BOOKS with Alphabet P (Pa, Pb,Pc, Pd, Pe…... )

Overview: Presents the latest developments in partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM).Shows the theoretical and methodological advances in PLS-PM as well as real-world applications.Edited by prominent name.Now in its second edition, this edited book presents recent progress and techniques in partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM), and provides a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in PLS-PM research. Like the previous edition, the book is divided into three parts: the first part emphasizes the basic concepts and extensions of the PLS-PM method; the second part dis

Overview: This text aims to provide a practical programmer‘s introduction to VDM (Vienna Development Method) - one of the leading methods of formal methods for program development. Adopts an object-oriented approach to software design and includes many examples of target programs written in Modula-2. Although intended for readers with some experience of programming, no prior knowledge of mathematics is assumed: the contents include a chapter on the mathematics required for VDM. The final chapter contains a prototype electronic mail system, specified using VDM, and implemented in Modula-2.

Overview: Information system science, defined broadly, is highly interdisciplinary because it can be seen as the effective analysis, design, delivery, use, and impact of infor- mation technology in organizations and society. Many basic as well as advanced books on information systems and their development apply approaches and theo- ries from such disciplines as technology, management science, economics, math- ematics, psychology, sociology, and philosophy. Such new branches of information system science as mobile information systems, multimedia informa- tion systems, telematic commerce, and co

Overview: Aus der Praxis für die Praxis: professionelle Pressearbeit für Non-Profit-Unternehmen?Praxiswissen“ zeigt, wie Vereine und Verb?nde erfolgreiche Presse- und ?ffentlichkeitsarbeit machen k?nnen. Der Autor vermittelt das Know-how und Handwerkszeug, das notwendig ist, um.? interessante Pressemitteilungen, Selbstdarstellungen und Faltbl?tter zu schreiben,.? Pressekonferenzen und Interviews erfolgreich zu meistern,.? einen Verein bekannt zu machen, ein positives Image und Vertrauen aufzubauen,.? die Bedeutung der Arbeit eines Verbands herauszustellen, .? von den Anliegen einer Organisatio

Overview: The human race has enormous he terogenei ty, founded on genetic and environmental sources. Variability, therefore, is a vital dimension in any consideration of human risk assessment. In the estimation of risks, current methods of extrapolation based upon converting the response of a median man are inadequate, as they ignore phenotypic variation and there- fore, susceptible subgroups. There is a growing literature defining the extent of human variation in normal populations; thus, the normal young adult population may have 10-20% known hyperreactors. How far can we ignore human variab

Overview: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2012, held in Tallinn, Estonia, as part of ETAPS 2012, in March/April 2012.The 28 full papers, presented together with one full length invited talk, were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. Papers were invited on all aspects of programming language research, including: programming paradigms and styles, methods and tools to write and specify programs and languages, methods and tools for reasoning about programs, methods and tools for implementation, and concurrency and d

Overview: .Performance and Reliability Analysis of Computer Systems:An. .Example-Based Approach Using the SHARPE Software Package.provides a variety of probabilistic, discrete-state models used toassess the reliability and performance of computer and communicationsystems. The models included are combinatorial reliability models(reliability block diagrams, fault trees and reliability graphs),directed, acyclic task precedence graphs, Markov and semi-Markovmodels (including Markov reward models), product-form queueingnetworks and generalized stochastic Petri nets. A practical approachto system mo

Overview: Die Programmiersprache PROLOG hat in den letzten Jahren, nicht zuletzt durch zahl- reiche Anwendungen im Bereich der Expertensysteme und der natürlichsprachlichen Ver- arbeitung, immer mehr an Bedeutung gewonnen. Gegenüber prozeduralen Programmier- sprachen, wie z.B. Pascal, in denen Verfahren zur L?sung eines Problems programmiert werden müssen, besteht Programmieren in PROLOG im Prinzip aus einer Beschreibung des Problems. Daraus ergeben sich natürlich ganz andere Methoden und Schwierigkeiten beim Entwurf eines Programms. Dieses Buch ist aus Vorlesungen an der Universit?t Karlsruhe

Overview: Puts Tundra-dependent communities (Sami and Komi reindeer-herders) at the centre of a narrative of power relations.Gives a rare bottom-up detailed view of power-people relations in today’s Russia.Prov.This book discusses state-periphery relations from the view-point of a reindeer husbandry community in the Russian Far North (Murmansk Region). The time is the current period of Putin-led Russia. The analysis is based on the premise that the mode of current top-power governance can be described as?.selective de-centralization.. Below a certain level of state power interests, conflicts g

