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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Following the development of gray-scale imaging, real-time scanning, Doppler examination, and high-frequency sonography, endosonography is one of the latest major breakthroughs in the history of diagnostic ultrasound. Although early attempts at inserting ultrasound transducers in natural cavities of the body can be traced back more than two decades, only in the past few years has technology allowed the development and commercialization of effective, easy-to-use endosono scopic probes. Because the transducer can be placed in direct contact with or close to lesions, high frequencies (up to ~2 MHz) can be used, yielding cross-sectional images of unsurpassed resolution. The availability of specially designed intracorporeal probes for specific natural cavities that are routinely explored by conventional (optical) endoscopy or palpation has significantly expanded the diagnostic applications of sonography. Transrectal and transvaginal examinations are now performed routinely in many institutions, and virtually all sonographic equipment manufac turers have in their line of products at least one endorectal and one endovaginal transducer. Most endosonoscopic probes connect to existing scanners, and for radiology departments, the invest ment for transrectal or transvaginal scanning will usually be limited to the purchase of the specific probe. In this book, clinical applications of endosonography (excluding transesophageal echocardio graphy) are covered by European and North American experts. Current equipment and techniques of examination are described in detail to help newcomers get started in the field of endosonography. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -The thirty-five chapters in this book are edited versions of papers presented at the Advanced Research Workshop, State Intervention on Behalf of Children and Youth, which took place in Maratea, Italy, February 20-24, 1989. The Workshop was attended by leading child welfare researchers from most of the Western countries. Represented were scholars and practitioners from disciplines as diverse as law, social work, neurology, economics, political science, education, psychology, and psychiatry. This variety of disciplines considerably enriched the discussions at the Workshop and is reflected in a set of interesting and, we believe, potentially useful research papers. This book is divided into four sections, each dealing with dominant themes of state intervention. The first section deals with research on organizing for state intervention and related ways of providing accountability. The second section deals with research on young persons in conflict with the law, the third with research on child abuse and the final section with research on children in care. Many of the matters addressed in these papers relate to more than one of the topical theme headings and, therefore, might well have been located in different sections of the volume. Each section is introduced by an introductory statement that provides an overview of the papers and issues addressed, and suggests an agenda of research work to be undertaken. These introductions are based largely on workshop discussions and do not necessarily represent the views of their identified authors.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -The farming of deer as an alternative to traditional livestock enterprises is now firmly established and is expanding within several countries of the European Economic Community. However, the successful farming of deer requires the adoption of appropriate management schemes to accommodate the biological requirements of these animals. Much experience has now been gained and it is essential that this information becomes readily available througout the Community. In addition, as the volume of deer farming has increased a number of health problems have become recognised which present features distinct from other domestic ruminants. Although knowledge is still incomplete it would appear that deer may react to certain pathogens in a very different way to other domestic ruminants, presenting new problems of diagnosis and control. The rapid detection of these conditions and development of appropriate control strategies will be essential for the establishment of an economically viable deer farming industry in the Community. Much of the information on the management of farmed deer and their diseases is anecdotal and fragmented and the purpose of this meeting was to accelerate the dissemination of this knowledge between scientists in the Community committed to the development of this area of agricultural industry. The meeting, financed by the Commission of the European Communities from its budget for the Coordination of Agricultural Research in the Community was held in Scotland, on the 10th to 11th December, 1987.