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Personalized and precision medicine (PPM)—the targeting of therapies according to an individual’s genetic, environmental, or lifestyle characteristics—is becoming an increasingly important approach in health care treatment and prevention. The advancement of PPM is a challenge in traditional clinical, reimbursement, and regulatory landscapes because it is costly to develop and introduces a wide range of scientific, clinical, ethical, and socioeconomic issues. PPM raises a multitude of economic issues, including how information on accurate diagnosis and treatment success will be disseminated and who will bear the cost; changes to physician training to incorporate genetics, probability and statistics, and economic considerations; questions about whether the benefits of PPM will be confined to developed countries or will diffuse to emerging economies with less developed health care systems; the effects of patient heterogeneity on cost-effectiveness analysis; and opportunities for PPM’s growth beyond treatment of acute illness, such as prevention and reversal of chronic conditions. This volume explores the intersection of the scientific, clinical, and economic factors affecting the development of PPM, including its effects on the drug pipeline, on reimbursement of PPM diagnostics and treatments, and on funding of the requisite underlying research; and it examines recent empirical applications of PPM.

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Devised in the 19th century, Gauss and Jacobi Sums are classical formulas that form the basis for contemporary research in many of today's sciences. This book offers readers a solid grounding on the origin of these abstract, general theories. Though the main focus is on Gauss and Jacobi, the book does explore other relevant formulas, including Cauchy.

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With a focus on providing concrete teaching strategies for scholars, the Handbook on Teaching and Learning in Political Science and International Relations blends both theory and practice in an accessible and clear manner.In an effort to help faculty excel as classroom teachers, the expert contributors offer representation from various types of institutions located throughout the world. Split into three distinct parts, this book discusses:- curriculum and course design- teaching subject areas- in class teaching techniquesThis important Handbook is an essential guide for anyone looking to teach political science and international relations at the university level. Contributors: V. Asal, E.A. Bennion, E. Berndtson, J.L. Bernstein, A. Blair, M.A. Boyer, A. Broscheid, M. Brown, F. Buckley, J. Craig, B. Gentry, R. Glazier, K. Hamann, J. Hamner, C. Harris, J. Ishiyama, K. Kas, B. Kauffman, K. King, C. Leston-Bandeira, S. Lightfoot, J.K. Lobasz, D. Malet, M.P. Marks, H. Maurer, E.F.Mcclellan, W.J. Miller, M.J. Moore, E.A. Oldmixon, A. Paczynska, G. Pleschova, C. Raymond, E. Richards, B.E. Ricks, R.G. Rodriguez, J.S. Rofe, J.M. Scott, E. Sheppard, E.Simon, B. Smentkowski, E.T. Smith, J.C. Strachan, P.E. Sum, S. Thornton, S. Usherwood, B. Valeriano, W.L. Watson

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Text in German. Was there scope for action by the churches and their representatives during the National Socialist period? How were these used? And where were adjustments made without coercion? Using the example of the Evangelical Church in Bavaria, the articles are dedicated to the theological attitudes of church protagonists, bishops' actions and the helpers and accomplices in the networks of church leadership and compare different variants of action in individual church communities. This creates an overall picture of the freedom and limits of church behavior during the Nazi era. The volume then turns to how the church deals with its own role in National Socialism and reconstructs the history of church memory since the end of the war.

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Für jedes Unternehmen, welches international tätig ist, ist ein systematisch betriebenes länderübergreifendes Marketingmanagement unabdingbar, um die eigene Existenz nachhaltig zu sichern. Die rasanten Veränderungen auf vielen Märkten bzw. in vielen Ländern führen zudem dazu, dass eine professionelle Informationsaufnahme und -verarbeitung marktrelevanter Daten im Rahmen der internationalen Marktforschung erfolgen muss. Auf Basis dieser Daten sind marktgerichtete Entscheidungen innerhalb des internationalen Marketingmanagements zu treffen, um betriebliche Ziele zu erreichen. Dieses Buch behandelt nicht nur die „klassischen“ Themen des internationalen Marketings wie die internationale Marktforschung und den internationalen Einsatz der einzelnen Marketinginstrumente, sondern auch die verschiedenen Managementteilfunktionen Planung, Controlling, Organisation und Human Resources Management in international tätigen Unternehmen, jeweils mit gezieltem Bezug zum Marketing i. S. einer marktorientierten Unternehmensführung. Angereichert werden die theoretisch dargelegten Zusammenhänge durch aktuelle Daten zu den relevanten Rahmenbedingungen auf internationalen Märkten, empirische Befunde zu den einzelnen Aktionsfeldern des internationalen Marketingmanagements sowie zahlreiche aktuelle Beispiele aus der unternehmerischen Praxis. Mit dieser umfassenden Darstellung des internationalen Marketingmanagements richten sich die Autoren sowohl an Dozierende und Studierende als auch an Praktiker, die sich mit Fragestellungen des Marketings im internationalen Kontext befassen.

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Create memories and embark on the journey of knot tying together. Learn how to tie knots you can use in fishing, camping, ranching, farming, and more.What is more memorable than a child first learning to tie his shoes? Or wrapping his first Christmas presents? Knots aren't easy to learn, but they are very helpful—whether you are five years old, ten years old, or even fifty years old. Here is a children's picture book that will help parent and child learn together by simplifying the craft and bringing the reader into the world of knots through beautiful, detailed illustrations. My First Book of Knots is a landmark gift that will impact children (and craft-loving adults) with hours of fun and a lifetime of skills.You'll learn how Santa Claus ties up his sack full of presents and how to tie a knot that will make it easy to carry heavy objects. Every step of each knot is drawn out for you and includes clearly written instructions. After you read this book, you can save the day with a square knot and wow your friends with a double figure eight bend.

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Die Bedeutung des Buchdrucks für die Geschichte der Reformation ist allgemein anerkannt. Basel zählte europaweit zu den wichtigsten Druckorten. Aber auch als Ort der Begegnung und der Zuflucht und als Ort, von dem aus weitverzweigte Korrespondenznetze gespannt wurden, hatte die Stadt am Oberrhein in der Reformationszeit Gewicht. Dieser Tagungsband dokumentiert die Geschichte des geistigen Raums im frühen 16. Jahrhundert. In diese Geschichte werden Beiträge über Erasmus und seine Rezeption, über den ersten Sammelband mit Werken Luthers, über Bucer und Oekolampad, Beatus Rhenanus und Oswald Myconius, über Täufer, italienische Nonkonformisten und die Ausstrahlung Basels nach England wie auch nach Ungarn einbezogen.

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Entropy seems to be an accepted norm in the world. Confronted with entropy, human action, research, and order are able to offer less and less resistance. But instead of lamenting the impossibility of finishing this project, Lea Grebe’s art proposes a new perspective through the interface of science and technology. Over the years, she has built up an archive to document dead insects—where they were found, how they were found, and what state they were in when discovered. The insects have been cast in bronze in an elaborate process. By being transformed into durable material, it seems as if the creatures have undergone a final metamorphosis, in which they take on an ultimate, artificially maintained appearance. The emphasis on the individual and what is individual is evidence of the search for a new, ecological, empathetic way of thinking that honours the independent and inimitable.

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