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

Overview: The first time I read the medical consent and authorization. it had registered in my mind simply as a legal document. Now I began to understand what it meant. It was a letter of ultimate love and trust. (Schucking. 1985. p. 268) Ever since Karen Ann Quinlan slipped into permanent unconsciousness in 1975 and her father agonized publicly over whether she should remain indefinitely on a respirator (In re Quinlan, 1976), the desires of patients, their families, and their friends to limit the application of apparently limitless medical technology have been a pressing concern for ethics, l

Overview: Standard reference book with selected and easily retrievable data from the fields of physics and chemistry.Data collected by acknowledged international scientists.Also available on our online platformThe physical properties of faujasites (FAU) as well as of EMT-FAU type frameworks are analysed in this volume. Faujasite type zeolites have a wide range of industrial applications as ion exchanger, sorption agent, molecular sieve and as a catalyst, due primarily to their excellent structural stability, large and accessible pore volume, high activity, high resistance to nitrogen compounds

Overview: Builds bridges between classical results and contemporary nonstandard problems.Embraces important topics in calculus, linear and abstract algebra, and analysis from a problem-solving perspective.Makes.Building bridges between classical results and contemporary nonstandard problems, Mathematical Bridges embraces important topics in analysis and algebra from a problem-solving perspective. Blending old and new techniques, tactics and strategies used in solving challenging mathematical problems, readers will discover numerous genuine mathematical gems throughout that will heighten their

Overview: 978-3-662-08443-4

Overview: Bringing together the latest research on the neglected area of second-hand exchange and consumption, this book offers fresh insights into the buying and selling of used goods in western-Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and seeks to re-examine and redefine the relationship between modernity and the second-hand trade.978-1-349-31086-9978-0-230-29054-9

Overview: Comprehensive reviw of major topics on the mechanics of the upper crust.Help the reader to learn the topic from the basics.Addresses fundamental concepts which will always be relevant for current issu.F.K. Lehner: A Review of the Linear Theory of Anisotropic Poroelastic Solids. - J.W. Rudnicki: Eshelby‘s Technique for Analyzing Inhomogeneities in Geomechanics. - Y. Gueguen, M. Kachanov: Effective Elastic Properties of Cracked and Porous Rocks - an Overview. - J.L. Raphanel: 3D Morphology Evolution of Solid-Fluid Interfaces by Pressure Solution. - Y.M. Leroy: An Introduction to the Fi

Overview: Vom Petri-Netz-Modell zur fertigen Hardwarebeschreibung.Christoph Brandau entwirft und verifiziert digitale Schaltungen unter der Verwendung von Petri-Netzen. Die Generierung einer Hardwarebeschreibung erfolgt dabei durch eine neu eingeführte Transformation des gesamten Petri-Netz-Modells. Die Hauptbestandteile der Studie sind die Definition der Digital Circuit Petri Nets inklusive der Beschreibung von Ein- und Ausgängen, die Einführung von Subnetzen zur Unterteilung und Wiederverwendung von modellierten Netzen und eine Beschreibung des gesamten formalisierten Transformationsprozesse

Overview: The Maturation Phenomenon, first described by Ito et al. in 1975, refers to post­ ischemic changes that develop hours or days after an ischemic insult. The delayed neuronal death of CAl pyramidal cells of the hippocampus is a classic example. The report of the phenomenon boosted research in the field, as it became evi­ dent that ischemic damage is not a sudden event but a process potentially suscep­ tible to therapeutic intervention. In September 1990, Ito and collaborators organized the First International Sym­ posium on "Maturation Phenomenon in Cerebral Ischemia" which was held in

Overview: Offers real engineering cases that apply the metal magnetic memory technique in remanufacturing.Includes over 200 figures and tables to help readers better understand the content.Covers several interd.This book introduces the metal magnetic memory (MMM) technique, one of the nondestructive testing methods, and its applications in remanufacturing engineering. It discusses the advantages of MMM and how to evaluate the early damage degree of remanufacturing cores, as well as the repairing quality of remanufactured components. Various MMM signal characteristics are extracted to reflect t

Overview: Of all the plants men have ever grown, none has been praised and denounced as often as marihuana (Cannabis sativa). Throughout the ages, marihuana has been extolled as one of man‘s greatest benefactors­ and cursed as one of his greatest scourges. Marihuana is undoubtedly a herb that has been many things to many people. Armies and navies have used it to make war, men and women to make love. Hunters and fishermen have snared the most ferocious creatures, from the tiger to the shark, in its herculean weave. Fashion designers have dressed the most elegant women in its supple knit. Hangme

