BOOKS with Alphabet P (Pa, Pb,Pc, Pd, Pe…... )

Overview: An empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the EU enhance or endanger democracy. Many consider allowing civil society to take an active role in EU policy-making to offer the most effective means of enhancing democracy in the EU, whereas others argue that such attempts deepen the EU‘s democratic deficit.978-1-349-31746-2978-0-230-34779-3Series ISSN 2662-5873 Series E-ISSN 2662-5881

Overview: Über die Qualität der Presse in der KriseDas Buch nimmt die aktuelle Wirtschaftskrise zum Anlass, um die Frage nach der Qualität der Presse, insbesondere der der Tageszeitungen zu stellen. Herzstück des Buches sind aktuelle Beispiele, die veranschaulichen, dass Journalisten zu oft die Bedürfnisse der Leser missachten und schwer verständliche Texte oder Überschriften produzieren, die häufig nicht einmal interessant sind. Wer immer schon mal wissen wollte, warum ihn Wirtschaftstexte abschrecken, bekommt hier Antworten. Das Autorengespann zeigt gängige Auswahlfehler und kritisiert den H

Overview: Das »Jahrbuch Politisches Denken« ist den elementaren Fragen der Politik gewidmet; es versammelt Beiträge aus allen Bereichen des politischen Lebens und will sowohl Fachwissenschaftler/innen als auch politisch interessierte Bürgerinnen und Bürger gewinnen.978-3-476-02766-5

Overview: Provides up-to-date, step-by-step protocols for both basic and advanced genomics.Describes relevant immunology and bioinformatics tools needed to validate genomic studies.Includes sections on nutrigenThis laboratory manual includes the latest tools and techniques involved in genomic research. It starts with an introductory chapter on genomics and the various tools and applications involved. The initial chapters present protocols for basic techniques such as DNA isolation, electrophoresis, PCR, cDNA synthesis etc. The book then goes on to describe more advanced techniques such as next

Overview: .In very short time, peer-to-peer computing has evolved from an attractive new paradigm into an exciting and vibrant research field bringing together researchers from systems, networking, and theory....This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Systems, IPTPS 2003, held in Berkeley, CA, USA in February 2003....The 27 revised papers presented together with an introductory summary of the discussions at the workshop were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and revision from initially 166 submissions.

Overview: 978-3-322-84576-4978-3-322-84575-7

Overview: Overview of all spacecraft control tasks.Practically usable algorithms for attitude control, momentum control and drag-free control.Simple algorithms for attitude determination and commanding of spaceThe objective of this textbook is to provide the mathematical models and algorithms needed to develop a thorough understanding of all control system functions of a rigid body spacecraft. Relatively simple, but practically applicable algorithms are presented rather than recent advances. We try to avoid detailed and specialized issues that are of less importance for the fundamental underst

Overview: Contains cutting edge techniques which greatly expand the depth and scope of classical invasive prenatal diagnosis.Totally unique focus on novel non-invasive approaches for prenatal diagnosis.Also of Molecular biology has transformed prenatal diagnosis because it permits an accurate diagnosis to be made from very small quantities of fetal material, even single cells. Although the latter permits the analysis of preimplantation embryos and, perhaps in the future, the analysis of fetal cells enriched from maternal blood, a major current focus is to facilitate rapid, cost-effective diagn

Overview: Offers a strong focus on prevention.Educated on how to build resilience across the lifespan.Targets special populations.This book provides a comprehensive overview of essential concepts and evidence that guide the practice of contemporary preventive cardiovascular nursing. The sections incorporate a lifespan approach to cardiovascular wellness, and provide perspectives on sources of known and emerging cardiovascular risk factors as well as the spectrum of multidimensional factors including biological, behavioral, psychological and sociocultural influences on cardiovascular wellness,

