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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This work considers a small random perturbation of alpha-stable jump type nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations with Dirichlet boundary conditions over an interval. It has two stable points whose domains of attraction meet in a separating manifold with several saddle points. Extending a method developed by Imkeller and Pavlyukevich it proves that in contrast to a Gaussian perturbation, the expected exit and transition times between the domains of attraction depend polynomially on the noise intensity in the small intensity limit. Moreover the solution exhibits metastable behavior: there is a polynomial time scale along which the solution dynamics correspond asymptotically to the dynamic behavior of a finite-state Markov chain switching between the stable states. 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Meteorological Satellite Systems' is a primer on weather satellites and their Earth applications. This book reviews historic developments and recent technological advancements in GEO and polar orbiting meteorological satellites. It explores the evolution of these remote sensing technologies and their capabilities to monitor short- and long-term changes in weather patterns in response to climate change. Satellites developed by various countries, such as U.S. meteorological satellites, EUMETSAT, and Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Indian satellite platforms are reviewed. This book also discusses international efforts to coordinate meteorological remote sensing data collection and sharing.This title provides a ready and quick reference for information about meteorological satellites. It serves as a useful tool for a broad audience that includes students, academics, private consultants, engineers, scientists, and teachers. 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Gas phase biosensors.- Chromatography in the downstream processing of biotechnological products.- Extractive bioconversion of lactic acid.- Production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants.- Microbial carotenoids.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces.- Development of a group contribution method for liquid-phase adsorption onto activated carbons.- Adsorption from aqueous phenol and 2,3,4-trichlorophenol solutions on nanoporous carbon prepared from poly(ethylene terephthalate).- Alcohol cluster formation on silica surfaces in cyclohexane.- Effects of impurity and solid-phase dissolution on surface charge titration of aluminium oxide.- Radiotracer study of the specific adsorption of anions on oxides.- Interfacial equilibria at a goethite aqueous interface in the presence of amino acids.- Liquid sorption and stability of polystyrene latices.- Adsorption onto tooth enamel - the biological interface and its modification.- Adsorption of chloroacetanilide herbicides on Hungarian soils.- Stagnation phenomenon of solid/fluid interfaces.- Measures to determine the hydrophobicity of colloidal polymers.- Interlamellar adsorption of organic pollutants on hydrophobic vermiculite.- Adsorption against pollution: current state and perspectives.- Organically modified ceramics for coating textile materials.- Nanostructured Materials.- Preparation and characterization of noble metal nanoparticles using dendrimers as protective colloids.- Preparation, characterization, and photocatalytic properties of layered-silicate-supported TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles.- Growth of nearly monodisperse palladium nanoparticles on disaggregated kaolinite lamellae.- Quantitative considerations for the formulation of miniemulsions.- Concentration and composition dependence of rheological and magnetorheological properties of some magnetic fluids.- The controlled generation of nanosized structures in miniemulsions.- The glass transition and propagating transverse phonons in colloidal systems.- Lead accumulation onmontmorillonite.- Polypropylene /montmorillonite nanocomposites prepared by the delamination of the filler.- Fullerenes as new colloidal model systems.- Experimental investigation of magneticinduced phase-separation kinetics in aqueous ferrofluids.- Surfctants, Polymers.- Characterisation of ionic surfactant aggregates by means of activity measurements of a trace probe electrolyte.- Determination of binding isotherms of ionic surfactants in polymer gels.- Changes in the thermotropic and the structural behaviour of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine/water liposomes effected by 2,4-dichlorphenol.- Correlation between equilibrium and NMR spectroscopic data in the study of the selectivity of cross-linked ionic polymers.- Structural and viscoelastic properties of lamellar systems formed from concentrated nonionic surfactant solutions.- Surface characterization of polylactide/ polyglycolide copolymers.- Model of reversible aggregation: universal features of fluctuating ensembles.- Change of structure and phase behaviour during homo- and copolymerisation of (2-methacryloyloxyethyl)dodecyldimethylammonium bromide in a hexagonal lyotropic mesophase.- Elastic properties of protein gels obtained by three-phase partitioning.- Interactions between polyelectrolyte brushes in free-standing liquid films: influence of ionic strength.- The mechanism of the morphogenesis of CaCO3 in the presence of poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(methacrylic acid).- Dispersions.