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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cassini At Saturn ¿ Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained by a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned by the spacecraft clearly demonstrated the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book contains a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft¿s initial period of operation.The Huygens craft, released by Cassini, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn¿s largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland tells the exciting story of the this craft¿s journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190ºC on its surface. Titan is considered to be an early Earth in deep freeze, possibly with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere. There will undoubtedly be enormous interest in the first results and images of Titan¿s surface, and this book is the first incisive summary of this groundbreaking material.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 452 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Paperback features updated introductions and post-scriptFor more than twenty years globalization has been a prominent topic in the social sciences and humanities because it deals with processes that impact all societies at the international, national, and local levels. Controversies and conflicting approaches have dominated this field of studies. To understand the variety and strength of different approaches, the editor asked many of their leading exponents to outline their own ¿research framework¿.The book's contributors are world renowned experts in their field, including G. John Ikenberry, Michael Doyle, Layna Mosley, Alex Callinicos, Anthony McGrew, Thomas Risse, Roland Robertson, John Tomlinson, Saskia Sassen, David Held, Thomas Pogge, Chris Brown and Andrew Kuper.These writings have been organized into four sections: theoretical perspectives and cultural globalization, economic globalization, political globalization, and methodological approaches. The extensive coverage and the interdisciplinary flavor of the volume makes it suitable for a large interdisciplinary audience.¿Ino Rossi has assembled a stimulating collection of insightful essays by many of the world¿s leading analysts of globalization. The essays more than live up to the book¿s title, and the critical commentaries included in the volume, by the editor and other widely renowned contemporary social theorists, add a welcome dialogical dimension to the work. This is first-rate scholarship that merits careful reading by a wide audience.¿John Boli, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA¿Many of the scholars in this volume were writing about political, social, and economic change from a global perspective long before the term ¿globalization¿ became so widely used. It is very useful to have their recent thoughts as well as that of some younger experts about where the world is going, and how tostudy this, all combined in a single, fascinating book.¿Daniel Chirot, University of Washington, Seattle, WA¿Rossi has assembled an array of leading experts to dissect globalization¿s realities and myths. Globalization emerges as a multi-dimensional process, structurally uneven, with deep measures of continuity and discontinuity from what went before. The global frontier has rarely been so penetratingly explored.¿Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania¿In a compelling volume, pioneers who shaped globalization studies now take a fresh look at the field. This series of reflections deepens analysis and will help map research for many years to come.¿James H. Mittelman, Professor of International Relations, American University, Washington, DC, and Vice President of the International Studies AssociationSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 464 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Beautifully illustrated and engagingly written, Twelve Lectures in Quantum Mechanics presents theoretical physics with a breathtaking array of examples and anecdotes. Basdevant¿s style is clear and stimulating, in the manner of a brisk classroom lecture that students can follow with ease and enjoyment. Here is a sample of the book¿s style, from the opening of Chapter 1: 'If one were to ask a passer-by to quote a great formula of physics, chances are that the answer would be ¿E = mc2¿. In fact, of the three watershed years for physics toward the beginning of the 20th century ¿ 1905: the Special Relativity of Einstein, Lorentz and Poincaré; 1915: the General Relativity of Einstein, with its extraordinary reflections on gravitation, space and time; and 1925: the development of Quantum Mechanics ¿ it is surely the last which has the most profound implications for the development of science and technology. There is no way around it: all physics is quantum, from elementary particles, to stellar physics and the Big Bang, not to mention semiconductors and solar cells.'A graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Jean-Louis Basdevant is Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics at the Ecole Polytechnique, and Director of Research for the CNRS. Specializing in the theoretical physics of elementary particles, quantum field theory and astrophysics, Prof. Basdevant works in the Leprince-Ringuet Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -¿School is so boring!I hate it!