Overview: Inhaltlich fundiert und für die Umsetzung optimiert: von Praktikern für Praktiker geschrieben.Konkrete Hilfestellung für die Einführung von Marketing und Sales Automation im Unternehmen.AnbieterübersiDieses Buch klärt - längst überfällig - die Begriffe Marketing und Sales Automation und zeigt konkret, wie die dafür entwickelten Werkzeuge implementiert und erfolgreich in der Praxis eingesetzt werden. Praktiker beschreiben, wie der Einstieg in die Automation wiederkehrender Prozesse in Marketing und Vertrieb gelingt. Die Experten berichten von ihren Erfahrungen, geben Tipps und Hilfest

Overview: Myths of Power - Anniversary Edition sets out to interpret the fiction of the Brontë sisters in light of a Marxist analysis of the historical conditions in which it was produced. Its aim is not merely to relate literary facts, but by a close critical examination of the novels, to find in them a significant structure of ideas and values which related to the Brontës‘ ambiguous situation within the class-system of their society. Its intention is to forge close relations between the novels, nineteenth-century ideology, and historical forces, in order to illuminate the novels themselves i

Overview: 978-94-010-7013-3978-94-009-1155-0

Overview: Aimed at graduate students and researchers in optimization and data analytics.Concerns the MESP at the intersection of optimization algorithms and data science.There is no other book on this subjectThis monograph presents a comprehensive treatment of the maximum-entropy sampling problem (MESP), which is a fascinating topic at the intersection of mathematical optimization and data science. The text situates MESP in information theory, as the algorithmic problem of calculating a sub-vector of pre-specificed size from a multivariate Gaussian random vector, so as to maximize Shannon‘s di

Overview: Alltagsdiskriminierung deutscher Muslime und Musliminnen.Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede in der Diskriminierungserfahrung.Quantitativ-empirische StudieDas. essential. erforscht subjektive Diskriminierungserfahrungenvon muslimischen Menschen in Deutschland und berücksichtigt dabei auchMenschen, welche sich selbst nicht dem Islam zugehörig fühlen, aberaufgrund einer vermeintlichen Zugehörigkeit zum Islam diskriminiertwerden. Diskriminierung als Kerndimension eines Konstruktes derUngleichwertigkeit äußert sich in einem Eskalationsprozess. BestimmteTeilaspekte davon werden auf geschl

Overview: Addresses how "different" geographies might be mapped.Provides examples of new theories being developed.Describes practical mapping applications.Includes supplementary material: This book is the outcome of the work of contributors who participated in the wo- shop “Mapping Different Geographies (MDG)” in February 2010, held in Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria. This meeting brought together cartographers, artists and geoscientists who research and practice in applications that focus on enhancing o- to-one communication or develop and evaluate methodologies that provide inno- tive method

Overview: In 1922 the Fascist ‘March on Rome‘ brought Benito Mussolini to power. He promised Italians that his fascist revolution would unite them as never before and make Italy a strong and respected nation internationally. In the next two decades, Mussolini set about rebuilding the city of Rome as the site and symbol of the new fascist Italy. Through an ambitious program of demolition and construction he sought to make Rome a modern capital of a nation and an empire worthy of Rome‘s imperial past. Building the new Rome put people to work, ‘liberated‘ ancient monuments, cleared slums, produce

Overview: Contributes to emerging body of research on Afro-Asian relations and multiculturalism.Includes a collection of case studies throughout the southern hemisphere, charting complex relationships between mThis book – through a collection of case studies covering Southern and East Africa, China, India, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia – offers insights into the nature of social exchanges between Africa and Asia. In the age of the ‘Rise of the South’, it documents the entanglements and the lived experiences of African and Asian people on the move. Divided into three parts, the authors

Overview: 978-3-663-10692-0978-3-663-10691-3

Overview: Systematische Übersicht über Marketingformen und –ansätze im GesundheitswesenDas .essentials. widmet sich der systematischen Kategorisierung des Marketings in der Gesundheitswirtschaft, welches durch eine Vielzahl an Zielgruppen, Akteuren, Zielsetzungen und Produkten bzw. Dienstleistungen gekennzeichnet ist. Es zielt auf eine praxisorientierte konzeptionelle Einordnung dieses Marketings auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage ab. Hierzu werden thematisch relevante Begriffe erläutert und Kategorisierungen nach verschiedenen Dimensionen vorgenommen. Zudem erfolgt eine Darlegung und Adaption v