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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In this book, you and your children will discover the amazing wonders of nature through simple experiments. What's the science behind the Lotus effect Find out using kohlrabi leaves. Feeding carnivorous plants with gummy bears Yes, it works! But why Determine the air quality of your surroundings, a park, or a forest with a homemade lichen grid. Quickly, you'll become an expert on the wonderful and useful lichens. Invisible microorganisms of a lake become visibly teeming life with a laser pointer - all without a microscope! Discover the 'dark' side of nature with a simple UV flashlight, making vegetables, plants, mosses, fungi, algae, crabs, and shells glow in vibrant colors. A red glowing spooky bell pepper for Halloween Yes! An exploratory night walk on the beach Hooray! Great fun with experiments for indoors and outdoors for the whole family. This book is the perfect companion for hikes and holiday travels - bringing you closer to nature. Featuring numerous color photos, many descriptive graphics, and 14 spectacular videos. So: Off into nature.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - About 80 years ago, it was possible for the first time to confirm what modern science had suggested for centuries: Earth shows its sphericity based on a curved horizon. The following age of space flights opened other opportunities. First, our home planet could be observed from low Earth orbits, and then, a while later, even from the distance of the Moon. Interplanetary space flights even shifted our perspective out into the universe. Images sent back from many spacecraft showed how Earth and its Moon are part of the solar system.This book is a journey away from Earth, but always looking back at it. The journey starts with balloon flights reaching the stratosphere, followed by the tedious attempts to reach space. When space flight in low Earth orbits had been achieved, frequent unmanned and manned missions covered that region. Further milestones reached geostationary orbit and the Moon. Interplanetary missions allowed us to become acquainted with large parts of the solar system. They showed us how unique our home planet Earth is. A photo from a distance of 6 billion kilometers, the famous 'pale blue dot,' always reminds us of this fact.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The author has subsequently revised the text further in an endeavour to refine the work stylistically.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book presents select research writings from researchers and professionals around the globe on the application, potential, and limitations of AI in different domains. The topics covered include AI in product design, AI in architecture design, AI in textile design, AI in interaction design, and AI for society in general. The book also discusses various cross-applications of AI in other industrial sectors like urban planning and design, AI for inclusive future, etc. The book is a valuable reference for designers in multidisciplinary areas. This book is of interest for anyone who is a beginner, researcher, and professional interested in artificial intelligence and allied fields.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This Palgrave Pivot book analyses the current state of economic and financial relations between China and the European Union. It illustrates the 'de-risking' strategy that informs much of financial policy between China and the EU and argues that this differs from the policy of 'decoupling' that characterizes the US approach towards China. Exploring how the EU positions itself in the context of a trade and tech race between the US and China, the book sketches out a range of geopolitical challenges for Europe as it navigates current and future scenarios in global economic cooperation and competition. It discusses the concept of 'strategic autonomy' for the EU and explores barriers to achieving this as well as options for re-shaping relations with China. The book provides an excellent overview for researchers and policy-makers of Sino-EU economic relations today and sets them firmly in the contexts of the post-pandemic world with new global value chains, rapid technological development, and evolving environmental challenges.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -About 80 years ago, it was possible for the first time to confirm what modern science had suggested for centuries: Earth shows its sphericity based on a curved horizon. The following age of space flights opened other opportunities. First, our home planet could be observed from low Earth orbits, and then, a while later, even from the distance of the Moon. Interplanetary space flights even shifted our perspective out into the universe. Images sent back from many spacecraft showed how Earth and its Moon are part of the solar system.This book is a journey away from Earth, but always looking back at it. The journey starts with balloon flights reaching the stratosphere, followed by the tedious attempts to reach space. When space flight in low Earth orbits had been achieved, frequent unmanned and manned missions covered that region. Further milestones reached geostationary orbit and the Moon. Interplanetary missions allowed us to become acquainted with large parts of the solar system. They showed us how unique our home planet Earth is. A photo from a distance of 6 billion kilometers, the famous ¿pale blue dot,¿ always reminds us of this fact.The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The author has subsequently revised the text further in an endeavour to refine the work stylistically.