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Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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 la sauvegarde des Droits de l'Homme et des libertés fondamentales.- Freedom ofSpringer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 1076 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Let me begin by explaining the meaning of the title of this book. In essence, the book studies boundary value problems for linear partial differ ential equations in a finite domain in n-dimensional Euclidean space. The problem that is investigated is the question of the dependence of the nature of the solvability of a given equation on the way in which the boundary conditions are chosen, i.e. on the supplementary requirements which the solution is to satisfy on specified parts of the boundary. The branch of mathematical analysis dealing with the study of boundary value problems for partial differential equations is often called mathematical physics. Classical courses in this subject usually consider quite restricted classes of equations, for which the problems have an immediate physical context, or generalizations of such problems. With the expanding domain of application of mathematical methods at the present time, there often arise problems connected with the study of partial differential equations that do not belong to any of the classical types. The elucidation of the correct formulation of these problems and the study of the specific properties of the solutions of similar equations are closely related to the study of questions of a general nature.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 184 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This Tract gives an account of certain recent attempts to construct a satisfactory theory of thermodynamics for materials which have a memory for the past. Naturally it draws heavily on the writings of those who have made significant contributions to the field. I am particularly grateful to Professor C. A. Truesdell of The lohns Hopkins University for his invitation to write the Tract and to Professor A. E. Green of Oxford for his comments on various parts of the manuscript. Hertford College, Oxford December 1971 W. A. Day Contents Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Preliminaries 5 1. 1 Vector and Tensor Analysis. 5 1. 2 Paths and Line Integrals . 7 1. 3 Kinematics and the Balance Laws 11 1. 4 Simple Materials with Memory 15 21 Chapter 2 A Theory of Thermodynamics . 2. 1 Processes. 21 2. 2 The Thermodynamic Inequality . 23 2. 3 Heat Conduction Inequalities . 24 2. 4 The Conversion of Heat into Mechanical Work 27 31 The Construction of the Entropy Chapter 3 The Clausius Inequality 31 3. 1 3. 2 Fading Memory . 34 3. 3 The Entropy in Equilibrium. Thermostatics. 38 3. 4 The Entropy away from Equilibrium. The Clausius- Planck Inequality 45 Chapter 4 Applications . . 55 4. 1 Thermoelasticity and Materials of Differential Type 55 4. 2 A Class of Viscoelastic Materials . . . . . . 60 Chapter 5 Thermodynamics based on the Clausius-Duhem Inequality . . . . . . . . . . 77 5. 1 The Clausius-Duhem Inequality. 78 5.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 152 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -A great deal of the success of science has rested on its specific methods. One of which has been to start with the study of simple phenomena such as that of falling bodies, or to decompose systems into parts with well-defined properties simpler than those of the total system. In our time there is a growing awareness that in many cases of great practical or scientific interest, such as economics or the hu man brain, we have to deal with truly complex systems which cannot be decomposed into their parts without losing crucial properties of the total system. In addi tion, complex systems have many facets and can be looked at from many points of view. Whenever a complicated problem arises, some scientists or other people are ready to invent lots of beautiful words, or to quote Goethe 'denn immer wo Begriffe feh len, dort stellt ein Wort zur rechten Zeit sich ein' ('whenever concepts are lack king, a word appears at the right time'). Quite often such a procedure gives not only the layman but also scientists working in fields different from that of the in ventor of these new words the impression that this problem has been solved, and I am occasionally shocked to see how influential this kind of 'linguistics' has become.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 380 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: 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 ż ż ż ż ż ż ż ż ż ż 9 n 15 2. Existence of Optimal Subspaces for d ż n n 17 3. Properties of d ż ż ż ż ż ż 20 4. Properties of b ż ż ż ż ż ż n 5. Inequalities Between n-Widths 22 n 6. Duality Between d and d ż ż 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Probability measures on algebraic-topological structures such as topological semi groups, groups, and vector spaces have become of increasing importance in recent years for probabilists interested in the structural aspects of the theory as well as for analysts aiming at applications within the scope of probability theory. In order to obtain a natural framework for a first systematic presentation of the most developed part of the work done in the field we restrict ourselves to prob ability measures on locally compact groups. At the same time we stress the non Abelian aspect. Thus the book is concerned with a set of problems which can be regarded either from the probabilistic or from the harmonic-analytic point of view. In fact, it seems to be the synthesis of these two viewpoints, the initial inspiration coming from probability and the refined techniques from harmonic analysis which made this newly established subject so fascinating. The goal of the presentation is to give a fairly complete treatment of the central limit problem for probability measures on a locally compact group. In analogy to the classical theory the discussion is centered around the infinitely divisible probability measures on the group and their relationship to the convergence of infinitesimal triangular systems.