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Now in its thoroughly revised, updated Fifth Edition, this handbook is the only volume on fluids and electrolytes that is geared specifically to surgical residents and surgeons. It explains, in practical terms, how to assess and manage problems of fluid-electrolyte and acid-base balance in surgical patients. This edition's chapters have all been rewritten for easier readability. New charts and figures have been added and tables have been revis...

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Dynamical Systems in Honor of Prof. Liao Shantao (1920-97). The Third World Academy of Sciences awarded the first ever mathematics prize in 1985 to Prof. Liao in recognition of his foundational work in differentiable dynamical systems and his work in periodic transformation of spheres. The conference was held in Beijing in August 1998. There were about 90 participants, ...

Die Bedeutung dieser Studie liegt zum gegenwartigen Zeitpunkt darin, daB erstmals biochemische Daten aus der friihesten Phase nach einem Trauma, d. h. direkt am Unfallort erhoben und ausgewertet werden konnten. Ein weiterer Vorteil ist, daB diese Daten aus der (Pra-)KIinik ebenfalls erstmalig die Interpretation von biochemischen Reaktionen zulassen, die sich bislang uberwiegend auf tierexperimentelle und/oder Laboruntersu­ chungen stutzten bzw...

Inhaltsangabe:Problemstellung: Für die Funktionsfähigkeit eines jeden Unternehmens ist vor allem ein Faktor unverzichtbar: seine Mitarbeiter. Für eine erfolgreiche Unternehmensführung braucht es aber mehr als dessen schlichte Anwesenheit und Arbeitsausführung. Der effektive Einsatz der Mitarbeiter bedarf einer erfolgreich funktionierenden Personalführung. Dies ist keine neue Überlegung und die Literatur zum Thema Personal bietet ein breites S...

Inhaltsangabe:Gang der Untersuchung: Die Arbeit stellt an den Beginn eine Legaldefinition des Franchising durch das Pronuptia-Urteil des EuGH und die Gruppenfreistellungsverordnung der Kommission. Hiermit soll eine Abgrenzung des Themas zu vielfältigen verwandten Tatbeständen der Kooperation bei Produktion und Betrieb erreicht werden. Das zweite Kapitel entwickelt sehr ausdifferenziert die verschiedenen Spielarten des Franchising. Im dritten K...

Since the election of Tony Blair to the leadership of the Labour party in 1997 and the party′s subsequent electoral triumph in 1997 after eighteen years in opposition there has been intense speculation about what the Labour party now stands for.

Schools are expected and challenged to achieve student outcomes commensurate with the abilities of all students, but few are capable of this. This book demonstrates that present school structures and processes need to be redesigned, and suggests ways of reforming schools to enhance student outcomes. The author suggests that a holistic approach that integrates all facets of school life - learning, teaching, curriculum, school structures, resour...

Based on major multi-centre research in the UK, Dying to Care identifies why work stress is a problem in health care generally, and in HIV health care in particular. The similarities and differences between work stress experienced in general health care settings and in HIV/AIDS are explored in a state-of-the-art review of research and experience in the field to date. The book has a practical focus, and goes on to explore ways in which the uniq...

The management of cash within a corporation has a direct impact on both the profitability and the shareholder value of that company. Active and efficient management of cash resources will significantly improve both the profitability and the shareholder value of every corporation, whereas passive and inefficient management will have a directly negative impact. In European Cash Management Marie Dolfe and Anna Koritz, two leading experts in cash...

From some of the leading feminist scholars in education comes a collection of writings discussing how they use feminist poststructural theory in their classrooms and research. Drawing on real-life situations in their work, they show how using this theory has transformed their work. Topics covered include theory in everyday life, ethnography, writing the body, emotions in the classroom, qualitative research, and "gossip as a counter-discourse."...

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on: * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars* Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe* Bism...

Combining original research with the latest scholarship Warfare and Society in Europe, 1792 - 1914 examines war and its aftermath from Napoleonic times to the outbreak of the First World War. Throughout, this fine book treats warfare as a social and political phenomenon no less than a military and technologial one, and includes discussions on: * The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars* Napoleon III and the militarization of Europe* Bism...

What is philosophy about and what are its methods? Philosophy and Ordinary Language is a defence of the view that philosophy is largely about questions of language, which to a large extent means ordinary language. Some people argue that if philosophy is about ordinary language, then it is necessarily less deep and difficult than it is usually taken to be but Oswald Hanfling shows us that this isn't true.Hanfling, a leading expert in the develo...

Die Festphasensynthese spielt eine Schlüsselrolle in der kombinatorischen Chemie, einer neuen Methode der Wirkstofforschung zur raschen, weitgehend automatisierten Synthese, Testung und Archivierung chemischer Verbindungen. Dieses in sich geschlossene Werk beschreibt die wichtigsten Entwicklungen auf diesem Gebiet innerhalb der vergangenen drei Jahre, unter anderem die Festphasensynthese von Naturstoffderivaten und die Palladium-katalysierte C...

A fascinating anthology that brings together in one volume many of the most important articles written about Brecht between 1957 and 1997. An ideal companion to Brecht's plays and an invaluable reconsideration of his work.

24 stylish pieces in a range of jazz and light-hearted styles, supported by witty illustrations. Great stuff that sounds cool, but is still easy. Piano Time Jazz Book 2 is around the level of Piano Time 3.

Can politics now be both radical and realistic? Gramsci and Contemporary Politics is a collection of Anne Showstack Sassoon's writing which spans the major transitions from Thatcher and Reagan to Clinton and Blair, the collapse of communism to the regeneration of social democracy. Applying original interpretations of Antonio Gramsci's ideas on the intellectuals, political language, civil society and political leadership, she argues that drawin...

What do we want? What do we believe to be wrong with the world? How can we best change it?How should we live? Given the world as it is, how can we best achieve our dreams and desires?Utopian Bodies is, quite simply, a new approach to thinking about theory. Using the dominant themes of green and feminist politics, this fascinating and original text creates a new notion of utopian thought and life - "transgressive utopianism." This new concept i...

Environmental planning forms the basis of all site development decisions and deals with the factors that must be considered before a site plan can be drawn up. This title emphasizes the man/nature interface and explains how nature limits and controls what can happen on every piece of land.

This new and expanded update of the popular Thirty-five Oriental Philosophers is an accessible introduction to the most prominent figures in Eastern thought, from earliest times to the present day.From traditional philosophers such as Confucius and Zoroaster, to modern thinkers such as Fung Youlan and the present Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, the authors cover the development of each thinker's philosophy and analyze his essential ideas. This usefu...