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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Recent achievements in hardware and software development, such as multi-core CPUs and DRAM capacities of multiple terabytes per server, enabled the introduction of a revolutionary technology: in-memory data management. This technology supports the flexible and extremely fast analysis of massive amounts of enterprise data. Professor Hasso Plattner and his research group at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, have been investigating and teaching the corresponding concepts and their adoption in the software industry for years.This book is based on an online course that was first launched in autumn 2012 with more than 13,000 enrolled students and marked the successful starting point of the openHPI e-learning platform. The course is mainly designed for students of computer science, software engineering, and IT related subjects, but addresses business experts, software developers, technology experts, and IT analysts alike. Plattner and his group focus on exploring the inner mechanics of a column-oriented dictionary-encoded in-memory database. Covered topics include - amongst others - physical data storage and access, basic database operators, compression mechanisms, and parallel join algorithms. Beyond that, implications for future enterprise applications and their development are discussed. Step by step, readers will understand the radical differences and advantages of the new technology over traditional row-oriented, disk-based databases.In this completely revised 2nd edition, we incorporate the feedback of thousands of course participants on openHPI and take into account latest advancements in hard- and software. Improved figures, explanations, and examples further ease the understanding of the concepts presented. We introduce advanced data management techniques such as transparent aggregate caches and provide new showcases that demonstrate the potential of in-memory databases for two diverse industries: retail and life sciences. 336 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These guidelines, compiled by a panel of clinicians and scientists with a high level of expertise, aim to provide readers with the most up-to-date and comprehensive instructions on the treatment and prevention of ocular inflammation. All of the recommendations are explicitly linked to supporting evidence and graded according to the strength of that evidence and the editors have made every effort to ensure that chapters are of a consistently high methodological quality. The guidelines for each treatment include dose and the frequency and mode of delivery. Significant side-effects of treatment are identified and distinguished from those of the disease in question. Suggestions are presented for the prevention both of the disease itself and of the treatment-related complications. In addition, likely future directions in treatment and prevention are identified. These guidelines will be of great practical value for all clinicians and clinical scientists with an interest in the subject.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Warum wir uns so oft selbst im Weg stehenWarum treffen wir immer wieder Entscheidungen, die unseren Bedürfnissen eigentlich zuwiderlaufen und unsere langfristigen Ziele gefährden Warum setzen wir uns bewusst Versuchungen aus, die wir besser meiden sollten Warum neigen wir dazu, statistisch völlig normalen Ereignissen eine höhere Bedeutung zuzuschreiben Und warum beharren wir darauf, recht zu haben, wenn doch alles für das Gegenteil spricht David DiSalvo enthüllt ein bemerkenswertes Paradox: Was unser Gehirn will, ist oft nicht das, was unser Gehirn braucht. Tatsächlich beruht vieles, was unser Gehirn 'glücklich' macht, auf Voreingenommenheiten und Verzerrungen, die in eine regelrechte Selbst-Sabotage münden können. Aber warum ist das so Und können wir daran etwas ändern Antworten auf diese Fragen findet der Autor in der Evolutions- und Sozialpsychologie, der Kognitionswissenschaft und Hirnforschung wie auch in Marketing und Wirtschaftswissenschaft. Und er setzt uns in die Lage, die Schwächen unseres Gehirns zu erkennen. Die Forschung, sagt DiSalvo, liefert zwar keine Patentlösungen, aber wertvolle Hinweise, wie wir unser Denkorgan überlisten und so ein erfüllteres Leben führen können.David DiSalvo nimmt seine Leser mit auf eine Rundreise zu all den Täuschungen, denen unser Geist unterliegt. Kein Aspekt des täglichen Lebens bleibt unberücksichtigt, vom Vorstellungsgespräch über das erste Date bis zu den Gefahren von eBay . ein kurzweiliger Leitfaden über die Psyche, der Ihr Leben verändern könnte. New ScientistDieses Buch ist das Schweizer Messer der Psychologie und Neurowissenschaft - handlich, praktisch und sehr, sehr nützlich. Joseph T. Hallinan, Pulitzer-Preisträger und Autor von Lechts oder rinks: Warum wir Fehler machenDer AutorDavid DiSalvo ist Wissenschaftsjournalist (u. a. für Scientific American Mind, Psychology Today und Wall Street Journal), Blogger und Buchautor.