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Until the early seventies, tautomeric i. e. fast and reversible rearrangement reactions accompanied by migrations of carbon-centered groups - were practi cally unknown. For a long time it was assumed that the family of tautomeric reactions was confined to proto tropic transformations only. However, the discovery in the fifties of the reversible metallotropic rearrangements showed the domain of migratory tautomerism to be substantially broader. The synthesis of the metallotropic compounds was based on the substitution of a proton in prototropic compounds by an organometallic group. This approach rarely proved fruitful when attempting to effect tautomeric rearrangements of organic and organometallic groups formed by the elements to the right of carbon in the Periodic Table. By contrast, a novel approach involving an analysis of the steric requirements inherent in the structure of the transition state of a reactive center and an examination of the stereodynamic possibilities has given rise to a target-oriented molecular design of compounds capable of rapid and reversible intramolecular migration of the type indicated. The implementation of this ap proach, which is the subject of the present book, has already led to the preparation of new tautomeric compounds in which such heavy organic migrants as acyl, aryl, sulfinyl, phosphoryl, arsinyl, and other groups migrate in molecules at a frequency 6 9 of 10 -10 S-I at ambient temperature, i. e. , at the rates comparable with protonic migrations.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -It is well known that noise control at the source is the most cost-effective. Designing for quietness is therefore the most important concept in Engineering Acoustics or Technical Acoustics. The IUTAM Symposium on Designing for Quietness held at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in December 2000, was probably the first on this topic anywhere in the world. Papers were invited from reputed researchers and professionals spread over several countries. 18 of the 21 papers presented in the Symposium are included in these proceedings after rigorous review, revision and editing. This volume covers a large number of applications, such as silencers, lined ducts, acoustic materials, source characterization, acoustical design of vehicle cabs, ships, space antennas, MEMS pressure transducer etc., active control of structure-borne noise and cavities, SEA for engine noise and structural acoustic modelling with application to design of quieter panels.A list of references at the end of every paper will provide sources for further reading.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Anesthesiology and the Cardiovascular Patient contains the edited presentations of the 41st Annual Postgraduate Course in Anesthesiology, February 1996. The chapters reflect new data and concepts within the general framework of the pathophysiology and management of surgical candidates with cardiovascular disease. The textbook will serve as a vehicle to bring many of the latest concepts in anesthesiology to those who did not attend the conference. Each chapter is a brief but sharply focused glimpse of the current interest in anesthesia. This volume, as well as past and future volumes, reflects the rapid and continuing evolution of anesthesiology in the late twentieth century.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -It is well known that noise control at the source is the most cost-effective. Designing for quietness is therefore the most important concept in Engineering Acoustics or Technical Acoustics. The IUTAM Symposium on Designing for Quietness held at the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in December 2000, was probably the first on this topic anywhere in the world. Papers were invited from reputed researchers and professionals spread over several countries. 18 of the 21 papers presented in the Symposium are included in these proceedings after rigorous review, revision and editing. This volume covers a large number of applications, such as silencers, lined ducts, acoustic materials, source characterization, acoustical design of vehicle cabs, ships, space antennas, MEMS pressure transducer etc., active control of structure-borne noise and cavities, SEA for engine noise and structural acoustic modelling with application to design of quieter panels.A list of references at the end of every paper will provide sources for further reading. 