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States, Secessionists and De Facto Control after Separatist Wars: Strategies for Controlling Territories and Populations after Conflict (Routledge Studies in Statehood)
by Nicholas BarkerThis book investigates how states and secessionists seek to resolve questions of de facto control in the aftermath of secessionist wars.This work presents a study of the termination and aftermath of separatist wars, using two in-depth case studies – the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict (1994-2006) and the Serbia-Kosovo conflict (1999-2008) – to develop an empirically grounded theoretical framework to explain state and secessionist strategies for controlling territory and populations in post-war environments. It draws on fieldwork and archival research carried out in Georgia, Abkhazia, Serbia, Kosovo, and the UN archives and presents further evidence to develop and extend the framework using ‘shadow cases’ of the separatist wars in the Caucasus and the Balkans. By focusing on actors’ objectives and their strategies for controlling territory and populations within the constraints and opportunities of a post-war context, this study helps explain what states and secessionists do and why in the critical period after a war ends and helps inform understanding of the formation and trajectories of post-war orders. This study has relevance for international policymakers, with reflections on how the theoretical framework may facilitate conflict analysis and inform policy responses towards protracted armed conflict.This book will be of interest to students of statehood, intra-state conflict and civil wars, international security, and International Relations in general.
Chinese International Relations Theory: As Emerging from Practice and Policy
by Jonathan Ping Anna Hayes Brett McCormickThis book explores how fundamental aspects of China’s rapidly evolving arena of international relations theory are emerging directly from the realms of practice and policy.As a unique explanation of the Chinese School by those actually making the decisions, assisted and researched in collaboration with eminent global scholars, the book guides the global reader through the building of Chinese international relations theory and how China may be accounted for, behaviour predicted and useful policy developed.With chapters examining critical issues such as: Statecraft and party The Belt and Road Initiative Diplomacy and Security in the Asia Pacific China-US relations The South China Sea This book will provide new theory to policy-makers and prove an invaluable guide to students and scholars of Chinese politics, international relations theory, diplomacy, global studies and international relations.
Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice
by Theodore H. Cohn Anil HiraGlobal Political Economy places the study of IPE in broad theoretical context, equally emphasizing theory and practice to provide a framework for analyzing current events and long-term developments in the global economy.Andy Hira updates this essential book and the related instructor and student resources, to cover recent global developments and shifts in scholarship.New and updated for the Ninth Edition • Provides an economics primer on how markets, interest, and exchange rates work, comparative advantage, and monetary and fiscal policy; and material on getting a job in political economy.• Includes the basic tenets of realism.• Expands coverage on China, including on bipolarity/U.S. relations, security-economic tradeoffs, Taiwan, the Belt and Road Initiative, and the failure of TPP.• Discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and builds on the material on sanctions.• Investigates the effects of the pandemic, including post-pandemic inflation.• Explores critical approaches to IR and different theoretical perspectives, and gives more weight to the Global South, including postcolonialism and intersectionality.• Focuses more on climate change and the environment, technological advances, and migration.• Adds material on club goods, cryptocurrencies, labor rights, global tax and offshoring, socially responsible investment, corporate social responsibility, the “Beijing Model,” the proposed global minimum tax, ASEAN, and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement.• Updates the tables, figures, graphics, references, and supplementary readings throughout.• Provides updated instructor resources including a Test Bank, PowerPoint slides, Exercises, and an Instructor’s Manual, and a new student website with practice quizzes, flashcards, lecture videos, and links to extensive additional resources including videos, podcasts, readings, and data sources to support learning and engagement.Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy is essential reading for both introductory and advanced IPE courses.
