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

Overview: The mechanics of electromagnetic materials and structures has been developing rapidly with extensive applications in, e. g. , electronics industry, nuclear engineering, and smart materials and structures. Researchers in this interdisciplinary field are with diverse background and motivation. The Symposium on the Mechanics of Electromagnetic Materials and Structures of the Fourth International Conference on Nonlinear Mechanics in Shanghai, China in August 13-16, 2002 provided an opportunity for an intimate gathering of researchers and exchange of ideas. This volume contains papers bas

Overview: Mathematikdidaktische Studie.Includes supplementary material: .Kirstin Erath untersucht die epistemische Rolle von Erklärungen im Klassengespräch, die wichtiger Bestandteil alltäglichen Mathematikunterrichts sind. Sie verknüpft dabei diskursanalytische sowie interaktionistische und epistemologische Perspektiven der Mathematikdidaktik, um mündliches Erklären im Mathematikunterricht als sprachlichen und fachlichen Gegenstand greifbar zu machen. Die Autorin rekonstruiert empirisch, dass ‚gute‘ Erklärungen in den Klassen sehr unterschiedlich gestaltet sind. Darüber hinaus zeigt sie, dass

Overview: Provides up-to-date and comprehensive overviews of all Middle and South American cetaceans and sirenians.Detailed accounts of every species.Compiled and written by a team of international experts.This volume provides comprehensive overviews of the biology of each Middle and South American cetacean and sirenian species, including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology, habitat, diet, mortality and age determination. Their economic importance and management, as well as future challenges for research and conservation are also addressed. Each chapter in

Overview: Concise, easy-to-read overview of medication management in older adultsMedication use is the predominant form of health intervention in our society. And as we age, the likelihood of medication use increases dramatically, with more than 80 percent of those over age 65 using one or more medications.Along with that, the potential for medication errors also increases. Indeed adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and adverse drug events (ADEs) are a significant problem in older adults.Written in a practical format by contributors from Australia and the United States, Medication Management in Olde

Overview: Explores the rapidly expanding field of multimodality small-animal molecular imaging.Examines various imaging modalities including CT, MRI, SPECT and PET.Demonstrates the increasing role of in vivo sm.This book examines the fundamental concepts of multimodality small-animal molecular imaging technologies and their numerous applications in biomedical research. Driven primarily by the widespread availability of various small-animal models of human diseases replicating accurately biological and biochemical processes .in vivo., this is a relatively new yet rapidly expanding field that ha

Overview: Myofasziale Syndrome zutreffend erkennen.Ursachen für myofaszial bedingte Schmerzen und Funktionsstörungen verstehen.Klinik, Diagnostik, beschwerdespezifische Behandlung.In der Arztpraxis suchen oft Patienten Rat, deren Beschwerden funktioneller Natur sind und nicht unmittelbar über Labor oder Bildgebung einer Organerkrankung zugeordnet werden können. Zahlreiche dieser Störungen wie Schmerzen, Schwindel, Tinnitus, Kloßgefühl oder der "Fersensporn" kommen aus dem myofaszialen Organ, das erst jetzt langsam als solches begriffen wird..Muskeln und das Netzwerk der Faszien bilden zusammen

Overview: 978-3-409-78121-3978-3-663-13186-1

Overview: Explores the operation and frustration of trust in multicultural societies, with a particular focus on the breakdown of trust between Muslim groups and others.Considers how different cultural traditio.This book critically engages with the contemporary breakdown of trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in the West. It argues that a crisis of trust currently hampers intercultural relations and obstructs full participation in citizenship and civil society for those who fall prey to the suspicions of the state and their fellow citizens. This crisis of trust presents a challenge

Overview: This open access book provides an innovative and comprehensive philosophical analysis of simulation methodology in the social sciences.In-depth examination of the use of agent-based models across discThis open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain.  The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences.  F

Overview: Discusses the current research and development in the field of millet nutrition, processing aspects, and novel processing technologies.Introduces some value added products in human health and omics ap.Millets are small-grained, annual, warm weather cereal. The millets offer both nutritional and livelihood security of human population and fodder security of diverse livestock population in dryland region of India. Millets are highly nutritious, they are known as health foods especially for control of diabetes and mineral deficiencies. One of the major factors for declining consumption

