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Explores how these conflicting scenarios could be reconciled; how can we shape a more sustainable energy system from the existing one; and possible technological progress and innovations to enable a brighter future. Addresses the reality that there exists no consensus on the extent to which innovations can really contribute to reconciling ever-growing energy consumption, availability of resources and the environment, and the structural demands on any energy system. Offers and explains a four-point strategy: Energy should according to its importance regain a top priority in the political arena; higly targeted subsidies should be given for a limited amount of time to speed up the market introduction of energy-efficient and regenerative techniques in analogy to the ‚Dutch model‘; Negotiated agreements and unilateral self-commitments can subsequently ensure further market diffusion of sustainable energy innovations.; the basic research in energy should not be diminished but intensified instead
Protecting the natural environment and promoting sustainability have become important objectives, but achieving such goals presents myriad challenges for even the most committed environmentalist. American Environmentalism: Philosophy, History, and Public Policy examines whether competing interests can be reconciled while developing consistent, cohe
During the last two decades, molecular epidemiology has become an important discipline in cancer research. It has evolved towards the development, validation and application of markers of susceptibility and, more recently, markers of mechanisms of cancer development. This volume on mechanisms of carcinogenesis covers from an interdisciplinary perspective, the contribution of molecular epidemiology to the understanding of mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and represents a further contribution to the development of molecular epidemiology as a major cancer research domain.
Final report of the Sonderforschungsbereich "Kybernetik" 1969-83 from Munich University and Max-Planck-Institute. Contains 11 contributions restricted to the visual and motor systems. The delayed publication of results from 14 years of scientific endeavor is caused by the authors' intention to prepare comprehensive and balanced presentations instead of mere reports about recent findings. For those in the wide range of disciplines connected to cybernetic studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The book consists of peer-reviewed papers from the 9th symposium on Location Based Services (LBS) which is targeted to researchers, industry/market operators and students of different backgrounds (scientific, engineering and humanistic). As the research field is developing and changing fast, this book follows up on current trends and gives suggestions and guidance to further research. This book offers a common ground bringing together various disciplines and practice, knowledge, experiences, plans and ideas on how LBS can and could be improved and on how it will influence both science and society. The book comprises front-end publications organized into sections on: spatial-temporal data acquisition, processing & analysis; positioning / indoor positioning; way-finding / navigation (indoor / outdoor) & smart mobile phone navigation; interactions, user studies and evaluations; innovative LBS systems & applications.
The Association of Geographic Information Laboratories for Europe (AGILE) was established in early 1998 to promote academic teaching and research on GIS at the European level. Since then, the annual AGILE c- ference has gradually become the leading GIScience conference in Europe and provides a multidisciplinary forum for scientific knowledge prod- tion and dissemination. GIScience addresses the understanding and automatic processing of geospatial information in its full breadth. While geo-objects can be represented either as vector data or in raster formats these representations have also guided the research in different disciplines, with GIS researchers concentrating on vector data while re...
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Ausgehend vom Toyota Produktionssystem, haben Lean Management Ansätze eine große Verbreitung weit über die Automobilindustrie hinaus erfahren. Zahlreiche Autoren beschreiben Vorgehensweisen, um die bei Toyota bewährten Methoden und Werkzeuge auf das eigene Unternehmen zu übertragen. Ziel ist jeweils das schlanke Unternehmen, das durch kontinuierliche Verbesserungen Verschwendung reduziert und aus einer kundenorientierten Perspektive Wert generiert. Vor dem Hintergrund einer zunehmenden Auflösung unternehmerischer Grenzen und der wachsenden Bedeutung von unternehmensweiten und -übergreifenden Kooperationsbeziehungen wird mit der vorliegenden Arbeit das Ziel verfolgt, ein umfassendes Ve...
Vols. for 1963- include as pt. 2 of the Jan. issue: Medical subject headings.