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Was Amalie Dietrich, eine naturwissenschaftliche Sammlerin des 19. Jahrhunderts, für eine multidisziplinäre Auseinandersetzung heute so interessant macht, ist die besondere…
Quellenlage: Neben den von ihr präparierten Museumsstücken liegt eine Vielzahl an Publikationen über sie vor, in denen sie und ihr Werk höchst unterschiedlich thematisiert werden: u.a. als frühe Naturforscherin, alleinerziehende Mutter, feministische Pionierin oder auch als koloniale Grabschänderin. Die Beiträge des Sammelbands loten jeweils einen Aspekt dieses Facettenreichtums aus, um dem widersprüchlichen Bild auf die Spur zu kommen.Die HerausgebendenProf. Dr. Nicole Hoffmann ist Pädagogin und arbeitet in den Bereichen Weiterbildung und Genderforschung an der Universität in Koblenz.Prof. Dr. Wiebke Waburg lehrt Pädagogik mit dem Schwerpunkt Migration und Heterogenität an der Universität in Koblenz.Chinese Maritime Cases: Selection for Year of 2014 (Chinese Maritime Cases Series)
By Martin Davies, Jiang Lin. 2021
This book selects leading, innovative and influential Chinese maritime judgments and presents full translation of them, with brief summary, to…
the readers so that they can have insights of how the Chinese maritime judges interpret, apply and develop Chinese maritime law in practice. China trades with other states in trillions of USD every year, and about 95% of the cargoes are carried by ocean-going ships calling at hundreds of Chinese ports each single day. Due to the enormous and steadily growing trade volume and shipping activities, foreign ships, companies and persons are often caught by the Chinese maritime law and court. The parties involved and their lawyers are more than ever enthusiastic to study Chinese maritime cases in order to deal with their own cases properly or, if possible, predict the potential problems and avoid the disputes outright. The book is appealing to and benefits worldwide law students, academics, practitioners and industrial people in the shipping, trade, insurance and financial fields. The book remedies to certain extent the situation that there is lack of authoritative sources available to foreign personnel to look into how Chinese justice system functions.Quantitative Decisions in Drug Development (Springer Series in Pharmaceutical Statistics)
By Christy Chuang-Stein, Simon Kirby. 2021
This book focuses on important decision points and evidence needed for making decisions at these points during the development of…
a new drug. It takes a holistic approach towards drug development by incorporating explicitly knowledge learned from the earlier part of the development and available historical information into decisions at later stages. In addition, the book shares lessons learned from several select examples published in the literature since the publication of the first edition. The second edition reiterates the need for making evidence-based Go/No Go decisions in drug development discussed in the first edition. It substantially expands several topics that have seen great advances since the publication of the first edition. The most noticeable additions include three adaptive trials conducted in recent years that offer excellent learning opportunities, the use of historical data in the design and analysis of clinical trials, and extending decision criteria to the cases when the primary endpoint is binary. The examples used to illustrate the additional materials all come from real trials with some post-trial reflections offered by the authors. The book begins with an overview of product development and regulatory approval pathways. It then discusses how to incorporate prior knowledge into study design and decision making at different stages of drug development. Prior knowledge includes information pertaining to historical controls. To assist decision making, the book discusses appropriate metrics and the formulation of go/no-go decisions for progressing a drug candidate to the next development stage. Using the concept of the positive predictive value in the field of diagnostics, the book leads readers to the assessment of the probability that an investigational product is effective given positive study outcomes. Lastly, the book points out common mistakes made by drug developers under the current drug-development paradigm. The book offers useful insights to statisticians, clinicians, regulatory affairs managers and decision-makers in the pharmaceutical industry who have a basic understanding of the drug-development process and the clinical trials conducted to support drug-marketing authorization. The authors provide software codes for select analytical approaches discussed in the book. The book includes enough technical details to allow statisticians to replicate the quantitative illustrations so that they can generate information to facilitate decision-making themselves.In diesem Buch werden 39 Philosophinnen der griechischen Antike in ihrem Denken vorgestellt, ihre Werke analysiert sowie interpretiert und ihnen…
