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Overview: Fast-track-conference proceedings of CP 2013This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2013), held in Uppsala, Sweden, in September 2013. The 61 revised papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully selected from 138 submissions. The scope of the conference is on all aspects of computing with constraints, including: theory, algorithms, environments, languages, models and systems, applications such as decision making, resource allocation, and agreement technolog

Overview: Provides a concise summary of Islamic Law (Sharia) Addresses a gap in the policing literature which has traditionally been dominated by Western policing models.Provides key insights into the norms thaIn the past two decades, Muslim countries across the globe have been faced with a crisis in governance. Starting with a summary of Islamic Law (Sharia) and its implications for law enforcement, this book will highlight the unique needs and challenges of law enforcement, and particularly policing, in these communities. It will provide a scholarly exposition of Sharia law and how it is com

Overview: Comparative, comprehensive analysis of policy initiatives towards the third sector.Detailed case studies from 8 diverse countries, with applications for related countries.Covers every aspect of implem.Over the past decade, the third sector has had tremendous growth worldwide in both size and importance. As many countries struggle to address this changing reality, many have adopted policy initiatives aimed at changing the ways the third sector is addressed. It is a complex process, involving different fields of practice, different levels of government, and different types of third sec

Overview: Includes selected papers from the XI International Scientific Conference ?Digital Transformation of the Economy: Challenges, Trends and New Opportunities" (ISCDTE 2024).Presents recent research on the.This book includes selected reports of the XI International Scientific Conference “Digital Transformation of the Economy: Challenges, Trends and New Opportunities” (ISCDTE 2024), Samara, Russia. The proceedings volumes present the latest research on the digital transformation of the economy, its challenges, trends and new opportunities. The conference mainly focused on issues of the dig

Overview: First exact analysis of closed production systems for finite-capacity networks with general processing times.High-quality vector graphics support the main text.Extensive examples to add value to the c.This book deals with the performance analysis of closed queueing networks with general processing times and finite buffer spaces. It offers a detailed introduction to the problem and a comprehensive literature review. Two approaches to the performance of closed queueing networks are presented. One is an approximate decomposition approach, while the second is the first exact approach for

Overview: Presents important developments in mathematical and computational methods used in impedance imaging and the theory of composite materials.Theory is augmented by interesting practical examples and nume.This book presents important recent developments in mathematical and computational methods used in impedance imaging and the theory of composite materials. The methods involved come from various areas of pure and applied mathematics, such as potential theory, PDEs, complex analysis, and numerical methods. The unifying thread in this book is the use of generalized polarization and moment

Overview: Das erste Puccini-Kompendium in deutscher Sprache.Mit einem Glossar zu den Fachbegriffen und Zeittafel.Mit Personen- und WerkregisterDie Opern Giacomo Puccinis rangieren seit mehr als hundert Jahren an Spitzenpositionen des weltweiten Repertoires. .Tosca., .Butterfly. oder .Turandot. faszinieren noch heute, ebenso wie die Genialit?t der kantablen Erfindung Puccinis. Das Handbuch bietet Artikel zu allen Werken, die eingebettet sind in Beitr?ge zur Biografie, zur Politik-, Kultur- und Operngeschichte Italiens und zum transnationalen Einfluss von Puccinis Werk. Neben der Rezeptionsgesch

Overview: Suitable for use with all Boards‘ syllabuses, Work Out Physics A-Level starts with advice on study, revision and exam techniques. Organised thematically, each chapter starts with helpful ‘you should recognise‘ and ‘you should be able to use‘ sections, followed by brief theory sections. (Physics Education)Special features include:* how you can gain marks by good drawings* outline solutions to exercises to help your understanding

Overview: Die Kenntnis der Zahlungsbereitschaft von Konsumenten z?hlt zu den für den Erfolg eines Produkts entscheidenden Faktoren, allerdings ist die Ermittlung individueller Zahlungsbereitschaften mit erheblichen Schwierigkeiten verbunden, da die bislang zur Verfügung stehenden Methoden aufw?ndig und mit Sch?tzfehlern behaftet sind. ..Bj?rn Sch?fers geht der Frage nach, inwiefern verschiedene Verkaufsformen im Internet, bei denen Konsumenten t?glich unter realen Kaufbedingungen Millionen von Preisgeboten abgeben, als Datenquelle für die Ermittlung individueller Zahlungsbereitschaften genutzt

