springer springer jul 2007 (436 risultati)

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Twenty years ago, the objectives of the rst edition of this book were numerous and ambitious:todemystifytheprocessofwellloganalysis;toexaminethephysicalbasis of the multitude of geophysical measurements known collectively as well logging; to clearly lay out the assumptions and approximations routinely used to extract pet- physical information from these geophysical measurements; to expose the vast range of well logging instrumentation and techniques to the larger geophysical community. Finally,therewastheimportantgoalofprovidingatextbookforuniversityandgra- atestudents inGeophysics andPetroleum Engineering, wherenone suitablehad been available before. What's different twenty years later First of all, Well Logging for Earth Scientists is long out of print. The petroleum industry, the major consumer of the geophysical information known as well logging, has changed enormously: technical staffs have been slashed, and hydrocarbons have become increasingly harder to locate, quantify, and produce. In addition, new techniques of drilling high deviation or horizontal wells have engendered a whole new family of measurement devices incorporated into the drilling string that may be used routinely or in situations where access by traditional 'wireline' instruments is dif cult or impossible. Petroleum deposits are becoming scarce and demand is steadily increasing. Massive corporate restructuring and the 'graying' of the workforce have caused the technical competence involved in the search and exploitation of petroleum to become scarce. Although we are only attempting to address this latter scarcity with our textbook, the objectives are still ambitious.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - DEA is computational at its core and this book will be one of several books that we will look to publish on the computational aspects of DEA. This book by Zhu and Cook will deal with the micro aspects of handling and modeling data issues in modeling DEA problems. DEA's use has grown with its capability of dealing with complex 'service industry' and the 'public service domain' types of problems that require modeling both qualitative and quantitative data. This will be a handbook treatment dealing with specific data problems including the following: (1) imprecise data, (2) inaccurate data, (3) missing data, (4) qualitative data, (5) outliers, (6) undesirable outputs, (7) quality data, (8) statistical analysis, (9) software and other data aspects of modeling complex DEA problems. In addition, the book will demonstrate how to visualize DEA results when the data is more than 3-dimensional, and how to identify efficiency units quickly and accurately.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Switched capacitor (SC) techniques are well proven to be excellent candidates for implementing critical analogue functions with high accuracy, surpassing other analogue techniques when embedded in mixed-signal CMOS VLSI. Conventional SC circuits are primarily limited in accuracy by a) capacitor matching and b) the accuracy with which a differential amplifier can squeeze charge from one capacitor to another between clock periods. In Switched-Capacitor Techniques for High-Accuracy Filter and ADC Design, alternative SC techniques are proposed which allow the achievement of higher intrinsic analogue functional accuracy than previously possible in such application areas as analogue filter and ADC design. The design philosophy is to create the required functionality without relying on digital calibration or correction means but instead to develop methods which have reduced dependence on both component matching (especially capacitor matching) and parasitic effects (especially parasitic capacitance). However, the proposed techniques are just as amenable to further digital accuracy enhancement via calibration and/or correction as traditional methods. Two popular application areas are explored in the course of this book for exploitation of the proposed techniques, viz. SC filters and algorithmic ADCs - both cyclic and pipelined. Furthermore, efficient system level design procedures are explored in each of these two areas.The validity of the concepts developed and analyzed in Switched-Capacitor Techniques for High-Accuracy Filter and ADC Design has been demonstrated in practice with the design of CMOS SC bandpass filters and algorithmic ADC stages. For example, a 10.7MHz radio IF selectivity filter integrated in standard CMOS, employing the proposed methods, achieves an accuracy greater than ceramic filters. Another example is an ADC with better than 12-bit intrinsic accuracy, albeit capacitors with only 9-bits matching accuracy were used in the realization. The ADC architecture is also very robust and proven in an embedded digital VLSI application in the very newest 65nm CMOS. The power consumptions and silicon areas of the solutions proposed here are lower than other known solutions from the literature.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - There is a veritable gold rush mentality in the life science world as scientists, entrepreneurs and multinationals are staking claims to the 'code of life' embodied in the world's current stock of plants, animals, microbes and human populations.This edited volume explores the legal, economic and political context for the debate about intellectual property rights for traditional knowledge and genetic resources and critically analyses the theory and practice of access and benefits sharing efforts around the world. The book also investigates the current flashpoints - the David and Goliath battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser over farmers' rights; the dispute over coexistence of GM and organic production; and the ownership and control of human genetic materials stored in human gene banks around the world.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Low-Frequency Noise in Advanced CMOS Devices begins with an introduction to noise, describing the fundamental noise sources and basic circuit analysis. The characterization of low-frequency noise is discussed in detail and useful practical advice is given. The various theoretical and compact low-frequency (1/f) noise models in MOS transistors are treated extensively providing an in-depth understanding of the low-frequency noise mechanisms and the potential sources of the noise in MOS transistors. Advanced CMOS technology including nanometer scaled devices, strained Si, SiGe, SOI, high-k gate dielectrics, multiple gates and metal gates are discussed from a low-frequency noise point of view. Some of the most recent publications and conference presentations are included in order to give the very latest view on the topics. The book ends with an introduction to noise in analog/RF circuits and describes how the low-frequency noise can affect these circuits.