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

Overview: Highlights the influence of technogenesis on environment and landscape components in East Kazakhstan.Provides methodical bases of quantitative assessment of danger in environmental and technogenic risThis book highlights studies of differentiation problems of natural geosystems because of anthropogenic impact. The systematic methodology of comprehensive ecological assessment of anthropogenic impact on natural geosystems and their differentiations on the level of technogenic conditionality for ensuring rational environmental management and environmental protection are discussed. The p

Overview: Minority block purchases describe the acquisition of a non-controlling equity stake below 50 percent in a corporation. The individual motives behind these transactions can vary significantly across different types of investors and firms. Friedel Drees examines the capital markets’ reaction to the announcements of minority equity purchases in Europe and the U.S. and identifies the potential sources of value creation. He shows that company-specific characteristics, such as the strategic relatedness between two corporations, can have a significant effect on shareholder value.978-3-8349-

Overview: This volume continues the development of the Modern Aspects series in the electrochemical field. The series is now 18 years old, and it is relevant to note the degree of evolution that electro­ chemistry has undergone during this time, for it affects the character of the articles chosen. The trend is towards development of inter­ disciplinary areas of electrochemical science, with full stress upon the many directions of applications of knowledge of electrode processes. The degree of import which should be attached to electro­ chemical science arises from the changes in technology whi

Overview: Presents a general method for deriving higher order statistics of multivariate distributions.Discusses multivariate skewness and kurtosis; provides ready-to-use expressions for estimating and testing..This book presents a general method for deriving higher-order statistics of multivariate distributions with simple algorithms that allow for actual calculations. Multivariate nonlinear statistical models require the study of higher-order moments and cumulants. The main tool used for the definitions is the tensor derivative, leading to several useful expressions concerning Hermite polyno

Overview: in failure time distributions for systems modeled by finite chains. This introductory chapter attempts to provide an over­ view of the material and ideas covered. The presentation is loose and fragmentary, and should be read lightly initially. Subsequent perusal from time to time may help tie the mat­ erial together and provide a unity less readily obtainable otherwise. The detailed presentation begins in Chapter 1, and some readers may prefer to begin there directly. §O.l. Time-Reversibility and Spectral Representation. Continuous time chains may be discussed in terms of discrete ti

Overview: Includes tutorial on parallel programming languages such as the X10 programming model, language constructs, and runtime implementation using numerous code snippets for a deep understanding of modern pThis book covers two main topics: First, novel fast and flexible simulation techniques for modern heterogeneous NoC-based multi-core architectures. These are implemented in the full-system simulator called InvadeSIM and designed to study the dynamic behavior of hundreds of parallel application programs running on such architectures while competing for resources. Second, a novel actor-ori

Overview: Presents completely new methodologies, based on matched asymptotic expansions.Can be used both as a handbook and as a detailed description of the methodologies.Includes supplementary material: 978-1-4471-1054-5978-0-85729-396-1Series ISSN 1439-7382 Series E-ISSN 2196-9922

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Overview: Leben und Lernen in der InformationsgesellschaftDie Frage nach der Bedeutung von Medienkompetenz ist Gegenstand vielfältiger medienpädagogischer, -wirtschaftlicher, -rechtlicher und -politischer Diskussionen. Auf der Basis einer Bestandsaufnahme von ineinander verwobenen Diskursen und Definitionen der Medienkompetenz skizziert diese Arbeit ein systemtheoretisches Rahmenkonzept, das die individuell-kognitive und die sozial-kommunikative Seite der Medienkompetenz zusammenführt..Medienkompetenz bezieht sich danach auf die weitreichende Frage, wie das Leben, Lernen und Arbeiten in der In

Overview: Knowledge of cardiac ion channels and transporters has advancedremarkably in the last two decades with the development of patch-clampand molecular biological techniques. This textbook offers acomprehensive overview of structures and functions of ion channels andtransporters in the heart. Readers are first introduced to themolecular biology and electrophysiology of all the important ionchannels. After discussing their developmental changes, thepharmacology and pathophysiology of clinically-relevant ion channelsare reviewed. Molecular aspects of the cardiac excitation-contractioncoupli

Overview: Not very long ago, the uninhibited use of mathematics in thedevelopment of software was regarded as something foracademics alone. Today, there is moreand more interestfrom industry in formal methods based on mathematics. Thisinterest has come from the success of a number ofexperiments on real industrial applications. Thus, there isnot only a belief, but alsoevidence, that the study ofcomputer programs as mathematical objects leads to moreefficient methods for constructing them.The papers in this volume were presented at the SecondInternational Conference on the Mathematics of Program

