayed the numerous a broad diversity of crop plants. Their role in nat- approaching half of the world’s population now breakthroughs and significant developments in the ural systems is barely studied but they almost cer- residing in coastal urban zones, many of which are important areas of modern biology and their rele- tainly deserve that hallowed title of keystone species. vulnerable both to floods originating inland and ris- vance to the welfare of global society. The Book con- They are popular with the general public and are ing sea levels, making urban areas more robust in the tains 50 well written chapters, each one[...] greatly[...] face of environmental threats must be a policy ambi- tion of the highest priority.The complexity of urban Features Features areas results[...] The meliponines, stingless honey-making bees, The book entitled “Prospects in Bioscience: Address- ing the issues” is a collection of selected research encircle the tropical world and penetrate every for- Features papers presented at the International Conference on est there. This book brings together and synthesizes, The contributors to this volume propose strategies of Advances in Biological Sciences (ICABS) organized on a global scale and for the first time, informa- urgent and vital importance that aim to make today’s by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiol- tion on these bees as honey producers and natural urban environments more resilient. Resilience, the ogy and the Inter University Centre for Bioscience, alchemists. Their ability to store their food in flexi- ability of complex systems to adapt to changing con- Kannur University, Kerala, India. ICABS witnessed ble cerumen ‘pots’ made from wax and resin enables ditions, is a key frontier in ecological research and is a unique spectrum of Scientific Programmes on the them to produce honey for which the world has no especially relevant in creative urban design, as urban most [..] other [..] areas exemplify complex systems. With something approaching half of the world’s [..] Fields of interest Contents Foreword.-Preface.-About the Book.-About the Edi- Ecology; Entomology; Animal Ecology; Food Science Contents tors.-Dedication.- 1.Fish processing industrial efflu- 1. Ecology of the City as a Bridge to Urban Design.- Target groups ent characterization and partitioning of proteins 2. 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S. Turillazzi, University of Florence, Italy E.F. DeLong, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; E. Stackebrandt, Paris, E.F. DeLong, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA; S. Lory, Harvard Medical France; S. Lory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; F. School, Boston, MA, USA; E. Stackebrandt, DSMZ, Braunschweig, Thompson, Federal University Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Eds.) Germany; F. Thompson, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, The Biology of Hover Wasps Brazil (Eds.) The Prokaryotes This book represents the culmination of the author’s The Prokaryotes lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, Prokaryotic Biology and Symbiotic Associations the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores Prokaryotic Physiology and Biochemistry The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, the biology of these little-known wasps at the thresh- peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, old of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and ideas about their evolution and an assessment of the organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is current standing of controversial concepts.Following the family level to delineate chapters.Different from organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using taxonomic and morphological descriptions, the other resources, this new Springer product includes the family level to delineate chapters.Different from behaviour, colonial dynamics, social communication not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and other resources, this new Springer product includes and especially the remarkably diverse nests of wasps technology of taxa in a broad context. Technologi- not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and are discussed. Compared to the better-known species cal aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in technology of taxa in a broad context. Technologi- of paper wasps, hornets and yellow jackets, the hover processes and products, including biocontrol agents cal aspects highlight the usefulness of prokaryotes in wasps show various peculiarities, such as characteris- and as genetics tools.The content of the expanded processes and products, including biocontrol agents tics of[...] fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 con- and as genetics tools.The content of the expanded Features tains review chapters dealing with the most impor- fourth edition is divided into two parts: Part 1 con- This book represents the culmination of the author’s tant general concepts in[...] tains review chapters dealing with the most impor- lifetime work on a single fascinating group of insects, tant general concepts in[...] Features the hover wasps, Stenogastrinae. The author explores The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, Features the biology of these little-known wasps at the thresh- peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and The Prokaryotes is a comprehensive, multi-authored, old of sociality, presenting an ambitious survey of Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is peer reviewed reference work on Bacteria and ideas about their evolution and an assessment of the organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using Achaea. This fourth edition of The Prokaryotes is current standing of controversial concepts.Following the family level to delineate chapters.Different from organized to cover all taxonomic diversity, using taxonomic and morphological [..] other resources, this new Springer product includes the family level to delineate chapters.Different from Contents not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and other resources, this new Springer product includes The Hover Wasps.- Morphology and Anatomy.- technology of taxa in a broad context. [..] not only taxonomy, but also prokaryotic biology and Behaviour.- Colonial Dynamics.- Social Communi- technology of taxa in a broad context. [..] Contents cation.- The Nest of Hover Wasps.- The Evolution of Preface.- Foreword.- About the Editors.- List of Contents Social Behaviour in Insects and the Hover Wasps. Contributors.- (Section 1) Biology of Bacteria and Volume 3: Human Microbiology.- Intestinal Tract Fields of interest Archaea.- How We Do, Don’t and Should Look at Bacteria.- Oral Microbiology.- Prebiotics.- Pro- Entomology; Behavioural Sciences; Evolutionary Bacteria and Bacteriology.- What Is a Prokaryote?.- biotics.- Skin Bacteria.- Bacterial Pathogenesis.- Biology; Zoology Prokaryotes and Their Habitats.- Origin of Life: Biotoxin.- Botulism and Tetanus.- Bubonic Plague.- RNA World versus Autocatalytic Anabolism.- Mor- Burn Infections.- Chlamydial Diseases.- Cholera.- Target groups phological and Physiological Diversity.- Prokary- Diarrhea.- Diphtheria.- Dysentery.- Gonorrhea.- Research ote Characterization and Identification.- Principles Identification of Pathogens by Classical Clinical of Enrichment, Isolation, Cultivation, and Preser- Tests.- Identification of Pathogens by Noncultur- Type of publication vation of Prokaryotes.- Comparative Genomics.- ing Molecular Techniques.- Legionnaires' Dis- Monograph Defining Taxonomic Ranks.- Covering All the Bases: ease.- Listeria.- Meningitis.- Plague.- Pneumonia.- Pseudomonas and Cystic Fibrosis.- Syphilis.- Tuber- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32679-0 Next-Generation Sequence Data and the Microevo- lution[...] culosis.- Typhoid.- Urinary Tract Infections.-[...] Hardcover 2012. 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Y. Nishida, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Linguistics Materials Science Technology (AIST), Nagoya, Japan (retired in 2002)

Introduction to Metal Matrix J. Bielak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland; M. Pawlak, P.A. Deymier, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA (Ed.) Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland Composites Acoustic Metamaterials and Fabrication and Recycling Applying Cognitive Grammar in the Phononic Crystals This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrica- Foreign Language Classroom tion processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and Teaching English Tense and Aspect This comprehensive book presents all aspects of instructively. The theoretical bases of fabrication acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals. The processes and recycling processes of MMCs are The monograph constitutes an attempt to demon- emphasis is on acoustic wave propagation phe- established in this volume. Most other books in the strate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be nomena at interfaces such as refraction, especially field are concerned with the mechanics of proper- employed in the foreign language classroom with unusual refractive properties and negative refraction. ties, which is not easy for readers to grasp, and they a view to aiding learners in better understanding A thorough discussion of the mechanisms leading to introduce fabrication processes only as techniques the complexities of English grammar. Its theoreti- such refractive phenomena includes local resonances without theoretical discussion. Because this book cal part provides a brief overview of the main tenets in metamaterials and scattering in phononic crystals. of Cognitive Grammar as well as illustrating how provides a clear image of the fabrication processes the description of English tense and aspect can be Features of MMCs without using complicated mathemat- approached from a traditional and a CG perspec- This comprehensive book presents all aspects of ics, readers can use production theory to create new tive. The empirical part reports the findings of an acoustic metamaterials and phononic crystals. The composites. Also, fundamental[...] empirical study which aimed to compare the effects emphasis is on acoustic wave propagation phe- Features of instruction utilizing traditional pedagogic descrip- nomena at interfaces such as refraction, especially This book is the first of its kind to deal with fabrica- tions with those grounded in CG on the explicit unusual refractive properties and negative refraction. tion processes of metal matrix composites (MMCs) an implicit knowledge of the Present Simple and A thorough discussion of the mechanisms leading to theoretically, experimentally, systematically, and Present[...] such refractive phenomena includes local resonances instructively. The theoretical bases of fabrication in metamaterials and scattering in phononic crystals. Features processes and recycling processes of MMCs are The monograph constitutes an attempt to demon- Contents established in this volume. Most other books in the strate how Cognitive Grammar (CG) can be Introduction to Phononic Crystals and Acoustic field are concerned with the mechanics of properties, employed in the foreign language classroom with Metamaterials.- Discrete One-Dimensional which is not easy for readers to grasp, and they [..] a view to aiding learners in better understanding Phononic and Resonant Crystals.- One-Dimen- Contents the complexities of English grammar. Its theoreti- sional Phononic Crystals.- 2d-3d Phononic Crystals.- From the Contents: Fabrication processes for com- cal part provides a brief overview of the main tenets Dynamic Mass Density and Acoustic Metamaterials.- posites.- Fabrication by squeeze casting.- Theory of of Cognitive Grammar as well as illustrating how Damped Phononic Crystals and Acoustic Metamate- pressure infiltration.- Centrifugal casting of metal the description of English tense and aspect can be rials.- Nonlinear Periodic Phononic Structures and matrix composites.- Properties of composites.- approached from a [..] Granular Crystals.- Tunable Phononic Crystals and Superplasticity of composites.- Materials for the fab- Metamaterials.- Nanoscale Phononic Crystals and rication of composites.- Recycling of composites. Contents Structures.- Phononic Band Structures and Trans- Introduction to Cognitive Grammar.- Traditional mission Coefficients: Methods and Approaches. and Cognitive Grammar descriptions of the Eng- Fields of interest Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials; lish present tense, progressive aspect, and stative and Fields of interest Metallic Materials; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools; dynamic verbs.- Pedagogical options in grammar Materials Science (general); Solid State Physics; Engi- Waste Management / Waste Technology teaching.- Applying Cognitive Grammar in the class- neering Acoustics; Acoustics room.- Conclusions and Implications. Target groups Target groups Research Fields of interest Research Grammar; Applied Linguistics Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Target groups Monograph Research More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54236-0 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31231-1 Hardcover Type of publication Hardcover 2013. X, 203 p. Monograph 2013. 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Z.L. Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA G.F. Tavadze, Tbilisi, Georgia; A.S. Shteinberg, Berkeley, CA, USA Mathematics Piezotronics and Piezo- Production of Advanced Materials

Phototronics by Methods of Self-Propagating S.M. Srivastava, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India High-Temperature Synthesis The fundamental principle of piezotronics and A Course on Mathematical Logic piezo-phototronics were introduced by Wang in This translation from the original Russian book 2007 and 2010, respectively. Due to the polarization outlines the production of a variety of materials of ions in a crystal that has non-central symmetry in This is a short, modern, and motivated introduction by methods of self-propagating high-temperature materials, such as the wurtzite structured ZnO, GaN to mathematical logic for upper undergraduate and synthesis (SHS). The types of materials discussed and InN, a piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) is beginning graduate students in mathematics and include: hard, refractory, corrosion and wear-resis- created in the crystal by applying a stress. Owing to computer science. Any mathematician who is inter- tant materials, as well as other advanced and spe- the simultaneous possession of piezoelectricity and ested in getting acquainted with logic and would like cialty materials. The authors address the issue of semiconductor properties, the piezopotential cre- to learn Gödel’s incompleteness theorems should optimal parameters for SHS reactions occurring dur- ated in the crystal has a strong effect on the carrier find this book particularly useful. The treatment is ing processes involving a preliminary metallother- transport at the interface/junction. Piezotronics is for thoroughly mathematical and prepares students to mic reduction stage, and they calculate these using devices fabricated using the piezopotential as a “gate” branch out in several areas of mathematics related thermodynamic approaches. In order to confirm the voltage to control charge carrier transport at a con- to foundations and computability, such as logic, effectiveness of this approach, the authors describe tact or[...] axiomatic set theory, model theory, recursion theory, experiments focusing on the synthesis of elemental and computability. In this new edition, many small Features crystalline boron, boron carbides and[...] and large changes have been made throughout the The fundamental principle of piezotronics and text. The main purpose of this new[...] Features piezo-phototronics were introduced by Wang in This translation from the original Russian book 2007 and 2010, respectively. Due to the polarization Features outlines the production of a variety of materials of ions in a crystal that has non-central symmetry in This is a short, modern, and motivated introduction by methods of self-propagating high-temperature materials, such as the wurtzite structured ZnO, GaN to mathematical logic for upper undergraduate and synthesis (SHS). The types of materials discussed and InN, a piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) is beginning graduate students in mathematics and include: hard, refractory, corrosion and wear-resis- created in the crystal by applying a stress. Owing to computer science. Any mathematician who is inter- tant materials, as well as other advanced and spe- the simultaneous possession of piezoelectricity and ested in getting acquainted with logic and would like ciality materials. The authors address the issue of [..] to learn Gödel’s incompleteness theorems should optimal parameters for SHS reactions occurring dur- find this book particularly useful. The treatment is Contents ing processes [..] thoroughly mathematical and prepares students to Introduction to Piezotronics and Piezo-Phototron- branch [..] Contents ics.- Piezopotential in Wurtzite Semiconductors.- Synthesis of elemental boron and its refractory Basic Theory of Piezotronics.- Piezotronic Tran- Contents compounds by self-propagating high-temperature sistors.- Piezotronic Logic Circuits and Opera- Preface.- 1 Syntax of First-Order Logic.- 2 Semantics synthesis with metallothermic reduction.- Hard tions.- Piezotronic Electromechanical Memories.- of First-Order Languages.- 3 Propositional Logic.- titanium and zirconium boride alloys and items Theory of Piezo-Phototronics.- Piezo-Phototronic 4 Completeness Theorem for First-Order Logic.- 5 manufactured from them by SHS-compaction.- Pro- Effect on Solar Cells.- Piezo-Phototronic Effect on Model Theory.- 6 Recursive Functions and Arithme- duction and analysis of TiB2-based hard alloys.- Photodetector.- Piezo-Phototronic Effect on Light- tization of Theories.- 7 Incompleteness Theorems Macrokinetics of degassing during SHS.- Macroki- Emitting Diode.- Piezo-Phototronic Effect on Elec- and Recursion Theory.- References.- Index. netics of SHS compaction. trochemical Processes and Energy Storage. Fields of interest Fields of interest Fields of interest Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Mathematical Structural Materials; Industrial Chemistry / Chemi- Optical and Electronic Materials; Condensed Mat- Logic and Formal Languages; Algebra cal Engineering; Inorganic Chemistry; Manufactur- ter Physics; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instru- ing, Machines, Tools mentation; Electronic Circuits and Devices; Applied Target groups Graduate Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Nanotech- Target groups nology and Microengineering Research Type of publication Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Target groups Type of publication Research Brief More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5745-9 Softcover Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-35204-1 2013. XII, 198 p. (Universitext) Monograph Softcover $69.95 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34236-3 2013. XIX, 156 p. 106 illus. 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S. Salsa, Politecnico di Milano, Italia; F. Vegni, Politecnico di A. Conde-Gallardo, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico; E. Ayon- A. Almeida, University of Aveiro, Portugal; L. Castro, University Milano, Italia; A. Zaretti, Politecnico di Milano, Italia; P. Zunino, Beato, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico; J.J. Godina Nava, of Aveiro, Portugal; F.-O. Speck, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Politecnico di Milano, Italia CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico; M. Hernandez-Contreras, Portugal (Eds.) CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico; L. Velasco-Sevilla, CINVES- TAV-IPN, Mexico City, Mexico (Eds.) A Primer on PDEs Advances in Harmonic Analysis and

Models, Methods, Simulations Advanced Summer School in Operator Theory

This book is designed as an advanced undergradu- Physics 2011: EAV2011 The Stefan Samko Anniversary Volume ate or a first-year graduate course for students from This volume is dedicated to Professor Stefan Samko various disciplines like applied mathematics, physics, The Advanced Summer School was concerned on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The con- engineering. It has evolved while teaching courses on with the introduction to young promising gradu- tributions display the range of his scientific interests partial differential equations during the last decade ate students, advanced undergraduate students and in harmonic analysis and operator theory. Particular at the Politecnico of Milan. The main purpose of researchers from Universities abroad the country on attention is paid to fractional integrals and deriva- these courses was twofold: on the one hand, to train the forefront of the main avenues of research in Solid tives, singular, hypersingular and potential operators the students to appreciate the interplay between the- State Physics, Soft Condensed Matter, General Rel- in variable exponent spaces, pseudodifferential oper- ory and modelling in problems arising in the applied ativity-Gravitation, Particle Physics, Mathematical ators in various modern function and distribution sciences and on the other hand to give them a solid Physics, and Medical Physics. The Summer School spaces, as well as related applications, to mention but background for numerical methods, such as finite hosted a series of Lectures presented by world class a few. Most contributions were firstly presented in differences and finite elements. leaders in each of these fields in the Department of two conferences at Lisbon and Aveiro, Portugal, in Physics at Cinvestav. Such research lines are also the Features June‒July 2011. main interest of the Physics Department which now This book is designed as an advanced undergradu- celebrates its fifty years since its establishment. These Features ate or a first-year graduate course for students from proceedings include the[...] This volume is dedicated to Professor Stefan Samko various disciplines like applied mathematics, physics, on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. The con- engineering. It has evolved while teaching courses on Features tributions display the range of his scientific interests partial differential equations during the last decade The Advanced Summer School was concerned in harmonic analysis and operator theory. Particular at the Politecnico of Milan. The main purpose of with the introduction to young promising gradu- attention is paid to fractional integrals and deriva- these courses was twofold: on the one hand, to train ate students, advanced undergraduate students and tives, singular, hypersingular and potential operators the students to appreciate the interplay [..] researchers from Universities abroad the country on in variable exponent spaces, pseudodifferential oper- the forefront of the main avenues of research in Solid Contents ators in various modern function and [..] State Physics, Soft Condensed Matter, General Rel- Introduction.- Scalar Conservation Laws.- Diffu- ativity-Gravitation, Particle Physics, Mathematical Fields of interest sion.- The Laplace Equation.- Reaction-diffusion Physics, and Medical Physics. The Summer School Potential Theory; Abstract Harmonic Analysis; models.- Waves and vibrations.- Elements of Func- hosted a series of [..] Operator Theory tional Analysis.- Variational formulation of elliptic problems.- Weak formulation of evolution prob- Fields of interest Target groups lems.- Solutions.- Fourier Series.- Notes on ordinary Mathematical Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Research differential equations.- Finite difference approxima- Particle and Nuclear Physics; Medical and Radiation tion of time dependent problems.- Identities and Physics; Solid State Physics Type of publication Formulas. Proceedings Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-0348-0515-5 Fields of interest Research Mathematics (general); Partial Differential Equa- Hardcover tions; Analysis Type of publication 2013. VIII, 392 p. 11 illus. (Operator Theory: Advances Proceedings and Applications, Vol. 229) Target groups $169.00 More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0998-9 Upper undergraduate ISBN 978-3-0348-0515-5 Hardcover Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication 2012. Approx. 185 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. February 28, 2013 Undergraduate textbook 1420) More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2861-6 $136.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-0998-9 Softcover 2013. Approx. 480 p. (La Matematica per il 3+2) Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. $69.95 ISBN 978-88-470-2861-6 Due: February 8, 2013 106 Mathematics springer.com

C. Karpfinger, Technische Universität München; K. Meyberg, V.V. Kozlov, Steklov Mathematical Institute, Moscow, Russia; S.D. L. Gosse, CNR, Rome, Italy Technische Universität München Furta, Russian Academy of National Economy & Public Adminis- tration, Moscow, Russia Computing Qualitatively Correct Algebra Asymptotic Solutions of Strongly Approximations of Balance Laws Gruppen - Ringe - Körper Nonlinear Systems of Differential Exponential-Fit, Well-Balanced and Asymptotic-Preserving Dieses Lehrbuch zur Algebra bietet eine Einführung Equations Substantial effort has been drawn for years onto the in die grundlegenden Begriffe und Methoden development of (possibly high-order) numerical der modernen Algebra. Es werden die Themen techniques for the scalar homogeneous conservation eines Grundkurses zur Algebra ausführlich und The book is dedicated to the construction of particu- law, an equation which is strongly dissipative in L1 motivierend behandelt. Die Algebra wird von vie- lar solutions of systems of ordinary differential equa- thanks to shock wave formation. Such a dissipation len Studierenden als sehr abstrakt empfunden. tions in the form of series that are analogous to those property is generally lost when considering hyper- Daher haben sich die Autoren bemüht, die Ergeb- used in Lyapunov’s first method. A prominent place bolic systems of conservation laws, or simply inho- nisse und Begriffe mit zahlreichen Beispielen zu is given to asymptotic solutions that tend to an equi- mogeneous scalar balance laws involving accretive or unterlegen. Die Beweisführungen sind ausführlich, librium position, especially in the strongly nonlin- space-dependent source terms, because of complex die Kapitel sind in kleine Lerneinheiten unterteilt. ear case, where the existence of such solutions can’t wave interactions. An overall weaker dissipation can Diese Lerneinheiten führen Schritt für Schritt an die be inferred on the basis of the first approximation reveal intrinsic numerical weaknesses through spe- Ergebnisse heran und können durch diese Darstel- alone. The book is illustrated with a large number of cific nonlinear mechanisms: Hugoniot curves being lung vom Leser besser nachvollzogen werden. concrete examples of systems in which the presence deformed by local averaging steps in Godunov-type Die zahlreichen Aufgaben unterschiedlicher Sch- of a particular solution of a certain class is related to schemes, low-order errors[...] wierigkeitsgrade zum Ende[...] special properties of the system’s dynamic behavior. It is a book for students and specialists who work[...] Features Features Substantial effort has been drawn for years onto the Dieses Lehrbuch zur Algebra bietet eine Einführung Features development of (possibly high-order) numerical in die grundlegenden Begriffe und Methoden The book is dedicated to the construction of particu- techniques for the scalar homogeneous conservation der modernen Algebra. Es werden die Themen lar solutions of systems of ordinary differential equa- law, an equation which is strongly dissipative in L1 eines Grundkurses zur Algebra ausführlich und tions in the form of series that are analogous to those thanks to shock wave formation. Such a dissipation motivierend behandelt. Die Algebra wird von vielen used in Lyapunov’s first method. A prominent place property is generally lost when considering hyper- Studierenden als sehr abstrakt empfunden. Daher is given to asymptotic solutions that tend to an equi- bolic systems of conservation laws, or simply inho- haben sich die Autoren bemüht, die Ergebnisse und librium position, especially in the strongly nonlinear mogeneous scalar balance laws involving accretive or Begriffe mit zahlreichen Beispielen zu unterlegen. case, where the existence of such solutions can’t be [..] Die Beweisführungen [..] inferred on the basis of the first [..] Contents Contents Contents Introduction and chronological perspective.- Lift- 0 Vorbemerkungen.- 1 Halbgruppen.- 2 Gruppen.- Preface.- Semi-quasihomogeneous systems of ordi- ing a non-resonant scalar balance law.- Lyapunov 3 Untergruppen.- 4 Normalteiler und Faktorgrup- nary differential equations.- 2. The critical case of functional for linear error estimates.- Early well-bal- pen.- 5 Zyklische Gruppen.- 6 Direkte Produkte.- purely imaginary kernels.- 3. Singular problems.- 4. anced derivations for various systems.- Viscosity 7 Gruppenoperationen.- 8 Die Sätze von Sylow.- 9 The inverse problem for the Lagrange theorem on solutions and large-time behavior for non-resonant Symmetrische und alternierende Gruppen.- 10 Der the stability of equilibrium and other related prob- balance laws.- Kinetic scheme with reflections and Hauptsatz über endliche abelsche Gruppen.- 11 lems.- Appendix A. Nonexponential asymptotic linear geometric optics.- Material variables, strings Auflösbare Gruppen.- 12 Freie Gruppen.- 13 Grund- solutions of systems of functional-differential equa- and infinite domains.- The special case of 2-velocity begriffe der Ringtheorie.- 14 Polynomringe.- 15 tions.- Appendix B. Arithmetic properties of the kinetic models.- Elementary solutions and analytical Ideale.- 16 Teilbarkeit in Integritätsbereichen.- 17 eigenvalues of the Kovalevsky matrix and conditions discrete-ordinates for radiative transfer.- Aggrega- Faktorielle Ringe.- 18 Hauptidealringe. Euklidische for the nonintegrability of semi-quasihomogeneous tion phenomena with kinetic models of chemotaxis Ringe.- 19 Zerlegbarkeit in Polynomringen und noe- systems of ordinary di¤erential equations.- Bibliog- dynamics.-[...] thersche Ringe.- 20 Grundlagen der Körpertheorie.- raphy. 21[...] Fields of interest Fields of interest Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analy- Fields of interest Ordinary Differential Equations; Dynamical Sys- sis; Partial Differential Equations; Applications of Algebra tems and Ergodic Theory; Mathematical Methods in Physics Mathematics; Appl. Mathematics / Computational Target groups Methods of Engineering; Numerical and Computa- Upper undergraduate Target groups tional Physics Research Type of publication Target groups German textbook Type of publication Research Monograph More on www.springer.com/978-3-8274-3011-3 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33816-8 Softcover Monograph 2013. XI, 386 S. Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2891-3 $39.95 2013. XIX, 262 p. 2 illus. (Springer Monographs in Math- Hardcover ISBN 978-3-8274-3011-3 ematics) 2013. XX, 340 p. (SIMAI Springer Series, Vol. 2) Due: Februar 7, 2013 $109.00 ISBN 978-3-642-33816-8 $129.00 ISBN 978-88-470-2891-3 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Due: February 28, 2013 springer.com Mathematics 107

H. Andréka, Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, Hungary; F. Buekenhout, Brussels, Belgium; A.M. Cohen, University of R. Lamour, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; R. März, M. Ferenczi, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany; C. Tischendorf, Univer- Hungary; I. Németi, Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest, sity of Cologne, Germany Hungary (Eds.) Diagram Geometry Differential-Algebraic Equations: A Cylindric-like Algebras and Related to Classical Groups and Buildings Projector Based Analysis Algebraic Logic This book provides a self-contained introduction to diagram geometry. Tight connections with group Differential algebraic equations (DAEs), including theory are shown. It treats thin geometries (related Algebraic logic is a subject in the interface between so-called descriptor systems, began to attract sig- to Coxeter groups) and thick buildings from a dia- logic, algebra and geometry, it has strong con- nificant research interest in applied and numeri- grammatic perspective. Projective and affine geome- nections with category theory and combinatorics. cal mathematics in the early 1980s, no more than try are main examples. Polar geometry is motivated Tarski’s quest for finding structure in logic leads about three decades ago. In this relatively short time, by polarities on diagram geometries and the com- to cylindric-like algebras as studied in this book, DAEs have become a widely acknowledged tool to plete classification of those polar geometries whose they are among the main players in Tarskian alge- model processes subjected to constraints, in order to projective planes are Desarguesian is given. It differs braic logic. Cylindric algebra theory can be viewed in simulate and to control processes in various appli- from Tits' comprehensive treatment in that it uses many ways: as an algebraic form of definability the- cation fields such as network simulation, chem- Veldkamp's embeddings. The book intends to be a ory, as a study of higher-dimensional relations, as an ical kinematics, mechanical engineering, system basic reference for those who study diagram geome- enrichment of Boolean Algebra theory, or, as logic biology.DAEs and their more abstract versions in try. Group theorists will find examples of the use of in geometric form (“cylindric” in the name refers to infinite-dimensional spaces comprise a great poten- diagram geometry. Light on[...] geometric aspects). Cylindric-like algebras have a tial for future mathematical modeling of complex wide range of applications, in, e.g., natural language Features coupled processes.The purpose of the book is[...] theory, data-base[...] This book provides a self-contained introduction to Features diagram geometry. Tight connections with group Features Differential algebraic equations (DAEs), including theory are shown. It treats thin geometries (related Algebraic logic is a subject in the interface between so-called descriptor systems, began to attract sig- to Coxeter groups) and thick buildings from a dia- logic, algebra and geometry, it has strong con- nificant research interest in applied and numerical grammatic perspective. Projective and affine geome- nections with category theory and combinatorics. mathematics in the early 1980s, no more than about try are main examples. Polar geometry is motivated Tarski’s quest for finding structure in logic leads three decades ago. In this relatively short time, DAEs by polarities on diagram geometries and the com- to cylindric-like algebras as studied in this book, have become a widely acknowledged tool to model plete classification of those polar geometries whose they are among the main players in Tarskian alge- processes subjected to certain constraints in order to [..] braic logic. Cylindric algebra theory can be viewed in simulate and to control processes in various [..] many ways: as an algebraic form of definability the- Contents ory, [..] Contents 1. Geometries.- 2. Diagrams.- 3. Chamber Sys- Notations.- Introduction.- Part I. Projector based tems.- 4. Thin Geometries.- 5. Linear Geometries.- Contents approach.- 1 Linear constant coefficient DAEs.-.2 6. Projective and Affine Spaces.- 7. Polar Spaces.- 8. Introduction.- H. Andréka and I. Németi: Reduc- Linear DAEs with variable coefficients.- 3 Nonlinear Projective Embeddings of Polar Spaces.- 9. Embed- ing First-order Logic to Df3, Free Algebras.- DAEs.- Part II. Index-1 DAEs: Analysis and numeri- ding Polar Spaces in Absolutes.- 10. Classical Polar N.Bezhanishvili: Varieties of Two-Dimensional cal treatment.- 4 Analysis.- 5 Numerical integration.- Spaces.- 11. Buildings.- Bibliography.- Index. Cylindric Algebras.- R. Hirsch and I. Hodkinson: 6 Stability issues.- Part III. Computational aspects.- Completions and Complete Representations.- J. Fields of interest 7 Computational linear algebra aspects.- 8 Aspects Madarász and T. Sayed Ahmed: Amalgamation, Geometry of the numerical treatment of higher index DAEs.- Interpolation and Epimorphisms in Algebraic Part IV. Advanced topics.- 9 Quasi-regular DAEs.- Logic.- T. Sayed Ahmed: Neat Reducts and Neat Target groups 10 Nonregular DAEs.- 11 Minimization with con- Embeddings in Cylindric Algebras.- M. 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The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, Excursions in Harmonic Analysis, Drinfeld Moduli Schemes and Automorphic Forms: Volume 1 Volume 2 The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications is based on the author’s original work establishing The February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center The February Fourier Talks at the Norbert Wiener Center the correspondence between ell-adic rank r Galois The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis representations and automorphic representations of and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research GL(r) over a function field, in the local case, and, in venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- the global case, under a restriction at a single place. It cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. develops Drinfeld’s theory of elliptic modules, their This two-volume set consists of contributions from This two-volume set consists of contributions from moduli schemes and covering schemes, the simple speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from trace formula, the fixed point formula, as well as the 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert congruence relations and a "simple" converse theo- Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics Wiener Center in the Department of Mathematics rem, not yet published anywhere. This version, based at the University of Maryland, College Park. These at the University of Maryland, College Park. 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They are divided into the fol- Features lowing parts:Volume I· Sampling Theory· lowing parts:Volume I· Sampling Theory· Drinfeld Moduli Schemes and Automorphic Forms: Remote Sensing· Mathematics of Data Process- Remote Sensing· Mathematics of Data Process- The Theory of Elliptic Modules with Applications ing· Applications of Data[...] ing· Applications of Data[...] is based on the author’s original work establishing Features Features the correspondence between ell-adic rank r Galois The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis The Norbert Wiener Center for Harmonic Analysis representations and automorphic representations of and Applications provides a state-of-the art research and Applications provides a state-of-the-art research GL(r) over a function field, in the local case, and, in venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- venue for the broad emerging area of mathemati- the global case, under a restriction at a single place. It cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. cal engineering in the context of harmonic analysis. develops Drinfeld’s theory of elliptic [..] This two-volume set consists of contributions from This two-volume set consists of contributions from Contents speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from speakers at the February Fourier Talks (FFT) from Elliptic Moduli.- Hecke Correspondences.- Trace 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert 2006-2011. The FFT are organized by the Norbert Formulae.- Higher Recipropcity Laws. 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A. Cangiani, University of Leicester, U.K.; R.L. Davidchack, Univer- V.V. Volchkov, Donetsk National University, Ukraine; V.V. D.J. Galiffa, Penn State Erie, Erie,PA, USA sity of Leicester, U.K.; E. Georgoulis, University of Leicester, U.K.; Volchkov, Donetsk National University, Ukraine A.N. Gorban, University of Leicester, U.K.; J. Levesley, University of Leicester, U.K.; M.V. Tretyakov, University of Nottingham, U.K. On the Higher-Order Sheffer (Eds.) Offbeat Integral Geometry on Orthogonal Polynomial Sequences Symmetric Spaces Numerical Mathematics and On the Higher-Order Sheffer Orthogonal Polyno- Advanced Applications 2011 The book demonstrates the development of inte- mial Sequences sheds light on the existence/non- gral geometry on domains of homogeneous spaces existence of B-Type 1 orthogonal polynomials. This Proceedings of ENUMATH 2011, the 9th European Confer- since 1990. 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Analysis on Symmetric Spaces. 1 tions of the Sheffer A-Type 0 Orthogonal Polynomial by the University of Leicester (UK) from the 5th to Preliminaries.- 2 The Euclidean case.- 3 Symmet- Sequences.- 3. A Method for Analyzing a Special 9th September 2011. This [..] ric spaces of the non-compact type.-4 Analogies for Case of the Sheffer B-Type 1 Polynomial Sequences. compact two-point homogeneous Spaces.- 5 The Contents phase space associated to the Heisenberg group.-Part Fields of interest Part I A Posteriori Error Estimation and Adaptive 2. 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J. Janas, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland; P. Kurasov, L.C.G. Rogers, University of Cambridge, UK M. Joswig, TU Darmstadt, Germany; T. Theobald, Goethe-Univer- Stockholm University, Sweden; A. Laptev, Imperial College Lon- sität Frankfurt am Main, Germany don, UK, and Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; S. Naboko, St. Petersburg State University, Russia (Eds.) Optimal Investment Polyhedral and Algebraic Methods

