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Praktikum der Gewebepflege oder Explantation Besonders der Gewebezüchtung

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.

Praktikum der Gewebepflege oder Explantation Besonders der Gewebezüchtung

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.

Hadron Collider Physics 2002: Proceedings of the 14th Topical Conference on Hadron Collider Physics, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 29–October 4,2002

Hadron colliders probe physics at new energy frontiers and search for new particles and forces. In addition, hadron colliders now provide also an environment for precision physics. The present volume collects the results from recently completed runs at major colliders as well as new ideas about collider physics and techniques. It will serve as the main source of reference in the field for many years to come.

Innovative Ansätze zum Schutz der Natur: Visionen für die Zukunft

Naturschutz entwickelt sich zunehmend zu einem gesellschaftsgestaltenden Aufgabenfeld, das an politischem Einfluß gewinnt. Der bislang dominierende Schutz von einzelnen Arten und Biotopen wird ergänzt um Konzepte und Strategien einer dauerhaft naturverträglichen Entwicklung. Dabei wird der Mensch als zentraler Bestandteil naturschützenden Handelns verstanden. Namhafte Autoren beschreiben hier Wege, wie die aktuellen Herausforderungen in Gegenwart und Zukunft vom Naturschutz aufgenommen und zum Wohle von Mensch und Natur gemeistert werden können.

Umwelt-und Naturschutz am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts: Probleme, Aufgaben und Lösungen

Die Lösungsmöglichkeiten der brennenden Probleme im Natur- und Umweltschutz stehen im Mittelpunkt des Buches. Der Leser erhält aus der Sicht unterschiedlicher wissenschaftlicher Disziplinen einen umfassenden Überblick über die Facetten und den aktuellen Stand des Natur- und Umweltschutzes.

Neue Naturschutzkonzepte für Mensch und Umwelt: Biosphärenreservate in Deutschland

Dem Leser wird hier in allgemeinverständlicher Weise ein neues, auf internationaler Ebene von der UNESCO begleitetes und koordiniertes Naturschutzkonzept nähergebracht. In den 13 Biosphärenreservaten Deutschlands steht nicht der konservierende Naturschutz im Vordergrund, sondern vielmehr das Bemühen des wirtschaftenden Menschen, zu einem harmonischen Miteinander von Natur und Mensch zu gelangen. Die Autoren erläutern u. a. Auswahlkriterien, rechtliche und institutionelle Organisation, Finanzierung und räumliche Gliederung jeweils am Beispiel eines oder mehrerer bereits bestehender Biosphärenreservate. Zahlreiche Karten und Farbabbildungen tragen dabei zur Anschaulichkeit der Ausführungen bei.

Internationaler Naturschutz

Ein internationales, interdisziplinäres Autorenteam erläutert hier aktuelle Problemstellungen aus dem Bereich des Naturschutzes. Die einzelnen Beiträge befassen sich u.a. mit folgenden Themen: Die Rolle der UNESCO bei der Förderung des internationalen Naturschutzes; trilaterale Zusammenarbeit beim Schutz des Wattenmeers; CITES - das Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen; gesellschaftliche Dimensionen globaler Klimaveränderungen; Stand des Naturschutzes in verschiedenen Ländern Europas, Afrikas und Asiens; politische Perspektiven des internationalen Naturschutzes etc..

Natur zwischen Wandel und Veränderung: Ursache, Wirkungen, Konsequenzen

Zum ersten Mal wird mit der vorliegenden Publikation ein aktueller Überblick über die verschiedenen Aspekte der Veränderung der Natur und ihrer Bestandteile gegeben. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei unterschiedliche, im Spannungsfeld zwischen natürlichem Wandel und anthropogenen Veränderungen angesiedelte Fragestellungen. Namhafte Autoren untersuchen am Beispiel der Naturelemente Klima, Boden und Biodiversität mögliche Prozesse, die zu Wandel oder Veränderung beitragen. Ergänzt werden diese Betrachtungen durch Fallstudien u.a. zum tropischen Regenwald, zum Sahel, zu urbanen Räumen und zu möglichen Naturrisiken. Zusätzlich werden konkrete Wege aufgezeigt, wie die aktuellen Herausforderungen zum Wohle von Mensch und Natur bewältigt werden können.

