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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Nöstlinger, C. (illustrator). Neuware -Jedes Kind kann von einem traumatischen Ereignis betroffen werden, sei es durch den plötzlichen oder unerwarteten Tod eines Familienangehörigen, durch einen schweren Verkehrsunfall oder durch das Erleben einer Naturkatastrophe.Viele Kinder wirken nach außen hin unauffällig, doch quälen sie sich innerlich mit Phantasien, wie etwa, dass sie durch 'schlimm sein' schuld am Ereignis sind. Pippa und Leo-Rix ¿ ein traumatisiertes Mädchen und sein Hilfstier, der Löwe Leo-Rix ¿ bieten dem betroffenen Kind die Möglichkeit sich auszudrücken und Fragen zu stellen. Durch die Identifikation mit den beiden Figuren und den Bezug zum eigenen Erlebnis, welcher in eine Sprechblase eingetragen oder gezeichnet werden kann, hat das Kind die Möglichkeit ¿ unterstützt durch Angehörige, Therapeuten oder Helfer ¿ sein traumatisches Erlebnis prozesshaft zu verarbeiten. Die Geschichte ist eindrucksvoll mit Grafiken von Christiane Nöstlinger illustriert.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 48 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -ltern, Onkel und Tanten sich hilflos und uberSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 144 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Mit ihrer Jahrestagung 2004 bietet die GI-Fachgruppe Echtzeitprogrammierung Nutzern und Herstellern ein Forum an, auf dem neue Trends und Entwicklungen zu folgenden Themengebieten aus dem Bereich der 'Eingebetteten Systeme' vorgestellt werden: Stand der Technik, Architektur (System on Chip), Engineering (Systementwurf, Programmierung, Verifikation), Vernetzung, Betriebssysteme, Nutzer-Schnittstellen, Anwendungsklassen (Kfz, Fertigung, Simulatoren, Telekommunikation, SetTopBoxen).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 136 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der Autor informiert über die unterschiedlichen Bestimmungen in den Landesbauordnungen, Normen und Gesetzen sowie über die brandtechnischen Eigenschaften von Baustoffen und Bauteilen. Neben den Anforderungen für den Wohnungsbau werden auch die Bestimmungen für den Industrie- und Sonderbau sowie die Möglichkeiten und Probleme bei der Sanierung von Gebäuden behandelt.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 360 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -¿Morten: And what are we going to do, when you have made liberal-minded and high-minded men of us Dr. Stockman: Then you shall drive all the wolves out of the country, my boys!¿ (Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, Act V) The theoretical and empirical research of this book describes how the traditional safeguards of the rights of minority shareholders have failed in their duty and how those shareholders have remained practically without any protection against the arbitrariness of the companies and majority shareholders. The law, the SEC, society, boards of directors, independent directors, auditors, analysts, underwriters and the press have remained in many cases worthless panaceas. Nevertheless, in the Ethics of 2000 new vehicles have been developed for the protection of minority shareholders, mainly the Internet, transparency, activist associations and ethical funds. Those vehicles give the shareholders at least the chance to understand the pattern and methods that are utilized to wrong them and give them a viable alternative for investment in ethical funds. The new vehicles will prevent minority shareholders from using the Armageddon weapon, by ceasing to invest in the stock exchange and causing the collapse of the system, that discriminates against them.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 280 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The expansion of social history that took place in the twentieth century has produced some of the most exciting works in the field of historical studies. As the range of the social historian's concerns has grown, so has the range of methodologies and theoretical approaches they employ. Historians have made greater use of the theoretical insights of social scientists, and boundaries between the disciplines have become blurred as a consequence. Social Theory and Social History:- covers the major developments within social history- offers an introduction to the most important social theorists- discusses the relationship between history and the social sciences- considers the use of theory in the writing of history- examines current debates within historiographyIn this concise introductory guide, Donald M. MacRaild and Avram Taylor explore the complex relationship between social theory and social history, arguing that an awareness of the relation between the two is the key to a deeper understanding of the process of historical change.