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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Optimal Shape Design is concerned with the optimization of some performance criterion dependent (besides the constraints of the problem) on the 'shape' of some region. The main topics covered are: the optimal design of a geometrical object, for instance a wing, moving in a fluid; the optimal shape of a region (a harbor), given suitable constraints on the size of the entrance to the harbor, subject to incoming waves; the optimal design of some electrical device subject to constraints on the performance. The aim is to show that Optimal Shape Design, besides its interesting industrial applications, possesses nontrivial mathematical aspects. The main theoretical tools developed here are the homogenization method and domain variations in PDE. The style is mathematically rigorous, but specifically oriented towards applications, and it is intended for both pure and applied mathematicians. The reader is required to know classical PDE theory and basic functional analysis.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 402 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Globalisation is normally associated with expanded international trade in goods and services. In view ofhigh and persistent unemploymentin European countries during the last two decades opponents of globali sation argue that increased import competition, particularly from low wage countries,influences the domestic labour markets adversely. How ever, the advocates of open markets stress that this is a misconception about the impact offoreign trade;their view is that the employment ef fects depend to a large extent on the degree offlexibility ofthe domestic labour markets. This debate has induced Pia WeiB to examine the unemployment prob lem in an open economy within a rigorously theoretical framework. The focus is on the mismatch between labour demand andlabour supply. For that purpose, new modelsin labour economics concerningthe searchand matching theory are used. It is shown that an increased competition on the world goods markets leads to an increase inthe industrialised coun try's unemployment rate only ifthe wages are not fully flexible. At the same time, it is demonstrated that changes on the world markets may help to explain the observed development ofthe unemployment vacancy ratio. The study provides valuable insights which might enrich the subjects taught at undergraduate courses. Scholars interested in the interaction of foreign trade and employment may find in the study suggestions for future research. The research forthis studyhasbeenundertakenatthe Institutfur Wirt- VIII Preface schaftspolitik (Institute of Political Economy), University of Cologne.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 244 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -When multiple agents are in a shared environment, there usually exist con straints among the possible actions of these agents. A distributed constraint satisfaction problem (distributed CSP) is a problem in which the goal is to find a consistent combination of actions that satisfies these inter-agent constraints. More specifically, a distributed CSP is a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) in which multiple agents are involved. A constraint satisfaction problem is a problem in which the goal is to find a consistent assignment of values to variables. Even though the definition of a CSP is very simple, a surprisingly wide variety of artificial intelligence (AI) problems can be formalized as CSPs. Therefore, the research on CSPs has a long and distinguished history in AI (Mackworth 1992; Dechter 1992; Tsang 1993; Kumar 1992). A distributed CSP is a CSP in which variables and constraints are distributed among multiple autonomous agents. Various application problems in Multi-agent Systems (MAS) that are concerned with finding a consistent combination of agent actions can he formalized as dis tributed CSPs. Therefore, we can consid(~r distributed CSPs as a general framework for MAS, and algorithms for solving distributed CSPs as impor tant infrastructures for cooperation in MAS. This book gives an overview of the research on distributed CSPs, as well as introductory material on CSPs. In Chapter 1. we show the problem defi nition of normal, centralized CSPs and describe algorithms for solving CSPs.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Welcome to GRID 2000, the first annual IEEE/ACM international workshop on grid computing sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society¿s Task Force on Cluster Computing (TFCC) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The workshop has received generous sponsorship from the European Grid Forum (eGrid), the EuroTools SIG on Metacomputing, Microsoft Research (USA), Sun Microsystems (USA), and the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (India). It is a sign of the current high levels of interest and activity in Grid computing that we have had contributions to the workshop from researchers and developers in Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, The Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and USA. It is our pleasure and honor to present the first annual international Grid computing meeting program and the proceedings. The Grid: A New Network Computing Infrastructure The growing popularity of the Internet along with the availability of powerful computers and high speed networks as low cost commodity components are helping to change the way we do computing. These new technologies are enabling the coupling of a wide variety of geographically distributed resources, such as parallel supercomputers, storage systems, data sources, and special devices, that can then be used as a unified resource and thus form what is popularly known as the ¿Grids¿. 