Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034896522 ISBN 13: 9783034896528
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Fractals in Biology and Medicine' explores the potential of fractal geometry for describing and understanding biological organisms, their development and growth as well as their structural design and functional properties. It extends these notions to assess changes associated with disease in the hope to contribute to the understanding of pathogenetic processes in medicine. The book is the first comprehensive presentation of the importance of the new concept of fractal geometry for biological and medical sciences. It collates in a logical sequence extended papers based on invited lectures and free communications presented at a symposium in Ascona, Switzerland, attended by leading scientists in this field, among them the originator of fractal geometry, Benoit Mandelbrot. 'Fractals in Biology and Medicine' begins by asking how the theoretical construct of fractal geometry can be applied to biomedical sciences and then addresses the role of fractals in the design and morphogenesis of biological organisms as well as in molecular and cell biology. The consideration of fractal structure in understanding metabolic functions and pathological changes is a particularly promising avenue for future research. 397 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034896832 ISBN 13: 9783034896832
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -One of the key concerns in modern control theory is the design of steering strategies. The implementation of such strategies is done by a regulator. Presented here is a self-contained introduction to the mathematical background of this type of regulator design. The topics selected address the matter of greatest interest to the control community, at present, namely, when the design objective is the reduction of the influence of exogeneous disturbances upon the output of the system. In a first scenario the disturbance signal is regarded as a deterministic time series with known dynamics but unknown parameters. The design objective is then the asymptotic disturbance compensation. In a second scenario, no information about the disturbance signal is available apart from some bounds. Here, in an H-approach, control strategies are worked out which will prove efficient for all such disturbances. The intention of this book is to present ideas and methods on such a level that the beginning graduate student will be able to follow current research. New results are included, especially for nonlinear control systems, and as a service to the reader, an extensive appendix presents topics from linear algebra, invariant manifolds and calculus of variations, information which is hardly to be found in standard textbooks. Contents: Introduction - The problem of output regulation - Introduction - Problem statement - Output regulation via full information - Output regulation via full error feedback - A particular case - Well-posedness and robustness - The construction of a robust regulator - Disturbance attenuation via H-methods - Introduction - Problem statement - A characterization of the L2-gain of a linear system - Disturbance attenuation via full information - Disturbance attenuation via measured feedback - Full information regulators - Problem statement - Time-dependent control strategies - Examples - Time-independent control strategies- The local case - Nonlinear observers - Problem statement - Time-dependent observers - Error feedback regulators - Examples - Nonlinear H-techniques - Introduction - Construction of the saddle-point - The local scenario - Disturbance attenuation via linearization - Matrix equations - Linear matrix equations - Algebraic Riccati equations - Invariant manifolds - Existence theorem - Outflowing manifolds - Asymptotic phase - Convergence for T - A special case - Dichotomies and Lyapunov functions - Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman-Isaacs equation - Introduction - Method of characteristics - The equation of Isaacs - The Hamiltonian version of Isaacs' equation - Bibliography 168 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034896166 ISBN 13: 9783034896160
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die Erforschung des Baugrundes als wichtiger Bestandteil einer Baumaßnahme ist eine relativ junge Wissenschaft. Falsche Einschätzung der Baugrundverhältnisse und hieraus resultierende, zum Teil erhebliche Haftungsrisiken haben es notwendig werden lassen, der Einstufung der Bodenverhältnisse, der Methodik der Baugrunderkundung und der Berechnung der Gründungsart ein Regelwerk voranzustellen. Für den Bauherrn ist wichtig, dass nur ausreichende und regelgerechte Baugrunduntersuchung ihm die gewünschte Planungssicherheit, Kostensicherheit und Schadensfreiheit bietet. Das Buch informiert über die Verfahren der Baugrund- und Bauwerksanalysen, Instandsetzungsverfahren von Gründungen und die Schadensbeseitigung durch Verpresstechniken. Zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Praxis dokumentieren Sanierungsleistungen an historischen Gebäuden, Stützmauern und Brücken. 252 pp. Deutsch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034894554 ISBN 13: 9783034894555