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Algorithmen bilden das Herzstück jeder nichttrivialen Anwendung von Computern, und die Algorithmik ist ein modernes und aktives Gebiet der Informatik. Daher sollte sich jede Informatikerin und jeder Informatiker mit den algorithmischen Grundwerkzeugen auskennen. Dies sind Strukturen zur effizienten Organisation von Daten, häufig benutzte Algorithmen und Standardtechniken für das Modellieren, Verstehen und Lösen algorithmischer Probleme. Dieses Buch ist eine straff gehaltene Einführung in die Welt dieser Grundwerkzeuge, gerichtet an Studierende und im Beruf stehende Experten, die mit dem Programmieren und mit den Grundelementen der Sprache der Mathematik vertraut sind. Die einzelnen Kapitel behandeln Arrays und verkettete Listen, Hashtabellen und assoziative Arrays, Sortieren und Auswählen, Prioritätswarteschlangen, sortierte Folgen, Darstellung von Graphen, Graphdurchläufe, kürzeste Wege, minimale Spannbäume und Optimierung. Die Algorithmen werden auf moderne Weise präsentiert, mit explizit angegebenen Invarianten, und mit Kommentaren zu neueren Entwicklungen wie Algorithm Engineering, Speicherhierarchien, Algorithmenbibliotheken und zertifizierenden Algorithmen. Die Algorithmen werden zunächst mit Hilfe von Bildern, Text und Pseudocode erläutert; dann werden Details zu effizienten Implementierungen gegeben, auch in Bezug auf konkrete Sprachen wie C++ und Java. 392 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Das vorliegende Manual dient als Leitfaden für die Durchführung eines ressourcen-orientierten Gruppenangebots für Kinder von psychisch kranken und/oder suchtkranken Eltern. Es wendet sich an professionelle Helfer, also Mitarbeiter in psychologischen Beratungsstellen bzw. Erziehungsberatungsstellen, kinder- und jugendpsychiatrischen Ambulanzen bzw. Einrichtungen der Suchthilfe oder Selbsthilfeeinrichtungen. Die einzelnen Module können ebenso im Rahmen der Jugendhilfe oder als Grundlage in der therapeutischen Angehörigenarbeit in psychiatrischen und psychosomatischen Fach- oder Rehabilitationskliniken eingesetzt werden. Neben wertvollen Hintergrundinformationen und Literaturhinweisen enthalten die einzelnen Module - schwerpunktmäßig und getrennt für Kinder- und Jugendlichengruppen - Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen zur altersgerechten Vermittlung spezifischer Inhalte zu psychischen und Suchterkrankungen, eine Formulierung der mit den einzelnen Gruppenstunden verbundenen Ziele sowie Hausaufgaben für die Kinder zur weiteren Bearbeitung einer für sie lebensbestimmenden Thematik. Ein weiteres ausführliches Kapitel ist der Elternarbeit gewidmet. In dem vorliegenden Buch finden sich in handlungsorientierter Weise nicht nur konkrete Handlungsvogaben, ansprechende Materialien und wichtige Links, sondern auch erfahrungsgeleitete Anregungen und Tipps im Hinblick auf eine gelingende professionelle Netzwerkarbeit, sowie angemessene Gesprächsführung, einen sensiblen Umgang mit den betroffenen Familien, die Durchführung von Elternabenden, jedoch auch eine Auflistung möglicher 'Stolpersteine' in der Arbeit mit einer besonderen Zielgruppe.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die zweite vollständig überarbeitete Auflage dieses Fachbuches widmet sich der frühen Entwicklung der orofazialen Funktionen, der Diagnostik, dem Management und den Therapieansätzen bei Säuglingen mit Dysphagien und Trinkschwächen. Der Schwerpunkt dieser Auflage liegt in der praxisnahen Beschreibung verschiedenster Therapiemöglichkeiten - wie zum Beispiel das Füttern in erhöhter Seitenlage - bei Frühgeborenen und Säuglingen mit Auffälligkeiten im Trinkverhalten. Die logopädische Therapie bei Früh- und Neugeborenen mit Schluckstörungen und Trinkschwächen gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung, um eine Basis für die weitere physiologische Entwicklung der Mundfunktionen zu schaffen. Treten schon im frühkindlichen Alter Probleme bei der Nahrungsaufnahme und im orofazialen Bereich auf, kommt es später oft zu Fütter- bzw. Essstörungen, aber auch zu Problemen in der Sprachentwicklung. 204 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Das Buch bietet eine sehr praktisch ausgerichtete Einführung in die Probleme des Strahlenschutzes, seine physikalischen Grundlagen - wie die Wechselwirkung ionisierender Strahlung mit Materie - die biologische Strahlenwirkung, die Quellen der Strahlenbelastung aus unserer Umwelt, die Messmethoden im Strahlenschutz (Dosimetrie) und die praktische Wahrnehmung des Strahlenschutzes. Das notwendige Wissen für den Umgang mit radioaktiven Stoffen wird anhand zahlreicher Beispiele, (vorgerechneter) Übungsaufgaben und einfacher Experimente praxisnah vorgestellt. Die im Verwaltungsdeutsch abgefassten Paragraphen der Strahlenschutzverordnung werden in lesbarer Form auf das Wesentliche reduziert. Ein umfangreiches Glossar erleichtert den Zugang zum Stoffinhalt. Die vierte Auflage wurde durch Kapitel über Kernkraftwerke, Strahlungsquellen und die Effekte Nicht-Ionisierender Strahlung ergänzt. Weiterhin enthält die neue Auflage Zerfallsschemata einiger häufig im Strahlenschutz verwendeter Isotopeund eine vereinfachte Nuklidkarte. Die Kapitel aus der dritten Auflage wurden überarbeitet und auf den neuesten Stand der Technik gebracht. Zur Auflockerung des Textes wurden weitere wissenschaftliche Cartoons eingearbeitet.