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

Overview: Resent results in Ontologies in Urban Development.Includes supplementary material: .Action C21 of the European programme for Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST - http://www.cost.esf.org/) is dedicated to investigating urban ontologies for an improved communication in urban civil engineering projects. The Action, known informally as "Towntology", brings together a large and heterogeneous grouping from across Europe, whose interests range from construction to urban tourism and from transport infrastructure to resource visualisation. On 6-7 November 2006

Overview: This collection of examples of the application of quantum­ chemical methods in the study of various chemical problems (main­ ly in organic chemistry) arose from an arrangement of the ma­ terials used by the first of the authors in his lectures on organic quantum chemistry and chemical constitution, delivered since 1959 at the Science Department of the Charles University, as well as in courses of quantum chemistry and, finally, in his lectures on the fundamentals of quantum chemistry held in the years 1965-1967 at the universities of Wiirzburg, Groningen, and Giessen, and at the Techn

Overview: Luis Villarreal is one of the most respected virologists in the country - if not the world; he is a true leader in the field.First volume to trace the evolution of biological identity systems from simA sense of belonging is basic to the human experience. But in this, humans are not unique. Essentially all life, from bacteria to humans, have ways by which it determines which members belong and which do not. This is a basic cooperative nature of life I call group membership which is examined in this book. However, cooperation of living things is not easily accounted for by current theo

Overview: Gives an overview of all the previous research done on marginal seas and especially the East Japan Sea.Presents new research done on the East Japan Sea in an organized way.Details all aspects of climaThis book reviews the research in various fields of oceanography on the responses of the East Japan Sea to climate change. The uniqueness of the East Japan Sea comes from the rapid and amplified response to climate change, which includes long-terms trends of physical and chemical parameters at a rate that almost doubles or even higher the global rate. This book aims to provide in an orga

Overview: Includes supplementary material: The 34th Annual Conference of the International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT) was held during August 12–17, 2006 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The emphasis of ISOTT-2006 was on ‘‘Expanding our Horizon. ’’ In terms of research topics, we added some newer ones – Translational Studies, Tissue Engineering, and Nanobiotechnology. In terms of participants, we put extra effort into including more junior researchers because we felt that they were the future of our society and for the first time in ISOTT history we had presentations made by hig

Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the The Second International Workshop on Optical SuperComputing, OSC 2009, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in November 2009. The 18 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited lecture were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions for inclusion in the book. Being an annual forum for research presentations on all facets of optical computing for solving hard computation tasks, OCS addresses the following topics of interest: designs of optical computing devices, algorithmics and complexity issues of optical computing,

Overview: 978-3-662-15229-4978-3-540-39231-6Series ISSN 0340-1022 Series E-ISSN 1436-5049

Overview: This book provides in-depth insights into the practices that lead to success in outsourcing global services. Written by internationally acclaimed academics, it covers best practices on IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing and netsourcing. This book is a must read for any practitioner, academic or student concerned with global sourcing.978-1-349-30238-3978-0-230-22741-5Series ISSN 2730-6623 Series E-ISSN 2730-6631

Overview: Aktuelles Know-how aus der Risk Science übertragen auf Finanzinstitute.Detaillierte Schilderung der Auswirkung von Digitalisierung auf Risiken.Verständliche Darstellung aktueller regulatorischer VorgaDieses Buch zeigt zum einen die aktuellen wissenschaftlichen Entwicklungen der „Risk Science“ auf und überträgt sie auf Finanzinstitute. Zum anderen wird aus einer pragmatischen Sicht die Auswirkung der aktuellen Digitalisierung auf mögliche Risiken betrachtet, wobei auch die externe Wahrnehmung der Gesellschaft auf Entwicklungen in Banken und speziell zu Themen wie der Anwendung der Kün

Overview: The first optimal design problem for an elastic column subject to buckling was formulated by Lagrange over 200 years ago. However, rapid development of structural optimization under stability constraints occurred only in the last twenty years. In numerous optimal structural design problems the stability phenomenon becomes one of the most important factors, particularly for slender and thin-walled elements of aerospace structures, ships, precision machines, tall buildings etc. In engineering practice stability constraints appear more often than it might be expected; even when designin

