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

Overview: Michael Hanchett Hanson weaves together the history of the development of the psychological concepts of creativity with social constructivist views of power dynamics and pragmatic insights. He provides an engaging, thought-provoking analysis to interest anyone involved with creativity, from psychologists and educators to artists and philosophers.978-1-349-58116-0978-1-137-40805-1Series ISSN 2946-2452 Series E-ISSN 2946-2460

Overview: Understand the nuts and bolts behind wireless network simulations.Use the ns-3 simulator to create your own network simulation.Learn the best practices and techniques for your simulation before you deLearn to run your own simulation by working with model analysis, mathematical background, simulation output data, and most importantly, a network simulator for wireless technology. This book introduces the best practices of simulator use, the techniques for analyzing simulations with artificial agents and the integration with other technologies such as Power Line Communications (PLC)..Ne

Overview: Includes many fascinating and amusing astronomical observations throughout the ages not found in usual popular astronomy books.Handles the subject in a non-technical way, making it accessible to everyWeird Astronomy appeals to all who are interested in unusual celestial phenomena, whether they be amateur or professional astronomers or science buffs who just enjoy reading of odd coincidences, unexplained observations, and reports from space probes that "don’t quite fit." This book relates a variety of "unusual" astronomical observations – unusual in the sense of refusing to fit easily

Overview: 978-3-503-23694-7Series ISSN 0949-1678 Series E-ISSN 2731-8583

Overview: .This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2014, held in Oxford, UK, in February 2014..The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the following areas: network protocols, system issues, reliability and sensing..978-3-319-04650-1978-3-319-04651-8Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Maximizes reader insights into the challenges related to wastewater reuse in sufficient quality and quantity.Offers research perspectives required to enhance wastewater reuse practices.Richly illustra.This volume discusses the current challenges related to the reuse of wastewater. It reviews the analytical methodologies for evaluating emerging contaminants and their transformation products, the sensitivity of various bioassays for assessing the biological effects of treated wastewater, and the bioavailability and uptake of organic contaminants during crop irrigation. It describes in

Overview: William Blake and the Myths of Britain is the first full-length study of Blake‘s use of British mythology and history. From Atlantis to the Deists of the Napoleonic Wars, this book addresses why the eighteenth century saw a revival of interest in the legends of the British Isles and how Blake applied these in his extraordinary prophetic histories of the giant Albion, revitalising myths of the Druids and Joseph of Arimathea bringing Christ to Albion.978-0-230-37210-8

Overview: The area of personal and wireless communications is aburgeoning field. Technology advances and new frequency allocationsfor personal communication services (PCS) are creating numerousbusiness and technical opportunities. It is becoming clear that anessential requirement for exploiting opportunities is the ability totrack the dramatic changes in wireless technology, which is aprincipal aim of this book.. .Wireless Personal Communications:Research Developments. places particular emphasis on the areas ofsignal processing, propagation and spread-spectrum, and emergingcommunication system

Overview: Interviews conducted by ecology luminaries Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison.An accessible trade book that gives solid background to beginning readers and important insights to experienced.Dr. Michael Charles Tobias and Jane Gray Morrison are world-renowned ecological philosophers and activists, interdisciplinary social and environmental scientists and broad-ranging, deeply committed humanists. This collection of fifty essays and interviews comprises an invigorating, outspoken, provocative and eloquent overview of the ecological humanities in one highly accessible volume.

Overview: Brings together successful Wireless Sensor Networks deployments within a generic design/development framework Provides a design framework for rapid development of Wireless Network Systems that is easyThe twentieth century ended with the vision of smart dust: a network of wirelessly connected devices whose size would match that of a dust particle, each one a se- containedpackageequippedwithsensing,computation,communication,andpower. Smart dust held the promise to bridge the physical and digital worlds in the most unobtrusive manner, blending together realms that were previously consid

