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Whole Body Interaction

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 210 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Image Processing and Computer Vision

 

The concept of Whole Body Interaction explores the integration of input and output from human motion and physiology, cognitive models and emotional states. This book offers extended papers submitted to the ACM SIGCHI 2009 Workshop on Whole Body Interaction.

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Accidental Injury

Biomechanics and Prevention

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed 2002, 642 p., Paperback

259.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Orthopedics

 

This second edition, completely revised and expanded with a new chapter on lower extremity trauma, presents chapters written by widely recognized authorities in the field of human traumatic injury. The topics covered range from automobile restraint systems to cell and…

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Antivirals

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 400 p., Hardback

139.05 EUR


 

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Lehrbuch der Verhaltenstherapie

Band 4: Materialien für die Psychotherapie

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 700 p., Mixed media product

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Psychiatry

 

In Band 4 der Lehrbuchreihe zur Verhaltenstherapie werden alle relevanten Testverfahren und Fragebögen vorgestellt, geprüft und bewertet. Leser erhalten so einen schnellen Überblick über die gängigen Verfahren, wann und wie man sie anwendet und wie sie ausgewertet werden. Dabei geht…

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Part 3: Systems from Cr-Fe-P to Si-W-Zr

Volume 37: Phase Diagrams and Physical Properties of Nonequilibrium Alloys, Subvolume C: Physical Properties of Ternary Amorphous Alloys

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 420 p., Hardback

3090.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Design

 

Written by renowned experts in the field, this volume explores 148 alloy systems, from Cr-Fe-P to Si-W-Zr. The text describes the physical properties used to characterize amorphos alloys, and presents data via tables and figures.

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Compiler Design

Syntactic and Semantic Analysis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 210 p., Hardback

42.75 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

 

This book deals with the analysis phase of translators for programming languages. It describes lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis, specification mechanisms for these tasks from the theory of formal languages and methods for automatic generation.

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Transactions on Rough Sets XIV

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 235 p., Paperback

63.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

The LNCS journal Transactions on Rough Sets is devoted to the entire spectrum of rough sets related issues, from logical and mathematical foundations, through all aspects of rough set theory and its applications, such as data mining, knowledge discovery, and…

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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Peter McDonald, Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi

The Fertility Transition in Iran

Revolution and Reproduction

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 196 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Social Sciences, general

 

Rich in data and demographic method, this is the first attempt to explain the dramatic fall in the birth rate in Iran following the Islamic revolution of 1980. All the relevant demographic data are used along with two major surveys conducted by the authors.

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Sabah A. Abdul-Wahab (Hg.)

Sick Building Syndrome

in Public Buildings and Workplaces

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 591 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Building Construction

 

The first book on sick building syndrome to focus on libraries and public buildings, this volume examines the impact of interior environments on people’s health, evaluates the effect this has on their performance, and includes ideas on how to improve design.

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Ra-id Abdulla (Hg.)

Heart Diseases in Children

A Pediatrician's Guide

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 486 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Nursing

 

This book covers the fundamentals of heart diseases in children. Coverage includes imaging and testing, congenital heart diseases and acquired heart diseases. Images reinforce concepts and case studies lead to an understanding of successful patient management.

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Bessam Abdulrazak, Sylvain Giroux, Bruno Bouchard (Hg.)

Towards Useful Services for Elderly and People with Disabilities

9th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2011, Montreal, Canada, June 20-22, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 327 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2011, held in Montreal, Canada, in June 2011. The 25 revised full papers presented together with 16 short papers and 8…

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Alberto Accomazzi (Hg.)

Future Professional Communication in Astronomy II

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 162 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

The present volume gathers together the talks presented at the second colloquim on the Future Professional Communication in Astronomy (FPCA II), held at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) on 13-14 April 2010. This meeting provided a forum for editors, publishers, scientists,…

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Tobias Achterberg, J. Christopher Beck (Hg.)

Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems

8th International Conference, CPAIOR 2011, Berlin, Germany, May 23-27, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 253 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Operations Research/Decision Theory

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, CPAIOR 2011, held in Berlin, Germany, in May 2011.

The 13 revised full papers and 7…

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Robert J. Adler, Jonathan E. Taylor

Topological Complexity of Smooth Random Functions

�cole d'�t� de Probabilit�s de Saint-Flour XXXIX-2009

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 122 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistical Theory and Methods

 

Based on lectures by the authors, this book introduces the general theory of Gaussian random fields, reviews integral and Riemannian geometry as a fundation for the Gaussian kinematic formula, and covers topological inference and random algebraic topology.

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Michel A. Aegerter, M. Mennig (Hg.)

Sol-Gel Technologies for Glass Producers and Users

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 493 p., Paperback

191.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods

 

Sol-Gel Techniques for Glass Producers and Users provides technological information, descriptions and characterizations of prototypes, or products already on the market, and illustrates advantages and disadvantages of the sol-gel process in comparison to other methods. The first chapter entitled "Wet…

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Jake K. Aggarwal, Reneta P. Barneva, Valentin E. Brimkov (Hg.)

Combinatorial Image Analysis

14th International Workshop, IWCIA 2011, Madrid, Spain, May 23-25, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 496 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Numeric Computing

 

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Workshop on Combinatorial Image Analysis, IWCIA 2011, held in Madrid, Spain, in May 2011. The 25 revised full papers and 13 poster papers presented together with 4 invited contributions were…

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G. Agostinelli (Hg.)

Magnetofluidodinamica

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 28-October 6, 1962

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1962, 312 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Fluid- and Aerodynamics

 

G. Agostinelli: Problemi speciali in magnetofluidodinamica.- G. Carini: Sul concetto di pressione in magnetofluidodinamica e nel caso di un fluido dielettrico in presenza di un campo elettrico.- V.C.A. Ferrario: Magneto-idrodinamica.- R. Nardini: 1. Su un caso particolare di onde magnetoacustiche.…

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Karl Reinhard Aigner, Frederick O. Stephens (Hg.)

Induction Chemotherapy

Integrated Treatment Programs for Locally Advanced Cancers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 365 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: General Practice / Family Medicine

 

This book presents management techniques and practices used in induction chemotherapy. It details the pioneering and cutting edge practices employed in different institutions and documents the advantages of integrated treatment schedules.

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Salah S. Al-Majeed, Chih-Lin Hu, Dhinaharan Nagamalai (Hg.)

Advances in Wireless, Mobile Networks and Applications

International Conferences, WiMoA 2011 and ICCSEA 2011, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, May 25-27, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 317 p., Paperback

64.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Management of Computing and Information Systems

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Wireless, Mobile Networks and Applications, WiMoA 2011, and the First International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Applications, ICCSEA 2011, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in May…

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Mohamed Al-Rubeai (Hg.)

Antibody Expression and Production

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 345 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Biomedicine general

 

This book covers generation, optimization, characterization, production and applications of antibodies, offering theoretical background and describing methods for expression of antibody in microbial and animal cell cultures and transgenic animals and plants.

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Antonia Albani, Jan L.G. Dietz, Jan Verelst (Hg.)

Advances in Enterprise Engineering V

First Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, EEWC 2011, Antwerp, Belgium, May 16-17, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 121 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the first Enterprise Engineering Working Conference (EEWC), held in Antwerp, Belgium, May 16-17, 2011. EEWC aims at addressing the challenges that modern and complex enterprises are facing in a rapidly changing world. The participants of…

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Francesco Alinovi

Game Start!

Strumenti per comprendere i videogiochi

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 190 p., Paperback

23.08 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Coding and Information Theory

 

Un manuale di riferimento per chi desidera avvicinarsi al mondo dei videogiochi non solo come fruitore esperto ma, soprattutto, come potenziale creatore di contenuti. E' suddiviso in 6 sezioni: 1) storia ed evoluzione del linguaggio videoludico; 2) l'interfaccia grafica e…

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Hatem Alkadhi, Sebastian Leschka, Paul Stolzmann (Hg.)

Wie funktioniert CT?

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 160 p., Paperback

32.66 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Imaging / Radiology

 

Der Band bietet eine Einführung in die technischen Grundlagen und die Anwendung der Computertomographie: von technischen Fragen wie dem Prinzip der Bilderzeugung über die grundsätzliche praktische Anwendung als diagnostisches Verfahren z. B. bei Erkrankungen des Abdominaltrakts bis hin zu einer Einführung…

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Robert Allen (Hg.)

Das kugelsichere Federkleid

Wie die Natur uns Technologie lehrt

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage, 192 p., Hardback

27.99 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Life Sciences, general

 

Textilien, die sich selbst reinigen? Tragflächen, die mitten im Flug ihre Form ändern, um den Wind optimal zu nutzen? Spritzennadeln mit winzigen Zacken, die Injektionen unter die Haut nahezu schmerzfrei machen?

So sehr das nach Science-Fiction klingen mag: Solche Erfindungen…

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Hami Alpas, Simon M. Berkowicz, Irina Ermakova (Hg.)

Environmental Security and Ecoterrorism

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 187 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Health

 

Highlighting potential threats and their countermeasures, this volume covers what is now recognized as a growing threat to international political stability—the use of environmental hazards such as pollutants to harm and frighten vulnerable populations.

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Hami Alpas, Simon M. Berkowicz, Irina Ermakova (Hg.)

Environmental Security and Ecoterrorism

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 187 p., Paperback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Health

 

Highlighting potential threats and their countermeasures, this volume covers what is now recognized as a growing threat to international political stability—the use of environmental hazards such as pollutants to harm and frighten vulnerable populations.

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María Alpuente (Hg.)

Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation

20th International Symposium, LOPSTR 2010, Hagenberg, Austria, July 23-25, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 249 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algorithms

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Logic-Based Program Synthesis and Transformation, LOPSTR 2010, held in Hagenberg, Austria in July 2010. The 13 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers were carefully…

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Shahid Alvi

When the Bough Breaks

Critical Perspectives on Juvenile Justice in Canada

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

96.25 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Human Geography

 

In the past ten years, much has changed in terms of youth justice policies in Canada as well as in the way Canadian society has evolved. This book examines these developments and puts them in a critical criminological perspective.

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Margarida D. Amaral, Karl Kunzelmann (Hg.)

Cystic Fibrosis

Diagnosis and Protocols, Volume I: Approaches to Study and Correct CFTR Defects

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 528 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Laboratory Medicine

 

This volume details the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and its expression, biogenesis, structure and function in terms of the defects causing cystic fibrosis.  It features readily reproducible laboratory protocols and troubleshooting tips.

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Margarida D. Amaral, Karl Kunzelmann (Hg.)

Cystic Fibrosis

Diagnosis and Protocols, Volume II: Methods and Resources to Understand Cystic Fibrosis

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 384 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Laboratory Medicine

 

This volume details the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and its expression, biogenesis, structure and function in terms of the defects causing cystic fibrosis.  It features readily reproducible laboratory protocols and troubleshooting tips.

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Luigi Amerio (Hg.)

Equazioni differenziali astratte

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, May 30-June 8, 1963

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1963, 249 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Partial Differential Equations

 

T. Kato: Semi-groups and temporally inhomogeneous evolution equations.- J.L. Lions: Equations différentielles opérationnelles dans les espaces de Hilbert.- L. Nirenberg: Equazioni differenziali ordinarie negli spazi di Banach.- R.S. Phillips: Semi-groups of contraction operators.- L. Amerio: Almost-periodic equations in Hilbert spaces.-…

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Luigi Amerio, B. Segre (Hg.)

Sistemi dinamici e teoremi ergodici

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 2-11, 1960

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1960, 172 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

 

Lectures: P.R. Halmos: Entropy in ergodic theory.- E. Hopf: Some topics of ergodic theory.-  J.L. Massera: Les équations différentielles linéaires dans les espaces de Banach.- Seminars: L. Amerio: Funzioni quasi-periodiche astratte e problemi di propagazione.- L. Markus: Sistemi dinamici con…

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Ricardo Amils, José Cernicharo Quintanilla, Henderson James Cleaves II (Hg.)

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1851 p., Hardback

699.00 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Biogeosciences

 

Astrobiology is a remarkably interdisciplinary field. This reference serves as a key to understanding technical terms from the different subfields of astrobiology, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, the geosciences and the space sciences.

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Ricardo Amils, José Cernicharo Quintanilla, Henderson James Cleaves II (Hg.)

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1851 p., Electronic book text

699.00 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Biogeosciences

 

Astrobiology is a remarkably interdisciplinary field. This reference serves as a key to understanding technical terms from the different subfields of astrobiology, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, the geosciences and the space sciences.

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Ricardo Amils, José Cernicharo Quintanilla, Henderson James Cleaves II (Hg.)

Encyclopedia of Astrobiology

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1851 p., Mixed media product

874.00 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Biogeosciences

 

Astrobiology is a remarkably interdisciplinary field. This reference serves as a key to understanding technical terms from the different subfields of astrobiology, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, the geosciences and the space sciences.

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Grigoris Antoniou, Marko Grobelnik, Elena Simperl (Hg.)

The Semantic Web: Research and Applications

8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 – June 2, 2011. Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 520 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

 

The books (LNCS 6643 and 6644) constitute the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2011, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in May/June 2011. The 57 revised full papers of the research track presented together with 7…

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Grigoris Antoniou, Marko Grobelnik, Elena Simperl (Hg.)

The Semantic Web: Research and Applications

8th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 29 – June 2, 2011. Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 520 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

 

The books (LNCS 6643 and 6644) constitute the refereed proceedings of the 8th European Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2011, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in May/June 2011. The 57 revised full papers of the research track presented together with 7…

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Constantine Antonopoulos

Counterclaims before the International Court of Justice

T.M.C. Asser Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 177 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Law

Subject: General Law/Fundamentals

 

This book examines counterclaims presented at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and its predecessor, the Permanent Court of International Justice, over its 65 year history. Includes analysis of the evolution of the procedures and practices of the ICJ.

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Kazuhiko Aomoto, Michitake Kita

Theory of Hypergeometric Functions

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 317 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Functional Analysis

 

This book presents a geometric theory of complex analytic integrals representing hypergeometric functions of several variables. It shows that hypergeometric integrals generally satisfy holonomic system of linear differential equations.

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Benny Applebaum

Cryptography in Constant Parallel Time

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

85.55 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory

 

This book establishes, for the first time, the potential application of NCO implementations to cryptographic primitives such as one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, encryption schemes and digital signatures. The author explores numerous key issues.

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Yves Aragon

Séries temporelles avec R

Méthodes et cas

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 266 p., Paperback

23.70 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs

 

L’ouvrage commence par présenter les graphiques pour séries temporelles offerts par R sur quelques séries. Il fournit ensuite des rappels de statistique mathématique et révise les concepts et les modèles classiques de séries. Il présente les structures de séries temporelles…

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Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Jianying Zhou (Hg.)

Information Security Theory and Practice: Security and Privacy of Mobile Devices in Wireless Communication

5th IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop, WISTP 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 1-3, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 392 p., Paperback

81.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computers and Society

 

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th IFIP WG 11.2 International Workshop on Information Security Theory and Practices: Security and Privacy of Mobile Devices in Wireless Communication, WISTP 2011, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in June 2011. The…

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Heinrich Arnold, Jörg Heuer, Peter Möckel

Technological Trends in ICT

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 140 p., Hardback

64.15 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Management/Business for Professionals

 

Here is a close analysis of trends that are changing the information and communications technology industry. Based on the Deutsche Telekom Technology Radar, it assesses recent research and future developments, and their application in new products and services.

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Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

Towards a Sustainable Asia

The Cultural Perspectives

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 96 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: History

 

The product of a major regional research project, this is one of a series of books analyzing the fundamental questions surrounding sustainability in Asia. This volume assesses the cultural perspectives, particularly those related to agriculture.

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Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Environment and Climate Change

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 106 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Meteorology/Climatology

 

The product of a major research project initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia, this is one of a series of books analyzing central questions regarding sustainability in Asia. This volume covers the wider environment and climate change.

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Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Green Transition and Innovation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 178 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Geography (general)

 

The product of a major research project initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia, this is one of a series of books analyzing central questions regarding sustainability in Asia. This volume is a concise synthesis of the four key reports.

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Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Natural Resources

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 80 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Economic Geography

 

The product of a major research project initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia, this is one of a series of books analyzing central questions regarding sustainability in Asia. This volume covers natural resources including water.

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Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia

Towards a Sustainable Asia

Energy

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 56 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Energy Economics

 

The product of a major research project initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia, this is one of a series of books analyzing central questions surrounding sustainability in Asia. This volume covers energy issues including energy security.

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Mikhail Atallah, Xiang-Yang Li, Binhai Zhu (Hg.)

Frontiers in Algorithmics and Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management

Joint International Conference, FEW-AAIM 2011, Jinhua, China, May 28-31, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 390 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Data Structures

 

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 5th International Frontiers of Algorithmics Workshop, FAW 2011, and the 7th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, AAIM 2011, jointly held in Jinhua, China, in May 2011. The…

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Yves Auroy, Dan Benhamou, René Amalberti

Sécuriser davantage l'anesthésie : est-ce possible ?

Enjeux, chemins, obstacles

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Paperback

37.91 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

 

La mesure itérative de la mortalité, prise en tant qu’indicateur majeur de sécurité, a montré une réduction par dix du taux de décès en vingt ans. L’ouvrage décrit les actions mises en œuvre pour obtenir de tels résultats, en insistant…

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Devesh Kumar Avasthi, Girijesh Kumar Mehta

Swift Heavy Ions for Materials Engineering and Nanostructuring

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 280 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Optical and Electronic Materials

 

Ion beams have been used for decades to analyze materials. Now they can be used to modify materials in unprecedented ways. This book discusses the use of high-energy swift heavy ions for tailoring the properties of materials with nanoscale structures.

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Gilbert Babin, Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Peter Kropf (Hg.)

E-Technologies: Transformation in a Connected World

5th International Conference, MCETECH 2011, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 23-26, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 285 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on E-Technologies, MCETECH 2011, held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 23-26, 2011.

Originally 10 papers were selected from a total of 32 submissions. Seven additional papers were included following a…

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Oscar Bajo-Rubio, Carmen Díaz-Roldán

Macroeconomic Analysis of Monetary Unions

A General Framework Based on the Mundell-Fleming Model

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 50 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: International Economics

 

This book builds a framework for macroeconomic modeling of monetary unions, starting from the standard two-country Mundell-Fleming model with perfect capital mobility, extended and modified in versions illustrating small and large monetary unions.

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N. Balakrishnan, Man Lai Tang, Hon Keung Tony Ng

Sample Size Determination

Applications in the Medical and Health Sciences

Birkhäuser Boston, Mai 2011, 296 p., Hardback


 

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Marcello Balduccini, Tran Cao Son (Hg.)

Logic Programming, Knowledge Representation, and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

Essays Dedicated to Michael Gelfond on the Occasion of His 65th Birthday

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 513 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This Festschrift volume, published in honor of Michael Gelfond on the occasion of his 65th birthday, contains a collection of papers written by his closest friends and colleagues. Several of these papers were presented during the Symposium on Constructive Mathematics…

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M. J. Balogun

Hegemony and Sovereign Equality

The Interest Contiguity Theory in International Relations

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 161 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Non-Western Philosophy

 

The «interest contiguity theory,” which is the book’s centerpiece, holds that rather than a smooth, one-way cruise through history, humankind’s journey from the inception to the present has brought him/her face to face with broadly three types of interests. The…

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Badi H. Baltagi

Econometrics

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 5th ed, 410 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

 

Econometrics teaches some of the basic econometric methods and the underlying assumptions behind them. Each chapter includes theoretical exercises as well as empirical illustrations using real economic applications.

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M.Y.H. Bangash

Structures for Nuclear Facilities

Analysis, Design and Construction

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 900 p., Hardback

199.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Building Construction

 

This book provides a general introduction to the topic of buildings for

resistance to the effects of abnormal loadings. The structural design

requirements for nuclear facilities are very unique. In no other structural system

are extreme loads such as tornadoes, missile and loud…

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Feng Bao, Jian Weng (Hg.)

Information Security Practice and Experience

7th International Conference, ISPEC 2011, Guangzhou, China, May 30-June 1, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 448 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Management of Computing and Information Systems

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, ISPEC 2011, held in Guangzhou, China, in May/June 2011.

The 26 papers presented together with 6 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected…

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Emanuele Bardone

Seeking Chances

From Biased Rationality to Distributed Cognition

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 172 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book explores the idea of human cognition as a chance-seeking system. It offers novel insights about how to treat some issues pertaining to decision making and problem solving.

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A. Barlotti (Hg.)

Finite Geometric Structures and their Applications

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 18-27, 1972

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1973, 282 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Group Theory and Generalizations

 

R.C. Bose: Graphs and designs.- R.H. Bruck: Construction problems in finite projective spaces.- R.H.F. Denniston: Packings of PG(3,q).- J. Doyen: Recent results on Steiner triple systems.- H. Lüneburg: Gruppen und endliche projektive Ebenen.- J.A. Thas: 4-gonal configurations.- H.P. Young:…

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Bruce G. Batchelor (Hg.)

Machine Vision Handbook

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1300 p., Electronic book text

499.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Machinery and Machine Elements

 

The automation of visual inspection is becoming more and more important in modern industry as a consistent, reliable means of judging the quality of raw materials and manufactured goods and elsewhere for processes like security scanning and traffic enforcement. The…

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Bruce G. Batchelor (Hg.)

Machine Vision Handbook

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1300 p., Mixed media product

624.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Machinery and Machine Elements

 

The automation of visual inspection is becoming more and more important in modern industry as a consistent, reliable means of judging the quality of raw materials and manufactured goods and elsewhere for processes like security scanning and traffic enforcement. The…

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Andre Bationo, Boaz Waswa, Jeremiah M. Okeyo (Hg.)

Innovations as Key to the Green Revolution in Africa

Exploring the Scientific Facts

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1990 p., Hardback

349.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Life Sciences, general

 

Africa can achieve self sufficiency in food production through adoption of innovations in the agriculture sector. Numerous soil fertility and crop production technologies have been generated through research, however, wide adoption has been low. African farmers need better technologies, more…

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Carl E. Baumann, Lawrence Carin, Alexander P. Stone (Hg.)

Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 3

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1997, 532 p., Paperback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Complexity

 

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Millard F. Beatty

Principles of Engineering Mechanics

Volume 2 Dynamics -- The Analysis of Motion

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2006, 595 p., Paperback

55.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Applications of Mathematics

 

Separation of the elements of classical mechanics into kinematics and dynamics is an uncommon tutorial approach, but the author uses it to advantage in this two-volume set. Students gain a mastery of kinematics first – a solid foundation for the…

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Hanno Beck

Medienökonomie

Print, Fernsehen und Multimedia

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 3 überarb u erg Auflage, 283 p., Paperback

32.66 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Management/Business for Professionals

 

Wer wissen will, wie Medien funktionieren, muss ihre Ökonomie verstehen. Was ist das Besondere an Medien? Welchen ökonomischen Zwängen unterliegen sie? Was wird sich in der Werbebranche durch das Aufkommen des Internets und den Einsatz von Multimediatechniken ändern? Diese und…

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David E. Beck, Patricia L. Roberts, Theodore J. Saclarides (Hg.)

The ASCRS Textbook of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Second Edition

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 2nd ed, 946 p., Hardback

239.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: General Surgery

 

This is the first official textbook of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Coverage includes Anatomy, Physiology, Genetics, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Perioperative Management. Includes more than 380 illustrations (64 in color), and an online supplement offering updated information.

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Samy Bendaya, Véronique Salvator Witvoet, Jean-Claude Goussard (Hg.)

Réflexions autour du bassin

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 168 p., Paperback

56.87 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

L’ouvrage aborde le diagnostic et le traitement des pathologies du complexe lombo-pelvi fémoral. Il est divisé en 4 grands chapitres s’articulant autour des éléments anatomiques qui recouvrent cette région.

Les auteurs aborderont d’abord les pathologies du bassin osseux ou ostéo-articulaire,…

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George Bentley (Hg.)

European Instructional Lectures

Volume 11, 2011, 12th EFORT Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 226 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Conservative Orthopedics

 

European Instructional Lectures provides major advances in a range of topics including General Orthopaedics, Basic Science and Technology, Musculo-skeletal Tumours, Infections, Paediatric Orthopaedics, Trauma, Spine, Upper Limb, Hip, Knee, Leg, Ankle and Foot.

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Carlos P. Bergmann, Monica Jung de Andrade (Hg.)

Nanostructured Materials for Engineering Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 174 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Biomaterials

 

This introduction to nanostructured materials guides the reader through their different engineering applications without getting bogged down in the detailed physics and chemistry involved. The clarity of the language makes it ideal for beginners in the field.

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Maïtine Bergounioux (Hg.)

Mathematical Image Processing

University of Orléans, France, March 29th - April 1st, 2010

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 197 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Image Processing and Computer Vision

 

The contributions appearing in this volume are a snapshot of the different topics that were discussed during the Second Conference "Mathematics and Image Processing” held at the University of Orléans in 2010. They mainly concern, image reconstruction, texture extraction and…

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Alain Bernard (Hg.)

Global Product Development

Proceedings of the 20th CIRP Design Conference, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France, 19th-21st April 2010

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 739 p., Hardback

299.00 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Sustainable Development

 

This book of proceedings is the synthesis of all the papers, including keynotes presented during the 20th CIRP Design conference. The book is structured with respect to several topics, in fact the main topics that serve at structuring the program.…

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Marco Bernardo, Valerie Issarny (Hg.)

Formal Methods for Eternal Networked Software Systems

11th International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2011, Bertinoro, Italy, June 13-18, 2011, Advanced Lectures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 527 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

Based on lectures delivered at the 11th edition of the International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2011, this volume explores formal methods for external networked software systems.

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Dieter Besdo, Bodo Heimann, Manfred Klüppel

Elastomere Friction

Theory, Experiment and Simulation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Polymer Sciences

 

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Nuno F. Bicho, Jonathan A. Haws, Loren G. Davis (Hg.)

Trekking the Shore

Changing Coastlines and the Antiquity of Coastal Settlement

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 496 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Anthropology

 

With evidence from North and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, this volume comprehensively lends a new understanding to coastal settlement from the Middle Paleolithic to the Middle Holocene.

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Thomas Bieger, Dodo zu Knyphausen-Aufseß, Christian Krys (Hg.)

Innovative Geschäftsmodelle

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 392 p., Hardback

46.68 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Organization/Planning

 

Hochkarätige Autoren aus Forschung und Praxis beschreiben in dem Band ein neues, branchenübergreifendes Dimensionierungsraster für Geschäftsmodelle (Geschäftsmodellontologie). Damit liefern sie einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz für die Innovation von Geschäftsmodellen. Aufbauend auf einer Einführung in die konzeptionellen Grundlagen, werden die verschiedenen Gestaltungsfelder…

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Roelof Bijker, Octavio Castaños, Rocío Jáuregui (Hg.)

Latin-American School of Physics - XL ELAF: Symmetries in Physics

American Institute of Physics, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 402 p., Paperback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

 

The XL Latin-American School of Physics was celebrated in memory of Marcos Moshinsky, who was one of the pioneers to use symmetries in several fields of physics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. It is well known that the…

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Patrick Blackburn, Hans van Ditmarsch, Maria Manzano (Hg.)

Tools for Teaching Logic

Third International Congress, TICTTL 2011, Salamanca, Spain, June 1-4, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 257 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Science Education

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Third International Congress on Tools for Teaching Logic, TICTTL 2011, held in Salamanca, Spain, in June 2011.

The 30 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The congress focusses…

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John Blackwell, Jan Martin

A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 114 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Science Education

 

This linguistic guide to writing a scientific paper for submission to a peer-reviewed journal also demonstrates how to address referees’ comments and responses. It focuses less on grammar and vocabulary than on vital elements of discourse such as tenses.

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Philippe Blanchard, Dimitri Volchenkov

Random Walks and Diffusions on Graphs and Databases

An Introduction

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 340 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Complexity

 

This book introduces the theory of graphs and random walks on graphs, covers methods for exploring the structure of finite connected graphs and databases, and details applications in electric resistance networks, urban planning, linguistic databases and more.

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Fabio Vittorio de Blasio

Introduction to the Physics of Landslides

Lecture notes on the dynamics of mass wasting

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 408 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Physical Geography

 

This is one of the first books to provide a thorough treatment of the physical basis of landslides. Emphasis is placed on the problems at the frontier of landslide research, and the book presents detailed reports on twelve case studies.

