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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -A. Bewertungskriterien von Nahtmaterialien und Nahthilfsmitteln.- Zur Neuentwicklung von Nahtmaterialien und den Möglichkeiten einer Beurteilung.- Präzision des Tensiometerverfahrens zur Bestimmung der Wundfestigkeit in Relation zum verwendeten Nahtmaterial Mit 7 Abbildungen.- Standardisierung der Nachweisverfahren zur Objektivierung der linearen Fadenzug-, Knotenbruch- und Knotensitzfestigkeit verschiedener absorbierbarer und nichtabsorbierbarer Nahtmaterialien Mit 6 Abbildungen.- Nahthilfsmittel Mit 4 Abbildungen.- B. Pathophysiologische Aspekte der experimentellen Nahtmaterialienforschung.- Sutures and Infection: Studies of Conventional Materials and New Synthetic Absorbables With 6 Figures.- Physical Properties of Suture Materials which Influence Wound Infection With 4 Figures.- Nahtmaterial in virusinfizierten Wunden Mit 4 Abbildungen.- Zum Verhalten kontaminierter absorbierbarer Nahtmaterialien in vivo Mit 5 Abbildungen.- Förderung der Gefäßwandregeneration durch Verwendung absorbierbarer Nahtmaterialien für Mikrogefäßanastomosen Mit 3 Abbildungen.- Experimentelle Ergebnisse und klinische Erfahrungen mit PGS-Fäden in der Arterienchirurgie Mit 5 Abbildungen.- Beeinflußt das Nahtmaterial die Karzinogenese bei Dünndarm- und Magennahtreihen im Tierexperiment Mit 9 Abbildungen.- Nahtmaterialien und Nahttechniken in der experimentellen Mikrochirurgie Mit 12 Abbildungen.- Resümee zu den pathophysiologischen Aspekten.- C. Experimentelle Ergebnisse der Nahtmittelforschung im Gastrointestinalbereich.- Effects of Different Suture Techniques on Healing of Experimental Colonic Anastomosis With 10 Figures.- Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Wertigkeit des Nahtmaterials bei der Dickdarmanastomose Mit 2 Abbildungen.- Der Einfluß der Nahtspannung auf dieWundfestigkeit der Dickdarmanastomose Mit 7 Abbildungen.- Ist die alleinige Naht der Submukosa eine Alternative zu den bisherigen Nahttechniken Mit 12 Abbildungen.- Mechanische Belastbarkeit von Dünndarmanastomosen mit und ohne Fäden Mit 2 Abbildungen.- Auflösbare und nichtauflösbare Nahtmaterialien - Tierexperimentelle Langzeitstudie Mit 7 Abbildungen.- Resümee der experimentellen Ergebnisse.- D. Nahtmaterialien bei klinischer Anwendung.- Der Wert absorbierbarer Nahtmaterialien bei urologischen Eingriffen Mit 14 Abbildungen.- Schnittführung und Nahttechnik sowie Nahtunterstützung zur Protektion von Wundruptur und Narbenbruch Mit 4 Abbildungen.- Polyglykolsäure- (Dexon-) oder Polyesterfäden, eine Alternative beim Faszienverschluß medianer Laparotomien .- Beeinflussung der Wundheilung nach Laparotomie durch nichtresorbierbares und absorbierbares Nahtmaterial - NC-Seide und Polyglykolsäure Mit 1 Abbildung.- Die Naht der primären subkutanen Achillessehnenruptur.- Die Bedeutung der Nahttechnik in der Dickdarmchirurgie.- Nahttechnik am Rektum - Maschinelle oder manuelle Naht Mit 7 Abbildungen.- Resümee zur klinischen Anwendung.- E. Allgemeine Gesichtspunkte zur Wundheilung, zur Wahl der Nahtmittel und zu den Nahtreaktionen.- Wundheilung und Fremdkörperreaktion.- Übersicht der Nahtmaterialien: Grundsubstanz, Aufbau und physikalische Nahtparameter Mit 2 Abbildungen.- Biologische Wertigkeit der Nahtmaterialien Mit 13 Abbildungen.- Resümee der allgemeinen Gesichtspunkte.- F. Anatomische und funktionelle Grundlagen für die Wahl von Nahtmitteln und Nahttechniken in der Klinik.- Anatomische und funktionelle Grundlagen für die Wahl von Nahtmitteln und Nahttechniken in der Ösophaguschirurgie Mit 10 Abbildungen.- Anatomische und funktionelle Grundlagen fürdie Wahl von Nahtmitteln und Techniken in der Chirurgie von Magen und Dünndarm Mit 15 Abbildungen.- Nahtmittel und Nahttechniken in der Pankreaschirurgie Mit 5 Abbildungen.- Nahtmaterialien und Nahttechniken in der Kolonchirurgie Mit 1 Abbildung.- Anatomische und funktionelle Grundlagen für die Wahl von Nahtmitteln und Nahttechniken in der Lungen- und Trachealchirurgie Mit 14 Abbildungen.- Anatomische und funk.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -InhaltsangabeWesen und Wirkung des 'Konsens' im Volkerrecht.- La personalidad jurídica internacional.- La mise en oeuvre d'un recours concernant les droits de l'homme dans le domaine relevant de la compétence de l'UNESCO.- Die unbeschränkte und die beschränkte Einkommensteuer - ein Vergleich. Zugleich ein Beitrag zu den Grundlagen des deutschen Internationalen Einkommensteuerrechts.- International Menschenrechtsschutz und nationnaler Gestaltungsspielraum.- Die Praxis des Völkergewohnheitsrechts als konsekutive Rechtsetzung.- Völkerrecht und Bundesstaat.- Zum 'Recht auf Leben' aus nationaler und internationaler Sicht.- The Limits of the Right of Intervention in a Case before the International Court of Justice.- Sind die Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Gemeinschaft noch Herren der Vertrage Zum Verhältnis von Europäischem Gemeinschaftsrecht und Völkerrecht.- L'interaction entre la dimension internationale et la dimension nationale de la Convention européenne des Droits de l'Homme: Notions autonomes et effet direct.- Some Reflections on the European Convention on Human Rights - and on Human Rights.- Le Conseil constitutionnel et les engagements internationaux de la France.- Die Verpflichtungen erga omnes im Völkerrecht und ihre Durchsetzung.- Réflexions sur les restrictions à l'exercice des droits de l'homme dans la jurisprudence de la Cour européenne de Strasbourg.