Birkhäuser jan 2018 (47 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Elbphilharmonie is Hamburg's new landmark and is already an icon of contemporary architecture. In this book, Herzog & de Meuron document their project: extensive archive material, plans, and photographs are used to illustrate the process of the creation of this once-in-a-hundred-years building from the first sketch and the various design stages with their many challenges, through to completion of the finished building. The dialog between historical brick plinth and contemporary glass crystal, the combination of different functions, the development of the spectacular large concert hall, the design of a public plaza for the population are just some of the many aspects that contribute to the attractiveness of the building. ; Die Elbphilharmonie ist das neue Wahrzeichen von Hamburg und bereits jetzt eine Ikone der zeitgenössischen Architektur. In diesem Buch dokumentieren Herzog & de Meuron ihr Projekt: Umfangreiches Archivmaterial, Pläne und Fotografien machen den Entstehungsprozess des Jahrhundertbauwerks von der ersten Skizze über die vielfältigen Herausforderungen von Planung und Realisierung bis zum fertigen Gebäude anschaulich und nachvollziehbar. Der Dialog zwischen historischem Backsteinsockel und zeitgenössischem Glaskristall, die Verbindung unterschiedlicher Nutzungen, die Entwicklung des spektakulären grossen Konzertsaals, die Gestaltung einer öffentlichen Plaza für die Bevölkerung sind nur einige der vielen Aspekte, die die Attraktivität des Bauwerks ausmachen. 208 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Elbphilharmonie is Hamburg's new landmark and is already an icon of contemporary architecture. In this book, Herzog & de Meuron document their project: extensive archive material, plans, and photographs are used to illustrate the process of the creation of this once-in-a-hundred-years building from the first sketch and the various design stages with their many challenges, through to completion of the finished building. The dialog between historical brick plinth and contemporary glass crystal, the combination of different functions, the development of the spectacular large concert hall, the design of a public plaza for the population are just some of the many aspects that contribute to the attractiveness of the building. ; Die Elbphilharmonie ist das neue Wahrzeichen von Hamburg und bereits jetzt eine Ikone der zeitgenössischen Architektur. In diesem Buch dokumentieren Herzog & de Meuron ihr Projekt: Umfangreiches Archivmaterial, Pläne und Fotografien machen den Entstehungsprozess des Jahrhundertbauwerks von der ersten Skizze über die vielfältigen Herausforderungen von Planung und Realisierung bis zum fertigen Gebäude anschaulich und nachvollziehbar. Der Dialog zwischen historischem Backsteinsockel und zeitgenössischem Glaskristall, die Verbindung unterschiedlicher Nutzungen, die Entwicklung des spektakulären grossen Konzertsaals, die Gestaltung einer öffentlichen Plaza für die Bevölkerung sind nur einige der vielen Aspekte, die die Attraktivität des Bauwerks ausmachen. 208 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The Elbphilharmonie is Hamburg's new landmark and is already an icon of contemporary architecture. In this book, Herzog & de Meuron document their project: extensive archive material, plans, and photographs are used to illustrate the process of the creation of this once-in-a-hundred-years building from the first sketch and the various design stages with their many challenges, through to completion of the finished building. The dialog between historical brick plinth and contemporary glass crystal, the combination of different functions, the development of the spectacular large concert hall, the design of a public plaza for the population are just some of the many aspects that contribute to the attractiveness of the building. ; Die Elbphilharmonie ist das neue Wahrzeichen von Hamburg und bereits jetzt eine Ikone der zeitgenössischen Architektur. In diesem Buch dokumentieren Herzog & de Meuron ihr Projekt: Umfangreiches Archivmaterial, Pläne und Fotografien machen den Entstehungsprozess des Jahrhundertbauwerks von der ersten Skizze über die vielfältigen Herausforderungen von Planung und Realisierung bis zum fertigen Gebäude anschaulich und nachvollziehbar. Der Dialog zwischen historischem Backsteinsockel und zeitgenössischem Glaskristall, die Verbindung unterschiedlicher Nutzungen, die Entwicklung des spektakulären grossen Konzertsaals, die Gestaltung einer öffentlichen Plaza für die Bevölkerung sind nur einige der vielen Aspekte, die die Attraktivität des Bauwerks ausmachen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book discusses the impact of long-period ground motions on structural design using the situation in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, as a case study. The first part explores the seismic hazard situation in Bucharest, and the causes of long-period ground motions related to both the source and the site. Subsequently, it examines the current seismic design, detailing building practices in Bucharest, and discusses the impact of long-period ground motions on seismic design. Lastly, several case study buildings in Bucharest are presented and the major difficulties encountered in their design are considered. The book also includes various numerical examples that help readers understand the impact of long-period ground motions on various structural systems, that are currently used in Bucharest. This book is intended for researchers in the field of seismic hazard and risk assessment and designers of multi-story buildings in seismic areas.