ein Platz in der abendländischen Philosophiegeschichte zugewiesen. Als Anliegen formuliert die Autorin: Die Rehabilitierung der in Vergessenheit geratenen Arbeiten von Philosophinnen und die Ergänzung der abendländischen Philosophie um die nicht berücksichtigten philosophischen Beiträge eben dieser Frauen geht es. Eine kritische Analyse im kultur- und philosophiehistorischen sowie im lebensweltlichen Kontext der Frauen bildet die Grundlage. Durch eine dezidierte Verortung in historische Zeiten, Orte und kulturelle Räume kann sich uns die Lehre der Philosophinnen differenzierter erschließen. Das Klischee der ungebildeten und von der Außenwelt abgeschlossenen Lebenswelt der Griechinnen jener Zeit wird als Mythos entlarvt, denn es traf nur zum Teil auf die Athenerin der klassischen Zeit zu, nicht aber für die Frauen anderer Kulturkreise, aus denen 38 der hier vorgestellten Philosophinnen stammen. In der Spurensuche geht die Autorin akribisch und systematisch den Quellen nach und diskutiert kritisch das Material, das von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart reicht. Sie durchforstet Enzyklopädien, historische Texte, Fragmente und Briefe, analysiert die ältesten Quellen bis hin zur Rezeptionsgeschichte.Das Werk eignet sich sowohl für das philosophische Fachstudium als auch für den Unterricht in Schulen, dürfte darüber hinaus für einen relativ großen Kreis von Lesenden der Philosophie von Interesse sein.Statistics with Julia: Fundamentals for Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (Springer Series in the Data Sciences)
By Yoni Nazarathy, Hayden Klok. 2021
This monograph uses the Julia language to guide the reader through an exploration of the fundamental concepts of probability and…
statistics, all with a view of mastering machine learning, data science, and artificial intelligence. The text does not require any prior statistical knowledge and only assumes a basic understanding of programming and mathematical notation. It is accessible to practitioners and researchers in data science, machine learning, bio-statistics, finance, or engineering who may wish to solidify their knowledge of probability and statistics. The book progresses through ten independent chapters starting with an introduction of Julia, and moving through basic probability, distributions, statistical inference, regression analysis, machine learning methods, and the use of Monte Carlo simulation for dynamic stochastic models. Ultimately this text introduces the Julia programming language as a computational tool, uniquely addressing end-users rather than developers. It makes heavy use of over 200 code examples to illustrate dozens of key statistical concepts. The Julia code, written in a simple format with parameters that can be easily modified, is also available for download from the book’s associated GitHub repository online.See what co-creators of the Julia language are saying about the book:Professor Alan Edelman, MIT: With “Statistics with Julia”, Yoni and Hayden have written an easy to read, well organized, modern introduction to statistics. The code may be looked at, and understood on the static pages of a book, or even better, when running live on a computer. Everything you need is here in one nicely written self-contained reference. Dr. Viral Shah, CEO of Julia Computing: Yoni and Hayden provide a modern way to learn statistics with the Julia programming language. This book has been perfected through iteration over several semesters in the classroom. It prepares the reader with two complementary skills - statistical reasoning with hands on experience and working with large datasets through training in Julia.This book presents and analyzes how restructuring processes due to technological change are reflected and processed in political and public…
discourses in the United States in the most recent past. More specifically, this work examines how the themes of automation, digitization, and the platform economy and their impact on the future of work are reflected in public discourse through the analysis of journalistic articles, and political discourse through the analysis of congressional hearings. Public and political discourses, as well as economic narratives, shape our understanding of certain developments such as technological change, our behavior more generally, and societal support of said developments. Therefore, it is vital to investigate and analyze these discourses in order to show how technological change is perceived and evaluated today. This work draws from concepts and methods of several different disciplines, most notably using a combination of corpus-linguistic methods and exemplary textual analysis. This way, this work stands as truly interdisciplinary, with a unique approach to the quantitative and qualitative examination of discourses.In dem Band erläutert der Autor die typischen Anzeichen des Morbus Menière, er legt dar, was man über die Krankheit…