356 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Psychologie trifft BibelDie 7 Todsünden: Geiz, Trägheit, Hochmut, Neid, Zorn, Wollust, Völlerei. Eine Sammlung hoch aufgeladener Themen, die schon ewig in der Bibel stehen, aber dadurch nichts an ihrer Aktualität verloren haben. Warum Sie sprechen jeden Menschen an - und sie sind selbst im professionellen Setting von Psychotherapie und Seelsorge höchst relevant. State of the ArtProfessor Bucher bietet den State of the Art der 7 Todsünden-Konzepte: Welche psychologischen Untersuchungen zu dem Thema gibt es (eingearbeitet wurden mehr als 1000), in welchem Kontext stehen die jeweiligen Konzepte , welche Fallen, Ressourcen, Anregungen sind bei Therapie, Beratung, Seelsorge zu beachten Eingeflossen ist eine eigene Studie zum Thema mit 400 Personen und ebenso viele Erlebnisberichte, die die Todsünden noch anschaulicher und nachvollziehbarer machen. Das Fachbuch zum ThemaEntstanden ist eine ausführliche Zusammenstellung relevanter Forschungsergebnisse zu den 7 sündigen Themen. Gut strukturiert und gut lesbar. Angereichert durch anschauliche Fallbeispiele. Geeignet, um sich einen fundierten Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Forschung menschlicher Schattenthemen zu machen. Eine Fundgrube für Therapeuten, Berater, Seelsorger, interessierte Mitleser 248 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Psychologie trifft BibelDie 7 Todsünden: Geiz, Trägheit, Hochmut, Neid, Zorn, Wollust, Völlerei. Eine Sammlung hoch aufgeladener Themen, die schon ewig in der Bibel stehen, aber dadurch nichts an ihrer Aktualität verloren haben. Warum Sie sprechen jeden Menschen an - und sie sind selbst im professionellen Setting von Psychotherapie und Seelsorge höchst relevant. State of the ArtProfessor Bucher bietet den State of the Art der 7 Todsünden-Konzepte: Welche psychologischen Untersuchungen zu dem Thema gibt es (eingearbeitet wurden mehr als 1000), in welchem Kontext stehen die jeweiligen Konzepte , welche Fallen, Ressourcen, Anregungen sind bei Therapie, Beratung, Seelsorge zu beachten Eingeflossen ist eine eigene Studie zum Thema mit 400 Personen und ebenso viele Erlebnisberichte, die die Todsünden noch anschaulicher und nachvollziehbarer machen. Das Fachbuch zum ThemaEntstanden ist eine ausführliche Zusammenstellung relevanter Forschungsergebnisse zu den 7 sündigen Themen. Gut strukturiert und gut lesbar. Angereichert durch anschauliche Fallbeispiele. Geeignet, um sich einen fundierten Überblick über den gegenwärtigen Stand der Forschung menschlicher Schattenthemen zu machen. Eine Fundgrube für Therapeuten, Berater, Seelsorger, interessierte Mitleser 248 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ein geschlossenes Prozeßkennzahlensystem ist der Schlüssel zu einer wirtschaftlichen Kostenplanung, die mit der Produktentwicklung beginnt und die Kosten der Folgeprozesse bestimmt. Das Buch stellt ein solches Kennzahlensystem ausführlich mit Fallbeispielen, Checklisten und Algorithmen vor. Es liefert Entwicklern praktische Anleitungen, um das Kostengefüge der Folgeprozesse gezielt in ihre Planung einzubeziehen und gemeinsam mit allen Prozeßgestaltern eine optimale Kostenstruktur zu erarbeiten. Aus der Produktentwicklung heraus werden bereits 70 Prozent der Kosten im Folgeprozeß festgelegt. Damit entscheiden Prozeßgestalter, Entwickler und Investitionsplaner über die Hauptanteile der Kostenstruktur eines produzierenden Unternehmens; dazu ist ein realitätsnahes Bewertungssystem notwendig. Das Buch zeigt, wie ein geschlossenes Prozeßkennzahlensystem aufgebaut werden kann. Fallbeispiele zeigen die Auswirkungen der Planungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten auf die wesentlichen Prozesse der Fertigung. Das Buch enthält Checklisten zur eigenen Anwendung. Das Buch enthält Handlungsanleitungen, Checklisten und Algorithmen zur eigenen Anwendung. 304 pp. Deutsch. …

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Durch den ständig wachsenden Konkurrenzdruck ist nahezu jedes Unternehmen gezwungen, sich mit innerbetrieblichen (Um-)Strukturierungen zwecks Verbesserung und Stabilisie- rung der eigenen Position auseinanderzusetzen. Dieses Buch bietet neben der Vorstellung von Grundsätzen den inter- nationalen Bezug zum Benchmarking mit anschließender detaillierter Darstellung von Benchmarking in der Industrie und im Dienstleistungsbereich. Kernpunkt dieses Werkes ist die Darstellungsweise des Erfolges durch Lernen von den Besten.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Chemikalien werden vielerorts und in größeren Mengen in Lagerbetrieben, beim Handel und in Produktionsbetrieben gelagert. Oft genug werden die vielen komplizierten Vorschriften nicht eingehalten. Andererseits gibt es in Deutschland aber schon eine Reihe von modernen sicheren Chemikalienlagern für Gefahrgut, Gefahrstoffe und wassergefährdende Stoffe.Diese Anlagen setzen die Maßstäbe für die erforderliche Sicherheit und sind die Grundlage für dieses Praxishandbuch: Der Schwerpunkt ist die systematische Gegenüberstellung von Referenzanlagen in Tabellen. - Über Details wird umfassend und übersichtlich mit schnellem Zugriff informiert, ebenfalls in Tabellenform. - Das Wichtigste über Genehmigungsverfahren, zugeschnitten auf Chemikalienlager, wird verständlich dargestellt; behördliche Formulare sind abgedruckt. - Mit den Referenzanlagen kann der Stand der Sicherheitstechnik ohne Umwege ermittelt werden.