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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Wir können sie mit bloßem Auge oder mit Teleskopen über den Himmel wandern sehen - aber kennen wir unsere kosmische Nachbarschaft wirklich Wie viel wissen wir von den gewaltigen Vulkanen, den Klüften in ewiger Finsternis, den rasenden Stürmen und eisigen Ozeanen Und wer weiß zu sagen, wer eigentlich der Gott Mars war, der dem roten Planeten seinen Namen lieh Welche Mythen erzählt man sich von Venus und Merkur - und wer sind eigentlich Sedna und Makemake Springer Spektrum in Springer Science + Business Media, Tiergartenstr. 15-17, 69121 Heidelberg Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The two-volume set LNCS 8802 and LNCS 8803 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014, held in Imperial, Corfu, Greece, in October 2014. The total of 67 full papers was carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Featuring a track introduction to each section, the papers are organized in topical sections named: evolving critical systems; rigorous engineering of autonomic ensembles; automata learning; formal methods and analysis in software product line engineering; model-based code generators and compilers; engineering virtualized systems; statistical model checking; risk-based testing; medical cyber-physical systems; scientific workflows; evaluation and reproducibility of program analysis; processes and data integration in the networked healthcare; semantic heterogeneity in the formal development of complex systems. In addition, part I contains a tutorial on automata learning in practice; as well as the preliminary manifesto to the LNCS Transactions on the Foundations for Mastering Change with several position papers. Part II contains information on the industrial track and the doctoral symposium and poster session.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 568 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The ATLAS detector at the CERN Large Hadron Collider is an apparatus of unprecedented complexity, designed to probe physics in proton-proton collisions at centre-of-mass energies up to 14 TeV. It was installed in its underground cavern at the LHC during the period 2004 to 2008. Testing of individual subsystems began immediately with calibration systems and cosmic rays, and by 2008 full detector systems could be operated with the planned infrastructure, readout, and monitoring systems. Several commissioning runs of the full detector were organized in 2008 and 2009. During these runs the detector was operated continuously for several months with its readout triggered by cosmic ray muons. At the same time, regular calibrations of individual detector systems were made. In the course of these runs, signals from tens of millions of cosmic ray events were recorded. These commissioning runs continued until the first beam-beam collisions in late 2009. This volume is a collection of seven performance papers based on data collected during this commissioning period. Five papers deal with the response of individual detector systems. One paper describes the performance of the simulation infrastructure used to model the detector¿s response to both cosmic rays and to the later beam-beam collisions. The final paper describes measurements drawing on the integrated performance of several detector systems. It studies lepton identification, the response to low energy electrons, muon energy loss in the calorimeters, missing ET effects, and the combined performance for muons when both the muon spectrometer and the inner tracking detector are used. These papers summarize the studies of the ATLAS detector performance and readiness prior to the start of colliding beam data. They are reprinted from The European Physical Journal C where they were published between summer 2010 and spring 2011.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 284 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The field of robotic vision has advanced dramatically recently with the development of new range sensors. Tremendous progress has been made resulting in significant impact on areas such as robotic navigation, scene/environment understanding, and visual learning. This edited book provides a solid and diversified reference source for some of the most recent important advancements in the field of robotic vision. The book starts with articles that describe new techniques to understand scenes from 2D/3D data such as estimation of planar structures, recognition of multiple objects in the scene using different kinds of features as well as their spatial and semantic relationships, generation of 3D object models, approach to recognize partially occluded objects, etc. Novel techniques are introduced to improve 3D perception accuracy with other sensors such as a gyroscope, positioning accuracy with a visual servoing based alignment strategy for microassembly, and increasing object recognition reliability using related manipulation motion models. For autonomous robot navigation, different vision-based localization and tracking strategies and algorithms are discussed. New approaches using probabilistic analysis for robot navigation, online learning of vision-based robot control, and 3D motion estimation via intensity differences from a monocular camera are described. This collection will be beneficial to graduate students, researchers, and professionals working in the area of robotic vision.