wissen sollte und welche Behandlungskonzepte es gibt. Alle Aspekte der Erkrankung – Grundlagen, Auswirkungen und Therapiemöglichkeiten – sind leicht verständlich zusammengefasst, so dass Betroffene und behandelnder Arzt gleichermaßen davon profitieren. Die neu bearbeitete 7. Auflage informiert über aktuelle medizinische Möglichkeiten und Grenzen und weist auf verfeinerte psychosomatische Vorgehensweisen im Umgang mit der Krankheit hin.Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Practical Guide
By Hosam E. Matar, Benjamin V. Bloch, Hugh U. Cameron, Peter J. James. 2021
This book is a practically applicable guide to the use of revision total knee arthroplasty. Demand for primary total knee…
arthroplasty (TKA) continues to rise, with some estimates predicting this to be as high as 400% than it currently is, and this will inevitably lead to increased demand for revision surgery. Furthermore, this is a sub-specialist area of arthroplasty that is complex and challenging with high failure rates, meaning that there is a real need to improve the outcomes of these procedures. Within this book, the chapters focus on a particular subject area focusing on how to successfully perform a procedure in a step-by-step manner in a variety of scenarios from condylar revisions to salvage cases. Topics covered include how to use surgical techniques in instances of periprosthetic distal femur fractures and manage infections where bone loss has been significant. Long-term outcome data is also presented to enable the reader to develop a deep understanding of where a particular strategy might be most effective. Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Practical Guide concisely details how to use the techniques covered in all aspects of revision knee surgery, making it an indispensable resource for all those involved in the care of these patients or who use these techniques in their day-to-day clinical practice.The Annual Update compiles reviews of the most recent developments in experimental and clinical intensive care and emergency medicine research…
and practice in one comprehensive book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in these fields. The book is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.Die VUCA-Welt präsentiert sich als komplex, mehrdeutig, unsicher und volatil. In diesem Umfeld der Arbeit 4.0 sind Kenntnisse der eigenen…
Stärken und Schwächen gefragt – ebenso Kompetenzen zur Stressbewältigung. Dieser Essential gibt wesentliche Einblicke in die Relevanz und Grundlagen des multimodalen Stressmanagements in dynamischen Zeiten, in denen es auch gilt, für Zusatzbelastungen beispielsweise im Rahmen einer Pandemie gerüstet zu sein. Es werden Handlungsempfehlungen im Überblick abgebildet – mit dem Ziel, Impulse und Anregungen für die Praxis zu bieten und zur Selbstreflexion anzuleiten.The Founder’s Investor Choice: Entrepreneurial Decision-Making in Light of the IVC-CVC-Tradeoff (Entrepreneurship)
By Alexander G. Schröder. 2021
A founder’s decision for an investor can substantially influence the new venture’s success. Two common types of venture capital (VC)…
are independent venture capital (IVC) and corporate venture capital (CVC). Previous research focused on the investor’s perspective and studied the distinct differences between IVC and CVC, their value-adding capabilities, and risks. In contrast, as founders’ investor options have been rising, this research focuses on the founders and studies, which of the two types they prefer and why. The author outlines which investor characteristics founders favor and quantifies the value of these VC characteristics in terms of accepted equity dilution. The results show that founder preferences for the two VC types are highly heterogeneous. The author provides recommendations for founders on how to find the right investor and outlines how investors can position themselves to attract the most promising ventures and founding teams.Corporate Social Responsibility and Gender Equality in Japan: Historical and Current Perspectives (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
By Gabriel Eweje, Shima Nagano. 2021
This book examines key issues in gender equality and corporate social responsibility in Japan. Legal compliance, the business case and…
social regulation are examined as driving factors for enhancing gender equality in corporations. In turn, case studies from various contexts, such as the hotel industry, retail and financial services companies add practical insights to the theoretical debate. The role of governments, NGOs and supranational organizations is examined as well. Given its scope, the book will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, scholars, policymakers and practitioners interested in advancing the gender, CSR and sustainability debates.LYMPH & LONGEVITY: The Untapped Secret to Health