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series contains all the papersaccepted forpresentation atthe 11thIFIP/IEEEInternationalWorkshop on Distributed Systems: Operations & Management (DSOM 2000), which was held at the Thompson Conference Center, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA, from 4 to 6 December, 2000. DSOM 2000 is the eleventh workshop in a series of annual workshops and it followsin the footsteps ofhighlysuccessful previous meetings, themost recent of whichwere held inZurich, Switzerland (DSOM¿99), Delaware, USA (DSOM¿98) andSydney, Australia(DSOM¿97).The goalof the DSOMworkshops is tobring together researchers in the areas of network, systems and services management, from both industry and academia, to discuss recent advances and foster future growth in this e ld. In contrast to the larger management symposia, such as IM (Integrated Management) and NOMS (Network Operations and Management Symposium), the DSOM workshops are organized as single-track programs in order to stimulate interaction among participants. The speci c focus of DSOM 2000 is Services Management in Intelligent Networks', re ecting the current interest and development in the el d of d- tributed, networked application services, their de nition, operation and m- agement. Most of the papers presented at the workshop address some important aspect of this broad problem area. This year we have departed slightly from the traditional DSOM format. We have introduced two sessions devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers that describe work-in-progress. 276 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The field of Cryptology witnessed a revolution in the late seventies. Since then it has been expanded into an important and exciting area of research. Over the last two decades, India neither participated actively nor did it contribute sig nificantly towards the development in this field. However, recently a number of active research groups engaged in important research and developmental work have crystalized in different parts of India. As a result, their interaction with the international crypto community has become necessary. With this backdrop, it was proposed that a conference on cryptology - INDOCRYPT, be organized for the first time in India. The Indian Statistical Institute was instrumental in hosting this conference. INDOCRYPT has generated a large amount of enthu siasm amongst the Indians as well as the International crypto communities. An INDOCRYPT steering committee has been formed and the committee has plans to make INDOCRYPT an annual event. For INDOCRYPT 2000, the program committee considered a total of 54 pa pers and out of these 25 were selected for presentation. The conference program also included two invited lectures by Prof. Adi Shamir and Prof. Eli Biham. These proceedings include the revised versions of the 25 papers accepted by the program committee. These papers were selected from all the submissions based on originality, quality and relevance to the field of Cryptology. Revisions were not checked and the authors bear the full responsibility for the contents of the papers in these proceedings. 312 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -ASIACRYPT 2000 was the sixth annual ASIACRYPT conference. It was sp- sored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) in - operation with the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE). The rst conference with the name ASIACRYPT took place in 1991, and the series of ASIACRYPT conferences were held in 1994, 1996, 1998, and 1999, in cooperation with IACR. ASIACRYPT 2000 was the rst conference in the series to be sponsored by IACR. The conference received 140 submissions (1 submission was withdrawn by the authors later), and the program committee selected 45 of these for presen- tion. Extended abstracts of the revised versions of these papers are included in these proceedings. The program also included two invited lectures by Thomas Berson (Cryptography Everywhere: IACR Distinguished Lecture) and Hideki Imai (CRYPTREC Project ¿ Cryptographic Evaluation Project for the Japanese Electronic Government). Abstracts of these talks are included in these proce- ings. The conference program also included its traditional ¿rump session¿ of short, informal or impromptu presentations, kindly chaired by Moti Yung. Those p- sentations are not re ected in these proceedings. The selection of the program was a challenging task as many high quality submissions were received. The program committee worked very hard to evaluate the papers with respect to quality, originality, and relevance to cryptography. I am extremely grateful to the program committee members for their en- mous investment of time and e ort in the di cult and delicate process of review and selection. 