BOOKS with Alphabet I (Ia, Ib,Ic, Id, Ie…... )

Overview: Engages with different aspect of mobility in varying social and geographical contexts.Explores new theoretical, methodological and practical dimensions in social studies of medicine.Highlights previouRecent work in the mobilities literature has highlighted the importance of thinking about mobility and immobility as a continuum, where movement intersects with processes that might entail episodes of transition, waiting, emptiness, and fixity. This focus on stillness, things that are stuck, incomplete or in a state of transition can point to new theoretical, methodological and practical

Overview: Two-step theory of criminalisation offers a new approach for application of criminal law.The two-step criminalisation schema may be used in order to examine any proposition of a new criminal regulatioThis work is a multidisciplinary analysis of the issue of insider dealing from the perspective of the applicability of criminal law to regulate it. First, it examines the nature of its prohibition in the European Union and in the United States of America. The text includes a more extensive overview of prohibition in four Member States of the European Union (France, the United Kingdom, Lu

Overview: Kommunikationsmaßnahmen zielgerichtet abstimmen und Synergieeffekte nutzenZiele einer Integrierten Kommunikation bestehen in der Abstimmung einzelner Kommunikationsmaßnahmen, der Nutzung von Synergieeffekten sowie in der generellen Steigerung der Effizienz der Kommunikation eines Unternehmens...Mit der vorliegenden empirischen Untersuchung auf Basis einer schriftlichen Befragung legt Manfred Bruhn eine Bestandsaufnahme der Integrierten Kommunikation in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz vor. Die Beteiligung von insgesamt 430 Unternehmen ermöglicht eine detaillierte Analyse des a

Overview: During the last decade the techniques of non-linear optim­ ization have emerged as an important subject for study and research. The increasingly widespread application of optim­ ization has been stimulated by the availability of digital computers, and the necessity of using them in the investigation of large systems. This book is an introduction to non-linear methods of optimization and is suitable for undergraduate and post­ graduate courses in mathematics, the physical and social sciences, and engineering. The first half of the book covers the basic optimization techniques includin

Overview: 978-3-211-81651-6978-3-7091-2896-1Series ISSN 0254-1971 Series E-ISSN 2309-3706

Overview: Features new developments and contemporary innovations originating from multivariate statistical theory.Showcases multidisciplinary approaches and applications, reaching both theoretical and applied s.Multivariate statistical analysis has undergone a rich and varied evolution during the latter half of the 20th century. Academics and practitioners have produced much literature with diverse interests and with varying multidisciplinary knowledge on different topics within the multivariate domain. Due to multivariate algebra being of sustained interest and being a continuously developing

Overview: The first comprehensive synthesis of the development, adoption, regulation and impact of insect-resistant GM plants for crop protection and their effect on IPM programs.Comprised of multi-authored cha.Insect pests remain one of the main constraints to food and fiber production worldwide despite farmers deploying a range of techniques to protect their crops. Modern pest control is guided by the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) with pest resistant germplasm being an important part of the foundation. Since 1996, when the first genetically modified (GM) insect-resistant mai

Overview: Ein komplettes Projektbeispiel für das anschauliche Anwenden der Kenntnisse.Praxisnahe Aufgaben mit Lösungen zum Trainieren der Methoden.Verständnisfragen mit Antworten zur Festigung des Wissens.IncluKenntnisse des Projektmanagements gehören in Studium und Beruf heute zum Pflichtrepertoire und sind in vielen Stellenausschreibungen zu finden. In diesem Übungsbuch werden die benötigten Kenntnisse passend zum Lehrbuch kapitelweise kompakt zusammengefasst und durch Verständnisfragen überprüft. Die Anwendung wird mit Hilfe praxisnaher Übungsaufgaben und kommentierter Lösungen intensiv tra

Overview: Moves beyond restrictive Anglocentric approaches.Features contributions from a spectrum of academics, from early career researchers to key names in the field.Addresses areas such as translation studieThis book is about the most vibrant yet under-studied aspects of Indian writing today. It examines multilingualism, current debates on postcolonial versus world literature, the impact of translation on an “Indian” literary canon, and Indian authors’ engagement with the public sphere. The essays cover political activism and the North-East Tribal novel; the role of work in the contemporary

Overview: It is often the case - perhaps more often than not - that new ideas arrive long before there is the me ans to clothe and deli ver them. We can think ofLeonardo da Vinci‘s drawings of helicopters and submarines among many other examples. Computer-Assisted Learning (CAL) is an example of an idea which has had a particularly long gestation. As I will illustrate early in the book, the principles of CAL were really first discovered by Socrates. As a formal method of teaching, the Socratic method disappeared for over two millennia until the 1950s. It was then revived in the form ofProgramm