By Dr Gerald M Lemole. 2021
The lymphatic system has been one of the most misunderstood systems in our bodies. Until now.Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Gerald M.…
Lemole explains why a healthy lymphatic flow aids our bodies in reducing toxins that contribute to disease and injury. In ten short chapters, Dr. Lemole demystifies the lymphatic system, describes how powerful it is and shows how to maintain a healthy lymph system to combat specific diseases and health problems - from heart disease to cognitive function to weight management.Featuring sidebars with charts and graphs that illustrate basic principles, Lymph & Longevity also includes menus, recipes and information on supplements, as well as basic yoga and meditation guides.Illuminating, informative, and practical this essential guide is timelier now than ever as we continue to work to protect ourselves and our communities against COVID-19 and other viruses.Payback's a Witch
By Lana Harper. 2021
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina meets The L Word in this fresh, sizzling rom-com by Lana Harper.Emmy Harlow is a witch…
but not a very powerful one - in part because she hasn't been home to the magical town of Thistle Grove in years. Her self-imposed exile has a lot to do with a complicated family history and a desire to forge her own way in the world, and only the very tiniest bit to do with Gareth Blackmoore, heir to the most powerful magical family in town and casual breaker of hearts and destroyer of dreams. But when a spellcasting tournament that her family serves as arbiters for approaches, it turns out the pull of tradition (or the truly impressive parental guilt trip that comes with it) is strong enough to bring Emmy back. She's determined to do her familial duty; spend some quality time with her best friend, Linden Thorn; and get back to her real life in Chicago.On her first night home, Emmy runs into Talia Avramov - an all-around badass adept in the darker magical arts - who is fresh off a bad breakup . . . with Gareth Blackmoore. Talia had let herself be charmed, only to discover that Gareth was also seeing Linden - unbeknownst to either of them. And now she and Linden want revenge. Only one question stands: Is Emmy in?But most concerning of all: Why can't she stop thinking about the terrifyingly competent, devastatingly gorgeous, wickedly charming Talia Avramov?Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller
By Nadia Wassef. 2021
The streets of Cairo make strange music. The echoing calls to prayer; the raging insults hurled between drivers; the steady…
crescendo of horns honking; the shouts of street vendors; the television sets and radios blaring from every sidewalk. Nadia Wassef knows this song by heart.In 2002, with her sister, Hind, and their friend, Nihal, she founded Diwan, a fiercely independent bookstore. They were three young women with no business degrees, no formal training, and nothing to lose. At the time, nothing like Diwan existed in Egypt. Culture was languishing under government mismanagement, and books were considered a luxury, not a necessity. Ten years later, Diwan had become a rousing success, with ten locations, 150 employees, and a fervent fan base.Frank, fresh, and very funny, Nadia Wassef's memoir tells the story of this journey. Its eclectic cast of characters features Diwan's impassioned regulars, like the demanding Dr. Medhat; Samir, the driver with CEO aspirations; meditative and mythical Nihal; silent but deadly Hind; dictatorial and exacting Nadia, a self-proclaimed bitch to work with - and the many people, mostly men, who said Diwan would never work.Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller is a portrait of a country hurtling toward revolution, a feminist rallying cry, and an unapologetic crash course in running a business under the law of entropy. Above all, it is a celebration of the power of words to bring us home.I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
By Claire Vaye Watkins. 2022
A darkly funny, soul-rending novel of love in an epoch of collapse-one woman's furious revisiting of family, marriage, work, sex,…