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The final chapter assesses the its primary topics from the viewpoints of discrete, The conference Operator Theory, Analysis and relevance of many of the models in common use convex and elementary algebraic geometry.The Mathematical Physics – OTAMP is a regular bien- when applied to data. first part of the book studies classical problems and nial event devoted to mathematical problems on the techniques that refer to polyhedral structures. The border between analysis and mathematical physics. Features authors include a study on algorithms for computing The current volume presents articles written by par- Readers of this book will learn how to solve a wide convex hulls as well as the construction of Voronoi ticipants, mostly invited speakers, and is devoted range of optimal investment problems arising in diagrams and Delone triangulations.The second part to problems at the forefront of modern mathemat- finance and economics. 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A. Detinko, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; D. A.N. Shiryaev, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia; E. Çınlar, Princeton University, Princeton, USA; R.J. Vanderbei, Flannery, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland; E. S.R.S. Varadhan, New York University, NY, USA; E.L. Presman, Princeton University, Princeton, USA O'Brien, University of Auckland, New Zealand (Eds.) Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (Eds.) Real and Convex Analysis Probabilistic Group Theory, Prokhorov and Contemporary

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G. Gentili, University of Florence, Italy; C. Stoppato, University of C. Cottin, FH Bielefeld; S. Döhler, Hochschule Darmstadt E. Zeidler, Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwis- Milan, Italy; D.C. Struppa, Chapman University, Orange, CA, USA senschaften, Leipzig (Ed.) Risikoanalyse Regular Functions of a Quaternionic Springer-Handbuch der Modellierung, Beurteilung und Management von Risiken mit Variable Praxisbeispielen Mathematik I

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B. Birnir, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA S.T. Rachev, Stonybrook University, NY, USA; L. Klebanov, Charles B. Maury, University of Paris Sud, Paris, France University, Prague, Czech Republic; S.V. Stoyanov, EDHEC Busi- ness School, EDHEC-Risk Institute, Singapore; F. Fabozzi, EDHEC The Kolmogorov-Obukhov Theory Business School, Singapore The Respiratory System in of Turbulence Equations The Methods of Distances in the A Mathematical Theory of Turbulence Theory of Probability and Statistics This book proposes an introduction to the math- Turbulence is a major problem facing modern soci- ematical modeling of the respiratory system. A eties. It makes airline passengers return to their seats detailed introduction on the physiological aspects This book covers the method of metric distances and fasten their seatbelts but it also creates drag on makes it accessible to a large audience without any and its application in probability theory and other the aircraft that causes it to use more fuel and create prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of fields. The method is fundamental in the study of more pollution. The same applies to cars, ships and description are proposed, from the lumped models limit theorems and generally in assessing the qual- the space shuttle. The mathematical theory of turbu- with a small number of parameters (Ordinary Differ- ity of approximations to a given probabilistic model. lence has been an unsolved problems for 500 years ential Equations), up to infinite dimensional mod- The method of metric distances is developed to study and the development of the statistical theory of the els based on Partial Differential Equations. Besides stability problems and reduces to the selection of an Navier-Stokes equations describes turbulent flow has these two types of differential equations, two chap- ideal or the most appropriate metric for the problem been an open problem. The Kolmogorov-Obukhov ters are dedicated to resistive networks, and to the under consideration and a comparison of probabil- Theory of Turbulence develops a statistical theory of way they can be used to investigate the dependence ity metrics. After describing the basic structure of turbulence from the stochastic Navier-Stokes equa- of the resistance of the lung upon geometrical char- probability metrics and providing an analysis of the tion and the physical theory, that was proposed by acteristics. The theoretical analysis of[...] Kolmogorov[...] topologies in the space of probability measures gen- erated by different types of probability metrics, the Features Features authors study[...] The book proposes an introduction to the math- Turbulence is a major problem facing modern soci- ematical modeling of the respiratory system. A Features eties. It makes airline passengers return to their seats detailed introduction on the physiological aspects This book covers the method of metric distances and fasten their seatbelts but it also creates drag on makes it accessible to a large audience without any and its application in probability theory and other the aircraft that causes it to use more fuel and create prior knowledge on the lung. Different levels of fields. The method is fundamental in the study of more pollution. The same applies to cars, ships and description are proposed, from the lumped models limit theorems and generally in assessing the qual- the space shuttle. The mathematical theory of turbu- with a small number of parameters (Ordinary Differ- ity of approximations to a given probabilistic model. lence has been an unsolved problems for 500 years ential Equations), up to infinite dimensional models The method of metric distances is developed to study and the development of the [..] based on Partial [..] stability problems and reduces to the selection of an Contents ideal or the most appropriate metric for the [..] Contents 1.The Mathematical Formulation of Fully-Developed Introduction.- Lumped models.- The lung as a Contents Turbulence.- 2.Probability and the Statistical The- resistive tree.- Computing velocity fields.- Gas Main directions in the theory of probability metrics.- ory of Turbulence.- 3.The Invariant Measure and the exchanges.- The lung as an infinite tree.- Data.- Solu- Probability distances and probability metrics: Defi- Probability Density Function.- 4. Existence Theory tions to exercises.- Complements.- Glossary. of Swirling Flow.- The Bound for a Swirling Flow.- nitions.- Primary, simple and compound probabil- Detailed estimates of S2 and S3.- The Generalized ity distances, and minimal and maximal distances Fields of interest Hyperbolic Distributions.- References. and norms.- A structural classification of probabil- Ordinary Differential Equations; Fluid- and Aerody- ity distances.-Monge-Kantorovich mass transference namics; Pneumology/Respiratory System; Numeric Fields of interest problem, minimal distances and minimal norms.- Computing Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Quantitative relationships between minimal dis- Fluid- and Aerodynamics; Partial Differential Equa- tances and minimal norms.- K-Minimal metrics.- Target groups tions Relations between minimal and maximal distances.- Graduate Moment problems related to the theory of probabil- Target groups ity metrics: Relations between compound and[...] Type of publication Research Monograph Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-5213-0 Type of publication Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes; Sta- Brief tistical Theory and Methods; Approximations and Hardcover 2013. 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A.M. Hinz, Ludwigs-Maximilians Universität München, Germany; A.A. Roytvarf, Rishon LeZion, Center District, Israel A. Guerraggio, University of Bocconi, Milano, Italy; G. Paoloni, S. Klavžar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; U. Milutinović, Uni- University of Rome, Italy versity of Maribor, Slovenia; C. Petr, Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Ljubljana, Slovenia Thinking in Problems Vito Volterra How Mathematicians Find Creative Solutions The Tower of Hanoi – Myths and Maths This concise, self-contained textbook gives Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most an in-depth look at problem-solving from a famous representatives of Italian science in his day. mathematician’s point-of-view. Each chapter builds Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze This is the first comprehensive monograph on the off the previous one, while introducing a variety Volterra’s most important contributions to mathe- mathematical theory of the solitaire game “The of methods that could be used when approaching matics and their applications, as well as his outstand- Tower of Hanoi” which was invented in the 19th any given problem. Creative thinking is the key to ing organizational achievements in scientific policy. century by the French number theorist Édouard solving mathematical problems, and this book out- Volterra was one of the founding fathers of func- Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the histori- lines the tools necessary to improve the reader’s tional analysis and the author of fundamental con- cal development from the game’s predecessors up to technique.The text is divided into twelve chapters, tributions in the field of integral equations, elasticity recent research in mathematics and applications in each providing corresponding hints, explanations, theory and population dynamics (Lotka-Volterra computer science and psychology. Apart from long- and finalization of solutions for the problems in the model). He delivered keynote lectures on the occa- standing myths it contains a thorough, largely self- given chapter. For the reader’s convenience, each sion of the International Congresses of Mathemati- contained presentation of the essential mathemati- exercise is marked with the required background cians held in Paris (1900), Rome (1908), Strasbourg cal facts with complete proofs, including also unpub- level. This book implements a variety of strategies[...] (1920) and Bologna (1928). He became[...] lished material. The main objects of research today are the so-called Hanoi graphs and the related Sier- Features Features piński graphs. Acknowledging the great[...] This concise, self-contained textbook gives Vito Volterra (1860-1940) was one of the most an in-depth look at problem-solving from a famous representatives of Italian science in his day. Features mathematician’s point-of-view. Each chapter builds Angelo Guerragio and Giovanni Paolini analyze This is the first comprehensive monograph on the off the previous one, while introducing a variety Volterra’s most important contributions to mathe- mathematical theory of the solitaire game “The of methods that could be used when approaching matics and their applications, as well as his outstand- Tower of Hanoi” which was invented in the 19th any given problem. Creative thinking is the key to ing organizational achievements in scientific policy. century by the French number theorist Édouard solving mathematical problems, and this book out- Volterra was one of the founding fathers of func- Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the histori- lines the tools necessary to improve the reader’s tional analysis and the author of fundamental contri- cal development from the game’s predecessors up to technique.The text [..] butions [..] recent research in mathematics and applications in computer science and psychology. Apart from long- Contents Contents standing myths it [..] Preface.- Using the Stars on Problems.- Under- I. Chronicles of Italian life.- II. Professor in Pisa.- III. standing the Advanced Skill Requirements.- The cats of Torino.- IV. Rome, public appointments, Contents Acknowledgements.- Jacobi Identities and Related the politician.- V. Days of firing from a dirigible.- VI. Foreword by Ian Stewart.- Preface.- 0 The Beginning Combinatorial Formulas.- A Property of Recursive From war to peace: Italy’s National Research Coun- of the World.- 1 The Chinese Rings.- 2 The Classi- Sequences.- A Combinatorial Algorithm in Multi- cil.- VII. The end of freedom.- VIII. After the cats, cal Tower of Hanoi.- 3 Lucas’s Second Problem.- 4 exponential Analysis.- A Frequently Encountered fish.- IX. Time runs out.- Appendix I: Significant Sierpinski Graphs.- 5 The Tower of Hanoi with More Determinant.- A Dynamical System with a Strange dates in Italian history 1849-1945.- Appendix II: Sig- Pegs.- 6 Variations of the Puzzle.- 7 The Tower of Attractor.- Polar and Singular Value Decomposi- nificant dates in the life of Vito Volterra 1860-1940.- London.- 8 Tower of Hanoi Variants with Oriented tion Theorems.- 2x2 Matrices Which Are Roots of Index of Names. Disc Moves.- 9 The End of the World.- A Hints and Unity.- A Property of Orthogonal Matrices.- Con- Solutions to Exercises.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- vexity and Related Classical Inequalities.- One-Para- Fields of interest Name Index.- Subject Index.- Symbol Index. meter Groups of Linear Transformations.- Some History of Mathematics Problems in Combinatorics[...] Fields of interest Target groups Mathematics (general); History of Mathemat- Fields of interest Popular/general ics; Sequences, Series, Summability; Combina- Algebra; Analysis; Combinatorics Type of publication torics; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Biography Sciences; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complex- Target groups ity Graduate More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-27262-2 Hardcover Target groups Type of publication 2013. XI, 176 p. 25 illus. 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A. Tagliafico, Institute of Anatomy, Department of Experimen- F.R. Noyes, Cincinnati Sportsmedicine Research and Education Medicine tal Medicine (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; C. Marti- Foundation, Cincinnati, OH, USA; S. Barber-Westin, Cincinnati noli, Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics Sportsmedicine Research and Education Foundation, Cincinnati, (DISC), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy OH, USA (Eds.)

M.A. Galli, Section of Perinatal and Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; A Radiologically-Guided Approach ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete G.B. Danzi, Fondazione Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Mangia- galli Regina Elena, Milano, Italy to Musculoskeletal Anatomy Causes, Impacts, and Conditioning Programs

Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) For many healthcare professionals, musculoskele- A Guide to Neonatal and Pediatric injuries occur each year worldwide, causing long- tal diseases represent the "bread and butter" topic ECGs term problems in the knee joint. This textbook after graduation. Therefore, radiological education examines the short- and long-term impacts of ACL in respect of the musculoskeletal system is vital in injuries on the basis of hundreds of published stud- ensuring adequate patient management and cost- Electrocardiography has an ever-expanding role in ies. Risk factors for such injuries are explored using effective use of healthcare financial resources. This pediatric cardiology evaluation. The specific com- data from hypothesis-driven investigations, and pos- book illustrates the clinical anatomy of the mus- petencies required for its optimal use in this setting, sible causes of the higher risk of noncontact ACL culoskeletal system by means of images obtained however, generally lie beyond the expertise of car- injuries in female athletes are analyzed. Neuromus- using commercially available imaging equipment diologists used to dealing with adults. This guide – cular training programs shown to reduce the rate and the three main imaging techniques employed the product of extensive practical experience in the of these injuries in female athletes are described in today – magnetic resonance imaging, computed field of pediatric cardiology – proposes a very simple step-by-step detail with the aid of numerous color tomography, and ultrasound. Based on an integrated method for reading neonatal and pediatric ECGs that photographs and video demonstrations. In addition, multimodality approach, each anatomical region is based on the application of straightforward crite- detailed descriptions are provided[...] ria and permits the immediate recognition of nor- is presented with a special focus on clinically rele- mal and pathological patterns. The first part of the vant[...] Features guide presents and describes this methodology and Nearly a million anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) Features the parameters of normal pediatric ECGs, while the injuries occur each year worldwide. Such injuries can For many healthcare professionals, musculoskele- second part focuses[...] cause long-term problems in the knee joint, includ- tal diseases represent the "bread and butter" topic ing in particular the early onset of osteoarthritis. It after graduation. Therefore, radiological education Features has been evident for some time that a tremendous in respect of the musculoskeletal system is vital in Electrocardiography has an ever-expanding role in gender disparity exists in noncontact ACL injuries in ensuring adequate patient management and cost- pediatric cardiology evaluation. The specific com- sports, and this aspect has been the subject of inten- effective use of healthcare resources. This book illus- petencies required for its optimal use in this setting, sive research. This textbook, [..] however, generally lie beyond the expertise of car- trates the clinical anatomy of the musculoskeletal diologists used to dealing with adults. This guide – system by means of images obtained using [..] Contents the product of extensive practical experience in the Introduction: The ACL: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Contents field of pediatric cardiology – proposes a very simple Mechanisms of Injury, and the Gender Disparity. Introduction.- Shoulder.- Elbow.- Wrist/Hand.- method for reading neonatal and pediatric ECGs [..] The Impact of ACL Injuries: Short- and Long-Term Hip.- Knee.- Foot/Ankle.- Spine Effects on the Knee Joint: Consequences of Com- Contents Fields of interest plete ACL Ruptures.- ACL Reconstruction: Chon- Part I: Normal ECG.- Methodology for read- droprotective Effects, Risks of Reinjury. Proposed ing.-Newborn model.- Infant model.- Adult model.- Diagnostic Radiology; Orthopedics; Rehabilitation Medicine; Sports Medicine Risk Factors of Noncontact ACL Injuries: Role of Parameters of a normal pediatric ECG.- Part II: Shoe-Surface Interaction and Noncontact ACL Pathological patterns.-Right ventricular overload.- Target groups Injuries.- Neuromuscular Differences Between Men Right systolic ventricular overload.- Right diastolic Professional/practitioner and Women.- Gender Differences in Muscular Pro- ventricular overload.- Left ventricular overload.- Left tection of the Knee.- Effects of Alterations in Gait systolic and diastolic ventricular overload.- Biven- Type of publication Mechanics on the Development of Osteoarthritis in tricular overload.- Miscellaneous – ECG.- Pediatric Monograph the ACL-Deficient[...] ECG indications.- Bibliography. 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L. Longo, International Academy for Laser Medicine and Surgery, L. Longo, IALMS, Florence, Italy (Ed.) A. Trecca, Gruppo USI, Roma, Italy (Ed.) Florence, Italy (Ed.) Advances in Laserology - Selected Atlas of Ileoscopy Advances in Laserology - Selected Papers of Laser Florence 2011: Papers of Laser Florence 2010: A Collection of Clinical Cases A Window on the Laser Medicine World This atlas presents high-quality images of clinical The 50th Birthday of Laser Medicine World cases of small bowel diseases, with a focus on the The annual Congress of the International Academy importance of terminal ileoscopy as the first step Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the Laser Medicine and Surgery, called Laser Florence in detecting this group of rare pathologies. Among International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery. 2011, opened a window on four different sector of the conditions covered are celiac disease, inflam- The year 2010 is the fiftieth birthday of Laser and laser use on human body: skin, nervous system, teeth matory bowel disease, neoplasms, infections, and we celebrated it with a special edition. As usual and cellular level. In these sectors laser use allowed pediatric disease. The multidisciplinary approach researchers and doctors were shown new data imme- diagnosis and treatment of different lesions, better to the presentation of clinical cases, with contribu- diately available for practical use, in different topics: than traditional procedures. Advantages, limits and tions from histology, radiology, capsule endoscopy, Dentistry, Dermatology, Neurology, Rehabilitation controversies were discussed by pioneers and opin- enteroscopy, and surgery, ensures that the atlas will and Sport Injuries, ENT, Phlebology, Plastic Surgery, ion leaders of this matter, together young researchers provide an accurate learning course for beginners Photodynamic Diagnosis and Therapy, Diabetology. and doctors. As usual this mix producted new data and also an effective update for specialists. A special session was dedicated to the role of laser immediately available for practical use. A special ses- beams and light in Energetic Medicine, now called sion was dedicated to role of laser beams and light in Features Quantum Medicine and Regenerative Medicine. In Energetic Medicine, called now Quantum Medicine This atlas presents high-quality images of clinical fact, in the world there is a bit of confusion between and Regenerative[...] cases of small bowel diseases, with a focus on the data obtained from[...] importance of terminal ileoscopy as the first step in Features detecting this group of rare pathologies. Among the Features The annual Congress of the International Academy conditions covered are celiac disease, inflammatory Laser Florence 2010 is the annual Congress of the Laser Medicine and Surgery, called Laser Florence bowel disease, neoplasms, infections, and pediatric International Academy Laser Medicine and Surgery. 2011, opened a window on four different sector of disease. The multidisciplinary approach to the pre- The year 2010 is the fiftieth birthday of Laser and laser use on human body: skin, nervous system, teeth sentation of clinical cases, with contributions [..] we celebrated it with a special edition. As usual and cellular level. In these sectors laser use allowed researchers and doctors were shown new data imme- diagnosis and treatment of different lesions, better Contents diately available for practical use, in different topics: than traditional procedures. Advantages, limits and The Asymptomatic Patient, 1 case.- The Symp- Dentistry, Dermatology, Neurology, Rehabilitation controversies were discussed by pioneers and [..] tomatic Patient, 1 case.- Celiac Diseases, 1 case.- and Sport Injuries, ENT, Phlebology, Plastic Surgery, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 2 cases.- Neoplastic [..] Contents Disease, 7 cases.- Infectious Disease, 2 cases.- The From the Contents: Plenary Session.- Laser Biomod- Pediatric Patient, 1 case.- Radiology, 3 cases.- Cap- Fields of interest ulation.- Rends in Basic and Applied Research in sule Endoscopy, 4 cases.- Enteroscopy, 2 cases.- Health Informatics; Nuclear Medicine; Radiother- Laser Biomedicine.- Laser Dentistry.- Talk Poster Surgery, 2 cases.- Histology, 1 case.- Miscellaneous, apy; Medical and Radiation Physics; Laser Technol- Session.- Laser Skin Medicine and Surgery. ogy and Physics, Photonics 2 cases. Fields of interest Fields of interest Target groups Medicine (general) Research Medicine (general); Gastroenterology Target groups Target groups Type of publication Research Proceedings Professional/practitioner Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0922-4 Type of publication Proceedings Softcover Atlas More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1098-5 2012. 190 p. (Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics, Vol. More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-5204-8 1364) Hardcover Hardcover $144.00 2013. 150 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1486) 2013. 192 p. 150 illus. in color. ISBN 978-0-7354-0922-4 $138.00 $189.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-1098-5 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. ISBN 978-88-470-5204-8 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Due: April 28, 2013 122 Medicine springer.com

M.G. Harisinghani (Ed.) T. Feldman, Evanston Hospital, IL, USA; O. Franzen, Rigshospi- S.Z. Aasi, D.J. Leffell, R.Z. Lazova talet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; R. Low, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA; J. Rogers, Davis Medical Atlas of Lymph Node Anatomy Center, Sacramento, CA, USA; K.K. Yeo, National Heart Centre, Atlas of Practical Mohs Singapore, Singapore (Eds.) Histopathology Detailed anatomic drawings and state-of-the-art radiologic images combine to produce this essen- Atlas of Percutaneous Edge-to-Edge Mohs surgery is microscopically controlled surgery tial Atlas of Lymph Node Anatomy. Utilizing the Mitral Valve Repair used to treat common types of skin cancer and most recent advances in medical imaging, this book allows for the removal of a skin cancer with a very illustrates the nodal drainage stations in the head narrow surgical margin and a high cure rate. How- and neck, chest, and abdomen and pelvis. Also fea- The field of structural heart disease interventions is ever, for those involved with the Mohs procedure, it tured are clinical cases depicting drainage pathways experiencing a stage of rapid growth with the devel- is critical to understand the optimal preparation and for common malignancies. 2-D and 3-D maps offer opment of percutaneous mitral valve repair therapies interpretation of frozen sections.Complete with hun- color-coordinated representations of the lymph and percutaneous aortic valve replacement therapies. dreds of high resolution figures, Atlas of Practical nodes in correlation with the anatomic illustrations. The MitraClip represents a new therapeutic frontier Mohs Histopathology is written by leading experts in This simple, straightforward approach makes this for mitral regurgitation and is expected to revolu- the field and discusses everything from normal skin book a perfect daily resource for a wide spectrum of tionize repair of the mitral valve. For the first time histology and rare tumors to pitfalls and incidental specialties and physicians at all levels who are look- in the world, physicians now have the capability to findings. Dermatologic surgeons, Mohs cutaneous ing to gain a better understanding of[...] repair the mitral valve percutaneously without the surgeons, dermatopathologists and pathologists alike need for a sternotomy or cardiopulmonary bypass. will find this book to be[...] Features However, as with all new endeavors, there is a steep Detailed anatomic drawings and state-of-the-art learning curve, not just for the individual operator Features radiologic images combine to produce this essential but also for the entire field. The MitraClip technol- For those who perform Mohs microscopically con- Atlas of Lymph Node Anatomy. Utilizing the most ogy and[...] trolled surgery, it is critical to understand the stan- recent advances in medical imaging, this book illus- dards and nuances of histopathologic interpretation. trates the nodal drainage stations in the head and Features Complete with hundreds of high resolution figures, neck, chest, and abdomen and pelvis. Also featured The field of structural heart disease interventions is Atlas of Practical Mohs Histopathology is written by are clinical cases depicting drainage pathways for experiencing a stage of rapid growth with the devel- leading experts in the field and discusses the broad common malignancies. 2-D and 3-D maps offer [..] opment of percutaneous mitral valve repair therapies range of clinically-focused histopathology from nor- and percutaneous aortic valve replacement therapies. mal skin and rare tumors to pitfalls and [..] Contents The MitraClip represents a new therapeutic frontier Head and Neck Lymph Node Anatomy.- Chest for mitral regurgitation and is expected to revolu- Contents Lymph Node Anatomy.- Abdominal Lymph Node tionize repair of the mitral valve. For the first time in 1. How to use this atlas2. Normal skin his- Anatomy.- Pelvic Lymph Node Anatomy.- Pitfalls the world, physicians now have the [..] tology3. Basal cell carcinoma4. Infiltrative and Mimics of Lymph Nodes in Imaging. basal cell carcinoma 5. Differentiating basal cell Contents carcinoma from normal structures6. Adnexal Fields of interest Foreword.– Introduction.– Mitral Valve Anatomy tumors7. Microcystic adnexal carcinoma8. Dif- Imaging / Radiology; Anatomy; Oncology; Diagnos- and Current Surgical and Percutaneous Approaches ferentiating infiltrative basal cell carcinoma from tic Radiology; Radiotherapy; Nuclear Medicine to Mitral Regurgitation.– Device description and other tumors9. Squamous cell carcinoma in situ procedural overview. – Room Set-up.– Summary (Bowen’s disease) and actinic keratoses10. Squa- Target groups of MitraClip Clinical Data and Approach to Patient mous cell carcinoma11. Differentiating features Professional/practitioner Selection. –Echocardiographic Evaluation of Patients of squamous cell carcinoma 12. Dermatofibrosar- Before and After MitraClip Mitral Valve Repair.– coma protuberans13. 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L. Rudnicka, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; M. Olszewska, V. Sanchis-Alfonso, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain S.L. Bonnick, Clinical Research Center of North Texas, Denton, TX, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland; A. Rakowska, CSK MSWiA, (Ed.) USA; L.A. Lewis, Clinical Research Center of North Texas, Denton, Warsaw, Poland (Eds.) TX, USA Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint Atlas of Trichoscopy Bone Densitometry for

Dermoscopy in Hair and Scalp Disease A picture is worth a thousand words, and the goal Technologists of this atlas is to better understand patellofemoral The aim of this atlas is to provide detailed and com- conditions through pictures. Hence the reason we As a technology, bone densitometry is really quite prehensive, easy-to-use information, sufficient to have decided to publish this book, which is a col- extraordinary. The ability to quantify the density perform trichoscopy in clinical practice. From basics lection of the finest images of patellofemoral joint of the bones at a variety of skeletal sites has truly to advanced knowledge, everything in one book. In surgery, supplied by world renowned specialists in revolutionized the approach to a number of dis- this sense it is rather an “illustrated textbook” than Knee surgery. All the images, footnotes and sum- eases, the most important of which is osteoporosis. solely an atlas. It includes evidence based informa- maries are compiled in order to convey a simple Using the information from the machines, espe- tion, acknowledged algorithms, which help easy understanding of this complex problem. This is a cially dual-energy X ray absortiometry (DXA) tech- diagnosis and “take home messages”, which aid very practical book, aimed at the general orthopedic nology, physicians can recommend and prescribe memorizing specific features of diverse diseases. The surgeon and also those that specialize in surgery of interventions that will slow bone loss and reduce the atlas consists of two major parts. In the first part the knee. The book is divided into four sections, the risk of disabling fractures. The remarkable advances the authors describe structures and patterns seen first section focuses on the etiopathogenic bases, the in skeletal imaging with densitometry devices have in trichoscopy. The second part consists of detailed second section focuses[...] made possible quantitative and diagnostic assess- description of characteristic trichoscopy features of ments of skeletal structure. However it is in fact the diverse diseases of[...] Features skill and concern of the technologist[...] The Atlas of the Patellofemoral Joint is designed Features to be a detailed visual guide, presenting the reader Features Trichoscopy – the use of dermoscopy to diagnose with a wealth of images that will act as a crucial aid As a technology, bone densitometry is really quite diseases of hair and scalp – was initially named in when faced with surgery of the knee and particu- extraordinary. The ability to quantify the density 2006 and thus it is still very much in its childhood. larly that of the patella. All the images, footnotes and of the bones at a variety of skeletal sites has truly With so much still to learn in the great field of hair summaries are compiled in order to convey a simple revolutionized the approach to a number of dis- and scalp disorders, recent years have brought mul- understanding of this complex problem. It is a very eases, the most important of which is osteoporosis. tiple results from original studies into trichoscopy, practical book, aimed not only to [..] Using the information from the machines, especially new case descriptions, and analytic reviews, as well dual-energy X ray absortiometry (DXA) technology, as know-how derived from unpublished but [..] Contents physicians can recommend and prescribe interven- Foreword.-Preface.-SECTION I: tions [..] Contents ETIOPATHOGENIC BASES AND THERAPEUTIC Preface.- Introduction.- Trichoscopic Structures IMPLICATIONS.- Background.- Patellofemoral Contents and Patterns.- Normal Values in Trichoscopy.- Tips, malaligment vs Tissue homeostasis.- Myths and An Introduction to Conventions in Densitome- Tricks, and Artifacts.- Genetic Hair Shaft Disorders.- truths about patellofemoral disease. Pathogenesis try.- Densitometry Techniques.- Skeletal Anatomy Ectodermal Dysplasia and Other Genetic Syndromes of anterior knee pain and patellar instability.- What in Densitometry.- Performing a DXA PA Lumbar Associated with Hair Loss.- Acquired Nonscarring have we learned from realignment surgery?.- Biolog- Spine, Proximal Femur or Forearm Study.- Radiation Alopecia.- Primary Cicatricial Alopecia.- Hair Trans- ical causes of anterior knee pain.- In search of the Safety in X-ray Densitometry.- Quality Control Pro- plantation.- Infections and Inflammatory Scalp Dis- etiology of anterior knee pain.- Biomechanics of the cedures.- Precision in Bone Densitometry.- Using eases.- Trichoscopy in Children.- Precancerous Scalp patellofemoral joint.- Implications in the genesis of Absolute Risk to Predict Fracture Risk in Clinical Lesions and Scalp Tumors.- Trichoscopy in Asian pain and instability.- Anatomy of patellar disloca- Practice.- An Overview of Osteoporosis.- Interpre- Patients.- Trichoscopy in Patients with Dark Skin tion.- Evaluation of the patient with anterior knee tation of Bone Densitometry Data.- Less than Per- Phototypes.- Algorithms in Trichoscopy.- Monitor- pain and patellar[...] fect Scan Images.- Pediatric Densitometry.- VFA ing Therapy with Trichoscopy.-[...] Imaging, Femoral Morphometry and Hip Structural Fields of interest Analysis.- Body Composition Analysis.- Appendices. Fields of interest Orthopedics; Surgical Orthopedics Dermatology; General Practice / Family Medicine Fields of interest Target groups Imaging / Radiology Target groups Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Type of publication Atlas Atlas More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4494-6 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4485-4 Monograph Softcover Hardcover 2013. XXII, 262 p. 352 illus., 68 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3624-9 2012. XIV, 507 p. 628 illus., 625 in color. $89.95 Hardcover $189.00 ISBN 978-1-4471-4494-6 2013. XXIII, 421 p. 150 illus., 46 in color. ISBN 978-1-4471-4485-4 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $99.00 Due: February 28, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4614-3624-9 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. 124 Medicine springer.com

C. Basso, University of Padua, Padova, Italy; M. Valente, University C. Catalano, University of Rome, Italy; M. Anzidei, Policlinico J. Jolkkonen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland; P. of Padua, Padova, Italy; G. Thiene, University of Padua, Padova, Umberto I, Roma, Italy; A. Napoli, Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Walczak, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA (Eds.) Italy (Eds.) Italy (Eds.) Cell-Based Therapies in Stroke Cardiac Tumor Pathology Cardiovascular CT and MR Imaging