- Die Schiffahrtsfreiheit von Kriegsschiffen nach UNCLOS III.- La recherche du consensus dans les décisions de la Cour internationale de Justice.- Die Einschränkung von Grundrechten in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft. Zu den Schrankenvorbehalten der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention.- Europäische Gemeinschaften und international Streitbeilegung.- The Legal Status of the International Seabed. The Controversy about the Legality of National Legislation on Deep Sea Mining.- Intervention under Article 62 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.- Paralleles Tätigwerden von Sicherheitsrat und Internationalem Gerichtshof bei friedensbedrohenden Streitigkeiten.- The Threshold in Law-Making.- Versäumnisverfahren in der internationalen (Schieds-)Gerichtsbarkeit und souveräne Gleichheit.- Staatliche Aufklärungsansprüche und Völkerrecht.- Vertragsauslegung durch Vertragsrechtsvergleichung in der Judikatur internationaler Gerichte, vornehmlich vor den Organen der EMRK.- The Legislative Rôle of the World Court in an Era of Transition.- Internationaler Schutz der Menschenrechte und Völkerrechtsunmittelbarkeit.- Observations sur la hiérarchie des sources du droit international.- Bemerkungen zum ius cogens.- Intervention in the International Court of Justice. Articles 62 and 63 of the Statute.- Menschenrechte und Minderheitenschutz. Zu den Arbeiten des Institut de Droit international in der Zwischenkriegszeit.- Die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs zur innergemeinschaftlichen Wirkung völkerrechtlicher Abkommen.- Limites constitucionales y jurídico internacionales en la competencia penal internacional del Estado español.- Die 'Einzelfallbezogenheit' in der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte.- L'ordre juridique international et les traités des organisations internationales.- The Meaning of 'Authentic Text' in Modern Treaty Law.- Die Europäische Stiftung und die deutschen Bundesländer.- Creativity and Objectivity in International Tribunals.- International Organizations as Members of Other International Organizations.- Rechtsfragen grenzüberschreitender Wasserstraßen am Beispiel des Rhein-Main-Donau-Schiffahrtsweges.- Zur authentischen Interpretation von Gesetzen.- Europabekenntnis und Wiedervereinigungsgebot des Grundgesetzes.- Der Rückgriff auf die Mitgliedstaaten in Internationalen Organisationen.- Remarks on the Interpretation of the United Nations Charter.- Comment concevoir, dans sa spécificité, l'adhésion des Communautes européennes à la Convention de Rome sur l.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -It is a surprising fact that so far almost no books have been published on KAM theory. The first part of this book seems to be the first monographic exposition of this subject, despite the fact that the discussion of KAM theory started as early as 1954 (Komogorov) and was developed later in 1962 by Arnold and Moser. Today, this mathematical field is very popular and well known among physicists and mathematicians.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 400 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Molecular stereochemistry is a fundamental aspect of all areas of chemistry. It is especially important in inorganic chemistry where the coordination numbers are variable and occasionally quite high. The present book evolved naturally from a series of articles written by Professor Kepert for Progre88 in Inorganic Ohemi8try, elucida ting aspects of the stereochemistry of inorganic compounds of co ordination numbers 4-12. In the present volume, Professor Kepert has added new sections and synthesized these individual chapters into a unified treatment, updating his references when necessary to the most recent contributions in the literature, and inter weaving the various themes as deemed appropriate. The result is a major contribution, describing the stereochemistry of coordi nation compounds having both unidentate and multidentate ligands. The viability of the repulsion approach to stereochemistry is tested to the limit in this treatise and shown to be an extremely good way of rationalizing a diverse body of data.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 248 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Geology and Tectonics through Earth's history and selected gold deposits of Hebei Province, NE china, are briefly described in this monograph. Additionally, instructive maps, diagrams and photographs as well as aspects of metallogenesis and a proposed metallogenetic model make it valuable for scientists and practitioners working in the field of geology of Precambrian rocks associated with gold deposits.