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Die fachgerechte Erbebensicherung von Bauwerken ist heute nicht mehr eine Frage der Erkenntnisse, sondern eine Frage der Ausbildung von Bauingenieuren und Architekten und somit der Umsetzung vorhandenen Wissens in die Praxis. Durch wenige gezielte Massnahmen konzeptioneller und konstruktiver Art sowie durch eine problemgerechte Berechnung und Bemessung kann das Schadenrisiko drastisch vermindert und ein hoher Schutzgrad gegen Einsturz erreicht werden. Das Buch ist auf die Bedürfnisse des praktisch tätigen Bauingenieurs ausgerichtet; mit seiner starken Gewichtung des erbebengerechten Entwurfs hilft es, konzeptionelle Fehler und Mängel zu vermeiden, da diese auch durch eine noch so ausgeklügelte ingenieurmässige Berechnung und Bemessung nicht kompensiert werden können. Das Buch gibt aber auch zahlreiche Hinweise zu aktuellen Forschungsthemen. 316 pp. Deutsch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895968 ISBN 13: 9783034895965
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - 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. 360 pp. Deutsch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898053 ISBN 13: 9783034898058
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -George Boole (1815-1864) is well known to mathematicians for his research and textbooks on the calculus, but his name has spread world-wide for his innovations in symbolic logic and the development and applications made since his day. The utility of 'Boolean algebra' in computing has greatly increased curiosity in the nature and extent of his achievements. His work is most accessible in his two books on logic, 'A mathematical analysis of logic' (1947) and 'An investigation of the laws of thought' (1954). But at various times he wrote manuscript essays, especially after the publication of the second book; several were intended for a non-technical work, 'The Philosophy of logic', which he was not able to complete. This volume contains an edited selection which not only relates them to Boole's publications and the historical context of his time, but also describes their strange history of family, followers and scholars have treid to confect an edition. The book will appeal to logicians, mathematicians and philosophers, and those interested in the histories of the corresponding subjects; and also students of the early Victorian Britain in which they were written. 236 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034897170 ISBN 13: 9783034897174
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The controversy between the wave theory and the emission theory of light early in the nineteenth century has been a subject of numerous studies. Yet many is sues remain unclear, in particular, the reasons for rejecting Young's theory of light. It appears that further progress in the field requires a better grasp of the overall situation in optics and related subjects at the time and a more thorough study of every factor suggested to be of importance for the dispute. This book is intended to be a step in this direction. It examines the impact of the concept of interference of light on the development of the early nineteenth century optics in general, and the theory of light, in particular. This is not a his tory of the wave theory of light, nor is it a history of the debate on the nature of light in general: it covers only that part of the controversy which involved the concept of interference. Although the book deals with a number of scientists, scientific institutions, and journals, its main character is a scientific concept, the principle of interference. While discussing the reasons for accepting or rejecting this concept I have primarily focused on scientific factors, although in some cases the human factor is examined as well. The book is a revised Ph. D. dissertation (University of Minnesota, 1984) writ ten under Alan E. Shapiro. 271 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034893914 ISBN 13: 9783034893916
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Band XIb-2 ist - abgesehen von einigen Ergdnzungen zu den Bdnden XIa und XIb-1 - den Sekunddrstoffen der Papilionoideae gewidmet und bietet einen wohl einmaligen berblick ]ber die Chemotaxonomie und die sekunddren Inhaltsstoffe dieser Pflanzengruppe. Er ist daher von speziellem Interesse f]r Leguminosenforscher, Pharmakologen, Phytochemiker und Ethnobotaniker. Wie die Bdnde XIa und XIb-1 enthdlt auch dieser Band zahlreiche Literaturhinweise und ein Register mit taxonomischem Index und Stichwortverzeichnis. Dieser letzte Band stellt nach etwa vierzigjdhriger Arbeit den Abschluss der Chemotaxonomie der Pflanzen von Robert Hegnauer dar. Der erste Band erschien 1962; bei der Aufnahme des Autors in die Leopoldina (1972) waren sechs Bdnde abgeschlossen, die alle Familien der hvheren Pflanzen mit Ausnahme der Leguminosen ber]cksichtigten. Diesen Bdnden folgten drei Nachtragsbdnde und ein Generalregister sowie drei Bdnde ]ber Leguminosen. 504 pp. Deutsch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034897227 ISBN 13: 9783034897228