¿ ¿Why do I have to learn this stuff I¿ll never use it!¿ ¿What does this class have to do with anything ¿ As school psychologists and school counselors, how often do you hear this Chances are many of the students referred to you do not have any cognitive impairment or emotional disability. They are bored and disengaged from school. Some students may be struggling with personal and career identity issues. Others come to you when interpersonal concerns or emotional distress interfere with their ability to learn. Still others have learning disabilities, cognitive impairment, or psychological disorders that hinder their academic progress. In this era of standards-based instruction and No Child Left Behind, the bottom line for schools is students¿ academic performance. The intense pressure on teachers to close the achievement gap and to produce students who achieve academically also pressures you to find effective interventions to promote school success. Ultimately, the goal of your work is to enable academic learning to take place¿for both regular and special education students. The challenge is enormous.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 196 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Systemic Governance addresses accounting and accountability and develops conceptual tools to enhance the capacity of policy makers and managers. The structures and processes of international relations and governance need to be re-considered to allow diversity to the extent that is does not undermine the freedoms of others. The book makes a plea for systemic governance. Policy makers and managers need to work with rather than within theoretical and methodological frameworks to achieve multidimensional and multilayered policy decisions. Conceptual tools can be used to enhance systemic governance. The closest we can get to truth is through compassionate dialogue that explores paradoxes and considers the rights and responsibilities of caretakers. Case studies and conceptual tools enliven the text.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 488 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Except for one area of gene expression control, plant research has significantly fallen behind studies in insects and vertebrates. The advances made in animal gene expression control have benefited plant research, as we continue to find that much of the machinery and mechanisms controlling gene expression have been preserved in all eukaryotes. Through comparison, we have learned that certain aspects of gene regulation are shared by plants and animals, i.e. both contain introns separating the coding regions of most genes and both utilize similar machinery to process the introns to form mature mRNAs. Yet there are some interesting differences in gene structure and regulation between plants and animals. For example, unlike animal genes, plant genes are generally much smaller with fewer and smaller introns.Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants presents some of the most recent, novel and fascinating examples of transcriptional and posttranscriptional control of gene expression in plants and, where appropriate, provides comparison to notable examples of animal gene regulation.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 220 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This volume begins with a tribute to Dr. Brian E. Conway by Dr. John O'M. Bockris, which is followed by six chapters. The topics covered are state of the art Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel cell bipolar plates; use of graphs in electrochemical reaction networks; nano materials in lithium ion batteries; direct methanol fuel cells (two chapters); and the last chapter presents simulation of polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst layers. David and Valerie Bloomfield begin the first chapter with a discussion of the difficulties encountered when confronting bipolar plate development and state that the problems stem from the high corrosive nature of phosphoric acid. The water problems are mitigated but the oxidation problems increase. Bipolar plates are still not cheap, reliable or durable. In Chapter 2, Thomas Z. Fahidy reviews analysis of variance (ANOVA) and includes one way, two way, three way classification, and Latin squares observation methods. He moves on to a discussion of the applications of the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) and goes over certain variables such as velocity, velocity and pressure drop, and product yields in a batch and flow electrolyzer. His conclusion is that proper statistical techniques are time savers which can save the experimenter and the process analyst considerable time and effort in trying to optimize the size ofstatistically meaningful experiments.