This book provides an introduction to investment appraisal and presents a range of methods and models, some of which are not widely known, or at least not well covered by other textbooks. Each approach is thoroughly described, evaluated and illustrated using examples, with its assumptions and limitations analyzed in terms of their implications for investment decision-making practice. Investment decisions are of vital importance to all companies. Getting these decisions right is crucial but, due to a complex and dynamic business environment, this remains a challenging management task. Effective appraisal methods are valuable tools in supporting investment decision-making. As organisations continue to seek a competitive edge, it is increasingly important that management accountants and strategic decision-makers have a sound knowledge of these tools.

The book will include contributions of the state of the art of quartz raw materials (deposits and properties) and their analytics. The chapters are presented by leading scientists in the quartz field. The presentations cover the main interrelations between genesis of quartz - formation of specific properties - analytics - industrial applications of SiO2 raw materials.

James and Goetze bring together contributors of varied backgrounds, ranging from evolutionary theorists to game theorists to analysts of specific ethnic conflict. Their work represents a coherent attempt at evaluating the usefulness of evolutionary theories for explaining ethnic phenomena and demonstrates how these theories can be applied in attempts to elucidate real-world behaviors.

This study found that kinship theory that posits evolved dispositions to form cooperative bonds with family, ethnic groups and other social groups may go a long way in accounting for the formation of ethnic groups. Also, ingroup-outgroup theory may contribute to understanding how group conflict commences. Likewise, the description of evolved mechanisms for discerning threat, for building reputations, and for recognizing individuals, groups, and states as possible cooperators and long-term allies may facilitate explanation of the outbreak and avoidance of group conflicts. This also may explain the design of conscious strategies for conflict prevention and resolution. Nonetheless, several contributors take a more critical stance and offer ample reason why building these explanations may prove elusive or at least troublesome given the complex character of human societies. This work is a provocative resource for scholars, students, and other researchers involved with ethnicity and ethnic conflict, international relations, social psychology, and social anthropology.

The book is a collection of research level surveys on certain topics in probability theory, which will be of interest to graduate students and researchers.

This second edition of TIPS: The Child Voice was prepared in response to demand for an updated and expanded version of the highly successful 1997 edition. This edition takes into account the broadening base of information regarding the nature of the singing voice. Now with strategies for the voice in transition during early adolescence, as well as strategies, games and activities to nurture the voice in early childhood, you'll find more suggestions for selecting materials and more recommended sources and resources. Also new are sample materials and activities, but you'll still find TIPS to use in student portfolios. These ideas, culled from scholars and experienced teachers, should prove useful to not only music educators, but also early childhood specialists, middle school teachers, and everyone working with students during those critical times of development of our natural instrument . . . the singing voice.

New Diplomatic History has turned into one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of research – especially with regard to early modern history. It has shown that diplomacy was not as homogenous as previously thought. On the contrary, it was shaped by a multitude of actors, practices and places. The handbook aims to characterise these different manifestations of diplomacy and to contextualise them within ongoing scientific debates. It brings together scholars from different disciplines and historiographical traditions. The handbook deliberately focuses on European diplomacy – although non-European areas are taken into account for future research – in order to limit the framework and ensure precise definitions of diplomacy and its manifestations. This must be the prerequisite for potential future global historical perspectives including both the non-European and the European world.

The book will include contributions of the state of the art of quartz raw materials (deposits and properties) and their analytics. The chapters are presented by leading scientists in the quartz field. The presentations cover the main interrelations between genesis of quartz - formation of specific properties - analytics - industrial applications of SiO2 raw materials.