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Wozu vorlesen Weshalb dieses Buch Warwn Geologie der Schweiz Zu meiner Studienzeit dachte ich des 6ftern, dass Vorlesungen reine Zeitverschwendung seien. Wahrscheinlich sind auch etliche Vorlesungen Zeitverschwendung, jedenfalls dann, wenn Studenten in derselben Zeit durch Selbststudium sogar rascher vorwl1rts kommen. Wie dem auch sei, Vorlesungen sind nun einmal Tradition in unserem Schulsystem, von der Primarschule bis zur Hochschule. Es steht uns nicht an, diese weltweit seit jeher angewandte Form der Informationsubermittiung zu verdammen - sie hat sicher ihre Berechtigung -, und schliesslich haben wir Lehrer kaum eine Wahl, da wir schliesslich zum Vorlesen beauftragt sind. Unter diesen Umsti1nden blieb nicht viel mehr ubrig, als sich einer bestm6glichen L6sung zu widmen. Weshalb also besuchen Sie meine Vorlesung Jedenfalls wunsche ich, dass Sie nicht aus Zwang hier sitzen. Als Hochschulstudenten haben Sie einen gewissen Grad der Freiheit. Deshalb erwarte ich Studenten, die aus meinen Vorlesungen lemen, was nieht in Buchern geschrieben steht Oft gehen aber die Studenten in Vorlesungen, weil die betreffenden Bucher unlesbar sind. Nur wenige Autoren schreiben in leicht versti1ndlicher Art, und nur die allerwenigsten Lehrbucher sind so verfasst. Lehrbucher erheben oft den Anspruch, umfassend zu sein. Umfassende Bucher dienen als Nachschlagcwerk ffir die Lehrer; sie suchen sich aus der enzykioplldischen Vielfalt genau das, was sie brauchen. Ffir Studenten sind jedoch solche Lehrbucher wahre Alptrllume, da sie nicht wissen, wo anzufangen und wo zu enden in dieser Vielfalt. 232 pp. Deutsch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 303489807X ISBN 13: 9783034898072
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -From the contents: C. Brater and M. D. Murray: The effects of NSAIDs on the kidney G. Edwards and A. H. Weston: Latest developments in potassium channel modulator drugs M.R. Juchau and Y. Huang: Chemical teratogenesis in humans: Biochemical and molecular mechanisms S.P. Gupta: Studies on cardiovascular drugs G. Polak: Antifungal chemotherapy: An everlasting battle O. Valdenaire: New insights into the bioamine receptor family 376 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895860 ISBN 13: 9783034895866
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -As in so many fields of scientific endeavour following the molecular biology revo lution, our knowledge of the role of radicals not only in pathological states, but in basic physiology has developed exponentially. Indeed, our evolving concepts have, like so many political parties, been forced into dramatic 'V-turns' and contortions. Within our working lives, we have had to debate whether radicals made any con tribution to any pathology, whilst now it is difficult not to entertain the view that every physiological process is pivotally controlled by exquisitely sensitive radical reactions. Inflammation is, of course, an example of pathology evolving from physiology, and in this book we have called upon both scientists and clinicians who have research interests in the complex switching mechanisms that sustain these transi tions. The book as a whole explores, from a physiological standpoint, how deter ministic radical systems sensitive to their initial conditions can interdigitate, iterate and feed back to control diverse cellular processes that create the inflammatory response. Whilst systems such as these to a mathematician would provide the basis for a chaotic response, one is forced to marvel how, for all stages of an inflammatory reaction, this system appears exquisitely controlled, making therapeutic manipula tion both possible and, to some extent, predictable. 276 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034896697 ISBN 13: 9783034896696
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -When this book was first published (in Russian), it proved to become the fountainhead of a major stream of important papers in mathematics, physics and even chemistry; indeed, it formed the basis of new methodology and opened new directions for research. The present English edition includes new examples of applications to physics, hitherto unpublished or available only in Russian. Its central mathematical idea is to use topological methods to analyze isotropic invariant manifolds in order to obtain asymptotic series of eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the multi-dimensional Schrödinger equation, and also to take into account the so-called tunnel effects. Finite-dimensional linear theory is reviewed in detail. Infinite-dimensional linear theory and its applications to quantum statistics and quantum field theory, as well as the nonlinear theory (involving instantons), will be considered in a second volume. 304 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898266 ISBN 13: 9783034898263
