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Overview: The results of randomized trials evaluating the use of early or adjuvant systemic treatment for patients with resectable breast cancer provide an eloquent rebuttal to those who would argue that we have made no progress in the treatment of cancer. Many of the tumors that we have been most successful in curing with chemotherapy and other newer forms of treatment are relatively uncommon. In contrast, breast cancer continues to be the single most common malignancy among women in the western world, is increasingly a cause of death throughout Asia and Third-World countries, and remains one

Overview: 978-3-642-97128-0

Overview: This book is about planning, conservation, and land development issues in exurbia-areas of high natural amenity under pressure from real estate development. It is geared towards a senior undergraduateThis book is about politics and planning outside of cities, where urban political economy and planning theories do not account for the resilience of places that are no longer rural and where local communities work hard to keep from ever becoming urban. By examining exurbia as a type of place that is no longer simply rural or only tied to the economies of global resources (e.g., mining, f

Overview: Latest research on Intelligent Information and Database Systems.This book is inspired by the 6th Asian Conference on Intelligent.Information and Database Systems held April 7 - 9, 2014, Bangkok, Thail.This book consists of 35 chapters presenting different theoretical and practical aspects of Intelligent Information and Database Systems. Nowadays both Intelligent and Database Systems are applied in most of the areas of human activities which necessitates further research in these areas. In this book various interesting issues related to the intelligent information models and methods a

Overview: During the academic year 2002-2003, the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering of Ia~i (Romania), and its Departments of Automatic Control and Industrial Informatics and of Computer Engineering respectively, celebrated 25 years from the establishment of the specialization named Automatic Control and Computer Engineering within the framework of the former Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Ia~i, and, at the same time, 40 years since the first courses on Automatic Control and Computers respectively, were introduced in the curricula of the former specializations of Elec

Overview: Offizielle- und von der ACR genehmigte Übersetzung des Standardwerks.Einzigartige Anleitung zur einheitlichen Befunderstellung der Mammadiagnostik nach BI-RADS®.Über 700 exzellente Original-Einzelabbi.Dieses Buch ist die offiziell genehmigte, deutsche Übersetzung des ACR BI-RADS®-Atlas in seiner fünften Auflage...Der ACR BI-RADS®-Atlas ist ein qualitätssicherndes Werkzeug zur Standardisierung des Berichtswesens, der Unklarheiten in der Befundung der Mammadiagnostik wie auch bei den Vorschlägen zum weiteren Vorgehen verringern soll.  Er macht die Ergebnisse von Instituten wie auch von

Overview: Applies a critical disability studies perspective to the social and medical history of autism.Includes material from interviews with researchers, parents of autistic children.Will be of interest to re.This expanded second edition of Mitzi Waltz’s .Autism: A Social and Medical History. offers an in-depth examination of how the condition was perceived before it became a separate area of investigation, and how autism has been conceptualised and treated since. As well as strengthening the existing text, Waltz has added material on a number of topics that have received increased attention

Overview: Verwendung assistiver Technologien im Sozial- und Gesundheitssektor.Erhöhung der Versorgungssicherheit oder Ökonomisierung unserer Hilfesysteme.Expert*innenwissen aus interdisziplinären Perspektiven.Inwiefern kann die Verwendung assistiver Technologien im Sozial- und Gesundheitssektor eine Antwort sein auf drängende Fragen des demografischen Wandels, des sektoralen Fachkräftemangels und der gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe vulnerabler Personen? Sind sie ein wünschenswerter Beitrag zur Selbstbestimmung und Erhöhung der Versorgungssicherheit der Bevölkerung oder eine fatale Entwicklung hin

Overview: Complete history of Italian cinema from 1895 until today.Concise introductions to political and social history of Italy.Cronological narration of the formation of genres and films.This book provides a complete description of the development of Italian film and cinema from its beginnings in 1895 until today. Special emphasis is placed on those periods in which Italian film history became aesthetically decisive for world cinematography: silent film of the 1910s, neorealism after World War II, and auteur and genre cinema around 1960. And then on the multifaceted development up to the pr

