BOOKS with Alphabet S (Sa, Sb,Sc, Sd, Se…... )

Overview: Systems analysis in forestry has continued to advance in sophistication and diversity of application over the last few decades. The papers in this volume were presented at the eighth symposium in the foremost conference series worldwide in this subject area. Techniques presented include optimization and simulation modelling, decision support systems, alternative planning techniques, and spatial analysis. Over 30 papers and extended abstracts are grouped into the topical areas of (1) fire and fuels; (2) networks and transportation; (3) forest and landscape planning; (4) ecological mod

Overview: Presents recent developments in the field of sustainable communication networks and application.Features the proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Communication Networks and Appli.This book presents state-of-the-art theories and technologies and discusses developments in the two major fields: engineering and sustainable computing. In this modern era of information and communication technologies [ICT], there is a growing need for new sustainable and energy-efficient communication and networking technologies. The book highlights significant current and potential in

Overview: The author here presents a detailed explanation of themethodolgy of software reliablity evaluation, and then demonstratesitsapplications to a commercial loan system, a funds transfersecuritysystem, and a payables processing system. Her well-written,practicaltext enables users to design original software modules, aswell as tocritically assess commercial software products.978-1-4613-6316-3978-1-4615-3020-6

Overview: Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anf?ngen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.978-3-662-23077-0978-3-662-25044-0

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .Within the European and Asian context scientists from nine different countries are concerned with political and social interactional structures between schools as public institutions and the local political actors which influence the school environment. The contributions give answers to questions regarding the cooperation between school administrations and community, to civic education for sustainable development at the interface between school and community, to teachers as moderators for political and democratic educational processes and to models f

Overview: Summarizes recent developments around nanostructured ceramics and their composites.Presents selected examples of properties and applications of nanoceramic materials.Focuses on sol-gel based and organ.This book summarizes recent research and development in the field of nanostructured ceramics and their composites. It presents selected examples of ceramic materials with special electronic, catalytic and optical properties and exceptional mechanical characteristics. A special focus is on sol-gel based and organic-inorganic hybrid nanoceramic materials. The book highlights examples for

Overview: Die Weiterentwicklung der Produktion erfordert im weltweiten Wettbewerb vermehrt die Einbeziehung von strategischen Fragestellungen. Die Standortwahl, der Aufbau von Betrieben, die Auswahl ihrer Ausstattung mit Maschinen und Anlagen oder die Festlegung von Produktionsprogrammen sind eine Auswahl von Gesichtspunkten, die die strategische Bedeutung der Produktion verdeutlichen...Im Mittelpunkt dieses Tagungsbandes stehen die Verknüpfung von Aufgaben der strategischen Planung mit der Produktion sowie die Ableitung von L?sungen, die beiden Anforderungen gerecht werden. .978-3-8350-0932-5

Overview: Topics brought together in one book Science, economics and practice are considered in a coherent form Provides a format by which soil microbes may be used for the alleviation of malnutrition and hungeSoils into which crop plants root and from which they obtain essential minerals and water contain huge arrays of microbes. Many have highly beneficial effects on crop growth and productivity, others are pathogens causing diseases and losses to yield and quality, a few microbes offer protection from these pathogenic forms and others have little or no effect. These intimate and often compl

Overview: Complete coverage of STIs: epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, clinical aspects, and treatment.Considers each STI using a detailed clinical and research approach.Details new diagnostic approaches and.This comprehensive, well-illustrated, and easily accessible book documents the latest research outcomes concerning sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and describes important advances in their prevention, diagnosis and treatment. The changes in the epidemiology and clinical aspects of STIs that have occurred over the past decade are fully explored, with special attention to core grou

Overview: Die aktuelle und gut verst?ndliche Einführung in die Theorien sozialer Ungleichheit1. Einleitung Was ist das Thema der "Sozialen Ungleichheit"? Ein erster Anhalts- punkt besteht darin, dass es keinesfalls um beliebige Andersartigkei- ten geht, sondern um die ungleiche Verteilung von Lebenschancen. So ist es nicht die Schuhgr??e oder die Haarfarbe, die soziale Ungleich- heit ausmacht (obwohl sich selbst in k?rperlichen Merkmalen Un- gleichheiten widerspiegeln k?nnen), sondern z. B. ein h?heres oder niedrigeres Einkommen oder ungleich verteilte Chancen je nach Ge- schlecht. Gerade in m