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 220 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The two-volume set LNCS 8802 and LNCS 8803 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation, ISoLA 2014, held in Imperial, Corfu, Greece, in October 2014.The total of 67 full papers was carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. Featuring a track introduction to each section, the papers are organized in topical sections named: evolving critical systems; rigorous engineering of autonomic ensembles; automata learning; formal methods and analysis in software product line engineering; model-based code generators and compilers; engineering virtualized systems; statistical model checking; risk-based testing; medical cyber-physical systems; scientific workflows; evaluation and reproducibility of program analysis; processes and data integration in the networked healthcare; semantic heterogeneity in the formal development of complex systems.In addition, part I contains a tutorial on automata learning in practice; as well as the preliminary manifesto to the LNCS Transactions on the Foundations for Mastering Change with several position papers. Part II contains information on the industrial track and the doctoral symposium and poster session.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 664 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Progress continues in the theoretical treatment of surfaces and processes on surfaces based on first-principles methods, i.e. without invoking any empirical parameters. In this book, the theoretical concepts and computational tools necessary and relevant for a microscopic approach to the theoretical description of surface science is presented, together with a detailed discussion of surface phenomena. This makes the book suitable for both graduate students and for experimentalists seeking an overview of the theoretical concepts in surface science. This second enlarged edition has been carefully revised and updated, a new chapter on surface magnetism is included, and novel developments in theoretical surface science are addressed.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 356 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book expounds the major topics in the special theory of relativity. It provides a detailed examination of the mathematical foundation of the special theory of relativity, relativistic mass, relativistic mechanics and relativistic electrodynamics. As well as covariant formulation of relativistic mechanics and electrodynamics, the book discusses the relativistic effect on photons. Using a mathematical approach, the text offers graduate students a clear, concise view of the special theory of relativity. Organized into 14 chapters and two appendices, the content is presented in a logical order, and every topic has been dealt with in a simple and lucid manner. To aid understanding of the subject, the book provides numerous relevant worked examples in every chapter. The book¿s mathematical approach helps students in their independent study and motivates them to research the topic further.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 268 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2012, held in Halkidiki, Greece, in September 2012. The 44 revised full papers and 5 revised short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 98 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on ANN-classification and pattern recognition, optimization - genetic algorithms, artificial neural networks, learning and mining, fuzzy logic, classification - pattern recognition, multi-agent systems, multi-attribute DSS, clustering, image-video classification and processing, and engineering applications of AI and artificial neural networks.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 520 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Matrix-valued data sets ¿ so-called second order tensor fields ¿ have gained significant importance in scientific visualization and image processing due to recent developments such as diffusion tensor imaging. This book is the first edited volume that presents the state of the art in the visualization and processing of tensor fields. It contains some longer chapters dedicated to surveys and tutorials of specific topics, as well as a great deal of original work by leading experts that has not been published before. It serves as an overview for the inquiring scientist, as a basic foundation for developers and practitioners, and as as a textbook for specialized classes and seminars for graduate and doctoral students.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 500 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Workshops held at the 8th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2012, in Halkidiki, Greece, in September 2012. The book includes a total of 66 interesting and innovative research papers from the following 8 workshops: the Second Artificial Intelligence Applications in Biomedicine Workshop (AIAB 2012), the First AI in Education Workshop: Innovations and Applications (AIeIA 2012), the Second International Workshop on Computational Intelligence in Software Engineering (CISE 2012), the First Conformal Prediction and Its Applications Workshop (COPA 2012), the First Intelligent Innovative Ways for Video-to-Video Communiccation in Modern Smart Cities Workshop (IIVC 2012), the Third Intelligent Systems for Quality of Life Information Services Workshop (ISQL 2012), the First Mining Humanistic Data Workshop (MHDW 2012), and the First Workshop on Algorithms for Data and Text Mining in Bioinformatics (WADTMB 2012).Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 680 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Distributed robotics is a rapidly growing, interdisciplinary research area lying at the intersection of computer science, communication and control systems, and electrical and mechanical engineering. The goal of the Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) is to exchange and stimulate research ideas to realize advanced distributed robotic systems.This volume of proceedings includes 43 original contributions presented at the Tenth International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS 2010), which was held in November 2010 at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The selected papers in this volume are authored by leading researchers from Asia, Europa, and the Americas, thereby providing a broad coverage and perspective of the state-of-the-art technologies, algorithms, system architectures, and applications in distributed robotic systems. The book is organized into four parts, each representing one critical and long-term research thrust in the multi-robot community: distributed sensing (Part I); localization, navigation, and formations (Part II); coordination algorithms and formal methods (Part III); modularity, distributed manipulation, and platforms (Part IV).Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 636 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book addresses the central role played by development in cognition. The focus is on applying our knowledge of development in natural cognitive systems, specifically human infants, to the problem of creating artificial cognitive systems in the guise of humanoid robots. The approach is founded on the three-fold premise that (a) cognition is the process by which an autonomous self-governing agent acts effectively in the world in which it is embedded, (b) the dual purpose of cognition is to increase the agent's repertoire of effective actions and its power to anticipate the need for future actions and their outcomes, and (c) development plays an essential role in the realization of these cognitive capabilities. Our goal in this book is to identify the key design principles for cognitive development. We do this by bringing together insights from four areas: enactive cognitive science, developmental psychology, neurophysiology, and computational modelling. This results in roadmap comprising a set of forty-three guidelines for the design of a cognitive architecture and its deployment in a humanoid robot. The book includes a case study based on the iCub, an open-systems humanoid robot which has been designed specifically as a common platform for research on embodied cognitive systems .Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 244 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Over the last two decades there has been a great deal of research into nonlinear dynamic models in economics, finance and the social sciences. This book contains twenty papers that range over very recent applications in these areas. Topics covered include structural change and economic growth, disequilibrium dynamics and economic policy as well as models with boundedly rational agents. The book illustrates some of the most recent research tools in this area and will be of interest to economists working in economic dynamics and to mathematicians interested in seeing ideas from nonlinear dynamics and complexity theory applied to the economic sciences.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 400 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides a detailed and largely self-contained description of various classical and new results on solvability and unsolvability of equations in explicit form. In particular, it offers a complete exposition of the relatively new area of topological Galois theory, initiated by the author. Applications of Galois theory to solvability of algebraic equations by radicals, basics of Picard¿Vessiot theory, and Liouville's results on the class of functions representable by quadratures are also discussed.A unique feature of this book is that recent results are presented in the same elementary manner as classical Galois theory, which will make the book useful and interesting to readers with varied backgrounds in mathematics, from undergraduate students to researchers.In this English-language edition, extra material has been added (Appendices A¿D), the last two of which were written jointly with Yura Burda.