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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book represents a broad-based approach to a narrow but complex issue. The issue causes distress for many and has been instrumental in family disruption and divorce. Women's sexual desire-whether it is too little or too much-has become an issue of growing concern and vague promises for solution. In the meantime, the women are looking for answers, consulting professionals in the field of human sexuality, physicians or therapists, media advice and self-help books. The material discussed in this book is not part of any structured research. The women encountered in the pages of this book have not been selected on a random basis. Some have been clients, some are volunteers from the general population and another group is made up of undergraduate college students. The college s- dents came from a varied ethnic and cultural background while the clients mainly were of white and African American background. The volunteers were predo- nantly from a white middle-class population. There is no claim that the women are representative of all women in the general population.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book constitutes the refereed joint proceedings of ten international workshops held in conjunction with the 4th International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, ISPA 2006, held in Sorrento, Italy in December 2006. It contains 116 papers that contribute to enlarging the spectrum of the more general topics treated in the ISPA 2006 main conference.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Research in Interactive Design Vol. 2 provides an overview of a wide range of original research and engineering activities related to high-realistic multi-sensorial virtual prototyping dedicated to the improvement of industrial innovation. It is time for usual design and manufacturing support systems to change. Innovation requires industry to have new techniques that enable the rapid emergence of creative ideas, the development of low cost solutions, and the creation of technical consensus immediately to market and economic requirements. Virtuality should be used as early as possible in the industrial process permitting experts to rapidly explore solution spaces,to accurately study draft solutions in their future environment in a high-realistic way and to assess sketch product efficiency with futur product end-users. Interactive methods, tools and processes respond to these expectations. Interactive design and manufacturing covers a wide spectrum of multidisciplinary research largely represented in this book where you will find in-depth details related to: reduced modelling techniques: a new approach to extended and adaptive behavioural simulation development, embedded mechatronic instruments: a new approach multi-sensorial simulation implementation, interactive decision making in innovation: a new socio-technical analysis and process. In this book,both researchers and industrialists will discover the most recent interactive design techniques, and are certain to walk away with new understanding of important concepts.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As studies using microarray technology have evolved, so have the data analysis methods used to analyze these experiments. The CAMDA (Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis) conference was the first to establish a forum for a cross section of researchers to look at a common data set and apply innovative analytical techniques to microarray data. Methods of Microarray Analysis V includes selected papers from CAMDA'04, and focuses on data sets relating to a significant global health issue, malaria. Previous books focused on classification (V. I), pattern recognition (V. II), quality control issues (V. III), and associating array data with a survival endpoint, lung cancer, (V. IV). The contributions come from research fields including statistics, biology, computer science and mathematics. Part of the book is devoted to review papers, which provide a more general look at various analytical approaches. It also presents some background readings for the advanced topics discussed in the CAMDA papers.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In his social investigative writings on 'the serious crime community' which describes the loose merger of corporate interests, organized crime and political crime, professor Alan A. Block of Penn State University has proven to be one of the most inspiring criminologists in the field. An international group of pupils and friends dedicate this book to him which contains original contributions on the troubled concept of organized crime, the social history of crime groups in the United States, corruption in the United Nations Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq, the struggle against identity fraud, the world of drugs and the adverse consequences of criminalization, the money-laundering control movement, International Tribunals against war crimes and a Jewish studies chapter on the role of bystanders during the Holocaust. The book opens with Alan Block's now classic study on the origins of the Iran Contra scandal. Alan A. Block has served for 17 years as the editor-in-chief of Crime, Law and Social Change, one of Springer's major criminology journals.