- Card-house microstructure of purified sodium montmorillonite gels evidenced by filtration properties at different pH.- Light-induced reduction of heavy-metal ions on titanium dioxide dispersions.- In situ structural investigations of the Synperonic(A7)-water system under shear.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Stereochemistry of multibridged, multilayered, and multistepped aromatic compounds ¿ Transanular steric and electronic effects.- Isotope effects in hydrogen atom transfer reactions.- N-methylacetamide as a solvent.- EROS A computer program for generating sequences of reactions.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Stereochemistry of multibridged, multilayered, and multistepped aromatic compounds ¿ Transanular steric and electronic effects.- Isotope effects in hydrogen atom transfer reactions.- N-methylacetamide as a solvent.- EROS A computer program for generating sequences of reactions.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Gas phase biosensors.- Chromatography in the downstream processing of biotechnological products.- Extractive bioconversion of lactic acid.- Production of rhamnolipid biosurfactants.- Microbial carotenoids.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Radical eliminations from gaseous cation radicals via multistep pathways ¿ The concept of ¿hidden¿ hydrogen rearrangements.- Recent advances in thiepin chemistry.- Short-lived phosphorus(V) compounds having coordination number 3.- Chemistry of saturated bicyclic peroxides (the prostaglandin connection).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Das kindliche Elektroenzephalogramm unterscheidet sich in wesentlichen Punkten vom EEG des Erwachsenen. In jeder Altersgruppe finden sich parallel zur Hirnentwicklung spezifische EEG-Muster, Normvarianten und pathologischen Veränderungen, deren Kenntnis für die Beurteilung essentiell ist. So gibt es eine Vielzahl altersabhängiger Epilepsieformen und anderer Krankheitsbilder, die im Erwachsenenalter unbekannt sind. Eine besondere Herausforderung stellt die Beurteilung des Neu- und Frühgeborenen-EEGs dar.Dieser Leitfaden klärt darüber auf, was bei EEG-Ableitungen im Säuglings- und Kleinkindesalter zu berücksichtigen ist und hilft dabei, EEG-Kurven richtig zu interpretieren und pathologische von normalen Mustern abzugrenzen. Das Buch ist ein unveränderter Nachdruck des gleichnamigen Kapitels aus dem Werk 'Klinische Elektroenzephalographie' von Stephan Zschocke und Hans-Christian Hansen. Nützlich ist es insbesondere für Kinder- und Jugendärzten und Neurologen, die mit den Grundlagen der Elektroenzephalographie vertraut sind. Einsteigern zum Thema zeigt dieses Buch auf, wo und wann das EEG im Kindesalter einen Beitrag zur Diagnose leisten kann. 87 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Das kindliche Elektroenzephalogramm unterscheidet sich in wesentlichen Punkten vom EEG des Erwachsenen. In jeder Altersgruppe finden sich parallel zur Hirnentwicklung spezifische EEG-Muster, Normvarianten und pathologischen Veränderungen, deren Kenntnis für die Beurteilung essentiell ist. So gibt es eine Vielzahl altersabhängiger Epilepsieformen und anderer Krankheitsbilder, die im Erwachsenenalter unbekannt sind. Eine besondere Herausforderung stellt die Beurteilung des Neu- und Frühgeborenen-EEGs dar.Dieser Leitfaden klärt darüber auf, was bei EEG-Ableitungen im Säuglings- und Kleinkindesalter zu berücksichtigen ist und hilft dabei, EEG-Kurven richtig zu interpretieren und pathologische von normalen Mustern abzugrenzen. Das Buch ist ein unveränderter Nachdruck des gleichnamigen Kapitels aus dem Werk 'Klinische Elektroenzephalographie' von Stephan Zschocke und Hans-Christian Hansen. Nützlich ist es insbesondere für Kinder- und Jugendärzten und Neurologen, die mit den Grundlagen der Elektroenzephalographie vertraut sind. Einsteigern zum Thema zeigt dieses Buch auf, wo und wann das EEG im Kindesalter einen Beitrag zur Diagnose leisten kann. 87 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Change happens constantly in healthcare contexts and professionals, whether newly qualified or managing staff, need to be ready to understand, adapt to, manage and implement change as necessary whilst continuing to work effectively in busy environments. Unlike most change management texts, this book focuses specifically on change in frontline healthcare practice. It covers the process of change from problem identification, to evaluation of new practice, to continuation of change. Offering practical guidance in an accessible style, all health professionals alike should not be without this book.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common core definition for it in cognitive science. Since this concept plays a central role in cognitive theory, an adequate cognitive explanation requires an explicit account of digital computation. More specifically, it requires an account of how digital computation is implemented in physical systems. The main challenge is to deliver an account encompassing the multiple types of existing models of computation without ending up in pancomputationalism, that is, the view that every physical system is a digital computing system. This book shows that only two accounts, among the ones examined by the author, are adequate for explaining physical computation. One of them is the instructional information processing account, which is developed here for the first time.'This book provides a thorough and timely analysis of differing accounts of computation while advancing the important role that information plays in understanding computation. Frescös two-pronged approach will appeal to philosophically inclined computer scientists who want to better understand common theoretical claims in cognitive science.