The contributions in this volume give an insight into current research activities in Shape Optimization, Homogenization and Optimal Control performed in Africa, Germany and internationally. Seeds for collaboration can be found in the first four papers in the field of homogenization. Modelling and optimal control in partial differential equations is the topic of the next six papers, again mixed from Africa and Germany. Finally, new results in the field of shape optimization are discussed in the final international three papers. This workshop, held at the AIMS Center Senegal, March 13-16, 2017, has been supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Senegal, which is one of six centres of a pan-African network of centres of excellence for postgraduate education, research and outreach in mathematical sciences.

The contributions in this volume give an insight into current research activities in Shape Optimization, Homogenization and Optimal Control performed in Africa, Germany and internationally. Seeds for collaboration can be found in the first four papers in the field of homogenization. Modelling and optimal control in partial differential equations is the topic of the next six papers, again mixed from Africa and Germany. Finally, new results in the field of shape optimization are discussed in the final international three papers. This workshop, held at the AIMS Center Senegal, March 13-16, 2017, has been supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and by the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in Senegal, which is one of six centres of a pan-African network of centres of excellence for postgraduate education, research and outreach in mathematical sciences.

This special volume focuses on optimization and control of processes governed by partial differential equations. The contributors are mostly participants of the DFG-priority program 1253: Optimization with PDE-constraints which is active since 2006. The book is organized in sections which cover almost the entire spectrum of modern research in this emerging field. Indeed, even though the field of optimal control and optimization for PDE-constrained problems has undergone a dramatic increase of interest during the last four decades, a full theory for nonlinear problems is still lacking. The contributions of this volume, some of which have the character of survey articles, therefore, aim at creating and developing further new ideas for optimization, control and corresponding numerical simulations of systems of possibly coupled nonlinear partial differential equations. The research conducted within this unique network of groups in more than fifteen German universities focuses on novel methods of optimization, control and identification for problems in infinite-dimensional spaces, shape and topology problems, model reduction and adaptivity, discretization concepts and important applications. Besides the theoretical interest, the most prominent question is about the effectiveness of model-based numerical optimization methods for PDEs versus a black-box approach that uses existing codes, often heuristic-based, for optimization.

This special volume focuses on optimization and control of processes governed by partial differential equations. The contributors are mostly participants of the DFG-priority program 1253: Optimization with PDE-constraints which is active since 2006. The book is organized in sections which cover almost the entire spectrum of modern research in this emerging field. Indeed, even though the field of optimal control and optimization for PDE-constrained problems has undergone a dramatic increase of interest during the last four decades, a full theory for nonlinear problems is still lacking. The contributions of this volume, some of which have the character of survey articles, therefore, aim at creating and developing further new ideas for optimization, control and corresponding numerical simulations of systems of possibly coupled nonlinear partial differential equations. The research conducted within this unique network of groups in more than fifteen German universities focuses on novel methods of optimization, control and identification for problems in infinite-dimensional spaces, shape and topology problems, model reduction and adaptivity, discretization concepts and important applications. Besides the theoretical interest, the most prominent question is about the effectiveness of model-based numerical optimization methods for PDEs versus a black-box approach that uses existing codes, often heuristic-based, for optimization.

A collection of articles summarizing the state of knowledge in a large portion of modern homotopy theory. This welcome reference for many new results and recent methods is addressed to all mathematicians interested in homotopy theory and in geometric aspects of group theory.

A collection of articles summarizing the state of knowledge in a large portion of modern homotopy theory. This welcome reference for many new results and recent methods is addressed to all mathematicians interested in homotopy theory and in geometric aspects of group theory.

All practitioners and pharmacists interested in treatment with herbal remedies should have this book at their disposal. It is the definitive practice-oriented introduction - now in its fifth edition - to phytotherapy. Methodically classified by organic systems and fields of application, the text provides a quick insight into dosage, form of application and effects of the most important herbal remedies. Only those herbal remedies that are of pharmacological and clinical efficiency have been considered. The authors are highly experienced in the field of postgraduate medical education, and, with this work, present an indispensable reference book for the medical practice.

All practitioners and pharmacists interested in treatment with herbal remedies should have this book at their disposal. It is the definitive practice-oriented introduction - now in its fifth edition - to phytotherapy. Methodically classified by organic systems and fields of application, the text provides a quick insight into dosage, form of application and effects of the most important herbal remedies. Only those herbal remedies that are of pharmacological and clinical efficiency have been considered. The authors are highly experienced in the field of postgraduate medical education, and, with this work, present an indispensable reference book for the medical practice.

Die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Phytotherapie, nicht deren Ausgrenzung, ist wieder ein besonderes Anliegen dieses Bandes. Die Schwerpunkte liegen diesmal bei den Antemwegs- und den rheumatischen Erkrankungen sowie bei Studien zur Wirksamkeit und Unbedenklichkeit von Johanniskrautextrakten.

