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Den Demographischen Wandel Im Unternehmen Erfolgreich Gestalten: Eine Zwischenbilanz Aus Arbeitswissenschaftlicher Sicht (2009)
Dieses Buch beschreibt die Unveränderbarkeit der demographischen Entwicklung als einer der im nächsten Jahrzehnt entscheidenden Wettbewerbsfaktoren mit ihren Auswirkungen und Herausforderungen für Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Unternehmen und Erwerbstätige. Aufgezeigt wird, wie Unternehmen die komplexe Thematik in betrieblichen Demographieprojekten operationalisieren können und welche betrieblichen Analysen für die Entwicklung evidenzbasierter betriebsspezifischer Strategien notwendig sind. Unterschiedliche Betriebstypen werden dabei generiert sowie die Einzigartigkeit jedes Unternehmens hervorgehoben. Vorurteile zur Produktivität und Innovationsfähigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer sowie der Mythos, altersgemischte Belegschaften seien anzustrebende Gestaltungslösungen werden entlarvt. Es werden die operativen und strategischen Handlungsfelder im Unternehmen sowie arbeitswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse, Praxisbeispiele aus verschiedenen Branchen und wichtige betriebliche Erfahrungen und Probleme dargestellt.
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Cancer Incidence in Five Continents
It is difficult to estimate the number of people around the world who work diligently to collect the data that are presented in Cancer Incidence in Five Continents. One thing is clear: it is a large number. Their combined work is summarized in the pages of this volume. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents has become the recognized reference source on the incidence of cancer in populations around the world. The ninth volume has a wider coverage than before, presenting data from around the year 2000 (ideally the period 1998-2002) not only for entire populations, but also for sub-populations living in the same geographic area. This volume presents incidence data from populations all over the world for which good quality data are available. Scanning through the information gives a clear presentation of the changing cancer patterns worldwide. The nine volumes of Cancer Incidence in Five Continents now cover a period of approximately forty years.
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Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Building Coherence Between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms
The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes' surface and microorganism's; candidates for biocontrol; extrapolation of the wide knowledge existed in another systems for understanding biocontrol processes: C. elegans as a model and lessons from other natural systems; and exploiting advanced genomic tools to promote understanding biocontrol processes and thereafter improve specific biological control agents.
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Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the European Union and the European Economic Area 1993-1997
Cancer is the second-most common cause of death (after cardiovascular diseases) in the majority of European countries and cancer control is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. It is an international issue and, thankfully, cancer epidemiology is one of the most fruitful areas of international cooperation in cancer research. The development of several new areas of cancer control, and in particular in cancer epidemiology and prevention, in Europe during the last few decades is closely related to co-operation among institutions and scientists from many countries.This atlas is the result of the collaboration of a Scientific Committee and the National Vital Statistics Offices in each of the 28 countries covered. The five years covered by the atlas (1993-1997) provide mortality rates based on 5.5 million cancer deaths, representing the cancer experience in a population with 2.2 billion person-years of risk. The aim of this publication is not only to present cancer patterns in Europe but also to stimulate further studies on cancer epidemiology and generate hypotheses for analytical epidemiological studies.
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Questions of Modern Cosmology: Galileo's Legacy (2009)
Are we living in the "golden age" of cosmology? Are we close to understanding the nature of the unknown ingredients of the currently most accepted cosmological model and the physics of the early Universe? Or are we instead approaching a paradigm shift? What is dark matter and does it exist? How is it distributed around galaxies and clusters? Is the scientific community open to alternative ideas that may prompt a new scientific revolution - as the Copernican revolution did in Galileo's time? Do other types of supernovae exist that can be of interest for cosmology? Why have quasars never been effectively used as standard candles? Can you tell us about the scientific adventure of COBE? How does the extraction of the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy depend on the subtraction of the various astrophysical foregrounds? These, among many others, are the astrophysical, philosophical and sociological questions surrounding modern cosmology and the scientific community that Mauro D'Onofrio and Carlo Burigana pose to some of the most prominent cosmologists of our time. Triggered by these questions and in the spirit of Galileo's book "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems" the roughly 40 interview partners reply in the form of essays, with a critical frankness not normally found in reviews, monographs or textbooks.
