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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This monograph studies algebras that are associated to blocks of tame representation type. Over the past few years, a range of new results have been obtained and a comprehensive account of these is provided here to- gether with some new proofs of known results. Some general theory of algebras is also presented, as a means of understanding the subject. The book is addressed to researchers and graduate students interested in the links between representations of finite-dimensional algebras and modular group representation theory. The basic properties of modules and finite-dimensional algebras are assumed known.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dermatology is a fascinating subject. This is a statement you might expect from a dermatologist, but what is the justification It is a highly clinical specialty and sophisticated techniques of diagnosis are very much of secondary importance compared with clinical skills. The skin is important not only as an organ with vital physiological functions but also as a flag by which we communicate with the outside world. A perfect skin is desired by all, and upon this wish is based the multi-million pound cosmetics industry. Skin disease therefore places a strain on sufferers out of proportion to the disturbances in function which the pathology produces. A 'leper' complex is frequent, and social and sexual contact may be shunned because of the embarrassment caused. It is also easy to overlook the contribution that cutaneous physical signs make towards diagnoses of internal disorders. Even straightforward factors such as the pallor of anaemia, the icterus of biliary obstruction or, quite simply, the age and sex of the patient are recognised immediately from visible signs in the skin. Like most other organs the skin has a limited repertoire of reactions, but these can occur in patients of all ages, combined together in an almost infinite number of permutations; hence the fascination referred to above. It has been estimated that 10% of consultations with general practioners are because of a skin-related problem, and therefore a working knowledge of dermatology is essential for anyone who has regular clinical contact with patients.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Der Einzug von computergestützten Informationssystemen in den Vertriebsaußendienst von Industrieunternehmen hat erst begonnen. Bis jetzt herrscht offensichtlich ein Mangel an Konzepten und Realisierungen, die mehrere Phasen des Verkaufsprozesses unterstützen. Diese Lücke schließt das vorliegende Buch. Vorgestellt werden Systeme zur Planung von Kundenkontakten, für ein integriertes Besuchberichtswesen sowie zur Angebotserstellung. Da die Außendienstmitarbeiter auch informationstechnisch stärker an die Zentrale angebunden werden müssen, erscheint es reizvoll, sogenannte CIM-Ideen (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) in den Vertrieb auszudehnen. Dabei ist in erster Linie an eine Verbindung mit der Konstruktion und der Produktion zu denken. Methodisch erscheinen vor allem datenbankgestützte sowie wissensbasierte Systeme geeignet, die Kompetenz des Außendienstes zu verbessern und die Reaktionszeiten gegenüber dem Kunden drastisch zu senken.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 212 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Dieser Band gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Aspekte der koronaren Herzkrankheit, von der heute nahezu jeder 2. Bundesbürger betroffen ist. Namhafte Experten diskutieren die Bewertung von Risikofaktoren und Perspektiven der primären und sekundären Prävention, die Rolle von Endothel und Thrombozyten und die sich daraus ergebenden therapeutischen Implikationen bei stabiler und instabiler Angina pectoris. Das Problem der asymptomatischen Myokardischämie und ihrer Behandlung, die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Pharmakotherapie, die gegenwärtigen Konzepte zur Behandlung des akuten Myokardinfarktes sowie der Stellenwert der PTCA und neuerer Entwicklungen wie die Laser-Angioplastie werden dargestellt. Hervorzuheben sind die angioskopischen Aufnahmen, die den Blick in das Innere von arteriosklerotisch veränderten Herzkranzgefäßen erlauben. Damit gibt dieses Buch wertvolle Informationen für die ärztliche Tätigkeit bei der Therapie der koronaren Herzkrankheit.