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'I, Galileo, son of the late Vincenzio Galilei, Florentine, aged seventy years .kneeling before you Most Eminent and Reverend Lord Cardinals .I abjure, curse, detest the aforesaid errors and heresies.'Galileo Galilei in Rome, 22 June 1633, before the men of the Inquisition.In the small village of Arcetri, on a wooded hillside just south of Florence, an old man sat writing his will. He had to make a journey to Rome and wanted to be prepared for every eventuality. If the plague did not get him on the road, the strain of travelling might finish him off; in addition he had been ill most of the autumn, with dizziness, stomach pains and a serious hernia. And even if he survived these difficulties, and the cold winter wind from the Apennines did not give him pneumonia, he had no idea what awaited him in Rome, only that his arrival was unlikely to be celebrated with a special mass.The mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei is one of the most famous scientists of all times. The story of his life and times, of his epoch-making experiments and discoveries, of his stubbornness and pride, of his patrons in the house of Medici, of his enemies and friends in their struggle for truth - all is brought vividly to life in this book. Atle Nÿss has written a gripping account of one of the great figures in European history.He was awarded the Brage Prize, the most prestigious literary prize in Norway.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Wie schwer diese Probleme wiegen Welche Lösungsstrategien es gibt Wie gezielt Prävention angeboten werden kannSpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch greift die Frage auf, ob über die Koordination makroökonomischer Politikbereiche EU-Wachstum auf mittlere Sicht stimuliert werden kann. Im Rahmen eines theoretischen Modells wird gezeigt, dass die Koordination von Geldpolitik und Lohnsetzung unter bestimmten Bedingungen Produktion und Beschäftigung zeitweise erhöhen kann. Quantifiziert werden die Effekte im Rahmen eines makroökonomischen Mehrländer-Modells. Eine kritische Würdigung der tatsächlichen Entwicklung in den Vereinigten Staaten, den Niederlanden und Irland zeigt, dass der Einfluss der Koordination zumeist stark überschätzt wird und sich in Europa gravierende Umsetzungsprobleme stellen. Im Buch werden auch steuerpolitische Fragen diskutiert. Im Ergebnis spricht vieles dafür, dass Steuerwettbewerb das Potentialwachstum eher stärken kann als eine Steuerharmonisierung.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 160 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Simulation ist neben Theorie und Experiment die dritte Säule wissenschaftlicher Forschung und technischer Entwicklung. Computer-Berechnungen sind zu einer wesentlichen Antriebskraft im Bereich der Technik und der Naturwissenschaften geworden. Speziell für diese Anwendungsbereiche wurde MATLAB entwickelt. MATLAB ist ein auf mathematisch/numerischen Methoden beruhendes Problemlösungswerkzeug, das sowohl bequeme Benutzeroberflächen bietet, als auch die individuelle Programmierung gestattet. MATLAB hat sich durch seine Erweiterungsmöglichkeit in Form von 'Toolboxen' zu einem universell einsetzbaren Werkzeug auf den verschiedensten Gebieten (Signalverarbeitung, Regelungstechnik, Fuzzy Logic etc.) entwickelt. Dieses Buch ist auf die neueste MATLAB-Version 7 abgestimmt und behandelt unter anderem detailliert die Lösung numerischer Problemstellungen mit Hilfe von MATLAB.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Korea, Singapore, Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Taiwan, Italy, and Hong Kong. Totally, 62 papers were accepted and presented in the workshop.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 528 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In order to make strategy happen there is a need for powerful management information systems. SAP focuses on the application of modern business administration concepts, e.g. Value Based Management, the Balanced Scorecard, the Management Cockpit or flexible planning methods.The book describes the methodology and implementation of a powerful tool for enterprise management. Practical examples show how SAP Strategic Enterprise Management/Business Analytics (SAP SEM/BA) can help to improve cross functional planning, reporting and analyzing. SAP SEM/BA is a leading edge IT-solution for top management and related departments in large enterprises and groups. It demonstrates the state of the art of modern management information and decision support systems.