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Text in English & German. Apple Inc, the Californian computer company, has been marked by unparalleled success over the past three and a half decades. Like no other company, it has succeeded in shifting the focus of use from utility to coveted possessions when it comes to computers and electronic entertainment devices such as the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. In addition, each of the products in the i-family have changed their product genres technologically and ergonomically to such an extent that not only have all competitors adopted these new 'user guidances', but hundreds of complementary products have been created around these products as well, from a wide range of accessories to docking stations (ie: veritable radios with external speakers for the iPods and iPhones) that allow users to experience the stored music without headphones. The iPhone has compelled all manufacturers of mobile phones to add smart phones with touch sensitive screens, the touch phones, to their programs. And the iPad will fundamentally transform the handling of video and news as well. Since the introduction of the iPhone, over 200,000 special application programs, the so-called apps, have been made available for these i-devices. In their product genres, these devices have each caused a paradigm shift: they are both leading and cult products, and they represent a development that has leveraged the mobile Internet and delocalised the act of surfing from the home to almost anywhere. The book comments upon this process of 'disruptive technologies', which has taken place only very rarely in the history of technology and design. They leaf through the preconditions and position these innovative devices in product-historical, social, and psychological contexts.

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Text in English and German. The distinguished architect and Pritzker laureate Richard Meier has attracted public attention mainly with his museum and cultural buildings including the Atheneum in New Harmony, Indiana, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, the Stadthaus in Ulm and the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona. The book accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the Museum for Applied Arts in Frankfurt, which has recently been relaunched with differently conceived museum facilities and new service areas; these are addressed in detail in an appendix to the book.

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Get a length up on the competition with cutting-edge technique, training, and racing information. Let the world’s top coaches, rowers, and sport scientists steer you to ultimate success, starting with sound training and racing principles and adding increasingly advanced instruction and insights all the way to the finish. Rowing Faster is the most comprehensive and detailed guide for achieving excellence in the sport. You’ll find techniques for mastering every phase of the stroke; training strategies for increasing strength and efficiency for maximizing speed; and tapering plans for peak performance at the highest levels of competition. With contributions from Olympic medalists and rowing experts from around the globe, Rowing Faster also includes the latest research on adaptive rowing, advice on managing a team, detailed plans for the long-term development of rowers, insights on training and competition for female rowers, and a look at the future of the sport from the general secretary of the FISA. From the technical details of equipment and training to classifications of boats and rowers, Rowing Faster has it all. Offering a truly global perspective and authoritative coverage of the sport, it is the one guide that every serious rower and coach should own.

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A great journey teaches Bear that there are more important things than destinations. Bear wakes up after his long winter's sleep and joins his friend, Butterfly, on a journey. 'Where are we going?' asks Bear. 'All journeys have secret destinations', says Butterfly. As they travel through forest, over hill and across a great river, Butterfly offers her wisdom about hardships, facing one's fears and living in the moment. Bear's natural impatience gradually softens into acceptance of the world around him. As the seasons change, the friends find themselves once more in front of Bear's cave. Landscapes look different with different eyes and the end of one journey is the beginning of another. This is a heartwarming book about the circles and cycles of life and being. A gentle and inspiring way to introduce Buddhist philosophies and values to young readers.

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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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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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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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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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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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Dieses praktische Handbuch leistet einen Beitrag zur Professionalisierung der Human Resources in Unternehmen. Auf mehr als 2.000 Seiten finden Personalverantwortliche alles, was sie aus Management und Recht für ein erfolgreiches​ Personalwesen wissen müssen. Das Werk orientiert sich am Aufbau des Betriebsverfassungsgesetzes, wobei die Regelungen nicht nur kommentiert, sondern im Kontext des betrieblichen Alltags behandelt werden. Mit aktuellen Themen wie Personalplanung, demografischer Wandel, Leistungsbeurteilung, Restrukturierung, Compliance sowie Corporate Governance dient das Handbuch als wertvoller Ratgeber in der modernen Personalarbeit.

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