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Energy Efficient Data Centers, E DC 2013, held in Berkeley, CA, USA, in May 2013; co-located with SIGCOMM e-Energy 2013. The 8 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on energy and workload measurement; energy management; simulators and control. 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Establishing multi-scale optimal water allocation modes which takes the enhancement of utilization efficiency as core is a research hotspot for the international water resources management of river basins. This book aims to introduce how to compile the first set of county-level IO tables involving resources and environment accounts with integrated datasets which contains the spatio-temporal data of water and land resources, ecology and social economy in the river basin and to construct an integrated Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model with resources and environment accounts embedded, which can be used to quantitatively depict the key process parameters of the water-ecology-social economy coupling system. Thus, this book can provide decision support for integrated river basin management, and scientific support for the sustainable development of social economy, eco-environment and water resources. 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Addressing the issues unique to managers of creative technical staff, this guide reflects not only Ronald Kay's long experience observing and teaching successful management techniques, but also treats the expanding challenges due to increasingly globally-based projects and staff. As before, Kay's guide helps readers to prepare themselves, graduate students and others to understand and improve their managerial skills and covers such practical, yet sometimes overlooked, steps such as: individual and team behavior of creative technical staff; managing their own and others' R&D projects; hiring, evaluating and compensating technical staff; R&D proposals and administrative functions; and presentations, meetings and organizational culture. New to this edition are a chapter on the global impact of high-tech enterprises and sections on the roles of foundations and government funding and task-force participation. Also tackled are the basics of starting, financing and staffing venture-capital-funded enterprises. What's more, this book also serves to increase the awareness and knowledge base of anyone who needs to meet the challenge of managing people with the creative energies that drive technologically-based economic growth. 216 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The rapid growth over the past three decades has been instrumental in lifting over 600 million people in China out of poverty, and people want to know why and how it happened. International evidence has made it clear that a global economy based on current patterns of consumption and production is simply not sustainable. Policymakers have repeatedly been advised that economic growth, poverty reduction, equity, and environment and resource sustainability must be integrated into national development strategies. What about China The principle limitation of existing China-focused economic studies lies in its imbalances from the perspective of analysis and the impact of growth on poverty and inequality. A limited number of studies are devoted to structural transformation and China's structural imbalances, social disparities and the impact of science and technology on growth and productivity. This book addresses the alarming environmental consequences of China's growth patterns within an overall quality growth framework. It contributes to the economic growth and development literature and current policy discourse on China by expanding the policy analysis to include several important new areas using the most recent data available. This includes analyzing the macroeconomic factors that underlie the need for China to advance its economic transformation; examining how social inequalities, including health, education and gender, have evolved and presenting the scale of environmental problems associated with China's growth miracle. This report represents the first attempt to integrate the issue of environmental sustainability and climate change into the quality growth context, providing readers with a comprehensive account of China's success and challenges in its three decades of rapid economic growth. 136 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support (BPMDS 2014) and the 19th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD 2014), held together with the 26th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2014) in Thessaloniki, Greece, in June 2014.The 20 full papers accepted for BPMDS were selected from 48 submissions and cover a wide spectrum of issues related to business process development, modeling, and support. They are grouped into topical sections on business process modeling as a human-driven process, representing the human perspective of business processes, supporting humans in business processes, variability-enabling process models, various models for various process perspectives, and BPMDS in practice.The ten full and three short papers accepted for EMMSAD were chosen from 27 submissions and focus on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing modeling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes. They are grouped into sections on conceptual modeling, requirements modeling, business process modeling, goal and language action modeling, enterprise and business modeling, and new approaches. 