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 152 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 328 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dieser Band gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Aspekte der koronaren Herzkrankheit, von der heute nahezu jeder 2. Bundesbürger betroffen ist. Namhafte Experten diskutieren die Bewertung von Risikofaktoren und Perspektiven der primären und sekundären Prävention, die Rolle von Endothel und Thrombozyten und die sich daraus ergebenden therapeutischen Implikationen bei stabiler und instabiler Angina pectoris. Das Problem der asymptomatischen Myokardischämie und ihrer Behandlung, die Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Pharmakotherapie, die gegenwärtigen Konzepte zur Behandlung des akuten Myokardinfarktes sowie der Stellenwert der PTCA und neuerer Entwicklungen wie die Laser-Angioplastie werden dargestellt. Hervorzuheben sind die angioskopischen Aufnahmen, die den Blick in das Innere von arteriosklerotisch veränderten Herzkranzgefäßen erlauben. Damit gibt dieses Buch wertvolle Informationen für die ärztliche Tätigkeit bei der Therapie der koronaren Herzkrankheit.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Eine gleichermaßen aktuelle wie zusammenfassende Darstellung der wichtigsten Methoden zur Untersuchung der klassischen Gruppen fehlte bislang in deutschsprachigen Lehrbüchern. Indem der Autor die klassischen Gruppen sowohl aus algebraisch-geometrischer Sicht, wie auch mit Lieschen (infinitesimalen) Methoden studiert, schließt er diese Lücke. Die von Grund auf behandelte Darstellungstheorie mündet im algebraischen Teil in der Brauer-Weylschen Methode der Zerlegung von Tensorpotenzen durch Youngsche Symmetrieoperatoren in irreduzible Teilräume. Auf der Ebene der Lie-Algebren wird die Klassifikation der irreduziblen Darstellungen durch höchste Gewichte durchgeführt. Besonderer Wert liegt auf einer ausführlichen Erläuterung des Zusammenspiels der Gruppen und ihrer Lie-Algebren, die das Kernstück der Lieschen Theorie ausmachen. In dieser Hinsicht dient das Buch auch als Einführung in die Theorie der Lie-Gruppen; zur Parametrisierung wird dabei ausschließlich die Matrix-Exponentialabbildung verwandt, wodurch ganz auf den aufwendigen Apparat der differenzierbaren Mannigfaltigkeiten verzichtet werden kann. Eine Fülle von Beispielen und Übungsaufgaben dienen zur Vertiefung des Gelernten. Inhaltlich schließt der Text unmittelbar an die Grundvorlesungen über Analysis und Lineare Algebra an.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 272 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen Õberblick }ber das neue Ge- biet der Schlafmedizin. Neben den Grundlagen werden die Kli- nik und die medikament|sen und verhaltenstherapeutischen Be- handlungen von Schlafst|rungen dargestellt. Die Einzelkapi- tel wurden von Experten des jeweiligen Faches geschrieben. Das Buch ist als Einf}hrung und Nachschlagewerk f}r Òrzte, Psychologen und alle, die sich mit den Ursachen und Auswir- kungen von Schlafst|rungen besch{ftigen, geeignet.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 180 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Hermann Lang I In einer fruhen, kaum bekannten Arbeit von 1890, betitelt 'Psychische Behandlung (Seelenbehandlung)', definiert Freud diese' Seelenbehandlung als Behandlung seeli scher oder korperlicher Storungen mit Mitteln, die auf das Seelische des Menschen einwirken. 'Ein solches Mittel', fiihrt Freud weiter aus, 'ist vor allem das Wort, und Worte sind auch das wesentliche Handwerkszeug der Seelenbehandlung'. 'Der Laie' , fahrt Freud fort, 'wird es wohl schwer begreiflich finden, daB krankhafte Storungen des Leibes und der Seele durch ,bloBe' Worte des Arztes beseitigt werden sollen. Er 3 wird meinen, man mute ihm zu, an Zauberei zu glauben' (1905 , S.289). Auf die 'Worte' als Wirkfaktoren psychoanalytischer Therapie war Freud bereits beim ersten Fall der Psychoanalyse iiberhaupt gestoBen. Ais in der Behandlung der Anna O. durch ein 'zufalliges, unprovoziertes Aussprechen (der pathogenen Bedingungen) in der Abendhypnose eine Storung (Hydrophobie) verschwand, die schon Hinger bestanden hatte', erkannte die Patientin sofort die Bedeutung dieses Ereignisses und fuhr deshalb fort, dem behandelnden Arzt und Freund Freuds, Josef Breuer, der selbst von diesem Effekt iiberrascht worden war, samtliche Anllisse, bei denen ein bestimmtes Symptom aufgetreten war, zu erzahlen. StieB sie schlieBlich bis zur Situation des erstmaligen Auftretens vor, und hatte sie diese verbalisiert, war das Symptom behoben. So wurden die Lahmungen, die Sehstorungen, der qualende Husten, die krankhaften Erscheinungen der EB- und Trinkfunktion und schlieBlich auch die Sprachstorungen - Symptome, die sie zuvor geboten hatte - 'wegerzahlt' (Breuer u. Freud 1895).Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 344 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since the subject of Groups of Self-Equivalences was first discussed in 1958 in a paper of Barcuss and Barratt, a good deal of progress has been achieved. This is reviewed in this volume, first by a long survey article and a presentation of 17 open problems together with a bibliography of the subject, and by a further 14 original research articles. 