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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria.This book surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the perceived dangers these experiments pose. In addition, it describes the role of scientists in propagating such fears and misconceptions, offering as a conclusion ways in which the scientific community could successfully allay such misplaced fears through more effective communication strategies.The book is aimed at the general reader interested in separating fact from fiction in the field of high-energy physics, at science educators and communicators, and, last but not least, at all scientists concerned about these issues.About the AuthorKristine M Larsen holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, in the Geological Sciences Department. She has published a number of books, among them The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century (Springer, 2017), The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2012. Recipient of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2012 Florida Publishing Association Awards), The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2010), as well as Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood Press, 2005) and Cosmology 101 (Greenwood Press, (2007). 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Uta-Susanne Weiss bietet kurz und prägnant eine Darstellung der Grundlagen des Arbeitsrechts. Fachkräftemangel und demografischer Wandel sind die Prognosen für die nächsten Jahrzehnte. Mitarbeiterbindung und Rekrutierungsprogramme werden für Unternehmen daher zunehmend wichtiger. Dabei stehen Ansprüche an Führungskräfte und Führungsverhalten auf dem Prüfstand und für sie gewinnen daher auch arbeitsrechtliche Grundlagenkenntnisse an Bedeutung - von der Anbahnung bis zur Beendigung des Arbeitsverhältnisses. Was gilt im Arbeitsverhältnis Wer hat Mitspracherechte Was tun im Konfliktfall Welche Rechte und Pflichten sind bei Urlaub, Krankheit, Elternzeit usw. zu beachten Wann und wie kommt es zur Kündigung Fern der juristischen Weisheit 'Es kommt darauf an.' erfolgt eine abstrakte Darstellung, die versucht, Praktikern die arbeitsrechtliche Welt näherzubringen.Die zweite Auflage dieses essentialsberücksichtigt den Gleichheitsgrundsatz bei Stellenanzeigen (m/w/d) und ist in allen arbeitsrechtsrechtlichen Fragen auf dem neuesten Stand. 60 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Jörg Middendorf stellt in seinem essential die Grundlagen des lösungsfokussierten Coachings sowie einen konkreten Beratungsablauf dar und liefert damit zentrales Handwerkzeug für die Beratung. Zusätzlich regen mehr als 130 Fragen das eigene lösungsfokussierte Denken an. Der Autor spricht damit in erster Linie Coaches und Berater an, die ihre Tätigkeit durch das lösungsorientierte Arbeiten bereichern möchten. Gleichzeitig lassen sich die grundlegenden Prinzipien der lösungsorientierten Arbeit auch gut auf das Führen von Mitarbeitern übertragen. Dementsprechend werden auch Personalverantwortliche viele Anregungen für ihre tägliche Führungspraxis finden. 72 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Für moderne Ingenieurdisziplinen wie die Mechatronik werden Modellbildung und Simulation technischer Systeme immer wichtiger. Klassische Methoden sind wenig intuitiv, mathematiklastig und nicht objektorientiert. Den Bondgraphen kann man ohne Kenntnis des mathematischen Modells direkt in ein grafisches Simulationssystem eingeben, das automatisch das mathematische Modell generiert. Die Objektorientierung unterstützt sehr gut die Anschaulichkeit des Modells und erleichtert das Systemverständnis des Anwenders. Insbesondere in der Mechatronik, in der häufig Multidomänen-Systeme zu modellieren sind, hat diese Methode daher große Vorteile. 73 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieser Band der 'Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung' behandelt die Konzeption, Erstellung und Durchführung von Präsentationen.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieser Band der 'Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung' gibt eine kompakte Einführung in das Medienmarketing mit den Schwerpunkten Branding, Werbung und Corporate Identity.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieser Band der 'Bibliothek der Mediengestaltung' behandelt die Organisation und Verwaltung von Daten sowie den Schutz von Daten vor Verlust und vor unbefugtem Zugriff.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered the machine code of reality: mathematics. By utilizing abstract thought systems, humans began to decode the workings of the cosmos. From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. Science appears to have hit a dead end when confronted with the nature of reality and consciousness. In this fascinating and accessible volume, James Glattfelder explores a radical paradigm shift uncovering the ontology of reality. It is found to be information-theoretic and participatory, yielding a computational and programmable universe.