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Service Enterprise Integration: An Enterprise Engineering Perspective will examine a range of topics on IT-based enterprise integration, using the service work done in manufacturing as a point of departure. It will investigate the proven concepts, models, methods, and techniques in manufacturing operations and examine all their aspects that are relevant to the problem of service productivity. The result will be a systematic examination of the developing business model, service enterprise integration.The book will present a variety of on-going efforts to provide new results and solutions to the problem of service productivity. These presentations will be in the form of contributing chapters by leading researchers who will provide critical literature reviews, conceptual analysis, and solution-result-oriented applications on topics including ontology, reference models, ERP, supply chain integration, knowledge management, data security, and a variety of cases on particular applications.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Light one-electron atoms are a classical subject of quantum physics. The very discovery and further progress of quantum mechanics is intimately connected to the explanation of the main features of hydrogen energy levels. Each step in the development of quantum physics led to a better understanding of the bound state physics. The Bohr quantization rules of the old quantum theory were created in order to explain the existence of the stable discrete energy levels. The nonrelativistic quantum mechanics of Heisenberg and Schr¿ odinger provided a self-consistent scheme for description of bound states. The re- tivistic spin one half Dirac equation quantitatively described the main - perimental features of the hydrogen spectrum. Discovery of the Lamb shift [1], a subtle discrepancy between the predictions of the Dirac equation and the experimental data, triggered development of modern relativistic quantum electrodynamics, and subsequently the Standard Model of modern physics. Despite its long and rich history the theory of atomic bound states is still very much alive today. New importance to the bound state physics was given by the development of quantum chromodynamics, the modern theory of strong interactions. It was realized that all hadrons, once thought to be the elementary building blocks of matter, are themselves atom-like bound states of elementary quarks bound by the color forces.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This highly illustrated volume will help professionals and residents to more readily identify joint rheumatic diseases in their patients. It features a unique collection of black and white and color images for easy and reliable diagnosis. The purpose of this book is to elucidate the examination technique, the sonographic changes in musculoskeletal rheumatic involvement and the ultrasound assessment of joint rheumatic diseases. The atlas is enriched with several figures, in which the Ultrasonographic picture is compared with that of conventional radiography, CT and MRI. It is a practice-oriented, invaluable tool for professionals and residents.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Light one-electron atoms are a classical subject of quantum physics. The very discovery and further progress of quantum mechanics is intimately connected to the explanation of the main features of hydrogen energy levels. Each step in the development of quantum physics led to a better understanding of the bound state physics. The Bohr quantization rules of the old quantum theory were created in order to explain the existence of the stable discrete energy levels. The nonrelativistic quantum mechanics of Heisenberg and Schr odinger provided a self-consistent scheme for description of bound states. The re- tivistic spin one half Dirac equation quantitatively described the main - perimental features of the hydrogen spectrum. Discovery of the Lamb shift [1], a subtle discrepancy between the predictions of the Dirac equation and the experimental data, triggered development of modern relativistic quantum electrodynamics, and subsequently the Standard Model of modern physics. Despite its long and rich history the theory of atomic bound states is still very much alive today. New importance to the bound state physics was given by the development of quantum chromodynamics, the modern theory of strong interactions. It was realized that all hadrons, once thought to be the elementary building blocks of matter, are themselves atom-like bound states of elementary quarks bound by the color forces.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The new challenge in atmospheric chemistry is to understand the intercontinental transport and transformation of gases and aerosols. This book describes the observational and modeling techniques used to understand the atmospheric composition from satellites, aircraft and ground based platforms. The two common ideas presented throughoutare the role of each component in an observing system for atmospheric composition, and the advances necessary to improve theunderstanding of atmospheric composition. Theobjective of this book is toprovidea larger audience theopportunity tolearn aboutthesetechniques and advancesin atmospheric composition.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Data and knowledge play a key role in both current and future GRIDs. The issues concerning representation, discovery, and integration of data and knowledge in dynamic distributed environments can be addressed by exploiting features offered by GRID Technologies. Current research activities are leveraging the GRID for the provision of generic- and domain-specific solutions and services for data management and knowledge discovery.Knowledge and Data Management in GRIDs is the third volume of the CoreGRID series and brings together scientific contributions by researchers and scientists working on storage, data, and knowledge management in GRID and Peer-to-Peer systems. This volume presents the latest GRID solutions and research results in key areas of knowledge and data management such as distributed storage management, GRID databases, Semantic GRID and GRID-aware data mining.Knowledge and Data Management in GRIDs is designed for a professional audience, composed of researchers and practitioners in industry. This book is also suitable for graduate-level students in computer science.