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Trenton and Princeton 1776–77: Washington crosses the Delaware (Campaign)

Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. Crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men, before outflanking Cornwallis' 8,000-strong force and marching on Princeton. His military reputation established, Washington's victory restored American morale and turned the tide of the war.

Strategic Communications for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Working with the Media (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series #8)

This is a new edition of Strategic Communications for Nonprofits, which was first published in 1999. It is an up-dated, nuts-and-bolts guide to helping nonprofits design and implement successful communications strategies. The book offers a unique combination of step-by-step guidance on effective media relations and assistance in constructing and developing an overall communications strategy aimed at creating social or policy change. It first explains the basic principles of a strategic communications strategy that will define the target audiences you need to reach and tells how to develop the messages and messengers you use to reach them. The book then goes on to address specific issues like earning good media coverage, building partnerships to increase available resources, handling a crisis, and more. This second edition builds on the earlier work and includes new case studies, new trends in media and branding, ethnic media issues, and trends in technology.

Strategic Communications for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Working with the Media (The Jossey-Bass Nonprofit Guidebook Series #3)

This is a new edition of Strategic Communications for Nonprofits, which was first published in 1999. It is an up-dated, nuts-and-bolts guide to helping nonprofits design and implement successful communications strategies. The book offers a unique combination of step-by-step guidance on effective media relations and assistance in constructing and developing an overall communications strategy aimed at creating social or policy change. It first explains the basic principles of a strategic communications strategy that will define the target audiences you need to reach and tells how to develop the messages and messengers you use to reach them. The book then goes on to address specific issues like earning good media coverage, building partnerships to increase available resources, handling a crisis, and more. This second edition builds on the earlier work and includes new case studies, new trends in media and branding, ethnic media issues, and trends in technology.

Lufsky Bauwerksabdichtung

Unter Mitwirkung kompetenter Vertreter ihres Faches aus Hochschule und Baupraxis wurde das renommierte Fachbuch von Lufsky über Bauwerksabdichtungen vollständig überarbeitet und ergänzt, ohne dabei den Praxisbezug - der einen hauptsächlichen Wert der bisherigen Veröffentlichung ausmachte - aufzugeben. Das Buch gibt einen kompakten Einblick in den Bereich der Bauwerksabdichtung. Neben der schwarzen Wanne werden thematisch auch die weiße und die braune Wanne mit Werkstoffen, Prinzipien und Ausführungsbeispielen erklärt. Auch wird die Sanierung von Abdichtungen sowie die Wirtschaftlichkeit der verschiedenen Abdichtungen beschrieben.

Medical Writing in Drug Development: A Practical Guide for Pharmaceutical Research

A guide through the maze of the pharmaceutical research and development process, Medical Writing in Drug Development fills a gap in the libraries of technical writers, college instructors, and corporate professionals associated with the pharmaceutical process. As it discusses critical information, such as strategies and techniques pivotal to crafting documents for drug development, it also overviews drug research, document types, the roles of professional writers, and information technology. In no time at all, you will be creating persuasive technical documents, building complex facts into coherent messages, and contributing to the effective marketing of new products with promotional pieces that meet legal and ethical standards.Medical Writing in Drug Development helps medical writers and scientific, regulatory, and marketing professionals develop a working knowledge of the technical documents crucial to successful drug research. New and seasoned professional writers alike will benefit from the book's detailed discussions of:using abstracts, slides, and posters to present up-to-the-minute researchhow patient-education materials, health-economic assessments, and electronic journals provide ongoing challenges in medical writinga dossier approach that expedites regulatory submissions for international drug developmentstructural constraints and rhetorical approaches toward regulatory documentspresenting intricate information in scientifically unbiased, yet technically convincing languagethe effects of electronic publishing, computer graphics, and related technology on the practice of medical writing within pharmaceutical researchPractical as a foundation text for undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in pharmaceutical or medical technical writing, Medical Writing in Drug Development will help you develop practical strategies for handling journal manuscripts, conference materials, and promotional pieces. No other text will clarify the main aspects of the pharmaceutical research and development process while offering you insight on the key issues dominating the healthcare arena.

