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

Overview: 978-3-642-47721-8978-3-642-18662-2

Overview: This volume extends the ‘British Isles‘ approach pioneered by Robin Frame and Rees Davies to the later middle ages. Through examination of issues such as frontier formation, colonial identities and connections with the wider world it explores whether this period saw the bonds between the British Isles weaken, strengthen, or simply alter.978-0-230-23534-2

Overview: .The idea of international political theory after Hobbes is a timely and lively focus through which to raise key questions about international politics, and to set up dialogues between historical political theory and contemporary theories of international relations about the legacy of Hobbes in international politics. The move by political theorists towards consideration of the international realm and the consequent blurring of the distinction between domestic and international politics over recent years has been marked. In the light of these changes, the role of Hobbes in the domina

Overview: Recently, IT has entered all important areas of society.Enterprises, individuals and civilisations all depend on functioning,safe andsecure IT. Focus on IT security has previously beenfractionalised,detailed and often linked to non-businessapplicaitons. The aim ofthis book is to address the current andfuture prospects of modern ITsecurity, functionality in business,trade, industry, health care andgovernment. The main topic areascovered include existing IT securitytools and methodology for modernIT environments, laws, regulationsand ethics in IT securityenvironments, current and futur

Overview: Describes the current state of the art for designing quantum circuits, for simulating them, and for mapping them to real hardware.Provides a first comprehensive introduction into design automation for.This book offers readers an easy introduction into quantum computing as well as into the design for corresponding devices. The authors cover several design tasks which are important for quantum computing and introduce corresponding solutions. A special feature of the book is that those tasks and solutions are explicitly discussed from a design automation perspective, i.e., utilizing cle

Overview: Provides a transdisciplinary approach, bridging anthropology, environmental history, conservation studies and critical race theory.Links environmental and political histories to current events, especiThis book examines the convergence of conservation and security efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The author presents a unique analysis of the history of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a federally protected border wilderness area. Beginning in the early 1990s, changes to U.S. immigration policy dramatically altered the political and natural landscape in and around

Overview: Dieses Buch führt in grundlegende Modelle, Methoden und Techniken zur Beschreibung von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen und zum Entwicklungsmanagement ein. Ausgangspunkt ist eine Systemarchitektur, die verschiedene Sichten der Modellierung verbindet. Unternehmensprozesse werden zerlegt in die Dimensionen Zweck, Realisierung, Elemente und Detaillierung. Nach der Zerlegung werden alle Bestandteile im Sinne einer integrierten Modellierung zusammengefügt. Hinweise zum Management der Entwicklung von Informations- und Kommunikationssystemen ergänzen die Ausführungen.978-3-642-97681

Overview: Shows new‘tourism education curriculum.Explores development of skills and attributes for employment.Provides case studies on innovative skills, teaching methodologyThis handbook provides new dimensions and directions to design tourism education curriculum and transform students‘ learning. It delves into issues such as job opportunities, business opportunities, required skill sets, and the role of critical and creative thinking in tourism education, and focuses on a shift in mindset from R&D (research and development) to L&D (learning and development), to aid in gaining in-the-field k

Overview: 978-1-349-11175-6

Overview: 978-3-540-11952-4978-3-540-39540-9Series ISSN 0075-8450 Series E-ISSN 1616-6361

Overview: The 2nd Workshop on Intelligent Media Technology for Communicative Intelligence commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology in Warsaw aimed to explore the current research topics in the ?eld of int- ligent media technologies for communicative intelligence. Communicative intelligence represents a new challenge towards building a sup- intelligence on the ubiquitous global network by accumulating a huge amount of - man andknowledgeresources.The term "communicativeintelligence"re?ects the view that communication is at the very core of int

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.Volume II/26 supplements the previous compilations II/l, II/9 and II/17 of the magnetic properties of free radicals which were published in 1965, 1977–1980 and 1986–90. In the form of books and CD ROM it covers the literature from about 1985 to 2001. Due to the still rapid growth of the field and the necessary inclusion of new subjects the volume is divided into subvolumes which will app

