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

Overview: Provides new options to solve the practical problems of power system small-signal instability brought about by grid connection of wind farms.Introduces the application of conventional methods, includiThis book reviews and examines how power system low-frequency power oscillations and sub-synchronous oscillations may be affected by grid connection of wind power generation. Grid connection of wind power generation affects the power system small-signal stability and has been one of the most actively pursued research subjects in power systems and power electronics engineering in the last

Overview: Reframing self-delusional attitudes to disease.Understanding the social psychological aspect of disease cognition.Preventing social biases in the future.This open acess book focuses on a critical aspect of pandemic behavior, which is how important information is communicated. It examines how the press and other entities may bias the dissemination of this information, and what may be done to counteract this tendency. Covering theory and research in this area, the book applies these to practical considerations that may be utilized in times of health crisis. It lays the groundwork for u

Overview: Summarizes the main results of the UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP project: Realistic Modelling of Seismic Input for Megacities and Large Urban Areas.New Findings in ground-motion modeling, hazard prediction, risk a.The accelerated, and often uncontrolled, growth of the cities has contributed to the ecological transformation of their immediate surroundings. Factors contributing to the urban vulnerability include: lowering or rising of the water table, subsidence, loss of bearing capacity of soil foundations and instability of slopes. Recent catastrophic earthquakes highlight the poor understanding

Overview: Die Korn-Shell ermöglicht eine effektive Nutzung von UNIX-Systemen. Nicht nur für den Systemprogrammierer, auch für jeden UNIX-Anwender sind Kenntnisse der Shell-Funktionsweise und -Programmierung unabdingbar. Der Leser wird in diesem Buch Schritt für Schritt in den Umgang mit der Korn-Shell eingeführt, wobei grundlegende UNIX-Kenntnisse vorausgesetzt werden. Sachverhalte, die erfahrungsgemäß gerade Einsteigern Schwierigkeiten bereiten, werden anhand von zahlreichen, nachvollziehbaren Beispielen verdeutlicht. Der Leser erlernt anhand einer komplexen Anwendung - einer Adreßverwaltung

Overview: Präsentationen hochgradig aktueller Themen der IT-Sicherheit.Die Präsentatoren sind durchweg kompetent und entscheidungsbefugt zugleich.Zusammenfassung des aktuellen Lagebildes der Security Landschaft.Der Tagungsband zur vierten Berliner IT-Sicherheitskonferenz 2014 zeichnet zusammenfassend ein aktuelles Lagebild der Security Landschaft. Ausgewiesene Kompetenz- und Entscheidungsträger zeigen Entwicklungen wie die geplante europäische Datenschutzverordnung oder Sicherheitsanforderungen aus Szenarien der Industrie 4.0 auf. Denn es bewahrheitet sich, dass folgende Weisheit angesichts zu

Overview: Soziale Ungleichheiten - Ursachen und Dynamiken.Umfassender Band zu einem dringlichen Problem.Aktualisierte Neuauflage.Includes supplementary material: .Soziale, wirtschaftliche und politische Probleme haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren erheblich zugespitzt. Die Akteure sehen sich zunehmend zu Eigenverantwortung und Flexibilität im Erwerbs- und Bildungsbereich gefordert. Betroffen sind längst nicht mehr nur die unterprivilegierten sozialen Milieus. Deklassierungsängste erreichen inzwischen weite Teile der bislang gesicherten gesellschaftlichen Mitte. Der Band versammelt Beiträge, d

Overview: Focuses on tree stems as popular objects of study in forest science.Addresses relationships between tree sizes and how growth/competition relate to those relationships.Discusses the well-known self-thThis book reveals the benefits of describing and modeling trees as the combined surface areas of their stems, and provides a concise overview of the fundamental grounds for adopting such an approach. Anatomically speaking, trees are largely thin sheaths of living cells and it is this understanding that has sparked growing interest in the study of stem surface areas in trees and stands. A

Overview: State-of-the-art research.Fast-track conference proceedings.Unique visibility978-3-642-17297-7978-3-642-17298-4Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: The Scope of Brief Therapy Within the last two decades there has been a dramatic expansion in the uses of short-term treatment (Grayson, 1979, Small, 1979). Brief therapies have been and continue to be widely used with a number of different patient popu­ lations in a broad variety of service settings. They have been reported in use with children, adolescents, adults~ and the aged; in groups, families, and individual treatment; on college campuses, high schools, in community mental health centers, in child guidance clinics, in private psychiatric clinics, in hospitals as part of out-p