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The legacy of Helmut Hasse, consisting of letters, manuscripts and other - pers, is kept at theHandschriftenabteilung of the University Library at Gottin- ¿ gen.Hassehadanextensivecorrespondence;helikedtoexchangemathematical ideas, results and methods freely with his colleagues. There are more than 8000 documents preserved. Although not all of them are of equal mathematical - terest, searching through this treasure can help us to assess the development of Number Theory through the 1920¿s and 1930¿s. Unfortunately, most of the correspondence is preserved on one side only, i.e., the letterssenttoHasse are availablewhereasmanyoftheletterswhichhadbeensentfromhim,oftenha- written, seem to be lost. So we have to interpolate, as far as possible, from the repliestoHasseandfromothercontexts,inorderto ndoutwhathehadwritten 1 in his outgoing letters. The present article is largely based on the letters and other documents which I have found concerning the Brauer-Hasse-NoetherTheorem in the theory of algebras; this covers the years around 1931. Besides the do- ments from the Hasse and the Brauer legacy in Gottingen, ¿ I shall also use some letters from Emmy Noether to Richard Brauer which are preserved at the Bryn Mawr College Library (Pennsylvania, USA).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This volume of the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series contains the contributions presented at the International Symposium on Knowledge Exploration in Life Science Informatics (KELSI 2004) held in Milan, Italy, 25¿26 November 2004. The two main objectives of the symposium were: ¿ To explore the symbiosis between information and knowledge technologies and v- ious life science disciplines, such as biochemistry, biology, neuroscience, medical research, social sciences, and so on. ¿ To investigate the synergy among different life science informatics areas, including cheminformatics,bioinformatics,neuroinformatics,medical informatics,systems - ology, socionics, and others. Modern life sciences investigate phenomena and systems at the level of molecules, cells, tissues, organisms, and populations. Typical areas of interest include natural e- lution, development,disease, behavior,cognition,and consciousness.This quest is g- eratinganoverwhelmingandfast-growingamountofdata,information,andkn owledge, re ecting living systems at different levels of organization. Future progress of the life sciences will depend on effective and ef cient management, sharing, and exploitation of these resources by computational means.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems (IDMS) and Protocols for Mul- media Systems (PROMS) have been two successful series of international events bringing together researchers, developers and practitioners from academia and industry in all areas of multimedia systems. These two workshops successfully merged in 2003 and now constitute the MIPS workshop. After the outstanding MIPS 2003 workshop, organized in Naples, Italy, by GiorgioVentreandRobertoCanonico,fromtheUniversityofNaplesFedericoII, MIPS2004movedtoGrenoble,France. Followingthegreattradition,MIPS2004 was intended to contribute to scienti c, strategic and practical advances in the area of distributed multimedia applications, protocols and intelligent mana- ment tools, with emphasis on their provision over novel network architectures. This is undoubtedly a rather broad area, which is con rmed by the large range of topics that were addressed in the submitted (and accepted) papers. This year the Call for Papers attracted 74 submissions, essentially from - rope and Asia, plus a few contributions from North America, the Middle East, and Africa, for a total of 20 countries. We would like to express our warmest gratitude to all the authors, without whom organizing this event would have been impossible! Thanks to the outstanding work of the Program Committee and the ad- tional reviewers, 20 full-sized papers and 5 additional short papers were nally accepted, which was not an easy task. Like MIPS 2003, MIPS 2004 remained a highly selective event (33% acceptance ratio, including the short papers) which is the best warrant of a good program quality. 300 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The 2004 IFIP International Conference on Intelligence in Communication S- tems(INTELLCOMM2004),heldinBangkok,Thailand,23¿26November2004, was the successor and an expansion of SMARTNET, a series of annual conf- ences on intelligence in networks held during 1995¿2003 under the auspices of IFIP TC6¿s Working Group 6. 7. The Internet and Web provide more connection facilities, hence the man-man, man-machine and machine-machine interactions will increase and communication will have an important role in modern s- tems. Inordertoobtaine ectiveande cientcommunication,artistic,socialand technical issues have to be tackled in a holistic and integrated manner. However, communicationtechniques,conceptsandsolutionswhichhavebeendevelopedso far treat these issues separately, so that there arises a need for communication researchers and practitioners in di erent elds (engineering, science and arts) to meet, share their experience and explore all possibilities of developing in- grated and advanced solutions which incorporate ideas from such disciplines as communication arts, art design, linguistics, Web technologies, computer system architecture and protocols, computer science and arti cial intelligence. INTELLCOMM 2004 was jointly sponsored by IFIP WG 6. 