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One of the most important key technologies for digital communication systems as well as storage media is coding theory. It provides a means to transmit information across time and space over noisy and unreliable communication channels. Coding Theory: Algorithms, Architectures and Applications provides a concise overview of channel coding theory and practice, as well as the accompanying signal processing architectures. The book is unique in presenting algorithms, architectures, and applications of coding theory in a unified framework. It covers the basics of coding theory before moving on to discuss algebraic linear block and cyclic codes, turbo codes and low density parity check codes and space-time codes. Coding Theory provides algorithms and architectures used for implementing coding and decoding strategies as well as coding schemes used in practice especially in communication systems. Feature of the book include: Unique presentation-like style for summarising main aspects Practical issues for implementation of coding techniques Sound theoretical approach to practical, relevant coding methodologies Covers standard coding schemes such as block and convolutional codes, coding schemes such as Turbo and LDPC codes, and space time codes currently in research, all covered in a common framework with respect to their applications. This book is ideal for postgraduate and undergraduate students of communication and information engineering, as well as computer science students. It will also be of use to engineers working in the industry who want to know more about the theoretical basics of coding theory and their application in currently relevant communication systems

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The first comprehensive study of Knoll's innovative textile designs and the company's role within the history of interior design In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture. Florence Schust joined the firm and helped establish its interior design division, the Knoll Planning Unit. In 1947, the year after their marriage, Hans and Florence Knoll added a third division, Knoll Textiles, which brought textile production in line with a modern sensibility that used color and texture as primary design elements. In the early years, the company hired leading proponents of modern design as well as young, untried designers to create textile patterns. The division thrived in the late 1940s through 1960s and, in the following decade, adopted a more international outlook as design direction shifted to Europe. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Knoll tapped fashion designers and architects to bolster its brand. The pioneering use of new materials and a commitment to innovative design have remained Knoll's hallmarks to the present day. With essays by experts, biographies of about eighty designers, and images of textiles, drawings, furniture, and ephemera, Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010 is the first comprehensive study devoted to a leading contributor to modern textile design. Highlighting the individuals and ideas that helped shape Knoll Textiles over the years, this book brings the Knoll brand and the role of textiles in the history of design to the forefront of public attention.Published for the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material CultureExhibition Schedule:The Bard Graduate Center, New York(05/18/11-07/31/11)

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The joint forces of digital and analogue allow for a myriad of different worlds for us to live in. In German they are called Parallelwelten (= parallel worlds). This book investigates these parallel worlds from different angles: technological, corporate, scientific, cultural, economic and political.

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Heine und Schumann im Wechselspiel von Literatur und Musik. Ausgehend von den vielen Berührungspunkten im Schaffen und Wirken der beiden Romantiker, haben Experten Beziehungen zwischen Musik, Bild und Literatur, Kunst- und Kulturkritik neu untersucht und eine Fülle überraschender Erkenntnisse formuliert.

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Comprehensive resource covering all in-space manufacturing and planetary resource exploration endeavors. The space economy is developing quickly, and pivotal events have brought us to a strong inflection point. This unique book includes fundamental and ground-breaking innovations in the field and is meant to quickly get readers up to speed on many different facets of space and planetary resource exploration, such as: Space health & medicine Space biology & space farming Space chemistry & space mining Space construction & advanced materials production Space policy, law & economics Presenting a snapshot of the expanding space economy and manufacturing applications in low-Earth orbit, along with resource utilization capabilities in development for Moon and Mars missions, this an indispensable source for all researchers and commercial companies working on space and planetary resource exploration.

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This book contains an Open Access chapter The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted economies and society globally. In addressing the crisis, the Internet proved incredibly important in enabling many to shift physical work, education, and social activities online and facilitating the tracking of the progress of the pandemic. Beyond the Pandemic? is the first edited collection to concentrate on the dynamic and complex relationship between the Internet and the role it played in responding to the pandemic. Covid-19 accelerated the digital economy transformation, changing the way work, education, and social engagement is organized, potentially permanently. The collection of international scholars who contributed to this volume offer insightful perspectives on how the Internet ecosystem responded and was changed as a consequence of Covid-19; the sectoral consequences of shifting activity online that the Internet enabled for many, but not for all; and the implications for regulatory policies. Given how central digital technologies are to all aspects of business, society, and government, Beyond the Pandemic? is integral to the exploration of the sectoral consequences of the Internet for business managers, policymakers and researchers engaged in planning and study for the digital economy future and planning for future pandemics.