From Technique to Clinical Interpretation Stroke remains one of the main causes of death and Cardiac tumors were once a nosographic entity of disability worldwide. While effective therapy for scarce clinical interest because of the rarity and of The availability and diffusion of high-performance stroke recovery remains an unmet need. Much hope the intrinsic diagnostic and therapeutic impossibil- technologies has strengthened the role of CT angiog- and promises are placed on cell-based therapies. The ities, and were considered a fatal morbid entity. It raphy and MR angiography as simple and reliable aim of this book is to provide focused yet compre- has now become a topical subject due to advances techniques for the characterization and treatment hensive reviews on the current state of cell-based in clinical imaging (echo, magnetic resonance, planning of the main diseases of the cardiocircula- approaches in the treatment of stroke. The topics computed tomography) as well as innovation in tory system, an understanding of which has become covered include experimental data on functional out- technologies of in-vivo diagnosis. Cardiac Tumor essential for all radiologists. The aim of this book is come after intravascular and intracerebral delivery Pathology presents a spectacular example of these to provide technical indications which are both con- of cells in stroke animals, followed by translational advances with clinico-pathologic correlations. This cise and thorough regarding the main methods and chapters which will rely heavily on the use of differ- timely volume covers history, epidemiology, demo- examination techniques for performing high-qual- ent imaging modalities in the tracking of cells. The graphics, clinical diagnosis, pathology, imaging by ity CT angiography and MR angiography studies in last and most challenging part will describe the early echo, CT and MRI of both benign and malignant a broad range of clinical settings. This is supported phase of clinical[...] cardiac tumors, either primary or secondary.[...] by a large number of cases and is rich with advice on image interpretation and[...] Features Features Stroke remains one of the main causes of death and Cardiac tumors were once a nosographic entity of Features disability worldwide. Effective therapy for stroke scarce clinical interest because of the rarity and of The availability and diffusion of high-performance recovery remains an unmet need. Much hope and the intrinsic diagnostic and therapeutic impossibil- technologies has strengthened the role of CT angiog- promises are placed on cell-based therapies. The ities, and were considered a fatal morbid entity. It raphy and MR angiography as simple, reliable aim of this book is to provide focused yet compre- has now become a topical subject due to advances techniques for the characterization and treatment hensive reviews on the current state of cell-based in clinical imaging (echo, magnetic resonance, com- planning of the principal diseases of the cardiovascu- approaches in the treatment of stroke. The topics puted tomography) as well as innovation in tech- lar system, an understanding of which has become covered include experimental data on functional out- nologies of in-vivo diagnosis. Cardiac Tumor [..] essential for all radiologists. The aim of this book is come after [..] to provide concise but thorough [..] Contents Contents Introduction: Cardiac tumors in the era of cardiovas- Contents Preclinical Optimization of Cell Therapies: Cell cular surgery and imaging.- Cardiac tumors: classifi- 1. CT Angiography - 2. MR Angiography – 3. Post- Therapy and Structural Plasticity Following Cere- cation and epidemiology.- Cardiac myxoma.- Other Processing – 4. Plaque Imaging – 5. Intracranial Cir- bral Ischemia.- Delivery Routes for Cell Therapy in benign cardiac tumors.- Cardiac tumors in the pae- culation – 6. Carotid Arteries - 7. Thoracic Aorta Stroke.- Different Sources of Stem Cells for Trans- diatric age.- Primary malignant cardiac tumors.- - 8. Pulmonary Circulation – 9. Coronary Circula- plantation Therapy in Stroke.- Efficacy of Transplant Cardiac metastases.- Echocardiographic diagnosis.- tion – 10. Abdominal Aorta - 11. Renal Arteries and and Endogenous Precursor and Stem Cell Interven- New cardiac imaging techniques: magnetic reso- Splanchnic Vessels - 12. Arteries of the Upper Limbs tions on Stroke Recovery.- Translational Imaging nance and computed tomography.- Cardiac surgery.- – 13. Arteries of the Lower Limbs - 14. Whole-Body Techniques to Study Cell Therapy: Cell Labeling Chemotherapy and cardiotoxicity. Angiography - 15. Vascular Malformations - 16. Vas- Methods for Non-Invasive MR Imaging of Stem culitis - 17. Venous System Cells.- Strategies for Enhanced, MRI-guided Target- Fields of interest ing of Stem Cells to Stroke Lesions.- Image-guided Fields of interest Pathology; Oncology; Cardiology; Diagnostic Radiol- Injection and Non-invasive Monitoring of Tissue[...] ogy Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology; Cardiol- ogy; Angiology; Vascular Surgery Fields of interest Target groups Neurology; Imaging / Radiology; Neurosciences Professional/practitioner Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Research Contributed volume Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-62703-142-4 Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2867-8 Contributed volume Hardcover 2013. XIV, 197 p. 139 illus., 105 in color. 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W.C. Cho, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong, China (Ed.) M. St.Pierre, University of Erlangen, Germany; G. Hofinger, Rem- J.P. Sturmberg, Monash University, Wamberal, NSW, Australia; seck, Germany; C. Buerschaper, Berlin, Germany; R. Simon, Har- C.M. Martin, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, ON, vard Medical School, Cambridge, MA, USA; I. Daroui, Ospedale Canada (Eds.) Evidence-based Non- Sacro Cuore, Verona, Italy pharmacological Therapies for Handbook of Systems and Palliative Cancer Care Gestione delle crisi in medicina Complexity in Health d'urgenza e terapia intensiva

Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and Fattori umani, psicologia di gruppo e sicurezza dei pazienti This book is an introduction to health care as a com- the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients negli ambienti ad alto rischio plex adaptive system, a system that feeds back on and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease itself. The first section introduces systems and com- Le situazioni critiche in medicina d’urgenza e in and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the plexity theory from a science, historical, epistemo- terapia intensiva rappresentano una tra le sfide past, clinical data showed that some complemen- logical, and technical perspective, describing the più difficili nella pratica clinica. La natura stessa tary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anti- principles and mathematics. Subsequent sections dell’ambiente di cura, l’incertezza, il rischio elevato, cancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists build on the health applications of systems science i tempi ristretti e lo stress, rendono queste disci- have queried about the scientific validity of CAM theory, from human physiology to medical deci- pline particolarmente vulnerabili agli errori nella due to the lack of scientific evidence. There is great sion making, population health and health services gestione dei pazienti. Nell’ultimo decennio è diven- demand in the knowledge gap to explore the sci- research. The aim of the book is to introduce and tato sempre più evidente, che la capacità di erog- entific and evidence-based knowledge of CAM in expand on important population health issues from are trattamenti sicuri in queste circostanze dipende the anticancer field. With this aim, a book series a systems and complexity perspective, highlight cur- da un’approfondita conoscenza dei meccanismi is needed to structurally deliver the knowledge to rent research developments and their implications all’origine dell’errore umano. Questo volume, che è readers.Integrative therapies[...] for health care delivery, consider[...] la traduzione italiana della seconda edizione di Cri- Features sis Management in Acute Care Settings, propone una Features Cancer is one of the leading killers in the world and rassegna originale e[...] Systems and complexity theory plays critical roles the incidence is increasing, but most cancer patients in such varied fields as computer science, the physi- Features and cancer survivors suffer much from the disease cal sciences, meteorology, and economics--and yet Le situazioni critiche in medicina d’urgenza e in and its conventional treatments’ side effects. In the health care has yet to take full advantage of what it terapia intensiva rappresentano una tra le sfide past, clinical data showed that some complemen- has to offer. What the theory offers is on rich dis- più difficili nella pratica clinica. La natura stessa tary and alternative medicine (CAM) possessed anti- play as the Handbook of Systems and Complexity in dell’ambiente di cura, l’incertezza, il rischio elevato, cancer abilities, but some clinicians and scientists Health presents a revolutionary approach to reform- i tempi ristretti e lo stress, rendono queste discipline have queried about the scientific validity of CAM [..] ing basic practice and large-scale care [..] particolarmente vulnerabili agli errori nella gestione Contents dei pazienti. Nell’ultimo decennio è diventato sem- Contents Prelims.- An Overview of Non-pharmacological pre più evidente, che la capacità di [..] 1. Complexity in Health - An Introduction.- 2. Com- Therapies for Palliative Cancer Care.- Effect of plexity, uncertainty and mess as the links between Contents Massage Therapy on Anxiety and Depression in science and the humanities in healthcare.- Part 1 - 1 Fattori umani: errori e competenze.- 2 Sfide ter- Cancer Patients.- Effect of Massage Therapy on Complexity Theory and Methods.- 3. Understand- apeutiche in medicina critica.- 3 Natura dell’errore.- the Relief of Cancer Pain.- The Effect of Acupres- ing Complex Systems.- 4. The Complex Nature 4 Psicologia dell’azione umana.- 5 Percezione sure on Chemotherapy-induced Nausea.- Effects of of Knowledge.- 5. Mathematical Principles: Tales umana: il nostro modo di vedere le cose.- 6 Elabo- Qigong Therapy on Alleviating Symptoms in Can- of Tails.- 6. Modelling.- 7. A methodology for the razione delle informazioni e modelli mentali: visioni cer Patients: An Overview of Systematic Reviews.- analysis of medical data.- 8. Psychological Rhyth- del mondo.- 7 Obiettivi e piani: punti di svolta per il Effects of Yoga on the Quality of Life in Cancer micities.- 9. Modeling Illness and Recovery with successo.- 8 L’attenzione: al centro della coscienza.- Patients.- Efficacy of Mind-body Therapy on Stress Nonlinear Dynamics.- Part 2 - Dynamics in Human 9 Stress.- 10 Strategie per l’azione: come arrivare a Reduction in Cancer Care.- Effect of Mindful- Health.- 10. Homeostasis: The Dynamic Self-reg- decisioni valide.- 11 La chiave del successo: lavoro ness-based Interventions in Cancer Care.- Aro- ulatory Process that Maintains Health and Buffers di gruppo.- 12 La parola è oro: comunicazione.- matherapy, Physical and[...] against[...] 13 Leadership.- 14 Organizzazioni e incidenti.- 15 Fields of interest Affidabilità in[...] Fields of interest Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Acupunc- Health Administration; Complexity ture; Oncology; Biomedicine (general); Cancer Fields of interest Research Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine; Intensive / Target groups Critical Care Medicine Research Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Type of publication Professional/practitioner Handbook Type of publication Contributed volume Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4997-3 Professional book More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-5832-2 Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2798-5 2013. XXII, 954 p. 269 illus., 165 in color. Hardcover $559.00 Hardcover 2013. XI, 280 p. 29 illus., 18 in color. (Evidence-based ISBN 978-1-4614-4997-3 Anticancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2013. XXII, 378 pagg. 120 figg., 100 a colori. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Vol. 4) $89.95 $189.00 ISBN 978-88-470-2798-5 ISBN 978-94-007-5832-2 Due: aprile 28, 2013 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. February 28, 2013 126 Medicine springer.com

P. Charbonneau, CHU de Caen, France; M. Wolff, AP-HP Univer- A. Längler, Germeinschaftskrankenhaus Witten, Witten, Ger- J.P. Díaz-Jimenez, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, sité Paris Diderot Paris VII, France (Eds.) many; P.J. Mansky, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA; A.N. Rodriguez, Clinica y Maternidad Colon, Mar del Plata, USA; G. Seifert, Charite, Berlin, Germany (Eds.) Buenos Aires, Argentina (Eds.) Infectiologie en réanimation Integrative Pediatric Oncology Interventions in Pulmonary

L’infectiologie occupe une place importante en réan- Medicine imation. Cet ouvrage en présente les aspects bactéri- This book covers a broad spectrum of complemen- tary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices ologiques, immunologiques et pharmacologiques, Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an employed in pediatric oncology worldwide, with a décrit les principales pathologies infectieuses y important new volume that addresses all areas of special focus on the methods widely used in West- compris les maladies nosocomiales sans oublier les interventional pulmonology, a minimally inva- ern countries. It is a scientifically based, practice-ori- infections chez les patients immunodéprimés en sive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung dis- ented handbook that will meet the needs of pediatric réanimation. Une trentaine de spécialistes francoph- orders. This volume contains dedicated chapters oncologists working in medical practices and hospi- ones de cette spécialité apportent leur expertise en that outline the many issues related to lung cancer, tals. An introductory section includes a comparative s’adressant à toutes celles et ceux qui doivent gérer both in early and advanced stages, from diagnosis overview of current CAM use in pediatric oncol- dans l’urgence les infections graves en réanimation. to personalized treatment. It also covers broncho- ogy in different countries. Commonly used CAM Il vient enrichir la collection Références en réanima- scopic therapeutic options to benign conditions that methods are then discussed in a series of chapters tion dirigée par la SRLF. are highly prevalent, such as COPD and asthma. that provide a theoretical description of the method Techniques described in this volume are: laser ther- Features in question, followed by more practically oriented apy, argon plasma coagulation therapy, cryotherapy, L’infectiologie occupe une place importante en réan- information, including scientific data if[...] brachytherapy, placement of intrapleural drainage imation. Des progrès considérables ont été accom- systems, endoscopic treatment of emphysema, stents plis dans plusieurs domaines de cette discipline avec Features in[...] notamment l’utilisation de plus en plus fréquente des This book covers a broad spectrum of complemen- tary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices as techniques microbiologiques modernes fondées sur Features part of an integrative pediatric oncology employed la biologie moléculaire et la protéomique. La phar- Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an worldwide, with a special focus on those methods macodynamie des anti-infectieux en réanimation a important new volume that addresses all areas of commonly used in the so-called Western countries. fait l’objet de nombreuses études, avec des [..] interventional pulmonology, a minimally inva- It is a scientifically based, practice-oriented hand- sive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung dis- Contents book that will meet the needs of pediatric oncologists orders. This volume contains dedicated chapters that Bactériologie, immunologie et pharmacologie working in medical practices and hospitals. [..] outline the many issues related to lung cancer, both appliquées à l’infectiologie en réanimation.- Patholo- in early and advanced stages, from diagnosis to per- gies infectieuses sévères les plus fréquentes en réan- Contents sonalized treatment. It also covers bronchoscopic imation.- Pathologies nosocomiales et/ou liées aux Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Overview on the most therapeutic [..] soins.- Infections chez les patients immunodéprimés used CAM-therapies in pediatric oncology Part 3: Areas under development Part 4: Resources and en réanimation. Contents information Foreword.- Section I. Basic endoscopy.- 1. Tracheo- Fields of interest bronchial Anatomy.- 2. Flexible Bronchoscopy.- Medicine (general); Intensive / Critical Care Medi- Fields of interest 3. Rigid Bronchoscopy.- 4. Anesthesia for Inter- cine; Anesthesiology; Infectious Diseases; Internal Oncology; Pediatrics ventional Bronchoscopic Procedures.- 5. Evaluat- Medicine Target groups ing Outcomes After Interventional Procedures.- 6. Target groups Professional/practitioner Bronchoscopy Education: New Insights.- Section Professional/practitioner II. Tracheobronchial obstructions.- 7. Reopening Type of publication The Airway: Fast Methods – Laser Assisted Mechan- Type of publication Professional book ical Resection, Electrocautery and Argon Plasma Coagulation.- 8. Cryotherapy.- 9. Endobronchial Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-04200-3 Brachytherapy: Concept, Indications, Technique and More on www.springer.com/978-2-8178-0388-3 Hardcover Outcomes.- 10. Photodynamic Therapy for Early and Softcover 2012. VIII, 206 p. 2 illus., 1 in color. (Pediatric Oncology) Advanced[...] 2013. Env. 500 p. 10 ill., 5 en couleurs. (Références en $139.00 réanimation. Collection de la SRLF) ISBN 978-3-642-04200-3 Fields of interest $129.00 Due: March 28, 2013 Pneumology/Respiratory System; Oncology; Surgery; ISBN 978-2-8178-0388-3 Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Imaging / Radiol- Due: janvier 30, 2013 ogy Target groups Professional/practitioner

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F. Baud, Hôpital Lariboisière, Paris, France; P. Hantson, Clinique A. Malvasi, Santa Maria Hospital, Bari, Italy (Ed.) H.M. Tabery, University Hospital UMAS, Malmö, Sweden Saint-Luc, Bruxelles, Belgique; H. Thabet, Faculté de médecine de Tunis, Tunisie (Eds.) Intrapartum Ultrasonography for Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca and Intoxications aiguës Labor Management Filamentary Keratopathy In Vivo Morphology in the Human Cornea and Conjunctiva Les intoxications aiguës ont fait jusqu’ici l’objet During intrapartum obstetric care clinicians evaluate This book presents in vivo captured high-magnifica- de nombreuses publications essentiellement des- the fetal head position manually, either by abdom- tion images of two conditions: keratoconjunctivitis tinées aux médecins urgentistes ainsi qu’aux tox- inal or digital vaginal palpation. However, digital sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common dis- icologues cliniciens travaillant dans les centres examination has been shown to be highly opera- ease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopa- antipoison et aux pharmaciens toxicologues. Cet tor-dependent (subjective). Intrapartum ultrasound, thy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly ouvrage fait le point pour la première fois spéci- on the other hand, seems to be reproducible and easy associated with KCS. The images of KCS represent fiquement sur les formes graves des intoxications to learn. In crucial situations like obstructed labor, the broad spectrum of ocular surface changes seen et uniquement celles-ci qui intéressent au premier likely to require medical intervention, there really is in the condition while the images of filamentary plan tous les réanimateurs francophones. Il s’adresse a need for ultrasound assessment of birth progress keratopathy clearly reveal the components of the aux praticiens travaillant en réanimation, médecins and on the busy labor ward.This is the first book ocular surface appendices, termed filaments. The urgentistes, médecins du travail, médecins légistes, devoted entirely to intrapartum ultrasound for the photographs show phenomena captured in vari- pharmaciens toxicologues et à tous les praticiens et management of labor. Experts in the field present ous illumination modes, without staining and after étudiants des pays francophones intéressés par la their own experiences and summarize the published staining with diagnostic dyes, and the photographic toxicologie. state of the art. The use[...] sequences illustrate their dynamics. The images[...] Features Features Features Quinze pour cent des admissions dans les services de During intrapartum obstetric care clinicians evaluate This book presents in vivo captured high-magnifica- réanimation concernent les intoxications. Une étude the fetal head position manually, either by abdom- tion images of two conditions: keratoconjunctivitis originale faite grâce à la base CUBRea et présen- inal or digital vaginal palpation. However, digital sicca (KCS, or dry eye), an extremely common dis- tée dans cet ouvrage montre, sur une période de 12 examination has been shown to be highly opera- ease of the ocular surface, and filamentary keratopa- ans, un accroissement inquiétant de la gravité et un tor-dependent (subjective). Intrapartum ultrasound, thy, a relatively rare phenomenon most commonly doublement de la mortalité des intoxications, qui on the other hand, seems to be reproducible and easy associated with KCS. Although most of the images doit interpeller les médecins prenant en charge ces to learn. In crucial situations like obstructed labor, of KCS originated from patients with Sjögren’s syn- patients. Les intoxications aiguës ont fait [..] likely to require medical intervention, there [..] drome, they fairly represent the broad spectrum of Contents Contents [..] Prise en charge préhospitalière des intoxications Clinical Evaluation of Labor and Intrapartum Sonog- Contents aiguës graves.- Évolution de 1997 à 2008 des intox- raphy.- General Setup of Intrapartum Sonography Ocular Surface Changes in Keratoconjunctivitis ications admises en réanimation. Données francili- and Its Utilization in Labor.- The Use of Ultrasound Sicca: The Mucus in the Preocular Tear Film.- The ennes (CUBRéa).- Rôle du laboratoire dans le suivi in the Latent and Active Phase in the First Stage of Corneal Surface.- The Conjunctival Surface.- Case et le traitement des intoxications admises en réani- Labor.- Intrapartum Sonography and Labor Progres- Reports.- Corneal Epitheliopathy After Herpes mation.- Évolution des mécanismes et circonstances sion.- Occiput Posterior Position and Intrapartum Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO). Filamentary Keratopa- des intoxications.- Conduite à tenir devant les Sonography.- Asinclytism Clinical and Intrapartum thy: The Morphology and Dynamics of Filaments.- encéphalopathies et les comas toxiques.- Mécanismes Diagnosis in Labor.- The Angle of Progression: An Case Reports. d’action, indications et modalités d’administration Objective Assessment of Fetal Head Descent in the des antidotes.- Intoxications par les stabilisants de Birth Canal.- Head Rotation in Labour and Intra- partum Sonography Diagnosis with 2D and 3D.- The Fields of interest membrane.- Intoxications aiguës par les bêtablo- Ophthalmology quants.- Intoxications par inhibiteurs[...] Progress of Labour Using Intrapartum[...] Fields of interest Target groups Fields of interest Professional/practitioner Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Emergency Medi- Gynecology; Imaging / Radiology; Obstetrics / Peri- natology cine; Forensic Medicine Type of publication Monograph Target groups Target groups Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31027-0 Hardcover Type of publication Type of publication Professional book 2012. 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F. Catani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy; S. C. Raulin, Laserklinik Karlsruhe; S. Karsai, Laserklinik Karlsruhe A. Baur-Melnyk, Klinikum der Universität München, Germany Zaffagnini, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy (Eds.) (Eds.) (Ed.)

Knee Surgery using Computer Lasertherapie der Haut Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Assisted Surgery and Robotics Bone Marrow Für Anfänger und erfahrene Anwender der Lasertherapie bei unterschiedlichsten Indikatio- This book discusses the full range of current applica- On account of its unrivalled imaging capabilities nen ein Muss. Internationale Experten verknüpfen tions of computer-assisted surgery and robotics in and sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) mit der „Lasertherapie der Haut“ aktuelle wis- the field of knee surgery, and also considers potential is considered the modality of choice for the inves- senschaftliche Ergebnisse mit ihren Erfahrungen future applications. The impact of computer-assisted tigation of physiologic and pathologic processes aus der Praxis. Besonders wichtig ist dabei die Ver- surgery on a wide range of surgical procedures is affecting the bone marrow. This book describes the meidung von Komplikationen, die Sicherheit von clearly explained. Procedures considered include MRI appearances of both the normal bone mar- Patient und Arzt bei der Anwendung von Laserg- total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee row, including variants, and the full range of bone eräten und eine stetige Qualitätssicherung. In arthroplasty, cruciate ligament reconstruction, marrow disorders. Detailed discussion is devoted zahlreichen anschaulichen Beispielen werden die patellofemoral arthroplasty, and revision surgery. In to malignancies, including multiple myeloma, unterschiedlichen Anwendungsgebiete erläutert, each case, technical aspects are thoroughly addressed lymphoma, chronic myeloproliferative disorders, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen werden in vorher- in a readily understandable manner. Knee Surgery leukemia, and bone metastases. Among the other nachher Bildern illustriert: Maligne und benigne Using Computer-Assisted Surgery and Robotics will conditions covered are benign and malignant com- Tumoren, Akne, Rosazea, Pigmentationsstörungen, be an ideal guide to this exciting field for both novice pression fractures, osteonecrosis, hemolytic anemia, Vaskuläre Erkrankungen, Behandlungen[...] and more experienced[...] Gaucher’s disease, bone marrow edema syndrome, Features trauma, and[...] Features Laser sind in der Dermatologie und der Ästhetischen This book discusses the full range of current applica- Features Medizin unverzichtbar geworden. Mit Erweiterung tions of computer-assisted surgery and robotics in On account of its unrivalled imaging capabilities des Einsatzspektrums nimmt auch die Anzahl the field of knee surgery, and also considers potential and sensitivity, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) der mit Laser behandelten Patienten stetig zu. future applications. The impact of computer-assisted is considered the modality of choice for the inves- Für Anfänger aber auch erfahrene Anwender der surgery on a wide range of surgical procedures is tigation of physiologic and pathologic processes Lasertherapie sind daher genaue Kenntnisse in der clearly explained. Procedures considered include affecting the bone marrow. This book describes the Bewertung der Laserbehandlung bei unterschiedlich- total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental knee MRI appearances of both the normal bone mar- sten Indikationen ein Muss.Internationale Experten arthroplasty, cruciate ligament reconstruction, [..] row, including variants, and the full range of bone verknüpfen mit [..] marrow disorders. Detailed discussion is devoted to Contents Contents malignancies, [..] Accuracy of Computer Assisted Surgery.- Does com- Biophysikalische Grundlagen.-IPL-Technik puter –assisted surgery affect clinical outcome? A Contents (Hochenergetische Blitzlampen).-Tumoren.- review of the literature.- Total Knee Arthroplasty - Technical aspects in bone marrow imaging: Diffu- Entzündliche Hautveränderungen.-Pigmentstörun- Measured Resection Technique.- Computer Assisted sion and perfusion for bone marrow imaging.- Con- gen.-Vaskuläre Hautveränderungen.-Virale Surgery – Ligament Balance.- Robotics in Total trast media.- Histology and normal bone marrow: Hautveränderungen.-Falten und Narben.-Laser- Knee Arthroplasaty.- Soft tissue managing in Pos- Histology of bone marrow.- Normal bone marrow, und Lichtepilation.-Laserassistierte Liposuktion terior Cruciate Ligament retaining Total Knee variants and mimickers.- Imaging examples of age (Laserlipolyse).-Photodynamische Therapie.-Sicher- Arthroplasty.- Soft tissue management in com- dependent normal bone marrow and haematopoi- heit.-Qualitätssicherung. puter assisted cruciate retaining Total Knee Replace- etic islands.- Bone marrow neoplasia: Primary bone ment.- Navigated Standard Unicompartmental Knee Fields of interest marrow malignancies.- Bone metastases.- Multiple Arthroplasty.- Robotic Unicompartmental Knee Dermatology; Plastic Surgery; General Practice / myeloma.- MRI as a tool for the assessment of treat- Arthroplasty.- Bicompartmental knee reconstruction Family Medicine ment response in oncologic marrow involvement.- computer[...] Differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral Target groups compression fractures.- Benign processes affecting Fields of interest Professional/practitioner the bone[...] Surgical Orthopedics Type of publication Fields of interest Target groups Professional book Imaging / Radiology; Diagnostic Radiology Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-29909-4 Target groups Type of publication Hardcover Professional/practitioner Contributed volume 2013. 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A.N. Kingsnorth, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK; K.A. LeBlanc, S.M. Lichtman, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; N.M. Hansen, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA (Ed.) Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, R.A. Audisio, University of Liverpool, UK (Eds.) USA (Eds.) Management of the Patient at High Management of Gynecological Risk for Breast Cancer Management of Abdominal Hernias Cancers in Older Women

Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast This book aims to provide an up-to-date review in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of Cancer provides a state-of-the art review of patients of the literature in each of the major areas relating a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightfor- who are at high risk for breast cancer, how to iden- to the management of older gynecological cancer ward operation, but more complex abdominal wall tify them, the tools available for risk assessment and patients, and makes recommendations for best prac- hernias demand greater surgical skill and knowl- quantification and indications for genetic counsel- tice and future research. The authors come from a edge. The editors have assembled the world's top ing and testing. The book summarizes the high risk broad geographic spread including the UK, main- herniologists to describe and illustrate numerous breast imaging options, including newest techniques land Europe and North America to ensure a world- surgical techniques in detail. The field of herniology and schedules. Pathologic evaluation of high risk wide relevance. has developed rapidly over the last few years. Since lesions are featured as well as the management issues surrounding these lesions. The volume also covers the previous edition of this book, published in 2003, Features new surgical techniques have been developed and the management of concomitant cancer risk and The risk of cancer increases with age and the num- screening strategies.A concise, yet comprehensive many new prosthetic and biologic materials have ber of older adults seeking treatment is rising dra- been introduced. Management of Abdominal Her- overview of the current status of the topic, Manage- matically in line with the aging population. The care ment of the Patient at High[...] nias 4e presents an authoritative,[...] of older patients differs from that of younger adults because of variation in the biology of the tumor, age- Features Features related variation in host physiology, co-morbidity Hernia repair is one of the commonest operations Management of the Patient at High Risk for Breast burden and psychosocial issues, which might impact in general surgery. Open or laparoscopic repair of Cancer provides a state-of-the art review of patients the efficacy and side effects of cancer [..] a primary inguinal hernia is a relatively straightfor- who are at high risk for breast cancer, how to iden- tify them, the tools available for risk assessment and ward operation, but more complex abdominal wall Contents hernias demand greater surgical skill and knowledge. quantification and indications for genetic counsel- 1. Background and Epidemiology.- 2. Pathology of ing and testing. The book summarizes the high risk The editors have assembled the world's top herniol- Gynecologic Cancer.- 3. Geriatric Issues in Ovarian ogists to describe and illustrate numerous surgical breast imaging options, including newest techniques Cancer.- 4. Geriatric Assessment for the Oncologist.- and schedules. Pathologic evaluation of [..] techniques in detail. The field of herniology has [..] 5. Pharmacology of Chemotherapy.- 6. Pre-opera- tive risk assessment.- 7. Genetics and Gynecologi- Contents Contents cal Cancer.- 8. Radiotherapy.- 9. Ovarian Cancer: Preface.- Preface to the Third Edition.- General IDENTIFYING WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF Symptoms and Presentation.- 10. Ovarian Cancer – Introduction and History of Hernia Surgery.- Essen- BREAST CANCER: UNDERSTANDING THE Surgical Considerations.- 11. Ovarian Cancer: Pri- tial Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall.- Epidemiology RISK MODELS.- GENETIC AND GENOMIC mary Chemotherapy.- 12. Relapse - Surgical Consid- and Etiology of Primary Groin Hernias.- Logistics.- FACTORS IN BREAST CANCER.- BRCA erations and Secondary Cytoreduction.- 13. Ovarian Economics of Hernia Repair.- Principles in Hernia MUTATION.- HIGH RISK BREAST LESIONS Cancer Relapse – Experimental Therapies.- 14. Man- Surgery.- Prostheses and Products for Hernioplasty.- AND PATHOLOGIC EVALUATION.- MANAGE- agement of Recurrent Ovarian Cancer in Older[...] Biology of Prosthetics.- Anesthesia.- Complications MENT OF HIGH RISK LESIONS.- RADIOLOGIC IMAGING FOR THE HIGH RISK PATIENT.- RISK of Hernia in General.- Inguinal Hernias in Children.- Fields of interest Umbilical Hernia in Babies and Children.- Diagnosis REDUCTION STRATEGIES: MEDICAL ONCOL- Oncology; Geriatrics / Gerontology; Surgical Oncol- OGY.- RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES: SURGI- of a Lump in the Groin in the Adult.- Anterior Open ogy Repair of Inguinal Hernia in Adults.- Extraperitoneal CAL PERSPECTIVE.- OPTIONS AND ADVANCES IN BREAST RECONSTRUCTION.- MANAGE- or Preperitoneal Open[...] Target groups MENT OF CONCOMITANT CANCER RISK.- Professional/practitioner Fields of interest PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TESTING Abdominal Surgery; Surgery; Medicine (general) Type of publication POSITIVE FOR THE BRCA GENE.- THE HIGH Contributed volume TECH HIGH RISK CLINIC.- CURRENT AND Target groups FUTURE DIRECTION IN[...] Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-2215-9 Hardcover Fields of interest Type of publication 2013. 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P.H.C. Lim, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore (Ed.) A.R. Sepulveda, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; J.P. S.J. Frucht, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, Lynch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Eds.) USA (Ed.) Men's Health Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Movement Disorder Emergencies