7: Smart N- works and WG 6. 4: Internet Applications Engineering and aimed to provide an international forum which brings academia, researchers, practitioners and s- vice providers together. The discussion areas covered the latest research topics andadvancedtechnologicalsolutionsintheareaofintelligenceincommunication systems, ranging from architectures for adaptable networks/services and Sem- ticWeb/Webservicestechnologiestointelligentserviceapplicationinterfaceand intelligent human interaction. INTELLCOMM 2004received 112 paper submissions from 28 countries. From these, 24 were accepted, and are included in this proceedings. There were also 3 papers accepted for poster presentation, published separately. 348 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -¿Professional engineers can often be distinguished from other designers by the engineers¿ ability to use mathematical models to describe and 1 analyze their products.¿ This observation by Parnas describes the de facto professional standards in all classical engineering disciplines (civil, mechanical, electrical, etc.). Unf- tunately, it is in sharp contrast with current (industrial) practice in software design, where mathematical models are hardly used at all, even by those who, 2 in Holloway¿s words ¿aspire to be engineers.¿ The rare exceptions are certain critical applications, where mathematical techniques are used under the general name formal methods. Yet,thesamecharacteristicsthatmakeformalmethodsanecessityincritical applicationsmakethemalsoadvantageousineverydaysoftwaredesignatvarious levels from design e ciency to software quality. Why, then, is education failing with respect to formal methods ¿ failing to convince students, academics and practitioners alike that formal methods are truly pragmatic; ¿ failing to overcome a phobia of formality and mathematics; ¿ failing to provide students with the basic skills and understanding required toadoptamoremathematicalandlogicalapproachtosoftwaredevelopment. Until education takes these failings seriously, formal methods will be an obscure byway in software engineering, which in turn will remain severely impoverished as a result. 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Functional programminghas a long history,reaching back through early reali- tions in languages like LISP to foundational theories of computing, in particular -calculus and recursive function theory. In turn, functional programming has had wide in uence in computing, both through developments within the dis- pline, such as formal semantics, polymorphic type checking, lazy evaluation and structural proof, and as a practical embodiment of formalized approaches, such as speci cation, transformation and partial application. One of the engaging features of functional programming is precisely the crossover between theory and practice. In particular, it is regarded as ess- tial that all aspects of functional programming are appropriately formalized, especially the speci cation and implementation of functional languages. Thus, specialist functional programming events like the International Workshop on the Implementation of Functional Languages (IFL) attract contributions where strong use is made of syntactic, semantic and meta-mathematical formalisms to motivate, justify and underpin very practical software systems. IFL grew out of smaller workshops aimed at practitioners wrestling with the nuts and bolts of making concrete implementations of highly abstract l- guages. Functional programming has always been bedeviled by an unwarranted reputation for slowand ine cient implementations. IFL is one venue where such problemsaretackledheadon,alwaysusing formaltechniques to justify practical implementations.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 200 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The main subjects of the Developments in Language Theory (DLT) conf- ence series are formal languages, automata, conventional and unconventional computation theory, and applications of automata and language theory. T- ical, but not exclusive, topics of interest include: grammars and acceptors for strings, graphs, and arrays; e cient text algorithms; combinatorial and al- braic properties of languages; decision problems; relations to complexity theory andlogic;picturedescriptionandanalysis;cryptography;concurrency;andDNA and quantum computing. The members of the steering committee of DLT are: J. Berstel (Paris), M. Ito(Kyoto),W. Kuich(Vienna),G. P