Overview: Gathers selected conference papers from the 7th International Conference on Nanomanufacturing.Presents the latest research findings from leading scholars and experienced engineers.Leading exerts to exThis book is a compilation of selected papers from the 7th International Conference on Nanomanufacturing (nanoMan2021), held in Xi’an on November 17-19, 2021 after postponing twice due to COVID-19 pandemic. It encompasses the synthesis of nanomaterials, the fabrication of devices, the characterization of various products and systems, process monitoring and quality control, simulations, a

Overview: Reviews the state of the art of optical nanotechnology.Covers a wide range of topics from basic nanophotonic to applications.Written by the world’s leading scientists in the field.This book presents important topics in nanophotonics in review-style chapters written by world leading scientists. The book sketches the history of dressed photon science and technology and explains why advanced theories of dressed photons are required. To meet this requirement, the recent results of theoretical studies and the theory of dressed photons are displayed by modifying the conventional electromag

Overview: Offers a new perspective on how ecological science developed.Illuminates photography’s role in shaping new forms of knowledge.Informed by the author’s own experience as a field ecologist, photographer.This book examines the role of photography and visual culture in the emergence of ecological science between 1895 and 1939..978-981-19-2517-7978-981-19-2515-3

Overview: Repetition and seriality are inherent in pornography and is constitutive for its functionality as a film genre, an industry, and an area of gender studies. By linking the styles of the genre to processes of serial production, consumption, and discussion, Schaschek questions the dominant assumptions about pornography and the stability of the genre.978-1-349-47286-4978-1-137-35938-4

Overview: Presented in an easy-to-read case-based format.Features updates on the role of neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer and emerging treatment algorithms for chronic pancreatitis.Written by experts iThis clinical casebook provides a comprehensive yet concise state-of-the-art review of pancreatic disease. Presented in a case-based format, each case focuses on a different varient of pancreatic disease and pancreatic cancer, with sections on diagnosis and early detection, management of the disease, and treatment of complications from the disease. The role of neoadjuvant therapy for pan

Overview: The papers in this book, illustating the present status of knowledge related to the vacuolar compartment of fungi and plants, were presented at an Advanced Research Workshop entitled "Plant Vacuoles. Their Importance in Plant Cell Compartmentation and their Applications in Biotechnology" held in Sophia-Antipolis, France, on July 6-11, 1986. The organizers were fortunate in being able to assemble representative leaders of all the above fields of research concerning this compartment. These scientists from all over the world were invited to present their latest results and to exchange v

Overview: No restriction to specific programming paradigms.Discusses the rich history of parallel processing and the origin of many techniques.Provides the structure of parallel algorithms needed for the reader.This book is primarily intended as a research monograph that could also be used in graduate courses for the design of parallel algorithms in matrix computations..It assumes general but not extensive knowledge of numerical linear algebra, parallel architectures, and parallel programming paradigms.. .The book consists of four parts: (I) Basics; (II) Dense and Special Matrix Computations;

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Overview: .Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. includes symposia and researchpapers presented at the 10th International Conference on PlantPathogenic Bacteria. The book provides the complete text of 22symposia papers that summarize the state-of-the-art of the many facetsof phytobacteriology including disease control, taxonomy, genetics ofpathogenicity, virulence factors, as well as detection and diagnosis.These topics are also included among research papers, presented orallyor as posters at the conference, and here presented in research paperformat, conveniently separated in different sections by subje

Overview: 978-3-540-04489-5978-3-540-35963-0Series ISSN 0340-1022 Series E-ISSN 1436-5049

Overview: Plant breeding, the domestication and systematic improvement of crop species, is the basis of past and present agriculture. Our so­ called primitive progenitors selected practically all our present-day crop plants, and the improvement wrought through millenia of selection has so changed some of them that in many cases their links to the past have been obliterated. There is no doubt that this ranks among the greatest of human achievements. Although plant breeding has been a continuous empirical activity for as long as humans have forsaken the vagaries and thrill of hunting for the sec