648 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Foundations of SoftwareTechnology and Theoretical Computer Science c- ference (FST TCS) is a well-established annual event in the theoretical computer science community. The conference provides a forum for researchers to present interesting new results in several areas of theoretical computer science. The c- ference is now in its twentieth year and has continued to attract high-quality submissions and reputed invited speakers. This year¿sconference attracted 141 submissions(of which 5 werewithdrawn) from over 25 countries. Each submission was reviewed by at least three referees, with most receiving more than four reviews. The Program Committee met in New Delhi on 5 and 6 August 2000, with many members participating electr- ically over the Internet. The discussions continued over the Internet for several days and we nally selected 36 papers for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. We thank the Program Committee for their - perlative e orts in nding top quality reviewers and working extremely hard to ensure the quality of the conference. We also thank all our reviewers for prov- ing detailed and informative feedback about the papers. Rich Gerber¿s START program greatly simpli ed managing the submissions and the PC work. Wearegratefulto oursixinvited speakers,PeterBuneman,BernardChazelle, Allen Emerson, Martin Gr¿ otschel, Jos¿ e Meseguer, and Philip Wadler for agr- ing to speak at the conference and for providing written contributions that are included in the proceedings. With the main conference this year, there are two satellite workshops ¿ on RecentAdvancesinProgrammingLanguages and onComputationalGeometry. 552 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Unternehmensgründungen sind 'in'. Mit dem erfolgreichen Aufbau eines Unternehmens sind aber neben vielen Erfolgserlebnissen auch große Anstrengungen und Probleme verbunden. Die hohen Anforderungen an physische und psychische Stabilität der Unternehmensgründer in der New Economy werden erst in den kritischen Wachstumsphasen der Unternehmen deutlich. Der Autor, erfolgreicher Wissenschaftler, Unternehmensgründer und politischer Berater, fasst seine Erfahrungen zu spannenden Erzählungen und 'Lebensregeln' zusammen. Die erfolgreiche Gründung der IDS Scheer AG, sowie die Entwicklung über 20 weiterer Spin-off-Unternehmen seines Instituts für Wirtschaftsinformatik an der Universität Saarbrücken bilden den Hintergrund seiner Ausführungen. Das Buch wendet sich an Unternehmensgründer, Studenten, Wissenschaftler und Politiker. Die offene Schilderung der Gründungs- und Wachstumsphasen seiner Unternehmen lassen den Leser an dem Abenteuer des 'Unternehmertums' teilhaben. Unternehmertum fordert er auch von den Professoren in der universitären Forschung und Lehre. Zur Verbesserung der Rahmenbedingungen für Unternehmensgründungen macht er kritische Anmerkungen und konstruktive Vorschläge zur deutschen Innovationspolitik. Er gibt Einblicke in das Lebensgefühl der Menschen in der New Economy, in der PC nicht nur für 'Personal Computer', sondern auch für das Kultessen Pizza und Cola während der Nachtarbeit am Computer steht. Interessenten der High-Tech Welt lernen Interna kennen, die hinter den glitzernden Fassaden üblicherweise verborgen bleiben.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 268 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is intended as a reference for mathematicians working with homological dimensions in commutative algebra and as an introduction to Gorenstein dimensions for graduate students with an interest in the same. Any admirer of classics like the Auslander-Buchsbaum-Serre characterization of regular rings, and the Bass and Auslander-Buchsbaum formulas for injective and projective dimension of f.g. modules will be intrigued by this book's content.Readers should be well-versed in commutative algebra and standard applications of homological methods. The framework is that of complexes, but all major results are restated for modules in traditional notation, and an appendix makes the proofs accessible for even the casual user of hyperhomological methods.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Seit langem ist die qualitative Diskrepanz zwischen dem sehr gut ausgebauten Versorgungssystem der Rehabilitation in Deutschland und der in diesem Bereich betriebenen Forschung bekannt. In den letzten Jahren hat sich allerdings eine interdisziplinäre Rehabilitationswissenschaft formiert. Ihre wichtigsten Themenfelder und Forschungsstrategien werden in diesem Buch zum ersten Mal umfassend beschrieben.