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to do to ensure survival, and (2) principles for designing organizational structures in such a way that they can realize the required functions adequately. In the course of their elaboration, we will show that these principles are general – i. e. , that they hold for all organizations. 1. 5 Conceptual...

The victory over the Goths has only brought temporary peace to the Roman Empire. Unrest and intrigues threaten to jeopardize the achievements made. The time travelers from the Saarbrücken not only help to reform Empire but also have to take first steps against the threat posed by the Huns. An expedition...

Acht Jahrtausende vor Beginn der irdischen Zeitrechnung ist Atlan auf der Flucht vor den Häschern des arkonidischen Imperators. Orbanaschol III., der sich durch die Ermordung seines Bruders - Atlans Vater - unrechtmäßig an die Spitze des mächtigsten Sternenreichs der Milchstraße setzte, will...

Quick fixes to your common C# programming problems, with a focus on C# 6.0 About This Book Unique recipes for C#, that places it in its real-world context. You will be able to get yourself out of any coding-corner youve backed yourself into. All code samples available through GitHub to bring...

Iatrogenesis is the occurrence of untoward effects resulting from actions of health care providers, including medical errors, medical malpractice, practicing beyond one’s expertise, adverse effects of medication, unnecessary treatment, inappropriate screenings, and surgical errors. This is a huge...

A Dictionary of Hallucinations is designed to serve as a reference manual for neuroscientists, psychiatrists, psychiatric residents, psychologists, neurologists, historians of psychiatry, general practitioners, and academics dealing professionally with concepts of hallucinations and other sensory deceptions.

Emotions shape all aspects of our thinking and behavior, particularly when we communicate with others. How does our brain respond to emotions conveyed by picture media, human faces, voices, and written language? How do we integrate this information in social interaction? What goes wrong in the brains...

Have you ever experienced how your condition prevented you from triggering your best performance in a competition? What would you have needed in this situation to find a positive solution? Can you, however, remember a condition in which you succeeded in solving a situation with ease? These are crucial...

While Aristotle acknowledges the connection between rhetoric, biology, and cognitive abilities, scholarship continues to struggle to integrate the fields of rhetoric and neurobiology. Drawing on recent work in neurorhetoric, this book offers a model that integrates multimodal rhetorical theory and...

Shock wave therapy is the revolutionary new non-surgical method of treating orthopedic and musculoskeletal disorders. This succient text is the first English-language publication to present both the positive benefits and limitations of this innovative modality, providing clear and concise information...

In Miletus, about 550 B.C., together with our world-picture cosmology was born. This book tells the story. In Part One the reader is introduced in the archaic world-picture of a flat earth with the cupola of the celestial vault onto which the celestial bodies are attached. One of the subjects treated...

The previously published book Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism provides a clear, calculus-based introduction to a subject that together with classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and modern physics lies at the heart of today's physics curriculum. The lectures, although relatively concise,...

These lectures provide an introduction to a subject that together with classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and modern physics lies at the heart of today's physics curriculum. This introduction to electricity and magnetism, aimed at the very best students, assumes only a good course in calculus,...

Our understanding of the physical world was revolutionized in the twentieth century — the era of “modern physics”. The book Introduction to Modern Physics: Theoretical Foundations, aimed at the very best students, presents the foundations and frontiers of today's physics. Typically, students...