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Disaster Mental Health Community Planning - A Manual for Trauma-Informed Collaboration (Paperback): Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon... Disaster Mental Health Community Planning - A Manual for Trauma-Informed Collaboration (Paperback)
Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon L. Cohen
R1,086 Discovery Miles 10 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a step-by-step guide to developing mental health disaster plans, assisting communities to act on long-term resilience and recovery. As disasters continue to increase in severity and number, with 16% of survivors identified as potential PTSD victims if they don't promptly receive care, this book is a critical read. Chapters outline how to prepare, develop, and implement a trauma-informed collaborative process that prioritizes lasting emotional wellbeing along with survivors' short-term needs. The manual demonstrates how to form this partnership through effective communication, assess those individuals at greatest risk of distress, and deliver trauma-specific treatment. Readers will appreciate the book's practical, user-friendly approach, including case studies, checklists, and follow-up questions to better define goals. Cutting-edge treatment interventions are included along with basic information on trauma's impact on the brain and the types and effects of human-caused and natural disasters to help readers make sound planning decisions. Accessible to mental-health providers, community leaders, organizations, and individuals alike, Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a Road Map for anyone interested in delivering a trauma-informed mental health supplement to their community's medical disaster preparedness and response plan.

Disaster Mental Health Community Planning - A Manual for Trauma-Informed Collaboration (Hardcover): Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon... Disaster Mental Health Community Planning - A Manual for Trauma-Informed Collaboration (Hardcover)
Robert W. Schmidt, Sharon L. Cohen
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a step-by-step guide to developing mental health disaster plans, assisting communities to act on long-term resilience and recovery. As disasters continue to increase in severity and number, with 16% of survivors identified as potential PTSD victims if they don't promptly receive care, this book is a critical read. Chapters outline how to prepare, develop, and implement a trauma-informed collaborative process that prioritizes lasting emotional wellbeing along with survivors' short-term needs. The manual demonstrates how to form this partnership through effective communication, assess those individuals at greatest risk of distress, and deliver trauma-specific treatment. Readers will appreciate the book's practical, user-friendly approach, including case studies, checklists, and follow-up questions to better define goals. Cutting-edge treatment interventions are included along with basic information on trauma's impact on the brain and the types and effects of human-caused and natural disasters to help readers make sound planning decisions. Accessible to mental-health providers, community leaders, organizations, and individuals alike, Disaster Mental Health Community Planning is a Road Map for anyone interested in delivering a trauma-informed mental health supplement to their community's medical disaster preparedness and response plan.

Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Hans Jurgen Andress, Katrin Golsch,... Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Hans Jurgen Andress, Katrin Golsch, Alexander W. Schmidt
R3,712 Discovery Miles 37 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many economic and social surveys are designed as panel studies, which provide important data for describing social changes and testing causal relations between social phenomena. This textbook shows how to manage, describe, and model these kinds of data. It presents models for continuous and categorical dependent variables, focusing either on the level of these variables at different points in time or on their change over time. It covers fixed and random effects models, models for change scores and event history models. All statistical methods are explained in an application-centered style using research examples from scholarly journals, which can be replicated by the reader through data provided on the accompanying website. As all models are compared to each other, it provides valuable assistance with choosing the right model in applied research. The textbook is directed at master and doctoral students as well as applied researchers in the social sciences, psychology, business administration and economics. Readers should be familiar with linear regression and have a good understanding of ordinary least squares estimation.

Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (Hardcover, 4th edition): Jack C Richards, Richard W. Schmidt Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (Hardcover, 4th edition)
Jack C Richards, Richard W. Schmidt
R5,069 Discovery Miles 50 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This best-selling dictionary is now in its 4th edition. Specifically written for students of language teaching and applied linguistics, it has become an indispensible resource for those engaged in courses in TEFL, TESOL, applied linguistics and introductory courses in general linguistics. Fully revised, this new edition includes over 350 new entries. Previous definitions have been revised or replaced in order to make this the most up-to-date and comprehensive dictionary available. Providing straightforward and accessible explanations of difficult terms and ideas in applied linguistics, this dictionary offers: Nearly 3000 detailed entries, from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics. Clear and accurate definitions which assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter helpful diagrams and tables cross references throughout, linking related subject areas for ease of reference, and helping to broaden students' knowledge The Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics is the definitive resource for students.

Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Hans Jurgen Andress, Katrin Golsch,... Applied Panel Data Analysis for Economic and Social Surveys (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Hans Jurgen Andress, Katrin Golsch, Alexander W. Schmidt
R3,514 Discovery Miles 35 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many economic and social surveys are designed as panel studies, which provide important data for describing social changes and testing causal relations between social phenomena. This textbook shows how to manage, describe, and model these kinds of data. It presents models for continuous and categorical dependent variables, focusing either on the level of these variables at different points in time or on their change over time. It covers fixed and random effects models, models for change scores and event history models. All statistical methods are explained in an application-centered style using research examples from scholarly journals, which can be replicated by the reader through data provided on the accompanying website. As all models are compared to each other, it provides valuable assistance with choosing the right model in applied research. The textbook is directed at master and doctoral students as well as applied researchers in the social sciences, psychology, business administration and economics. Readers should be familiar with linear regression and have a good understanding of ordinary least squares estimation.

Multivariate Approximation and Splines (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997): Gunther Nurnberger, Jochen... Multivariate Approximation and Splines (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997)
Gunther Nurnberger, Jochen W Schmidt, Guido Walz
R1,571 Discovery Miles 15 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains the refereed papers which were presented at the interna tional conference on "Multivariate Approximation and Splines" held in Mannheim, Germany, on September 7-10,1996. Fifty experts from Bulgaria, England, France, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, Ukraine, USA and Germany participated in the symposium. It was the aim of the conference to give an overview of recent developments in multivariate approximation with special emphasis on spline methods. The field is characterized by rapidly developing branches such as approximation, data fit ting, interpolation, splines, radial basis functions, neural networks, computer aided design methods, subdivision algorithms and wavelets. The research has applications in areas like industrial production, visualization, pattern recognition, image and signal processing, cognitive systems and modeling in geology, physics, biology and medicine. In the following, we briefly describe the contents of the papers. Exact inequalities of Kolmogorov type which estimate the derivatives of mul the paper of BABENKO, KOFANovand tivariate periodic functions are derived in PICHUGOV. These inequalities are applied to the approximation of classes of mul tivariate periodic functions and to the approximation by quasi-polynomials. BAINOV, DISHLIEV and HRISTOVA investigate initial value problems for non linear impulse differential-difference equations which have many applications in simulating real processes. By applying iterative techniques, sequences of lower and upper solutions are constructed which converge to a solution of the initial value problem."

Turbulent Shear Flows 7 - Selected Papers from the Seventh International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Stanford... Turbulent Shear Flows 7 - Selected Papers from the Seventh International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Stanford University, USA, August 21-23, 1989 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991)
Franz Durst, Brian E. Launder, William C. Reynolds, Frank W. Schmidt, James H Whitelaw
R3,004 Discovery Miles 30 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Seventh Symposium was held on the campus of Stanford University with*a combination offacilities and weather which made it possible to add open-air poster sessions and coffee breaks to the programme. This was particularly convenient as the call for papers attracted close to three hundred abstracts and a total number of participants well in excess of this number. Some one hundred and thirty papers were presented in carefully phased parallel sessions and thirty six further contributions were made available in the form of posters. In addition, a lively open-forum session allowed additional speakers to make brief presentations. The staff of the Thermo-Sciences Division of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford undertook the local arrangements with evident success and their extensive record of contributions to Turbulent Shear Flows made the venue particularly appropriate. Also, the Centre for Turbulence Studies, based on the faculty of the University and the NASA Ames Research Center, provided a considerable body of expertise with emphasis on direct numerical stimulation.

