The Congruences of a Finite Lattice : A Proof-by-Picture Approach
The congruences of a lattice form the congruence lattice. In the past half-century, the study of congruence lattices has become a large and important field with a great number of interesting and deep results and many open problems. This self-contained exposition by one of the leading experts in lattice theory.Includes the latest findings from a pioneering researcher in the field. Insightful discussion of techniques to construct "nice" finite lattices with given congruence lattices and "nice" congruence-preserving extensions. Contains complete proofs, an extensive bibliography and index, and nearly 80 open problems
The Change Laboratory for Teacher Training in Entrepreneurship Education : A New Skills Agenda for Europe
Illustrates a new type of formative intervention for in-service teacher training in entrepreneurship education. The book describes a Change Laboratory and shows how teachers and workshop assistants develop the idea of a multidisciplinary project entailing the design of a self-service and parking lot in a dismissed area close to the city centre. The multidisciplinary project is taken as example of how an idea is debated and turned into collective action and change, the very essence of initiative and entrepreneurship. The Change Laboratory thus increases the participation of students, teachers and stakeholders in the school towards a new curriculum through the implementation of a multidisciplinary project connecting school with the world outside and working life.
The Career Programmer : Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World
Delivered with the wit and aplomb to make a serious topic entertaining and palatable, will help you survive the programming industry. The Career Programmer explains how you can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development process. Youll master self-defense techniques to shield yourself, your project, and your code from corporate politics, arbitrary management decisions, and marketing-driven deadlines. Author Chris Duncan provides proven, practical, hands-on solutions designed to work even when tested by the political and chaotic realities of the business environment. Issues are addressed from the points of view of both the programmer and project manager, and steps are illustrated from all perspectivesfrom large-scale teams down to projects with a single developer.
The Buzz about Bees : Biology of a Superorganism
This comprehensive introduction to honeybee biology (originally published as Phänomen Honigbiene) explores such topics as how bees obtain and communicate information about flowers, “whole-animal gametes”, and the comb’s contributions to the sociophysiology of the colony. The book is profusely illustrated with Heilmann’s spectacular photos, which capture the full range of bee activities—including some, such as the living chains formed where combs are being built or repaired, whose function remains unknown.”
The Business Plan Workbook : A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating and Developing a Successful Business
Based on tried and tested business methodology used at the leading business school, Cranfield School of Management, this 10th edition of The Business Plan Workbook guides you through all the necessary steps to constructing a winning business plan. This guide covers how to : Come up with a winning business idea / Complete market and competitive research / Set up a winning marketing strategy / Forecast watertight financials and projections / Define realistic operations and staffing / Deliver an unforgettable pitch to potential backers and investors
The Brain and Its Self : A Neurochemical Concept of the Innate and Acquired Drives
The main message of this monograph is that the appearance of the mammalian brain with the ability to acquire drives ensured the development of social life, and eventually led to the evolution of the human society. This most sophisticated form of organized life on earth is still in the trial and error phase of its development. It seeks to outgrow the myth-directed era of its history and come to its final state, the ration-directed human society.
The Bifurcation of the Self : The History and Theory of Dissociation and Its Disorders
This book uses case history methodology to illustrate the relationship between theory and practice of the study of Dissociation Identity Disorder (DID). Challenging conventional wisdom on all sides, the book traces the clinical and social history of dissociation in a provocative examination of this widely debated phenomenon.
The Basic Problems of Phenomenology : From the Lectures, Winter Semester, 1910-1911
This book provides a short introduction to Husserlian Phenomenology by Husserl himself. Husserl highly regarded his work "The Basic Problems of Phenomenology" as basic for his theory of the phenomenological reduction.
The Art of Sustainable Performance : A Model for Recruiting, Selection, and Professional Development
This book revisits common notions on how to select and recruit the right employees. It reveals that the secret of successful individuals and teams lies in a combination of talent and four important performance indicators, offering an innovative approach that companies can fruitfully adopt.
The Art of Semiparametrics
This selection of articles has emerged from different works presented at the conference "The Art of Semiparametrics" celebrated in 2003 in Berlin. The idea was to bring together junior and senior researchers but also practitioners working on semiparametric statistics in rather different fields. The meeting succeeded in welcoming a group that presents a broad range of areas where research on, respectively with, semiparametric methods is going on. It contains mathematical statistics, econometrics, finance, business statistics, etc. and thus combines theoretical contributions with more applied and partly even empirical studies. Although each article represents an original contribution to its own field, they all are written in a self-contained way to be read also by non-experts of the particular topic.
The Art of Random Walks
Einstein proved that the mean square displacement of Brownian motion is proportional to time. He also proved that the diffusion constant depends on the mass and on the conductivity (sometimes referred to Einstein’s relation). The main aim of this book is to reveal similar connections between the physical and geometric properties of space and diffusion. This is done in the context of random walks in the absence of algebraic structure, local or global spatial symmetry or self-similarity.