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This is the first of two volumes devoted to earthquakes and multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim. The circum-Pacific seismic belt is home to roughly 80% of the world¿s largest earthquakes, making it the ideal location for investigating earthquakes and related hazards such as tsunamis and landslides. Gathering 16 papers that cover a range of topics related to multi-hazards, the book is divided into three sections: earthquake physics, earthquake simulation and data assimilation, and multi-hazard assessment and earthquake forecasting models.The first section includes papers on laboratory-derived rheological parameters as well as seismic studies in the Gulf of California and China. In turn, the second section includes papers on improvements in earthquake simulators as well as the statistical methods used to evaluate their performance, automated methods for determining fault slip using near-field interferometric data, variabilities in earthquake stress drops in California, and the use of social media data to supplement physical sensor data when estimating local earthquake intensity. The final section includes a paper on probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment, several papers on time-dependent seismic hazard analysis around the Pacific Rim, and a paper on induced and triggered seismicity at the Geysers geothermal field in California.Rapid advances are being made in our understanding of multi-hazards, as well as the range of tools used to investigate them. This volume provides a representative cross-section of how state-of-the-art knowledge and tools are currently being applied to multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim. The material here should be of interest to scientists involved in all areas of multi-hazards, particularly seismic and tsunami hazards. In addition, it offers a valuable resource for students in the geosciences, covering a broad spectrum of topics related to hazard research.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 268 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Offers up-to-date clinical perspectives on urinary infections: from nephrologists, urologists and infectious disease specialists.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 252 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -A unique, up-to-date discussion of the indications and techniques for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume collects several extended articles from the first workshop on Best Practices in Physics-based Fault Rupture Models for Seismic Hazard Assessment of Nuclear Installations (BestPSHANI). Held in 2015, the workshop was organized by the IAEA to disseminate the use of physics-based fault-rupture models for ground motion prediction in seismic hazard assessments (SHA). The book also presents a number of new contributions on topics ranging from the seismological aspects of earthquake cycle simulations for source scaling evaluation, seismic source characterization, source inversion and physics-based ground motion modeling to engineering applications of simulated ground motion for the analysis of seismic response of structures. Further, it includes papers describing current practices for assessing seismic hazard in terms of nuclear safety in low seismicity areas, and proposals for physics-based hazard assessment for critical structures near large earthquakes. The papers validate and verify the models by comparing synthetic results with observed data and empirical models. The book is a valuable resource for scientists, engineers, students and practitioners involved in all aspects of SHA.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 344 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Provides an overview of the scientific state of the art of governance and legal studies on floodsGives a solid underlying empirical basis: 40 researchers in 6 European countriesTranslates scientific conclusions into concrete recommendationsSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 196 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Presents the daily clinical practice settingof high-risk patients with hypertension-related kidney damageIn-depth review of antihypertensive treatments in highly comorbid patients - with a particular focus on RAAS inhibitors and combination treatmentReviews and discusses current guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of patients with hypertension and renal dysfunctionSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 92 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This unique text/reference reviews the key principles and techniques in conceptual modelling which are of relevance to specialists in the field of cultural heritage.Information modelling tasks are a vital aspect of work and study in such disciplines as archaeology, anthropology, history, and architecture. Yet the concepts and methods behind information modelling are rarely covered by the training in cultural heritage-related fields. With the increasing popularity of the digital humanities, and the rapidly growing need to manage large and complex datasets, the importance of information modelling in cultural heritage is greater than ever before. To address this need, this book serves in the place of a course on software engineering, assuming no previous knowledge of the field.Topics and features:Presents a general philosophical introduction to conceptual modellingIntroduces the basics of conceptual modelling, using the ConML language as an infrastructureReviews advanced modelling techniques relating to issues of vagueness, temporality and subjectivity, in addition to such topics as metainformation and feature redefinitionProposes an ontology for cultural heritage supported by the Cultural Heritage Abstract Reference Model (CHARM), to enable the easy construction of conceptual modelsDescribes various usage scenarios and applications of cultural heritage modelling, offering practical tips on how to use different techniques to solve real-world problemsThis interdisciplinary work is an essential primer for tutors and students (at both undergraduate and graduate level) in any area related to cultural heritage, including archaeology, anthropology, art, history, architecture, or literature. Cultural heritage managers, researchers, and professionals will also find this to be a valuable reference, as will anyone involved in database design, data management, or the conceptualization of cultural heritage in general.Dr. Cesar Gonzalez-Perez is a Staff Scientist at the Institute of Heritage Sciences (Incipit), within the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 472 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Presents main results over 