252 Ergebnisse - Zeige 61 von 80.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed papers presented at five international workshops held in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing, ICSOC 2008, in Sydney, Australia, in December 2008. The volume contains 41 reviewed and improved papers presented at the 4th International Workshop on Engineering Service-Oriented Applications (WESOA 2008), the Second International Workshop on Web APIs and Servic...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 10th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents, PRIMA 2007, held in Bankok, Thailand, in November 2007. The 22 revised full papers and 16 revised short papers presented together with 11 application papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 102 submissions. Ranging from theoretical and methodological issues to various applications in different fields,...

Software architectures that contain many dynamically interacting components, each with its own thread of control, engaging in complex coordination protocols, are difficult to correctly and efficiently engineer. Agent-oriented modelling techniques are important for the design and development of such applications. This book provides a diverse and interesting overview of the work that is currently being undertaken by a growing number of researche...

The representation theory of reductive algebraic groups and related finite reductive groups has many applications. The articles in this volume provide introductions to various aspects of the subject, including algebraic groups and Lie algebras, reflection groups, abelian and derived categories, the Deligne-Lusztig representation theory of finite reductive groups, Harish-Chandra theory and its generalizations, quantum groups, subgroup structure...

Die Kulturpolitik Kaiser Wilhelms II. wurde bisher hauptsächlich als dessen Privatangelegenheit betrachtet. Eine Untersuchung der Ziele und Motive seiner Kulturpolitik ist jedoch bisher weitestgehend unterblieben. Mit der Förderung der Kultur hat der letzte deutsche Kaiser allerdings weit mehr beabsichtigt, als persönlichen Neigungen zu frönen. Dies belegt beispielsweise die Analyse der in seinem Auftrag verfassten Oper Der Roland von Berlin e...

Diese Arbeit diskutiert die Eignung von Residualgewinnen für die Performancemessung im Konzern. Die Grundlage bildet eine ausführliche Darstellung von Discounted Cash Flow-Verfahren. Dabei wird gezeigt, wie eine komplexe Kapitalstruktur modelliert werden kann, die Lieferantenkredite, erhaltene Anzahlungen, Rückstellungen, Leasing und ausfallbedrohtes Fremdkapital enthält. Darauf aufbauend werden Residualgewinnkonzepte auf Basis des APV- und de...

Im Zeitalter des dualen Rundfunks und der Multimedia gewinnen der Rundfunk und die Rundfunkfinanzierung eine neue Dimension. Der private Rundfunk erfüllt neben dem öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunk den Rundfunkauftrag. Die Fortentwicklung der neuen Übertragungstechniken und die Neuen Medien haben dafür gesorgt, daß sich Rundfunk auch an anderen Geräten als dem Fernsehgerät und dem Radio empfangen läßt. Rundfunk wird heute auch am Mobiltelefon un...

The debate on indigenous rights has revealed some serious difficulties for current international law, posed mainly by different understandings of important concepts. This book explores the extent to which indigenous claims, as recorded in the United Nations fora, can be accommodated by current international law. By doing so, it also highlights how the indigenous debate has stretched the contours and ultimately evolved international human right...

Since the mid-19th and early 20th centuries, Jackson's North State Street has been home to some of the capital city's major architectural landmarks. North State Street was bordered by stately homes of many different styles and periods, from rather simple antebellum cottages, to grand Greek Revival, elaborate Queen Anne, and elegant Colonial Revival and neoclassical mansions, as well as impressive institutional buildings and churches. However, ...

An examination of the bearing of the Domesday Book on the geography of medieval England.

Although based on historical persons from the 9th century, Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons are the subjects of compelling legends dating from the Viking era. Warriors, raiders, and rulers, Ragnar and his sons inspired unknown writers to set down their stories over seven centuries ago. This volume presents new and original translations of the three major Old Norse texts that tell Ragnar's story: the Saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, the Tale of Ragnar's Sons...

Histories of Pasadena are rich in details about important citizens, time-honored traditions, and storied enclaves such as Millionaires Row and Lamanda Park. But the legacies of Mexican Americans and other Latino men and women who often worked for Pasadena's rich and famous have been sparsely preserved through the generations--even though these citizens often made remarkable community contributions and lived in close proximity to their employer...

The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road. It isn't a coincidence that Arab traders have returned to China at the same time that China is fast regaining its share of the global economy. This is a breakthrough account of how China is spurring growth in the Arab world.

Drawing together elements from feminist studies, political science, public administration, sociology, and urban studies, Michael J. Prince examines mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, public attitudes on disability, and policy-making processes in the context of disability.

Au regard des violences qui caractérisent notre monde actuel, est-il vraiment logique de nos jours de parler de la « théologie de la colère du Dieu d'amour » comme la Bible nous le présente sans risque de tomber dans le terrorisme religieux ? Deux réponses explicitent à ce sujet toute la démarche de notre travail basé sur la théologie de la croix de Hans Urs von Balthasar. A la lumière de cette démarche, nous répondons premièrement par non à l...

Building with stone requires a commitment to permanence, like the extraordinary, almost citywide conviction of builders in Santa Barbara from the 1870s through the 1930s. As Santa Barbara was evolving from a dusty little port and outlying resort into a vibrant and growing city, there occurred an extraordinary era of stone construction. This was made possible by a fortuitous conjunction of factors: abundant material, a cadre of expert artisans,...

Rockwall owes its name to a unique underground formation discovered by three men digging a well. In 1852, Terry Utley Wade, Benjamin Boydstun, and William Clay Stevenson exposed what they termed a "rock wall." When a city name was needed in 1854, Rockwall was chosen. In the 1880s, the railroad's arrival had a significant impact on the area and ushered in cotton as the main cash crop. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Rockwall was the epitome of ...

Photographer Mark Miller opened his studio in Fort Collins, Colorado, in 1914. The town he chose to live and work in sits in a river valley in northern Colorado, nestled between the Rocky Mountain foothills and the semiarid high plains, with Denver to the south and Cheyenne, Wyoming, to the north. Established as a Civil War-era army post, the town was a Wild West frontier outpost until it was tamed in the 1870s by the arrival of a land-grant c...

David Luban is one of the world's leading scholars of legal ethics. This collection of his most significant papers includes such topics as the moral psychology of organisational evil, the strengths and weaknesses of the adversary system, and jurisprudence from the lawyer's point of view.

Carroll County's road signs are a testament to the farm families who settled here. Bollinger, Hoff, Roop, Baugher, Royer, Bushey, and many more are road names that honor those who have produced food for themselves and the nation in times of peace, war, and the Great Depression. In 1917, when the first county agricultural agent arrived, 96.6 percent of the land was held in 3, 384 farms. By 1926, Carroll County, Maryland, led the state in corn, ...