BOOKS with Alphabet O (Oa, Ob,Oc, Od, Oe…)

Overview: Examines the parallels between obesity and type 2 diabetes.Explores a variety of treatment options, from lifestyle changes to surgery.Includes a critical analysis of public health initiatives.Now in its second edition, this comprehensive handbook provides a state-of-the-art overview of recent advances in drug and non-drug therapies for obesity and diabetes. It also addresses major comorbidities, covering topics such as, cardiovascular diseases, renal and neuropsychiatric disorders, appetite control and micro RNAs. Special attention is also devoted to pediatric care, including the lat

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .This book focuses on the treatment anddisposal technology used for solid waste in China, puts forward an optimalmanagement scheme that takes into account the complete lifecycle, andintroduces a new technical model that reflects the synergies of resourceutilization and secondary pollution control. In addition, it provides a set ofmethods for professional on-site investigation, risk assessment, classificationmanagement and control to minimize the risk of groundwater contamination bysolid waste at landfill. Given the extent and depth of knowledge and ex

Overview: Office 2010 Made Simple is a practical and highly effective approach to using the Office 2010 Home & Business and Home & Student programs to create and edit documents and get work done efficiently..Office 2010 Made Simple. for Windows is a practical and highly effective approach to using the Office 2010 Home & Business (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote) and Home & Student (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) programs to create and edit documents and get work done efficiently. Conveying information quickly and concisely, the book brings you from a beginner or low intermediate t

Overview: Tipps für mehr Bewegung im Online-SeminarIn digitalen Lernformaten dominiert eine sitzende Lern- und Arbeitshaltung vor dem Bildschirm. Dies hat nicht nur schnelle Ermüdung, inneres Abschalten und Konzentrationsprobleme zur Folge - die langen Sitzzeiten führen auch zu einem Gesundheitsrisiko. Dieses essential zeigt die Gefahren des übermäßigen Sitzens. Basierend auf aktuellen Erkenntnissen der Gesundheits- und Lernforschung wird ein aktivierender Ansatz vorgestellt, der mit ganz einfachen kleinen Maßnahmen für mehr körperliche Bewegung und Sitzunterbrechungen in Online-Seminaren sorg

Overview: Nominated as an outstanding PhD thesis by the University of Genoa, Italy.Reports on the design and implementation of an innovative organic transistor device for in vivo and in vitro extracellular reco.This thesis reports on a novel system forextracellular recordings of the activity of excitable cells, which relies on anorganic, charge-modulated field-effect transistor (FET) called OCMFET. Thebook shows how, thanks to the intrinsic biocompatibility, lightness, andinexpensiveness of the material used, this new system is able to overcome severalproblems typical of of “classic” electroni

Overview: Introduces the concept of online brand communities, together with a wealth of examples.Embeds the social web in a marketing and e-commerce context.Includes a dedicated chapter on value creation througThis book presents and analyzes the concept of online brand communities, an emerging and exciting topic in marketing and eCommerce. First, it lays out the foundations like the evolution of the Web and the so-called Social Web, its utility for users and businesses, and the evolution of the marketing mind-set to adapt the Social Web. On this basis, the book then presents a detailed analysi

Overview: Gibt Antwort auf die Fragen, welche Dienstleistungen in der Immobilienwirtschaft selbst erbracht werden müssen, und wo externe Leistungen kostengünstiger eingekauft werden können.Fragen werden mit BeiDer Kostendruck zwingt auch in der Immobilienwirtschaft zu Überlegungen, ob die eigenen Dienstleistungen weiterhin selbst oder besser in Kooperation mit anderen oder gänzlich von anderen kostengünstiger zu erbringen sind. Indem Strukturen und Funktionen verändert oder ausgelagert bzw. neue Einheiten gebildet werden, lassen sich Kostensenkungspotenziale und neue Geschäftsfelder erschließe

Overview: Provides clear mathematical and physical descriptions of optical polarimetry.Describes the exciting potential of integrating polarization with various spectroscopy and microscopy techniques.Discusses .This book focuses on polarization microscopy, a powerful optical tool used to study anisotropic properties in biomolecules, and its enormous potential to improve diagnostic tools for various biomedical research. The interaction of polarized light with normal and abnormal regions of tissue reveals structural information associated with its pathological condition. Diagnosis using conventi