Biosphärenreservate in Deutschland: Leitlinien für Schutz, Pflege und Entwicklung

In den Biosphärenreservaten steht nicht der konservierende Naturschutz im Vordergrund, sondern das Bemühen um ein harmonisches Miteinander von Natur und wirtschaftenden Menschen. Die allgemein gültigen Leitlinien für Schutz, Pflege und Entwicklung der Reservate werden ergänzt durch die Berücksichtigung ökonomischer, sozialer, kultureller und ethischer Aspekte.Die Arbeitsgruppe der Biosphärenreservate in Deutschland berichtet detailliert über die beispielhafte Erarbeitung und Umsetzung der Konzepte für Schutz, Pflege und Entwicklung der 12 deutschen, von der UNESCO anerkannten Kulturlandschaften.Ihre Publikation bietet zahlreiche Anregungen und kompetente Anleitung auch für die Planung und Durchführung allgemein gültiger Naturschutzkonzepte.

Genetic Causes of Cardiac Disease (Cardiac and Vascular Biology #7)

This book provides a comprehensive summary of the latest developments in the field of the genomics of cardiac disease. Written and edited by leading clinicians and scientists involved in the analysis and therapy of genetic cardiac disorders, it discusses the genetic causes of a variety of cardiac diseases, such as the complex genetics and etiology of congenital heart diseases. It also explores sex differences in prevalent diseases, genetics-based therapeutic strategies and the use of various animal models and alternatives. The book is intended for research scientists and clinical scientists in the cardiovascular field, human geneticists and cardiologists.

Naturkonstanten in alphabetischer Anordnung: Hilfsbuch für chemische und physikalische Rechnungen

Spektren wichtiger Element

Die Nordwestdeutsche Heide in forstlicher Beziehung

A Mind for Tomorrow: Facts, Values, and the Future

Stover and Erdmann deal with the crises confronting today's world and argue that solutions will come not from new technology nor in retreating to an idealized agrarian past, but by overhauling the beliefs that structure society. They link the dilemmas facing civilization to a fundamental rift running through society—one between religion and the humanities, rooted in subjective experience, and science, which emphasizes objective knowledge. They suggest a promising way of closing this rift found in the work of Nobel Laureate and neuroscientist Roger W. Sperry.They examine Sperry's lifework, including his famous split- brain research and show how it led him to propose a theory of consciousness that challenged science's dismissal of subjective experience as irrelevant. By seeing consciousness as an emergent, causal property of brain function, Sperry reinstated subjective experience into the scientific worldview, laid the foundation for the cognitive revolution that has since swept through psychology, and created a means by which science can help create ethical systems better able to deal with today's challenges. Stover and Erdmann conclude by looking at ways in which others have built upon Sperry's ideas, and they hold out the hope that, with the creation of belief systems more compatible with science, a way out of humanity's current troubles may indeed be found. The result is an excursion through a world of exciting ideas, and a book sure to absorb anyone interested in the fate of our species—and how that fate might be influenced for the better. Students, researchers, scholars, and concerned citizens particularly interested in cognitive psychology, science and society, and futures studies will find the book intriguing.

Strong Motion Instrumentation for Civil Engineering Structures (NATO Science Series E: #373)

Most of the existing strong motion instrumentation on civil engineering structures is installed and operated as federal, state, university, industry or private applications, in many cases operated as a closed system. This hampers co-operation and data exchange, hampering the acquisition of strong motion and structural data, sometimes even within a single country. There is a powerful need to inform engineers of existing strong motion data and to improve the accessibility of data worldwide. This book will play a role in fulfilling such a need by disseminating state-of-the art information, technology and developments in the strong motion instrumentation of civil engineering structures. The subject has direct implications for the earthquake response of structures, improvements in design for earthquake resistance, and hazard mitigation. Readership: Researchers in earthquake engineering, engineers designing earthquake resistant structures, and producers of strong motion recording equipment.

Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis

Organozinc reagents are used extensively in organic synthesis to find useful pathways to organic products. Illustrated and tabulated with over 950 equations, schemes, tables, and figures, Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis provides an overall picture of the chemistry of organozinc compounds. Written by a professor of organic chemistry, the book familiarizes the reader with the reactions involving organozinc reagents that have general usefulness in synthesis. Emphasis is placed on preparation methods and reactivity of organozinc reagents. Reactions are summarized in equations and schemes, making it easy for you to see the characteristics of each type of reaction.

Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis

Organozinc reagents are used extensively in organic synthesis to find useful pathways to organic products. Illustrated and tabulated with over 950 equations, schemes, tables, and figures, Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis provides an overall picture of the chemistry of organozinc compounds. Written by a professor of organic chemistry, the book familiarizes the reader with the reactions involving organozinc reagents that have general usefulness in synthesis. Emphasis is placed on preparation methods and reactivity of organozinc reagents. Reactions are summarized in equations and schemes, making it easy for you to see the characteristics of each type of reaction.

Repair: When and How to Improve Broken Objects, Ourselves, and Our Society

This book propagates a new way of thinking about managing our resources by integrating the perspectives of complex systems theory and social psychology. By resources, the authors mean objects, such as cell phones and cars, and human resources, such as family members, friends, and the small and large communities they belong to. As we all face the "replace or repair" dichotomy, readers will understand how to repair themselves, their relationships, and communities, accept the "new normal," and contribute to repairing the world. The book is offered to Zoomers, growing up in a world where it seems everything is falling apart; people in their 30s and 40s, who are thinking about how to live a fulfilling life; people from the Boomers generation, who are thinking back on life and how to repair relationships. The Reader will enjoy the intellectual adventure of connecting the natural and social worlds and understanding the transition's pathways from a "throwaway society" to a "repair society.

Stochastic Chemical Kinetics: Theory and (Mostly) Systems Biological Applications (Springer Series in Synergetics)

This volume reviews the theory and simulation methods of stochastic kinetics by integrating historical and recent perspectives, presents applications, mostly in the context of systems biology and also in combustion theory. In recent years, due to the development in experimental techniques, such as optical imaging, single cell analysis, and fluorescence spectroscopy, biochemical kinetic data inside single living cells have increasingly been available. The emergence of systems biology brought renaissance in the application of stochastic kinetic methods.

Complexity Explained

This book explains why complex systems research is important in understanding the structure, function and dynamics of complex natural and social phenomena. It illuminates how complex collective behavior emerges from the parts of a system, due to the interaction between the system and its environment. Readers will learn the basic concepts and methods of complex system research. The book is not highly technical mathematically, but teaches and uses the basic mathematical notions of dynamical system theory, making the book useful for students of science majors and graduate courses.

Grundlagen der Struktur der Materie

Die Kenntni8se über den Aufbau der Materie haben sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten außerordentlich erweitert, und auch vom praktischen Standpunkt aus wächst ständig die Bedeutung der Strukturforschung. Das eingehende Studium des Aufbaus der Elementarteilchen, der Atomkerne, der Atome, der Moleküle und der makroskopischen Körper bedarf eines umfassenden mathematischen Rüstzeugs; den meisten Chemikern steht jedoch zum Erwerb dieser Kenntnisse nicht genügend Zeit zur Verfügung. Die schnelle Entwicklung der Wissenschaft und Technik ver­ langt auch vom Chemiker, sich zumindest in großen Zügen mit den modernen Methoden und wichtigsten Resultaten der Atom-, Molekül- und Festkörperstrukturforschungen bekannt zu machen. Das vorliegende Buch beabsichtigt, dazu beizu­ tragen. Den chemischen und physikalischen Kenntnissen des Durch­ schnittschemikers angemessen, werden die wichtigsten Ergeb­ nisse der neuesten, auf die Struktur der Atomkerne, Atome, Moleküle und der makroskopischen Körper bezogenen For­ schungen mitgeteilt. Dabei wird den empirischen Grundlagen der Strukturforschung und den Prinzipien der experimentellen Methoden besondere Bedeutung beigemessen, damit der Leser sieht, daß die theoretischen Folgerungen fest im Boden der Wirklichkeit wurzeln. Doch sollen die Mängel der Theorien nicht verschwiegen werden. Die ausführliche Behandlung der experimentellen Verfahren und theoretischen Betrachtungen würde aber den Rahmen dieses Werkes überschreiten; dies­ bezüglich sei auf das Literaturverzeichnis am Ende des Buches verwiesen.

