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Aufzüge und Fahrtreppen: Ein Anwenderhandbuch
By Dieter Unger. 2025
Dieses Fachbuch bietet allen, die Fahrtreppen und Aufzüge planen, bauen oder betreiben, einen umfassenden Überblick zu allen relevanten Themen, angefangen…
bei den Normen und technischen Regeln bis hin zur Technik. Es werden Planung, Betrieb, Wartung und Dokumentation beschrieben und mit zahlreichen aussagekräftigen Abbildungen ergänzt. Die vorliegende Auflage wurde in einigen Kapiteln angepasst, insbesondere die Kapitel Normen und Richtlinien wurden aktualisiert und erweitert.Das Buch dient Betreibern von Aufzügen und Fahrtreppen als Nachschlagewerk. Die vielen Beispiele, Tipps und Ratschläge aus der Praxis machen es für Ingenieure, Techniker und Architekten zu einem hilfreichen Begleiter bei der täglichen Arbeit.
Die Stadt Berlin wird seit Jahren von einer sich zuspitzenden Wohnungskrise getrieben. Nach der Wende etablierte sich eine lokale Immobilienverwertungskoalition…
zwischen der privaten Wohnungswirtschaft und der institutionellen Politik, die Privatisierungen und Aufwertungsprozesse forcierte. Gegen diese neoliberale Wohnungspolitik formierte sich frühzeitig eine kämpferische Mieter*innenbewegung. Sie fand ihren Kulminationspunkt in dem erfolgreichen Vergesellschaftungsvolksentscheid. Dieser Volksentscheid forderte die herrschenden Verhältnisse zwischen Staat und Kapital, Politik und Wirtschaft, Gemeinwohl und Privateigentum in ihren Grundfesten heraus. Diesen Konflikt, der weit über die Grenzen Berlins hinausweist, verfolgt die vorliegende Arbeit von der Gründung von „Deutsche Wohnen und Co. Enteignen&“ 2018 bis zur Wiederholungswahl 2023 nach. Es wird das Argument entfaltet, dass die Mieter*innenbewegung zwischenzeitlich die Hegemonie der privaten Wohnungswirtschaft brechen konnte. In der Folge konstituierte sich ein offener Konflikt zwischen zwei Projekten: das Projekt der Vergesellschaftung und das Projekt der Wohnungsbauoffensive, getragen von der privaten Wohnungswirtschaft und breiten Teilen der institutionellen Politik. Dieses Buch versucht eine Antwort auf die Frage zu geben, warum die Vergesellschaftung trotz des erfolgreichen Volksentscheids nicht umgesetzt und stattdessen die Hegemonie der neoliberalen Wohnungspolitik restauriert wurde.
Marketing and Smart Technologies: Proceedings of ICMarkTech 2024, Volume 1 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #438)
By José Luís Reis, Zorica Bogdanović, José Paulo Marques dos Santos, Luís Mendes Gomes. 2025
This book includes selected papers presented at the International Conference on Marketing and Technologies (ICMarkTech 2024), held at University of…
Azores, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal, between December 5 and 7, 2024. It covers up-to-date cutting-edge research on artificial intelligence applied in marketing, virtual and augmented reality in marketing, business intelligence databases and marketing, data mining and big data, marketing data science, web marketing, e-commerce and v-commerce, social media and networking, geomarketing and IoT, marketing automation and inbound marketing, machine learning applied to marketing, customer data management and CRM, and neuromarketing technologies.
Phyconanotechnology: Current Research, Challenges, and Prospects (Sustainable Landscape Planning and Natural Resources Management)
By Navneeta Bharadvaja, Lakhan Kumar, Raksha Anand, Sunil Khare. 2025
This book explores the scientific development in the field of algal-based nanomaterials synthesis, production methods, and commercial and utilization aspects…
of phyconanomaterials to address a range of problems of humanity. Nanomaterials have been recently explored for and employed in environmental remediation, biomedical applications, agriculture, food industries, energy sectors, cosmetics, biolabeling, and space due to their versatility and wide range of applicability owing to their peculiar material characteristics and other attributes. Their conventional synthesis approaches are replacing green methods as the latter is comparatively economical, energy-efficient, and eco-friendly. Biological entities and derived materials-based nanomaterials synthesis is such a green approach. Using natural systems to synthesize nanomaterials does not leave behind any toxic compounds generally produced as by-products when physical or chemical methods are employed. Phyconanotechnology, a green way of synthesizing nanomaterials, can be used to overcome this issue. In the proposed book, algal diversity-based nanomaterials synthesis and their applications will be presented to the readers.
