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Overview: As an addition to the European postgraduate training system for young neurosurgeons we began to publish in 1974 this series devoted to Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery which was later sponsored by the Euro­ pean Association of Neurosurgical Societies. The fact that the English language is well on the way to becoming the international medium at European scientific conferences is a great asset in terms of mutual understanding. Therefore we have decided to publish all contributions in English, regardless of the native language of the authors. All contributions are submit

Overview: Leading Scientists and Researchers show ways to apply autonomic principles.Enables for significant improvements in network management.Includes supplementary material: This book presents a comprehensive reference of state-of-the-art e?orts and early results in the area of autonomic networking and communication. The essence of autonomic networking, and thus autonomic communication, is to enable the - tonomic component, device or system to govern the set of services and resources delivered at any given time while protecting context-sensitive business goals. An additionalchallengeistopro

Overview: Reflects on the life, work and legacy of one of the greatest acousticians of the 20th century.Features articles by leading researchers on the implications of Schroeder’s research today.Covers a wide r.This book explores the life and scientific legacy of Manfred Schroeder through personal reflections, scientific essays and Schroeder’s own memoirs. Reflecting the wide range of Schroeder’s activities, the first part of the book contains thirteen articles written by his colleagues and former students. Topics discussed include his early, pioneering contributions to the understanding of st

Overview: Some think that issues to do with scientific method are lastcentury‘s stale debate; Popper was an advocate of methodology, butKuhn, Feyerabend, and others are alleged to have brought the debateabout its status to an end. The papers in this volume show that issuesin methodology are still very much alive. Some of the papersreinvestigate issues in the debate over methodology, while others setout new ways in which the debate has developed in the last decade. Thebook will be of interest to philosophers and scientists alike in thereassessment it provides of earlier debates about method and

Overview: This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited accessThis open access book examines how and why various forms of climate (im)mobilities can impact people‘s objective and subjective well-being. Worsening climate impacts are forcing subsistence farmers worldwide to decide between staying or leaving their homes. This mixed methods study analyzes cases of climate-related migration, displacement, relocation, and immobility in Peru‘s coastal, highland, and rainforest regions. The results reveal that numerous farmers experienced profound and often negative well-being

Overview: Dieses Lehrbuch zur Allgemeinen Staatslehre berücksichtigt neben europäischen auch außereuropäische Staatsentwicklungen sowie die unterschiedlichen staatsphilosophischen Grundlagen Chinas, des Islam, der christlichen Kirchen Englands, Amerikas und Frankreichs. Es vergleicht die verschiedenen Entwicklungen demokratischer Staatsorganisationen und stellt vor allem das System der repräsentativen Demokratie der direkten schweizerischen Demokratie gegenüber. Es wird versucht, neue Grundlagen für eine Theorie des Bundesstaates zu entwickeln. Eine philosophische Auseinandersetzung mit den Au

Overview: Focuses on algebraic number theory and algebraic geometry, and the distinctions and influences of each topic on the other.Presents material vital to the knowledge of the professional mathematician.Com.Basic Algebra and Advanced Algebra systematically develop concepts and tools in algebra that are vital to every mathematician, whether pure or applied, aspiring or established. Advanced Algebra includes chapters on modern algebra which treat various topics in commutative and noncommutative algebra and provide introductions to the theory of associative algebras, homological algebras, alg

Overview: Die neue Grundlage der deutschen Armuts- und ReichtumsberichterstattungDas Konzept der Verwirklichungschancen (Capabilities) des Ökonomienobelpreisträgers Amartya Sen bildet eine neue Grundlage der deutschen Armuts- und Reichtumsberichterstattung. Dieser Sammelband zum Capability-Ansatz diskutiert konzeptionelle Grundlagen sowie mögliche Anwendungen auf Armuts- und Reichtumsfragen ebenso wie Forschungsperspektiven.978-3-531-14675-1978-3-322-86894-7

Overview: Computes the first- and second-order derivative matrices of skew ray and optical path length.Offers an important mathematical tool for automatic optical design.A valuable resource for researchers, desThis book computes the first- and second-order derivative matrices of skew ray and optical path length, while also providing an important mathematical tool for automatic optical design. This book consists of three parts. Part One reviews the basic theories of skew-ray tracing, paraxial optics and primary aberrations – essential reading that lays the foundation for the modeling work prese