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 220 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book addresses the mathematical aspects of semiconductor modeling, with particular attention focused on the drift-diffusion model. The aim is to provide a rigorous basis for those models which are actually employed in practice, and to analyze the approximation properties of discretization procedures. The book is intended for applied and computational mathematicians, and for mathematically literate engineers, who wish to gain an understanding of the mathematical framework that is pertinent to device modeling. The latter audience will welcome the introduction of hydrodynamic and energy transport models in Chap. 3. Solutions of the nonlinear steady-state systems are analyzed as the fixed points of a mapping T, or better, a family of such mappings, distinguished by system decoupling. Significant attention is paid to questions related to the mathematical properties of this mapping, termed the Gummel map. Compu tational aspects of this fixed point mapping for analysis of discretizations are discussed as well. We present a novel nonlinear approximation theory, termed the Kras nosel'skii operator calculus, which we develop in Chap. 6 as an appropriate extension of the Babuska-Aziz inf-sup linear saddle point theory. It is shown in Chap. 5 how this applies to the semiconductor model. We also present in Chap. 4 a thorough study of various realizations of the Gummel map, which includes non-uniformly elliptic systems and variational inequalities. In Chap.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 188 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -It has become increasingly evident within the last few decades that immunologic factors are involved in some aspects of the reproductive process and hence in the physiology and pathology of the genital tract. The concept that immune phenomena participate in human reproduction is not new. There are examples throughout the history of man that immune phenomena may have influenced the reproductive process. For example, the Bible states that Sarah was sterile for a long time but conceived in the later years of her marriage. This could be interpreted to mean that continued exposure to her husband's ejaculated antigens re sulted in antibody response, sufficient to induce sterility. However, after continence of long duration, the antibody level declined and conception became possible. Another of speculation is Darwin's Descent of Man, which contains a number of state source ments to the effect that profligacy of women may account for their 'small fertility'. The inference is that repeated exposure to antigenic material in the ejaculate causes antibody responses that lead to infertility (KATSH and KATSH, 1965). This is directly related to the modern postulate that prostitutes do not conceive because of antisperm antibodies acquired by frequent contact with semen.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Stone in the urinary tract has fascinated the medical profession from the earliest times and has played an important part in the development of surgery. The earliest major planned operations were for the removal of vesical calculus; renal and ureteric calculi provided the first stimulus for the radiological investigation of the viscera, and the biochemical investigation of the causes of calculus formation has been the training ground for surgeons interested in metabolic disorders. It is therefore no surprise that stone has been the subject of a number of monographs by eminent urologists, but the rapid development of knowledge has made it possible for each one of these authors to produce something new. There is still a technical challenge to the surgeon in the removal of renal calculi, and on this topic we are always glad to have the advice of a master craftsman; but inevitably much of the interest centres on the elucidation of the causes of stone formation and its prevention. Professor Pyrah has had a long and wide experience of the surgery of calculous disease and gives us in this volume something of the wisdom that he has gained thereby, but he has also been a pioneer in the setting up of a research department largely concerned with the investigation of this complex group of disorders, so that he is able to present in terms readily intelligible to the general medical reader the results of extensive biochemical investigation in this area.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 392 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Relationships between sets of variables of different kinds are of interest in many branches of science. The question of the analysis of relationships of this sort has nevertheless rather surprisingly received less attention from statisticians and others than it would seem to deserve. Of the available methods, that address ing the question most directly is canonical correlation analysis, here referred to for convenience as canonical analysis. Yet canonical analysis is often coolly received despite a lack of suitable alternatives. The purpose of this book is to clarify just what may and what may not be accomplished by means of canoni cal analysis in one field of scientific endeavor. Canonical analysis is concerned with reducing the correlation structure be tween two (or more) sets of variables to its simplest possible form. After a review of the nature and properties of canonical analysis, an assessment of the method as an exploratory tool of use in ecological investigations is made. Applications of canonical analysis to several sets of ecological data are described and discussed with this objective in mind. The examples are drawn largely from plant ecology. The position is adopted that canonical analysis exists primarily to be used; the examples are accordingly worked through in some detail with the aim of showing how canonical analysis can contribute towards the attainment of ecological goals, as well as to indicate the kind and extent of the insight afforded.