Turbulent Shear Flows 6 - Selected Papers from the Sixth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Universite Paul... Turbulent Shear Flows 6 - Selected Papers from the Sixth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France, September 7-9, 1987 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Jean-Claude Andre, Jean Cousteix, Franz Durst, Brian E. Launder, Frank W. Schmidt, …
R1,630 Discovery Miles 16 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since the inaugural symposium at the Pennsylvania State University in 1977, the venues for the series of biennial symposia on turbulent shear flows have alternated between the USA and Europe. For the Sixth Symposium, the first to be held in France, the city of Toulouse proved a natura] choice, being a centre for the aerospace industry, meteorological research and higher education. The meeting was hosted by the Paul Sabatier University on the southern perimeter of the city, and there nearly 300 workers in the field of turbulence converged to pronounce upon, debate and absorb the current issues in turbulent shear flows and to enjoy the unfailing September sunshine. The meeting had attracted more than 200 offers of papers from which just over 100 full papers and about 20 shorter communications in open forums could be accommodated. The present volume contains 28 of the original symposium presentations selected by the editors. Each contribution has been revised by its authors - sometimes quite extensively -in the light of the oral presentation. It is our hope that the selection provides a substantial statement of permanent interest on current research in the five areas covered by this book, i.e. fundamentals and closures, scalar transport and geophysical flows, aerodynamic flows, complex flows, and numerical simulations.

Foundations of Knowledge Base Management - Contributions from Logic, Databases, and Artificial Intelligence Applications... Foundations of Knowledge Base Management - Contributions from Logic, Databases, and Artificial Intelligence Applications (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
Joachim W Schmidt, Costantino Thanos
R3,050 Discovery Miles 30 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the past, applied artificial intelligence systems were built with particular emphasis on general reasoning methods intended to function efficiently, even when only relatively little domain-specific knowledge was available. In other words, AI technology aimed at the processing of knowledge stored under comparatively general representation schemes. Nowadays, the focus has been redirected to the role played by specific and detailed knowledge, rather than to the reasoning methods themselves. Many new application systems are centered around knowledge bases, i. e., they are based on large collections offacts, rules, and heuristics that cap ture knowledge about a specific domain of applications. Experience has shown that when used in combination with rich knowledge bases, even simple reasoning methods can be extremely effective in a wide variety of problem domains. Knowledge base construction and management will thus become the key factor in the development of viable knowledge-based ap plications. Knowledge Base Management Systems (KBMSs) are being proposed that provide user-friendly environments for the construction, retrieval, and manipUlation of large shared knowledge bases. In addition to deductive reasoning, KBMSs require operational characteristics such as concurrent access, integrity maintenance, error recovery, security, and perhaps distribution. For the development ofKBMSs, the need to integrate concepts and technologies from different areas, such as Artificial Intel ligence, Databases, and Logic, has been widely recognized. One of the central issues for KBMSs is the framework used for knowledge representation-semantic networks, frames, rules, and logics are proposed by the AI and logic communities."

Turbulent Shear Flows 9 - Selected Papers from the Ninth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Kyoto, Japan, August... Turbulent Shear Flows 9 - Selected Papers from the Ninth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Kyoto, Japan, August 16-18, 1993 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995)
Franz Durst, Nobuhide Kasagi, Brian E. Launder, Frank W. Schmidt, Kenjiro Suzuki, …
R3,016 Discovery Miles 30 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The inaugural Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows was held at The Pennsylvania State University in 1977. Thereafter the locations for the biennial symposium have alternated between the USA and Europe. However, the ninth Symposium on Turbu lent Shear Flows was awarded to Japan in recognition of the strong support researchers of the Pacific Rim countries have given previous symposia. The University of Kyoto was the host institution and the meeting was held in the Inter national Conference Hall. The Local Arrangements Committee did a superb job scheduling traditional Japanese dinners and arranging visits to the many cultural treasures in the Kyoto region. The meeting attracted more than 260 offers of papers. Thirty-three sessions were scheduled to accommodate the 138 papers accepted for oral presentation. In addition a poster session was scheduled on each of the three days to accommodate a total of 42 poster presentations. From the presentations at the symposium 24 have been selected for inclusion in this volume. The authors of these papers have revised them taking into consideration comments made during their oral presentation and recommendations made by the Editors. Four subject areas are identified, namely closures and fundamentals, free flows, wall flows, and combustion and recirculating flows. Eminent authorities have prepared introductory articles fot each topic to put the individual contributions in context with each other and with related research.