Diversity and Geography of Cultivated Plants
by Karl Hammer Esquivel Pérez, Miguel Ángel Chunlin LongThis book presents information on cultivated plants located within 12 different regions throughout the world. The content introduces cultural evolution and species richness in cultivated plants, considering domestication assessments, which make it possible to obtain a deeper insight into the diversity of these plants.Cultivated plants are evolutionary connected to man, human action for nature and culture is necessary to secure the basis for future existence of humanity. Cultivated plants are included in this compilation, plants are grown for food, food additives, fodder, medicine, fiber, seasoning or as green manure crops, shade trees or hedge shrubs. The large number of commodity groups characterize the number of interactions between man and plants.The aim of this book is to bring together an actualized list of cultivated plants. It was necessary to organize, store and analyze gathered data during the exploration and collection missions, as well as those resulting from the ethnobotanical, archaeological and genomics studies. The book presents essayistic introductions; short data on areas of distribution and cultivation areas; the use of the plant; the history and descent of the plant; and citations of common names as a part of the cultural evolution of mankind. Where necessary, the content explores "gene sources” as plants for different breeding purposes including resistance, quality, yield improvement and weeds.
Modern Technologies in Healthcare: AI, Computer Vision, Robotics (Analytics and AI for Healthcare)
by Temitope Emmanuel Komolafe Patrice Monkam Blessing Funmi Komolafe Nizhuan WangThis book comprehensively explores the latest technological advancements in healthcare, with a particular focus on the application of cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, and robotics. The focus extends across crucial domains, such as disease diagnosis and monitoring, medical imaging, and the facilitation of remote healthcare services.The book provides a comprehensive overview of AI techniques for intelligent diagnoses, discussing how machine learning and deep learning models enhance accuracy and speed in medical imaging, diagnostics, and patient care. It also delves into the integration of AI with other disciplines, such as data science, computer vision, edge computing, robotics, and web development, to tackle complex medical challenges. Moreover, it highlights current trends and future prospects in surgery, rehabilitation, neuroscience, and automated healthcare systems, offering valuable insights into the future of technology-driven healthcare solutions. The chapters are authored by researchers and professionals from every region of the globe, including Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and Oceania. This global contribution highlights the versatility and broad perspectives of the shared insights and conclusions presented in the book.This book is an essential guide for healthcare professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts eager to understand and actively contribute to shaping the future of healthcare through the integration of AI and other disciplines.
The Translator’s Visibility: New Debates and Epistemologies (Routledge Advances in Translation and Interpreting Studies)
by Larisa Cercel Alice LealThis collection illuminates the epistemological and philosophical underpinnings of Lawrence Venuti’s seminal The Translator’s Invisibility, extending these conversations through a contemporary lens of epistemic justice while also exploring its manifestations and transposing it to different disciplines and contexts.The volume is divided into five parts. The opening chapters provide contemporary foundations and a clear epistemological apparatus to conceptualise the debate on the translator’s visibility and explore some of the philosophical underpinnings of the debate. The following chapters offer analysis of some contemporary manifestations and illustrations of the translator’s visibility among translators and translation thinkers and restage the debate in diverse contexts – such as in European Union identity politics and Chinese Buddhist translation – and disciplines – such as film studies. A final chapter takes stock of the impact of machine translation to critically reflect on the future of translation and translator studies.This book will be of interest to students and scholars in translation and interpreting studies, philosophy, cultural studies and literary studies, as well as the humanities more broadly.
Conservation of Photographs: Significance, Use and Care (Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology)
by Heather Brown Luisa CasellaConservation of Photographs: Significance, Use and Care provides a comprehensive and inclusive overview of theory, research, and practice in the conservation of photograph collections, from the analogue to the digital era.Including insights from nearly 100 leading international professionals, this book is a tribute to the synergistic advancements in photograph conservation in recent decades. Connecting material, imaging, computational and natural sciences, aesthetics, ethics and philosophy, history, art history, art and cultural context studies, these engaging writings contextualize our photographic heritage and its long-term preservation – past, present, and future. This book explores the philosophical underpinnings and evolution of the field, before moving on to detail innovative methodologies for assessing photographic heritage. The inclusion of material on characterization, imaging and authentication studies, conservation practice, innovation and ethical constraints, as well as on current approaches to effective collections management and preventive care, ensures that this volume is an invaluable resource and important practical reference.Conservation of Photographs: Significance, Use and Care will spark a collective drive towards a more complete understanding and preservation of the world’s photographic legacy. As such, the volume is useful for scholars, students, and practitioners working in the fields of photography, conservation, art, art history, history, and cultural heritage.
