Springer publishing sep 2024 (327 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This open access book compiles the groundbreaking research conducted by the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 871, centered around the 'Regeneration of Complex Capital Goods.' This comprehensive work unveils an array of innovative methods developed through CRC 871, designed to revitalize and enhance the functional attributes of these critical assets. From non-destructive characterization of heavily stressed turbine components to the dynamic behavior of regenerated structural elements, each chapter offers a meticulous exploration of diverse facets in the field. The book also addresses the crucial consideration of variability in repair processes and material properties, as well as the comprehensive control of regeneration processes. With insights into simulation-based process design, fast measurement techniques, and resilience-based decision criteria, this volume provides a comprehensive view of the cutting-edge approaches employed. Moreover, readers will find a detailed process chain for condition-based regeneration, offering a practical framework for implementation. Finally, the book sheds light on the importance of targeted public relations in disseminating the invaluable research carried out by Collaborative Research Center 871. This extensive compilation not only showcases the scientific rigor behind maintaining complex capital goods but also demonstrates the collaborative efforts that brought together experts from various fields to push the boundaries of regeneration technology. 496 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This open access book compiles the groundbreaking research conducted by the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 871, centered around the 'Regeneration of Complex Capital Goods.' This comprehensive work unveils an array of innovative methods developed through CRC 871, designed to revitalize and enhance the functional attributes of these critical assets. From non-destructive characterization of heavily stressed turbine components to the dynamic behavior of regenerated structural elements, each chapter offers a meticulous exploration of diverse facets in the field. The book also addresses the crucial consideration of variability in repair processes and material properties, as well as the comprehensive control of regeneration processes. With insights into simulation-based process design, fast measurement techniques, and resilience-based decision criteria, this volume provides a comprehensive view of the cutting-edge approaches employed. Moreover, readers will find a detailed process chain for condition-based regeneration, offering a practical framework for implementation. Finally, the book sheds light on the importance of targeted public relations in disseminating the invaluable research carried out by Collaborative Research Center 871. This extensive compilation not only showcases the scientific rigor behind maintaining complex capital goods but also demonstrates the collaborative efforts that brought together experts from various fields to push the boundaries of regeneration technology. 496 pp. Englisch.…

sonst. Bücher. Condición: Neu. Neuware - AJN Book-of-the-Year Award Winner!Now in its third edition, this quick reference for nurse practitioners and other health care providers continues to provide rapid access to key assessment and management information for pediatric patients. With its concise format, the resource provides current, evidence-based guidelines for the most-commonly encountered problems found in this population in urgent and emergent settings.The pocket guide is arranged in a logical head-to-toe format, and includes the history, physical examination, and essential medical decision-making considerations needed to walk the clinician step-by-step through a typical patient encounter. A variety of templates for dictation/documentation can be mixed and matched as needed to assist the clinician with the development of patient records. The book also contains frequently used anatomical illustrations and templates to assist in identification of normal and abnormal presentations. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.New to the Third Edition:- Updates crucial evidence-based clinical guidelines- Delivers ultrasound figures and tablesKey Features:- Provides at-a-glance access to patient treatment information- Offers templates assisting in identification of normal and abnormal presentations- Contains a rapid review of systems- Unfolds content in a head-to-toe format- Includes figures and anatomic information assisting in management/diagnosis of conditions- Contains information about billing.…

sonst. Bücher. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Now in its third edition, this quick reference for nurse practitioners and other health care providers continues to provide rapid access to key assessment and management information for adult and gerontology patients. With its concise format, the resource provides current, evidence-based guidelines for the most-commonly encountered problems found in this population in urgent and emergent settings.The pocket guide is arranged in a logical head-to-toe format, and includes the history, physical examination, and essential medical decision-making considerations needed to walk the clinician step-by-step through a typical patient encounter. A variety of templates for dictation/documentation can be mixed and matched as needed to assist the clinician with the development of patient records. The book also contains frequently used anatomical illustrations and templates to assist in identification of normal and abnormal presentations. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.New to the Third Edition- Integrates new content on geriatric care throughout- Delivers the most current evidence-based guidelines- Includes ultrasound figures and tablesKey Features:- Provides speedy access to patient treatment information with easy-to-use framework- Includes templates to assist in identification of normal and abnormal presentations- Contains a rapid 'review of systems'- Unfolds content in a logical head-to-toe format- Presents figures and anatomic illustrations to assist in diagnosis/management of conditions.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Includes 6 months' free ExamPrepConnect digital access with print purchase!Prepare for your National Certification Corporation (NCC) exam with C-EFM® Certification Online Practice Q&A. With 500 high-yield questions and comprehensive rationales that reflect the latest NCC exam blueprint, this essential resource is designed to aid in passing your C-EFM® certification. Sharpen your specialty knowledge with 250 practice Q&A organized by exam domain and strengthen your test-taking skills with two 125-question practice tests. This study aid empowers you with the tools and materials to study your way, guaranteed. Key Features: - Provides 250 practice questions with detailed rationales- Includes 2 practice exams with correct and incorrect answer explanations- Provides key information about the C-EFM® certification exam- Based on the latest NCC blueprint- Offers on-the-go digital access with ExamPrepConnectExamPrepConnectIncluded with your book:- Prepare for exam day with 2 full-length timed practice tests- Strengthen your knowledge with 250 practice questions and detailed answer rationales- Build custom quizzes or study by exam topic- Keep on track with your Personalized Study Plan- Connect and chat with fellow test takers using the discussion board- Play games to make studying fun- Access everything on any device See access details inside the book.C-EFM® is a registered service mark of National Certification Corporation (NCC). NCC does not sponsor or endorse this resource, nor does it have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Health Promotion Moving Forward: A Population Health Approach is the most current foundational health promotion textbook to dynamically reflect upon the collective pandemic experience, the lessons learned, and the strategies for national recovery. With a focus on the structural and social determinants of health that affect health equity, this textbook dives deeply into risk factors for today's leading causes of death and morbidity, with chapters tackling health challenges, behaviors, and programs related to tobacco products; food; physical activity; mental health; addiction and substance use; and sexual health. It uniquely takes a population lens, emphasizing the socio-ecological approach to understanding some of the most pressing current threats to individuals, families, and communities, such as food insecurity, climate change, vaccine hesitancy, loneliness, the teen mental health crisis, vaping, and more.Health Promotion Moving Forward is designed not only for undergraduate and graduate students in health promotion and public health, but also for students pursuing related health professional degrees who need an understanding of health promotion programs, community and population health interventions, and health communication techniques. Readers will learn best practices for working in the community and increase their understanding of the Affordable Care Act's focus on prevention. Throughout, it highlights successful programs, diverse careers, and practical skills to prepare learners for exciting roles in public health. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.Key Features:- Uses a population health approach and socio-ecological frame for understanding the evidence-based recommendations, programs, and interventions for promoting health among individuals, families and social networks, communities, and society- Identifies essential Healthy People 2030 objectives- Provides detailed spotlights of possible careers in this dynamic field and of classic and novel health promotion interventions- Emphasizes the importance of health equity for achieving health promotion goals at all levels- Qualified instructors have access to expanded Instructor Resources featuring chapter PowerPoints, Test banks, an Instructor Manual with learning activities and discussion questions for each chapter, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book offers a solution to one of film history¿s major controversies: the long-running dispute over Orson Welles¿ and Herman J. Mankiewicz¿s contributions to the Citizen Kane screenplay. It establishes the vital importance of computing and statistics to solving previously intractable puzzles in the arts and humanities.Citizen Kane (1941) is one of the most acclaimed films in the history of cinema. For 50 years it topped the Sight & Sound film critics¿ poll. Orson Welles directed the film and is credited with co-writing the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. But the co-writer credit generates furious disputes between those who argue Mankiewicz is the sole author of Citizen Kane and those who claim that Welles collaborated fully with its writing.The author employs computing and statistics to answer two questions: What are the distinguishing features of Welles¿ and of Mankiewicz¿s writing And What did each contribute to the writing of the Citizen Kane screenplay To answer these questions, the author bypasses opinions and impressions, and instead subjects the language of the Citizen Kane screenplay to a ¿forensic¿ examination.Employing linguistics, basic statistical tests, plus computer technology and software, the author identifies the stylistic signature of each author ¿ the combination of consistent and regular linguistic habits that make each author¿s writing distinctive. This book replaces impressionistic discussions of Mankiewicz¿s and Welles¿ contributions to the Citizen Kane screenplay with a rigorous, experiment-driven statistical analysis. Earlier statistical studies of authorship have discovered that small, unassuming language features (such as punctuation, pronouns, and prepositions) in statistically significant quantities, constitute a screenwriter¿s distinctive writing habits. Only with the extensive experimentation carried out in this volume, did the author decide Mankiewicz¿s and Welles¿ specific habits and their contributions to Citizen Kane.