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 376 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The central goal of this book is to contribute to the timely discussion and understanding of Maya sacrifice and related posthumous body manipulation.Most school children in the US learn about the Maya and their practices based on their cultural and religious beliefs in their Social Studies classes. But a number of new sites have been discovered, giving an interdisciplinary group of researchers a channel to discuss these acts and their meaning.The editors bring together not only archaeologists but anthropologists, forensic anthropologists, art historians and bioarchaeologists, giving the volume a more complete perspective on these sites and the material culture and biological evidence found there.The field of archaeology is growing to include the physical remains of ritual practice along with the material remains and this book can be seen as an example of who the study of ancient civilizations can be more comprehensive. Additionally, this is an international volume with scholars from the area studied which is becoming more and more important in archaeological research. This will be of interest to students studying Mayan and Mesoamerican culture as well as those interested in bioarchaeology and human sacrifice.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 332 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Economists have long studied the efficiency of firms, industries, and entire economies. This volume brings together leading scholars to make connections between efficiency and a number of diverse areas of current interest to economists, including an examination of the efficiency of tax systems across generations that overlap, and the efficiency of firm mergers that highlights the tradeoff between the synergy of the merger and the problem of managerial oversight in the now larger firm. An empirical look at productivity growth of states uses a tripartite decomposition of labor productivity into technological innovation, improvement in efficiency, and the capital deepening brought about by new business investment, shedding light on important debates on their relative importance. The efficiency of patent laws is examined in a modern model of economic growth. These contributions are complemented by analyses of methodological problems involved in the measurement, estimation and aggregation of efficiency indices.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This volume contains the proceedings of the Fourth IFIP International Conference on Network Control and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility, NETCON 2005. The conference, organized by the International Federation for Information Processing, was held in Lannion, France from November 14-18, 2005.Among other topics, this volume explores Network Security, Network Policy, Quality of Service, Wireless Networks, Intelligent Networks, and Performance Evaluation. This title would be of interest to engineers and computer scientists in both academic and professional settings.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Reviewing the various IC packaging, assembly, and interconnection technologies, this professional guide and reference provides an overview of the materials and the processes, as well as the trends and available options, that encompass electronic manufacturing. It covers both the technical issues and touches on some of the reliability concerns with the various technologies applicable to packaging and assembly of the IC.The focus is on the electronic manufacturing process, which in its simplest form involves assembly of the IC into a package or interconnect substrate or board. The book discusses the various packaging approaches available, namely, single chip, multichip, and Chip On Board; the assembly options, chip & wire, tape automated bonding, and flip chip; and the essential high density package/substrate manufacturing technologies, thin film, thick film, cofired ceramic, and laminate printed wiring board (PWB) processes. Included also is a discussion of high density PWBs using build up/sequential processes.Integrated Circuit Packaging, Assembly and Interconnections is an introduction, a review and an update of packaging technologies.