228 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This monograph studies algebras that are associated to blocks of tame representation type. Over the past few years, a range of new results have been obtained and a comprehensive account of these is provided here to- gether with some new proofs of known results. Some general theory of algebras is also presented, as a means of understanding the subject. The book is addressed to researchers and graduate students interested in the links between representations of finite-dimensional algebras and modular group representation theory. The basic properties of modules and finite-dimensional algebras are assumed known. 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -SNePS is a state-of-the-art knowledge representation and reasoning system used for artificial intelligence and cognitive science research. It is a semantic network based system designed by the members of the SNePS Research Group. The First Annual SNePS Workshop was held on November 13, 1989, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The aims of the workshop were to bring together researchers in AI working with or interested in SNePS. Twelve papers were presented by people from seven different research sites in the United States and abroad. The papers are of top quality and cover areas of ongoing research displaying the versatility of SNePS as an AI research tool. This volume contains all twelve papers. 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume contains the invited lectures and selected papers from the Third International Conference on Computer Assisted Learning. The contributions cover a wide range of theoretical and practical topics, including knowledge acquisition, intelligent computer assisted instruction, microworlds, media-based CAL, hypermedia environments and instruction, student modeling, evaluation of learning environments, simulation tools, application systems for logic, discourse, visual programming, physiology, structural frames, real time measurement, automotive maintenance, flight training, and implementation of CAL in distance education in various countries. For those active or interested in computer assisted learning, particularly at the post-secondary level, these proceedings provide an up-to-date and international review of important accomplishments in the area. 480 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop at which major Parallel Lisp activities in the US and Japan were explained. Work covered includes Multilisp and Mul-T at MIT, Qlisp at Stanford, Lucid and Parcel at Illinois, PaiLisp at Tohoku University, Multiprocessor Lisp on TOP-1 at IBM Tokyo Research, and concurrent programming in TAO. Most papers present languages and systems of Parallel Lisp and are in particular concerned with: - Language constructs of Parallel Lisp and their meanings from the standpoint of implementing Parallel Lisp systems; - Some important technical issues such as parallel garbage collection, dynamic task partitioning, futures and continuations in parallelism, automatic parallelization of Lisp programs, and the kernel concept of Parallel Lisp. Some performance results are reported that suggest practical applicability of Parallel Lisp systems in the near future. Several papers on concurrent object-oriented systems are also included. 380 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection of papers gives a representative cross-selectional view of recent developments in the field. After a survey paper by C. Lefèvre, 17 other research papers look at stochastic modeling of epidemics, both from a theoretical and a statistical point of view. Some look more specifically at a particular disease such as AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis and diabetes. 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Since the subject of Groups of Self-Equivalences was first discussed in 1958 in a paper of Barcuss and Barratt, a good deal of progress has been achieved. This is reviewed in this volume, first by a long survey article and a presentation of 17 open problems together with a bibliography of the subject, and by a further 14 original research articles. 228 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop at which major Parallel Lisp activities in the US and Japan were explained. Work covered includes Multilisp and Mul-T at MIT, Qlisp at Stanford, Lucid and Parcel at Illinois, PaiLisp at Tohoku University, Multiprocessor Lisp on TOP-1 at IBM Tokyo Research, and concurrent programming in TAO. Most papers present languages and systems of Parallel Lisp and are in particular concerned with: - Language constructs of Parallel Lisp and their meanings from the standpoint of implementing Parallel Lisp systems; - Some important technical issues such as parallel garbage collection, dynamic task partitioning, futures and continuations in parallelism, automatic parallelization of Lisp programs, and the kernel concept of Parallel Lisp. Some performance results are reported that suggest practical applicability of Parallel Lisp systems in the near future. Several papers on concurrent object-oriented systems are also included.