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book describes the consequences of an increased demand for food for human consumption for the global food industry. In four concise chapters, the authors explore the trend for the overproduction of food, the concomitant diminution of raw materials and the increase in environmental concerns. Chapter one describes the variations in biochemical properties of fishmeal depending on the season and geographical location. Chapter two discusses how the expansion of cropland and pastures to meet the rising demand for food is damaging the environment, while chapter three examines the impact of bee viruses on food crops and production. Lastly, the fourth chapter addresses the issue of food adulteration and provides specific examples of fraud in the American dairy industry. This book is of interest to researchers working in the area of food production in academia and industry, as well as certification and scientific bodies involved in food inspection. 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Advances in artificial intelligence, sensor computing, robotics, and mobile systems are making autonomous systems a reality. At the same time, the influence of edge computing is leading to more distributed architectures incorporating more autonomous elements. The flow of information is critical in such environments, but the real time, distributed nature of the system components complicates the data protection mechanisms. Policy-based management has proven useful in simplifying the complexity of management in domains like networking, security, and storage; it is expected that many of those benefits would carry over to the task of managing big data and autonomous systems.This book aims at providing an overview of recent work and identifying challenges related to the design of policy-based approaches for managing big data and autonomous systems. An important new direction explored in the book is to make the major elements of the system self-describing and self-managing. This would lead to architectures where policy mechanisms are tightly coupled with the system elements. In such integrated architectures, we need new models for information assurance, traceability of information, and better provenance on information flows. In addition when dealing with devices with actuation capabilities and, thus, being able to make changes to physical spaces, safety is critical. With an emphasis on policy-based mechanisms for governance of data security and privacy, and for safety assurance, the papers in this volume follow three broad themes: foundational principles and use-cases for the autonomous generation of policies; safe autonomy; policies and autonomy in federated environments. 227 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Ob zur Vorbereitung einer Fertilitätsbehandlung, in Ergänzung zu einer begonnenen Therapie oder als Alternative zu schulmedizinischen Behandlungen - dieser Ratgeber informiert Frauen und Paare mit unerfülltem Kinderwunsch darüber, wie physiotherapeutische Maßnahmen auf dem Weg zum Wunschkind helfen können. Die vorgestellten Methoden und Eigenübungen eröffnen in jeder Phase der Kinderwunsch-Behandlung schonende und kostengünstige ergänzende Möglichkeiten, um die Chancen auf eine Schwangerschaft zu erhöhen. Die Autorin nimmt Sie mit auf eine Reise über mehrere Kontinente und zeigt, wie Physiotherapie in Europa, Japan und den USA seit den 1970er Jahren als unterstützende Methode bei Fertilitätseinschränkungen angewendet wurde und wird. Nutzen Sie die vielfältigen Möglichkeiten, die die Physiotherapie Ihnen bietet! 136 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Provides evidence-based information and strategies for nurses who work with individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs). Written in a concise, bulleted style, the reference addresses often-undiagnosed medical and psychiatric conditions which may accompany SUDs and the ethical considerations of working with affected patients and families.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered the machine code of reality: mathematics. By utilizing abstract thought systems, humans began to decode the workings of the cosmos. From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. Science appears to have hit a dead end when confronted with the nature of reality and consciousness. In this fascinating and accessible volume, James Glattfelder explores a radical paradigm shift uncovering the ontology of reality. It is found to be information-theoretic and participatory, yielding a computational and programmable universe.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 688 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered the machine code of reality: mathematics. By utilizing abstract thought systems, humans began to decode the workings of the cosmos. From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. Science appears to have hit a dead end when confronted with the nature of reality and consciousness. In this fascinating and accessible volume, James Glattfelder explores a radical paradigm shift uncovering the ontology of reality. It is found to be information-theoretic and participatory, yielding a computational and programmable universe.