Overview: Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols.Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results.Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts.Includes supplementary materia.This volume is a collection of miRNA detection and target identification protocols, detailing new developments in the traditional detection approaches such as northern blot, quantitative real-time PCR, array, next generation sequencing, and in situ hybridization. The chapters in .MicroRNA Detection and Target Identification: Methods and Protocols . guide readers through novel approaches

Overview: Presents a unique approach to macroeconomic theory based on microeconomic foundations, general equilibrium theory, and dynamic analysis of fiscal and monetary policies.Provides a synthesis of equilibr.This textbook offers a unique approach to macroeconomic theory built on microeconomic foundations of monetary macroeconomics within a unified framework of an intertemporal general equilibrium model extended to a sequential and dynamic analysis. It investigates the implications of expectations and of stationary fiscal policies on allocations, on the quantity of money, and on the dynamic

Overview: Features up-to-date clinical information from worldwide experts.Written in an easy-to-consult outline format.Includes condensed information about all of the major mechanical ventilators.Respiratory care is the largest overall component of neonatal intensive care, and the fifth edition of the .Manual of Neonatal Respiratory Care. is the leading bedside guide for all aspects of respiratory care in the neonatal intensive care unit. Its easy-to-read outline format is simple yet comprehensive and covers all aspects of lung disease in the newborn infant, including embryology, principles of

Overview: 978-3-642-87505-2978-3-642-87504-5

Overview: Revised and expanded textbook covering all aspects of minimally invasive spine surgery, including 19 new chapters.Presents the latest in enabling technologies, surgical techniques (decompression and f.The use of minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has grown rapidly over the last decade and remains the fastest growing area in spine surgery. Now in a revised and expanded second edition including 19 new chapters, this comprehensive textbook provides an updated presentation of the field of MISS, highlighting surgical techniques and clinical outcomes as well as providing a unique focu

Overview: Includes supplementary material: The proceedings of ECML/PKDD2003 are published in two volumes: the P- ceedings of the 14th European Conference on Machine Learning (LNAI 2837) and the Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (LNAI 2838). The two conferences were held on September 22–26, 2003 in Cavtat, a small tourist town in the vicinity of Dubrovnik, Croatia. As machine learning and knowledge discovery are two highly related ?elds, theco-locationofbothconferencesisbene?cialforbothresearchcommunities.In Cavtat, ECML an

Overview: Überblick über die vielfältigen Technologien in der Medizin und ihre ethische Reflexion.Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis.Füllt eine Lücke insbesondere im deutschsprachigen RaumVermutlich sind sich Technik und Mensch nirgendwo so nahe, sind auf intime und verbindliche Weise miteinander verschränkt, wie in den Bereichen von Medizin, Therapie und Pflege. Am Nexus von Medizin und Technik werden deshalb zahlreiche ethische Fragen aufgeworfen. Dieser Band verfolgt das zweifache Anliegen, die Verschränkungen von Medizin, Technik und Ethik einerseits aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären Pers

Overview: Proposes the conditions needed to address the development of Mad epistemologies.Presents innovative research methodologies and investigates the conventional hierarchies of methods.Examines ‘Patient an.This book presents a critical examination of the development of user involvement within research, and investigates the issues currently preventing a productive integration of Mad knowledges within research and practice. Drawing on social, linguistic and critical theories, it proposes the conditions needed to address the development of Mad epistemologies..The author’s unique approach del

Overview: Includes supplementary material: Arch Mainous III, PhD, Claire Pomeroy, MD, and a panel of experienced physicians offer an eminently practical summary of the most effective evidence-based antimicrobial treatments encountered in both hospital and outpatient settings. Focusing on the clinical impact of appropriate diagnosis and treatment, the book emphasizes those newer aspects of infectious disease management necessitated by the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. It also discusses the major pathogens involved so that practicing clinicians will not only diagnose, but also better

Overview: Provides a cutting-edge debate on men, masculinities and fatherhood.Fills a significant lacuna by comparing countries with liberal and conservative attitudes to fatherhood.Offers both theoretical and .This book provides an account of fatherhood and changing parental roles in Sweden and Poland. It uses a comparative perspective to show what men understand a father’s role to be, and how they seek to live up to it. Fathering, the author argues, is a social phenomenon grounded in cultural patterns of parenting, gender roles and models of masculinity, and also shaped by family policy. Bei