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 616 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The ambition of the theory of imperfectly competitive markets is to explain the working of markets in which the issue of strategic interaction among firms is central. Our analysis of this problem will be based on equilibrium concepts borrowed from Game Theory. This research program arises several questions on its feasibility like the empirical relevance of the results, the substantial theoretical insights obtained in this way, etc. Unfortunately, most of these questions can not be answered in the short run. This book is written in the hope that this research strategy is meaningful, but about its final success no body can tell. Another important question is if simpler models could deliver the essential insights offered by the theory of imperfectly competitive mar kets. This Introduction will be devoted to argue that, currently, there is no alternative to the approach presented in this book. Consider the following fact: A square inch of soil in the Explanada of Ali cante (located in front of the sea, right in the middle of downtown) cost several times more than a square inch of soil in San Vicente del Raspeig (located sev eral miles toward the interior of the peninsula). l How can we explain such a thing First notice that because of the large quantity of possible traders involved in this market, we can safely assume that any agent has to accept the market price, i. e. is a price-taker. 192 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Each company expanding its activities to foreign countries and advertising its products faces the question of how to do it. The book addresses the following questions: What are the social, cultural or religious features of advertising and advertising practices Are there any taboos What legal restrictions do apply What kind of advertising infrastructure is there Are there any institutions, federations or boards of advertising What media are readily available How are media data collected What are the methods of gaining advertising data How can specific target groups be addressed Are there any particular preferences concerning the use of media The book starts with an overview on the impact of culture and offers comprehensive information on advertising conditions in Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, and the USA. Written by specialists from these countries.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 308 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -With applications in mind, this self-contained monograph provides a coherent and thorough treatment of the configuration spaces of Euclidean spaces and spheres, making the subject accessible to researchers and graduates with a minimal background in classical homotopy theory and algebraic topology.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 332 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The amazing growth of computational resources has made possible the modeling of complex chemical processes. To develop these models one needs to proceed from rigorous theoretical methods to approximate ones by exploiting the potential of innovative architectural features of modern concurrent processors. This book reviews some of the most advanced theoretical approaches in the field of molecular reaction dynamics in order to cope as rigorously as possible with the complexity of real systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 332 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Nowadays there is an increasing emphasis on all aspects of adaptively gener ating a grid that evolves with the solution of a PDE. Another challenge is to develop efficient higher-order one-step integration methods which can handle very stiff equations and which allow us to accommodate a spatial grid in each time step without any specific difficulties. In this monograph a combination of both error-controlled grid refinement and one-step methods of Rosenbrock-type is presented. It is my intention to impart the beauty and complexity found in the theoretical investigation of the adaptive algorithm proposed here, in its realization and in solving non-trivial complex problems. I hope that this method will find many more interesting applications. Berlin-Dahlem, May 2000 Jens Lang Acknowledgements I have looked forward to writing this section since it is a pleasure for me to thank all friends who made this work possible and provided valuable input. I would like to express my gratitude to Peter Deuflhard for giving me the oppor tunity to work in the field of Scientific Computing. I have benefited immensly from his help to get the right perspectives, and from his continuous encourage ment and support over several years. He certainly will forgive me the use of Rosenbrock methods rather than extrapolation methods to integrate in time.