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The joint forces of digital and analogue allow for a myriad of different worlds for us to live in. In German they are called Parallelwelten (= parallel worlds). This book investigates these parallel worlds from different angles: technological, corporate, scientific, cultural, economic and political.

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Televion's Nature Nut, John Acorn, teams up with nature illustrator Ian Sheldon to craft a witty and personable book about the myriad insects and arachnids found throughout the diverse habitats of Northern California.

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In the last 20 years the disciplines of particle physics, astrophysics, nuclear physics and cosmology have grown together in an unprecedented way. A brilliant example is nuclear double beta decay, an extremely rare radioactive decay mode, which is one of the most exciting and important fields of research in particle physics at present and the flagship of non-accelerator particle physics.While already discussed in the 1930s, only in the 1980s was it understood that neutrinoless double beta decay can yield information on the Majorana mass of the neutrino, which has an impact on the structure of space-time. Today, double beta decay is indispensable for solving the problem of the neutrino mass spectrum and the structure of the neutrino mass matrix. The potential of double beta decay has also been extended such that it is now one of the most promising tools for probing beyond-the-standard-model particle physics, and gives access to energy scales beyond the potential of future accelerators.This book presents the breathtaking manner in which achievements in particle physics have been made from a nuclear physics process. Consisting of a 150-page highly factual overview of the field of double beta decay and a 1200-page collection of the most important original articles, the book outlines the development of double beta decay research — theoretical and experimental — from its humble beginnings until its most recent achievements, with its revolutionary consequences for the theory of particle physics. It further presents an outlook on the exciting future of the field.

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Text in English & German. The way we sit simultaneously defines privileges, social status, power, and taboos. Parallel to the presentation of China as the guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt presents a panorama of Chinese sitting culture through a period of five centuries. Exclusive, noble Ming chairs stand side by side with chairs of the 18th and 19th century used by the middle class of that time. Limited sitting sculptures by renowned artist designers such as Shao Fan, Freeman Lau, Kenneth Cobonpue, XYZ-Design and Ji Liwei, who is also in charge of the interior design of the Chinese pavilion at the book fair, are confronted with the bourgeois sofas and sitting of the Chinese middle class of today. The "Bastard Chairs" of migrant workers and the homeless, day-to-day seats improvised out of pure need and made of trash and leftover materials, are commented in the sitting contexts of celebrities: emperors and courtesans, politicians and pop stars, athletes and students of product design show how sitting was done formerly and is done today. It ranges from a man of letters from the Ming era to the Qianglong emperor on the throne to Mao and Nixon in characteristic armchairs in Mao's best room. The most famous contemporary Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, will also be represented with an excerpt of his grandiose chair performance at the Dokumenta XII. Of course, product piracy, which -- as the typical Chinese dipping figure "Shanzhai" -- has mean-while adopted characteristics that define society, is also dealt with.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, IPCO 2023, held in Madison, WI, USA, during June 21–23, 2023. The 33 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 119 submissions. IPCO is under the auspices of the Mathematical Optimization Society, and it is an important forum for presenting present recent developments in theory, computation, and applications. The scope of IPCO is viewed in a broad sense, to include algorithmic and structural results in integer programming and combinatorial optimization as well as revealing computational studies and novel applications of discrete optimization to practical problems.

