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

Overview: Provides expert insight and advice from seventeen female role models in technology, engineering, cybersecurity, computer science, data science, business, healthcare, accessibility, research, law, priv.The second in the .Women Securing the Future with TIPPSS. series, this book provides insight and expert advice from seventeen women leaders in technology, healthcare and policy to address the challenges of Trust, Identity, Privacy, Protection, Safety and Security (TIPPSS) for connected healthcare, and the growing Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) ecosystem. The ten chapters in this book

Overview: Features contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C. West Churchman.In Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management: A Critique and Analysis of Churchman‘s Systems Approach, the 2nd volume of the series entitled Churchman’s Legacy and Related Works, the editors draw contributions from leading systems thinkers inspired by the works of C. West Churchman...The Systems Approach and Its Enemies (C. West Churchman, 1979) is one of Churchman’s most significant works. In this particular writing he displayed two main tendencies, that he was a Skeptic and that he showed Socrat

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-642-98859-2978-3-642-99674-0

Overview: The crisis of the financial system and the development of alternative currencies.First scientific study about Sardex.Theoretical and empirical approachClassical sociology considered money as central to the functioning of modern society, relating.it to a progressive expansion of instrumental rationality and the emergence of weaker social ties..Modern money, the universal equivalent described by Simmel, facilitates the.exchange of goods and values by providing a single unit of account. This “frees” people and things.from traditional social ties and makes them free to “sell” their work

Overview: Provides insight into the overlooked dialogue between Thomas Malthus and William Godwin.Highlights early debates on social attitudes towards poverty and the role of state intervention.Shows the influe.This book explores the lifelong dialogue between Thomas Robert Malthus and the libertarian anarchist William Godwin. Shedding light on important topics in the history of economic and political thought, it examines Godwin’s rejection of the new industrial order and his insights into a post-acquisitive, post-conflictual future. It shows that Malthus felt Godwin had neglected the ever-incr

Overview: Environmental Security is an important emerging topic affecting social, economic and environmental sensible issues such as conflicts, forced migrations and exhaustion or degradation of natural resourcBased on the suggestions made by the speakers of Plenary Session IV “Ch- lenges to the management of water resources and to countering deserti cation in the Mediterranean region” during the 15th Economic and Environmental Forum, the OCEEA proposed to organize a workshop on “Water Scarcity, Land Degra- tion and Deserti cation in the Mediterranean region – Environment and Security Aspects”

Overview: The study deals with challenging questions of long-term future of global economy and the mankind. Focusing not only on what happens in the economic sphere but also on cultural, social, political, demographic, technological, and ecological processes. It employs a holistic approach to answer fundamental questions about the course of the future.978-1-349-49969-4978-1-137-46574-0

Overview: Up to date results.State of the art research.Fast track conference proceedingsThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management, WAIM 2013, held in Beidaihe, China, in June 2013. The 47 revised full papers presented together with 29 short papers and 5 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 248 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on data mining; information integration and heterogeneous systems; big data; spatial and temporal databases; information extraction; new hardware

Overview: Ober eine gewisse "Verantwortung" des Staates fur die positive Ent­ wicklung der Wirtschaft scheint heute in den meisten Demokratien frei­ heitlich-rechtsstaadicher Pragung mit marktwirtschafdicher Ordnung Obereinstimmung zu bestehen. So wird yom modernen Staat nicht nur erwartet, daB er - wie schon der liberal gepragte Ordnungsstaat - wirt­ schafdiche Rahmenbedingungen gewahrleistet, sondern auch, dag er mehr oder weniger intensiv und aktiv in das Wirtschaftsgeschehen ein­ greift und dieses im Hinblick aufbestimmte, am Gemeinwohl orientierte Ziele, wie etwa Vollbeschaftigung, Preisn

Overview: Reveals the importance of three countries’ long-standing vocational and technical education models.Offers a new program that links educational programs and industries for youth.Addresses issues that r.This book offers a new approach to workforce education for youth. It provides meaningful and essential insight into educational systems and practices through cases of vocational and technical education in the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Italy, and the United States of America. The cases describe the history of the multi-faceted vocational systems and provide, in doing so