¿Marty J. Wolf, Professor of Computer Science, Bemidji State University¿An original and admirably clear discussion of central issues in the foundations of contemporary cognitive science.¿Frances Egan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Das kindliche Elektroenzephalogramm unterscheidet sich in wesentlichen Punkten vom EEG des Erwachsenen. In jeder Altersgruppe finden sich parallel zur Hirnentwicklung spezifische EEG-Muster, Normvarianten und pathologischen Veränderungen, deren Kenntnis für die Beurteilung essentiell ist. So gibt es eine Vielzahl altersabhängiger Epilepsieformen und anderer Krankheitsbilder, die im Erwachsenenalter unbekannt sind. Eine besondere Herausforderung stellt die Beurteilung des Neu- und Frühgeborenen-EEGs dar.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - One hundred years ago, on the first of November 1878, the first, partly elected, workers representation within a Dutch industrial concern was installed. This took place at the Nederlandsche Gist- en Spiritusjabriek which is now known, since amalgamating in 1967 with Brocades, Stheeman & Pharmacia, as Gist-Brocades. The centennial of workers representation occurs at a time in which the debate about the relationship between man and his work has reached a new height. The role of social pioneer that, in the history of industry, fell to this concern, now creates for us a twofold obli gation: In the first instance to give due honour, after 100 years, to the pioneer ofthose days, J. C. Van Marken and to commemorate hirn in contemporary fashion: the first chapter of this book, published on the occasion ofthe centennial, is devoted to the life and work of our illustrious precursor. Secondly we fee! that it is in the spirit of pioneership to look forward and thereby direct ourselves primarily to the future of work. To this end, the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels formulated some pertinent questions which were then laid before a number of prominent writers and social thinkers in Holland and elsewhere. This book contains their responses. VIII FOREWORD We did not ask the authors to look into teacups or to tell the future from the stars.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - ~Et moi, . si j'avait su comment en revenir. One service mathematics has rendered the je n'y serais poin t aUe. human race. It has put common sense back Jules Verne where it belongs, on the topmost shelf next to the dusty canister labelled 'discarded non sense', The series is divergent; therefore we may be able to do something with it. Eric T. Bell o. lleaviside Mathematics is a tool for thought. A highly necessary tool in a world where both feedback and non linearities abound. Similarly, all kinds of parts of mathematics serve as tools for other parts and for other sciences. Applying a simple rewriting rule to the quote on the right above one finds such statements as: 'One service topology has rendered mathematical physics . .'; 'One service logic has rendered com puter science . .'; 'One service category theory has rendered mathematics . .'. All arguably true. And all statements obtainable this way form part of the raison d'e1re of this series.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In the last few years European Family Law has undergone considerable changes. Although in the past law reform was slow, since 1969 the impetus for reform has gathered momentum. It is no exaggeration to say that the changes that have occurred in Europe in the last six or seven years have radically altered the very concept of the family in Europe. As a distinguished scholar and former editor of the Family Law volume of the International Encyclopaedia of Com parative Law, Professor Max Rheinstein, has put it: 'These transformations are not fully completed anywhere. They have gone farthest in the countries of highest industrialization and in those of socialist rule. But they have set in wherever industrialization has obtained a foothold. The degree of 'modernization' offamily law may indeed be used as an index of a society's degree of Westernization. 'l Yet, such is the force of traditional patterns of thought that, although we are aware of distinct changes in various legal systems, the underlying and implied assumption is that family law can still move within the traditional framework. This is not surprising for, until comparatively recently at least family law was not thought of as a suitable subject of unification. It was claimed that there is a peculiar and distinct element which derives from the mores and innermost beliefs of each people, from a sort of family Volksgeist that renders impossible the approximation or unification of family law.