BOOKS with Alphabet   M (Ma,Mb,Mc, Md,Me…)

Overview: This concise introduction to science and the way scientists work is especially suitable for anyone preparing for an examination in Science. No previous knowledge of the subject is assumed. Science is presented in historical perspective, as an aspect of human endeavour, and reference is made to the economic importance, environmental impact, and social consequences of many discoveries. Simple investigations are included to encourage careful observation, precise measurement, accurate recording, the interpretation of evidence, and the preparation of concise written reports. There are thr

Overview: This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.Provides a systematic critique of mission-oriented innovation policies.Discusses the dangers of top-down or vertical appro.This open access book raises some central questions: Do we need moonshot policies to spur innovation and economic growth? What are the risks associated with such policies?..Economic turbulence, the COVID-19 pandemic, and mounting environmental concerns have paved the way for a renaissance of targeted industrial policy. In particular, the idea that society should be organized around larg

Overview: Includes supplementary material: 978-3-540-06491-6978-3-540-37806-8Series ISSN 0075-8434 Series E-ISSN 1617-9692

Overview: When a dose of drug is administered, three main phases of drug action may be distingushed. In the "pharmaceutical" phase the dosage form disintegrates, the active substance dissolves and becomes available for absorption. The second phase ("pharmaco­ kinetic" phase) includes absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion. That fraction of the dose which finally reaches the circulation after absorption will be available for biological action in the third, or "pharmacodynamic" phase when the drug reaches the target tissues and a drug-receptor interaction takes place. The objectives

Overview: Explains the theory behind thermodynamically-consistent construction of non-linear evolution equations for non-equilibrium processes.Provides a geometric setting for non-equilibrium thermodynamics thrMaximum Dissipation: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and its Geometric Structure explores the thermodynamics of non-equilibrium processes in materials. The book develops a general technique created in order to construct nonlinear evolution equations describing non-equilibrium processes, while also developing a geometric context for non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Solid materials are the m

Overview: Erster umfassender Leitfaden für eine erfolgreiche Anleihenplatzierung.Hochrangige Spezialisten beleuchten die Thematik aus rechtlicher, wirtschaftlicher und technischer Perspektive.Dieses Buch zeigt .Anleihen mittelständischer Emittenten haben seit der Einführung der speziellen Börsensegmente ab Mitte 2010 ein erhebliches Gesamtemissionsvolumen erreicht. Denn die Vorteile von Mittelstandsanleihen liegen auf der Hand: Der Unternehmer gibt keine Stimmrechtsanteile ab, die Rechtsform seiner Gesellschaft bleibt unverändert und er muss – im Gegensatz zum Bankkredit – keine Sicherheiten s

Overview: Investigates the link between domestic political constraints and democracies’ use of private military contractors.Conceptualizes military privatization as a politically rather than financially cost-ef.This book investigates the connection between tightening mobilization constraints and the use of PMSCs in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Italy. Drawing on neoclassical realism and institutionalist theory, it conceptualizes democracies’ use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) as an attempt to circumvent the tightening constraints on the mobilization of military

Overview: Identifies and discusses the best sources of sustainable marine bioactive compounds known to date.Discusses how bioactive compounds alter biological activity to provide therapeutic benefits to humans .The aim and scope of this book is to highlight the sources, isolation, characterization and applications of bioactive compounds from the marine environment and to discuss how marine bioactive compounds represent a major market application in food and other industries.  It discusses sustainable marine resources of macroalgal origin and gives examples of bioactive compounds isolated from

Overview: Transition of micro-fatigue crack growth to the macro scale.Multiscale data representation by two-parameter fatigue crack growth relation.Microstructural cracking details identified with crack growth What can be added to the fracture mechanics of metal fatigue that has not already been said since the 1900s? From the view point of the material and structure engineer, there are many aspects of failure by fatigue that are in need of attention, particularly when the size and time of the working components are changed by orders of magnitude from those considered by st traditional means. T

Overview: 978-3-7643-0418-8978-3-0348-4016-3

Overview: The influence of the media on the religiousness of young people.Media images of Islam and their influence on youth culture.The role of mosques and educational institutions.The effects of social media can be observed particularly in relation to the religious commitment and religious practices of young people - who today are summarized under terms such as "internet generation", "media generation" or "digital natives". Online media exert a major influence on their lives, their understanding of the world, their religious orientations and actions. Their identity constructions, their cultu

