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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Bereits heute fallen in Deutschland jährlich ca. 1,5 Mio. Tonnen Elektroschrott an, die zum größten Teil auf Deponien abgelagert werden. Die damit für Mensch und Umwelt verbundenen Gefahren bleiben oft unbeachtet. Insbesondere zum Thema Schadstoffe herrschen zum Teil beachtliche Wissensdefizite. In diesem Buch wird zunächst ein Überblick über die große Anzahl der in der Elektrotechnik verwendeten Stoffe gegeben. Eine umfangreiche tabellarische Übersicht ordnet die Werkstoffe dabei den entsprechenden Bauteilen zu. Die beiliegenden Datenblätter enthalten ausführliche Informationen über die wichtigsten Problemstoffe unter Berücksichtigung von Emissionsquellen, toxikologischen Daten, Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Umwelt sowie Entsorgungs- und Verwertungsmöglichkeiten.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Das junge Erwachsenenalter nimmt eine Brückenstellung zwischen den Jahren der Jugend und des Erwachsenseins ein. Die besonders entwicklungspsychologische Bedeutung des jungen Erwachsenenalters liegt in der Notwendigkeit, erstmals im Lebenszyklus zu einem tragfähigen Programm persönlicher Grundorientierungen und Verbindlichkeiten zu finden, die weitreichende Konsequenzen für die nachfolgenden Lebensabschnitte besitzen. Ein Vergleich zwischen seelisch gesunden und psychiatrisch erkrankten jungen Menschen erlaubt nicht nur Hinweise auf bedeutsame Entwicklungsverzögerungen, sondern auch auf leicht unerkannte Ressourcen, die in der therapeutischen und rehabilitativen Arbeit verstärkt beachtet werden können.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Es sei 9 eine endlich dimensionale Lie-Algebra uber dem Korper der komple xen Zahlen. In der Darstellungstheorie von gist eine der am einfachsten zu stellenden Fragen die nach einer Beschreibung aller irreduziblen Darstellungen von 9 oder (iiquivalent dazu) aller einfacher Moduln uber der universellen ein hullenden Algebra U (g) von g. Eine einfache Antwort auf diese Frage hat man nur, wenn 9 kommutativ ist. Hier ist auch U(g) kommutativ, also entsprechen die Isomorphieklassen einfa cher U (g)-Moduln eindeutig den maximal en Idealen in U (g). Da hier U (g) zur Algebra der polynomialen Funktionen auf dem Dualraum g von 9 isomorph ist, werden diese maximalen Ideale nach dem schwachen Nullstellensatz durch die Punkte von g klassifiziert. Jede irreduzible Darstellung von gist demnach eindimensional, jede Linearform auf 9 legt soleh eine Darstellung fest. Fur andere Lie-Algebren sind die Verhiiltnisse viel komplizierter. 1st 9 zum Beispiel einfach, so ist bisher nur fUr g=Glz eine Klassifikation der irreduzib len Darstellungen bekannt (vorgelegt von R Block), die jedoch weit davon ent femt ist, iihnlich explizit wie die im kommutativen Fall zu sein. Fur noch gro Bere Lie-Algebren scheint selbst eine solehe Klassifikation nicht erreichbar zu sein. Es scheint daher sinnvoll, zuniichst ein einfacheres Problem zu losen, das im kommutativen Fall mit dem alten zusammenfiillt. Dies ist die Untersuchung der primitiven Ideale von U(g), das heiBt der Annullatoren in U(g) der einfa chen U(g)-Moduln. Man mag hoffen, daraus auch Informationen uber die moglichen einfachen Moduln zu erhalten. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Dieser Band ist das Ergebnis der mehrjährigen Tätigkeit eines von der Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) angeregten Arbeitskreises. Das wirtschaftlich eminent wichtige und sich rapide entwickelnde Gebiet der rechnerunterstützten Systeme in der Fertigung zeigte einen großen Bedarf für ein solches Handbuch. Durch dieses Buch soll einerseits dem Experten ein Leitfaden und Nachschlagewerk in die Hand gegeben und andererseits das Management bei der Entscheidungsvorbereitung auf diesem Gebiet unterstützt werden. Es soll eine Hilfestellung sowohl bei der Beurteilung und Auswahl als auch bei der Entwicklung und Einführung solcher Systeme geben. Unter den vielen von Computer Aided Manufacturing beeinflußten Unternehmensbereichen ist besonders die Entwicklung aufzuführen, in der heute häufig schon mit CAD-Techniken gearbeitet wird. Der Bereich CAD wird eingehend in dem ebenfalls von der GI initiierten CAD-Handbuch behandelt und ist daher in dem vorliegenden CAM-Handbuch ausgespart. Das CAD- und das CAM-Handbuch sind somit als zwei sich ergänzende Werke zu betrachten. Der Leser, der sich intensiv mit CAM befaßt, sollte genügend Grundkenntnisse über CAD besitzen, um die Zusammenhänge zwischen diesen beiden Technologien zu verstehen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die Biometrie ist eine neue Arbeitsmethode zur Aufklärung der Ursachen des Phänomens der reproduzierbaren Bewegung in der Biologie. Die Arbeitsweise der Biometrie macht es möglich, aus dem Längenverhältnis der Kreuzbänder des Kniegelenkes und der konkreten Längenangabe des hinteren Kreuzbandes das Kniesteuersystem a priori räumlich zu entwickeln, die Beinlänge und die dazugehörende Körpergröße zu bestimmen und das Hüftgelenk aus dem Kniesteuersystem abzuleiten. Die Erkenntnis, daß die unbekannten biologischen Bewegungssysteme selbstverwirklichte biometrische kräftefreie Gesetzlichkeiten verkörpern, ist richtungsweisend für alle Disziplinen, die sich mit dem Lebendigen beschäftigen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Okonomie nDd Mathematik - Der Titel der Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Rudolf Henn charakterisiert im lahr 1987 zumindest partiell eine Realitat. So sind die Disziplinen der mathematischen Wirtschaftstheorie, der Statistik und des Operations Research heute fest integrierte Bestandteile eines wirtschafts wissenschaftlichen Studiums. Eine Reihe von makro- und mikrookonomischen Spezialgebieten hat in den vergangenen lahrzehnten eine starke Mathematisie rung erfahren. Bestimmte Elemente der Analysis, der Differenzen- und Diffe rentialgleichungen, der Funktionalanalysis und der linearen Algebra haben zu bedeutenden Entwicklungen in der neoklassischen und mehrsektoralen Wachs tumstheorie, der Gleichgewichtstheorie, der makro- und mikrookonomischen Produktions- und Preistheorie gefUhrt. Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung ohne Okonometrie ist heute nicht mehr denkbar. 1m betriebswirtschaftlichen Bereich sind insbesondere Fragen der Logistik, der Projekt- und Produktionsplanung mit der Anwendung von Modellen und Methoden der Optimierung und der Netzplantechnik verbunden, entscheidungstheoretische Ansatze haben wesent liche Akzente in der Finanzierungs- und Investitionstheorie gesetzt, der Be reich des Marketing erschlieBt sich zunehmend der Anwendung stochastischer und statistischer Methoden. Auf der anderen Seite hat auch die mathematische Okonomie ihrerseits in einigen mathematischen Forschungsrichtungen Im pulse ausgelost. So befaBt sich die diskrete Mathematik mit Fragen der Gra phentheorie und kombinatorischen Optimierung. In der numerischen Mathe matik geht es u. a. urn Probleme der nichtlinearen und stochastischen Optimie rung sowie der Kontrolltheorie und dynamischen Steuerung. Man kann feststellen, daB sich sowohl in der Mathematik als auch in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie in ihrem Verhaltnis zueinander erhebliche Veranderungen vollzogen haben bzw. noch anstehen.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Die Analyse ökonomischer Fragestellungen insbesondere wirtschaftspolitischer Probleme mit Hilfe eines geeigneten theoretischen Instrumentariums, die 'angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung', wird in diesem Band behandelt. Ziel ist es dabei, die Vielseitigkeit der Forschungen Gottfried Bombachs in der Vielseitigkeit der Interessen seiner Schüler zu spiegeln. Die Leistungsfähigkeit der modernen Theorie wird dokumentiert, das Verständnis ökonomischer Zusammenhänge und ihrer Anwendungen auf die Entwicklung wirtschaftspolitischer Strategien werden gefördert.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume contains review articles written by the invited speakers at the eighth International Summer Institute in Surface Science (ISISS 1987), held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in August of 1987. During the course of ISISS, invited speakers, all internationally recognized experts in the various fields of surface science, present tutorial review lectures. In addition, these experts are asked to write review articles on their lecture topic. Former ISISS speakers serve as advisors concerning the selection of speakers and lecture topics. Em phasis is given to those areas which have not been covered in depth by recent Summer Institutes, as well as to areas which have recently gained in significance and in which important progress has been made. Because of space limitations, no individual volume of Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces can possibly cover the whole area of modem surface science, or even give a complete survey of recent pro gress in the field. However, an attempt is made to present a balanced overview in the series as a whole. With its comprehensive literature references and extensive subject indices, this series has become a valu able resource for experts and students alike. The collected articles, which stress particularly the gas-solid interface, have been published under the following titles: Surface Science: Recent Progress and Perspectives, Crit. Rev. Solid State Sci. 4, 125-559 (1974) Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces, Vols. I, II, and III (CRC Press Boca Raton, FL 1976, 1979, and 1982); Vols.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 640 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 6.11 Conference on e-Business, e-Services and e-Society, I3E 2011, held in Kaunas, Lithuania, in October 2011. The 25 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: e-government and e-governance, e-services, digital goods and products, e-business process modeling and re-engineering, innovative e-business models and implementation, e-health and e-education, and innovative e-business models.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 332 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume contains review articles which were written by the invited speak ers of the seventh International Summer Institute in Surface Science (ISISS), held at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee in July 1985. The form of ISISS is a set of tutorial review lectures presented over a one-week period by internationally recognized experts on various aspects of surface science. Each speaker is asked, in addition, to write a review article on his lecture topic. No single volume in the series Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces can possibly cover the entire field of modern surface science. However, the series as a whole is intended to provide experts and students alike with a comprehensive set of reviews and literature references, particularly empha sizing the gas-solid interface. The collected articles from previous Summer Institutes have been published under the following titles: Surface Science: Recent Progress and Perspectives, Crit. Rev. Solid State Sci. 4, 125-559 (1974) Chemistry and Physics of Solid Surfaces, Vols. I, II, and III (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 1976, 1979 and 1982), Vols. IV and V, Springer Ser. Chern. Phys., Vols. 20 and 35, (Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 1982 and 1984). The field of catalysis, which has provided the major impetus for the de velopment of modern surface science, lost two of its pioneers during 1984 and 1985: Professors G.