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

Overview: Few regions of the planet have undergone such rapid social transition as the Arabian Gulf States. Psychological Well-Being in the Gulf States explores the implications of these rapid changes in terms of mental health and psychological well-being.978-1-137-52420-1978-1-137-28751-9

Overview: Advanced research on possibility distributions and decisions.Application of fuzzy logic, probability and possibility theory.Written by leading experts in the fiel.This book starts with the basic concepts of fuzzy sets and progresses through a normative view on possibility distributions and OWA operators in multiple criteria decisions.  .Five applications  (that all build on experience from solving complex real world problems) of possibility distributions to strategic decisions about closing/not closing a production plant using fuzzy real options,  portfolio selection with imprecise f

Overview: Addresses some of the major issues facing postal and delivery services through the world.Comprises original essays by prominent researchers in the field of postal economics and policy, selected and edWorldwide, postal and delivery economics is the subject of considerable interest. The postal industry’s business model is in drastic need of change. Notably, the European Commission and member states are still wrestling with the problems of implementing liberalization of entry into postal markets, addressing digital competition, and maintaining the universal service obligation. In the Un

Overview: Sheds new light on healthy ageing, which is more than just the absence of disease.Explains how the priority is the midlife prevention of age-related disability mainly linked to Sarcopenia and frailty..This book explains how to promote and prolong “healthy ageing,” which constitutes maintaining daily functioning and well-being until the end of life..In this context, the editor of the book and the international team of authors, all of whom are experts on the various aspects of ageing, demonstrate the value of this new approach in clinical practice. .The systematic integration of a func

Overview: Includes supplementary material: Praktische Erfahrung in der Knieendoprothetik im klinischen Alltag. Hilfe in praktischen Fragen für alle Operateure, aber auch zur Information über aktuelle Leistungsstandards und zukünftige Perspektiven. Sorgfältig aufgebaute, didaktisch wertvolle Abbildungen. Deutschsprachiges umfassendes Standardwerk der Knieendoprothetik von erfahrenen Autoren aus dem In- und Ausland. Systematischer Aufbau von der Indikationsstellung und Alternativen zum künstlichen Gelenkersatz über Planung, operatives Vorgehen bis hin zur Behandlung von aseptischen und septische

Overview: 978-3-8244-6001-4978-3-663-08849-3

Overview: .ICTAEM_1 treated all aspects of theoretical, applied and experimental mechanics including biomechanics, composite materials, computational mechanics, constitutive modeling of materials, dynamics, elasticity, experimental mechanics, fracture, mechanical properties of materials, micromechanics, nanomechanics, plasticity, stress analysis, structures, wave propagation. During the conference special symposia covering major areas of research activity organized by members of the Scientific Advisory Board took place...ICTAEM_1 brought together the most outstanding world leaders and gave att

Overview: Provides a unique set of data on transportation renegotiations in Public Private Partnerships (PPP).Offers an overall guide to understand and manage renegotiations in transportation PPP.Includes case-.There is a growing interest in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), particularly in infrastructure and public services. Under the scope of PPPs, renegotiations are becoming more relevant, as empirical evidence suggests that most PPP projects are inevitably renegotiated, i.e., the original contract needs to be adapted to new and unforeseen circumstances. Renegotiations have a substantial

Overview: Practically oriented and to-the-point manual on all subjects in pediatric surgery.Concise and ready reference covering all interdisciplinary aspects.Well illustrated with many tables for quick access .This updated volume offers a praxis-oriented and up-to-date overview of all subjects in paediatric surgery according to the European Training Requirements for Paediatric Surgery ( Approved by UEMS in April 2020). ..Written by experts in the field, .Pediatric Surgery Digest. aims to give readers quick access to information on all aspects of pediatric surgery, as well as interdisciplinary

Overview: 978-94-010-3772-3978-94-007-1038-2Series ISSN 1572-0233 Series E-ISSN 2215-0102

Overview: Brings together international scholars from the fields of psychology, creativity and literature.Looks into the challenging question of how the arts and poetry in particular is used in human decision mThis book explores the deep, imaginative, and creative power of poetry as part of the human experience.  How poetry provides insight into human psychology is a question at the beginning of its theoretical development, and is a constant challenge for cultural psychologists and the humanities alike. Poetry functions, in all ages and cultures, as a rite that merges the beauty, truth and the

Overview: Is devoted to utilization of beneficial plant microbiomes (rhizospheric, endophytic, and epiphytic) with multifunctional plant growth promoting attributes for sustainable developments.Contains the sciThis book encompasses the current knowledge of plant microbiomes and their potential biotechnological application for plant growth, crop yield and soil health for sustainable agriculture. The plant microbiomes (rhizospheric, endophytic and epiphytic) play an important role in plant growth, development, and soil health. Plant and rhizospheric soil are a valuable natural resource harbourin