Overview: Sensibilisiert: Missstände wie Scham bei der Arbeit und in der Organisation erkennen.Unterstützt: Handlungsfähig werden, Würde entstehen lassen.Gewinnbringend: Wertschöpfung einer Organisation überden.Dieses Buch zeigt Wege zur Entwicklung einer würdevollen Organisation auf. Diese können sowohl der Organisation, als auch den in ihr arbeitenden Menschen förderlich sein. Dabei verdeutlicht die Autorin schädigende Mechanismen wie eine Tabuisierung der Emotion Scham/ Beschämung anderer auf und erklärt, welche negative Folgen eine Kultur der Beschämung haben kann, wie z.B. hohe Fluktuatio

Overview: The chemistry aspects of water quality are provided in a thorough yet easily understood manner.Practical aspects of water quality are emphasized.The interactions among geology, climate, water quality .The revised second edition updates and expands the discussion, and incorporates additional figures and illustrative problems. Improvements include a new chapter on basic chemistry, a more comprehensive chapter on hydrology, and an updated chapter on regulations and standards. .This book presents the basic aspects of water quality, emphasizing physical, chemical, and biological factors. 

Overview: Das Wörterbuch definiert und erläutert Begriffe aus allen Teilgebieten der Ökologie. Viele Schlüsseldefinitionen und Begriffsfelder sind ausführlicher gehalten, um in Konzepte der Ökologie einzuführen.Das Wörterbuch definiert und erläutert Begriffe aus dem gesamten Gebiet der Ökologie. Der Schwerpunkt ist biologisch orientiert. Aber auch viele Termini aus den Nachbardisziplinen (wie Parasitologie, Bodenkunde, Phytopathologie) wurden aufgenommen. Drei Konzepte bestimmen das Buch:.- Die Stichwörter wurden so ausgewählt, dass man Texte aus allen Teilgebieten der Ökologie durch Nachschla

Overview: 978-3-540-77027-5978-3-540-77028-2Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Fast track conference proceedings.Unique visibility.State of the art researchThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks, EWSN 2012, held in Trento, Italy, in Februar 2012. The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on communication and security, system issues, reliability, localization and smart cameras, and hardware and sensing.978-3-642-28168-6978-3-642-28169-3Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Fast conference proceedings.State-of-the-art report.Up to date resultsThis book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 6th International ICST Conference on Wireless Internet (WICON 2011) held in Xi’an, Shaanxi, China in October 2011. The 55 revised full papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions and focus on research in telecommunication and networking and development in information and communication technologies. The papers are presented in 10 technical sessions and cover topics as video streaming over OFDMA downlink systems, cognitive r

Overview: Provides a multi-disciplinary approach to higher education, gender, and economic development and growth reform in emerging democracies and economies.Presents finding based in multi-model, mixed methodThis book is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the intersection, relationship, and connection between higher education, economic development, and gender in post-Apartheid South Africa. In just twenty years, South Africa has rewritten its constitution, restructured its macroeconomic growth and development policies, restructured its higher education system, and made a commitment to provi

Overview: Contributes to a broader understanding of positive psychology between and across cultures.Brings together highly talented researchers working on important issues of human living.Combines theory with mThis anthology focuses on empirical studies comparing cultures in relation to central positive psychological topics. The book starts out with an introductory chapter that brings together the main ideas and findings within an integrative perspective, based on a broad theoretical framework encompassing interdisciplinary and methodological issues. It gives special emphasis to some open issu

Overview: Das Thema der "Normalfamilie" wurde in der Familienforschung bislang vernachlässigt. Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff der Normalität im Zusammenhang mit Familien schien sowohl für die Familientheorie, -therapie als auch die Familienforschung notwendig. Im 1. Teil dieses Buches werden Arbeiten zusammengefaßt, die die Entwicklung des Individuums in Zusammenhang mit Veränderungen in der Familie stellen. Im 2. Teil konzentrieren sich die empirischen Arbeiten auf die positiven Bewältigungsmöglichkeiten von Familien.978-3-540-19341-8978-3-642-73763-3Series ISSN 1431-6919

Overview: Exploring writing of working-class Dublin after Seán O‘Casey, this book breaks new ground in Irish Studies, unearthing submerged narratives of class in Irish life. Examining how working-class identity is depicted by authors like Brendan Behan and Roddy Doyle, it discusses how this hidden, urban Ireland has appeared in the country‘s literature.978-0-230-29935-1