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This volume deals with a key concept concerning the future: change. It is omnipresent and yet is often only perceived in retrospect. The book's editor and founder of Psychological Future Management argues that we are currently experiencing the beginning of the most radical and profound change in human history. This is the right moment to analyze people's ability to change more precisely. In this first, representative study, Germany was chosen as an example. The results serve as a basis for further psychological, sociological and prospective considerations.The Germans obviously have great resilience and problem-solving competence. At the same time, however, they are one-sidedly fixated on maintaining the economic status quo and fear negative changes in the future. Their social milieus are permeated by contradictions. The wealthy, in particular, are tied to security concerns and are therefore unwilling to experiment and take risks, two qualities without which a future in times of exponential change can hardly be managed. What could other countries and societies learn from these descriptions of the current state of one of the world's leading countries The entire subject revolves around this question.The psychological effects of digitization and artificial intelligence also play a role, as they put our neuronal and emotional habits under enormous pressure. How can we improve our future competence and learn to adapt new knowledge more quickly and continuously Against this background, the phenomenon of change will be examined and discussed from various national and international perspectives. 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Racial, ethnic and religious diversity requires social workers to safeguard children and support families from many different minority backgrounds. This innovative book is based on an analysis of Serious Case Reviews (Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews) involving issues of race, ethnicity and faith.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book assesses the current challenges and opportunities for the next generation of agriculture and food science. Examining the role of nanotechnology and the application of related tools and techniques to transform the future of food, it also discusses in detail nanotechnology in food production, processing and packaging, as well as the benefits of and concerns regarding nanofoods (nanotoxicity and food forensics). Considering the potential of IoT to revolutionize agriculture and the food industry by radically reducing costs and improving productivity and profits, the book highlights the necessity of integrating IoT and nanotechnology into the next generation of agriculture and food science. Further, it presents a detailed analysis of IoNT implementation, together with the goals that have to be met in order to achieve significant improvements in the agri-food sector. In addition it explores a range of challenges, risks, and concerns that have a direct or indirect impact on nanotechnology and IoNT implementation in agriculture and the food industry. In closing, it discusses the use of green nanotechnology and green IoNT in order to create smart, safe, and sustainable agriculture and healthy food. 170 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book continues first one of the same authors 'Adaptive Image Processing Algorithms for Printing' and presents methods and software solutions for copying and scanning various types of documents by conventional office equipment, offering techniques for correction of distortions and enhancement of scanned documents; techniques for automatic cropping and de-skew; approaches for segmentation of text and picture regions; documents classifiers; approach for vectorization of symbols by approximation of their contour by curves; methods for optimal compression of scanned documents, algorithm for stitching parts of large originals; copy-protection methods by microprinting and embedding of hidden information to hardcopy; algorithmic approach for toner saving. In addition, method for integral printing is considered. Described techniques operate in automatic mode thanks to machine learning or ingenious heuristics. Most the techniques presented have a low computational complexity and memory consumption due to they were designed for firmware of embedded systems or software drivers. The book reflects the authors' practical experience in algorithm development for industrial R&D. 305 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Preceded by McLean course in electrodiagnostic medicine / [edited by] Christopher J. Visco, Gary P. Chimes. c2011.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Übungsbuch enthält 222 Anwendungsbeispiele aus Elektrotechnik, Maschinenbau, Bauingenieurwesen, Physik und Chemie. In den ausführlich und vollständig durchgerechneten Lösungen wird gezeigt, wie man die im Studium erworbenen mathematischen Kenntnisse auf Fragestellungen aus Naturwissenschaft und Technik erfolgreich anwendet. Ein Anhang stellt die zugrundeliegenden physikalischen Formeln bereit und ist mit farblichem Papier schnell aufzufinden.In der aktuellen Auflage wurden an etlichen Stellen Texte und Formeln für eine noch bessereVerständlichkeit ergänzt. 