BOOKS with Alphabet B (Ba, Bb,Bc, Bd, Be…... )

Overview: Remains relevant for both India and other resource-constrained, low, and middle income countries.Discusses birth defects from a public health/health service approach.Is highly informative for both newThis book presents the epidemiology of birth defects and their public health and social implications in India. As neglected childhood disorders, birth defects remain invisible in global maternal and child health dialogues. Birth defects services are emerging in India. This book approaches birth defects from a public health perspective, identifying the core functions of a birth defects se

Overview: The Galton-Watson branching process has its roots in the problem of extinction of family names which was given a precise formulation by F. Galton as problem 4001 in the Educational Times (17, 1873). In 1875, an attempt to solve this problem was made by H. W. Watson but as it turned out, his conclusion was incorrect. Half a century later, R. A. Fisher made use of the Galton-Watson process to determine the extinction probability of the progeny of a mutant gene. However, it was J. B. S. Haldane who finally gave the first sketch of the correct conclusion. J. B. S. Haldane also predicted

Overview: Das Bildungsmanagement in Unternehmen befindet sich derzeit in einer Umbruchphase. Die Orientierung ausschließlich an operativen Aspekten wird durch eine normative und strategische Ausrichtung abgelöst. Diese Entwicklung fand allerdings in der Managementlehre bisher kaum Beachtung...Ilona Dieser geht der Frage nach, wie das Bildungsmanagement in seiner neuen Bedeutung als komplexe Managementaufgabe auf der normativen und strategischen Ebene in Unternehmen konzeptualisiert werden kann. Sie analysiert die Managementlehre unter Einbezug einer reichen Literaturbasis und konkretisiert die

Overview: 978-3-211-80673-9978-3-7091-5752-7Series ISSN 0067-9127

Overview: A Benchmark Book the First of Its Kind Comprehensively Covering the Entire Brazilian Coast and Its Beaches.Contributions of 50 Experts from Each of the 17 Brazilian Coastal States.Contains Previously This book is about the more than 4,000 beach systems that form most of the 9000 km long Brazilian coast. It focuses on the beaches of each of the seventeen coastal states and three oceanic islands, their nature, morphodynamics and status. It is a must for anyone who wants to know more about this great coast and its beach systems. This is the first book ever written about the beach system

Overview: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche StudieJedes Unternehmen wird von seinen Zielgruppen, seien es Kunden, Kapitalmärkte oder auch aktuelle und zukünftige Mitarbeiter, als Teil mindestens einer Branche wahrgenommen. Es liegt also nahe, das Branchenimage in den Prozess des Markenmanagements und insbesondere der Markenprofilierung mit einzubeziehen und es so zur Differenzierung vom relevanten Wettbewerb zu nutzen...Folgerichtig untersucht Katharina Schaefer die wissenschaftliche Forschung zum Zusammenhang zwischen Branchenimages und Unternehmensmarkenimages und entwickelt ein um wesentliche As

Overview: Numerous real-world business examples, cases and problems help students see how they might use statistics to advantage in their careers..Screen shots of Excel make production of statistics easy..SamplExceptional managers know that they can create competitive advantages by basing decisions on performance response under alternative scenarios. To create these advantages, managers need to understand how to use statistics to provide information on performance response under alternative scenarios. Statistics are created to make better decisions. Statistics are essential and relevant. Stati

Overview: The only book dealing with the unavoidable link between bioethics and legal argumentation.Accurately describes and sharply assesses the main methodological approaches for clinical decision-making.ContThis book clarifies the meaning of the most important and pervasive concepts and tools in bioethical argumentation (principles, values, dignity, rights, duties, deliberation, prudence) and assesses the methodological suitability of the main methods for clinical decision-making and argumentation. The first part of the book is devoted to the most developed or promising approaches regarding

Overview: Allows readers to understand, appreciate and make the best use of the legal environment in which business is done.Addresses business leaders’ key questions regarding the law.Presents legal intricaciesThis book discusses doing business and making profit on the right side of the law. It explores the role of aligning business and legal strategies, and using the law as a powerful tool in making businesses successful. In this unique book, the author draws on his experience teaching future business leaders at the IIM Ahmedabad for more than a decade. Numerous case studies from across the g

Overview: Covers current research in electronic commerce technology and applications.Includes the Proceedings of the International Conference on BIIT 2023.Presents recent research on business intelligence and i.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Business Intelligence and Information Technology (BIIT 2023) held in Harbin, China, during December 16–17, 2023. BIIT 2023 is organized by the School of Computer and Information Engineering, Harbin University of Commerce, and supported by Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE), Egypt. The papers co