-M. Schwab (1899-1984) and p.k. Emmett (1900-1985).Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 692 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -More than a decade has passed since the appearance of the last edition of the book 'Carbon Monoxide in Organic Synthesis'. During the intervening period, the signi ficance of carbon monoxide chemistry has become even more evident. The oil crisis and the ever-present awareness of the constant depletion of the oil reserves have both contributed to a surge in activity. The fact that coal will once again replace oil in the near future as a feedstock source has been an impetus for new efforts in the field of carbon monoxide chemistry. Moreover, older almost neglected processes such as the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis have become a focal point for new activities. Therefore, the time was ripe to fundamentally revise 'Carbon Monoxide in Organic Synthesis' and to complete its coverage by introducing the chapters 'Homo logation' and 'Carbon Monoxide Hydrogenation'. However, other important sectors of carbon monoxide chemistry such as the con version of synthesis gas to methanol or higher alcohols were excluded. These are treated in the book 'Chemierohstoffe aus Kohle', which devotes considerable attention to these syntheses. I would like to thank Drs. Bahrmann, Comils, Frohning, Mullen and Tummes, who had the task of compiling and critically evaluating the large volume of literature which has appeared during the last decade.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 484 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -China contributes a large part to rice production, one of the most important crops in the world. It is estimated that in China rice constitutes about half of the total food production, covering an area of about 30 % of \08 hectares of cultivated land of the whole country. Owing to the peculiar water regime, paddy soils possess quite different properties physically, chemically and biologically as compared with those of upland soils. Such properties have a conspicuous effect on fertility and management practice of paddy field. For the purpose of summing up the past work and opening up new prospects, a 'Symposium on Paddy Soils' was organized under the auspices of Academia Sinica, held on October 19-24, 1980 in Nanjing, which was followed by a seven-day paddy soil excursion in the lower Changjiang Delta. In addition to 120 Chinese soil scientists, 56 guests coming from America, Asia, Europe and Oceania attended the symposium on invitation. A total of 110 papers were presented either orally or by poster. All these are collected and published in the present proceedings which we hope may be helpful to the scientific exchanges between soil scientists of China and other countries.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 884 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Synchrotron radiation as a spectroscopic research tool has undergone a most inter esting and astonishing historical development and has now come to the stage of an exciting boom. The machines which produce synchrotron radiation were built and de veloped exclusively for other purposes in the past, namely high-energy physics. At the same time, however, they involuntarily became better and better light sources for the spectral range from the visible to the hard x-ray region. Now we are at the point that the first few storage rings have gone into operation as machines dedicated to synchrotron radiation and several more are in the stage of construction and planning. All this was brought about by the successful research performed during the past fifteen years in which several groups allover the world haVe participated at dif ferent accelerator centers mostly symbiotic with high-energy physics. As it happens with a young and rapidly developing field, the number of reviews and monographs is still minute. The objective of this book is to fill an apparent gap and to provide a sound basis for those who are interested in synchrotron radiation and its applica tions.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 464 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The results, published in this book, present the outcome of a cooperative research between plant ecologists, physiologists and population geneticists. The project received generous financial support from the Foundation for Bio logical Research, which is subsidized by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. During the course of the Project the value of the in tegrative approach on a limited number of Plantago species and populations became evident and it was decided that the results should be published as a book. The start of the preparation of the 'plantago' book was done by Dr. P. J. M. van der Aart and Dr. H. Lambers but due to their appointment as full professor of the University of Utrecht they were both unable to continue. We are greatly indebted to Van der Aart and Lambers for the groundwork they have laid. The book presents a sample of results obtained over a period of more than 10 years. Research on Plantago is still continuing, as evident from a number of publications and doctoral theses. We want to thank the authors for their pa tience and assistance to complete the job. The editorial assistance of Mrs. I. Cameron-Doornbos was extremely valuable, as well as the help of Mr. E. Leeuwinga und Mrs. N. Tolmeijer with the drawings and the help of Mrs. T. E. Stuit with the list of references. 