521 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dieses Übungsbuch enthält 222 Anwendungsbeispiele aus Elektrotechnik, Maschinenbau, Bauingenieurwesen, Physik und Chemie. In den ausführlich und vollständig durchgerechneten Lösungen wird gezeigt, wie man die im Studium erworbenen mathematischen Kenntnisse auf Fragestellungen aus Naturwissenschaft und Technik erfolgreich anwendet. Ein Anhang stellt die zugrundeliegenden physikalischen Formeln bereit und ist mit farblichem Papier schnell aufzufinden.In der aktuellen Auflage wurden an etlichen Stellen Texte und Formeln für eine noch bessereVerständlichkeit ergänzt. 521 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Personal data is increasingly important in our lives. We use personal data to quantify our behaviour, through health apps or for 'personal branding' and we are also increasingly forced to part with our data to access services. With the proliferation of embedded sensors, the built environment is playing a key role in this developing use of data, even though this remains relatively hidden. Buildings are sites for the capture of personal data. This data is used to adapt buildings to people's behaviour, and increasingly, organisations use this data to understand how buildings are occupied and how communities develop within them. A whole host of technical, practical, social and ethical challenges emerge from this still developing area across interior, architectural and urban design, and many open questions remain.This book makes a contribution to this on-going discourse by bringing together a community of researchers interested in personal informatics and the design of interactive buildings and environments. The book's aim is to foster critical discussion about the future role of personal data in interactions with the built environment.People, Personal Data and the Built Environment is ideal for researchers and practitioners interested in Architecture, Computer Science and Human Building Interaction. 229 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered the machine code of reality: mathematics. By utilizing abstract thought systems, humans began to decode the workings of the cosmos. From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. Science appears to have hit a dead end when confronted with the nature of reality and consciousness. In this fascinating and accessible volume, James Glattfelder explores a radical paradigm shift uncovering the ontology of reality. It is found to be information-theoretic and participatory, yielding a computational and programmable universe. 688 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a state-of-art overview of the significant advances in understanding the impacts of wind energy on wildlife. However, many challenges remain regarding planning and policy, assessment of direct and indirect effects on wildlife, methodological approaches, technology development, and mitigation strategies and their effectiveness.The book comprises a selection of the best contributions presented at the 4th Conference on Wind energy and Wildlife impacts, held in Estoril, Portugal, 2017. The contents promote the international cooperation among researchers, developers, regulators and stakeholders that have contributed to building knowledge on this topic. 222 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Understanding ethics and law in health care is an essential part of nurse and midwife professional standards, and a core component of qualifying programmes. Ethics, Law and Health Care teaches applied ethics and law in a way that illustrates the real world applications of these essential aspects of practice. It enables readers to not only recognise but also address legal and ethical issues that will arise in their professional practice.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Over the past 25 years, the field of innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization has reached a critical mass and maturity. It is not only possible but also essential to scale it so that an immense amount of untapped human innovative potential can be unleashed for the benefit of our people. Further, R&D centers and existing entrepreneurial ecosystems can be made more impactful.Firstly, this book succinctly identifies the entire field of innovation into one comprehensive and meaningful framework to help understand its evolution, incremental growth, super acceleration, and exponential explosion that has resulted in an innovation log jam.Secondly, it maps out common characteristics and approaches that make innovation, venture capital and investments intostartups succeed much better. And, last, but not the least, it outlines measures to commercialize them in a massive way and 'industrialize' innovation going forward including creating next generation 'Innovation Hubs'. 