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This book lays out a path leading from the linguistic and cognitive basics, to classical rule-based and machine learning algorithms, to today's state-of-the-art approaches, which use advanced empirically grounded techniques, automatic knowledge acquisition, and refined linguistic modeling to make a real difference in real-world applications. