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Behavioral Operations Management has been identified in the last years as one of the most promising emerging fields in Operations Management.

Finite Element Method in Machining Processes provides a concise study on the way the Finite Element Method (FEM) is used in the case of manufacturing processes, primarily in machining.

This essential primer on the clinical imaging of atherosclerosis is aimed at practicing clinicians and offers unrivaled imagery, excellent presentation of key information and contributions from a host of international experts in cardiac imaging.

Integrative and translational methodologies and frameworks have transformed modern biomedical research and the delivery of clinical care.

Here is a comprehensive examination of the rapidly expanding area of transformation electromagnetics and related metamaterial technology, with contributions on the subject provided by a collection of leading experts from around the world.

The newborn child's immature nervous system makes early diagnosis of some neurological disorders difficult: it is often only the passage of time which clarifies the severity and pattern. Chapters in this book describe neural tube defects, the recognition and management of cerebral palsy and, lest we forget, poliomyelitis.

Overview and Goals The agile approach for software development has been applied more and more extensively since the mid nineties of the 20th century.

These are: database modelling of 3D content, security in 3D environments, describing interactivity of content, searching content, visualization of search results, modelling mixed reality content, and efficient creation of interactive 3D content.

Sjoegren's Syndrome: Diagnosis and Therapeutics provides a thorough, multisystemic overview of the clinical manifestations of Sjoegren's Syndrome.

Invasive bladder tumors affect the muscle wall, and have a propensity to metastasize and spread to other areas of the body, and are more likely to be fatal. The book offers a comprehensive review of the subject, covering epidemiology, screening, diagnostic factors, surgery, chemotherapy and post-operative monitoring.

In its 2nd edition, this book updates progress in prevention of genetic disorders, showing the importance of PGD in primary preventive measures and its growing role in providing a range of reproduction options to couples at risk. Reviews recent advances in PGD.

This highly anticipated new edition provides a comprehensive account of face recognition research and technology, spanning the full range of topics needed for designing operational face recognition systems.

Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science, but also of space explorers and pioneers.

With Skype, mobile telephony and other innovations in communication transforming the way families keep in touch with each other, this study analyzes how connections between families and couples are evolving in today's evolving technological context.

Asset Condition, Information Systems and Decision Models, is the second volume of the Engineering Asset Management Review Series.

This is the first ever truly introductory text to the theory of tensor products of Banach spaces. Each chapter contains worked examples and a set of exercises, and two appendices offer material on summability in Banach spaces and properties of spaces of measures.

A Collaborative Virtual Environment (CVE) is a distributed, virtual reality designed to support collaborative activities. Aimed at anyone involved in researching the design of tools for supporting distributed teams of workers, it helps the reader understand the latest technology, state-of-the-art research, and good working practice.

Introducing ergodic theory and dynamical systems, with an emphasis on chaotic dynamics, this book explores the fundamental ideas from basic notions like ergodicity, mixing and isomorphisms of dynamical systems, to chaotic transformations with hyperbolic dynamics, entropy, information theory, ergodic decomposition and measurable partitions.

As the use of synthetic and 'foreign' materials in orthopedics grows, specialist physicians need updating on the latest techniques. This revised second edition covers fundamental concepts as well as clinical applications and offers first-hand expert advice.

Educates the medical professional in all relevant aspects of cardiac CTA & calcium scoring in a simple, practical & concise manner, preparing individuals for clinical training experiences. This title includes a comprehensive A-Z reference and guide to successfully performing cardiac CTA and calcium scoring.

In this context, Advanced Technologies for Future Transmission Grids provides an overview of the most promising technologies, likely to be of help to planners of transmission grids in responding to the challenges of the future: security of supply;

This book outlines and details the best possible course of treatment and formulate custom algorithms for every possible case, based on current evidence.

Topics and features: introduces the fundamentals of social media retrieval, presenting the most important areas of research in this domain; reviews advances in encoding, compression and network architectures for the exchange of social media information; describes a range of applications related to social media.

Today's global dependency on critical network infrastructure predicates a crucial need for clear analysis of the risks and interdependencies it generates. This book details practical assessment methodologies as well as how to adapt them to different systems.

Modern Management of Cancer of the Rectum is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of all aspects of rectal neoplasms.

This book covers the use of recycled industrial waste as aggregates in concrete, reviewing properties of aggregates and offering procedures for estimating the properties of concrete containing construction and demolition waste in light of codes and practices.