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 184 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Now in its 6th edition, The Handbook of Health Behavior Change continues to serve as the premier practical textbook for students, researchers, and health professionals in public health, health promotion, preventive and behavioral medicine, nursing, health communication, population health, and the behavioral sciences. It presents a foundational review of key theories, methods, and intervention strategies they will need to be both thoughtful and effective in promoting positive health behavior change. The book examines the complex challenges of improving health behavior in society including the upstream systems, economic, environmental, social, cultural and policy factors at play, as well as the interpersonal and intrapersonal behaviors that lead to disparate health outcomes among individuals and populations. Integrated throughout are applied case studies and real-world examples focusing on the importance of health equity considerations for health behavior change and how to apply an equity lens to conducting research, designing, and implementing programs.The 6th edition has been fully updated, reorganized, and revised to address the behaviors and health topics related to the leading causes of death and morbidity among adults and children in the United States. Using a multidisciplinary approach, The Handbook of Health Behavior Change prepares the next generation of health professionals to face future challenges in the health behavior sphere through its discussions on equity, theoretical advances, primary and secondary prevention, and application of effective strategies for implementing interventions across levels of society. Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers.Key Features:- Provides the 'gold standard' review of behavior change interventions- New additions highlight the most recent evidence on timely topics such as vaccine uptake, reproductive and sexual health, workplace safety, injury prevention, and mental and behavioral health- Features authors with deep expertise in behavior change research, clinical applications, and population health interventions- Focuses on practical learning objectives that relate to core public health competencies- Summarizes important concepts and information with new and updated illustrations, key points, and discussion questions- Includes engaging case studies in every chapter- Qualified instructors have access to this edition's expanded Instructor Resources including learning activities, comprehensive PowerPoint slides, and additional resources to supplement students' dynamic learning and interaction with the text.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - Note to Readers: Includes 6 months' free ExamPrepConnect digital access with print purchase!The 3rd edition of EPPP Step One Exam Review is designed to help you prepare for the ASPPB certification exam. This comprehensive study aid begins with detailed information about the exam and provides test-taking tips and strategies. Chapters are organized according to the exam blueprint and written by expert professors, training directors, and practitioners in each subject area. Each chapter covers everything you need to know to pass the exam and includes end-of-chapter questions to check your knowledge. The review concludes with a full-length practice test to get you ready for exam day. With 450 practice questions, detailed review content and answer rationales, and access to ExamPrepConnect, this study aid empowers you with the tools and materials to study your way and the confidence to pass the first time, guaranteed! Know that you're ready. Know that you'll pass with Springer Publishing Exam Prep.Key Features- Reflects the latest ASPPB exam blueprint- Provides a comprehensive yet concise review of essential knowledge for the exam- Detailed information about the exam and test-taking tips and strategies- Written by expert professors, training directors, and practitioners in each subject area- Includes end-of-chapter Q&A and a full practice test with detailed rationales- Boosts your confidence with a 100% pass guarantee- Offers on-the-go digital access with ExamPrepConnectExamPrepConnectIncluded with your study guide ?- Review all the high-quality content from the book- Take a full-length timed practice test.- Build custom quizzes or study by exam topic.- Sharpen your test-taking skills with interactive Q&A tools.- Keep on track with your Personalized Study Plan.- Take notes, highlight, and bookmark content.- Use flashcards to review key terms.- Study with your peers in the community discussion boards.- Access everything on any device.See access details inside the book.For 70 years, it has been our greatest privilege to prepare busy nurses like you for professional certification and career success. Congratulations on qualifying to sit for the exam. Now let's get you ready to pass!Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) does not sponsor or endorse this resource, nor does it have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Dieser zukunftsweisende Band fordert Fachleute und interessierte Laien dazu auf, unsere Sichtweise von Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden, krank fühlen und krank sein sowie die Ziele von Gesundheits- und Sozialsystemen zu überdenken. Das Buch betrachtet Gesundheitssysteme als komplexe adaptive Systeme und identifiziert die Gesundheitsversorgung als einen zentralen Aspekt der sozialen Versorgung und Sicherheit für alle Menschen, insbesondere für die Schwächsten. Darauf aufbauend skizziert der Autor die notwendigen organisatorischen, gestalterischen, medizinischen und kommunalen Schritte zum Aufbau von Gesundheitssystemen, die die Gesundheitsversorgung als Menschenrecht betrachten und praktizieren und langfristig eine optimale Versorgung gewährleisten können. Ausführliche Illustrationen veranschaulichen die effektive Zusammenarbeit bei der Problemlösung innerhalb dieser Systeme, sowohl in faszinierenden theoretischen Modellen als auch in der realen Welt.Höhepunkte der Berichterstattung: System- und Komplexitätsdenken in der Gesundheit und Gesundheitsversorgung Neugestaltung auf der Grundlage von 'ersten Prinzipien' Neugestaltung aus einer organisatorischen Perspektive Effektives und effizientes Zusammenarbeiten, um ein gemeinsames Ziel zu erreichen Analyse der 'Funktionsweise' von Gesundheitssystemen als komplexe adaptive Systeme Personenzentrierte, gerechte und nachhaltige Gesundheitssysteme: das Ziel erreichenDie Neugestaltung von Gesundheitssystemen verleiht den drängendsten Problemen bei der Erbringung von Gesundheitsdienstleistungen eine Stimme und eine Vision und bietet Entscheidungsträgern in der Gesundheitspolitik, Finanziers des Gesundheitswesens, Organisationsleitern, Klinikern und besorgten Mitgliedern der lokalen Gemeinschaft neue Ziele und Zwecke.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Deutsch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Deaf Walls Speakpresents an insider's view of artmaking in Guantánamo, the world's most notorious prison, as self-expression and protest, and to stage a fundamental human rights claim that has been denied by law and politics: the right to be recognized as human. The book juxtaposes detainee artist Moath al-Alwi's testimony and artwork with essays that situate his work within legal, political, aesthetic, and material contexts to demonstrate that artwork at Guantánamo constitutes important forms of material witnessing to human rights abuses perpetrated and denied by the U.S. government. 200 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides fundamental principles, design procedures, and design tools for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with three sections focusing on vehicle design, autopilot design, and ground system design. The design of manned aircraft and the design of UAVs have some similarities and some differences. They include the design process, constraints (e.g., g-load, pressurization), and UAV main components (autopilot, ground station, communications system, sensors, and payload). A UAV designer must be aware of the latest UAV developments; current technologies; know lessons learned from past failures; and they should appreciate the breadth of UAV design options.The contribution of unmanned aircraft continues to expand every day and over 67 countries are developing and employing UAVs for both military and civil/scientific purposes. A UAV system is much more than a reusable air vehicle or vehicles. UAVs are air vehicles, they fly like airplanes and operate in an airplane environment. They are designed like air vehicles; they have to meet critical air vehicle requirements. A designer needs to know how to integrate complex, multi-disciplinary systems, and to understand the environment, the requirements and the design challenges and this book is an excellent overview of the fundamentals from an engineering perspective.This book is meant to meet the needs of newcomers into the world of UAVs. The materials are intended to provide enough information in each area and illustrate how they all play together to support the design of a complete UAV. Therefore, this book can be used both as a reference for engineers entering the field or as a supplementary text for a UAV design course to provide system-level context for each specialized topic.The second edition is extensively revised. Some of the new terminologies, concepts, and specific unmanned aircraft systems are introduced. The revisions make the book clearer and easier to understand, and will add number of new subjects in areas that have become more prominent in the unmanned aviation world. 240 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This textbook offers the first practical guide to managing emotions in everyday journalism work based on interviews with more than 30 British journalists. It raises awareness of emotional situations and stressors journalists may face, so practitioners are better able to recognise these and prepare for them, and outlines practical emotion management strategies which they can apply to enhance their emotional intelligence and resilience and consequently, feel and perform better in the workplace. It includes vignettes written by journalists from the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and Croatia, as well as practical scenario exercises that prompt readers to reflect on how they would feel and react in specific situations based on journalists' everyday work. 236 pp. Englisch.…