The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: A Research Overview (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)
by Martin HowardThe Acquisition of French as a Second Language: A Research Overview is the first text to present, in one place, a comprehensive, systematic overview of research on the acquisition of French as a second or additional language.Drawing on classic and current empirical studies on learner cohorts at different proficiency stages in various learning contexts all over the world, Martin Howard expertly synthesises and analyses a range of linguistic features, factors affecting learning, theoretical approaches or conceptual frameworks, and methodological or experimental issues in French SLA, and connects these insights from L2 French to key applied and theoretical questions in SLA research more broadly. The text further offers details of key corpora of L2 French data and sets the agenda for future work in French SLA by indicating gaps in the literature and recommending directions for future research.This unique, cohesive volume will be an invaluable foundational resource to advanced students and researchers in SLA, bilingualism/multilingualism, French & Romance studies, applied linguistics, language education and related areas to those who are interested in LOTEs (languages other than English) and French SLA in particular. It will also be useful to those studying to become French second language educators.
Postcolonial Stylistics
by Esterino AdamiThis accessible introduction to postcolonial stylistics looks at the shared aims of stylistics and postcolonial studies and illustrates how to apply the analytical and theoretical tools of stylistics to a selection of literary and non-literary texts from a range of English-speaking postcolonial contexts.Structured around the five keywords of Language, Identity, Belonging, History, and Ecology, the book: sheds light on the way in which writers from a range of former colonial territories have creatively drawn from such thematic areas to construct complex and committed discourses shows how a rigorous linguistic analysis can help reach a better understanding of the rhetorical mechanisms and cultural dynamics operating in these works underlines how meaning is generated from the interaction between author, reader, and context; how narratives shape and propagate a specific worldview; and how metaphor can convey social and political values expands on each keyword by considering texts of different typology such as fiction, poetry, drama, and non-fiction, accompanied by activities and references includes historical and literary postcolonial timelines and an index of names and topics Comprehensive in its coverage and assuming no prior knowledge of the topics considered, the book adopts an interactive and activity-based approach to develop readers’ understanding of linguistic structures and forms through postcolonial texts. Offering a new interdisciplinary perspective, this is essential reading for students new to stylistics and postcolonial literature.
What Every Engineer Should Know About Computational Techniques of Finite Element Analysis
by Louis KomzsikThis book is a concise, self-contained treatment of the finite element method and all the computational techniques needed for its efficient use and practical implementation. This book describes the process of transforming the physical problem into a mathematical model, the reduction of the mathematical model to a numerically solvable computational form, and many practical engineering analysis solution techniques applied in various industries.The first edition of this book was published in 2004, two decades ago. Since then, finite element analysis (FEA) has become a fundamental component of product development software tools (CAD, CAE, CAM) used in many industrial fields of engineering, particularly in mechanical and aerospace engineering. It has also become a popular text in computational science in engineering (CSE) and applied mathematics courses in academia, one of the reasons for the new edition.This new edition presents finite element solutions to advanced industrial applications in response to readers of the earlier editions. These are heat transfer, wave propagation, topology optimization, and fluid dynamics. These topics were requested both by engineering and applied mathematics students as well as practicing mechanical and aerospace engineers. It also contains the numerical solution of a structural example to aid the teaching of finite element analysis using this textbook.