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is aimed at everyone preparing for the ISTQB® Certified Tester - Foundation Level exam based on the Foundation Level syllabus (version 4.0) published in 2023. It provides candidates with reliable knowledge based on this document and thus distinguishes itself from all the information about ISTQB® syllabi and exams on the Internet, which is often of rather poor quality and may even contain serious errors. The book expands and details many issues that are described in the new 2023 version of the syllabus in a perfunctory or general way only. According to the ISTQB® guidelines for syllabus-based training, an exercise must be provided for each learning objective at the K3 level, and a practical example must be provided for each objective at the K2 or K3 level. In order to satisfy these requirements, the authors prepared numerous exercises and examples for all learning objectives at these levels. In addition, for each learning objective, one or more sample exam questions are presented which are similar to those that the candidate will see in the exam. This makes the book an excellent aid for studying and preparing for the exam and verifying acquired knowledge.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This open access book provides a fresh perspective on analysis and synthesis across several areas of inquiry. The two operations form a primary basis of modern laboratory science, ranging from the spectrographic analysis used in practically every scientific discipline today, to the naming of entire disciplines, such as synthetic organic chemistry. Despite their acknowledged significance, however, the history of analysis, synthesis, and their relations over the longue durée is poorly understood. Several volumes have been devoted to the history of analysis and synthesis in the sense that premodern mathematicians and philosophers used the terms, but very little work has been done on the tradition of material decomposition and recomposition and its relationship to mathematics and philosophy. The present volume brings together scholars in the history of medicine, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, and alchemy to explore the ways in which these multiple disciplines understood and used analysis and synthesis as experimental, justificatory, and conceptual tools.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Studying the evolution of the surfaces and atmospheres of planetary bodies in the solar system is fundamental to our understanding of the present state of the solar system. Exospheres are the interfaces between the planetary body and the open space, so that, studying the exospheric filling and loss processes is the way to expand knowledge of the body's evolution. Surface and atmospheric changes are caused predominantly by the continuous bombardment of the bodies by photons, energetic ions, and micrometeoroids. Eventually, the ongoing processes are functions of the space environment, in other words, the planets are subjected to space weather.This book focuses on the large subset of planetary objects (planets, moons, and small bodies) that are not protected by either strong magnetic fields or thick atmospheres in the inner solar system where the solar influence is stronger. The main exponents class regarding this class of objects are Mercury and the Moon. In these cases, the exosphere is directly connected to the surface, thus, it is called a surface-bounded exosphere. This is due to the surface release processes that are also the exospheric filling ones, where atoms and molecules collide with the surface far more frequently than collisions with each other.Duringthe last decade, several space missions provided important new findings for many airless bodies. Furthermore, new ground-based imaging techniques offered thepossibility of improved exosphere observations. In the next decade, the ESA-JAXA BepiColombo missionwillexplore Mercury utilizing two spacecraft. And on a global scale, almost all space agencies willforeseeorbiters and landers to the Moon as part of their spaceprograms.This collection of articles summarizes the current state of knowledge on surface-bounded exospheres, as a support for the interpretationof datathat will be received from the forthcomingmissions, for the next-generation of scientists that will be involved in the exploration of Mercury, the Moon and other airless bodies, including exoplanets.Reprinted from theSpace Science Reviews Topical Collection Surface-Bounded Exospheres and Interactions in the Inner Solar System.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who have sex with women, bereaved families, community groups, individuals living in poverty, adults whose status sits outside professional categories, health service users, and people of faith. Chapters trace how these groups have used their experiences to assert an expert witness status and have sought out new spaces to expand the scope, inclusivity, and applicability of welfare services.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Dieses Essential bietet einen Überblick zu den wichtigsten EU-Berichtsanforderungen im Rahmen der neuen Gesetzgebung. Es geht auf die Definitionen und Ziele der einzelnen Richtlinien (CSRD, EU-Taxonomie, EU-Ökodesignrichtlinie und CBAM) ein und beschreibt wichtige Aspekte der Daten- und Umsetzungsanforderungen für bestehende und/oder neu zu implementierende IT-Systeme. Mögliche Alternativen zur softwaretechnischen Umsetzung werden kritisch beleuchtet und Herausforderungen aufgezeigt. Ein Praxisbeispiel veranschaulicht eine vollständig integrierte Gesamtlösung. Ergänzend werden Handlungsempfehlungen zur Beurteilung von Kosten-Nutzen-Relationen für den Einsatz von Softwarelösungen im Bereich Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement und EU-Regulatorik sowie die Potenziale neuer Technologien zur Umsetzung regulatorischer Anforderungen dargestellt. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Dieses essential gibt einen Überblick über Biomarker-Forschung in der Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Dabei werden die zentralen Biomarker und Methoden zur Erfassung von Biomarkern erläutert. Der Autor beleuchtet spezifisch relevante Biomarker für psychische Erkrankungen im Kontext der Arbeitswelt sowie Biomarker für psychische Belastungsfolgen der Arbeit wie Burn-out. Das essential endet mit einer praxisorientierten Erläuterung organisationaler und finanzieller Aspekte von biopsychologischer Forschung in der Arbeitswelt.