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Overview: This book formulates a practical approach to managing building projects from inception to occupation, based on the author‘s own experience. The subjects covered include the client‘s involvement throughout the process; methods of appointing consultants and the current trends in this field; preparation of the brief and the means of effecting change control; managing the people in the project team and managing time and money. Other aspects covered include the developing change in the total procurement process and the growing use of information technology.

Overview: Introduces the major concepts of Quantitative Trait Loci mapping.Discusses the methodology of Quantitative Trait Loci mapping in experimental populations.Describes the methods for Genome Wide Associat.Thistimely text presents a comprehensive guide to genetic association, a new andrapidly expanding field that aims to elucidate how our genetic code (genotypes)influences the traits we possess (phenotypes). The book provides a detailedreview of methods of gene mapping used in association with experimentalcrosses, as well as genome-wide association studies. Emphasis is placed onmodel sele

Overview: Presents a collection of essays on various topics in phenomenological philosophy by leading experts in North America and Europe.Examines the relation between Husserl’s phenomenology and Aristotle; theIn this collection of essays, the sophistication and vibrancy of contemporary phenomenological research is documented, including both its engagement with key figures in the history of philosophy, and with critical problems defining future directions of philosophical investigations. It honors the writings of Richard Cobb-Stevens, whose work in phenomenological philosophy, analytic philoso

Overview: Answers the question of what life on the earth is in terms of energy by providing examples such as the origin and evolution of cells and the regulation of cellular functions.Shows that regulation of t.This book describes how biologically available free energy sources (ATP, chemical potential, and membrane potentials, among others) can be used to drive synthetic reactions, signaling in cells, and various types of motion such as membrane traffic, active transport, and cell locomotion. As such, it approaches the concept of the energy cycle of life on Earth from a physical point of view,

Overview: Focuses on cutting-edge scientific technologies used in oil and gas exploration and development.Includes papers from the 13th International Field Exploration and Development Conference (IFEDC 2023).InThis book focuses on reservoir surveillance and management, reservoir evaluation and dynamic description, reservoir production stimulation and EOR, ultra-tight reservoir, unconventional oil and gas resources technology, oil and gas well production testing, and geomechanics. This book is a compilation of selected papers from the 13th International Field Exploration and Development Confere

Overview: Political economy and Christian theology coexisted happily in the intellectual world of the eighteenth century. During the nineteenth century they came to be seen as incompatible, even mutually hostile. In the twentieth century they went their separate ways and are no longer on speaking terms. These fourteen essays by Anthony Waterman serve as snapshots of the history of this estrangement, and illustrate the gradual replacement of the discourse of theology by that of economics as the rational framework of political debate. Others have recently shown that both political economy and Ch

Overview: 978-3-540-17525-4978-3-642-83026-6Series ISSN 1431-4045

Overview: Publication in the field of technical sciences.Includes supplementary material: .Bernhard Gleich introduces Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) including all aspects that are necessary for a complete understanding. MPI is a new imaging modality invented by Bernhard Gleich and Jürgen Weizenecker. The method is capable of imaging the distribution of superparamagnetic iron oxide particles (SPIOs) with high sensitivity, high spatial resolution, and high imaging speed. The author summarizes the results of a number of original papers and countless innovations he has elaborated in the young dis

Overview: 978-3-8100-0657-8978-3-663-06742-9

Overview: Die Grundlagen der Policyforschung knapp und verständlichPolitikfeldanalyse fragt danach, was politische Akteure tun, warum sie es tun und was sie damit bewirken. Ihr Ziel ist systematisches Wissen über Politik, für die Politik bereitzustellen. Entsprechend der Zielsetzung der Reihe "Elemente der Politik" gibt dieser Band einen einführenden Überblick über.- das Verhältnis zwischen Politikwissenschaft und Politikfeldanalyse.- die wichtigsten theoretischen und methodischen Zugänge.- zentrale Begriffe (z. B. Akteure, Institutionen, Steuerungsinstrumente).- den sog. "Policy-Cycle" sowie.

Overview: Ausgangspunkt dieses Buches ist die Fragestellung, wodurch prozeßorientierte betriebliche Informationssysteme gekennzeichnet sind und was sie für Unternehmen zukünftig so interessant macht. Anschließend wird erläutert, wie rechnergestützte prozeßorientierte Informationssysteme verwirklicht werden können. Das Buch präsentiert außerdem einen Modellierungsansatz - bestehend aus Methode, Vorgehen und Werkzeugen - zur effizienten und effektiven Analyse und Gestaltung derartiger Informationssysteme.978-3-642-64297-5978-3-642-60191-0

Overview: 978-3-409-34131-8978-3-322-88015-4

Overview: 978-3-663-11139-9978-3-663-11138-2

Overview: Includes supplementary material: In this major revision and expansion of a highly respected reference work, the authors have created the most comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nutritional strategies available for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health through nutrition. This new edition combines fully updated versions of the best chapters of the first two editions with updated critical chapters from the much-praised Primary and Secondary Preventive Nutrition, and adds 16 new chapters. Here, practicing health professionals will find all new reviews of lycopene,

Overview: First methods book which includes many detailed descriptions.Absolutely needed and thus timely for the scientific community.Comprises 15% more content and includes the special features mentioned.Inclu.Protein Folding Kinetics - Biophysical Methods (2nd Edition) gives a deep insight into the principles and concepts of the kinetic and structural resolution of fast chemical and biophysical reactions of proteins with emphasis on protein-folding reactions. The study of fast protein-folding reactions and the understanding of the folding paradox have significantly advanced due to the recent

Overview: Details the emergence of a nascent algorithmic war culture in the context of the Iraq War.Offers insights into the digitization and unmanned automaton of war.Uses comparative historical frameworks to .During the Iraq War, American soldiers were sent to both fight an enemy and to recover a “failed state” in pixelated camouflage uniforms, accompanied by robots, and armed with satellite maps and biometric hand-held scanners. The Iraq War, however, was no digital game: massive-scale physical death and destruction counter the vision of a clean replayable war. The military policy of the Un

Overview: Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern.978-1-349-49431-6978-1-137-43973-4

Overview: Projektorientierte Lehre im bildungswissenschaftlichen Kontext.Motivation durch Projektorientierung.Multiperspektivischer Beitrag zur Hochschuldidaktik.Das Buch liefert einen kritischen Beitrag zum Diskurs über Lehre an Hochschulen angewandter Wissenschaften. Projektorientierte Lehre (POL) wird in ihrer Bedeutung für Hochschulen angewandter Wissenschaften dargestellt und analysiert. Theoretische Perspektiven, implementierte Projekte, Bedingungsfaktoren sowie wissenschaftliche Ansätze komplementieren die Sicht..978-3-658-41605-8978-3-658-41606-5

Overview: Includes supplementary material: Play engages humans cognitively, emotionally, and physically at all ages. Using a historical framework, and focusing on play as represented by material artifacts such as toys and games, this book explores play as a form of somatic engagement that reflects cultural attitudes about development and learning as these have evolved over time in western culture. Theorists in the twentieth century such as Klein and Winnicott, Huizinga and Callois, Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsy brought different perspectives to our understanding of play’s role in our society. In

Overview: Focuses on the under-researched topic of life after prison.Draws on the forgotten perspectives of those subject to imprisonment, not just practitioners.Questions the aims, role, and problems relating This book provides an assessment of contemporary international knowledge about the experiences of life after release from prison. For over 100 years people leaving prison have been supervised by probation services, but little has been written about how those who are supervised experience this process, or how this process influences experiences post-release. Research suggests that the suc