Landscape ecology and conservation biology are rapidly developing disciplines, and a current synthesis of principles and applications in these two fields is needed under one cover. Many managers are not applying principles of landscape ecology in efforts to conserve plants and animals and yet the loss of biological diversity could be reduced if larger-scale processes and patterns were consistently considered in management and conservation decisions. This book brings together contributions from leaders in landscape ecology and addresses the issue of how what we know about landscape ecology can help us understand, manage and maintain biodiversity. The book is divided into six parts: the first part introduces the book and discusses what landscape ecology is and why it is important to conservation biology. The second deals with patches, the third part discusses corridors and biota movement, the fourth part discusses landscape change and how these affect biodiversity. The fifth part covers landscape planning. The final part presents a synthesis and draws conclusions about the utility of the landscape approach to conservation.
Ecologists, conservation biologists and landscape managers will find this book to be an essential resource for study and reference.

Describes the chaos apparent in simple mechanical systems with the goal of elucidating the connections between classical and quantum mechanics. It develops the relevant ideas of the last two decades via geometric intuition rather than algebraic manipulation. The historical and cultural background against which these scientific developments have occurred is depicted, and realistic examples are discussed in detail. This book enables entry-level graduate students to tackle fresh problems in this rich field.

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the design of warning systems to capture attention; attention distractions in the workplace; failures of dividing attention while driving; and the measurement of mental workload while flying. This new edition discusses the implications of VR and AR for human attention. It also covers the treatment of attention-based pedagogical methods used to enhance learning and presents attentional issues in interacting with automation and AI. New chapters include applications of attention to healthcare, education pedagogy, highway safety, and human interaction with autonomous vehicles and other AI systems. The readership for this book is the professional, the researcher, and the student.

Most people tend to view number theory as the very paradigm of pure mathematics. With the advent of computers, however, number theory has been finding an increasing number of applications in practical settings, such as in cryptography, random number generation, coding theory, and even concert hall acoustics. Yet other applications are still emerging - providing number theorists with some major new areas of opportunity. The 1996 IMA summer program on Emerging Applications of Number Theory was aimed at stimulating further work with some of these newest (and most attractive) applications. Concentration was on number theory's recent links with: (a) wave phenomena in quantum mechanics (more specifically, quantum chaos); and (b) graph theory (especially expander graphs and related spectral theory). This volume contains the contributed papers from that meeting and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by novel applications of modern number-theoretical techniques.

Just 23 years ago Benoit Mandelbrot published his famous picture of the Mandelbrot set, but that picture has changed our view of the mathematical and physical universe. In this text, Mandelbrot offers 25 papers from the past 25 years, many related to the famous inkblot figure. Of historical interest are some early images of this fractal object produced with a crude dot-matrix printer. The text includes some items not previously published.

This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.* A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC* Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced* Introduces the major writers and genres of the period* Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek* Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature

This book is a guide to the extraordinarily diverse literature of the Hellenistic period.* A guide to the literature of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC* Provides overviews of the social, political, intellectual and literary historical contexts in which Hellenistic literature was produced* Introduces the major writers and genres of the period* Provides information about style, meter and languages to aid readers with no prior knowledge of the language in understanding technical aspects of literary Greek* Distinctive in its coverage of current issues in Hellenistic criticism, including audience reception, the political and social background, and Hellenistic theories of literature

Describes the chaos apparent in simple mechanical systems with the goal of elucidating the connections between classical and quantum mechanics. It develops the relevant ideas of the last two decades via geometric intuition rather than algebraic manipulation. The historical and cultural background against which these scientific developments have occurred is depicted, and realistic examples are discussed in detail. This book enables entry-level graduate students to tackle fresh problems in this rich field.