Relational Database Systems - Analysis and Comparison (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983): Joachim W... Relational Database Systems - Analysis and Comparison (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983)
Joachim W Schmidt, Michael L Brodie
R3,091 Discovery Miles 30 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After a long period of research, development, test and trial, relational database management systems are at last being marketed in force. The feedback from early installations of these systems is overwhelmingly positive. The most frequent comment by users is that productivity has been increased by a significant factor (from 5 to 20 times what it was using previous approaches). Another comment is that, in many cases, end users can now handle their own problems by direct use of the system instead of using application programmers as mediators between them and the system. As the reputation of relational systems for ease of use and enhanced productivity has grown, there has been a strong temptation for vendors of other approaches to exploit the label "relational" somewhat indiscriminately. In some cases the label is being misapplied to a whole data system; in others it is being misapplied to an interface. It is therefore worth developing criteria which database management systems (DBMSs) should have in order to be called "relational." The Relational Task Group (RTG) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) undertook such an effort by developing a characterization of RDBMSs and analyzing fourteen DBMSs per this characterization. The result of this work is presented in this book. The conclusions of the RTG are in agreement with my view that a DBMS should not be called "relational" unless it satisfies at least the following conditions: 1. All information in the database is represented as values in tables.

Perinatal Events and Brain Damage in Surviving Children - Based on Papers Presented at an International Conference Held in... Perinatal Events and Brain Damage in Surviving Children - Based on Papers Presented at an International Conference Held in Heidelberg in 1986 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)
Fred Kubli, Naren Patel, W. Schmidt, O. Linderkamp
R2,994 Discovery Miles 29 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Decision making in modem obstetrics and perinatology is con trolled by a variety of different factors, but there is little doubt that in industrialized countries one of the most powerful single factors is the concern and fear of causing permanent brain damage in the unborn and newborn. The dramatic increase in the rates of abdom inal deliveries in many parts of the world is certainly rooted to a substantial part in the bstetrician's concern not so much about possible perinatal death, but more so about permanent brain dam age in surviving children. This trend has been accelerated by the increasing number of litigations in connection with brain damage observed in many societies. This problem itself has many aspects, but it seems evident that litigation - justified or unjustified - is one modem expression of the human and social tragedy inflicted on individuals and families by the birth of a brain-damaged child. The medical, social, and human importance of the problem is in sharp contrast to the relative lack of scientific knowledge avail able. This became very clear when the National Institutes of Health published the excellent review in 1985 on "Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Associated with Brain Disorders" and its editor, J. M."

