Resource Management for Distributed Multimedia Systems addresses the problems and challenges of handling several continuous- media data streams in networked multimedia environments. The work demonstrates how resource management mechanisms can be integrated into a stream handling system. The resulting system includes functions for Quality of Service (QoS) calculations, scheduling, determination of resource requirements, and methods to reduce resource requirements. The work explains the following: a suitable system architecture and resource management scheme that allows for the provision and enforcement of QoS guarantee, resource scheduling mechanisms for CPU and buffer space, mechanisms to measure and collect resource requirements, methods to extend resource management to future scenarios by allowing the reservation of resources in advance and offering sealing mechanisms. . Resource Management for Distributed Multimedia Systems is a comprehensive view of resource management for a broad technical audience that includes computer scientists and engineers involved in developing multimedia applications.

Erfolgreiches Bauen setzt neben dem Wissen von Werkstoffeigenschaften und Korrosions- und Brandverhalten fundierte Kenntnisse in der Statik und Festigkeitslehre, aber auch eine gründliche Ausbildung in den wesentlichen Konstruktionsprinzipien dieser speziellen Bauweise voraus. Das Buch widmet sich diesen Konstruktionsprinzipien und vermittelt das hierfür notwendige Grundwissen. Es werden die wichtigsten Konstruktions- und Bemessungsregeln für Vollwandträger, Fachwerkträger, Fachwerke, Kranbahnen, Rahmentragwerke sowie für Tragelemente mit dünnwandigen Querschnittsteilen behandelt. Neben der ausführlichen zeichnerischen Dokumentation der Konstruktionen werden in verständlicher und umfassender Weise die zugehörigen Nachweise in Form vieler Berechnungsbeispiele dargestellt. Basis aller Berechnungen sind nun die neuen deutschen (DIN 18800-1 bis -2) und europäischen Normen (EC 3 [Stahlbau]). Die Verbundkonstruktionen aus Stahl und Beton werden auf der Grundlage des EC 4 [Verbundbau] in einem eigenen Abschnitt behandelt. Ebenfalls sind Dauer- und Betriebsfestigkeit des Stahls bei dynamischer Beanspruchung mit den zugehörigen Nachweisen ein ausführliches Thema in diesem Buch.

Mindfulness-once an ancient practice honed in Buddhist monasteries-is now a mainstream, evidence based, secular intervention employed by trained health and mental health professionals worldwide. The rapid spread of mindfulness increasingly involves psychologists, physicians, social workers, therapists, counselors, spiritual advisers, life coaches, and education professionals trained in their respective disciplines. Additionally, research continues to show that mindfulness is an effective treatment for anxiety, depression, stress, pain relief, and many other illnesses. If you are a professional interested in teaching mindfulness, this book will provide you with everything you need to get started right away. The introductory, six-week protocol outlined in this book is easy-to-use, and can be implemented in a variety of settings, ranging from an outpatient mental health clinic to an inpatient oncology clinic, from a substance abuse recovery program to educational settings. In addition, this book will tell you what to bring to each class; provides outlines for each session; offers scripts to help you differentiate the weekly meditative practices; and provides invaluable resources for further study and professional development. If you're looking to integrate mindfulness into your professional work, this is your go-to guide.

Resource Management for Distributed Multimedia Systems addresses the problems and challenges of handling several continuous- media data streams in networked multimedia environments. The work demonstrates how resource management mechanisms can be integrated into a stream handling system. The resulting system includes functions for Quality of Service (QoS) calculations, scheduling, determination of resource requirements, and methods to reduce resource requirements. The work explains the following: a suitable system architecture and resource management scheme that allows for the provision and enforcement of QoS guarantee, resource scheduling mechanisms for CPU and buffer space, mechanisms to measure and collect resource requirements, methods to extend resource management to future scenarios by allowing the reservation of resources in advance and offering sealing mechanisms. . Resource Management for Distributed Multimedia Systems is a comprehensive view of resource management for a broad technical audience that includes computer scientists and engineers involved in developing multimedia applications.

