BOOKS with Alphabet W (Wa, Wb,Wc, We…)

Overview: Explores the role of landscape and place in creative writing, in a world deeply affected by human interventions.Includes case studies from Britain and beyond, as well as theoretical chapters examining.This edited collection offers an in-depth exploration of the role of landscape and place as literary ‘settings’. It examines the multifaceted relationships between authors, narrators, and characters to their locales, as well as broader considerations of the significance of the representation of landscape in a world deeply affected by human interventions. Consisting of case studies of pr

Overview: 978-1-349-09048-8

Overview: .This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16.th. International Conference on Web Information Systems and Applications, WISA 2019, held in Qingdao, China, in September 2019.  The 39 revised full papers and 33 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 154 submissions. The papers are grouped in topical sections on. .machine learning and data mining, cloud computing and big data, information retrieval, natural language processing, data privacy and security, knowledge graphs and social networks, blockchain, query processing, and recommendations..978-3-030-30951-

Overview: Das "Überleben" in einem stressreichen Beruf lernen.Neue Sichtweisen und Handlungsalternativen in der Altenpflege.Zahlreiche Erfahrungsberichte aus dem Alltag der Altenpflege.Includes supplementary ma.Herr Schmitz steht am Frühstückstisch und hält sich die Hand an den Kopf. Er scheint ratlos...Die Alltagsassistentin: „Können Sie heute ihr Brot selber belegen?"..Herr Schmitz bleibt unverändert in seiner Haltung...Die Assistentin: "Da liegt das Brot. Da die Wurst."..Herr Schmitz atmet tief ein, behält die Hand am Kopf...Die Assistentin: "Wenn Sie es nicht schaffen, dann rufen sie. Dann

Overview: Presents the first in-depth study of Anglo-Liberian relations from the early twentieth century to the eve of World War II.Draws upon an array of government archives, journalism from the period, and seThis book examines the history of the relationship between Liberia and Britain—the world’s first black republic, founded by former slaves, and the world’s strongest colonial power. Jyotirmoy Pal Chaudhuri excavates a wealth of archival sources to reconstruct a turbulent narrative spanning key points in twentieth-century Liberian history. Pal Chaudhuri argues that the Black Republic was n

Overview: First comprehensive study of film and TV screenwriting and production for children and young audiences.Includes both a historical account from a small nation context and an in-depth discussion of chal.This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction film and television produced for children and young audiences, in a period marked by remarkable change in screen consumption. Building on ideas and research from the fields of screenwriting, production, and media industry studies, the book uses case studies of Danish film and t

Overview: Dieses Buch stellt in einfacher Sprache und anhand vieler Beispiele die Grundlagen der Wissenschaftstheorie sowie die wichtigsten Richtungen dieses Fachgebietes dar. Es setzt keine Vorkenntnisse voraus. Dem Autor gelingt es, den Leser von den Grundlagen bis zur aktuellen wissenschaftstheoretischen Diskussion heranzuführen. Die Theorien von Karl Popper, Imre Lakatos, Thomas Kuhn und Paul Feyerabend werden einzeln dargestellt und kritisch miteinander verglichen. Die deutsche Ausgabe wurde durch eine aktuelle deutschsprachige Bibliographie, zusammenfassende Fragestellungen am Ende jedes

Overview: Contains articles considering the historical context of the gender gap in mathematics.Records the historic first World Meeting for Women in Mathematics.Includes an analysis of women lecturers in the I.The first World Meeting for Women in Mathematics - (WM)² - was a satellite event of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2018 in Rio de Janeiro. With a focus on Latin America, the first (WM)² brought together mathematicians from all over the world to celebrate women mathematicians, and also to reflect on gender issues in mathematics, challenges, initiatives, and perspectiv

Overview: While the question to why work beyond sixty has now become obvious, the how and for whom questions are the real topic of this new study by one of the best European specialists in the area. Work after sixty - if it is to be feasible and widespread - has to be on a part-time basis to meet the wishes and needs of workers and companies. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the growing importance of work beyond sixty and a comparative discussion of new policies in several EU Member States as well as of company practice.978-1-349-52490-7978-0-230-50498-1