Radiation Oncology – Principles, Precepts and Practice: Volume I – Technical Aspects
By Atul Sharma, Bidhu K. Mohanti, Biplab Sarkar, Anusheel Munshi, Tharmarnadar Ganesh, Indranil Mallick, Manur Gururajachar Janaki. 2025
This book covers various aspects of radiation oncology, its principles and practice in the management of cancer types and sites in…
the human body. The book is in two volumes: Volume One is devoted to basic and technical aspects; Volume Two provides the clinical basis of modern radiation oncology. The chapters focus on an evidence-based multidisciplinary approach to cancer management covering the indications, contouring, treatment technique, outcomes, and toxicities related to radiotherapy for various cancer sites. It includes separate chapters on radiation biology, physics, and palliative care. Additionally, the book also addresses contemporary topics including artificial intelligence in radiation oncology, the role of protons/heavy ions, and the conduct of clinical trials in radiation oncology. The book is a relevant resource for busy radiation oncology physicians, practitioners, and trainees/residents/fellows seeking to utilize evidence in the literature to guide the management of radiation therapy patients. The book can be valuable for other disciplines such as surgical oncology, medical oncology, palliative medicine in cancer management including basic scientists working in both developed and developing countries.
The Method of Socratic Proofs: From the Logic of Questions to Proof Theory (Trends in Logic #64)
By Dorota Leszczyńska-Jasion. 2025
This book contains a systematic and formal attempt to model solutions to problems such as: Is it possible to prove…
a question? Is it possible to prove something by the use of questions? Do the existing paradigms in the logic of questions allow one to combine questions and proofs? What are the results in this field? In developing answers, the book focuses on the applications of the method of Socratic proofs, and goes beyond that. It starts out with an overview of the leading paradigms, issues, problems and ready solutions in the logic of questions, and places Inferential Erotetic Logic and the method of Socratic proofs against a wider background. It then introduces these two methods in more detail and explains how they can be used for classical logic, intuitionistic propositional logic and for basic modal logics. Next, the book deals with issues specific to the field of the logic of questions, introducing the tools of Minimal Erotetic Semantics (MiES). The final chapters describe the translations between proof systems: from a Socratic transformation, derived in an erotetic calculus, into a sequent system.
Numerik in der Physik, Ingenieurwissenschaft und Informatik
By Günter Bärwolff, Prof. Dr. Tischendorf. 2025
Dieses Lehrbuch wendet sich hauptsächlich an Studierende der Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften sowie der Informatik, aber auch an in der angewandten…
Praxis tätige Fachkräfte in diesen Disziplinen. Es wird ein weites Spektrum von verschiedenen Themenfeldern behandelt, von der numerischen Lösung linearer Gleichungssysteme über Eigenwertprobleme, numerische Integration bis hin zu gewöhnlichen und partiellen Differentialgleichungen. Dabei werden jeweils die Methoden diskutiert, die den spezifischen Anforderungen typischer Aufgabenstellungen in der Praxis entsprechen. Die Autoren stellen die Themen in einer Weise dar, die sowohl den wesentlichen mathematischen Hintergrund erläutert, als auch eine unkomplizierte Umsetzung auf praktische Aufgabenstellungen bzw. die Realisierung auf dem Computer ermöglicht. Vorausgesetzt werden lediglich Grundkenntnisse in der Höheren Mathematik, wie sie im Grundstudium für die genannten Fachrichtungen vermittelt werden, wobei einige wichtige Aussagen aus Analysis und linearer Algebra wiederholt werden. Zu den behandelten Methoden werden Octave/Matlab- und Python-Programme angegeben und zum Download angeboten, so dass Lesende in die Lage versetzt werden, konkrete Aufgabenstellungen zu bearbeiten. Mehr als 60 Übungsaufgaben mit Lösungen im Internet erleichtern die Aneignung des Lernstoffes. Die vorliegende 5. Auflage ist vollständig durchgesehen und um die Themen Machine Learning und numerische Lösung der Maxwellgleichungen erweitert und enthält interaktive Flashcards (Springer-Nature-Flashcards-App) zum Selbststudium, mit denen Sie die Inhalte auf spielerische Weise einüben können.