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Der War for Talent verschärft sich weltweit. Bisherige Praktiken zur Erkennung und Entwicklung von Talenten können diesen Mangel nicht überwinden. Es fehlen wissenschaftlich fundierte, objektive Methoden zur Erkennung von Führungstalenten. Dieses Buch bietet eine Lösung: ein Konzept mit sechs angeborenen Persönlichkeitsmerkmalen und sechs erlernbaren Kompetenzen. Nutzen Sie diese zwölf Indikatoren zur gezielten Auswahl von Kandidaten für Führungspositionen und entwickeln Sie einen Talentpool, der Ihnen einen Wettbewerbsvorteil verschafft, den Konkurrenten nicht einfach kopieren können.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Modern information technology permeates and transforms our world-far more intensely than most of us realize. The book describes its origin, history, and essential drivers. It elaborates on the substantial importance the new world power of IT has gained for our social, economic, and political lives. It provides the reader with interesting, easily understandable, and balanced guidance on a complex topic. It highlights major development lines and explains concepts such as artificial intelligence, algorithms, and blockchains.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This textbook offers you a profound understanding of the core concepts in electrostatics and magnetostatics. Emphasis is placed on establishing strong mathematical fundamentals while also equipping you with problem-solving skills crucial for mastering these disciplines. It covers basic equations of electrostatics and solution of the Poisson equation as well as Magnetostatics.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a concise, self-contained treatise on abstract algebra with an introduction to number theory, where students normally encounter rigorous mathematics for the first time. The authors build up things slowly, by explaining the importance of proofs. Number theory with its focus on prime numbers is then bridged via complex numbers and linear algebra, to the standard concepts of a course in abstract algebra, namely groups, representations, rings, and modules.The interplay between these notions becomes evident in the various topics studied. Galois theory connects field extensions with automorphism groups. The group algebra ties group representations with modules over rings, also at the level of induced representations. Quadratic reciprocity occurs in the study of Fourier analysis over finite fields. Jordan decomposition of matrices is obtained by decomposition of modules over PID's of complex polynomials. This latter example is just one of many stunning generalizations of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, which in its various guises penetrates abstract algebra and figures multiple times in the extensive final chapter on modules.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book provides a complete introduction to Artificial Intelligence, covering foundational computational technologies, mathematical principles, philosophical considerations, and engineering disciplines essential for understanding AI. Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Practice emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of AI, integrating insights from psychology, mathematics, neuroscience, and more. The book addresses limitations, ethical issues, and the future promise of AI, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations in integrating AI into modern society. With a modular design, it offers flexibility for instructors and students to focus on specific components of AI, while also providing a holistic view of the field.Taking a comprehensive but concise perspective on the major elements of the field; from historical background to design practices, ethical issues and more, Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Practice provides the foundations needed for undergraduate or graduate-level courses. The important design paradigms and approaches to AI are explained in a clear, easy-to-understand manner so that readers will be able to master the algorithms, processes, and methods described.The principal intellectual and ethical foundations for creating artificially intelligent artifacts are presented in Parts I and VIII. Part I offers the philosophical, mathematical, and engineering basis for our current AI practice. Part VIII presents ethical concerns for the development and use of AI. Part VIII also discusses fundamental limiting factors in the development of AI technology as well as hints at AI's promising future. We recommended that PART I be used to introduce the AI discipline and that Part VIII be discussed after the AI practice materials. Parts II through VII present the three main paradigms of current AI practice: the symbol-based, the neural network or connectionist, and the probabilistic.Generous use of examples throughout helps illustrate the concepts, and separate end-of-chapter exercises are included. Teaching resources include a solutions manual for the exercises, PowerPoint presentation, and implementations for the algorithms in the book. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is aimed at everyone preparing for the ISTQB® Certified Tester - Foundation Level exam based on the Foundation Level syllabus (version 4.0) published in 2023. It provides candidates with reliable knowledge based on this document and thus distinguishes itself from all the information about ISTQB® syllabi and exams on the Internet, which is often of rather poor quality and may even contain serious errors.