Men's Health is a concise, didactic compendium Gastrointestinal Diseases Diagnosis and Treatment that covers three important aspects of male sexual Updated and expanded with nine additional chap- health:- Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome; Prema- Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal ters, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis ture Ejaculation and Sexually Transmitted Infec- Diseases reviews the molecular aspects that char- and Treatment, Second Edition is an indispensable tions (STIs).The chapters that deal with Testosterone acterize the spectrum of neoplastic conditions that resource for general neurologists, specialists, fel- Deficiency Syndrome cover the epidemiology of the affect the gastrointestinal tract, providing the reader lows, and residents eager to improve their approach condition in the local context, the science behind with current up-to-date knowledge. For each dis- toward the patient with a movement disorder emer- the condition, its clinical presentation and treat- ease entity chapters provide reviews on:the molecu- gency. In this comprehensive second edition, promi- ment choices.The section on Premature Ejaculation lar basis of the individual diseasemolecular testing nent neurologists from around the world logically advises the health practitioner on how to investigate approaches currently available or in development and systematically review the major movement dis- this condition and describes the various treatment for diagnosis or for gene target characterization for order emergencies, instructing the reader on how options available to the patient.The chapters on Sex- selective targeted therapiesrecommended guide- optimally to recognize and manage these problems. ually Transmitted Infections cover special aspects of lines for clinical application of molecular tests are The authors cover a broad range of disorders, includ- the diagnosis, prevention and[...] included whenever availablemolecular testing for ing acute dystonic reactions, neuroleptic malignant hereditary predisposition or disease riskanimal mod- Features syndrome, startle syndromes, tic emergencies,[...] els and cell culture models of disease Men's Health is a concise, didactic compendium Features that covers three important aspects of male sexual Features Updated and expanded with nine additional chap- health:- Testosterone Deficiency Syndrome; Prema- Molecular Pathology of Neoplastic Gastrointestinal ters, Movement Disorder Emergencies: Diagnosis ture Ejaculation and Sexually Transmitted Infections Diseases reviews the molecular aspects that char- and Treatment, Second Edition is an indispensable (STIs).The chapters that deal with Testosterone Defi- acterize the spectrum of neoplastic conditions that resource for general neurologists, specialists, fel- ciency Syndrome cover the epidemiology of the con- affect the gastrointestinal tract, providing the reader lows, and residents eager to improve their approach dition in the local context, the science behind the with current up-to-date knowledge. For each dis- toward the patient with a movement disorder emer- condition, its clinical presentation and treatment [..] ease entity chapters provide reviews on:the molecu- gency. In this comprehensive second edition, promi- lar basis of the individual diseasemolecular testing Contents nent neurologists from around the world logically approaches currently [..] Preface.- Introduction.- Part 1: and systematically [..] Hypogonadism.- Epidemiology: Late Onset Hypogo- Contents Contents nadism – Singapore.- Pathophysiology of Late Onset Section 1. Introduction.- 1. Mechanisms of Gas- A Brief Introduction to Movement.- Acute Parkin- Hypogonadism, Risks and Benefits of Replacement trointestinal Carcinogenesis.- Section 2. Epithelial sonismParkinsonism-Hyperpyrexia Syndrome Therapy.- Testosterone Assays and their Poten- Neoplastic Disease.- 2. Targeted Therapies and Mol- in Parkinson’s Disease.- Neuroleptic Malignant tial Pitfalls.- Diagnosing and Evaluating Androgen ecular Diagnostics of Gastrointestinal Cancers.- 3. Syndrome.- Malignant Catatonia.- Psychosis and Defi ciency, Including Andropause.- Testosterone Molecular Pathology of Barrett's Metaplasia and Parkinson’s Disease.- Abductor Paresis in Shy- Preparations for Treatment of Hypogonadal Men.- Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.- 4. Molecular Pathol- Drager Disease.- Movement Disorder Emergencies Androgens, Use, Misuse and Abuse.- Testosterone ogy of Squamous Carcinomas of the Esophagus.- of ohe Upper Aerodigestive Tract.- Dystonic Storm.- Therapy, Prostate Safety and Other Safety Issues.- 5. Molecular Mechanisms and Pathology of Gastric Pseudodystonic Emergencies.- Tardive and Neu- The Role of Testosterone in the Metabolic Syndrome Carcinogenesis: Sporadic Cancers.- 6. Hereditary roleptic-Induced Emergencies.- Hemiballism-Hemi- in Men.- The Testosterone and Erectile Dysfunction Diffuse Gastric Cancer and Other Gastric Cancers chorea.- Sydenham’s chorea, PANDAS and other (or Sexual[...] Associated with Hereditary Predisposition Syn- Post-streptococcal neurological disorders.- Emergen- dromes.- 7. Cancer Predisposition Syndromes of Fields of interest cies in Huntington’s Disease.- Acute Spinal Rigidity.- the[...] Endocrinology; Urology / Andrology; Infectious Dis- Tic Emergencies.-[...] eases Fields of interest Fields of interest Pathology; Gastroenterology Target groups Neurology Professional/practitioner Target groups Target groups Professional/practitioner Type of publication Professional/practitioner Professional book Type of publication Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4765-7 Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6014-5 Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-60761-834-8 2013. 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H.W. Strauss, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, G. Amarenco, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France; A. Senéjoux, CH M. Astuto, University of Catania, Italy (Ed.) NY, USA; G. Mariani, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy; D. Rennes Saint-Grégoire, France Volterrani, University of Pisa Medical School, Italy; S.M. Larson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA Pediatric Anesthesia, Intensive (Eds.) Pathologies des toilettes Care and Pain: Standardization in Clinical Practice Nuclear Oncology Sous une forme à la fois originale et inédite, cet ouvrage aborde l'ensemble des pathlogies liées à la Pathophysiology and Clinical Applications sphère ano-périnéales avec rigueur et efficacité. This book provides a comprehensive overview of current standards of anesthesia and intensive care Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical Features in neonates and children, with a view to promoting Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering Lieux privés et intimes, les toilettes ont de tout temps standardization in clinical practice. The first part of the increasing role of radionuclide-based technolo- constitué une préoccupation pour leurs usagers et ce the book, devoted to issues in intensive care, opens gies in the management of oncologic patients, with pour de multiples raisons. Hygiène locale laissant à by considering scoring systems for the assessment of disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview désirer, pathologie urinaire ou de la défécation, der- sick children. The diagnosis, prevention, and man- of current indications and developments. Topics mites du siège en tout genre, hémorroïdes et autres agement of ventilator-associated pneumonia are then covered include instrumentation, physics, radiobi- pustules du séant peuvent en effet gâcher le quoti- discussed, and the roles of high-frequency oscilla- ology, radioguided surgery, and radionuclide ther- dien de beaucoup d’entre nous et ce de façon répétée. tory ventilation and noninvasive respiratory support apy, which is discussed with useful separate topics Impossible en effet de s’y [..] are reviewed. Further chapters address procedural describing the importance of organ function assess- sedation and analgesia in children, the progress ment after cancer therapies in the heart, lung, kidney Contents toward ‘open’ ICUs with liberal visiting policies, and and the gastro-intestinal tract. Additionally, signifi- Avant-propos.- Histoires de… chasses.- Usage des advances in long-term[...] cant aspects of cancer biology and molecular imag- toilettes chez les jeunes filles : tabous, us et cou- ing are discussed, as well as[...] tumes.- Les toilettes et la physiologie de la poussée.- Features Toilettes et soutien périnéal.- Physiologie de la défé- This book provides a comprehensive overview of Features cation.- Toilettes et organes des sens.- L’odorat, current standards of anesthesia and intensive care Nuclear Oncology: Pathophysiology and Clinical le toucher, la vision et le reste.- Dis-moi com- in neonates and children, with a view to promoting Applications is a comprehensive textbook covering ment tu pousses, je te dirai qui tu es (?).- Atteintes standardization in clinical practice. The first part of the increasing role of radionuclide-based technolo- neurologiques centrales et poussée défécatoire.- the book, devoted to issues in intensive care, opens gies in the management of oncologic patients, with Atteintes neurologiques périphériques et poussée by considering scoring systems for the assessment of disease-oriented chapters giving a detailed overview défécatoire.- Hypertonie anale, constipation et sick children. The diagnosis, prevention, and man- of current indications and developments. Topics dyschésie.- Dyschésies fonctionnelles.- Poussée et agement of ventilator-associated pneumonia [..] covered include instrumentation, physics, radiobiol- boule recto-anale.- Défécation[...] ogy, radioguided surgery, and radionuclide [..] Contents Fields of interest 1 Scoring System in the Sick Children.- 2 Diagno- Contents Proctology; Gynecology; Rehabilitation Medicine sis, Prevention and treatment of VAP in children.- 3 -The Cancer Biology of Molecular Imaging.- Radio- Modes of artificial ventilation and monitoring of res- pharmaceuticals for Single-Photon Emission Imag- Target groups piratory system in neonate and children (including ing and for Therapy.- Radiopharmaceuticals for Professional/practitioner High frequency oscillatory ventilation in ICU chil- Imaging in Oncology with Special Emphasis on dren).- 4 Noninvasive ventilation in neonates and Positron-Emitting Agents.- Physics of Nuclear Type of publication children.- 5 CRRT in neonate and children-What we Oncology.- Instrumentation.- Radiobiology and Contributed volume have learned.- 6 Pain management in neonates and Radiation Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine: Ther- More on www.springer.com/978-2-8178-0355-5 children.- 7 The ‘open’ Intensive Care Unit: the chal- apy, Diagnosis, and Considerations for Sensitive lenge continues.- 8 Long Term Home Ventilation in Populations.- Lymphomas.- Multiple Myeloma.- Softcover Children: Advances and Perspectives.- 9 Anesthesia Brain Tumors.- Head and Neck Cancer.- Thyroid 2013. Env. 280 p. and perioperative medicine in[...] and Parathyroid Tumors.- Breast Cancer.- Lung and $79.95 ISBN 978-2-8178-0355-5 Mediastinal Tumors.- Gastric Cancers.- Cancers of Fields of interest the Esophagus and Small[...] Due: février 7, 2013 Anesthesiology; Emergency Medicine; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Pediatrics; Oncology Fields of interest Nuclear Medicine; Imaging / Radiology; Oncology Target groups Professional/practitioner Target groups Professional/practitioner Type of publication Manual Type of publication Contributed volume More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2684-1 More on www.springer.com/978-0-387-48893-6 Softcover 2013. XVI, 200 p. (Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain in Hardcover Neonates and Children) 2013. XVI, 877 p. 441 illus., 309 in color. $49.95 $189.00 ISBN 978-88-470-2684-1 ISBN 978-0-387-48893-6 Due: December 28, 2012 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. 132 Medicine springer.com

M. Lima, University of Bologna, Italy (Ed.) S.E. Jacob, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA; E.M. A. Ernst, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; F.J. Herro, University Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, Herth, University of Heidelberg, Germany (Eds.) USA Pediatric Thoracic Surgery Principles and Practice of Practical Patch Testing and Interventional Pulmonology The recent widespread application of minimally Chemical Allergens in Contact invasive techniques has had a profound impact on the diagnosis and therapy of thoracic disor- Dermatitis Principles and Practice of Interventional Pul- ders, including in the pediatric age group. This monology provides a comprehensive text covering book is intended as a practical guide to the current Practical Patch Testing and Chemical Allergens in all aspects of Interventional Pulmonology. Provid- approaches in pediatric thoracic surgery. Up-to-date Contact Dermatitis covers the most relevant aller- ing both pathophysiologic background as well as information is provided on the surgical techniques gens in a concise and algorithmic fashion, with illustrated and clear instruction on how procedures employed for diagnosis and therapy in a wide range practical tips for patch testing. This book assist- ought to be performed, this text will be of great value of congenital and acquired thoracic pathologies from s practitioners and trainees with educating patients to interventional pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, the prenatal age to adolescence. Among the disorders on how to avoid their irritants and allergens to effec- surgical oncologists, and interventional radiologists. considered in detail are cystic malformations of the tively manage contact dermatitis. Clinical pearls for lung, chest wall deformities, diaphragmatic hernias, Features patch testing of certain allergens are clearly outlined esophageal anomalies, mediastinal tumors, laryngeal Principles and Practice of Interventional Pul- in this book to help providers avoid common pitfalls anomalies, and thoracic[...] monology provides a comprehensive text covering and reduce the risk of incorrect diagnoses, making all aspects of Interventional Pulmonology. Provid- it an essential reference for all involved in the treat- Features ing both pathophysiologic background as well as ment of contact dermatitis. The past two decades have witnessed a technologi- illustrated and clear instruction on how procedures cal revolution in surgery, leading to the widespread Features ought to be performed, this text will be of great value application of minimally invasive techniques. Such The field of contact dermatitis is potentially frus- to interventional pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, techniques have had a profound impact on the diag- trating given the complexity of the clinical deci- surgical oncologists, and interventional radiologists. nosis and therapy of thoracic disorders, including in sion-making process and the effect of false positives the pediatric age group. This book is intended as a Contents and negatives on patient expectations and man- practical guide to the current approaches in pediatric History of the Rigid Bronchoscope.- General Prin- agement. Practical Patch Testing and Chemical thoracic surgery. Up-to-date information [..] ciples of Endoscopic Imaging.- The Bronchoscope: Allergens in Contact Dermatitis outlines the most What’s available, determining selection and how to common allergens with practical tips for patch test- Contents properly care for the instrument.- Bronchoscopic ing in a concise and algorithmic [..] 1 Anatomical Aspects.- 2 Prenatal Diagnosis.- Procedural Unit Design for Advanced Procedures.- 3 Thorax Imaging.- 4 Anaesthesia in Thoracic Contents Quality Control Mechanism for Endoscopic Proce- Surgery.- 5 Operative approaches to the thorax.- Clinical Guide Introduction.- Clinical Guide – Top dures.- Moderate and Deep Sedation Techniques.- 6 Thoracoscopy.- 7 Diagnostic techniques of the 88 Allergens. Physiology of Fixed Airway Obstruction.- Airway Esophagus.- 8 Esophageal atresia.- 9 Esophageal Imaging.- Airway Anatomy.- Bronchoscopy Educa- malformations.- 10 Strictures of the esophagus.- 11 Fields of interest tion.- Simulation for Endoscopy Training.- Princi- Esophageal Perforation.- 12 Esophageal Replace- Dermatology; Allergology ples of Cancer Staging.- Laryngoscopy.- Assessment ment.- 13 Gatrointestinal Reflux.- 14 Achalasia.- Part of Vocal Cord Function and Voice Disorders.- Con- III.- Larinx and Trachea.- 15 Laryngoscopy, bron- Target groups ventional[...] choscopy and Tracheoscopy.- 16 Laryngeal Anom- Professional/practitioner alies.- 17 Tracheal lesions.- 18 Vascular Ring.- Part Fields of interest IV.- Diaphragm.- 19 Congenital Diaphragmatic Her- Type of publication Thoracic Surgery; Pneumology/Respiratory System; nia.- 20[...] Professional book Interventional Radiology; Surgical Oncology More on www.springer.com/978-1-4471-4584-4 Fields of interest Target groups Thoracic Surgery; Pediatric Surgery; Minimally Inva- Softcover Professional/practitioner sive Surgery 2013. X, 132 p. 31 illus., 29 in color. $39.95 Type of publication Target groups ISBN 978-1-4471-4584-4 Professional book Professional/practitioner Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-4291-2 Type of publication Hardcover Contributed volume 2013. XIV, 757 p. 612 illus., 489 in color. More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-5201-7 $189.00 ISBN 978-1-4614-4291-2 Hardcover Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. 2013. XIV, 450 p. 150 illus. in color. $209.00 ISBN 978-88-470-5201-7 Due: January 28, 2013 springer.com Medicine 133

K. Anastasiadis, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; I. Fogelman, Guy's Hospital, London, UK; G. Gnanasegaran, St. K.A. Sackheim, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY, USA P. Antonitsis, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; H. Thomas Hospital, London, UK; H. van der Wall, Concord Nuclear (Ed.) Argiriadou, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece Imaging, Concord West, NSW, Australia (Eds.) Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide Principles of Miniaturized Radionuclide and Hybrid Bone ExtraCorporeal Circulation Imaging Rehabilitation Medicine Designed in a concise, easy-to-read style for a wide From Science and Technology to Clinical Practice variety of medical occupations, the Rehab Clinical This book, written by authors with national and Pocket Guide is the ideal, handy reference for reha- Minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) sys- international reputations in the field, covers all bilitation professionals and other health providers. tems have been designed in order to reduce dramati- aspects of radionuclide and hybrid bone imaging. Divided into four sections that cover inpatient care, cally the side-effects of conventional extracorporeal Introductory sections present the basic science and clinical strategies, outpatient care, and additional circulation while serving as a safe perfusion tech- consider the current status and limitations of con- diagnostics and therapeutics, this is the first book of nique for open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary ventional radiological techniques. The underlying its kind to contain all of the relevant clinical infor- bypass. The book aims to provide an up-to-date and principles of PET-CT and SPECT-CT are carefully mation needed on the rehabilitation unit, including comprehensive overview covering practical advice explained, and the value of different PET and SPECT topics such as medication dosing, consultant recom- on how to use MECC systems for those new to the tracers, assessed. The role of single- and dual-modal- mendations, specific rehabilitation goals and treat- field as well as tips, pitfalls, results, and latest devel- ity approaches in the imaging of benign bone dis- ments, and even billing details for various diagnoses. opments. It also offers a systematic review of all pub- eases and malignancies is then discussed in detail in The Rehab Clinical Pocket Guide offers all the clin- lished studies on a variety of MECC systems. The a series of well-illustrated chapters. The pathologies ical[...] book will enable physicians to gain a better under- addressed include metabolic bone disease, arthritis, standing of these new systems as well as to under- bone and joint infections,[...] Features stand the rationale for their use in[...] Designed in a concise, easy-to-read style for a wide Features variety of medical occupations, the Rehab Clinical Features The accurate identification of pathology in the skele- Pocket Guide is the ideal, handy reference for reha- Minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) systems ton is an extremely important goal, and the great bilitation professionals and other health providers. have been designed in order to reduce dramatically strength of the radionuclide bone scan is its ability to Divided into four sections that cover inpatient care, the side-effects of conventional extracorporeal cir- identify functional change before structural change clinical strategies, outpatient care, and additional culation while serving as a safe perfusion technique occurs. Over the years, the indications for bone scan diagnostics and therapeutics, this is the first book of for open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. have evolved to include benign disorders as well as its kind to contain all [..] However, the low penetration of this technology in malignancies. Further striking developments include contemporary practice means that few surgical cen- the emergence of PET and of new tracers [..] Contents tres have accumulated sufficient experience to share Brain Injury.- Spinal Cory injury.- Neuromuscu- [..] Contents lar Rehabilitation.- Orthopedic Rehabilitation.- From the contents: Anatomy of skeletal Pediatric Rehabilitation.- Cardiac Rehabilitation.- Contents system.- Physiology of bone formation, remodel- Nutrition in Rehabilitation Medicine.- Wheel- Introduction.- Pathophysiology Of Cardiopul- ling and metabolism.- Pathophysiology of bone chair Prescription Writing.- Modalities.- Medical monary Bypass.- MECC Equipment.- Perfusion metastases.- Skeletal tracer kinetics.- Biochemical Emergencies in Rehabilitation.- Musculoskeletal Principles.- Surgical Considerations.- Anaesthetic markers in bone diseases.- Plain radiography in Medicine.- Interventional Pain Management.- Mus- Management .- Clinical Outcome: MECC Vs. 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Réanimation pédiatrique The Difficult Airway Thyroid Ultrasound and Depuis deux décennies, d’énormes progrès ont An Atlas of Tools and Techniques for Clinical Management Ultrasound-Guided FNA été faits dans la prise en charge des détresses vitales de l’enfant, depuis les premières ventila- The Difficult Airway provides a comprehensive textual and visual coverage of how to deal with tions mécaniques jusqu’aux techniques actuelles Since the first publication of Thyroid Ultrasound patients who have expected or unexpected difficult d’assistance circulatoire et d’oxygénation extra-cor- and UGFNA in 2000, ultrasound has become estab- airways. The text begins with a description of the porelle. Ces progrès ont été réalisés non seulement lished as a primary tool for diagnosing and managing incidence and importance of the difficult airway and grâce à l’amélioration technologique mais par une thyroid disease. Indeed, over the last 10 years ultra- then describes the ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm meilleure compréhension physiopathologique : ils sound has become a catalyst for bringing together created to facilitate the management of “difficult ont permis à cette spécialité reconnue et respectée endocrinologists, surgeons, radiologists, and pathol- airways.” The majority of the book features a com- d’atteindre sa pleine maturité et de voir la mortalité ogists to create a multidisciplinary approach to the prehensive step-by-step approach to the rescue tech- diminuer de moitié. La réanimation pédiatrique se management of thyroid disease which is and will niques listed as part of the ASA Algorithm. Noted différencie fondamentalement de celle de l’adulte car continue to benefit our patients. elle s’adresse à un être en développement avec des experts in each of the techniques have been recruited degrés de maturation différents[...] by the book editors to present the information. Fig- Features ures throughout the book illustrate important points Thyroid Ultrasound and Ultrasound-Guided FNA, Features and procedures. This is a wonderful[...] Third Edition, is the gold-standard, concise, user Depuis deux décennies, d’énormes progrès ont friendly resource for all clinicians who use ultra- Features été faits dans la prise en charge des détresses sound in the evaluation and management of thyroid The Difficult Airway provides comprehensive tex- vitales de l’enfant, depuis les premières ventila- disease and ancillary disease of the neck. Building tual and visual coverage of how to deal with patients tions mécaniques jusqu’aux techniques actuelles on the success of the first two editions, this version who have expected or unexpected difficult airways. d’assistance circulatoire et d’oxygénation extra-cor- again emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach and The book begins with a review of current definitions porelle. Ces progrès ont été réalisés non seulement offers all the new information regarding [..] grâce à l’amélioration technologique mais par une of the difficult airway, its incidence, and the evolu- meilleure compréhension physiopathologique : ils tion of algorithms to facilitate its management. The Contents ont permis à cette [..] chapters that follow offer a comprehensive update on Foreword.- Preface.- History of Thyroid Ultra- the techniques and [..] sound.- Thyroid Ultrasound Physics.- Doppler Contents Ultrasound of the Neck.- Normal Neck Anatomy Contents Dédicaces.- Préface.- La réanimation pédiatrique en and Method of Performing Ultrasound Examina- 1.The Difficult Airway: Definitions and Algorithms.- France et dans le monde : aspects épidémiologiques, tion.- Pediatric Ultrasound of the Neck.- Ultrasound 2.The Expected Difficult Airway.- 3.The Role of organisationnels, règlementaires et économiques.- of Diffuse Thyroid Enlargement - Thyroiditis.-Ultra- Awake Intubation.- 4.Unanticipated Difficult Direct Choc hémorragique et stratégie transfusionnelle.- sound of Nodular Thyroid Enlargement.- Ultra- Laryngoscopy: Methods to Improve Its Success.- Choc septique.- Choc cardiogénique.- Monitor- sound and Mapping of Neck Lymph Nodes.- 5.The Role of Rigid Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy.- 6.Role age hémodynamique.- Insuffisance rénale et tech- Ultrasound of the Parathyroid Glands Devaprabu of Rigid Video Laryngoscopy.- 7.The Role of the niques d’épuration extra-rénale.- SDRA.- Pathologie Abraham.- Surgical Trends in Treatment of Thy- Supraglottic Airway.- 8.The Role of Flexible Bron- intracrânienne aiguë et hypertension intracrâni- roid Nodules, Thyroid Cancer and Parathyroid Dis- choscopy.- 9.The Role of Optical Stylets.- 10.The enne.- Polytraumatisme.- Péritonite et syndrome ease.- Ultrasound of Salivary Glands and the Non- Role of the Lightwand.- 11.Role of retrograde intuba- du compartiment abdominal.- Sédation-analgésie.- Endocrine Neck.- Ultrasound-Guided[...] Arrêt cardiaque.- Mort cérébrale et don d’organes.- tion.- 12.The Role of the Combitube and Laryngeal Infections nosocomiales.- Perfusion de l’enfant.-[...] Tube.- 13.The Role of Transtracheal Jet Ventilation.- Fields of interest 14.The Role of Surgical Airway[...] Endocrinology; Diagnostic Radiology; Ultrasound; Fields of interest Oncology; Otorhinolaryngology; Internal Medicine Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Pediatrics; Pain Fields of interest Medicine; Transplant Surgery; Theory of Medicine / Anesthesiology; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine; Target groups Bioethics; Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine Professional/practitioner

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S. Krist, Universität Wien J.R. Garrett, California State University, Sacramento, CA, USA; F. Ecology, Evolution and Ethics Jotterand, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; D.C. Ralston, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA (Eds.) The Virtuous Epistemic Circle Lexikon der pflanzlichen Fette und Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first Öle The Development of Bioethics in glance, three different objects of research, three the United States different worldviews and three different scientific Das „Lexikon der pflanzlichen Fette und Öle“ communities. In reality, there are both structural beschreibt in seiner erweiterten Neuauflage 124 and historical links between these disciplines. First, fette Pflanzenöle, pflanzliche Fette und Wachse. In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from some topics are obviously common across the board. Neben gängigen Ölen werden auch weniger a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expand- Second, the emerging need for environmental policy bekannte, wie z.B. Amaranth-, Chia-, Kaktus- ing, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice. management has gradually but radically changed the feigen- oder Quinoaöl, behandelt. Besonderes Its influence can be found not only in our intellec- relationship between these disciplines. Over the last Augenmerk gilt den Stammpflanzen, der Gewin- tual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost decades in particular, there has emerged a need for nung sowie den Inhaltsstoffen inklusive den every facet of our social, cultural, and political life. an interconnecting meta-paradigm that integrates ernährungsphysiologisch relevanten Angaben zu This volume maps the remarkable development more strictly evolutionary studies, biodiversity stud- Fettsäuremustern, Sterol- und Tocopherolgehalten. of bioethics in American culture, uncovering the ies and the ethical frameworks that are most appro- Anwendungsmöglichkeiten in Pharmazie, Medizin, important historical factors that brought it into exis- priate for allowing a[...] Kosmetik und Technik wie auch mögliche unerwün- tence, analyzing its cultural, philosophical, and pro- Features schte Wirkungen werden diskutiert. Das eingehend fessional dimensions, and surveying its potential Evolutionary biology, ecology and ethics: at first recherchierte Nachschlagewerk umfaßt nebst detail- future trajectories. Bringing together a collection glance, three different objects of research, three lierten Beschreibungen auch die neuesten[...] of original essays by seminal figures in the fields of medical ethics and[...] different worldviews and three different scientific Features communities. In reality, there are both structural Das „Lexikon der pflanzlichen Fette und Öle“ Features and historical links between these disciplines. First, beschreibt in seiner erweiterten Neuauflage 124 In only four decades, bioethics has transformed from some topics are obviously common across the board. fette Pflanzenöle, pflanzliche Fette und Wachse. a fledgling field into a complex, rapidly expand- Second, the emerging need for environmental policy Neben gängigen Ölen werden auch weniger bekan- ing, multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice. management has gradually but radically changed [..] nte, wie z.B. Amaranth-, Chia-, Kaktusfeigen- oder Its influence can be found not only in our intellec- Contents Quinoaöl, behandelt. Besonderes Augenmerk gilt tual and biomedical institutions, but also in almost List of Figures.- List of den Stammpflanzen, der Gewinnung sowie den every facet of our social, cultural, and political life. Contributors.- Acknowledgements.- 1 Ecology, Evo- Inhaltsstoffen inklusive den ernährungsphysiolo- This volume maps the remarkable development of lution, Ethics: In Search of a Meta-Paradigm - An gisch relevanten Angaben zu [..] bioethics in American culture, uncovering the [..] Introduction; Donato Bergandi.- 2 Evolution Ver- Contents Contents sus Creation: A Sibling Rivalry?; Michael Ruse.- 3 Pflanzliche Fette und Öle.- Farbabbildungen.- Verze- Introduction.- 1. Jeremy R. Garrett, Fabrice Jot- Evolution and Chance; Jean Gayon.- 4 Some Con- ichnis der Abkürzungen.- Literaturverzeichnis.- terand, and D. Christopher Ralston – “The Devel- ceptions of Time in Ecology; Jean-Marc Drouin.- 5 Bildnachweis. opment of Bioethics in the United States: An Facts, Values, and Analogies: A Darwinian Approach Introduction”.- Part I: The Birth of Bioethics: His- to Environmental Choice; Bryan G. Norton.- 6 Fields of interest torical Analysis.- 2. Eric J. Cassell – “The Begin- Towards EcoEvoEthics; Patrick Blandin.- 7 Ecology Pharmacy; Nutrition; Food Science nings of Bioethics”.- 3. Howard Brody – “Teaching and Moral Ontology; John Baird Callicott.- 8 Ani- at the University of Texas Medical Branch, 1971-74: mal Rights and Environmental Ethics; Tom Regan.- Target groups Humanities, Ethics, or Both?”.- 4. John Collins 9 Reconciling Individualist and[...] Professional/practitioner Harvey – “André Hellegers, the Kennedy Institute, and the Development of Bioethics: The Ameri- Fields of interest Type of publication can-European Connection”.- 5. H.T. Engelhardt, Jr. Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Biology; Ethics Monograph – “Bioethics as a Liberal Catholic Heresy: Critical[...] Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-3-7091-1004-1 Fields of interest Research Hardcover Philosophy of Medicine; Theory of Medicine / 2013. XXXIV, 879 S. 83 Abb. in Farbe. 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Physics A. Macchi, University of Pisa, Italy M.C. March, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK A Superintense Laser-Plasma Advanced Statistical Methods for

H.M. Matevosyan, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia; A.W. Interaction Theory Primer Astrophysical Probes of Cosmology Thomas, University of Adelaide, SA, Australia (Eds.) The continuous trend towards higher and higher This thesis explores advanced Bayesian statistical 8th Circum-Pan-Pacific Symposium laser intensities has opened the way to new physical methods for extracting key information for cos- on High Energy Spin Physics: regimes and advanced applications of laser-plasma mological model selection, parameter inference interactions, thus stimulating novel connections and forecasting from astrophysical observations. PacSPIN2011 with ultrafast optics, astrophysics, particle physics, Bayesian model selection provides a measure of and biomedical applications. This book is primar- how good models in a set are relative to each other ily oriented towards students and young researchers - but what if the best model is missing and not This conference proceedings would be of interest who need to acquire rapidly a basic knowledge of included in the set? Bayesian Doubt is an approach to academic staff and graduate students involved in this active and rapidly changing research field. To which addresses this problem and seeks to deliver research in Hadronic, Nuclear and High Energy The- this aim, the presentation is focused on a selection of an absolute rather than a relative measure of how oretical and Experimental Physics. Far from being basic models and inspiring examples, and includes good a model is. Supernovae type Ia were the first elementary, the proton is composed of more fun- topics which emerged recently such as ion accelera- astrophysical observations to indicate the late time damental quarks and gluons, with QCD believed tion, "relativistic engineering" and radiation friction. acceleration of the Universe - this work presents a to be the fundamental theory of the strong force The contents are[...] detailed Bayesian Hierarchical Model to[...] which binds them. One of the most topical tests of QCD is whether it can explain the origin of the Features Features spin of the proton. This meeting served to bring The continuous trend towards higher and higher This thesis explores advanced Bayesian statistical together experts in this area from around the world laser intensities has opened the way to new physical methods for extracting key information for cosmo- to exchange their latest ideas. regimes and advanced applications of laser-plasma logical model selection, parameter inference and interactions, thus stimulating novel connections with forecasting from astrophysical observations.Bayesian Features ultrafast optics, astrophysics, particle physics, and model selection provides a measure of how good This conference proceedings would be of interest biomedical applications. This book is primarily ori- models in a set are relative to each other - but what if to academic staff and graduate students involved in ented towards students and young researchers who the best model is missing and not included in the set? research in Hadronic, Nuclear and High Energy The- need to acquire rapidly a basic knowledge of this [..] Bayesian Doubt is an approach which [..] oretical and Experimental Physics. Far from being elementary, the proton is composed of more funda- Contents Contents mental quarks and gluons, with QCD believed to be 1. Introduction.- 2. From one to many electrons.- 3. Introduction.- Cosmology background.- Dark the fundamental theory of the strong force which Relativistic nonlinear waves in plasmas.- 4. Electron energy and apparent late time acceleration.- Super- binds them. One of the most topical tests of QCD is acceleration.- 6. Photon acceleration and relativistic novae Ia.- Statistical techniques.- Bayesian Doubt: whether it [..] engineering. 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J.G. Weisend II, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA V.A. Smirnov, Moscow State University, Russia W.J. Maciel, Cidade Universitaria, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ed.) Analytic Tools for Feynman Astrophysics of the Interstellar Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Integrals Medium Transactions of the Cryogenic