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This proceedings volume includes papers for presentation at DGCI 2000 in U- sala, Sweden, 13¿15 December 2000. DGCI 2000 is the 9th in a series of inter- tional conferences on Discrete Geometry for Computer Imagery. DGCI 2000 is organized by the Centre for Image Analysis (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Uppsala University). It is sponsored by the International Assoc- tion for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) and by the Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis (SSAB). This is the rst DGCI conference to take place outside France. The number of researchers active in the eld of discrete geometry and c- puter imagery is increasing. In comparison with the previous editions, DGCI 2000 has attracted a signi cantly larger number of research contributions from a- demic and research institutions in di erent countries. In fact, 62 papers were s- mitted. The contributions focus on topology, discrete images, surfaces and v- umes, shape representation, and shape understanding. After careful reviewing by an international board of reviewers, 40 papers from 16 countries were accepted, leading to a high-quality conference. Of the 40 accepted papers, 28 were selected for oral presentation and 12 for poster presentation. All accepted contributions have been scheduled in plenary sessions. The programme also has been enriched by three invited lectures, presented by three internationally known speakers: Pieter Jonker (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands), Pierre Soille (ISPRA, Italy), and Jayaram K. Udupa (University of Pennsylvania, USA).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 560 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die komplementäre Methodenlehre bietet die Basis für eine wissenschaftliche Fortentwicklung der Medizin über die Evidence-based Medicine hinaus - als Cognition-based Medicine.Dieses Buch präsentiert, was in den großen blinden Fleck der konventionellen Methoden fällt und deshalb inexistent zu sein scheint: die Methoden des nicht-statistischen Nachweises der therapeutischen Wirksamkeit am individuellen Patienten, ebenso das dazugehörige System klinischer Forschung.Die Analyse der individuellen Therapiebeurteilung bildet die Grundlage für eine Aufwertung des ärztlichen Urteils und der ärztlichen Erfahrung. Die Konsequenzen sind weitreichend und gehen alle an, die an der Gestaltung des Gesundheitswesens beteiligt sind: Ärzte, Therapeuten, Gesundheitsökonomen, Juristen, Politiker, Methodiker, Statistiker .Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 208 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At the end of 1960s and the beginning of 1970s, when the Russian version of this book was written, the 'general theory of random processes' did not operate widely with such notions as semimartingale, stochastic integral with respect to semimartingale, the ItO formula for semimartingales, etc. At that time in stochastic calculus (theory of martingales), the main object was the square integrable martingale. In a short time, this theory was applied to such areas as nonlinear filtering, optimal stochastic control, statistics for diffusion type processes. In the first edition of these volumes, the stochastic calculus, based on square integrable martingale theory, was presented in detail with the proof of the Doob-Meyer decomposition for submartingales and the description of a structure for stochastic integrals. In the first volume ('General Theory') these results were used for a presentation of further important facts such as the Girsanov theorem and its generalizations, theorems on the innovation pro cesses, structure of the densities (Radon-Nikodym derivatives) for absolutely continuous measures being distributions of diffusion and Itô-type processes, and existence theorems for weak and strong solutions of stochastic differential equations. All the results and facts mentioned above have played a key role in the derivation of 'general equations' for nonlinear filtering, prediction, and smoothing of random processes.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 448 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At the end of 1960s and the beginning of 1970s, when the Russian version of this book was written, the 'general theory of random processes' did not operate widely with such notions as semimartingale, stochastic integral with respect to semimartingale, the Ito formula for semimartingales, etc. At that time in stochastic calculus (theory of martingales), the main object was the square integrable martingale. In a short time, this theory was applied to such areas as nonlinear filtering, optimal stochastic control, statistics for diffusion type processes. In the first edition of these volumes, the stochastic calculus, based on square integrable martingale theory, was presented in detail with the proof of the Doob-Meyer decomposition for submartingales and the description of a structure for stochastic integrals. In the first volume ('General Theory') these results were used for a presentation of further important facts such as the Girsanov theorem and its generalizations, theorems on the innovation pro cesses, structure of the densities (Radon-Nikodym derivatives) for absolutely continuous measures being distributions of diffusion and ItO-type processes, and existence theorems for weak and strong solutions of stochastic differential equations. All the results and facts mentioned above have played a key role in the derivation of 'general equations' for nonlinear filtering, prediction, and smoothing of random processes.