Overview: Kompakte und allgemein verständliche Darstellung.Renommierte Autorinnen.Für Studienanfänger und Quereinsteiger in das Thema geeignetDer Band befasst sich mit der Darstellung und Rezeption von Gesundheitsthemen in den Medien und gesundheitsrelevanter medialer Kommunikation im Allgemeinen. Sowohl die Medienlandschaft und das alltägliche Informations- und Kommunikationshandeln als auch der Umgang mit Gesundheit und Krankheit befinden sich im Wandel. Mit den veränderten Rollenanforderungen an Gesundheitsexperten ebenso wie an Laien bzw. Patienten geht eine steigende Bedeutung medialer Ko

Overview: Eine TriangulationDie vermeintliche Beschleunigung des Lebenstempos ist eine der populärsten Annahmen der Gegenwart. Besonders Medien wird in diesem Prozess eine verstärkende Rolle zugesprochen. Die Studie von Stephan O. Görland analysiert die Interdependenzen zwischen Zeitumgang und ‑praktiken mit mobilen Medien und Zeiterleben in Warte- und Transitzeiten, sog. Interimszeiten. Dazu wird eine Methodentriangulation verwendet. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass die Nutzung von mobilen Medien in Interimszeiten zu einem Gefühl der Beschleunigung führt und Nutzerinnen und Nutzer mittels verschi

Overview: Mathematics today is approaching a state of cnSIS. As the demands of science and society for mathematical literacy increase, the percentage of American college students intending to major in mathematics plummets and achievement scores of entering college students continue thelt unremit­ ting decline. As research in core mathematics reaches unprecedented heights of power and sophistication, the growth of diverse applied special­ ties threatens to fragment mathematics into distinct and frequently hostile mathematical sciences. These crises in mathematics presage difficulties for scienc

Overview: Surveys the dominant schools of linguistics from the 18th century onwards.Assesses the discoveries and findings of each school, addressing the assumptions made by leading scholars.Discusses theoretica.This textbook provides a clear and concise overview of the main schools of linguistic thought and scholarship from the late 18.th. century to the present day, examining the key tenets and leading figures of each approach and assessing their impact on the field. Combining theory with practice, the author aims to familiarise students with the mechanisms used in analysing language structur

Overview: Presents the work of an international team over 15 years.Includes research results presented as invited talks at international conferences.Focuses on engineering-oriented electromagnetic and thermal fCo-authored by an international research group with a long-standing cooperation, this book focuses on engineering-oriented electromagnetic and thermal field modeling and application. It presents important contributions, including advanced and efficient finite element analysis used in the solution of electromagnetic and thermal field problems for large and multi-scale engineering applicat

Overview: The book focuses on teacher voices from the classroom where they write about transforming their practice in science and language practices..In this book the implementation of Argument-Based Inquiry acThe intent of this book is to provide a rich and broad view of the impact of argument-based inquiry in classrooms from the perspective of the teacher. There are two important reasons for such a book. The first is that we as researchers constantly work to present our views of these experiences with the voice of the teachers only being relayed through the perspective of the researcher. We

Overview: So gelingt der Verkaufsabschluss im Technischen Vertrieb.Einzigartige Kombination aus Vertriebstechniken und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung.Bietet konkrete Handlungsanweisungen für jede Phase des VerkaufsKein technischer Vertriebler hat das Produkt in der Tasche, wenn er den Kunden besucht. Denn verkauft werden individuell produzierte Investitions- oder Anlagegüter, deren Preis schnell sechsstellig werden kann. Solche Aufträge bedeuten für den Kunden hohe Investitionen und zugleich Eingriffe in die Prozesse und Struktur seines Unternehmens. Software, Anlagen, Maschinen – Technologien ver

Overview: th th st . On December 19 ,20 and 21 1979, we had the opportunlty to organize a Workshop on "Antenatal factors affecting meta­ bolic adaptation to extrauterine life - Role of carbohydra­ tes and energy metabolism". This meeting was made possible thanks to grants from the Committee of Medical Research and Public Health (CRM) of the Commission of European Communi­ ties. We want to express our warmst gratitude for the effort that has been made and we hope that the exchange of information between the participants will allow better understanding of the mechanism of adaptation to extrauter