The Source Region of the Solar Wind - IX Lindau Workshop, November 1981 Invited Review Papers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of... The Source Region of the Solar Wind - IX Lindau Workshop, November 1981 Invited Review Papers (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1982)
W. Schmidt, H. Grundwaldt
R1,564 Discovery Miles 15 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Turbulent Shear Flows 5 - Selected Papers from the Fifth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Cornell University,... Turbulent Shear Flows 5 - Selected Papers from the Fifth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA, August 7-9, 1985 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987)
Franz Durst, Brian E. Launder, John L. Lumley, Frank W. Schmidt, James H Whitelaw
R2,998 Discovery Miles 29 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first four symposia in the series on turbulent shear flows have been held alternately in the United States and Europe with the first and third being held at universities in eastern and western States, respectively. Continuing this pattern, the Fifth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows was held at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, in August 1985. The meeting brought together more than 250 participants from around the world to present the results of new research on turbulent shear flows. It also provided a forum for lively discussions on the implications (practical or academic) of some of the papers. Nearly 100 formal papers and about 20 shorter communications in open forums were presented. In all the areas covered, the meeting helped to underline the vitality of current research into turbulent shear flows whether in experimental, theoretical or numerical studies. The present volume contains 25 of the original symposium presentations. All have been further reviewed and edited and several have been considerably extended since their first presentation. The editors believe that the selection provides papers of archival value that, at the same time, give a representative statement of current research in the four areas covered by this book: - Homogeneous and Simple Flows - Free Flows - Wall Flows - Reacting Flows Each of these sections begins with an introductory article by a distinguished worker in the field.

Temporal and spatial patterns of vegetation dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989): J. Miles, W.... Temporal and spatial patterns of vegetation dynamics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989)
J. Miles, W. Schmidt, E. Van der Maarel
R5,746 Discovery Miles 57 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Turbulent Shear Flows 8 - Selected Papers from the Eighth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Munich, Germany,... Turbulent Shear Flows 8 - Selected Papers from the Eighth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Munich, Germany, September 9 - 11, 1991 (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)
Franz Durst, Rainer Friedrich, Brian E. Launder, Frank W. Schmidt, Ulrich Schumann, …
R3,021 Discovery Miles 30 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at the Eighth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows held at the Technical University of Munich, 9-11 September 1991. The first of these biennial international symposia was held at the Pennsylvania State Uni versity, USA, in 1977; subsequent symposia have been held at Imperial College, London, England; the University of California, Davis, USA; the University of Karlsruhe, Ger many; Cornell University, Ithaca, USA; the Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France; and Stanford University, California, USA. The purpose of this series of symposia is to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of new developments in the field of turbulence, especially as related to shear flows of importance in engineering and geo physics. From the 330 extended abstracts submitted for this symposium, 145 papers were presented orally and 60 as posters. Out of these, we have selected twenty-four papers for inclusion in this volume, each of which has been revised and extended in accordance with the editors' recommendations. The following four theme areas were selected after consideration of the quality of the contributions, the importance of the area, and the selection made in earlier volumes: - wall flows, - separated flows, - compressibility effects, - buoyancy, rotation, and curvature effects. As in the past, each section corresponding to the above areas begins with an introduction by an authority in the field that places the individual contributions in context with one another and with related research.

Component-Based Software Engineering - 9th International Symposium, CBSE 2006, Vasteras, Sweden, June 29 - July 1, 2006,... Component-Based Software Engineering - 9th International Symposium, CBSE 2006, Vasteras, Sweden, June 29 - July 1, 2006, Proceedings (Paperback, 2006 ed.)
Ian Gorton, George T. Heinemann, Ivica Crnkovic, Heinz-W. Schmidt, Judith A. Stafford, …
R1,728 Discovery Miles 17 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering, CBSE 2006, held in V ster s, Sweden in June/July 2006. The 22 revised full papers and 9 revised short papers presented cover issues concerned with the development of software-intensive systems from reusable parts, the development of reusable parts, and system maintenance and improvement by means of component replacement and customization.

