BOOKS with Alphabet U (Ua, Ub,Uc, Ud, Ue…... )

Overview: 978-3-531-02642-8978-3-322-88377-3

Overview: 978-3-663-03301-1978-3-663-04490-1

Overview: 978-3-540-08589-8978-3-642-81213-2Series ISSN 0085-6916

Overview: This book charts the evolution of US foreign policy towards South Africa, beginning in 1948 when the architects of apartheid, the Nationalist Party, came to power. Thomson highlights three sets of conflicting Western interests: strategic, economic and human rights.978-1-349-53354-1978-0-230-61728-5

Overview: 978-3-663-03303-5978-3-663-04492-5

Overview: Aufgrund der möglicherweise existenzbedrohenden wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Grundstückskontaminationen kann es sich kein verantwortungsvoller Unternehmenskäufer leisten, diesen Problembereich bei Kaufverhandlungen außer acht zu lassen. Albert Tillmann untersucht zunächst die naturwissenschaftlich-technischen Grundlagen von Grundstückskontaminationen sowie die relevante Haftungssituation von Unternehmenskäufern und -verkäufern. Darauf aufbauend bietet der Autor eine differenzierte Analyse des unternehmerischen Risikos aus Grundstückskontaminationen und entwirft spezifische Verha

Overview: Makes visible the often hidden history of black women’s activism and grassroots organizing.Offers detailed and grounded testimonies from black women involved in a range of struggles.Addresses contempo.This book is a long-overdue contribution to the history of Black feminist activism in the UK. It provides unique insights into both historical and contemporary issues that impact Black women, their families and their communities, including immigration, education, policing, domestic violence and poverty. It fills a void in sociological and feminist literature by centring the voices, live

Overview: Examines the impacts of various kinds of environments on family business groups, with special focus on institutional environments.Positions the role of family businesses within a global economy and thThis book addresses the increasing prominence of family-owned business groups and their potential to influence growth and development in the global economy. Family businesses are not necessarily converging towards unitary models of corporate governance or organizational designs, but remain heterogeneous in a global economy. Empirical evidence on the developmental effects of family-owned

Overview: Demonstrates how linguistic analysis reveals the resources at work in making meaning in verbal art.Explores how the poet Edwin Thumboo combines grammar and metaphor to make meaning and the basis for h.This book applies linguistic analysis to the poetry of Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo, a Singaporean poet and leading figure in Commonwealth literature. The work explores how the poet combines grammar and metaphor to make meaning, making the reader aware of the linguistic resources developed by Thumboo as the basis for his unique technique..The author approaches the poems from a funct

Overview: Up to date results.Fast-track conference proceedings.State of the art researchThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Conference, UCMedia 2010, which was held in Palma, Mallorca, Spain, in September 2010, accompanied by the 4th InterMedia Open Forum Workshop (IMOF). After a thorough review process 16 conference and 3 workshop papers were selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are grouped in topical sections on: personalised access to multimedia content; search and retrieval of networked multimedia content; multimed

Overview: Offers a framework and an overview for understanding the complexity of China’s real estate markets.Compiles contributions from multi-disciplinary practitioners and academics to provide an internationa.China’s economy has been transforming rapidly over the last 25 years. As a result, Chinese conurbations have changed remarkably, with cities expanding both vertically and horizontally, and the physical environment acting as a medium for unprecedented urbanization. This has provided vast opportunities for investors, real estate developers, and service companies, but also presents huge ch

Overview: Explains the fundamental concepts of UX design through entertaining real-world examples.Designed for professionals who work alongside UX designers and researchers, including but not limited to: projecWhat can a WWII-era tank teach us about design? What does a small, blue flower tell us about audiences? What do drunk, French marathon-runners show us about software? In 40+ chapters and stories, you will learn the ways in which UX has influenced history and vice versa, and how it continues to change our daily lives. . .This book enables you to participate fully in discussions about UX,

Overview: A comprehensive book for the practicing urologist that will be an invaluable addition to every urologist’s library.Serves as a needed educational guide to understanding the scope of robotic procedures.Laparoscopy has allowed surgeons to perform major surgical procedures through small incisions. The introduction of laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of minimally invasive surgery. .Urologic Robotic Surgery. presents accepted robotic applications to treat common urological problems. Accomplished authors demonstrate their expertise in basic instrumentation and techniques, potential

Overview: With a Foreword by Douglas A. Drossman.One of the first compact and readily accessible guides on the use of central neuromodulators and psychological therapies, and their use in managing patients withThis guide provides a concise overview of central neuromodulators and psychological therapies, and their use in managing patients with disorders of gut-brain interaction. The text demonstrates how central neuromodulators can help disordered gut function and reviews choices of drugs for different disorders, along with dosages and recommendations on their use. The book also outlines the us

Overview: 978-1-349-18482-8

Overview: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studie.Includes supplementary material: Peter Brückner-Bozetti geht der Frage nach, welchen Einfluss die Partizipation der Mitarbeitenden auf den Beratungsprozess in Unternehmen hat und kann mit seiner Studie ein komplexes Ursache-Wirkungsgeflecht darstellen. Dabei thematisiert der Autor insbesondere die Bedeutung der Integration von Fach- und Prozesskompetenz, die konkrete Gestaltung von Partizipation sowie die Handlungsstrategien der Akteure in Beratungsprozessen. Als Bezugskontext wählt er den Markt für Krankenhausunternehmen. Durch die empirischen Ana

Overview: Umweltschutz als ein Unternehmensziel gewinnt in Krankenhäusern immer mehr an Bedeutung. Steigende Entsorgungskosten, verschärfte Gesetzgebung, aber auch ein Umdenken bewegen die Krankenhäuser, neue Wege zu gehen. Die Bestellung von Umweltbeauftragten ist eine Möglichkeit zur Lösung der vielfältigen Umweltaufgaben. Im vorliegenden Band wird der rechtliche Hintergrund für die Tätigkeit der Umweltbeauftragten im Krankenhaus dargestellt. Abfall-, Gewässerschutz-, Immissionsschutz-, Gefahrgut-, Strahlenschutz- und Sicherheitsbeauftragte berichten von ihrer täglichen Arbeit. Dabei geht es

Overview: After a decade of ‘union organizing‘ in Britain, the time has come to make a thoroughgoing assessment of it. This book evaluates the efficacy of the union organising in terms of union strategies, tactics, styles and resources, and assesses the impact of differing regulatory regimes on union organizing.978-1-349-30165-2978-0-230-23347-8

Overview: Einblick in Entstehung Entwicklung eines zentralen Forschungsfeldes.Zeigt persönliche Perspektiven der Gründergeneration.Erzählt authentisch die Entwicklung des Forschungsfeldes.Die deutschsprachige PR- und Organisationsforschung gehört heute zu jenen kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Forschungsfeldern, die sich längst etabliert und zu einer festen Größe in den meisten kommunikationswissenschaftlichen Instituten geworden sind. Eine solche Etablierung, Professionalisierung und Institutionalisierung ist wesentlich auch von Personen getragen – und von Gründerpersönlichkeiten, die ein Fel

Overview: Dennis Herhausen examines how managers can successfully probe latent needs and uncover future needs of customers, labeled as proactive customer orientation. To answer this question, three stages of research are deployed: (1) An exploratory study investigating two different dimensions of proactive customer orientation, (2) a quantitative study investigating consequences, antecedents, and factors that moderate the effects of proactive customer orientation, and (3) a qualitative study investigating situation-specific recommendations on how to increase proactive customer orientation. Ove