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Power analysis attacks allow the extraction of secret information from smart cards. Smart cards are used in many applications including banking, mobile communications, pay TV, and electronic signatures. In all these applications, the security of the smart cards is of crucial importance.Power Analysis Attacks: Revealing the Secrets of Smart Cards is the first comprehensive treatment of power analysis attacks and countermeasures. Based on the principle that the only way to defend against power analysis attacks is to understand them, this book explains how power analysis attacks work. Using many examples, it discusses simple and differential power analysis as well as advanced techniques like template attacks. Furthermore, the authors provide an extensive discussion of countermeasures like shuffling, masking, and DPA-resistant logic styles. By analyzing the pros and cons of the different countermeasures, this volume allows practitioners to decide how to protect smart cards.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 364 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This volume presents an extensive collection of contributions covering aspects of the exciting and important research field of data mining techniques in biomedicine. Coverage includes new approaches for the analysis of biomedical data; applications of data mining techniques to real-life problems in medical practice; comprehensive reviews of recent trends in the field. The book addresses incorporation of data mining in fundamental areas of biomedical research: genomics, proteomics, protein characterization, and neuroscience.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 598 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -REGULATION OF PROTEIN METABOLISM - M. Salinas and J. Burda.- CELL ADHESION MOLECULES OF THE IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM - P. S. Walmod, M. V. Pedersen, V. Berezin, and E. Bock.- NEUROSECRETORY PROTEIN TRAFFICKING AND DENSE-CORE GRANULE BIOGENESIS IN NEUROENDOCRINE CELLS - T. Kim, M. Gondré-Lewis, I. Arnaoutova, N. Cawley, Y. Peng Loh.- PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AT SYNAPTIC SITES ON DENDRITES - O. Steward.- EMERGING FUNCTIONS OF THE 'CA2+ BUFFERS' PARVALBUMIN, CALBINDIN D-28k AND CALRETININ IN THE BRAIN - B. Schwaller.- ACTIN, ACTIN-BINDING PROTEINS AND MYOSINS IN NERVOUS SYSTEM - R. Ishikawa.- TRANSGLUTAMINASE - A. J. L. Cooper, S.-Y. Kim.- PROTEIN ALTERATION IN MENTAL RETARDATION - M. A. Junaid, W. T. Brown.- PROTEIN SULFATION - S. Hemmerich.- PROTEIN FOLDING - A. Szilágyi, J. Kardos, S. Osváth, L. Barna, and P. Závodszky.- NEURODEGENERATIVE DEMENTIAS INVOLVING ABERRANT PROTEIN AGGREGATION - T. Kudo and M. Takeda.- POLYGLUTAMINE DISEASES - H. Okazawa.- THE PROTEASOME, PROTEIN AGGREGATION, AND NEURODEGENERATION - S. Wilk.- SERINE PROTEASES - J. Tóth, P. Medveczky, L. Szilágyi, and L. Gráf.- CALPAIN AS A TARGET FOR PREVENTION OF NEURONAL DEATH IN INJURIES AND DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM - S. K. Ray, M. K. Guyton, E. A. Sribnick, and N. L. Banik.- SECRETASE PROCESSING OF AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN (APP) AND NEURODEGENERATION (APP) - N. Marks and M. J. Berg.- THE BIOLOGY OF CASPASES IN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TRAUMA - M. L. McEwen, J. E. Springer.- MICROGLIAL PROTEASES - H. Nakanishi.- MMPs AND OTHER MATRIX-DEGRADING METALLOPROTEINASES IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE - P. E. Gottschall and K. Conant.- PROTEASE INHIBITORS AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS - B. Tizon and E. Levy.- NEUROPEPTIDASES - K.-S. Hui.- UBIQUITINATION AND PROTEASOMAL PROTEIN DEGRADATION IN NEURONS - L. Klimaschewski.- PROTEASE ACTIVITY IN THE AGING BRAIN - D. A. Gray.- FROM CONCEPT TO POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS: NEUROPROTECTIVE PEPTIDES - I. Gozes and J. TiongSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 716 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - BIOENERGETICS - D. G. Nicholls.- GLUCOSE, OXIDATIVE ENERGY METABOLISM, AND NEURAL FUNCTION IN BRAIN SLICES - GLYCOLYSIS PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN NEURAL ACTIVITY - Y. Okada, P. Lipton.- PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY AND NADPH METABOLISM - R. Dringen, H. H. Hoepken, T. Minich, and C. Ruedig.- THE CEREBRAL TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLES - T. B. Rodrigues and S. Cerdán.- ELECTRON TRANSPORT: STRUCTURE, REDOX-COUPLED PROTONMOTIVE ACTIVITY, AND PATHOLOGICAL DISORDERS OF RESPIRATORY CHAIN COMPLEXES - S. Papa, V. Petruzzella, and S. Scacco.- THE MITOCHONDRIAL F1F0 ATP SYNTHASE - A. Gaballo and S. Papa.- THE SUPPORT OF ENERGY METABOLISM IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH SUBSTRATES OTHER THAN GLUCOSE - E. L. Roberts, Jr.- ANAPLEROSIS - B. Hassel.- GLIAL-NEURONAL SHUTTLE SYSTEMS - C. Zwingmann and D. Leibfritz.- CYTOPLASMIC GLYCOLYTIC ENZYMES. SYNAPTIC VESICLE-ASSOCIATED GLYCOLYTIC ATP-GENERATING ENZYMES: COUPLING TO NEUROTRANSMITTER ACCUMULATION - T. Ueda and A. Ikemoto.- MITOCHONDRIAL ARCHITECTURE AND HETEROGENEITY - G. A. Perkins and M. H. Ellisman.