Volume four of the all-new "Handbook of Neuropsychology" addresses the disorders of visual behaviour. This work reviews the neurophysiology of spatial vision, as well as recent work on recognition deficits for faces, objects and words. Also presented are disorders of spatial representation, of colour processing and of mental imagery. Balint's syndrome, blindsight, and visuospatial or constructional disorders are discussed and the relationship between eye movements and brain damage are described in detail.

Volume four of the all-new "Handbook of Neuropsychology" addresses the disorders of visual behaviour. This work reviews the neurophysiology of spatial vision, as well as recent work on recognition deficits for faces, objects and words. Also presented are disorders of spatial representation, of colour processing and of mental imagery. Balint's syndrome, blindsight, and visuospatial or constructional disorders are discussed and the relationship between eye movements and brain damage are described in detail.

Submarine mass movements are a hidden geohazard with large destructive potential for submarine installations and coastal areas. This hazard and associated risk is growing in proportion with increasing population of coastal urban agglomerations, industrial infrastructure, and coastal tourism. Also, the intensified use of the seafloor for natural resource production, and deep sea cables constitutes an increasing risk. Submarine slides may alter the coastline and bear a high tsunamogenic potential. There is a potential link of submarine mass wasting with climate change, as submarine landslides can uncover and release large amounts greenhouse gases, mainly methane, that are now stored in marine sediments. The factors that govern the stability of submarine slopes against failure, the processes that lead to slope collapses and the collapse processes by themselves need to be better understood in order to foresee and prepare society for potentially hazardous events. This book volume consists of a collection of cutting edge scientific research by international experts in the field, covering geological, geophysical, engineering and environmental aspects of submarine slope failures. The focus is on understanding the full spectrum of challenges presented by this major coastal and offshore geohazard.

Understanding visual perceptual organization remains a challenge for vision science. Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural Perspectives explores ideas emanating from behavioral, developmental, neuropsychological, neurophysiological, and computational approaches to the problem of perceptual organization. The growing body of research on perceptual organization has converged on a number of critical issues, most of which are addressed in this volume. These include issues concerning the nature and order of organizational processes, the stimulus factors that engage the mechanisms of organization, the developmental stage at which the mechanisms of organization are available, the role of past experience and learning in organization, the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual organization, and the relations between perceptual organization and other cognitive processes, in particular, object recognition and visual attention. Divided into four parts, the book is designed not only to detail the current state of the art in the field but also to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of perceptual organization. Part I presents an overview of the problem of perceptual organization, different frameworks for understanding perceptual organization, and a state-of-the-art summary of the domain. Part II details which organizational processes are hardwired in the perceptual system, which are acquired through experience, and how object perception relates to other aspects of cognition. Part III describes various attempts to understand the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual organization using two different approaches--neurophysiological and neuropsychological. Part IV offers a computational approach to the problem. This book is intended for cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, computational vision scientists, and developmental psychologists.

To understand mental function, we need to uncover the representations and processes underlying our ability to comprehend and to produce words, sentences,numbers and objects (or pictures of them). The unique contribution of the field of cognitive neuropsychology is the investigation of these representations and processes in individuals who have sustained selective brain damage. Indeed, studies of such individuals provide a window into the mental system and allow us to explore the functional architecture that is necessary and sufficient for cognition. This special issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology is a collection of papers that exemplifies this type of cognitive neuropsychology research. The special issue is designed to honour and pay tribute to Eleanor M. Saffran, one of the pioneers of this discipline, who adopted this approach in her wide-ranging investigations of individuals with cognitive impairment following brain damage. The papers included in this collection all explore issues concerning behavioural and neural mechanisms mediating cognition and are divided into four separate sections. Two of these focus on language, with the emphasis of the first on single word recognition and the second on processes that are invoked beyond the single word level. Conceptual and semantic processes are covered in a third section and the final section is concerned with issues related to more peripheral processes, which, when impaired, give rise to alexia, agnosia and/or agraphia. This extensive collection of papers represents a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field and the papers elucidate the most recent findings in the domain of cognitive neuropsychology.

Online Philanthropy in the Global North and South: Connecting, Microfinancing, and Gaming for Change offers a critical examination how online philanthropy operates through digital connectivity, affective networks of well-meaning digital givers, and the commodification of poverty through what is conceptualized as the "digital subaltern." Chapters examine a range of online philanthropy settings such as online microfinance platforms and games for change, with case studies revealing unseen problems in how digital inclusion and financialization are attempted through the joint forces of NGOization and ITization.

To understand mental function, we need to uncover the representations and processes underlying our ability to comprehend and to produce words, sentences, numbers and objects (or pictures of them). The unique contribution of the field of cognitive neuropsychology is the investigation of these representations and processes in individuals who have sustained selective brain damage. Indeed, studies of such individuals provide a window into the mental system and allow us to explore the functional architecture that is necessary and sufficient for cognition.
This special issue of "Cognitive Neuropsychology "is a collection of papers that exemplifies this type of cognitive neuropsychology research. It is designed to honour and pay tribute to Eleanor M. Saffran, one of the pioneers of this discipline, who adopted this approach in her wide-ranging investigations of individuals with cognitive impairment following brain damage.
The papers included in this collection all explore issues concerning behavioural and neural mechanisms mediating cognition and are divided into four separate sections. Two of these focus on language, with the emphasis of the first on single word recognition and the second on processes that are invoked beyond the single word level. Conceptual and semantic processes are covered in a third section and the final section is concerned with issues related to more peripheral processes, which, when impaired, give rise to alexia, agnosia and/or agraphia. This extensive collection of papers represents a comprehensive overview of the current state of the field and the papers elucidate the most recent findings in the domain of cognitive neuropsychology.