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 424 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This open access book provides a fresh perspective on analysis and synthesis across several areas of inquiry. The two operations form a primary basis of modern laboratory science, ranging from the spectrographic analysis used in practically every scientific discipline today, to the naming of entire disciplines, such as synthetic organic chemistry. Despite their acknowledged significance, however, the history of analysis, synthesis, and their relations over the longue durée is poorly understood. Several volumes have been devoted to the history of analysis and synthesis in the sense that premodern mathematicians and philosophers used the terms, but very little work has been done on the tradition of material decomposition and recomposition and its relationship to mathematics and philosophy. The present volume brings together scholars in the history of medicine, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, and alchemy to explore the ways in which these multiple disciplines understood and used analysis and synthesis as experimental, justificatory, and conceptual tools.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 412 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -'This carefully compiled book has great potential to renew scholarly discussion on the history of welfare in Britain. By focusing on the welfare cultures that flourish outside the established welfare institutions, and on the entanglements between experience, agency, and societal change, it significantly broadens our understanding of the history of British welfare.'Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 404 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Dieses Lehrbuch deckt die wichtigsten Konzepte und Formeln der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung ab und möchte für deren Schönheit begeistern. Es stellt Einsicht und Verständnis an erste Stelle - zu diesem Zweck werden zahlreiche motivierende und lehrreiche Beispiele und Aufgaben bereitgestellt. Das Buch richtet sich an alle, die mehr darüber wissen wollen, was Wahrscheinlichkeit ist und wie sie angewendet wird - etwa Studierende in Studiengängen wie Informatik, Natur-, Ingenieur-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften oder Lehrkräfte für Mathematik. Es unterscheidet sich von anderen Einführungen in die Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, indem es auch der Bayesschen Statistik und dem Zusammenspiel von Monte-Carlo-Simulation und Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung gebührende Aufmerksamkeit widmet. Außerdem enthält es einige reale Anwendungsfälle aus dem täglichen Leben, die von der Anwendung des Bayesschen Denkens in Recht und Medizin bis hin zu Anlagestrategien an der Börse, Elfmeterschießen im Fußball und Täuschungen bei Lotterien reichen.Das vorliegende Buch basiert maßgeblich auf dem niederländischen Buch Kansrekening in Werking - een moderne aanpak (4.Aufl. 2023, Verlag Epsilon Uitgaven) des Autors, das von diesem um weitere Inhalte angereichert wurde. Die Übersetzung wurde auf Basis künstlicher Intelligenz erstellt und vom Autor auf Richtigkeit geprüft und überarbeitet.In stilistischer Hinsicht kann sie sich dennoch von einer herkömmlichen Übersetzung unterscheiden.Die Produktfamilie WissensExpress bietet Ihnen Lehr- und Lernbücher in kompakter Form. Die Bücher liefern schnell und verständlich fundiertes Wissen.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book presents an in-depth investigation into street gang involvement, desistance, and non-involvement through the lens of the Risk Factor Prevention Paradigm (RFPP). This framework encompasses five domains of risk and prevention: family, neighbourhood, peers, individual, and school. It identifies the risk and protective factors that influence young people to either engage in, desist or abstain from involvement in deviant street groups.Based on a comprehensive five-and-a-half-year study, the author draws upon his lifelong experience living in Stockbridge Village, Merseyside, one of the most deprived areas in the UK marked by street gang activity and organised crime. The author's unique position allows him to establish a strong rapport with young, disenfranchised individuals involved in street gangs.This book offers a comprehensive exploration of critical observations related to street gang involvement by integrating insights that provide a nuanced understanding of the sociocultural factors that both drive individuals toward gang involvement and contribute to their desistance from it. The author highlights key topics including the practice of drug dealing as deviant entrepreneurship, the role of friendship networks in determining engagement in street gang-related activities, the allure of risk as a motivator for involvement and the participation of young women through relationships with young men associated with street gangs. Ultimately, the work offers fresh perspectives on both gang membership and non-membership, advocating for the development of homegrown interventions rooted in social capital through bridging and social mobility as viable strategies for addressing street gang involvement.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The book initiates a relational turn in policy making and governance by developing further relational political analysis and by taking relational thinking to bear on not just analytic/descriptive issues, but also to normative/prescriptive issues. The need for such a turn, this book argues, comes from the ever-increasing relevance of addressing the so-called wicked problems of governance like climate change, COVID-19 kinds of pandemics, global economic recessions and refugee crises. The book argues for a need to rethink governance as a process from the relational point of view to spur its potential for addressing these problems. What needs to be rethought is not so much the specific tools or resources of governance, but the very issue of whether governance should be seen in terms of tools and resources in the first place. This book contributes to this discussion by consolidating the relational approaches to governance thus far and by taking them to a next - normative/prescriptive- level.