I'll Be Home for Mischief: A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery (A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery #5)
By Jacqueline Frost. 2024
Innkeeper Holly White is decking the halls this Christmas season, but someone is on the naughty list when a body…
is discovered in the fifth installment in the Christmas Tree Farm mystery series from bestselling author Jacqueline Frost.It&’s Christmastime in Mistletoe, Maine, and the Historical Society has launched a widespread campaign to celebrate the town&’s 150th anniversary. Descendants of the founding family, the Snows, have returned for the first time, and Holly is determined to make the family&’s visit magical. In an attempt to put Mistletoe on the map, Holly&’s mother, a respected local baker, attempts to break a record by baking the world&’s largest gingerbread man, but her plans are whisked away when Mr. Snow&’s body ends up in the batter. When Mr. Moore, the local mistletoe farmer, is accused of the crime, Holly reprises her role as amateur sleuth to protect the sweet older man. Between hosting the inconsolable Mrs. Snow and other guests at the inn, receiving threatening messages telling her to stop her investigation, and preparing for her first wedding anniversary with Sheriff Evan Gray, she might need a Christmas miracle to survive.When someone breaks into Holly&’s office and scratches a warning into her desk, she knows she has little time left. Can Holly uncover the killer before someone else gets burned, or is her involvement a recipe for trouble?
Sleep Tight: A Novel
By J. H. Markert. 2024
The sole survivor of a serial killer might hold the key to stopping a new spree of murders in this…
propulsive horror thriller in the vein of The Black Phone and The Whisper Man.Dark and twisting at every turn, fans of Catriona Ward will love this chilling new tale from the deviously inventive horror author that Peter Farris calls the "clear heir to Stephen King.&”Beware the one who got away . . . Father Silence once terrorized the rural town of Twisted Tree, disguising himself as a priest to prey on the most vulnerable members of society. When the police finally found his "House of Horrors," they uncovered nineteen bodies and one survivor–a boy now locked away in a hospital for the criminally insane.Nearly two decades later, Father Silence is finally put to death, but by the next morning, the detective who made the original arrest is found dead. A new serial killer is taking credit for the murder and calling himself the Outcast.The detective&’s daughter, Tess Claibourne, is a detective herself, haunted by childhood trauma and horrified by the death of her father and the resurgence of Father Silence&’s legacy.When Tess&’s daughter is kidnapped by the Outcast, Tess is forced to face her worst fears and long-buried memories. With no leads to follow, she travels back to Twisted Tree to visit the boy who survived and see what secrets might be buried in the tangled web of his broken mind.With captivating prose and an old-school horror flair, Sleep Tight is a must-read, haunting tale from a true master of the genre.
The slay bells are ringing in this festive seventh installment of national bestselling author Vicki Delany&’s Year-Round Christmas mystery series,…
perfect for fans of Amanda Flower and Donna Andrews.Rudolph, New York, shop owner Merry Wilkinson&’s best friend Vicky Casey is newly engaged to Chef Mark Grosse and is moving into the historic Cole House–a home surrounded by drama, intrigue, and a possible haunting that is in desperate need of renovation. The wedding is just three weeks away, but all is not bliss for the newly engaged couple as estranged relatives of the late owner fight over her will. Then, late one night, Vicky and Merry come across a dead body in the garden of Cole House–and Mark is the one standing over the corpse. As Detective Diane Simmonds focuses on Mark as the prime suspect, Vicky asks for Merry&’s help to clear her fiancé&’s name in time for the wedding. As they dig deeper into the connection between the house, Cole relatives, and town residents, past and present, it becomes clear that plenty of people wanted the victim dead.With a bakery to run, the busy Easter weekend fast approaching, a house to renovate, and a fiancé to clear of a murder accusation, Vicky&’s wedding may end up on the chopping block. It&’s up to Merry to put aside the chocolate bunnies and stuffed rabbits and help her best friend save her wedding–and her life.
Inverse Problems for Mechanical Systems: Methods, Simulations and Experiments (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences #618)
By Antonino Morassi, Alexandre Kawano. 2025
This book explores the crucial role of inverse problems across various fields of applied science and technology. By examining physical…
phenomena governed by mathematical physics, it addresses the challenge of determining unknown parameters and developing non-destructive methods for systems of solid and structural mechanics. It delves into the inherent mathematical complexities of inverse problems and presents innovative strategies for overcoming these issues. Aimed at doctoral students and researchers in civil and mechanical engineering, mathematical physics, and applied mathematics, the book provides a solid theoretical foundation and equips readers with the necessary mathematical and computational tools to tackle diverse inverse problems.