Overview: Identifies key determinants of life or death in the extreme environment of the deep ocean Addresses the myriad of technologies required to sustain life at the ocean‘s depth Provides unique insights inOne of the greatest scientific and technological achievements of the 21st century will be to cast a light on the eternal darkness of the deep ocean and this book identifies the key determinants of life or death in its extreme environment. Dr. Erik Seedhouse examines how individuals survive free dives to 200m, how humans adapt to breathing exotic gas mixes at depths exceeding 700m, and ho

Overview: Covers OppNets from foundational principles to practical applications.Offers a range of technologies, from Mobile Ad Hoc Networks to newer cellular technologies.Bridges the gap between theoretical kno.This textbook provides an exhaustive exploration of Opportunistic Networks (OppNets). Divided into three parts, it starts with the foundational principles and metrics of OppNets, detailing their mobility and data dissemination. Significant focus is given to the security challenges faced by OppNets, including strategies to counter various attacks. The second part evaluates OppNets, intro

Overview: Includes research results with important implications for law enforcement agencies and intelligence services.Provides graduate students with the fundamental research problems of the social media and o.This book shows how open source intelligence can be a powerful tool for combating crime by linking local and global patterns to help understand how criminal activities are connected. Readers will encounter the latest advances in cutting-edge data mining, machine learning and predictive analytics combined with natural language processing and social network analysis to detect, disrupt, an

Overview: Adaptation, for purposes of self-healing, self-protection, self-management, or self-regulation, is currently considered to be one of the most challenging pr- erties of distributed systems that operate in dynamic, unpredictable, and - tentially hostile environments. Engineering for adaptation is particularly c- plicated when the distributed system itself is composed of autonomous entities that, on one hand, may act collaboratively and with benevolence, and, on the other,maybehavesel?shlywhilepursuingtheirowninterests.Still,theseentities have to coordinate themselves in order to adapt

Overview: 978-3-519-06214-1978-3-322-96731-2Series ISSN 1616-0770

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Overview: Der erfolgreiche Einstieg in das Orchestermanagement jetzt in 2. Auflage.Wie man neuen Herausforderungen im Orchestermanagement begegnet.Anleitung für ein ganzheitliches OrchestermanagementProfessionelle Orchester sehen sich weltweit zahlreichen Herausforderungen ausgesetzt: Nachhaltigkeit der Finanzierung, Publikumsentwicklung, innovative Programmplanung, Organisations- und Personalentwicklung sind nur einige Schlagworte. Ein ganzheitliches Orchestermanagement ist wichtiger denn je, um die Zukunft der Institution Orchester zu sichern. Dieses Buch bietet einen praxisorientierten Quer

Overview: What does open government mean in practice?This book offers an authoritative and highly topical look at the implementation of reform from senior academics and civil servants.Britain‘s situation and future requirements are set in context by insights from other Westminster systems of government, namely Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand.Each of these accounts is itself an original contribution to the literature on that country‘s experience.Throughout, the emphasis in upon freedom of information and privacy issues.978-1-349-14731-1978-1-349-14729-8

Overview: 978-94-017-5721-8978-94-017-6069-0

Overview: This book consists of four parts: I. Labour demand andsupply, II.Productivity slowdown and innovative activity,III. Disequilibrium andbusiness cycle analysis, and IV.Time series analysis of output and employment. It presents afine selection of articles in the growing field oftheempirical analysis of output and employment fluctuationswith applications in a micro-econometric or a time-seriesframework. The time-series literature recently hasemphasized the careful testing forstationarity andnonlinearity in the data, and the importance ofcointegration theory. An essential part of the pape

Overview: Provides the best scientific evidence available to inform managers decisions based on the latest researches on Organizational Psychology.Covers a wide range of topics, including creativity and innovat.Adopting an Evidence-Based Management (EBM) approach, this book provides the best evidence available on a wide range of topics from Industrial and Organizational Psychology to help managers base their decisions on scientific findings. Drawing on principles and methods first developed by Evidence-Based Medicine, EBM aims to promote the use of scientific knowledge in organizational and ma

Overview: Covers high yield topics needed to pass the exam.Provides a great approach to deal with unusual scenarios.Written by experts who successfully navigated these examinations.This book focuses on the precise needs of candidates preparing for the viva part of the FRCS, Int-FRCS, and Orthopaedic Board Examinations. With more than 600 candidates annually sitting for these examinations this volume is meticulously crafted to empower aspiring orthopaedists to excel in it..Structured for effortless comprehension, the book is presented in a reader-friendly format that facilitates effective revis