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

Overview: Presents a valuable resource, with its interdisciplinary character, for courses in environmental science, social work, and policy studies.Provides a base for relating poverty to international water shThis book is the outcome of empirical research on the sharing of water of the Teesta River, which flows through India and Bangladesh. The main purpose is to show how regional cooperation between India and Bangladesh regarding sharing of Teesta River water can ensure optimal benefits for people living in the area of the Teesta Basin located in the two countries. The author takes an interd

Overview: In this book about a hundred papers are presented. These were selected from over 450 papers submitted to WCCE95. The papers are of high quality and cover many aspects of computers in education. Within the overall theme of "Liberating the learner" the papers cover the following main conference themes: Accreditation, Artificial Intelligence, Costing, Developing Countries, Distance Learning, Equity Issues, Evaluation (Formative and Summative), Flexible Learning, Implications, Informatics as Study Topic, Information Technology, Infrastructure, Integration, Knowledge as a Resource, Learne

Overview: Ehen im Sozialismus978-3-531-13310-2978-3-322-83330-3

Overview: 978-3-531-02852-1978-3-322-88441-1

Overview: Steigende Kommunikationsflut, wachsende Kommunikationskonkurrenz und nachlassendes Informationsinteresse der Konsumenten bewirken eine zunehmende Zersplitterung der Kommunikationswirkungen. Die Folge ist Rückgang der Werbeeffizienz. Die integrierte Kommunikation gilt als strategischer Schlüsselfaktor, um dieser Entwicklung entgegenzuwirken. Durch eine formale und inhaltliche Abstimmung der Kommunikation für Marken und Unternehmen sollen die bei den Konsumenten erzeugten Eindrücke für ein Angebot vereinheitlicht und verstärkt werden. ..Franz-Rudolf Esch entwickelt ein verhaltenswissen

Overview: Is the first one on the whole system structure for warranty chain management.Is based on practice industrial experience to guide enterprise how to set up warranty service system.Indicates how to overc.This book aims to provide a systemic viewpoint for enterprise to establish the warranty chain management system. This book includes warranty management practice, reverse logistics, product reliability engineering, data statistics and analysis, industry 4.0 and artificial intelligence, circular supply chain and sustainable design, and other basic theories and case descriptions.  The auth

Overview: The demand for wireless access to network services is growing in virtually all communications and computing applications. Once accustomed to unteathered opera­ tion, users resent being tied to a desk or a fixed location, but will endure it when there is some substantial benefit, such as higher resolution or bandwidth. Recent technolog­ ical advances, however, such as the scaling of VLSI, the development of low-power circuit design techniques and architectures, increasing battery energy capacity, and advanced displays, are rapidly improving the capabilities of wireless devices. Many o

Overview: Includes supplementary material: The Internet is subject to permanent modi?cations and to continuous restr- turing. This is primarily due to the tremendous rise in demand for bandwidth by the ever increasing number of users. When compared to the early years of the Internet the quality of the services o?ered had to be signi?cantly improved in di?erent respects (delay, network and service availability, jitter,. . . )inorder to satisfy the needs of many new applications. Within the last decade two new developments have contributed to many new opportunities, as well as to a need for inte

Overview: Wetlands are very sensitive ecosystems, functioning as a habitat for many organisms. Protection and regeneration of wetlands are of great importance in ecological research and in nature conservation. A huge amount of research has been done on the hydrology, plants and animals in wetlands. Knowledge about soil organisms and soil ecological processes of wetlands is still lacking. This knowledge is a prerequisite for landscape planning purposes or climate change predictions. In the case of climate change, trace gas emissions from wetlands are of great interest. The authors provide an ov

Overview: Provides insights into policymaking in China from an insider perspective.Summarizes the social, economic and political challenges faced by China today.Grapples with the problem of the "middle income t.This book by influential policymaker Chi Fulin lays out in issue-oriented and detailed chapters, at a time when China is at a crossroads, exactly how the government plans to deal with the social, political and economic issues the world‘s second-largest economy faces. From managing the decline of industry, to urbanization, to managing consumption, to social security and education, Chi of

