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Firms, the most significant nucleus of modern economic activity, are very special social organisations with economic purposes and also a responsibility for pursuing the welfare of all ranks of society.

This book covers methods for spatial statistical analysis suitable for modeling spatial information in support of decision systems. Includes data mining, point processes analysis, nearest neighbor statistics and cluster detection, Fuzzy Regression and more.

This inclusive study of projective geometry covers analytic and synthetic methods, takes in linear, quadratic, cubic and quartic figures in various dimensions, and deals at length with refinements of basic theories, including those of Pappus and Desargues.

Hypoparathyroidism, a condition in which insufficient parathyroid hormone (PTH) is produced to maintain normocalcemia is associated with a variety of acute and chronic symptoms and complications due to hypocalcemia.

2-D and 3-D anal ultrasound are among the most recent and advanced tools available for both the diagnosis and the management of anorectal diseases. Anal US may provide the clinician with useful information for both classification, diagnosis and management of anorectal sepsis, anal incontinence and anorectal-perineal chronic pain.

This book of statistics is radiologist-friendly, that is, it is the only book to present just statistical problems and methods most frequently used in radiological studies.

The purpose of this book is twofold: First, it provides an up-to-date overview of the field of surgical oncology for surgeons in training.

This book shows how to approach and manage patients with nail diseases, with a review of nail anatomy and physiology, and a rundown of symptoms. Describes non-invasive and invasive diagnostic tools; includes high-quality illustrations for each disorder.

This book offers an invaluable guide to the delineation of organs at risk of toxicity in patients undergoing radiotherapy. It details the radiological anatomy of organs at risk as seen on typical radiotherapy planning CT scans.

Thus we need new initiatives to foster upgrading of existing building and enhancement of land planning strategies. It provides a quantitative evaluation of building performance through an objective, reproducible approach, assessing risks at a land, urban and building scale.

This book contains over 1,500 color reproductions of stamps relating to the history of astronomy, ranging from the earliest observations of the sky to modern research conducted with satellites and space probes.

The book examines the basic physical principles of atomic spectroscopy and the absorption and emission of radiation in astrophysical and laboratory plasmas. Each chapter starts with simple physical situations and then considers more complicated models.

This book offers critical reviews of value-based measures: Economic Value Added (EVA), Cash Flow Return on Investment (CFROI), Shareholder Value Added (SVA), Economic Margin (EM) and Cash Value Added (CVA). Helps the reader choose and use the best technique.

The rapid development of multidetector CT (MDCT) technology has challenged the radiological world, even more so with the increasing use of MDCT angiography and cardiac CT. Its nearly 500 axial and multiplanar illustrations comprise a comprehensive MDCT anatomic atlas of the body able to provide prompt answers to imaging anatomy questions.

This book presents the readers with the modeling, functioning and implementation of solar hydrogen energy systems, which efficiently combine different technologies to convert, store and use renewable energy.

This practical handbook presents imaging protocols for MDCT of the whole body. Readers will find brief introductory notes about relevant issues, MDCT technology, strategies for CM injection, as well as image acquisition and reconstruction.

The second part covers pathophysiological aspects of human sleep, namely the circadian rhythm of body core temperature in neurodegenerative diseases, the descriptive epidemiology of excessive daytime sleepiness, the disorders of breathing and motor control in sleep and the syndrome of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.

In recent years, important technological innovations have made it possible to evaluate the small bowel endoscopically. The aim of this book is to present the results of enteroscopy as a method to diagnose small bowel disease, correlating it to the other investigative methods and above all to clinical findings.

The Antarctic fish fauna has evolved over a long period of geographic and climatic isolation. The dominance of the Antarctic continental shelf fauna by a single taxonomic group of fish provides a simplified natural laboratory for exploring the wealth of physiological, biochemical and ecological adaptations that characterize the fauna.

The coverage of the issues involved in the use of magnetic resonance techniques in assessing therapeutic effect is comprehensive and, though the field is chan ging rapidly, the principles and much of the detail in the book are likely to have lasting value.

Lectures and Structured Symposia

Recent years have witnessed dramatic advances in the development and use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques that can provide quantitative measures with some degree of pathological specificity for the heterogeneous substrates of multiple sclerosis (MS).

With contributions by numerous experts