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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The aim of this volume is to collect original contributions by the
best specialists from the area of proof theory, constructivity, and
computation and discuss recent trends and results in these areas.
Some emphasis will be put on ordinal analysis, reductive proof
theory, explicit mathematics and type-theoretic formalisms, and
abstract computations. The volume is dedicated to the 60th birthday
of Professor Gerhard Jager, who has been instrumental in shaping
and promoting logic in Switzerland for the last 25 years. It
comprises contributions from the symposium "Advances in Proof
Theory", which was held in Bern in December 2013. Proof theory came
into being in the twenties of the last century, when it was
inaugurated by David Hilbert in order to secure the foundations of
mathematics. It was substantially influenced by Goedel's famous
incompleteness theorems of 1930 and Gentzen's new consistency proof
for the axiom system of first order number theory in 1936. Today,
proof theory is a well-established branch of mathematical and
philosophical logic and one of the pillars of the foundations of
mathematics. Proof theory explores constructive and computational
aspects of mathematical reasoning; it is particularly suitable for
dealing with various questions in computer science.
Motivation: Theory, Neurobiology and Applications is inspired by a
question central to health care professionals, teachers, parents,
and coaches alike, "How can an individual be motivated to perform a
given activity or training?" It presents novel measurements of
motivation developed in psychology and economics, recent insights
into the neurobiology of motivation, and current research on
applications designed to boost motivation in neurorehabilitation,
education, and sports. In addition, tactics on how to connect these
different research and knowledge fields within a common
(theoretical) framework of motivation is discussed. Thus, in short,
the book provides an integrative, interdisciplinary, up-to-date
accounting on the neurobiology of motivation and how it might be
boosted.
This textbook addresses the conceptual and practical aspects of the
various phases of the lifecycle of service systems, ranging from
service ideation, design, implementation, analysis, improvement and
trading associated with service systems engineering. Written by
leading experts in the field, this indispensable textbook will
enable a new wave of future professionals to think in a
service-focused way with the right balance of competencies in
computer science, engineering, and management. Fundamentals of
Service Systems is a centerpiece for a course syllabus on service
systems. Each chapter includes a summary, a list of learning
objectives, an opening case, and a review section with questions, a
project description, a list of key terms, and a list of further
reading bibliography. All these elements enable students to learn
at a faster and more comfortable peace. For researchers, teachers,
and students who want to learn about this new emerging science,
Fundamentals of Service Systems provides an overview of the core
disciplines underlying the study of service systems. It is aimed at
students of information systems, information technology, and
business and economics. It also targets business and IT
practitioners, especially those who are looking for better ways of
innovating, designing, modeling, analyzing, and optimizing service
systems.
Konrad Morgen: The Conscience of a Nazi Judge is a moral biography
of Georg Konrad Morgen, who prosecuted crimes committed by members
of the SS in Nazi concentration camps and eventually came
face-to-face with the system of industrialized murder at Auschwitz.
His wartime papers and postwar testimonies yield a study in moral
complexity.
John R. Shoup and Susan Clark Studer explore the rules and patterns
that govern complex systems that, when properly understood and
applied, result in more effective leadership than what is offered
from traditional leadership models. Their book is designed to equip
leaders with the knowledge and skills to operate successfully in
complex environments at both the micro (organizational) and macro
(policy) level. Leveraging Chaos offers a dynamic interpretation of
educational history and reform that will equip policy makers to
implement a more balanced management of the educational pendulum.
This book, which emerges in the context of the European research
network LINEE (Languages in a Network of European Excellence), is
concerned with European multilingualism both as a political concept
and as a social reality. It features cutting-edge studies by
linguists and anthropologists who perceive multilingualism as a
discursive phenomenon which can be revealed and analyzed through
empirical fieldwork. The book presents a fresh perspective of
European multilingualism as it takes the reader through key themes
of social consciousness - identity, policy, education, economy -
and relevant societal levels of organization (European, national,
regional). With its distinct focus on post-national society caught
in unifying as well as diversifying socio-political currents, the
volume problematizes emerging contradictions inherent in the idea
of a Europe beyond the nation state -between speech minorities and
majorities, economic realities, or socio-political ideologies.
An ontology is a formal description of concepts and
relationships that can exist for a community of human and/or
machine agents. The notion of ontologies is crucial for the purpose
of enabling knowledge sharing and reuse. The Handbook on Ontologies
provides a comprehensive overview of the current status and future
prospectives of the field of ontologies considering ontology
languages, ontology engineering methods, example ontologies,
infrastructures and technologies for ontologies, and how to bring
this all into ontology-based infrastructures and applications that
are among the best of their kind. The field of ontologies has
tremendously developed and grown in the five years since the first
edition of the "Handbook on Ontologies." Therefore, its revision
includes 21 completely new chapters as well as a major re-working
of 15 chapters transferred to this second edition.