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Themodernbillion-dollardrug-discoveryprocessstronglyreliesonbothhi- throughput synthesis and screening methods. Whereas the latter is based on molecular biological methods, the ef cient and reliable generation of c- pound collections often makes use of combinatorial chemistry. Discovered in the 1980s, this methodology was explored extensively in the 1990s by groups in academia and in industry. Without any doubt, combinatorial chemistry changed the whole drug-discovery process and found many applications in cropscience and the material sciences. However, since its implementation, solution- and solid-phase techniques have been competing with each other, and although many companies started theircombinatorialchemistryprogramwithsolid-phasetechniques,soluti- phase combinatorial methods have taken over and now account for appro- mately 25% of all combinatorial efforts. The syntheses of complex, non-polymeric structures, discovered in the 1960s by the late Bruce Merri eld, was largely ignored in the context of solid supports, mainly due to the fact that appropriate synthesis techniques were not available. Since solid-phase chemical methodology strongly differs from traditional solution-phase chemistry, two chapters deal with this topic. The Bräse group (Jung, Wiehn, Bräse) gives an overview of multifunctional linkers, which can beusedforthegenerationofdiversity-orientedcollections,simplybycleavage fromresins. Still in its infancy, solid-phase reactions employ simple amide chemistry in most cases due to their high-yielding, reliable protocols. Ljungdahl, Br- eld, and Kann address solid-phase organometallic chemistry, which is now one ofthe great challenges in reliable solid-phase organicsynthesis. 376 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen. 492 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen. 490 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 492 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Die Altenbetreuung wird in diesem Handbuch aus der Sicht von unterschiedlichen Fachdisziplinen umfassend vorgestellt. Namhafte Fachleute aus den Bereichen der Altenpflege, Medizin, Psychologie und Therapie sowie Angehörige bzw. Selbsthilfegruppen berichten über praxisbezogene Maßnahmen zur Lösung von leichteren bis schwerwiegenden Problemen, die mit dem Älterwerden verbunden sind. Die Themenkreise spannen sich von stationären und ambulanten Versorgungsstrukturen, Diagnostik und Therapie psychischer Erkrankungen im Alter, bis hin zu Rehabilitation, Kommunikation, Psychotherapie, Palliativmedizin und alternativen Betreuungsformen. Die zweite Auflage wurde durch ein Kapitel zu den Organisationsstrukturen der Altenbetreuung in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz ergänzt. Alle Kapitel wurden neu strukturiert und überarbeitet. Dieses Buch gibt allen professionellen Helfern der Altenpflege sowie Angehörigen einen praxisrelevanten Überblick zur Betreuung und Versorgung von älteren Menschen. 492 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Topological K-theory is one of the most important invariants for noncommutative algebras equipped with a suitable topology or bornology. Bott periodicity, homotopy invariance, and various long exact sequences distinguish it from algebraic K-theory.We describe a bivariant K-theory for bornological algebras, which provides a vast generalization of topological K-theory. In addition, we discuss other approaches to bivariant K-theories for operator algebras. As applications, we study K-theory of crossed products, the Baum-Connes assembly map, twisted K-theory with some of its applications, and some variants of the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem. 262 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These historical narratives of scientific behavior reveal the often irrational way scientists arrive at and assess their theories. There are stories of Einstein's stubbornness leading him to reject a correct interpretation of an experiment and miss an important deduction from his own theory, and Newton missing the important deduction from one of his most celebrated discoveries. This enlightening book clearly demonstrates that the greatest minds throughout history arrived at their famous scientific theories in very unorganized ways and they often did not fully grasp the significance and implications of their own work. 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume provides a thorough and comprehensive treatment of irregular wavelet frames. It introduces and employs a new notion of affine density as a highly effective tool for examining the geometry of sequences of time-scale indices. Coverage includes non-existence of irregular co-affine frames, the Nyquist phenomenon for wavelet systems, and approximation properties of irregular wavelet frames. 156 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides a straightforward and easy-to-follow introduction to the basic techniques involved with using Renderman. Packed with illustrations and hands-on examples, it will serve as an excellent foundation, a good first step and overview of the program. The book explains how scenes are described; illustrates how to create surfaces, color, lighting, shadows, and depth of field using RIB and the C API; and introduces the techniques involved in creating shaders and applying textures. This second edition includes a new chapter on global illumination. 300 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During medical training there are certain tasks that are not taught at medical school nor in the common reference books. There are some skills that medical students are expected to learn by 'osmosis'. These skills are never officially taught or examined in medical school, butare, however, a fundamental part of being a safe, good and efficient doctor. This book includes 'golden rules' or important points to remember and case examples, both of which are given as displayed extracts.This book will help the junior doctor unlock their potential and improve their performance, cutting the time it takes to achieve certain medical objectives. It is meant to fill in the gaps where the medical school and clinical guides stop. It gives the reader the information needed to organise themselves so that they can hit the ground running. It is not intended as a clinical survival guide, but more a friendly hand to allow the reader to get ahead in medicine and how to keep on track and develop a career path. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Eigenvectors of graph Laplacians have not, to date, been the subject of expository articles and thus they may seem a surprising topic for a book. The authors propose two motivations for this new LNM volume: (1) There are fascinating subtle differences between the properties of solutions of Schrödinger equations on manifolds on the one hand, and their discrete analogs on graphs. (2) 'Geometric' properties of (cost) functions defined on the vertex sets of graphs are of practical interest for heuristic optimization algorithms. The observation that the cost functions of quite a few of the well-studied combinatorial optimization problems are eigenvectors of associated graph Laplacians has prompted the investigation of such eigenvectors.The volume investigates the structure of eigenvectors and looks at the number of their sign graphs ('nodal domains'), Perron components, graphs with extremal properties with respect to eigenvectors. The Rayleigh quotient and rearrangement of graphs form the main methodology. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Dual-use technological writing at its best. This book presents HTML and JavaScript in a way that uniquely meets the needs of students in both engineering and the sciences. The author shows how to create simple client-side applications for scientific and engineering calculations. Complete HTML/JavaScript examples with science/engineering applications are used throughout to guide the reader comprehensively through the subject. The book gives the reader a sufficient understanding of HTML and JavaScript to write their online applications. This book emphasises basic programming principles in a modern Web-oriented environment, making it suitable for an introductory programming course for non-computer science majors. It is also ideal for self-study. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Making networks and services dependable is, of course, extremely high on the priority list of any network manager and that makes this book a vital tool in the armory of any researcher or professional in the field. These are carefully revised texts of selected lectures given at the 13th EUNICE Open European Summer School as well as the conjoint IFIP workshop, held in the Netherlands in July 2007. The papers are organized in topical sections on middleware and supportive services and context-awareness, among other topics. 168 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The refereed proceedings of the 12th Asia-Pacific Computer Systems Architecture Conference are presented in this volume. Twenty-six full papers are presented together with two keynote and eight invited lectures. Collectively, they represent some of the most important developments in computer systems architecture. The papers emphasize hardware and software techniques for state-of-the-art, multi-core and multi-threaded architectures. 416 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book applies the concept of synchronization to security of global heterogeneous and hetero-standard systems by modeling the relationship of risk access spots (RAS) between advanced and developing economies network platforms. The proposed model is more effective in securing the electronic security gap between these economies with reference to real life applications, such as electronic fund transfer in electronic business. This process involves the identification of vulnerabilities on communication networks. This book also presents a model and simulation of an integrated approach to security and risk known as Service Server Transmission Model (SSTM). 220 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a clear, accessible exploration of lifelong learning and educational opportunities for women in higher education. It has been developed from work undertaken by members of the Women in Higher Education Network with chapters organized in three thematic sections: Ambivalent Positions in the Academy, Process and Pedagogy at Work, Career - Identity - Home. 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book brings together experts on national history writing from all five continents to discuss the role of history in the making of national identities in a transnational and comparative way. The institutionalization and professionalisation of history writing is analysed in the context of history's increasing nationalization. 243 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Spain Transformed addresses a major gap in the historiography of modern Spain: the late Franco dictatorship. Although Spain took the leap from an agricultural to an industrial economy and underwent a social and cultural revolution in the 1960s and early 1970s, this period has until now received scant attention from scholars. Yet these sweeping changes are indispensible to explaining the dictatorship's extraordinary longevity, the model transition to democracy following Franco's death in 1975. and the peace and prosperity enjoyed by Spain ever since. This wide-ranging collection, which embraces topics such as tourism, the emergence of civil society, and the changing complexion of the regime itself, offers a far-reaching reassessment of this watershed period in 20th century Spanish history by presenting a wealth of new material and ideas. The interdisciplinary and comparative approach of Spain Transformed will appeal to students and specialists alike of modern Spain in particular and Europe in general. An original and sweeping analysis of the hitherto neglected, yet pivotal, late Franco dictatorship in Spain that draws on extensive new research 265 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -With ever more commerce being done online, and the complexity of the world wide web growing every day, engineering the web has become a topic of growing contemporary relevance. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web Engineering, held in Como, Italy in July 2007. The 26 revised full papers and 13 revised short papers presented together with 9 demonstration papers, 4 industrial papers, and 4 papers of the doctoral symposium, were carefully reviewed and selected from 172 submissions. 596 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines general Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) roles and comparative advantages in the broad fight to end global poverty, as well as roles and opportunities specific to particular Millennium Development Goals sectors. 227 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Despite the inroads made by women in the professions, the glass ceiling remains a persistent barrier to their career progression. Using a range of interactional sociolinguistic data this publication investigates the crucial role that gendered discourses play in perpetuating workplace gender inequalities. 236 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection is the result of a five-year-long collaboration of sociologists in Sweden, Spain and the United States. In-depth, extended interviews with couples explore their daily lives and provide insights into the impact of modernity, gender roles, and expectations of the meaning of money and the complex financial reality of households. 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the intersections of film, justice, and the state in comparative perspective across a range of major Asian countries, including India, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The contributing authors cross the conventional border between the analysis of on-screen and off-screen intersections of law and cinema. 239 pp. Englisch.