388 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In examining the problem of quantization it is customary to proceed by following the order of historical developments, i. e. , to start with the so-called first quantization and then go on to second, or field, quantization. As is well known, the former consists in setting up commutation relations among the canonical variables (of finite degrees of freedom) which are defined originally in classical mechanics, and the latter consists in doing the same among field variables. In our opinion, however, the above order does not necessarily reflect that of physical importance. In fact, a close look at the theoretical that the latter plays a more fundamental role structure immediately reveals than the former in various respects. First, the former can be derived from the latter, and second, the assumptions that have to be made in the former, e. g. the spin-statistics connection, can be justified in the latter on the basis of its own theory. Furthermore, as the history of the positron theory shows, if we remain within the framework of the first-quantized formalism, it will no longer be possible to have a closed theory in the relativistic region where the problem becomes essentially that of an infinite number of particles.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 508 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In 1985, Kary Mullis was driving late at night through the flowering buckeye to the ancient California redwood forest, cogitating upon new ways to sequence DNA. Instead he came upon a way to double the number of specific DNA modules, and to repeat the process essentially indefinitely. 1 He thought of using two oligonucleotide sequences, oppositely oriented, and a DNA polymerase enzyme, to double the number of DNA targets. Each product would thene become the target for the next reaction, effectively yielding a product which doubled in quantity with each repeated cycle. Like the chain reaction leading to nuclear fission, with each cycle event each initial reactant (neutron or DNA molecule) yields two similar products, each of which can serve as the initial reactant. The invention of this exponentially increasing amplification system quickly became known as the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The tremendous sensitivity of PCR ultimately resides in the necessity for each of two specific oligonucleotide annealing reactions to occur at the same time in the proper orientation. The DNA annealing reaction is a very specific reaction. Single genes have been detected by hybridization of a DNA probe to chromosome preparations together with sensitive fluorescence microscopy. This is the equivalent to detecting a gene present in a single copy per cell genome. It is the combination of two such specific annealing reactions which makes possible the amplification needed to detect a single molecule with a specific DNA sequence in over 100,000 cell genomes.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 396 pp. Englisch.…

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Being both broad - perception and motor organization - andnarrow - just onegroup of animals - at the same time, thisbook presents a new unified framework for understandingperceptuomotor organization, stressing the importance of anecological perspective. Section I reviews recent research ona variety of sensory and perceptual processes in birdswhich all involve subtle analyses of the relationshipsbetween species' perceptual mechanisms and their ecology andbehaviour. Section II describes the variousresearchapproaches - behavioural, neurophysiological, anatomical andcomparative - all dealing with the common problem ofunderstanding how the activities of large numbers of musclesare coordinated to generate adaptive behaviour. Section IIIis concerned with a range of approaches to analyzing thelinks between perceptual and motor processes, throughcybernetic modelling, neurophysiological analysis, andbehavioural methods.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 384 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume emphasizes areas of insulin pharmacology where rapid progress has occurred during recent years, including its chemistry, structure, pancreatic secretion, receptor interaction and molecular biology and cellular responses.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 500 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Engineering structures for reliable function and safety have to be designed such that operational mechanical loads are compensated for by stresses in the components bearable by the materials used. Vhat is 'bearable' First of all it depends on the properties of the chosen materials as well as on several other parameters, e.g. temperature, corrosivity of the environment, elapsed or remaining serviceable life, unexpected deterioration of materials, whatever the source and nature of such deterioration may be: defects, loss of strength, embrittlement, wastage, etc. DEFECTS and PROPERTIES of materials currently determine loadability. Therefore in addition to nondestructive testing for defects there is also a need for nondestructive testing of properties. The third type of information to be supplied by nondestructive measurement pertains to STRESS STATES under OPERATIONAL LOADS, i.e. LOAD-INDUCED plus RESIDUAL STRESSES. Residual stresses normally cannot be calculated; they have to be measured nondestructively; well-approved elastomechanical finite element codes are available and used for calculating load-induced stresses; for redundancy and reliability, engineers, however, need procedures and instrumentation for experimental checks.