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 372 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -We report here the results obtained thus far along two distinct but complementary and converging lines of research work. The theme is conceptual data base design (specification), and the work has been going on for a number of years, mainly at the University of Stuttgart, in the Federal Republic of Germany, and at the Pontificia Universidade Cat6lica do Rio de Janeiro, in Brasil. We are glad to acknowledge the collaboration of several colleagues and students, particularly H. Biller, J. M. V. de Castilho, A. Horndasch, C. S. dos Santos, R. Studer, U. Schiel, and I. Waiter. Two other co-workers deservey special recognition, since they have shared in writing the report which originated part A of this book - M.A. Casanova and P.A.S. Veloso. The book is intended as a text for graduate courses on information systems and on data bases. The subject is treated formally, since we do believe that formality leads to precision, a quality that one misses in the still prevailing ad-hoc techniques. The theoretical background is covered, although in a condensed fashion, referring the reader to the appropriate literature for more details.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 126 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book provides an overview of investigations into the interrela tions between stressful living conditions, individual coping strategies, and social support networks, on the one hand, and physiological, psychological, and social 'health', on the other. Health is used as a broad term, and is defined as a state of physical and mental well being by which an individual is capable of processing inner and outer reality in a productive and satisfying manner. The potential stresses and strains inherent in the lifestyles of children, adolescents, and adults in contemporary industrial societies are the prime concern of this book. I try to offer a comprehensive view which takes modern socialization theory as its starting point. Chapter 1 introduces the subject and discusses the psychological and social 'costs' that accompany life within modern industrial soci ety. Chapter 2 reviews research on types and distribution of social, psychological, and somatic disorders. Chapter 3 explores the risk fac tors and constellations of stressful life events, role conflicts, and tran sitions and focuses on the changes in types of demand or strains throughout the life span. Chapter 4 contains an analysis of the per sonal and social 'resources' that can be mobilized if stress occurs.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book presents a fairly complete account of the theory of optimization when both maximands and constraints are smooth functions of a finite number of variables. It also provides a rigorous introduction to variational problems and surveys the theory of infinite-dimensional optimization.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 212 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The problem of obtaining dynamical models directly from an observed time-series occurs in many fields of application. There are a number of possible approaches to this problem. In this volume a number of such points of view are exposed: the statistical time series approach, a theory of guaranted performance, and finally a deterministic approximation approach. This volume is an out-growth of a number of get-togethers sponsered by the Systems and Decision Sciences group of the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria. The hospitality and support of this organization is gratefully acknowledged. Jan Willems Groningen, the Netherlands May 1989 TABLE OF CONTENTS Linear System Identification- A Survey page 1 M. Deistler A Tutorial on Hankel-Norm Approximation 26 K. Glover A Deterministic Approach to Approximate Modelling 49 C. Heij and J. C. Willems Identification - a Theory of Guaranteed Estimates 135 A. B. Kurzhanski Statistical Aspects of Model Selection 215 R. Shibata Index 241 Addresses of Authors 246 LINEAR SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION A SURVEY M. DEISTLER Abstract In this paper we give an introductory survey on the theory of identification of (in general MIMO) linear systems from (discrete) time series data. The main parts are: Structure theory for linear systems, asymptotic properties of maximum likelihood type estimators, estimation of the dynamic specification by methods based on information criteria and finally, extensions and alternative approaches such as identification of unstable systems and errors-in-variables. Keywords Linear systems, parametrization, maximum likelihood estimation, information criteria, errors-in-variables.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 260 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The book deals with the Chinese economy and ways in which modern technology can improve its efficiency. It analyses the difficulties in respect to the assimilation of modern technology and proposes ways to overcome them.