Most people tend to view number theory as the very paradigm of pure mathematics. With the advent of computers, however, number theory has been finding an increasing number of applications in practical settings, such as in cryptography, random number generation, coding theory, and even concert hall acoustics. Yet other applications are still emerging - providing number theorists with some major new areas of opportunity. The 1996 IMA summer program on Emerging Applications of Number Theory was aimed at stimulating further work with some of these newest (and most attractive) applications. Concentration was on number theory's recent links with: (a) wave phenomena in quantum mechanics (more specifically, quantum chaos); and (b) graph theory (especially expander graphs and related spectral theory). This volume contains the contributed papers from that meeting and will be of interest to anyone intrigued by novel applications of modern number-theoretical techniques.

In most countries, primary prevention programmes against the HIV / AIDS epidemic have been implemented. Broadly speaking, three levels of intervention can be identified: - national campaigns directed to the general population; most of them are multi phase campaigns aimed at providing information about HIV transmission and protective behaviour; they use the various mass media channels and are mainly directed to sexual behaviour modifi cation; - community-based interventions, addressed to specific target popula tions; these populations have been typically selected according to both the high risk of infection (gay men and prostitutes) and the difficulty to reach the members of these communities (intravenous drug users); - individual testing and counselling, often supported by public funds or large non-governmental organizations. Major efforts have been devoted to the development and the implemen tation of these preventive programmes, both in terms of human re sources and financial support. On the other hand, in most countries, far less energy has been put into the evaluation of these campaigns. This gap is not explained by the fact that evaluation of AIDS/HIV cam paigns is a totally new challenge in terms of methodology: there are classical methods, developed over twenty years and used in other fields of prevention."

Landscape ecology and conservation biology are rapidly developing disciplines, and a current synthesis of principles and applications in these two fields is needed under one cover. Many managers are not applying principles of landscape ecology in efforts to conserve biota, yet the loss of biological diversity could be reduced if broad-scale processes and patterns were consistently considered in management and conservation decisions. Bringing together insights from leaders in landscape ecology and conservation biology, this book explains how our knowledge about landscape ecology can help us understand, manage and maintain biodiversity. Beyond explaining pertinent concepts of landscape ecology and biological conservation and describing examples of their use in management, research and planning, this book also distills principles for applying landscape ecology in conservation, identifies gaps in current knowledge and provides research approaches to fill those voids. The book is divided into five parts: the first part introduces the book and discusses what landscape ecology is and why it is important to biological conservation. The second deals with multiple scales, connectivity and organism movement. The third part discusses landscape change and how this affects biodiversity, and the fourth part covers conservation planning. The final part presents a synthesis that identifies overarching principles, pervasive constraints and realistic prospects for applying landscape ecology in biological conservation. Conservationists, land-use planners, and ecologists will find this book to be an essential resource. Foreword by Richard T.T. Forman.

The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.

This colloquium volume celebrates a new Hellenistic epigram collection attributed to the third-century B.C.E. poet Posidippus, one of the most significant literary finds in recent memory. Included in this collection are an unusual variety of voices and perspectives: papyrological, art historical, archaeological, historical, literary, and aesthetic. These texts are considered as individual poems and as collective artifact, an early poetry book. The volume will be of interest to readers of Greek and Latin epigram, students of the Hellenistic period, and all readers interested in the aesthetics of poetry collection and the evolution of the poetry book in antiquity.

The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most exciting new additions to the corpus of Greek literature in decades. It not only contains over 100 previously unknown epigrams by one of the most prominent poets of the third century BC, but as an artefact it constitutes our earliest example of a Greek poetry book. In addition to a poetic translation of the entire corpus of Posidippus' poetry, this volume contains essays about Posidippus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Hellenistic and Augustan literature, Ptolemaic history, and Graeco-Roman visual culture.