20 years of research in an underground rock laboratory in claystoneWell-illustrated examples of the different stages of repository evolution.The reader gets an excellent overview and never loses the common thread of the rather complex thematicContains invaluable data and information relevant to fundamental problemsSpringer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 432 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book develops a systematic view of a new systems technology aiming to control our complex technical systems of the futureIt explains basic concepts in quantitative terms, shows how such systems can be constructed and applied in areas like traffic control, grid computing, or sensor networksThe book addresses students and professionals in computer science, scientists of other technical disciplines, and an interested general publicSpringer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 604 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book covers essential topics in the architecture and design of Internet of Things (IoT) systems. The authors provide state-of-the-art information that enables readers to design systems that balance functionality, bandwidth, and power consumption, while providing secure and safe operation in the face of a wide range of threat and fault models. Coverage includes essential topics in system modeling, edge/cloud architectures, and security and safety, including cyberphysical systems and industrial control systems.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 108 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Takes an dual approach to French Guianese Creole to formulate a theory of how thelanguage aroseSpringer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 256 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book explores our changing relationship with meat as food. Half storytelling and half historic work, it analyzes the way in which humans have dealt with the idea of eating animals in the Western world, from 1900 to the present.The story part of the book follows the rise and fall of meat, and illustrates how this type of food has become a problem in a more emotional way. The historical component informs and offers readers key data. The author draws on theories of circular societies, smart cities and smart countries to explain how and why forms of meat production that were common in the past have since all but disappeared.Both components, however, explain why meat has been important and why it has now become a problem. In tracing the fall of meat, the author identifies a host of dilemmas. These include fossil energy, pollution, illnesses caused by eating meat, factory farming, and processed foods.Lastly, the book offers a possible solution. The answer focuses on new forms of meat obtained without killing animals and in a sense resembles renewable energy. Overall, this unique cultural history offers revealing insights into how meat affects social relations, interpersonal relationships, and humanity as a whole.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 164 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides a comprehensive explanation of humanwell-being outcomes by analyzing the role of domestic and international politicalfactors. The well-beingoutcomes under study are the building blocks of development, and play acrucial developmental role in the lives of citizens, states, and the global community.The project introduces cases from Brazil, Japan, China, and Iraq, andproposes to answer some of the pressing questions that scholars andpolicy-makers alike have pondered over for years. Why are there largedisparities between countries in the quality of life people lead What factors accountfor the general well-being of mankind How do we improve human lives Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 224 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book focuses on important interfacial phenomena, such as interfacial potential and interfacial multi-functionality, responsible for determining the fate of nanoparticles inside the biological milieu. Additionally, this book explores the role of surface defects in photocatalytic nanoparticles in defining the nanoparticle interaction to biological membrane and cytotoxic propensity.The authors describe the interfacial assembly of peptide/protein on conformational/functional dynamics of the peptide/protein, which may be adopted as an approach to moderate the protein misfolding diseases.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 160 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book investigates the links between human trafficking and national security in Southern Africa. Human trafficking violates borders, supports organised crime and corrupts border officials, and yet policymakers rarely view the persistence of human trafficking as a security issue. Adopting an expanded conceptualisation of security to encompass the individual as well as the state, Richard Obinna Iroanya lays the groundwork for understanding human trafficking as a security threat. He outlines the conditions and patterns of human trafficking globally before moving into detailed case studies of South Africa and Mozambique. Together, these case studies bring into focus the lives of the ¿hidden population¿ in the region, with analysis and policy recommendations for combating a global phenomenon.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This contributed volume contains articles written by the plenary and invited speakers from the second international MATHEON Workshop 2015 that focus on applications of compressed sensing. Article authors address their techniques for solving the problems of compressed sensing, as well as connections to related areas like detecting community-like structures in graphs, curbatures on Grassmanians, and randomized tensor train singular value decompositions. Some of the novel applications covered include dimensionality reduction, information theory, random matrices, sparse approximation, and sparse recovery.