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Ethan D. Bloch

The Real Numbers and Real Analysis

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, XII, 468 p, 553 p., Hardback

64.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Sequences, Series, Summability

 

This rigorous, detailed introduction to real analysis presents the fundamentals clearly and includes definitions, theorems and proofs. Mirroring the structure of standard calculus courses makes it especially accessible to university students of mathematics.

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Gabriella Bolzon, Taoufik Boukharouba, Giovanna Gabetta (Hg.)

Integrity of Pipelines Transporting Hydrocarbons

Corrosion, Mechanisms, Control, and Management

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 335 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

 

This book describes technical and practical aspects of pipeline damage. It summarizes the phenomena, mechanisms and management of pipeline corrosion in-service. The topics discussed include pipelines fracture mechanics and pipeline integrity assessment.

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Gabriella Bolzon, Taoufik Boukharouba, Giovanna Gabetta (Hg.)

Integrity of Pipelines Transporting Hydrocarbons

Corrosion, Mechanisms, Control, and Management

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 335 p., Paperback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

 

This book describes technical and practical aspects of pipeline damage. It summarizes the phenomena, mechanisms and management of pipeline corrosion in-service. The topics discussed include pipelines fracture mechanics and pipeline integrity assessment.

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E. Bompiani (Hg.)

Equazioni differenziali non lineari

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 15-24, 1954

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1954, 233 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Partial Differential Equations

 

Lectures: J.L. Massera: Théorie de la stabilité.- W. Wasow: Asymptotic properties of non-linear analytic differential equations.- G. Sansone: Questioni sulle equazioni non lineari.- D. Graffi: Questioni varie sulle oscillazioni non lineari.- Seminars: G. Aymerich: Oscillazioni periodiche ed isteresi oscillatoria di un…

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E. Bompiani (Hg.)

Problemi di geometria differenziale in grande

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Sestriere (Torino), Italy, July 31-August 8, 1958

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1958, 72 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Differential Geometry

 

Lectures: C.B. Allendörfer: Global differential geometry of imbedded manifolds.- Seminars: P. Libermann: Pseudo-groupes infitésimaux.

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E. Bompiani (Hg.)

Geometria proiettivo-differenziale

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Pavia, Italy, September 25-October 5, 1955

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1955, 240 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces

 

B. Segre: Proprietà locali e globali di varietà e di trasformazioni differenziabili con speciale riguardo ai casi analitici ed algebrici.- E. Cech: Deformazioni proiettive di congruenze e questioni connesse.

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E. Bompiani (Hg.)

Geometria del calcolo delle variazioni

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Saltino (Firenza), Italy, August 21-30, 1961

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1961, 409 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization

 

H. Busemann: The synthetic approach to Finsler spaces in the large.- E.T. Davies: Vedute generali sugli spazi variazionali.- D. Laugwitz: Geometrical methods in the differential geometry of Finsler spaces.- V.V. Wagner: Geometria del calcolo delle variazioni.

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Keith W. Boone

The CDA TM book

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 307 p., Hardback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Medicine/Public Health, general

 

Here is clear, easy-to-use guidance to implement the Clinical Document Architecture standard, with numerous examples. Beyond the nuances of healthcare IT implementation, readers learn to "speak" the language of the CDA standard, and to understand its idioms.

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Monica Borda

Fundamentals in Information Theory and Coding

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 491 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Bioinformatics

 

This book presents the fundamentals of discrete information theory (measurement and mathematical modeling of sources and transmission channels) and of coding theory (compression, error control and encryption} using many examples including Genomic Coding.

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Ronaldo I. Borja (Hg.)

Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics

Results of the Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics, Stanford, June 23-25, 2010.

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 216 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Geophysics and Environmental Physics

 

This state-of-the-art book contains all results and papers of the International Workshop on Multiscale and Multiphysics Processes in Geomechanics at Stanford University Campus, June 23–25, 2010.

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Hans G. Börner, Jean-Francois Lutz (Hg.)

Bioactive Surfaces

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 215 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Electrochemistry

 

Erik Wischerhoff, Nezha Badi, André Laschewsky and Jean-François Lutz

Smart Polymer Surfaces: Concepts and Applications in Biosciences;

S. Petersen, M. Gattermayer and M. Biesalski

Hold on at the Right Spot: Bioactive Surfaces for the Design of Live-Cell Micropatterns;

Julien Polleux

Interfacing Cell Surface…

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Axel Börsch-Supan, Martina Brandt, Karsten Hank (Hg.)

The Individual and the Welfare State

Life Histories in Europe

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 285 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Public Health/Gesundheitswesen

 

Taking advantage of the richness of 28,000 life histories in 13 European countries, this book provides an introduction to the great research potential of SHARELIFE data. It gives an overview of all relevant topics in the fields of ageing and social policy.

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Antal van den Bosch, Gosse Bouma (Hg.)

Interactive Multi-modal Question-Answering

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 294 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

This book, which grew out of the IMIX project funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, explores the development of a computer interface that listens, talks, and can answer medical questions.

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Nicolas Bouleau

Risk and Meaning

Adversaries in Art, Science and Philosophy

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 302 p., Hardback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Epistemology

 

In today’s society, prudence and probability calculation permeate our daily lives. This richly illustrated book explores how chance and risk on the one hand, and meaning or significance on the other, compete for attention in art, philosophy, and science.

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Andrew J.M. Boulton, Loretta Vileikyte

Painful Diabetic Neuropathy in Clinical Practice

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 61 p., Paperback

29.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

This book provides an essential resource for clinicians in the management of neuropathic pain in diabetic patients. It examines approaches in the management of neuropathic pain and includes guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of this condition.

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Pier Carlo Braga, Davide Ricci (Hg.)

Atomic Force Microscopy in Biomedical Research

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 508 p., Hardback

124.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Biological Microscopy

 

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has revolutionized the study of the smallest aspects of life. Covering topics like molecule imaging, nanoscale surface analysis and cellular imaging, this volume features the most up-to-date techniques currently in use.

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Jose Bravo, Ramón Hervás, Vladimir Villarreal (Hg.)

Ambient Assisted Living

Third International Workshop, IWAAL 2011, Held at IWANN 2011, Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, June 8-10, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 226 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living, IWAAL 2011, held in Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, in June 2011 as a satellite event of IWANN 2011, the International Work-Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks..…

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Peter A. Brawer (Hg.)

Pain in Primary Care Settings

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Medicine/Public Health, general

 

Pain is the number one complaint for people seeking medical treatment. Due to the complex nature of many of the chronic pain conditions, professionals working in the primary care setting may often be overwhelmed, confused, or frustrated by ethical and…

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Sabine Breitwieser, Steirischer Herbst (Hg.)

Utopia and Monument

Exhibition for the Public Space. steirischer herbst 2009-2010

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 224 p., Hardback

29.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Arts

 

This publication examines the two-year exhibition project Utopia and Monument at the art festival Steirischer Herbst in Graz, in 2009 and 2010.  It documents the artist’s works and discusses them by numerous contribution from renown authors.

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Sabine Breitwieser, Steirischer Herbst (Hg.)

Utopie und Monument

Ausstellung für den öffentlichen Raum. steirischer herbst 2009-2010

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 224 p., Hardback

27.23 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Arts

 

Der Band dokumentiert das zweijährige Ausstellungsprojekt »Utopie und Monument« zum Steirischen Herbst 2009 und 2010: Entstanden sind zwanzig Kunstwerke für die Innenstadt von Graz zu folgenden Themen: »Über die Gültigkeit von Kunst zwischen Privatisierung und Öffentlichkeit« (2009) sowie »Über die…

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David R. Brooks

Guide to HTML, JavaScript and PHP

For Scientists and Engineers

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 415 p., Hardback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

 

This book enables readers to quickly develop a working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and PHP. It provides a hands-on approach to learning and makes extensive use of examples. Includes a glossary as well as a range of programming exercises.

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Adam J. Brooks, Jon Clasper, Mark Midwinter (Hg.)

Ryan's Ballistic Trauma

A Practical Guide

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 3rd ed, 720 p., Hardback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

 

This concise guide to clinical and operational issues surrounding the management of the ballistic casualty crystallizes the knowledge and experience of those who regularly deal with ballistic trauma, for those who must manage these patients only occasionally.

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Roberto Bruni, Juergen Dingel (Hg.)

Formal Techniques for Distributed Systems

Joint 13th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, FMOODS 2011, and 30th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, FORTE 2011, Reykjavik, Island, June 6-9, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 349 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems, FMOODS 2011, and the 31st IFIP WG 6.1 Formal Techniques for Networked and Distributed Systems, FORTE 2011, held…

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Andrew Buchwalter (Hg.)

Hegel and Global Justice

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 250 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Philosophy of the Social Sciences

 

Applying Hegel's theories to the field global justice, this volume provides a fresh perspective on topics like universal human rights, cosmopolitanism and  justice. The text stages a unique dialogue between Hegel and contemporary theorists, demonstrating the richness of Hegel scholarship.

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Peter Bühlmann, Sara van de Geer

Statistics for High-Dimensional Data

Methods, Theory and Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 556 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

 

This valuable compendium of statistical methods features a unique combination of methodology, theory, algorithms and applications. It covers recently developed approaches to handling large and complex data sets, including the Lasso and boosting methods.

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Hilmar Burchardi, Reinhard Larsen, Gernot Marx (Hg.)

Klinikmanual Intensivmedizin

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 610 p., Paperback

32.66 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

Der Pocketguide unterstützt Intensivmediziner im Klinikalltag dabei, die richtige Entscheidung bei der Dosierung zu treffen, das empfohlene Diagnostikschema oder die passende Therapiestrategie zu finden. Die Autoren bringen das Wissen, das auf Intensivstationen gebraucht wird, stets auf den Punkt und gehen…

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Edward B. Burger, Robert Tubbs

Making Transcendence Transparent

An intuitive approach to classical transcendental number theory

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 263 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Number Theory

 

This is the first book that makes the difficult and important subject of transcendental number theory accessible to undergraduate mathematics students.

Edward Burger is one of the authors of The Heart of Mathematics, winner of a 2001 Robert W. Hamilton…

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Roger L. Burritt, Stefan Schaltegger, Martin Bennett (Hg.)

Environmental Management Accounting and Supply Chain Management

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 376 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Economics/Management Science, general

 

Inspired by the 2007 EMAN conference in Finland on the links between environmental management accounting and supply chain administration, this book includes research first presented there as well as independent contributions covering a range of related issues.

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Neel Burton

Der Sinn des Wahnsinns - Psychische Störungen verstehen

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage, 238 p., Paperback

15.84 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Neurosciences

 

Was es heißt, verrückt zu sein

Die Zahl psychischer Erkrankungen nimmt vor allem in den Industrieländern stetig zu. Auch in Deutschland leiden immer mehr Menschen etwa an Depressionen oder Angststörungen. Psychische Störungen können uns alle betreffen: Sie sind in der Mitte…

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Cory Butz, Pawan Lingras (Hg.)

Advances in Artificial Intelligence

24th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Canadian AI 2011, St. John's, Canada, May 25-27, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 434 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Canadian AI 2011, held in St. John’s, Canada, in May 2011. The 23 revised full papers presented together with 22 revised short papers and 5 papers from…

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Joan Cabestany, Ignacio Rojas, Gonzalo Joya (Hg.)

Advances in Computational Intelligence

11th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2011, Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, June 8-10, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 690 p., Paperback

87.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Bioinformatics

 

This two-volume set LNCS 6691 and 6692 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2011, held in Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, in June 2011. The 154 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 202…

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Joan Cabestany, Ignacio Rojas, Gonzalo Joya (Hg.)

Advances in Computational Intelligence

11th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2011, Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, June 8-10, 2011, Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 568 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Bioinformatics

 

This two-volume set LNCS 6691 and 6692 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2011, held in Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, in June 2011. The 154 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 202…

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Radu Calinescu, Ethan Jackson (Hg.)

Foundations of Computer Software

Modeling, Development, and Verification of Adaptive Systems 16th Monterey Workshop 2010, Redmond, USA, WA, USA, March 31--April 2, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book presents the thoroughly refereed and revised post-workshop proceedings of the 16th Monterey Workshop, held in Redmond, WA, USA, in March/April 2010. The theme of the workshop was Foundations of Computer Software, with a special focus on Modeling, Development,…

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Cristian S. Calude, Jarkko Kari, Ion Petre (Hg.)

Unconventional Computation

10th International Conference, UC 2011, Turku, Finland, June 6-10, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 247 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Unconventional Computation, UC 2011, held in Turku, Finland, in June 2011. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 6 extended abstracts of invited talks, and 3 extended…

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Jan Camenisch, Simone Fischer-Hübner, Yuko Murayama (Hg.)

Future Challenges in Security and Privacy for Academia and Industry

26th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference, SEC 2011, Lucerne, Switzerland, June 7-9, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 328 p., Hardback

92.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference, SEC 2011, held in Lucerne, Switzerland, in June 2011. The 24 revised full papers presented together with a keynote talk were carefully reviewed and…

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Alan Camina, Barry Lewis

An Introduction to Enumeration

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 232 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Group Theory and Generalizations

 

Including hundreds of worked examples and exercises with solutions, this volume focuses on the application of central mathematical topics such as linear algebra, group theory and complex analysis. Well designed diagrams and illustrations aid comprehension.

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Gianni Campion

The Synthesis of Three Dimensional Haptic Textures: Geometry, Control, and Psychophysics

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 157 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Mechatronics

 

This literature review on haptic textures examines the problem of rendering virtual haptic textures with force-feedback devices. It provides a thorough grounding in the subject and includes tools for analyzing the textures that a haptic device can produce.

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Michel Capderou

Satellites : de Kepler au GPS

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 552 p., Paperback

76.07 EUR


 

Ce livre expose les équations de la mécanique spatiale qui permettent de bien appréhender le mouvement orbital des satellites. De nombreux exemples éclairent cet aspect théorique. Il se poursuit par un panorama des multiples applications de l’outil satellitaire, qu’on le…

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Gianfranco Capriz, G. Stampacchia (Hg.)

New Variational Techniques in Mathematical Physics

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 17-26, 1973

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Ceromonese, Roma, 1974, 420 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

 

C. Baiocchi: Problèmes à frontière libre liés à des questions d’hydraulique.- Ch. Castaing: Intégrales convexes duales.- G. Duvaut: Etude de problèmes unilateraux en mécanique par des méthodes variationnelles.- D. Kinderlehrer: Remarks about the free boundaries occurring in variational inequalities.-…

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Daniel Troy Case, Christopher Carr

The Scioto Hopewell and Their Neighbors

Bioarchaeological Documentation and Cultural Understanding

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition 2nd Printing, 782 p., Mixed media product

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Anthropology

 

The Hopewell peoples lived in the Scioto valley and neighboring areas in Ohio in the first centuries A.D. This is the first book to examine them using a holistic approach. It is based on 10 years of research and analysis of data uncovered at several sites.

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Daniel Troy Case, Christopher Carr

The Scioto Hopewell and Their Neighbors

Bioarchaeological Documentation and Cultural Understanding

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 782 p., Mixed media product

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Anthropology

 

The Hopewell peoples lived in the Scioto valley and neighboring areas in Ohio in the first centuries A.D. This is the first book to examine them using a holistic approach. It is based on 10 years of research and analysis of data uncovered at several sites.

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Leonardo Castellani, Giulia Alice Fornaro

Teletrasporto

dalla fantascienza alla realtà

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 240 p., Paperback

23.99 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Quantum Information Technology, Spintronics

 

Gli autori propongono un viaggio nel mondo dei quanti, dove si nascondono possibilità sorprendenti: non solo il teletrasporto di particelle, ma sistemi crittografici a prova della più abile spia, e calcolatori che usano singoli atomi come registri di memoria, capaci…

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Andrea Cataldo, Egidio De Benedetto, Giuseppe Cannazza

Broadband Reflectometry for Enhanced Diagnostics and Monitoring Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 150 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices

 

This book examines the adoption of broadband microwave reflectometry (BMR)-based methods for diagnostics and monitoring applications. It details the different approaches of BMR and investigates major practical applications.

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C. Cattaneo (Hg.)

Relatività generale

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Salice d�Ulzio (Torino), Italy, July 16-25, 1964

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1965, 209 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

 

J. Ehlers: Gravitational Waves.- L. Bel: Sur quelques problèmes physiques relatifs au ds2 de Schwarzschild.- G. Ferrarese: Proprietà di secondo rodine di un generico riferimento fisico in relatività generale.- L. Mariot: Interprétations physiques du quinzième potentiel en théorie pentadimensionelle.- G.…

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C. Cattaneo (Hg.)

Relativistic Fluid Dynamics

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 7-16, 1970

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1971, 424 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory

 

Pham Mau Quam: Problèmes mathématiques en hydrodynamique relativiste.- A. Lichnerowicz: Ondes de choc, ondes infinitésimales et rayons en hydrodynamique et magnétohydrodynamique relativistes.- A.H. Taub: Variational principles in general relativity.- J. Ehlers: General relativistic kinetic theory of gases.- K. Marathe: Abstract…

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Marco Ceccarelli (Hg.)

Technology Developments: the Role of Mechanism and Machine Science and IFToMM

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 478 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Biomedical Engineering

 

This is the first book of a series that will focus on MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). This book also presents IFToMM, the International Federation on the Promotion of MMS and its activity.

 

This volume contains contributions by IFToMM officers who are Chairs…

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Christine T. Chambers, G. Allen Finley, Patrick J. McGrath (Hg.)

Pediatric Pain

A Clinical Casebook

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

67.36 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Oncology

 

This volume focuses on the integration of cutting edge science and clinical practice on various themes in pediatric pain. The book presents and discusses a series of clinical cases, and offers a summary of what can be learned from each case.

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Barbara M. Chapman, William D. Gropp, Kalyan Kumaran (Hg.)

OpenMP in the Petascale Era

7th International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2011, Chicago, Il, USA, June 13-15, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 179 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on OpenMP, IWOMP 2011, held in Chicago, IL, USA in June 2011. The 13 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the proceedings. The…

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Christopher R. Chapple, William D. Steers (Hg.)

Practical Urology: Essential Principles and Practice

Essential Principles and Practice

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 551 p., Mixed media product

159.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Urology/Andrology

 

This volume focuses on aspects of urology which are often forgotten in contemporary practice, but are nevertheless the subject of incremental advances and form the basis of much of the non-oncological practice. It covers numerous topics including laparoscopy.

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Yeow Meng Chee, Zhenbo Guo, San Ling (Hg.)

Coding and Cryptology

Third International Workshop, IWCC 2011, Qingdao, China, May 30-June 3, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 295 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Coding and Cryptology, IWCC 2011, held in Qingdao, China, May 30-June 3, 2011. The 19 revised full technical papers are contributed by the invited speakers of the workshop.…

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Francis F. Chen

An Indispensable Truth

How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 433 p., Hardback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Sustainable Development

 

This book presents fusion energy as a potential solution for global warming. It explains recent developments in fusion energy and provides a simplified summary of alternate energy sources.

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Chang Wen Chen, Zhu Li, Shiguo Lian (Hg.)

Intelligent Multimedia Communication: Techniques and Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems and Communication Service

 

This book explores aspects of multimedia data, including fundamental knowledge and the latest key techniques, and also typical applications and open issues. Coverage includes present and future video coding standards, free-viewpoint TV techniques, and more.

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Jianer Chen, Jianxin Wang, Alexander Zelikovsky (Hg.)

Bioinformatics Research and Application

7th International Symposium, ISBRA 2011, Changsha, China, May 27-29, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 454 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Computer Appl. in Life Sciences

 

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Bioinformatics Research and Applications, ISBRA 2011, held in Changsha, China, in May 2011.

The 36 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected…

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Liang Cheng, David G. Bostwick (Hg.)

Essentials of Anatomic Pathology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 3rd ed, 1879 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Laboratory Medicine

 

Extensively revised and expanded to cover all aspects of anatomic pathology

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Mike Chiasson, Ola Henfridsson, Helena Karsten (Hg.)

Researching the Future in Information Systems

IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference, Future IS 2011, Turku, Finland, June 6-8, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 317 p., Hardback

92.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference "Researching the Future", Future IS 2011, held in Turku, Finland, in June 2011. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 4 panels and workshops were carefully…

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Horst Chmiel (Hg.)

Bioprozesstechnik

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Mai 2011, 3 Auflage, 546 p., Hardback

46.68 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Applied Microbiology

 

Die "Weiße Biotechnologie" bringt den Durchbruch. Als "Weiße Biotechnologie" wird die biotechnische Massenproduktion von Bulk- und Feinchemikalien, Lebensmittelzusatzstoffen, Pharmaka, Biotreibstoffen etc. definiert, also gewissermaßen der Transfer der Ergebnisse aus dem Schüttelkolben in den industriellen Maßstab. Die Wahl der richtigen Prozesse…

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Isabelle Chrisment, Alva Couch, Rémi Badonnel (Hg.)

Managing the Dynamics of Networks and Services

5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2011, Nancy, France, June 13-17, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 181 p., Paperback

60.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management and Security, AIMS 2011, held in Nancy, France, in June 2011.

The 11 revised full papers presented together 11 papers of the AIMS PhD workshops…

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Ronald Christensen

Plane Answers to Complex Questions

The Theory of Linear Models

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 4th Edition, 494 p., Hardback

74.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistical Theory and Methods

 

This updated textbook provides a wide-ranging introduction to the use and theory of linear models for analyzing data. The author's emphasis is on providing a unified treatment of linear models, including analysis of variance models and regression models.

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Sanjay Churiwala, Sapan Garg

Principles of VLSI RTL Design

A Practical Guide

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 206 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

 

This book examines the impact of register transfer level (RTL) design choices that may result in issues of testability, data synchronization across clock domains, synthesizability, power consumption and routability, that appear later in the product lifecycle.

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Lino Cinquini, Alberto Di Minin, Riccardo Varaldo

Nuovi modelli di business e creazione di valore: la Scienza dei Servizi

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Paperback

28.80 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Management

 

Il testo raccoglie una serie di qualificati contributi di autori italiani e stranieri in tema di Scienza dei Servizi in una prospettiva manageriale, toccando i temi più rilevanti rispetto al contributo che tale approccio può dare alla creazione di valore…

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Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra, Carlos de Castro Lozano, Mauricio Pérez Jiménez (Hg.)

Advances in New Technologies, Interactive Interfaces, and Communicability

First International Conference, ADNTIIC 2010, Huerta Grande, Argentina, October 20-22, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 193 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Software Engineering

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Advances in New Technologies, Interactive Interfaces, and Communicability, held in Huerta Grande, Argentina, in October 2010. The 16 revised papers presented together with 3 keynote lectures…

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Christophe Claramunt, Sergei Levashkin, Michela Bertolotto (Hg.)

GeoSpatial Semantics

4th International Conference, GeoS 2011, Brest, France, May 12-13, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 235 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on GeoSpatial Semantics, GeoS 2011, held in Brest, France, in May 2011.

The 13 papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions.…

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Carmelo Clavero, José Luis Gracia, Francisco J. Lisbona (Hg.)

BAIL 2010 - Boundary and Interior Layers, Computational and Asymptotic Methods

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Fluid Dynamics

 

This volume will contain selected papers from the lectures held at the BAIL 2010 Conference, which took place from July 5th to 9th, 2010 in Zaragoza (Spain). The papers present significant advances in the modeling, analysis and construction of efficient…

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Ton J. Cleophas, Aeilko H. Zwinderman

Statistical Analysis of Clinical Data on a Pocket Calculator

Statistics on a Pocket Calculator

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 60 p., Hardback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Life Sciences, general

 

This book covers all relevant pocket calculator statistical methods, making it an ideal resource for those who wish to understand statistics but have no time for complex mathematics. It helps facilitate data analysis by detailing pocket calculator methods.

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Emilio Corchado, Marek Kurzynski, Michal Wozniak (Hg.)

Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems

6th International Conference, HAIS 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, May 23-25, 2011, Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 472 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

The two LNAI volumes 6678 and 6679 constitute the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2011, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in May 2011.

The 114 papers published in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and…

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Emilio Corchado, Marek Kurzynski, Michal Wozniak (Hg.)

Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems

6th International Conference, HAIS 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, May 23-25, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 490 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

The two LNAI volumes 6678 and 6679 constitute the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems, HAIS 2011, held in Wroclaw, Poland, in May 2011.

The 114 papers published in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and…

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Vittorio Cortellessa, Antinisca Di Marco, Paola Inverardi

Model-Based Software Performance Analysis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 190 p., Hardback

54.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Operating Systems

 

This book details both the basic concepts of software performance analysis and state-of-the-art methodologies. It starts from performance primers and goes through software and performance modeling notations to the latest transformation-based methodologies.  

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Maria Francesca Costabile, Yvonne Dittrich, Gerhard Fischer (Hg.)

End-User Development

Third International Symposium, IS-EUD 2011, Torre Canne, Italy, June 7-10, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 426 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Personal Computing

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Symposium on End-User Development, IS-EUD 2011, held in Torre Canne, Italy, in June 2011.

The 14 long papers and 21 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion…

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Riccardo Crescenzi, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Innovation and Regional Growth in the European Union

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Economic Geography

 

This book investigates the EU’s regional growth dynamics and the reasons why peripheral and socio-economically disadvantaged areas have failed to catch up with the rest of the Union. It identifies the distinctive features of the European process of innovation.

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G.T. Csanady

Circulation in the Coastal Ocean

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1982, 292 p., Paperback

184.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Oceanography

 

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Denton J. Dailey

Electronics for Guitarists

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 290 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Circuits and Systems

 

Electronics for Guitarists focuses on analog circuitry, and is written for the guitarist interested in transistor and vacuum tube-based amplifiers. Topics include discrete transistors and diodes, classical filter circuits, and vacuum tube-based amplifiers.

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Anirban DasGupta

Probability for Statistics and Machine Learning

Fundamentals and Advanced Topics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 782 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Bioinformatics

 

This accessible book provides a versatile treatment of classic as well as modern probability theory, while integrating them with core topics in statistical theory and also some key tools in machine learning. It contains many worked out examples and exercises.

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Amitava Datta, B. Mukhopadhyaya, A. Raychaudhuri (Hg.)

Physics at the Large Hadron Collider

Springer India, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 275 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Measurement Science and Instrumentation

 

In an epoch when particle physics is awaiting a major step forward, the Large Hydron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva will soon be operational. It will collide a beam of high energy protons with another similar beam circulation in the…

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Keith Davies, Yitzhak Spiegel (Hg.)

Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:

Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 380 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Invertebrates

 

The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes’ surface and…

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Morton D. Davis

The Math of Money

Making Mathematical Sense of Your Personal Finance

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2001, 199 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Science

Subject: Science, general

 

This lively and practical introduction to the mathematics of money invites us to take a fresh look at the numbers that underpin our financial decisions. Morton D. Davis talks about strategies to use when we are required to bet against…

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John M. Davis, Jessica Broitman

Nonverbal Learning Disabilities in Children

Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 128 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Psychotherapy and Counseling

 

This book offers a well-rounded understanding of nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) in children, placing it within the context of other developmental disorders, most notably high-functioning autism and Asperger’s syndrome.

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Richard A. Davis, Keh-Shin Lii, Dimitris N. Politis (Hg.)

Selected Works of Murray Rosenblatt

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 539 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistical Theory and Methods

 

Murray Rosenblatt was a celebrated and leading figure in probability and statistics with particular emphasis on time series. This volume is a celebration of his stellar research career that spans six decades, and includes some of his most interesting papers.

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Wolfgang De Meuter, Gruia-Catalin Roman (Hg.)

Coordination Models and Languages

13th International Conference, COORDINATION 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 6-9, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 219 p., Paperback

60.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages, COORDINATION 2011, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in June 2011, as one of the DisCoTec 2011 events.

The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully…

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Harrie de Swart (Hg.)

Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science

12th International Conference, RAMICS 2011, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 30--June 3, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 363 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 12 International Conference on Relational and Algebraic Methods in Computer Science, RAMICS 2011, held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in May/June 2011.

This conference merges the RelMICS (Relational Methods in Computer Science) and AKA (Applications…

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Marina De Vos, Nicoletta Fornara, Jeremy V. Pitt (Hg.)

Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems VI

COIN 2010 International Workshops, COIN@AAMAS 2010, Toronto, Canada, May 2010, COIN@MALLOW 2010, Lyon, France, August 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 377 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computers and Society

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly reviewed joint postprocessings of two international workshops on Coordination, Organization, Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems, COIN@AAMAS 2010, held in Toronto, Canada in May 2010 and COIN@MALLOW 2010, held in Lyon, France in August 2010.…

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Olivier Debarre

Higher-Dimensional Algebraic Geometry

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2001, 233 p., Paperback

55.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

The classification theory of algebraic varieties is the focus of this book. This very active area of research is still developing, but an amazing quantity of knowledge has accumulated over the past twenty years. The authors goal is to provide…

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Adrian-Horia Dediu, Carlos Martín-Vide, Shunsuke Inenaga (Hg.)

