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Overview: For centuries the Yangzi delta has acted as the locomotive of China‘s economic growth. This book examines the surprising phenomenon of a long period of economic growth from 1620 to 1850 in the traditional agriculture of this extremely densely populated area, when no new land was available and no major technological breakthroughs occurred. Intensification of farming and rationalizations of resources saw an optimum model of peasant family economy become the norm. The contrast with western patterns of development improves our understanding of China‘s economic performance, past and prese

Overview: Ein positiver Beitrag zur Diskussion über Mathematikunterricht..Erprobte Praxisbeispiele zeigen, dass lebensnaher Mathematikunterricht möglich ist..Fordert auf, über die eignen Mathe-Erfahrungen zu reDieses Sachbuch zeigt Wege zu einem attraktiveren Mathematikunterricht in Beispielen auf, die als Abschlussarbeiten seiner ehemaliger Studenten (und Coautoren) praxiserprobt sind. Das Buch lädt zur Reflexion der eigenen Erfahrungen mit Mathematikunterricht und einer Diskussion darüber ein. Farbige Kästen fordern zur aktiven Teilnahme oder Weiterführung der Projekte auf.978-3-662-60478-69

Overview: Analyzes the emerging sets of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiatives, solutions, and software to help developing countries institute effective and sustainable e-government.ExaminesThis book analyzes the common set of obstacles to the development and integration of government Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects and effective e-government initiatives in developing countries. It draws on the expertise and experience of more developed states in the Pacific, notably Australia and New Zealand, both highly rated in global rankings for e-government and

Overview: 978-1-349-02511-4978-1-349-02509-1

Overview: Offers empirical evidence on the influence of NGOs on educational policymaking.Uses case studies from Chile, known as a laboratory of neoliberal policymaking.Contributes to studies on governmentality.This book critically explores the role of two advocacy NGOs actively involved in processes of education policymaking during the recent education reforms carried out in Chile, the country known as the first laboratory of neoliberalism around the world. Based on Foucault’s theoretical work on governmentality the book argues that neoliberalism as a form of governmentality has permeated in C

Overview: Architectures for Enterprise Integration describes the latestmethods to guide enterprises and consultants, managers and technicalpersonnel through a complete life-cycle of enterprise development.This book is based on the findings of the IFIP/IFAC Task Force andpresents the state-of-the-art in enterprise architecture. This bookis essential reading for all practising engineers and researchers inmanufacturing and engineering management with special interest forthose involved in CIM and Enterprise Modelling and Integration.978-1-4757-4541-2978-0-387-34941-1Series ISSN 1868-4238 Series E-

Overview: Die Basics des Verkaufsgesprächs im Überblick978-3-663-01364-8

Overview: Covers the most recent developments in the analysis of allosteric enzymes.Extensively illustrated to clarify kinetic and regulatory properties.Discusses recently created crystal structures of the enzy.All enzymes are remarkable since they have the ability to increase the rate of a chemical reaction, often by more than a billion-fold. Allosteric enzymes are even more amazing because the have the additional ability to change their rate in response to cellular activators or inhibitors. This enables them to control the pathway in which they are the regulatory enzyme. Since the effector m

Overview: Explores problems and opportunities of growth, in different aspects of sustainable development.Focuses on energy access, policy, and climate change, in the context of India.Each chapter includes empir.This book is written by prominent academics and practitioners, exploring problems and opportunities of growth in different aspects of sustainable development. The overarching themes running throughout the book are energy access, policy, climate change, human development and resource allocation in the context of India. The book will benefit policymakers and researchers with its inclusion

Overview: This book contains 22 long papers and 13 short ones selectedfor theScientific Track of the Third Congress of theItalian Association for Artificial Intelligence. The longpapers report completed work whereas theshort papers aremainly devoted to ongoing research. The papers reportsignificant work carried out in the different subfieldsofartificial intelligence not only in Italy but alsoelsewhere: 8 of the papers come from outside Italy, with 2from the United States and 1 eachfrom Australia, Austria,Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, and Turkey.The papers in the book are grouped into parts

Overview: Summarizes some of the latest advances in the development of density functional approximations.Discusses the theoretical bases of the doubly hybrid density functionals (DHDFs).Demonstrates their funct.A New-Generation Density Functional: Towards Chemical Accuracy for Chemistry of Main Group Elements. covers the most recent progress in the development of a new generation of density functional theory (DFT) for accurate descriptions of thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and nonbonded interactions of main group molecules. In this book, the authors present the doubly hybrid density

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-642-89174-8978-3-642-91030-2

Overview: Concise, easy-to-read reviews of many fascinating topics.Descriptions of the latest findings.Guidance on further reading.Contributions from experts in various fieldsThis book provides concise and cutting-edge reviews in astrobiology, a young and still emerging multidisciplinary field of science that addresses the fundamental questions of how life originated and diversified on Earth, whether life exists beyond Earth, and what is the future for life on Earth. Readers will find coverage of the latest understanding of a wide range of fascinating topics, including, for example, solar syst

Overview: Includes contributions from leading experts in the field.An accessible yet scholarly study of interdisciplinarity, imagination and creativity.A spirited defence of art education from early years to hiThis book brings together Steiner‘s philosophical, biodynamic and cultural contributions to education, where ‘spirit‘ and ‘soul’ are the creative elements in human evolution. His thought is applied to selected examples of innovative artistic practice and pedagogy of the present. This volume is intended for researchers in the arts and education with an interest in Rudolf Steiner‘s huge in

Overview: Providing the basic theory of order statistics at an easily approachable level.A unique resource also for special results and applications.Suitable for advanced undergraduates and first year graduates.This book presents the theory of order statistics in a way, such that beginners can get easily acquainted with the very basis of the theory without having to work through heavily involved techniques. At the same time more experienced readers can check their level of understanding and polish their knowledge with certain details. This is achieved by, on the one hand, stating the basic for

Overview: Highlights the state-of-the-art in mechanism and machine science.Includes a thematic session devoted to machinery systems for ground (on-road/off-road), rail and air transport.Written by leading exper.This book gathers the proceedings of the 15th IFToMM World Congress, which was held in Krakow, Poland, from June 30 to July 4, 2019. Having been organized every four years since 1965, the Congress represents the world’s largest scientific event on mechanism and machine science (MMS). The contributions cover an extremely diverse range of topics, including biomechanical engineering, compu

Overview: Presents papers written by active researchers in the field of intelligent computing.Features the outcomes of ICAC 2019, organized by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha,.This book features high-quality research papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Advances in Communication (ICAC 2019), held at Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, in November 2019. Covering a wide variety of topics, including management of clean and smart energy systems and environmental challenges, it is

Overview: Is one of the first academic publications to comprehensively and critically engage with the intersection of the SDGs and African development agendas and needs.Builds on the expertise and collaborationThe book draws upon the expertise and international research collaborations forged by the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group to critically engage with the intersection, in theory and practice, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s development agendas and needs. Further, it argues that – and demonstrates how – the SDGs should be understood as an aspirati

Overview: 978-3-531-03251-1978-3-663-14505-9

Overview: 978-3-662-21652-1Series ISSN 0072-7830 Series E-ISSN 2196-9701