The International Skeletal Society is now fifteen years old and as measured in human terms has outgrown its childhood. During this time the ISS has earned worldwide respect and praise for successful work. The International Skeletal Society is an interdisciplinary working group concerned with skeletal diseases, their pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment at all ages. At the Annual Closed Meetings of the ISS prominent scientists representing many countries from all over the world gather to exchange ideas in the fields of radiology, pathology, orthopedic surgery, nephrology, and endocrinology. Follow ing these meetings Refresher Courses are offered for students, physicians in train ing, and interested collegues from the various medical specialities. The purpose of these courses is to present the latest developments in clinical practice and research with regard to skeletal diseases. The Society's internationally well-known journal "Skeletal Radiology," which is published by Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, adds in exchanging updated developments in the field of skeletal disorders. The hereby presented first Book of Members contains a record summarizing the most important milestones and events of the history of the International Skeletal Society up to 1987 in the form of short biographies regarding the members of the Society. The task of gathering all important informations for this book was accom plished by one of the members during his term as President of the ISS. The other one - honorary member - took upon himself the tasks related to publication."

In dieser Reihe werden abgeschlossene Teilgebiete der klinischen Forschung und experimentellen Medizin von Spezialisten erschopfend dargestellt. Dabei werden biochemische, physiologische und pathologisch-anatomische Grundlagen, wenn erforderlich auch genetische epidemiologische Daten, berucksichtigt und bisherige Erkenntnisse mit neuesten Forschungsergebnissen in Zusammenhang gebracht.

A collection of research level surveys on certain topics in probability theory by a well-known group of researchers. The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers.

This book presents a range of investment appraisal methods and models to help readers make good investment decisions. Each approach is thoroughly described, evaluated, and illustrated using examples, with its assumptions and limitations analyzed in terms of their implications for investment decision-making practice. Getting investment decisions right is crucial but due to a complex and dynamic business environment this remains a challenging management task.

The book contains the only available complete presentation of the mode-coupling theory (MCT) of complex dynamics of glass-forming liquids, dense polymer melts, and colloidal suspensions. It describes in a self-contained manner the derivation of the MCT equations of motion and explains that the latter define a model for a statistical description of non-linear dynamics.
It is shown that the equations of motion exhibit bifurcation singularities, which imply the evolution of dynamical scenarios different from those studied in other non-linear dynamics theories. The essence of the scenarios is explained by the asymptotic solution theory of the equations of motion. The leading-order results deal with scaling laws and the range of validity of these general laws is obtained by the derivation of the leading-correction results.
Comparisons of numerical solutions of the MCT equations of motion with the results of the analytic results of the asymptotic analysis demonstrate various facets of the MCT dynamics. Some comparisons of MCT results with data are used to show the relevance of MCT for the discussion of amorphous matter dynamics.

Lehrwerk zur modernen Kartographie mit Anwendungen in Verkehr, Tourismus, Handel, Dienstleistungen und Gesundheitswesen. Vorrangige Zielgruppe sind Studierende in interdisziplinaren Studiengangen wie der Tourismus- und Verkehrswirtschaft, der Wirtschaftsinformatik und des Wirtschaftsingenieurwesens."

Das Buch umfasst fundamentales Wissen aus der Mengenlehre, der Logik und der Graphentheorie, das insbesondere auf eine anschliessende Datenbankausbildung ausgerichtet ist. Daruber hinaus werden klassische und moderne Verfahren der Codierung behandelt, die in der Internet-Okonomie eine Rolle spielen. Grundlegende Techniken des Formalisierens und des Algorithmierens werden an spezielle Aufgaben aus dem Bereich des Operations Research entwickelt. Besonderer Wert wird auf eine beispielorientierte Einfuhrung von Begriffen und Formalisierungstechniken gelegt. Eine Vielzahl von Graphiken sorgt fur eine anschauliche Stoffvermittlung. Das Verstandnis fur die behandelten Algorithmen wird durch Strukturprogramme erleichter. Jedes Kapitel schliesst mit einem umfangreichen Teil von Ubungsaufgaben ab. Die meisten Aufgaben zum selbstandigen Uben stehen in engem Zusammenhang mit den Demonstrationsbeispielen im Text. Ausfuhrliche Losungen zu den Aufgaben befinden sich am Ende des Buches."

