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Overview: 978-1-349-11753-6Series ISSN 0956-5108 Series E-ISSN 2947-0811

Overview: The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a solid background and understanding of the basic results and methods in probability the­ ory before entering into more advanced courses (in probability and/or statistics). The presentation is fairly thorough and detailed with many solved examples. Several examples are solved with different methods in order to illustrate their different levels of sophistication, their pros, and their cons. The motivation for this style of exposition is that experi­ ence has proved that the hard part in courses of this kind usually in the applicat

Overview: Die Globalisierung der Märkte zwingt Unternehmen dazu, fruchtbare Geschäftsbeziehungen zu Partnerunternehmen im Ausland aufzubauen. Es besteht jedoch ein erhebliches Erkenntnis- und Erfahrungsdefizit hinsichtlich eines effizienten Aufbaus und einer optimalen Gestaltung derartiger Geschäftsbeziehungen. Rüdiger Werp unterzieht grenzüberschreitende Geschäftsbeziehungen einer fundierten theoretischen und empirischen Untersuchung, die für Forschung und betriebliche Praxis beachtenswerte neue Erkenntnisse liefert. Darüber hinaus gibt der Autor konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen für den systema

Overview: Schneller und unkomplizierter Einstieg in das Thema Augmented Reality.Fasst alles Hintergrundwissen, um eigene AR Anwendungen zu verfassen, kompakt zusammen.Praxisorientiert, keine unnötigen FormalismDieses Buch befasst sich mit der Überlagerung der realen Welt durch computergenerierte virtuelle Objekte. Die drei grundlegenden Bausteine dieser Erweiterten Realität, Darstellung, Tracking und Benutzerinteraktion, werden Schritt für Schritt eingeführt und miteinander in Zusammenhang gebracht. Übungen vertiefen den Stoff. Ein Überblick über existierende Anwendungen aus Forschung und Indu

Overview: Provides detailed instruction in an accessible format.Utilizes links to video, bullet points, high quality photos, and figures.Written by experts in the fieldThis book is written for the benefit of all surgeons who have an interest in arthroscopic shoulder surgery. It is a compendium of different aspects of shoulder surgery that have been learned over the last 25 years. While there has been a rapid progression of shoulder surgery over the last two decades, particularly with the advancement of operative arthroscopic surgery, certain principles remain. The purpose of this book is not t

Overview: Wissensauftrieb für den Antrieb.Aktuelle Daten und Fakten zur Entwicklung neuer Konzepte.Kompakte Übersicht und Analyse der Prozesse, Antriebsmaschinen und Energieträger.Includes supplementary materia„Proportion ist in jeder Kraft, welche immer es sei“ Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) Vorwort . . . welche immer es sei, die Proportion oder die Kraft? Das seit einigen Jahren meist debattierte Thema in der Kraftfahrze- technik ist der Zukunftsantrieb. Meinungen, Interessenlager, sogar nationale Trends zeigen eine Div- genz, die kaum zu übertreffen ist: Eine oft vertretene Richtung ist, d

Overview: The most comprehensive biotechnology analysis for Sub-Saharan Africa across all agricultural sectors.Covers current application levels, policy environments, and future capacity perspectives.Provides iThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the application level for various agricultural biotechnologies across Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors examine the capacity available as well as the enabling environment, including policy and investments, for facilitating agricultural biotechnology development and use in the region. For each Sub-Saharan country, the status of biotechnology appl

Overview: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studie.Includes supplementary material: Steffen-Hinrich Boie konzipiert und empfiehlt angesichts der Alterung und Schrumpfung der deutschen Bevölkerung ein altersdifferenziertes Human Resource Management, um deutsche Auslandsunternehmen in der Volksrepublik China personell rechtzeitig vorzubereiten, nachhaltig aufzustellen sowie Lerneffekte für deutsche Stammhäuser zu ermöglichen. Die negative Bevölkerungsentwicklung stellt hierzulande keine Neuigkeit dar. Umso erstaunlicher ist es, dass in der deutschen Wirtschaftspraxis ein konzeptionelles Age Diversity

Overview: The National Perspectives on the Development of Public Relations: Other Voices series is the first to offer an authentic world-wide view of the history of public relations. It will feature six books, five of which will cover continental and regional groups. This first book in the series focuses on Asia and Australasia.978-1-137-39815-4Series ISSN 2947-6909 Series E-ISSN 2947-6917

Overview: This study investigates mergers and acquisitions in emerging economies. Combining a questionnaire survey with eleven case studies in Poland, Hungary and Lithuania, it develops a dynamic perspective of international acquisitions, and a refined acquisition typology. Implications are derived for managers and policy makers, and for scholarly research.978-0-230-28654-2