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 380 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -'An interesting and enlightening book well worth the time for someone who is grounded in the basics of spectroscopy, yet interested in newer techniques and applications. particularly useful in providing breadth for those whose work has caused them to narrow their appreciation of spectroscopy to one area.' (Spectroscopy) 'This book should be on the bookshelves of all chemists whose daily work involves the practical application of spectroscopy to chemical analysis.' (Fresenius' J. of Analytical Chem.) '.stands in style between an introduction to the various topics covered and near monographic treatments.meets a real need.' (Faraday Transactions) 'It covers an enormous amount of spectral theory and methodology in a condensed and readable format.' (SIM News)Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 340 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -SNePS is a state-of-the-art knowledge representation and reasoning system used for artificial intelligence and cognitive science research. It is a semantic network based system designed by the members of the SNePS Research Group. The First Annual SNePS Workshop was held on November 13, 1989, at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The aims of the workshop were to bring together researchers in AI working with or interested in SNePS. Twelve papers were presented by people from seven different research sites in the United States and abroad. The papers are of top quality and cover areas of ongoing research displaying the versatility of SNePS as an AI research tool. This volume contains all twelve papers.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 176 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This collection of papers gives a representative cross-selectional view of recent developments in the field. After a survey paper by C. Lefèvre, 17 other research papers look at stochastic modeling of epidemics, both from a theoretical and a statistical point of view. Some look more specifically at a particular disease such as AIDS, malaria, schistosomiasis and diabetes.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 216 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This volume contains the invited lectures and selected papers from the Third International Conference on Computer Assisted Learning. The contributions cover a wide range of theoretical and practical topics, including knowledge acquisition, intelligent computer assisted instruction, microworlds, media-based CAL, hypermedia environments and instruction, student modeling, evaluation of learning environments, simulation tools, application systems for logic, discourse, visual programming, physiology, structural frames, real time measurement, automotive maintenance, flight training, and implementation of CAL in distance education in various countries. For those active or interested in computer assisted learning, particularly at the post-secondary level, these proceedings provide an up-to-date and international review of important accomplishments in the area.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 480 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The different papers contained in this volume are all research papers. The main directions of research which are being developed are: quantum probability, semimartingales and stochastic calculus. 504 pp. Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The European School of Oncology came into existence to respond to a need for informa tion, education and training in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. There are two main reasons why such an initiative was considered necessary. Firstly, the teaching of oncology requires a rigorously multidisciplinary approach which is difficult for the Univer sities to put into practice since their system is mainly disciplinary orientated. Secondly, the rate of technological development that impinges on the diagnosis of cancer has been so rapid that it is not an easy task for medical faculties to adapt their curricula flexibly. With its residential courses for organ pathologies and its seminars on new techniques or on the principal therapeutic controversies, it is the ambition of the European School of Oncology to fill a cultural and scientific gap and, thereby, create a bridge between the Uni versity and Industry and between these two and daily medical practice. One of the more recent initiatives of the ESO is the Intercity Meetings. The concept of Inter city Meetings was first put forward with the idea of creating total coverage throughout Europe of certain tumours at the forefront of research and, in some cases, controversy. 