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Geographical Information Systems (GIS) provide an enhanced environment for spatial data processing. The ability of geographic information systems to handle and analyse spatially referenced data may be seen as a major characteristic which distinguishes GIS from information systems developed to serve the needs of business data processing as well as from CAD systems or other systems whose primary objective is map production. This book, which contains contributions from a wide-ranging group of international scholars, demonstrates the progress which has been achieved so far at the interface of GIS technology and spatial analysis and planning. The various contributions bring together theoretical and conceptual, technical and applied issues. Topics covered include the design and use of GIS and spatial models, AI tools for spatial modelling in GIS, spatial statistical analysis and GIS, GIS and dynamic modelling, GIS in urban planning and policy making, information systems for policy evaluation, and spatial decision support systems.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -I. Introduction.- Ecology: An Idiosyncratic Overview.- II. Physiological and Behavioral Ecology.- Biophysical Ecology: An Introduction to Organism Response to Environment.- An Overview of Foraging Theory.- III. Population Ecology.- Population Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment.- The Formulation of Age-Structure Models.- Analysis of Age-Structure Models.- Random Walk Models of Movement and Their Implications.- Stochastic Population Theory: Birth and Death Processes.- Stochastic Population Theory: Diffusion Processes.- IV. Communities and Ecosystems.- Community Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment.- Interacting Age Structured Populations.- Population Models and Community Structure in Heterogeneous Environments.- Stochastic Community Theory: A Partially Guided Tour.- A Theoretical Basis for Modeling Element Cycling.- V. Applied Mathematical Ecology.- Bioeconomics and the Management of Renewable Resources.- Population Biology of Microparasitic Infections.- Author Index.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 476 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Today, our world increasingly is conceived of as being molecular. An ever widening range of phenomena are described logically in terms of molecular properties and molecular interactions. The majority of known molecules are heterocyclic and heterocycles dominate the fields of biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, dyestuffs, photographic science and are of increasing importance in many others, including polymers, adhesives, and molecular engineering. Thus, the importance of heterocyclic chemistry continues to increase and this three volume work by Drs. R. R. Gupta, Mahendra Kumar and Vandana Gupta is a welcome addition to the available guides on the subject. Its scope places it in a useful niche between the single-volume texts and monographs of heterocyclic chemistry and the multivolume treatises. The authors have retained the well tried classical approach but have succeeded in placing their own individual spin on their arrangement. They have put together a well selected range from among the most important of the vast array offacts available. This factual material is ordered in a clear and logical fashion over the three volumes. The present work should be of great value to students-and practitioners of heterocyclic chemistry at all levels from the advanced undergraduate upwards. It will be of particular assistance in presenting a clear and modem view of the subject to those who use heterocycles in a variety of other fields and we wish it well.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 440 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Guided-Wave Acoustooptics reviews Bragg interactions between guided optical waves and acoustic waves, both in terms of basic theory and in the substrates LiNbO3, ZnO/SiO2 and GaAs, as well as the sideband modulators and deflectors that can be manufactured with this technology. Further applications described include light beam modulation and deflection, multiport switching in communications and spectral analysis, correlation and convolution in RF signal processing.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume summarizes recent progress concerning various facets of the fascinating liaison between heat shock proteins (hsp) and immunity. It considers in depth both the central functions of hsp in the immune response and their potent antigenicity.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 232 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The emphasis of this book, the companion volume to Volume 14 of the Springer Series Materials Science, is on the basic physics and materials science of graphite intercalation compounds arising from their quasi-two-dimensional structure. The various chapters are designed to guide graduate students and other newcomers into the exciting field of two-dimensional physics, and at the same time to provide a comprehensive review of the current status of the field.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 452 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -My original introduction to this subject was through conservations, and ultimate ly joint work with C. A. Micchelli. I am grateful to him and to Profs. C. de Boor, E. W. Cheney, S. D. Fisher and A. A. Melkman who read various portions of the manuscript and whose suggestions were most helpful. Errors in accuracy and omissions are totally my responsibility. I would like to express my appreciation to the SERC of Great Britain and to the Department of Mathematics of the University of Lancaster for the year spent there during which large portions of the manuscript were written, and also to the European Research Office of the U.S. Army for its financial support of my research endeavors. Thanks are also due to Marion Marks who typed portions of the manuscript. Haifa, 1984 Allan Pinkus Table of Contents 1 Chapter I. Introduction . . . . . . . . Chapter II. Basic Properties of n-Widths . 