In this volume, Rudi Studer and his team deliver a
self-contained compendium about the exciting field of Semantic Web
services, starting with the basic standards and technologies and
also including advanced applications in eGovernment and eHealth.
The contributions provide both the theoretical background and the
practical knowledge necessary to understand the essential ideas and
to design new cutting-edge applications.
Using data from a newspaper corpus, this book offers the first
empirical study into the development of style in early mass media.
The book analyses how news discourse was shaped over time by
external factors, such as the historical context, news production,
technological innovation and current affairs, and as such both
conformed to and deviated from generic conventions. In this
analysis, media style appears as a dynamic concept which is highly
sensitive to innovative approaches towards making news not only
informative but also entertaining to read.This cutting edge survey
will be of interest to academics researching corpus linguistics,
media discourse and stylistics.The editorial board includes:
Frantisek Cermak (Prague), Susan Conrad (Portland), Geoffrey Leech
(Lancaster), Elena Tognini-Bonelli (Lecce and TWC), Ruth Wodak
(Lancaster and Vienna), and, Feng Zhiwei (Beijing)."The Corpus and
Discourse" series consists of two strands. The first, "Research in
Corpus and Discourse", features innovative contributions to various
aspects of corpus linguistics and a wide range of applications,
from language technology via the teaching of a second language to a
history of mentalities. The second strand, "Studies in Corpus and
Discourse", is comprised of key texts bridging the gap between
social studies and linguistics. Although equally academically
rigorous, this strand will be aimed at a wider audience of
academics and postgraduate students working in both disciplines.
Norms, Values, and Society is the second Yearbook of the Vienna
Circle Institute, which was founded in October 1991. The main part
of the book contains original contributions to an international
symposium the Institute held in October 1993 on ethics and social
philosophy. The papers deal among others with questions of justice,
equality, just social institutions, human rights, the connections
between rationality and morality and the methodological problems of
applied ethics. The Documentation section contains previously
unpublished papers by Rudolf Carnap, Philipp Frank, Charles W.
Morris and Edgar Zilsel, and the review section presents new
publications on the Vienna Circle. The Vienna Circle Institute is
devoted to the critical advancement of science and philosophy in
the broad tradition of the Vienna Circle, as well as to the
focusing of cross-disciplinary interest on the history and
philosophy of science in a social context. The Institute's
Yearbooks will, for the most part, document its activities and
provide a forum for the discussion of exact philosophy, logical and
empirical investigations, and analysis of language.
The 'Cominternians' who staffed the Communist International in
Moscow from its establishment in 1919 to its dissolution in 1943
led transnational lives and formed a cosmopolitan but closed and
privileged world. The book tells of their experience in the Soviet
Union through the decades of hope and terror.
Illusions of control are explored in a wide variety of
domains—from the micro level of the self and interpersonal
relations to the macro level of large organizations and intergroup
and international relations. The authors argue that people are
motivated to control the world, and in particular, to control
future events. This tendency is strong in Western industrialized
societies, where modern science is seen as a means through which
humans can gain mastery over environmental conditions. The tendency
to control can have positive and negative consequences. Illusions
of control are often shattered by unexpected events such as
divorce, death, and by technological and environmental changes. The
authors argue that the best strategy for coping is to develop
long-term goals and short-term strategies. Working from a
multidisciplinary perpective, they show how to avoid the pitfalls
of these illusions of control. This book will be of interest to
students and professionals in social psychology, and organizational
behavior management.
The ideal resource for school counseling field experiences, the
updated and expanded third edition of A Guide to Practicum and
Internship for School Counselors-in-Training covers all aspects of
the practicum and internship experience from the initial contact
with supervisors to detailed descriptions of students' different
roles. Readers will gain an awareness of school culture and the
understanding needed to develop an individualized philosophy of
school counseling. Each chapter contains activities, case studies,
worksheets, and images to facilitate understanding, and all
material is consistent with both the Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) 2016 Common
Core and School Counselor Entry-Level Specialty Areas and the
school counselor standards identified by the American School
Counselor Association (ASCA). Specific focus is given to strategies
for implementing the ASCA National Model (4th edition) as a part of
clinical experiences. This text can be used by faculty, students,
and supervisors alike to support and enhance the school counseling
knowledge base used to meet the needs of all students.
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