- COUPLING OF NEURONAL FUNCTION TO OXYGEN AND GLYCOSE METABOLISM THROUGH CHANGES IN NEUROTRANSMITTER DYNAMICS AS REVEALED WITH AGING, HYPOGLYCEMIA AND HYPOXIA - J. A. Joseph and G. E. Gibson.- COUPLING OF BRAIN FUNCTION AND METABOLISM: ENDOGENOUS FLAVOPROTEIN FLUORESCENCE IMAGING OF NEURAL ACTIVITIES BY LOCAL CHANGES IN ENERGY METABOLISM - K. Shibuki, R. Hishida, H. Kitaura, K, Takahashi, and M. Tohmi.- COUPLING OF BRAIN FUNCTION TO METABOLISM: EVALUATION OF ENERGY REQUIREMENTS - A. Gjedde.- ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLISM IN MAMMALIAN BRAIN - A. D. Purdon and S. I. Rapoport.- ION TRANSPORT AND ENERGY METABOLISM - O. Vergun, K. E. Dineley, and I. J. Reynolds.- ACID-BASE TRANSPORT AND pH REGULATION - J. W. Deitmer.- NITRIC OXIDE IN REGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION, RESPIRATION, AND GLYCOLYSIS - J. P. Bolaños and A. Almeida.- MITOCHONDRIAL PRODUCTION OF OXIDANTS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR PROCESSES - P. S. Brookes.- UNCOUPLING PROTEINS - J. S. Kim-Han, S. S. Ali, and L. L. Dugan.- ACTIONS OF TOXINS ON CEREBRAL METABOLISM AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL - U. Sonnewald, T. Syversen, A. Schousboe, H. Waagepetersen, and M. Aschner.- MITOCHONDRIAL/CYTOSOLIC INTERACTIONS VIA METABOLITE SHUTTLES AND TRANSPORTERS - K. F. LaNoue, V. Carson, D.A. Berkich, and S. M. Hutson.- MITOCHONDRIAL-ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM INTERACTIONS - G. Szabadkai and R. Rizzuto.- MITOCHONRIA-NUCLEUS ENERGETIC COMMUNICATION: ROLE FOR PHOSPHOTRANSFER NETWORKS IN PROCESSING CELLULAR INFORMATION - P. P. Dzeja and A. Terzic.- MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION IN THE CNS - COMPOSITION, REGULATION, AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RELEVANCE- T. Wieloch, G. Mattiasson, M. J. Hansson, and E. Elmér.- MITOCHONDRIAL MECHANISMS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS AND APOPTOSIS - L. Soane, N. Solenski, G. Fiskum.- PROTEOMICS - M. H. Maurer and W. Kuschinsky.- GENETICS AND GENE EXPRESSION OF GLYCOLYSIS - J. C. LaManna, P. Pichiule, and J. C. Chavez.- TRANSCRIPTIONAL INTEGRATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS - R. C. Scarpulla.- MECHANISMS AND MODELING OF ENERGY TRANSFER BETWEEN INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTS - V. A. Saks, M. Vendelin, M. K. Aliev, T. Kekelidze, and J. Engelbrecht.- MODELING OF REGULATION OF GLYCOLYSIS AND OVERALL ENERGY METABOLISM UNDER A SYSTEMS BIOLOGY APPROACH - M. Cascante, L. G. Boros, and J. Boren.- MODELING OF ELECTRON TRANSPORT: IMPLICATIONS TO MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES - J-P. Mazat, M. Beurton-Aimar, B. Faustin, T. Letellier, M. Malgat, C. Nazaret, and R. Rossignol.- METABOLOMICS: CONCEPTS AND POTENTIAL NEUROSCIENCE APPLICATIONS - B. S. Kristal, R. Kaddurah-Daouk, M. F. Beal, and W. R. Matson.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Insurance and financial markets have been radically and deeply changed in the last 20 years. Deregulation, internationalization of insurance and financial institutions, increasing competition, electronic commerce, bancassurance, and the emergence of new risks are among the challenges faced by insurers and other financial firms. These developing trends pose both global and local challenges for financial firms participating in insurance markets. 'The Handbook of International Insurance: Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies' increases understanding of insurance markets by adopting an international comparative approach. Leading scholars and practitioners worldwide provide detailed information on market trends, regulation, taxation, and economic developments for thirteen specific countries in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Each country chapter covers key aspects of insurance: life insurance, non-life insurance, and public and private social insurance programs. The book also includes comprehensive chapters on reinsurance, Lloyd's of London, alternative risk transfer, South and East Asian insurance markets, and European insurance markets. Setting the stage is an overview chapter by the editors focusing on overall conclusions on globalization. A unique source of information on the evolution of insurance markets worldwide, this book provides valuable perspectives for scholars, practitioners, and policy makers.

Buch. Condizione: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Handbook is intended to be a service to the neuroscience community, to help in finding available and useful information, to point out gaps in our knowledge, and to encourage continued studies. It represents the valuable contributions of the many authors of the chapters and the guidance of the editors and most important, it represents support for research in this discipline. Based on the rapid advances in the years since the second edition 485 pp. Englisch.