Engineering Conference - CEC The goal of this book is to describe the most pow- The space between the stars contains a large diver- erful methods for evaluating multiloop Feynman sity of objects in which physical processes occur that This conference is the principal North American integrals that are currently used in practice. This are fundamental to the structure and evolution of Conference on cryogenic engineering. It is attended book supersedes the author’s previous Springer book galaxies. This book offers the reader a basic knowl- by scientists and engineers from all over the world. “Evaluating Feynman Integrals” and its textbook ver- edge of these processes and presents simple numeric The papers published here have been fully refer- sion “Feynman Integral Calculus.” Since the publi- estimates of the main quantities relevant to the inter- eed and cover all aspects of cryogenic engineering cation of these two books, powerful new methods stellar medium. The main objects that constitute including: refrigeration, superconductivity, cryocool- have arisen and conventional methods have been the interstellar space are described, but the empha- ers, air liquefaction, heat and mass transfer, insula- improved on in essential ways. A further qualita- sis of the book lies in the physical processes occur- tion systems, cryostat design and space cryogenics. tive change is the fact that most of the methods and ring in these objects, which may also occur in other the corresponding algorithms have now been imple- astrophysical environments. The book is directed tor Features mented in computer codes which are often public.In graduate as well as advanced undergraduate students This conference is the principal North American comparison to the two previous books, three new of physics and astrophysics. Conference on cryogenic engineering. It is attended chapters have been added: One is on sector[...] by scientists and engineers from all over the world. Features The papers published here have been fully refer- Features The space between the stars includes a large variety eed and cover all aspects of cryogenic engineering The goal of this book is to describe the most pow- of objects, where physical processes occur that are including: refrigeration, superconductivity, cryocool- erful methods for evaluating multiloop Feynman fundamental for the structure and evolution of galax- ers, air liquefaction, heat and mass transfer, insula- integrals that are currently used in practice. This ies. This book gives the reader some basic knowledge tion systems, cryostat design and space [..] book supersedes the author’s previous Springer book of these processes and at the same time, presents esti- “Evaluating Feynman Integrals” and its textbook ver- mates of the main quantities relevant to the study of Contents sion “Feynman Integral Calculus.” Since the publi- the interstellar medium. The book could be used as From the Contents: 100 Years Superconducting cation of these two books, powerful new methods an introductory course on the [..] Materials, Machines, and Cryogenics.- Thermal have arisen and conventional methods have been Insulation Systems—I.- Large Scale Systems—I.- improved on in [..] Fields of interest Aerospace Cryocoolers.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers— Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astro- I.- Helium II Properties and Systems.- Cryogenic Contents physics and Astroparticles; Extraterrestrial Physics, Power Cables.- Thermal and Fluid Management for Introduction.- Feynman Integrals: Basic Defini- Space Sciences Aerospace.- AMR and Thermoacoustic Coolers.- tions and Tools.-Evaluating by Alpha and Feynman Target groups Hydrogen and Propellant Systems.- Heat Transfer Parameters.- Sector Decompositions.- Evaluating Upper undergraduate Systems.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers—II.- Cables and by Mellin-Barnes Representation.- Integration by Current Leads.- Pulse Tube Cryocoolers—IV.- Heat Parts and Reduction to Master Integrals.- Evaluation by Differential Equations.- Evaluating Master Inte- Type of publication Transfer—III.- SRF—II.- Cooler Components and Monograph Reliability.- Novel Concepts and Industry Applica- grals by Dimensional Recurrence and Analyticity.- tions.- Compressors.-[...] Asymptotic Expansions in Momenta and Masses.- More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-3766-6 Tables.- Some Special Functions- Summation For- Hardcover mulae.- Table of MB Integrals.- A Brief Review of Fields of interest 2013. 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L. Kocarev, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, A.H. Siddiqi, Gautam Buddha University, Gautuma Budh Nagar, U.W. Pohl, TU Berlin, Germany Macedonia (Ed.) India (Ed.) Epitaxy of Semiconductors Consensus and Synchronization in Emerging Applications of Wavelet Complex Networks Methods: Introduction to Physical Principles Introduction to Epitaxy provides the essential infor- 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathe- mation for a comprehensive upper-level graduate In this book for the first time two scientific fields - matics-Thematic Minisymposia course treating the crystalline growth of semicon- consensus formation and synchronization of com- ductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy represents munications - are presented together and examined The volume is based on the deliberations of three the basis of advanced electronic and optoelectronic through their interrelational aspects, of rapidly grow- thematic minisymposia (MS369, MS425 MS483) devices today and is considered one of the top fields ing importance. Both fields have indeed attracted identified by the scientific programme committee in materials research. The book covers the structural enormous research interest especially in relation of International congress of Industrial and applied and electronic properties of strained epitaxial layers, to complex networks. In networks of dynamic mathematics-2011 held at Vancouver, BC, Canada the thermodynamics and kinetics of layer growth, systems (or agents), consensus means to reach an during 18-22, July 2011. This congress is organized and the description of the major growth techniques agreement regarding a certain quantity of interest at an interval of four years by the International coun- metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy, molecular beam that depends on the state of all dynamical systems cil of Industrial and applied mathematics( ICIAM) epitaxy and liquid phase epitaxy. Cubic semiconduc- (agents). Consensus problems have a long history IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE world so far seven tors, strain relaxation by misfit dislocations, strain in control theory and computer sciences, and form congresses have been organized at Paris(1987), and confinement effects[...] the foundation of the field of distributed computing. Washington DC (1991), Hamburg(1995), Edinburg Synchronization, which defines[...] (1999), Sydney(2003), Zurich(2007) and Vancou- ver(2011). The next congress is scheduled in Beijing, Features Introduction to Epitaxy provides the essential infor- Features August 2015. ICIAM comprises currently represen- mation for a comprehensive upper-level graduate Synchronization in complex networks is one of the tatives of[...] course treating the crystalline growth of semicon- most captivating cooperative phenomena in nature ductor heterostructures. Heteroepitaxy represents and has been shown to be of fundamental impor- Features the basis of advanced electronic and optoelectronic tance in such varied circumstances as the continued The volume is based on the deliberations of three devices today and is considered one of the top fields existence of species, the functioning of heart pace- thematic minisymposia (MS369, MS425 MS483) in materials research. The book covers the structural maker cells, epileptic seizures, neuronal firing in the identified by the scientific programme committee and electronic properties of strained epitaxial [..] feline visual cortex and cognitive tasks in humans. of International congress of Industrial and applied mathematics-2011 held at Vancouver, BC, Canada E.g. coupled visual and acoustic interactions make Contents [..] during 18-22, July 2011. This congress is organized at an interval of four years by the International coun- Epitaxy.- Structural Properties of Heterostructures.- Electronic Properties of Heterostructures.- Ther- Contents cil of Industrial and applied mathematics( ICIAM) modynamics of Epitaxial Layer-Growth.- Atomistic Consensus theory in networked systems.- Con- IN DIFFERENT [..] Aspects of Epitaxial Layer Growth.- Doping, Diffu- trol of Networks of Coupled Dynamical Systems.- sion, and Contacts.- Methods of Epitaxy. 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Z.N. Soroko, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Peters- Z.N. Soroko, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, St. Peters- M. Unemura, University of Tsukuba, Japan; K. Omukai, Kyoto Uni- burg, Russia; S.I. Sukhoruchkin, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics burg, Russia; S.I. Sukhoruchkin, St. Petersburg Nuclear Physics versity, Japan (Eds.) Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia; H. Schopper (Ed.) Inst., St. Petersburg, Russia; H. Schopper, CERN, Geneva, Switzer- land (Ed.) First Stars IV from Hayashi to the Excited Nuclear States - Nuclei with Future Z = 74-103 Excited Nuclear States - Nuclei with Z=48-60 The First Stars IV meeting was aimed at discussing Volume I/25E is the last one in a series of volumes star formation through cosmic time and the impacts on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Volume I/25C is the third one in a series of volumes of first stars on galaxy formation, first explosions, The data presented are collected from all kinds of on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. cosmic reionization, and formation of massive black nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- The data presented are collected from all kinds of holes. This meeting was held partially as a memor- tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- ial conference for Professor Hayashi (1920-2010), in ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- honor of his invaluable contributions to the study of also comprise nuclei far from the stability line. The ered in previous compilations. The nuclei considered star formation and cosmology. properties of excited nuclear states are of importance also comprise nuclei far from the stability line.The for scientific and practical applications. No system- properties of excited nuclear states are of importance Features atic compilation of such data has been performed so for scientific and practical applications. No system- The First Stars IV meeting was aimed at discussing far. The present compilation has been prepared by atic compilation of such data has been performed so star formation through cosmic time and the impacts eminent experts in the field. One of the characteris- far. The present compilation has been prepared by of first stars on galaxy formation, first explosions, tics of Landolt-Börnstein is that data are evaluated eminent experts in the field. One of the characteris- cosmic reionization, and formation of massive black before they[...] tics of Landolt-Börnstein is that data are evaluated holes. This meeting was held partially as a memor- before they[...] ial conference for Professor Hayashi (1920-2010), in Features honor of his invaluable contributions to the study of Volume I/25E is the last one in a series of volumes Features star formation and cosmology. on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Volume I/25C is the third one in a series of volumes The data presented are collected from all kinds of on the properties of the excited states of all nuclei. Contents nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- The data presented are collected from all kinds of Development of Star Formation Theory from the tions with neutrons and γ-rays not yet fully consid- nuclear reactions, including measurements of reac- Hayashi Era.- Formation of Pop III Stars.- Pop III to ered in previous compilations. 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V.V. Uchaikin, Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia R.D. Holder, St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK; S. Mitton, St. S. Chadwick, Foxton, New Zealand; I. Cooper, Glen Orua, New Edmund's College, Cambridge, UK (Eds.) Zealand Fractional Derivatives for Physicists and Engineers Georges Lemaître: Life, Science and Imaging the Southern Sky Legacy An Amateur Astronomer's Guide Volume I Background and Theory Volume II Applications This book is not about imaging from the southern The first derivative of a particle coordinate means its The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of hemisphere, but rather about imaging those areas of velocity, the second means its acceleration, but what Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the uni- the sky that lie south of the celestial equator. Many of does a fractional order derivative mean? Where does verse, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang the- the astronomical objects presented are also accessi- it come from, how does it work, where does it lead ory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the ble to northern hemisphere imagers, including those to? The two-volume book written on high didac- Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a in both the USA and Europe. Imaging the Southern tic level answers these questions. Fractional Deriva- volume of essays on the life, work and faith of this Sky discusses over 150 of the best southern objects to tives for Physicists and Engineers— The first volume great cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic image, including nebulae, galaxies, and planetaries, contains a clear introduction into such a modern priest. The papers presented in this book examine in each one accompanied by a spectacular color image. branch of analysis as the fractional calculus. The sec- detail the historical, cosmological, philosophical and This book also includes sections on both image cap- ond develops a wide panorama of applications of the theological issues surrounding the development of turing and processing techniques and so makes an fractional calculus to various physical problems. This the Big Bang theory from its beginnings in the pio- ideal all-in-one introduction. Furthermore, because book recovers new perspectives in front of the reader neering work of Lemaître through to the modern it contains an in-depth study of how to capture all dealing with turbulence and semiconductors, plasma day.This book offers the best account in English of the objects, many of[...] and[...] Lemaître’s life and work. It will be[...] Features Features Features "If you're looking for a handy reference guide to The first derivative of a particle coordinate means its The year 2011 marked the 80th anniversary of help you image and explore the many splendors of velocity, the second means its acceleration, but what Georges Lemaître’s primeval atom model of the uni- the southern sky, Imaging the Southern Sky is the does a fractional order derivative mean? Where does verse, forerunner of the modern day Big Bang the- book for you. The work features not only stunning it come from, how does it work, where does it lead ory. Prompted by this momentous anniversary the color images, all taken by Stephen Chadwick, of to? The two-volume book written on high didactic Royal Astronomical Society decided to publish a vol- the best galaxies, nebulae, and clusters available to level answers these questions. Fractional Derivatives ume of essays on the life, work and faith of this great astrophotographers, but also lesser-known objects, for Physicists and Engineers— The first volume con- cosmologist, who was also a Roman Catholic priest. some of which have gone largely [..] tains a clear introduction into such a [..] The papers presented in this book examine in detail the [..] Contents Contents Foreword by Sir Patrick Moore.- Acknowledg- Physical Basics.- Fractional Derivatives.- Fractional Contents ments.- Preface.- Section I: The Objects of the South- Equations.- Applications.- Mechanics.- Kinetics.- Georges Lemaître: A brief introduction to his ern Skies.- Chapter 1: The Hunter and his Dog Electrodynamics.- Atomic Physics.- Space Physics. science, his theology, and his impact.- Georges (Canis Major, Eridanus, Lepus, Orion).- Chapter 2: Lemaître: the Priest who Invented the Big Bang.- Vast Explosive Remnants (Vela).- Chapter 3: The Fields of interest “The wildest speculation of all”: Lemaître and the Ship of Srgo (Carina, Centaurus, Puppis, Vela).- Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational primeval-atom universe.- Lemaître and Hoyle: Chapter 4: On the Serpent's Back (Antila, Centau- Physics; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Contrasting Characters in Science and Religion.- rus, Corvus, Hydra, Virgo).- Chapter 5: The Emu Analysis; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Com- Lemaître, the Big Bang and the Quantum Uni- (Ara, Centaurus, Circinus, Crux, Lupus, Musca, puter Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences verse.- Lemaître: Science and Religion.- Aquinas Norma, Scorpius, Triangulum Australe).- Chapter and Contemporary Cosmology: Creation and 6: The Heart of the Galaxy (Corona Australis, Ophi- Target groups Beginnings.- Georges Lemaître and Stigler's Law uchus, Sagittarius, Scorpius).- Chapter 7: The Deep Research of Eponymy.- Building on the Legacy of Georges South[...] Lemaître in Contemporary Cosmology.- Multiple Type of publication Reasons for a Multiverse.-[...] Monograph Fields of interest Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Popular Fields of interest More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33910-3 Science in Astronomy Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; History Hardcover and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 2012. 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N.K. Sahoo, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; D. K. Basar, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia; S. Viridi, W. Demtröder, Universität Kaiserslautern Udupa, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India; D. Bhat- Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia (Eds.) tacharyya, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India (Eds.) Laserspektroskopie 2 International Conference on Physics India Vacuum Society Symposium and its Applications Experimentelle Techniken on thin Films: Science & Technology Die Laserspektroskopie gewinnt immer größere Bedeutung bei der Untersuchung von Atomen und International Conference on Physics and Its Applica- Molekülen. W. Demtröder stellt jetzt die Neuau- Thin Films for Tribological Applications. The arti- tions (ICPAP 2011) is aimed at providing the much flage seines Lehrbuchs vor, das die Brücke schlägt cles in the proceedings are recent research findings needed forum of scientific communication and inter- zwischen den klassischen Werken über Optik und in these various branches of Thinfilms, in the form of action among distinguished scientists working in Spektroskopie und den modernen Beiträgen zur 98 short papers by the research workers in the field the field of physics and related fields. The topics Laserspektroskopie. Er erläutert die verschiedenen from various universities and research institutes in delivered in this conference cover: Theoretical High Techniken, die instrumentelle Ausrüstung und die India. Energy Physics, Material Science and Technology, Bedeutung der Laserspektroskopie für ein detail- Biophysics and Medical Physics, Nuclear Science and liertes Verständnis der Struktur und Dynamik von Features Engineering, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Compu- Atomen und Molekülen und illustriert sie anhand Thin Films for Tribological Applications. The arti- tational Physics, Instrumentation and Measurement, konkreter Beispiele. Band 1 der Laserspektroskopie cles in the proceedings are recent research findings Physics Educations. in these various branches of Thinfilms, in the form of behandelt die Grundlagen der Spektroskopie und die 98 short papers by the research workers in the field Features experimentellen Hilfsmittel des Spektroskopikers, from various universities and research institutes in International Conference on Physics and Its Applica- Band 2 widmet[...] India. tions (ICPAP 2011) is aimed at providing the much Features needed forum of scientific communication and inter- Die Laserspektroskopie gewinnt immer größere Contents action among distinguished scientists working in Bedeutung bei der Untersuchung von Atomen und From the Contents: Probing spectroscopic like infor- the field of physics and related fields. The topics Molekülen. W. Demtröder stellt jetzt die Neuau- mation using resonant scattering.- Au-nanoparti- delivered in this conference cover: Theoretical High flage seines Lehrbuchs vor, das die Brücke schlägt cles-decorated MWCNTs demonstrating enhanced Energy Physics, Material Science and Technology, zwischen den klassischen Werken über Optik und fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy.- Compari- Biophysics and Medical Physics, Nuclear Science and Spektroskopie und den modernen Beiträgen zur son of magnetization and magnetoresistance in Co/ [..] Cu multilayers.- Effect of ferrite layer thickness on Laserspektroskopie. Er erläutert die verschiedenen the magnetic properties of SnO2/Cu-Zn ferrite mul- Contents Techniken, die instrumentelle Ausrüstung und die tilayer.- Laser induced damage threshold studies of From the Contents: Invited Papers.- Astrophysics Bedeutung der [..] HfO2-SiO2 composite thin films.- Development of and High Energy Physics.- Nuclear Physics and Contents W/C soft x-ray multilayer mirror by ion beam sput- Applications.- The assessment of consistency using Doppler-begrenzte Absorptions- und Fluo- tering (IBS) system for below 50Å wavelength. penetrometer and apparent diffusion coefficient reszenz-Spektroskopie mit Lasern.- Nichtlineare (ADC) value using diffusion weighted magnetic res- Spektroskopie.- Laser Raman-Spektroskopie.- Fields of interest onance imaging (DW-MRI) from polyvinyl alcohol Laserspektroskopie in Molekularstrahlen.- Optis- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Nanoscale (PVA) formed by freezing-thawing cycle.- Determi- ches Pumpen und Doppelresonanz-Verfahren.- Science and Technology; Condensed Matter Physics nation of Cu, Zn and Pb in scalp hair from a selected Zeitaufgelöste Laserspektroskopie.- Kohärente Spek- population in Penang using the XRF method.- Com- Target groups troskopie.- Laserspektroskopie von Stoßprozessen.- putational Methods in Physics.- Inverse scattering Research Neuere Entwicklungen in der Laserspektroskopie.- pre-stack depth imaging and it's comparison to some Anwendungen der Laserspektroskopie.- Literatur. 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A. Avella, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy; F. A. Avella, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy; F. Mancini, Univer- S. Benkadda, CNRS - University of Aix-Marseille, France; N. Mancini, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Eds.) sity of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy (Eds.) Dubuit, CNRS - University of Aix-Marseille, France; Z. Guimarães- Filho, University of São Paulo, Brazil (Eds.) Lectures On The Physics Of Strongly Lectures on the Physics of Strongly Correlated Systems XV Correlated Systems XVI: MHD and Energetic Particles 5th Iter International Summer School Fifteenth Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Correlated Sixteenth Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Corre- Systems lated Systems This school aims at preparing young researchers to tackle the current and anticipated challenges at The volume contains the lectures delivered at the The volume contains the lectures delivered at the magnetic fusion devices, and spreading the global “XV Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Cor- “XVI Training Course in the Physics of Strongly knowledge required for a timely and competent related Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno) Correlated Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare exploitation of the ITER physics potential. The Italy, in October 2010. The project of the meeting (Salerno) Italy, in October 2011. The project of the 5th edition is an overview of MHD interacting was to promote the formation of young scientists meeting was to promote the formation of young sci- with energetic particles issues, with regard to ITER by means of training through research. These fea- entists by means of training through research. These project. tures are reflected in the book: the lectures are up-to- features are reflected in the book: the lectures are up- date monographies of relevant subjects in the field of to-date monographies of relevant subjects in the field Features Condensed Matter Physics. Contributions include: of Condensed Matter Physics. 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The volume contains the lectures delivered at the The volume contains the lectures delivered at the “XV Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Cor- “XVI Training Course in the Physics of Strongly Contents related Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno) Correlated Systems”, held in Vietri sul Mare Foreword: MHD and Energetic Particles.- Excita- Italy, in October 2010. The project of the meeting (Salerno) Italy, in October 2011. The project of the tion of Alfvén modes by energetic particles in mag- was to promote the formation of young scientists by meeting was to promote the formation of young sci- netic fusion.- Transport of fast particles in turbulent means of training through research. These features entists by means of training through research. These fields.- Overview of nonlinear kinetic instabilities.- are reflected in the book: the lectures are up-to-date features are reflected in the book: the lectures are up- Extension of conventional MHD equilibrium the- monographies of relevant subjects in the field [..] to-date monographies of relevant subjects in the field ory to model the fast particle effects.- Mode particle of [..] resonance in toroidal fusion devices.- Elementary Fields of interest processes underlying alpha channeling in tokamaks.- Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity; Contents Fast particle effects and microturbulence: Stability, Solid State Physics; Electronic Circuits and Devices; From the Contents: The Physics of Heavy Fermi- transport and size scaling.- Energetic-particle-driven Condensed Matter Physics ons.- Simulations with Matrix Product States.- The global instabilities in helical plasmas and comparison Solid State as a Fabric for Intertwining Chemical with tokamak[...] Target groups Bonding, Electronic Structure and Magnetism.- Sta- Research tistically-Consistent Mean-Field Approach to t-J- Fields of interest U Model:Antiferromagnetism Versus Supercon- Plasma Physics Type of publication ductivity.- Majorana Fermions & Spin Representa- Proceedings tions.- BCS-BEC Crossover in Two Dimensions: A Target groups More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0996-5 Quantum Monte Carlo Study.- Functional Renor- Research malization Group Study of a Dipolar Spin Chain in a Softcover Transverse Magnetic Field. 2012. 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E. Burzo, University Babes-Bolyai,Cluj-Napoca, Romania; H.P.J. E. Burzo, H.P.J. Wijn (Ed.) I.A. Parinov, Southern Federal University, Russia Wijn (Ed.) Magnetic Properties of Microstructure and Properties Magnetic Properties of Tectosilicates, Part γ of High-Temperature Tectosilicates, Part β Superconductors The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes The main features of high-temperature supercon- are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) ductors (HTSC) that define their properties are 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, intrinsic brittleness of oxide cuprates, the layered deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the anisotropic structure and the supershort coher- inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. ence length. Taking into account these features, this present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α, ß treatise presents research into HTSC microstruc- Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α,ß and and γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated to ture and properties, and also explores the possibil- γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated to phos- phosphates. – Silicates are very complex systems, ities of optimization of the preparation techniques phates. – Silicates are very complex systems, covering covering large classes of minerals as well as synthetic and superconducting compositions. The "com- large classes of minerals as well as synthetic sam- samples. Their crystal structure is discussed and position-technique-experiment-theory-model," ples. Their crystal structure is discussed and atomic atomic positions are given. In addition to magnetic employed here, assumes considerable HTSC defec- positions are given. In addition to magnetic proper- properties, results of neutron diffraction studies, tiveness and structure heterogeneity and helps to ties, results of neutron diffraction studies, nuclear nuclear gamma[...] draw a comprehensive picture of modern repre- gamma[...] Features sentations of the microstructure, strength and the Features The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates related[...] The magnetic properties of silicates and phosphates are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes Features are compiled in subvolume 27I. While subvolumes 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) The main features of high-temperature supercon- 27I1, 27I2, 27I3, 27I4, and 27I5 (already published) deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, ductors (HTSC) that define their properties are deal with orthosilicates, sorosilicates, cyclosilicates, inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the intrinsic brittleness of oxide cuprates, the layered inosilicates, and phyllosilicates, respectively, the present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. anisotropic structure and the supershort coherence present subvolume 27I6 deals with tectosilicates. Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α, ß length. Taking into account these features, this trea- Subvolume 27I6 has been split in three parts α,ß and and γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated [..] tise presents research into HTSC microstructure and γ. Further subvolumes will be dedicated to [..] Fields of interest properties, and also explores the possibilities of opti- Fields of interest Physics (general) mization of the preparation techniques and [..] Physics (general); Magnetism, Magnetic Materials Target groups Contents Target groups Research Superconductors and Superconductivity: Gen- Research eral Issues.- High-Temperature Superconductors: Type of publication Overview.- Composition Features and HTSC Prepa- Type of publication Reference work ration Techniques.- Experimental Investigations of Reference work HTSC.- Carbon Problem.- General Aspects of HTSC More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-30611-2 Modeling.- Modeling of BSCCO Systems and Com- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32074-3 Hardcover posites.- Modeling of YBCO Oxide Superconduc- Hardcover 2013. Approx. 500 p. (Condensed Matter, Vol. 27I6) tors.- Modeling Conductive and Elastic Properties of 2013. 322 p. (Condensed Matter, Vol. 27I6) approx. $3,769.00 Superconductive Composites.- Computer Simulation approx. $4,449.00 ISBN 978-3-642-30611-2 of HTSC Microstructure and Toughening Mecha- ISBN 978-3-642-32074-3 Due: January 15, 2013 nisms.- Mechanical Destructions of HTSC Josephson Due: February 4, 2013 Junctions and Composites.- Modeling of Electro- magnetic and Superconducting[...]

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Y. Kakehashi, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan D. Burgess, Queen Mary University of London, UK; J. Drake, Uni- B. Aktas, Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey; F. Mikailzade, versity of Maryland, College Park, MD USA; E. Marsch, Christian Gebze Institute of Technology, Turkey (Eds.) Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany; R. von Steiger, International Modern Theory of Magnetism in Space Science Institute, Bern, Switzerland; M. Velli, NASA Jet Metals and Alloys Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA; Th. Zurbuchen, Uni- Nanostructured Materials for versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Eds.) Magnetoelectronics This book describes theoretical aspects of the metal- Multi-Scale Physics in Coronal lic magnetism from metals to disordered alloys to This book provides an up-to-date review of nanome- amorphous alloys both at the ground state and at Heating and Solar Wind ter-scale magnetism and focuses on the investigation finite temperatures. The book gives an introduction Acceleration of the basic properties of magnetic nanostructures. to the metallic magnetism, and treats effects of elec- It describes a wide range of physical aspects together tron correlations on magnetism, spin fluctuations in From the Sun into the Inner Heliosphere with theoretical and experimental methods. A broad metallic magnetism, formation of complex magnetic overview of the latest developments in this emerging This volume explores the cross-linkages between the structures, a variety of magnetism due to configu- and fascinating field of nanostructured materials is kinetic processes and macroscopic phenomena in the rational disorder in alloys as well as a new magnet- given with emphasis on the practical understanding solar atmosphere, which are at the heart of our cur- ism caused by the structural disorder in amorphous and operation of submicron devices based on nanos- rent understanding of the heating of the closed and alloys, especially the itinerant-electron spin glasses. tructured magnetic materials. open corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. The readers will find that all these topics can be The focus lies on novel data, on theoretical models understood systematically by means of the spin-fluc- Features that have observable consequences through remote tuation theories based[...] This book provides an up-to-date review of nanome- sensing, and on near-solar and inner-heliosphere ter-scale magnetism and focuses on the investigation Features observations, such as anticipated by the upcoming of the basic properties of magnetic nanostructures. This book describes theoretical aspects of the metal- Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe missions, which are It describes a wide range of physical aspects together lic magnetism from metals to disordered alloys to currently developed by the international community. with theoretical and experimental methods. A broad amorphous alloys both at the ground state and at This volume is aimed at students and researchers overview of the latest developments in this emerging finite temperatures. The book gives an introduction active in solar physics and space science. Previously and fascinating field of nanostructured materials is to the metallic magnetism, and treats effects of elec- published in Space Science[...] given with emphasis on the practical [..] tron correlations on magnetism, spin fluctuations in Features metallic magnetism, formation of complex magnetic Contents This volume explores the cross-linkages between the structures, a variety of magnetism due to [..] From Magneto- to Spin Dynamics in Magnetic kinetic processes and macroscopic phenomena in the Heterosystems.- Spin-Transfer Torque Effects in Contents solar atmosphere, which are at the heart of our cur- Single-Crystalline Nanopillars.- Origin of Ferromag- Introduction to Magnetism.- Metallic Magnetism at rent understanding of the heating of the closed and netism in Co-implanted ZnO.- Magnetic Charac- the Ground State.- Magnetic Excitations.- Metallic open corona and the acceleration of the solar wind. terization of Exchange Coupled Ultrathin Magnetic Magnetism at Finite Temperatures.- Spin Fluctua- The focus lies on novel data, on theoretical models Multilayers by Ferromagnetic Resonance Tech- tion Theory in Weak Ferromagnets .- Antiferro- that have observable consequences through remote nique.- Characterization of Antiferromagnetic/Fer- magnetism and Spin Density Waves.- Magnetism sensing, and on near-solar and inner-heliosphere [..] romagnetic Perovskite Oxide Superlattices.- Half- in Dilute Alloys.- Magnetism of Disordered Alloys.- Metallic and Magnetic Silicon Nanowires Func- Contents Magnetism of Amorphous Metals and Alloys. tionalized by Transition Metal Atoms.- Magnetic From the Contents: UVCS Observations of Tem- and Magneto-Resistive Properties of Thin Films Fields of interest perature and Velocity Profiles in Coronal Holes.- Patterned by Self-Assembling Polystyrene Nanos- Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; Metallic Materials; Helios: Evolution of Distribution Functions 0.3-1 pheres.- Magnetic Nanoparticle[...] Applied and Technical Physics AU.- Sources of Solar Wind at Solar Minimum: Con- straints from Composition Data.- SUMER Obser- Fields of interest Target groups vations of Coronal-Hole Temperatures.- Recent Magnetism, Magnetic Materials; Nanotechnology; Research Observations of Plasma and Alfvenic Wave Energy Nanoscale Science and Technology; Nanotechnology Injection at the Base of the Fast Solar Wind. and Microengineering; Structural Materials; Surface Type of publication and Interface Science, Thin Films Monograph Fields of interest Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Plasma More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-33400-9 Target groups Physics; Planetology Research Hardcover 2013. 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R.A. Ganeev, Imperial College London, UK S.K. Singh, H.N.B Garhwal University, Srinagar, India; J.G. Morfin, P. Gouma, SUNY Stone Brook, Columbus, OH, USA (Ed.) Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA; M. Sakuda, Okayama University, Japan; K.D. Purohit, H.N.B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, India (Eds.) Nonlinear Optical Properties of Olfaction and Electronic Nose

Materials Nulnt11: The 7th International Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Olfac- Workshop On Neutrino-Nucleus tion and Electronic Nose This book is mostly concerned on the experimental Interactions in the Few Gev Regions This conference proceedings would be of interest research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of to academia, industry, research labs, biotechnol- various media, low- and high-order harmonic gen- ogy, nanotechnology, sensors related industries. eration in different materials, and formation, and NuInt11, the seventh in the series of international This conference brought together experts from vari- nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. We workshops on Neutrino Nucleus Interactions in the ous disciplines to discuss how to produce electronic also demonstrate the inter-connection between these Few-GeV region was held in Dehradun-Musoorie, olfaction systems that either mimic nature or rely areas of nonlinear optics. Nonlinear optical proper- India and was hosted by H. N. B. Garhwal Uni- on novel concepts to sensing chemicals in complex ties of media such as optical limiting can be applied versity, Srinagar (Garhwal) situated in Central odor environments. Applications of these devices are in various areas of science and technology. To define Himalayan region of Northern India. The workshop found in medicine, safety and quality control. suitable materials for these applications, one has to focused on the measurement of Neutrino Nucleus carefully analyse the nonlinear optical characteris- cross sections and reconstruction of the kinematics Features tics of various media, such as the nonlinear refractive of neutrino reactions which play an important role This conference proceedings would be of interest indices, coefficients of nonlinear absorption, satura- in understanding the neutrino oscillation physics. to academia, industry, research labs, biotechnol- tion absorption[...] The interpretation of the experiments and extraction ogy, nanotechnology, sensors related industries. of the neutrino oscillation parameters require active This conference brought together experts from vari- Features collaboration of theoretical and experimental physi- ous disciplines to discuss how to produce electronic This book is mostly concerned on the experimental cists working in the field of nuclear and[...] olfaction systems that either mimic nature or rely research of the nonlinear optical characteristics of on novel concepts to sensing chemicals in complex various media, low- and high-order harmonic gen- Features odor environments. Applications of these devices are eration in different materials, and formation, and NuInt11, the seventh in the series of international found [..] nonlinear optical characterization of clusters. We workshops on Neutrino Nucleus Interactions in the also demonstrate the inter-connection between these Few-GeV region was held in Dehradun-Musoorie, Fields of interest areas of nonlinear optics. Nonlinear optical proper- India and was hosted by H. N. B. Garhwal Uni- Biophysics and Biological Physics; Medical and Radi- ties of media such as optical limiting can be [..] versity, Srinagar (Garhwal) situated in Central ation Physics; Nanotechnology; Monitoring / Envi- Himalayan region of Northern India. The workshop ronmental Analysis Contents focused on the measurement of Neutrino Nucleus Introduction.- References.- Chapter 1 Low-order cross sections and reconstruction of the kinematics Target groups harmonic generation of laser radiation in various of neutrino reactions [..] Research media.- Chapter 2 High-order harmonic genera- tion from laser ablation of various surfaces.- Chap- Fields of interest Type of publication ter 3 Nonlinear optical refraction and absorption Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons; Theoretical, Proceedings of media.- Chapter 4 Laser ablation induced cluster Mathematical and Computational Physics; Nuclear More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0920-0 formation.- Chapter 5 Low-order nonlinear optical Fusion characterization of clusters.- Chapter 6 Application Softcover of nanoparticle-contained plasmas for high-order Target groups 2012. 280 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1362) harmonic generation. Research $143.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-0920-0 Fields of interest Type of publication Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Proceedings Optical and Electronic Materials; Laser Technology More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0977-4 and Physics, Photonics; Atomic, Molecular, Opti- cal and Plasma Physics; Quantum Optics, Quantum Softcover Electronics, Nonlinear Optics 2012. Approx. 395 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 1405) $156.00 Target groups ISBN 978-0-7354-0977-4 Research Online orders shipping within 2-3 days.