The Politics of Skin Tone: African American Experiences, Identity, and Attitudes (Chicago Studies in American Politics)
by Nicole D. YadonA nuanced examination of the salience of skin tone within African American politics. Research shows that skin tone is associated with significant differences in life experiences. On average, African Americans with darker skin earn lower wages, suffer worse health outcomes, and endure more negative criminal justice experiences than lighter-skinned African Americans. Nicole D. Yadon conceptualizes skin tone as one facet of the multidimensional construct of race that powerfully influences racialized experiences which, in turn, can influence political identities and attitudes. Drawing on evidence from one hundred in-depth interviews, multiple surveys, and a survey experiment, The Politics of Skin Tone investigates the political associations of skin tone. Yadon finds that skin tone correlates with political attitudes, particularly on issues where color-based disparities are especially pronounced such as criminal justice. Moreover, a sizable number of African Americans adopt a skin tone-based identity. In an era of shifting racial boundaries and growing color-based discrimination, The Politics of Skin Tone examines the implications for both scholars and policymakers.
Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments
by Gretchen HeefnerA vivid tour of US military efforts to understand, survive, and command harsh environments worldwide—and beyond. Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of our maps. But from the 1940s through the 1960s, spurred by the diverse and unfamiliar regions the US military had navigated during World War II, the United States defense establishment took a keen interest in these places, dispatching troops to the Aleutian Islands, North Africa, the South Pacific, and beyond. To preserve the country’s status as a superpower after the war, to pave runways and build bridges, engineers had to understand and then conquer dunes, permafrost, and even the surface of the moon. Sand, Snow, and Stardust explores how the US military generated a new understanding of these environments and attempted to master them, intending to cement America’s planetary power. Operating in these regions depended as much on scientific and cultural knowledge as on military expertise and technology. From General George S. Patton learning the hard way that the desert is not always hot, to the challenges of constructing a scientific research base under the Arctic ice, to the sheer implausibility of modeling Martian environments on Earth, Gretchen Heefner takes us on a wry expedition into the extremes and introduces us to the people who have shaped our insight into these extraordinary environments. Even decades after the first manned space flight, plans for human space exploration and extraplanetary colonization are still based on what we know about stark habitats on Earth. An entertaining survey of the relationship between environmental history and military might, Sand, Snow, and Stardust also serves as a warning about the further transformation of the planet—whether through desertification, melting ice caps, or attempts to escape it entirely.
The People Next Door: A joyful, unputdownable read from this bestselling author
by Roisin Meaney'Roisin Meaney is a skilful storyteller' Sheila O'FlanaganA warm, spell-binding tale of friendship, love and second chances from this Number One bestselling author.Behind the brightly coloured doors of Miller's Avenue live people with very complicated lives...When Yvonne in number 7 joins an online dating website, she's looking for something more than friendship but after a series of disastrous encounters, decides to shut down her account. Is she shutting out her only chance of finding love? While next door Dan, still reeling from his wife's desertion, signs up for a cookery course. As his lemon souffle rises, so does his interest in someone close to home ...Further along, Kathryn is struggling to keep her marriage together despite the best efforts of her interfering mother-in-law. As tension grows between the two women, Kathryn wonders if Grainne will finally succeed, as she realises that she may never give her husband Justin what he wants. As the drama unfolds along Millers Avenue, the inhabitants learn that the things you most yearn for can often be found on your own doorstep.
One Summer: A heartwarming summer read (Roone Book 1) (Roone)
by Roisin MeaneyFrom NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR Roisin Meaney, a heart-warming story of love, friendship and fate set on Roone, a small island off the west coast of Ireland ... Nell Mulcahy grew up on the island so when the old stone cottage by the edge of the sea went up for sale, the decision to move back from Dublin was easy. But when Nell decides to rent out her cottage for the summer to help raise money her forthcoming wedding to Tim, she's unprepared for what's about to happen ... As she welcomes holiday-makers to her cottage, Nell must face some truths: about her upcoming wedding to Tim, and her friendship with his brother, James. And, meanwhile, her father delivers some astounding news which leaves Nell, her mother and the island reeling ... But will Nell make it down the aisle? One thing's for sure, it's a summer on the island that nobody will ever forget.