508 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book takes a critical view on corporate practice, governmental action and the general approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. It draws on experience from the Workplace Innovation movement and argues that, as with motherhood and apple pie, it is hard to oppose CSR, with a community of well-meaning people. It is however necessary to challenge the foundations on which it is based.Many accounts of CSR assume a consistent model of capitalism around the world. It is suggested that capitalism can be given a human face, as companies adopt programmes which go beyond the minimum legal requirements. This builds on traditions of optional corporate philanthropy. However, without changing the underlying working of the company, only cosmetic changes are made. In the author's words: 'lipstick is applied to the capitalist pig'.It can be a mistake to read too much into 'Responsible Management', when the culture of management is designed around irresponsibility. Companies have developed elaborate schemes of outsourcing, in an environment of limited liability. This cannot easily be overcome through gestures. This book seeks to engage readers and to provoke thoughts. It can be angry and polemical, but it points a finger directly at ongoing superficial developments. 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Selected Areas in Cryptography, SAC 2013, held in Burnaby, Canada, in August 2013. The 26 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: lattices; discrete logarithms; stream ciphers and authenticated encryption; post-quantum (hash-based and system solving); white box crypto; block ciphers; elliptic curves, pairings and RSA; hash functions and MACs; and side-channel attacks. The book also contains 3 full-length invited talks. 608 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This two-volume set of LNCS 8572 and LNCS 8573 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 41st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, ICALP 2014, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2014. The total of 136 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 484 submissions. The papers are organized in three tracks focussing on Algorithms, Complexity, and Games, Logic, Semantics, Automata, and Theory of Programming, Foundations of Networked Computation. 656 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The problems of conditional optimization of the uniform (or C-) norm for polynomials and rational functions arise in various branches of science and technology. Their numerical solution is notoriously difficult in case of high degree functions. The book develops the classical Chebyshev's approach which gives analytical representation for the solution in terms of Riemann surfaces. The techniques born in the remote (at the first glance) branches of mathematics such as complex analysis, Riemann surfaces and Teichmüller theory, foliations, braids, topology are applied to approximation problems. The key feature of this book is the usage of beautiful ideas of contemporary mathematics for the solution of applied problems and their effective numerical realization. This is one of the few books where the computational aspects of the higher genus Riemann surfaces are illuminated. Effective work with the moduli spaces of algebraic curves provides wide opportunities for numerical experiments in mathematics and theoretical physics. 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This two-volume set of LNCS 8572 and LNCS 8573 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 41st International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, ICALP 2014, held in Copenhagen, Denmark, in July 2014. The total of 136 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 484 submissions. The papers are organized in three tracks focussing on Algorithms, Complexity, and Games, Logic, Semantics, Automata, and Theory of Programming, Foundations of Networked Computation. 1124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This thesis describes the first demonstration of a cooperative optical non-linearity based on Rydberg excitation. Whereas in conventional non-linear optics the non-linearity arises directly from the interaction between light and matter, in a cooperative process it is mediated by dipole-dipole interactions between light-induced excitations. For excitation to high Rydberg states where the electron is only weakly bound, the dipole-dipole interactions are extremely large and long range, enabling an enormous enhancement of the non-linear effect. Consequently, cooperative non-linear optics using Rydberg excitations opens a new era for quantum optics enabling large single photon non-linearity to be accessible in free space for the first time. The thesis describes the theoretical underpinnings of the non- linear effect, the pioneering experimental results and implications for experiments in the single photon regime. 