Legumes Biofortification
By Osman Sönmez, Ephrem Habyarimana, Nusret Zencirci, Sajid Fiaz, Faheem Shehzad Baloch, Muhammad Azhar Nadeem, Muhammad Aasim. 2023
Sustainable food production is vital to ensure food and nutritional security to growing human population. Recently, there has been a…
shift in agricultural production system, crop production is not only considering yield as primary interest to produce higher number of calories for reducing hunger, but also more nutrient-rich food to reduce malnutrition or “hidden hunger”. Micronutrient malnutrition is a continuing and serious public health problem in many countries, various Interventions to alleviate this problem have been implemented. Biofortification, the process of breeding nutrients into food crops, provides a comparatively cost effective, sustainable, and long-term means of delivering more micronutrients. Legumes have higher protein content than most plant foods approximately twice than cereals and are rich in the key micronutrients folate, niacin, thiamine, calcium, iron and zinc. This book summarizes the biofortification of legumes. Detailed information through contributed chapters shed light on legumes research relevant to human health, with key topics that include genomic and genetic resources for food security, conventional and modern breeding approaches for improving nutrition, agronomic traits and biotechnological interventions.
Brief Existential Psychotherapy for Life Stress: A Pragmatic Approach
By Massimo Biondi. 2025
The book presents a detailed description of brief existential psychotherapy (BEP) based on an articulated model, integrating knowledge from existential…
psychotherapy, psychobiology of human stress, mind-body techniques, and principles of positive psychiatry and psychology. BEP is conducted according to a pragmatic method, centered on the view of one's existence, analysis, and response to critical life stress events, designing a route of acceptance and search for meaning in life. BEP does not substitute other psychotherapies or their indications. It is born for the short-term treatment of crises after severe life stress events, such as deaths of loved ones, losses, divorce, retirement, personal or collective emotional traumas, major violations of law, and detention in jail, with a particular emphasis on severe somatic diseases (cancer, myocardial infarction, stroke, degenerative diseases, and other subacute or chronic conditions that change life’s perspective). The volume presents a methodology of BEP based on traditional clinical psychopathology, with a first step of medical and psychopathological assessment, establishing a categorical and a dimensional diagnosis. Then, subsequent steps are provided in a brief psychotherapy course, with a more common format of 12-20 sessions, 1hr duration. The issues and aims of treatment are transversal across different psychiatric diagnoses, meaning the intervention follows similar activity lines, independently from the specific categorical diagnosis. The intervention is dedicated to people with existential suffering, without psychopathological diagnosis, too. Medical therapy and psychopharmacological treatment are given according to patient needs; there is no preclusion toward the integration between psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy, as well as other techniques with evidence of efficacy. Moreover, in some cases, appropriate psychopharmacotherapy consents to psychotherapy, impossible otherwise. This volume will be an invaluable tool for psychotherapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, and other medical professionals.
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computer Science and Education in Computer Science,…
CSECS 2024, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, during June 28–30, 2024. The 19 full papers and 4 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions.The papers cover the following topics: Computer Science Implementations; Computational Math; Computing Technologies; Implementations in Medicine; Engineering Implementations; Education in Computer Science.
De-internationalization and Re-internationalization of the Firm: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Survival
By Romeo V. Turcan, Yariv Taran, Jesper Chrautwald Sort. 2025
This book marks the first attempt to explore de-internationalization and re-internationalization through business model innovation. Understanding how firms building on…
their de-internationalization experience can reconfigure their business models to pursue re-internationalization is vital to firms’ growth and survival. Combining sound theorizing and practical insights, this book conjectures that the relationship between de-internationalization and re-internationalization is best understood, theoretically and empirically, through the moderating effect of business model innovation. This book puts forward an international business-business model research program that will undoubtedly create more questions than answers, making it an exciting, thought-provoking avenue for future research and practice pondering in a VUCA world. This book is of great interest to practitioners, academics and students of business model innovation and international business, as well as those involved in strategic management for international businesses.