Medical Writing in Drug Development: A Practical Guide for Pharmaceutical Research

A guide through the maze of the pharmaceutical research and development process, Medical Writing in Drug Development fills a gap in the libraries of technical writers, college instructors, and corporate professionals associated with the pharmaceutical process. As it discusses critical information, such as strategies and techniques pivotal to crafting documents for drug development, it also overviews drug research, document types, the roles of professional writers, and information technology. In no time at all, you will be creating persuasive technical documents, building complex facts into coherent messages, and contributing to the effective marketing of new products with promotional pieces that meet legal and ethical standards.Medical Writing in Drug Development helps medical writers and scientific, regulatory, and marketing professionals develop a working knowledge of the technical documents crucial to successful drug research. New and seasoned professional writers alike will benefit from the book's detailed discussions of:using abstracts, slides, and posters to present up-to-the-minute researchhow patient-education materials, health-economic assessments, and electronic journals provide ongoing challenges in medical writinga dossier approach that expedites regulatory submissions for international drug developmentstructural constraints and rhetorical approaches toward regulatory documentspresenting intricate information in scientifically unbiased, yet technically convincing languagethe effects of electronic publishing, computer graphics, and related technology on the practice of medical writing within pharmaceutical researchPractical as a foundation text for undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs in pharmaceutical or medical technical writing, Medical Writing in Drug Development will help you develop practical strategies for handling journal manuscripts, conference materials, and promotional pieces. No other text will clarify the main aspects of the pharmaceutical research and development process while offering you insight on the key issues dominating the healthcare arena.

Underdetermination: An Essay on Evidence and the Limits of Natural Knowledge (Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science #261)

This timely book offers a wide-ranging study of the thesis that scientific theories are systematically "underdetermined" by the data they account for. After analyzing the epistemological and ontological aspects of the topic in detail, and reviewing pertinent logical facts and selected scientific cases, the author carefully examines the merits of arguments for and against the thesis. Along the way, he investigates methodological proposals and recent theories of confirmation.

The Sinus Node: Structure, Function, and Clinical Relevance

For the clinician the sinus node is more or less a hidden structure and only by indirect assessment he is able to say something about the function of this center of pacemaker activity. The morphologist, however, is able to describe the structural microscopic and even electronmicroscopic features of this structure. The only disadvantage is that, as soon as he is coming into the picture, the tissue is dead. The physiologist tries to investigate the electrophysiological behavior of the sinus node. Since there is not a human being willing to give his sinus node for research, he has to do his investigation on isolated preparations of animals. Though there are a lot of experts in the field of the sinus node they nearly never speak the same 'language'. Therefore, it was my dream to bring all those people - or at least some of them -together on a workshop. I had the feeling that it was important to organize such a meeting without an audience but only with 'experts'.

Personalmanagement und Kreativität von Unternehmen: Der Einfluss von personalpolitischen Maßnahmen auf die Innovationsfähigkeit (Gabler Edition Wissenschaft)

Georg Bonn verkürzt die Kausalkette zwischen der Personalpolitik und dem Erfolg eines Unternehmens, indem er das Augenmerk auf das kreative Klima richtet. Es zeigt sich, dass vor allem die sogenannten "weichen Faktoren", d.h. Sozialkompetenz und Projektmanagementfähigkeiten, einen signifikanten Einfluss auf das kreative Klima haben und durch personalpolitische Maßnahmen gefördert werden können.

Zeitschrift für Krebsforschung und klinische Onkologie / Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology: Offizielles Organ der Deutschen Krebsgesellschaft

Jahrbuch zur Mittelstandsforschung 2008 (Schriften zur Mittelstandsforschung)

Die Beiträge behandeln folgende Themen: Corporate Social Responsibility als Erfolgsfaktor einer stakeholderbezogenen Führungsstrategie? Können potenzielle Neugründer die so genannte Nachfolgerlücke bei Unternehmensübernahmen schließen? Barriers of SME Access to Promotion of Foreign Trade and Investment; Die Eigenverwaltung als Instrument zur Unternehmensfortführung im Insolvenzverfahren

Bankenkrisen und Bankenregulierung (Schriftenreihe des Instituts für Kredit- und Finanzwirtschaft #24)

Bankenkrisen sind zu einem globalen Phänomen avanciert. Dies hat international zu wachsender Besorgnis im Hinblick auf die Wahrung stabiler Finanzmärkte und zu drängenden Fragen in bezug auf die Weiterentwicklung und Stärkung der Finanzmarkt- bzw. der Bankenregulierung geführt. Joachim Bonn wertet 21 Bankenkrisen aus und erarbeitet eine länderübergreifende Systematisierung typischer Ursachen, Auslöser, Symptome, Wirkungen und Bewältigungen derartiger Krisenfälle. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit finden dabei die jüngeren Schieflagen in den USA und in Japan. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse dienen als Anregungen für die Reformierung und Weiterentwicklung von Bankenaufsichtssystemen. Verzeichnis: Bankenkrisen sind zu einem globalen Phänomen avanciert. J. Bonn wertet 21 Bankenkrisen aus und erarbeitet eine länderübergreifende Systematisierung typischer Ursachen, Auslöser, Symptome, Wirkungen und Bewältigungen derartiger Krisenfälle. Die gewonnenen Erkenntnisse dienen als Anregungen für die Reformierung und Weiterentwicklung von Bankenaufsichtssystemen.