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Der Themenband reflektiert Grundfragen der Theorie und Praxis schulischer Werterziehung unter historischer und aktueller Perspektive. Fragen der Ethik stehen in der Diskussion um Schule und Unterricht gegenwärtig im Vordergrund. Sie betreffen nicht nur das Unterrichtsfach "Ethik", sondern die schulische Werterziehung generell. Wie kann die Schule den ethischen Herausforderungen der Moderne gerecht werden? Können die Menschenrechte als Orientierungsrahmen für die Werterziehung dienen? Läßt sich die ethische Erziehung an ein eigenes Fach delegieren? Macht der Ethikunterricht Religion als Schulfach überflüssig? Der Themenband greift Fragen dieser Art unter systematischer Perspektive auf. Die Beiträge namhafter Erziehungswissenschaftler aus Deutschland und Österreich kennzeichnen den Bedingungskontext ethischen Handelns heute, grenzen ethisches vom politischen Handeln ab, überprüfen historische Konzepte ethischer Erziehung auf ihren Anregungsgehalt für die heutige Schulpraxis und setzen sich kritisch mit aktuellen bildungspolitischen Forderungen zur schulischen Werterziehung auseinander. Die Texte sind so angelegt und aufeinander abgestimmt, daß sich der Band als Einführung in Grundfragen der Theorie und Praxis schulischer Werterziehung eignet.

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Dieses Buch bietet eine Einführung in die generative Syntax, eines der verbreitetsten Syntaxmodelle. Es zeigt, wie sich Satzstrukturen aus Wortbestandteilen und Wörtern zusammensetzen, und beschreibt, wie wir mittels dieser Strukturen den Zusammenhang von Form und Bedeutung erklären können. Studierende lernen systematisch und sicher, syntaktische Analysen anzufertigen, und werden an das eigenständige Studium der Forschungsliteratur herangeführt. Das Buch zeigt auch, dass die generative Syntax – anders als traditionelle Grammatiken – Sprache als faszinierende kognitive Fähigkeit des Menschen beschreiben kann. Mit vielen Beispielen, Übungen und einem Sachregister deutscher und englischer Fachbegriffe.

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Remediation of groundwater is complex and often challenging. But the cost of pump and treat technology, coupled with the dismal results achieved, has paved the way for newer, better technologies to be developed. Among these techniques is permeable reactive barrier (PRB) technology, which allows groundwater to pass through a buried porous barrier that either captures the contaminants or breaks them down. And although this approach is gaining popularity, there are few references available on the subject. Until now. Permeable Reactive Barrier: Sustainable Groundwater Remediation brings together the information required to plan, design/model, and apply a successful, cost-effective, and sustainable PRB technology.With contributions from pioneers in this area, the book covers state-of-the-art information on PRB technology. It details design criteria, predictive modeling, and application to contaminants beyond petroleum hydrocarbons, including inorganics and radionuclides. The text also examines implementation stages such as the initial feasibility assessment, laboratory treatability studies (including column studies), estimation of PRB design parameters, and development of a long-term monitoring network for the performance evaluation of the barrier. It also outlines the predictive tools required for life cycle analysis and cost/performance assessment.A review of current PRB technology and its applications, this book includes case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed. It helps you determine when to recommend PRB, what information is needed from the site investigation to design it, and what regulatory validation is required.

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The sociology of knowledge is generally seen as part of the sociology of cultural products. Along with the sociology of science, it explores the social character of science and in particular the social production of scientific knowledge. Knowledge in all its varieties is of crucial importance in social, political, and economic relations in modern society. Yet new realities, the editors argue in their introduction to this second edition, require a new perspective.In the past half century, the social role of knowledge has changed profoundly. The natural attitude toward scientific knowledge in science that assigned a special status to science's knowledge claims has lost its dominance, and the view that all knowledge is socially constructed has gained general acceptance. Science increasingly influences the political agenda in modern societies. Consequently, a new political field has emerged: knowledge politics.These fourteen essays by social scientists, philosophers, and historians cover fundamental issues, theoretical perspectives, knowledge and power, and empirical studies. Eight of the fourteen contributions were part of the first edition of Society and Knowledge, published in 1984, and most of these have been updated and revised for this new edition. Included in this edition are six new contributions by Robert K. Merton, Steve Fuller, Dick Pels, Nico Stehr, Barry Schwartz, and Michael Lynch.This second, revised edition builds on its predecessor in presenting cutting-edge theoretical and empirical efforts to transform the sociology of knowledge. Professionals, policymakers, and graduate students in the fields of sociology, political science, and social science will find this volume of interest and importance.