Overview: Provides detailed acoustic and architectural information for 67 worship space venues from 12 major religions directly from the acousticians who designed the spaces.Features contributions from acoustic.“.Worship Space Acoustics: 3 Decades of Design. is a beautiful collection of recent work. This is a comprehensive compendium that far surpasses previous publications in the field in its depth, design, and information. Worship spaces of all major U.S. religions are covered. This book should be an obligatory reference for any consultant involved in church architecture and acoustics.”.-Men

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Overview: An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society.978-1-349-32194-0978-0-230-30603-5Series ISSN 2634-6699 Series E-ISSN 2634-6702

Overview: This book is the first book tackling the topic of world suffering.Uses quantitative and qualitative empirical methods.Applies its findings on suffering to ethical perspectives, such as compassion.View.This is the first book tackling the topic of world suffering. It compiles in one place the ideas, perspectives, and findings of researchers from around the world who pioneered research-based understanding of human suffering. Some chapters use the paradigm of ‘quality of life’ to explore ways to enhance knowledge on suffering.  Other chapters show how concepts and knowledge from sufferin

Overview: Offers readers a comprehensive view of wearable interaction.Illustrated with up-to-date examples of wearable technologies.Provides complementary perspectives on theory and practice.Engages readers on .This book offers the reader a comprehensive view of the design space of wearable computers, cutting across multiple application domains and interaction modalities. Besides providing several examples of wearable technologies, .Wearable Interaction. illustrates how to create and to assess interactive wearables considering human factors in design decisions related to input entry and output

Overview: Individuelle Werteentwicklung in Bildungseinrichtungen, Unternehmen und Organisationen strategisch gestalten und entwickeln.Gezielte individuelle Werteentwicklung als Erfolgsschlüssel.Wissenschaftlich.​Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie individuelle Werteentwicklung praktisch umsetzen.Werte sind der Ordner der Selbstorganisation des Handelns. Bloß gelernte, aber nicht interiorisierte Werte sind jedoch wirkungs- und damit wertlos. Dieses Buch erläutert, warum die Bedeutung der gezielten Werteentwicklung von Persönlichkeiten zunimmt. .Eine gezielte individuelle Werteentwicklung ist zuneh

Overview: " . . . if a physical system is capable of supporting solitary wave motions then such motions will invariably arise from quite general excitations. " - T. Maxworthy (1980), pg. 52. The discover of nonlocal solitary waves is unknown and anonymous, but he or she lived in the dry north of Australia many millenia before the birth of writing. There, on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, vast cylinders of cloud roll from northeast to southwest most mornings. Perhaps 300 meters in diameter, perhaps 500 meters above the ocean, these cylinders of cloud stretch from horizon to horizon. As

Overview: Investigates the challenges associated with the legal protection of World Heritage sites in the Pacific Islands.Analyses the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Pacific context.Offe. .​This book explores the opportunities and challenges associated with the legal protection of World Heritage sites in the Pacific Islands. It argues that the small Pacific representation on the World Heritage List is in part due to a lack of strong legal frameworks for heritage conservation, putting such sites under threat. Providing a comprehensive analysis of the nomination, listing

Overview: Leitfaden für den Handapparat am Schreibtisch eines jeden Arztes.Mit vielen Checklisten und Gesprächsbeispielen.Leicht verständlich geschriebenDie Anforderungen an Praxisinhaber und Praxismanager wachsen: Digitalisierung, Generationenwandel, soziale wie gesetzliche Entwicklungen und der zunehmende Fachkräftemangel rücken das Thema "Mitarbeiterführung" immer mehr in den Fokus..Ein einfaches Rezept für die perfekte Mitarbeiterführung ohne eigenes Zutun gibt es im eng getakteten Praxisalltag nicht - aber die Möglichkeit, über Gespräche die Mitarbeiter mehr zu motivieren, besser zu lenke

Overview: Neue Fragen und überraschende Antworten zum demographischen Wandel Erläutert komplizierte Zusammenhänge zwischen Demographie und Wachstum knapp und verständlich Enthält sechs standardisierte LänderproDas Buch geht von drei möglichen Strategien zur langfristigen Bewältigung der Folgen des demografischen Wandels aus und untersucht eine davon eingehend: die Erhöhung der Kinderzahl. Die Autoren stellen die Frage, warum die Geburtenziffer in Deutschland als zu gering erachtet wird und leiten theoriebasiert die Antwort ab: weil wir mit dem aktuellen Niveau unseren Wohlstand voraussichtlich