Language and Automata Theory and Applications

5th International Conference, LATA 2011, Tarragona, Spain, May 26-31, 2011

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 512 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Language and Automata Theory and Applications, LATA 2011, held in Tarragona, Spain in May 2011. The 36 revised full papers presented together with four invited articles were carefully…

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James Delgrande, Wolfgang Faber (Hg.)

Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning

11th International Conference, LPNMR 2011, Vancouver, Canada, May 16-19, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 419 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This volume contains the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Logic Programming and Nonmonotonic Reasoning, LPNMR 2011, held in May 2011 in Vancouver, Canada.

The 16 revised full papers (13 technical papers, 1 application description, and 2 system descriptions)…

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Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Andy Scott, Sam Woollard (Hg.)

The China Tax Guide

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 5th Edition, 60 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Business Taxation/Tax Law

 

This guide is a practical overview for the international businessman to understand the rules, regulations and management issues regarding taxes in China. It is written very much from practical experience and contains a wealth of insider knowledge.

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Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Andy Scott, Sam Woollard (Hg.)

Intellectual Property Rights in China

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 56 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Law and Economics

 

This updated second edition in a fast-moving field details all aspects of IPR and rights protection in China. Essential reading for traders, it has been produced in association with AWS, the Austrian Federal Bank’s specialist IPR unit based in Shanghai.

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Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Andy Scott, Sam Woollard (Hg.)

Setting Up Representative Offices in China

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 4th Edition, 44 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Entrepreneurship

 

This practical guide provides an overview of the rules, regulations and management issues involved with establishing representative offices in China. The text presents the implications of what can initially appear to be a complicated and contradictory subject.

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Chris Devonshire-Ellis, Andy Scott, Sam Woollard (Hg.)

Transfer Pricing in China

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 85 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Entrepreneurship

 

Produced in association with Transfer Pricing Associates, this is a detailed, practical overview of transfer pricing in China. Coverage ranges from designing and implementing a transfer pricing system, to managing China compliance and preparing for an audit.

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T.S. Dharmarajan, C.S. Pitchumoni (Hg.)

Geriatric Gastroenterology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 600 p., Hardback

149.85 EUR


 

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Giovanni Di Giacomo, Alberto Costantini, Andrea De Vita (Hg.)

Shoulder Instability

Alternative Surgical Techniques

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 220 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Surgical Orthopedics

 

Shoulder Instability describes the non-surgical and surgical algorithms for the treatment of unidirectional and multidirectional antero-inferior instabilities. High-definition photographs, surgical steps and tips and tricks illustrate the five techniques discussed.

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Juergen Dingel, Arnor Solberg (Hg.)

Models in Software Engineering

Workshops and Symposia at MoDELS 2010, Olso, Norway, October 3-8, 2010, Reports and Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 416 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Simulation and Modeling

 

This book presents a comprehensive documentation of the scientific outcome of 14 satellite events held at the 13th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering, Languages and Systems, MODELS 2010, held in Oslo, Norway, in October 2010. Besides the 21 revised best…

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Alexiei Dingli

Knowledge Annotation: Making Implicit Knowledge Explicit

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 144 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book defines modern annotation, and analyzes its significance for future evolutions of the web. The authors examine the use of Artificial Intelligence and redundance in annotation tasks, and predict the future form and function of annotation.

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Dušan Djukić, Vladimir Janković, Ivan Matić

The IMO Compendium

A Collection of Problems Suggested for The International Mathematical Olympiads: 1959-2009 Second Edition

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 809 p., Hardback

66.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Mathematics, general

 

This is the latest edition of the ultimate collection of challenging probems from The International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) of high-school-level mathematics problems. This volume collects 143 new problems, picking up where the 1959-2004 edition left off.

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John Domingue, Alex Galis, Anastasius Gavras (Hg.)

The Future Internet

Future Internet Assembly 2011: Achievements and Technological Promises

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 465 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computers and Society

 

 Irrespective of whether we use economic or societal metrics, the Internet is one of the most important technical infrastructures in existence today. It will be a catalyst for much of our innovation and prosperity in the future. A competitive Europe…

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Willy Dörfler, Armin Lechleiter, Michael Plum

Photonic Crystals: Mathematical Analysis and Numerical Approximation

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 162 p., Paperback

24.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Mathematics, general

 

This book covers computation of the bandstructure of photonic crystals to detect and forecast transmissions, to find new materials with prescribed band gaps, to recover crystal properties from scattered data and study the behaviour of wave packets, and more.

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David Dornfeld (Hg.)

Green Manufacturing

Fundamentals and Applications

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 260 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

 

Green Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Applications introduces the basic definitions and constraints/issues surrounding green manufacturing at the process, machine and system (including supply chain) levels; shows, by way of several examples from different industry sectors, the potential for substantial improvement and…

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John Dover, Martin Warren, Tim Shreeve (Hg.)

Lepidoptera Conservation in a Changing World

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 384 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Terrestial Ecology

 

The Convention on Biological Diversity set a world target: «to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss”. The EU went further, aiming to halt biodiversity loss by 2010. In March 2010, the charity Butterfly…

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Vladimir Dragović, Milena Radnović

Poncelet Porisms and Beyond

Integrable Billiards, Hyperelliptic Jacobians and Pencils of Quadrics

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 294 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

Here is a comprehensive exposition of the key results and ideas connected to the Poncelet theorem, focusing on the mathematics and including the dynamics of integrable billiards and the algebraic geometry of hyperelliptic Jacobians, among other material.

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Hendrikus Duifhuis, Pieter Willem Jan van Hengel

Cochlear Mechanics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

114.54 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Biomedical Engineering

 

As the field of cochlear mechanics grows in sophistication, it is clear that linear systems analysis inadequately interprets the biophysics of the cochlea. This book presents a useful and more mathematically justified approach, illuminated with clear examples.

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Bertrand Duplantier, Thomas C. Halsey, Vincent Rivasseau (Hg.)

Glasses and Grains

Poincaré Seminar 2009

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 157 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity

 

This volume of the Poincaré Seminar Series covers a key frontier in statistical physics, exploring leading-edge research on the related but little understood topics of glasses—especially the glass transition—and the statics and dynamics of granular systems.

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Gustavo Duque, Ken Watanabe (Hg.)

Osteoporosis Research

Animal Models

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 196 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Biomedicine general

 

This is a reference book of the major animal models used in the study of Osteoporosis. Written by investigators within the field of bone research, it is intended to serve as a basis for a literature search before embarking on a detailed research project.

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Andrzej Dziech, Andrzej Czyzewski (Hg.)

Multimedia Communications, Services and Security

4th International Conference, MCSS 2011, Krakow, Poland, June 2-3, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 354 p., Paperback

64.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Multimedia Communications, Services and Security, MCSS 2011, held in Krakow, Poland, in June 2011.

The 42 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. Topics…

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Silke Eckstein

Informationsmanagement in der Systembiologie

Datenbanken, Integration, Modellierung

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 324 p., Hardback

37.34 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Business Information Systems

 

In der Systembiologie wird untersucht, wie die Komponenten einer Zelle oder eines Organismus Interaktionsnetzwerke bilden und wie diese Zellfunktionen hervorrufen. Das Buch bietet einen Einstieg in die Systembiologie aus der Perspektive der Informatik. Die Autorin stellt die biologischen Grundlagen dar…

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Philipp Egler

Seeprivatrechtliche Streitigkeiten unter der EuGVVO

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage, 351 p., Paperback

93.41 EUR


Field of Science: Law

Subject: European Law/Public International Law

 

In dieser Arbeit werden alle relevanten Bereiche und Rechtsgebiete des Seeprivatrechts daraufhin untersucht, wie sich Streitigkeiten in das System des vereinheitlichten europäischen Prozessrechts einfügen. Dabei wird analysiert, welche Gerichtsstände der EuGVVO für die jeweiligen Streitigkeiten eröffnet sind und welche seeprozessrechtlichen…

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Michael Elazar

Honoré Fabri and the Concept of Impetus: A Bridge between Paradigms

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 259 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: History

 

This book discusses the impetus-based physics of the Jesuit natural philosopher and mathematician Honoré Fabri (1608-1688), and shows how Fabri, contrary to popular conception, reinterpreted medieval concepts to adapt to emerging concepts of modern science.

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Abdelhamid H. Elgazzar

A Concise Guide to Nuclear Medicine

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 150 p., Paperback

29.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Interventional Radiology

 

This practical book reviews the principles of nuclear medicine, the instrumentation used, the gamut of common procedures, the basis for choosing specific diagnostic or therapeutic procedures and interpreting results. Coverage includes nuclear medicine therapy.

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Stephen N. Elliott, Ryan J. Kettler, Peter A. Beddow (Hg.)

Handbook of Accessible Achievement Tests for All Students

Bridging the Gaps Between Research, Practice, and Policy

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 341 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Teaching and Teacher Education

 

Drawing on an extensive theoretical and research base, and covering both policy concerns and test design issues, this handbook shows how to move student assessment beyond ‘universal’ standards and towards practices that genuinely enhance learning outcomes.

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Bernd Eppich, Bernd Sumpf, Oliver Ambacher

Laser Systems, Part 3

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 274 p., Hardback

3690.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering, general

 

The three volumes VIII/1A, B, C document the state-of-the-art of «Laser Physics and Applications”. Scientific trends and related technological aspects are considered by compiling results and conclusions from phenomenology, observation and experiments.

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Ann Evans, Janeen Baxter (Hg.)

Negotiating the Life Course

Stability and Change in Life Pathways

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Sociology

 

This book presents findings of longitudinal analyses examining major life transitions, the ways individuals and couples negotiate and organize the competing demands of paid and unpaid work during their lives and the consequences of these arrangements.

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Stephen G. Evans, Reginald L. Hermanns, Alexander Strom (Hg.)

Natural and Artificial Rockslide Dams

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 570 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Monitoring/Analysis

 

This book presents a global view of the formation, characteristics and behavior of natural and artificial rockslide dams. It includes detailed case histories of well-known historic and prehistoric rockslide dams.

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S. Faedo (Hg.)

Il principio di minimo e sue applicazioni alle equazioni funzionali

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Pisa, Italy, September 1-10, 1958

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1958, 162 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Difference and Functional Equations

 

L. Nirenberg: On ellliptic partial differential equations.- S. Agmon: The Lp approach to the Dirichlet problems.- C.B. Morrey, Jr.: Multiple integral problems in the calculus of variations and related topics.- L. Bers: Uniformizzazione e moduli.

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Jawad Faiz, Behzad Siahkolah

Electronic Tap-changer for Distribution Transformers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

 

This reference presents relevant aspects of electronic tap-changer in one unified, comprehensive volume. The text provides a logical explanation of the design and optimization of a full electronic tap-changer for distribution transformers.

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Ruiping Fan (Hg.)

The Renaissance of Confucianism in Contemporary China

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 265 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Ethics

 

This analysis of today’s revival of Confucianism in China provides a rare non-European view, allowing access in English for the first time to new Chinese Confucian scholars aiming to reestablish Confucianism as China’s moral, cultural, and political anchor.

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V. G. Farafonov, V. B. Il'in

Light Scattering by non-spherical inhomogeneous particles: fast computations

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices

 

The main idea of this book is to provide the reader with tools to solve the problem of modeling the interactions between radiation and light scatterers. The authors review contemporary scattering methods and introduce efficient versions of the fast exact…

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Serge Fehr (Hg.)

Information Theoretic Security

5th International Conference, ICITS 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 21-24, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 227 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computers and Society

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Information Theoretic Security, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in May 2011.

The 12 revised full papers presented together with 7 invited lectures were carefully reviewed and selected from…

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Pascal Felber, Romain Rouvoy (Hg.)

Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems

11th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2011, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 6-9, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 301 p., Paperback

71.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Performance and Reliability

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2011, held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in June 2011 as one of the DisCoTec 2011 events.

The 18 revised full…

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Paulo R. Fernandes, Paulo Jorge Bártolo (Hg.)

Advances on Modeling in Tissue Engineering

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 176 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

Tissue Engineering is a multidisciplinary subject involving scientists from different fields. With contributions by distinguished researchers, this book describes the state of the art on computational modelling and fabrication in tissue engineering.

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José M. Ferrández, José Ramón Álvarez, Félix de la Paz (Hg.)

New Challenges on Bioinspired Applications

4th International Work-conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2011, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, May 30 - June 3, 2011. Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 486 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

The two volumes, LNCS 6686 resp. LNCS 6687, constitute the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2011, held in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, in May/June 2011.

The 108 revised full…

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José M. Ferrández, José Ramón Álvarez, Félix de la Paz (Hg.)

Foundations on Natural and Artificial Computation

4th International Work-conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2011, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, May 30 - June 3, 2011. Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 566 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

The two volumes, LNCS 6686 resp. LNCS 6687, constitute the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2011, held in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, in May/June 2011.

The 108 revised full…

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C. Ferrari (Hg.)

Teoria della turbolenza

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 1-9, 1957

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Libreria Ed Universitaria Levrotto & Bella, Torino 1957, 389 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Fluid Dynamics

 

J. Kampé de Fériet: Problèmes mathématiques de la théorie de la turbulence homogéne.- L. Dubreil-Jacotin: Sur les axiomes des moyennes.- J. Arbault: Transformations de Reynolds sur un ensemble fini.- O. Björgum: On the possibility of a mathematical theory of shearflow…

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C. Ferrari (Hg.)

Dinamica dei gas rarefatti

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, August 21-29, 1964

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1965, 425 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Thermodynamics

 

C. Ferrari: Premessa.- M.S.v. Krzywoblocki: The mathematical aspects of rarefied gas dynamics as applied to hypersonic, reentry and magneto-ggas-dynamics.- J. Kampé de Fériet: La théorie de l´information et la mécanique statistique classique des systèmes en équilibre.- M. Lunc: Equations de…

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Michael Feuerstein, Patricia A. Ganz (Hg.)

Health Services for Cancer Survivors

Practice, Policy and Research

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 395 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Oncology

 

This book gives an integrative, evidence-based framework for improving the health of cancer survivors over the long term, across clinical settings and specific diagnoses. It reviews the current state of survivor care and offers a model of a proactive future.

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G. Fichera (Hg.)

Autovalori e autosoluzioni

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Chieti, Italy, August 1-9, 1962

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1962, 219 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Partial Differential Equations

 

S. Agmon: On eigenvalues, eigenfunctions, and resolvents of general elliptic problems.- A. Ostrowski: Il metodo del quoziente di Rayleigh.- L.E. Payne: Isoperimetric inequalities for eigenvalues and their applications.- L. De Vito: Calcolo degli autovalori e delle autosoluzioni per operatori non…

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G. Fichera, E. Magenes (Hg.)

Integrali singolari e questioni connesse

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 10-19, 1957

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Gubbio - Soc Tipografica "Oderisi" 1958, 237 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Fourier Analysis

 

E. Magenes: Il problema della derivata obliqua regolare per le equazioni lineari ellittico-paraboliche del secondo ordine in m variabili.- G. Stampacchia: Completamenti funzionali ed applicazione alla teoria dei potenziali di dominio.- A. Zygmund: On regular integrals.- S. Faedo: Applicazione ai…

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Bruno de Finetti (Hg.)

Induzione e statistica

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 1-10, 1959

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1959, 244 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Operations Research, Management Science

 

B.De Finetti: La probabilità e la statistica nei rapporti con l´induzione, secondo i diversi punti di vista.- L.J. Savage: La probabilità soggettiva nei problemi pratici della statistica.- L. Daboni: Sulle catene di Markoff.- S. Lombardini: Decisoni economiche in condizioni di…

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Bruno de Finetti (Hg.)

Economia Matematica

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Frascati (Roma), Italy, August 22-30,1966

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1967, 146 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

 

S.N. Afriat: Economic transformation.- M. Arcelli: Modelli aumentati e principio di corrispondenza nella metodologia di Andreas.- H. Kuhn: Some remarks on games of fair division.- H. Kuhn: On two theorems in international trade.- A.G. Papandreou: Theory, construction and empirical meaning…

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George Fishman

Monte Carlo

Concepts, Algorithms, and Applications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1996, 698 p., Paperback

95.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

 

Apart from a thorough exploration of all the important concepts, this volume includes over 75 algorithms, ready for putting into practice. The book also contains numerous hands-on implementations of selected algorithms to demonstrate applications in realistic settings. Readers are assumed…

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Gunnar Fløystad, Trygve Johnsen, Andreas Leopold Knutsen (Hg.)

Combinatorial Aspects of Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry

The Abel Symposium 2009

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 174 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Combinatorics

 

Based on The Abel Symposium 2009 held in Voss, Norway, this volume features talks by leading researchers in the field. Topics include syzygies, tropical geometry, Boij-Söderberg theory, Schubert calculus, and quiver varieties.

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Efi Fogel, Dan Halperin, Ron Wein

CGAL Arrangements and Their Applications

A Step-by-Step Guide

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

58.80 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering

 

This book shows how to use the CGAL two-dimensional arrangement package, first using small example programs, then describing programs for solving real-world problems. Later chapters are dedicated to large-scale applications written on top of CGAL arrangements.

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Ben Ford (Hg.)

The Archaeology of Maritime Landscapes

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 352 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Cultural Heritage

 

This book examines many of the theoretical and methodological questions surrounding maritime cultural landscapes. It features an extensive geographic scope, covering maritime sites in the United States, Europe, and Australia.

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Hans Förstl (Hg.)

Demenzen in Theorie und Praxis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 3, aktualisierte u überarb Aufl, 590 p., Paperback

32.66 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

In dem Band werden Ursachen, Diagnostik und Therapie einer Krankheit beschrieben, die zunehmend an Aufmerksamkeit gewinnt: Demenzen. Wie geht man bei Diagnostik und Therapie vor? Was muss bei der Einweisung beachtet werden? Welche präventiven Maßnahmen sind möglich und nötig? Klar…

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Robert France, Jochen M. Kuester, Behzad Bordbar (Hg.)

Modelling -- Foundation and Applications

7th European Conference, ECMFA 2011, Birmingham, UK, June 6-9, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 396 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications, held in Birmingham, UK, in June 2011.

The 19 revised full foundations track papers and 5 revised full applications track papers presented were carefully reviewed…

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Paolo Frasconi, Francesca A. Lisi (Hg.)

Inductive Logic Programming

20th International Conference, ILP 2010, Florence, Italy, June 27-30, 2010, Revised Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 278 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Database Management

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Inductive Logic Programming, ILP 2010, held in Florence, Italy in June 2010.

The 11 revised full papers and 15 revised short papers presented together with abstracts of three…

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Bert Fraser-Reid, J. Cristóbal López (Hg.)

Reactivity Tuning in Oligosaccharide Assembly

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 295 p., Hardback

229.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Biochemistry, general

 

Armed–Disarmed Effects in Carbohydrate Chemistry: History, Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies, by Bert Fraser-Reid and J. Cristóbal López

 *

A Survey of Ley’s Reactivity Tuning in Oligosaccharide Synthesis, by Ana M. Gómez

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 «Active–Latent” Thioglycosyl Donors and Acceptors in Oligosaccharide Syntheses, by Tze Chieh…

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Thomas B. Freeman, Hakan Widner (Hg.)

Cell Transplantation for Neurological Disorders

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1998, 368 p., Paperback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

Distinguished medical researchers from around the world review novel neural reconstructive techniques that appear to be beneficial for Parkinson's disease and hold promise for treating Huntington's disease, pain, demyelinating diseases, and stroke. The contributors focus on those diseases for which…

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Antonino Freno, Edmondo Trentin

Hybrid Random Fields

A Scalable Approach to Structure and Parameter Learning in Probabilistic Graphical Models

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 210 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

"The authors have written an enjoyable book - rigorous in the treatment of the mathematical background, but also enlivened by interesting and original historical and philosophical perspectives."

-- Manfred Jaeger, Aalborg Universitet

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Bernd Frick

Conquering the Pitch

The Economics of Soccer

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

38.50 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Media Management

 

Based on systematic and evidence from major soccer leagues in Europe and South America, this volume explores how soccer has become the world’s most important team sport. Readers will find a thorough understanding of the market for players, coaches and referees, as well as the demand for the sport.

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Alan Frieze, Paul Horn, Pawel Pralat (Hg.)

Algorithms and Models for the Web-Graph

8th International Workshop, WAW 2011, Atlanta, GA, USA, May 27-29, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 127 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web-Graph, WAW 2011, held in Atlanta, GA, in May 2011 - co-located with RSA 2011, the 15th International Conference on Random Structures and…

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Steven J. Frucht, Stanley Fahn (Hg.)

Movement Disorder Emergencies

Diagnosis and Treatment

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 350 p., Hardback

171.15 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

In this comprehensive and updated second edition, prominent neurologists from around the world logically and systematically review the major movement disorder emergencies. They instruct the reader on how optimally to recognize and manage these problems.

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Sean A. Fulop

Speech Spectrum Analysis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 206 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

 

In this book, the author makes the subject of spectrum analysis understandable to a wide audience, including those with and without a solid background in general signal processing. The focus throughout the book is on applications to speech analysis.

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Wodek Gawronski

Advanced Structural Dynamics and Active Control of Structures

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 396 p., Paperback

132.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Mechanics

 

The book presents and integrates the methods of structural dynamics, identification and control into a common framework. It aims to create a common language between structural and control system engineers.

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Meinolf Geck, Nicolas Jacon

Representations of Hecke Algebras at Roots of Unity

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 401 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Associative Rings and Algebras

 

Fulfilling a valuable need in the field, this volume classifies the irreducible representations of Iwahori-Hecke algebras at roots of unity. The text develops an analogue of James' (1970) "characteristic-free'' approach to the representation theory of Iwahori-Hecke algebras in general.

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Kris Gevaert, Joël Vandekerckhove (Hg.)

Gel-Free Proteomics

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 375 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Proteomics

 

Focusing on differential analysis and protein modifications, Gel-Free Proteomics addresses contemporary methods for gel-free proteome research. The text describes the vital procedures needed to perform gel-free proteomics.

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Giuseppe Geymonat (Hg.)

Constructive Aspects of Functional Analysis

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Erice (Trapani), Italy, June 27-July 7, 1971

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Firenze, 1971, 854 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Functional Analysis

 

A. Balakrishnan: A constructive approach to optimal control.- R. Glowinski: Méthodes itératives duales pour la minimisation de fonctionnelles convexes.- J.L. Lions: Approximation numérique des inéquations d’évolution.- G. Marchuk: Introduction to the methods of numerical analysis.- U. Mosco: An introduction to…

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Giuliano Giambastiani, Juan Campora (Hg.)

Olefin Upgrading Catalysis by Nitrogen-based Metal Complexes I

State-of-the-art and Perspectives

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 287 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Organometallic Chemistry

 

On the threshold of the 50th anniversary of the Noble Prize to Ziegler and Natta, this book highlights key advances in the field of olefin conversion in recent years. There is focus on olefin polymerization, co-polymerization, and oligomerization processes.

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Giuliano GIAMBASTIANI, Juan CAMPORA (Hg.)

Olefin Upgrading Catalysis by Nitrogen-based Metal Complexes II

State of the art and Perspectives

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 265 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Polymer Sciences

 

Introducing new concepts in the field, this volume provides a critical review of developments in industrially relevant processes connected to efficient and selective olefin upgrading. The text focuses on catalysts containing imine- and amine-based ligands.

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David Giaretta

Advanced Digital Preservation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 512 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Cultural Heritage

 

Addressing advanced issues of digital preservation, beyond keeping the bits and the ability to render, this book explores concepts of understandability, usability and interoperability for digital objects, as well as concerns over issues such as authenticity.

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Alasdair M. Gilfillan, Dean Metcalfe (Hg.)

Mast Cell Biology

Contemporary and Emerging Topics

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 288 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

This book discusses emerging concepts in mast cell biology. It investigates development, homeostasis, activation of mast cells and their roles in maintaining health, on the one hand, and, on the other, their participation in disease.

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Jan Gliński, Józef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec (Hg.)

Encyclopedia of Agrophysics

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, eReference, 1028 p., Electronic book text

399.00 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Geography (general)

 

The Encyclopedia of Agrophysics offers up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. It presents more than 250 informative articles and 400 glossary terms.

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Jan Gliński, Józef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec (Hg.)

Encyclopedia of Agrophysics

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1028 p., Mixed media product

499.00 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Geography (general)

 

The Encyclopedia of Agrophysics offers up-to-date information on the physical properties and processes affecting the quality of the environment and plant production. It presents more than 250 informative articles and 400 glossary terms.

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Hugh M. Gloster (Hg.)

Complications in Cutaneous Surgery

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2008, 246 p., Paperback

114.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Plastic Surgery

 

This comprehensive volume examines the possible complications that can arise in cutaneous surgery. It will thus help the practising physician to formulate a preoperative strategy that will prevent complications before they occur as well as properly diagnose and manage complications if they arise.

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Martin Charles Golumbic, Irith Ben-Arroyo Hartman (Hg.)

Graph Theory, Combinatorics and Algorithms

Interdisciplinary Applications

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2005, 292 p., Paperback

85.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

 

Graph Theory, Combinatorics and Algorithms: Interdisciplinary Applications focuses on discrete mathematics and combinatorial algorithms interacting with real world problems in computer science, operations research, applied mathematics and engineering. The book contains eleven chapters written by experts in their respective fields, and covers…

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Shaogang Gong, Tao Xiang

Visual Analysis of Behaviour

From Pixels to Semantics

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 356 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Social Sciences, general

 

This book explores visual analysis of behaviour from computational-modeling and algorithm-design perspectives, covering learning-group activity models, unsupervised behaviour profiling, hierarchical behaviour discovery, modelling rare behaviours, and more.

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Stanislav Gorb (Hg.)

Adhesion and Friction in Biological Systems

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 330 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Plant Anatomy/Development

 

This book explores biological systems with surface specializations which increase or decrease friction and adhesion. Studies examine snake skin and adhesive pads in animals, as well as anti-adhesive and adhesive surfaces of plants, among many other examples.

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Heidi E. Grasswick (Hg.)

Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science

Power in Knowledge

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 268 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Metaphysics

 

As part of Springer’s series on feminist philosophy, Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Power in Knowledge collects exciting new works that address today’s key challenges for a feminist approach to knowledge and scientific practice. With the relative dearth of collected volumes on the topic in the last decade, this volume will be of interest to both students and scholars of feminist epistemology and philosophy of science. It offers a mix of new contributions from well-established feminist scholars and the next generation of feminist epistemologists.

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Alessandra Graziottin, Filippo Murina

Clinical Management of Vulvodynia

Tips and Tricks

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 96 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Reproductive Medicine

 

Vulvodynia is a chronic pain syndrome affecting around 10% of the female population. This book integrates clinical and scientific knowledge that will empower healthcare professionals to help their patients overcome this common, debilitating disorder.

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Danny Greefhorst, Erik Proper

Architecture Principles

The Cornerstones of Enterprise Architecture

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 197 p., Hardback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing

 

It can be argued that architecture principles form the cornerstone of any architecture. The focus of this book is on the role of architecture principles. It provides both a balanced perspective on architecture principles, and is the first book on the topic.

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Robert E. Greene, Kang-Tae Kim, Steven G. Krantz

The Geometry of Complex Domains

Birkhäuser Boston, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 306 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Geometry

 

This highly original book examines a rich tapestry of themes and concepts, including complex geometry, Finsler metrics, Bergman and Kahler geometry, curvatures, differential invariants, boundary asymptotics of geometries, group actions, and moduli spaces.

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Mary Banks Gregerson (Hg.)

Technology Innovations for Behavioral Education

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 72 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Medical Education

 

Behavioral and technological innovation has a special place in the future of graduate and medical education, for students and educators. This inspiring book is a primer for learning this burgeoning field and an ideal book for making the most of its potential.

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Giuseppe Grioli (Hg.)

Proprietà di media e teoremi di confronto in fisica matematica

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 30- July 9, 1963

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1963, 232 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials

 

Lectures: B. Coleman: On global and local forms of the second law of thermodynamics.- J. Serrin: Comparison and averaging methods in mathematical physics.- H. Ziegler: Thermodynamic aspects of continuum mechanics.- Seminars: C. Agostinelli: I. Un teorema di media sul flusso…

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Giuseppe Grioli, C. Truesdell (Hg.)