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the course of this year, 1990, dentistry will celebrate its sesquicentennial as a profession. In February 1840, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the Dental School of the University of Maryland, was chartered by the Maryland General Assembly as the world's first dental school. In the same year the American Society of Dental Surgeons, the antecedent of the present day American Dental Association, was founded, also in Baltimore. In the previous year, 1839, the American Journal of Dental Science was initiated as the first periodic scientific and professional publication in dentistry, later evolving to the Journal of the American Dental Association. With the congruence of three fundamental elements which are essential to any profession--a unique program of education, a formal means to communicate and freely share new information, and an organization devoted to maintenance of professional ethics and standards through self-regulation--dentistry began evolving to its current status as a valued and respected health profession. From its birth and through the intervening century and a half, dentistry has been a profession heavily reliant on technology as well as science. Dentists variously are credited with the discovery and development of general anesthesia and the precision casting technique; and they make significant use of rotary cutting instruments, ultrasonics, laser technology, unique biomaterials, and intraosseous implants, to mention only a few techniques. 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -1. 1 Platelets in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: A Brief Overview For more than 100 years the dominant role of blood platelets in hemostasis and thrombosis has been well documented. Seven years before their identification as a distinct class of blood corpuscles by Bizzozero (1882), Zahn (1875), using intravital microscopic observations, described the growth of an arterial thrombus as the result of 'continued apposition of colorless blood corpuscles along the direction of blood flow. ' A hallmark still valid today was set by Eberth and Schimmel busch (1888), who clearly divided the formation of the hemostatic plug into the result of the 'conglutination of preformed blood corpuscles,' followed by the 'plasmatic coagulation as the formation of fibrin from substances dissolved in blood,' as two distinct processes taking place in the described order. In spite of technical shortcomings, by approaching the limits of the light microscopic techniques of their time, Eberth and Schimmel busch discovered a change in the morphology of the platelets, paralleled by a presumptive change in their functional state, which was a prerequisite for the formation of a platelet plug. Their meticulous description implicitly anticipated the modern terminology of the 'smooth disk' as the resting form of the circulating platelet and the activated 'spiny sphere' as a result of a change in shape following stimulation. 108 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The OrIgIn of this monograph is a course entitled 'Semantics directed Compiler Generation' which Professor Neil D. Jones gave in 1982 at Copenhagen University, where I was a student at the time. In this course, he described a compiler generator, called CERES, which he was developing. I immediately felt attracted to the unusual combination of mathematical reasoning about com pilers and the small intricate building blocks that made up the running system. As I came to understand the system I discovered that within the existing mathematical framework one could express compiler generation as a special case of compilation; this led to a specification of a compiler generator which was bootstrapped on itself resulting in a machine-generated compiler generator. The purpose of this monograph is to describe the CERES system we produced in 1983-84 and compare it with other systems, includ ing more recent ones. Also, it is as relevant today as it was then to discuss the role of compiler generators as an aid in the design and implementation of programming languages; this I do in Chap. 5. This monograph is a strongly revised version of the cando scient. 