Overview: Erfolgsmodelle, die zu eigenen Aktivitäten anregen.Realitätsnahe Einblicke in gelebte Praktiken nachhaltiger Geldanlagen.Hochkarätige Institutionen berichten aus ihrer Umsetzungspraxis.Includes supple​Nachhaltige Geldanlagen führen bei institutionellen Investoren in Deutschland immer noch ein Nischendasein - im Gegensatz zu vielen anderen europäischen Ländern. So haben etwa in Großbritannien, Frankreich, den Niederlanden und der Schweiz Pensionsfonds, Stiftungen oder Kapitalanlagegesellschaften bereits in hohem Maße nachhaltige Geldanlagen in ihr Vermögensmanagement integriert, teilw

Overview: Completely updated edition provide even more independent and comprehensive data on ice ages.Further explores exisiting theories and comparisons with all available data.Unmatched by any other book in tThe second edition of this book has been completely updated. It studies the history and gives an analysis of extreme climate change on Earth. In order to provide a long-term perspective, the first chapter briefly reviews some of the wild gyrations that occurred in the Earth‘s climate hundreds of millions of years ago: snowball Earth and hothouse Earth. Coming closer to modern times, the

Overview: Eine Darstellung der sich durch Industrie 4.0 für mittelständische Unternehmen ergebenden Nutzenpotentiale.Basierend auf einer Studie des Europäischen Forschungsfeld für Angewandte MittelstandsforschuWie kein zweites Thema beschäftigen die Digitalisierung und damit verbundene Konzepte aktuell Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft. Im deutschsprachigen Raum wird insbesondere Industrie 4.0, die vierte industrielle Revolution, diskutiert. Sie bezieht sich auf die Vernetzung sich selbststeuernder, sensorgestützter Produktionsressourcen und der damit einhergehenden Verschmelzung der physis

Overview: Explains the connection between blockchain and distributed systems.Discusses Ethereum consensus protocol, Ethereum Casper,‘and the Ethereum Proof-of-Stake algorithm.Includes practical example projects.Deepen your understanding of blockchain technology and develop your own blockchain applications. This book provides a thorough review of distribution-based systems on blockchain technology, starting from the fundamental concepts that underlie it, all the way through the implementation of a blockchain network for business purposes. ..Author .Joseph Thachil George. begins by introducing y

Overview: Sketches a unique portrait of the Japanese and Korean diasporas of Sakhalin.Analyzes both communities into same framework for the first time.Based on extensive interviews including all generationsThis book explores the issues of education, the use of languages and the formation of self-identification of the Japanese and Korean diasporas of Sakhalin, over a hundred years period: from the time they moved to the island, until their “return” to historical homelands in Japan or South Korea. During this time, their language environment and language of education changed 4 times and Japanese

Overview: One of the central questions in immunology is the understanding in molecular terms of antigen-antibody interactions and of the cellu­ lar recognition of antigens. It is hoped that this understanding will extend eventually to the immunobiological basis of host defense to infectious agents and of tissue damage or deranged cell functions which stem from these reactions. A variety of natural and artificial substances have been used as models for these studies. Emphasis was placed upon substances of known and relatively uncomplicated chemical structures. These included polysaccharides, am

Overview: The contributions in this volume, which is part of a series, examine the connection beween literature and ideas in important 19th-century instances. The editor contends that they demonstrate that Russian literature often subverts the ideology to suit its own autonomous needs.978-1-349-10825-1Series ISSN 2946-868X Series E-ISSN 2946-8698

Overview: It was our great pleasure to host the 4th International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR) at the National University of Singapore on 20–22 July 2005. CIVR aims to provide an international forum for the discussion of research challenges and exchange of ideas among researchers and practitioners in image/video retrieval technologies. It addresses innovative research in the broad ?eld of image and video retrieval. A unique feature of this conference is the high level of participation by researchers from both academia and industry. Another unique feature of CIVR this year was