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -An interdisciplinary study explaining the dynamics underlying biological motion - one of the most obvious expressions of self-organization. Designed for a broad audience from bioscientists to applied mathematicians, this book considers possible synergetic mechanisms of interaction and cooperation on different microscopic levels. 356 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895283 ISBN 13: 9783034895286
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Following 50 years of glucocorticoid use in a clinical setting, an international body of expert scientists and physicians presents the most expansive survey of glucocorticoid pharmacology to date. This work traces the history of glucocorticoid biology from the seminal description of glucocorticoid insufficiency by Thomas Addison in the mid-19th century, up to current advances in elucidating the molecular basis of glucocorticoid action. Important discoveries are presented, as well as milestones in drug development, a survey of current clinical practice, and prospects for novel glucocorticoid-based therapeutics. Scientists and clinicians will appreciate the scope of this work, which is of special interest to workers in the fields of endocrinology, inflammation and autoimmune disease. 205 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898177 ISBN 13: 9783034898171
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book gives a complete global geometric description of the motion of the two di mensional hannonic oscillator, the Kepler problem, the Euler top, the spherical pendulum and the Lagrange top. These classical integrable Hamiltonian systems one sees treated in almost every physics book on classical mechanics. So why is this book necessary The answer is that the standard treatments are not complete. For instance in physics books one cannot see the monodromy in the spherical pendulum from its explicit solution in terms of elliptic functions nor can one read off from the explicit solution the fact that a tennis racket makes a near half twist when it is tossed so as to spin nearly about its intermediate axis. Modem mathematics books on mechanics do not use the symplectic geometric tools they develop to treat the qualitative features of these problems either. One reason for this is that their basic tool for removing symmetries of Hamiltonian systems, called regular reduction, is not general enough to handle removal of the symmetries which occur in the spherical pendulum or in the Lagrange top. For these symmetries one needs singular reduction. Another reason is that the obstructions to making local action angle coordinates global such as monodromy were not known when these works were written. 456 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898215 ISBN 13: 9783034898218
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is devoted to the theory of entire Hermitian operators, an important branch of functional analysis harmoniously combining the methods of operator theory and the theory of analytic functions. This theory anables various problems of classical and modern analysis to be looked at from a uniform point of view. In addition, it serves as a source for setting and solving many new problems in both theories. The three chapters of the book are based on the notes written by his students of M. G. Krein's lectures on the theory of entire operators with (1,1) deficiency index which he delivered in 1961 at the Pedagogical Institute of Odessa, and on his works on the extension theory of Hermitian operators and the theory of analytic functions. The theory is further developed in the direction of solving the problems set up by Krein at ICM-66 in the first two appendices. The first concerns the case of Hermitian operators with arbitrary defect numbers, entire with respect to an ordinary gauge and to a generalized one as well. The other focuses on the entire operators representable by differential operators. The third appendix is the translation from Russian of the unpublished notes of Krein's lecture in which, in particular, the place of the theory of entire operators in the whole analysis is elucidated. In Krein's mathematical heritage the theory of entire operators occupies a special position. 236 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Springer, Basel, Birkhäuser Basel, Birkhäuser Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034896441 ISBN 13: 9783034896443
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The true history of physics can only be read in the life stories of those who made its progress possible. Matvei Bronstein was one of those for whom the vast territory of theoretical physics was as familiar as his own home: he worked in cosmology, nuclear physics, gravitation, semiconductors, atmospheric physics, quantum electrodynamics, astro physics and the relativistic quantum theory. Everyone who knew him was struck by his wide knowledge, far beyond the limits of his trade. This partly explains why his life was closely intertwined with the social, historical and scientific context of his time. One might doubt that during his short life Bronstein could have made truly weighty contributions to science and have become, in a sense, a symbol ofhis time. Unlike mathematicians and poets, physicists reach the peak oftheir careers after the age of thirty. His thirty years of life, however, proved enough to secure him a place in theGreaterSovietEncyclopedia. In 1967, in describing the first generation of physicists educated after the 1917 revolution, Igor Tamm referred to Bronstein as 'an exceptionally brilliant and promising' theoretician [268]. 208 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895720 ISBN 13: 9783034895729