172 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book is an expanded autobiography of the famous theoretical physicist Isaak Khalatnikov. He worked together with L.D. Landau at the Institute for Physical Problems lead by P.L. Kapitza. He is the co-author of L.D. Landau in a number of important works. They worked together in the frame of the so-called Nuclear Bomb Project. After the death of L.D. Landau, I.M. Khalatnikov initiated the establishment of the Institute for Theoretical Physics, named in honour of L.D. Landau, within the USSR Academy of Sciences. He headed this institute from the beginning as its Director. The institute inherited almost all traditions of the Landau scientific school and played a prominent role in the development of theoretical physics. So, this is a story about how the institute was created, how it worked, and about the life of the physicists in the 'golden age' of the Soviet science. A separate chapter is devoted to today s life of the institute and the young generation of physicists working now in science.It is an historically interesting book on the development of Soviet and Russian science and presents the background of the Soviet nuclear bomb program in the cold war age. In war times, Khalatnikov was a chief of the military staff of nuclear research. He writes about the internal conditions of Soviet society, the way of operating of the Soviet authorities and ways for scientists to interact with them. It gives many interesting insights into the development of superconductivity and superfluidity. The book is written by the most experienced and best informed person among the few living Russian scientists in the environment of Landau. Many stories of the book were never published before and considered as 'top secret'. 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the grand challenges in our digital world are the large, complex and often weakly structured data sets, and massive amounts of unstructured information. This 'big data' challenge is most evident in biomedical informatics: the trend towards precision medicine has resulted in an explosion in the amount of generated biomedical data sets. Despite the fact that human experts are very good at pattern recognition in dimensions of This state-of-the-art survey is an output of the HCI-KDD expert network and features 19 carefully selected and reviewed papers related to seven hot and promising research areas: Area 1: Data Integration, Data Pre-processing and Data Mapping; Area 2: Data Mining Algorithms; Area 3: Graph-based Data Mining; Area 4: Entropy-Based Data Mining; Area 5: Topological Data Mining; Area 6 Data Visualization and Area 7: Privacy, Data Protection, Safety and Security. 380 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The concept of processes is at the heart of software and systems engineering. Software process models integrate software engineering methods and techniques and are the basis for managing large-scale software and IT projects. High product quality routinely results from high process quality.Software process management deals with getting and maintaining control over processes and their evolution. Becoming acquainted with existing software process models is not enough, though. It is important to understand how to select, define, manage, deploy, evaluate, and systematically evolve software process models so that they suitably address the problems, applications, and environments to which they are applied. Providing basic knowledge for these important tasks is the main goal of this textbook.Münch and his co-authors aim at providing knowledge that enables readers to develop useful process models that are suitable for their own purposes. They start with the basic concepts. Subsequently, existing representative process models are introduced, followed by a description of how to create individual models and the necessary means for doing so (i.e., notations and tools). Lastly, different possible usage scenarios for process management are highlighted (e.g. process improvement and software process simulation).Their book is aimed at students and researchers working on software project management, software quality assurance, and software measurement; and at practitioners who are interested in process definition and management for developing, maintaining, and operating software-intensive systems and services. 256 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book features a selection of papers presented at the First IFIP WG 12.6 International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management, AI4KM 2012, held in Montpellier, France, in August 2012, in conjunction with the 20th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2012. The 11 revised and extended papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this volume. They present new research and innovative aspects in the field of knowledge management. 