Overview: Beantwortung der Frage: Wie ist Metaphilosophie als einheitliche Disziplin möglich?.Neue Grundlagen metaphilosophischen Denkens und Forschens.Begriffliche Neubegründung des Perspektivismus.Die sich seit den 1960ern entwickelnde Disziplin der Metaphilosophie ist mit dem Problem der philosophischen Vorbelastetheit metaphilosophischer Theorien behaftet. Diesem Problem wird mit dem erkenntnistheoretischen Programm des Perspektivismus begegnet. Es wird gezeigt, dass tiefgreifendes Verständnis der Perspektivität sich positiv auf die Qualität metaphilosophischer Forschung auswirken kann, de

Overview: We live today in a world densely populated by human beings living in close commu­ nication with one another all over the surface of the planet. Viewed from a certain distance it has the look of a single society, a community, the swarming of an intensely social species trying to figure out ways to become successfully independent. We obvi­ ously need, at this stage, to begin the construction of some sort of world civilization. The final worst-case for all of us has now become the destruction, by ourselves, of our species. I Although this warning is often repeated, we must not forget it

Overview: In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of location-based social networking services, such as Foursquare and Facebook Places, which have attracted an increasing number of users and greatly enriched their urban experience. Typical location-based social networking sites allow a user to "check in" at a real-world POI (point of interest, e.g., a hotel, restaurant, theater, etc.), leave tips toward the POI, and share the check-in with their online friends. The check-in action bridges the gap between real world and online social networks, resulting in a new type of social networks,

Overview: Provides readers with an overview of ylide ligands: structures, properties and coordination chemistry.Presents new prospects in organic synthesis utilising ylide-based reactions.Offers a detailed overThis volume covers recent advances in the chemistry of ylidic compounds with focus on their application in the design of ligands with unique donor properties, the development of novel organic transformations as well as the use of ylides in homogenous catalysis. Thereby, this volume particularly aims at the community of organic and organometallic chemists engaged in synthetic chemistry an

Overview: Dit boek leert (top)sporters alles over mentale-trainingsprogramma‘s en bewijst dat het gebruik ervan zijn vruchten afwerpt.Geeft praktijkgerichte aanbevelingen over mentale training.Dit boek is de meDe belangen in de topsport zijn in de afgelopen decennia flink toegenomen. Daarmee is ook de mentale druk als prestatiebepalende factor een grotere rol gaan spelen. Zelfvertrouwen blijkt doorslaggevend op het moment dat het er echt om spant. Dit boek leert (top)sporters alles over mentale-trainingsprogramma‘s en bewijst dat het gebruik ervan zijn vruchten afwerpt..Zelfvertrouwen trainen?

Overview: Markenportfoliobereinigungen stellen eine strategische Maßnahme dar, bei der Unternehmen einzelne oder mehrere Marken aus ihrem Markenbesitz entfernen. Sandra Haas entwickelt ein prozessuales Planungs- und Entscheidungsmodell, welches Unternehmen bei der Feststellung von Portfolioschwächen, der Entscheidung zur Durchführung von Portfoliobereinigungen sowie bei der Festlegung der zu bereinigenden Marken und der Art und Weise ihrer Herauslösung aus dem Portfolio Hilfestellungen bietet. Durch die Integration von über 60 Einzelfallstudien sowie von Analysebeispielen aus der Marktforschun

Overview: The key advantage of this book is that it provides a solid and well-argued overview of the two schools of thought, strategic and financial thinking.Indicates a path through the conflict between financ.Companies‘ decision-making and planning systems find themselves in a constant tug of war between strategic and financial considerations. The authors analyze these two opposing currents in business thinking, dissecting their differences and identifying their best practices. They also develop an approach that reconciles the two conflicting schools of thought – without watering down their

Overview: Offers a multidisciplinary approach to the modernization of the judicial system.Includes contributions from multiple disciplines including public administration, sociology, history and criminology BriThis book focuses on one part of the judicial system: the criminal justice chain. This involves all the activities and actors dealing with policing, prosecution, judgment, and sanctioning of crimes. In the last decades, reforms have been implemented in several European countries. In Belgium, for example, there was the so-called Octopus reform in 1998. The police was restructured, leading

Overview: The book is ideal for a broad readership, its coverage being more comprehensive than many conventional introductions. Has an accompanying website from which interactive material can be downloaded. The.Making Sense of Statistics. provides a thorough, but accessible, introduction to statistics and probability, without the distractions of mathematics. The book does not require you to use any algebraic formulae or equations, but it does explain how and why methods work, and exactly what answers mean. Guidance is provided on how to design investigations, analyze data and interpret results