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

Overview: Presents solutions for developing green transitions which benefit, include and respect working-class people.Argues that working class people tend to carry the environmental burdens for society; are ex.This book presents a timely perspective that puts working-class people at the forefront of achieving sustainability...Bell argues that environmentalism is a class issue, and confronts some current practice, policy and research that is preventing the attainment of sustainability and a healthy environment for all. She combines two of the biggest challenges facing humanity: that millions o

Overview: 978-3-663-04024-8978-3-663-05470-2

Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Algorithms and Computation, WALCOM 2009, held in Kolkata, India, in February 2009. The 30 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. The papers feature original research in the areas of design and analysis of algorithms, computational geometry, graph drawing and graph algorithms. The papers are organized in topical sections on computational geometry, graph algorithms, complexity, graph drawing, approximation algorithms, and

Overview: Provides a thorough review of the literature on women and peacebuilding in Africa.Carefully analyzes African women‘s roles, education, human rights, conflicts, disability and immigration.Introduces li.This book explores and reflects on peacebuilding, which emerges from the experiences and realities of women’s lives in East Africa, specifically, in Uganda. The author argues that often these community based peacebuilding efforts are responses to women‘s struggles for survival — both individually and for their families and communities. Carefully analyzing education, women‘s roles, human

Overview: This is the first book on Einthoven in the English language; two earlier extensive reviews of his life and work were published in Dutch by his former co­ workers Hoogerwerf and de Waart, in 1946 and 1957 respectively; the latter provides a brief summary in English; the former also wrote a succinct article on 73 Einthoven in English. 74 Hoogerwerf‘s review mentioned above was published as a chapter in "Helden der Wetenschap" i. e. "Heroes of Science," a book on Dutch Nobel Prize winners which has a somewhat romantic character corresponding 108 with the title. On the other hand, de Waa

Overview: Includes cutting-edge methods and protocols.Provides step-by-step detail essential for reproducible results.Contains key notes and implementation advice from the experts.This volume mirrors the holistic feature of whole genome amplification (WGA) technology by combining reviews, detailed basic methods and advanced sample workflows. The first part of the book covers an overview of the development of WGA techniques throughout recent years including general considerations on bias in WGA, possible sample pre-enrichment strategies and how to run a single-cell lab. The second part focuses

Overview: ...a readable, thorough and stimulating introduction to this subject.‘ Critical Social Policy

Overview: This is the first full-length study of the role of women in Arthurian literature. It covers writing from the medieval period, the Renaissance, the Victorian age and in contemporary fiction. Covering the key Arthurian texts, such as Chaucer‘s Wife of Bath‘s Tale, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory‘s Morte D‘arthur, Spenser‘s The Faerie Queene and Tennyson‘s Idylls, it also investigates the less well-known works by women: Lady Charlotte Guest‘s Mabinogion, Julia Margaret Cameron‘s illustration to Tennyson‘s works and, finally, the Arthurian women writers of the twentieth century.9

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Littlewood-Paley theory is an essential tool of Fourier analysis, with applications and connections to PDEs, signal processing, and probability. It extends some of the benefits of orthogonality to situations where orthogonality doesn’t really make sense. It does so by letting us control certain oscillatory infinite series of functions in terms of infinite series of non-negative functions. Beginning in the 1980s, it was discovered that this control could be made much sharper than was previously suspected. The present book tries to give a gentle, well-

Overview: This volume presents a thought provoking analysis of key welfare state issues engaging policy makers across the globe. It provides a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the state of welfare states- developed and developing. It maps the diversity of welfare regimes across the world and brings to fore the particularities and nuances that characterise them. The book also focuses on the on-going reforms and makes a powerful case for the increased relevance of the welfare state in a globalizing era.978-1-349-52229-3978-0-230-55491-7