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A. Balogh, Imperial College London, UK; A. Bykov, Russian Acad- C. Wohlfarth, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Ger- A. Balogh, Imperial College London, Berkhamsted, UK; R.A. emy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia; R.P. Lin, University of many; M.D. Lechner, Universität Osnabrück, Germany; K.-F. Treumann, ISSI, Bern, Switzerland California, Berkeley, CA, USA; J. Raymond, Harvard-Smithsonian Arndt, TU Dresden, Germany (Eds.) Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, USA; M. Scholer, Max Planck Institute, Garching, Germany (Eds.) Physics of Collisionless Shocks Physical Properties and their Space Plasma Shock Waves Particle Acceleration in Cosmic Relations I The present book provides a contemporary sys- Plasmas Thermodynamic Properties: Equilibria of Ternary Polymer Solutions tematic treatment of shock waves in high-temper- ature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in The review articles collected in this volume present Polymers belong to an essential material group with near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of a critical assessment of particle acceleration mech- many applications not only for polymer manufac- two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of anisms and observations from suprathermal parti- turers but also in physics, chemistry, medicine and shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption cles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high- engineering techniques. The presented volume is of absence of collisions among the charged parti- energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of ener- the third part of a book series connecting a complete cles when the interaction is mediated solely by the gies over seventeen orders of magnitude, from 103 data collection with short but precise descriptions self-consistent electromagnetic fields. Such shocks eV to 1020 eV. The main themes are observations of of the different quantities and their significances. are naturally magnetised implying that the magnetic accelerated populations from the magnetosphere to The experimental determination of the physical field plays an important role in their evolution and extragalactic scales and assessments of the physical quantities is given as well as the influence to other dynamics. This part treats subcritical shocks which processes underlying particle acceleration in differ- physical quantities. This volume helps to choose the dissipate flow energy by generating anomalous resis- ent environments (magnetospheres, the solar atmos- best material for all kinds of applications also for tance or viscosity. The main emphasis[...] phere, the heliosphere, supernova remnants, pulsar those which are not mentioned in polymer material wind nebulae and relativistic outflows). Several con- books. It is focused on polymers in solutions and is Features tributions review the status of[...] intended for scientists[...] The present book provides a contemporary sys- tematic treatment of shock waves in high-temper- Features Features ature collisionless plasmas as are encountered in The review articles collected in this volume present Polymers belong to an essential material group with near Earth space and in Astrophysics. It consists of a critical assessment of particle acceleration mech- many applications not only for polymer manufac- two parts. Part I develops the complete theory of anisms and observations from suprathermal parti- turers but also in physics, chemistry, medicine and shocks in dilute hot plasmas under the assumption cles in the magnetosphere and heliosphere to high- engineering techniques. The presented volume is of absence of collisions among the charged particles energy cosmic rays, thus covering a range of energies the third part of a book series connecting a complete when the interaction is mediated solely by the self- over seventeen orders of magnitude, from 103 eV to data collection with short but precise descriptions of consistent [..] 1020 eV. The main themes are observations of accel- the different quantities and their significances. The erated populations from the [..] experimental determination of the physical [..] Contents Part I.- The Shock Problem.- Equations and Mod- Contents Fields of interest els.- Subcritical Shocks.- Quasi-Perpendicular Super- From the Contents: Ion Acceleration at the Earth’s Physics (general) critical Shocks.- Quasi-Parallel Supercritical Shocks.- Bow Shock.- Particle Acceleration in the Magnetotail Particle Acceleration.- Final Remarks.- Part II.- andAurora.- Acceleration of Particles to High Ener- Target groups Introduction.- Planetary Bow Shocks.- The Helios- gies in Earth’s Radiation Belts.- High-energy Atmos- Research pheric Termination Shock. pheric Physics: Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes and Related Phenomena.- Particle Acceleration at the Type of publication Fields of interest Sun, Current Fragmentation and Particle Accelera- Reference work Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Astrophysics tion in Solar Flares.- Heliospheric Particle Accelera- More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-32056-9 and Astroparticles; Plasma Physics tion.- The Acceleration Mechanism of Anomalous Hardcover Target groups Cosmic Rays.- Particle Acceleration in Relativistic 2013. 250 p. 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J. Heerikhuisen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA; G. D. Issadore, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; V. Astapenko, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Rus- Li, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA; N. Pogorelov, Uni- R.M. Westervelt, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA (Eds.) sia versity of Huntsville, AL, USA; G.P. Zank, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL, USA (Eds.) Point-of-Care Diagnostics on a Chip Polarization Bremsstrahlung on Physics of the Heliosphere: A 10 Atoms, Plasmas, Nanostructures Year Retrospective: The topic of this book is the development of auto- and Solids mated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical Proceedings of the 10th Annual International Astrophysics tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to Conference the point of care, using biochip technology. Immedi- The book is devoted to the modern theory and ate access to medically relevant biochemical informa- experimental manifestation of Polarization This conference proceedings covers physical tion for doctors and nurses promises to revolutionize Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scatter- processes in the heliosphere, from the solar atmos- patient care and dramatically lower costs. The minia- ing of charged particles from various targets: atoms, phere, through the interplanetary medium to the turization and automation of medical tests are made nanostructures (including atomic clusters, nanopar- interface between the solar wind and the interstel- possible by biochip technology, that integrates ticle in dielectric matrix, fullerens, graphene-like lar medium. Topics include coronal mass ejections, advances in integrated circuits, microelectromechan- two-dimensional atomic structure) and in condensed shocks, turbulence, particle acceleration, and neutral ical systems (MEMS), microfluidics, and electronics. matter (monocrystals, polycrystals, partially ordered atoms. The target audience for this book includes engineer- crystals and amorphous matter) The present book ing and biomedical researchers who would like to addresses mainly researchers interested in the radia- Features develop or apply biochip[...] tive processes during the interaction between fast This conference proceedings covers physical particles and matter. It also will be useful for post- processes in the heliosphere, from the solar atmos- Features graduate students specializing in radiation physics phere, through the interplanetary medium to the The topic of this book is the development of auto- and related fields. interface between the solar wind and the interstel- mated and inexpensive tools that transfer medical lar medium. Topics include coronal mass ejections, tests from a specialized clinical laboratory directly to Features shocks, turbulence, particle acceleration, and neutral the point of care, using biochip technology. Immedi- The book is devoted to the modern theory and atoms. ate access to medically relevant biochemical informa- experimental manifestation of Polarization tion for doctors and nurses promises to revolutionize Bremsstrahlung (PB) which arises due to scatter- Contents patient care and dramatically lower costs. 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C. Alabiso, Università di Parma, Italy; A. Chiesa, Università di A. Al-Hajry, Najran University, Saudi Arabia; A. Umar, Najran Uni- R.A. Evarestov, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Parma, Italy versity, Saudi Arabia; H. Al-Harbi, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; N. Bouarissa, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; H. Berriche, King Khalid Univer- Quantum Chemistry of Solids Problemi di meccanica quantistica sity, Abha, Saudi Arabia; M. El-Ghazaly, King Abdulaziz City for non relativistica Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Eds.) LCAO Treatment of Crystals and Nanostructures Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehen- Proceedings of the Fifth Saudi sive account of the main features and possibilities of Il volume raccoglie una selezione di problemi asseg- LCAO methods for the first principles calculations nati nei corsi di Meccanica Quantistica non relativis- Physical Society Conference (SPS5) of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first tica previsti per la Laurea in Fisica presso l’Università part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO degli Studi di Parma. Gli oltre 300 problemi sono This proceedings would be of interest to read- methods applied to periodic systems and the use of divisi in undici capitoli tematici, all’interno dei quali ers working in the fields of Nanomaterials & Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) è possibile individuare vari livelli di difficoltà, per Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation and site studenti della Laurea Triennale, della Magistrale e Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio and symmetry consideration is included to establish con- del Dottorato di Ricerca. L’attenzione nei confronti Medical Physics, Environmental Physics, Sensors nection between k-space solid –state physics and di una sua ampia funzione pedagogica ci ha portato and Devices, and Instrumental Physics. The proceed- real-space quantum chemistry. The inclusion of elec- a dividere il volume in tre parti, Problemi, Risposte/ ing includes 45 articles, contributed by conference tron correlation effects for periodic systems is con- Suggerimenti e Soluzioni, per guidare lo studente participants on a broad range of topics related to the- sidered on the basis of localized crystalline orbitals. verso un approccio autonomo e progressivo: risol- oretical and experimental physics. The major topics The possibilities of[...] vere il problema, controllare la risposta, consultare covered in the proceedings were Nanomaterials & la[...] Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear Features Quantum Chemistry of Solids delivers a comprehen- Features Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio sive account of the main features and possibilities of Il volume raccoglie una selezione di problemi asseg- and Medical Physics, Environmental physics, Sen- LCAO methods for the first principles calculations nati nei corsi di Meccanica Quantistica non relativis- sors and Devices, Techniques & Developments and of electronic structure of periodic systems. The first tica previsti per la Laurea in Fisica presso l’Università hence[...] part describes the basic theory underlying the LCAO degli Studi di Parma. Gli oltre 300 problemi sono Features methods applied to periodic systems and the use of divisi in undici capitoli tematici, all’interno dei quali This proceedings would be of interest to read- Hartree-Fock(HF), Density Function theory(DFT) è possibile individuare vari livelli di difficoltà, per ers working in the fields of Nanomaterials & and hybrid Hamiltonians. The translation and site studenti della Laurea Triennale, della Magistrale e Nanophysics, Semiconductors, Atomic and Nuclear [..] del Dottorato di Ricerca. [..] Physics, Particles & Fields, Quantum Optics, Bio and Contents Contents Medical Physics, Environmental Physics, Sensors Space Groups and Crystalline Structures.- Sym- Problemi.- Risposte e suggerimenti.- Soluzioni.- and Devices, and Instrumental Physics. The proceed- metry and Localization of Crystalline Orbitals.- Appendice. ing includes 45 articles, contributed by conference participants on a broad range of topics related to [..] Hartree–Fock LCAO Method for Periodic Systems.- Fields of interest Electron Correlations in Molecules and Crystals.- Quantum Physics Fields of interest Semi-empirical LCAO Methods for Molecules and Semiconductors; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Periodic Systems.- Kohn–Sham LCAO Method for Target groups Plasma Physics; Quantum Optics, Quantum Elec- Periodic Systems.- Basis Sets and Pseudopotentials Upper undergraduate tronics, Nonlinear Optics; Biophysics and Biological in Periodic LCAO Calculations.- LCAO Calcula- Physics; Environmental Physics tions of Perfect-Crystal Properties.- Modeling and Type of publication LCAO Calculations of Point Defects in Crystals.- Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Target groups Surface Modeling in LCAO Calculations of Metal Research More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2693-3 Oxides.- LCAO Calculations on Uranium Nitrides and Oxides.- Symmetry[...] Softcover Type of publication 2013. 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T. Ralph, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; P.K. D. Dubbers, Universität Heidelberg, Germany; H.-J. Stöckmann, M.L. Elert, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, USA; W.T. Butler, Lam, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA; J.P. Borg, (Eds.) Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA; J.L. Jordan, Air Force Research Laboratory, Eglin AFB, FL, USA; T.J. Vogler, Sandia Quantum Physics: The Bottom-Up National Laboratories, Livermore, CA, USA (Eds.) Quantum Communication, Approach Measurement and Computing Shock Compression of Condensed From the Simple Two-Level System to Irreducible Representa- (QCMC): tions Matter - 2011

The Tenth International Conference This concise tutorial provides the bachelor student Proceedings of the Conference of the American Physical and the practitioner with a short text on quantum Society Topical Group on Shock Compession of Condensed The conference proceedings will be of interest to physics that allows them to understand a wealth of Matter(Part one, Part two) physicists, engineers and mathematicians work- quantum phenomena based on a compact, well read- ing with quantum mechanical systems and frontier The conference focuses on research topics related able, yet still concise and accurate description of technologies. The QCMC series of conferences pro- to dynamic compression of condensed matter. This nonrelativistic quantum theory. This “quadrature of vides a forum for the presentation and discussion of interdisciplinary field encompasses areas of physics, the circle” is achieved by concentrating first on the new results from the field of quantum information. chemistry, materials science, and planetary physics. simplest quantum system that still displays all basic Quantum information is the study of information features of quantum theory, namely, a system with stored in quantum systems. The unique properties Features only two quantized energy levels. For most readers of quantum mechanics lead to the ability to perform The conference focuses on research topics related it is very helpful to understand such simple systems information tasks that are hard or impossible for to dynamic compression of condensed matter. This before slowly proceeding to more demanding topics classical systems. interdisciplinary field encompasses areas of physics, like particle entanglement, quantum chaos, or the chemistry, materials science, and planetary physics. Features use of irreducible tensors.[...] The conference proceedings will be of interest to Fields of interest Features physicists, engineers and mathematicians work- Condensed Matter Physics; Fluid- and Aerody- This concise tutorial provides the bachelor student ing with quantum mechanical systems and frontier namics; Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems; and the practitioner with a short text on quantum technologies. The QCMC series of conferences pro- Thermodynamics; Energy Technology; Geophysics physics that allows them to understand a wealth of vides a forum for the presentation and discussion of and Environmental Physics quantum phenomena based on a compact, well read- new results from the field of quantum information. able, yet still concise and accurate description of Quantum information is the study of information Target groups nonrelativistic quantum theory. This “quadrature of stored in quantum systems. The unique properties of Research the circle” is achieved by concentrating first on the quantum [..] simplest quantum system that still displays all [..] Type of publication Fields of interest Proceedings Contents Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics; More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1006-0 Some simple two-level systems.- Equations of Quantum Computing; Quantum Physics; Quantum motion.- Manipulation of spins.- Spooky action at Hardcover Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics a distance.- Atomic two-level systems.- Other two- 2012. Approx. 1780 p. With DVD. (Materials Physics and Target groups level systems.- Excursions in parameter space. Applications, Vol. 1426) Research $392.00 Fields of interest ISBN 978-0-7354-1006-0 Type of publication Quantum Physics; Mathematical Methods in Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Proceedings Physics; Mechanics More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-0921-7 Target groups Softcover Graduate 2012. 412 p. (Atomic, Molecular, Chemical Physics, Vol. 1363) Type of publication $166.00 Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook ISBN 978-0-7354-0921-7 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-31059-1 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Hardcover 2013. XIII, 266 p. 62 illus., 5 in color. (Graduate Texts in Physics) $89.95 ISBN 978-3-642-31059-1 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. springer.com Physics 151

J.L. Hoffman, University of Denver, CO, USA; J. Bjorkman, Uni- D. Möhl, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland S. Bellucci, Istituto Nazionale die Fisica Nuclear, Frascati, Italy versity of Toledo, OH, USA; B. Whitney, University of Wiscon- (Ed.) sin-Madison, WI, USA (Eds.) Stochastic Cooling of Particle Beams Supersymmetric Gravity and Black Stellar Polimetry: From Birth to Holes Death This lecture note describes the main analytical Proceedings of the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati approaches to stochastic cooling. The first is the School on the Attractor Mechanism 2009 Measurements of polarized light are increasingly time domain picture, in which the beam is rapidly This book is based upon lectures presented in the used to probe a variety of physical processes operat- sampled and a statistical analysis is used to describe summer of 2009 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali ing in and around stars throughout their lifetimes. the cooling behaviour. The second is the frequency di Frascati School on Attractor Mechanism, directed This meeting brought together both observational domain picture, which is particularly useful since the by Stefano Bellucci. The symposium included such and theoretical astronomers to discuss advances in observations made on the beam are mainly in this prestigious lecturers as S. Ferrara, G. Dall'Agata, J.F. polarimetric methods, applications to stellar sources, domain. This second picture is developed in detail to Morales, J. Simón and M. Trigiante. All lectures were and the future of astrophysical polarimetry. assess key components of modern cooling theory like given at a pedagogical, introductory level, which is mixing and signal shielding and to illustrate some of Features reflected in the specific "flavor" of this volume. The the diagnostic methods. Finally the use of a distribu- Measurements of polarized light are increasingly book also benefits from extensive discussions about, tion function and the Fokker-Plank equation, which used to probe a variety of physical processes operat- and the related reworking of, the various contribu- offer the most complete description of the beam dur- ing in and around stars throughout their lifetimes. tions. It is the fifth volume in a series of books on the ing the cooling,[...] This meeting brought together both observational general topics of supersymmetry, supergravity, black and theoretical astronomers to discuss advances in Features holes and the attractor mechanism. polarimetric methods, applications to stellar sources, This lecture note describes the main analytical Features and the future of astrophysical polarimetry. approaches to stochastic cooling. The first is the This book is based upon lectures presented in the time-domain picture, in which the beam is rapidly Fields of interest summer of 2009 at the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali sampled at a high rate and a statistical analysis is Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Astron- di Frascati School on Attractor Mechanism, directed used to describe the cooling behaviour. The second is omy, Observations and Techniques; Astrophysics by Stefano Bellucci. The symposium included such the frequency-domain picture, which is particularly and Astroparticles prestigious lecturers as S. Ferrara, G. Dall'Agata, J.F. useful since the observations made on the beam and Morales, J. Simón and M. Trigiante. 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G. Bracco, University of Genoa, Italy; B. Holst, University of T. Yuasa, The University of Tokyo, Japan M.A. Wahid, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; S. Bergen, Norway (Eds.) Samion, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; J.M. Sheriff, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia; N.A.C. Suzaku Studies of White Dwarf Sidik, University Technology Malaysia, Skudai, Malaysia (Eds.) Surface Science Techniques Stars and the Galactic X-ray Background Emission The 4th International Meeting of The book describes the experimental techniques Advances in Thermofluids (IMAT employed to study surfaces and interfaces. The emphasis is on the experimental method. Therefore This thesis presents a study of the origin of an appar- 2011) all chapters start with an introduction of the scien- ently extended X-ray emission associated with the tific problem, the theory necessary to understand Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broad- (Part One; Part Two) how the technique works and how to understand band spectra obtained from mapping observations The present Proceedings will provide as a platform the results. Descriptions of real experimental setups, in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 to dissemination of knowledge among researchers experimental results at different systems are given by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The spectra and scholars in the field of thermofluids particu- to show both the strength and the limits of the tech- were analyzed with a newly constructed X-ray spec- larly related to the areas such as fluid mechanics, nique. In a final part the new developments and pos- tral model of an accreting white dwarf binary that heat transfer and combustion which also covers sible extensions of the techniques are presented. The is one of the proposed candidate stars for the origin wide range of specialization such as thermal system, included techniques provide microscopic as well as of the Galactic ridge emission in the higher energy power plant technology, refrigeration and air-con- macroscopic information. They cover most of the band. Fitting of the observed Galactic ridge spectra ditioning, computational fluid dynamics, turboma- techniques used in surface science. with the model showed that there is another spectral chinery, desalinization, and tribology. component that fills the gap between the observed X- Features ray flux and the[...] Features The book describes the experimental techniques The present Proceedings will provide as a platform employed to study surfaces and interfaces. The Features to dissemination of knowledge among researchers emphasis is on the experimental method. Therefore This thesis presents a study of the origin of an appar- and scholars in the field of thermofluids particu- all chapters start with an introduction of the scien- ently extended X-ray emission associated with the larly related to the areas such as fluid mechanics, tific problem, the theory necessary to understand Galactic ridge. The study was carried out with broad- heat transfer and combustion which also covers how the technique works and how to understand band spectra obtained from mapping observations wide range of specialization such as thermal system, the results. Descriptions of real experimental setups, in the Galactic bulge region conducted in 2005–2010 power plant technology, refrigeration and air-con- experimental results at different systems are given to by the Suzaku space X-ray observatory. The spectra ditioning, computational fluid dynamics, turboma- show both [..] were analyzed with a newly constructed X-ray spec- chinery, [..] tral model of an accreting white dwarf binary [..] Contents Contents Macroscopic Techniques.- Optical Techniques.- Contents From the Contents: Thermoacoustic engines and X-ray Techniques.- Neutral Particle Techniques.- Review of the Galactic X-ray Background Emission refrigerators.- Biomass energy: Sustainable solution Charged Particle Techniques.- Scanning Probe Tech- and White Dwarf Binaries.- Constructing an X-ray for greenhouse gas emission.- Atomization of a liq- niques. Model of Accreting White Dwarf Binaries.- Instru- uid jet in a crossflow.- Session Presentations.- Analy- mentation.- Estimating the Masses of White Dwarfs sis of bouyancy-aided convection heat transfer from Fields of interest in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables.- Decomposing horizontal cylinder at low Reynolds number.- Cool- Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films; Measure- the Galactic Ridge X-ray Emission. ment Science, Instrumentation; Nanotechnology; ing of a rectangular microchannel heat sink with Applied Optics, Optoelectronics, Optical Devices; Fields of interest ammonia gas.- Numerical prediction on the disper- Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Measure- sion of pollutant particles.- Thermal stresses in the Nanoscale Science and Technology ment Science, Instrumentation wall of pipes caused by periodic change of tempera- ture of medium fluid.- Reacting shock waves charac- Target groups Target groups teristics for biogas compared to other[...] Research Research Fields of interest Type of publication Type of publication Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Thermo- Monograph Monograph dynamics More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34242-4 More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54218-6 Target groups Hardcover Hardcover Research 2013. XXIII, 663 p. 327 illus., 155 in color. (Springer 2013. XV, 154 p. 81 illus., 32 in color. (Springer Theses) Series in Surface Sciences, Vol. 51) $139.00 Type of publication $189.00 ISBN 978-4-431-54218-6 Proceedings ISBN 978-3-642-34242-4 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1032-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover 2012. 1386 p. (Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 1440) $326.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-1032-9 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. springer.com Physics 153

M. Marcos, University of Cadiz, Spain; J. Salguero, University of F. Dong, Tianjin University, China; X. Cai, University of Shanghai V. Burkert, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; M. Cadiz, Spain (Eds.) for Science and Technology, China; Y. Murai, Hokkaido Univer- Jones, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; M. Pen- sity, Japan; C. Tan, Tianjin University, China (Eds.) nington, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA; D. Richards, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA, USA (Eds.) The 4th Manufacturing Engineering The 7th International Symposium Society International Conference The 8th International Workshop (MESIC 2011) on Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows of the Physics of Excited Nucleons: NSTAR 2011 Manufacturing Engineering Society International Conference (MESIC 2011) continues the tasks of This proceeding includes papers selected from the the three previous conferences and will accomplish 7th ISMTMF held in Tianjin, China, 2011. The focus This workshop covered experimental and theoretical one of the objectives of the Manufacturing Engineer- of this symposium is to develop measurement tech- work in understanding the spectrum and structure ing Society: the knowledge spreading in the scope niques for multiphase flows, covering electrically of excited nucleons. The audience were nuclear and of Manufacturing Engineering. Papers included in sensitive sensors, radioactive sensors, optical sensors high energy physicists. The workshop gives a snap- these Proceedings have been peer reviewed and come and mechanical sensors, and also basic understand- shot of the present status of the field. from a meeting of professionals and researchers from ing of flow patterns and models of two/three phase Features industry and academia, where recent advances in flows. This workshop covered experimental and theoretical the field of Manufacturing Engineering have been work in understanding the spectrum and structure presented and discussed in topics as Manufacturing Features of excited nucleons. The audience were nuclear and Processes, Manufacturing Systems, Metrology and This proceeding includes papers selected from the high energy physicists. The workshop gives a snap- Industrial Quality, Welding and Joining Technolo- 7th ISMTMF held in Tianjin, China, 2011. The focus shot of the present status of the field. gies, Materials Processing, Production[...] of this symposium is to develop measurement tech- niques for multiphase flows, covering electrically Contents Features sensitive sensors, radioactive sensors, optical sensors Plenary Session Presentations.- Opportunities and Manufacturing Engineering Society International and mechanical sensors, and also basic understand- Challenges for Theory in the N* program.- Exper- Conference (MESIC 2011) continues the tasks of ing of flow patterns and models of two/three phase imental Challenges of the N* program.- Baryon the three previous conferences and will accomplish flows. Spectroscopy in Lattice QCD with Spin Identifica- one of the objectives of the Manufacturing Engineer- tion.- Overview: Phenomenological approaches to ing Society: the knowledge spreading in the scope Fields of interest N* extraction.- Extraction of Resonance Parame- of Manufacturing Engineering. Papers included in Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Phase Tran- ter.- Complete Pseudoscalar Photo-production Mea- these Proceedings have been peer reviewed and come sitions and Multiphase Systems surements.- Results from Polarized Experiments at from a meeting of professionals and researchers from Target groups LEGS and GRAAL.- Nucleon to Δ and Δ Form Fac- [..] Research tors in lattice QCD.- Nucleon Resonance Electro- Fields of interest couplings from the CLAS Meson Electroproduction Type of publication Acoustics; Measurement Science, Instrumentation; Data.- EBAC-DCC analysis of world data of πN, γN, Proceedings Laser Technology and Physics, Photonics; Applied and N(e, e—)[...] and Technical Physics; Mechanics; Mechanical Engi- More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1011-4 Fields of interest neering Softcover Particle and Nuclear Physics 2012. Approx. 400 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. Target groups 1428) Target groups Research $170.00 Research Type of publication ISBN 978-0-7354-1011-4 Type of publication Proceedings Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Proceedings More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1017-6 More on www.springer.com/978-0-7354-1018-3 Hardcover Hardcover 2012. Approx. 1020 p. (Materials Physics and Applica- 2013. 448 p. (High Energy Physics, Vol. 1432) tions, Vol. 1431) $172.00 $246.00 ISBN 978-0-7354-1018-3 ISBN 978-0-7354-1017-6 Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. Online orders shipping within 2-3 days. 154 Physics springer.com

K. Kyutoku, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, Ibaraki, B.E. Baaquie, National University of Singapore, Singapore M. Gasperini, University of Bari, Italy Japan The Theoretical Foundations of Theory of Gravitational Interactions The Black Hole-Neutron Star Binary Quantum Mechanics Merger in Full General Relativity This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self- contained introduction to the theory of gravitational Dependence on Neutron Star Equations of State The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechan- interactions. The first part of the book follows the ics addresses fundamental issues that are not dis- traditional presentation of general relativity as a geo- This thesis presents a systematic study of the orbital cussed in most books on quantum mechanics. This metric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. evolution, gravitational wave radiation, and merger book focuses on analyzing the underlying princi- A second, advanced part then discusses the deep remnant of the black hole–neutron star binary ples of quantum mechanics and explaining the con- analogies (and differences) between a geometric the- merger in full general relativity for the first time. ceptual and theoretical underpinning of quantum ory of gravity and the gauge theories of the other Numerical-relativity simulations are performed mechanics. In particular, the concepts of quantum fundamental interactions. This fills a gap which is using an adaptive mesh refinement code, SimulA- indeterminacy, quantum measurement and quan- present in the context of the traditional approach tor for Compact objects in Relativistic Astrophysics tum superposition are analyzed to clarify the con- to general relativity, and which usually makes stu- (SACRA), which adopts a wide variety of zero-tem- cepts that are implicit in the formulation of quantum dents puzzled about the role of gravity. The neces- perature equations of state for the neutron star mat- mechanics.The Schrodinger equation is never solved sary notions of differential geometry are reduced to ter. Gravitational waves provide us with quantitative in the book. Rather, the discussion on the funda- the minimum, leaving[...] information on the neutron star compactness and mentals of quantum mechanics is treated in a rigor- equation of state via the cutoff frequency in the spec- ous manner based on the mathematics of quantum Features tra, if tidal disruption of the neutron star occurs mechanics. The[...] before the binary merges. The[...] This reference textbook is an up-to-date and self- contained introduction to the theory of gravitational Features interactions. The first part of the book follows the Features The Theoretical Foundations of Quantum Mechan- traditional presentation of general relativity as a geo- This thesis presents a systematic study of the orbital ics addresses fundamental issues that are not dis- metric theory of the macroscopic gravitational field. evolution, gravitational wave radiation, and merger cussed in most books on quantum mechanics. This A second, advanced part then discusses the deep remnant of the black hole–neutron star binary book focuses on analyzing the underlying princi- analogies (and differences) between a geometric the- merger in full general relativity for the first time. ples of quantum mechanics and explaining the con- ory of gravity and the gauge theories of the [..] Numerical-relativity simulations are performed ceptual and theoretical underpinning of quantum using an adaptive mesh refinement code, SimulA- mechanics. In particular, the concepts of quantum tor for Compact objects in Relativistic Astrophysics Contents indeterminacy, quantum measurement and quantum Elementary notions of relativistic field theory.- (SACRA), which adopts a wide variety of zero-tem- superposition are [..] perature [..] Towards a relativistic theory of gravity.- Tensor cal- culus in a Riemannian manifold.- Maxwell equations Contents and Riemann geometry.- Test bodies and signals Contents Preface.- Acknowledgments.- 1 Synopsis.- 2 The in a Riemann spacetime.- Geodesic deviation and Equations of State of Neutron Star Matter.- Com- Quantum Entity and Quantum Mechanics.- 3 Quan- curvature tensor.- The Einstein equations for the puting Initial Conditions.- Methods of Simulations.- tum Mechanics: Empirical and Trans-empirical.- 4 gravitational field.- The weak field approximation.- Diagnostics for Numerical Simulations.- The Merger Degree of Freedom F; State space V.- 5 Operators.- 6 Gravitational waves.- The Schwarzschild solution.- of Nonspinning Black Hole-Neutron Star Binaries.- Density matrix; Entangled states.- 7 Quantum inde- The Kasner solution.- Vierbeins and Lorentz con- The Merger of Spinning Black Hole-Neutron Star terminacy.- 8 Quantum Superposition.- 9 Quan- nection.- The Dirac equation in a gravitational field.- Binaries. tum Theory of Measurement.- 10 The Stern-Gerlach Supersimmetry and supergravity.- Appendix A. The experiment.- 11 The Feynman Path Integral.- 12 Fields of interest language of differential forms.-[...] Conclusions.- Glossary of Terms.- List of Symbols.- Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Math- References.- Index. ematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Fields of interest Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity The- Numerical and Computational Physics Fields of interest ory; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Cos- Quantum Physics; Mathematical Physics; Quantum Target groups mology; Mathematical Physics Optics, Quantum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics; Research Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; Target groups Type of publication History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics Upper undergraduate Ph.D. thesis Target groups Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-4-431-54200-1 Upper undergraduate Undergraduate textbook Hardcover Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2690-2 2013. XIII, 178 p. 46 illus. in color. (Springer Theses) Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook $129.00 Softcover ISBN 978-4-431-54200-1 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6223-1 2013. XVI, 322 p. 8 illus. (Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics) Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Hardcover $89.95 2013. XII, 268 p. 75 illus., 43 in color. ISBN 978-88-470-2690-2 $89.95 ISBN 978-1-4614-6223-1 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Physics 155

M. Fujimoto, University of Guelph, ON, Canada M. Thiriet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France S.-Q. Shen, The University of Hong Kong, China

Thermodynamics of Crystalline Tissue Functioning and Remodeling Topological Insulators