Non-linear Continuum Theories

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, May 31-June 9, 1965

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1966, 358 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

 

B. Coleman, M.E. Gurtin: Thermodynamics and wave propagation in Elastic and Viscoelastic media.- L. De Vito: Sui fondamenti della meccanica di sistemi continui (II).- G. Fichera: Problemi elastostatici con ambigue condizioni al contorno.- G. Grioli: Sistemi a trasformazioni reversibili.- W.…

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Sven Gross, Arnold Reusken

Numerical Methods for Two-phase Incompressible Flows

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 480 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Mechanical Engineering

 

This book examines numerical methods for two-phase incompressible flow problems. It details the complete simulation track,  from modeling via development and analysis of numerical methods to numerical experiments.

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Günter Grossmann, Christian Zardini (Hg.)

The ELFNET Book on Failure Mechanisms, Testing Methods, and Quality Issues of Lead-Free Solder Interconnects

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 313 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

 

This book brings together contributions from the leading European experts in lead-free soldering. It offers comprehensive coverage of the scientific background and its applications in reliability testing of lead-free solder joints.

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Rainer E. Gruhn, Wolfgang Minker, Satoshi Nakamura

Statistical Pronunciation Modeling for Non-Native Speech Processing

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

 

This book presents a fully statistical approach for modeling the pronunciation of non-native speakers, using a proven and tested method based on a discrete hidden Markov model as a word pronunciation model, initialized on a standard pronunciation dictionary.

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Oktay Günlük, Gerhard J. Woeginger (Hg.)

Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization

15th International Conference, IPCO 2011, New York, NY, USA, June 15-17, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 432 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2011, held in New York, USA in June 2011.

The 33 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 110 submissions. The conference…

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Amitabha Gupta, Rohit Parikh, Johan van Benthem (Hg.)

Logic at the Crossroads (set)

Proof, Computation and Agency Games, Norms and Reasons

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 650 p., Book

277.13 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Non-Western Philosophy

 

Proof, Computation and AgencyProof, Computation and Agency: Logic at the Cross Roads provides an overview of Logic and its relationship with other disciplines, and some of the emerging areas in terms. The volume brings out an inspiring paradigm, called 'Social…

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Geni Gupur

Functional Analysis Methods for Reliability Models

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 282 p., Paperback

64.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Functional Analysis

 

Understanding reliability is key to both government and private industry. This volume introduces readers to functional analysis methods, focusing on time dependent methods for reliability models.

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Omar Hameed, Shi Wei, Gene P. Siegal

Frozen Section Library: Bone

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 135 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pathology

 

This book provides concise, user-friendly, site specific handbooks that are well illustrated and highlight the pitfalls, artifacts and differential diagnosis issues that arise in the hurried frozen section scenario.

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Man-Wook Han, Jehyun Lee (Hg.)

EKC2010

Proceedings of the EU-Korea Conference on Science and Technology

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 150 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Communications Engineering, Networks

 

Current research fields in science and technology were presented and discussed at the EKC2009, informing about the interests and directions of the scientists and engineers in EU countries and Korea. The Conference has emerged from the idea of bringing together…

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Allan Hanbury, Andreas Rauber, Arjen Vries (Hg.)

Multidisciplinary Information Retrieval

Second Information Retrieval Facility Conference, IRFC 2011, Vienna, Austria, June 6, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 149 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Database Management

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second Information Retrieval Facility Conference, IRFC 2011, held in Vienna, Austria, in June 2011. The 10 papers presented together with a keynote talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 19 high-quality submissions. IRF…

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Jan Harff, Svante Björck, Peer Hoth (Hg.)

The Baltic Sea Basin

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 449 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Geology

 

The product of a special symposium held in 2008, this multidisciplinary volume is the first publication to take a holistic view of a range of aspects relating to the Baltic Sea Basin, including its genesis, structure, ongoing processes and utilisation.

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John Harnad (Hg.)

Random Matrices, Random Processes and Integrable Systems

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 515 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

 

This book explores the remarkable connections between two domains that seem unrelated: random matrices and integrable systems. It applies the theory of integrable systems to the solution of fundamental problems in random systems and processes

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Scott Q. Harper (Hg.)

RNA Interference Techniques

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 165 p., Hardback

94.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Human Genetics

 

This book presents methods for design and delivery of artificial inhibitory RNAs to neural tissue and for detecting or cloning endogenous microRNAs, used in research and in development of therapeutics for dominant genetic disorders, cancer, or viral infection.

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Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger

Architecture for Astronauts

An Activity-based Approach

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 316 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Industrial and Organisational Psychology

 

This book presents research at the interface between people, Space and objects. Evaluating extra-terrestrial habitats in comparison to the user’s perspective, this book proposes a new framework, comparing these buildings from the viewpoint of human activity.

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M.A. Hayat (Hg.)

Tumors of the Central Nervous system, Volume 3

Brain Tumors (Part 1)

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 382 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Surgery

 

In this book, the classification of brain tumors is updated using magnetic resonance spectroscopy technology. The role of cellular immortality in brain tumors is reviewed. Genetic profiling and treatment (including neurosurgery) of brain cancers are explained.

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Renée Heilbronner

Image Analysis in Earth Sciences

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 220 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Computer Applications in Earth Sciences

 

This book offers an introduction to image analysis in the earth sciences. Coverage includes image analysis, extraction of objects (segmentation), analysis of shape and size distributions, fabric analysis, texture analysis, and orientation imaging.

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Lutz J. Heinrich

Geschichte der Wirtschaftsinformatik

Entstehung und Entwicklung einer Wissenschaftsdisziplin

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 378 p., Hardback

84.07 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Design

 

Das Buch beschreibt die Entstehung der Wirtschaftsinformatik und ihre Entwicklung zur Wissenschaft. Von ihrer Vorgeschichte ausgehend spannt es den Bogen von ersten wissenschaftlichen Analysen als Antwort auf Probleme des EDV-Einsatzes bis zur Diskussion über ihre Zukunft im globalen Wissenschaftssystem. Methodisch…

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Enrique Herrera-Viedma, José Luis García-Lapresta, Janusz Kacprzyk (Hg.)

Consensual Processes

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 430 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This volume explores consensus reaching processes occurring in both human groups and intelligent agents. The text provides a modern definition of consensus that calls for some soft computational tools and techniques.

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Álvaro Herrero, Emilio Corchado (Hg.)

Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems

4th International Conference, CISIS 2011, Held at IWANN 2011, Torremolinos-Málaga, Spain, June 8-10, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 310 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Management of Computing and Information Systems

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Security for Information Systems, CISIS 2011, held in Torremolinos-Málaga, in June 2011 as a satellite event of IWANN 2011, the International Work-conference on Artificial and…

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Roland Hetzer, J. Scott Rankin, Charles Abraham Yankah (Hg.)

Mitral Valve Repair

The Biological Solution

Steinkopff-Verlag Darmstadt, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 288 p., Hardback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Cardiology

 

Surgical options for the treatment of degenerative, ischemic, inflammatory, and functional mitral valve diseases have expanded greatly in recent decades. Still, a dilemma exists with employing prosthetic mitral valves – in that mechanical valves exhibit good durability but require anticoagulation…

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Anders Heyden, Fredrik Kahl (Hg.)

Image Analysis

17th Scandinavian Conference, SCIA 2011, Ystad, Sweden, May 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 809 p., Paperback

95.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Graphics

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th Scandinavian Conference on Image Analysis, SCIA 2011, held in Ystad, Sweden, in May 2011.

The 74 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 140 submissions. The papers are…

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Haruzo Hida

p-Adic Automorphic Forms on Shimura Varieties

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 390 p., Paperback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

This book covers the following three topics in a manner accessible to graduate students who have an understanding of algebraic number theory and scheme theoretic algebraic geometry:

1. An elementary construction of Shimura varieties as moduli of abelian schemes

2. p-adic deformation…

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George M. Hidy, Jeffrey R. Brook, Kenneth L. Demerjian (Hg.)

Technical Challenges of Multipollutant Air Quality Management

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 555 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Epidemiology

 

This book assesses the factors involved in implementing a risk-based approach to air quality management that includes means for measuring the effectiveness of decisions, and outlines the technical developments needed to achieve emission reduction decisions.

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Henning Hildmann, Holger Sudhoff, Stefan Dazert

Manual of Temporal Bone Exercises

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 41 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Surgery

 

Lavishly illustrated, the Manual for Temporal Bone Exercises provides readers with the knowledge necessary to start operating on patients. It also supports experts to improve and teach their skills.

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Jean-Baptiste Hiriart-Urruty, Claude Lemarechal

Convex Analysis and Minimization Algorithms

Part 1: Fundamentals

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1993, 444 p., Paperback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Systems Theory, Control

 

This book covers the fundamentals of convex analysis, a refinement of standard calculus with equalities and approximations replaced by inequalities. Reviews minimization algorithms, which provide immediate application to optimization and operations research.

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Francis Hirsch, Christophe Profeta, Bernard Roynette

Peacocks and Associated Martingales, with Explicit Constructions

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 430 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Quantitative Finance

 

‘Peacocks’ and their associated mathematical phenomena, ‘martingales’, play a key role in the mathematics of finance. This monograph uses a variety of methods from time inversion to Skorokhod embeddings in its exploration of peacocks and martingales.

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Tom C. Hobman, Thomas F. Duchaine (Hg.)

Argonaute Proteins

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 344 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Genetic Engineering

 

Part of the respected Methods in Molecular Biology™ series, this practical volume features brief introductions to the key topics, lists the necessary materials and reagents, and includes reproducible laboratory protocols as well as key troubleshooting tips.

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Bert Hölldobler, Edward O. Wilson

Blattschneiderameisen – der perfekte Superorganismus

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 166 p., Hardback

27.99 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Behavioural Sciences

 

Blattschneiderameisen herrschen über Wälder, Wiesen und Ackerland – von Louisiana bis Patagonien. Jede Ameisen-Kolonie umfasst fast fünf Millionen Arbeiterinnen, alles Töchter einer einzigen Königin. Ihr Nest kann sich auf eine Länge von bis zu knapp 10 Meter erstrecken, bestehend aus Hunderten von…

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Otto Holst (Hg.)

Microbial Toxins

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 215 p., Hardback

94.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Bacteriology

 

Divided into three comprehensive sections, this detailed volume covers bacterial protein toxins, endotoxins, and mold fungus toxins. The chapters contain introductions to their respective topics, readily reproducible step-by-step laboratory protocols, and more.

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Stan van Hooft, Wim Vandekerckhove (Hg.)

Questioning Cosmopolitanism

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 221 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Political Science

 

Cosmopolitanism is an emerging movement in global ethics. This book provides cutting edge essays by leading scholars on cosmopolitanism. It is written in a style accessible to interested lay people as well as scholars and researchers in the relevant fields.

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Milan Horniacek

Cooperation and Efficiency in Markets

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 92 p., Paperback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences

 

Cooperation and Efficiency in Markets deals with collusion between firms on both sides of a market that is immune to deviations by coalitions. The book studies this issue using an infinitely countably repeated game with discounting of future single period payoffs.

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Steve Horvath

Weighted Network Analysis

Applications in Genomics and Systems Biology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 421 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Computer Appl. in Life Sciences

 

This book offers current methods, software and applications involved in weighted networks, reviewing data mining methods and analysis strategies and showing how to use them in practice. The self-contained presentation requires minimal knowledge of statistics.

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Timothy Howard

Coronal Mass Ejections

An Introduction

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 244 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Nuclear Chemistry

 

Coronal Mass Ejections provides an introduction to the solar coronal mass ejection phenomena. Readers will find a discussion of both corona and interplanetary coronal mass ejections, while learning how to detect and extract data from them.

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Robert J. Howlett (Hg.)

Innovation through Knowledge Transfer 2010

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This volume represents the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovation through Knowledge Transfer, InnovationKT’2010,  organised jointly by KES International and the Institute of Knowledge Transfer, and taking place in Coventry, UK on 7 & 8 December 2010.  Featuring…

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Estevam Rafael Hruschka, Junzo Watada, Maria Carmo Nicoletti (Hg.)

Integrated Computing Technology

First International Conference, INTECH 2011, Sao Carlos, Brazil, May 31-June 2, 2011,Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 177 p., Paperback

56.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Integrated Computing Technology, INTECH 2011, held in Sao Carlos, Brazil, in May/ June 2011.

The 14 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 103 submissions. The…

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Joshua Zhexue Huang, Longbing Cao, Jaideep Srivastava (Hg.)

Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

15th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2011, Shenzhen, China, May 24-27, 2011, Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 564 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

The two-volume set LNAI 6634 and 6635 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2011, held in Shenzhen, China in May 2011. The total of 32 revised full papers and 58…

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Joshua Zhexue Huang, Longbing Cao, Jaideep Srivastava (Hg.)

Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

15th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2011, Shenzhen, China, May 24-27, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 558 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Communication Networks

 

The two-volume set LNAI 6634 and 6635 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2011, held in Shenzhen, China in May 2011. The total of 32 revised full papers and 58…

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Timothy R. Hughes (Hg.)

A Handbook of Transcription Factors

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

Written from a genome-based perspective, this volume provides an objective overview of transcription factor biochemistry. Topics include known transcription factor classes, origins and evolution of transcription factor types, and mechanisms of interaction with chromatin.

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Tom A. Hutchinson (Hg.)

Whole Person Care

A New Paradigm for the 21st Century

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 234 p., Hardback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

Whole Person Care organizes the disparate strains of literature on this emerging field. The text clarifies the concept of 'whole person' and outlines the challenges and opportunities that death anxiety poses to the practice of whole person care.

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Kullervo Hynynen, Jacques Souquet (Hg.)

9th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound

ISTU - 2009

American Institute of Physics, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 422 p., CD-ROM

114.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Imaging / Radiology

 

The 9th edition of the International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound was held in Aix-en-Provence, from September 24 to 26, 2009.This book gathers the fundamental scientific and more applied clinical research works that were presented during this conference by all actors…

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Takao Ikariya, Masakatsu Shibasaki (Hg.)

Chemistry of Bifunctional Molecular Catalysis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Organic Chemistry

 

Masakatsu Shibasaki, Motomu Kanai,  Shigeki Matsunaga, and Naoya Kumagai: Multimetallic Multifunctional Catalysts for Asymmetric Reactions.- Takao Ikariya: Bifunctional transition metal-based molecular catalysts for asymmetric syntheses.- Chidambaram Gunanathan and David Milstein: Bond Activation by Metal-Ligand Cooperation: Design of ”Green” Catalytic Reactions…

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Vittorio Ingegnoli

Bionomia del paesaggio

L'ecologia del paesaggio biologico-integrata per la formazione di un medico dei sistemi ecologici

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Paperback

48.03 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Earth Sciences, general

 

L’ecologia del paesaggio biologico-integrata, o meglio «Bionomia del Paesaggio”, si propone come un atto di rifondazione della disciplina iniziato dall’Autore una dozzina di anni fa, con l’appoggio di Richard Forman, basato sul riconoscimento del paesaggio come specifico livello dell’organizzazione della…

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Peter Ingwersen, Kalervo Järvelin

The Turn

Integration of Information Seeking and Retrieval in Context

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2005, 448 p., Paperback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Social Sciences, general

 

T

The Turn analyzes the research of information seeking and retrieval (IS & R) and proposes a new direction of integrating research in these two areas: the fields should turn off their separate and narrow paths and construct a new avenue…

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Ann L. Jackman, Christopher P. Leamon (Hg.)

Targeted Drug Strategies for Cancer and Inflammation

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 221 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Pharmacology/Toxicology

 

This book describes progress in the use of folates to transport antifolate drugs such as raltitrexed and pemetrexed that block the mechanisms of cancer. Covers development of FR-targeted antifolate drugs and folate conjugates bearing a range of payloads (including cytotoxic drugs).

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Gregg Jaeger, Andrei Khrennikov, M. Schlosshauer (Hg.)

ADVANCES IN QUANTUM THEORY: Proceedings of the International Conference

American Institute of Physics, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 540 p., Paperback

144.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Quantum Computing

 

As previous Växjö conferences on Quantum foundations, AQT was notable not only for the contributions of the papers presented there but also for its exciting debates. These debates offered a great diversity of opinions on foundations of quantum mechanics (QM)…

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Sylvia J.T. Jansen, Henny C.C.H. Coolen, Roland W. Goetgeluk (Hg.)

The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 272 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistical Theory and Methods

 

This comprehensive text offers an overview of methods to measure housing preferences and housing choice research. It discusses and compares numerous methods, detailing the limitations of each one, all within the context of meeting residents’ needs.

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Thomas Jansen, Steven Van Hecke

At Europe's Service

The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 385 p., Hardback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: History

 

This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It offers the reader an up-to-date account of the Party's contribution to Europe.

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Nigel Jenkins, Niall Barron, Paula Alves (Hg.)

Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the European Society for Animal Cell Technology (ESACT), Dublin, Ireland, June 7-10, 2009

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 756 p., Hardback

190.00 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Biotechnology

 

The 21st ESACT conference was held in the beautiful surroundings of the CityWest Hotel resort in Dublin, Ireland. For the first time in ESACT history the number of participants exceeded 900: a sign of the ever increasing importance of this…

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Xiaoyi Jiang, Miquel Ferrer, Andrea Torsello (Hg.)

Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition

8th IAPR-TC-15 International Workshop, GbRPR 2011, Münster, Germany, May 18-20, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 345 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th IAPR-TC-15 International Workshop on Graph-Based Representations in Pattern Recognition, GbRPR 2011, held in Münser, Germany, in May 2011.

The 34 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous…

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Qing Jiang, Zi Wen

Thermodynamics of Materials

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Materials Science, general

 

"Thermodynamics of Materials" introduces the basic underlying principles of thermodynamics as well as their applicability to the behavior of all classes of materials. The book includes the new field of nanothermodynamics.

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Rita Joarder, Neil Crundwell, Matthew Gibson

Case Studies in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 190 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Gastroenterology

 

Containing 100 case studies and the most up-to-date, high-resolution imagery such as 64-slice CT scans, the material in this practical volume covers everything from common and everyday conditions to less common cases of which practitioners should be aware.

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John Jones, Godelieve Gheysen, Carmen Fenoll (Hg.)

Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 557 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Agriculture

 

Written for postgraduate students and researchers alike, this volume reviews developments in the molecular biology of plant-nematode interactions that have been driven by the application of genomics tools.

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Bror Jonsson, Nina Jonsson

Ecology of Atlantic Salmon and Brown Trout

Habitat as a template for life histories

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 708 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Community & Population Ecology

 

Destruction of habitat is the major cause for loss of biodiversity. This volume presents the population ecology of Atlantic salmon and brown trout and how it is influenced by the environment in terms of growth, migration, spawning and recruitment.

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Jean V. Joseph, Hitendra R.H. Patel (Hg.)

Retroperitoneal Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgery

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 175 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Abdominal Surgery

 

With numerous illustrations and a systematic approach, this definitive and exhaustive guide to the extraperitoneal surgical alternative in laparoscopic or robot-assisted procedures will appeal to novices in the field as much as to seasoned professionals.

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Yogendra Joshi, Pramod Kumar (Hg.)

Energy Efficient Thermal Management of Data Centers

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 490 p., Hardback

139.05 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

 

Examining energy flow in today's data centers, this book gives particular focus to the state-of-the-art thermal management approaches now being implemented across the globe. Future trends in computing hardware and their possible impacts are also examined.

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Tadeusz Kaczorek

Selected Problems of Fractional Systems Theory

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 346 p., Paperback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Systems Theory, Control

 

This monograph covers some selected problems of positive fractional 1D and 2D linear systems. It is an extended and modified English version of its preceding Polish edition published by Technical University of Bialystok in 2009.

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Frederick S Kadushin

Kadushin's Behavioral Neuroscience Dictionary

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 360 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Rehabilitation

 

Kadushin’s Behavioral Neuroscience Dictionary

Frederick S. Kadushin

Massachusetts Neurobehavioral Institute

 

Developed over 15 years, Kadushin’s Behavioral Neuroscience Dictionary is the field’s most complete descriptive lexicon to date, with over 12,000 terms spanning neuropsychology, neurology, neuroanatomy, psychology, psychiatry, and the rehabilitation specialties—over 300 phobias…

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Roland Kallenborn (Hg.)

Long-range Transport of Man-made Contamination into the Arctic and Antarctica

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Biogeosciences

 

The first volume of the series focuses on the history of the IPYs (International Polar Years). It also gives an overview of the 4th Polar Year, and provides new evaluations of the Polar Years from the view of the 21st century.

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György Kampis, István Karsai, Eörs Szathmáry (Hg.)

Advances in Artificial Life

10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Budapest, Hungary, September 13-16, 2009, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 501 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Developmental Biology

 

The two-volume set LNAI 5777 and LNAI 5778 constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th European Conference, ECAl 2009, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2009. The 141 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from161…

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György Kampis, István Karsai, Eörs Szathmáry (Hg.)

Advances in Artificial Life

10th European Conference, ECAL 2009, Budapest, Hungary, September 13-16, 2009, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 481 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Developmental Biology

 

The two-volume set LNAI 5777 and LNAI 5778 constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th European Conference, ECAl 2009, held in Budapest, Hungary, in September 2009. The 141 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from161…

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P.K. Kapur, Hoang Pham, A. Gupta

Software Reliability Assessment with OR Applications

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 548 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing

 

Software Reliability Assessment with OR Applications provides a comprehensive guide to software reliability measurement, prediction, and control. Readers will find solutions to decision-making problems that software developers and engineers often face.

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Wolfram Karges, Sascha Al Dahouk

Innere Medizin...in 5 Tagen

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 408 p., Paperback

23.32 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

5 Tage für innere Ruhe -

Strukturiert und konzentriert bekommen Sie hier die prüfungsrelevante Innere Medizin in 5 Tagen. Für alle, die sich kurz vor knapp auf das "Hammerexamen" vorbereiten und während des PJs kaum Zeit haben ist dieses Buch…

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Michael Karin (Hg.)

NF-kB in Health and Disease

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 268 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Cancer Research

 

Nearly 25 years of research have uncovered many diverse functions for the dimeric transcription factor NF-kappaB. NF-kappaB affects most aspects of cellular physiology—from immunity and inflammation to apoptosis, cell survival, growth, and proliferation.

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Stephanie Kaudela-Baum, Erik Nagel, Paul Bürkler (Hg.)

Führung lernen

Fallstudien zu Führung, Personalmanagement und Organisation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 247 p., Hardback

46.68 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Personality and Social Psychology

 

Für diese Fallstudiensammlung wurden 50 praxisrelevante, aktuelle und »typische« Fälle aus den Führungsetagen zu verschiedenen Themenfeldern der Personalführung aufbereitet. Im Vordergrund steht die Beschreibung alltäglicher Führungs- und Managementsituationen, d. h. konkreter Verhaltensweisen und Handlungsabfolgen von Führenden und Geführten in Non-Profit- sowie…

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Howard L. Kaufman, Scott Wadler, Karen Antman (Hg.)

Molecular Targeting in Oncology

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2008, 734 p., Paperback

147.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Medicinal Chemistry

 

This book presents an overview of the development of targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer with an emphasis on clinical application. The volume covers the complexity of the rapidly developing area of targeted therapies for the treatment of patients…

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Michael Keating, Synopsys Fellow

The Simple Art of SoC Design

Closing the Gap between RTL and ESL

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 234 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

 

This book tackles the design challenges of the era of billion-transistor SoCs, offering fundamental concepts and coding needed for robust, functional designs. Covers minimizing complexity in RTL code, and tradeoffs between RTL and high-level (C-based) design.

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Karel J. Keesman

System Identification

An Introduction

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 323 p., Mixed media product

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Mechatronics

 

Following an introduction on system theory, this book shows the reader how to approach the system identification problem in a systematic fashion. It aims to teach students the fundamentals of systems identification without unduly complicated mathematics.

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Christian Kern

RFID für Bibliotheken

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 210 p., Paperback

74.72 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management

 

Der Einsatz der Radio Frequenz Identifikation (RFID) in Bibliotheken ermöglicht Besuchern einen komfortablen Service und entlastet das Personal von Routinearbeiten. Mit RFID wandeln sich Bibliotheken in öffentliche Räume, in denen sich Besucher nicht nur selbst bedienen, sondern auch viel intuitiver…

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Munther A. Khamashta, Manuel Ramos-Casals (Hg.)

Autoimmune Diseases

Acute and Complex Situations

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 416 p., Hardback

159.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

Autoimmune Diseases addresses the latest clinical and immunological prognostic factors that may help to identify patients at higher risk of developing potentially life-threatening autoimmune diseases.

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Tai-hoon Kim, Hojjat Adeli, Rosslin John Robles (Hg.)

Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications

Second International Conference, UCMA 2011, Daejeon, Korea, April 13-15, 2011. Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 404 p., Paperback

72.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

 

This two-volume set (CCIS 150 and CCIS 151) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications, UCMA 2011, held in Daejeon, Korea, in April 2011.

The 86 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed…

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Tai-hoon Kim, Hojjat Adeli, Rosslin John Robles (Hg.)

Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications

Second International Conference, UCMA 2011, Daejeon, Korea, April 13-15, 2011. Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 583 p., Paperback

89.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

 

This two-volume set (CCIS 150 and CCIS 151) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Multimedia Applications, UCMA 2011, held in Daejeon, Korea, in April 2011.

The 86 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed…

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Fritz Klocke

Manufacturing Processes 1

Cutting

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 504 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Manufacturing, Machines, Tools

 

Volume 1 of the Manufacturing Processes series addresses the basics of machining with geometrically defined cutting edges. Covers loads and stress-appropriate design of machining tools, and sensible application of cutting materials.

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Hiroaki Kodama, Atsushi Komamine (Hg.)

RNAi and Plant Gene Function Analysis

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 244 p., Hardback

94.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Plant Genetics & Genomics

 

With RNAi technology now essential to most plant science researchers, this book introduces the central topics, lists the necessary materials and reagents, offers reproducible laboratory protocols, and provides notes on troubleshooting and avoiding pitfalls.

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Heinz Koeppl, Douglas Densmore, Gianluca Setti (Hg.)

Design and Analysis of Biomolecular Circuits

Engineering Approaches to Systems and Synthetic Biology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 402 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

 

Dealing with the engineering aspects of the two emerging and intertwined fields of synthetic and systems biology, this book reflects the promise they hold to revolutionize the way molecular biology research, drug discovery, and bio-engineering are done.

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Alexander A. Kokhanovsky (Hg.)

Light Scattering Reviews, Vol. 6

Multiple and Single Light Scattering

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environment, general

 

The sixth in a series of Springer volumes, this book’s specially selected papers by leading researchers in the field focus on light scattering, radiative transfer and the optics of snow. The chapters include the latest results in their respective subjects.

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Michael Koller

Life Insurance Risk Management Essentials

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 360 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance

 

This book’s two-fold focus provides a broad overview of the varied topics in risk management as well as outlining the necessary tools and techniques required to apply theory to practice. It also covers emerging risks and the relevant regulatory framework.

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Jerzy Komorowski (Hg.)

ICAF 2011 Structural Integrity: Influence of Efficiency and Green Imperatives

Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue, Montreal, Canada, 1-3 June 2011

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 976 p., Hardback

299.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment

 

Proceedings of the 26th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue are a widely referenced summary of advances in aeronautical design against fatigue. This is a bi-annual event and the proceedings have been published in book form for over…

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Jürgen Koop, Wilhelm Hesse

Sicherheit bei Kranen

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 10, vollst bearb u erw Aufl, 332 p., Hardback

121.45 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Construction Management

 

Der Band liefert einen umfassenden Überblick über die Unfallverhütung bei Bau und Betrieb von Krananlagen. Die 10. Auflage fasst alles in einem Buch zusammen: die neuen Vorschriften, die sich aus den Europäischen Normen (EN-Vorschriften) für Krane hinsichtlich der Unfallverhütung ergeben,…

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Anatoli Korkin, Evgeni Gusev, Jan K. Labanowski (Hg.)

Nanotechnology for Electronic Materials and Devices

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2007, 368 p., Paperback

117.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Optical and Electronic Materials

 

Quickly becoming the hottest topic of the new millennium (2.4 billion dollars funding in US alone)

Current status and future trends of micro and nanoelectronics research

Written by leading experts in the corresponding research areas

Excellent tutorial for graduate students and reference for…

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Viktor Korobov, Valery Ochkov

Chemical Kinetics with Mathcad and Maple

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 344 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Computer Applications in Chemistry

 

The authors of this book explain at length the principles of chemical kinetics and approaches to computerized calculations in modern software mathcad and maple. Numerous problems encountered in solving kinetics’ calculations are provided.