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The high level of attention and interest of the global community to NANO science and technology to a large extent is linked to the GIGAntic challenges for the c- tinuing growth of information technology, which sparked an unprecedented level of interdisciplinary and international cooperation among industrial and academic researchers, companies, IT market rivals, and countries, including former political and military rivals . Microelectronics technologies have reached a new stage in their development: The latest miniaturization of electronic devices is approaching atomic dimensions, interconnect bottlenecks are limiting circuit speeds, new ma- rials are being introduced into microelectronics manufacture at an unprecedented rate , and alternative technologies to mainstream complementary metal-oxide sem- conductors (CMOSs) are being considered . The very dynamic stage of science and technology related to the advanced and future electronics and photonics creates a growing gap between the large number of rapid publications and nanotechnology highlights in media on one side and fundamental understanding of underlying phenomena and an adequate evaluation of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on the other side. Writing a tutorial book on fundamentals of science and technology for electronics at this time is almost the same level of challenge as writing a history book during a revolution.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The recent technological advances have made it possible to deploy small, l- power, low-bandwidth, and multi-functional wireless sensor nodes to monitor and report the conditions and events in their local environments. A large collection of these sensor nodes can thus form a wireless sensor network in an ad hoc manner, creating a new type of information systems. Such sensor networks have recently emerged as an important means to study and interact with the physical world and have received a lot of attention due to their wide applications in military and civilian operations such as target tracking and data acquisition. However, in many of these applications, wireless sensor networks could be deployed in hostile environments where there are malicious attacks against the network. Providing security services in sensor networks, however, turns out to be a very challenging task. First, sensor nodes usually have limited resources such as storage, bandwidth, computation and energy. It is often undesirable to implement expensive algorithms (e. g. , frequent public key operations) on sensor nodes. Second, sensor nodes are usually deployed unattended and built without compromise prevention in mind. An attacker can easily capture and compromise a few sensor nodes without being noticed. When sensor nodes are compromised, the attacker can learn all the secrets stored on them and launch a variety of attacks. Thus, any security mechanism for sensor networks has to be resilient to compromised sensor nodes.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - As industry adopts a consumer focus in its product development strategy, it offers broader product ranges, shorter model lifetimes, and the ability to process orders in arbitrary lot sizes. This offers the ability to conduct early product design and development trade-off analysis among these competing objectives. The use of information technologies and networking capabilities is essential in the dissemination of product knowledge in order to integrate the decision-making process among heterogeneous and distributed partners / units. 'Computer-based Design and Manufacturing' offers insights into the methods and techniques that enable implementing a consumer-focused product design philosophy by integrating capabilities for intelligent information support and group decision-making utilizing a common enterprise network model and knowledge interface through shared technologies. The book will be a collection of the latest methods and state-of-the-art technologies in intelligent product and customer focused design. This book will offer:- Discussion of applied methods developed in field of the product design - Latest research results - Discussion on the need and solutions for new engineering paradigm and philosophy required for product design - Coverage of advances in information systems and technology in support of CFPD - Discussion of how to use web-based design environments.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In his book, Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents, author Steven L. Hoenig provides all the necessary information that First Responders, Hospitals, HazMat Teams, Fire and Rescue Services, and other First Responders need to know when dealing with dangerous chemical agents.Coverage includes health effects, physical characteristics, hazards from reactivity, protection of personnel, and general first aid for each agent. The book provides quick and easy access to critical data on chemical warfare agents, both at the scene of release and in the laboratory.Today, highly lethal chemicals such as nerve agents, vesicants and other chemical warfare agents may be the new weapons of choice among terrorist groups throughout the world and the latest addition to the 'poor man's arsenal of opportunity' - a grave concern for all First Responders and Emergency Management personnel. Compendium of Chemical Warfare Agents furnishes the critical information to deal with this threat.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - A definitive review in the field of magnesium research, this book brings together the proceedings of the 11th International Magnesium Symposium in Osaka, Japan from October 22-26, 2006. Written by authorities in the area, the book provides a thorough overview of progress in the area of magnesium research.'New Perspectives in Magnesium Research' is essential reading for researchers in magnesium and calcium field, nutrition, and specialists in many areas (cardiologists, neurologists, orthopaedic specialists etc.).