and motherhood.Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things. a) As much as I ever did. b) Not quite as much now. c) Not so much now. d) Not at all. Leaving behind her husband and their baby daughter, a writer gets on a flight for a speaking engagement in Reno, not carrying much besides a breast pump and a spiraling case of postpartum depression. Her temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends mutates into an extended romp away from the confines of marriage and motherhood, and a seemingly bottomless descent into the past. Deep in the Mojave Desert where she grew up, she meets her ghosts at every turn: the first love whose self-destruction still haunts her; her father, a member of the most famous cult in American history; her mother, whose native spark gutters with every passing year. She can't go back in time to make any of it right, but what exactly is her way forward? Alone in the wilderness, at last she begins to make herself at home in the world.Bold, tender, and often hilarious, I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness reaffirms Watkins as one of the single writers of our time.Nachhaltige Entwicklung in einer Gesellschaft des Umbruchs
By Birgit Blättel-Mink, Thomas Hickler, Sybille Küster, Henrike Becker. 2021
Dieses Open Access Buch befasst sich mit Nachhaltiger Entwicklung unter Bedingungen eines rasanten globalen Wandels. Noch nie waren Menschen global…
so vernetzt und Informationen wurden so schnell um den Globus ausgetauscht wie heute, und trotzdem bestehen massive Ungleichheiten bei der gerechten Verteilung von Ressourcen, dem Schutz von Menschenrechten, dem Schutz der Natur und den gewährten Hilfestellungen bei der Anpassung an den Klimawandel. Wir greifen so stark in das Erdsystem ein, dass man zunehmend von einem durch den Menschen geprägten Erdzeitalter spricht, dem „Anthropozän“. Um die für eine Begrenzung des Klimawandels und den Erhalt unserer natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen unabdingbaren gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Transformationen durchzusetzen, müssen wir es wagen, eine andere Welt zu denken und die Schranken in unseren Köpfen hinterfragen. Eine interdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung kann hierzu wichtige Beiträge liefern.The North East of England on Film and Television
By James Leggott. 2021
This book analyses the representation of North-East England in film and television. It is a response to the way a…
number of important British films and programmes—for example, Get Carter (1971), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (1973-74), Our Friends in the North (1996) and Billy Elliot (2000)—have used this particular setting to explore questions of class, identity and history. It argues for the significance and coherence of a North-East corpus of film and television through a series of case studies relating to specific eras or types of representation. These include regional writers working for television in the 1970s, the achievements of the workshop movement in the 1980s and works produced within the genres of documentary, crime drama, comedy, period drama and reality television. The book discusses how the communities and landscapes of the region have been used to explore processes of cultural change, and legacies of de-industrialisation.Dieses essential gibt einen aktuellen Einblick in klassische und digitale Außenwerbung mit den wichtigsten Charakteristika, Kanälen, Einsatzfeldern und Wirkweisen. Der Out-of-Home-Kommunikation kommt…
im Kampf um die Aufmerksamkeit von Käufern und Nutzern wachsende Bedeutung zu. Selbst drehende Litfaßsäulen am Straßenrand, interaktive City-Light-Poster an Haltestellen von Bussen und Bahnen, großflächige Blow Ups an Hochhäusern oder digitale Infoscreens mit Bewegtbildern an Flughäfen sorgen für eine aufmerksamkeitsstarke Präsenz von Marken und Unternehmen im öffentlichen Raum. Der Autor bietet einen grundlegenden Überblick über Elemente, Formate und Einsatzfelder von Außenwerbung am Rande von Verkehrsnetzen, zentral im Umfeld von Verkehrskontenpunkten wie Bahnhöfen oder Parkhäusern oder auf Verkehrsträgern wie S-Bahnen, Taxen oder LKWs. Konkrete Beispiele erläutern die Chancen von Out-of-Home im dialogorientierten Marketing mit mobil und digital vernetzten Zielgruppen im öffentlichen Raum.This state-of-the-art handbook, the first in a series that provides medical physicists with a comprehensive overview into the field of…
nuclear medicine, is dedicated to instrumentation and imaging procedures in nuclear medicine. It provides a thorough treatment on the cutting-edge technologies being used within the field, in addition to touching upon the history of their use, their development, and looking ahead to future prospects. This text will be an invaluable resource for libraries, institutions, and clinical and academic medical physicists searching for a complete account of what defines nuclear medicine. The most comprehensive reference available providing a state-of-the-art overview of the field of nuclear medicine Edited by a leader in the field, with contributions from a team of experienced medical physicists Includes the latest practical research in the field, in addition to explaining fundamental theory and the field's history