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

Overview: First handbook on the market to address civilian orthopaedic traumatology in the austere environment.Covers all the most common orthopaedic trauma presentations encountered in the austere environment.Orthopaedic trauma represents 75% of the casualties in a disaster. Many of these patients will be cared for by international volunteers, but good intentions are not always matched by good preparation. This book explains how best to prepare for missions, how to deal with injuries in austere conditions, how to ensure a positive legacy, and the need for cultural, political, and legal awaren

Overview: 978-3-322-86833-6978-3-322-86832-9

Overview: Advances the governmental use of findings from behavioural and communication scientists for risk reduction.Discusses in depth several proposals put forward in response to distorted risk perception.IntDisaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks and measures to reduce them. One obstacle to enhancing private and public disaster risk reduction is the influence of the distorted risk perception of laypeople. The book argues for the necessity of public regulations and explores means to mitigate the consequences of suc

Overview: This volume contains the proceedings of the "International Workshop on Optical Methods and the Physics of Colloidal Dispersions", held in memory of Prof. Dr. Klaus Schätzel at the end of September, 1996, in Mainz, Germany. The meeting focused on two special aspects of colloidal science, namely novel optical methods and the physics of colloidal dispersions. In particular, the contributed papers show that the increase in the quality and number of suitable model systems has significantly enhanced our knowledge of colloidal properties, structures and dynamics.978-3-662-15702-2978-3-7985-

Overview: The present edition may be regarded as a descendant, much changed and greatly enlarged, of the late Dr A. D. Imms‘ Outlines of Entomology, first published in 1942. This went through three further editions without much change, but after the death of the original author a fifth, revised edition by Professor O. W. Richards and myself appeared in 1959 and a sixth in 1978. The book now appears in a considerably extended version in which I have tried to provide a more balanced introduction to the whole field of modern entomology by dealing with several aspects of the subject not discussed

Overview: Taking inspiration from the later Wittgenstein, On Moral Certainty, Justification and Practice explores the practical basis of human morality. It offers an account of moral certainty, which it links with a view of moral competence. Drawing on everyday examples, it is shown how morality is grounded in action, not in reasoning.978-1-137-44718-0

Overview: Alles over ouderen in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg.Includes supplementary material: Ouderen vinden bij psychische problemen nog onvoldoende hun weg naar de geestelijke gezondheidszorg. Enerzijds omdat zij zelf niet om dergelijke hulp vragen, anderzijds omdat hulpverleners lang niet allemaal voldoende oog hebben. Dit boek biedt informatie over de laatste ontwikkelingen op dit gebied.978-90-368-0789-0978-90-368-0790-6

Overview: Includes contributions by a number of the world‘s leading specialists in functional analysis and operator theory.Presents some of the latest developments in operator theory.Introduces several active rInequalities play a central role in mathematics with various applications in other disciplines. The main goal of this contributed volume is to present several important matrix, operator, and norm inequalities in a systematic and self-contained fashion. Some powerful methods are used to provide significant mathematical inequalities in functional analysis, operator theory and numerous fiel

Overview: A concise, up-to-date approach to the diagnosis, early management and rehabilitation of osteoporosis in a broad context of patients.Provides information on special rehabilitation populations, includin.Taking an expansive perspective on osteoporosis and its ramifications, but with a central focus on the transition from diagnosis to treatment, rehabilitation and current management options, this practical guide discusses the most recent knowledge and literature on osteoporosis for the wide cross-section of professionals involved in treating this pervasive condition. It enables the physi

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .At the close of the 1980s, the independent contributions of Yann Brenier, Mike Cullen and John Mather launched a revolution in the venerable field of optimal transport founded by G. Monge in the 18th century, which has made breathtaking forays into various other domains of mathematics ever since. The author presents a broad overview of this area, supplying complete and self-contained proofs of all the fundamental results of the theory of optimal transport at the appropriate level of generality. Thus, the book encompasses the broad spectrum ranging fr

Overview: This is the first full-length study of the organization that incubated Britain‘s most provocative and successful fascist movement. Exploring Sir Oswald Mosley‘s secession from Labour, his evolving politics and his eventual embrace of fascism, this book examines the process by which he transformed from Labour politician to fascist.978-0-230-27652-9

Overview: 978-94-009-8197-3978-94-009-8195-9

Overview: This volume discusses the lives and writings of five nonconformist women who comprised the heart of a vibrant literary circle in England between 1760 and 1840. Whelan shows these women‘s keen awareness and often radical viewpoints on contemporary issues connected to politics, religion, gender, and the Romantic sensibility.978-1-137-34361-1Series ISSN 2691-1256 Series E-ISSN 2634-5218

Overview: A distinctive view of the history of computers, written by one of the pioneers of the field.Includes supplementary material: The Heinz Nixdorf Museum Forum (HNF) is the world’s largest c- puter museum and is dedicated to portraying the past, present and future of information technology. In the “Year of Informatics 2006” the HNF was particularly keen to examine the history of this still quite young discipline. The short-lived nature of information technologies means that individuals, inventions, devices, institutes and companies“age” more rapidly than in many other specialties. And in

Overview: 978-3-642-87748-3978-3-642-87747-6

Overview: 99 papers from the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) quadrennial General Assembly in Perugia, Italy, July 2007.Includes supplementary material: 978-3-662-51893-9978-3-540-85426-5Series ISSN 0939-9585 Series E-ISSN 2197-9359

Overview: Discusses the impacts and uses of machine learning.Analogizes Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr‘s theory of prediction in law with AI.Explores questions of how machine learning can be used and regulated wisely.This open access book explores machine learning and its impact on how we make sense of the world. It does so by bringing together two ‘revolutions’ in a surprising analogy: the revolution of machine learning, which has placed computing on the path to artificial intelligence, and the revolution in thinking about the law that was spurred by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr in the last two decades

Overview: This is a book about time, but it is also about much more than time—it is about how the objects we use to think about time shape our thoughts. Because time ties together so many aspects of our lives, this book is able to explore the nexus of objects, cognition, culture, and even biology, and to do so in relationship to globalization.978-1-137-01788-8978-1-137-01789-5Series ISSN 2637-6806 Series E-ISSN 2634-517X

Overview: Liefert zahlreiche Beispiele quer durch das Organismenreich zum Staunen.Vermittelt interessantes, biologisches bzw. fallweise auch wissenschaftshistorisches Hintergrundwissen.Bietet beste UnterhaltungDieses Buch bringt dem Leser auf sehr unterhaltsame Weise organismische Rekorde in der Biologie nahe. Es bietet bestes Infotainment, Anekdotisches und Unterhaltsames, und geht weit über nackte, numerische Daten hinaus. Gegliedert ist es in fünf Kapitel, die sich nach der Systematik richten: Archaeen und Bakterien – Protisten –Pilze – Pflanzen – Tiere.978-3-662-53779-4978-3-662-53780-0

Overview: 978-3-663-01987-9978-3-663-01986-2