BOOKS with Alphabet S (Sa, Sb,Sc, Sd, Se…... )

Overview: Provides background material on social robotics, history and a concise literature survey.Includes tutorial material on sociorobot intelligent control architectures, learning techniques and human-robot.This book makes a consolidated guided tour to the world of sociorobots (social or socialized robots)..Sociorobots and assistive robots provide entertainment, assistance to the handicapped, companionship to the elderly and health care to autistic children and people with dementia. The book provides, in a fluent educational way, all major concepts, architectures and design methodologies.

Overview: Ein Fundus von 200 Spielideen.Ideale Ergänzung für die Pflege von dementen Personen.Gut strukturiert, einfach umsetzbare Übungen.Includes supplementary material: .Demenz verändert die Persönlichkeit des Menschen. Im schleichenden Prozess verlieren Betroffene gewohnte Fähigkeiten, Sicherheit und Selbstständigkeit. Dementiell eingeschränkte Menschen haben immer noch funktionsfähige Sinnesbereiche mit offenen Zugängen für sprachliche und emotionale Ansprechbarkeiten. .Dieses Buch zeigt neue Trends in der Altenpflege sowie die häufigsten Demenzformen und deren Auswirkungen. Gut strukturi

Overview: Why are some political leaders stronger than others? How do we make sense of the interaction between the leader‘s personality and the context that the leader faces? This book provides a unique way of approaching these questions, identifying the very different philosophical foundations that underpin the contemporary study of political leadership.978-1-137-34708-4Series ISSN 2947-5821 Series E-ISSN 2947-583X

Overview: Reports recent research results on Stigmergic Organization.Biologists studied the behavior of social insects for a long time. After millions of years of evolution all these species have developed incredible solutions for a wide range of problems. The intelligent solutions to problems naturally emerge from the self-organization and indirect communication of these individuals. Indirect interactions occur between two individuals when one of them modifies the environment and the other responds to the new environment at a later time. Such an interaction is an example of ‘stigmergy’. This

Overview: Provides the theoretical means for maintaining the privacy and security of smart grids.Provides comprehensive location privacy preserving mechanisms for end-users and mobile users in the context of smThis book provides a thorough treatment of privacy and security issues for researchers in the fields of smart grids, engineering, and computer science. It presents comprehensive insight to understanding the big picture of privacy and security challenges in both physical and information aspects of smart grids. The authors utilize an advanced interdisciplinary approach to address the exist

Overview: A comprehensive and extensive review of state-of-the-art in semantics acquisition game (SAG) design.A set of design patterns for SAG designers.A set of case studies (real SAG projects) demonstrating tMany applications depend on the effective acquisition of semantic metadata, and this state-of-the-art volume provides extensive coverage of the field of semantics acquisition games (SAGs). SAGs are a part of the crowdsourcing approach family and the authors analyze their role as tools for acquisition of resource metadata and domain models. Three case studies of SAG-based semantics acquis

Overview: Explores China‘s new world of investments in Asia.Charts the financial realities behind China‘s influence on Eurasia, Southeast Asia and other regions.Explores how national security strategies should .This collection explores the expansion of Chinese outbound investments, aimed to sustain the increased need for natural resources, and how they have amplified the magnitude of a possible international crisis that the People’s Republic of China may face in the near future by bringing together the views of a wide range of scholars. President Xi’s Belt and Road initiative (BRI), aimed to p

Overview: igger selenium picture.This book will be of interest to the diverse selenium research community, managers and inhabitants of seleniferous areas, and anyone who is interested in learning about this intThis book covers many facets of plant selenium (Se) accumulation: molecular genetics, biochemistry, physiology, and ecological and evolutionary aspects. Broader impacts and applications of plant Se accumulation also receive attention. Plant Se accumulation is very relevant for environmental and human health. Selenium is both essential at low levels and toxic at high levels, and both Se d

Overview: Erfolgsstrategien mittelständischer UnternehmenMittelständische Unternehmen spielen in der deutschen Wirtschaft eine große Rolle. Insbesondere im internationalen Wettbewerb nehmen sie erstaunlich oft marktführende Positionen ein. Im Widerspruch zu dieser Tatsache beschäftigt sich die wissenschaftliche Strategie- und Marketingforschung allenfalls am Rande mit diesen Firmen. Die strategische Forschung ist vorwiegend auf große Unternehmen ausgerichtet und bezieht von dort, zum Teil indirekt über Berater, ihre wesentli­ chen Impulse. Die Merkmale der Strategie und die diesbezüglichen Ver

Overview: Provides comprehensive interpretations of the current surgery for gynecologic cancer.Broadens understanding of new surgical methods for gynecologic cancer with quality assurance.Clarifies the whole pi.This comprehensive volume provides exhaustive interpretations of surgery for gynecologic cancer. In these chapters, expert authors expound the history, principles and indications, preoperative evaluations, techniques, morbidity, and the future prospects for each surgical procedure. Also included are comparisons of the training systems of gynecologic surgeons in Japan and the USA..Recent

