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Ambulance Services: Leadership and Management Perspectives
This volume provides fresh insights and management understanding of the changing role of the ambulance services against the backdrop of massive cuts in health budgets around the world and the changing context of pre-hospital care within the wider healthcare networks. The challenges of funding, training and cultural transformation are now felt globally. The need to learn and adapt from suitable …
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- 978-3-319-18642-9
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- XIV, 192
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- 614 AMB a
Dipolar Correlation Spectroscopy Higher-Order Correlation Terms in Three-Spin…
Bettina Basel presents experimental conditions which allow to extract the three-spin contribution precisely from experimental multi-spin double electron-electron resonance (DEER) signals. The theory and concepts behind the used techniques, which are among others broadband chirp pump pulses, overcoupling of microwave resonators and echo reduction measurements, are discussed and explained in deta…
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- 9783658091910
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- 540
Direct Licensing and the Music Industry How Technology, Innovation and Compet…
This book discusses the economics of the music industry in the context of the changing landscape brought about by innovation, technological change, and rapid digitization. The ability of digital technology to reduce the transaction costs of music copyright licensing has all but destroyed the traditional media business models of incumbent Performance Rights Organizations (PROs), music publishers…
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- 9783319176536
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- xxv, 293 pages
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- 346.0482
Ambient Intelligence for Health: First International Conference, AmIHEALTH 20…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the First International Conference on Ambient Intelligence for Health, AmIHEALTH 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015. The 20 revised full papers and 9 short papers were reviewed and selected from 32 submissions and cover topics on technologies for implementing AmIHealth environments; frameworks related with AmIHealt…
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- 978-3-319-26508-7
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- XIV, 304
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Ambient Intelligence: 12th European Conference, AmI 2015, Athens, Greece, Nov…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2015, held in Athens, Greece, in November 2015. The 21 revised full papers presented together with 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Over the past 20 years, the vision of Ambient Intelligence has gradually materialized into a plethora of technolog…
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- 978-3-319-26005-1
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- XIII, 372
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Production Ergonomics : Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Perfo…
Production ergonomics – the science and practice of designing industrial workplaces to optimize human well-being and system performance – is a complex challenge for a designer. Humans are a valuable and flexible resource in any system of creation, and as long as they stay healthy, alert and motivated, they perform well and also become more competent over time, which increases their value as…
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- 330 BER p
Quality in Design and Execution of Engineering Practice
Quality in Design and Execution of Engineering Practice is about quality management focused at fitness for purpose, rather than compliance with specifications, rules and regulations. The focus on getting execution in line with fitness for purpose is supported by a classification of seven different categories of quality, defined by their relevance for purpose, compliance with specifications, and…
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- 978-1-61499-251-6
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- 650 GUN q
Ambient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations: 7th Int…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Work-Conference on Ambient Assisted Living, IWAAL 2015, held in Puerto Varas, Chile, in December 2015. The 20 full papers presented with 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The focus of the papers is on following topics: ambient assisted living for tele-care and tele-rehabilitation;…
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- 978-3-319-26410-3
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- XIV, 302
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 006.3 AMB a
Food Price Policy in an Era of Market Instability : A Political Economy Analysis
Food price volatility is one of the major challenges facing current and future global food systems. Since 2006, global food prices have fluctuated greatly around an increasing trend and price spikes were observed for key food commodities such as rice, wheat, and maize. The full or partial transmission of these global food price changes to individual developing countries, together with domestic …
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- 9780191788017
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- 330 FOO
Ambient Assisted Living: 8. AAL-Kongress 2015,Frankfurt/M, April 29-30. April…
In this book, leading authors in the field discuss developments of Ambient Assisted Living. The contributions have been chosen and invited at the 8th AAL Congress, Frankfurt/M. The meeting presents new technological developments which support the autonomy and independence of individuals with special needs. The 8th AAL Congress focusses its attention on technical assistance systems and their app…
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- 978-3-319-26345-8
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- X, 146
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- Advanced Technologies and Societal Change
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- 618.97 AMB a
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