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Beim Abbruch von Betriebseinrichtungen sowie bei Baumaßnahmen im Bereich ehemaliger Industriestandorte fallen in der Regel Abbruch- und Aushubmaterialien verschiedenster Verunreinigungsgrade an, die einer geeigneten Entsorgung oder Verwertung zuzuführen sind. Unter Berücksichtigung der bislang weitverbreiteten Entsorgungspraktiken und den damit meist verbundenen Kosten, ist eine Wiedernutzbarmachung von Industriebrachen bzw. Altstandorten häufig wirtschaftlich nicht mehr durchführbar. Hier werden praxisnah Lösungswege zu einer ökonomisch sinnvollen Inwertsetzung von Altstandorten auf Basis der Gesetzgebung aufgezeigt, wobei die Autoren auch auf Fragen zu möglichen Investitonsrisiken, Kreditwürdigkeitsuntersuchungen sowie staatlichen Förderungsmaßnahmen eingehen.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ein Blauwal ist groß - aber wie groß Wie viele Eiffeltürme istder Mount Everest hoch Wie viele Olympiaschwimmbeckenfasst ein Supertanker Wie vielePosaunen erzeugen denselben Lärm wie ein Donnerschlag Höher, größer, schneller - und origineller: Humorvoll und kenntnisreich geschrieben, fesselt Wie viele Elefanten wiegt ein Blauwal den Leser mit reich bebilderten Betrachtungen über Flächen, Höhen, Gewichte, Geschwindigkeiten und vieles mehr. Noch nie hat Messen so viel Spaß gemacht!Springer Spektrum in Springer Science + Business Media, Tiergartenstr. 15-17, 69121 Heidelberg Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Mit einfachen Beschreibungen und zahlreichen Bildern werden Untersuchungstechniken vorgestellt, die Ihnen bei der gezielten Diagnose und Interpretation von Schmerz-Ursachen helfen. Die praxisorientierte Systematik unterstützt logisches Vorgehen und exaktes Überprüfen der Differentialdiagnose, so daß Sie auf zahlreiche Zusatzuntersuchungen verzichten können und damit Zeit und Kosten sparen. 244 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Chemikalien werden vielerorts und in größeren Mengen in Lagerbetrieben, beim Handel und in Produktionsbetrieben gelagert. Oft genug werden die vielen komplizierten Vorschriften nicht eingehalten. Andererseits gibt es in Deutschland aber schon eine Reihe von modernen sicheren Chemikalienlagern für Gefahrgut, Gefahrstoffe und wassergefährdende Stoffe.Diese Anlagen setzen die Maßstäbe für die erforderliche Sicherheit und sind die Grundlage für dieses Praxishandbuch: Der Schwerpunkt ist die systematische Gegenüberstellung von Referenzanlagen in Tabellen. - Über Details wird umfassend und übersichtlich mit schnellem Zugriff informiert, ebenfalls in Tabellenform. - Das Wichtigste über Genehmigungsverfahren, zugeschnitten auf Chemikalienlager, wird verständlich dargestellt; behördliche Formulare sind abgedruckt. - Mit den Referenzanlagen kann der Stand der Sicherheitstechnik ohne Umwege ermittelt werden.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 348 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Beim Abbruch von Betriebseinrichtungen sowie bei Baumaßnahmen im Bereich ehemaliger Industriestandorte fallen in der Regel Abbruch- und Aushubmaterialien verschiedenster Verunreinigungsgrade an, die einer geeigneten Entsorgung oder Verwertung zuzuführen sind. Unter Berücksichtigung der bislang weitverbreiteten Entsorgungspraktiken und den damit meist verbundenen Kosten, ist eine Wiedernutzbarmachung von Industriebrachen bzw. Altstandorten häufig wirtschaftlich nicht mehr durchführbar. Hier werden praxisnah Lösungswege zu einer ökonomisch sinnvollen Inwertsetzung von Altstandorten auf Basis der Gesetzgebung aufgezeigt, wobei die Autoren auch auf Fragen zu möglichen Investitonsrisiken, Kreditwürdigkeitsuntersuchungen sowie staatlichen Förderungsmaßnahmen eingehen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 340 pp. Deutsch.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Ein Klassiker der Psychotherapie-Literatur: Das Praxislehrbuch des Gründervaters der Selbstmanagement-Therapie Frederick H. Kanfer und seiner Kollegen Hans Reinecker und Dieter Schmelzer gilt mittlerweile als Standardwerk der Psychotherapie. Es repräsentiert Prinzipien der modernen Verhaltenstherapie und ist mit seinen grundlegenden Ausführungen zur Gestaltung therapeutischer Veränderungen relevant für viele Therapierichtungen - unabhängig von aktuellen therapeutischen Modewellen oder Zeitgeist-Strömungen.Selbstmanagement in Theorie und Praxis: Basiswissen für Therapeuten: Selbstregulation und Selbstkontrolle, Therapie als Problemlösen, Bedeutung der therapeutischen Beziehung, Therapiemotivation, Verhaltensdiagnostik, Therapieplanung, Veränderungsprozesse, die Rolle von Emotionen, grundlegende