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -While previously available methodologies for software - like those published in the early days of object technology - claimed to be appropriate for every conceivable project, situational method engineering (SME) acknowledges that most projects typically have individual characteristics and situations. Thus, finding the most effective methodology for a particular project needs specific tailoring to that situation. Such a tailored software development methodology needs to take into account all the bits and pieces needed for an organization to develop software, including the software process, the input and output work products, the people involved, the languages used to describe requirements, design, code, and eventually also measures of success or failure.The authors have structured the book into three parts. Part I deals with all the basic concepts, terminology and overall ideas underpinning situational method engineering. As a summary of this part, they present a formal meta-model that enables readers to create their own quality methods and supporting tools. In Part II, they explain how to implement SME in practice, i.e., how to find method components and put them together and how to evaluate the resulting method. For illustration, they also include several industry case studies of customized or constructed processes, highlighting the impact that high-quality engineered methods can have on the success of an industrial software development. Finally, Part III summarizes some of the more recent and forward-looking ideas.This book presents the first summary of the state of the art for SME. For academics, it provides a comprehensive conceptual framework and discusses new research areas. For lecturers, thanks to its step-by-step explanations from basics to the customization and quality assessment of constructed methods, it serves as a solid basis for comprehensive courses on the topic. For industry methodologists, it offers a reference guide on features and technologies to consider when developing in-house software development methods or customising and adopting off-the-shelf ones. 332 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This work investigates the development of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' generic competence in reading, writing and translation within the particular Chinese classroom context. It provides a new perspective for the current teaching and research in reading, writing, translation within the EFL contexts and offers an insightful framework for pedagogical applications in language learning and teaching. Its findings will be extremely valuable not only in local situations, but also more generally in a wider regional and global context as well.The book employs a series of research tools, including pre-research and post-research questionnaires, pre-test and post-test of reading/writing/translation, multi-faceted writing portfolios (including reflection reports), textual analysis and in-depth interviews. It involves 209 participants from a primary university in Wuhan, among whom 171 are undergraduates and 38 are postgraduates. And it draws on the analysis of such varied multi-sourced data both qualitatively and quantitatively. Genre-based teaching is playing a critical role in initiating EFL learners into the discourse community of the target language. Developing EFL learners' generic competence is viewed as the ultimate goal in the process of teaching and learning. This monograph effectively demonstrates that like genre-based English for Specific Purposes (ESP) pedagogies, it is also possible to take advantage of already acquired genre knowledge for use in EFL learning contexts. It offers an impressive view of the direction in which genre-based applications are likely to take in the coming years. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Field-coupled nanocomputing (FCN) paradigms offer fundamentally new approaches to digital information processing that do not utilize transistors or require charge transport. Information transfer and computation are achieved in FCN via local field interactions between nanoscale building blocks that are organized in patterned arrays. Several FCN paradigms are currently under active investigation, including quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), molecular quantum cellular automata (MQCA), nanomagnetic logic (NML), and atomic quantum cellular automata (AQCA). Each of these paradigms has a number of unique features that make it attractive as a candidate for post-CMOS nanocomputing, and each faces critical challenges to realization.This State-of-the-Art-Survey provides a snapshot of the current developments and novel research directions in the area of FCN. The book is divided into five sections. The first part, Field-Coupled Nanocomputing Paradigms, provides valuable background information and perspectives on the QDCA, MQCA, NML, and AQCA paradigms and their evolution. The second section, Circuits and Architectures, addresses a wide variety of current research on FCN clocking strategies, logic synthesis, circuit design and test, logic-in-memory, hardware security, and architecture. The third section, Modeling and Simulation, considers the theoretical modeling and computer simulation of large FCN circuits, as well as the use of simulations for gleaning physical insight into elementary FCN building blocks. The fourth section, Irreversibility and Dissipation, considers the dissipative consequences of irreversible information loss in FCN circuits, their quantification, and their connection to circuit structure. The fifth section, The Road Ahead: Opportunities and Challenges, includes an edited transcript of the panel discussion that concluded the FCN 13 workshop. 