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 916 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This proceedings volume presents the most recent developments in quantum optics. Of particular interest are the contributions on atomic optics and atom interferometry as well as new methods for quantum-noise reduction in optical systems.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 356 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Ecosystem health offers a fresh perspective on the management of natural resources and the environment. While some of the root concepts can surely be traced back to Aldo Leopold and even earlier, it is only in the recent decade that a substantial body of work has emerged on this topic. There is no question that a novel approach which is by its nature cross disciplinary, bridging the health and biological sciences, will initially raise a number of questions particularly pertaining to the use of metaphors and the validity of the analogy. This volume however goes beyond merely the philosophical dimensions of the subject by covering a number of case studies which have given rise to the development of promising quantitative methods for diagnosis and rehabilitation of ecosystems under stress. The focus of most studies is on regional ecosystems i.e. ecosystems of large scale. As such, the methods and approaches should have wide appeal to government agencies charged with the responsibility of sustainable development of regional ecosystems and natural resources. Health is one of those difficult concepts that everyone thinks they can define, until they come to try. We all have personal knowledge about health and illness and this makes the ecosystem analogy so potentially powerful. Yet it is also clear that the uncritical application of the concept could lead to overly simplistic approaches to analysis and management of ecosystem health.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 472 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Stability of the internal environment in which neuronal elements are situated is unquestionably an important prerequisite for the effective transmission of information in the nervous system. During the past decade our knowledge on the microenvironment of nerve cells has expanded. The conception that the microenvironment of neurones comprises a fluid with a relatively simple and stable composition is no longer accepted; the microenvironment is now envisaged as a dynamic structure whose composition, shape, and volume changes, thereby significantly influencing neuronal function and the trans mission of information in the nervous system. The modern conception of the neuronal microenvironment is based on the results of research over the last 20 years. The extracellular space (ECS) is comprehended not only as a relatively stable microenvironment containing neurones and glial cells (Bernard 1878), but also as a channel for communica tion between them. The close proximity of the neuronal elements in the CNS and the narrowness of the intercellular spaces provides a basis not only for interaction between the elements themselves, but also between the elements and their microenvironment. Substances which can cross the cell membranes can easily find their way through the microenvironment to adjacent cellular elements. In this way the microenvironment can assure non-synaptic com munication between the relevant neurones. Signalization can be coded by modulation of the chemical composition of the ECS in the vicinity of the cell membrane and does not require classic connection by axones, dendrites, and synapses.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This monograph provides a formal framework for the representation and management of uncertainty and vagueness in artificial intelligence. Mathematical modeling is emphasized. The book is self-contained and suitable as an advanced textbook.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 512 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The trend towards miniaturisation of microelectronic devices and the search for exotic new optoelectronic devices based on multilayers confer a crucial role on semiconductor interfaces. Great advances have recently been achieved in the elaboration of new thin film materials and in the characterization of their interfacial properties, down to the atomic scale, thanks to the development of sophisticated new techniques. This book is a collection of lectures that were given at the International Winter School on Semiconductor Interfaces: Formation and Properties held at the Centre de Physique des Rouches from 24 February to 6 March, 1987. The aim of this Winter School was to present a comprehensive review of this field, in particular of the materials and methods, and to formulate recom mendations for future research. The following topics are treated: (i) Interface formation. The key aspects of molecular beam epitaxy are emphasized, as well as the fabrication of artificially layered structures, strained layer superlattices and the tailoring of abrupt doping profiles. (ii) Fine characterization down to the atomic scale using recently devel oped, powerful techniques such as scanning tunneling microscopy, high reso lution transmission electron microscopy, glancing incidence x-ray diffraction, x-ray standing waves, surface extended x-ray absorption fine structure and surface extended energy-loss fine structure. (iii) Specific physical properties of the interfaces and their prospective applications in devices. We wish to thank warmly all the lecturers and participants, as well as the organizing committee, who made this Winter School a success.