The Moody Bible Atlas
By Barry Beitzel. 2009
ECPA Medallion of ExcellenceWinner—Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) Annual Map Design CompetitionThe Bible is a Story. Do you know…
its setting?Everything in the Bible has meaning, including its geography. Discover new insights about the biblical and historical sites, culture, and landscapes. God chose a certain land in a particular place. Many Bible passages involve journeys, wars, or other events in unfamiliar places in ancient times. The geographical context is important to understanding these passages.More than just maps, The Moody Bible Atlas reveals the geographical and historical context of the biblical story. Marvel at God&’s provision by journeying with Israel in the wilderness. Size up their enemies by studying portraits of the Egyptians, Canaanites, Assyrians, and others. View maps and pictures of the places Jesus walked. See Paul&’s evangelistic zeal by learning the scope of his missionary journeys. Updates reflect the latest advances in biblical scholarship, linguistics, and archeology. Award-winning maps, new research, and additional commentary make this updated work an indispensable resource for sermon preparation, lessons, and personal Bible study.Key features include:119 full-color maps of Canaan, the Mediterranean, the Near East, Sinai, Turkey, and moreOver 100 all-new color photos of various locations and artifactsComprehensive survey of every location in the Bible— from Eden to Jerusalem to RomeDistinctive theological discussion of Bible geography800+ endnotes for in-depth studyA general reading list for continued researchA Map Citation Index, General Index, and Scripture Citation Index
Serpentine: Anita Blake 26 (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, Novels #26)
By Laurell K. Hamilton. 2018
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, returns to face an ancient, Medusa-like curse in her twenty-sixth adventure. Fans of Charlaine Harris and…
Anne Rice will delight in this series by Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton. 'I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination' Diana Gabaldon My name is Anita Blake, U.S. marshal and vampire hunter. But this time, there's a monster that even I don't know how to fight . . . A remote Florida island is the perfect destination for my best friend Edward's wedding, and a much-needed getaway for me and wereleopards Micah and Nathaniel. But it's not all fun, games and bachelor parties. Micah has unearthed a horrific new form of lycanthropy down here - a Medusa-like curse that turns its victims into a mass of snakes. The last thing I need is more drama, but when women start disappearing in this tropical paradise, my own friends and lovers become the prime suspects. I can't fight this one alone and am ready to accept help from even the deadliest of places - help I know I will regret. If I survive at all. Readers love the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, series: 'Anita Blake novels are my addiction''Fantastic! Unexpected! Intriguing! Full of love, relationships, action and adventure''Vampires, zombies and guns, oh my!''I couldn't love Anita and her adventures with the supernatural community any more'
The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique
By William Esper, Damon Dimarco. 2008
William Esper, one of the leading acting teachers of our time, explains and extends Sanford Meisner's legendary technique, offering a…
clear, concrete, step-by-step approach to becoming a truly creative actor.Esper worked closely with Meisner for seventeen years and has spent decades developing his famous program for actor's training. The result is a rigorous system of exercises that builds a solid foundation of acting skills from the ground up, and that is flexible enough to be applied to any challenge an actor faces, from soap operas to Shakespeare. Co-writer Damon DiMarco, a former student of Esper's, spent over a year observing his mentor teaching first-year acting students. In this book he recreates that experience for us, allowing us to see how the progression of exercises works in practice. The Actor's Art and Craft vividly demonstrates that good training does not constrain actors' instincts—it frees them to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives.
Standing Qigong for Health and Martial Arts - Zhan Zhuang
By Noel Plaugher. 2015
Standing qigong is a simple, effective form of exercise suitable for all ages that can increase health, balance and vitality.…
This complete and accessible guide introduces standing qigong for health and martial arts. Beginning with an introduction describing his own discovery of the practice and an exploration of the health benefits, the author provides detailed instruction on the basic health postures and the process for diaphragmatic breathing. The second part of the book focuses on the martial postures and provides guidance on the subtle variations of the movements that help to cultivate and strengthen healing and internal power. Practice sequences are also included to help readers get started immediately, including, in the third part of the book, the Xing Yi Five Element linking form. Easy-to-follow, and covering all the basics, this guide to standing qigong is perfect for anyone who is looking for ways to improve their health, or with an interest in the internal or martial arts, especially practitioners of Taiji, Qigong, XinYi, Bagua,YiQuan and yoga.
Your Next Five Moves: Master the Art of Business Strategy
By Patrick Bet-David. 2020
From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and &“one of the most exciting thinkers&” (Ray Dalio,…
author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals.Both successful entrepreneurs and chess grandmasters have the vision to look at the pieces in front of them and anticipate their next five moves. In this book, Patrick Bet-David &“helps entrepreneurs understand exactly what they need to do next&” (Brian Tracy, author of Eat That Frog!) by translating this skill into a valuable methodology. Whether you feel like you&’ve hit a wall, lost your fire, or are looking for innovative strategies to take your business to the next level, Your Next Five Moves has the answers. You will gain: CLARITY on what you want and who you want to be. STRATEGY to help you reason in the war room and the board room. GROWTH TACTICS for good times and bad. SKILLS for building the right team based on strong values. INSIGHT on power plays and the art of applying leverage. Combining these principles and revelations drawn from Patrick&’s own rise to successful CEO, Your Next Five Moves is a must-read for any serious executive, strategist, or entrepreneur.