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This book, the third one of three volumes, focuses on data and the actions around data, like storage and processing. The angle shifts over the volumes from a business-driven approach in “Disruption and DNA” to a strong technical focus in “Data Storage, Processing and Analysis”, leaving “Digitalization and Machine Learning Applications” with the business and technical aspects in-between. In the last volume of the series, “Data Storage, Processing and Analysis”, the shifts in the way we deal with data are addressed.

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Die 1945 zu weiten Teilen zerstörte Stadt Mainz wollten die französischen Besatzer unmittelbar nach Kriegsende zu einem französisch geprägten Mayence aufbauen. Für diese Aufgabe wurde Marcel Lods berufen, Verfechter einer funktionalistischen Moderne, dessen deutsch-französisches Architektenteam auch Überlegungen aus der Zeit vor 1945 in den Aufbauplan einfließen ließ. Als Antwort auf die ablehnende Haltung der lokalen Bevölkerung – aber auch einiger französischer Militärs – beauftragte die Stadt Mainz Paul Schmitthenner mit einem Projekt, das den historischen Charakter der Stadt stärker bewahren sollte. Beide Projekte scheiterten zwar, doch blieb Mainz bis weit in die 1950er Jahre Schauplatz einer exemplarischen Konfrontation zweier sich unversöhnlich bekämpfender Tendenzen innerhalb der europäischen Architektur des 20. Jahrhunderts, wie sie an keinem anderen Ort in dieser Schärfe und mit dieser fachlichen Kompetenz ausgetragen wurde. Als Ergebnis jahrzehntelanger Forschungen bietet dieses Buch erstmalig eine systematische Aufarbeitung dieser umfassenden Planungen und ihrer zeitgeschichtlichen Hintergründe.

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The Self-Propelled Island is the first unabridged English translation of Jules Verne’s original story featuring a famous French string quartet that is abducted by an American businessman and taken to Standard Island to perform for its millionaire inhabitants. The quartet soon discovers that Standard Island is not an island at all, but an immense, futuristic ship possessing all the features of an idyllic haven. Equipped with the most opulent amenities, Standard Island travels the Pacific Ocean, traversing the south archipelagos and stopping at many “sister” islands for the pleasure of its well-heeled inhabitants. These inhabitants soon meet with the danger, in its various forms, that is inherent in ocean travel. Meanwhile, the French quartet is witness to the rivalry that exists between the two most powerful families onboard, a rivalry that keeps the future of the island balancing on the edge of a knife. First published in English in 1896, the novel was originally censored in translation. Dozens of pages were cut from the story because English translators felt they were too critical of Americans as well as the British. Here, for the first time, readers have the pleasure of reading The Self-Propelled Island as Verne intended it.

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Intraoperative imaging technologies have taken an ever-increasing role in the daily practice of neurosurgeons and the increasing attention and interest necessitated international interaction and collaboration. The Intraoperative Imaging Society was formed in 2007. This book brings together highlights from the second meeting of the Intraoperative Imaging Society, which took place in Istanbul-Turkey from June 14 to 17, 2009. Included within the contents of the book is an overview of the emergence and development of the intraoperative imaging technology as well as a glimpse on where the technology is heading. This is followed by in detail coverage of intraoperative MRI technology and sections on intraoperative CT and ultrasonography. There are also sections on multimodality integration, intraoperative robotics and other intraoperative technologies. We believe that this book will provide an up-to date and comprehensive general overview of the current intraoperative imaging technology as well as detailed discussions on individual techniques and clinical results.