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Managing Quality and Safety in Long-Term Care sets a precedent as the premier textbook for future leaders in long-term care designed to provide them with the tools and evidence-based strategies needed to successfully implement quality and safety protocols in senior living facilities. Each chapter extensively reviews quality and safety issues in long-term care and emphasizes what managers must know to both enhance quality and safety performance and retain a skilled long-term care workforce. Additionally, the text highlights the key performance indicators that future long-term care leaders can apply to better react to the quickly evolving issues they will encounter in practice. Detailed case studies throughout the book provide examples from effective and ineffective facilities, and specific challenges for improving or maintaining best practices.The text innovatively explores the root causes of quality and safety issues in long-term care, integrating cutting-edge, evidence-based research in practical applications. It distills these insights into actionable recommendations aimed at helping healthcare administrators and professionals improve quality and safety in long-term care through their decision-making, strategic planning, data gathering, and forecasting. Chapters contain important learning objectives, take-home points, tools for further learning, and real-world examples. Managing Quality and Safety in Long-Term Care imparts the science and art of managing quality and safety in senior living facilities, critical for students in long-term care administration, healthcare administration and management, gerontology, public health, and related fields. Additionally, it serves as a crucial resource for anyone seeking licensure from the National Board of Long-term Care Administrators (the NAB). Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.Key Features:- Provides evidence-based information that can be applied to day-to-day management activities to effectively address disparities in long-term care- Written and reviewed by leading experts in the long-term care field and licensed long-term care administrators- Includes insightful case studies that encourage students to assess effective and ineffective quality and safety practices in long-term care facilities- Features practical and engaging discussion questions in each chapter- Highlights key innovations, including technological advancements, shaping the landscape of the long-term care industry- Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources, which include chapter PowerPoints, a Test bank, an Instructor Manual with learning activities and discussion questions for each chapter, a Sample Syllabus, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book provides a complete introduction to Artificial Intelligence, covering foundational computational technologies, mathematical principles, philosophical considerations, and engineering disciplines essential for understanding AI. Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Practice emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of AI, integrating insights from psychology, mathematics, neuroscience, and more. The book addresses limitations, ethical issues, and the future promise of AI, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations in integrating AI into modern society. With a modular design, it offers flexibility for instructors and students to focus on specific components of AI, while also providing a holistic view of the field. Taking a comprehensive but concise perspective on the major elements of the field; from historical background to design practices, ethical issues and more, Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Practice provides the foundations needed for undergraduate or graduate-level courses. The important design paradigms and approaches to AI are explained in a clear, easy-to-understand manner so that readers will be able to master the algorithms, processes, and methods described. The principal intellectual and ethical foundations for creating artificially intelligent artifacts are presented in Parts I and VIII. Part I offers the philosophical, mathematical, and engineering basis for our current AI practice. Part VIII presents ethical concerns for the development and use of AI. Part VIII also discusses fundamental limiting factors in the development of AI technology as well as hints at AI's promising future. We recommended that PART I be used to introduce the AI discipline and that Part VIII be discussed after the AI practice materials. Parts II through VII present the three main paradigms of current AI practice: the symbol-based, the neural network or connectionist, and the probabilistic. Generous use of examples throughout helps illustrate the concepts, and separate end-of-chapter exercises are included. Teaching resources include a solutions manual for the exercises, PowerPoint presentation, and implementations for the algorithms in the book. 660 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The book initiates a relational turn in policy making and governance by developing further relational political analysis and by taking relational thinking to bear on not just analytic/descriptive issues, but also to normative/prescriptive issues. The need for such a turn, this book argues, comes from the ever-increasing relevance of addressing the so-called wicked problems of governance like climate change, COVID-19 kinds of pandemics, global economic recessions and refugee crises. The book argues for a need to rethink governance as a process from the relational point of view to spur its potential for addressing these problems. What needs to be rethought is not so much the specific tools or resources of governance, but the very issue of whether governance should be seen in terms of tools and resources in the first place. This book contributes to this discussion by consolidating the relational approaches to governance thus far and by taking them to a next - normative/prescriptive - level.