The Reunion: An emotional, uplifting story about sisters, secrets and second chances
by Roisin Meaney'A thoughtful, engrossing read. Warm and insightful. Roisin Meaney is a skillful storyteller' - Sheila O'FlanaganIt's their twenty-year school reunion but the Plunkett sisters have their own reasons for not wanting to attend ... Caroline, now a successful designer, spends her time flying between her business in England and her lover in Italy. As far as she's concerned, her school days, and what happened to her the year she left, should stay in the past.Eleanor, meanwhile, is unrecognisable from the fun-loving girl she was in school. With a son who is barely speaking to her, and a husband keeping a secret from her, revisiting the past is the last thing on her mind.But when an unexpected letter arrives for Caroline in the weeks before the reunion, memories are stirred.Will the sisters find the courage to return to the town where they grew up and face what they've been running from all these years?The Reunion is a moving story about secrets, sisters and finding a way to open your heart.
Two Fridays in April: a moving, heartfelt story about mothers and daughters, healing and hope
by Roisin MeaneyTwo days in spring, one year apart. Four lives changed forever. It's Una Darling's seventeenth birthday, but nobody feels much like celebrating. It's been exactly a year since the tragic death of her father Finn, and the people he left behind have been doing their best to get on with things. But it hasn't been easy.Daphne is tired of sadness, of mourning the long life she and her husband were meant to share, but doesn't quite know how to get past it. And she can't seem to get through to her stepdaughter -- they barely speak anymore, so Daphne knows nothing of the unexpected solace Una has found, or of the risk she's about to take.When Una fails to appear for a birthday tea with her family, Daphne suddenly realises how large the distance between them has grown. Will she be given the chance to make things right?
After the Wedding: (Roone Book 2) (Roone)
by Roisin MeaneyMaeve Binchy fans will love THE NO. 1 BESTSELLER Roisin Meaney's warm storytelling and unforgettable characters. The residents of Roone are getting ready for a summer of love, secrets and drama. After a bumpy start, Nell and James have finally said 'I do' and everything seems to be falling into place. Nell is getting comfortable in her new role as stepmother to James' sixteen-year-old son Andy, she's finally mending fences with her father and she's ready to look to the future.Then Nell's ex-fiancé Tim - her husband James' brother - comes back to Roone, a place he's never liked, and she begins to feel uneasy. As the summer days roll by, and Tim seems in no hurry to return to his wife and daughter, Nell is finding it more and more difficult to enjoy her new beginning.But when the little island of Roone is rocked by the disappearance of a young child, Nell realises that life can change in a single moment. Will happiness be restored before the autumn comes?
Every Thought Captive Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video: How Renewing Your Mind Can Change Your Life
by Kyle IdlemanLearn the Biblical Path to Transforming How You Think.Are your thoughts drawing you closer to God or pulling you away? Are they building you up or tearing you down? Like molten glass, our lives are constantly being shaped and molded by our thoughts.Join Kyle Idleman in this five-session video Bible study (video access included) as he forges a path through the world's distractions and lies and gets to the heart of true spiritual growth: the renewing of your mind.This isn't a study on the power of positive thinking but about learning how God made your brain. Learn how setting your thoughts on Christ can create new patterns of thought that will change your life.This study guide has everything you need for a full Bible study experience, including:The study guide itself—with discussion and personal reflection questions, video notes, and Scripture exercises.An individual access code to stream all five video sessions online (DVD also available separately). Sessions and video run times:Conformed or Transformed (19:00)The Pattern of Distraction (19:00)The Pattern of Offense (18:30)Say It Out Loud (19:00)Win the Morning (18:00) Streaming video access included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2029. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside.