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Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book brings together Lacanian psychoanalysis, neuropsychoanalytic work by Mark Solms and Ariane Bazan, Jaak Panksepp's affective neuroscience, Karl Friston's free energy principle, Adrian Johnston's transcendental materialist philosophy, and Darian Leader's critique of jouissance in Lacanian theory. In doing so, it articulates a philosophical and scientific basis for Lacanian neuropsychoanalysis. A Lacanian perspective on Solms's recent neuropsychoanalytic developments in affective consciousness and predictive coding furnishes an immanent critique that advances both Lacanian psychoanalysis and neuropsychoanalysis.Dall'Aglio develops novel propositions for conceptualizing the Lacanian real, symbolic, and imaginary registers in the brain, treating affect systems like signifiers, viewing jouissance as surplus prediction error, and conceiving the brain as structurally antagonistic. It presents fresh theoretical and clinical insights in a manner that will be accessible to the interdisciplinary fields it draws upon. It will appeal to those working in neuropsychoanalysis, clinical psychology, neuroscience, psychoanalysis, and critical theory. 268 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The identity of Taiwan is a matter of intense local and international debate. This bookshows how engineers helped produce two distinct visions of the land of Taiwan and itspeople, elevating the value of engineering as a career path in the process. The book describeshow the technical work of engineers, which typically avoids partisan politics, can actuallycontribute to partisan differences and conflict. In most countries, the rise of engineeringis about the emergence of a single dominant vision of the country. In Taiwan, two distinctvisions of the land and its people emerged, owing to the presence of two distinct geographicalidentities-islanders and mainlanders.The distributed mode of production in the electronics industry proved to be transformativeand created an 'abnormal boys' club' of engineers, as one group called themselves. Becausethe two communities were influenced by contrasting geographical identities, they felt asthough they were working for different Taiwans.'What a book. Engineers and the Two Taiwans traces how engineers creatively crafted professional identities and pathways in the cracks of multiple, shifting empires - and in so doinghelped create Taiwan as a thing-unto-itself. In showing how engineers shaped and were shapedby geopolitics and the birth of a new electronics industry, the book opens up fresh perspectiveson longstanding questions about who engineers are, how they are trained, where they ought towork, and ultimately what engineering is for. These engineers did politics through their materialcommitments even as they avoided partisan politics.' Jessica M. Smith, Editor-in-chief, Engineering Studies, Professor, Engineering, Design,and Society Department, Colorado School of Mines'This book explores Taiwan's dynamic industrial evolution over the past century through thelens of different engineers' social dynamics, identity, values, and compelling narratives. It offersinsights into Taiwanese own perceptions in the electronics industry and prompts reflection onhow countries navigate domestic and international technology policies and social progress.You will come to appreciate how engineers in Taiwan today bear continuing responsibilities toconnect their technical work to its land and people, even when their own commitments differfrom one another.' Minn-Tsong Lin, Deputy Minister, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan,Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics, National Taiwan University 192 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access textbook offers a guide to corporate finance for modern companies that want to create long-term value. Drawing on recent literature on sustainable companies, it starts by analysing the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for the transition to a sustainable economy. Next, it translates the general concept of sustainability into core corporate finance methods, such as net present value, company valuation, cost of capital, capital structure and M&A.Current corporate finance textbooks are primarily based on the shareholder model, designed to maximise financial value. This book instead adopts the integrated model, which argues that companies have to serve the interests of their current and future stakeholders. Accordingly, companies move from simply maximising financial value to optimising integrated value, which combines financial, social and environmental value. Applying this new paradigm of integrated value is the truly innovative feature of this textbook.Written for undergraduate and graduate students of Finance, Economics, and Business Administration, this textbook provides a fresh analysis of corporate finance. Combining theory, empirical data and examples from actual companies, it reveals the sustainability challenges for corporate investment and shows how finance can be used to steer funds to sustainable companies and projects and thus accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy. 672 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on the Defined Benefit (DB) pension scheme for pensionable civil servants in Malaysia, as a result of the rapidly rising pattern of pension costs for public servants in the country.In doing so, the book explores various issues on the defined benefit pension fund that the Malaysian Government currently confronts. Chapter one provides an overview of the pension system in the country, covering only the civil service pension fund managed by the Retirement Fund (Incorporated), better known as KWAP. It also discusses the issues and challenges the pension system and pensioners face. Chapter two reviews the past studies, sets up empirical models and examines which are the determinants of pension cost. Chapter three examines the asset allocation and performance of the KWAP pension fund from the last 13 years since the Ministry of Finance established it as part of the pension reform. Based on the available pension assets and liabilities data, Chapter Four outlines the steps and makes the 10-year forecast to ascertain whether the pension fund will be underfunded or not in the future. Chapter five examines whether the pension fund is sustainable in the long run based on the four parameters using scenario-based simulation. In order to solve this problem, especially the longevity risk, Chapter six proposes issuing longevity bonds by the authority to mitigate the longevity risk faced by the KWAP pension fund.Put together, the book is an interesting compilation of facts, analysis and insights from this hotly debated issue the current government faces. It serves as a reference for the financial market industry, regulators, market practitioners, analysts, researchers, government authorities and universities. 