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 328 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book covers the results of the 11th and 12th Tera op Workshop and continued a series initiated by NEC and the HLRS in 2004. As part of the Tera op Workbench, it has become a meeting platform for scientists, application developers, international experts and hardware designers to discuss the current state and future directions of supercomputing with the aim of achieving the highest sustained application perf- mance. The Tera op Workbench Project is a collaboration between the High Perf- mance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and NEC Deutschland GmbH (NEC HPCE) to support users to achieve their research goals using High Performance Computing. The rst stage of the Tera op Workbench project (2004¿2008) c- centrated on user¿s applications and their optimization for the 72-node NEC SX-8 installation at HLRS. During this stage, numerous individual codes, developed and maintained by researchers or commercial organizations, have been analyzed and - timized. Several of the codes have shown the ability to outreach the TFlop/s thre- old of sustained performance. This created the possibility for new science and a deeper understanding of the underlying physics.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 212 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The twin challenge of meeting global energy demands in the face of growing economies and populations and restricting greenhouse gas emissions is one of the most daunting ones that humanity has ever faced. Smart electrical generation and distribution infrastructure will play a crucial role in meeting these challenges. We would need to develop capabilities to handle large volumes of data generated by the power system components like PMUs, DFRs and other data acquisition devices as well as by the capacity to process these data at high resolution via multi-scale and multi-period simulations, cascading and security analysis, interaction between hybrid systems (electric, transport, gas, oil, coal, etc.) and so on, to get meaningful information in real time to ensure a secure, reliable and stable power system grid. Advanced research on development and implementation of market-ready leading-edge high-speed enabling technologies and algorithms for solving real-time, dynamic, resource-critical problems will be required for dynamic security analysis targeted towards successful implementation of Smart Grid initiatives. This books aims to bring together some of the latest research developments as well as thoughts on the future research directions of the high performance computing applications in electric power systems planning, operations, security, markets, and grid integration of alternate sources of energy, etc.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 396 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about the current state of quasar research. Formatted as a series of interviews with noted researchers in the field, each of them asked to address a specific set of questions covering topics selected by the editors, this book deals with the historical development of quasar research and discusses how advances in instrumentation and computational capabilities have benefitted quasar astronomy and have changed our basic understanding of quasars. In the last part of the book the interviews address the current topic of the role of quasars in galaxy evolution. They summarise open issues in understanding active galactic nuclei and quasars and present an outlook regarding what future observational facilities both on the ground and in space might reveal.Its interview format, the fascinating topic of quasars and black holes, and the lively recollections and at times controversial views of the contributors make this book both rewarding and a pleasure to read!Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 616 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book pays interest to a small and almost untouched topic: a health practitioner¿ s duty to inform about alternatives. It covers both orthodox medicine practitioners and CAM practitioners. The topic is explored in a co mparative way, examining the laws of not only common law jurisdictions, such as the USA, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, but also two East Asia jurisdictions ( China and Japan ) . It uses the collective wisdom of several common law jurisdictions, but also differentiates them. It places the issue of ¿disclosure of alternatives¿ in a clear and wider context, making a cogent distinction between diagnosis/treatment and information disclosure. ¿Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 428 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Conceptual modeling is about describing the semantics of software applications at a high level of abstraction in terms of structure, behavior, and user interaction.Embley and Thalheim start with a manifesto stating that the dream of developing information systems strictly by conceptual modeling ¿ as expressed in the phrase ¿the model is the code¿ ¿ is becoming reality. The subsequent contributions written by leading researchers in the field support the manifesto's assertions, showing not only how to abstractly model complex information systems but also how to formalize abstract specifications in ways that let developers complete programming tasks within the conceptual model itself. They are grouped into sections on programming with conceptual models, structure modeling, process modeling, user interface modeling, and special challenge areas such as conceptual geometric modeling, information integration, and biological conceptual modeling.The Handbook of Conceptual Modeling collects in a single volume many of the best conceptual-modeling ideas, techniques, and practices as well as the challenges that drive research in the field. Thus it is much more than a traditional handbook for advanced professionals, as it also provides both a firm foundation for the field of conceptual modeling, and points researchers and graduate students towards interesting challenges and paths for how to contribute to this fundamental field of computer science.