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Cytokines have become established as key mediators of the signs andsymptoms of inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, dermatitis, asthmaand multiple sclerosis. Furthermore, they are involved in the cascade ofevents leading to cardiovascular shock and are major regulators of thefunction of immune cells.This book reviews recent advances in the development of newanti-inflammatory drugs. It addresses different therapeutic interventionpossibilities for new drugs, such as the cellular source of cytokines,specific receptors which induce cytokine synthesis, intracellularregulators of cytokine gene induction and expression, secretion andactivation of cytokines, cytokine receptors and signalling pathways fromthese receptors. Accordingly, experts were drawn from differentbackgrounds including academic research institutes, the pharmaceuticalindustry and clinical pharmacology. In each area, the opportunities fordrug development are highlighted and, where possible, clinical data isreviewed. 284 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034894821 ISBN 13: 9783034894821
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In step with our growing lifespan, dementia is becoming a widespreadhandicap to the health and well-being of individuals and a burden onhuman society world-wide. The increasing prevalence of this tragiccondition has stimulated an explosion of scientific research in the lastten years, which resulted in numerous profound insights and technicalinnovations. This timely volume presents both an overall and a detailedoverview of the current worldwide knowledge about the neuroscientificbasis of dementia.Leading authorities in their fields provide a far-reaching synthesis ofall topics in dementia research, including pathogenesis of dementia,neuroimaging of the earliest alterations, potential biological andgenetic markers for Alzheimer`s Disease and new therapeutic strategies.Each chapter discusses clinical implications and areas of controversy,highlights the wide range of current and future therapeuticpossibilities and indicates promising directions for further research. 324 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895801 ISBN 13: 9783034895804
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In November 1998 many of the key leaders of new drug discovery forinflammatory diseases gathered at Hershey, Pennsylvania for the 9thInternational Conference of the Inflammation Research Association. TheConference was held over a five day period and provided a stimulatingenvironment for the open exchange of important advances in basicinflammation research as well as new drug discovery and development.This book encompasses some of the highlights of several presentationsmade at the Conference. It contains some of the latest and importantdevelopments in the field of inflammation research.Topics include the status of eotaxin and chemokines in asthma andallergy, signal transduction and regulation of diverse mediators such asthe JNK group of MAP kinases, TNF and IL-1 signaling of NF-kB as well asregulators of AP-1, macrophage metalloproteinases, lymphotoxin andfurther insights into the role of MCP-1 in disease. Also discussed aredrug targets in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, fibrotic diseases, 160 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895321 ISBN 13: 9783034895323
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What are the different muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes andhow are they distributed in the airways and molecular signallingmechanisms What is their function in neurogenic and non-neurogeniccontrol of the airways and in inflammatory mechanisms How is their geneexpression regulated The great importance of muscarinic acetylcholinereceptors for the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic inflammatoryobstructive airways diseases calls for a comprehensive and integratedoverview of the current knowledge to address such questions, to discussthe role of these receptor subtypes in diseases such as asthma and COPD,and to present novel perspectives on antimuscarinic drug development.The present book is the worthy result of this need. It points outinnovative insights into the hitherto poorly understood role ofpostjunctional muscarinic M2 receptors in airway smooth musclecontraction and sheds some light on the novel concepts of antimuscarinicdrug development, with special reference to the l 284 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898312 ISBN 13: 9783034898317