aun(BucharestandSeville),A. Restivo (Palermo), G. Rozenberg (chair, Leiden), A. Salomaa (Turku) and W. Thomas (Aachen). The rst DLT conference was organized by G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa in Turku in 1993. After this, the DLT conferences were held in every odd year: Magdeburg(1995),Thessaloniki(1997),Aachen(1999)andVienna(2001). Since 2001, a DLT conference has been organized in every odd year in Europe and in every even year outside Europe. The last two DLT conferences were organized in Kyoto, Japan in 2002 and Szeged, Hungary in 2003. The titles of the volumes of the past DLT conferences are the following: 1. Developments in Language Theory. At the Crossroads of Mathematics, C- puter Science and Biology (edited by G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa) (1994) (World Scienti c) 2. Developments in Language Theory II. At the Crossroads of Mathematics, Computer Science and Biology (edited by J. Dassow, G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa) (1996) (World Scienti c) 3. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Developments in L- guageTheory(editedbyS.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 448 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The 10th Annual ASIACRYPT 2004 was held in Jeju Island, Korea, d- ing December 5¿9, 2004. This conference was organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) in cooperation with KIISC (- rean Institute of Information Security and Cryptology) and IRIS (International Research center for Information Security) at ICU (Information and Communi- tionsUniversity),andwas nanciallysupportedbyMIC(MinistryofInformation and Communication) in Korea. The conference received, from 30 countries, 208 submissions that represent the current state of work in the cryptographic community worldwide, covering all areas of cryptologic research. Each paper, without the authors¿ information, was reviewed by at least three members of the program committee, and the papers (co-)authored by members of the program committee were reviewed by at least six members. We also blinded the reviewers¿ names among the reviewers until the nal decision, by using pseudonyms. The reviews were then followed by deep discussions on the papers, which greatly contributed to the quality of the nal selection. In most cases, extensive comments were sent to the authors. Among 208 submissions, the program committee selected 36 papers. Two submissions were merged into a single paper, yielding the total of 35 papers acceptedforpresentationinthetechnicalprogramoftheconference.Manyh i- quality works could not be accepted because of the competitive nature of the conference and the challenging task of selecting a program. These proceedings contain revised versions of the accepted papers. These revisions have not been checked for correctness, and the authors bear full responsibility for the contents of their papers.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 568 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -How can one exchange information e ectively when the medium of com- nication introduces errors This question has been investigated extensively starting with the seminal works of Shannon (1948) and Hamming (1950), and has led to the rich theory of ¿error-correcting codes¿. This theory has traditionally gone hand in hand with the algorithmic theory of ¿decoding¿ that tackles the problem of recovering from the errors e ciently. This thesis presents some spectacular new results in the area of decoding algorithms for error-correctingcodes. Speci cally,itshowshowthenotionof¿list-decoding¿ can be applied to recover from far more errors, for a wide variety of err- correcting codes, than achievable before. A brief bit of background: error-correcting codes are combinatorial str- tures that show how to represent (or ¿encode¿) information so that it is - silient to a moderate number of errors. Speci cally, an error-correcting code takes a short binary string, called the message, and shows how to transform it into a longer binary string, called the codeword, so that if a small number of bits of the codewordare ipped, the resulting string does not look like any other codeword. The maximum number of errorsthat the code is guaranteed to detect, denoted d, is a central parameter in its design. A basic property of such a code is that if the number of errors that occur is known to be smaller than d/2, the message is determined uniquely. This poses a computational problem,calledthedecodingproblem:computethemessagefromacorrupted codeword, when the number of errors is less than d/2. 