Die Geschichte der AEsthetik verzeichnet das Verhaltnis von high und low, also von Hoch- und Popularkultur, als ein streng antagonistisches. Andererseits findet in der Gegenwartsliteratur kein Ende, was spatestens mit den historischen Avantgarden programmatisch wurde: Grenzuberschreitungen zu 'illegitimen' Kunstformen, die Integration verschiedener Elemente von Nicht-Kunst sowie eine auffallige Aufwertung des 'Beiwerks', des vermeintlich Sekundaren. Der vorliegende Sammelband untersucht dieses Spannungsverhaltnis an verschiedenen aktuellen Beispielen.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Interactive Distributed Multimedia Systems and Telecommunication Services, IDMS'97, held in Darmstadt, Germany, in September 1997. The 41 revised full papers presented in the book were selected from over 100 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on media coding and content processing, development and interoperability, on-demand systems, multicast and FEC, video server and systems, video transmission, production and authoring, multimedia applications, mobility, CSCW and system performance, MM communication over ATM networks, CSCW and teleteaching, QoS for media presentations, QoS and scaling.

The study attempts to reconstruct Goethe's views on aesthetics prior to the period of Weimar classicism. Here we find very early indications of a tendency toward autonomy in his theory of art and literature. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of the literary field, Goethe's paradigmatic theoretical writings are subjected to an intertextual microanalysis and at the same time related both to the immediate circumstances of their genesis and artistic points of reference on the one hand and to European contexts on the other. This provides a broader backdrop against which both the specific and the representative aspects of Goethe's non-systematic aesthetic thinking can be usefully reviewed.

"Mindfulness and compassion practices should be in everybody's toolbox for a happier and healthier life. [This] book is essential reading for providers who treat chronic illnesses and for those suffering from them."--Arianna Huffington Pain can be a big, unwieldy box that we struggle to carry all day. But what if we could put down this box, unpack it, and tackle the contents one by one? Outsmart Your Pain is Dr. Christiane Wolf's radically clear, evidence-based guide to relieving chronic pain with mindfulness, complete with twenty easy guided meditations and self-compassion practices, including: rewriting the "pain story" you tell yourself practicing loving acceptance of your body as it is mindfully working through negative emotions strengthening your inner and outer support systems. By separating your pain from the stressful thoughts and troubled feelings that come with it, you can lay down your burden and live with joy.

In Germany, the debate about the pros and cons of advanced literary sociology sparked off by Pierre Bourdieu's basic work AThe Rules of ArtA has mostly taken place on an abstract level. The present volume is the first collection of essays in German to discuss the applications of field theory for the study of literature in a practical way. The essays are theory-driven but empirically-oriented researches by authors from France, England, Germany, Austria and Switzerland on examples of literature and literary life from the 17th to the 20th century. These contributions extend Bourdiean analysis in a geographical, historical and thematic sense, and constitute, where necessary, a critique and/or further development of his ideas.

Christian Wolf shows that even with unreliable visual information, no auditory motion is integrated to guide smooth pursuit eye movements. This suggests that smooth pursuit eye movements are solely driven by visual motion information and motion information from other senses is disregarded.

Das essential beschreibt die Planung und Konzeption sowie den Bau und Einsatz eines kleinen Beschleunigers, der in erster Linie Schul- und Lehrzwecken dient. Neben einer Funktionsbeschreibung wird insbesondere auf diejenigen Teilsysteme eingegangen, die fur den Betrieb eines Zyklotrons notwendig sind. Das essential vermittelt also dem Leser in nachvollziehbaren Schritten einen vertieften Einblick in die Funktion und das Zusammenwirken aller Komponenten eines Zyklotrons. COLUMBUS ist aber nicht nur ein Zyklotron FUER, sondern auch eines VON Schulern und Studenten, die in jeder Phase in die Entwicklung und den Bau miteinbezogen wurden. Im essential wird dies durch den teilweise verwendeten Dialogstil an den entsprechenden Stellen zum Ausdruck gebracht.

In den letzten Jahren ist ein regelrechter Grundungsboom von Infrastruktureinrichtungen fur burgerschaftliches Engagement zu verzeichnen. Hierzu zahlen Freiwilligenagenturen, Seniorenburos, Selbsthilfekontaktstellen und Burgerstiftungen ebenso wie Stadtteilburos, Mehrgenerationenhauser, Lokale Bundnisse fur Familien sowie Stabs- oder Anlaufstellen in der Verwaltung. In diesem Band wird untersucht, welche Vor- und Nachteile die Vielfalt der Einrichtungen auf lokaler Ebene mit sich bringt. Welche Anlaufstellen, Buros und Agenturen sind noch zeitgemass? Wie erganzen sich die Angebote, wo uberschneiden sie sich und wo stehen sie in Konkurrenz zueinander? Die Antworten auf diese Fragen bilden die Grundlage fur eine Diskussion uber die zukunftige Entwicklung der Engagementfoerderung vor Ort.