Overview: Explores the complex interaction between theories, research, practical proposals for action and success stories on assessment for learning.Provides readers with a wide range of practical approaches an.These conference proceedings focus on “Assessment for Learning: Within and Beyond the Classroom” in recognition of the power of assessment for learning as a way of boosting student performance. They explore the breadth, depth and quality of the best models and practices, strategies, lessons learnt and discuss cases of successful implementation of assessment within the classroom and beyo

Overview: Afro-Eccentricity explores three overlapping stories of Black Religion: the Soul, Black Church, and Ancestor Narratives. Hart contends that these narratives dominate most accounts of Black Religion that, collectively, he calls the "Standard Narrative of Black Religion."978-1-349-29380-3978-0-230-11871-3

Overview: The 2009 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Int- ligence (AICI 2009) was held during November 7–8, 2009 in Shanghai, China. The technical program of the conference reflects the tremendous growth in the fields of artificial intelligence and computational intelligence with contributions from a large number of participants around the world. AICI 2009 received 1,203 submissions from 20 countries and regions. After rig- ous reviews, 79 high-quality papers were selected for this volume, representing an acceptance rate of 6.6%. These selected papers cover

Overview: .De schrijvers van ‘Als er ‘niets aan de hand’ is’ hebben ook in ons land veel succes met hun methode ‘Veilig opgroeien’ (oorspronkelijke titel: ‘Signs of Safety’). In dit tweede boek laten zij zien dat er een weg is uit het ontkenningsdilemma..Iedere hulpverlener in de jeugdzorg kent het probleem van ontkenning bij ernstige aanwijzingen voor kindermishandeling of seksueel misbruik in gezinnen. Ouders die, geconfronteerd met vermoedens van mishandeling, iedere verdenking van de hand wijzen. In de praktijk leidt dit vaak tot een vruchteloos meningsverschil tussen gezin en hulpverlener

Overview: A consolidated, interdisciplinary approach to environmental governance.Highlights theoretical advances and practical implications.Written by internationally recognized experts in the field.For researcRapid environmental change calls for individuals and societies with an ability to transform our interactions with each other and the ecosystems upon which we depend. Adaptive capacity - the ability of a social-ecological system (or the components of that system) to be robust to disturbances and capable of responding to changes - is increasingly recognized as a critical attribute of multi

Overview: OPTIMAL INTEGRATION OF THEORY AND PRACTICEModern analytical biotechnology is focused on the use of a set of enabling platform technologies that provide contemporary, state-of-the-art tools for genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, drug discovery, screening, and analysis of natural product molecules. Thus, analytical biotechnology covers all areas of bioanalysis from biochips and nano-chemistry to biology and high throughput screening. Moreover, it aims to apply advanced automation and micro fabrica­ tion technology to the development of robotic and fluidic devices as well as integrated

Overview: Includes supplementary material: The two-volume set LNAI 9692 and LNAI 9693 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, ICAISC 2016, held in Zakopane, Poland in June 2016..The 134 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 343 submissions. The papers included in the first volume are organized in the following topical sections: neural networks and their applications; fuzzy systems and their applications; evolutionary algorithms and their applications; agent systems, robotics and c

Overview: Shows how narrative works in local environmental governance for collaboration, process design, and value negotiation.Covers case studies to promote interdisciplinary integration among disciplines rele.This book contributes to the theoretical and practitioner literature in environmental governance and sustainability of natural resources by linking case studies of the roles of narratives to the three key practices in local environmental governance: socio-political legitimacy in participation; collaboratively creating stakeholder-ness, and cultivating social and ecological capabilities.

Overview: Highlights work by practitioners with extensive experience in the application of their methods.Illustrates a coherent theoretical framework and allows for variation in practice.Introduces a summarizin.This book presents 9 theory-based and practice-oriented methods for assessing and stimulating a multi-voiced dialogical self in the context of groups, teams, cultures, and organizations. All of these methods are based on Dialogical Self Theory. The book deals with the practical implications of this theory as applied in the areas of coaching, training, and counselling.  A number of chapt

Overview: Provides a comprehensive and multidimensional investigation of attitudinal evaluation in foreign language learners’ English writing.Presents a methodological model for conducting ecologically valid coThis book offers up-to-date insights into the long-standing controversy of whether or not Chinese learners of English adequately express their attitudes in written English. It compares four writing datasets from three groups of student writers (e.g., English-speaking students’ English texts, Chinese-speaking students’ Chinese texts, and both English and Chinese texts produced by the same