Overview: William Dawes and his place as ‘jack of all trades’ in the early colony of New South Wales.The outstanding scientific and engineering feats in Sydney’s history achieved under difficult circumstances.P.This book describes William Dawes’ life and professional achievements. William Dawes was a British Marine serving as the official astronomer on board the First Fleet making the 1787–1788 voyage from Britain to the new colony of New South Wales. Between 1788 and 1791, Dawes established not one but two observatories within a kilometre of Sydney’s present-day city centre, a full seven deca

Overview: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studie​In vielen Feldern der Zusammenarbeit zwischen öffentlichen Einrichtungen und privaten NPO sind Kontrakte als zentrales und ergebnisorientiertes Steuerungsinstrument etabliert. Den inhaltlichen Kern von Leistungsvereinbarungen bilden die mit der Kooperation angestrebten Wirkungen. In der Folge ergibt sich ein wirkungsorientiertes Kontraktsystem und es stellt sich die Frage nach einem einheitlichen und systemübergreifenden Wirkungsverständnis und dessen Schnittstellenkonforme Ausprägung. Martina Rechberger zweigt auf, dass im hochkomplexen System der

Overview: 978-3-528-04290-5978-3-322-86422-2

Overview: Explores the aesthetic and political implications of the interactions between words and music.Provides a heterogeneous survey of the ever-changing landscape of popular studies.Examine the relation bet.Words, Music, and the Popular: Global Perspectives on Intermedial Relations. .opens up the notion of the popular, drawing useful links between wide-ranging aspects of popular culture, through the lens of the interaction between words and music. This collection of essays explores the relation of words and music to issues of the popular. It asks: What is popularity or ‘the’ popular and wh

Overview: Drawing on critical social and political thought, the book explores the implications, arguing that late modern wars wars, often referred to as ‘liberal‘, may be interpreted as perpetuating forms of exclusion and domination that render war a tool of control now articulated in global terms.978-0-230-25181-6978-0-230-62639-3Series ISSN 1759-3735 Series E-ISSN 2752-857X

Overview: Provides indepth description and differential diagnoses of the three inflammatory wheat sensitivities – celiac disease, non-classic wheat allergies, ATI sensitivity – relative to other food sensitivit.This book is about three inflammatory conditions that underlie wheat sensitivities caused by the consumption of wheat and related cereals. The book describes, discusses and differentiates celiac disease, amylase trypsin inhibitor (ATI) sensitivity, and the wide spectrum of wheat allergies, especially a novel, but highly common atypical wheat allergy..The mechanisms of the three wheat se

Overview: 978-3-663-01495-9978-3-663-01494-2

Overview: 978-1-349-08710-5

Overview: Stellt die besondere Bedeutung von Werten in Familienunternehmen in den Fokus.Mit großer Relevanz bei Nachfolgeplanung, Konfliktlösung, Restrukturierung, Mitarbeiterbindung und -suche sowie werteorien.Welche Vorteile haben Werte speziell für Familienunternehmen? Und wie können Werte im Unternehmensalltag erfolgreich umgesetzt und gelebt werden? Hierzu antworten Experten aus Praxis und Wissenschaft anhand zahlreicher Beispiele aus unterschiedlichen Branchen und Bereichen. Familienunternehmer können so wertvolle Schlüsse für das eigene Unternehmen ziehen..Stimmen zum Buch.Prof. h.c. Ma

Overview: Einmalige Übersicht über die Liebeskonzepte in der griechisch-römischen Antike.Darstellung der ideengeschichtlichen Entwicklungslinien des vormodernen Liebesdiskurses.Aktualisierung und RehabilitierunWas ist Liebe? Worin gründet sie? Wie wird sie erfahren, und welche Bedeutung hat sie für den Einzelnen und das menschliche Zusammensein? Diese Fragen beschäftigen die Philosophie seit ihren Anfängen in der Antike intensiv. Dabei verweist bereits die Pluralität der Begriffe, in denen sich der antike Liebesdiskurs verdichtet (agape, eros, philia, caritas, amor u.a.) auf den Facettenreicht