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Kyriaki Kosmidou, Michael Doumpos, Constantin Zopounidis

Country Risk Evaluation

Methods and Applications

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2008, 120 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Economic Systems

 

Country risk evaluation is one of the major research topics in economics and finance. This book develops a comprehensive framework for evaluating models based on several classification techniques that emerge from different theoretical directions.

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Peter Kosso

A Summary of Scientific Method

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 41 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Science

Subject: Science, general

 

This book provides a clear, intuitive, accurate model of scientific method, articulating the fundamental tenets in an accessible, informative style. Defines and explains basic scientific principles including hypotheses, theories, testing, evidence and more.

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Demetres D. Kouvatsos (Hg.)

Network Performance Engineering

A Handbook on Convergent Multi-Service Networks and Next Generation Internet

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1080 p., Paperback

95.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Science, general

 

During recent years a great deal of progress has been made in performance modelling and evaluation of the Internet, towards the convergence of multi-service networks of diverging technologies, supported by internetworking and the evolution of diverse access and switching technologies.…

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Steven G. Krantz

The Proof is in the Pudding

The Changing Nature of Mathematical Proof

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 264 p., Hardback

29.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Numerical Analysis

 

This book takes the reader on a journey around the globe and through centuries of history, exploring the transformations that mathematical proof has undergone from its inception at the time of Euclid and Pythagoras to its versatile, present-day use.

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Jacek Z. Kubiak (Hg.)

Cell Cycle in Development

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 500 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

This book thoroughly examines current understanding of processes accompanying embryonic transitions, in which cell cycle machinery is implicated. The authors explain numerous questions of how the basic cell cycle events are controlled at the cellular level.

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Vijay K. Kuchroo, Nora Sarvetnick, David A. Hafler (Hg.)

Cytokines and Autoimmune Diseases

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2002, 436 p., Paperback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Immunology

 

Leading researchers synthesize scattered experimental data to help develop an intimate understanding of how cytokines and chemokines are involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. The many chapters offer critical reviews the basic mechanisms controlling cytokine induction and regulation, as…

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Alexander Kulikov, Nikolay Vereshchagin (Hg.)

Computer Science – Theory and Applications

6th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2011, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 14-18, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 471 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Mathematics of Computing

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2011, held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2011. The 29 papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 76 submissions. The scope of topics…

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Sudipta Kundu, Sorin Lerner, Rajesh K. Gupta

High-Level Verification

Methods and Tools for Verification of System-Level Designs

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 167 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

 

The growing complexity of the design process for systems on chip (SOCs) allows the use of more demanding computing languages, with a principle goal being verification at a higher level of abstraction. This book focuses on these high-level verification methods.

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Alexander Kuzmin (Hg.)

Computational Fluid Dynamics 2010

Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD6, St Petersburg, Russia, on July 12-16, 2010

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 954 p., Hardback

249.00 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Computational Science and Engineering

 

The International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics is held every two years and brings together physicists, mathematicians and engineers to review and share recent advances in mathematical and computational techniques for modeling fluid flow. The proceedings of the 2010 conference…

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Jorma Laaksonen, Timo Honkela (Hg.)

Advances in Self-Organizing Maps

8th International Workshop, WSOM 2011, Espoo, Finland, June 13-15, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 368 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps, WSOM 2011, held in Espoo, Finland, in June 2011. The 36 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are…

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Mark J. van der Laan, James M Robins

Unified Methods for Censored Longitudinal Data and Causality

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 397 p., Paperback

80.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences

 

A fundamental statistical framework for the analysis of complex longitudinal data is provided in this book. It provides the first comprehensive description of optimal estimation techniques based on time-dependent data structures. The techniques go beyond standard statistical approaches and can…

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Laurent Lantiéri

Reconstruction de la face par allotransplantation de tissus composites

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Paperback

47.39 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Plastic Surgery

 

Nouveau domaine de la chirurgie réparatrice en plein essor la Reconstruction de la face par allotransplantation de tissus composites se devait d’avoir un ouvrage de référence. Ecrit par l’équipe ayant la plus grande expérience au monde, cet ouvrage doit répondre…

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Kam Lau

Ultra-high Frequency Linear Fiber Optic Systems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 256 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Applied and Technical Physics

 

This book presents a concise but rigorous treatment of the theory and practice of analog (linear) fiber-optics links and systems that constitute the foundation of Hybrid Fiber Coax infrastructure in current CATV distribution and cable modem Internet access.

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Francis C.M. Lau, Chi K. Tse

Chaos-Based Digital Communication Systems

Operating Principles, Analysis Methods, and Performance Evaluation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 228 p., Paperback

84.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

 

One of the first books in this area, this text focuses on important aspects of the system operation, analysis and performance evaluation of selected chaos-based digital communications systems – a hot topic in communications and signal processing.

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Massimo Lazzaroni

Reliability Engineering

Basic Concepts and Applications in ICT

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: R & D/Technology Policy

 

This practical guide to reliability engineering reviews the fundamentals of the practice, describes current laboratory tests and explores such practical concepts as FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) and FTA (Fault Tree Analysis).

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Roger Lee (Hg.)

Computers, Networks, Systems, and Industrial Engineering 2011

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 268 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

The series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" (SCI) publishes new developments and advances in the various areas of computational intelligence – quickly and with a high quality. The intent is to cover the theory, applications, and design methods of computational intelligence,…

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Roger Lee (Hg.)

Computer and Information Science 2011

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 264 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

The series "Studies in Computational Intelligence" (SCI) publishes new developments and advances in the various areas of computational intelligence – quickly and with a high quality. The intent is to cover the theory, applications, and design methods of computational intelligence,…

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Hoyle Leigh

Genes, Memes, Culture, and Mental Illness

Toward an Integrative Model

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Cross Cultural Psychology

 

This examination of genetic and memetic evolution shows how mental disorders can arise from gene-meme interaction. Offering examples of gene-meme interactions resulting in depression, the author proposes a genetic-memetic model for diagnosing mental illness.

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Ralf Leinemann (Hg.)

IT-Berater und soziale Medien

Wer beeinflusst Technologiekunden?

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 224 p., Hardback

46.68 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Migration

 

IT-Produkte sind häufig sehr komplex. Daher spielen Berater bei Kaufentscheidungen eine wichtige Rolle. In dem Band setzen sich die Autoren mit dieser Situation auseinander und befassen sich mit ihren Auswirkungen auf Kommunikationsabteilungen von Unternehmen. Sie gehen auch auf die wachsende…

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Henk N.W. Lekkerkerker, Remco Tuinier

Colloids and the Depletion Interaction

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 233 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Physical Chemistry

 

Humans have used colloids for thousands of years. Now we know that depletants added to colloidal dispersions allow us to fine-tune their properties. This concise volume covers the fundamentals of depletion effects and their influence on colloidal dispersions.

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Daniel Lenz, Florian Sobieczky, Wolfgang Woess (Hg.)

Random Walks, Boundaries and Spectra

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 325 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

 

These proceedings represent the current state of research on the topics 'boundary theory' and 'spectral and probability theory' of random walks on infinite graphs. They are the result of the two workshops held in Styria (Graz and St. Kathrein am…

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Alexander Lerner, Michael Soudry (Hg.)

Armed Conflict Injuries to the Extremities

A Treatment Manual

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 415 p., Hardback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Emergency Medicine

 

Based on treatment of victims of terror attacks at a large level 1 trauma center, this book offers a staged treatment protocol ranging from primary damage control to definitive functional limb reconstruction using internal and external fixation methods.

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David H. Levy

The Sky in Early Modern English Literature

A Study of Allusions to Celestial Events in Elizabethan and Jacobean Writing, 1572-1620

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 111 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Arts

 

This book explores the sky’s appearances in music and art,  focusing on Shakespeare and early modern English literature. It teaches about the abundant comets of this period, eclipses, astrology and its relation to the night sky at the time.

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Lijuan Li, Feng Liu

Group Search Optimization for Applications in Structural Design

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Structural Mechanics

 

Written by leading experts, this book contains recent research on group search optimization with applications in structural design. It details the latest research work related with particle swarm optimizer algorithm and group search optimizer algorithm.

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Lisa Licitra, Patrizia Olmi (Hg.)

Tumori della testa e del collo

Integrazione terapeutica nella conservazione della funzione d'organo

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

115.34 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Rehabilitation

 

I tumori maligni della testa e collo insorgono in sedi di grande complessità anatomica e funzionale. Proprio per questo rappresentano una sfida per tutti coloro che se ne occupano. Stili di vita che non prevedano l’uso di tabacco e…

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James C. Lin, Konstantina S. Nikita (Hg.)

Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare

Second International ICST Conference, MobiHealth 2010, Ayia Napa, Cyprus, October 18 - 20, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 282 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Health Informatics

 

This book contains a selection of thoroughly refereed and revised papers from the Second International ICST Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communication in Healthcare, MobiHealth 2010, held in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, in October 2010. The 33 papers in this volume…

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Fan Lin, Jeffrey Prichard (Hg.)

Handbook of Practical Immunohistochemistry

Frequently Asked Questions

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 768 p., Hardback

199.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pathology

 

This invaluable reference for pathologists and cytotechnologists who need to keep abreast of the latest developments in immunohistochemistry includes access to the author’s laboratory website as well as more than 600 high-quality images to support diagnoses.

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Patrick J. Lincoln (Hg.)

Forensic DNA Profiling Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1998, 320 p., Paperback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

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Ingvar Lindgren

Relativistic Many-Body Theory

A New Field-Theoretical Approach

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 365 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Quantum Optics

 

This comprehensive account of relativistic many-body perturbation theory covers both time-dependent and time-independent MBPT, and reviews standard techniques such as S-matrix and Green’s functions as well as the new covariant-evolution-operator method.

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Dirk Linke, Adrian Goldman (Hg.)

Bacterial Adhesion

Chemistry, Biology and Physics

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 360 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Protein Structure

 

Focusing on how best to study bacterial adhesion, this volume helps bridge the communication divide between biologists, chemists and physics researchers and aims at stimulating fresh and groundbreaking research into this essential function of bacteria.

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Jennifer Linn, Martin Wiesmann, Hartmut Brückmann (Hg.)

Atlas Klinische Neuroradiologie des Gehirns

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 680 p., Hardback

232.71 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Imaging / Radiology

 

Der Atlas enthält zu jedem Krankheitsbild Referenzbilder zum Abgleich mit eigenen Befunden. Der stichwortartige Text, synoptische Übersichten zu typischen Befunden und Checklisten helfen bei der sicheren Diagnosefindung. Differenzialdiagnosen und auch seltene Befunde in der Neuroradiologie werden ausführlich berücksichtigt. Der Band…

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Antonio Liotta, George Exarchakos

Networks for Pervasive Services

Six Ways to Upgrade the Internet

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 178 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Management of Computing and Information Systems

 

Despite being the beating heart of our globalized digital society, the internet has not had a software upgrade since the early 1990s. This book argues for an overhaul and presents simple, effective protocols for building complex, self-organizing networks.

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John Lippold, Thomas Böllinghaus, Carl E. Cross (Hg.)

Hot Cracking Phenomena in Welds III

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 440 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials

 

This is the third in a series of compendiums devoted to weld hot cracking phenomena, where this subject has been further scrutinized, bringing to bare the most current thoughts on this complex and diverse subject.

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Joshua Lipton, Ece Ozdemiroglu, David Chapman (Hg.)

Equivalency Methods for Environmental Liability in the European Union

Assessing Damage and Compensation under the Environmental Liability Directive

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Book

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Environmental Economics

 

This volume is based on the editors’ work in the research project titled REMEDE (Resource Equivalency Methods for Assessing Environmental Damage in the EU) funded under the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission for this purpose.

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Tie-Yan Liu

Learning to Rank for Information Retrieval

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 292 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

The author of this book first reviews the major approaches to learning to rank. For each approach he presents the basic framework, with example algorithms. Scientific theoretical soundness is combined with broad development and application experiences.

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Derong Liu, Huaguang Zhang, Marios Polycarpou (Hg.)

Advances in Neural Networks -- ISNN 2011

8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, Guilin, China, May 29--June 1, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 646 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

The three-volume set LNCS 6675, 6676 and 6677 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, held in Guilin, China, in May/June 2011.

The total of 215 papers presented in all three volumes were…

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Derong Liu, Huaguang Zhang, Marios Polycarpou (Hg.)

Advances in Neural Networks -- ISNN 2011

8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, Guilin, China, May 29--June 1, 2011, Proceedings Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 634 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

The three-volume set LNCS 6675, 6676 and 6677 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, held in Guilin, China, in May/June 2011.

The total of 215 papers presented in all three volumes were…

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Derong Liu, Huaguang Zhang, Marios Polycarpou (Hg.)

Advances in Neural Networks -- ISNN 2011

8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, Guilin, China, May 29--June 1, 2011, Prodceedings, Part III

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 642 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

The three-volume set LNCS 6675, 6676 and 6677 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2011, held in Guilin, China, in May/June 2011.

The total of 215 papers presented in all three volumes were…

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Ernst Logar (Hg.)

Ernst Logar - Invisible Oil

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 96 p., Hardback

22.68 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture)

 

In dem Band setzt sich der Künstler Ernst Logar mit Erdöl und dessen Bedeutung für unsere Zivilisation auseinander. Am Beispiel der schottischen Erdölmetropole Aberdeen reflektiert er unsere Abhängigkeit von diesem Rohstoff in Fotografien und in anderen künstlerischen Arbeiten, die aus…

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Andreas Löhne

Vector Optimization with Infimum and Supremum

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 206 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algorithms

 

The theory of Vector Optimization is developed by a systematic usage of infimum and supremum. This book presents a completely new approach to the topic. It covers the range from theory to algorithms, and includes a self-contained chapter on the linear case.

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H. Lomax, Thomas H. Pulliam, David W. Zingg

Fundamentals of Computational Fluid Dynamics

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2001, 249 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Fluid Dynamics

 

The chosen semi-discrete approach of a reduction procedure of partial differential equations to ordinary differential equations and finally to difference equations gives the book its distinctiveness and provides a sound basis for a deep understanding of the fundamental concepts in…

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Sandro Longo

Analisi Dimensionale e Modellistica Fisica

Principi e applicazioni alle Scienze Ingegneristiche

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 340 p., Paperback

30.72 EUR


Field of Science: Science

Subject: Science, general

 

La razionalizzazione delle scienze ha avuto un grande impulso con l’avvento e il consolidarsi dei concetti dell’Analisi Dimensionale, accanto alla quale si è sviluppata la modellistica fisica. Al tempo in cui gli elaboratori non erano disponibili o non erano accessibili,…

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Javier López, Gene Tsudik (Hg.)

Applied Cryptography and Network Security

9th International Conference, ACNS 2011, Nerja, Spain, June 7-10, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 552 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Systems and Data Security

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2011, held in Nerja, Spain, in June 2011.

The 31 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected…

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Bingwei Lu (Hg.)

Mitochondrial Dynamics and Neurodegeneration

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 260 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Neurobiology

 

Written by experts, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the mechanisms of mitochondrial dynamics, from basic research on its molecular basis to medical implications, to the direction of future research. Includes numerous color figures and illustrations.

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Jiade J. Lu, Luther W. Brady (Hg.)

Decision Making in Radiation Oncology

Volume 2

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 592 p., Hardback

269.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Oncology

 

This reference book is designed to enable radiation oncologists, including those in training, to effectively make diagnostic and treatment decisions. Knowledge is conveyed through an illustrative approach using algorithms, schemas, graphics, and tables.

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Henry Horng-Shing Lu, Bernhard Schölkopf, Hongyu Zhao (Hg.)

Handbook of Statistical Bioinformatics

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 627 p., Hardback

249.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

 

This volume covers key topics in modeling and analysis of massive data sets generated from high throughput biotechnology. It provides an introductory and reference book for students and researchers.

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Javier Lucaya, Janet L. Strife (Hg.)

Pediatric Chest Imaging

Chest Imaging in Infants and Children

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed 2008, 450 p., Paperback

229.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pneumology/Respiratory System

 

Imaging of the pediatric chest continues to evolve rapidly – and this is reflected in the fact that all of the chapters in this second edition of the classic and superbly illustrated reference work have been extensively updated. Readers will…

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Xiangfeng Luo, Yiwei Cao, Bo Yang (Hg.)

New Horizons in Web Based Learning -- ICWL 2010 Workshops

ICWL 2010 Workshops: STEG, CICW, WGLBWS and IWKDEWL, Shanghai, China, December 7-11, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 338 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Personal Computing

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings

of the 9th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2010,

held in Shanghai, China, in December 2010.

The 36 revised full papers and 8 short papers presented were carefully

reviewed and selected from 192 submissions. They…

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Cynthia M. Kahn (Hg.)

Il Manuale Merck per la salute del cane e del gatto

La guida medica più autorevole, completa e di facile consultazione per la salute e il benessere dei tuoi animali domestici

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 700 p., Paperback

27.88 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Veterinary Medicine

 

In Italia il numero degli animali da compagnia ha ormai superato quello della popolazione residente, oltrepassando la soglia dei 60 milioni di unità. I pet si sono quindi guadagnati un posto di maggiore importanza nei contesti in cui vivono e…

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Marguerite Madden (Hg.)

Landscape Analysis using Geospatial Tools

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 280 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Multimedia Information Systems

 

The subject of Landscape Analysis using Geospatial Tools is the combination of geospatial tools such as remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS), geostatistics and geovisualization (e.g., 3D displays, fly throughs, annimation) to analyze landscapes, assess human…

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E. Magenes, G. Stampacchia (Hg.)

Teoria delle distribuzioni

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Saltino (Firenza), Italy, September 1-9, 1961

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1961, 259 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Partial Differential Equations

 

Lectures: B. Malgrange: Operatori differenziali.- J. Mikusinski: Une introduction élémentaire à la théorie des distributions de plusieurs variables.- L. Schwartz: I. Trasformata di Fourier delle distribuzioni; II. Spazi di Hilbert e nuclei associati.- Seminars: J.B. Diaz: Solutions of the singular…

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Teresita Majewski, David Gaimster (Hg.)

International Handbook of Historical Archaeology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 673 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Cultural Heritage

 

Historical archaeology is a branch of global archaeology that has grown into an increasingly global community. The essays in this book have been commissioned from leading international researchers to create a wide-ranging digest of historical archaeology.

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James MaKinster, Nancy Trautmann, Michael Barnett (Hg.)

Teaching Science with Geospatial Technology

Designing Effective Professional Development for Secondary Teachers

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 325 p., Hardback

148.73 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Teaching and Teacher Education

 

The field of professional development for teaching science using geospatial technology is defined in this volume. The text identifies both short and long term objectives for science, environmental, and geography educators, providing a framework for future projects and research in the field.

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Andreas Mandelis

Diffusion-Wave Fields

Mathematical Methods and Green Functions

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2001, 741 p., Paperback

125.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

 

Develops a unified mathematical framework for treating a wide variety of diffusion-related periodic phenomena in such areas as heat transfer, electrical conduction, and light scattering. Deriving and using Green functions in one and higher dimensions to provide a unified approach,…

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Thomas Mann, Günter Püttner (Hg.)

Handbuch der kommunalen Wissenschaft und Praxis

Band 2: Kommunale Wirtschaft

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 3, völlig neu bearb Aufl, 706 p., Hardback

140.14 EUR


Field of Science: Law

Subject: Constitutional Law

 

Das Handbuch der kommunalen Wissenschaft und Praxis (HKWP) ist das führende Standardwerk im Bereich der Kommunalwissenschaften. Mit seinem Konzept, den aktuellen Forschungsstand mit dem empirischen Wissen der Praxis zu verbinden, ist es seit nunmehr über fünfzig Jahren ohne Konkurrenz. In…

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Gary E. Marchant, Braden R. Allenby, Joseph R. Herkert (Hg.)

The Growing Gap Between Emerging Technologies and Legal-Ethical Oversight

The Pacing Problem

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 212 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book examines the growing gap between the pace of science and technology and the lagging response of legal and ethical oversight that society relies on to govern emerging technologies. Offers potential paths to more responsive regulation and governance.

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Alexander R. Margulis

How to Rise to the Top...and Stay There!

A Leadership Manual

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 167 p., Paperback

26.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Administration, Organization and Leadership

 

Written with the current economic crises in mind, this book guides the reader on how to progress in his or her chosen career, how to reach a high position in which one is in charge of a unit, department, school, or business and how to run it successfully.

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Eric Marié

Le diagnostic par les pouls en Chine et en Europe

Une histoire de la sphygmologie des origines au XVIIIe siècle

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 470 p., Paperback

42.65 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: History of Medicine

 

Cet ouvrage porte sur un aspect particulier de l’histoire de la médecine : la sphygmologie ou diagnostic par la palpation des pouls. Son origine, son évolution, ses théories et ses pratiques sont analysées de façons séparées dans deux aires culturelles,…

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Julio Marino (Hg.)

Functional and Constraint Logic Programming

19th International Workshop, WFLP 2010, Madrid, Spain, January 17, 2010. Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 175 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation

 

This book contains a selection of revised papers presented at the 19th International Workshop on Functional and Constraint Logic Programming, WFLP 2010, held in Madrid, Spain, in January 2010, as part of the ACM-SIGPLAN Principles of Programming Languages event, POPL…

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G. Marinoschi

Functional Approach to Nonlinear Models of Water Flow in Soils

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2006, 316 p., Paperback

64.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Soil Science & Conservation

 

This work of applied mathematics focuses on the functional study of the nonlinear boundary value problems relating to water flow in porous media, a topic which has not up to now been explored in book form. The author shows that…

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Basil R. Marple, Arvind Agarwal, Margaret M. Hyland (Hg.)

Thermal Spray 2010: Global Solutions for Future Applications

Proceedings of the International Thermal Spray Conference

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 480 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Industrial and Production Engineering

 

This expanded special issue of the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology features peer-reviewed and edited contributions based on papers presented at ITSC 2010.

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E. Martinelli (Hg.)

Teoria delle funzioni di più variabili complesse e delle funzioni automorfe

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 3-12, 1956

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st Ed CIME, Florence, 1956, 263 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Geophysics and Environmental Physics

 

Lectures: B. Eckmann: Cours sur les variétés complexes.- W. Fenchel: Introduzione alla teoria dei gruppi discontinui di trasformazioni.- Seminars: E. Martinelli: Punti di vista geometrici nello studio delle varietà a struttura complessa.- K. Stein: Leçons sur la théorie des…

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E. Martinelli (Hg.)

Funzioni e varietà complesse

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 25-July 5, 1963

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1963, 280 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces

 

H. Cartan: Faisceaux analytiques cohérents.- P. Lelong: Fonctions plurisousharmoniques et formes différentielles positives.- E. Vesentini: Coomologia sulle varietà complesse, I.- A. Andreotti: Coomologia sulle varietà complesse, II.

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Akira Maruoka

Concise Guide to Computation Theory

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 281 p., Hardback

54.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Computational Science and Engineering

 

Combining lucid description and illustrations with rigorous arguments and detailed proofs, this book examines the core concepts of automata and languages, computability, and complexity of computation, and offers a solid foundation in computation theory.

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Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Tatyana Humle, Yukimaru Sugiyama (Hg.)

The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 490 p., Mixed media product

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Cognitive Psychology

 

This book examines the unique contribution of the Bossou field site to our knowledge of chimpanzees, particularly the endangered West African subspecies. Coverage ranges from their socio-ecology to cognition, to their ability to use stone and perishable tools.

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Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Masaki Tomonaga, Masayuki Tanaka (Hg.)

Cognitive Development in Chimpanzees

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, 1st Edition Softcover version of original hardcover edition 2006, 522 p., Paperback

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Cognitive Psychology

 

This book on cognitive development in chimpanzees is the first of its kind to focus on infants reared by their own mothers within a natural setting. It illustrates various aspects of chimpanzee cognition and the developmental changes accompanying them.

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Anna Matysiak

Interdependencies Between Fertility and Women's Labour Supply

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 181 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Social Policy

 

This volume explores the links between women’s employment and fertility in Norway and Switzerland. The discussion focuses on four main areas: living standards, family policies, labour market structures, and social norms.

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Brenda C. McClain, Santhanam Suresh (Hg.)

Handbook of Pediatric Chronic Pain

Current Science and Integrative Practice

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 418 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pain Medicine

 

This book not only presents the science and current knowledge of pediatric pain management, it also offers a rationale for intervention. It details many pearls for the recognition and management of multiple childhood chronic pain syndromes.

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Tim McGloughlin (Hg.)

Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials

 

This book offers new insights into aneurysm aetiology and behavior based on the most recent biomechanics research related to this important topic. It details key factors influencing aneurysm behavior and treatment.

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Brian J McParland

Nuclear Medicine Radiation Dosimetry

Advanced Theoretical Principles

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 464 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Medical and Radiation Physics

 

Complexities of the requirements for accurate radiation dosimetry evaluation in diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine have recently grown. This book covers those requirements and provides the foundation for precise dosimetry in nuclear medicine.

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Glen McPherson

Applying and Interpreting Statistics

A Comprehensive Guide

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed 2001, 640 p., Paperback

110.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

 

This book describes the basis, application, and interpretation of statistics, and presents a wide range of univariate and multivariate statistical methodology. The Second Edition retains the unique feature of being written from the users' perspective; it connects statistical models and…

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L. Santiago Medina, C. Craig Blackmore, Kimberly Applegate (Hg.)

Evidence-Based Imaging

Improving the Quality of Imaging in Patient Care

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 680 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Nuclear Medicine

 

Updated and revised, Evidence-Based Imaging, 2nd Edition provides an introduction to evidenced-based imaging. The fundamental principles are discussed, in addition to topics like fractures of the ankles, pyloric stenosis, IBD, and UTI in children.

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Bernard Memheld

La nouvelle cranioacupuncture de Yamamoto (YNSA)

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 144 p., Paperback

33.18 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Acupuncture

 

Le Docteur Toshikatsu Yamamoto, médecin japonais, découvrit dans les années 70 une nouvelle somatotopie au niveau du crâne, jusque là inconnue. Il l’appela YNSA (Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture) afin qu’elle ne soit pas confondue avec la crânioacupuncture chinoise, connue depuis…

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Yan Meng, Yaochu Jin (Hg.)

Bio-Inspired Self-Organizing Robotic Systems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 278 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

Inspired by biological phenomena such as social insect behavior and molecular morphogenesis, self-organizing approaches in advanced robotic systems have an ever-higher profile, and this valuable reference covers the state of the art in this field.

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Laura Menini, Antonio Tornambè

Symmetries and Semi-invariants in the Analysis of Nonlinear Systems

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 324 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control

 

This volume details the analysis of continuous- and discrete-time dynamical systems described by differential and difference equations. The theory is developed for general nonlinear systems and specialized for the class of Hamiltonian systems.

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Scira Menoni, Claudio Margottini (Hg.)

Inside Risk: A Strategy for Sustainable Risk Mitigation

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 190 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Social Sciences, general

 

Presenting an assessment of the situation of Europe as far as natural na-tech risks are considered, this volume suggests future research themes to tackle new and emerging threats. The text aims to improve the way scientific and technical expertise informs decision making.

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Otto-Wilhelm Merten, Mohamed Al-Rubeai (Hg.)

Viral Vectors for Gene Therapy

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 450 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Gene Therapy

 

This book offers methodologies for virus production, transferring protocols, and evaluating the efficacy of gene products. Covers the basic principles of popular and less common viral vector systems, using the successful Methods in Molecular Biology™ format.

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Dimitris N. Metaxas, Leon Axel (Hg.)

Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart

6th International Conference, FIMH 2011, New York City, NY, USA, May 25-27, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 439 p., Paperback

62.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Imaging / Radiology

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, held in New York City, NY, USA in May 2011.

The 24 revised full papers presented together with 29 revised poster papers were…

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Peter Meusburger, Michael Heffernan, Edgar Wunder (Hg.)

Cultural Memories

The Geographical Point of View

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 364 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Cultural Heritage

 

Focusing on the role of spatiality and places, this volume explores cultural memories -- social constructions of the past which allow human beings to orient themselves in time and space. Theoretical considerations are presented, as well as three case studies that illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Jonathan R. Mielenz, K. Thomas Klasson, William S. Adney (Hg.)

Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

The Thirtieth Symposium

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., DVD-ROM

140.05 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Biochemical Engineering

 

Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals

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Catherine Mills

Futures of Reproduction

Bioethics and Biopolitics

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 134 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: Humanities, general

 

One of the first publications to synthesize reproductive ethics and post-structuralist philosophy, this monograph offers insightful discussion of key issues in reproductive ethics such as liberal eugenics, human enhancement and disability discrimination.