Overview: Erste umfassende Darstellung von Akteuren und Politikfeldern in Sachsen-Anhalt.Rückblick auf 25 Jahre Politik in einem ostdeutschen Bundesland.Einer von zahlreichen B?nden zu Politik und Regieren in dEin Vierteljahrhundert nach der (Wieder-)Gründung von Sachsen-Anhalt bietet der Band eine umfangreiche Analyse der Entwicklung des Landes seit 1990 und, sofern dies beim jeweiligen Thema m?glich ist, einen Vergleich mit anderen (ostdeutschen) Bundesl?ndern. Das interdisziplin?r zusammengesetzte Autorenteam besch?ftigt sich mit der Geschichte des Landes und untersucht sowohl die politisch

Overview: First book to study the mutual insights of Peirce and Husserl on the foundations of science.Provides new insights on the conceptions of Peirce and Husserl on Logic and mathematics, by drawing a parall.This volume aims to provide the elements for a systematic exploration of certain fundamental notions of Peirce and Husserl in respect with foundations of science by means of drawing a parallelism between their works. Tackling a largely understudied comparison between these two contemporary philosophers, the authors highlight the significant similarities in some of their fundamental idea

Overview: Presents exclusive interview-based analysis of 12 Prime Ministers of Poland.Revisits both theoretical and practical aspects of public management.Clarifies the differences between public management vs Public management is undoubtedly an acknowledged area of management science, but with meager empirical research. This book takes this challenge and presents a rare analysis of public management from the perspective of 12 Prime Ministers of Poland who governed between 1989 and 2014. The author features the concepts, practice and challenges of public management by making use of direct inte

Overview: Presents an integrated jurisprudential critique of neoclassical economic theory.Focusses on conceptual mistakes in the neoclassical microeconomic theory.Separates the science from the ideologyThis book presents an integrated jurisprudential critique of neoclassical microeconomic theory. It explains what is ‘really wrong’ with the theory both descriptively, as well as normatively. The criticism presented is based on questions of jurisprudence, and on neoclassical theory’s sins of omission and commission concerning the underlying system of property and contract.?On the positive side -

Overview: Adopts an evidence-based approach to assess the efficacy of conservative and surgical approaches to the treatment of patellofemoral pain, instability, and arthritis.Considers in detail the role of the.Despite numerous studies, a lack of consensus still exists over many aspects of patellofemoral pain, instability, and arthritis. This book adopts an evidence-based approach to assess each of these topics in depth. The book reviews general features of clinical examination and global evaluation techniques including the use of different imaging methods, e.g. x-rays, CT, MRI, stress x-rays,

Overview: Looks into how Physics teacher education is organized in different countries.Focuses on some peculiar aspects of Physics Education.Offers suggestions related to possible ways of supporting Physics tea.This book focuses on some important aspects of Physics Education: the ?role of metaphors in Physics teaching and learning, the connections between Physics and Mathematics, the interaction of young children with Physics at the primary level, and ?recent developments in teacher education in the USA..?.Contributors present their research related to:.?.? Preparing teachers for TPACK (techno

Overview: Partizipativen Lern- und Forschungsans?tze in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit.Theoriebezüge, methodologische Einbettung, Instrumente und Beispiele für angehende Akademiker und Praktiker.Mit PraxistippsDas vorliegende Buch führt in das Feld der partizipativen Lern- und Forschungsans?tze für nachhaltige Entwicklung ein. Es richtet sich an alle, die auf der akademischen oder praktizierenden Seite arbeiten und ihr Wissen in diesem Feld vertiefen, bzw. ihr Methodenrepertoire erweitern wollen. Die Theoriebezüge, methodologischen Ans?tze, Instrumente und Beispiele wurden so gew?hlt, dass Sie

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Overview: ‘Optimization Day‘ (OD) has been a series of annual mini-conferences in Aus- tralia since 1994. The purpose of this series of events is to gather researchers in optimization and its related areas from Australia and their collaborators, in order to exchange new developments of optimization theories, methods and their applications. The first four OD mini-conferences were held in The Uni- versity of Ballarat (1994), The University of New South Wales (1995), The University of Melbourne (1996) and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1997), respectively. They were all on the eastern c

Overview: Provides a comprehensive and integrative approach to treating and understanding neuropsychiatric disorders.Equips practitioners with the tools needed to navigate the complexities of mental health.ExplThis innovative book offers a multidimensional exploration of the epistemological foundations of psychiatry and its major disorders. By emphasizing the importance of phenomenology in unravelling the intricate interplay between basic categories of human experience and neurobiological processes, it advocates for a shift in both psychiatric research and clinical practice. .Phenomenological

Overview: The field of bioinformatics has two main objectives: the creation and maintenance of biological databases, and the discovery of knowledge from life sciences data in order to unravel the mysteries of biological function, leading to new drugs and therapies for human disease. Life sciences data come in the form of biological sequences, structures, pathways, or literature. One major aspect of discovering biological knowledge is to search, predict, or model specific patterns of a given dataset, which have some relevance to an important biological phenomenon or another dataset. To date, ma