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Overview: Sozialwissenschaftliche Studie.Includes supplementary material: Oliver Winkler zeichnet in dieser Studie nach, wie sich die Durchlässigkeit im deutschen Bildungssystem entwickelt hat. Anhand von Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels untersucht er, wie sich der Einfluss der sozialen Herkunft beim vorzeitigen Abgang vom Gymnasium und beim Nachholen des Abiturs zwischen Schülerkohorten verändert. Ähnlich wie beim Übergang von der Grundschule in weiterführende Schulformen finden sich auch bei diesen bislang wenig beforschten Übergängen schichtspezifische Ungleichheiten. Der Schülerkohorten

Overview: This book brings a variety of voices into conversation about the issues of identity, community, tension and violence, and peace in the West: from Sophocles to Alice Walker, from Lincoln to Martin Luther King, Jr. and from Euripides to Edward Said.978-1-349-34356-0978-1-137-07151-4

Overview: Considers all aspects of ureteroscopy.Written by experts in the field.Based on the successful and long-running AUA courseThis book considers all aspects of ureteroscopy and the dominant role that it plays in the treatment of many urologic disorders. Most diseases of the ureter and renal collecting system must be considered for ureteroscopic diagnosis and/or treatment. This book explores advancements of instrumentation such as endoscopes, ancillary devices, endoscopic lithotripters, and ablative devices. It also illuminates the most current diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, inclu

Overview: Cover the latest advances in the field of health and environment safety.Offers a comprehensive compilation of chapters from international experts.Presents state-of-the-art research on converting wasteThis book comprises selected papers on advances in the field of health and environment safety that were presented at the leading international conference on advances in the field of health, safety, fire, environment, allied sciences and engineering (HSFEA 2016). The book focuses on the latest developments in the field of health and environment safety, and highlights related opportunities

Overview: 978-3-7908-1200-8978-3-642-47039-4

Overview: We are delighted to welcome readers to the proceedings of the 6th Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia (PCM). The first PCM was held in Sydney, Australia, in 2000. Since then, it has been hosted successfully by Beijing, China, in 2001, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2002, Singapore in 2003, and Tokyo, Japan, in 2004, and finally Jeju, one of the most beautiful and fantastic islands in Korea. This year, we accepted 181 papers out of 570 submissions including regular and special session papers. The acceptance rate of 32% indicates our commitment to ensuring a very high-quality conference. This wo

Overview: This volume constitutes the documentation of the advanced course on Analysis of Dynamical and Cognitive Systems, held during the Summer University of Southern Stockholm in Stockholm, Sweden in August 1993..The volume contains eight carefully revised full versions of the invited three-to-four hour presentations as well as two abstracts. As a consequence of the interdisciplinary topic, several aspects of dynamical and cognitive systems are addressed: there are three papers on computability and undecidability, five tutorials on diverse aspects of universal cellular neural networks, and

Overview: Presents the state of the art in augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) research.Especially focuses on the applications of AR and VR in various industries.Approaches AR and VR from a business.This book presents a collection of the latest research in the area of immersive technologies, presented at the International Augmented and Virtual Reality Conference 2018 in Manchester, UK, and showcases how augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are transforming the business landscape. Innovations in this field are seen as providing opportunities for businesses to offer their

Overview: Discusses about Omics approach to gain insights to antibacterial resistance.Elaborates on the threat posed by multi-drug resistant pathogens.Explains in detail ‘ One Health concept‘ towards eliminatin.Antimicrobial resistance is a major global public health problem. This book focuses on the clinical implications of multi-drug resistant pathogens; tracking AMR and its evolutionary significance; antifungal resistance; and current and alternative treatment strategies for AMR, including antivirulent, antibiofilm and antimicrobial resistance breakers, repurposing of drugs, and probiotic t

Overview: Describes the practical implementation of Agile Leadership.Offers an in-depth case study on applying Agile Leadership with Management 3.0.Includes a wide range of applications of management principlesThis book illustrates the agile transformation journey of a consulting organization. It consists of nine main chapters, each focusing on specific aspects of transformation. These include establishing value in business, holistic recruitment and retention, innovating performance appraisals, rethinking organizational structure, redesigning leadership roles, streamlining measurement and rewa

Overview: Ermöglicht ein effizientes Management von Infrastrukturen.Bietet Anregungen zur optimalen Organisation von Unternehmen.Hilft bei der Erarbeitung von Strategien für Instandhaltung, Erneuerungen und EntDie Aufgabe eines Versorgungsunternehmens (Elektrizität, Gas, Wasser) ist es, eine ausreichende Versorgung unter technischen und finanziellen Randbedingungen zu ermöglichen. Seit der zweiten Auflage dieses Buches haben sich deutliche Veränderungen in den Rahmenbedingungen ergeben, wodurch die Komplexität im Anlagenmanagement stark angestiegen ist. Dies ist einerseits durch gesetzliche un

