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

Overview: Treatment outcome has certainly improved since Stunkard and McLaren-Hume (1959) reviewed the literature and found that less than 25% of obese patients lost 20 pounds or more and less than 5% lost 40 pounds or more. However, one of the few points on which almost all obesity researchers agree is that to date, our results are quite modest and we are generally unsuccessful in promoting effective weight maintenance among obese persons. As the title of a more recent article, "Improving long-term weight loss: Pushing the limits of treatment," (Brownell & Jeffrey, 1987, [emphasis added]) sug

Overview: Features comprehensive discussion on the dielectric function of nanoscale materials.Covers novel 2D materials such as graphene, Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, and nanoscale films and wires made froThis book covers the optical and electrical properties of nanoscale materials with an emphasis on how new and unique material properties result from the special nature of their electronic band structure. Beginning with a review of the optical and solid state physics needed for understanding optical and electrical properties, the book then introduces the electronic band structure of solid

Overview: Examines student engagement through the lens of positive psychology.Extends findings beyond school to home, friends, organized sports and other extracurricular activities.Combines a theoretical and me.Optimal Learning Environments to Promote Student Engagement. analyzes the psychological, social, and academic phenomena comprising engagement, framing it as critical to learning and development. Drawing on positive psychology, flow studies, and theories of motivation, the book conceptualizes engagement as a learning experience, explaining how it occurs (or not) and how schools can adapt

Overview: Die Post Merger Integration leistet einen wesentlichen Beitrag für den Erfolg von Unternehmungszusammenschlüssen. Anhand von zwei Gestaltungsdimensionen zeigt Sven Hackmann die Umsetzung der organisatorischen Integration auf. Die Gestaltungsdimension „Organisation der Integration (Odl)“ bildet den organisatorischen Rahmen für die Gestaltungsdimension „Integration der Organisation (IdO)“, in der die organisatorische Zusammenführung umgesetzt wird. In Abhängigkeit vom gewählten Integrationsansatz ergeben sich hier unterschiedliche Herausforderungen für die organisatorische Gestaltung.9

Overview: 978-1-4899-6207-2978-1-4899-6419-9

Overview: As we approach the end of the present century, the elementary particles of light (photons) are seen to be competing increasingly with the elementary particles of charge (electrons/holes) in the task of transmitting and processing the insatiable amounts of infonnation needed by society. The massive enhancements in electronic signal processing that have taken place since the discovery of the transistor, elegantly demonstrate how we have learned to make use of the strong interactions that exist between assemblages of electrons and holes, disposed in suitably designed geometries, and rep

Overview: 978-3-662-31939-0978-3-662-32766-1

Overview: 978-1-4757-8615-6978-0-306-46912-1

Overview: Recently interest has arisen in the use of electrical discharges to effect chemical reactions. Various types of discharges enable us to alter the conditions of a process over a wide range, and often ro combine the high electron "temperatures" necessary to activ ate certainreactions with the low molecular temperatures of the medium used. This makes it possible to simplify the techniques and apparatus required for a process, and to "quench" the products, thus preventing them from decomposing again. Same work on the use of electrical discharges has already found practical applications,

Overview: Eine politikwissenschaftliche StudieNadja Wilker untersucht die Einstellungen politischer Repräsentanten gegenüber digitalen Formen der Bürgerbeteiligung und analysiert, welchen Einfluss dabei ihre unterschiedlichen Rollenverständnisse haben. Anhand einer quantitativen Befragung kommunaler Mandatsträger zeigt sie, dass das individuelle Demokratieverständnis der wichtigste Prädiktor für die Aufgeschlossenheit der Entscheidungsträger gegenüber verschiedenen Formen der Online-Bürgerbeteiligung ist. Zum einen leistet die Studie dabei einen Beitrag zur Rollentheorie in der politikwissensc