Overview: Reviews the latest diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.Covers advanced medical and surgical treatment approaches.Contains a wealth of expert practical knowledge and useful pearls.Using a case-based format to help disseminate some of the hard-to-find information on ocular surface disease, this book is written and edited by leaders in this rapidly evolving field. Each chapter is built around three actual patient cases with varying degrees of complexity whereby detailed aspects of the care are described in order to provide practical information and illustrate real world challenges. Oc

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Leading researchers in the field of Optimal Transportation, with different views and perspectives, contribute to this Summer School volume: Monge-Ampère and Monge-Kantorovich theory, shape optimization and mass transportation are linked, among others, to applications in fluid mechanics granular material physics and statistical mechanics, emphasizing the attractiveness of the subject from both a theoretical and applied point of view...The volume is designed to become a guide to researchers willing to enter into this challenging and useful theory..978-

Overview: Provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the topic of nucleic acid oxidation from the perspectives of basic science and biological relevance.This book provides an up-to-date coverage of selected topics in the area of nucleic acid oxidation. The topics have been selected to cover everything from basic chemical mechanisms, repair of damage and the biological and pathological meaning of DNA oxidation. The chapters are authored by leading, research active, international experts in the respective topics. In addition to some of the traditionally covered topics, we have included so

Overview: 978-3-409-13105-6978-3-322-89302-4Series ISSN 0175-8802 Series E-ISSN 2945-8129

Overview: Parallel execution of SQL queries against large databases offers a solution to the problem of reducing query response. This book addresses the related optimization problem: Given an SQL query, find the plan that delivers the result in minimal time. The author presents and analyzes new theoretical findings and efficient algorithms pertaining to parallel operation at a practical level of granularity relevant to database system operations. The optimization results balance the advantages and costs of parallel execution of SQL queries. The techniques presented are applicable to modern sys

Overview: In this compendium of current studies on olfaction and taste - the most comprehensive yet to appear in this series - the chemical senses are elucidated from points of view ranging from anatomy, electrophysiology, molecular biology (especially chemoreceptor gene cloning), biochemistry, and psychophysics to the latest clinical and technological applications of chemosensory research. Specific topics include the structure and function of the tastebud and olfactory epithelium; the genetics and mechanisms of olfactory and taste transduction; the chemistry and function of flavor compounds;

Overview: Includes supplementary material: This volume contains a selection of papers referring to lectures presented at the symposium "Operations Research 2004" (OR 2004) held at Tilburg University, September 1-3, 2004. This international conference took place under the auspices of the German Operations Research Society (GOR) and the Dutch Operations Research Society (NGB). The symposium had about 500 participants from more than 30 countries all over the world. It attracted academicians and practitioners working in various fields of Operations Research and provided them with the most recent a

Overview: 978-3-662-14931-7978-3-540-47494-4Series ISSN 0340-1022 Series E-ISSN 1436-5049

Overview: Erste Priorität für all diejenigen, die Wohneigentum selbst nutzen möchten, hat die Frage nach der geeigneten Finanzplanung. Die Problematik für jeden Käufer liegt darin, aus der Vielzahl potentieller Finanzierungsinstrumente wie Bausparen, Lebensversicherungs- und Bankhypothekendarlehen das optimale Mischungsverhältnis zu finden. Christian Möbius stellt ein innovatives flexibles Finanzierungsmodell auf und begegnet der mit jeder Planung auftretenden systemimmanenten unscharfen Datenlage mit einem neuen linearen hybriden Fuzzy-Optimierungsverfahren. Unter stetiger Einhaltung der Liqu

Overview: Presents recent research in object–oriented user interfaces for personalized mobile learning.Overviews New Developments in Mobile Learning.Written by leading experts in the field.Includes supplementar.This book presents recent research in mobile learning and advanced user interfaces. It is shown how the combination of these fields can result in personalized educational software that meets the requirements of state-of-the-art mobile learning software. This book provides a framework that is capable of incorporating the software technologies, exploiting a wide range of their current adv