404 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book describes Maxwell's equations first in their integral, directly testable form, then moves on to their local formulation. The first two chapters cover all essential properties of Maxwell's equations, including their symmetries and their covariance in a modern notation. Chapter 3 is devoted to Maxwell theory as a classical field theory and to solutions of the wave equation. Chapter 4 deals with important applications of Maxwell theory. It includes topical subjects such as metamaterials with negative refraction index and solutions of Helmholtz' equation in paraxial approximation relevant for the description of laser beams.Chapter 5 describes non-Abelian gauge theories from a classical, geometric point of view, in analogy to Maxwell theory as a prototype, and culminates in an application to the U(2) theory relevant for electroweak interactions. The last chapter 6 gives a concise summary of semi-Riemannian geometry as the framework for the classical field theory of gravitation. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the Schwarzschild solution of Einstein's equations and the classical tests of general relativity (perihelion precession of Mercury, and light deflection by the sun).------Textbook features: detailed figures, worked examples, problems and solutions, boxed inserts, highlighted special topics, highlighted important math etc., helpful summaries, appendix, index. 448 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of cosmic acceleration due to dark energy, a discovery that is all the more perplexing as nobody knows what dark energy actually is. We put the modern concept of cosmological vacuum energy into historical context and show how it grew out of disparate roots in quantum mechanics (zero-point energy) and relativity theory (the cosmological constant, Einstein's 'greatest blunder'). These two influences have remained strangely aloof and still co-exist in an uneasy alliance that is at the heart of the greatest crisis in theoretical physics, the cosmological-constant problem. 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Zelluläre Automaten bieten eine einfache aber weitreichende Möglichkeit zur diskreten Modellierung und Simulation komplexer Sachverhalte. Die grundlegende Idee dabei ist es, auf einem Spielfeld eine große Anzahl von Spielern wie Figuren, Teilchen, Elemente, Tiere oder Ähnliches zu simulieren, die sich alle nach exakt identischen Regeln verhalten, aber nur mit einer kleinen Anzahl von Spielern aus ihrer Nachbarschaft interagieren. Im vorliegenden Buch werden unterschiedliche Modelle zum Beispiel aus der Populationsdynamik, der Reaktionskinetik, dem Verkehrswesen oder der Strömungsmechanik vorgestellt, wobei alle Kapitel je nach Interesse unabhängig voneinander studiert werden können. Weiterhin werden alle Beispiele durch zahlreiche Abbildungen ergänzt, sodass die Modelle so einfach wie möglich und ohne Vorkenntnisse verstanden sowie reproduziert werden können. 136 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Common methods of local magnetic imaging display either a high spatial resolution and relatively poor field sensitivity (MFM, Lorentz microscopy), or a relatively high field sensitivity but limited spatial resolution (scanning SQUID microscopy). Since the magnetic field of a nanoparticle or nanostructure decays rapidly with distance from the structure, the achievable spatial resolution is ultimately limited by the probe-sample separation. This thesis presents a novel method for fabricating the smallest superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) that resides on the apex of a very sharp tip. The nanoSQUID-on-tip displays a characteristic size down to 100 nm and a field sensitivity of 10^-3 Gauss/Hz^(1/2). A scanning SQUID microsope was constructed by gluing the nanoSQUID-on-tip to a quartz tuning-fork. This enabled the nanoSQUID to be scanned within nanometers of the sample surface, providing simultaneous images of sample topography and the magnetic field distribution. This microscope represents a significant improvement over the existing scanning SQUID techniques and is expected to be able to image the spin of a single electron. 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book reviews the basic ideas of the Law of Large Numbers with its consequences to the deterministic world and the issue of ergodicity. Applications of Large Deviations and their outcomes to Physics are surveyed. The book covers topics encompassing ergodicity and its breaking and the modern applications of Large deviations to equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, disordered and chaotic systems, and turbulence. 328 pp. Englisch.