Overview: Enthält eine kurze, präzise Darstellung der wichtigsten wirtschaftspolitischen Themenbereiche.Schließt Wissenslücken zu wirtschaftshistorischen und institutionellen Hintergründen einzelner PolitikbereDieses Buch beschreibt den Stand der deutschen Wirtschaftspolitik. Die für die behandelten Politikbereiche relevanten theoretischen Konzepte werden ebenso vorgestellt wie ihre wirtschaftsgeschichtliche und institutionelle Entwicklung. Denn wirtschaftspolitische Debatten können nur verstanden werden, wenn sie in die wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Entwicklung des jeweiligen Landes eingebettet s

Overview: The 8th edition of the International Symposium on Web and Wireless Geograp- cal Information Systems (W2GIS 2008) was held in December 2008, in the vibrant city of Shanghai, China. This annual symposium aims at providing a forum for discussing advances on recent developments and research results in the ?eld of Web and wireless geographical information systems. Promoted from workshop to s- posium in 2005, W2GIS now represents a prestigious event within this dynamic research community. These proceedings contain the papers selected for presen- tion at this international event. For the 20

Overview: 978-3-642-98904-9978-3-642-99719-8

Overview: Is the first book which covers all available methods used in the life cycle of oilfield development.Provides abundant production data and examples, not covered elsewhere.Offers significant practical vThis book focuses on oilfield performance analysis and development adjustment by integrating geology, applied mathematics, and other relevant theories. Based on the abundant and detailed field test and production data from Daqing and Tarim, two major oilfields in China, the regularities, characteristics, design, and adjustment of waterflooding development of sandstone reservoirs througho

Overview: Provides an easy manual for the daily use of a medical teacher.Contains several exercises and step-by-step tutorials.Comprises detailed descriptions and guidance in‘simple and straightforward language.This book is an indispensable yet simple reference for the daily use of a medical teacher. It addresses the needs of medical teachers interested in providing instruction and assessment in writing and written language, offering detailed guidance in simple and straightforward language. The book goes beyond mere description; it provides many practical examples, valuable materials that can

Overview: 978-3-528-06627-7978-3-322-86431-4

Overview: Von der Anwendung der neuen Schlüssel technologie "Mikroelektronik" in den Produktionsstätten der Textil- und Bekleidungsindustrie in der Bundesrepublik sind die Beschäftigten dieser Industrie besonders betroffen. Durch die besonderen Belastungen und Beanspruchungen, welche die neuen Anforderungen der mikroelektronisch ausgestatteten Arbeitsplätze an die Arbeitnehmer stellen, zeichnen sich zunächst nachhaltige negative Auswirkungen auf die Lohnstrukturen und somit auf das Einkommen ab, wenn Anwendung allein der Unternehmerseite überlassen bleibt. Um durchsetzbare Gestaltungsmaßnahmen

Overview: Addresses China´s possible ambition to send its taikonauts to the Moon and elaborates on its implications on an international level.Disentangles China´s space strategy from a wide range of perspectiveThis book is about China’s ambitions in its most complex and internationally visible space endeavor, namely its human space exploration programme. It provides a comprehensive reflection on China´s strategic direction and objectives in space, including in particular those set forth in its human spaceflight programme and analyses the key domestic and external factors affecting the country’

Overview: Explores the novel and efficient cryogenic approach to different clinical conditions.Describes the state-of-the-art of the molecular and clinical effects of Whole-body Cryostimulation.Written by inter.This book entails chapters ranging from cell to clinical studies exploring the state-of-the-art of the molecular and clinical effects of Whole-Body Cryostimulation (WBC). Based on consolidated evidence, WBC is nowadays widely used in elité athletes for recovery from muscle fatigue or injury but, despite growing scientific support, it remains a niche topic in the field of Rehabilitation.

Overview: Provides an in-depth exploration of the concept, technologies, and potential impact of Web 3.0.Gives practical insights and covers topics such as startups and disruption, funding, and investment oppor.As technology continues to advance, the Internet is evolving into what is often referred to as Web 3.0. This book aims to achieve three main objectives, first, it introduces Web 3.0 systematically and comprehensively, providing readers with a foundational understanding of its concepts and characteristics. Second, it analyzes the inevitability and development necessity of Web 3.0, as wel