The Crumbling of Empire: The Disintegration of World Economy (Routledge Library Editions: Modern World Economy)

This book concerns the end of the age of colonization and the inherent changes in the world economy. It discusses the author’s perception of the disintegration of free trade and ideas on the solution of federation. Starting with an introduction to economic thought and history the author then presents the state of the world at the time of writing in terms of colonies and dependencies and looks at economic nationalism and economic separatism. This discursive text is an important account of the global economic issues of the early twentieth century by one of the most well-known economists of the age who became a foremost expert in international financial affairs.

The Crumbling of Empire: The Disintegration of World Economy (Routledge Library Editions: Modern World Economy)

This book concerns the end of the age of colonization and the inherent changes in the world economy. It discusses the author’s perception of the disintegration of free trade and ideas on the solution of federation. Starting with an introduction to economic thought and history the author then presents the state of the world at the time of writing in terms of colonies and dependencies and looks at economic nationalism and economic separatism. This discursive text is an important account of the global economic issues of the early twentieth century by one of the most well-known economists of the age who became a foremost expert in international financial affairs.

Der Friedensvertrag und Deutschlands Stellung in der Weltwirtschaft

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind. Der Verlag stellt mit diesem Archiv Quellen für die historische wie auch die disziplingeschichtliche Forschung zur Verfügung, die jeweils im historischen Kontext betrachtet werden müssen. Dieser Titel erschien in der Zeit vor 1945 und wird daher in seiner zeittypischen politisch-ideologischen Ausrichtung vom Verlag nicht beworben.

Kazhdan-Lusztig Cells with Unequal Parameters (Algebra and Applications #24)

This monograph provides a comprehensive introduction to the Kazhdan-Lusztig theory of cells in the broader context of the unequal parameter case. Serving as a useful reference, the present volume offers a synthesis of significant advances made since Lusztig’s seminal work on the subject was published in 2002. The focus lies on the combinatorics of the partition into cells for general Coxeter groups, with special attention given to induction methods, cellular maps and the role of Lusztig's conjectures. Using only algebraic and combinatorial methods, the author carefully develops proofs, discusses open conjectures, and presents recent research, including a chapter on the action of the cactus group. Kazhdan-Lusztig Cells with Unequal Parameters will appeal to graduate students and researchers interested in related subject areas, such as Lie theory, representation theory, and combinatorics of Coxeter groups. Useful examples and various exercises make this book suitable for self-study and use alongside lecture courses.Information for readers: The character {\mathbb{Z}} has been corrupted in the print edition of this book and appears incorrectly with a diagonal line running through the symbol.

Representations of SL2 (Algebra and Applications #13)

Deligne-Lusztig theory aims to study representations of finite reductive groups by means of geometric methods, and particularly l-adic cohomology. Many excellent texts present, with different goals and perspectives, this theory in the general setting. This book focuses on the smallest non-trivial example, namely the group SL2(Fq), which not only provides the simplicity required for a complete description of the theory, but also the richness needed for illustrating the most delicate aspects.The development of Deligne-Lusztig theory was inspired by Drinfeld's example in 1974, and Representations of SL2(Fq) is based upon this example, and extends it to modular representation theory. To this end, the author makes use of fundamental results of l-adic cohomology. In order to efficiently use this machinery, a precise study of the geometric properties of the action of SL2(Fq) on the Drinfeld curve is conducted, with particular attention to the construction of quotients by various finite groups.At the end of the text, a succinct overview (without proof) of Deligne-Lusztig theory is given, as well as links to examples demonstrated in the text. With the provision of both a gentle introduction and several recent materials (for instance, Rouquier's theorem on derived equivalences of geometric nature), this book will be of use to graduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers and lecturers with an interest in Deligne-Lusztig theory.

Stakeholder Theory: A European Perspective

New standards of corporate behaviour have been established in developed countries, obliging them to record information about the 'triple bottom line' in their annual reports. Corporations, especially multinational companies, have had to develop new strategic orientations. Research on social, environmental and overall ethical behaviour of companies has been developed. The concept of stakeholder has simultaneously gained a kind of 'metaphoric evidence'. The book comments on the American theoretical foundations of the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility, and more specifically, the concept of the stakeholder, and it defines a European perspective.