Selbstmanagement-Fertigkeiten u.v.m.Das 7-Phasen-Modell für den diagnostisch-therapeutischen ProzessGesprächsführungBeziehungsgestaltungAufbau von ÄnderungsmotivationProblemanalyseZiel- und WertklärungInterventionsplanung und -durchführungUmgang mit schwierigen TherapiesituationenAnforderungen an einen effektiven Selbstmanagement-TherapeutenKanfers '11 Gesetze der Therapie'Ein unverzichtbares Therapie-Buch für Ausbildung und Berufsalltag 580 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Starting with an elegant description of a small piece of land called Hungry Hollow, A.K. Dewdney introduces us to its denizens. The reader goes on a guided tour through the many dimensions of our natural habitat, back into prehistoric time and inward to a teeming microscopic world full of strange creatures performing bizarre feats.'It surprised me how 220 pages explaining biological phenomena can add up to a literary image of the magic of lifePerhaps this book will go some way to redress the general deficiency in judgement that allows humans to endanger other life forms.' -NEW SCIENTIST 252 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware -Praxis der plastischen Chirurgie: die gesamte plastische Chirurgie im Überblick - für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene!Von der Diagnostik hin zur Entwicklung eines schlüssigen Therapiekonzepts und zur Auswahl und Durchführung des geeigneten operativen Verfahrens zur Defektdeckung, Amputation oder auch ästhetisch-chirurgischem Eingriff - in der Praxis der plastischen Chirurgie finden Sie alle Informationen, die Sie im täglichen Alltag benötigen.Detaillierte Informationen zu allen Bereichen der Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgie, zur Handchirurgie und zur Verbrennungsmedizin bilden die 4 Säulen der Plastischen Chirurgie praxisnah ab. Anleitungen zum technischen Vorgehen bei Patientenvorbereitung, Wundbehandlung, Defektdeckung oder Amputationen finden Sie in detaillierten Grundlagenkapiteln. Auch die postoperative Nachversorgung und eventuell auftretende Probleme und Komplikationen werden ausführlich besprochen.Profitieren Sie von der Erfahrung des Autorenteams um Herrn Professor Peter Vogt. Viele Tipps und Tricks aus der Praxis helfen Ihnen, Fehler zu vermeiden und weisen auf spezielle Verfahren in besonderen Situationen hin. Ob Brustrekonstruktion oder motorische Ersatzoperation - mit der 'Praxis der Plastischen Chirurgie' sind Sie für den Alltag im OP und auf Station bestens gerüstet. 904 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Human consciousness has perplexed philosophers, artists and scientists for centuries. Some hold it to be purely physical, while others believe it transcends the material world. Now comes a book that offers a new perspective - based entirely on evidence from the natural sciences - whereby materialism and dualism co-exist. The author - a distinguished pioneer of nonlinear dynamics - bases his argument on a hierarchical view of mental organization; a stairway. Atoms give rise to molecules, neurons form the brain and individual consciousness leads to shared culture. All steps are needed to complete the picture and each level derives from the previous one. The book shows specialists how each of their fields adds to the overall picture, while providing general readers with an introduction to this investigation. 252 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The physician's responsibility continues to increase daily while providing health care in the 21st century; not only in keeping up with the increase of information, but also having to pay more attention to patient compliance. In addition, patients are educated, and often appreciate participation with a provider about treatment and medication choice. Often they have access to the Internet and other medical information and want to make informed choices along with their physician. Preventive Dermatology in Infectious Diseases will convey prevention and medication information to patients and thus help them reap the benefits of participating in their own health care and disease reduction. 204 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -These notes are based on lectures presented during the seminar on ' Asymptotic Statistics' held at SchloB Reisensburg, Gunzburg, May 29-June 5, 1988. They consist of two parts, the theory of asymptotic expansions in statistics and probabilistic aspects of the asymptotic distribution theory in nonparametric statistics. Our intention is to provide a comprehensive presentation of these two subjects, leading from elementary facts to the advanced theory and recent results. Prospects for further research are also included. We would like to thank all participants for their stimulating discussions and their interest in the subjects, which made lecturing very pleasant. Special thanks are due H. Zimmer