Overview: Presents a ‘threat assessment’ approach to cyberbullying.Offers a comprehensive examination of cyberbullying within Europe, the US and beyond.Discusses the implications of this research for policies fThis book brings together an international group of experts to present the latest psychosocial and developmental criminological research on cyberbullying, cybervictimization and intervention. With contributions from a wide range of European countries, including Cyprus, Greece, Ireland, Italy, France, Hungary, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as from Canada and the USA, this authori

Overview: Provides fundamental and classical problems of climate dynamics Showcases the global energy balance of the climate system.Presents feedback processes that determine the climate sensitivity, initial-bo.A three-tier approach is presented: (i) fundamental dynamical concepts of climate processes, (ii)  their mathematical formulation based on balance equations, and (iii) the necessary numerical techniques to solve these equations. This book showcases the global energy balance of the climate system and feedback processes that determine the climate sensitivity, initial-boundary value proble

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Das Werk setzt sich mit dem Verhältnis des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) zum VN-Sicherheitsrat (SR) auseinander. Dabei werden u.a. die sog. Referral- und Deferral-Kompetenz des Sicherheitsrats und das Aggressionsverbrechen aus Sicht des Römischen Statuts und der VN-Charta analysiert. Eine entscheidende Rolle spielt hierbei das Prinzip der Unabhängigkeit von Gerichten. Anhand der gewonnenen Ergebnisse werden zudem die relevanten SR-Resolutionen überprüft. Im Fokus der Arbeit steht SR-Resolution 1593 (2005), auf deren Grundlage der IStGH ei

Overview: Die Aktienkurse innovativer Unternehmen an internationalen Wachstumsbörsen schwankten zwischen 1997 und 2001 extrem stark. Diese Volatilität hat selbst Fachleute überrascht und herkömmliche Bewertungsmethoden in Frage gestellt. Die spezifischen Merkmale junger, innovativer Unternehmen lassen aber darauf schließen, dass sich die Innovationsleistung auf die Wertentwicklung auswirkt. Es liegt daher nahe, dies bei den Bewertungsmethodiken zu berücksichtigen..Anhand verschiedener Regressionsmodelle untersucht Vatchagan Vartanian den Konnex zwischen der Innovationsleistung und dem Wert von

Overview: Presents a comprehensive discussion of iterative learning control (ILC) in various data dropout environments.Proposes several systematic procedures for the design and analysis of ILC for stochastic sy.This book presents an in-depth discussion of iterative learning control (ILC) with passive incomplete information, highlighting the incomplete input and output data resulting from practical factors such as data dropout, transmission disorder, communication delay, etc.—a cutting-edge topic in connection with the practical applications of ILC...It describes in detail three data dropout mo

Overview: Sozialwissenschaftliche Studie.Includes supplementary material: Ronny Jahn geht der Frage nach, was einen Manager im Finanzwesen von einem Schulleiter unterscheidet. Der Autor bietet ungewohnte Einblicke in die tägliche Arbeit von Schulleitern, zeigt, worin sie und Führungskräfte anderer Berufsfelder sich gleichen und unterscheiden und arbeitet dabei die Besonderheit der Schule als Organisation und Institution heraus. Es ist nicht das Managen, das die Arbeit eines Schulleiters prägt. Die besondere Herausforderung in der Leitung einer Schule liegt in der stetigen Auseinandersetzung mi

Overview: Explores the role of the military in Italian society, in both war and peacetime.Brings together perspectives from across disciplines.Unpicks the use of the military from Unification through to the preThis book sheds new light on the role of the military in Italian society and culture during war and peacetime by bringing together a whole host of contributors across the interdisciplinary spectrum of Italian Studies. Divided into five thematic units, this volume examines the continuous and multifaceted impact of the military on modern and contemporary Italy. The Italian context offers a

Overview: Showcases new and innovative interdisciplinary scholarship from leading international women business scholars.Offers a comprehensive introduction to a number of different methodologies for sustainable.This volume brings together contributions from women business scholars from a range of disciplines and countries. The starting point was a collaborative research meeting  organised by Daughters of Themis: International Network of Female Business Scholars in June 2017. The volume highlights the difficulties and the possibilities that lie in working together across disciplines with the ai

Overview: 978-3-528-18501-5978-3-322-90115-6Series ISSN 0179-2156

Overview: Offers insights into a wide ranging aspects of diatom research.Explains interdisciplinary application of diatoms.Provides brief distilled summaries with key points followed by elaborate discussion forThis edited book provides a comprehensive and a reliable source of information on all major areas of diatom research. It addresses research advances in the key areas of diatom biology, morphology, systematics, phylogeny and ecology along with their interdisciplinary applications. Diatoms are the world’s most diverse group of algae populating the freshwater and marine ecosystems of the wo