Component-Based Software Engineering - 7th International Symposium, CBSE 2004, Edinburgh, UK, May 24-25, 2004, Proceedings... Component-Based Software Engineering - 7th International Symposium, CBSE 2004, Edinburgh, UK, May 24-25, 2004, Proceedings (Paperback, 2004 ed.)
Ivica Crnkovic, Judith A. Stafford, Heinz-W. Schmidt, Kurt Wallnau
R1,565 Discovery Miles 15 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Component-based software engineering (CBSE) is concerned with the devel- ment of software-intensive systems from reusable parts (components), the dev- opmentofsuchreusableparts, andthemaintenanceandimprovementofsystems by means of component replacement and customization. Although it holds c- siderable promise, there are still many challenges facing both researchers and practitioners in establishing CBSE as an e?cient and proven engineering dis- pline. Six CBSE workshops have been held consecutively at the most recent six International Conferences on Software Engineering (ICSE). The premise of the last three CBSE workshops was that the long-term success of component-based development depends on the viability of an established science and technology foundation for achieving predictable quality in component-based systems. TheintentoftheCBSE2004symposiumwastobuildonthispremise, andto provide a forum for more in-depth and substantive treatment of topics perta- ing to predictability, to help establish cross-discipline insights, and to improve cooperation and mutual understanding. The goal of the CBSE 2004 symposium was to discuss and present more complete and mature works, and consequently collect the technical papers in published proceedings. The response to the Call for Papers was beyond expectations: 82 papers were submitted. Of those 25 (12 long and 13 short) were accepted for publication. In all 25 cases, the papers were reviewed by three to four independent reviewers. The symposium brought together researchers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines related to CBS

Next Generation Information System Technology - First International East/West Data Base Workshop, Kiev, USSR, October 9-12,... Next Generation Information System Technology - First International East/West Data Base Workshop, Kiev, USSR, October 9-12, 1990. Procceedings (Paperback, 1991 ed.)
Joachim W Schmidt, Anatoly A. Stogny
R1,766 Discovery Miles 17 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Currently, the field of information systems technology is rapidly extending into several dimensions. There is the semantic dimension (including object orientation, data deduction and extended knowledge representation schemes), there is improved systems integration, and there are new tools. All these extensions aim to provide semantically richer and better engineered information systems that allow for more adequate and complete representations and thus extend the effective use of database technology to a wider class of applications. Database researchers and developers, whether they are committed to application or to system construction, are convinced that next-generation information system technology will be heavily determined by a handful of new concepts that they have to understand and work out in detail now. This volume concentrates on the following topics: - Extended data types and data models, database programming languages; - Rule-based data deduction, expert systems, knowledge bases; - Object orientation and semantic data modelling; - DB application development, methodologies and tools; - Interface technology, parallelism, interoperability, ...; - New database applications.

Temporal and spatial patterns of vegetation dynamics (Hardcover, Reprinted from VEGETATIO, 77, 1989): J. Miles, W. Schmidt, E.... Temporal and spatial patterns of vegetation dynamics (Hardcover, Reprinted from VEGETATIO, 77, 1989)
J. Miles, W. Schmidt, E. Van der Maarel
R5,834 Discovery Miles 58 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Advances in Database Technology - EDBT '88 - International Conference on Extending Database Technology Venice, Italy,... Advances in Database Technology - EDBT '88 - International Conference on Extending Database Technology Venice, Italy, March 14-18, 1988. Proceedings (Paperback, 1988 ed.)
Joachim W Schmidt, Stefano Ceri, Michele Missikoff
R1,872 Discovery Miles 18 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume represents the outcome of the International Conference on "Extending Database Technology," held in Venice, Italy, in March 1988. It contains the major dimensions into which database technology is currently being pushed by the needs of new applications and pulled by the chances of novel developments in hardware and systems architecture. The two broad areas covered are: extended database semantics: data models and data types, databases and logic, complex objects, and expert system approaches to databases; and new architectures and increased database systems support: novel transaction models, data distribution and replication, database administration and access efficiency. Since an increasing amount of database research and development is done through international cooperation and within joint projects (ESPRIT, EUREKA, industrial cooperations), a substantial part of the book is dedicated to representing about a dozen advanced database projects on data- and knowledge-based systems and on distributed database applications by their aims, status, and results.