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 424 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -All those who think that bivalves are boring are in the best company. Karl von Frisch is reported to have turned the pages more quickly in texts where bivalves were treated because, according to him, they literally lack any behaviour. The fact that they can filtrate huge amounts of water, burrow into the sedi ment, actively swim, drill holes into rocks and boats or detect shadows with the aid of pretty blue eyes located on the rim of their mantle obviously left v. Frisch unimpressed. Why, then, a book on the large freshwater mussels (Naiads or Unionoida), which on first sight are much less spectacular than the marine ones The main reason is that they are keepers of secrets which they reveal only on close and careful inspection. This is not only true for the pearls some species produce and which over centuries have contributed to the treasures of bishops and kings, but particularly for their ecology: their life cycles are linked with those of fishes, some can occur in incredible densities and some can live for more than 100 years. Thus, the presence or absence of naiads in a lake or stream has manifold implications.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 420 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The goal of this book is to provide engineers and scientIsts in academia and industry with a thorough understanding of the underlying principles of nonlinear system identification. The reader will be able to apply the discussed models and methods to real problems with the necessary confidence and the awareness of potential difficulties that may arise in practice. This book is self-contained in the sense that it requires merely basic knowledge of matrix algebra, signals and systems, and statistics. Therefore, it also serves as an introduction to linear system identification and gives a practical overview on the major optimization methods used in engineering. The emphasis of this book is on an intuitive understanding of the subject and the practical application of the discussed techniques. It is not written in a theorem/proof style; rather the mathematics is kept to a minimum and the pursued ideas are illustrated by numerous figures, examples, and real-world applications. Fifteen years ago, nonlinear system identification was a field of several ad-hoc approaches, each applicable only to a very restricted class of systems. With the advent of neural networks, fuzzy models, and modern structure opti mization techniques a much wider class of systems can be handled. Although one major characteristic of nonlinear systems is that almost every nonlinear system is unique, tools have been developed that allow the use of the same ap proach for a broad variety of systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 808 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Endlich ein Sonografie-Buch aus der Praxis für die Praxis! Von einem erfahrenen und mit der Sonographie bestens vertrauten Allgemeinarzt geschrieben. Es bietet dem Primärarzt in Weiterbildung und eigener Praxis eine anwendungsorientierte, komprimierte Zusammenstellung aller in der Allgemeinpraxis häufigen und wichtigen Krankheitsbilder, die sonografisch bestätigt, ausgeschlossen und differentialdiagnostisch erwogen werden müssen. Der Autor vermittelt sowohl die Grundlagen für den Anfänger als auch weiterführendes Wissen für den erfahrenen Arzt, der sein Leistungsspektrum erweitern will. Der Ansatz ist gleichzeitig problem- und organorientiert. Die typischen sonomorphologischen Befunde werden durch 150 Bilder illustriert.Wie schreibe ich Befunde sicher und präzise Wie erhalte ich das notwendige Wissen für eine gute, effiziente Diagnostik, ohne zeitaufwendiges Studium redundanter Spezialliteratur Das Buch gibt die Antworten.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 236 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Leitthema des vorliegenden Tagungsbandes ist die Eignung von LINUX für Echtzeit-Aufgaben. Dieser Frage wird zunächst in einem Grundsatz-Beitrag nachgegangen, gefolgt von anspruchsvollen Erfahrungsberichten. Ergänzt werden sie durch Untersuchungen zur Zusammenarbeit mit digitalen Signalprozessoren. Vervollständigt wird der LINUX-Schwerpunkt durch traditionelle Themen aus der Echtzeitprogrammierung. Echtzeit-Betriebssysteme und Anwendungsberichte runden den Band ab.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -After a brief introduction into crystal plasticity,the fun- damentals of crystallographic textures and plastic anisotro- py, a main topic of this book, are outlined. A large chapter is devoted to formability testing both for bulk metal and sheet metal forming. For the first time testing methods for plastic anisotropy of round bars and tubes are included. A profound survey is given of literature about yield criteria for anisotropic materials up to most recent developments and the calculation of forming limits of anisotropic sheet me- tal. Other chapters are concerned with properties of workpieces after metal forming as well as the fundamentals of the theory of plasticity and finite element simulation of metal forming processes. The book is completed by a collection of tables of international standards for formability testing and of flow curves of metals which are most commonly used in metal forming. It is addressed both to university and industrial readers.