for her excellent typing. We would also like to take this opportunity to to express our thanks to the Gesellschaft fur mathematische Forschung and to the Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung, especially to Professor G. Fischer, for the opportunity to present these lectures and to the Birkhauser Verlag for the publication of these lecture notes. R. Bhattacharya, M. Denker Part I: Asymptotic Expansions in Statistics Rabi Bhattacharya 11 1. CRAMER-EDGEWORTH EXPANSIONS Let Q be a probability measure on (IRk, B'), B' denoting the Borel sigmafield on IR'. Assume that the s - th absolute moment of Q is finite, (1.1) P. := J II x lis Q(dx) 00, for some integer s;::: 3, and that Q is normalized, (1.2) J x(i)Q(dx) = 0 (1 ~ i ~ k), J x(i)x(j)Q(dx) = Dij (1 ~ i,j ~ k). 122 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This lecture provides an introduction to cyber foraging, a topic that lies at the intersection of mobile and cloud computing. Cyber foraging dynamically augments the computing resources of mobile computers by opportunistically exploiting fixed computing infrastructure in the surrounding environment. In a cyber foraging system, applications functionality is dynamically partitioned between the mobile computer and infrastructure servers that store data and execute computation on behalf of mobile users. The location of application functionality changes in response to user mobility, platform characteristics, and variation in resources such as network bandwidth and CPU load. Cyber foraging also introduces a new, surrogate computing tier that lies between mobile users and cloud data centers. Surrogates are wired, infrastructure servers that offer much greater computing resources than those offered by small, battery-powered mobile devices. Surrogates are geographically distributed to be as close as possible to mobile computers so that they can provide substantially better response time to network requests than that provided by servers in cloud data centers. For instance, surrogates may be co-located with wireless hotspots in coffee shops, airport lounges, and other public locations. This lecture first describes how cyber foraging systems dynamically partition data and computation. It shows how dynamic partitioning can often yield better performance, energy efficiency, and application quality than static thin-client or thick-client approaches for dividing functionality between cloud and mobile computers. The lecture then describes the design of the surrogate computing tier. It shows how strong isolation can enable third-party computers to host computation and store data on behalf of nearby mobile devices. It then describes how surrogates can provide reasonable security and privacy guarantees to the mobile computers that use them. The lecture concludes with a discussion of data staging, in which surrogates temporarily store data in transit between cloud servers and mobile computers in order to improve transfer bandwidth and energy efficiency. Table of Contents: Introduction / Partitioning / Management / Security and Privacy / Data Staging / Challenges and Opportunities 104 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -For more than a century, oil has been the engine of growth for a society that delivers an unprecedented standard of living to many. We now take for granted that economic growth is good, necessary, and even inevitable, but also feel a sense of unease about the simultaneous growth of complexity in the processes and institutions that generate and manage that growth. As societies grow more complex through the bounty of cheap energy, they also confront problems that seem to increase in number and severity. In this era of fossil fuels, cheap energy and increasing complexity have been in a mutually-reinforcing spiral. The more energy we have and the more problems our societies confront, the more we grow complex and require still more energy. How did our demand for energy, our technological prowess, the resulting need for complex problem solving, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill increasingly likely, if not inevitable This book explains the real causal factors leading up to the worst environmental catastrophe in U.S. history, a disaster from which it will take decades to recover. 