Overview: Provides a sense of the scope of, issues in, and discourse on ageing-friendly neighbourhoods.Includes contemporary approaches, theoretical concepts, methodologies, and understandings of ageing-friendl.This book brings together the emerging body of work on age-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America. It begins with an overview chapter on the current state of policy, practice and research on age-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore. This is followed by an annotated bibliography of published materials on age-friendly neighbourhoods in the

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Overview: Umfassendes und wissenschaftlich fundiertes Fachbuch zum Thema.D-A-C-H-übergreifendes Herausgeber- und Autorenteam aus den Reihen der führenden Köpfe der ÖGAHM, BExMed und SGGM.Von der ÖGHAM und BexMe.Namhafte Alpin- und Höhenmedizinexperten aus dem deutschen Sprachraum und darüber hinaus geben mit diesem Fachbuch einen umfassenden Überblick über die Sport- und Unfallmedizin im Gebirge sowie zur Höhenmedizin. Das Buch deckt dabei alle Inhalte zum „International Diploma in Mountain Medicine“ des Weltbergsportverbandes (UIAA) und der Internationalen Kommission für Alpine Rettung (ICAR)

Overview: Presents recent research in traditional and core information and communication areas.Gathers the proceedings of the Future of Information and Communication Conference 2021 (FICC 2021) held in Vancouve.This book aims to provide an international forum for scholarly researchers, practitioners and academic communities to explore the role of information and communication technologies and its applications in technical and scholarly development. The conference attracted a total of 464 submissions, of which 152 submissions (including 4 poster papers) have been selected after a double-blind r

Overview: It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Proceedings of the 3rd - ternational Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2007) held in Lake Tahoe, Nevada/California. ISVC o?ers a common umbrella for the four main areas of visualcomputing including vision,graphics,visualization,andvirtualreality.Its goal is to provide a forum for researchers, scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research ?ndings, ideas, devel- ments, and applications in the broader area of visual computing. Thisyear,theprogramconsistedof14oralsessions,1postersession

Overview: .Astronomy Across Cultures: A History of Non-WesternAstronomy. consists of essays dealing with the astronomicalknowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States andEurope. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, NativeAmerican, Aboriginal Australian, Polynesian, Egyptian and Tibetanastronomy, among others, the book includes essays on Sky Tales and WhyWe Tell Them and Astronomy and Prehistory, and Astronomy andAstrology. The essays address the connections between science andculture and relate astronomical practices to the cultures whichproduced them. Each essay i

Overview: 978-3-528-08311-3978-3-322-84103-2

Overview: This volume contains the texts of 26 lectures andcontributions to theprogram of the International SummerSchool on Advanced Topics in Artificial Intelligence held inPrague, Czechoslovakia, July 6-17, 1992.The summerschool was intended for (postgraduate) students,researchers and all thosewho want to learn about recentprogress in both theoretical and applied AI.The papers in the volume are organized into nine parts:- Introduction- Logic and logic programming- Machine learning- Planning and scheduling- Uncertainty- Second generation expert systemsand knowledge engineering- Qualitative re

Overview: 978-3-662-05752-0978-3-662-05751-3

Overview: Standard reference book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry collected by acknowledged international scientists.Also available online in www.springerLink.The Landolt-Börnstein Volume 27 deals with the magnetic properties of non-metallic inorganic compounds based on transition elements, such as there are pnictides, chalcogenides, oxides, halides, borates, silicates and phosphates. A survey of the contents of all subvolumes that have already appeared or have been planned to appear is printed on the inside of the front cover. In order to cov

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .This book presents and discusses the latest advances in biotechnology, and selected challenges and opportunities in connection with its industrial applications. It gathers the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Applied Biotechnology (ICAB2016), held on November 25–27, 2016 in Tianjin, China, which continued the success of the previous biennial ICAB conferences, providing a platform for scientists and engineers to exchange ideas about the frontiers of biotechnology. Topics include (but are not limited to) microbial genetics and breedin