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Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind: Opening the Black Box (2009)
Interest in the functioning of the human mind can certainly be traced to Plato and Aristotle who often dealt with issues of perceptions and motivations. While the Greeks may have contemplated the human condition, the modern study of the human mind can be traced back to Sigmund Freud (1900) and the psychoanalytic movement. He began the exploration of both conscious and unconscious factors that propelled humans to engage in a variety of behaviors. While Freud's focus may have been on repressed sexuality our focus in this volume lies elsewhere. We are concerned herein with the expression of the cognitions, motivations, passions, intentions, perceptions, and emotions associated with entrepreneurial behaviors. We are attempting in this volume to expand on the work of why entrepreneurs think d- ferently from other people (Baron, 1998, 2004). During the decade of the 1990s the eld of entrepreneurship research seemingly abandoned the study of the entrepreneur. This was the result of earlier research not being able to demonstrate some unique entrepreneurial personality, trait, or char- teristic (Brockhaus and Horwitz, 1986). It was both a naïve and simplistic search for the "holy grail" of what made entrepreneurs the way they are. However, many of the researchers in this volume have never gave up the belief that a better und- standing of the mind of the entrepreneur would give us a better understanding of the processes that lead to the creation of new ventures.
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Case Studies in Food Engineering: Learning from Experience (2009)
One of the best ways for students or practitioners to learn is through real-life example. In this volume, Clark presents several case studies that can be used not only by those currently working in the industry, but as a means for sparking discussion in food engineering classes.This book has several purposes: (1) to serve as a source of information about a representative collection of food processes with which Clark has had experience; (2) to convey some practical lessons about process development and plant design; and (3) to serve educators as a resource for class problems and discussion.The book is organized in three broad sections. The first concerns processes that are primarily physical, such as mixing. The second concerns processes that also involve biochemical changes, such as thermal sterilization. The third section addresses some broader issues that have not been discussed elsewhere, including how to tour a plant, how to choose among building a new plant, expanding or renovating; and how to develop processes.
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Principles of Computer Systems and Network Management (2009)
As computer systems and networks have evolved and grown more complex, the role of the IT department in most companies has transformed primarily to ensuring that they continue to operate without disruption. IT spending, as reported by a variety of studies, shows the trend that most of the expenses associated with IT are related to the task of operating and managing installed computer systems and applications. Furthermore, the growth in that expense category is outstripping the expense associated with developing new appli- tions. As a consequence, there is a pressing need in the companies and organi- tions to find qualified people who can manage the installed base of computer systems and networks. This marks a significant shift from the previous trend in companies where the bulk of the IT department expenses were targeted on development of new computer applications. The shift from developing new applications to managing existing systems is a natural consequence of the maturity of IT industry. Computers are now u- quitous in every walk of life, and the number of installed successful applications grows steadily over the time. Each installed successful application in a company lasts for a long duration. Consequently, the number of installed applications is much larger than the number of projects focused on developing new appli- tions. While there always will be new applications and systems being developed within companies, the predominance of managing and operating existing app- cations is likely to continue.
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Multidimensional Item Response Theory (2009)
This book is a description of the theoretical foundations of multidimensional item response theory and the methodologies for applying multidimensional item response theory to practical testing problems.
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Inequality in Education: Comparative and International Perspectives (2009)
This book examines global trends in the distribution of formal schooling in national populations. It also offers a strategic comparative and international education policy statement on recent shifts in education inequality.
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Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups, Volume 1: Classical Results and Geometric Methods (2009)
The subjects of stochastic processes, information theory, and Lie groups are usually treated separately from each other. This unique two-volume set presents these topics in a unified setting, thereby building bridges between fields that are rarely studied by the same people. Unlike the many excellent formal treatments available for each of these subjects individually, the emphasis in both of these volumes is on the use of stochastic, geometric, and group-theoretic concepts in the modeling of physical phenomena.Stochastic Models, Information Theory, and Lie Groups will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners working in applied mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering. Extensive exercises and motivating examples make the work suitable as a textbook for use in courses that emphasize applied stochastic processes or differential geometry.
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Strategies of Cancer Prevention in Gastroenterology (2009)
List of principal contributors List of chairpersons Preface SESSION I: BARRETT'S CANCER.- 1 Epidemiology of cancer in Barrett's oesophagus.- 2 Barrett's cancer - correlation to reflux disease.- 3 Existing guidelines.- 4 Barrett's cancer -- strategies for surveillance.- SESSION II: GASTRIC CANCER.- 5 Worldwide trends in gastric cancer epidemiology.- 6 An innovative concept of tumour initiation based on Helicobacter-driven gastric carcinogenesis.- 7 How to prevent gastric cancer in East and West.- SESSION III: COLORECTAL CANCER.- 8 Frequency of colorectal cancer and new screening guidelines.- 9 Who has an increased risk for colorectal cancer.- 10 Chemoprevention for colorectal cancer.- 11 Colon carcinoma -- the role of public awareness.- SESSION IV: CANCER IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.- 12 Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease: frequency and clinical presentation.- 13 Patients at risk for colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease.- 14 Cancer in inflammatory bowel disease: is there a chance for cancer prevention?.- Index.
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