252 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book links the challenges to which the electricity network is exposed with the range of new technology, methodologies and market mechanisms known under the name 'smart grid.' The main challenges will be described by the way in which they impact the electricity network: the introduction of renewable electricity production, energy efficiency, the introduction and further opening of the electricity market, increasing demands for reliability and voltage quality, and the growing need for more transport capacity in the grid. Three fundamentally different types of solutions are distinguished in this book: solutions only involving the electricity network (like HVDC and active distribution networks), solutions including the network users but under the control of the network operator (like requirements on production units and curtailment), and fully market-driven solutions (like demand response). An overview is given of the various solutions to the challenges that are possible with new technology; this includes some that are actively discussed elsewhere and others that are somewhat forgotten. Linking the different solutions with the needs of the electricity network, in the light of the various challenges, is a recurring theme in this book. Table of Contents: Introduction / The Challenges / Solutions in the Grid / Participation of Network Users / Market Incentives / Discussion / Conclusions 236 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This short book is for students, professors and professionals interested in signal processing of seismic data using MATLAB(TM). The step-by-step demo of the full reflection seismic data processing workflow using a complete real seismic data set places itself as a very useful feature of the book. This is especially true when students are performing their projects, and when professors and researchers are testing their new developed algorithms in MATLAB(TM) for processing seismic data. The book provides the basic seismic and signal processing theory required for each chapter and shows how to process the data from raw field records to a final image of the subsurface all using MATLAB(TM). The MATLAB(TM) codes and seismic data can be downloaded here.Table of Contents: Seismic Data Processing: A Quick Overview / Examination of A Real Seismic Data Set / Quality Control of Real Seismic Data / Seismic Noise Attenuation / Seismic Deconvolution / Carrying the Processing Forward / Static Corrections / Seismic Migration / Concluding Remarks 100 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Although the solar energy industry has experienced rapid growth recently, high-level management of photovoltaic (PV) arrays has remained an open problem. As sensing and monitoring technology continues to improve, there is an opportunity to deploy sensors in PV arrays in order to improve their management. In this book, we examine the potential role of sensing and monitoring technology in a PV context, focusing on the areas of fault detection, topology optimization, and performance evaluation/data visualization. First, several types of commonly occurring PV array faults are considered and detection algorithms are described. Next, the potential for dynamic optimization of an array's topology is discussed, with a focus on mitigation of fault conditions and optimization of power output under non-fault conditions. Finally, monitoring system design considerations such as type and accuracy of measurements, sampling rate, and communication protocols are considered. It is our hope that the benefits of monitoring presented here will be sufficient to offset the small additional cost of a sensing system, and that such systems will become common in the near future. Table of Contents: Introduction / Overview of Photovoltaics / Causes Performance Degradation and Outage / Fault Detection Methods / Array Topology Optimization / Monitoring of PV Systems / Summary 96 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In February 1996, a chess-playing computer known as Deep Blue made history by defeating the reigning world chess champion, Gary Kasparov, in a game played under match conditions. Kasparov went on to win the six-game match 4-2 and at the end of the match announced that he believed that chess computing had come of age. This book provides an enthralling account of the match and of the story that lies behind it: the evolution of chess-playing computers and the development of Deep Blue. The story of chess-playing computers goes back a long way and the author provides a whistlestop tour of the highlights of this history. As the development comes to its culmination in Philadelphia, we meet the Deep Blue team, Garry Kasparov and each of the historic six games is provided in full with a detailed commentary. Chess grandmaster Yasser Seirawan provided a lively commentary throughout the match and here provides a Foreword about the significance of this event. 340 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume reports on recent mathematical and computational advances in optical, ultrasound, and opto-acoustic tomographies. It outlines the state-of-the-art and future directions in these fields and provides readers with the most recently developed mathematical and computational tools. It is particularly suitable for researchers and graduate students in applied mathematics and biomedical engineering. 172 pp. Englisch.…