Overview: 978-3-642-48993-8978-3-642-92550-4

Overview: The transition economies of Central Asia are faced with the most daunting challenge of modern capitalism: the move from vassal pseudo-states of the former Soviet Union to competitive nations. This book is the first to explore the first 15 years of economic emergence, and assess the capabilities of these countries to transform their economies.978-0-230-29695-4

Overview: Die Hyperreaktivität der Bronchien liegt als wesentlicher Faktor dem Asthma bronchiale zugrunde. Sie wird durch verschiedenste Pathomechanismen bedingt, unterhalten und gefördert. Eine Schlüsselstellung nimmt dabei die Entzündung ein, die sich durch Freiwerden und Neubildung von Entzündungsmediatoren manifestiert. Diese Entzündung kann durch allergisch-immunologische Reaktionen, durch infektiöse Prozesse und irritative Einflüsse (Umwelt, Beruf) entstehen. Wenn die Entzündung einmal in Gang gekommen ist, kann sie von den ursprünglichen Pathomechanismen abgekoppelt werden und ein Eigen

Overview: Details the life and work of Fred Hawthorne.The only book expatiating on the discovery of the properties of boron.A 50/50 mix of science and autobiographyTracing the life of a giant in inorganic chemistry and key trends in his science, Boranes and Beyond follows Hawthorne from his mid-American origins to the halls of Harvard and UCLA and back again. It naturally details the accomplishments in his lab. This book is a fascinating mixture of science and autobiography. Prof. Hawthorne won the Priestley Medal, the highest award of the American Chemical Society, for his pioneering work in

Overview: Includes supplementary material: In this fully revised edition of an established classic, expert researchers and clinicians describe in step-by-step detail updated techniques for the isolation and growth of major primary cell types, such as kidney proximal tubule cells, hepatocytes, keratinocytes, and cardiomyocytes. The authors offer readily reproducible new methods for the differentiation of embryonic stem (ES) cells into various hematopoietic cell types, for fetal thymic organ culture, and for the isolation and culture of specialized cell types, such as mammary progenitor cells, s

Overview: The first book that surveys how brain activity can be monitored and manipulated for artistic purposes, with contributions by interactive media artists, brain-computer interface researchers, and neuros.This is the first book on brain-computer interfaces (BCI) that aims to explain how these BCI interfaces can be used for artistic goals. Devices that measure changes in brain activity in various regions of our brain are available and they make it possible to investigate how brain activity is related to experiencing and creating art. Brain activity can also be monitored in order to find o

Overview: In this book historian R.J.Q. Adams examines the policy of appeasement as practiced by British Governments in the inter-war years - a programme widely praised in its day and frequently condemned as wrong-headed and even wicked ever since. In this thoroughly accessible work, he reveals the motivations and goals of the men who practiced appeasement as well as of those who opposed it, and makes clear the road to Munich - and to war.978-0-230-37563-5

Overview: Publication in the field of economic studies​Hailed by some as fundamental pillar of global governance, and criticized by others as manifestation of ‘top-down globalism’, multi-stakeholder partnerships have become the new mantra of policy-makers around the globe. However, our understanding of what drives success and failure in these hybrid institutions remains scetchy and incomplete. This book will introduce a production theory of partnering which describes how the contributions actors add to a partnership are translated into results. The objective of this new perspective on collabor

Overview: Erklärt humorvoll und einfach die Welt der Teilchenphysik.Geschrieben vom deutschen Meister 2011 im Science Slam.Bietet einen unterhaltsamen Ausflug in die Welt der Physiker.Jetzt in zweiter überarbeiteter und aktualisierter Auflage!.„Bei vielen seiner witzigen Ideen, Physik humorvoll zu erklären, war ich echt sauer. Ich dachte mir: Warum zum Teufel bin ich da nicht drauf gekommen ...“.Vince Ebert, Diplomphysiker und Komiker.Geben Sie‘s zu, wir alle fragen gerne mal: „Was ist da drin?“ – und einige, die hören mit dem Fragen einfach nicht mehr auf. Sie haken nach, bis es als Antwort n

Overview: Aktuelles, gesellschaftlich-politisches Thema aufgrund von überraschenden Enthüllungen Politik, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft suchen Antworten aufgrund fundierter Erkenntnisse in Sicherheitsfragen KerntCloud Computing, Big Data, Cyber Security, Industrie 4.0 etc. sind vielleicht nur Schlagworte, aber sie sind auch Ausdruck neuer, komplexer Problemstellungen, deren Behandlung und Beherrschung uns vor große Herausforderungen stellt. Deshalb sind wieder einmal, diesmal auf Einladung der EIT ICT Labs in Berlin, renommierte Sicherheitsexperten und Entscheidungsträger zusammen gekommen, um d