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - One of the key issues relating to the perfonnance of national economies is the efficiency of the financial system which stands at the heart of the capital-allocation process. There are two aspects which define efficiency. Static efficiency involves the ali-in difference between rates of return provided to ultimate savers and the cost of funds to users. This 'gap', or spread, reflects the direct costs of production (operating and administrative costs, cost of capital, etc.). It also reflects losses incurred in the financial process, as well as any monopoly profits earned and liquidity premiums. Financial processes that are considered 'statically inefficient' are usually characterised by high 'spreads' due to high overhead costs, high losses, barriers to entry, and the like. Dynamic efficiency is characterised by high rates of financial product and process innovation through time. Successful product and process innovation broadens the menu of financial products available to ultimate issuers, ultimate savers, or other agents along the various financial process channels described above. Probably the most powerful catalyst affecting the competitive dynamics of the financial services industry has been technological change.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - With the appearance of Volume 3 of our series the review articles them selves can speak for the nature of the series. Our initial aim of charting the field of nuclear physics with some regularity and completeness is, hopefully, beginning to be established. We are greatly indebted to the willing coopera tion of many authors which has kept the series on schedule. By means of the 'stream' technique on which our series is based - in which articles emerge from a flow of future articles at the convenience of the authors-the articles appear in this volume without any special coordination of topics. The topics range from the interaction of pions with nuclei to direct reactions in deformed nuclei. There is a great number of additional topics which the series hopes to include. Some of these are indicated by our list of future articles. Some have so far not appeared on our list because the topics have been reviewed re cently in other channels. Much of our series has originated from the sug gestions of our colleagues. We continue to welcome such aid and we continue to need, particularly, more suggestions about experimentalists who might write articles on experimental topics.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common core definition for it in cognitive science. Since this concept plays a central role in cognitive theory, an adequate cognitive explanation requires an explicit account of digital computation. More specifically, it requires an account of how digital computation is implemented in physical systems. The main challenge is to deliver an account encompassing the multiple types of existing models of computation without ending up in pancomputationalism, that is, the view that every physical system is a digital computing system. This book shows that only two accounts, among the ones examined by the author, are adequate for explaining physical computation. One of them is the instructional information processing account, which is developed here for the first time.'This book provides a thorough and timely analysis of differing accounts of computation while advancing the important role that information plays in understanding computation. Frescös two-pronged approach will appeal to philosophically inclined computer scientists who want to better understand common theoretical claims in cognitive science.¿Marty J. Wolf, Professor of Computer Science, Bemidji State University¿An original and admirably clear discussion of central issues in the foundations of contemporary cognitive science.¿Frances Egan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New JerseySpringer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 252 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common core definition for it in cognitive science. Since this concept plays a central role in cognitive theory, an adequate cognitive explanation requires an explicit account of digital computation. More specifically, it requires an account of how digital computation is implemented in physical systems. The main challenge is to deliver an account encompassing the multiple types of existing models of computation without ending up in pancomputationalism, that is, the view that every physical system is a digital computing system. This book shows that only two accounts, among the ones examined by the author, are adequate for explaining physical computation. One of them is the instructional information processing account, which is developed here for the first time.'This book provides a thorough and timely analysis of differing accounts of computation while advancing the important role that information plays in understanding computation. Fresco's two-pronged approach will appeal to philosophically inclined computer scientists who want to better understand common theoretical claims in cognitive science.'Marty J. Wolf, Professor of Computer Science, Bemidji State University 'An original and admirably clear discussion of central issues in the foundations of contemporary cognitive science.' Frances Egan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Applications of neutron scattering in chemistry.- Transport mechanisms of light interstitials in metals.