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 612 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Robotics is at the cusp of dramatic transformation. Increasingly complex robots with unprecedented autonomy are finding new applications, from medical surgery, to construction, to home services. Against this background, the algorithmic foundations of robotics are becoming more crucial than ever, in order to build robots that are fast, safe, reliable, and adaptive. Algorithms enable robots to perceive, plan, control, and learn. The design and analysis of robot algorithms raise new fundamental questions that span computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and mathematics. These algorithms are also finding applications beyond robotics, for example, in modeling molecular motion and creating digital characters for video games and architectural simulation. The Workshop on Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) is a highly selective meeting of leading researchers in the field of robot algorithms. Since its creation in 1994, it has published some of the field¿s most important and lasting contributions. This book contains the proceedings of the 9th WAFR, held on December 13-15, 2010 at the National University of Singapore. The 24 papers included in this book span a wide variety of topics from new theoretical insights to novel applications.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 444 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The last systematic description of heme peroxidases was published in 1999 by Brian Dunford, from the University of Alberta in Canada. The book Heme per- idases covers discussion on three-dimensional structure, reaction mechanism, kinetics, and spectral properties of representative enzymes from bacterial, plant, fungal, and animal origin. Since 1999, vast information on basic but also applied aspects of heme peroxidases has been generated. We believe fusion of these two aspects will bene t research of those dedicated to development of biocatalytic process. The aim of this book is to present recent advances on basic aspects such as evolution, structure¿function relation, and catalytic mechanism, as well as applied aspects, such as bioreactor and protein engineering, in order to provide the tools for rational design of enhanced biocatalysts and biocatalytic processes. The book does not include an exhaustive listing of references but rather a selected collection to enrich discussion and to allow envisioning future directions for research. This book is organized in three parts. In Part I, current knowledge of structure and mechanism of peroxidases is covered. From the molecular phylogeny, going through the in uence of structural factors over oxidative ability to the molecular mechanism of catalysis, the authors intend to provide an understanding of per- idases at the molecular level. The understanding of the fundamental behavior of peroxidases will allow further adequation, design, and/or optimization of pero- dase-based catalysis to a particular process. In Part II, research on potential applications of peroxidases in several elds is presented and discussed.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 372 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Requirements engineering has since long acknowledged the importance of the notion that system requirements are stakeholder goals¿rather than system functions¿and ought to be elicited, modeled and analyzed accordingly.In this book, Nurcan and her co-editors collected twenty contributions from leading researchers in requirements engineering with the intention to comprehensively present an overview of the different perspectives that exist today, in 2010, on the concept of intention in the information systems community. These original papers honor Colette Rolland for her contributions to this field, as she was probably the first to emphasize that ¿intention¿ has to be considered as a first-class concept in information systems engineering. Written by long-term collaborators (and most often friends) of Colette Rolland, this volume covers topics like goal-oriented requirements engineering, model-driven development, method engineering, and enterprise modeling.As such, it is a tour d¿horizon of Colette Rolland¿s lifework, and is presented to her on the occasion of her retirement at CaISE 2010 in Hammamet, the conference she once cofounded and which she helped to grow and prosper for more than 20 years.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 -Physics.- Numerical Models for Emission Line Nebulae in High Redshift Radio Galaxies.- The SuperN-Project: Current Advances in Understanding Core Collapse Supernovae.- Using Computational Steering to Explore the Parameter Space of Stability in a Suspension.- Solid State Physics.- Adsorption of Cysteine on the Au(110)-surface: A Density Functional Theory Study.- Characterization of Colloidal IV-VI Semiconductor Quantum Dots.