9 1. Properties of d ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 9 n 15 2. Existence of Optimal Subspaces for d ¿ n n 17 3. Properties of d ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 20 4. Properties of b ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ n 5. Inequalities Between n-Widths 22 n 6. Duality Between d and d ¿ ¿ 27 n 7. n-Widths of Mappings of the Unit Ball 29 8. Some Relationships Between dn(T), dn(T) and bn(T) . 32 37 Notes and References . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 308 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -According to a recent report of the United States Census Bureau, world population as of June 30, 1983, was estimated at about 4. 7 billion people; of this total, an estimated 82 million had been added in the previous year. World population in 1950 was estimated at about 2. 5 billion; consequently, if 82 million poeple are added to the world population in each of the coming four years, population size will be double that of 1950. Another way of viewing the yearly increase in world population is to compare it to 234 million, the estimated current population of the United States. If the excess of births over deaths continues, a group of young people equivalent to the population of the United States will be added to the world population about every 2. 85 years. Although the rate of increase in world population has slowed since the midsixties, it seems likely that large numbers of infants will be added to the population each year for the foreseeable future. A large current world population together with a high likelihood of sub stantial increments in size every year has prompted public and scholarly recognition of population as a practical problem. Tangible evidence in the public domain that population is being increasingly viewed as a problem is provided by the fact that many governments around the world either have or plan to implement policies regarding population. Evidence of scholarly concern is provided by an increasing flow of publications dealing with population.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 412 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Amidst the innumerable articles and books on plastic and reconstructive surgery, a thorough and extensive study of the history of free skin grafting was still missing. This omission has now been rectified by Dr. Klasen. This book is an expansion of a M.D. thesis, written at the State Universi ty of Groningen, The Netherlands, and was guided by Professor A. J. C. Huffstadt, plastic surgeon, and Professor D. de Moulin, medical historian. Professor T. Gibson kindly revised the manuscript and wrote the epilogue. But, as Goethe put it: 'nur ein Teil der Kunst kann gelehrt werden, der Kunstler macht das Ganze' ('only a part of the art can be taught, the artist makes the totality'). The author, Henk Klasen, is a remarkable man. As a general surgeon, he devotes all his interest and skills to traumatology and problems of phys iology and pathophysiology in surgery. With such talents it is natural that he also works parttime as one of the coordinators ofa modern burn unit. Among his hobbies are love of antiques and old books. This historical inclination has induced him to write the present book, in which he vividly describes the development of free skin grafting in its rel evant theoretical and practical aspects. His elaborate study has resulted in an excellent reference book which at the same time provides enjoyable reading, once again demonstrating the value of history in understanding the present. A. J. C. HUFFSTADT, M.D.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The monograph describes phenomena of atomic states interference and their applications to atomic spectroscopy. The theory of these phenomena is treated by means of several approaches beginning from the classical point of view and then by using more and more sophisticated considerations.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The purpose of this book is to present the main structure theorems in the isometric theory of classical Banach spaces. Elements of general topology, measure theory, and Banach spaces are assumed to be familiar to the reader. A classical Banach space is a Banach space X whose dual space is linearly isometric to Lp(j1, IR) (or Lp(j1, CC) in the complex case) for some measure j1 and some 1 ~ p ~ 00. If 1Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 288 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Eugene Wigner is one of the very few scientists that may be safely described as creators of 20th-century physics. Less well known to the public are his groundbreaking contributions to nuclear energy. In this book, Volume V of his Collected Works, A.M. Weinberg presents 42 reports and 12 of Wigner's many patents in nuclear engineering. For the first time Wigner's own account of his participation in early nuclear technology is published. This 'Memoir' together with A.M. Weinberg's beautiful annotations will be of great interest to a general audience.