The Domain of Logic According to Saint Thomas Aquinas (Paperback, 1966 ed.): Robert W. Schmidt The Domain of Logic According to Saint Thomas Aquinas (Paperback, 1966 ed.)
Robert W. Schmidt
R2,728 Discovery Miles 27 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Ever since philosophy became conscious of itself, there has been a problem of the relations between the real world which philosophy sought to understand and explain, and the thought by which it sought to explain it. It was found that thought had certain requirements and conditions of its own. If the real world was to be understood through thought, there was a question whether thought and the real correspond ed in all respects, and therefore whether they had the same conditions and laws, or whether some of these were peculiar to thought alone. For the solution of this problem it was necessary to study thought and the process of knowing and the conditions which the manner of know ing placed upon our interpretation of the real. With a consciousness of the peculiarities of thought and of its laws, philosophers could then more surely make use of it to arrive at the knowledge of the real world which they were seeking, without danger of reading into the real what is peculiar to thought. This necessity gave rise to the science of logic, a science which is still necessary, and for the same reasons. It has an importance in philosophy which it is disastrous to overlook."

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Christopher W. Schmidt, Steven A. Symes The Analysis of Burned Human Remains (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Christopher W. Schmidt, Steven A. Symes
R2,134 R1,969 Discovery Miles 19 690 Save R165 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, Second Edition, provides a primary source for osteologists and the medical/legal community for the understanding of burned bone remains in forensic or archaeological contexts. It describes in detail the changes in human bone and soft tissues as a body burns at both the chemical and gross levels and provides an overview of the current procedures in burned bone study. Case studies in forensic and archaeological settings aid those interested in the analysis of burned human bodies, from death scene investigators to biological anthropologists.

Component-Based Software Engineering - 8th International Symposium, CBSE 2005, St. Louis, MO, USA, May 14-15, 2005 (Paperback,... Component-Based Software Engineering - 8th International Symposium, CBSE 2005, St. Louis, MO, USA, May 14-15, 2005 (Paperback, 2005 ed.)
George Heineman, Ivica Crnkovic, Heinz-W. Schmidt, Judith A. Stafford, Clemens Szyperski, …
R1,707 Discovery Miles 17 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

On behalf of the Organizing Committee I am pleased to present the proceedings of the 2005 Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE). CBSE is concerned with the development of software-intensive systems from reusable parts (components), the development of reusable parts, and system maintenance and improvement by means of component replacement and c- tomization. CBSE 2005, "Software Components at Work," was the eighth in a series of events that promote a science and technology foundation for achieving predictable quality in software systems through the use of software component technology and its associated software engineering practices. We were fortunate to have a dedicated Program Committee comprised of 30 internationally recognized researchers and industrial practitioners. We received 91 submissions andeach paper wasreviewedby at least three ProgramComm- tee members (four for papers with an author on the Program Committee). The entirereviewingprocesswassupportedbyCyberChairPro, theWeb-basedpaper submissionandreviewsystemdevelopedandsupportedbyRichardvandeStadt of Borbala Online Conference Services. After a two-day virtual Program C- mittee meeting, 21 submissions were accepted as long papers and 2 submissions were accepted as short papers.

Long 'on' the Tooth - Dental Evidence of Diet (Paperback): Christopher W. Schmidt Long 'on' the Tooth - Dental Evidence of Diet (Paperback)
Christopher W. Schmidt
R2,142 Discovery Miles 21 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Long 'on' the Tooth: Dental Evidence of Diet addresses human dental macroscopic and microscopic wear, as well as dental disease, as indicators of diet. The book focuses primarily on 350 pre-contact humans from North America dating from approximately 5,500 to 600 years ago. These populations had subsistence strategies ranging from terrestrial foraging to intensive maize agriculture. The study makes intra- and intergroup comparisons to elucidate dietary nuances that are largely beyond the reach of other means of dietary reconstruction. Finally, the book discusses the importance of using multiple dietary indicators in unison in order to provide paleodietary insights.

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