Overview: Declarers the latest developments in cell biology from the perspective of molecular-physics, bio-mechanics, and multiscale modeling.Covers applications of the state-of-the-art atomistic, molecular, mu."Advances in Cell Mechanics" presents the latest developments in cell mechanics and biophysics, mainly focusing on interdisciplinary research in cell biology and the biophysics of cells. Moreover, a unique feature of the book is its emphasis on the molecular and complex continuum modeling and simulations of the cells. It may be the first work that brings rigorous and quantitative scient

Overview: This book is an Open access book, which means that you have free and unlimited access.Is an open access book.Argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternat.This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the “Global South,” could release international relations from the grip of a Western, “Westphalian” model. This book argues that a Buddhist approach to international relations could provide a genuine alternative. Because o

Overview: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, AMR 2007, held in Paris, France, in July 2007. The 18 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers are organized in topical sections on image annotation, feedback and user modelling, music retrieval, fusion, P2P and middleware, databases and summarization, as well as ontology and semantics.978-3-540-79859-0978-3-540-79860-6Series ISSN 0302-9743 Seri

Overview: Contextualizes evolutionary perspectives in the design and implementation of public policy.Integrates evolutionary theory and neighboring social sciences to address major 21st century issues.Each chap.As a species, we are currently experiencing dramatic shifts in our lifestyle, family structure, health, and global contact. Evolutionary Anthropology provides a powerful theoretical framework to study such changes, revealing how current environments and legacies of past selection shape human diversity. This book is the first major review of the emerging field of Applied Evolutionary Ant

Overview: Brings research from media and communication studies to the design of health interventions to address child obesity.Special focus on social media and racial and ethnic health disparities.Emphasis on tRates of childhood obesity are alarmingly high and increasing each year.Studies have shown that obese children are more likely to become obese adults and are likely to suffer with numerous health consequences like coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, and Type II diabetes, among others.Studies also indicate that television viewing and exposure to advertising for food products infl

Overview: Provides new insights into hydrogeoethics, a novel approach to groundwater science and practice and its connections with ethical philosophy, sustainable environment, and societal concerns.Enhances rea.This book gathers the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 1st congress on Geoethics & Groundwater Management (GEOETH&GWM‘20), held in Porto, Portugal, in an online format on 18-22 May 2020. Hosted in School of Engineering (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto based on Porto city (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the international conference focused on what has now been dubbed “hydrogeoethics”, a nove

Overview: Readers of this book can update their knowledge in the fast-moving field of endocrinology and neurobiology. Topics concerning growth and development are extensively reviewed from both basic science and clinical viewpoints. Aspects related to growth development and to the control of cellular differentiation and multiplication are discussed. Further new information is provided on: synthetic recombinant human growth hormone (rHGH); potential diagnostic and therapeutic applications of the neuropeptide, growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH); the physiology and physiopathology of the neu

Overview: In meiner Berufsausübung habe ich oft Gelegenheit, Lahnsteuer­ pflichtigen mit Rat und Tat zur Seite zu stehen. Was ich da zu sehen bekomme, ist meist unglaublich. Auch heute noch werden Steuern aus Unkenntnis der möglichen Vorteile und aus mangeln­ der Eigeninitiative überzahlt. Dabei will ja das Finanzamt gar nicht mehr haben, als ihm zusteht. Wenn der Lohnsteuerpflichtige aber erwartet, auf seine Versäumnisse aufmerksam gemacht zu werden, so gibt er sich leider trügerischen Hoffnungen hin. Bei aller Näch­ stenliebe wäre das Finanzamt dazu nicht in der Lage. Es kann doch nur jeder

Overview: 978-3-8244-4109-9978-3-322-90034-0

Overview: Reviews the basic tools for the calculation of cross sections and decay rates in the context of relativistic quantum field theory.Illustrates the unified field theory of electromagnetic and weak interThis book offers a self-contained introduction to the theory of electroweak interactions based on the semi-classical approach to relativistic quantum field theory, with thorough discussion of key aspects of the field. The basic tools for the calculation of cross sections and decay rates in the context of relativistic quantum field theory are reviewed in a short, but complete and rigorous

Overview: Explores the relationship between affectivity and human learning.Analyzes affective variables involved in all human learning processes, and not only in educational contexts.Bridges the gap between dif.This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to the study of affectivity and human learning by bridging the gap between neuroscience, cultural and cognitive psychology. It brings together studies that go beyond the focus on cognitive-intellectual variables involved in learning processes and incorporate the study of the role played by affectivity and emotions in learning not only at