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 828 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book contains the results of work done during the years 1967-1970 on fixed-point-free involutions on manifolds, and is an enlarged version of the author's doctoral dissertation [54J written under the direction of Professor William Browder. The subject of fixed-paint-free involutions, as part of the subject of group actions on manifolds, has been an important source of problems, examples and ideas in topology for the last four decades, and receives renewed attention every time a new technical development suggests new questions and methods ([62, 8, 24, 63J). Here we consider mainly those properties of fixed-point-free involutions that can be best studied using the techniques of surgery on manifolds. This approach to the subject was initiated by Browder and Livesay. Special attention is given here to involutions of homotopy spheres, but even for this particular case, a more general theory is very useful. Two important related topics that we do not touch here are those of involutions with fixed points, and the relationship between fixed-point-free involutions and free Sl-actions. For these topics, the reader is referred to [23J, and to [33J, [61J, [82J, respectively. The two main problems we attack are those of classification of involutions, and the existence and uniqueness of invariant submanifolds with certain properties. As will be seen, these problems are closely related. If (T, l'n) is a fixed-point-free involution of a homotopy sphere l'n, the quotient l'n/Tis called a homotopy projective space.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 124 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -The interaction between geometry and theoretical physics has often been very fruitful. A highlight in this century was Einstein's creation of the theory of general relativity. Equally impressive was the recognition, starting from the work of Yang and Mills and culminating in the Weinberg-Salam theory of the electroweak interaction and quantum chromodynamics, that the fundamental interactions of elementary particles are governed by gauge fields, which in ma thematical terms are connections in principal fibre bundles. Theoretical physi cists became increasingly aware of the fact that the use of modern mathematical methods may be necessary in the treatment of problems of physical interest. Since some of these topics are covered at most summarily in the usual curricu lum, there is a need for extra-curricular efforts to provide an opportunity for learning these techniques and their physical applications. In this context we arranged a meeting at the Physikzentrum Bad Ronnef 12-16 February 1990 on the subject 'Geometry and Theoretical Physics', in the series of physics schools organized by the German Physical Society. The participants were graduate students from German universities and research institutes. Since the meeting occurred only a short time after freedom of travel between East and West Germany became a reality, this was for many from the East the first opportunity to attend a scientific meeting in the West, and for many from the West the first chance to become personally acquainted with colleagues from the East.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 336 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -In the case of completely integrable systems, periodic solutions are found by inspection. For nonintegrable systems, such as the three-body problem in celestial mechanics, they are found by perturbation theory: there is a small parameter ¿ in the problem, the mass of the perturbing body for instance, and for ¿ = 0 the system becomes completely integrable. One then tries to show that its periodic solutions will subsist for ¿ -# 0 small enough. Poincare also introduced global methods, relying on the topological properties of the flow, and the fact that it preserves the 2-form L~=l dPi 1 dqi' The most celebrated result he obtained in this direction is his last geometric theorem, which states that an area-preserving map of the annulus which rotates the inner circle and the outer circle in opposite directions must have two fixed points. And now another ancient theme appear: the least action principle. It states that the periodic solutions of a Hamiltonian system are extremals of a suitable integral over closed curves. In other words, the problem is variational. This fact was known to Fermat, and Maupertuis put it in the Hamiltonian formalism. In spite of its great aesthetic appeal, the least action principle has had little impact in Hamiltonian mechanics. There is, of course, one exception, Emmy Noether's theorem, which relates integrals ofthe motion to symmetries of the equations. But until recently, no periodic solution had ever been found by variational methods.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Markov processes play an important role in the study of probability theory. Homogeneous denumerable Markov processes are among the main topics in the theory and have a wide range of application in various fields of science and technology (for example, in physics, cybernetics, queuing theory and dynamical programming). This book is a detailed presentation and summary of the research results obtained by the authors in recent years. Most of the results are published for the first time. Two new methods are given: one is the minimal nonnegative solution, the second the limit transition method. With the help of these two methods, the authors solve many important problems in the framework of denumerable Markov processes.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 300 pp. Englisch.