Overview: Revised and updated to provide over 100 worked-out exercises on game theory with detailed step-by-step explanations.Presents games that are required in most courses at the undergraduate level and gradThis textbook presents worked-out exercises on game theory with detailed step-by-step explanations. While most textbooks on game theory focus on theoretical results, this book focuses on providing practical examples in which students can learn to systematically apply theoretical solution concepts to different fields of economics and business. The text initially presents games that are re

Overview: Includes supplementary material: This SpringerBrief presents the fundamental concepts of a specialized class of data stream, spatio-temporal data streams, and demonstrates their distributed processing using Big Data frameworks and platforms. It explores a consistent framework which facilitates a thorough understanding of all different facets of the technology, from basic definitions to state-of-the-art techniques. Key topics include spatio-temporal continuous queries, distributed stream processing, SQL-like language embedding, and trajectory stream clustering. . .Over the course of t

Overview: provides a methodology for comparing language to primitive sign levels that avoids reductionism.provides comparisons and contrasts between sign levels that enable distinctions between necessary and coSince the revolution in philosophic method that began about a century ago, the focus of philosophic attention has been on language as used both in daily conversation and in specialized institutional activities such as science, law, and the arts. But language is an extremely complex and varied means of communication, and the study of it has been increasingly incorporated into such empiric

Overview: Examines sociocultural trauma and its effects on interpersonal and family relationships in Eastern Europe.Explores social, political, and cultural contexts that affect relationships using a systemic fThis book examines. .the effects of sociocultural trauma throughout the 20.th. century on interpersonal and family relationships in five Eastern European countries, drawing on the perspectives of mental health practitioners. Chapters employ a systemic perspective to explore the unique social, political, and cultural contexts that influence relationships in each country with a particular

Overview: 978-3-528-08835-4978-3-322-91108-7

Overview: Verknüpft die wesentlichen soziologischen und kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Themen und Theorien.Erläutert verständlich die Entwicklung der Theorien von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart.Stellt die Th.Das Lehrbuch stellt die Entwicklung soziologischer und kommunikationstheoretischer Ansätze von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart vor. Die wichtigsten Theorien und Theoretiker werden im fachspezifischen und historischen Kontext vorgestellt und interdisziplinär behandelt: Platon und Aristoteles, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith und Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx und Max Weber sowie die Pragmatisten und die

Overview: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Smart Graphics, SG 2014, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in August 2014. The 14 full and 4 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 26 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: data visualization; sketching and multi-touch interaction; aesthetics and smart tools for artists; smart tools for 3D contents; and posters.978-3-319-11649-5978-3-319-11650-1Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: First-to-Market: Erstes Werk zum "brandaktuellen" SoLoMo.Aktuellste Best Practices.Sofort umsetzbare Empfehlungen.Includes supplementary material: .Dieses Fachbuch zeigt auf, welches Potenzial das mobile Internet für den stationären Handel darstellt. Das Shopping der Zukunft zeichnet sich durch ein begleitendes Zusammenspiel von sozialer Vernetzung, Lokalisierung und mobiler Internetnutzung beim Ladenbesuch aus. Dieser Dreiklang bildet die Basis für die  „Synergien des SoLoMo“, die neue Möglichkeiten der Vermarktungseffizienz –  insbesondere für stationäre Händler – erschließen. Die

Overview: The authors in this volume provide personal narratives of their own journeys into teaching..Stories of the culture and the process of education are central throughout this collection..This book shows In this book, teachers from a variety of backgrounds reflect upon their journeys into and within teaching to discuss the impact of their diverse experiences on the ways in which they teach. The authors adopt a variety of autoethnographic approaches in telling stories of transition and profound transformation as they each discuss how certain events in their lives have shaped their profess

Overview: By casting designers as authors, cultural critics, activists, entrepreneurs, and global cartographers, Essin tells a story about scenic images on the page, stage, and beyond that helped American audiences see the everyday landscapes and exotic destinations from a modern perspective.978-1-137-49664-5978-1-137-10839-5Series ISSN 2947-5767 Series E-ISSN 2947-5775

Overview: Presents the latest technical control research related to smart grid systems.Helps to promote smart grids by demonstrating how they can deal with customer demand and other practical market-related issThis book focuses on the role of systems and control. Focusing on the current and future development of smart grids in the generation and transmission of energy, it provides an overview of the smart grid control landscape, and the potential impact of the various investigations presented has for technical aspects of power generation and distribution as well as for human and economic conce