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Shashi Kant Mishra (Hg.)

Topics in Nonconvex Optimization

Theory and Applications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 268 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization

 

This contributed volume consists of papers in the area of nonconvex optimization from researchers practicing in India. It aims to bring together new concepts, theoretical developments, and applications from these researchers.

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Wolfgang Mohnike, Gustav Hör, Heinrich Schelbert (Hg.)

PET/CT-Atlas

Interdisziplinäre onkologische, neurologische und kardiologische PET/CT-Diagnostik

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 1263 p., Mixed media product

232.71 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

Fundierter Einblick in das einzigartige bildgebende Diagnoseverfahren: alles über die Leistungsfähigkeit von PET/CT. Einmalig im deutschsprachigen Raum ist die Synthese aus praxisrelevanten Informationen, Erfahrungswerten, Literatur- und Studiendaten…

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Carmen Molina-París, Grant Lythe (Hg.)

Mathematical Models and Immune Cell Biology

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 407 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Receptors

 

This volume contains chapters on mathematical modeling, on immunology, and on mathematical modeling in immunology. The reader will also find chapters on dendritic cells, B cells and germinal centers.

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Peter Möller, Bernd Hüfner, Erich Keller

Konzernrechnungslegung

Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen, internationale Standards und deutsche Rechtsvorschriften

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 430 p., Paperback

27.99 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Accounting/Auditing

 

Das Lehrbuch bietet eine fundierte Einführung in die Konzernrechnungslegung. Vermittelt werden neben den betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundlagen die internationalen Standards und die rechtlichen Vorgaben in Deutschland. Dabei wird der Anwendungsbezug stets durch Beispiele verdeutlicht. Zu Beginn jedes Kapitels finden sich eine Auflistung…

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Lejf Moos, Olof Johansson, Christopher Day (Hg.)

How School Principals Sustain Success over Time

International Perspectives

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Educational Policy and Politics

 

This pioneering account of a longitudinal study of successful school principals in five nations over five years will be required reading for educationalists. It contains fresh insights that take our understanding of effective school leadership to a new level.

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Karl Mosler, Rainer Dyckerhoff, Christoph Scheicher

Mathematische Methoden für Ökonomen

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2nd Edition, 14 p., Paperback

23.32 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Methodology of the Social Sciences

 

Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in die wichtigsten mathematischen Methoden für Ökonomen. Dazu gehören das Optimieren von Funktionen mit und ohne Nebenbedingungen, das Lösen linearer Gleichungssysteme, die Analyse von Differential- und Differenzengleichungen sowie die lineare Optimierung. Die Autoren legen besonderen…

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Margareta M. Mueller, Norbert Fusenig (Hg.)

Tumor-Associated Fibroblasts and their Matrix

Tumor Stroma

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 580 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Oncology

 

This is the first comprehensive compilation of expert reviews on tumor stroma and its role in tumor biology important for basic and clinical cancer researchers. It contains contributions from experts in this important field in cancer research and therapy.

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John Stephen Mullane, Ba-Ngu Vo, Martin David Adams

Random Finite Sets for Robot Mapping & SLAM

New Concepts in Autonomous Robotic Map Representations

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 148 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book details the use of random finite sets (RFS) and finite set statistics (FISST) in robotics. It focuses on the representation of the environment and its uncertainty, and presents pseudo-code implementations of all the RFS techniques.

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Christian Müller-Schloer, Hartmut Schmeck, Theo Ungerer (Hg.)

Organic Computing — A Paradigm Shift for Complex Systems

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 627 p., Paperback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks

 

This book discusses the theoretical foundations of Organic Computing, its methods, tools and learning techniques, architectural patterns and applications. A concluding chapter reviews new projects spawned since the original German Research Foundation program.

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Andreas Müller, Gian Candrian, Juri Kropotov

ADHS - Neurodiagnostik in der Praxis

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 281 p., Hardback

56.03 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

In dem Band werden erstmals auf Deutsch die Möglichkeiten der Neurodiagnostik bei einem Verdacht auf Aufmerksamkeitsdefizit-/Hyperaktivitätsstörung (ADHS) erläutert. Die Autoren gehen dabei insbesondere auf Untersuchungen wie die Erhebung der evozierten Potenziale und deren Interpretation ein. Sie berücksichtigen in diesem Werk…

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Norbert Müller, Perunthiruthy K. Madhu (Hg.)

Current Developments in Solid State NMR Spectroscopy

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 132 p., Paperback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Spectroscopy and Microscopy

 

This book presents some of the latest developments in solid state NMR with potential applications in both materials and biological science. The main emphasis is on a strong link between theory and experiment via numerical simulation of NMR spectra which…

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Christian Munthe

The Price of Precaution and the Ethics of Risk

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 189 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environment, general

 

Christian Munthe undertakes an innovative, in-depth philosophical analysis of what the idea of a precautionary principle is and should be about. A novel theory of the ethics of imposing risks is developed and the author analyses the political implications.

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Michael J. Murphy (Hg.)

Molecular Diagnostics in Dermatology and Dermatopathology

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 478 p., Hardback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Molecular Medicine

 

Emphasizing dermatological diseases, this text covers the basics of the molecular biology and molecular diagnostic methods most often used in clinical labs. Topics range from newer diagnostic and prognostic techniques to ethical, legal and economic issues.

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Steven Nahmias

Perishable Inventory Systems

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 80 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Operations Research/Decision Theory

 

Perishable Inventory Systems explores the benefits of a periodic review versus continuous review, and a look at a one-period newsvendor perishable inventory model. Topics include one-for-one policies, models with zero lead time, and optimal policies with positive lead time.

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Kiyoshi Naruse, Minoru Tanaka, Hiroyuki Takeda (Hg.)

Medaka

A Model for Organogenesis, Human Disease, and Evolution

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 386 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Animal Genetics and Genomics

 

Oryzias latipes, known as medaka, is a model organism from East Asia. Breeding of this small, egg-laying freshwater teleost fish has long been popular among hobbyists in Japan. Now, as biological science has entered the genome era, the medaka provides…

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Nadia Nedjah, Leandro Santos Coelho, Viviana Cocco Mariani (Hg.)

Innovative Computing Methods and their Applications to Engineering Problems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 164 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

The design of modern engineering systems requires many trade-offs between the several target requirements needed along the system life. Each chapter of this book uses an innovative computing technique to elegantly solve a different engineering problem.

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Mario Negrello

Invariants of Behavior

Constancy and Variability in Neural Systems

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 251 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Neurobiology

 

This volume examines current knowledge about the behavioral invariances unearthed by brain research. It shows how place cells, mirror neurons, event-related potentials and areas differentially active in fMRI illustrate the pervasive role of neural invariances.

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Jürgen Neukirch

Klassenkörpertheorie

Neu herausgegeben von Alexander Schmidt

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2 Auflage, 204 p., Paperback

23.32 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebra

 

Der Klassiker zum Thema bietet Lesern, die mit den Grundlagen der algebraischen Zahlentheorie vertraut sind, einen raschen Zugang zur Klassenkörpertheorie. Die Neuauflage ist eine verbesserte Version des 1969 in der Reihe B. I.-Hochschulskripten (Bibliographisches Institut Mannheim) erschienenen gleichnamigen Bandes. Das Werk…

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K.L. Ngai

Relaxation and Diffusion in Complex Systems

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 835 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Complexity

 

Relaxation and diffusion are common phenomena in many branches of condensed matter physics, chemistry and materials sciences. This text presents experimental evidence of universal relaxation and diffusion properties in a range of complex materials and systems.

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King Ngi Ngan, Hongliang Li (Hg.)

Video Segmentation and Its Applications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 164 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics

 

This book presents the latest advances in video segmentation and analysis techniques and covers the theoretical approaches, real applications and methods developed in the computer vision and video analysis community.

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Ngoc-Thanh Nguyen, Bogdan Trawinski, Jason J. Jung (Hg.)

New Challenges for Intelligent Information and Database Systems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 366 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This book contains papers based on submissions to the poster session during the 3rd Asian Conference on Intelligent Information and Database Systems. It examines the integration of AI and database technologies to develop intelligent information systems.

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Thomas Nicolai, Florian Hoffmann

Kindernotfall-ABC

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage, 200 p., Book

23.32 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pediatrics

 

Schwerstkranke und Kinder, die einen Unfall erlitten haben, sind eine Herausforderung für jeden Notarzt. Dabei ist die sichere und fachgerechte Erstversorgung am Unfallort für das Überleben der Kinder entscheidend. Erfahrene »Kindernotärzte« vermitteln in dem Band das Basis- und Praxiswissen für…

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Luigi Nicolais, Michele Meo, Eva Milella (Hg.)

Composite Materials

A Vision for the Future

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 218 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment

 

Composite Materials presents recent developments and state-of-the-art achievements in the science and technology of composites. It identifies and discusses key and emerging issues for future progress in the multidisciplinary field of composites.

By bringing together leading experts and promising innovators from…

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Bernd R. Noack, Marek Morzynski, Gilead Tadmor (Hg.)

Reduced-Order Modelling for Flow Control

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 328 p., Hardback

149.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Control

 

This book focuses on the physical and mathematical foundations of model-based turbulence control: reduced-order modelling and control design in simulations and experiments. Leading experts guide readers through the methods and cover the latest methods.

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Michelle Norris, Declan Redmond (Hg.)

Housing Contemporary Ireland

Policy, Society and Shelter

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2007, 437 p., Paperback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Social Sciences, general

 

During the past decade, Ireland’s economic growth has attracted international attention. This book analyses the consequences of that growth on housing and serves as a primer to other countries on the complexities of delivering sustainable housing solutions in the face…

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Keyvan Nouri (Hg.)

Lasers in Dermatology and Medicine

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 560 p., Hardback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Dentistry

Subject: Dentistry

 

The rapid evolution of laser technology makes this up-to-date review of its medical applications a welcome and highly practical addition to the literature. Its comprehensive content covers everything from dermatology to gynecology to neurosurgery.

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Dennis A. Nowak (Hg.)

Handfunktionsstörungen in der Neurologie

Klinik und Rehabilitation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 390 p., Hardback

51.36 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurosurgery

 

Handfunktionsstörungen bei Erkrankungen/Läsionen des Nervensystems schränken die Lebensqualität und Leistungsfähigkeit der Betroffenen erheblich ein; deshalb sind effiziente Reha-Strategien sehr gefragt. Das Buch bietet eine Anleitung zu leitliniengerechten diagnostischen und therapeutischen Verfahren. Jedes Kapitel ist von namhaften Experten-Teams (Arzt und Therapeut/en)…

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Rory O'Connor, Terry Rout, Fergal McCaffery (Hg.)

Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination

11th International Conference, SPICE 2011, Dublin, Ireland, May 30 – June 1, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 247 p., Paperback

56.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination, SPICE 2011, held in Dublin, Ireland, in May/June 2011.

The 15 revised full papers presented and 15 short papers were carefully reviewed and…

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Gerard O'Regan

A Practical Approach to Software Quality

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2002, 289 p., Paperback

80.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Software Engineering

 

A brief but comprehensive introduction to the field and pragmatic guidance on the implementation of a sound quality system in the organization. It provides an enhanced knowledge of software inspections, metrics, process involvement, assessment of organization, problem solving, customer satisfaction…

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Guido Offermanns

Prozess- und Ressourcensteuerung im Gesundheitssystem

Neue Instrumente zur Steigerung von Effektivität und Effizienz in der Versorgung

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 286 p., Hardback

93.41 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Public Health/Gesundheitswesen

 

In dem Buch werden aktuelle Fragen der Steuerung im Gesundheitssystem thematisiert. Ein Bezugsrahmen für notwendige Veränderungen wird beschrieben und daraus Anforderungen an ein modernes Krankenhausmanagement abgeleitet. Zudem wird die Wirksamkeit unterschiedlicher Qualitätsmodelle untersucht und ein Konzept zur Entwicklung von Gesundheitszielen…

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Yujiro Ogawa, Ryo Anma, Yildirim Dilek (Hg.)

Accretionary Prisms and Convergent Margin Tectonics in the Northwest Pacific Basin

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 277 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Oceanography

 

This book documents the geological, geophysical, geochemical and paleontological features of modern accretionay prisms and trenches in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, based on 10 years of submersible dive cruises, ODP drilling projects and geophysical surveys.

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Mitsunori Ogihara, Jun Tarui (Hg.)

Theory and Applications of Models of Computation

8th Annual Conference, TAMC 2011, Tokyo, Japan, May 23-25, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 564 p., Paperback

70.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Models of Computation, TAMC 2011, held in Tokyo, Japan, in May 2011. The 51 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of 2…

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Yoshihiko Ohama, Dionys Van Gemert (Hg.)

Applications of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis to Construction Materials

State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 194-TDP

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 47 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Applied and Technical Physics

 

Due to the semiconducting nature of its anatase crystal type, titanium dioxide in construction materials acts as a photocatalyst and exhibits air purifying, self-cleaning and antibacterial action. This book covers the theory and applications of the process.

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Luke Ong (Hg.)

Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications

10th International Conference, TLCA 2011, Novi Sad, Serbia, June 1-3, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 245 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Mathematical Logic and Foundations

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications, TLCA 2011, held in Novi Sad, Serbia, in June 2011 as part of RDP 2011, the 6th Federated Conference on Rewriting, Deduction, and…

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Reinier-Jacques Opsomer, Jean de Leval

Incontinences urinaires de l'homme

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, Hardback

113.74 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Urology/Andrology

 

L’incontinence urinaire est un problème de société puisqu’elle touche de 20 à 30 % de la population à des degrés divers et en fonction de l’âge. Or, à notre connaissance, aucun livre n’a été publié récemment, ni en anglais…

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Konrad Otto-Zimmermann (Hg.)

Resilient Cities

Cities and Adaptation to Climate Change - Proceedings of the Global Forum 2010

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 573 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

 

This is a compendium of the latest knowledge and state-of-the-art in the field of cities’ resilience and adaptation to climate change. This unique volume contains the proceedings of the first world congress of its kind.

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Julia Pahl, Torsten Reiners, Stefan Voß (Hg.)

Network Optimization

5th International Conference, INOC 2011, Hamburg, Germany, June 13-16, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 670 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Communications Engineering, Networks

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Network Optimization, INOC 2011, held in Hamburg, Germany, in June 2011. The 65 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers highlight…

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Georgios Paliouras, Constantine D. Spyropoulos, George Tsatsaronis (Hg.)

Knowledge-Driven Multimedia Information Extraction and Ontology Evolution

Bridging the Semantic Gap

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 245 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Linguistics

Subject: Computational Linguistics

 

This book covers the state of the art in the fields of ontology evolution and information extraction from multimedia. It presents a sound theoretical framework as well as offers concrete examples of applications.

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Giuliano F. Panza, Kojiro Irikura, Mihaela Kouteva-Guentcheva (Hg.)

Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment

Part I: Seismic Hazard Assessment

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 366 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Natural Hazards

 

This book provides a fresh but physically sound approach to Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment.  It aims to bring together modern interdisciplinary research and end-users, who have to cope with the problems of the earthquake risk management.

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Giuliano F. Panza, Kojiro Irikura, Mihaela Kouteva-Guentcheva (Hg.)

Advanced Seismic Hazard Assessment

Part II: Regional Seismic Hazard and Seismic Microzonation Case Studies

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Natural Hazards

 

With the time now ripe for moving beyond the old paradigm of the traditional Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA), this book advocates more advanced methods for SHA that utilize up-to-date earthquake science as well as central scientific principles.

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Konstantin Papailiou, Frank Schmuck

Composite Insulators for Electric Power Networks

Materials, Design, Applications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Book

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Operating Procedures, Materials Treatment

 

Composite Insulators for Electric Power Networks provides an overview of composite insulators for power transmission. The text serves as a guide for readers on topics like material selection, properties and design, applications, and the recycling of these composite materials.

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Eric Pardede (Hg.)

Community-Built Databases

Research and Development

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 375 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

 

Diverse in purpose and collaboration patterns, Wikipedia, Flickr, You Tube, Facebook, LinkedIn are all large community-built databases. This book offers the first comprehensive reference on technical and social aspects of research in community-built databases.

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Leandro Pardo, Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, Maria Angeles Gil (Hg.)

Modern Mathematical Tools and Techniques in Capturing Complexity

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 512 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Systems Theory, Control

 

Mathematics provides the tools and ideas to formulate real-life problems mathematically and then help in solving them. This book deals with several different problems arising from many disciplines and offers some modern mathematical approaches to handle them.

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Tanya Parish, Amanda Claire Brown (Hg.)

Mycobacteria Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed 2009, 456 p., Paperback

76.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Laboratory Medicine

 

Methods to study the biology of mycobacteria are still very much in need. This new edition updates and refines the methods of the well-received first edition while adding newly developed methods culled from the most cutting-edge research in the field.

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Nikos Passas

Controlling Terrorist Financing

Towards Evidence-Based Mechanisms of Control

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

90.63 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Finance /Banking

 

Financial control is a key counter-terrorism component, and this volume provides a systematic assessment, drawn from several studies from the past seven years. An overview of control mechanisms is presented, from charitable organizations to foreign corrupt industries.

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Anton Pech, Wolfgang Hubner, Franz Zach

Flachdach

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 159 p., Hardback

21.82 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Civil Engineering

 

Kompakte Einführung zur Planung und Ausführung von Flachdächern, die aufgrund ihrer speziellen Anforderungen besonders anspruchsvoll sind. Ausführlich und fundiert erläutern die Experten aus Theorie und Praxis das Fachgebiet – ausgehend von den erforderlichen Grundkonstruktionen. Einen eigenen Abschnitt widmen sie dem…

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Paul Pechan, Ortwin Renn, Allan Watt

Safe or Not Safe

Deciding What Risks to Accept in Our Environment and Food

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 150 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Chemistry/Food Science, general

 

This book discusses risk and the food supply. It details all aspects of risk and how it applies to food, from risk classification to risk management, and examines such issues as the political context of risk discussion and moral dimensions of decision making.

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María Teresa Penella-López, Manuel Gasulla-Forner

Powering Autonomous Sensors

An Integral Approach with Focus on Solar and RF Energy Harvesting

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 147 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

 

This book examines the ways autonomous sensors are powered:  batteries, storage units and energy harvesters. It also describes the most important ambient energy sources along with their energy transducers.

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Kostas Pentikousis, Ramón Agüero, Marta García-Arranz (Hg.)

Mobile Networks and Management

Second International ICST Conference, MONAMI 2010, Santander, Spain, September 22-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 356 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International ICST Conference on Mobile Networks and Management, MONAMI 2010, held in Santander, Spain in September 2010. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for…

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Col Perks, Tony Beveridge

Guide to Enterprise IT Architecture

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 447 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet)

 

An up-to-date and comprehensive overview of information and database systems design and implementation. The book provides an accessible presentation and explanation of technical architecture for systems complying with TOGAF standards, the accepted international framework. Covering nearly the full spectrum of…

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Volker Perlick

Ray Optics, Fermat's Principle, and Applications to General Relativity

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2000, 220 p., Paperback

66.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Magnetism, Magnetic Materials

 

This book is about the mathematical theory of light propagation in media on general-relativistic spacetimes. The first part discusses the transition from Maxwell's equations to ray optics. The second part establishes a general mathematical framework for treating ray optics as…

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Guenter A. Peschek, Christian Obinger, Gernot Renger (Hg.)

Bioenergetic Processes of Cyanobacteria

From Evolutionary Singularity to Ecological Diversity

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 720 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Physiology

 

This book offers a stimulating journey through the fascinating world of the bioenergetics of cyanobacteria. It addresses questions of energy conversion by the fundamental bioenergetic processes which uniquely occur together in these prokaryotic cells.

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Arturas Petronis, Jonathan Mill (Hg.)

Brain, Behavior and Epigenetics

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 317 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Psychiatry

 

Epigenetics, once believed stable after development, has been found to occur in fully differentiated, post-mitotic central nervous system cells in response to environmental signals. This book explores the role of epigenetic risk factors in complex diseases.

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Lasse M. Pettersson, Dominique Durand, Olaf M. Johannessen

Monitoring of Harmful Algae Blooms

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

149.75 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Ecology

 

Some of the wide variety of phytoplankton species in our oceans produce toxins harmful to marine life. Drawing on current and future satellite data, this book details the research techniques for monitoring and predicting visible algae blooms.

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Laura Piccardi (Hg.)

Come impariamo a muoverci nell'ambiente?

Esercizi per bambini dai 5 ai 10 anni

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 326 p., Mixed media product

33.61 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Developmental Psychology

 

L’esperienza mediante esplorazione e la familiarità con l’ambiente migliorano la capacità di muoversi competentemente nel mondo. Questo libro intende potenziare il senso dell’orientamento fin dalla prima infanzia, proponendo esercizi eseguibili a scuola e a casa. La prima parte illustra le…

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Maryse Picher, Richard C. Boucher (Hg.)

Purinergic Regulation of Respiratory Diseases

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 292 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Traumatic Surgery

 

The first integrated analysis of all aspects of purinergic signaling in the respiratory system, this book covers everything from the basics of purinergic pharmacology and metabolism to the latest research into its effect on respiratory diseases such as asthma.

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A. Pignedoli (Hg.)

Some Aspects of Diffusion Theory

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 9-27,1966

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st Ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1967, 550 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Thermodynamics

 

V.C.A. Ferraro: Diffusion of ions in a plasma with applications to the ionosphere.- P.C. Kendall: On the diffusion in the atmosphere and ionosphere.-F. Henin: Kinetic equations and Brownian motion.- T. Kahan:Théorie des réacteurs nucléaires: méthodes de résolution perturbationnelles, interactives et…

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Alex R. Piquero, Terence P. Thornberry, Marvin D. Krohn

Measuring Crime and Delinquency Over the Life Course

Analyses from the Rochester Youth Development Study

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

90.63 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Child and School Psychology

 

This book presents one of the most detailed analyses of the longitudinal pattern of crime and delinquency, using data from one of the most famous longitudinal studies ever conducted in the field, as well as complimentary data on offending.

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Stanley A. Plotkin (Hg.)

History of Vaccine Development

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology

 

Vaccinology, the concept of a science ranging from the study of immunology to the development and distribution of vaccines, was a word invented by Jonas Salk. This book covers the history of the methodological progress in vaccine development and to…

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Sofie Pollin, Michael Timmers, Liesbet Van der Perre

Software Defined Radios

From Smart(er) to Cognitive

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 139 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Solid State Physics

 

Software Defined Radios presents a systematic approach to dealing with the complexity of wireless systems with varying standards. The text aims to enable smart operation of radios with impressive efficiency gains, without hampering the quality of service.

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Katharina Polster

Gewebesicherheitsrecht

Sicherheit bei der medizinischen Verwendung menschlicher Gewebe und Zellen

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 347 p., Paperback

63.59 EUR


Field of Science: Law

Subject: Law, general

 

Die therapeutische Verwendung menschlicher Gewebe und Zellen hat in den letzten Jahren erheblich an Bedeutung gewonnen – verbunden mit dem Risiko der Übertragung von Krankheiten und der Gefahr der Kommerzialisierung des menschlichen Körpers. Mit dem Gewebesicherheitsgesetz (GSG) legte der Gesetzgeber…

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Christophe Poncelet, Christophe SIFER

Physiologie, pathologie et thérapie de la reproduction chez l'humain

Springer-Verlag Paris, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 694 p., Hardback

170.62 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Ethics

 

Cet ouvrage de référence réunit les principaux experts nationaux et parfois internationaux des différentes spécialités de la reproduction. La première partie passe en revue les données fondamentales de la physiologie et retrace l'histoire de l'assistance médicale à la procréation. Sont…

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Vladimir Popovskij, Alexander Barkalov, Larysa Titarenko

Control and Adaptation in Telecommunication Systems

Mathematical Foundations

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 176 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering

 

This book is devoted to mathematical foundations providing synthesis and analysis of control and adaptation algorithms targeting modern telecommunication systems (TCS). The most popular technologies and network management methods are discussed.

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Alexander Petrovich Potylitsyn

Electromagnetic Radiation of Electrons in Periodic Structures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 213 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering

 

This book offers state-of-the-art findings on both theoretical and applied research on achieving supply chain coordination under uncertainty. It examines supply chain coordination challenges with a focal point on discovering innovative measures.

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S. Egbert Pravinkumar, Nisha Rathi, Sajid Haque (Hg.)

Critical Care for Cancer Patients

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 450 p., Hardback

81.59 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Emergency Medicine

 

Critical Care for Cancer Patients focuses on the specific practice of critical care medicine in cancer patients and the chapters provide information and evidence related to specific practices for these patients.

Written by experts in the field from United States, Europe, and Asia. This is…

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Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Colin R. Martin (Hg.)

Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 3600 p., Hardback

999.00 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Public Health/Gesundheitswesen

 

The Handbook of Behavior, Food and Nutrition disseminates current information pertaining to the modulatory effects of foods and other food substances on behavior and neurological pathways and, importantly, vice versa.

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F. Preparata (Hg.)

Theoretical Computer Sciences

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Bressanone (Bolzano), Italy, June 9-17, 1975

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Ceromonese, Roma, 1975, 184 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Theory of Computation

 

R.E. Miller: Parallel program schemata.- D.E. Muller: Theory of automata.- R. Karp: Computational complexity of combinatorial and graph-theoretic problems.

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A. Preumont

Mechatronics

Dynamics of Electromechanical and Piezoelectric Systems

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2006, 207 p., Paperback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

 

This volume treats Lagrange equations for electromechanical systems, including piezoelectric transducers and selected applications. It is essentially an extension to piezoelectric systems of the work by Crandall et al.:"Dynamics of Mechanical and Electromechanical Systems", published in 1968. The first three…

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Robert L. Price, W. Gray (Jay) Jerome (Hg.)

Basic Confocal Microscopy

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 302 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Biotechnology

 

A result of the demand for training in what is a relatively young field, this book covers all the basics needed to design, implement, and interpret the results of biological experiments based on confocal microscopy, as well as resources for continued learning.

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Frank Princiotta (Hg.)

Global Climate Change - The Technology Challenge

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 420 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Sustainable Development

 

Avoiding potentially catastrophic impacts of global warming means changing the current 3% CO2 global emission growth rate to a 1 - 3% declining rate. This book assesses the mitigation challenge, and considers ways to protect the planet from climate change.

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Aleš Prokop (Hg.)

Intracellular Delivery

Fundamentals and Applications

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 867 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Cell Biology

 

Nanotechnology has the potential to improve diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of diseases. This book features a special subsection of Nanomedicine, an application of nanotechnology aimed at achieving breakthroughs in healthcare.

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Tom Proulx (Hg.)

Experimental Mechanics on Emerging Energy Systems and Materials, Volume 5

Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 212 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Materials Science, general

 

This the fifth volume of six from the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2010, brings together 25 chapters on Emerging Energy Systems. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations including Material State Changes in Heterogeneous…

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Tom Proulx (Hg.)

Time Dependent Constitutive Behavior and Fracture/Failure Processes, Volume 3

Proceedings of the 2010 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 470 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Materials Science, general

 

This the third volume of six from the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 2010, brings together 56 chapters on Time-Dependent Constitutive Fracture and Failure. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations on Time Dependent Materials…

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Tom Proulx (Hg.)

Nonlinear Modeling and Applications, Volume 2

Proceedings of the 28th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2010

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 187 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics

 

This the second volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, bringing together 17 chapters on Applications of Non-Linear Dynamics. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations on Non-Linear Dynamics including studies…

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Tom Proulx

Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 5

Proceedings of the 28th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2010

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 187 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Civil Engineering

 

This the fifth volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, brings together 19 chapters on the Dynamics of Bridges. It presents early findings from experimental as well as computational investigations on the Dynamics…

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Tom Proulx (Hg.)

Dynamics of Civil Structures, Volume 4

Proceedings of the 28th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2010

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 260 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Design

 

This the fourth volume of five from the 28th IMAC on Structural Dynamics and Renewable Energy, 2010, brings together 29 chapters on the Dynamics of Civil Structures. It presents early findings from experimental and computational investigations of Civil Structures, including…

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Tom Proulx

Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging, Volume 7

Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 150 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

 

Thermomechanics and Infra-Red Imaging represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011.  The full set of proceedings also includes…

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Tom Proulx (Hg.)

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2

Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mechanics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 224 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Biomedical Engineering

 

Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials represents one of eight volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Uncasville, Connecticut, June 13-16, 2011.  The…

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Andreas Pyka, Maria da Graça Derengowski Fonseca (Hg.)