Pattern Recognition: 27th International Conference, ICPR 2024, Kolkata, India, December 1–5, 2024, Proceedings, Part IX (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15309)
by Apostolos Antonacopoulos Subhasis Chaudhuri Rama Chellappa Cheng-Lin Liu Saumik Bhattacharya Umapada PalThe multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15301-15333 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, ICPR 2024, held in Kolkata, India, during December 1–5, 2024. The 963 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 2106 submissions. They deal with topics such as Pattern Recognition; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Computer Vision; Robot Vision; Machine Vision; Image Processing; Speech Processing; Signal Processing; Video Processing; Biometrics; Human-Computer Interaction (HCI); Document Analysis; Document Recognition; Biomedical Imaging; Bioinformatics.
Governance and Autonomy in Higher Education in India: Challenges and Opportunities
by N. V. Varghese Garima MalikThis edited volume explores the changing dynamics of systemic and internal governance in higher education institutions in India. It discusses governance practices for institutions facing extreme challenges in meeting the growing accountability requirements. The book examines governance from a macro standpoint looking at the crisis of the universities and issues in reforming university governance. It uses a microlens to explore flexible learning pathways, academic freedom and institutional governance. It elaborates on topics such as institutional autonomy in higher education, accountability in higher education institutions, the influence of diversity in university functioning, equilibrium in governance, quality in the Indian agricultural university system, leadership in higher education and the effect of financing on institutional governance. By discussing experiences from various international contexts and empirical research, this edited volume brings together the recent policy discourses that greatly influence the higher education systems. This book is of interest to academics, researchers and practitioners working in the governance of higher education.
Social Alternatives in Southern Europe and Latin America: Solidarity, Mutual Aid, and Cooperation in Comparative Perspective (19th–21st Centuries) (Routledge Studies in Modern History)
by Josep M. Pons-AltésThis book deals with the evolution of initiatives connected to the social and solidarity economy and their political cultures and educational implications in the south of Europe and in Latin America.Employing a comparative perspective, the contributors present 11 studies of these trajectories in Argentina, Chile, Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, and Catalonia in order to engender familiarity with social tributary practices and projects in the Latin world. As the cyclical crises of capitalism and their resulting inequalities have created proposals of reform and brought them into action, certain shared ideological influences and policies have emerged across these societies. Faced with the interpretative schemes used for the Anglo-Saxon sphere, which have been the usual reference in international research, this volume’s geographical and cultural matrix of analysis helps fill a longstanding gap in this field.The book will be of interest to scholars, educators, and students specialising in the history and political science of the social and solidarity economy sectors, as well as professionals involved in cooperatives, mutual aid societies, and associations.
The Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America (Routledge International Handbooks)
by Jeffrey HaynesThe Routledge Handbook of Politics and Religion in Contemporary America is a comprehensive reference source to this significant, controversial and consistent topic in America’s politics. It examines the copious research conducted to date, evaluates what we know, identifies what is less clear because of differing research findings and pursues important but under-researched questions.Comprising 34 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into four parts: History and context; Theoretical debates and methodological perspectives; Actors, policies and institutions; and Contemporary debates and controversies. The Handbook addresses three key questions: (1) How is religion politically important in the USA? (2) Why does religion retain political and social prominence in the USA? and (3) Is the USA secularising? If so, what does it mean for the relationship between religion and politics? Chapters explore central issues, debates and problems within politics and religion in the USA, including citizenship, secularism, the law, religious diversity, atheism, political economy, religious minorities, discrimination, the US presidency, nationalism, public opinion, gender and sexuality, foreign policy, Congress, religious freedom, party politics, human rights, public institutions, civil society, populism, feminism, LGBTQ+ rights, political violence, hate speech, inequality and immigration.This Handbook will be essential reading for students and researchers of politics and religious studies. Professionals (policy-oriented, government, corporations) will also find the Handbook useful, especially for research purposes.
