This work deals with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. Each essay...
Ausgehend von neuesten internationalen Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten wird in dem Band eine Übersicht über die Realisierungsmöglichkeiten zukünftiger Antriebskonzepte präsentiert: von batteriebetriebenen Elektromotoren und Hybridsystemen über Brennstoffzellen bis hin zu alternativen Energieträgern wie...
Computer vision is the science and technology of making machines that see. It is concerned with the theory, design and implementation of algorithms that can automatically process visual data to recognize objects, track and recover their shape and spatial layout.
The International Computer Vision Summer School - ICVSS was...
This text represents state-of-the-art trends and developments in the emerging field of engineering asset management as presented at the Sixth World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM) held in Cincinnati, OH, USA from October 3-5, 2011
The Proceedings of the WCEAM 2011 is an excellent reference for practitioners,...
Through a series of step-by-step tutorials and numerous hands-on exercises, this book aims to equip the reader with both a good understanding of the importance of space in the abstract world of engineers and the ability to create a model of a product in virtual space – a skill essential for any designer or engineer who needs to present...
The annual series Global Conferences on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM) sponsored by the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) is committed to excellence in the creation of sustainable products and processes that conserve energy and natural resources, have minimal negative impacts upon the natural environment and society,...
Viele Anwender moderner digitaler Spiegelreflex- oder Kompaktkameras sind mit den erreichten Ergebnissen unzufrieden. Das Buch hilft dabei, die gewünschten Effekte zu erzielen. Hierfür werden ausgehend von den notwendigen theoretischen Grundlagen Ratschläge für praktische immer wiederkehrende Aufgaben und Themen wie...
Der Autor stellt die Systemarchitektur, die Einrichtung und den Betrieb von Windows 7 in Unternehmensumgebungen sowie Änderungen und Neuerungen im Vergleich zu früheren Windows-Versionen dar. Das Buch wendet sich an Systemadministratoren und Consultants, die bereits Erfahrung mit der Verwaltung von Windows-Systemen haben und die...
Industrial production in high-wage countries like Germany is still at risk. Yet, there are many counter-examples in which producing companies dominate their competitors by not only compensating for their specific disadvantages in terms of factor costs (e.g. wages, energy, duties and taxes) but rather by minimising waste using synchronising...
The book discusses modern channel coding techniques for wireless communications such as turbo codes, low parity check codes (LDPC), space-time coding, Reed Solomon (RS) codes and convolutional codes. Many illustrative examples are included in each chapter for easy understanding of the coding techniques. The text is integrated with...
Die simulationsgestützte Optimierung von Produktportfolios und Produktionsketten birgt großes Potenzial – Berichte über Kopplungen von Simulation und Optimierung sind aber rar. Der Band liefert erstmals deutschsprachige Anwendungsbeispiele und einen Überblick über die Möglichkeiten von Simulation und...
Robotics in General Surgery provides a comprehensive review of the current applications of the robotic platform in all the general surgery subspecialties. Additionally, for each subspecialty it serves as a procedure-oriented instruction manual in terms of technical details of procedures, including fundamentals of robot positioning and...