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 356 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Since the second edition of this book came out in early 1997, the number of scientific papers published on the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) has increased from about 1500 to some 4000. Also, two special workshops dedicated to the SOM have been organized, not to mention numerous SOM sessions in neural network conferences. In view of this growing interest it was felt desirable to make extensive revisions to this book. They are of the following nature. Statistical pattern analysis has now been approached more carefully than earlier. A more detailed discussion of the eigenvectors and eigenvalues of symmetric matrices, which are the type usually encountered in statistics, has been included in Sect. 1.1.3: also, new probabilistic concepts, such as factor analysis, have been discussed in Sect. 1.3.1. A survey of projection methods (Sect. 1.3.2) has been added, in order to relate the SOM to classical paradigms. Vector Quantization is now discussed in one main section, and derivation of the pointdensity of the codebook vectors using the calculus of variations has been added, in order to familiarize the reader with this otherwise com plicated statistical analysis. It was also felt that the discussion of the neural-modeling philosophy should include a broader perspective of the main issues. A historical review in Sect. 2.2, and the general philosophy in Sects. 2.3, 2.5 and 2.14 are now expected to especially help newcomers to orient themselves better amongst the profusion of contemporary neural models.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 528 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Der Fehlzeitenreport 2000 stellt auf der Grundlage umfassender Datenbestände der AOK ausführlich und verständlich die Ausfallzeiten in der deutschen Wirtschaft dar. Statistiken zum Krankenstand der Arbeitnehmer aus 10 ausgewählten Wirtschaftszweigen anschauliche Darstellung der vorhandenen Zahlen durch zahlreiche Tabellen und Abbildungen Schwerpunktthema 2000: Zukünftige Arbeitswelten: Gesund- heitsschutz und Gesundheitsmanagement, dargestellt und erläutert von mehr als 20 Fachleuten zeigt die Gründe und Auslöser der Fehlzeiten in Betrieben auf und bietet den Verantwortlichen die Grundlage für rationale Lösungen gleichermaßen unverzichtbar für Unternehmer und Ressortleiter wie auch für Betriebsräte, Gewerkschaften und Arbeitnehmervertreter. 584 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Schrift befaßt sich für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Schweiz mit der Abgrenzungsproblematik zwischen Arbeitsrecht und Gesellschaftsrecht oder - anders gewendet - zwischen abhängiger und selbstständiger (unternehmerischer) Beschäftigung. Rechtsprechung und Schrifttum haben für jedes dieser Rechtsgebiete umfängliche Kriterienkataloge erarbeitet, von denen insbesondere der arbeitsrechtliche im Verlauf der vergangenen 15 Jahre vor dem Hintergrund einer anhaltend hohen Arbeitslosenquote und der sich ausbreitenden Globalisierung der Ökonomie an Plausibilität eingebüßt hat. Das vermag schon allein deshalb nicht zu verwundern, weil die rechtsgebietsspezifische Theorienbildung nicht im Hinblick auf die komplementäre Fragestellung des jeweils anderen Rechtsgebiets erfolgt ist und oftmals Kriterien als unterscheidungskräftig benannt werden, die den zu unterscheidenden Beschäftigungsarten gleichermaßen eigen sind.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 436 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Topaktuell: Der Arzneiverordnungs-Report 2000 liefert Ihnen exklusive Detail-Informationen über die neuesten Entwicklungen und Trends im deutschen Pharmamarkt.In seiner jährlichen Bilanz analysiert der Arzneiverordnungs-Report kritisch und sachlich die kassenärztlichen Arzneiverordnungen.Mit neuen Daten aus der Auswertung von vier Millionen Rezepten. Verordnungsverhalten und Kosten Neue Therapietrends Erfolgreiche Innovationen Klare Spar-OptionenDer Report 2000 enthält jetzt zusätzliche Informationen, die noch mehr Transparenz und Evidenz schaffen. statt 2000 jetzt 2500 der meistverordneten Präparate Neueinführungen des Jahres 1999 Substitution von Analogpräparaten Einsparpotentiale von 8,2 Mrd. DM Indikationsgruppen, Verordnungsprofile, ZuzahlungsproblemeSchwerpunktthema:Generika und Analogpräparate, die neue Ansätze für eine wirtschaftliche Arzneitherapie bieten.Jetzt informieren und mitreden!Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 964 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Auf der Basis umfangreicher vergleichender Untersuchungen an Wirbelsäulenpräparaten verschafft Ihnen das Buch einen praxisbezogenen Überblick über Wertigkeit und Aussage moderner bildgebender Verfahren zur Diagnose und Differentialdiagnose röntgenographische Befunde von den Standard-Verfahren bis zur 3D-Rekonstruktion in der Computertomographie makroskopische und mikroskopische morphologischen Befunde der degenerativen Wirbelsäulenveränderungen.Ausführliche Bildbeispiele veranschaulichen die komplexen Schädigungsmuster im Bereich von Knochen- und Weichteil- strukturen der Wirbelsäule.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 136 pp. Deutsch.