The Anomalous Magnetic Moment of the Muon
Certainly, the muon’s anomalous magnetic moment is a very special number and today re?ects almost the full spectrum of effects incorporated in today’s Standard Model (SM) of fun- mental interactions, including the electromagnetic, the weak and the strong forces. The muon g? 2, how it is also called, is a truly fascinating theme both from an experimental and from a theoretical point of view and it has played a crucial role in the development of QED which ?nally developed into the SM by successive inclusion of the weak and the strong interactions. The topic has fascinated a large number of particle physicists, last but not least it was always a benchmark for theory as a monitor for e?ects beyond what was known at the time. As an example, nobody could believe that a muon is just a heavy version of an electron; why should nature repeat itself, it hardly can make sense.
The Achilles of Rationalist Psychology
How is it that the mind perceives the words of a verse as a verse and not just as a string of words? One answer to this question is that to do so the mind itself must already be unified as a simple thing without parts (and perhaps must therefore be immortal). Kant called this argument the Achilles, perhaps because of its apparent invincibility, and perhaps also because it has a fatal weak spot, or perhaps because it is the champion argument of rationalism. The argument and the problem it addresses have a long history, from the ancient world right up to the present.
The 5 mistakes every investor makes and how to avoid them : Getting investing right
The Five Mistakes Every Investor Makes and How to Avoid Them, Second Edition, focuses on what investors do wrong, so you can avoid these common errors and set yourself on the right path to success. In this comprehensive reference, you'll learn to navigate the ever-changing variables and market dilemmas that can make investing a risky and daunting endeavor. In this updated Second Edition, you'll find a workable, sensible investment framework that shows you how to refrain from fighting the market, misunderstanding performance, and letting your biases and emotions get in the way of investing success.
The 2nd International Conference on Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics ; Refereed and selected contributions, Debrecen, Hungary, May 16-20, 2005
Launched in 2004, "Nuclear Physics in Astrophysics" has established itself in a successful topical conference series addressing the forefront of research in the field. This volume contains the selected and refereed papers of the 2nd conference, held in Debrecen in 2005 and reprinted from "The European Physical Journal A - Hadrons and Nuclei".
Textbook of preclinical conservative dentistry
Provides latest information in field of conservative dentistry. Second edition includes many new topics. Self-assessment questions conclude each chapter to assist revision.
Textbook of operative dentistry
Includes important topics like smile designing in operative dentistry, recent advances in glass ionomers, composites, and ceramics. Incorporates more than 1,500 clinical photographs and line diagrams for easy understanding and grasping of the subject. Includes viva questions at the end of each chapter for students preparing for clinical examinations. Includes questions asked in various universities for self-evaluation. Standout boxes, flowcharts, tables for making operative dentistry interesting and easy. Includes synopsis of topics related to restorative dentistry for quick recall of the values and their significance.
Textbook of Healthcare Ethics
1 Historical Introduction INTRODUCTION This chapter is mainly about the history of medicine and its ethics. As usually c- ceived, history is retrograde: It is what happened yesterday, and, much as we may try, it is what happened yesterday seen with a set of today’s eyes. Trying to understand yesterday’s culture may help us put on a pair of corrective glasses, but it fails in - tirely correcting our vision. Contemporary cultural anthropology may likewise help us understand the way today’s events and cultural habits shape what we call history tomorrow. Past events and the kaleidoscopic pattern of today’s cultures may help guide us into a future that in at least some respects is ours to forge. Learning about ethics yesterday and thinking about ethics as it expresses itself in various cultures today can help us shape the ethics of tomorrow: This is true whether we are speaking of that part of social ethics called “medical” or of any other part of social ethics. The social aspects of medical practice—how the institution called medicine fits into and works within the greater society called culture—shape the way its ethics ultimately must play itself out.
Textbook of conservative and restorative dentistry
Presents an updated version of the current concepts of conservative and restorative dentistry. Recent concepts have been highlighted, especially the chapters on dentin hybridization (bonding), composites, lasers, diagnosis and diagnostic aids, and minimal invasive dentistry, keeping in mind their clinical significance in day-to-day practice. Written in a lucid language, the text is replete with self-explanatory photographs and diagrams, well reinforced with clinical photographs for easy understanding of the subject. The keynotes are presented in box format for quick access and easy understanding.
Tensions in Teaching about Teaching : Understanding Practice as a Teacher Educator
This series in Teacher Education has been created in order to offer clear and strong examples of self-study of teaching and teacher education practices. It explicitly values the work of teachers and teacher educators and through the research of their practice, offers insights into new ways of encouraging educational change.



