163 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book examines how entrepreneurship can be used as a tool to escape poverty. With relevance for both SDG 1: 'No Poverty,' and SDG 8: 'Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all,' it pays special attention to women and minority ethnic groups. Offering a fresh perspective on entrepreneurship as a means of upward social mobility and rooted in research, the book explores the issue in three ways. Firstly, it pays special attention to the nexus between the entrepreneur, resources, institutions, opportunities, necessities, and the environment for drawing a comprehensive picture of how individuals could use entrepreneurship for successful upward social mobility in a changing world. Secondly, it emphasizes the peculiar challenges that female entrepreneurs face, how those challenges can be overcome, and how female entrepreneurship may be a route to women's socio-economic advancement. Thirdly, it highlights the challenges faced by ethnic minority business owners and how such ethnic minority businesses could thrive amid institutional voids as well as direct and indirect forms of discrimination. Based on the latest research from developed and developing countries, the book offers compelling insights for sustaining entrepreneurial ventures in an evolving world. 168 pp. Englisch. …

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book argues that when visual jokes are harmful, they harm in a specific way: a subject's personhood is revoked in a way that differs both in kind and degree depending on whether that person is depicted or described. Such revocation can occur in every role and any stage within the joke's context, from character to audience member, from moment of depiction to uncritical exposure. Unlike a mere unhumorous insult, which doesn't require the sympathy of its audience but can operate solely between the target and the bully, a joke requires a particular kind of response from its audience to complete itself-to 'deliver', which requires not only some degree of complicity from audience members, but a complicity earned at the expense of the joke's referent. This book shows how we need not prevent the occurrence of these things in order to undermine their oppressive power-we only need the right kind of recontextualization: turning those utterances into jokes or turning those jokes against themselves. Unlike other forms of visual oppression, the harms contained within visual jokes can be reconfigured to affirm those they were created to harm, changing their function from jokes which attack others to jokes which attack themselves, empowering those they were created to target by calling into question the problematic conceptions of audiences who are sympathetic to the harmful joke's initial formulation. 124 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book charts the fall of productivity growth and the rise of inequality within global economies and societies. Set out through a series of economic models, the impact of falling rates of productivity growth, particularly in the USA, are examined in relation to lowering interest rates, the lifting of the stock market, and an increasingly unequal distribution of wealth. The economic impact of COVID-19, including the increased tendency to work from home and renewed public debt pressures, are contextualised within broader issues of wage suppression and discontent within the labor force to highlight how average workers have been left behind. The rise of China and the geopolitical tensions that it has created is also discussed.This book sets out the macro and microeconomic innovations that can create a revival in productivity growth in the coming years. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in global economic trends and the political economy. 172 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book covers the basics of numerical methods. Avoiding the definition-theorem-proof style, it instead focuses on numerical examples and simple pseudo-codes.The text begins with a chapter on floating point arithmetic before moving on to discuss norms, conditions numbers, solutions of systems of equations, the least squares problem, eigenvalue problems, interpolation, numerical integration, ordinary differential equations, optimization (including a detailed case study), and practical error estimations. Exercises (partly in MATLAB) are provided at the end of each chapter. Suitable for readers with minimal mathematical knowledge, the book not only offers an elementary introduction to numerical mathematics for programmers and engineers but also provides supporting material for students and teachers of mathematics. 