Catching Up, Spillovers and Innovation Networks in a Schumpeterian Perspective

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: R & D/Technology Policy

 

This book discusses the influence of technological and institutional change on development and growth, the impact on innovation of labor markets, the spatial distribution of innovation dynamics, and the meaning of knowledge generation and knowledge diffusion processes for development policies.…

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Markus Quante, Ralf Ebinghaus, Götz Flöser (Hg.)

Persistent Pollution – Past, Present and Future

School of Environmental Research - Organized by Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 417 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Geophysics and Environmental Physics

 

Based on material presented at the 5th School of Environmental Research workshop, which focused on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), heavy metals and aerosols, this volume evaluates the present state of the environment and possible future trends.

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Adnan I. Qureshi, Yousef M. Mohammad, Robert Walker Jensen (Hg.)

Challenging Cases in Neurology

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, Hardback

80.20 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Neurology

 

Comprised of real clinical cases from all divisions of neurology, this title provides an instructive and enjoyable approach to learning state-of-the-art guidelines and techniques of diagnosis and management in the full range of disorders seen by neurologists. A sampling…

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P. Elizabeth Rakoczy (Hg.)

Vision Research Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2001, 340 p., Paperback

92.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Ophthalmology

 

Elizabeth Rakcozy and a team of leading clinical and experimental scientists describe in step-by-step detail the key techniques essential to effective molecular biological research in ophthalmology and optometry. These readily reproducible methods are adapted to the special requirements of vision…

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Ricardo A. S. Ramalho

Building the Cape Verde Islands

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 207 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Oceanography

 

This volume offers a geological summary and detailed mapping of paleo sea level markers on Cape Verde. It documents uplift of the islands relative to sea level and uses the uplift features to test various models of hotspot development.

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Helmut Remschmidt, Frank Theisen

Schizophrenie

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Paperback

37.34 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pediatrics

 

Wohl kaum eine psychische Störung wirft so viele Fragen auf wie die schizophrenen Störungen. Und wohl wenige Störungen können so entscheidend das gesamte Leben beeinflussen. Patienten tragen das Stigma einer Schizophrenie mitunter ein Leben lang mit sich herum. Eine zweifelsfreie…

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Robert W Rieber

Freud on Interpretation

The Ancient Magical Egyptian and Jewish Traditions

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Clinical Psychology

 

Freud on Interpretation offers new insight into Freud’s famous «discovery” of the unconscious and the subsequent development of psychoanalytic theories.  The authors explore the original context in which these ideas arose and the central debate about the mind as matter, or something that transcends matter.

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Jukka Riekki, Mika Ylianttila, Minyi Guo (Hg.)

Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing

6th International Conference, GPC 2011, Oulu, Finland, May 11-13, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 296 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Techniques

 

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference, GPC 2011, held in Oulu, Finland in May 2011. The 28 revised full papers were carefully revised and selected from 62 submissions and focus on the topics cloud, cluster, and…

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Sandro Rigo, Rodolfo Azevedo, Luiz Santos (Hg.)

Electronic System Level Design

An Open-Source Approach

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 146 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Register-Transfer-Level Implementation

 

This book devises ESL design from the pragmatic perspective of a SystemC-based representation by showing how to build and how to use ESL languages, models and tools. It includes TLM 2.0 and step-by-step examples; it also addresses power modeling.

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Mandy Risch, Andreas Kerst

Eventrecht kompakt

Ein Lehr- und Praxisbuch mit Beispielen aus dem Konzert- und Kulturbetrieb

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2, neu bearb u erw Auflage, 535 p., Hardback

42.01 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Media Management

 

Von der intimen Jazz-Session bis hin zu Festspielen – kulturelle Events sind dann erfolgreich, wenn Organisatoren das Wechselspiel zwischen Marketing, Betriebswirtschaft und Rechtsfragen beherrschen. Die Autoren stellen die rechtlichen Fragen systematisch und leicht verständlich dar, besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf dem Vertrags-,…

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Eva Ritter, Dainis Dauksta (Hg.)

New Perspectives on People and Forests

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 249 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Popular Science

Subject: Popular Science in Nature and Environment

 

The aim of this important and relevant book is to elucidate the role of forests as part of a landscape in the life of people. It deals with important topics in landscape ecology, and explores links between people and forest landscapes.

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Lorenzo Robbiano

Álgebra Linear

Para todos

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Paperback

30.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory

 

This English translation of a former Italian edition aims to provide students with the first mathematical tools regarding Linear Algebra. The challenge is to explain to all the first rudiments of a fundamental knowledge for science and technology.

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Antonio Rodriguez-Moreno, Talvinder S. Sihra (Hg.)

Kainate Receptors

Novel Signaling Insights

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 128 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Molecular Medicine

 

This volume critically examines the functional actions of the kainite type glutamate receptors (KARs). The contributors give insight into the idiosyncrasies that now almost typify the KAR field. The volume serves to encourage searching mechanistic questions.

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Sven Rogalski

Flexibility Measurement in Production Systems

Handling Uncertainties in Industrial Production

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 186 p., Hardback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Business Information Systems

 

Here is a guide for the application of methods to evaluate the flexibility of production systems. The book explores current developments and trends as well as their impact on today’s production systems. It also compares known strategies, concepts and methods.

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Robert J. Roselli, Kenneth R. Diller

Biotransport: Principles and Applications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 650 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Biomedical Engineering

 

This book provides a coherent and concise pedagogical exposition of biotransport that includes the domains of fluid, heat and mass flows, and offers  appropriate supporting materials for students and teachers.

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Ulrich Rössler (Hg.)

New Data and Updates for I-VII, III-V and II-VI Compounds

Volume 44, Subvolume D

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 550 p., Hardback

3990.00 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Physics, general

 

The Landolt-Börnstein subvolume III/44D is the fourth part of an update to the existing eight volumes III 41 about Semiconductors and contains New Data and Updates for III-V, II-VI and I-VII compounds.

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Paweł Rowiński (Hg.)

Experimental Methods in Hydraulic Research

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 321 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Energy Systems

 

This volume is the result of the meeting that took place during the 30th International School of Hydraulics in Poland. It presents the state-of-the-art on experimental methods in hydraulic research, and offers a sample of studies at the frontier of the field.

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Anne Ruas (Hg.)

Advances in Cartography and GIScience. Volume 1

Selection from ICC 2011, Paris

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 558 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Computer Applications in Earth Sciences

 

This compilation of selected papers presented at the 25th International Cartography Conference, held in Paris, covers a number of the subject’s central themes, ranging from GeoVisualization and data integration to spatio-temporal modeling and analysis.

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Anne Ruas (Hg.)

Advances in Cartography and GIScience. Volume 2

Selection from ICC 2011, Paris

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 487 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Computer Applications in Earth Sciences

 

Comprising of the best papers presented at the 25th International Cartography Conference, this volume explores recent advances in cartography and GIScience. Topics include GeoVisualization, Semiotics, SDI, data quality and integration, and more.

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Michael Ruzhansky, Jens Wirth (Hg.)

Modern Aspects of the Theory of Partial Differential Equations

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 367 p., Hardback

109.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Partial Differential Equations

 

This book surveys a range of active research in partial differential equations, offering contributions on evolution equations and estimates for their solutions, control theory, inverse problems, nonlinear equations, elliptic theory on singular domains and more.

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Thomas Ruzicka, Hans Wolff, Peter Thomas (Hg.)

Vorträge und DIA-KLINIK® der 22. Fortbildungswoche 2010. Fortbildungswoche für Praktische Dermatologie und Venerologie e.V. c/o Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatalogie und Allergologie LMU München

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 728 p., Hardback

93.41 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Dermatology

 

Unter dem Motto »Fortschritt durch Fortbildung!« hat sich die »Fortbildungswoche für praktische Dermatologie und Venerologie« als zentrale Veranstaltung der deutschsprachigen Dermatologen etabliert. Der Band vereint über 100 Beiträge der Fortbildungswoche 2010 zur aktuellen Diagnostik und Therapie – sorgfältig überarbeitet und…

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Gad Saad (Hg.)

Evolutionary Psychology in the Business Sciences

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 372 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Business/Management Science, general

 

All individuals who operate in the business sphere, whether as consumers, employers, employees, entrepreneurs, or financial traders to name a few constituents, share a common biological heritage and are defined by a universal human nature.  As such, it is surprising…

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Troy D. Sadler (Hg.)

Socio-scientific Issues in the Classroom

Teaching, Learning and Research

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 375 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Teaching and Teacher Education

 

Socio-scientific issues are open-ended, multifaceted social issues with conceptual links to science. This book offers the latest findings from the innovative practice and systematic investigation of science education in the context of socio-scientific issues.

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Vaskar Saha, Pamela Kearns (Hg.)

New Agents for the Treatment of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 338 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Pharmacology/Toxicology

 

It is increasingly recognized that the natural history of cancer formation is a complex path taking many years to develop to a clinically apparent stage in most cases. However, with advancing knowledge comes a whole plethora of questions explored in this book.

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Karem A. Sakallah, Laurent Simon (Hg.)

Theory and Application of Satisfiability Testing

14th International Conference, SAT 2011, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, June 19-22, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 371 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Logic Design

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Theory and Applications of Satisfiability Testing, SAT 2011, held in Ann Arbor, MI, USA in June 2011.

The 25 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of 2 invited…

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Wilfried G. J. H. M. van Sark, Lars Korte, Francesco Roca (Hg.)

Physics and Technology of Amorphous-Crystalline Heterostructure Silicon Solar Cells

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

 

The challenge of developing photovoltaic (PV) technology to a cost-competitive alternative for established energy sources can be achieved using simple, high-throughput mass-production compatible processes. Issues to be addressed for large scale PV deployment in large power plants or in building…

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Davide Schiffer

Attraverso il microscopio

Neuroscienze e basi del ragionamento clinico

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 240 p., Paperback

23.99 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Pathology

 

Il libro prende le mosse dai pensieri di un giovane che alla maturità liceale si trova affascinato dalla cultura dei classici greco-latini, dai rudimenti filosofici e dall’impatto con le scienze fisiche e naturali. Il latino e i suoi naturalisti hanno…

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Sandra Schiller

Fachenglisch für Gesundheitsberufe

Physiotherapie, Ergotherapie, Logopädie

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 3rd Edition, 240 p., Mixed media product

30.79 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Speech Pathology

 

Das Fachenglisch-Lehrbuch für drei therapeutische Berufsgruppen vermittelt den im Berufsalltag relevanten Wortschatz, das Fachvokabular zu Krankheitsbildern sowie Informationen über das Gesundheitssystem in den angelsächsischen Ländern. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Training der aktiven Sprachkompetenz im Berufsalltag – für eine leichtere Kommunikation…

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Govert Schilling

Atlas of Astronomical Discoveries

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 234 p., Hardback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Popular Science

Subject: Popular Science in Astronomy

 

This book tells the story of 400 years of telescopic astronomy and details the 100 most important discoveries. Spectacular photographs, taken with the largest telescopes on Earth and in space, portray distant corners of the universe.

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Dierk Schleicher, Malte Lackmann (Hg.)

An Invitation to Mathematics

From Competitions to Research

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 220 p., Paperback

24.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Mathematics, general

 

This Invitation to Mathematics consists of contributions from many leading mathematicians which introduce the readers to exciting aspects of current mathematical research. The contributions are as varied as the personalities of active mathematicians.

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Karl Schmid

Laser Wakefield Electron Acceleration

A Novel Approach Employing Supersonic Microjets and Few-Cycle Laser Pulses

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 164 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices

 

This book features research that can revolutionize the design and applications of particle accelerators. The results of this work will be invaluable in future research on electron beam acceleration.

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Klaus Schmid (Hg.)

Top Productivity through Software Reuse

12th International Conference on Software Reuse, ICSR 2011, Pohang, South Korea, June 13-17, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 247 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Models and Principles

 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Software Reuse, ICSR 2011, held in Pohang, South Korea, in June 2011. The 16 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. They are presented…

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Astrit Schmidt-Burkhardt

Maciunas' Learning Machines

From Art History to a Chronology of Fluxus

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, 216 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Arts Education

 

This second edition of diagrammatic work by Fluxus founder George Maciunas is a fascinating insight into one of the 1960s’ most colorful cultural movements and includes dozens of maps interpreting Russian history that show the scope of his lateral thinking.

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Michael Schmidt, Vincent Onyango, Dmytro Palekhov (Hg.)

Implementing Environmental and Resource Management

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 317 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice

 

This book represents the collected works of Environmental and Resource Management (ERM) Alumni as well as young professionals and researches who are involved in the field of ERM. The connecting theme of these works is the successful implementation of ERM…

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Sarah Schols

Device Architecture and Materials for Organic Light-Emitting Devices

Targeting High Current Densities and Control of the Triplet Concentration

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 200 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Organic Chemistry

 

This book covers the design of new device and material concepts for organic light-emitting devices, demonstrating a new LED architecture, the OLED with field-effect electron transport, which is a hybrid between a diode and a field-effect transistor.

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Jörn Schönberger

Model-Based Control of Logistics Processes in Volatile Environments

Decision Support for Operations Planning in Supply Consortia

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 181 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management

 

Presenting the results of a research project investigating autonomous adaptation of vehicle schedules, this monograph develops and evaluates a number of forward-thinking ideas for the management of transportation processes in volatile scenarios.

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Reinhard Schütte, Oliver Vering

Erfolgreiche Geschäftsprozesse durch moderne Warenwirtschaftssysteme

Produktübersicht marktführender Systeme und Auswahlprozess

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 3rd Edition, 600 p., Hardback

84.07 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Marketing

 

Handelsunternehmen können ohne Warenwirtschaftssysteme (WWS) heute nicht wettbewerbsgerecht arbeiten. Basierend auf der neuesten und umfangreichsten Untersuchung zu WWS liefern die Autoren in dem Band einen Überblick über verfügbare Produkte, erläutern die Anforderungen an moderne WWS und bieten Unterstützung bei der…

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Anton H. Schwabegger (Hg.)

Congenital Thoracic Wall Deformities

Diagnosis, Therapy and Current Developments

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 346 p., Hardback

159.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Thoracic Surgery

 

Written with a multidisciplinary approach, this volume provides a compact survey of diagnosis, treatment and future options for congenital thoracic anomalies. Aiming to offer flexible options for a therapeutic approach, the text is designed for obstetricians, pediatricians, physicians and surgical specialists alike.

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Seth J. Schwartz, Koen Luyckx, Vivian L. Vignoles (Hg.)

Handbook of Identity Theory and Research

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 926 p., Hardback

399.00 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Psychotherapy and Counseling

 

This volume emphasizes the depth and complexity of identity processes and domains and presents perspectives from many different theoretical schools and empirical approaches. It also tackles many emerging issues, from globalization to consumer identity.

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Sudipta Seal (Hg.)

Functional Nanostructures

Processing, Characterization, and Applications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2008, 592 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Solid State Physics

 

Nanocrystalline materials exhibit outstanding properties. They represent a new class of structural materials having a wide range of applications. This is the first book about functional nanostructures.

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Erik Seedhouse

Trailblazing Medicine

Sustaining Explorers During Interplanetary Missions

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 182 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Human Physiology

 

Looking forward to the day when astronauts depart on extended exploration missions, this assessment of the future of space medicine analyzes what is necessary to keep a crew alive in space as well as the medical challenges faced by interplanetary astronauts.

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B. Segre (Hg.)

Geometria aritmetica e algebrica

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, May 21.30, 1957

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1957, consisting of vols 12 A & B 12 A was published by Nicola Zanichelli Ed, Bologna, 1958, 515 p., Paperback

44.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

E. Kähler: Geometria aritmetica.- L. Roth: Questioni di razionalità e varietà gruppali.- Seminars: B. Segre: Intorno alla geometria sopra un corpo di caratteristica p≠0 con particolare riguardo al caso p=2.

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B. Segre (Hg.)

Forme differenziali e loro integrali

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Saltino (Firenze), Italy, August 23-31, 1960

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma; Tipografia "Oderisi" Editrice, Gubbio 1963, 259 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

G. De Rham: La théorie des formes différentiielles extérieures et l´homologie des variétés différentiablles.- G. Fichera: Teoria assiomatica delle forme armoniche.- W.V.D. Hodge: Differential forms in algebraic geometry.- D.B. Scott: Correspondences between algebraic surfaces.- P.Dolbeault: Sur le groupe de cohomologie…

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Hossein Seifi, Mohammad Sadegh Sepasian

Electric Power System Planning

Issues, Algorithms and Solutions

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 500 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks

 

Power System Planning addresses the long-term power system planning issues for professionals as well as senior level and postgraduate students. Readers will find numerous examples, problems and back-up materials that illustrate the concepts discussed.

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Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Jacqueline L. Angel (Hg.)

Handbook of Sociology of Aging

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 792 p., Hardback

199.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Quality of Life Research

 

This single-volume handbook, covering the breadth of the field for the first time, presents a new framework for understanding the sociology of aging. It examines each element from three core perspectives: social phenomena, the life course, and social policy.

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F. Severi (Hg.)

Teorema di Riemann-Roch e questioni connesse

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, June 29-July 8, 1955

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Florence, 1955, 90 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Algebraic Geometry

 

B.L. van der Waerden: Démonstration algébrique du théorème de Riemann-Roch.- F. Severi: Del teorema di Riemann-Roch per curve, superficie e varietà. Le origini storiche e lo stato attuale.- F. Hirzebruch: Arithmetic genera and the theorem of Riemann-Roch.

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Angelo Sghirlanzoni, Umberto Genovese

Guida alla valutazione medico-legale del danno neurologico

Springer-Verlag Milan, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Paperback

62.45 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Forensic Medicine

 

La diagnosi è un processo indiziario in cui l’anamnesi suggerisce le ipotesi di malattia e gli esami strumentali forniscono le prove. Nel caso della medicina legale lo specialista realizza la sintesi finale esprimendosi sull’eventuale presenza e il grado di una…

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V. P. Sharma (Hg.)

Nature at Work - the Ongoing Saga of Evolution

Springer India, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 400 p., Mixed media product

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Earth Sciences, general

 

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Gang Shen, Xiong Huang (Hg.)

Advanced Research on Computer Science and Information Engineering

International Conference, CSIE 2011, Zhengzhou, China, May 21-22, 2011. Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 504 p., Paperback

80.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Software Engineering

 

This two-volume set (CCIS 152 and CCIS 153) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Engineering, CSIE 2011, held in Zhengzhou, China, in May 2011.

The 159 revised full papers presented in both volumes were…

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Gang Shen, Xiong Huang (Hg.)

Advanced Research on Computer Science and Information Engineering

International Conference, CSIE 2011, Zhengzhou, China, May 21-22, 2011. Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 510 p., Paperback

80.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Software Engineering

 

This two-volume set (CCIS 152 and CCIS 153) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Engineering, CSIE 2011, held in Zhengzhou, China, in May 2011.

The 159 revised full papers presented in both volumes were…

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Yong Shi, Yingjie Tian, Gang Kou

Optimization Based Data Mining: Theory and Applications

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 316 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Input/Output and Data Communications

 

Optimization techniques have been widely adopted to implement various data mining algorithms. This book focuses on cutting-edge theoretical developments and real-life applications in optimization, covering a range of fields from finance to bioinformatics.

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Yaroslav Shramko, Heinrich Wansing

Truth and Falsehood

An Inquiry into Generalized Logical Values

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

 

Here is a thoroughly elaborated logical theory of generalized truth-values, presenting the idea of a trilattice of truth values – a specific algebraic structure with information ordering and two distinct logical orderings, one for truth and another for falsity.

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Avraham Shtub (Hg.)

Project Management Simulation with PTB Project Team Builder

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 186 p., Mixed media product

49.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management

 

Based on a cutting-edge software tool, this volume provides a new approach to the teaching and training of project management. Developed at Technion, the Project Team Builder (PTB) applies recent developments in the area of learning histories to concepts in simulation-based teaching.

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Maria Z. Siemionow (Hg.)

The Know-How of Face Transplantation

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 494 p., Hardback

159.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

 

Spanning the entire process of a face transplantation, this book details the anatomy of the face and considers the social and ethical challenges of the procedure. This rigorous presentation includes a significant number of diagrams, tables and color figures.

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Alberto Sillitti, Orit Hazzan, Emily Bache (Hg.)

Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming

12th International Conference, XP 2011, Madrid, Spain, May 10-13, 2011, Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 333 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Management of Computing and Information Systems

 

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2011, held in Madrid, Spain, in May 2011.

The year 2011 marked the 10th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto. In this spirit, the XP conference…

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Axel Simon

Value-Range Analysis of C Programs

Towards Proving the Absence of Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2008, 300 p., Paperback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Numeric Computing

 

Value-Range Analysis of C Programs describes a static analysis for detecting buffer overflows. While the book focuses on a sound analysis of C, it will be useful to researchers and students interested in static analysis of real-world programming languages.

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Theodore E. Simos, George Maroulis (Hg.)

Computation in Modern Science and Engineering

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Methods in Science and Engineering 2007 (ICCMSE 2007): VOLUME 2, PARTS A and B

American Institute of Physics, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 1500 p., Hardback

304.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Mathematical Methods in Physics

 

All papers have been peer-reviewed. The aim of ICCMSE 2007 is to bring together computational scientists and engineers from several disciplines in order to share methods, methodologies and ideas. The potential readers of these proceedings are all the scientists with…

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Hourya Benis Sinaceur

Fields and Models

From Sturm to Tarski and Robinson

Birkhäuser Boston, Mai 2011, 446 p., Hardback

85.49 EUR


 

The first English translation of the well-received French text "Corps et Modèles," Fields and Models: from Sturm to Tarski and Robinson traces the intertwined development of logic and algebra, particularly Tarski's model theory and Artin's and Schrier's algebra of real-closed…

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Ajay Singh, Owen P. Ward (Hg.)

Applied Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 281 p., Paperback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Ecotoxicology

 

The production of a vast array of chemicals, especially petroleum compounds during the last century, has caused a serious deterioration in environmental quality. In this context, one major threat is posed by the continually expanding areas of contaminated soils and…

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Mouldy Sioud (Hg.)

siRNA and miRNA Gene Silencing

From Bench to Bedside

Humana Press, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2009, 474 p., Paperback

74.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Gene Expression

 

In this easy-to-use and up-to-date volume, expert researchers explore the most recent advances in siRNA design, expression, delivery, in vivo imaging, and methods. The aim is to minimize siRNA’s unwanted effects and promote successful use in patients.

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Paul Smeyers, Marc Depaepe (Hg.)

Educational Research: Networks and Technologies

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2007, 230 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Educational Policy and Politics

 

Does IT poison the minds of the young? Must educational institutions change to serve the needs of the twenty-first century? This book addresses these questions and more. It records the intellectual struggles of a group of scholars coming to grips…

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Mehdi Snene, Jolita Ralyté, Jean-Henry Morin (Hg.)

Exploring Services Science

Second International Conference, IESS 2011, Geneva, Switzerland, February 16-18, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 237 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing

 

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Exploring Services Science (IESS) that was held in Geneva, Switzerland, in February 2010. Based on the previous edition and the momentum in this emerging and exciting field, IESS…

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Horst Sondermann

Vectorworks® Architektur

CAAD und Visualisierung

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 240 p., Hardback

45.41 EUR


Field of Science: Architecture

Subject: Basics of Construction

 

Vectorworks® ist das meist genutzte CAD-Programm für Apple und eines der führenden für Windows. Mit dem Buch lernen Architekten, Innenarchitekten, Bühnen- und Szenenbildner sowie Studierende das Programm noch besser kennen. Zu Beginn werden Leser in Programmoberfläche, Werkzeuge, Strukturhilfen, Standardzeichentechniken und…

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Bongsob Song, J. Karl Hedrick

Dynamic Surface Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

An LMI Approach

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 253 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Automotive Engineering

 

This rigorous and practical introduction to nonlinear control design was written by the creators of the dynamic surface control algorithm. It discusses a range of problems including DSC design, output feedback, input saturation and fault-tolerant control.

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Caroline Sporleder, Antal van den Bosch, Kalliopi Zervanou (Hg.)

Language Technology for Cultural Heritage

Selected Papers from the LaTeCH Workshop Series

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 230 p., Hardback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

This book presents an overview of the field of language technology for cultural heritage and its associated academic research. It covers applications ranging from pre-processing and data cleaning to the adaptation and compilation of linguistic resources.

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Alok Srivastava, Ipsita Roy

Bio-Nano-Geo Sciences

The Future Challenge

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 256 p., Hardback

106.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Climate Change

 

This book focuses on the opportunities and challenges facing science in India in the second decade of the 21st century. Coverage specifically addresses research on Bio-Nano-Geo Science, focusing on such varied topics as Ethics, Bio-Nano Devices and many more.

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Michael St.Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Cornelius Buerschaper

Notfallmanagement

Patientensicherheit und Human Factors in der Akutmedizin

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 2, neu bearb u erw Auflage, 280 p., Hardback

37.34 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Clinical Psychology

 

Der »menschliche Faktor« spielt in der Akutmedizin eine wichtige Rolle. Etwa 80 % der Todesfälle aufgrund von Fehlhandlungen im Krankenhaus gehen auf menschliches Versagen zurück. In diesem ersten deutschsprachigen Werk zum Thema betrachten die Autoren Fehler und Fehlerursachen, die Psychologie menschlichen…

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Victor Starov, Karel Procházka (Hg.)

Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XXIV

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 199 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

 

This volume includes 35 contributions to the 24th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society which took place in September 2010 in Prague. The contributions from leading scientists cover a broad spectrum of the following topics: • Self-assembling, Stimuli-responsive…

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Dan Mihai Stefanescu

Handbook of Force Transducers

Principles and Components

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 612 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Machinery and Machine Elements

 

Setting out the principles and methods of force measurement, this volume then assesses the components of strain-gauge force transducers, including digital and intelligent subsystems, the ‘elastic element’ and the Wheatstone bridge in parametrical transducers.

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Mart A. Stewart, Peter A. Coclanis (Hg.)

Environmental Change and Agricultural Sustainability in the Mekong Delta

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 455 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Humanities

Subject: History

 

Comprising selected material from a 2010 conference held in the delta itself, the papers assembled in this volume include much technical information and offer a full range of perspectives on the environmental and sustainability issues in this sensitive region.

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Ingrid Stober, Kurt Bucher

Geothermal Energy

From Theoretical Models to Exploration and Development

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 350 p., Hardback

139.05 EUR


 

The internal heat of the planet Earth represents an inexhaustible reservoir of thermal energy. This form of energy, known as geothermal energy has been utilized throughout human history in the form of hot water from hot springs. Modern utilization of…

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Thomas Stocker

Introduction to Climate Modelling

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 179 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Geophysics/Geodesy

 

This book showcases the global energy balance of the climate system and feedback processes that determine the climate sensitivity, inital-boundary value problems, energy transport in the climate system, large-scale ocean circulation and abrupt climate change.

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Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, Ingolf A. Türk, Evangelos N. Liatsikos (Hg.)

Laparoscopic and Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology

Atlas of Standard Procedures

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 386 p., Hardback

149.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Surgical Oncology

 

The main goal of this surgical atlas is to guide the urologist carefully through all the standard laparoscopic and robot-assisted procedures used in urology. Each procedure is presented in detail with numerous supporting endoscopic images and diagrams.

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Wolfgang J. Streit (Hg.)

Microglia in the Regenerating and Degenerating Central Nervous System

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2002, 315 p., Paperback

144.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Neurosciences

 

The study of microglial cells has recently gained importance for those researching degeneration and regeneration. Microglia in the regenerating and degenerating CNS supports the assertion that understanding microglial biology could perhaps be pivotal for unraveling the pathogenetic mechanisms that underlie…

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Ian Stroud, Hildegarde Nagy

Solid Modelling and CAD Systems

How to Survive a CAD System

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 689 p., Hardback

199.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Simulation and Modeling

 

This volume provides readers with an insight into the methods and problems associated with CAD systems. It bridges the gulf between users who are ignorant of how interfaces work and developers who create systems without understanding the needs of the users.

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Frantisek Stulajter

Predictions in Time Series Using Regression Models

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2002, 231 p., Paperback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Econometrics

 

This book will interest and assist people who are dealing with the problems of predictions of time series in higher education and research. It will greatly assist people who apply time series theory to practical problems in their work and…

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Thomas Sturm, Christoph Zengler (Hg.)

Automated Deduction in Geometry

7th International Workshop, ADG 2008, Shanghai, China, September 22-24, 2008, Revised Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 225 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Convex and Discrete Geometry

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Automated Deduction in Geometry, ADG 2008, held in Shanghai, China in September 2008.