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The demographic pressure caused by migration offers a considerable challenge for urban centers today. It results in an uneven development of the community and focus of urban planners becomes how to provide decent, low-cost housing and transportation in order to facilitate the integration of poorer residents among the rest of the community. In large industrialized countries the challenges of urban policy-makers are made even more complicated since these governments depend on state or federal legislators to obtain the massive amounts of funding required for adequately addressing these local issues that are in global cause. The book analyzes the strategies for urban development in Leipzig, Germany, and shows how civic leaders were able to harmonize planning and equity. They relied heavily on two interesting approaches in that process: the promotion of culture as a key component of urban development and the reconciliation of the inevitable process of gentrification with social equity. The book also looks at the globalization aspect of urban development, reviews research in social equity in urban development in Europe and the United States and describes sustainability as an important element of urban renaissance.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Transfer Pricing and Valuation in Corporate Taxation analyzes the disparities between both federal statutes and regulations, and r- ulations and administrative practice, in a highly controversial area of corporate tax policy: intra-company transfer pricing for tax p- poses. It addresses issues that often mean millions of dollars to in- vidual corporations, and a significant fraction of the federal gove- ment¿s revenue base. These disparities between law, regulations, and administrative practice are concerning on a number of grounds. First, they - pose considerable economic costs by inducing corporations to engage in a variety of ¿rent-seeking¿ activities designed to reduce their - pected tax liabilities, and by requiring the IRS to devote still more to enforcement efforts that are very often futile. Second, they are in- ; herently undemocratic. Administrative practice is currently ad hoc by relying on dispute resolution procedures that can and do yield very different settlements on disputed tax issues from one case to another, the IRS often ends up treating similarly situated cor- rations very differently. Moreover, to the extent that the disp- ity between statute and implementation reflects the IRS¿s failure to carry out Congress¿ will, the laws passed by duly elected officials are effectively being superseded by administrative procedure, developed incrementally by individuals who are not answerable to an electorate.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle combine close readings of key texts with recent critical thinking on the interaction of literary works and culture. Providing a lively introductory guide to English literature from Beowulf to the present day, the authors write in their characteristically lucid and accessible style.A true masterpiece of clarity and compression, this is essential reading for undergraduate students coming across the vast areas of English literature for the first time and looking for a way of making critical sense of the texts being studied. In addition, the concise nature and narrative structure of this book makes it excellent reading for general readers.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -This book is based on a congress evaluating Jaspers' basic psychopathological concepts and their anthropological roots in light of modern research paradigms. It provides a definition of delusion, his concept of 'limit situation' so much challenged by trauma research, and his methodological debate. We are approaching the anniversary of Jaspers seminal work General Psychopathology in 1913. The Centre of Psychosocial Medicine of the University with its Psychiatric Hospital where Jaspers wrote this influential volume as a 29 year old clinical assistant hosted a number of international experts familiar with his psychiatric and philosophical work. This fruitful interdisciplinary discussion seems particularly important in light of the renewed interest in Jaspers¿ work, which will presumably increase towards the anniversary year 2013. This volume is unique in bringing together the knowledge of leading international scholars and combining three dimensions of investigation that are necessary to understand Jaspers in light of contemporary questions: history (section I), methodology (section II) and application (section III).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - During the last 10 years, there has been a `revolution' in ecosystem modelling. The generality and predictive power of our models have increased in a way that was inconceivable 10 years ago. This book describes a new generation of practically useful models that predict as well as one can measure - if one measures well. And yet, they are driven by readily available driving variables and have a general structure that applies to most types of pollutants in aquatic systems. The major reason for this development is, in fact, the Chernobyl accident. Large quantities of radiocesium were released in April/May 1986 as a pulse. To follow the pulse of radiocesium through ecosystem pathways has meant that important fluxes and mechanisms, i.e., ecosystem structures, have been revealed. It is important to stress that many of these new structures and equations are valid not just for radiocesium, but for most types of contaminants, e.g. for metals, nutrients and organics. This means that the models, methods (of building and testing models) and equations described in this book for lakes and coastal areas should be of great interest also to other ecosystem modellers. This book will be of considerable interest to: students in radioecology, geosciences and biology; environmental engineers; consultants; administrators and scientists interested in the spread, biouptake and ecosystem effects of chemical pollutants in aquatic ecosystems.