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 548 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book has grown out of several courses oflectures held at the University of Mainz in the years 1978 to 1981, at the Ecole Poly technique Federal, Lausanne, and at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. The last two courses were held in the framework of the '3e Cycle' lectures in June 1981. According to this genesis, the emphasis of the book lies on a unified and concise approach to introducing polymer spectroscopy rather than on completeness which, by the way, could hardly be achieved in a single volume. In contrast to other books on this subject, equal weight is given to electronic spectroscopy, vibrational spectroscopy and spin resonance techniques. The electronic properties of polymers have been increasingly investigated in the last ten years; until recently, however, these studies and the spectroscopic methods applied have not generally been considered as part of polymer spectroscopy. The increasing use of electronic spectroscopy by polymer researchers, on the other hand, shows that this type of spectroscopy provides efficient tools for gaining insight into the properties of polymers which cannot be obtained by any other means.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -From MATH REVIEWS (for the German edition): 'The book is addressed to students of mathematics at the undergraduate or first year graduate level, with the objective of critically examining and clarifying the assumptions underlying basic concepts and axioms. For this purpose, the examples for the continuum, geometry and the theory of computability are used. The goal of getting the nonspecialist interested in foundational problems, and awakening a critical level of appreciation, is achieved to perfection by this text via a well thought out, successful selection both of the topics and of the level of analysis devoted to the individual themes.'Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Plasma deposition techniques are of major importance because they can be used to produce high-quality thin films for applications in device technology. This introduction to the subject contains sufficient details of the foundations of plasma science to be useful to newcomers to the field and, at the same time, ample information about specific techniques and new results, so that established researchers will also find it of interest.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Modern polymer materials are designed by applying principles of correlation between chemical structure, physical macrostructure and technological properties. Fundamentals of polymer physics are explained in this book without excessive use of calculations. Four main sections treat relaxation of polymers, melting and crystallization, the mechanism of deformation in thermoplastics, elastomers and multiphase systems, and thermodynamics of mixing and swelling of polymers and polymer networks. The book presents the theoretical models of polymer physics in a comprehensive style and relates their applicability to real polymer systems in terms of the available experimental observations.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 196 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Infectious diseases are transmittable through different mechanisms. Vertical transmission occurs when a parent transmits a disease to an unborn offspring. The epidemiology of such transmissions can be very complicated, and hence also the modelling and analysis leading up to strategies for control and prevention. The book describes current methods for formulating models and analyzing the dynamics of the propagation of diseases which include vertical transmission as one of the mechanisms for their spread. No previous background in disease transmission modeling and analysis is assumed and the required biological concepts and mathematical methods are gradually introduced within the context of specific disease transmission models. Graphs are widely used to illustrate and explain the modeling assumptions and results.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 264 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Professor Detlev Ploog On March 19-21, 1989, a symposium entitled 'Integrative Biological Psychiatry' was held at the Ringberg Castle (Bavaria) to honor the scientific work of Detlev Ploog, who retired at that time from his position as the Director of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich. The lectures represent an overview of the scientific work conducted at the Max Planck Institute within the recent past and thus also reflect the scientific intentions and research strategies of Detlev Ploog, who brought together extremely divergent tendencies within basic and clinical research and integrated the findings to elucidate new perspectives for fundamental psychiatric problems. His ability to combine topics such as brain and behavior with neuropsychological, neuroethological, psychopharmacological, and behavioral aspects generated a scientific climate in which psychiatric research flourished. The chapters in the present volume represent a documentation of this integrative view on psychiatry, and we, who worked together with Detlev Ploog as his university colleagues at the Ludwig Maximilians University (H. H. ), the Technical University of Munich (H. L. ) and as his successor at the Max Planck Institute (F. H. ) wish him, also after his retirement, continued scientific success, with many additional contributions to modern psychiatry. Hanns Hippius Florian Holsboer Hans Lauter Preface One of the main purposes of science is to elaborate models of natural processes that should be as realistic as possible.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 312 pp. Englisch.