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 408 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Develops basic vector-bundle-valued objects of geometric analysis from scratchSpringer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 260 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book examines themacroeconomic and regulatory impact of domestic and international shocks onthe South African economy resulting from the 2009 financial crisis.It also assesses the impact of the US economy's eventual recovery from the crisis and the prospect of higher US interest rates in future.Told in three parts, the book explores associations between economic growth, policy uncertainty and the key domestic and international transmission channels, and transmission effects, of global financial regulatory and domestic macro-economic uncertainties on subdued and volatile economic recovery, financial channels, lending rate margins, and credit growth. The book concludes by extending its focus to the role of US monetary policy, capital flows and rand/US dollar volatility on the South African economy.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 528 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This thesis encompasses a study of past precipitation patterns based on six cave stalagmites from different parts of the Indian Himalaya. This is the first speleothem study in the Indian Himalaya that shows a direct relationship between past precipitation and the collapse of civilization. The stalagmites examined were KL-3 from Jammu and Kashmir; TCS and BR-1 from Himachal Pradesh; and DH-1, SA-1 and CH-1 from Uttarakhand. Based on the high-resolution palaeoclimatic reconstruction (35 U/th dates, 5 AMS dates, 1,500 samples for ¿18O and ¿13C values) obtained for the duration of the Pleistocene¿Holocene transition (16.2¿9.5 ka BP) and Mid-Holocene¿Present (ca. 4.0 ka BP¿Present), three major events were identified, namely the Older Dryas (OD), Bølling¿Allerød (BA) period and Younger Dryas (YD) at ca. 14.3¿13.9, 13.9¿12.7 and 12.7¿12.2 ka BP, respectively. The study showed a gradual reduction in the precipitation from 4 ka BP onwards for about a millennium with a peak arid period between3.2 and 3.1 ka BP. According to the findings, the LIA (Little Ice Age) covers a time span from 1622¿1820 AD, during which the climate was wetter than that in the post-LIA period (1820¿1950 AD). In addition, this thesis supports the assumption that the WDs (Western Disturbances) contribute significantly to the total rainfall in the Himalaya region.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 164 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of Porto, PortugalPresents a new thermal tool applicable to the design of large power transformers - FluSHELLDiscusses pedagogically and comprehensively the architecture and validation of FluSHELLExplores potential integrations of FluSHELL with other tools/algorithms to enable more efficient design decisions and root cause analysisSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 224 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, SpainIntroduces a new manufacturing method merging gate arrays with field configurabilityDescribes a semi-custom circuit design methodology for the development of printed and organic electronic circuitsPresents new solutions to technology-design challenges in the field of printed electronicsSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 228 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Reconstructs the spatiotemporal pattern of historical land use in China from 1661 - 1980Delivers insights on characteristics of historical land-use changes including cropland, forest, rural and urban landProvides a comprehensive overview of land-use data set reconstruction methodsIntegrates effectively historical land-use data from all available sourcesSpringer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -¿Interdisciplinary textbook that does not assume a strong math backgroundPresents recent results in mathematics relevant to graph theoryIncludes Sage code to explicitly illustrate computationsSpringer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 356 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This edited collection examines the synergistic relationship between gender and urban space in post-millennium Spain. Despite the social progress Spain has made extending equal rights to all citizens, particularly in the wake of the Franco regime and radically liberating Transición, the fact remains that not all subjects¿particularly, women, immigrants, and queers¿possess equal autonomy. The book exposes visible shifts in power dynamics within the nation¿s largest urban capitals¿Madrid and Barcelonäand takes a hard look at more peripheral bedroom communities as all of these spaces reflect the discontent of a post-nationalistic, economically unstable Spain. As the contributors problematize notions of public and private space and disrupt gender binaries related with these, they aspire to engender discussion around civic status, the administration of space and the place of all citizens in a global world.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 424 pp. Englisch. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book offers a self-contained introduction to the theory of Lyapunov exponents and its applications, mainly in connection with hyperbolicity, ergodic theory and multifractal analysis. It discusses the foundations and some of the main results and main techniques in the area, while also highlighting selected topics of current research interest. With the exception of a few basic results from ergodic theory and the thermodynamic formalism, all the results presented include detailed proofs. The book is intended for all researchers and graduate students specializing in dynamical systems who are looking for a comprehensive overview of the foundations of the theory and a sample of its applications.Springer Nature c/o IBS, Benzstrasse 21, 48619 Heek 288 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Challenges the status quo using recent high-level evidenceIllustrates the operative details for liposuction, abdominoplasty, and buttock fat transferDescribes a safer method of general anesthesia and VTE preventionDiscusses the limits of nonsurgical alternativesSpringer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 348 pp. Englisch.…