Overview: Focus on orthopaedic conditions that affect infants.Links to relevant position statements.Concise, practical text designed for easy reference in the clinical setting.Primary care providers caring for newborns must be able to recognize orthopaedic disorders that affect infants, particularly when these conditions require early treatment or are part of an underlying syndrome.  This book provides pediatricians, neonatologists, family medicine physicians and licensed independent practitioners with a useful framework for the diagnosis and management of common pediatric orthopaedic conditio

Overview: Durch die explosionsartige Entwicklung des Internets nutzen immer mehr Unternehmen und private Endkunden den dort entstandenen jungen elektronischen Massenmarkt zur Durchführung von Transaktionen. Entgegen theoretischer Vorstellungen sind die für elektronische Märkte erwarteten Phänomene einer erhöhten Markttransparenz nicht erkennbar. Vielmehr begründet die unüberschaubare Zahl von Angeboten einen Re-Intermediationsbedarf, der sich in Form von elektronischen Einkaufszentren, Portal Sites und Online-Diensten (= Inhaltepaketierer) manifestiert..Bertold Heil analysiert die theoretische

Overview: Building IT Organizations Optimally With many practical examples.With many practical examples.Shows the selection of the right management tools.This book takes a practical look at how IT organizations need to position themselves optimally in this dynamically changing world and what this means for the leadership of this increasingly important IT. In addition, the book takes a closer look at the topic of managing an IT organization: What is the role and what are the leadership responsibilities of a CIO? How and by what means can an IT organization best be managed? How can complex chang

Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on OpenMP, held in Canberra, Australia, in September 2013. The 14 technical full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from various submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on proposed extensions to OpenMP, applications, accelerators, scheduling, and tools.978-3-642-40697-3978-3-642-40698-0Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: The International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was founded in 1973 "to facilitate the exchange of scientific information among those interested in any aspect of the transport and/or utilization of oxygen in tissues". Its members span virtually all disciplines, extending from various branches of clinical medicine such as anesthesiology, ophthalmology and surgery through the basic medical sciences of physiology and‘biochemistry to most branches of the physical sciences and engineering. The seventeenth annual meeting of ISOTT was held in 1989 for four days, from July 21

Overview: Guides practitioners and industry experts as Generative AI moves from research into wider real-world applications.Provides a holistic approach to optimizing Generative AI workloads while minimizing th.This comprehensive guide provides practical strategies for optimizing Generative AI systems to be more sustainable and responsible. As advances in Generative AI such as large language models accelerate, optimizing these resource-intensive workloads for efficiency and alignment with human values grows increasingly urgent...The book starts with the concept of Generative AI and its wide-ra

Overview: Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by the Durham University, UK.Demonstrates that the currently accepted models of galaxy formation are correct in parts but have parts that are not reproduced byThis prize-winning Ph.D. thesis by Chris Harrison adopts a multi-faceted approach to address the lack of decisive observational evidence, utilising large observational data sets from several world-leading telescopes. Developing several novel observational techniques, Harrison demonstrated that energetic winds driven by Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are found in a large number of galaxies,

Overview: Presents the main methods for solving stochastic optimal control problems arising in finance.Through a large number of worked problems, illustrates how to use a combination of analytic and numerical tReaders of this book will learn how to solve a wide range of optimal investment problems arising in finance and economics. .Starting from the fundamental Merton problem, many variants are presented and solved, often using numerical techniques .that the book also covers. The final chapter assesses the relevance of many of the models in common use when applied to data.978-3-642-35201-0978-

Overview: 978-3-540-04942-5978-3-642-87726-1Series ISSN 0075-8442 Series E-ISSN 2196-9957

Overview: Presents a description of a new ontology-based approach for the development and evolution of DSLs in software systems.Demonstrates and analyses details of its application in the case of user interface.This book focuses on the study of ontology-based models and methods used for the implementation of the evolution of external domain-specific languages (DSL), which are mainly intended for modelling the structure of human-machine interfaces. The primary goal of the approach is to increase the efficiency of support processes during the life cycle of general-purpose software systems...The