Stefan Thomas: 57 books
HSPA Evolution
The Fundamentals for Mobile Broadband
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
This book is essential reading for those wishing to obtain a systems perspective and a broad view on the background, performance and application of the latest developments in HSPA in the context of the demands on today’s mobile broadband devices and networks. It takes the reader behind the scenes...
Non-Photorealistic Computer Graphics
Modeling, Rendering, and Animation
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2002
Even as developments in photorealistic computer graphics continue to affect our work and leisure activities, practitioners and researchers are devoting more and more attention to non-photorealistic (NPR) techniques for generating images that appear to have been created by hand. These efforts benefit...
Medical Decision Making
A Health Economic Primer
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This textbook offers a comprehensive analysis of medical decision making under uncertainty by combining Test Information Theory with Expected Utility Theory. The book shows how the parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value function of health states to arrive at informed test and...
Norman Tradition and Transcultural Heritage
Exchange of Cultures in the ‘Norman’ Peripheries of Medieval Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
The Normans have long been recognised as one of the most dynamic forces within medieval western Europe. With a reputation for aggression and conquest, they rapidly expanded their powerbase from Normandy, and by the end of the twelfth century had established themselves in positions of strength from...
Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood
International Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
The transition from care into adulthood is a difficult step for any young person, but young people leaving care have a high risk of social exclusion, both in terms of material disadvantage and marginalisation.
In Young People's Transitions from Care to Adulthood leading academics gather together...
Campus-Management Systeme als Administrative Systeme
Basiswissen und Fallbeispiele zur Gestaltung und Einführung
Language: German
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Die Autoren vermitteln, was den Softwaretyp Campus-Management ausmacht, welche Funktionen zum Kern eines CMS gehören und welche nicht benötigt werden. Sie skizzieren die Datenbasis solcher Systeme in einem Referenz-Datenmodell. Vertiefend wird dieses Modell im Buch Ein Referenz-Datenmodell für...
Trading with the Environment
Ecology, economics, institutions and policy
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Should there be firmer restrictions on trade, with more policies aimed at protecting its environmental impacts, or would the environment benefit most from unrestricted free trade? Do importing countries have a responsibility only to their local ecosystems, or are they also responsible for environmental...
by Anas Alhajji, Stefan Andreasson, Larry Brogdon
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
The chapters in this volume represent the latest thinking on the development and exploration of unconventional energy resources in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Europe, Russia, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Latin America, and Africa and shed light on its potential and future prospects in these respective...
Medical Decision Making
A Health Economic Primer
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
This textbook offers a comprehensive theory of medical decision making under uncertainty, combining informative test theory with the expected utility hypothesis. The book shows how the parameters of Bayes’ theorem can be combined with a value function of health states to arrive at informed test...
by Colin Willcock, Stephan Tobies, Federico Engler
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
This unique book provides a fully revised and up-to-date treatment of the TTCN-3 language
TTCN-3 is an internationally standardised test language with a powerful textual syntax which has established itself as a global, universal testing language. Application of TTCN-3 has been widened beyond...
When Things Become Property
Land Reform, Authority and Value in Postsocialist Europe and Asia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Governments have conferred ownership titles to many citizens throughout the world in an effort to turn things into property. Almost all elements of nature have become the target of property laws, from the classic preoccupation with land to more ephemeral material, such as air and genetic resources....
by Thomas Lorenz, Stefan Oppitz
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: February 28, 2018
Wie können Sie Ihr Leben erfolgreich durch eine wert-volle Sprache gestalten? Dieser Ratgeber ist kein klassisches Rhetorikbuch, sondern er zeigt Muster von Sprechen, Zuhören oder Fragen auf und macht diese bedenkbar. Durch solche Reflexion können innere Stärke bzw. Resilienz und auf den anderen...
Complications in Vascular Interventional Therapy: Case-Based Solutions
Case-Based Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2016
Learn to avoid and manage complications from actual endovascular cases
Complications in Vascular Interventional Therapy: Case-Based Solutions provides a systematic review of potential complications that may occur during endovascular procedures. This compendium features 106 cases from daily...
Die Porsche-Saga
Geschichte einer PS-Dynastie
Language: German
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Der Porsche fasziniert seit Jahrzehnten nicht nur die Deutschen, sondern Autoliebhaber auf der ganzen Welt. Doch was steckt hinter dem edlen Design? Porsche ist weltweit die profitabelste Autofirma und eng verwoben mit den Geschicken einer Familie. Beim Versuch, mit dem angehäuften Milliardenvermögen...