216 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book aims to highlight the gaps and the transparency issues in the clinical research and trials processes and how there is a lack of information flowing back to researchers and patients involved in those trials.Lack of data transparency is an underlying theme within the clinical research world and causes issues of corruption, fraud, errors and a problem of reproducibility. Blockchain can prove to be a method to ensure a much more joined up and integrated approach to data sharing and improving patient outcomes. Surveys undertaken by creditable organisations in the healthcare industry are analysed in this book that show strong support for using blockchain technology regarding strengthening data security, interoperability and a range of beneficial use cases where mostly all respondents of the surveys believe blockchain will be important for the future of the healthcare industry. Another aspect considered in the book is the coming surge of healthcare wearables using Internet of Things (IoT) and the prediction that the current capacity of centralised networks will not cope with the demands of data storage. The benefits are great for clinical research, but will add more pressure to the transparency of clinical trials and how this is managed unless a secure mechanism like, blockchain is used. 267 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Das Fachbuch konzentriert sich auf die Zukunft des Kompetenzmanagements. TechnologischeVeränderungen sorgen für einen stetigen Wandel unserer Arbeitswelt. Sie stellen veränderte Anforderungen an Beschäftigte ebenso wie an den betrieblichen Umgang mit deren Fähigkeiten und Fertigkeiten. Gleichzeitig bieten sie neue Potentiale für die Erhöhung der Effektivität und Effizienz der Diagnose- und Steuerungsaufgaben des Kompetenzmanagements. Anhand anschaulicher Fallbeispiele werden sich ändernde Kompetenzprofile in den Bereichen der Spitzentechnologien, Hafenwirtschaft, Logistik sowie der Maschinen- und Dienstleistungsbranche aufgezeigt. Strategien zur Identifikation der neuen Kompetenzbedarfe und der Virtualisierung der Lernumgebungen werden diskutiert, Managementansätze zur digitalen Kompetenzentwicklung unter Berücksichtigung wachsender Flexibilitäts- und Individualisierungsanforderungen vorgestellt. Durch die Einbindung in reale betriebliche Projekte sind die Inhalte nicht nur wissenschaftlichfundiert, sondern entfalten ebenso hohe praktische Relevanz. 244 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This new edition surveys the full range of available structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies. The book has been updated throughout to reflect the arrival of new software packages, which have made analysis much easier than in the past. Applications in a broad range of disciplines are discussed, particularly in the social sciences where many key concepts are not directly observable. This book presents SEM's development in its proper historical context-essential to understanding the application, strengths and weaknesses of each particular method. This book also surveys the emerging path and network approaches that complement and enhance SEM, and that are growing in importance. SEM's ability to accommodate unobservable theory constructs through latent variables is of significant importance to social scientists. Latent variable theory and application are comprehensively explained and methods are presented for extending their power, including guidelines for data preparation, sample size calculation and the special treatment of Likert scale data. Tables of software, methodologies and fit statistics provide a concise reference for any research program, helping assure that its conclusions are defensible and publishable. 149 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This second edition of Mass Metrology: The Newly Defined Kilogram has been thoroughly revised to reflect the recent redefinition of the kilogram in terms of Planck's constant. The necessity of defining the kilogram in terms of physical constants was already underscored in the first edition. However, the kilogram can also be defined in terms of Avogadro's number, using a collection of ions of heavy elements, by the levitation method, or using voltage and watt balances. The book also addresses the concepts of gravitational, inertial and conventional mass, and describes in detail the variation of acceleration due to gravity.Further topics covered in this second edition include: the effect of gravity variations on the reading of electronic balances derived with respect to latitude, altitude and earth topography; the classification of weights by the OIML; and maximum permissible error in different categories of weights prescribed by national and international organizations. The book also discusses group weighing techniques and the use of nanotechnology for the detection of mass differences as small as 10-24 g. Last but not least, readers will find details on the XRCD method for defining the kilogram in terms of Planck's constant. 453 pp. Englisch.