Stakeholder Theory: A Model for Strategic Management (SpringerBriefs in Ethics)

This book provides an academic introduction to, and presentation and defence of stakeholder theory as a model for the strategic management of businesses and corporations, as well as of public organizations and institutions. The concept of the stakeholder is generally applied to parties that affect or are affected by the activities of private or public organizations. Distinct from shareholders, stakeholders are those individuals, entities or communities that have a connection with the activities of a corporation, a firm or an organization. The notion of the stakeholder is intimately linked to a conception of the business firm as an entity founded on negotiated governance, in which the maximization of value for the shareholder is not the ultimate criterion. In this model, issues and interests that are not directly associated with shareholders and investors, but which go beyond capital to encompass the concerns of civil society, are considered to be of central importance. This book provides a broad overview of stakeholder theory, presenting it as an ethical approach to strategic management that is both pragmatic and applicable to developing democratic practices within corporations, while at the same time suggesting ways in which elements of a social contract can be elaborated within the context of globalization.

Convex and Stochastic Optimization (Universitext)

This textbook provides an introduction to convex duality for optimization problems in Banach spaces, integration theory, and their application to stochastic programming problems in a static or dynamic setting. It introduces and analyses the main algorithms for stochastic programs, while the theoretical aspects are carefully dealt with. The reader is shown how these tools can be applied to various fields, including approximation theory, semidefinite and second-order cone programming and linear decision rules. This textbook is recommended for students, engineers and researchers who are willing to take a rigorous approach to the mathematics involved in the application of duality theory to optimization with uncertainty.

Perturbation Analysis of Optimization Problems (Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering)

A presentation of general results for discussing local optimality and computation of the expansion of value function and approximate solution of optimization problems, followed by their application to various fields, from physics to economics. The book is thus an opportunity for popularizing these techniques among researchers involved in other sciences, including users of optimization in a wide sense, in mechanics, physics, statistics, finance and economics. Of use to research professionals, including graduate students at an advanced level.

Numerical Optimization: Theoretical and Practical Aspects (Universitext)

This book starts with illustrations of the ubiquitous character of optimization, and describes numerical algorithms in a tutorial way. It covers fundamental algorithms as well as more specialized and advanced topics for unconstrained and constrained problems. This new edition of Numerical Optimization contains computational exercises in the form of case studies which help understanding optimization methods beyond their theoretical description when coming to actual implementation.

Numerical Optimization: Theoretical and Practical Aspects (Universitext)

This book starts with illustrations of the ubiquitous character of optimization, and describes numerical algorithms in a tutorial way. It covers fundamental algorithms as well as more specialized and advanced topics for unconstrained and constrained problems. This new edition contains computational exercises in the form of case studies which help understanding optimization methods beyond their theoretical description when coming to actual implementation.

Ovulation and its Disorders (Studies in Fertility and Sterility #3)

This monograph contains a selection of papers presented at the Xlth World Congress of Fertility and Sterility (Dublin, 1983); the central theme is ovarian function and treatment of its disorders. Cross-cultural research provides international congresses with their unique quality due to the world-wide exchange of views; we think this aim has been achieved and reflected in this book. During the past decade significant advances have been made in our understanding of the events surrounding human ovulation leading to the development of an increasing range of effective therapeutic agents and the more logical use of existing drugs. As a result infertile patients with disordered ovulation can now anticipate a more favourable out­ come. In addition more sophisticated diagnostic methods have revealed the presence of minor defects in ovarian function in some patients previously labelled as 'unexplained infertility'. The identification of such problems can only lead to further therapeutic success. The contents of this volume reflect many different aspects of the study of ovulation including the monitoring of both follicular growth and the luteal phase, the role of prolactin and the treatment of ovulatory dysfunction. We are sure that the wide range of topics will evoke continued interest in these subjects. We extend our thanks to the invited speakers for their excellent contributions in lecture and essay form and express our gratitude for the unfailing help we received from the staff of MTP Press in the preparation of this volume.

Atlas of Major Thoracoscopic Pediatric Lung Resection for Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation

This atlas offers a step-by-step approach to Thoracoscopic surgery for Congenital Pulmonary Malformation (CPAM) in each major lung resection. This technique is still a matter of debate and is used approxmately by 50% of the surgeons in Europe. The apprehension of the thoracoscopic approach is complicated firstly by the small size of the child to whom it is proposed and secondly by the risks of perioperative or postoperative complications. Furthermore, the pulmonary malformations object of this investigation are rare, thus making this technique difficult to learn and reproduce The volume - the result of a surgical experience acquired since 2007 in this field - offers a step-by-step approach to the procedure in each major lung resection and is illustrated by numerous intraoperative photos, short video clips and even complete resection videos; tips and tricks are presented to facilitate surgery, to make it reproducible and accessible by all surgeons, whether they are young surgeons in training or experienced surgeons. This atlas aims to complement and not to replace the direct observation in the operating room, or the procedure learning by the reader. It offers essential guide for practitioners, trainees and thoracoscopic surgeons interested in CPAM.