Overview: 978-3-662-15316-1978-3-540-39508-9Series ISSN 0340-1022 Series E-ISSN 1436-5049

Overview: 978-3-540-13370-4978-3-540-38928-6Series ISSN 0075-8434 Series E-ISSN 1617-9692

Overview: Systematische Analyse der Veränderungen in der Fertigungsindustrie.Alternativstrategien, Internet/Intranet/Extranet.Neue Internetstrategie für Prozessmanagement.Includes supplementary material: Das Internet revolutioniert Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Die Veränderungen sind grundlegend und unvermeidbar. Aber zugleich haben sie die verschiedensten Erscheinungsformen und Auswirkungen, dass es schwer ist, eine Systematik zu erkennen. Das aber ist die Voraussetzung, um passende Antworten auf die Herausforderungen zu finden und geeignete Webtime-Strategien zu entwickeln. Nach Selbsteinschä

Overview: Die Technologien der energetischen Nutzung von Wasserstoff sind seit langem bekannt. Weitaus weniger wurden die systemanalytischen, energiewirtschaftlichen und ökologischen Aspekte seiner Einführung in Energiesysteme untersucht. Deshalb ist in diesem Buch versucht worden, auf dem Fundament gesicherter technologischer Erkenntnisse die Entwicklung einer Wasserstoffwirtschaft aufzuzeigen. Ein besonde­ res Anliegen war es darzulegen, wie sich diese Entwicklung einerseits in bestehende Energieversorgungsstrukturen einfügt, wie sie aber andererseits auch zu einer Weiterentwicklung des Ener

Overview: A comprehensive review.Written by experts in the field.An invaluable source of information for scientists, students and environmental managers.Includes supplementary material: Water scarcity affects hydrologic resources, systems connectivity, biodiversity, water quality, and river ecosystem functioning. It has direct impacts on economic sectors that use and depend on water, such as agriculture, tourism, industry, energy and transport. The Mediterranean Basin is one of the regions in the world most vulnerable to climate changes, as well as one of the most impacted by human water deman

Overview: Discusses technology and application of remote-sensing.Written by experts in the field.Contains numerous illustrations in full colour.eBook edition of the original AMS publication previously only avaiThe present review of weather-satellite systems, data, and environmental applications encompasses the evolution of space-based weather observation, national observing capabilities, sensor data and processing, climate and meteorological applications, applications to land, agriculture, and ocean sciences, and some future directions. .Specific issues addressed include U.S. operational polar

Overview: Das zentrale Thema ist die Ermittlung der Wirtschaftlichkeit neuer elektronischer Bankvertriebswege. Die Banken stehen vor der Aufgabe, ihren klassischen Vertriebswegemix um neue, elektronische Vertriebswege zu erweitern. Um Fehlinvestitionen zu vermeiden, stellt sich die Frage, welche der möglichen Alternativen elektronischer Vertriebswege von einer Bank wirtschaftlich eingeführt und betrieben werden kann. Das Buch stellt die Grundlagen dar und gibt einen kritischen Überblick über die in der Literatur diskutierten problemadäquaten Verfahren zur Wirtschaftlichkeitsanalyse. Hierauf au

Overview: Highlights the research and accomplishments of more than 50 female archaeologists women around the world.Demonstrates women archaeologists‘ contributions to the advancement of the field and human unde.This book tells the story of women in archaeology worldwide and their dedication to advancing knowledge and human understanding. In their own voices, they present themselves as archaeologists working in academia or the private and public sector across 33 countries. The chapters in this volume reconstruct the history of archaeology while honoring those female scholars and their pivotal r

Overview: 978-3-409-13401-9978-3-322-86426-0

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Overview: A tutorial introduction to mental ray shader programming.Includes the full source code for 100 shaders and illustrated with over 200 rendered scenes and diagrams.Cross-references with the first two voThe word "render" isn‘t unique to the vocabulary of computer graphics. We can talk about a "watercolor rendering," a "musical rendering" or a "poetic rendering." In each of these, there is a transformation from one domain to another: from the landscape before the painter to color on paper, from musical notation to sound, from the associations in a poet‘s mind to a book of poetry. Figure