Overview: The main theme of Part B is the description of synthetically useful reactions and the illustration of their application. We have attempted to update the material to reflect the most important advances in synthetic methodology. Because of the extensive developments in the use of organic derivatives of transition metals, as well as of silicon and tin, we have separated the organometallic material into three chapters. Chapter 7 emphasizes organolithium and organomagnesium chemistry and also considers the group lIB metals. Transition metal chemistry is discussed in Chapter 8, with emphas

Overview: Offers a complete source of all ophthalmology facets.Features knowledge by international ophthalmology experts.Updated with new chapters of in-depth guidance on new diagnostic approaches, operative te.Keeping up to date with advances in comprehensive ophthalmology and in the ophthalmic sub-specialties is extremely difficult because of the accelerating rapidity with which new information and technology become available and the diminishing time and opportunity for practitioners and trainees to read and learn. The first edition of .Albert and Jakobiec’s Principles and Practice. (1994) w

Overview: Zentrales Thema der Zukunft der Gesundheitsversorgung.Innovative Konzepte zur Aufgabenverteilung im Gesundheitswesen.Umfassende und zuverlässige Informationen über den rechtlichen Rahmen?.Includes sup.Die Abhandlung zeigt Möglichkeiten und Wege auf, wie die qualitativ hochwertige Gesundheitsversorgung in Deutschland auch in Zeiten des demographischen Wandels und eines zunehmenden Ärztemangels gesichert werden kann. Diskutiert wird die Erbringung bislang Ärzten vorbehaltener Leistungen durch nicht-ärztliches Personal im Wege der Delegation oder Substitution. Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedi

Overview: In a lively critique of how international and comparative political economy misjudge the relationship between global markets and states, this book demonstrates the central place of the American state in today‘s world of globalized finance. The contributors set aside traditional emphases on military intervention, looking instead to economics.978-0-230-23608-0978-0-230-22767-5Series ISSN 2662-2483 Series E-ISSN 2662-2491

Overview: Innovative Forschungen zur anthropologischen Dimension der Bioethik.Grundlagen und konkrete Anwendungen.Einführung und systematischer ÜberblickIn bioethische Kontroversen geht es zumeist um den Umgang des Menschen mit sich selbst, genauer: den Umgang mit den biologischen Grundlagen seiner – der menschlichen – Existenz. Bioethik verweist darum immer auch auf den Begriff des Menschen und damit auf die philosophische Anthropologie. Diese anthropologische Dimension der Bioethik bleibt allerdings oft unausgesprochen und unreflektiert. Der vorliegende Band versucht diese Lücke zu schließen

Overview: Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols.Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results.Contains key notes and implementation advice from the expertsAmino Acid Analysis (AAA) is an integral part of analytical biochemistry. In a relatively short time, the variety of AAA methods has evolved dramatically with more methods shifting to the use of mass spectrometry (MS) as a detection method; another new aspect is miniaturization. However, most importantly, AAA in this day and age should be viewed in the context of Metabolomics as a part of Systems Biology. .Amino Acid

Overview: Presents state-of-the-art methods and tools for product family and product platform design.Adopts an integrated, systems view on product family and product platform design.Details successful applicatiAdvances in Product Family and Product Platform Design: Methods & Applications highlights recent advances that have been made to support product family and product platform design along with successful applications in industry. This book provides not only motivation for product family and product platform design (i.e., address questions about “why and when should we platform”) but also m

Overview: Provides a post-Goffman account of stigma that recognises core dimensions of macro-social order and change and their impact on ordinary everyday institutions and interaction.Rethinks and reframes our .This book presents a novel approach to framing the concept of stigma, and understanding why and how it functions. ..Graham Scambler extends his analysis beyond common social interactionist understandings of stigma by linking experiences to the larger social structure—the political economy. .A Sociology of Shame and Blame .contends that stigma is being ‘weaponised’ as part of a calculate

Overview: Written specifically for the medical field.Uses S-PLUS to apply a variety of statistical methods.Contains a mix of real data examples and background theoryEach chapter will consist of basic statistical theory, simple examples of S-PLUS code, more complex examples of S-PLUS code, and exercises. All data sets will be taken from genuine medical investigations and will be made available, if possible, on a web site. All examples will contain extensive graphical analysis to highlight one of the prime features of S-PLUS. The book would complement Venables and Ripley (VR). However, there is