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Die ständige Verfügbarkeit von Elektrizität ist eine Grundvoraussetzung für moderne Volkswirtschaften, da elektrische Energie eine essentielle Eingangsgröße bei der Herstellung von Produkten und Dienstleistungen in sämtlichen Wirtschaftssektoren ist. Einer sicheren und störungsfreien Stromversorgung wird daher große Bedeutung beigemessen. Um eine hohe Versorgungssicherheit der elektrischen Verteilnetze zu günstigen bzw. angemessenen Preisen sicherzustellen, hat die Bundesnetzagentur in Deutschland im Jahr 2012 eine die Anreizregulierung flankierende Qualitätsanreizregulierung eingeführt. Dadurch kann die Bundesnetzagentur sowohl Anreize für eine effiziente Leistungserbringung al...
This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contributors highlight the roles that taxonomy, conservation networks and conservation psychology have to play in conserving this imperilled but vital taxon. With over 1300 species, bats are the second largest order of mammals, yet as the Anthropocene dawns, bat populations around the world are in decline. Greater understanding of the anthropogenic drivers of this decline and exploration of possible mitigation measures are urgently needed if we are to retain global bat diversity in the coming decades. This book brings together teams of international experts to provide a global review of current understanding and recommend directions for future research and mitigation.
Alexander Khan entwickelt ein Reifegradmodell für das Innovationsmanagement, das Unternehmen hilft, auf wechselnde Wettbewerbsbedingungen zu reagieren. Der Autor zeigt, wie das Modell es ermöglicht, die Innovationsfähigkeit eines Unternehmens zu messen und Handlungsempfehlungen abzuleiten. Dadurch hilft es beim Aufbau organisationaler und strategischer Routinen, die es einem Unternehmen erlauben, interne und externe Ressourcen zu erwerben, zu integrieren, zu verändern und abzustoßen, um auf Marktveränderungen in geeigneter Weise zu reagieren oder diese zu induzieren.
Qualifizierte Mietspiegel erfreuen sich seit ihrer Einführung im Jahre 2002 bei den deutschen Kommunen einer zunehmenden Beliebtheit und Verbreitung. Mittlerweile sind sie zum zentralen Begründungsmittel im Mieterhöhungsverlangen gegenüber Bestandsmietern und damit zu einem zentralen Mittel der Interessenregulierung und des Interessenausgleichs auf dem deutschen Mietwohnungsmarkt geworden. Als Folge verschiedener rechtlicher Unklarheiten hinsichtlich der bei der Mietspiegelerstellung einzuhaltenden Qualifikationskriterien ist allerdings in den letzten Jahren eine gewisse Erosion des Vertrauens in die Rechtssicherheit dieses Regulierungsinstruments zu beobachten. Der vorliegende Sammelband will einige Anstöße zu einer diesbezüglichen Reform des qualifizierten Mietspiegels geben. Die hier näher diskutierten Reformvorschläge betreffen insbesondere die rechtliche Konkretisierung der Operationalisierung zentraler Wohnwertmerkmale und die Ausgestaltung der Dokumentationspflichten.
This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and critical overview of the immunological aspects of autoimmune neurological disease. These diseases include common conditions such as multiple sclerosis, the Guillain-Barre syndrome and myasthenia gravis. The introductory chapters on antigen recognition and self-nonself recognition, and neuroimmunology, are followed by chapters on specific diseases. These are presented in a standardised format with sections on clinical features, genetics, neuropathology, pathophysiology, immunology and therapy. Each chapter has a concluding section which summarises key points and suggests directions for future research. Animal models of autoimmune neurological disease are also covered in detail because of their importance in understanding the human diseases. The book is suitable for clinicians and neurologists managing patients with these diseases, and for immunologists, neuroscientists and neurologists investigating the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of these disorders.
High On...German Architects presents thirty-two leading German architectural practices and their signature projects. Whether in the areas of housing, commercial, administrative, and public architecture or in the renovation and revitalisation of existing buildings, all have one thing in common: the architects are concerned with sustainable design and reject short-lived trends. This policy manifests itself in minimalistic architecture as well as in the combination of tradition and modernity. The focus is always on a holistic solution that gives expression to an individual attitude to life. To these ends, the respective needs, passions, dreams, and desires of the clients are brought into unity ...
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Computed tomography (CT) is a widely used x-ray scanning technique. In its prominent use as a medical imaging device, CT serves as a workhorse in many clinical settings throughout the world. It provides answers to urgent diagnostic tasks such as oncology tumor staging, acute stroke analysis, or radiation therapy planning. Spectral Computed Tomography provides a concise, practical coverage of this important medical tool. The first chapter considers the main clinical motivations for spectral CT applications. In Chapter 2, the measurement properties of spectral CT systems are described. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the current state of research on spectral CT algorithms. Based on this overview, the technical realization of spectral CT systems is evaluated in Chapter 4. Device approaches such as DSCT, kV switching, and energy-resolving detectors are compared. Finally, Chapter 5 summarizes various algorithms for spectral CT reconstructions and spectral CT image postprocessing, and links these algorithms to clinical use cases
This work, naming 4,000 related individuals, contains the lineages of about fifty families, the main branches of which were located in Virginia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina. Genealogies of the following families are given: Allen, Aston, Barker-Bradford-Taylor, Berkeley-Ligon-Norwood, Binns, Butler, Claiborne, Clark, Colclough, Crafford, Crayfford-Crafford, Davis, Doniphan, Eldridge, Flood, Godwyn, Gray, Gregg, Griffis, Grigsby, Harris, Haynes, Jones, Mallory, Mason, Moore, Mumford-DeJarnette-Perryman, Newton, Norwood, Pace, Peche-Cornish-Everard-Mildmay-Harcourt-Crispe, Reade, Ruffin, Sledge, Smith, Sowerby-Sorsby, Stone-Smallwood-Smith, Stover, Thomas, Travis, Warren, Woodliffe, Wynne, and Wythe.
An integrated overview of hearing and the interplay of physical, biological, and psychological processes underlying it. Every time we listen—to speech, to music, to footsteps approaching or retreating—our auditory perception is the result of a long chain of diverse and intricate processes that unfold within the source of the sound itself, in the air, in our ears, and, most of all, in our brains. Hearing is an "everyday miracle" that, despite its staggering complexity, seems effortless. This book offers an integrated account of hearing in terms of the neural processes that take place in different parts of the auditory system. Because hearing results from the interplay of so many physical, biological, and psychological processes, the book pulls together the different aspects of hearing—including acoustics, the mathematics of signal processing, the physiology of the ear and central auditory pathways, psychoacoustics, speech, and music—into a coherent whole.