316 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book presents state-of-the-art insights on transdisciplinary work towards societal transformation. It provides theoretical and practical guidance and tools, applicable across diverse empirical settings. Thebooksupportsresearchers and practitioners, especially those early in their careers,tonavigatedilemmas inherent in transdisciplinarity for transformation. The book serves as a valuable resource for (graduate) educational programs in any field open to transformation-oriented transdisciplinary collaboration. It comprises three sections: Design & Evaluation; Diversity & Inclusion; Roles & Competences. Each section includes a chapter on theoretical advancements, multiple empirical chapters presenting insights from various fields and contexts, and practical guidance conducive to engaging in high-quality, just and equitable transdisciplinary processes directed at sustainable transformation. 568 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book provides an authoritative overview of public administration, public management and public governance in Japan. Japan is one of the leading countries on the international stage, with a reputation for effective government and administration. The book covers a wide range of themes, including social welfare, public employment, the education system, public finance, and crisis management. Written by a team of expert scholars, it will appeal to international researchers and practitioners interested in Japan, as well as public administration and public management more broadly. It will be the definitive guide to public administration and governance in Japan for years to come. 460 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Maidan massacre in Ukraine. It uses a theoretical framework of rational choice, moral hazard, state- repression backfire, and Weberian ideas about rational action to explore the massacre.The book draws on publicly available videos, photos and audio recordings of the massacre in English, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish and other languages, along with several hundred individual testimonies and revelations from the Ukrainian investigation and a trial and its verdict. By examining which parties were responsible for the massacre, the book analyses its implications for not only Russia's war on Ukraine but also political developments across the globe. 288 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware 352 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The success of modern-day agriculture lies in the digitalization of agricultural systems. The primary aim of this book is to provide a starting point to understand the fundamentals and design of digital agriculture systems with reference to the enabling technologies that deal with the production, improvement, and protection of crops/plants and livestock. The other associated objectives of this book include the explanation of the design and deployment of IoT-based digital agriculture systems in such a simple way that agriculture students understand straightforwardly. Therefore, this book is an effort to partially fill the gap associated with the understanding of the development and deployment of digital agriculture systems (including both precision and smart farming). We believe that with the provided details of enabling technologies and their usage in digital agriculture systems, agriculture students will find it easier to comprehend the designing of small-/large-scale IoT-based digital agriculture systems. This book provides insight into different technologies, architectures, and case studies that will ultimately help students to understand the concept of Digital Agriculture and its related applications. It enables students to realize the importance of open issues and future challenges of digital agriculture systems. 168 pp. Englisch.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This textbook provides a modern introduction to advanced concepts and methods of mathematical analysis.The first three parts of the book cover functional analysis, harmonic analysis, and microlocal analysis. Each chapter is designed to provide readers with a solid understanding of fundamental concepts while guiding them through detailed proofs of significant theorems. These include the universal approximation property for artificial neural networks, Brouwer's domain invariance theorem, Nash's implicit function theorem, Calderón's reconstruction formula and wavelets, Wiener's Tauberian theorem, Hörmander's theorem of propagation of singularities, and proofs of many inequalities centered around the works of Hardy, Littlewood, and Sobolev. The final part of the book offers an overview of the analysis of partial differential equations. This vast subject is approached through a selection of major theorems such as the solution to Calderón's problem, De Giorgi's regularity theorem for elliptic equations, and the proof of a Strichartz-Bourgain estimate. Several renowned results are included in the numerous examples.Based on courses given successively at the École Normale Supérieure in France (ENS Paris and ENS Paris-Saclay) and at Tsinghua University, the book is ideally suited for graduate courses in analysis and PDE. The prerequisites in topology and real analysis are conveniently recalled in the appendix 456 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides a practical guide on annotating emotions in natural language data and showcases how these annotations can improve Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Natural Language Understanding (NLU) models and applications. The author presents an introduction to emotion as well as the ethical considerations on emotion annotation. State-of-the-art approaches to emotion annotation in NLP and NLU including rule-based, machine learning, and deep learning applications are addressed. Theoretical foundations of emotion and the implication on emotion annotation are discussed along with the current challenges and limitations in emotion annotation. This book is appropriate for researchers and practitioners in the field of NLP and NLU and anyone interested in the intersection of natural language and emotion.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 116 pp. Englisch. …