States in the Circulatory and Ventilatory Dirac Equation in Condensed Matters Systems Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but Thermodynamics is a well-established discipline of process metallic states present around its boundary physics for properties of matter in thermal equilib- The volumes in this authoritative series present a owing to the topological origin of the band structure. rium with the surroundings. Applying to crystals, multidisciplinary approach to modeling and sim- The metallic edge or surface states are immune to however, the laws encounter undefined properties ulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventila- weak disorder or impurities, and robust against the of crystal lattice, which therefore need to be deter- tory systems, especially multiscale modeling and deformation of the system geometry. This book, the mined for a clear and well-defined description of coupled simulations. Volume 5 is devoted to cells, first of its kind on topological insulators, presents crystalline states. Thermodynamics of Crystalline tissues, and organs of the cardiovascular and ventila- a unified description of topological insulators from States explores the roles played by order variables tory systems with an emphasis on mechanotransduc- one to three dimensions based on the modified Dirac and dynamic lattices in crystals in a wholly new tion-based regulation of flow. The blood vessel wall equation. A series of solutions of the bound states way.The book begins by clarifying basic concepts for is a living tissue that quickly reacts to loads applied near the boundary are derived, and the existing con- stable crystals. Next, binary phase transitions are dis- on it by the flowing blood. In any segment of a blood ditions of these solutions are described. Topological cussed to study collective motion of order variables, vessel, the endothelial and smooth muscle cells can invariants and their applications to a variety of sys- as described mostly as classical phenomena. New to sense unusual time variations in small-magnitude tems from[...] this edition is the[...] wall shear stress and large-amplitude wall stretch Features Features generated by abnormal[...] Topological insulators are insulating in the bulk, but Thermodynamics is a well-established discipline of Features process metallic states around its boundary owing physics for properties of matter in thermal equilib- The volumes in this authoritative series present a to the topological origin of the band structure. The rium with the surroundings. Applying to crystals, multidisciplinary approach to modeling and sim- metallic edge or surface states are immune to weak however, the laws encounter undefined properties ulation of flows in the cardiovascular and ventila- disorder or impurities, and robust against the defor- of crystal lattice, which therefore need to be deter- tory systems, especially multiscale modeling and mation of the system geometry. This book, Topo- mined for a clear and well-defined description of coupled simulations. Volume 5 is devoted to cells, logical insulators, presents a unified description of crystalline states. Thermodynamics of Crystalline tissues, and organs of the cardiovascular and ventila- topological insulators from one to three [..] States explores the roles played by order variables [..] tory systems with an emphasis on mechanotransduc- Contents Contents tion-based regulation of flow. The blood vessel wall Introduction.- Starting from the Dirac equation.- Introduction.- Phonons.- The Correlation Energy is a [..] Minimal lattice model for topological insulator.- and Crystal Symmetry.- Mean-Field Theories in Contents Topological invariants.- Topological phases in Binary Ordering.- Pseudospin Clusters.- Critical Preface.- Chapter 1: Blood.- Chapter 2: one dimension.- Quantum spin Hall effect.- Three Fluctuations.- Pseudospin Correlations.- The Soliton Hematopoiesis.- Chapter 3: Blood Cells.- Chapter dimensional topological insulators.- Impurities and Theory of Long-range Order.- Soft Modes.- Experi- 4: Lymph Drainage.- Chapter 5: Cardiomyocytes.- defects in topological insulators.- Topological super- mental Studies on Critical Fluctuations.- Magnetic Chapter 6: Heart Wall.- Chapter 7: Vessel Wall.- conductors and superfluids.- Majorana fermions in Crystals.- Electrons and Phonons in Metals.- Super- Chapter 8: Smooth Myocytes.- Chapter 9: Vascular topological insulators.- Topological Anderson Insu- conducting Phases.- Theories of Superconducting Endothelium.- Chapter 10: Vascular Growth.- Chap- lator.- Summary: Symmetry and Topological Classi- Transitions.- Appendix.- Index. ter 11: Tissue Development, Repair, and Remod- fication. 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B. Dupré, Oxford, UK L.H. Gold, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA; D.L. Psychology Vanderpool, PRMS, Inc., Arlington, VA, USA (Eds.) 50 Schlüsselideen Politik Clinical Guide to Mental Disability S.C. Carr, Massey University, Palmerston, New Zealand Eine Entdeckungsreise durch die Welt der politis- Evaluations chen Theorien und Strömungen, Staatsformen und Anti-Poverty Psychology gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen _____ In Disability evaluations are the most common clinical einer Zeit weitverbreiteter Politikverdrossenheit mental health evaluations conducted for nontreat- und vielfältiger internationaler Verwerfungen ist Psychology has focused more on personalities in ment purposes. They place mental health profes- die Notwendigkeit, die grundlegenden politischen poverty -- pathologizing -- than on contexts for sionals in the role of communicating information Konzepte zu verstehen, größer denn je. 50 Schlüs- poverty reduction (Pick & Sirkin, 2010). 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The heit.- 02 Gerechtigkeit.- 03 Gleichheit.- 04 Men- movement now is away from paternalistic reme- administrative and legal employment [..] schenrechte.- 05 Der Gesellschaftsvertrag.- 06 dies and toward culturally aware organizations and Demokratie.- 07 Monarchie.- 08 Tyrannei.- 09 efforts to develop the untapped resources of people Contents Utopien.- 10 Revolution.- II WELTANSCHAUUN- and their [..] Mental Health Disability: A Model for Assessment.- GEN.- 11 Anarchie.- 12 Säkularismus.- 13 Repub- Legal and Ethical Issues in Providing Mental Health likanismus.- 14 Kapitalismus.- 15 Konservatismus.- Contents Disability Evaluations.- What should I do? 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E. Grossi, IULM, Milano, Italy; A. Ravagnan, Regione Lombardia, A. Flade, Hamburg E.E.(. Michaelides, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA Milano, Italy (Eds.) Der rastlose Mensch Heat and Mass Transfer in Cultura e salute Konzepte und Erkenntnisse der Mobilitätspsychologie Particulate Suspensions La partecipazione culturale come strumento per un nuovo welfare Die Mobilitätspsychologie untersucht das Erleben Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspen- von Mobilität und das Mobilitätsverhalten. In sions is a critical review of the subject of heat and Questo volume tratta i temi legati al rapporto privi- diesem Rahmen werden die aktuellen Fragestel- mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, legiato tra partecipazione culturale e stato di salute. lungen im Bereich Mobilität und Verkehr aus psy- which include both fluid-particles and fluid-droplet Questa materia ha visto una notevole crescita di chologischer Perspektive betrachtet. Im Fokus Suspensions. Fundamentals, recent advances and interesse solo negli ultimi anni, dopo la pubbli- sind die individuellen Wahrnehmungen, Kognitio- industrial applications are examined. The subject of cazione di alcuni studi epidemiologici che hanno nen, Einstellungen, Motive und Absichten sowie particulate heat and mass transfer is currently dri- dimostrato in maniera inequivocabile come la die Umweltbedingungen als Einflussfaktoren des ven by two significant applications: energy transfor- fruizione intelligente del tempo libero si associ a Mobilitätserlebens und -verhaltens. Darüber hinaus mations –primarily combustion – and heat transfer un prolungamento dell’aspettativa di vita e a una werden die gesellschaftlichen, sozialen und psychol- equipment. The first includes particle and droplet riduzione di alcune patologie degenerative, come ogischen Kosten des Verkehrs analysiert. Wie mit combustion processes in engineering Suspensions la malattia di Alzheimer o il cancro. La cultura nel gestalterischen und psychologischen Maßnahmen as diverse as the Fluidized Bed Reactors (FBR’s) and nostro Paese è generalmente considerata “intratten- die ungünstigen Folgen des Verkehrs reduziert wer- Internal Combustion Engines (ICE’s). On the heat imento”, quindi ricondotta al superfluo. Secondo den können, wird über die Fachgrenzen hinausge- transfer side, cooling with[...] quanto esposto in questo volume, invece, l’attività hend geschildert. Am Schluss[...] culturale assume una precisa valenza,[...] Features Features Heat and Mass Transfer in Particulate Suspen- Features Der rastlose MenschDie Mobilitätspsychologie sions is a critical review of the subject of heat and Questo volume tratta i temi legati al rapporto privi- untersucht das Erleben von Mobilität und das mass transfer related to particulate Suspensions, legiato tra partecipazione culturale e stato di salute. Mobilitätsverhalten. In diesem Rahmen werden die which include both fluid-particles and fluid-droplet Questa materia ha visto una notevole crescita di aktuellen Fragestellungen im Bereich Mobilität und Suspensions. Fundamentals, recent advances and interesse solo negli ultimi anni, dopo la pubbli- Verkehr aus psychologischer Perspektive betrachtet. industrial applications are examined. The subject of cazione di alcuni studi epidemiologici che hanno Im Fokus sind die individuellen Wahrnehmungen, particulate heat and mass transfer is currently driven dimostrato in maniera inequivocabile come la Kognitionen, Einstellungen, Motive und Absichten by two significant applications: energy transforma- fruizione intelligente del tempo libero si associ a sowie die Umweltbedingungen als Einflussfaktoren tions [..] un prolungamento dell’aspettativa di vita e a una des [..] riduzione [..] Contents Contents Fundamentals.- Numerical Modeling and Simula- Contents Grundlagen.- Wahrnehmung und Bewegung.- Bewe- tions.- Fluidized Bed Reactors.- Heat Transfer with 1 Salute e malattia: una visione moderna, olistica gungsformen.- Mobilitätsmotive.- Person- und Nanofluids. e sfumata.- 2 Teoria della complessità applicata Umweltmerkmale als Einflussfaktoren.- Lebensphase all’interazione tra cultura e salute.- 3 Cultura: sig- und Mobilität.- Negative Folgen des Verkehrs.- Fields of interest nificato, evoluzione e domini operativi secondo Lösungsansätze. l’UNESCO.- 4 Distretto Culturale e capitale cultur- Energy Systems; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Engineering Fluid Dynam- ale: aspetti socioeconomici.- 5 Cultura, beni relazion- Fields of interest ics ali e benessere.- 6 La gestione associata dei beni Psychology (general); Community & Environmental culturali.- 7 Il museo come luogo di “diletto”.- 8 Psychology Target groups Benessere, stato di salute e qualità della vita: aspetti Research teorici e metodologici.- 9 La psicologia positiva e Target groups la scienza del benessere.- 10 Dalla salute mentale a Professional/practitioner Type of publication quella fisica: medicina[...] Brief Type of publication Fields of interest Professional book More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5853-1 Psychology (general); Medicine (general) More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-18503-3 Softcover 2013. 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Liestal, Schweiz Organisationsentwicklung konkret International Handbook of Peace Körperbild und Persönlichkeit 11 Fallbeispiele für betriebliche Veränderungsprojekte Band 2 and Reconciliation Die klinische Evaluation des Körpererlebens mit der Körper- bild-Liste Organisationsentwicklung wird immer öfter genutzt, um einschneidende Veränderungen in Organisa- How do ordinary people from different regions Das Praxismanual: Evaluation des Körpererlebens tionen zu gestalten und nachhaltige Lösungen zu around the world define peace and reconciliation? mit der Körperbild-ListeDas Körpererleben besser finden. Die elf Beispiele beschreiben solche Verän- What factors do they think are necessary for pro- zu erfassen ist für die Diagnostik und Behandlung derungsprozesse und zeigen welche Bedingungen, moting reconciliation between countries? Do they vieler seelischer und körperlicher Störungen enorm Haltungen und Handlungen erfolgreiche Verän- believe that individuals have a right to protest against wichtig. Dies gilt für die große, sowohl für den All- derung in Organisationen unterstützen und wie die war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that gemeinmediziner wie für den Psychiater wichtige Konzepte und Instrumente praktisch angewendet apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? Gruppe der somatoformen Störungen, darüber hin- werden. What do they think are the best ways for achieving aus für ein breites Spektrum von medizinischen und peace? Does reasoning regarding the achievability of psychiatrischen Krankheiten, bei denen eine psy- Features world peace vary by region? International Handbook chosomatische oder psychotherapeutische Behand- Organisationsentwicklung wird immer öfter genutzt, of Peace and Reconciliation, a companion volume lung angezeigt ist. Zugleich werden der Bezug zum um einschneidende Veränderungen in Organisa- to the International Handbook on War, Torture, eigenen Körper, die Freude an der eigenen Körper- tionen zu gestalten und nachhaltige Lösungen zu and Terrorism, examines and analyzes how people lichkeit, die körperliche Interaktion mit anderen finden. Die elf Beispiele beschreiben solche Verän- around the world think about justice,[...] etc. oft nur wenig im klinischen Alltag beachtet. Das derungsprozesse und zeigen welche Bedingungen, hat[...] Haltungen und Handlungen erfolgreiche Verän- Features derung in Organisationen unterstützen und wie die How do ordinary people from different regions Features Konzepte und Instrumente praktisch angewendet [..] around the world define peace and reconciliation? Das Praxismanual: Evaluation des Körpererlebens What factors do they think are necessary for pro- mit der Körperbild-ListeDas Körpererleben besser Contents moting reconciliation between countries? Do they zu erfassen ist für die Diagnostik und Behandlung Business Process Management: Optimierung believe that individuals have a right to protest against vieler seelischer und körperlicher Störungen enorm der Geschäftsprozesse.- Sei frech! Ein Verän- war and in favor of peace? Do they believe that wichtig. Dies gilt für die große, sowohl für den All- derungsvorhaben bei Schweizer Radio DRS 3.- apologies can improve the chances of reconciliation? gemeinmediziner wie für den Psychiater wichtige Neue Kundenbetreuung in der Hauptstelle der OÖ What do they think are the best ways for achieving Gruppe der somatoformen Störungen, darüber hin- Gebietskrankenkasse.- Leben und Entwicklung im peace? [..] aus für ein breites Spektrum von medizinischen und Dorf.- Strategische Unternehmenskommunikation [..] und Organisationsentwicklung in einem historisch Fields of interest gewachsenen Wiener Kulturbetrieb.- Reformen im Personality and Social Psychology; Positive Psychol- Contents Rathaus: Softwaer-Implementierung als Hebel zur ogy I Grundlagen: 1 Begriffserklärungen.- 2 Entwick- Veränderung.- Die Chancen und Grenzen einer lung des Körperselbst.- 3 Methoden der empirischen Target groups strategischen Führungskräfteentwicklungsmaß- Erfassung des Körpererlebens.- II Die Körper- Research nahme als Teilinstrument der OE.- Legitimation als bild-Liste und die Arbeit mit ihr: 4 Die Körper- Grundlage für ein Innovationsprojekt in[...] Type of publication bild-Liste (KB-L).- 5 Klinische Anwendung der Handbook Körperbild-Liste (KB-L): Kasuistisches Beispiel.- 6 Fields of interest „Sie fragen mich Sachen!“ – Zum therapeutischen Psychology (general); Industrial and organisational More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5932-3 Nutzen des körperbezogenen psychodynamischen psychology; Administration, Organization and Lead- Hardcover Interviews (KPI): eine Patientensicht. ership 2013. 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S.O. Dean, Fusion Power Associates, Gaithersburg, MD, USA G. Kessler, Stutensee; A. Veser, Pro-Science GmbH, Ettlingen, F.N. Thomas, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX, USA Deutschland; F.-H. Schlüter, Karlsruhe; W. Raskob, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen; C. Land- Search for the Ultimate Energy man, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Eggenstein-Leopold- Solution-Focused Supervision shafen; J. Päsler-Sauer, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Source Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen A Resource-Oriented Approach to Developing Clinical Exper- tise A History of the U.S. Fusion Energy Program Sicherheit von New data have come to light through the Solu- Why has the clean, limitless energy promised by tion Focused Brief Therapy Association Archive fusion always seemed just out of reach? Search for Leichtwasserreaktoren (hereafter, the Archive). This information is drawn the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. Risiken der Nukleartechnologie from manuscripts and video featuring one of the Fusion Energy Program, explains the fundamen- SF founders, Insoo Kim Berg, MSW. Archive video tals and concepts behind fusion power, and traces- In diesem Buch werden die Risiken von examples of Ms. Berg conducting supervision, ther- the development of fusion historically by decade Kernkraftwerken und der verantwortungsbe- apy teams, and case consultation as well as unpub- —covering its history as dictated by US govern- wusste Umgang damit zur Vermeidung von Stör- lished manuscripts written by her provide unique ment policies, its major successes, and its prognosis fällen mit Außenwirkung in einer für den Laien opportunities to illustrate specific assumptions and for the future. The reader will gain an understand- verständlichen Form erklärt. Dazu werden die techniques rarely seen before. The documents out- ing of how the development of fusion has been Grundlagen der Kernkraftwerkstechnologie und die line Ms. Berg’s philosophy, assumptions, and tech- shaped by changing government priorities as well Sicherheitsmaßnahmen erläutert, auch mit Blick niques to conduct supervision, and the videos offer as other hurdles currently facing realization of auf in der Vergangenheit eingetretene Störfälle. in vivo examples of her supervision and team/case fusion power. Advance Praise for Search for the Ulti- Nach kurzer Darstellung der in der Welt betriebenen consultation style. Together, the Archive[...] mate Energy Source:“Dr. Dean has been uniquely Kernkraftwerke und der zugehörigen Brennstoff- involved[...] Kreislauf-Anlagen werden die in den nächsten Features Jahren in Deutschland verbleibenden Druck- und As Solution-Focused (SF) Brief Therapy transformed Features Siedewasser-Reaktoren sowie die neu entwickelten the clinical world with its powerful present/future Why has the clean, limitless energy promised by Reaktoren - der Europäische Druckwasser-Reak- orientation and innovative techniques, it is no sur- fusion always seemed just out of reach? Search for tor (EPR) und der neu entwickelte Siedewasserreak- prise that its approach should be applied to super- the Ultimate Energy Source: A History of the U.S. tor[...] vision. By contrast, what is surprising is the lack of Fusion Energy Program, explains the fundamentals consensus on what constitutes good SF supervisory and concepts behind fusion power, and traces the Features practice.Solution-Focused Supervision fills in the development of fusion historically by decade—cover- In diesem Buch werden die Risiken von blanks, expanding on [..] ing its history as dictated by US government policies, Kernkraftwerken und der verantwortungsbewusste its major successes, and its prognosis for [..] Umgang damit zur Vermeidung von Störfällen mit Contents Außenwirkung in einer für den Laien verständlichen SF Supervision Stance.- Systems thinking and iso- Contents Form erklärt. Dazu werden die Grundlagen der morphism.- The Insoo approach to SF Supervision.- Prologue.- Chapter 1 - Fusion Fundamentals.- Chap- Kernkraftwerkstechnologie und die Sicherheits- SF Supervision Practices.- Tap on the shoulder: ter 2 - Fusion Concepts.- Chapter 3 - The Strug- maßnahmen erläutert, auch mit Blick auf in der Supervision with Insoo Kim Berg.- Research and gling Years - 1960s.- Chapter 4 - The Glory Years Vergangenheit eingetretene Störfälle. Nach kurzer Supervision.- Applications.- Concluding thoughts. – 1970s.- Chapter 5 - The Carter Plan vs. The Rea- Darstellung der in der Welt [..] gan Agenda – 1980-1985.- Chapter 6 - Successes and Fields of interest Disasters – 1985-1990.- Chapter 7 - Hope for Resur- Contents Clinical Psychology; Psychology Research; Psy- gence – 1990-1995.- Chapter 8 - Financial Tsunami Teil I: Das physikalische und technische Sicher- chotherapy and Counseling – 1995-1999.- Chapter 9 - The New Millennium: heitskonzept gegenwärtiger deutscher und zukün- Science vs. Energy – 2000-2008.- Chapter 10 - The ftiger europäischer Leichtwasserreaktoren.- Teil II: Target groups Obama Administration – 2009-2012.- Chapter 11 – Sicherheit deutscher Leichtwasserreaktoren bei pos- Professional/practitioner Applications.- Chapter 12 - Engineering Challenges.- tuliertem Flugzeugaufprall.- Teil III: RODOS als Chapter 13 – Energy.- Chapter 14 - Perspectives[...] Beispiel für ein rechnergestütztes Entscheidungshil- Type of publication fesystem für den Notfallschutz nach kerntechnischen Professional book Fields of interest Unfällen. More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6051-0 Energy Policy, Economics and Management; R & D / Hardcover Technology Policy; Nuclear Fusion; Energy Technol- Fields of interest 2013. XXVII, 345 p. 3 illus. ogy Nuclear Energy; Popular Science in Mathematics / $79.95 Natural Science / Technology; Energy Technology; Target groups ISBN 978-1-4614-6051-0 Applied and Technical Physics; Nuclear Physics, Popular/general Heavy Ions, Hadrons Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. Type of publication Target groups Monograph Professional/practitioner More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6036-7 Type of publication Hardcover Popular science 2013. XV, 262 p. 35 illus., 21 in color. (Green Energy and Technology) More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-28380-2 $129.00 Hardcover ISBN 978-1-4614-6036-7 2012. XVI, 280 S. 158 Abb. Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. $69.95 ISBN 978-3-642-28380-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 162 Psychology springer.com

P.A. Prieto, Asociación para el Estudio de los Recursos Energéti- T.A. Hoffer, J.L.E. Shelton Z. Jagoo, University of Mauritius, Réduit, Mauritius cos, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain; C.A.S. Hall, State University of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA Suicide Among Child Sex Offenders Tracking Solar Concentrators

Spain’s Photovoltaic Revolution A Low Budget Solution By providing empirical data and multidisciplinary The Energy Return on Investment considerations, the book increases awareness of Harnessing a multitude of complementary green child sex offender suicide among the various enti- energy sources is the only plausible way to satisfy The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or ties which come into contact with this population the energy demands of a greedy global economy. EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from of offenders. This book attempts to bring aware- The potential of solar energy (being the most abun- a particular energy source divided by the energy ness of this potentially high risk population to better dant) in fulfilling part of the energy requirements expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. inform the law enforcement, corrections, and men- of mankind is immense and constitutes the focal EROI is an essential and seemingly simple mea- tal health communities of the unique risk factors for point of this book. A self-powered solar tracker sure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from suicide among CSOs and provide a more effective that points directly towards the sun by means of an the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not crisis response. The Federal Bureau of Investigation integrated control mechanism with two degrees of so easy to determine all of the energy expenditures (FBI) Behavioral Analysis Unit III- Crimes Against rotational freedom was studied and developed. The that should be included in the calculation. Because Children reviewed and analyzed 106 male Child Sex electro-mechanical control system is based on a pre- EROI values are generally low for renewable energy Offenders (CSO) who committed suicide during the cisely-timed microcontroller circuit that first com- sources, differences in these estimates can lead to course of a child sex crime[...] putes the altitude and azimuth of the sun in real-time sharply divergent conclusions about the viability of and then drives a pair of stepper motors[...] these energy technologies. This book presents the Features first complete energy analysis of a[...] By providing empirical data and multidisciplinary Features considerations, the book increases awareness of Harnessing a multitude of complementary green Features child sex offender suicide among the various enti- energy sources is the only plausible way to satisfy The Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI or ties which come into contact with this population of the energy demands of a greedy global economy. EROEI) is the amount of energy acquired from offenders. This book attempts to bring awareness of The potential of solar energy (being the most abun- a particular energy source divided by the energy this potentially high risk population to better inform dant) in fulfilling part of the energy requirements of expended, or invested, in obtaining that energy. the law enforcement, corrections, and mental health mankind is immense and constitutes the focal point EROI is an essential and seemingly simple mea- communities of the unique risk factors for [..] of this book. A self-powered solar tracker that points sure of the usable energy or “energy profit” from directly towards the sun by means of an integrated the exploitation of an energy source, but it is not so Contents [..] easy to determine all of the energy expenditures that Introduction.- General Suicide Research.- Liter- should be [..] ature on Suicide Notes.- Literature on Child Sex Contents Offender Dynamics.- Research on Child Sex Offend- Introduction.- The Physics of the Sun.- Solar Track- Contents ers and Suicide.- Methdology and Results.- child Sex ing.- Solar Concentrators.- Experimental Results.- Preface.- Chapter 1. Solar Energy and Human Civi- Offender Characteristics.- Child Sex Crime Inves- Conclusion.- Appendices. lization.- Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Demand tigation Characteristics.- Suicide Characteristics.- for Primary Energy and Electricity in Spain.- Chap- Suicide notes.- Application of Interpersonal Psycho- Fields of interest ter 3. The historical, Legal, Political, Social and Eco- logical Theory to child Sex Offender Suicide.- Analy- Renewable and Green Energy; Energy Harvesting nomic Context of Solar Photovoltaics in Spain.- sis of Suicide Notes left by Child Sex Offenders.- Chapter 4. Calculating the Energy Return on Energy Target groups Multidisciplinary Considerations.- Considerations Invested (EROI) for Spain’s Solar Photovoltaic Research for Law Enforcement.- Considerations for Prosecu- Energy in 2008.- Chapter 5. Methods: Calculating the tors.- Considerations for Mental Health and[...] Energy Output. The Energy Returned (ER or Eout).- Type of publication Monograph Chapter 6. Methods: Calculating the Energy Input. Fields of interest The energy invested (EI or Ein).- Chapter 7. Results, Cognitive Psychology; Sexual Behavior; Clinical Psy- More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-6103-2 Sensitivity Analysis and[...] chology Softcover 2013. XX, 99 p. 55 illus., 25 in color. 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A. Jünemann, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bun- H. Korte, Münster, Deutschland Social Sciences deswehr Hamburg, Deutschland; A. Zorob, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Deutschland (Eds.) Biographische Skizzen zu Norbert

Kulturbüro Sachsen e.V., Dresden, Deutschland (Ed.) Arabellions Elias

Zur Vielfalt von Protest und Revolte im Nahen Osten und (Dia)Logbuch Sachsen Nordafrika In sieben Essays untersucht Hermann Korte an einzelnen Beispielen den Zusammenhang von Werk, Prozessorientierte Beratung im ländlichen Raum Seit Dezember 2010 haben die Arabellions individueller Biographie und Zeitgeschichte im Nordafrika und die gesamte Region des Nahen Leben von Norbert Elias (1897 – 1990). Diese Blicke Die interdisziplinären Projekte des Kulturbüro und Mittleren Ostens erfasst. Als stabil geltende auf ein langes Leben, auf Strukturen und Prozesse, Sachsen e.V. erarbeiten Methoden und Inhalte, autoritäre Machtstrukturen wurden massiv erschüt- die es begleiteten und bestimmten, sind nach dem die bürgerschaftliches Engagement und konkretes tert, wenn auch nicht überall auf gleiche Weise. Ziel Tod von Elias entstanden und ergänzen die Werkbi- Handlungswissen gegen Rechtsextremismus stärken des Bandes ist es, Ursachen und Verlaufsformen ographie, die Hermann Korte zuerst 1988 vorgelegt und so demokratische Alltagskultur in sächsischen der Proteste im spezifischen Kontext der jeweiligen hatte. In den Essays wird die Vielschichtigkeit von Kommunen und Landkreisen verankern. In den let- Länder sowie regional übergreifender politischer Werk und Person deutlich und gleichzeitig jeweils zten zehn Jahren konnten in unterschiedlichen Bere- und sozio-ökonomischer Faktoren zu analysieren. nicht nur ein Beitrag zum Verständnis von Leben ichen der zivilgesellschaftlichen Arbeit Erfahrungen Dabei wird sowohl den Gemeinsamkeiten nachge- und Werk geliefert, sondern auch zur Geschichte der gesammelt werden. Die konkrete Darstellung der spürt, die die wellenartige Ausbreitung der Ara- Soziologie. Hermann Korte schreibt seit mehr als dabei gewonnenen Erkenntnisse eröffnet eine Best- bellions erklären, als auch den länderspezifischen dreißig Jahren über Norbert Elias, weiß aber bei[...] Practice der Arbeit für eine demokratische Kultur in Besonderheiten, die die Vielgestaltigkeit von Protest Ostdeutschland. und Revolte verstehbar machen. Es wird aufgezeigt, Features warum man[...] In sieben Essays untersucht Hermann Korte an Features einzelnen Beispielen den Zusammenhang von Werk, Die interdisziplinären Projekte des Kulturbüro Features individueller Biographie und Zeitgeschichte im Sachsen e.V. erarbeiten Methoden und Inhalte, Seit Dezember 2010 haben die Arabellions Leben von Norbert Elias (1897 – 1990). Diese Blicke die bürgerschaftliches Engagement und konkretes Nordafrika und die gesamte Region des Nahen auf ein langes Leben, auf Strukturen und Prozesse, Handlungswissen gegen Rechtsextremismus stärken und Mittleren Ostens erfasst. Als stabil geltende die es begleiteten und bestimmten, sind nach dem und so demokratische Alltagskultur in sächsischen autoritäre Machtstrukturen wurden massiv erschüt- Tod von Elias entstanden und ergänzen die Werkbi- Kommunen und Landkreisen verankern. In den let- tert, wenn auch nicht überall auf gleiche Weise. Ziel ographie, die Hermann Korte zuerst 1988 vorgelegt zten zehn Jahren konnten in unterschiedlichen Bere- des Bandes ist es, Ursachen und Verlaufsformen der hatte. In den [..] ichen der zivilgesellschaftlichen Arbeit Erfahrungen Proteste im spezifischen Kontext der jeweiligen Län- gesammelt werden. Die [..] der sowie regional übergreifender politischer und [..] Contents Blicke auf ein langes Leben.- Über das Schreiben Contents Contents von Biographien.- Norbert Elias an der Universität Arbeit für demokratische Kultur ist die nachhaltig- Mit Beiträgen von Annette Jünemann, Anja Zorob, Leicester.- Dieter Claessens, Norbert Elias und ich.- ste Arbeit gegen Rechtsextremismus.- Umgang Cilja Harders, Domenica Preysing, Wolfram Lacher, Der ethnologische Blick bei Norbert Elias.- Watteaus mit Hegemoniebestrebungen einer neonazistis- André Bank, Eric Mohns, Malika Bouziane, Katha- Pilgerfahrt zur Insel der Liebe.- Elias und der jüdis- chen Kameradschaft im ländlichen Raum.- Mobile rina Lenner, Stephan Stetter, Muriel Asseburg, Hen- che Wanderbund Blau-Weiß.- Armer Jakob, armer Beratung unterstützt demokratisches Potenzial in ner Fürtig, Martin Beck, Simone Hüser, Rachid Norbert, armer Hans. den Kommunen.- Internationale Jugendbegegnung.- Ouaissa, Ivesa Luebben. Neonazistische und menschenfeindliche Einflüsse im Fields of interest sächsischen Sport.- Das Aktionsjahr der Kirchen.- Fields of interest Sociology, general; Social Sciences (general); Political Letzte Ausfahrt Jugendhilfe.- Auseinandersetzung Political Science, general Theory mit Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus auf lokaler Ebene.- Der Abbau von strukturellem Rassismus als Target groups Target groups Nische in der Arbeit für demokratische Kultur. Professional/practitioner Professional/practitioner

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S.K. Mitra, University of Heidelberg, Germany (Ed.) G. Graf, Salzburg, Austria; E. Kapferer, Salzburg, Austria; C. Sed- M. Schnell, Witten/Herdecke, Deutschland; C. Schulz, Düssel- mak, Salzburg, Austria (Eds.) dorf, Deutschland; H. Kolbe, Herne, Deutschland; C. Dunger, Wit- ten/Herdecke, Deutschland (Eds.) Citizenship as Cultural Flow Der Capability Approach und seine Structure, Agency and Power Anwendung Der Patient am Lebensende The book addresses the very topical subject of citizen Eine Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse Fähigkeiten von Kindern und Jugendlichen erkennen und making. By delving into a range of sources - among fördern them survey questions, historical documents, polit- Um einen Einblick in die Selbstsicht von Patienten am Lebensende zu erlangen, wurden die Patienten ical theory, architectural design, and public policy Auf welche konkreten und gesellschaftlich rele- gebeten, mit Studierenden zu sprechen. Es zeigte - the book provides a unique analysis of when and vanten Fragestellungen lässt sich der von Amartya sich, dass Palliativpatienten die Möglichkeit zu why citizenship has taken root in India. Each chapter Sen und Martha Nussbaum formulierte „Capabil- Gesprächen mit Studierenden schätzen. Die Ergeb- highlights the constant innovation of citizenship that ity Approach“ anwenden? Eignet er sich als Grund- nisse dieser Gespräche wurden mit der Methode der has occurred in India's legal, political, social, eco- lage für Studien und Projekte, die sich mit der Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Philip Mayring nomic and aesthetic arrangements as well as provid- Konzeptualisierung und Minderung von Kinder- ermittelt. Entsprechende Daten lieferten dabei die ing the basis for comparative analysis across South armut beschäftigen? Die Autorinnen und Autoren Texte von semistrukturierten Tiefeninterviews, die Asian cases and the European Union. gehen diesen Fragen aus unterschiedlichen fach- durch die Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse induktiv kodiert lichen Perspektiven nach und zeigen das Potential worden sind. Die AutorInnen stellen die Methode Features des Ansatzes auf. Dabei werden sowohl seine theo- vor, reflektieren sie und beobachten sie abschließend The book addresses the very topical subject of citizen retischen Grundlagen reflektiert als auch methodis- bei der Durchführung. making. By delving into a range of sources - among che Herausforderungen aufgegriffen, die bei seiner them survey questions, historical documents, polit- Anwendung auftreten. ical theory, architectural design, and public policy Features Um einen Einblick in die Selbstsicht von Patienten - the book provides a unique analysis of when and Features am Lebensende zu erlangen, wurden die Patienten why citizenship has taken root in India. Each chapter Auf welche konkreten und gesellschaftlich relevan- gebeten, mit Studierenden zu sprechen. Es zeigte highlights the constant innovation of citizenship that ten Fragestellungen lässt sich der von Amartya Sen sich, dass Palliativpatienten die Möglichkeit zu has occurred in India's legal, political, [..] und Martha Nussbaum formulierte „Capability Gesprächen mit Studierenden schätzen. Die Ergeb- Approach“ anwenden? Eignet er sich als Grundlage nisse dieser Gespräche wurden mit der Methode der Contents für Studien und Projekte, die sich mit der Konzep- Qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse nach Philip Mayring Introduction: Citizenship today—Shifting Para- tualisierung und Minderung von Kinderarmut ermittelt. Entsprechende Daten lieferten dabei die digms, Hybridization, or plus ça change?.- Part I: beschäftigen? Die Autorinnen und Autoren gehen Texte von [..] Reimagining the liberal canon.- From T. H. Marshall diesen Fragen aus unterschiedlichen fachlichen Per- to Jawaharlal Nehru: Citizenship as Vision and Strat- spektiven nach und zeigen [..] egy.- Reluctant and Excluded Citizens, Differentiated Contents Die Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse im Licht der Wis- and Multilevel Citizenship—Where the Indian and Contents senschaftstheorie.- Was ist "Qualitative Inhalt- the European Discourse on Citizenship Meet.- Turn- Zu "Enactment" und Inkulturation des Fähigkeit- sanalyse"?.- Studie: Die Begegnung zwischen ing Aliens into Citizens: A “Toolkit” for a Trans- sansatzes.- Empirische Studien zum Capabil- sterbenden Patienten und Medizinstudenten: eine disciplinary Policy Analysis.- Part II: Citizenship in ity Ansatz auf der Grundlage von Befragungen Annäherung an die Perspektive des Patienten.- Qual- National and Transnational Contexts: The European – ein Überblick.- Der Capability-Approach in itative Inhaltsanalyse: eine kommentierte Liter- Union, Sri Lanka, and India.- European Citizenship: der Empirie.- Capabilities Approach – Zentrales aturliste. A Concept of Interrelatedness and[...] Paradigma oder eklektizistischer Moralkodex?.- Capabilities in sozialen Kontexten. Erfahrungs- Fields of interest Fields of interest basierte Analysen von Handlungsbefähigung Quality of Life Research Cultural Studies; Human Geography; Regional and und Verwirklichungschancen im menschlichen Cultural Studies Entwicklungsprozess.- Kinderarmut als Mangel Target groups an Verwirklichungschancen. Ein sozialarbeitswis- Target groups Research senschaftlicher Beitrag zum Capability-Approach.- Research Der Capability Approach als Ansatz zur Stärkung[...] Type of publication Type of publication Monograph Fields of interest Monograph Social Sciences (general) More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-19659-6 More on www.springer.com/978-3-642-34567-8 Softcover Target groups Softcover 2013. VIII, 148 S. 19 Abb. (Palliative Care und Research 2013. XVI, 283 p. 23 illus. 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K. Burger, Sion, Switzerland W. Stange, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Deutschland; R. J.W. Drisko, Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA; M.D. Grady, Krüger, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Deutschland; A. Hen- Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA schel, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Deutschland; C. Schmitt, Early Childhood Care and Education Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Deutschland (Eds.) and Equality of Opportunity Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Erziehungs- und Social Work Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Social Challenges Bildungspartnerschaften Early childhood care and education has become a Evidence-Based Practice in Clinical Social Work subject of increasing public interest in a great num- Praxisbuch zur Elternarbeit introduces the key ideas of evidence-based clinical ber of countries and among several international social work practice and their thoughtful application. 'Erziehungs- und Bildungspartnerschaften' im Span- organizations and foundations. This book focuses It intends to inform practitioners and to address nungsfeld von Schule, Jugendhilfe und Familie sind on key issues in early childhood care and education, the challenges and needs faced in real world prac- derzeit nicht optimal gelöst. Trotz vorhandener adding pedagogical, historical, and sociological per- tice. This book lays out the many strengths of the Praxis und teilweise langer Traditionen im Bereich spectives to a body of research in education that has EBP model, but also offers perspectives on its limi- der Elternarbeit mangelt es in Deutschland an mod- neglected important questions to date. The studies tations and challenges. An appreciative but critical ernen Konzepten zur Kooperation mit Eltern in der presented focus on effects of early childhood care perspective is offered throughout. Practical issues Bildungs- und Erziehungsarbeit. Dieses 'Praxisbuch' and education on children, on the importance of (agency supports, access to research resources, help bietet in einer Vielzahl von Portraits einen tiefen family background for child development, on the in appraising research) are addressed - and some Einblick in gelingende Elternarbeit, der ein Spek- use of institutional services among different families, practical solutions offered. Ethical issues in assess- trum vom Eltern-Baby-Kurs über die Elternarbeit on the history of such services in France and in the ment/diagnosis, working with diverse families to in der Kita und der Schule bis hin zu Eltern-Kompe- United States of America, and[...] make treatment[...] tenz-Trainings und Elternbriefen eröffnet. Der Band Features versteht sich auch als Ergänzung zu dem Grundla- Features Early childhood care and education has become a genband zu Erziehungs- und[...] "This volume is a superb and user-friendly resource key issue in social science as well as in politics. In for clinical social workers interested in incorporat- Features many countries, different actors increasingly use ing the EBP approach into their practice. It provides „Erziehungs- und Bildungspartnerschaften“ im early childhood programs to tackle a variety of soci- the intellectual and practical tools that practition- Spannungsfeld von Schule, Jugendhilfe und Familie etal challenges. The studies collected in this book ers need to use EBP wisely as well as to appreciate its sind derzeit nicht optimal gelöst. Trotz vorhandener contribute theoretical and empirical dimensions to limitations, with many case illustrations. Although Praxis und teilweise langer Traditionen im Bereich a body of research that has neglected a number of the book can easily be used on its own by graduate der Elternarbeit mangelt es in Deutschland an mod- questions to date. They analyze (1) the effects of [..] clinicians and social workers [..] ernen Konzepten zur Kooperation mit Eltern in der Contents Bildungs- und Erziehungsarbeit. Dieses „Praxisbuch“ Contents Equality of opportunity in view of social bietet in einer Vielzahl von Portraits einen inhaltlich I. What is Evidence Based Practice and How It inequalities.- New contributions to early childhood [..] Influences Clinical Practice?- Introduction and care and education research.- Effects of early child- Overview.- Three Perspectives on Evidence Based Contents hood care and education programs on intellectual Practice.- The Steps of EBP in Clinical Social Programme und Praxisprofile zur Elternar- development.- History of childcare in France and Work: An Overview.- Assessment in Clinical beit: Überblick · Differenzierende Elternarbeit in the United States.- Desire, language, and edu- Social Work and Identifying.- Practice Informa- · Schülerorientierte Elternarbeit · Elternarbeit cation in early childhood.- Multiple methodical tion Needs.- Locating Practice Research.- Evaluating in früher Kindheit, Kindertagesstätte, Schule approaches.- Implications for practice and research. Research: Research Designs in EBM/EBP.- Evalu- · Medienorientierte Elternarbeit · Hilfen zur ating Research: Other Issues of Research Method- Erziehung · Aufsuchende Hilfen · Beratung · Fields of interest ology in EBM/EBP.- Meta-analysis and Systematic Materielle Unterstützung · Erziehungskompetenzen · Social Sciences (general) Reviews: Aggregating.- Research Results.- Shared Familienbildung · Elternmitwirkung und Mitbestim- Decision Making with the Client.- Finalizing the mung Target groups Treatment Plan and[...] Research Fields of interest Fields of interest Social Work; Family Type of publication Social Work; Psychotherapy and Counseling; Psy- Monograph Target groups chotherapy; Social Policy More on www.springer.com/978-3-658-01211-3 Professional/practitioner Target groups Softcover Professional/practitioner 2013. IX, 235 p. 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R. Klemm, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; D. B. Enzmann, Katholische Universität, Eichstätt, Deutschland (Ed.) O. Müller, Münster Klemm, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany Handbuch Politische Gewalt Kirchlichkeit und Religiosität in Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Ostmittel- und Osteuropa Egypt and Nubia Formen - Ursachen - Legitimation - Begrenzung Politische Gewalt ist eine Grundkonstante, die in Entwicklungen – Muster – Bestimmungsgründe Geoarchaeology of the Ancient Gold Mining Sites in the der Geschichte durchgehend auftritt und sich als Egyptian and Sudanese Eastern Deserts Wenn in letzter Zeit vom Aufschwung der Reli- mögliches Mittel der Politik auch nicht beseitigen gion die Rede war, dann wurde immer wieder auch lässt. Dieses Handbuch behandelt systematisch die The book presents the historical evolution of gold auf die Situation in Ostmittel- und Osteuropa ver- Grundformen politischer Gewalt: Widerstand, Revo- mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert wiesen. Inwieweit hält eine solche Behauptung den lution, Krieg, Terror und Extremismus. (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic empirischen Gegebenheiten stand?Olaf Müller Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main Features untersucht in seiner Arbeit folgende Fragestellun- classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old gen: Wie stellte sich die Situation im Hinblick auf and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Handbuch Politische GewaltPolitische Gewalt ist eine Grundkonstante, die in der Geschichte durchge- die Kirchlichkeit und Religiosität der Menschen in Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It den postkommunistischen Ländern unmittelbar is illustrated with many informative colour images, hend auftritt und sich als mögliches Mittel der Poli- tik auch nicht beseitigen lässt. Dieses Handbuch nach dem politischen Umbruch dar, und wie hat sich maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive das religiöse Feld seitdem entwickelt? Welche spez- geological introduction gives a general overview behandelt systematisch die Grundformen politischer Gewalt: Widerstand, Revolution, Krieg, Terror und ifischen Muster und Zusammenhänge lassen sich on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert hierbei erkennen? Und durch welche Faktoren kön- of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including Extremismus.Der InhaltBedingungen für Aggression und Gewalt - Politische Gewalt, [..] nte der beobachtete religiöse Wandel bedingt sein? the various formation processes of the gold bearing Die[...] quartz veins mined in these ancient[...] Contents Einleitung. - Gewalt. - Widerstand. - Revolution. - Features Features Wenn in letzter Zeit vom Aufschwung der Reli- The book presents the historical evolution of gold Krieg. - Terror und Terrorismus. - Extremismus und Gewalt von links und rechts. - Bilanz. gion die Rede war, dann wurde immer wieder auch mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert auf die Situation in Ostmittel- und Osteuropa ver- (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Fields of interest wiesen. Inwieweit hält eine solche Behauptung den Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main Political Science, general empirischen Gegebenheiten stand?Olaf Müller classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old untersucht in seiner Arbeit folgende Fragestellun- and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Target groups gen: Wie stellte sich die Situation im Hinblick auf Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It Upper undergraduate die Kirchlichkeit und Religiosität der Menschen in is illustrated with many informative colour images, den [..] maps [..] Type of publication Professional book Contents Contents Religion und Religiosität in der Moderne.- Kirch- More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-18081-6 Archaeological Chronology fo Gold Mining in lichkeit und Religiosität in den Transforma- Ancient Egypt and Nubian Sudan.- Value of Gold in Hardcover tionsgesellschaften Ostmittel- und Osteuropas.- Ancient Egypt.- Analyses of Gold and Observations 2013. XIV, 393 S. 10 Abb. Kirchlichkeit und Religiosität in Ostmittel- und on Ancient Egyptian Goldsmithing.- Summary on $59.95 Osteuropa: Stand und Entwicklung seit dem Ende the Sequential and Spatial Distribution of Ancient ISBN 978-3-531-18081-6 des Kommunismus.- Einstellungen zur Rolle von Gold Producing Sites in the Egyptian and Nubian Due: März 28, 2013 Kirche und Religion in der Gesellschaft und im Eastern Deserts. täglichen Leben.- Kirchlichkeit – Religiosität – Spiri- tualität: Zusammenhänge und Bedingungsfaktoren. Fields of interest Archaeology; Economic Geology; Geoecology / Nat- Fields of interest ural Processes Social Sciences (general)