376 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -These are the proceedings of the fth international conference, Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD), held 15¿17 November 2004 in Austin, Texas, USA. The conference provides a forum for presenting state-of-the-art tools, methods, algorithms, and theory for the application of formalized r- soning to all aspects of computer-aided system design, including speci cation, veri cation, synthesis, and testing. FMCAD¿s heritagedates back20 yearsto someof the earliestconferenceson the subjectofformalreasoningandcomputer-aideddesign.Since 1996,FMCAD has assumedits presentform,heldbiennially inNorthAmerica,alternatingwith its sister conference CHARME in Europe. We are delighted to report that our researchcommunitycontinuesto ourish:wereceived69papersubmissions,with many more high-quality papers than we had room to accept. After a rigorous review process, in which each paper received at least three, and typically four or more, independent reviews, we accepted 29 papers for the conference and inclusion in this volume. The conference also included invited talks from Greg Spirakis of Intel Corporation and Wayne Wolf of Princeton University. A conference of this size requires the contributions of numerous people. On the technical side, we are grateful to the program committee and the additional reviewers for their countless hours reviewing submissions and ensuring the int- lectual quality of the conference. We would also like to thank the steering c- mittee for their wisdom and guidance. On the logistical side, we thank Christa Mace for designing our website and attending to countless organizational tasks. And we thank our corporate sponsors ¿ AMD, IBM, Intel, and Synopsys ¿ for nancial support that helped make this conference possible.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 460 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -At a time when information systems are becoming ever more complex and quality to market and time to market are critical for many companies, a structured test process is essential. Even more important is a structured test management process to keep testing under control. Nowadays a test manager must have extensive knowledge of and experience with project management, risk assessment, team building, and, process improvement.Based on their long-term industry experience, Pinkster and her coauthors describe a holistic approach to test management that combines test methods, test management, risk assessment and stakeholder management into one integral process, giving test managers, test coordinators, IT project managers, and QA managers a competitive edge in environments where there are numerous unstructured requirements, tough testing schedules and limited resources.This book should be in every test manager's backpack!Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 392 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In his seminal 1982 paper, Robert F. Engle described a time series model with a time-varying volatility. Engle showed that this model, which he called ARCH (autoregressive conditionally heteroscedastic), is well-suited for the description of economic and financial price. Nowadays ARCH has been replaced by more general and more sophisticated models, such as GARCH (generalized autoregressive heteroscedastic).This monograph concentrates on mathematical statistical problems associated with fitting conditionally heteroscedastic time series models to data. This includes the classical statistical issues of consistency and limiting distribution of estimators. Particular attention is addressed to (quasi) maximum likelihood estimation and misspecified models, along to phenomena due to heavy-tailed innovations. The used methods are based on techniques applied to the analysis of stochastic recurrence equations. Proofs and arguments are given wherever possible in full mathematical rigour. Moreover, the theory is illustrated by examples and simulation studies.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 248 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Exciting developments in earthquake science have benefited from new observations, improved computational technologies, and improved modeling capabilities. Designing models of the earthquake generation process is a grand scientific challenge due to the complexity of phenomena and range of scales involved from microscopic to global. Such models provide powerful new tools for the study of earthquake precursory phenomena and the earthquake cycle.Through workshops, collaborations and publications, the APEC Cooperation for Earthquake Simulations (ACES) aims to develop realistic supercomputer simulation models for the complete earthquake generation process, thus providing a 'virtual laboratory' to probe earthquake behavior.Part II of the book embraces dynamic rupture and wave propagation, computational environment and algorithms, data assimilation and understanding, and applications of models to earthquakes. This part also contains articles on the computational approaches and challenges of constructing earthquake models.Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin 356 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A great bene t of being a clinical child psychologist is the opportunity to conduct and review research on fascinating areas of human, youthful behavior. And perhaps no behavior is as central to human existence as social behavior, and the lack thereof. In writing this book, therefore, I have been doubly blessed with the chance to examine seminal works on behaviors that are so critical to the development and quality of life of children. This book covers the major historical aspects, characteristics, asse- ment strategies, and psychological treatment techniques for youths with social anxiety and social phobia. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the related constructs and history of social phobia. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a summary of the characteristics and etiological variables that pertain most to youths with social anxiety and social phobia. Chapters 4 and 5 provide an overview of research- and clinically-based assessment strategies and recommendations for this population. Chapters 6¿9 provide a description of treatment techniques that are most relevant and empirically supported for youths with social anxiety and social phobia. Chapter 10 covers issues regarding general and relapse prevention as well as dif cult cases and future directions.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 234 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieser Folgeband zu N. Straumanns 'Quantenmechanik' enthält den relativistischen Teil einer zweiteiligen Vorlesung, die der Autor viele Male gehalten hat. Der Stoff ist im Detail ausgearbeitet und durch Kapitel aus der Quantenelektrodynamik ergänzt worden. Das Buch ist eine gründliche Einführung in die Quantenfeldtheorie und ihre Anwendungen. Der rote Faden dieses Lehrbuchs ist die Quantentheorie elektromagnetischer Prozesse. Das erste Kapitel über die alte Diracsche Strahlungstheorie schließt an den Stoff der 'Quantenmechanik' an und verweist auf Anwendungen in Atom- und Kernphysik. Dann werden in den Kapiteln zu Diracs Wellengleichung des Elektrons und zur Quantisierung des Dirac-Feldes die wichtigsten Teile der relativistischen Quantentheorie vorgestellt. Die restlichen vier Kapitel widmen sich der Quantenelektrodynamik, z.B. der Bornschen Näherung, der systematischen Herleitung der Feynman-Regeln bis hin zur Behandlung der anomalen magnetischen Momente der Leptonen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 344 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das Buch stellt Konzepte des 'Echtzeitunternehmens' (Real-Time Enterprise) vor und weist auf die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen hin, die diese Art der Evolution für das Unternehmen mit sich bringt. Als Wegweiser und Sammlung von Ideen und erprobten Konzepten zeigt es auf, wie man Unternehmen auf mehr Geschwindigkeit trimmen kann, um die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu stärken, die Attraktivität für die Kunden zu erhöhen und letztlich wirtschaftlicher zu arbeiten.Innovative Praktiker, führende Denker aus Wissenschaft und Forschung und betroffene Dienstleistungs- und Technologieanbieter vermitteln facettenreich und aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln sowohl Ideen als auch notwendiges Wissen, um den Herausforderungen des 'Geschwindigkeitsdiktates' wirksam zu begegnen und die in ihm liegenden Chancen voll auszuschöpfen.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 636 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Medizinische Informationssysteme finden zunehmend in allen Bereichen des Gesundheitswesens ihren Einsatz. Funktionalität und Angemessenheit schwanken aber erheblich, und Mediziner und Informatiker stehen vielfach vor der Aufgabe der Beurteilung oder des Entwurfs eines konkreten Systems.Der Autor bietet erstmalig einen umfassenden Einblick in Ziele, Grundlagen, Aufbau und Einsatz Medizinischer Informationssysteme. Dabei wird auf der Basis aktueller Forschungsergebnisse und grundlegender Anforderungen aus der Praxis ein allgemeines Modell eines Medizinischen Informationssystems vorgestellt. Ferner werden die einzelnen Module, wie z.B. die Elektronische Krankenakte und das Organisationsmodul mit Termin-, Workflow- und Behandlungsmanagement, und ihre Funktionen detailliert erläutert sowie die Integration von Wissensbasen betrachtet. Am Ende jeden Kapitels wird jeweils eine checklistenartige Übersicht der Anforderungen gegeben.Anschließend werden die Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Medizinischen Informationssystemen an Beispielen aufgezeigt und ein Überblick zum Vorgehen bei der Auswahl und Einführung gegeben.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 776 pp. Deutsch.