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Overview: This Corpus gives a full overview of the paintings attributed to Rembrandt in the given time frame (1625-1631).All paintings from this time frame are extensively discussed and described by the leading.Since the second half of the last century art historians, realizing that the image of Rembrandt’s work had become blurred with time, have attempted to redefine the artist’s significance both as a source of inspiration to other artists and as a great artist in his own right. In order to carry on the work started by previous generations, a group of leading Dutch art historians from the un

Overview: Includes numerous interesting and accessible anecdotes from the world‘s leading sociologists.Sheds light on these sociologists‘ university experience, teaching experience, publishing experience as wel.This book gathers the author’s interviews with twenty leading sociologists from various fields at nine different prestigious universities in the USA, including their viewpoints, anecdotes and experiences in the world of sociology. Each chapter presents an interview with one sociologist, covering their views on contemporary sociology, their early university experiences, teaching experien

Overview: The university as we have known it is undergoing massive transformations. This observation is commonly made these days during discussions of the future of our academic system(s). While it certainly holds true for the "Western" strong­ holds of our globe, it likewise applies to a wide variety of marginalized contexts and locations beyond. For historical reasons, universities and academic systems differ considerably from place to place. However, the transformative process under analysis here is driven by major economic and technological develop­ ments generally subsumed under the label

Overview: 978-0-387-96482-9978-1-4612-4730-2

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th East European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems, ADBIS 2004, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2004...The 27 revised full papers presented together with an invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 130 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on constraint databases, deductive databases, heterogenous and Web information systems, cross enterprise information systems, knowledge discovery, database modeling, XML and semistructured dat

Overview: Presents the proceedings of the AMAA 2016.Covers the latest trends, including electrification of the drivetrain and the automation of the transportation system.Contains contributions from both academi.This book contains the papers presented at the 20th anniversary edition of the AMAA conference held in Brussels, Belgium in 2016. The theme of the conference was “Smart Systems for the Automobile of the Future”. The automobile is currently being reshaped at unprecedented pace. Automation and electrification are the two dominant megatrends which dramatically change the choice and design

Overview: 1969 marked the return of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference, now affiliated with the National Academy ofSciences through the Division ofEngineering, National Research Council, to the University of California at Los Angeles. As in 1962, the Cryogenic Engineering Conference gratefully acknowledges the assistance of UCLA, its Engineering and Physical Seien ces Extension Division, and in particular J. Dillon, S. Houston, H. L. Tallman, and their stafffor serving as hosts to the 1969 Cryogenic Engineering Conference. The National Academy of Sciences is a private honorary organization o

Overview: Provides useful information for real estate students, developers, and staff that works in the public sector.Helps readers better understand the connection between real estate finance and urban economi.This book explains the nuts and bolts of affordable housing development. Divided into two complementary sections, the book first provides an overview of the effectiveness of existing federal and state housing programs in the United States, such as the LIHTC and TIF programs. In turn, the book’s second section presents an extensive discussion of and insights into the financial feasibilit

Overview: Presents many technological innovation for Ambient Assisted Living.Focusses on technical assistance systems and their applications in homecare, health and care.Includes ethical and legal aspects.IncluIn this book, leading authors in the field discuss developments of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 8th AAL Congress, Frankfurt/M. The meeting presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. The 8th AAL Congress focusses its attention on technical assistance systems and th

Overview: Introduction to the field of agent-based computational economics and genetic algorithms.Analytical results and examples facilitate the understanding of the learning behavior of genetic algorithms in eThe fact that I have the opportunity to present a second edition of this monograph is an indicator for the growing size of the community concerned with agent-based computational economics. The rapid developments in this field make it very difficult to keep a volume like this, which is partly devoted to surveying the literature, up to date. I have done my best to incorporate the relevant

Overview: Written by a pre-eminent authority in the field of education, both a past President of AERA and the APA Division of Education Psychology..Represents the first full length book dedicated to the concept.The literature of the behavioural and social sciences is full of theory and research on learning and memory. Teaching is comparatively a stepchild, neglected by those who have built a formidable body of theories of learning and memory. However, teaching is where learning and memory theory should pay off..."A Conception of Teaching" dedicates a chapter to each of the following important

Overview: 978-1-349-03602-8978-1-349-03600-4

Overview: What is, what was the human? This book argues that the making of the human as it is now understood implies a renegotiation of the relationship between the self and the world. The development of Renaissance technologies of difference such as mapping, colonialism and anatomy paradoxically also illuminated the similarities between human and non-human. This collection considers the borders between humans and their imagined others: animals, women, native subjects, machines. It examines border creatures (hermaphrodites, wildmen and cyborgs) and border practices (science, surveying and porn

Overview: Enriched with beautiful watercolor anatomical artworks.Combines clear visual information with step-by-step guidance for each approach.Offers a comprehensive overview of surgical approaches in lower li.Enriched by original anatomical artworks this atlas comprehensively presents the diverse orthopaedic approaches to lower limb surgery. Combining  clear visual information with a consistent and concise structure, including tips, tricks and pitfalls, this manual presents all the most used approaches in orthopaedic prosthetic surgery and traumatology...Ranging from the hip to the ankle eac

Overview: The book poses and explores questions about the roles of antiretroviral treatment and human rights in the global AIDS epidemic. A novel approach is used, which places treatment and human rights in the context of global debates, national struggles, and, especially, a case study of the lived experiences within a local community in South Africa.978-0-230-62083-4

Overview: There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world‘s prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business, social sciences, and philosophy.978-0-230-10404-4978-0-230-61206-8

Overview: 978-3-662-01091-4978-3-662-01090-7

Overview: .In the past half century, filamentous fungi have grown in commercial importance not only in the food industry but also as sources of pharmaceutical agents for the treatment of infectious and metabolic diseases and of specialty proteins and enzymes used to process foods, fortify detergents, and perform biotransformations. The commercial impact of molds is also measured on a negative scale since some of these organisms are significant as pathogens of crop plants, agents of food spoilage, and sources of toxic and carcinogenic compounds. Recent advances in the molecular genetics of fila

Overview: Unique combination of management and pharmaceutical content.Cutting edge information of scientific and practical issues in the pharmaceutical industry.Explorations of pharmaceutical late-breaking topi.This open access book presents a unique collection of practical examples from the field of pharma business management and research. It covers a wide range of topics such as: ‘Brexit and its Impact on pharmaceutical Law - Implications for Global Pharma Companies‘, ‘Implementation of Measures and Sustainable Actions to Improve Employee‘s Engagement‘, ‘Global Medical Clinical and Regulator

Overview: Illustrates surgical procedures with high-resolution images.Describes key techniques step-by-step.Written by experts with extensive experience in the field.This book comprehensibly describes the clinical details of anatomic hepatic resection using the Glissonean pedicle approach for hepatocellular carcinoma. It includes all aspects of the surgical anatomy of the liver, preoperative management of patients, surgical techniques, and intraoperative key points to prevent postoperative complications..The first three chapters provide a general introduction to the clinical anatomy of the liv