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 408 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a concise, self-contained treatise on abstract algebra with an introduction to number theory, where students normally encounter rigorous mathematics for the first time. The authors build up things slowly, by explaining the importance of proofs. Number theory with its focus on prime numbers is then bridged via complex numbers and linear algebra, to the standard concepts of a course in abstract algebra, namely groups, representations, rings, and modules.The interplay between these notions becomes evident in the various topics studied. Galois theory connects field extensions with automorphism groups. The group algebra ties group representations with modules over rings, also at the level of induced representations. Quadratic reciprocity occurs in the study of Fourier analysis over finite fields. Jordan decomposition of matrices is obtained by decomposition of modules over PID's of complex polynomials. This latter example is just one of many stunning generalizations of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic, which in its various guises penetrates abstract algebra and figures multiple times in the extensive final chapter on modules. 472 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In October 2022, the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier celebrated its 30th anniversary with a congress devoted to the legal dimension of the European sovereignty.1992 was not only the year in which the ERA was founded, but also a key moment in the history of European integration, as it marked the signing of the founding treaty of the European Union, the Treaty of Maastricht. While sovereignty was a highly controversial issue at the time, the (geo)political and economic challenges facing the Union in recent years have brought it back to the centre of the debate.This book brings together some of the papers presented at the Jubilee Congress and explores recent concepts such as 'budgetary sovereignty', 'strategic sovereignty', and 'digital sovereignty'.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book comprises the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering (HYDRO 2023) focusing on broad spectrum of emerging opportunities and challenges in the field of hydraulics and fluid mechanics. It covers a range of topics, including, but not limited to, experimental and computational fluid mechanics, sediment dynamics, environmental impact assessment of water resources projects, environmental flows, pollutant transport, etc. Presenting recent advances in the form of illustrations, tables, and text, it offers readers insights for their own research. In addition, the book addresses fundamental concepts and studies in the field of flood forecasting and hydraulic structures, making it a valuable resource for both beginners and researchers wanting to further their understanding of hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book offers a multidisciplinary approach to the phenomenon of addiction, including a discussion of its anthropological, neurological, psychiatricand social aspects. The editors have maintained this multidisciplinary criterion since the first volume of the Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update collection. Approaching a topic from multiple points of view guides the mentality to open to biological and psychological relationships and facilitates translational extrapolations. The ability to establish relationships, closer or more distant, but always binding, is thus stimulated, whether for study, research or the interpretation of clinical reality.As in previous volumes, the book opens with a part dedicated to anthropological and philosophical aspects, thus ensuring the validity of the humanistic aspect. Intersubjectivity, epistemological reflections, the meaning of ecstasy, and philosophical reflection leading to therapy are explored. Part 2-From Basic Neurosciences to Human Brain-presents a set of basic investigations with high translational content. This corresponds with the editors' intention to build bridges, here between the basic and the clinical, favoring the translational. Chapters present topics of interest to both fields, such as the neurobiology of addictions, cocaine, and benzodiazepines. Part 3 establishes links between neurosciences, learning, teaching, and the social environment. It begins with a chapter on executive functioning before discussing excessive use of computer technology and educational interventions for patients with alcohol addiction. The fourth part of the book attempts to explain pathological human behavior. It is about establishing links between brain disorders and diseases in the strict sense. Among other topics, chapters deal with cognitive dysfunction in addiction, neuroimaging, and stigma around substance use disorders.Psychiatry and Neuroscience Update: Addiction: From Laboratory and Anthropology to Clinical Practice - Vol. V was edited and authored by a multidisciplinary group of authors and will be vital for an equally multidisciplinary group of readers: psychiatrists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and any other clinician or researcher that is interested in addictions. Those in the humanities, particularly anthropologists and philosophers, will find the first part of great interest.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book presents select proceedings of the Indian Lean Construction Conference (ILCC 2022) with adoption and implementation cases of lean concepts across Indian construction projects. The topics covered are lean culture and behavior, lean in sustainable and green technologies, lean supply chain management and offsite construction, lean in public sector, lean in modern construction techniques, etc. The book also discusses various properties and performance attributes of lean tools and techniques across various construction practices in infrastructure and real estate projects. The book is a valuable reference for researchers and construction professionals interested in Lean Construction.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 532 pp. Englisch.…