The 11 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous initial…

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Vitomir Sunjic, Michael J. Parnham

Signposts to Chiral Drugs

Organic Synthesis in Action

Springer Basel, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 232 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

 

Written by authors with decades of experience in teaching and industrial research, this book details 15 chiral structures present in drug therapies and shares with readers the journey from synthetic biological reactions to subsequent medicinal applications.

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Robert Szabó, Hua Zhu, Sándor Imre (Hg.)

Access Networks

5th International ICST Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2010 and First International Workshop on Automatic Networking and Self-Management in Access Networks, SELFMAGICNETS 2010, Revised Selected Papers, Budapest, Hungary, November 3-5, 2010

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 325 p., Paperback

54.00 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Communications Engineering, Networks

 

This book constitutes the reviewed post-proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2010, and of the satellite event , the First International ICST Workshop on Autonomic Networking and Self-Management in Access Networks, SELFMAGICNETS 2010, held jointly…

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Alain-Sol Sznitman

Brownian Motion, Obstacles and Random Media

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 1998, 353 p., Paperback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics

 

This book provides an account for the non-specialist of the circle of ideas, results and techniques, which grew out in the study of Brownian motion and random obstacles. It also includes an overview of known results and connections with other…

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Shingo Takahashi, David Sallach, Juliette Rouchier (Hg.)

Advancing Social Simulation: The First World Congress

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2007, 354 p., Paperback

114.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Operations Research/Decision Theory

 

Bringing together diverse approaches to social simulation and research agendas, this book presents a unique collection of contributions from the First World Congress on Social Simulation, held in 2006 in Kyoto, Japan. The work emerged from the collaboration of the…

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Ying Tan, Yuhui Shi, Yi Chai (Hg.)

Advances in Swarm Intelligence, Part I

Second International Conference, ICSI 2011, Chongqing, China, June 12-15, 2011, Proceedings, Part I

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 639 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

The two-volume set (LNCS 6728 and 6729) constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ICSI 2011, held in Chongqing, China, in June 2011.

The 143 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 298 submissions.…

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Ying Tan, Yuhui Shi, Yi Chai (Hg.)

Advances in Swarm Intelligence, Part II

Second International Conference, ICSI 2011, Chongqing, China, June 12-15, 2011, Proceedings, Part II

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 587 p., Paperback

79.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Information Storage and Retrieval

 

The two-volume set (LNCS 6728 and 6729) constitutes the refereed

proceedings of the International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ICSI

2011, held in Chongqing, China, in June 2011.

The 143 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 298 submissions. The papers…

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Peter von Theobald, Carl W. Zimmerman, G. Willy Davila (Hg.)

New Techniques in Genital Prolapse Surgery

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 310 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Colorectal Surgery

 

Approximately 11% of women have undergone surgery for a genital prolapse by the age of 80 and these procedures are now among the most common and frequent operations in females after hysterectomy and c-section. As life expectancy increases and as patients…

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Günter Tiess

Legal Basics of Mineral Policy in Europe

An overview of 40 countries

Springer-Verlag Vienna, Mai 2011, 1th Edition, 394 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Mineral Resources

 

This reference covers the legal frameworks of mining of forty European countries, especially those in the southeast, which possess a large wealth of deposits. It discusses relevant legislation and offers an overview of approaches to mineral resources policy.

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Mikio Tohyama

Sound and Signals

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 500 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Signal, Image and Speech Processing

 

This book reviews modern acoustics from both signal-theoretic and wave-theoretic points of view. Coverage runs from the basics of acoustics and vibration to hot topics in acoustic transfer functions and signal analysis, including a perceptual point of view.

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Peter H. Tonner, Lutz Hein (Hg.)

Pharmakotherapie in der Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin

Grundlagen und klinische Konzepte

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage, 388 p., Hardback

79.39 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine

 

Einzigartig auf dem deutschen Markt stellt dieses Werk unter praxisrelevanten Aspekten die Grundlagen der Anästhetika und häufig in der Anästhesie verwendeten Medikamente dar.

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G. Toraldo di Francia (Hg.)

Onde superficiali

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Varenna (Como), Italy, September 4-13, 1961

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1961, 383 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Geophysics and Environmental Physics

 

G. Toraldo di Francia: Premessa.-C.M. Angulo: A discontinuity problem on surface waves: The excitation of a grounded dieletric slab by a waveguide.- C.J. Bouwkamp: Notes on the conference.- H. Bremmer: Electromagnetic wave propagation around the earth.- L.B. Felsen: Asymptotic evaluation…

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Onkar N. Tripathi, Ursula Ravens, Michael C. Sanguinetti (Hg.)

Heart Rate and Rhythm

Molecular Basis, Pharmacological Modulation and Clinical Implications

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 678 p., Hardback

169.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Cardiology

 

Heart Rate and Rhythm provides an important context for understanding the complicated molecular and cellular mechanisms that underlie normal and pathophysiological cardiac rhythms.

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Jonathan H. Turner

Theoretical Principles of Sociology, Volume 3

Mesodynamics

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 440 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Sociology

 

This volume shows how the dynamics of meso-structures and cultures are driven by macro- and micro-level forces pushing on individual and collective actors as they build corporate units and develop parameters defining membership in particular social categories.

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A-T. Tymieniecka (Hg.)

Sharing Poetic Expressions:

Beauty, Sublime, Mysticism in Islamic and Occidental Culture

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 247 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Philosophy of Religion

 

This unique collection of studies reveals the spiritual source common to the Occidental as well as the Islamic cultures. In seeking out the shared intuitions of Occidental and Islamic spirit, the book yields a rare panorama of human cultural inheritance.

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Melvin T. Tyree, Martin H. Zimmermann

Xylem Structure and the Ascent of Sap

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed 2002, 304 p., Paperback

179.95 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Wood Science & Technology

 

The first edition of this book was the first to provide an integrated description of sap ascension from an anatomical and functional point of view. The second edition opens with the three-dimensional aspects of wood anatomy. The cohesion-tension theory and…

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Cem Ünsalan, Kim L. Boyer

Multispectral Satellite Image Understanding

From Land Classification to Building and Road Detection

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 185 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Pattern Recognition

 

Covering image processing methods for analyzing residential land use, this book combines theoretical framework with practical applications, and describes a high resolution system for effective detection of single houses, vegetation and shadow-water indices.

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Kimon P. Valavanis, Paul Oh, Les A. Piegl (Hg.)

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

International Symposium On Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAV’08

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2009, 532 p., Paperback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Design

 

This special volume is the outcome of research presented at the International Symposium on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, held in June 2008. It presents state-of-the-art findings on topics in Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

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Ron van der Meyden, Jan Smaus (Hg.)

Model Checking and Artificial Intelligence

6th International Workshop, MoChArt 2010, Atlanta, GA, USA, July 11, 2010, Revised Selected and Invited Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 131 p., Paperback

46.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

 

This book presents revised versions of selected papers from the 6th Workshop on Model Checking and Artificial Intelligence, MoChArt 2010, held in Atlanta, GA, USA in July 2010, as well as papers contributed subsequent to the workshop.

The 7 papers…

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Paul Van Dooren, Shankar P. Bhattacharyya, Raymond H. Chan (Hg.)

Numerical Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and Control

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 478 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

 

This book provides authoritative and accessible accounts of the fast-paced developments in computational mathematics, scientific computing, and computational engineering methods, applications, and algorithms.

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V.S. Varadarajan

Reflections on Quanta, Symmetries, and Supersymmetries

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 231 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

 

These essays are based on lectures on the foundation of quantum theory, symmetries and representation theory, and the quantum theory of the superworld. The author examines the quantum world and superworld under the lens of symmetry and supersymmetry.

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Ioannis G. Vardoulakis, Dimitrios Eftaxiopoulos

Engineering Continuum Mechanics

With Applications from Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Traffic Flow

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

59.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Fluid- and Aerodynamics

 

This introduction to mathematical modeling in engineering teaches the principles of Mechanics: Conservation of Mass, Conservation of Linear and Angular Momentum, Conservation of Energy. Underlying theory is presented through examples of natural phenomena.

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Gerardo H. Vázquez-Nin, María Luisa Escobar, M. De Felici

Cell Death in Mammalian Ovary

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 235 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Reproductive Medicine

 

Following a description of various forms of cell death and of ovary development and function in mammals, cell death processes in ovarian somatic cells and oocytes are described at cytological, physiological and molecular levels, as well as at differing ages.

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VDI-Gesellschaft Produkt- und Prozessges (Hg.)

Wertanalyse - das Tool im Value Management

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 6, völlig neu bearb u erw Aufl, 287 p., Paperback

65.37 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Design

 

Nach mehr als 15 Jahren erscheint der Nachfolger des VDI-Nachschlagewerks für die Wertanalyse. Die 6. Auflage setzt die Tradition unter neuem Namen fort und beschreibt die Grundlagen der mächtigen Methodik Wertanalyse im Kontext des aus ihr hervorgegangenen Value Management. Die…

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Adriano Veloso, Wagner Meira Jr.

Demand-Driven Associative Classification

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 112 p., Paperback

39.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

 

This volume focuses on a major machine learning task known as classification. Some classification problems are hard to solve, but this book shows that they can be decomposed into much simpler sub-problems.

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Ajit Kumar Verma, Srividya Ajit, Manoj Kumar

Dependability of Networked Computer-based Systems

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 203 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Models and Principles

 

This detailed book explores reliability, availability and safety modeling of networked computer-based systems used in life-critical applications such as avionics, nuclear power plants, automobiles and chemical process industries.

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E. Vesentini (Hg.)

Topologia differenziale

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Urbino (Pesaro), Italy, July 2-12, 1962

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st Ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1962, 119 p., Paperback

19.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Manifolds and Cell Complexes (incl. Diff.Topology)

 

J. Cerf: Invariants des paires d´espaces. Applications à la topologie differentielle.- A. Häfliger: Variétés feuilletées.- M.A. Kervaire: La méthode de Pontryagin pour la classification des applications sur une sphère.- S. Smale: Stable manifolds for differential equations and diffeomorphisms.

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E. Vesentini (Hg.)

Geometry of Homogeneous Bounded Domains

Lectures given at a Summer School of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Urbino (Pesaro), Italy, July 3-13, 1967

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, Reprint of the 1st Ed CIME, Ed Cremonese, Roma, 1968, 307 p., Paperback

34.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Several Complex Variables and Analytic Spaces

 

S.G. Gindikin, I.I. Pjateckii-Sapiro, E.B. Vinberg: Homogeneous Kähler manifolds.- S.G. Greenfield: Extendibility properties of real submanifolds of Cn.- W. Kaup: Holomorphische Abbildungen in Hyperbolische Räume.- A. Koranyi: Holomorphic and harmonic functions on bounded symmetric domains.- J.L. Koszul: Formes harmoniques vectorielles…

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Jean-Pierre Vidalain, Tarik Ait Si Selmi, David Beverland (Hg.)

The CORAIL® Hip System

A Practical Approach Based on 25 Years of Experience

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 338 p., Hardback

159.95 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Surgical Orthopedics

 

Introduced in 1986, this innovation in hip arthroplasty is now the most widely used system worldwide. This book guides newcomers through the technique as well as offering experienced practitioners a treasure chest of advice based on real-life cases.

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Marco Vignati

Model of the Response Function of CUORE Bolometers

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 107 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Measurement Science and Instrumentation

 

In addition to providing a model explaining the spurious signals of the bolometric detectors in the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE) experiment, this volume also shows how to improve its detector operation and data analysis.

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Agostino Villa (Hg.)

Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small or Medium-sized Enterprises

Main Criteria and Tools for Managers

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 108 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

 

This book outlines different approaches to the analysis of the organization of small- or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It gives managers a simple methodology that helps them to understand when and why becoming a partner in an SME network can be profitable.

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Gerard Villar Piqué, Eduard Alarcón

CMOS Integrated Switching Power Converters

A Structured Design Approach

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 313 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation

 

Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this practical volume examines the structured design and optimization of efficient, energy-processing integrated circuits. It covers the monolithic integration of IC design techniques, power electronics, and control theory.

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Pierre Villars, Karin Cenzual (Hg.)

Space groups (140) I4/mcm – (136) P42/mnm

Structure Types

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 511 p., Hardback

4190.00 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Crystallography

 

Volume 43 of Group III deals with crystallographic data of both intermetallic and classical inorganic compounds. Subvolume A10, which utilizes the databases TYPIX and Pauling file, forms the tenth contribution to volume 43.

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Jordi Vitria, João Miguel Raposo Sanches, Mario Hernández (Hg.)

Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

5th Iberian Conference, IbPRIA 2011, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, June 8-10, 2011. Proceedings

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 754 p., Paperback

87.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2011, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, in June 2011. The 34 revised full papers and 58 revised poster papers…

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Wolfgang Wagner

Groundwater in the Arab Middle East

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Energy, general

 

Not only does this volume outline the prevailing hydrogeological conditions in the Arab Middle East, it also details the region’s geological background. It covers key influences on the groundwater of every Arab country from Lebanon, Jordan and Syria to Yemen.

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Ping Wang (Hg.)

Nanoscale Biocatalysis

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 241 p., Hardback

94.95 EUR


Field of Science: Materials Science

Subject: Nanotechnology

 

This Methods in Molecular Biology™ series book outlines processes in nanoscale technology-enabled biocatalysis, including preparation of dynamic protein structures, and methodologies with potential for scale-up preparation of nano-structured biocatalysts.

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Jitao Wang

Modern Thermodynamics

Based on the Extended Carnot Theorem

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 315 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity

 

This book provides comprehensive definitions and mathematical expressions of both classical and modern thermodynamics. It offers a fundamental thermodynamic and calculational methodology for the synthesis of low-pressure diamonds.

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Lawrence K. Wang, Norman C. Pereira, Yung-Tse Hung (Hg.)

Natural Resources and Control Processes

Volume 14

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 400 p., Hardback

139.05 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environment, general

 

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Paul J.J. Welfens (Hg.)

Zukunftsfähige Wirtschaftspolitik für Deutschland und Europa

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Hardback

93.41 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Political Science

 

Nach der Bankenkrise stehen Deutschland und die Europäische Union vor einer Reihe wirtschaftlicher Herausforderungen. Die Autoren liefern in ihren Beiträgen eine einzigartige Bestandsaufnahme der deutschen und europäischen Wirtschaftspolitik und analysieren die Reformoptionen für die Sozial-, Währungs- und Umweltpolitik. Ihr Fazit:…

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Mike Wens, Michiel Steyaert

Design and Implementation of Fully-Integrated Inductive DC-DC Converters in Standard CMOS

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 296 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Solid State Physics

 

CMOS DC-DC Converters provides a comprehensive overview of monolithic inductive Direct-Current to Direct-Current (DC-DC) converters. Readers will gain specific knowledge on the design and implementation of monolithic inductive DC-DC converters, starting from the very basics.

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Friedemann Wenzel, Jochen Zschau (Hg.)

Early Warning for Geological Disasters

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Hardback

138.03 EUR


Field of Science: Earth Sciences

Subject: Applied Earth Sciences

 

Early warning for geologic disasters is a subject of intensive research. Opening up the path for students and lecturers alike, this book presents innovative trends in geoscientific research in this subject. The book successfully fills a gap in this field.

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Bruce West, Mauro Bologna, Paolo Grigolini

Physics of Fractal Operators

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 354 p., Paperback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

 

This text describes how fractal phenomena, both deterministic and random, change over time, using the fractional calculus. The intent is to identify those characteristics of complex physical phenomena that require fractional derivatives or fractional integrals to describe how the process…

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David M. Whitacre (Hg.)

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Volume 213

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 168 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Waste Management/Waste Technology

 

Here are concise reviews of advances, philosophy and areas of current or needed research across the field of xenobiotics, in every area of the environment, including toxicological implications. Covers human exposure, biomarkers, chemical contaminants and more.

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Thomas White, Matthias Jonas, Zbigniew Nahorski (Hg.)

Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Dealing With Uncertainty

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 260 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Monitoring/Analysis

 

This book offers approaches for assessing and managing greenhouse gas inventories, including the benefits of incorporating uncertainty in policy analyses. Comprehensive treatment of uncertainty can help reduce errors, and lead to more sophisticated solutions.

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Ward Whitt

Stochastic-Process Limits

An Introduction to Stochastic-Process Limits and their Application to Queues

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2002, 602 p., Paperback

76.95 EUR


Field of Science: Statistics

Subject: Statistical Theory and Methods

 

From the reviews: "The material is self-contained, but it is technical and a solid foundation in probability and queuing theory is beneficial to prospective readers. [… It] is intended to be accessible to those with less background. This book is…

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Hannu Christian Wichterich

Entanglement Between Noncomplementary Parts of Many-Body Systems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 113 p., Hardback

79.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems

 

Located at the nexus of condensed matter theory and quantum information theory, this thesis examines entanglement, the purely quantum mechanical part of correlations, in many-body systems, and in doing so employs both numerical and analytical techniques.

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Marcel Wiedmann

Money, Stock Prices and Central Banks

A Cointegrated VAR Analysis

Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 430 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Economics

Subject: Economic Policy

 

This contribution applies the cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model to analyze the long-run behavior and short-run dynamics of stock markets across five developed and three emerging economies. The main objective is to check whether liquidity conditions play an important role…

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Richard L. Wiener, Brian H. Bornstein (Hg.)

Handbook of Trial Consulting

Springer-Verlag US, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 409 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Social Sciences

Subject: Criminology & Criminal Justice

 

This handbook treats trial consulting as applied psychology, compiling the perspectives of experts who apply the discipline’s precepts. It covers the theory, business, and mechanics of trial consulting for those wishing to learn and practice the profession.

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Muthu B.J. Wijesundara, Robert Azevedo

Silicon Carbide Microsystems for Harsh Environments

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 232 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Nanotechnology and Microengineering

 

This book reviews state-of-the-art Silicon Carbide (SiC) technologies. It includes reviews of MEMS devices and provides a framework for the joining of electronics and MEMS along with packaging into usable harsh-environment-ready sensor modules.

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Per-Olof Wikström, Gerben Bruinsma, Kyle H. Treiber

Assessing Key Criminological Ideas

Criminology's Explanation of Crime in Seven Key Theories

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 300 p., Hardback

98.87 EUR


Field of Science: Psychology

Subject: Psychology Research

 

Assessing Key Criminological Ideas provides a critical look at seven major theories which lie at the core of criminology’s explanation of crime. These platforms of criminology research include routine activity theory, social bonds theory, and more.

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Wolfram Wilhelm (Hg.)

Praxis der Intensivmedizin

konkret, kompakt, interdisziplinär

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 670 p., Hardback

84.07 EUR


Field of Science: Medicine & Public Health

Subject: Internal Medicine

 

Die Intensivmedizin ist ein Fachgebiet, das ein tiefgehendes Verständnis der einzelnen Krankheitsbilder sowie deren differenzierte Diagnostik-und Therapiemethoden verlangt. Der Autor schafft den Spagat zwischen Theorie und Praxis: Er erklärt anhand von Fallbeispielen die komplexen Zusammenhänge der Krankheitsbilder, Krankheitsverläufe und Therapieoptionen.…

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Martin Wirsing, Matthias Hölzl (Hg.)

Rigorous Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Systems

Results of the SENSORIA Project on Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Computing

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 737 p., Paperback

87.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

 

Service-oriented computing is a paradigm for developing software addressing key contemporary IT challenges. The result of the SENSORIA project, this book presents a novel and comprehensive approach to designing, analyzing and implementing SO applications.

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Frank Wisotzky

Angewandte Grundwasserchemie, Hydrogeologie und hydrogeochemische Modellierung

Grundlagen, Anwendungen und Problemlösungen

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 240 p., Hardback

65.37 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Chemistry

 

Neben den Anwendungen der Grundlagen der anorganischen Wasserchemie wird in dem Band erstmalig zusammenhängend die organische Wasserchemie von Grundwasserbelastungsstoffen behandelt. Darüber hinaus enthält er eine Einführung in die hydrochemische Modellierung und auch die chemischen Aspekte der Wasseraufbereitung werden dargestellt. Viele…

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Tai-Chee Wong, Belinda Yuen (Hg.)

Eco-city Planning

Policies, Practice and Design

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 295 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Geography

Subject: Physical Geography

 

Eco-city Planning emphasizes environmental planning policies that save energy, take anti-pollution measures, and reduce the need for driving. The text focuses on the construction of green buildings, safeguarding of nature and natural habitats in urban areas, and more.

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David Wood

Small Wind Turbines

Analysis, Design, and Application

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 294 p., Mixed media product

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Engineering Fluid Dynamics

 

Providing software and techniques on analysis, design and installation, this volume illustrates how to build small wind turbines. While serving as a reference for student projects and detailed design studies, the text also provides important background material for engineers.

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Gary Woolley

Reading Comprehension

Assisting Children with Learning Difficulties

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 259 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

 

This text explores reading comprehension and associated learning difficulties. It details effective reading methods for children with learning disabilities and introduces a model for classifying reading comprehension based on the «Simple View of Reading.”

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Min Wu, Bede Liu

Multimedia Data Hiding

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2003, 218 p., Paperback

80.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Multimedia Information Systems

 

Comprehensive coverage of an important and current hot topic.; Details both theoretical as well as practical aspects.; Presents new data hiding algorithms for images and videos.; Reveals a number of attacks and countermeasures for data hiding systems, with a focus…

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Jingwu Xie (Hg.)

Hedgehog signaling activation in human cancer and its clinical implications

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 217 p., Hardback

139.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Pharmacology/Toxicology

 

Understanding the role of hedgehog signaling in cancer is critically important for novel cancer therapeutics in humans. This volume provides insightful views suitable for clinical scientists, and graduate and undergraduate students alike.

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Hui Xie, Cagdas Onal, Stéphane Régnier

Atomic Force Microscopy Based Nanorobotics

Modelling, Simulation, Setup Building and Experiments

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 328 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Nanotechnology and Microengineering

 

This clearly-expressed, well-organized book introduces designs and prototypes of nanorobotic systems in detail, examining innovative principles of three-dimensional manipulation force microscopy and parallel imaging/manipulation force microscopy.

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Jin-Rong Xu, Burton H. Bluhm (Hg.)

Fungal Genomics

Methods and Protocols

Humana Press, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 285 p., Hardback

94.95 EUR


Field of Science: Biomedicine

Subject: Gene Expression

 

Fungal Genomics explores the three most likely fronts upon which the field will advance: the sequencing of more fungal genomes, the mining of sequenced genomes for useful information, and the use of genomics sequences to explain biological processes.

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Takashi Yamano, Keijiro Otsuka, Frank Place (Hg.)

Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa

Markets, Soil, and Innovations

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 214 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Sustainable Development

 

Based on a study of 2,400 households in three countries—Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia—this book provides unprecedented insight into how agricultural productivity can be improved. It covers recent successful innovations and ways to overcome continued obstacles.

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Kaoru Yamanouchi, Dimitrios Charalambidis, Didier Normand (Hg.)

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science VII

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

 

The PUILS series delivers up-to-date reviews of progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science -- an emerging interdisciplinary research field. This volume focuses on the ionization of atoms and molecules, ultrafast responses of protons and electrons within a molecule, and more.

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Hong-Sen Yan, Marco Ceccarelli (Hg.)

International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms

Proceedings of HMM 2008

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2009, 378 p., Paperback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Engineering

Subject: Theoretical and Applied Mechanics

 

The HMMM2008 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms is the third event of a series started in 2000 as the main activity of the IFToMM Permanent commission for History of MMS; Mechanism and Machine Science.

The aim of History…

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Xiaoyu Yang, Lizhe Wang, Wei Jie (Hg.)

Guide to e-Science

Next Generation Scientific Research and Discovery

Springer-Verlag London, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 538 p., Hardback

119.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Computer Applications

 

Using real-world examples, this book shows how computational technologies and tools can be used to build essential infrastructures supporting next-generation scientific research. Covers security, privacy, collaboration, automated workflow technology and more.

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Takeshi Yao (Hg.)

Zero-Carbon Energy Kyoto 2010

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium of Global COE Program "Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming—Toward CO2 Zero-emission Energy System"

Springer-Verlag Tokyo, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 321 p., Hardback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology

 

Since 2008, the Global Center of Excellence (COE) at Kyoto University, Japan, has been engaged in a program called «Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming—Toward a CO2 Zero-Emission Energy System.” Its aim is to establish an international education…

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Svetlana Yu. Zaginaichenko, Dmitry V. Schur, Valeriy V. Skorokhod (Hg.)

Carbon Nanomaterials in Clean Energy Hydrogen Systems - II

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 539 p., Paperback

89.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Physics, general

 

Hydrogen is one of the most important as well as the most ecologically pure power sources of energy. The energetic sources allowing hydrogen production in industrial quantities are presented in this book, and the technologies of their synthesis are considered.

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Nellie J. Zambrana-Ortiz

Pedagogy in (E)Motion

Rethinking Spaces and Relations

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 313 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Education

Subject: Higher Education

 

This personal, creative work from a leading scholar of psychology examines critical pedagogy in the spirit of nascent potential found in the context of a colonial Puerto Rico. Political and radical, it explores new concepts in teaching methodology.

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Wojciech Zamojski, Janusz Kacprzyk, Jacek Mazurkiewicz (Hg.)

Dependable Computer Systems

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 314 p., Paperback

189.95 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)

 

Dependability analysis is the recent approach to performance evaluation of contemporary systems which tries to cope with new challenges that are brought with their unprecedented complexity, size and diversity. Especially in case of computer systems and networks such evaluation must…

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Vladislav Zheligovsky

Large-Scale Perturbations of Magnetohydrodynamic Regimes

Linear and Weakly Nonlinear Stability Theory

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 320 p., Paperback

69.95 EUR


Field of Science: Physics

Subject: Mathematical Methods in Physics

 

Hydrodynamical dynamo theory has been spurred by recent developments. The emphasis in the present volume is on the introduction of powerful mathematical techniques required to tackle modern multiscale analysis of continous systems and their application.

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You-lan Zhu, Xiaonan Wu, I-Liang Chern

Derivative Securities and Difference Methods

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed 2004, 518 p., Paperback

80.95 EUR


Field of Science: Mathematics

Subject: Numerical Analysis

 

This book studies pricing financial derivatives with a partial differential equation approach. The treatment is mathematically rigorous and covers a variety of topics in finance including forward and futures contracts, the Black-Scholes model, European and American type options, free boundary…

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Meital Zilberman (Hg.)

Active Implants and Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 514 p., Hardback

129.95 EUR


Field of Science: Chemistry

Subject: Medicinal Chemistry

 

Active implants are actually drug or protein-eluting implants that induce healing effects, in addition to their regular task, such as support. This book gives a broad overview of biomaterial platforms used as basic elements of drug-eluting implants.

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David Zilberman, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst (Hg.)

Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

Springer-Verlag New York, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 250 p., Hardback

104.95 EUR


Field of Science: Environment

Subject: Environmental Management

 

This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture. It proposes policies to create sustainable and profitable animal production, protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs.

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Philip G. Zimbardo, John Boyd

Die neue Psychologie der Zeit

und wie sie Ihr Leben verändern wird

Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Mai 2011, 1 Auflage 2009, Taschenbuch 2011, 444 p., Paperback

12.10 EUR


Field of Science: Life Sciences

Subject: Neurobiology

 

Fast jede wichtige Entscheidung, die wir in unserem Leben treffen, wird von einer Kraft beeinflusst, die tief in unserer Psyche verankert ist: von unserer individuellen Zeitperspektive – unserer persönlichen inneren Zeitzone. So wirksam diese Kraft ist, so wenig sind wir…

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Laszlo Zsolnai (Hg.)

Ethical Principles and Economic Transformation - A Buddhist Approach

Springer Netherlands, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 213 p., Hardback

99.95 EUR


Field of Science: Philosophy

Subject: Non-Western Philosophy

 

This book promotes the core value-choices of Buddhism: happiness, peace and permanence as a new path for businesses. Unlike Western economic models, the book proposes a model of peace, permanence and personal relationship, leading to a sustainable business.

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Michael zur Muehlen, Jianwen Su (Hg.)

Business Process Management Workshops

BPM 2010 International Workshops and Education Track, Hoboken, NJ, USA, September 13-15, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Mai 2011, 1st Edition, 809 p., Paperback

95.00 EUR


Field of Science: Computer Science

Subject: Software Engineering

 

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of nine international workshops held in Hoboken, NJ, USA, in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2010, in September 2010.

The nine workshops focused on Reuse in Business…

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