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management: A Critique and Analysis of Churchman's Systems Approach, the 2nd volume of the series entitled Churchman's Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C. West Churchman.The Systems Approach and Its Enemies (C. West Churchman, 1979) is one of Churchman's most significant works. In this particular writing he displayed two main tendencies, that he was a Skeptic and that he showed Socratic Wisdom. In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management, the editors seeks to follow up on these two themes and reveal how modern authors interpret Churchman's ideas, apply them to their own line of thinking and develop their own brand of Systemics.Several authors re-interpret Churchman's thinking and several others apply this holistic discourse to practical applications. It is very significant that the authors are a very cosmopolitan group: hailing from Sweden, Australia, Spain, South Korea, Argentina and USA. Interestingly, the contribution from the South Korean author, Yu Jae E, applies conceptual tools from the French contemporary writer, Deleuze. Additionally, Darek M. Eriksson's chapter applies the epistemology of Jean-Louis Le Moigne.Finally, we would like to note that one theme of this volume is to relate modern authors, and in particular Churchman, to ideas spawned two thousands years ago among the Ancient Greeks.This effort should show the reach of Churchman's intellectual power and demonstrates cross-fertilization across borders and continents. It could not have happened without the Internet.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Pini, Elena S. (illustratore). Neuware -In seinem Kopf stellte er die mathematische Welt auf den Kopf. Er berechnete Flüssigkeitsströmungen, das Trägheitsmoment, entwickelte die Variationsrechnung und die moderne Zahlentheorie. Als Wissenschaftler steht er auf einer Stufe mit Newton und Einstein.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Angst vor dem ersten Patientenkontakt Das muss nicht sein! Das praktische Taschenbuch enthält die gängigen Anamnese- und Untersuchungstechniken für die orientierende klinische Untersuchung. Leicht verständlich und übersichtlich stellt der zweite Teil für alle klinischen Fächer die jeweiligen speziellen Techniken dar. Zu jeder klinischen Untersuchungstechnik gehört eine tabellarische Darstellung der möglichen Befunde und in Frage kommenden Differentialdiagnosen. Die Diagnosen sind nach ihrer Bedeutung für die klinische Praxis gewichtet. Anamnese, Untersuchung, Diagnose KOMPAKT - Diagnosestellung leicht gemacht für Praktikum, Famulatur und PJ!Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Immer wenn in den Medien über spektakuläre Serienmorde oder Gewaltverbrechen berichtet wird, rückt die Tätigkeit der 'Profiler' ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, aufgrund von Tatmerkmalen ein psychologisches Profil des flüchtigen Täters zu entwerfen. Kinofilme wie 'Das Schweigen der Lämmer' oder Serien wie 'Für alle Fälle Fitz' stellen Profiler als allwissende Spezialermittler dar, ein Mythos, der mit der Arbeitsrealität der psychologischen Ermittler nur wenig zu tun hat. In diesem Buch räumen erfahrene Forscher, Kriminologen, Kriminalpsychologen und Juristen auf mit dem Mythos des 'Profilers', erklären fundierte Theorien und geben Einblicke in die reale Praxis der modernen Fallanalyse. Diese hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten rasant entwickelt - Fallanalytikern steht heute ein breites Spektrum an Methoden zur Verfügung. Neu in der zweiten Auflage sind Kapitel ausgewiesener Experten zur Fallanalyse in den Anwendungsbereichen forensische Gutachten und Psychiatrie, zur geografischen Fallanalyse und dem Sexualmord. 392 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Immer wenn in den Medien über spektakuläre Serienmorde oder Gewaltverbrechen berichtet wird, rückt die Tätigkeit der 'Profiler' ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, aufgrund von Tatmerkmalen ein psychologisches Profil des flüchtigen Täters zu entwerfen. Kinofilme wie 'Das Schweigen der Lämmer' oder Serien wie 'Für alle Fälle Fitz' stellen Profiler als allwissende Spezialermittler dar, ein Mythos, der mit der Arbeitsrealität der psychologischen Ermittler nur wenig zu tun hat. In diesem Buch räumen erfahrene Forscher, Kriminologen, Kriminalpsychologen und Juristen auf mit dem Mythos des 'Profilers', erklären fundierte Theorien und geben Einblicke in die reale Praxis der modernen Fallanalyse. Diese hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten rasant entwickelt - Fallanalytikern steht heute ein breites Spektrum an Methoden zur Verfügung. Neu in der zweiten Auflage sind Kapitel ausgewiesener Experten zur Fallanalyse in den Anwendungsbereichen forensische Gutachten und Psychiatrie, zur geografischen Fallanalyse und dem Sexualmord. 392 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Immer wenn in den Medien über spektakuläre Serienmorde oder Gewaltverbrechen berichtet wird, rückt die Tätigkeit der 'Profiler' ins Blickfeld der Öffentlichkeit. Ihre Aufgabe ist es, aufgrund von Tatmerkmalen ein psychologisches Profil des flüchtigen Täters zu entwerfen. Kinofilme wie 'Das Schweigen der Lämmer' oder Serien wie 'Für alle Fälle Fitz' stellen Profiler als allwissende Spezialermittler dar, ein Mythos, der mit der Arbeitsrealität der psychologischen Ermittler nur wenig zu tun hat. In diesem Buch räumen erfahrene Forscher, Kriminologen, Kriminalpsychologen und Juristen auf mit dem Mythos des 'Profilers', erklären fundierte Theorien und geben Einblicke in die reale Praxis der modernen Fallanalyse. Diese hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten rasant entwickelt - Fallanalytikern steht heute ein breites Spektrum an Methoden zur Verfügung. Neu in der zweiten Auflage sind Kapitel ausgewiesener Experten zur Fallanalyse in den Anwendungsbereichen forensische Gutachten und Psychiatrie, zur geografischen Fallanalyse und dem Sexualmord.