Der zweite Teil der 150jAhrigen Geschichte des Springer-Verlages umschlieAt das Geschehen vom Neuanfang nach dem 2. Weltkrieg bis zum Wechsel in der VerlagsfA1/4hrung Ende 1992. Es bildet eine Einheit sowohl hinsichtlich des Wirkens der prAgenden PersAnlichkeiten als auch der von ihnen vertretenen Verlagspolitik. Zwei Hauptabschnitte sind erkennbar: ZunAchst die Zeit des Aufbaus in Berlin, Heidelberg, GAttingen und MA1/4nchen sowie in Wien. Dabei wurde an die guten Traditionen der Pflege von QualitAt des Inhalts und der Form angeknA1/4pft. Es folgt das Ausgreifen in den internationalen Bereich, fA1/4r das die GrA1/4ndung einer Niederlassung in New York 1964 als Stichtag gelten kann. Damit war zwangslAufig der Aoebergang auf die englische Sprache fA1/4r unsere wissenschaftlichen BA1/4cher und Zeitschriften verbunden. Ein weiterer, wohl ebenso bedeutender Schritt folgte der frA1/4hen Erkenntnis der wachsenden Bedeutung Ostasiens. Auf den Erwerb einer Vertriebsfirma 1978 folgte 1983 die Aufnahme eigener VerlagstAtigkeit in Tokyo. Schon frA1/4her waren von New Delhi aus AktivitAten auf dem indischen Subkontinent entwickelt worden. In Hong Kong, das fA1/4r den Kontakt mit China und SA1/4dostasien eine SchlA1/4sselposition einnimmt, wurde 1986 eine Niederlassung gegrA1/4ndet. In Europa waren London und Paris die ersten StA1/4tzpunkte: in jA1/4ngerer Zeit folgten Moskau mit St. Petersburg und Novosibirsk. Barcelona reprAsentiert den spanischsprechenden Teil der Welt. SchlieAlich folgten Budapest und Mailand. Der Erwerb der Verlage J.F. Steinkopff, Darmstadt, Physica, WA1/4rzburg, und BirkhAuser, Basel, ergAnzt durch die Buchhandlung Freihofer in ZA1/4rich, stArkte die PrAsenz im deutschsprachigen Bereich. Damit sind am Ende der Berichtszeit die Voraussetzungen geschaffen fA1/4r den weiteren Ausbau einer global orientierten Verlagspolitik. Der Autor war seit 1949 im Springer-Verlag tAtig - von 1957 bis 1992 als Mitinhaber und geschAftsfA1/4hrender Gesellschafter.

The good acceptance of this textbook is an indication that it has served its purpose. The present edition has been prepared in order to cover the main progress achieved in the five years that have elapsed since the first edition. The structure of the book remains essentially the same but a con siderable amount of new material has been introduced, particularly in certain areas such as the genetics of immunoglobulins and T cell receptor, the regulation of the immune response, hypersensitivity reactions, and cellular immunology. Today, immunology is essential for biologists in general and in particular for physicians, veterinarians, and pathologists. The great progress and diversification that has taken place in the last few years is due to its enormous value both for the understanding of theoretical biology and for the practical resolution of biochemical, genetic, pathological, and biological problems. Greatly contributing to this progress have been relatively sophisticated techniques, such as immunofluorescence, radioimmune assay, transmission electron micro scopy, scanning electron microscopy, isoelectric focusing, quantitative cytofluorimetry, affinity chromatography, and techniques that allow separation of the different lymphocyte subpopulations. A potentially fabulous field was recently opened with the development of techniques for obtaining monoclonal antibodies by fusion of immunologically active lymphocytes with myeloma cells. These hybrid cells produce large amounts of monoclonal antibodies or other lymphocyte factors. The establishment of this hybridoma technology, that is already routine in most laboratories, is being used in the resolution of general biology problems, particularly in the study of the various cell surface molecules."