Overview: Die psychischen und psychosomatischen Komponenten der verschiedenen Sterilitätsbehandlungen - von der Beratung bis zur in vitro Fertilisation und heterologen Insemination - werden in sieben Kapiteln von verschiedenen psychologischen Gesichtswinkeln aus betrachtet: aus psychoanalytischer, testpsychologischer und vor allem praktisch-klinischer Sicht. Der Arzt mit Sterilitätspraxis wird durch dieses Buch an viele seiner Patienten erinnert, und so manches an ihrem bisher für ihn unverständlichen Verhalten wird er nun besser erklären und in Zukunft besser in seinen Behandlungsplan einbaue

Overview: Guest Editor: JOSEF A. NOSSEK This is a special issue of the Journal of VLSI Signal Processing comprising eight contributions invited for publica­ tion on the basis of novel work presented in a special session on "Parallel Processing on VLSI Arrays" at the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) held in New Orleans in May 1990. Massive parallelism to cope with high-speed requirements stemming from real-time applications and the restrictions in architectural and circuit design, such as regularity and local connectedness, brought about by the VLSI technology are the key

Overview: This book argues that popular feminist fiction provided a key means by which American culture narrated and negotiated the perceived breakdown of American progress after the 1960s. It explores the intersection of two key features of late twentieth-century American culture.978-1-349-37292-8978-0-230-61280-8

Overview: The world of literary theory and criticism is once again at a crossroads. While much of the academy has been absorbing and institutionalizing that unstable mixture of poststructuralism, deconstruction, political critique and materialist historicism which is known as Cultural Theory, some people have been working up alternative theories. This book is about some of these less familiar Postcultural theories, and about the ways in which they challenge current thinking and open other, positive and constructive, possibilities for thought and research in the nineties.978-0-230-37314-3

Overview: Die EU-Strukturfonds sind in verschiedener Hinsicht interessant. Dies gilt zunächst für ihre zunehmende finanzielle Bedeutung. Die Höhe der Förder­ mittel des EU-Budgets, die für die Strukturfonds verwendet worden sind, hat seit den 80er Jahren im Zuge des voranschreitenden europäischen Einigungs­ prozesses ständig zugenommen: Die für die Strukturfonds eingesetzten Mittel sind von 64,6 Mrd. ECU für den Zeitraum von 1989 bis 1993 (in Preisen von 1989; vgl. Europäische Kommission 1995) auf 141,5 Mrd. ECU für die För­ derperiode von 1994 bis 1999 angestiegen. Das bedeutet, daß die jährl

Overview: Umfassender Leitfaden für Franchisegeber und -nehmer.Mit Mustervorlagen, Checklisten und konkreten Anleitungen.Unverzichtbar für alle, die Franchising als Expansionsstrategie oder als Weg in die Selbs.Franchisesysteme verstehen, systematisch aufbauen und für alle Beteiligten zum Erfolg machen ist ein komplexes Unterfangen. Wie das geht, erfahren Sie in diesem Buch. Franchisegeber wie auch Franchisenehmer erhalten wertvolle Strategien und Tools für das Tagesgeschäft und Antworten auf grundlegende Fragen: Wie können verschiedene Franchisesysteme aus den unterschiedlichsten Perspektiven

Overview: Vermittelt wichtige betriebswirtschaftliche Kenntnisse.Ist als umfassendes Kompendium zum Nachschlagen konzipiert.Enthält zahlreiche Beispiele, die bei der Umsetzung helfen.Nach vielen Jahren jetzt in.Das Buch ist ein Nachschlagewerk und praktischer Ratgeber für alle im Berufsleben oder in Ausbildung befindlichen Zahnärzte, die bereits Zahnarztpraxen leiten, darin arbeiten oder die Niederlassung planen. Die Zahnarztpraxis zählen betriebswirtschaftlich gesehen zu den sogenannten Kleinen und Mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) mit allen sich daraus ergebenden wirtschaftlichen Konsequenzen und

Overview: Positive Diplomacy draws on the author‘s experience from his distinguished diplomatic career in the Foreign Service and his lectures at the Diplomatic Academy of London for those contemplating, or at the outset of, a diplomatic career. Its focus is eminently practical. It concentrates on how junior diplomats can assist in making and carrying out foreign policy. It analyses what diplomats have to deal with and the skills they need to operate effectively as individuals and as members of a diplomatic service.978-1-349-25730-0978-1-349-25728-7