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Die Herausgeber, anerkannte Spezialisten und aktiv in der Interdisziplinären Arbeitsgruppe Weichteilsarkome (IAWS) der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft, stehen für fundiertes Fachwissen. Das Werk zeichnet sich durch eine praxisorientierte und übersichtliche Darstellung aller bei Weichteilsarkomen klinisch relevanten Themen aus. Ausführlich wird auf Diagnostik, Klassifikation, Stadieneinteilung wie auch molekulare und genetische Aspekte als Grundlage therapeutischer Entscheidungen eingegangen. Ein weiteres zentrales Thema ist die interdisziplinäre Behandlung (Chirurgie, Strahlentherapie, medikamentöse Therapie) und deren Sequenz für die zahlreichen, unterschiedlichen Entitäten von Weichteilsarkomen. Auch spezielle Therapieverfahren, wie Extremitätenperfusion und Hyperthermie werden besprochen. Ärzte in Klinik und Praxis erhalten mit diesem Buch kompetente Unterstützung für die optimale Betreuung von Patienten mit Weichteilsarkomen.

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Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is a form of music therapy developed for people suffering from cognitive, sensory, or motor dysfunctions - arising from neurological diseases of the nervous system. People who can benefit from this therapy include sufferers from: stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's and Huntington's disease, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's disease, autism, and other neurological diseases affecting cognition, movement, and communication (e.g., MS, Muscular Dystrophy, etc). The Handbook of Neurologic Music Therapy is a comprehensive landmark text presenting a new and revolutionary model of music in rehabilitation, therapy and medicine that is scientifically validated and clinically tested. Each of the 20 clinical techniques is described in detail with specific exercises, richly illustrated and with pertinent background information regarding research and clinical diagnoses. The book is a 'must have' for all neurologic music therapists and those who want to become one, clinicians, university faculty, and students alike. Physicians and therapists from other disciplines will find this tome an important guide to provide new insight how music can contribute significantly to brain rehabilitation and how Neurologic Music Therapists can be effective interdisciplinary providers in patient care.

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The editors present a state-of-the-art overview on the Physics of Space Weather and its effects on technological and biological systems on the ground and in space. It opens with a general introduction on the subject, followed by a historical review on the major developments in the field of solar terrestrial relationships leading to its development into the up-to-date field of space weather. Specific emphasis is placed on the technological effects that have impacted society in the past century at times of major solar activity. Chapter 2 summarizes key milestones, starting from the base of solar observations with classic telescopes up to recent space observations and new mission developments with EUV and X-ray telescopes (e.g., STEREO), yielding an unprecedented view of the sun-earth system. Chapter 3 provides a scientific summary of the present understanding of the physics of the sun-earth system based on the latest results from spacecraft designed to observe the Sun, the interplanetary medium and geospace. Chapter 4 describes how the plasma and magnetic field structure of the earth's magnetosphere is impacted by the variation of the solar and interplanetary conditions, providing the necessary science and technology background for missions in low and near earth's orbit. Chapter 5 elaborates the physics of the layer of the earth's upper atmosphere that is the cause of disruptions in radio-wave communications and GPS (Global Positioning System) errors, which is of crucial importance for projects like Galileo. In Chapters 6-10, the impacts of technology used up to now in space, on earth and on life are reviewed.

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Dieses Buch stellt neue Geschäftsmodelle und Methoden vor, mit denen Dienstleistungsinnovationen durch den Einsatz digitaler Technologien erfolgreich umgesetzt werden.Ein Schwerpunkt des zweiten Bandes sind neue Methoden für die digitale Transformation von Dienstleistungsprozessen in der Industrie, Logistik und Gesundheitsbranche. Das Buch stellt dabei auch besondere Herausforderungen und Lösungen für die digitale Transformation kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) vor und zeigt, wie dort neue Geschäftsmodelle umgesetzt werden. Die Entwicklung und Nutzung digitaler Plattformen stellt abschließend eine spezifische Perspektive auf neue Kooperationsformen in Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken dar. Zahlreiche Umsetzungsbeispiele zeigen konkret und praxisnah auf, wie Unternehmen digitale Geschäftsmodelle selbst entwickeln, neue Methoden sicher anwenden und Dienstleistungsinnovationen erfolgreich realisieren können.

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