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) was founded in 1992 as a 'Blue List' research institute, with the Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology and the Ministry for Science, Research and Culture of the federal state of Brandenburg each provid ing half ofthe funding. PIK currently has a staff of 100 (1997), including about 75 scientists and guest scientists, as well as a number of students and temporary assistants. Further expansion is taking place at the institute site in the 'Albert Einstein' Science Park in Potsdam. The interdisciplinary nature of climate impact research, especially the interface between the natural scientific and socioeconomic dimensions of environmental research, is reflected at PIK in the close cooperation with partner institutes at national and international level. The flexible frame work created for the institute enables new problems and issues to be taken up as they arise. As a center of scientific innovation, PIK also coordinates international activities in the fields of climate impact research and Earth System analysis. The institute houses project offices for the IGBP international research programs, for example. Simulations of Global Change are performed on PIK's supercomputer using models and data drawn from various disciplines. The parallel compu ter (an IBM-SP2) boasts 20 gigaflops of computing power, making it one of the most powerful research computers in Germany. The Workshop on Cost-Benefit Analyses of Climate Change was jointly organized by PIK and the Wuppertal Institute for Energy, Climate, and Environment (WI). 164 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 303489418X ISBN 13: 9783034894180
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In this book we study orthogonal polynomials and their generalizations in spaces with weighted inner products. The impetus for our research was a deep theorem due to M.G. Krein along with subsequent results of Krein and H. Langer. Together with our colleagues, we have worked in this area for nearly fifteen years, and the results of our research are presented here in unified form. We are grateful to the Department of mathematics at the University of Maryland in College Park and to Tel-Aviv University for their support and encouragement. The support of the Silver Family Foundation is also highly appreciated. Introduction The starting point ofthis book is a study ofthe orthogonal polynomials {qn In : O} obtained by orthogonalizing the power functions I, Z, z2, . on the unit circle. The orthogonality is with respect to the scalar product defined by where the weight w is a positive integrable function on the unit circle. These ortho gonal polynomials are called the Szego polynomials associated with the weight w. 256 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898398 ISBN 13: 9783034898393
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -On the basis of the agreement signed between UNESCO and the Government of the Republic of Poland the International Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology of UNESCO was officially inaugurated in October 1995 in Warsaw, Poland, as part of the activity of the Global Network for Molecular and Cell Biology (MCBN) of UNESCO. The occasion was marked by the bringing together in Warsaw of a broad spectrum of cell and molecular biologists from around the world under the auspices of the Global MCBN UNESCO. At the conclusion of that week-long celebration it became clear that Polish cell and molecular biology had come of age in terms of its depth, vigor and impact on the global scene. At the suggestion of Professor Angelo Azzi, chairman of Global MCBN UNESCO, we considered the challenge of compiling a volume in the Molecular and Cell Biology Updates tMCBU) Series that would address the molecular basis of cancer and its therapy, but one that would additionally serve to highlight Polish contributions to this field of research. We accepted the challenge presented to us by Professor Azzi and are grateful to all contributors of the present volume for making this a pleasant and stimulating project. We requested each contributor to present his personal perspective of respective topics. As a consequence, we hope that each contribution has a distinctive individual flavor which reflects the role played by individual research groups in advancing science. 252 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034897790 ISBN 13: 9783034897792
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Symbolic rewriting techniques are methods for deriving consequences from systems of equations, and are of great use when investigating the structure of the solutions. Such techniques appear in many important areas of research within computer algebra: - the Knuth-Bendix completion for groups, monoids and general term-rewriting systems, - the Buchberger algorithm for Gröbner bases, - the Ritt-Wu characteristic set method for ordinary differential equations, and - the Riquier-Janet method for partial differential equations. This volume contains invited and contributed papers to the Symbolic Rewriting Techniques workshop, which was held at the Centro Stefano Franscini in Ascona, Switzerland, from April 30 to May 4, 1995. That workshop brought together 40 researchers from various areas of rewriting techniques, the main goal being the investigation of common threads and methods. Following the workshops, each contribution was formally refereed and 14 papers were selected for publication. 300 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895623 ISBN 13: 9783034895620
