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Over the course of evolution, multicellular animals - Metazoa - have successfully colonized every conceivable habitat on our planet, thanks to their ability to survive and adapt under adverse or changing conditions. But how is an animal's body structured...

The book presents reduction methods that are using tools from dynamical systems theory in order to provide accurate models for nonlinear dynamical solutions occurring in mechanical systems featuring either smooth or non smooth nonlinearities. The...

This book is the result of various master and summer school courses the author has taught. The author hopes this book will serve as motivation to go deeper into the theory or numerical aspects that are not covered in this book. This book might be helpful...

This volume brings together the proceedings of a conference held at the Institut Europeen d' Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) at Fontainebleau on July 5, 6, and 7, 1982. Summer conferences abound in the Paris region. That it was possible to attract...

How can we truly classify events like the Mississippi flood of 1993, the Elbe flood of 2002, or the Pakistan flood of 2010? In addition to historical records, natural indicators like deposited sediments or erosion traces provide valuable information...

DuckDB is an open source in-process database created for OLAP workloads. It provides key advantages that separate this database from more mainstream OLAP solutions, including embeddability, compatibility with SQL, optimization for fast and efficient...

The genus Cordyceps and allied species, such as entomopathogenic fungi, parasitize mainly insects and other arthropods and have been known since ancient times. They are a source of hundreds of metabolites of medicinal significance used in drug discovery...

First published in 1980, Quakers in India is an account of the Quaker encounter with India from the day the first Quaker-owned ship sailed from Liverpool for Calcutta in 1815, until more than a century later. Quakers, both Indian and expatriate, shared...

In an era of public Mars fascination, this book offers an objective presentation of the challenges of crewed Mars missions and discusses scenarios of Mars settlements under scientific, technical, social, economic , ethical and political aspects. With the...

India shares a multi-dimensional relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany is India's largest trading partner within the European Union, and is also a major source and destination of foreign direct investment, a significant donor, and an...

Concise, problem-oriented, and accessibly designed, the Pocket Handbook of Small Animal Medicine 2nd Edition focuses on the essentials of medicine and surgery options of the dog and cat. The book helps start the process of case management and resolution...

Based on a distinguished 35-year career in the RAF as an Air Commodore, Andrew R. Curtis highlights what is wrong with the way defence is managed today, and presents evidence-based proposals to fix it. Defence is failing to deliver. From the ability of...

This book explores the transformative potential of the ChatGPT tool within education, shedding light on the opportunities that arise through the integration of the ChatGPT tool into various aspects of the learning process.

This book provides a fully developed account of Frank Ramsey's theory of conditionals. No proper study of Ramsey's view of conditionals has been carried out so far. This work aims at filling this gap. The book is divided in two parts and in four chapters...

Das Sicherheitsgewerbe hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten aufgrund des steigenden Bedarfs an privaten Sicherheitsdiensten einen erheblichen Bedeutungszuwachs erfahren. Seit mehreren Legislaturperioden findet sich das Vorhaben eines eigenständigen Gesetzes...

Digital media and mobile-based technologies have changed how young people interact in different spheres of their daily experiences, considering the centrality of digital media in their lives. Young Adulthood Across Platforms explores from a feminist and...

The category of the Dougla, that is the mixed Indian/Black body located in Trinidad, exists at a crossroads between multiculturalist discourses and essentialist ideas of Indian and African identities. Racialisation is often erased under the deployment of...

This book explores how to identify and understand moral emotions—shame, guilt, pride, and hubris—in political messages and news media. Recognizing these emotions is crucial for assessing morality's role in public discourse, particularly as moral debates...

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Das Buch leistet einen originellen Beitrag für eine leibphänomenologisch-soziologische Architekturforschung. Die Autorin schließt mit Helmuth Plessner und der Neuen Phänomenologie von Hermann Schmitz an theoretische Ansätze an, die von der Prämisse...

For fast, accurate, and efficient coding, pick this practical HCPCS reference! Buck’s 2025 HCPCS Level II provides an easy-to-use guide to the latest HCPCS codes. It helps you locate specific codes, comply with coding regulations, manage reimbursement...

This book tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free expression came from in the first place, applying the lessons of the past to address the challenges of the present. Free speech cannot be...

Justice and Reciprocity examines the place of reciprocity in egalitarianism, focusing on John Rawls's conception of "justice as fairness." Reciprocity was a central to justice as fairness, but Rawls wasn't explicit about the different forms of...

This book discusses the meaning of the common good in a European Union thorned by nationalist tendencies and presents concrete policies to improve its achievement. It analyses the normative relevance of EU values as a shared moral standpoint that allows...

The book further explores broader national security concerns, including Arctic security, natural disasters and emergencies, pandemics and public health, right-wing violent extremism, hostile activities of state actors, cyber security, migration, and...

First Published in 1990, The Analysis of Political Structure is a major work of theory by one of our leading political scientists. David Easton here comes to grips with the nature of political structure, the way in which a political system is organized...

McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls and Charles Mills.Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal...

Lange Zeit waren Data Warehouse, Data Mart und Operational Data Store die einzigen verbreiteten Komponenten einer analytischen Datenarchitektur. Die zunehmende Verwendung komplexer Daten zur Entscheidungsunterstützung hat in den letzten Jahren...

Every distributed system strives for reliability, performance, and quality, but building such a system is hard. Establishing a set of design patterns enables software developers and system architects to use a common language to describe their systems and...

The book highlights recent advances in the field of organic synthesis using water as the solvent, covering almost all types of transformations as well as applications in catalysis and industry.Book InformationISBN 9783527353774Author Gopinathan...

This book provides a fertile ground for having the collective voices of the autistic people to understand inclusion and the enigma of the autism spectrum from the neurodiverse lens. The book brings forth the first-person account of autistic adults and...

Die Physikalische Chemie beschäftigt sich mit den Energiezuständen und Energieumwandlungen chemischer Reaktionen.  Um die abstrakten Konzepte der physikalischen Chemie greifbar zu machen, werden sie in aussagekräftige Bilder umgewandelt. Besonderes...

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges being faced in managing plastic waste and showcases innovative solutions that can mitigate the adverse effects of plastic pollution on the environment. This timely book brings together a...

This atlas provides a practical, well-structured and up-to-date guide to the spectrum of corneal disease, diagnostic modalities and relevant therapies. Throughout the atlas, high quality pictures covering each topic are included to utilize a hands-on...

This book is a thorough guide on how to perform safe and effective thread-lifting procedures as a less invasive approach to rejuvenation of the face. The opening chapters explain the importance of the fixation technique, describe the facial and the pinch...

This collection of essays aims to analyse the uncanny as a concept developed in the field of the arts, from a variety of perspectives axed in the literary field, in the media context, and in film studies, with references to contemporary thought. The book...

The image we have of ourselves is shaped during our childhood and is often influenced by various emotional wounds. Mindfulness and the Self describes four types of these wounds and shows how they can be healed and transformed through developing...

The fifth edition of this essential text provides a comprehensive overview of working in intensive care. Written for critical care nurses practising at level 3, it is fully updated to ensure the evidence base is up to date and the content reflects...

McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls and Charles Mills.Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal...

The Multiverse as Theory in Postmodern Speculative Fictional Narratives considers the concept of the multiverse beyond the immediacy of being merely an excuse or scenario for the development of stories, instead positioning the multiverse as a theoretical...