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2014, held in Denver, CO, USA in June 2014..The 21 revised full papers presented together with three keynote papers and 9 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on Design and Usability, assistive and sentient environments, cognitive technology, activity recognition, context and situation awareness, Health IT and shor

Overview: There are few books totally devoted to the psychology of this population978-1-4419-3600-4978-0-387-23289-8Series ISSN 1571-5507 Series E-ISSN 2197-7984

Overview: Illustrates the specificities and interconnections of major spheres of global justice.Analyzes the diverse kinds of global ethical obligations in relation to the diversity of global causal relationshi.Spheres of Global Justice. analyzes six of the most important and controversial spheres of global justice, each concerning a specific global social good. These spheres are democratic participation, migrations, cultural minorities, economic justice, social justice, and intergenerational justice. Together they constitute two constellations dealt with, in this collection of essays by leadi

Overview: English translation of a popular French title.Includes supplementary material: Whenweagreedtoshareallofourpreparationofexercisesinsamplingtheory to create a book, we were not aware of the scope of the work. It was indeed necessary to compose the information, type out the compilations, standardise the notations and correct the drafts. It is fortunate that we have not yet measured the importance of this project, for this work probably would never have been attempted! In making available this collection of exercises, we hope to promote the teaching of sampling theory for which we wanted

Overview: 978-3-540-45769-5978-3-540-45771-8Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Erkl?rt entscheidende Konzepte und Ideen aus der theoretischen und experimentellen Physik.Setzt den Fokus auf interessante und kontraintuitive Fakten aus allen Gebieten der Physik.Zeigt Querverbindung.Dieses Buch behandelt zentrale Ideen und Konzepte aus den verschiedensten Bereichen der Physik, die in üblichen Darstellungen oft tief unter technischen Details begraben liegen. Zudem werden Themen diskutiert, die wegen ihrer Vielschichtigkeit in den Grundvorlesungen keinen angestammten Platz haben..Diese Schlüsselkonzepte werden jeweils in kurzen Essays und ohne formalen Ballast so dar

Overview: Kerninstrumente auf einen BlickVer?nderte Rahmenbedingungen haben in der Kostenstruktur von Unternehmen eine Verschiebung hin zu fixen Gemeinkosten bewirkt. Daher gewinnt das strategische Kostenmanagement gegenüber der traditionellen Kostenrechnung zunehmend an Bedeutung. Um die Kostenstruktur, das Kostenniveau und den Kostenverlauf zu beeinflussen, sind wirkungsvolle Instrumente erforderlich...Beate Kremin-Buch stellt mit dem Fixkostenmanagement, der Proze?kostenrechnung, dem Target Costing, dem Product Lifecycle Costing sowie dem Cost Benchmarking die Kerninstrumente des strategisc

Overview: Erfolgreiche Personalentwicklungskonzepte978-3-322-94801-4

Overview: Covers one of the most promising fields of nanoscale optoelectronics.Is multidisciplinary in scope and international in authorship.Discusses fabrication and characterization toward applications to qua.In recent years, the field of self-assembled quantum dots has shown great promise for nanoscale applications in optoelectronics and quantum computing. Worldwide efforts in both theory and experimental investigations have driven the growth, characterization, and applications of quantum dots into an advanced multidisciplinary field.?Written by leading experts in the field, .Self-Assembled

Overview: Provides a comprehensive overview of the issue of social inequalities in oncology from prevention to survival.Offers a comprehensive report of the burden of social inequalities in cancer in Europe.AssThis contributed volume addresses the link between the social environment and cancer in Europe. The authors document the wide range and diverse trends in cancer incidence and patient survival in Europe, and they identify the main mechanisms and key influences that underlie these inequalities. They suggest a series of actions and programmes to tackle these inequalities in Europe, within t