Overview: Reports on novel smart morphing prototypes and electrodynamic actuators.Describes solutions to increase aerodynamic performance.Covers numerical and experimental findings, and real-world case studies.This book reports on advanced strategies to design, modeling and testing morphing wings for aeronautical applications. Covering the major outcomes of the multidisciplinary project “Smart Morphing & Sensing” (H2020 N° 723402 SMS), funded by the European Union between 2017 and 2020, it presents a complete set of theories and methods that have been used and developed to integrate novel elec

Overview: The book will present original research papers on the quantitative methods and techniques for the evaluation of the sustainability of business operations and organizations’ overall environmental perfoOne of the most important issues in developing sustainable management strategies and incorporating ecodesigns in production, manufacturing and operations management is the assessment of the sustainability of business operations and organizations’ overall environmental performance. The book presents the results of recent studies on sustainability assessment. It provides a solid reference

Overview: The problems of surgical intervention in and about the diencephalic region have stimu­ lated the interest of neurosurgeons throughout the world. It was therefore not totally surprising when Professor A. N. Konovalov proposed this topic for discussion at the Fifth Annual Stonwin Medical Conference. Bringing the leading figures in this area to New York for a roundtable conference was an exciting challenge. Professor Russel H. Patterson, Jr., generously consented to be our guest of honor. The conference was held at the Winston Estate on July 13-14, 1987, and met our every expectation fo

Overview: Verbindet theoretische Grundlagen mit praktischen Fragestellungen.Solide Basis für den erfolgreichen Einsatz von Warteschlangenmodellen und -simulationen.Open-Source-Simulationssystem "Warteschlangens.Dieses Buch verknüpft die mathematischen Grundlagen der Warteschlangentheorie mit der Modellierung praktischer Problemstellungen, der Anwendung entsprechender Simulationen und der validen Auswertung ihrer Ergebnisse. In zahlreichen konkreten Beispielen und Fragestellungen kommt der frei verfügbare Warteschlangensimulator zum Einsatz, so dass alles nachvollzogen und für eigene Zwecke ada

Overview: In contrast to most books on lasers, which are mainly concerned with an introduction of physical or quantum mechanical principles of laser action or with the application of laser systems, it deals priThis book, written from an industrial vantage point, describes the characteristics, design, and operation of solid-state lasers. As the title implies, the emphasis is placed on the technical aspects of these systems rather than on theoretical concepts. Lengthy mathematicalderivationshavebeenavoidedbecausethetheoryisnottreatedasanend initself,butratherservestoexplaintheexperimentalresults

Overview: Includes supplementary material: 978-3-540-31370-0Series ISSN 1615-1844 Series E-ISSN 1616-9522

Overview: Covers the latest results from scientists from the most active universities in this hot topic.Includes supplementary material: .These proceedings provide the latest results on dark matter and dark energy research. The UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy hosted its tenth Dark Matter and Dark Energy conference in Marina del Rey and brought together all the leaders in the field. The symposium provided a scientific forum for the latest discussions in the field.. .Topics covered at the symposium:. .•Status of measurements of the equation of state of dark energy and new experiments.•T

Overview: Überblick über die soziologischen Gegenwartsdiagnosen des 21. Jahrhunderts.Die Soziologie und die Fragen der Gegenwart.Internationale PerspektiveIn diesem Buch werden einige der wirkmächtigsten soziologischen Gegenwartsdiagnosen des 21. Jahrhunderts in ihren zentralen Aussagen in einzelnen Beiträgen vorgestellt und diskutiert. Dazu gehören prägnante Einführungen in die Werke von Autorinnen und Autoren wie Donna Haraway, Didier Eribon, Hartmut Rosa, Andreas Reckwitz oder Arlie Hochschild. Aus der Lektüre der verschiedenen Deutungsangebote ergibt sich ein eindrucksvolles Mosaik soziolo

Overview: Presents the convergence of the adoption of some Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practices into mainstream Allopathic Western Medicine.Pioneering work in the field of semantically based TCM telemed.Recent years have seen the development of two significant trends namely: the adoption of some Traditional Chinese Medicine Practices into mainstream Allopathic Western Medicine and the advent of the internet and broad band networks leading to an increased interest in the use of Telemedicine to deliver medical services..In this book, we see the convergence of these two trends leading to

Overview: Offering an introduction to clanism and tribalism in the Gulf of Aden area, Dr Lewis uses these concepts to analyse security in Yemen, Somalia, Somaliland and the broader region. This historical overview of conflict in each country, and the resulting threats of piracy and terrorism, will benefit both the casual reader and student of development.978-1-137-47075-1