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 408 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The Editorial Board and the Publishers of the Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology wish to express their profound grief at the untimely death of Professor Peter Baker. Aware of his international recognition as an expert on the ubiquitous role of calcium in physiological processes and their pharma cological control, the Board was gratified when Professor Baker accepted its invitation to edit a new Handbook volume on 'Calcium in Drug Actions'. He went about this task with his usual energy and effectiveness so that, in the few months before his unexpected death, Professor Baker had mustered his distinguished contributors, got them to provide their manuscripts, and seen almost the entire material into the press. This achievement is all the more remarkable when one bears in mind the extraordinary number of his other commitments during the same time; they are mentioned in Sir Alan Hodgkin's preface to this volume. With so many other professional and personal responsibilities upon him, the Board of the Handbook wishes to record its grateful appreciation for the admirable way in which Professor Baker took on and carried out the additional work of bringing this fine book into existence; and the Board wishes it to be dedicated to the memory of Professor Peter Frederick Baker. The Editorial Board: G. V. R. BORN, P. CUATRECASAS, H. HERKEN, A.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 596 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -ill the past three decades there has been enonnous progress in identifying the es sential role that 'nonlinearity' plays in physical systems. Classical nonlinear wave equations can support localized, stable 'soliton' solutions, and nonlinearities in quantum systems can lead to self-trapped excitations, such as polarons. Since these nonlinear excitations often dominate the transport and response properties of the systems in which they exist, accurate modeling of their effects is essential to interpreting a wide range of physical phenomena. Further, the dramatic de velopments in 'deterministic chaos', including the recognition that even simple nonlinear dynamical systems can produce seemingly random temporal evolution, have similarly demonstrated that an understanding of chaotic dynamics is vital to an accurate interpretation of the behavior of many physical systems. As a conse quence of these two developments, the study of nonlinear phenomena has emerged as a subject in its own right. During these same three decades, similar progress has occurred in understand ing the effects of 'disorder'. Stimulated by Anderson's pioneering work on 'dis ordered' quantum solid state materials, this effort has also grown into a field that now includes a variety of classical and quantum systems and treats 'disorder' arising from many sources, including impurities, random spatial structures, and stochastic applied fields. Significantly, these two developments have occurred rather independently, with relatively little overlapping research.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 156 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for information, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There are two main reasons why such an initiative was considered necessary. Firstly, the teaching of oncology requires a rigorously multidisciplinary approach which is difficult for the Universities to put into practice since their system is mainly disciplinary orientated. Secondly, the rate of technological development that impinges on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer has been so rapid that it is not an easy task for medical faculties to adapt their curricula flexibly. With its residential courses for organ pathologies and the seminars on new techniques (laser, monoclonal antibodies, imaging techniques etc.) or on the principal therapeutic controversies (conservative or mutilating surgery, primary or adjuvant chemotherapy, radiotherapy alone or integrated), it is the ambition of the European School of Oncology to fill a cultural and scientific gap and, thereby, create a bridge between the University and Industry and between these two and daily medical practice. One of the more recent initiatives of ESO has been the institution of permanent study groups, also called task forces, where a limited number of leading experts are invited to meet once a year with the aim of defining the state of the art and possibly reaching a consensus on future developments in specific fields of oncology.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 120 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Future particle accelerators of higher energy and intensity will have the potential to increase the available flux of slow muons by nearly three orders of magnitude. Therefore a new era in the study of elementary particles is expected. This book reviews the state of the art in the field of exotic atoms in condensed matter. It covers the applications and perspectives of muon- and pion-based analysis of structural, magnetic and superconducting properties in the solid state. Also, spectroscopic applications of exotic atoms to chemical analysis are presented. One section is devoted to muon-catalyzed fusion. This unique book fills a gap and is a must for every researcher in the field.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 320 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In this book the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of most aspects of peptic ulcer disease are examined in detail. What distinguishes this volume from others is the timely update of a number of important issues pertaining to acid-peptic disease.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 492 pp. Englisch.…