Es wird ein umfassendes Referenzmodell dargestellt, welches das heutige Wissen auf dem Gebiet der Informationssystem-Modellierung kompakt zusammenfasst. Dazu wird eine neue Form der Darstellung, eine sog. "Methoden-Engineering"-Notation, verwendet. Es handelt sich dabei um eine semiformale Notation, mit der Methoden strukturiert dargestellt werden konnen. Das Referenzmodell wird theoretisch erklart. Es enthalt aber auch ein zusammenhangendes Beispiel, das dazu dient, das dargestellte theoretische Wissen zu illustrieren. Der Nutzen fur den Kaufer besteht darin, dass er ein Buch mit einer enormen Wissensbreite und -tiefe kauft. In Form eines Kompendiums dokumentiert dieses Buch aufs Beste das Wissensgebiet "Entwurf von betrieblichen, transaktionsorientierten Informationssystemen.""

Business Engineering liefert Modelle und Techniken zur Transformation der Unternehmen. Es zeigt, welche Chancen die Informationstechnik eroffnet und wie ein Unternehmen diese Chancen in effektive und effiziente Ablaufe umsetzt. Der Prozess als neues Modell der Organisation verbindet die Geschaftsstrategie mit dem Informationssystem und wird so zur Drehscheibe neuer unternehmerischer Losungen. Band 1 beschreibt Techniken des Business Engineering. Um diese realitatsnah zu vermitteln, beschreibt der vorliegende Band 2 ein umfassendes Fallbeispiel, das aus einem realen Fall abgeleitet worden ist. Das Fallbeispiel enthalt Auszuge aus der Strategie eines Unternehmens, aus dem Prozess Verkauf und aus dem Verkaufs-Informationssystem."

Just 23 years ago Benoit Mandelbrot published his famous picture of the Mandelbrot set, but that picture has changed our view of the mathematical and physical universe. In this text, Mandelbrot offers 25 papers from the past 25 years, many related to the famous inkblot figure. Of historical interest are some early images of this fractal object produced with a crude dot-matrix printer. The text includes some items not previously published.

Epigrams, the briefest of Greek poetic forms, had a strong appeal for readers of the Hellenistic period (323-31 B.C.). One of the most characteristic literary forms of the era, the epigram, unlike any other ancient or classical form of poetry, was not only composed for public recitation but was also collected in books intended for private reading. Brief and concise, concerned with the personal and the particular, the epigram emerged in the Hellenistic period as a sophisticated literary form that evinces the period's aesthetic preference for the miniature, the intricate, and the fragmented. Kathryn Gutzwiller offers the first full-length literary study of these important poems by studying the epigrams within the context of the poetry books in which they were originally collected. Drawing upon ancient sources as well as recent papyrological discoveries, Gutzwiller reconstructs the nature of Hellenistic epigram books and interprets individual poems as if they remained part of their original collections. This approach results in illuminating and original readings of many major poets, and demonstrates that individual epigrammatists were differentiated by gender, ethnicity, class status, and philosophical views. In an important final chapter, Gutzwiller reconstructs much of the poetic structure of Meleager's Garland, an ancient anthology of Hellenistic epigrams.