- Understanding Long-range Indirect Interactions Between Surface Adsorbed Molecules.- H Carrying Capacity by Considering Charging and Discharging Processes - Case Studies on Small Carbon- and Boron Nitride Nanotubes.- Molecular Dynamics Study of Plastic Deformation of Nanocrystalline Palladium.- Conductance of Correlated Nanostructures.- Chemistry.- How do Eigenfunctions of Douglas-Kroll Operators Behave in the Vicinity of Point-like Nuclei .- Distributed Memory Parallelization of the Multi-Configuration Time-Dependent Hartree Method.- Development of Models for Large Molecules and Electrolytes in Solution for Process Engineering.- Reacting flows.- Numerical Characterization of a Gas Turbine Model Combustor.- Numerical Investigations of NO-Formation in Scramjet Combustors.- Large-Eddy Simulation of Lean Premixed Flames in a Model Swirl Burner.- Computational Fluid Dynamics.- Higher Order Adaptive and Parallel Simulations Including Dynamic Load Balancing with the Software Package DUNE.- Direct Numerical Simulation of Jet in Crossflow Actuators.- Laminar Heat Transfer From the Stagnation Region of a Circular Cylinder at Re=140 000.- Conditional Statistics Along Gradient Trajectories in Fluid Turbulence.- Direct Numerical Simulation of Single Gaseous Bubbles in Viscous Liquids.- Wall Heat Load in Unsteady and Pulsating Combustor Flow.- Implicit LES ofPassive-Scalar Mixing in a Confined Rectangular-Jet Reactor.- Numerical Simulation of Riblet Controlled Spatial Transition.- Understanding the Dynamics and Control of a Turbulent Impinging Jet via Pulsation and Swirl Using Large Eddy Simulation.- Stability Analysis of a Coupled Helmholtz Resonator with Large Eddy Simulation.- Diffusers with Three-Dimensional Separation as Test Bed for Hybrid LES/RANS Methods.- Final Report on Project GGT0607: Lattice Boltzmann Direct Numerical Simulations of Grid-Generated Turbulence.- Application of FDEM on the Numerical Simulation of Journal Bearings with Turbulence and Inertia Effects.- Numerical Analysis of Transition Effects in 3D Hypersonic Intake Flows.- Preinvestigations of a Redesigned HIRENASD Wing Model in Preparation for New Aero-Structural Dynamic Experiments in ETW.- Transport and Climate.- Modelling Regional Climate Change in Southwest Germany.- Modelling Convection over West Africa.- Miscellaneous Topics.- Molecular Modeling of Hydrogen Bonding Fluids: Vapor-Liquid Coexistence and Interfacial Properties.- Towards a Dynamical Model of Mars' Evolution.- Computational Considerations for Satellite-Based Geopotential Recovery.- Simulative Analysis of Vehicle-to-X Communication considering Traffic Safety and Efficiency.- Modelling Structural Failure with Finite Element Analysis of Controlled Demolition of Buildings by Explosives Using LS-DYNA.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 564 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book is the result of the first International Conference ICT Innovations 2009. The ICT Innovations conference is the primary scientific action of the Macedonian Society on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT-ACT). It promotes the publication of scientific results of the international community related to innovative fundamental and applied research in ICT. Today, ICT has enlarged its horizons and it is practiced under multidisciplinary contexts that introduce new challenges to theore- cal and technical approaches. The ICT Innovations 2009 conference gathered academics, professionals and pr- titioners reporting their valuable experiences in developing solutions and systems in the industrial and business arena especially innovative commercial implementations, novel applications of technology, and experience in applying recent research advances to practical situations, in any ICT areas. The conference focuses on issues concerning a variety of ICT fields like: ¿ MultimediaInformation Systems ¿ Artificial Intelligence ¿ Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing ¿ Eco and Bio Informatics ¿ Internet and Web Applications and Services ¿ Wireless and Mobile Communications and Services ¿ Computer Networks, Security and Cryptography ¿ Distributed Systems, GRID and Cloud Computing ICT Innovations 2009 Conference was held in Ohrid, Macedonia, in September 28-30, 2009. Local arrangements provided by the members of the Macedonian Society on Information and Communication Technologies ¿ ICT-ACT, mainly consisting of teaching and research staff of Computer Science Department at Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies and Institute of Informatics at Faculty of Natural Sciences, both at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 480 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book ¿Paradigm Shift for Future Tennis¿ starts with revelations that make obvious the limitations of today¿s tennis, which does not use the laws of modern Biomechanics and Neurophysiology. The second part of the book includes a new approach to the quantum mind of a champion. It will reveal the secret weapon of Roger Federer and the blueprint of a future tennis champion. This book will expose the new tennis shot emerging from the field of sports science. It is a real weapon, which can generate a ball-speed similar to that of the first serve: the Power High-Forehand. Its aim is to generate maximal possible racket-head speed while players do not wait for the ball to bounce. This is both a tactical and psychological basis for the future tennis game. This aggressive interceptive psychology will shape the minds of future tennis champions. High racket-head speed can be achieved using the stretch-reflex, without big loops and swings. Weapons of a future tennis game will comprise of whip-like tennis serves and ground strokes, based on the stretch¿reflex, and using the whole body in a fluid and integrated manner, thus manifesting a superb combination of speed and strength. Restructure your brain and apply the power of state of the art biomechanical, mathematical, medical, neural, cognitive, and quantum computational intelligence to understand the tennis of today and the future!Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 392 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Die empirische Bildungsforschung hat in den vergangenen Jahren wichtige Ergebnisse zum Zustand des deutschen Bildungssystems geliefert. Viele dieser Befunde waren alarmierend und sie wurden in der Öffentlichkeit breit diskutiert. Aber haben solche Ergebnisse auch einen Einfluss auf die Bildungspraxis Das hängt zum einen davon ab, welche Ergebnisse sich überhaupt als robust und aussagekräftig erweisen. Und es hängt davon ab, wie die unterschiedlichen Akteure (Bildungspolitik und -administration, Lehrer, Eltern sowie die Schüler selbst) diese Ergebnisse wahrnehmen und deuten. Die praktische Wirkung solcherart evaluativ gewonnener Evidenz vollzieht sich durch Wissenschaftskommunikation mit ganz unterschiedlichen Bereichen von 'Öffentlichkeit'. Diese Wissenschaftskommunikation ist wiederum eingebettet in die gesellschaftlichen Diskurse zu den bildungsbezogenen Fragen, zu denen die empirische Bildungsforschung Beiträge liefert, den sie aber nicht bestimmt. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes beleuchten den Zusammenhang zwischen der Produktion, der Synthese, dem Verständnis und der Nutzung wissenschaftlicher Evidenz in der Bildungsforschung.VS Verlag für Sozialw., Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 176 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Nina Kluckow geht der Frage nach, inwieweit die Dimensionen distributive, prozedurale und interaktionale Gerechtigkeit bedeutsam für die Fairnesswahrnehmung von Managerentlohnungen sind. Es werden theorie- sowie praxisorientierte Beiträge zum Verständnis des komplexen Gerechtigkeitskonstrukts in Bezug auf die Entlohnung von Führungskräften geliefert. Die empirische Auswertung der gewonnenen 4.780 Urteile von 542 Personen belegt, dass die Beurteilung der (Un-)Gerechtigkeit der Managerentlohnung von den Probanden auf Basis der drei Fairnessdimensionen vorgenommen wird. Die empirischen Ergebnisse stellen die Basis für Handlungsempfehlungen zur Gestaltung von Managerentlohnungssystemen dar.VS Verlag für Sozialw., Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 460 pp. Deutsch. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -¿Anhand der Daten von 126 inhaftierten Sexualstraftäternanalysiert Anja Niemeczek die strukturellen Zusammenhänge zwischen Persönlichkeits- und Einstellungsmerkmalen, Lebensumständen sowie Verhaltensweisen bei der Begehung eines Sexualdelikts. EineStrukturgleichungsmodellierung dieser Faktoren legt eine Unterscheidung von homosexuell und heterosexuell orientierten Tätern nahe. Diese Tätergruppen unterscheiden sich sowohl in normalpsychologischen und psychopathologischen Merkmalen, wie auch in der Opferwahl, in Merkmalen der Kontaktaufnahme und Tatbegehung.VS Verlag für Sozialw., Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 46, 65189 Wiesbaden 260 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Andrea Chlopczik geht den Praxisspuren der Theorie U von Claus Otto Scharmer nach. In explorativer Vorgehensweise untersucht sie im empirischen Teil Beobachtungen erfahrener Coaches und Organisationsberatender über Bedingungen und Wirkweisen von Dreh- und Angelpunkten in Veränderungsprozessen. Die Theorie U wird in zwei Funktionen dargestellt: Als Erklärungsmodell und als Handlungsanleitung für die Interventionsplanung. Die Autorin zeigt, wie ein Vorgehen nach den Schritten des U-Prozesses im individuellen wie im organisationalen Entwicklungsprozess förderliche Bedingungen für schöpferisches Lernen schaffen kann.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 120 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Aufbauend auf einer eigenständigen Definition des Nachhaltigkeitsbegriffes werden in diesem Buch weitere Anpassungsstrategien entwickelt, die eine Entkopplung des Transportwachstums vom Wirtschaftswachstum ermöglichen und die dazu beitragen können, die Mobilität als Grundlage unserer arbeitsteiligen Wirtschaft zu erhalten. Dabei geraten nicht nur Logistikmodelle auf den Prüfstand, sondern auch die übergeordneten Marketingstrategien und Geschäftsmodelle, deren Anforderungen die moderne Logistik geprägt haben. Bislang hat kaum jemand die Nebenwirkungen der so entstandenen Modelle analysiert, obwohl diese immer wieder mit dem Nachhaltigkeitsgebot in Konflikt geraten. Von zentraler Bedeutung ist dabei der Umgang mit dem Faktor Zeit. Das Buch zeigt Auswege aus der Komplexitätsfalle, in die wir uns durch selbst erzeugte Zeitverknappungen hineinmanövriert haben.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 572 pp. Deutsch.…