Cristian: 167 books

Beyond Survival breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems....

Presenting and developing the theory of spin glasses as a prototype for complex systems, this book is a rigorous and up-to-date introduction to their properties. The book combines a mathematical description with a physical insight of spin glass models. Topics covered include the physical origins of...

The book presents a model of interaction effects between policymakers and the media which can shed light on the former's ability to enhance democratic legitimacy in foreign policy decision-making. It shows that the media enhanced the democratic legitimacy of the EU's foreign policy in relation to its climate policy and its approach towards Russia.

Computational physics is a rapidly growing subfield of computational science, in large part because computers can solve previously intractable problems or simulate natural processes that do not have analytic solutions. The next step beyond Landau's First Course in Scientific Computing and a follow-up...

Computation is ubiquitous: modern life would be inconceivable without it. Written as a series of conversations with influential computer scientists, mathematicians and physicists, this book provides access to the inner thinking of those who have made essential contributions to the development...

This SpringerBrief  reviews the knowledge engineering problem of engineering objectivity in top-k query answering; essentially, answers must be computed taking into account the user’s preferences and a collection of (subjective) reports provided by other users. Most assume each report can be seen...

As the number of individuals undergoing rehabilitation medicine in a variety of rehabilitation settings increases, more and more patient safety concerns are being raised. Regulatory and accreditation organizations are scrutinizing the safety of patients in both hospital and rehabilitation settings...

Desde que en los años sesenta ALVIN TOFFLER nos dejara estupefactos con el shock del futuro ha pasado mucha agua bajo los puentes. Las comunicaciones se han visto revolucionadas, haciendo que la sentencia de Marshall McLuhan sobre la aldea global sea cierta, a veces dramáticamente cierta.El profesor...

To escape his enemies a powerful wizard is forced to hide in the future: the modern England.. Here he will find true love and will generate a son. But understanding a teenager today is a tough job even for a wizard! The past, however, will inevitably come back to claim its cause.

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet California is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Sashay out onto San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, walk beneath ancient redwoods, or taste...

Über die Story:  Billy ist ein 10 Jahre alter Junge mit einem großen Problem. Sein älterer Bruder sagte ihm, dass ihm Haare auf den Händen wächsen würden. Jetzt ist es an Billys Vater, ihm zu erklären, dass was er getan hat, normal und Ok ist.  ...

Sentient Conceptualisations is about how scientists studying the past understand time in relation to space. Simonetti argues that the feelings for depths and surfaces, arising from the bodily movements and gestures of scientific practice, strongly influence conceptualisations of space and time. With...

A thrilling novel about a nonconformist coffee addict detective for whom solving cases it`s not just a job, it`s a part of his life. This particular case begins with his refusal to start searching for a dog that went missing and ends up dealing with an complicated case of kidnapping ...well...let`s just say that it`s more than he ever expected.

Now in its second edition, this monograph explores the Monge-Ampère equation and the latest advances in its study and applications.  It provides an essentially self-contained systematic exposition of the theory of weak solutions, including regularity results by L. A. Caffarelli.  The geometric...