Understanding visual perceptual organization remains a challenge for vision science. Perceptual Organization in Vision: Behavioral and Neural Perspectives explores ideas emanating from behavioral, developmental, neuropsychological, neurophysiological, and computational approaches to the problem of perceptual organization. The growing body of research on perceptual organization has converged on a number of critical issues, most of which are addressed in this volume. These include issues concerning the nature and order of organizational processes, the stimulus factors that engage the mechanisms of organization, the developmental stage at which the mechanisms of organization are available, the role of past experience and learning in organization, the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual organization, and the relations between perceptual organization and other cognitive processes, in particular, object recognition and visual attention. Divided into four parts, the book is designed not only to detail the current state of the art in the field but also to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the study of perceptual organization. Part I presents an overview of the problem of perceptual organization, different frameworks for understanding perceptual organization, and a state-of-the-art summary of the domain. Part II details which organizational processes are hardwired in the perceptual system, which are acquired through experience, and how object perception relates to other aspects of cognition. Part III describes various attempts to understand the neural mechanisms underlying perceptual organization using two different approaches--neurophysiological and neuropsychological. Part IV offers a computational approach to the problem. This book is intended for cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, computational vision scientists, and developmental psychologists.

Wo wird in Hamburg der Geburtstag der Queen Elizabeth ganz britisch gefeiert? Wo liegt der grosste geknupfte Rundteppich Europas? Eine Tasse im Kultrestaurant, einem ehemaligen Toilettenhauschen, gefallig? Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantwortet das Buch "Hamburg erleben." Es ladt zudem zu einem Spaziergang um die Alster ein und lasst Sie Hamburg von seiner schonsten Seite erleben. Weitere Tipps (Z.B. Gondelfahrt erwunscht?) runden das Buch unterhaltsam a

People are always looking for more happiness, satisfaction, joy and inner peace. As a source for this, there is the power of the Universal Mind, which may be revealed to us as knowledge and wisdom so that we can live in balanced and in a fulfilled way. Each of us can find a way to this universal and infinite knowledge. It is within us and is just waiting to be discovered. This energy glows and shines in our hearts, even if we do not perceive it. In the entire universe universal principles work and thus they act also in us. Wise teachers of all epochs recognized these principles and knew how to apply them. They have an effect in every second of our life and appear in our thinking and feeling by which words we are allowed to choose and therefore our actions follow. Hermes Trismegistos said: As above so below, as below so above . Everything is connected with one another and it has therefore a direct influence on our life. There are no exceptions and that wich happens in our life, we have created ourselves. Then we cannot act simply in such a way, as if it would suffice to wish something different in our life in order to change the circumstances in our life. We should recognise the precise reasons, why things are exactly in a certain way in our life, so that we can change it successfully. If we don t understand that how we would we be able to change it? However, everything is in us and start with the feeling of peace in us. "The Knowledge " opens all the doors for those who understand thes principles and learn to apply them. It will start to work in it infinite wisdom, without exception, to support and to lead everyone in all areas of life. In this book you will find the guidance for it, so that "The Knowledge " is revealed in your life. Thus we learn to focus our attention on what really supports us and helps us to further us in life. The exercises in this book are very helpful and I recommend you to apply it. Only you can shape your live, happily, fulfilled, satisfied with an amazing inner balance. The biggest and most exciting journey can be starting in your live. A journey to your true self.

This volume brings together 19 studies of open air rock carving on the prehistoric Atlantic region. Regional case studies include Ireland, Brittany, Galicia, Portugal, Morocco and Western Sahara, as well as a particular focus on the Canary Islands, where the conference from which the papers were drawn was held. A unifying thread to the collection is the desire to place the carvings as fully as possible in their landscape and thus social setting. Essays in Spanish, English and French.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Dieses Lehrbuch erklart die grundlegenden Prinzipien und Definitionen der Creative Industries und beschreibt die Besonderheiten der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft. Es erlautert den digital shift anhand zahlreicher Fallbeispiele, z. B. aus der Musik-, Games- und Fernsehbranche, aber auch aus der bildenden und darstellenden Kunst sowie der Modebranche. Im Detail werden die Auswirkungen dieser Veranderungen auf die Wertschoepfungsketten analysiert. Konkrete Anforderungen an das Management in der Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft nach dem digital shift werden vorgestellt und Themen wie Basisgeschaftsmodelle, Plattformmanagement, Branding, Netzwerkmanagement und Leadership behandelt. Ein Kapitel stellt verschiedene Finanzierungsstrategien vor; abgerundet wird das Buch durch die Beschreibung verschiedener Vertragsstrukturen in den Creative Industries. Das Lehrbuch richtet sich insbesondere an Bachelor- und Master-Studierende aus den Bereichen Kreativwirtschaft, Medien-, Kultur- und Kommunikationsmanagement, aber auch an Grunder und sonstige Interessierte. Kompakte Definitionen der wichtigsten Fachbegriffe, zahlreiche Praxisbeispiele und anschauliche Abbildungen erlauben einen schnellen Zugang zu den einzelnen Themen. Wiederholungs- und Vertiefungsfragen zum Ende jedes Hauptkapitels geben die Moeglichkeit, das erlernte Wissen zu reflektieren. Der Inhalt Begriff der Creative Industries Besonderheiten der Creative Industries im Lichte des digital shift Management in der digitalisierten Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft Finanzierungsstrategien fur kreative Unternehmer Rechtliche Fragen und Vertragsstrukturen