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Gesch. Europa - Deutschland - I. Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik, Note: 1, Universitat Zurich (Historisches Seminar der Universitat Zurich), Veranstaltung: 3-tagige Abschlussarbeit fur das Lizentiat, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Zeit zwischen den zwei Weltkriegen war nicht nur fur Deutschland, sondern auch fur die gesamte Weltpolitik von grosster Bedeutung. Nicht nur, dass in Deutschland die erste demokratische Republik ausgerufen wurde. Auch die Machtekonstellation wie sie nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg Realitat war, wurde durch die neue deutsche Demokratie, die Weimarer Republik, im Laufe ihres funfzehnjahrigen Bestehens schwerwiegend beeinflusst. Wahrend der Weimarer Republik gab es drei verschiedene politische Phasen, die jeweils einem anderen Credo unterworfen waren. Insbesondere die zweite Phase - die Phase des Ausbaus und der Stabilisierung - war fur die Zwischenkriegszeit wegweisend. Hauptperson war der deutsche Aussenminister Gustav Stresemann. Er pragte nicht nur die Stellung und Politik Deutschlands, sondern wird auch fur die relative politische Entspannung Europas in der zweiten Halfte der 20er Jahre verantwortlich gemacht. Nicht umsonst wird die Zeit von 1924-1929 die Ara Stresemann" genannt.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Public Relations, Werbung, Marketing, Social Media, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1,5, Zurcher Hochschule Winterthur, Veranstaltung: CAS - Marketing und Corporate Communications, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Erfolgreiche Unternehmen im weiteren Sinne gibt es seit vielen hundert Jahren. Sogar Caesars Reich kann als Unternehmen angesehen werden. Auch Ludwig XIV fuhrte mit Versailles ein eigentliches Unternehmen. Im 19. Jahrhundert, im Rahmen der Industrialisierung, entstanden Unternehmen wie sie bis heute bestehen. Der Erfolg hing damals grosstenteils davon ab, ob ein Produkt gut war oder nicht. Kommunikation oder Marketing spielten bis in die 1960er Jahre fur das Unternehmertum fast uberhaupt keine Rolle. Heute jedoch lassen sich Produkte und Dienstleistungen substituieren, deren Qualitat ist kein Erfolgsgarant mehr. Andere Faktoren werden fur den Erfolg eines Unternehmens verantwortlich gemacht. Zwei davon sind die Integrierte Kommunikation und die Unternehmenskultur. Wieso sind gerade diese beiden Faktoren fur ein Unternehmen so wichtig geworden? Und, wenn diese beiden Faktoren fur den Unternehmenserfolg essentiell sind, in welchem Verhaltnis stehen sie dann zueinander? Beeinflusst oder bedingt der eine den anderen oder sind sie vollig unabhangig?

Lizentiatsarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Medien / Kommunikation - Journalismus, Publizistik, Note: 2, Universitat Zurich (Institut fur Publizistikwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Lizentiatsarbeit, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Journalisten auf der ganzen Welt haben vieles gemeinsam. Die markanteste Ubereinstimmung liegt in ihrem durchschnittlich sehr jungen Alter. Es reicht von 30 Jahren in Hong Kong und Algerien, bis zu 40 resp. 41 Jahren in Finnland, Kanada und der Schweiz. In kaum einer anderen Berufssparte sind durchschnittlich so junge Arbeitnehmer zu finden. Empirische Studien belegen, dass Journalisten im Gegensatz zu anderen Berufsgruppen sehr jung sind. Dies lasst den Schluss zu, dass viele Journalisten ab einem gewissen Alter aus dem Journalismus aussteigen. Diese Arbeit mochte in erster Linie untersuchen, weshalb sich die Journalisten von ihrem ursprunglichen Beruf abgewandt haben. Ein weit verbreitetes Klischee ist, dass ein Journalist standig als rasender Reporter" unterwegs ist und dabei eigentlich nichts Rechtes macht, ununterbrochen raucht und am Abend locker eine Flasche Whisky leert. Ware das die Wirklichkeit, konnten vor allem die ruinierte Gesundheit, Langeweile und die unregelmassigen Arbeitszeiten als Ausstiegsmotive angenommen werden. Doch dies ist bloss ein Klischee, wenngleich auch Klischees meistens einen Funken Wahrheit enthalten. Diese Arbeit will keine Klischees untersuchen. Ihr Ziel ist es, herauszufinden, weshalb die Journalisten aus ihrem Beruf aussteigen. Sind sie zu gestresst, um den Beruf weiterhin auszuuben? Mussen sie tatsachlich die ganze Nacht hindurch auf den Beinen sein und steigen deshalb aus? Leiden sie vielleicht sogar an einem Burnout? Konnen sie kaum Karriere machen und steigen deshalb aus? Empfinden sie die Boulevardisierung als derart storend, dass sie nicht mehr langer Teil dieses Systems sein wollen? Oder gibt es nicht genugend alternative Arbeitgeber?