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P.M. Lynen, Köln, Deutschland D.C. Comer, M.J. Harrower D. de la Fontaine, La Paz, Bolivien

Kunstrecht 1-3 Mapping Archaeological Neue Dynamiken in der Süd-Süd- Landscapes from Space Kooperation Das Recht der Kunst und Kultur aller Sparten hat Indien, Brasilien und Südafrika als Emerging Donors in den letzten Jahren an Umfang, Bedeutung und Given the rising awareness and interest in aer- Vielfalt gewonnen. Dem entspricht die Zunahme ial and satellite remote sensing, there is a need Anhand der Fallbeispiele Indien, Brasilien und kunstrechtlicher Publikationen. Es fehlte aber bis- to familiarize archaeologists with the basic prin- Südafrika untersuchtDana de la Fontaine die lang eine umfassende Gesamtdarstellung, die in ciples and applications of what have become entwicklungspolitische Rolle sogenannterEmerg- Form eines Lehrbuchs Wege durch das „Labyrinth the most useful technologies. This volume, ing Donors seit den 1990er Jahren. Die Autorin des Kunstrechts“ aufzeigt und in konziser Beschrei- in the Springerbriefs Archaeologial Heritage beantwortetdie Frage, inwiefern die Ausweitung bung dem – auch nicht juristisch ausgebildetem – Management series, accomplishes this. Contribu- der Süd-Süd-Geberaktivitätenauf das Agieren bes- Leser hilft, diese selber gehen zu können. tions to the volume come from those who have been timmter institutioneller Akteure auf nationalerEbene in diesen Ländern zurückgeführt werden kann. Gle- Features active in developing key technologies as well as those ichzeitigwird danach gefragt, aufgrund welcher Das Recht der Kunst und Kultur aller Sparten hat who have been most successful in applying them. Interessenslagen sich dieseAkteure für eine in den letzten Jahren an Umfang, Bedeutung und Leading experts, most of them from NASA, con- Ausweitung der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Vielfalt gewonnen. Dem entspricht die Zunahme cisely describe what needs to be understood in order eingesetzt haben. Aus theoretischer Sicht wird kunstrechtlicher Publikationen. Es fehlte aber bis- to utilize images produced from data collected by schließlich analysiert, ob diese Prozesse als ein lang eine umfassende Gesamtdarstellung, die in the most important airborne and satellite sensing außenpolitischer Wandel zu verstehen sind. Form eines Lehrbuchs Wege durch das „Labyrinth devices..[...] des Kunstrechts“ aufzeigt und in konziser Beschrei- Features Features bung dem – auch nicht juristisch ausgebildetem – Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space: In Anhand der Fallbeispiele Indien, Brasilien und Leser hilft, diese selber [..] Observance of the 40th Anniversary of the World Südafrika untersuchtDana de la Fontaine die entwicklungspolitische Rolle sogenannterEmerg- Contents Heritage Convention offers a concise overview of ing Donors seit den 1990er Jahren. Die Autorin Grundlagen. - Kunstgewährleistungsrecht. - Kunst- air and spaceborne imagery and related geospatial beantwortetdie Frage, inwiefern die Ausweitung wirtschaftsrecht. technologies tailored to the needs of archaeologists. Leading experts including scientists involved in der Süd-Süd-Geberaktivitätenauf das Agieren bes- Fields of interest NASA’s Space Archaeology program provide techni- timmter institutioneller Akteure auf nationalerEbene Sociology, general; Social Sciences (general); Cultural cal introductions to five sections: 1) Historic Air and in diesen Ländern zurückgeführt werden kann. [..] Management [..] Contents Target groups Contents Neue Dynamiken in der Süd-Süd-Kooperation Upper undergraduate Chapter Outline Introduction: The History and und die Rolle der Emerging Donors.- Fallbeispiel Future of Geospatial Technologies in Archaeology I: Indiens Wandel zum Emerging Donor.- Fall- Type of publication The Corona NASA ROSES Project Use of Corona in beispiel II: Brasiliens Wandel zum Emerging Donor.- German textbook Archaeology of China Section 1: Multispectral and Fallbeispiel III: Südafrikas Wandel zum Emerging Hyperspectral Imagery Multispectral Technology Donor. More on www.springer.com/978-3-531-19445-5 and Archaeological Applications Understanding the 2013. 768 S. 28 Abb., 17 in Farbe. 4 Bände. 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(SpringerBriefs in Archaeological Heritage Management, Vol. 5) $49.95 ISBN 978-1-4614-6073-2 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. 168 Social Sciences springer.com

D.P. Farrington, University of Cambridge, UK; A.R. Piquero, Uni- K. Komp, Umeå University, Sweden; M. Aartsen, Vrije Universiteit versity of Texas at Dallas, TX, USA; W.G. Jennings, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Eds.) South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA Old Age In Europe Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age A Textbook of Gerontology Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world Recent Results from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development and its population is still ageing. This demographic shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age is a Scholars from various disciplines and the public timely volume by leading researchers in Life Course noted this development and wonder what effects it Criminology, which reports new findings from The may have, but lack adequate information. They call Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a for explanations that are concise and easily accessi- prospective longitudinal survey of 411 South Lon- ble. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It introduces don males first studied at age 8 in 1961. The main readers to the most important developments, theo- aim of the study is to advance knowledge about ries, concepts, and discussions in ageing studies – criminal careers up to age 56. At the time of these always keeping an eye on the current situation in most recent findings, forty-two percent of the males Europe. Each chapter adopts the perspective of a dif- were convicted, with an average ten-year conviction ferent discipline, e.g. public health, sociology, eco- career. Only seven percent of the males accounted nomics, or technology.[...] for half of all convictions. Almost all of the males (93 percent) reported committing an offense in four age Features ranges, compared with 29 percent[...] Europe currently is the oldest continent in the world and its population is still ageing. This demographic Features shift affects society, economy, and welfare states. Offending from Childhood to Late Middle Age is a Scholars from various disciplines and the public timely volume by leading researchers in Life Course noted this development and wonder what effects it Criminology, which reports new findings from The may have, but lack adequate information. They call Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development, a for explanations that are concise and easily accessi- prospective longitudinal survey of 411 South London ble. The book at hand fills this lacuna. It [..] males first studied at age 8 in 1961. The main aim of the study is to advance knowledge about criminal Contents careers up to age 56. At the time of [..] Foreword: Alan Walker.- 1: Introduction: Older People under the Magnifying Glass: Kathrin Komp Contents and Marja Aartsen.- 2: Bio- and Health Gerontol- Introduction.- The Cambridge Study: previous ogy: How Ageing Changes our Bodies: Joel Ankri results.- The Social Interview at Age 48.- Offi- and Bernard Cassou.- 3: Gerontopsychology: Age- cial Criminal Careers.- Self-reported versus offi- ing is all in your Head: Mike Martin, Nathan Theill cial offending.- Life Success at Age 48.- Persisters, and Vera Schumacher.- 4: Social Gerontology: Older desisters, and late onset offenders.- Psychopathy People and Everybody Else: Christina Victor.- 5: at age 48.- Death at age 48.- Costs and benefits of Political Gerontology: Population Ageing and the offending.- Conclusions and Policy Implications. State of the State: Kathrin Komp.- 6: Economic Gerontology: Older People as Consumers and Work- Fields of interest ers: Jolanta Perek-Bialas and Joop J. Schippers.- 7[...] Criminology & Criminal Justice; Sociology, general; Social Policy Fields of interest Aging; Geriatrics / Gerontology; Demography Target groups Research Target groups Research Type of publication Brief Type of publication Brief More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6104-3 More on www.springer.com/978-94-007-6133-9 Softcover 2013. XII, 80 p. 8 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Criminology) Softcover $49.95 2013. XI, 141 p. 8 illus. (SpringerBriefs in Aging) ISBN 978-1-4614-6104-3 $49.95 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. ISBN 978-94-007-6133-9 Usually dispatched within 3 to 5 business days. springer.com Social Sciences 169

Social Sciences K. Lasinska, Mannheim D.J. Wetzel, Universität Bern, Schweiz Social Capital in Eastern Europe Soziologie des Wettbewerbs

E. Karstens, Fachhochschule Köln, Köln, Deutschland; J. Schütte, Poland an Exception? Eine kultur- und wirtschaftssoziologische Analyse der Markt- Carus Media GmbH, Köln, Deutschland gesellschaft Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences Praxishandbuch Fernsehen of democratic transitions in Middle and Eastern Das für Gesellschaften ebenso brisante wie zentrale Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries accord- Thema Wettbewerb wurde bislang der Ökonomie Wie TV-Sender arbeiten ing to the main explanations such as Catholic tra- respektive der politisch-medialen Rhetorik über- dition, transformation process and communist lassen. Soziologische Klassiker (Simmel, Weber, Das Fernsehen ist Leitmedium der Gegenwart – legacies, the author identifies key factors explaining Bourdieu u. a.) bieten Anknüpfungspunkte für eine daran hat vorerst auch der Boom des Internets nichts particular findings in Poland. Thank to systemat- Wettbewerbssoziologie. Deren Intuitionen auf- ändern können. Mit Fernsehen wird Politik gemacht, ically used comparative research strategy the pit- greifend besteht die „Soziologie des Wettbewerbs“ und es beeinflusst unser kulturelles Bewusstsein in falls of idiosyncratic argumentation are successfully aus einer sowohl sozialtheoretisch fundierten als hohem Maße. Die elektronischen Medien mit ihrem avoided. Through inclusion of religious tradition auch empirisch orientierten Feldanalyse. Vier soziale Kernbereich Fernsehen sind zugleich ein bedeu- as an explanative factor the results go beyond the Felder/Märkte und die dort vorfindlichen Praktiken tender Wirtschaftsfaktor und eine hochspezial- commonly used East-West comparisons. The author werden analysiert: 1. Bildung (Exzellenzinitiative), 2. isierte Industrie. Sie zu erforschen, setzt detailliertes presents a comprehensive picture of complex condi- Finanzmärkte (Großbanken), 3. Sport (Doping) und Hintergrundwissen voraus; in ihnen zu arbeiten, tions and different processes for social[...] 4. Liebe (Onlinedating). Daraus resultiert eine theo- erfordert spezifische professionelle Qualifikationen. retisch und empirisch fundierte[...] Die dritte Auflage dieses 1999 erstmals erschienenen Features Standard-werks entschlüsselt das komplexe System Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences Features hinter den Bildschirmen und stellt dabei den Zusam- of democratic transitions in Middle and Eastern Das für Gesellschaften ebenso brisante wie zentrale menhang zwischen den verschiedenen[...] Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries accord- Thema Wettbewerb wurde bislang der Ökonomie ing to the main explanations such as Catholic tra- respektive der politisch-medialen Rhetorik über- Features dition, transformation process and communist lassen. Soziologische Klassiker (Simmel, Weber, Das Fernsehen ist Leitmedium der Gegenwart – legacies, the author identifies key factors explaining Bourdieu u. a.) bieten Anknüpfungspunkte für eine daran hat vorerst auch der Boom des Internets nichts particular findings in Poland. Thank to systemati- Wettbewerbssoziologie. Deren Intuitionen auf- ändern können. Mit Fernsehen wird Politik gemacht, cally used comparative research strategy the pitfalls greifend besteht die „Soziologie des Wettbewerbs“ und es beeinflusst unser kulturelles Bewusstsein in of [..] aus einer sowohl sozialtheoretisch fundierten als hohem Maße. Die elektronischen Medien mit ihrem auch empirisch [..] Kernbereich Fernsehen sind zugleich ein bedeuten- Contents der Wirtschaftsfaktor und eine hochspezialisierte Exploring social capital in Poland.- Social capital: Contents Industrie. Sie zu erforschen, setzt detailliertes [..] conceptional framework and empirical findings.- Dispositive des Wettbewerbs.- Wettbewerbsanalytik: Communist legacy and systemic transition.- Catholi- Kulturen und drei Dimensionen.- Die Felder der Contents cism and social capital.- Catholicism and social capi- Bildung, der Ökonomie, des Sports und der Liebe.- Allgemeine Rahmenbedingungen.- Programm und tal in Poland is a comparative perspective - empirical Soziologie einer gelingenden Lebensführung. Produktion.- Kommunikation, Marketing und evidence.- Is social capital building different in Werbung.- Organisation und Forschung.- Fernsehen Poland?.- Why is Poland an exception among post- Fields of interest in der digitalen Wirtschaft. communist societies?. 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D.C. Comer, Cultural Site Research and Management, Baltimore, B. Zhao, Peking University, China S. Eichner, Postdam, Deutschland; L. Mikos, Universität Potsdam, MD, USA Deutschland; R. Winter, Klagenfurt, Österreich (Eds.) The Little Emperors’ New Toys The Archaeology of Transnationale Serienkultur A Critical Inquiry into Children and Television in China Interdependence Theorie, Ästhetik, Narration und Rezeption neuer Fernsehse- Drawing on original research I conducted in the rien European Involvement in the Development of a Sovereign United States late 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach to the study of children and television. It begins Fernsehserien wie Alias, CSI, Fringe, Grey's Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Heroes, Lost, Private The publication explores the ways in which archaeo- with critical reappraisals of previous empiricist and Practice, The Shield, The Sopranos, Dexter, True logical research can inform us about the manner and interpretative studies to set the ground for a dif- Blood, 24, Ugly Betty oder The Wire erfreuen sich motives of European involvement in the develop- ferent theoretical inquiry which links biography weltweiter Beliebtheit. Gerade die letzte Dekade ment of a sovereign United States. The five chapters with history. The situated activity of children’s tele- brachte eine Vielzahl an Formaten hervor, die unter focus on different archaeological sites (four terres- vision viewing therefore has to be related to the dem Label „Quality TV“ sowohl ein breites Pub- trial sites and one underwater), and each consider broader historical and cultural formations in post- likum als auch Kritiker und eingeschworene Fange- the special ways in which archaeology can contribute Mao China. By way of a methodological pluralism meinden begeisterten. Dabei basiert der Erfolg nicht to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that of questionnaire survey, in-depth interviews and nur auf der Fernsehausstrahlung: Als paradigmatis- set the historic course of events in motion that cul- observation, the book provides the reader with a ches Kennzeichen einer „convergence culture“ ent- minated in United States sovereignty. An intro- thorough critical analysis of the rise of the new com- falten sich die narrativen und ökonomischen Räume duction and conclusion examine how the material mercial ethic in Chinese society[...] der neuen Serien über die Grenzen einzelner Medien culture that is the central focus of archaeological hinweg und erfordern eine Neudefinition des[...] research should be preserved, managed, and inter- Features preted. While much is known through[...] Drawing on original research I conducted in the late 1980s, the book argues for a critical approach to the Features Fernsehserien wie Alias, CSI, Fringe, Grey's Features study of children and television. It begins with crit- Anatomy, Six Feet Under, Heroes, Lost, Private The publication explores the ways in which archaeo- ical reappraisals of previous empiricist and inter- Practice, The Shield, The Sopranos, Dexter, True logical research can inform us about the manner and pretative studies to set the ground for a different Blood, 24, Ugly Betty oder The Wire erfreuen sich motives of European involvement in the develop- theoretical inquiry which links biography with his- weltweiter Beliebtheit. Gerade die letzte Dekade ment of a sovereign United States. The five chapters tory. The situated activity of children’s television brachte eine Vielzahl an Formaten hervor, die unter focus on different archaeological sites (four terres- viewing therefore has to be related to the [..] dem Label „Quality TV“ sowohl ein breites Pub- trial sites and one underwater), and each consider likum als auch Kritiker und eingeschworene Fange- the special ways in which archaeology can contribute Contents meinden [..] to our understanding of the cultural dynamics that 1. Introduction: In the Name of Modernisation.- 2. [..] Children and Television: Public Concern and Scien- tific Research.- Roots of Concern.- Television and Contents Theoretische Aspekte der Serienkultur.- Ästhetik Fields of interest Change: Before and After.- Windows of Vulnerabil- und Narration.- Yo soy Bety, la fea: Transnationale Archaeology; Cultural Heritage ity.- The Home and the School.- Taking Children Seriously: the Interpretative Turn.- Towards a Criti- Adaptionen.- Rezeption. 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D. Gehl, Berlin, Deutschland M. Göke, FOM Hochschule, Essen; Th. Heupel, FOM Hochschule, Essen (Eds.) Statistics Vom Betrachten zum Verstehen Wirtschaftliche Implikationen des Die Diagnose von Rezeptionsprozessen und Wissensverän- D.G. Kleinbaum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; K.M. Sulli- derungen bei multimodalen Printclustern demografischen Wandels van, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA; N.D. Barker, Atlanta, GA, USA Betrachtet, aber auch verstanden? Um den Erfolg Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze einer mit multimodalen Printclustern vollzogenen Der demografische Wandel zieht tiefgreifende ActivEpi Companion Textbook Wissensvermittlung zu beurteilen, ist es notwendig, und existenzielle Veränderungen in nahezu allen den Aspekt der Kohärenzbildung aus der Rezipien- Lebensbereichen nach sich. Erste Auswirkungen auf A supplement for use with the ActivEpi CD-ROM tenperspektive zu beleuchten. 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M.K. Cowles, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA H.-J. Andreß, Universität zu Köln, Germany; K. Golsch, Universität J. Wakefield, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Bielefeld, Germany; A.W. Schmidt, Universität zu Köln, Germany Applied Bayesian Statistics Bayesian and Frequentist Applied Panel Data Analysis for Regression Methods With R and OpenBUGS Examples Economic and Social Surveys This book is based on over a dozen years teaching This book provides a balanced, modern summary a Bayesian Statistics course. The material presented Many economic and social surveys are designed of Bayesian and frequentist methods for regression here has been used by students of different levels as panel studies, which provide important data for analysis. and disciplines, including advanced undergraduates describing social changes and testing causal relations studying Mathematics and Statistics and students in between social phenomena. 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This is the first book to show the capabilities of This is the first book to show the capabilities of The use of computational methods in statistics to Microsoft Excel to teach biological and life sciences Microsoft Excel to teach biological and life sciences face complex problems and highly dimensional data, statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-dri- statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-dri- as well as the widespread availability of computer ven guide for students and practitioners who need ven guide for students and practitioners who need technology, is no news. The range of applications, to master Excel to solve practical science problems. to master Excel to solve practical science problems. instead, is unprecedented. 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Its powerful computational ability and ence courses. Its powerful computational ability and methods. graphical functions make learning statistics much[...] graphical functions make learning statistics much[...] Features Features Features The use of computational methods in statistics to This is the first book to show the capabilities of This is the first book to show the capabilities of face complex problems and highly dimensional data, Microsoft Excel to teach biological and life sciences Microsoft Excel to teach biological and life sciences as well as the widespread availability of computer statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-dri- statistics effectively. It is a step-by-step exercise-dri- technology, is no news. The range of applications, ven guide for students and practitioners who need to ven guide for students and practitioners who need to instead, is unprecedented. As often occurs, new and master Excel to solve practical science problems. If master Excel to solve practical science problems. If complex data types require new strategies, demand- understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you ing for the development of novel statistical methods are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you are not especially mathematically-inclined, or if you and suggesting stimulating mathematical [..] are wary of computers, this is [..] are wary of computers, this is [..] Contents Contents Contents A new unsupervised classification technique through Sample Size, Mean, Standard Deviation, and Stan- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Sample Size, Mean, nonlinear non parametric mixed effects models.- dard Error of the Mean.- Random Number Gener- Standard Deviation, and Standard Error of the Estimation approaches for the apparent diffusion ator.- Confidence Interval About the Mean Using Mean.- Random Number Generator.- Confidence coefficient in Rice-distributed MR signals.- Longi- the TINV Function and Hypothesis Testing.- One- Interval About the Mean Using the TINV Func- tudinal patterns of financial product ownership: a Group t-Test for the Mean.- Two-Group t-Test tion and Hypothesis Testing.- One-Group t-Test for latent growth mixture approach.- Computationally of the Difference of the Means for Independent the Mean.- Two-Group t-Test of the Difference of efficient inference procedures for vast dimensional Groups.- Correlation and Simple Linear Regression.- the Means for Independent Groups.- Correlation realized covariance models.- A GPU software library Multiple Correlation and Multiple Regression.- One- and Simple Linear Regression.- Multiple Correla- for likelihood-based inference of environmental Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) .- Appendix tion and Multiple Regression.- One-Way Analysis models with large datasets.- Theoretical Regression A: Answers to End-of-Chapter Practice Problems.- of Variance (ANOVA).- Appendix A: Answers to Trees: a tool for multiple structural-change models Appendix B: Practice Test.- Appendix C: Answers End-of-Chapter Practice Problems.- Appendix B: analysis.- Some contributions to the[...] to Practice Test.- Appendix D: Statistical Formulas.- Practice Test.- Appendix C: Answers to Practice Fields of interest Appendix E: [...] Test.- Appendix D:[...] Statistical Theory and Methods; Mathematics in the Fields of interest Fields of interest Humanities and Social Sciences; Business & Eco- Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health nomics (general); Biostatistics Sciences; Statistics and Computing / Statistics Pro- Sciences; Statistics and Computing / Statistics Pro- Target groups grams; Statistics (general) grams; Statistics (general) Research Target groups Target groups Type of publication Upper undergraduate Upper undergraduate Contributed volume Type of publication Type of publication More on www.springer.com/978-88-470-2870-8 Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Graduate/advanced undergraduate textbook Hardcover More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-6002-2 More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5778-7 2013. 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C. Fuchs, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany N. Golyandina, St. Petersburg University, Russia; A. Zhigljavsky, C. Gu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA Cardiff University, UK Inference for Diffusion Processes Smoothing Spline ANOVA Models Singular Spectrum Analysis for With Applications in Life Sciences Time Series Nonparametric function estimation with stochastic Diffusion processes are a promising instrument for data, otherwiseknown as smoothing, has been stud- realistically modelling the time-continuous evolution Singular spectrum analysis (SSA) is a technique of ied by several generations ofstatisticians. Assisted of phenomena not only in the natural sciences but time series analysis and forecasting combining ele- by the ample computing power in today'sservers, also in finance and economics. Their mathematical ments of classical time series analysis, multivariate desktops, and laptops, smoothing methods have theory, however, is challenging, and hence diffusion statistics, multivariate geometry, dynamical systems been findingtheir ways into everyday data analy- modelling is often carried out incorrectly, and the and signal processing. SSA seeks to decompose the sis by practitioners. While scoresof methods have according statistical inference is considered almost original series into a sum of a small number of inter- proved successful for univariate smoothing, one- exclusively by theoreticians. This book explains both pretable components such as trend, oscillatory com- spractical in multivariate settings number far less. topics in an illustrative way which also addresses ponents and noise. It is based on the singular value Smoothing splineANOVA models are a versatile practitioners. It provides a complete overview of the decomposition of a specific matrix constructed upon family of smoothing methods derivedthrough rough- current state of research and presents important, the time series. Neither a parametric model nor sta- ness penalties, that are suitable for both univariate novel insights. The theory is demonstrated using real tionarity are assumed for the time series. This makes andmultivariate problems.In this book, the author data applications. SSA a model-free method and hence enables SSA to presents a treatise on penalty smoothingunder a[...] have a very wide range of applicability. The present Features Features book is devoted to[...] Diffusion processes are a promising instrument for Nonparametric function estimation with stochastic realistically modelling the time-continuous evolution Features data, otherwiseknown as smoothing, has been stud- of phenomena not only in the natural sciences but Singular spectrum analysis (SSA) is a technique of ied by several generations ofstatisticians. Assisted also in finance and economics. Their mathematical time series analysis and forecasting combining ele- by the ample computing power in today'sservers, theory, however, is challenging, and hence diffusion ments of classical time series analysis, multivariate desktops, and laptops, smoothing methods have modelling is often carried out incorrectly, and the statistics, multivariate geometry, dynamical systems been findingtheir ways into everyday data analysis by according statistical inference is considered almost and signal processing. SSA seeks to decompose the practitioners. While scoresof methods have proved exclusively by theoreticians. This book [..] original series into a sum of a small number of inter- successful for univariate [..] pretable components such as trend, oscillatory com- Contents Contents ponents and noise. It is based on the singular value Introduction.- Stochastic Modelling in Life Introduction.- Model Construction.- Regression [..] Sciences.- Stochastic Differential Equations and Dif- with Gaussian-Type Responses.- More Splines.- fusions in a Nutshell.- Approximation of Markov Contents Regression and Exponential Families.- Regression Jump Processes by Diffusions.- Diffusion Mod- Introduction: Preliminaries.- SSA Methodology with Correlated Responses.- Probability Density els in Life Sciences.- Parametric Inference for Dis- and the Structure of the Book.- SSA Topics Out- Estimation.- Hazard Rate Estimation.- Asymptotic cretely-observed Diffusions.- Bayesian Inference side the Scope of this Book.- Common Symbols and Convergence.- Penalized Pseudo Likelihood. for Diffusions with Low-frequency Observations.- Acronyms.- Basic SSA: The Main Algorithm.- Poten- Application I: Spread of Influenza.- Application II: Fields of interest tial of Basic SSA.- Models of Time Series and SSA Analysis of Molecular Binding.- Conclusion and Statistical Theory and Methods Objectives.- Choice of Parameters in Basic SSA.- Outlook.- Benchmark Models.- Miscellaneous.- Some Variations of Basic SSA.- SSA for Forecast- Supplementary Material for Application I.- Supple- Target groups ing, interpolation, Filtration and Estimation: SSA mentary Material for Application II.- Notation.- Ref- Research Forecasting Algorithms.- LRR and Associated Char- erences. acteristic Polynomials.- Recurrent Forecasting as Type of publication Fields of interest Approximate Continuation.- Confidence Bounds for Monograph the Forecast.- Summary and Recommendations on Statistical Theory and Methods; Statistics for Life More on www.springer.com/978-1-4614-5368-0 Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences; Statistics Forecasting[...] Hardcover for Business, Economics, Mathematical Finance, Fields of interest 2013. 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S. Borak, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; W.K. Här- J. Janssen, Universität Hamburg; W. Laatz, Universität Hamburg G. Bourier, Hochschule Regensburg dle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany; B. López-Cabrera, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Statistische Datenanalyse mit SPSS Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung und

Statistics of Financial Markets Eine anwendungsorientierte Einführung in das Basissystem schließende Statistik und das Modul Exakte Tests Exercises and Solutions Praxisorientierte Einführung. Mit Aufgaben und Lösungen Die 8. Auflage wird auf IBM SPSS Statistics (Base Dieses einführende Lehrbuch zeigt den gesamten Practice makes perfect. Therefore the best method of und Exact Tests) in der im Herbst 2012 erscheinen- Weg von der elementaren Ermittlung von mastering models is working with them. This book den Version 21 basieren.Detailliert, anschaulich Wahrscheinlichkeiten bis hin zur Erstellung the- contains a large collection of exercises and solutions und mit möglichst wenig Mathematik werden oretischer Wahrscheinlichkeitsverteilungen. Es which will help explain the statistics of financial mar- anhand von Praxisbeispielen die statistischen Meth- erklärt außerdem detailliert den Ablauf des statis- kets. 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