Overview: Das Buch zur Fortbildung ?Stroke Nurse/ Stroke Unit“ mit relevantem Pflegewissen für die Arbeit auf der Stroke Unit.Medizinische Grundlagen, überwachung und therapeutische Pflegeprozesse.Spezielle Pfl.Stroke Unit: Dreh- und Angelpunkt ist die Pflege?.Dieses Buch bietet Pflegenden von Schlaganfallpatienten spezielles Fachwissen für die kompetente und umfassende Versorgung auf der Stroke Unit.?.Von der Erstversorgung bis zur Entlassung - hier finden Sie alle wichtigen Informationen, um kompetent und vorausschauend zu handeln. Das interdisziplin?re Autorenteam geht dabei auf alle wesent

Overview: Makes an explicit balance between knowledge and skills material in information security, giving readers immediate applicable skills.Adopts the Competency-Based Education (CBE) method of teaching, usedThis textbook presents a practical introduction to information security using the Competency Based Education (CBE) method of teaching. The content and ancillary assessment methods explicitly measure student progress in the three core categories: Knowledge, Skills, and Experience, giving students a balance between background knowledge, context, and skills they can put to work. Students wi

Overview: 978-3-642-94750-6978-3-642-94749-0Series ISSN 0072-7830 Series E-ISSN 2196-9701

Overview: Focuses on canonical authors including Hawthorne, Austen, Wharton, and Eliot.Applies theories of sociology and psychology to literary studies.Contributes to understanding of identities as constructed/.Performing Intimacies with Hawthorne, Austen, Wharton, and George Eliot .analyzes literary reproductions of everyday intimacies through a microsociological lens to demonstrate the value of reading microsocially. The text investigates the interplay between author, character, and reader and considers such concepts as face and moments of embarrassment to emphasize how art and life are inse

Overview: Describes the various applications of piezoelectric sensors in control.Only book on this subject.Written by an employee of the worlds most important producer of piezoelectric sensorsSensors are the key to life and survival - and to the success of modern technology. Nature has provided living creatures with a wealth of sensors for a variety of measurands, such as light, sound, temperature, speed, motion, distance, force, pressure, acceleration, odor and so on - sensors, whose performance and specifications have often not been matched yet by man-made devices. Even at today‘s high level

Overview: Examines a shift towards pre-emptive crime prevention after 9/11.Draws parallels between British and Australian control order mechanisms and situational crime prevention techniques.Analyzes the applicThis Brief?takes a provocative look at existing socio-legal literature with a comparative study of terrorism control orders, focusing on how the concept of pre-emption fits within a traditional criminological framework.? This timely work examines how such measures might be conceived and interpreted within a situational crime prevention approach. Over the past decade, socio-legal scholars

Overview: Tackles one of the key challenges of database usability – unexpected query result analysis.Reviews exhaustively the key recent research into preference query analysis and optimization.Offers step-by-s.This book analyzes unexpected preference query results for three problems: causality and responsibility problems, why-not and why questions, and why-few and why-many questions. Further, it refines preference queries and discusses how to modify the original preference query based on different objectives, in order to obtain satisfying results. This highly informative and carefully present

Overview: Praxisnah: Erkl?rt das konkrete Vorgehen in der Praxis nachvollziehbar und verst?ndlich.Therapieschulenübergreifend: Integratives Verst?ndnis von Problemen und Ressourcen sowie Interventionsm?glichkei.Dieses Buch dient Therapeuten und Beratern bei ihrer t?glichen Arbeit mit Paaren und liefert Antworten auf relevante Fragen, etwa, wie es dazu kommt, dass Paare unglücklich werden, obwohl sie zu Beginn ihrer Partnerschaft glücklich und verliebt waren, bzw. noch wichtiger: wie sie wieder zufrieden werden. Welche Modelle und Ans?tze helfen in der Arbeit mit Paaren, welche Interventionen s

Overview: Offers up-to-date information that can be incorporated into a busy practice of clinicians.Provides broad international perspectives and gain in-depth knowledge on TB.Each chapter/topic is written by oEvery year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis (TB) in the world, and of those, 1.5 million people die even though it is a preventable and curable disease. As a result, TB remains the world’s leading infectious cause of death. On the other hand, in industrialized countries, the TB incidence has fallen to a historic low, and clinicians’ experience with TB diminished significantl

Overview: Although many pursue understanding of the relationship between protein structure and function for the thrill of pure science, the pay-off in a much broader sense is the ability to manipulate the Earth‘s chemistry and biology to improve the quality of life for mankind. Immediately goals of this area of research include identification of the life-supporting functions of proteins, and the fundamental forces that facilitate these functions. Upon reaching these goals, we shall have the understanding to direct and the tools required to implement changes that will dramatically improve the q

Overview: 978-3-7910-5596-1