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In his inimitable, easy-going style, Patrick Moore describes Mercury. He writes of the professional astronomers who have observed it over the centuries, amateur observations, and the past, present and future space missions to this extraordinary world. In doing so he has written the most up-to-date book about Mercury for amateur astronomers. Mercury is one of the more difficult objects for astronomers to observe because of its close proximity to the Sun. However, amateur astronomers can see the planet and its ever-changing phases all year, and sometimes watch it transit the Sun - the next transit is in November 2006, followed by one in May 2016. 140 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This stimulating workbook is aimed at committed writers and students of Creative Writing who want to engage with ideas about writing and develop their craft and practice. Drawing on the expertise of a range of professional and award-winning contributors, the focus is on writing as 'process', moving from practical guidance on 'form and style' through to using themes such as 'body' or 'house' as a creative springboard. Including specially designed writing exercises and illustrative extracts, this innovative guide will inspire and challenge. It is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to master the art and practice of Creative Writing and galvanise their talent to professional and publication level.Contributions by: Linda Anderson, Theodore Deppe, George Green, Graeme Harper (aka Brooke Biaz), William Herbert, Lee Martin, Jenny Newman, Jayne Steel and a Foreword by Patricia Duncker. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In meno di due decenni l'astronomia amatoriale ha cambiato volto. Il motivo, naturalmente, è il progresso tecnologico. Telescopi economici, ma di alta qualità, montature 'go-to' controllate dal computer, autoguide, camere CCD, videocamere e (come sempre) computer e Internet sono soltanto alcuni degli elementi che hanno rivoluzionato l'astronomia del XXI secolo. Non solo hanno reso l'astronomia amatoriale più 'amichevole' e divertente, ma hanno anche ampliato enormemente le potenzialità dell'astrofilo.Martin Mobberley dapprima affronta le tematiche di base per poi analizzare in modo approfondito quali sono gli strumenti disponibili sul mercato. Da qui prende le mosse per passare in rassegna le rivoluzionarie possibilità che si aprono per gli astrofili, dalla ripresa di immagini, alla spettroscopia, alla fotometria, alla sorveglianza degli oggetti Near-Earth - comete e asteroidi che possono avvicinarsi pericolosamente alla Terra.L'astrofilo moderno è una valida guida alla nuova astronomia. Sia il neofita che chiede di essere introdotto in questo campo, sia l'astrofilo esperto che voglia tenersi al passo delle innovazioni troveranno in questo libro ciò che fa per loro. 229 pp. Italienisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Privacy in Statistical Databases, PSD 2006, held in December 2006 in Rome, Italy. The 31 revised full papers are organized in topical sections on methods for tabular protection, utility and risk in tabular protection, methods for microdata protection, utility and risk in microdata protection, protocols for private computation, case studies, and software. 404 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -China is the world's largest power region, achieving economic growth rates that exceed those of most industrialized countries. In this book practitioners of international companies are offered valuable insights and lessons from established and successful managers, academics and consultants. The book is divided into three parts: 'Opportunities and Challenges in China', 'Strategies for Market Entry and Business Success' and 'Practical Insights from China'. It covers a variety of topics such as business strategies, branding, pricing, market research, legal constraints and successful business relations. 284 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a Wittgensteinian study of concept possession and conceptual investigation in philosophy. It offers advanced introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy and original treatment of its most crucial regions. Written as a Socratic dialogue, with a glance to Plato, it makes a bold claim about Wittgenstein's place in Western philosophy. 237 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A valuable resource for the health care practitioner treating patients with incontinence and prolapse, Pessaries in Clinical Practice provides a comprehensive review of the evidence concerning pessaries and the practicalities of using them. With a brief history of pessaries, the authors provide profiles of the inventors of some of the more commonly used pessaries along with a description of their original purposes. The body of the book gives evidence supporting use of pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence. It goes on to discuss the practical issues involved with the selection, fitting and care of the most popular pessaries. A significant proportion of the book contains illustrations to guide selection, fitting and care as well as providing materials which could be photocopied to be handed out to patients. This work is an essential quick-reference handbook for all urogynecologists, urologists, gynecologists, family physicians and specialty nurses. 98 pp. Englisch.