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - W. KUPPER Coronary artery vasoconstriction is not only the mechanism responsible for Prinzmetal's variant angina, but may also be involved in stable angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. However, the underlying patho-physiological mecha nisms and the importance of coronary vasoconstriction in these syndromes is still largely unknown. Several hypotheses have been proposed. Sympathetic nervous activity plays a key role in the regulation of coronary blood flow, but mechanical or humoral constrictive factors may be active as well. a-adrenergic tone Adrenergic nerve fibers accompany coronary vessels of any size. The stimulation of cardiac sympathetic nerves causes an increase in coronary blood flow. If, however, chronotropic and inotropic effects of adrenergic stimulation are sup pressed pharmacologically by beta-adrenoceptor blockade, a reduction in flow is observed. Thus, the primary effect of sympathetic stimulation on the coronary arteries is the alpha-adrenergic mediated vasoconstriction. Functionally inner vated alpha-adrenoceptors have been documented both in large coronary con ductance arteries and in the small resistance vessels. Animal studies and a human study have documented that a permanent constrictor tone is present on the coronary circulation both at rest and during exercise; this condition could be prevented with alpha-adrenoceptor blockade or was absent after heart transplan tation. Therefore, alpha-adrenoceptor mediated coronary constriction is an at tractive hypothesis as a possible pathophysiological mechanism of inappropriate coronary vasoconstriction and cororiary vasospasm.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Laparoscopy is a new frontier of the surgical technique, which recently gained more and more popularity and credit upon the surgical teams, also in Urology. The reason stays in the reduced invasivity and in the advances on the techniques of 'video-assisted surgery'. More recently the retroperitoneal access to laparoscopy surgery ('retroperitoneoscopy' or 'retroperitoneal laparoscopy') opened a new surgical approach to several diagnostic and operative procedures for a large number of urogenital tract diseases. The applications in pediatric and in adult age and the technical challenges are widely debated at the moment. The volume gathers contributions by internationally renowned authors and is a complete overview of the technique. The book addresses urologists, general and abdominal surgeons, pediatric urologists and pediatric surgeons who are interested in minimally invasive procedures and particularly in retroperitoneal laparoscopy.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The number of books and articles dealing with various aspects of World War II has increased at a phenomenal rate since the end of the hostilities. Perhaps no other chapter in this bloodiest of all wars has received as much attention as the Holo caust. The Nazis' program for the 'Final Solution of the Jewish Question' - this ideologically conceived, diabolical plan for the physicalliquidation of European Jewry - has emerged as a subject of agonizing and intense interest to laypersons and scholars alike. The centrality of the Holocaust in the study of the Third Reich and the Nazi phenomenon is almost universally recognized. The source materials for many of the books published during the immediate postwar period were the notes and diaries kept by many camp and ghetto dwellers, who were sustained during their unbelievable ordeal by the unusual drive to bear witness. These were supplemented after the liberation by a large number of personal narratives collected from survivors alI over Europe. Understandably, the books published shortly after the war ended were mainly martyrological and lachrymological, reflecting the trauma of the Holocaust at the personal, individual level. These were soon followed by a considerable number of books dealing with the moral and religious questions revolving around the role ofthe lay and spiritual leaders of the doomed Jewish communities, especially those involved in the Jewish Councils, as well as God' s responsibility toward the 'chosen people.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - This book presents a set of papers from the leading edge of current research on productivity analysis. The focus is on alternative forms of measurement, methods, and their implications. The book begins with a chapter by V. Corbo and J. de Melo comparing the effects of using different production frontier models for measuring technical efficiency when using census data. The second chapter (by H. Pesaran and R. Tarling) is a detailed analysi s of measurement of labor and its variations over time. The next two chapters concern the measurement of capital. The first of these is written by M. F. Mohr; the second is by B. M. Fraumeni and D. W. Jorgenson. The final chapter is by I. B. Kravis, A. W. Heston, and R. Summers and concerns the behavior of productivity and service prices. Decisions for improving productivity rely upon explicit as well as implicit assumptions on how productivity is related to a variety of factors. Determining the right relationships hinges on how these factors are measured and how the models are set. This is why better understanding of measurement issues and behavior of variables related to productivity can lead more effective policies. We plan to continue in this series to present the current research of major different schools of thought in the field.