Public Health Law and Ethics: Power, Duty, Restraint
by Lindsay F. Wiley Lawrence O. GostinPublic Health Law and Ethics defines these fields for a new generation. This bold and updated edition probes how the Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the legal landscape for public health practice. Through incisive analysis of public health legislation, judicial opinions, and scholarly research, this accessible primer articulates the scope and limits of governmental powers and duties to protect the public's health, builds a case for why social justice must be prioritized as a core value of public health ethics, examines the role of the courts in striking down democratically enacted laws, and covers today’s most pressing health issues, such as chronic diseases, opioid overdoses, gun violence, disability rights, sexual and reproductive autonomy, and racial and gender equity. The book creates a framework for ensuring public health interventions are based on sound scientific evidence and consistent with ethical values, revealing complex answers to the essential question of what community members owe one another when it comes to health.
Limit Cycles and Homoclinic Networks in Two-Dimensional Polynomial Systems
by Albert C. LuoThis book is a monograph about limit cycles and homoclinic networks in polynomial systems. The study of dynamical behaviors of polynomial dynamical systems was stimulated by Hilbert’s sixteenth problem in 1900. Many scientists have tried to work on Hilbert's sixteenth problem, but no significant results have been achieved yet. In this book, the properties of equilibriums in planar polynomial dynamical systems are studied. The corresponding first integral manifolds are determined. The homoclinic networks of saddles and centers (or limit cycles) in crossing-univariate polynomial systems are discussed, and the corresponding bifurcation theory is developed. The corresponding first integral manifolds are polynomial functions. The maximum numbers of centers and saddles in homoclinic networks are obtained, and the maximum numbers of sinks, sources, and saddles in homoclinic networks without centers are obtained as well. Such studies are to achieve global dynamics of planar polynomial dynamical systems, which can help one study global behaviors in nonlinear dynamical systems in physics, chemical reaction dynamics, engineering dynamics, and so on. This book is a reference for graduate students and researchers in the field of dynamical systems and control in mathematics, mechanical, and electrical engineering.
Praxis der Schlafmedizin: Interdisziplinäre Diagnostik und Therapie bei Erwachsenen und Kindern
by Boris A. Stuck Anna Heidbreder Joachim T. Maurer Angelika A. Schlarb Michael Schredl Hans-Günter WeeßDieses Buch bietet das Praxiswissen für die notwendige differenzierte schlafmedizinische Diagnostik und eine darauf basierende optimale kurz-, mittel- und langfristige Therapie. Schlafstörungen gehören zu den häufigsten Erkrankungen: Beschwerden durch nicht erholsamen Schlaf können die Lebensqualität massiv beeinträchtigen, auch mit langfristigen Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit. Insbesondere nächtliche Atmungsstörungen und Ein- und Durchschlafstörungen haben eine hohe Prävalenz und über eine halbe Million Menschen nehmen in Deutschland regelmäßig Schlafmittel ein. Das Lehr- und Lernbuch zur Prüfungsvorbereitung Qualifikationsnachweis Somnologie der DGSM Zusatzbezeichnung Schlafmedizin Polysomnographiekurse nach der Richtlinie des G-BA, ehemals „BUB“-Kurse Der Ratgeber für die tägliche Arbeit in Klinik und Praxis: Grundlagen, Pathophysiologie. Diagnostik, Differentialdiagnostik, Therapiestandards und Alternativen. Alles, was wichtig, häufig und klinisch relevant ist mit: Praxistipps, Fallbeispiele, Fragen zur Prüfungsvorbereitung. NEU u.a.: Aktualisierte Empfehlungen zu Indikation, Durchführung und Auswertung der Polygraphie und Polysomnographie. Darstellung der aktuellen Leitlinien zum Resless-Legs-Syndrom, zur Insomnie, zur Narkolepsie und zu den schlafbezogenen Atmungsstörungen, Berücksichtigung der neu zugelassenen Medikamente u.a. bei der Insomnie und der residualen Tagesschläfrigkeit. Nach neuesten Klassifizierungen und Empfehlungen ICSD-3-TR ICD 11 Scoring Manual der AASM Leitlinie “Insomnie”, „Narkolepsie“ und “Schlafbezogene Atmungsstörungen” Gültig für den gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum (Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz). Nach den Empfehlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin European Sleep Research Society American Academy of Sleep Medicine