164 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Bei der Realisierung von Projekten und spater dann bei der Ana lyse der Daten wird uns nicht selten bewuBt, daB wir manches hat ten besser durchdenken und sorgfaltiger planen mussen. Eine knappe Zusammenfassung wichtiger Planungsstufen sowie weiterer Gesichtspunkte, auch die Auswertung betreffend, erganzt das in den 'Statistischen Methoden', knapp 'M' genannt, realisierte Konzept. Auch hier wird der Leser sogenannte 'intermediate stati stical methods' antreffen, die in den einfiihrenden Lehrbuchem kaum und in den weiterfiihrenden fiir den Praktiker zu knapp dar gestellt werden, z. B. der paarweise Vergleich von Mittelwerten an hand neuerer Methoden (Teil III) mit den zugehOrigen Signifikanz schranken (Anhang). Die hier vorgestellten Methoden sind wie die 12 Methoden aus M von mittlerem Schwierigkeitsgrad. Nur in we nigen Fallen liegen sie bereits in den bekannten Programmpaketen (z. B. BMDP, P-STAT, SAS, SPSS) vor. Wiederholungen sind beabsichtigt. Widerspriiche waren nicht ganzlich zu vermeiden. Sie sind vielleicht typisch (a) fur konkurrie rende Ziele und (b) fur eine rasch wachsende Wissenschaft, die zu gleich auch wissenschaftliche Methodik ist mit dem Anspruch, nach Moglichkeit Praktiker und Theoretiker nicht zu sehr zu ent tauschen. Wahrend aus der Praxis stammende Beispiele sicher besser moti vieren, sind einfache Rechenbeispiele instruktiver, zumal sie ohne Kommentar verstanden und, abgesehen von den Tabellen des An hangs, praktisch ohne Hilfsmittel nachvollzogen werden konnen. 300 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Economical and political aspects of information technology in Europe and Japan are dealt with in this book. European and Japanese technology policies, the possibilities of cooperation on all economic and business levels as well as future perspectives on world information markets from the Japanese and European points of view form the priority areas of the book. Special attention is given to - the case study of a Swiss-Japanese business cooperation with many practical references, - an analysis of East European information markets and, - the relations between Europe and Japan from the viewpoint of the USA. The reader is given an insight into new developments in the information technology markets in Europe and Japan as well as into the economic and political framework within which the developments are taking place.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 240 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -During the course of this year, 1990, dentistry will celebrate its sesquicentennial as a profession. In February 1840, the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the Dental School of the University of Maryland, was chartered by the Maryland General Assembly as the world's first dental school. In the same year the American Society of Dental Surgeons, the antecedent of the present day American Dental Association, was founded, also in Baltimore. In the previous year, 1839, the American Journal of Dental Science was initiated as the first periodic scientific and professional publication in dentistry, later evolving to the Journal of the American Dental Association. With the congruence of three fundamental elements which are essential to any profession--a unique program of education, a formal means to communicate and freely share new information, and an organization devoted to maintenance of professional ethics and standards through self-regulation--dentistry began evolving to its current status as a valued and respected health profession. From its birth and through the intervening century and a half, dentistry has been a profession heavily reliant on technology as well as science. Dentists variously are credited with the discovery and development of general anesthesia and the precision casting technique; and they make significant use of rotary cutting instruments, ultrasonics, laser technology, unique biomaterials, and intraosseous implants, to mention only a few techniques.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -1. 1 Platelets in Hemostasis and Thrombosis: A Brief Overview For more than 100 years the dominant role of blood platelets in hemostasis and thrombosis has been well documented. Seven years before their identification as a distinct class of blood corpuscles by Bizzozero (1882), Zahn (1875), using intravital microscopic observations, described the growth of an arterial thrombus as the result of 'continued apposition of colorless blood corpuscles along the direction of blood flow. ' A hallmark still valid today was set by Eberth and Schimmel busch (1888), who clearly divided the formation of the hemostatic plug into the result of the 'conglutination of preformed blood corpuscles,' followed by the 'plasmatic coagulation as the formation of fibrin from substances dissolved in blood,' as two distinct processes taking place in the described order. In spite of technical shortcomings, by approaching the limits of the light microscopic techniques of their time, Eberth and Schimmel busch discovered a change in the morphology of the platelets, paralleled by a presumptive change in their functional state, which was a prerequisite for the formation of a platelet plug. Their meticulous description implicitly anticipated the modern terminology of the 'smooth disk' as the resting form of the circulating platelet and the activated 'spiny sphere' as a result of a change in shape following stimulation.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 108 pp. Englisch.