The debate on the use and drawbacks of the sociology of literature unleashed by Bourdieua (TM)s seminal work a oeThe Rules of Arta was mainly conducted here on an abstract level. The present volume contains a collection of papers sounding out the applicability of field theory to literary studies. The authors, from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, present theory-led textually based analyses of the present-day literature and culture business.

Das zweibändige Standardwerk liefert umfassend kompaktes Grundlagenwissen zum Thema Stahlbau. Band 2 vermittelt dabei wichtiges Know-how zu allen Konstruktions- und Bemessungsregeln und wurde für die bereits 21. Auflage aktualisiert und den Normen angepasst. Neben der ausführlichen Darstellung der Zeichnungen werden die zugehörigen Nachweise anhand zahlreicher Berechnungsbeispiele praxisgerecht erläutert.

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. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Quantum Intersit Reipublicae Iuris Canonici Studium Georg Christian Wolf Breitkopf, 1740

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. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Mahrgen Von Der Tonne: Zum Allgemeinen Nutzen Des Menschlichen Geschlechts Abgefasset, Nebst Einem Vollstandigen Begriffe Einer Allgemeinen Gelehrsamkeit, Volume 1; Mahrgen Von Der Tonne: Zum Allgemeinen Nutzen Des Menschlichen Geschlechts Abgefasset, Nebst Einem Vollstandigen Begriffe Einer Allgemeinen Gelehrsamkeit; Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift, Georg Christian Wolf Auf Kosten guter Freunde, 1737

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 8 von 10 P, Jonkoping International Business School (-), course: International Marketing, 16 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: Discusses four typologies of services by McLoughlin - Fitzsimmons -1996, Lovelock -1983, Valikangas - Lehtinen -1990, and Clark - Rajaratnam -1999 and their implications for the standardisation versus adaptation trade-off. However, we will first give an overview about earlier research done within this field. Co-Authors: Sofie Hildingsson, Patrick van der Honing. 328 KB, abstract: 1Introduction Within the course International Marketing, the third project deals with academic research in international marketing and internationalisation. We have chosen to focus on the inter-national dimension of standardisation versus adaptation in service marketing. We will mainly discuss four typologies of services by McLoughlin & Fitzsimmons (1996), Lovelock (1983), Valikangas & Lehtinen (1990), and Clark & Rajaratnam (1999) and their implications for the standardisation versus adaptation trade-off. However, we will first give an overview about earlier research done within this field. Some services were international in scope long before the term "scientific management" was ever invented or the first marketing course was taught. Shipping was an essential in-gredient in opening up early trade routes, with banking and insurance following and then facilitating them. In time, large companies emerged to operate international marine freight and passenger services, developing a network of agents in different ports to represent them. As more and more organisations offer services in foreign markets - often around the world - and as international trade in services increases, important questions are being raised concerning the design and implementation of international service marketing str

Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Computer Science - Commercial Information Technology, grade: B (ECTS), Jonkoping International Business School (DataEkonomer), course: Web Technology, 66 entries in the bibliography, language: English, comment: It is the purpose of this paper to shed some light on the meaning of some of these acronyms. It is an introduction to the technologies that can be seen as the technological basis of the Internet and its most prominent application, the Worldwide Web a.k.a. the web or WWW. Priority will be given to technologies that are widely used and are considered to be of importance for the future development of the web. Starting with the protocols that govern information exchange over the internet, namely the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, and the Post Office Protocol, this paper will continue by giving a short introduction to current additions to HTML, 'the web's language'. A description of basic HTML is left out deliberately, as very profound and complete literature on this subject is already available in great numbers. A section on ways to dynamically create web pages will be ultimately followed by an introduction to internet security issues and available technologies for data protection, namely SSL, HTTPS, S-HTTP, and IPsec. 415 KB, abstract: With the middle of the 1990s an army of acronyms started to conquer the world. Any combination of three or four letters seemed to have a high tech meaning; HTTP, FTP, ASP, PHP, SMTP, POP and many more. One was, and still is, virtually everywhere to be found: WWW. After some time, most people realized that they all had something to do with a network of computers spanning the globe, the Internet. But what are they really about and how does the Internet work, anyway? It is the purpose of this paper to shed some light on the meaning of some of these acronyms. It is an introduction to the technologies that can be seen as the technological basis o