Volker Schulz zeigt zahlreiche nichtmaterielle Anreize auf, analysiert ihre Wirkung auf die gesamte Organisation, auf das Leistungsverhalten und die Motivation des einzelnen Mitarbeiters und entwickelt konkrete Gestaltungsansatze."

This book fills a gap between theory-oriented investigations in PDE-constrained optimization and the practical demands made by numerical solutions of PDE optimization problems. The authors discuss computational techniques representing recent developments that result from a combination of modern techniques for the numerical solution of PDEs and for sophisticated optimization schemes. Computational Optimization of Systems offers readers a combined treatment of PDE-constrained optimization and uncertainties and an extensive discussion of multigrid optimization. It provides a bridge between continuous optimization and PDE modelling and focuses on the numerical solution of the corresponding problems. Intended for graduate students in PDE-constrained optimization, it is also suitable as an introduction for researchers in scientific computing or optimization. It will also help researchers in the natural sciences and engineering to formulate and solve optimization problems.

Therapiestudien bei Atemwegserkrankungen.- Wirksamkeit eines Extraktes aus Pelargonium sidoides (EPs 7630) im Vergleich zu Placebo bei Patienten mit akuter Bronchitis.- Nicht-streptokokkenbedingte Tonsillopharyngitis bei Kindern: Wirksamkeit eines Extraktes aus Pelargonium sidoides (EPs 7630) im Vergleich zu Placebo.- Myrtol standardisiert und Antibiotika in der Behandlung der akuten Bronchitis - eine randomisierte, doppelblinde Multizenterstudie.- Adjuvante Therapie mit einer Echinacea-haltigen Phyto-Kombination bei antibiotikapflichtigen Atemwegsinfektionen.- Wirksamkeit und Vertraglichkeit von Efeublattertrockenextrakt: Ergebnisse einer erweiterten Anwendungsbeobachtung bei 372 Kindern im Alter von 0-16 Jahren.- Phytopharmaka bei Atemwegserkrankungen aus der Sicht des Arztes.- Therapiestudien bei Schmerz, Arthrosen, Rheuma.- Wirksamkeit und Vertraglichkeit von Capsicum-Pflastern beim unspezifischen Ruckenschmerz - Ergebnisse zweier RCT.- Ergebnisse zweier randomisierter kontrollierter Studien und einer Anwendungsbeobachtungmit Teufelskrallenextrakt.- Pharmakokinetik von Salicin nach oraler Gabe eines standardisierten Weidenrindenextraktes.- Weidenrindenextrakt - Wirkungen und Wirksamkeit. Erkenntnisstand zu Pharmakologie, Toxikologie und Klinik.- Therapiestudien bei Herz-Kreislauf-Erkrankungen.- Wirksamkeit und Vertraglichkeit eines Wei?dornbeerenextraktes (ROB 10) bei Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz im Stadium NYHA II.- Wirksamkeit und Vertraglichkeit des Crataegus-Extraktes WS(R) 1442 bei Patienten mit Herzinsuffizienz im Stadium NYHA III im Vergleich zu Placebo.- Meta-analyses of garlic for hypercholesterolemia.- Therapiestudien mit Hypericum.- Zur Wirksamkeit von Hypericum-Extrakt WS(R) 5570 bei Patienten mit depressiven Stoerungen.- ubersicht zu Interaktionsstudien mit Johanniskrautextrakten.- Klinische Studien mit Hypericum-Extrakten bei Patienten mit Depressionen - Ergebnisse, Vergleiche, Schlussfolgerungen fur die antidepressive Pharmakotherapie.- Weitere Therapiestudien und Ausblick.- Vitex agnus castus Ze 440 bei pramenstruellem Syndrom.- Einschatzung eines phototoxischen Risikos bei Buchweizenkraut.- RCT-Pestwurzextrakt Ze 339 vs. Cetirizin bei allergischer Rhinitis.- AEquivalenz von Extrakten: Moeglichkeiten und Forschungsbedarf.- Chinesische Krautermedizin in Deutschland.

Mit dieser Fallstudie zu Eva Schoenfelds UEbersetzung der Novelle The Fifth Child der Literaturnobelpreistragerin Doris Lessing (+ 2013) will der Verfasser die analytisch-evaluative als wissenschaftliche Alternative zu der derzeit vorherrschenden historisch-deskriptiven Kritik literarischen UEbersetzens etablieren. Daher beansprucht die detaillierte und systematische Untersuchung von Schoenfelds UEbersetzung eine zum Teil paradigmatische Geltung. Kernstucke dieser Fallstudie sind ein fortlaufender UEbersetzungskommentar zu funf ausgewahlten Textpassagen (Kapitel 3) und systematische UEbersichten uber die individuellen Verschiebungen (Anton Popovic) an der Textoberflache (Kapitel 4) und an der Werkstruktur (Kapitel 5). Auf den Ergebnissen der Kapitel 3-5 basiert Kapitel 6: UEbersetzungsprofil.