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is concerned with the role played by modules of infinite length when dealing with problems in the representation theory of groups and algebras, but also in topology and geometry; it shows the intriguing interplay between finite and infinite length modules. 452 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895852 ISBN 13: 9783034895859
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -1. 1. Invasive versus Non-Invasive Clinical Measurements in Medicine Clinical measurement has become an essential complement to traditional physical diagnosis. An ideal clinical measurement should be quantitative, have a high level of reliability and accuracy, be safe, acceptable to the patient, easy to perform and non-invasive. The latter demands that the technique should not break the skin or the lining epithelium and should be devoid of effects on the tissues of the body by the dissipation of energy or the introduction of infection [1]. It is therefore logical that for a given measurement, a non-invasive test will be preferred if it provides the same information with the same accuracy and precision. In the following sections, we will discuss the role of various non-invasive or relatively non-invasive methods to assess airway inflammation in asthma and concentrate on the only direct method of induced sputum examination. 1. 2. Why Is Assessment of Airway Inflammation Important in Asthma Inflammation is a localized protective response elicited by injury or destruc tion of tissues which serves to destroy, dilute or wall off both the injurious agent and the injured tissue [2]. The role of inflammation in asthma was rec ognized long ago. In his textbook The Principles and Practice of Medicine, in 1892, Sir William Osler described 'bronchial asthma . . . in many cases is a spe cial form of inflammation of the smaller bronchioles . . . 220 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034898282 ISBN 13: 9783034898287
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Award-winning monograph of the Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer Prize 1997.This book is a self-contained exposition of the spectral theory of Toeplitz operators with piecewise continuous symbols and singular integral operators with piecewise continuous coefficients. It includes an introduction to Carleson curves, Muckenhoupt weights, weighted norm inequalities, local principles, Wiener-Hopf factorization, and Banach algebras generated by idempotents. Some basic phenomena in the field and the techniques for treating them came to be understood only in recent years and are comprehensively presented here for the first time.The material has been polished in an effort to make advanced topics accessible to a broad readership. The book is addressed to a wide audience of students and mathematicians interested in real and complex analysis, functional analysis and operator theory. 420 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034897332 ISBN 13: 9783034897334
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A collection of papers by international contributors describing new developments in the fields of univariate and multivariate approximation theory. This research has applications in areas such as computer-aided geometric design, as applied in engineering and medical technology (e.g. computerized tomography). 348 pp. Englisch.
Publicado por Birkhäuser Basel Okt 2012, 2012
ISBN 10: 3034895666 ISBN 13: 9783034895668
Librería: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Alemania
Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This meeting has been motivated by two events: the 85th birthday of Pierre Lelong, and the end of the third year of the European network 'Complex analysis and analytic geometry' from the programme Human Capital and Mobility. For the first event, Mathematicians from Poland, Sweden, United States and France, whose work is particularly related to the one ofP. Lelong have accepted to participate; for the second, the different teams of the Network sent lecturers to report on their most recent works. These teams are from Grenoble, Wuppertal, Berlin, Pisa and Paris VI; in fact, most of their results are also related to Lelong's work and, a posteriori, it is difficult to decide whether a talk is motivated by the first or by the second event. We chose only plenary lectures, usually of one hour, except a small number, given by young mathematicians, which have been shorter. A two hours problem session has been organized. The Proceedings gather papers which are exact texts of the talks, or are closely related to them. The members from the Network and five other lecturers sent us papers; the other lecturers published the content of their talks in mathematical Journals. All the presented texts have been submitted to referees independent of the organizing committee; the texts of the problems have been approved by their authors. 260 pp. Englisch.