Oriented Self-Assembly of Colloidal Semiconductor Nanoplatelets on Liquid Interfaces: Methods and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

This book highlights the fabrication of orientation-controlled colloidal quantum well (nanoplatelet) thin films using liquid interface self-assembly. The book details methods for orientation-controlled deposition of CdSe core nanoplatelets for characterization of directional energy transfer in nanoplatelets and layer-by-layer construction of CdSe/CdZnS core/shell nanoplatelets to create optically active waveguides with precisely tunable thickness and excellent uniformity across device scale. It also provides a future outlook for construction of large-scale two- and three-dimensional nanoplatelet superstructures and their incorporation into device fabrication.

Turbulence, Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Turbulence, Waves, and Instabilities in the Solar Plasma Lillafured, Hungary 16–20 September 2002 (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry #124)

Significant advances have been made recently in both the theoretical understanding and observation of small-scale turbulence in different layers of the Sun, and in the instabilities that give rise to them. The general development of solar physics, however, has led to such a degree of specialization as to hinder interaction between workers in the field. This book therefore presents studies of different layers and regions of the Sun, but from the same aspect, concentrating on the study of small-scale motions. The main emphasis is on the common theoretical roots of these phenomena, but the book also contains an extensive treatment of the observational aspects.

Density Matrices and Density Functionals: Proceedings of the A. John Coleman Symposium

THE COLEMAN SYMPOSIUM This collection of papers is dedicated to Albert John Coleman for his enthusiastic devotion to teaching and research and his many scientific accomplishments. John was born in Toronto on May 20, 1918 and 21 years later graduated from the University of Toronto in mathematics. Along the way he teamed up with Irving Kaplansky and Nathan Mendelson to win the first William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition in 1938. He earned his M.A. at Princeton in 1942 and then his Ph.D. at Toronto in 1943 in relativistic quantum mechanics under the direction of Leopold Infeld. During this period he was secretary of the Student Christian Movement in Toronto. Later, in 1945, he became traveling secretary of the World's Student Christian Federation in Geneva and in this capacity visited some 100 universities in 20 countries in the next four years. He spent the 50's as a member of the faculty at the University of Toronto and for 20 years, starting in 1960, he served as Dupuis Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department at Queen's University. Since 1983 he has been Professor Emeritus at Queen's.

Distributed and Sequential Algorithms for Bioinformatics (Computational Biology #23)

This unique textbook/reference presents unified coverage of bioinformatics topics relating to both biological sequences and biological networks, providing an in-depth analysis of cutting-edge distributed algorithms, as well as of relevant sequential algorithms. In addition to introducing the latest algorithms in this area, more than fifteen new distributed algorithms are also proposed. Topics and features: reviews a range of open challenges in biological sequences and networks; describes in detail both sequential and parallel/distributed algorithms for each problem; suggests approaches for distributed algorithms as possible extensions to sequential algorithms, when the distributed algorithms for the topic are scarce; proposes a number of new distributed algorithms in each chapter, to serve as potential starting points for further research; concludes each chapter with self-test exercises, a summary of the key points, a comparison of the algorithms described, and a literature review.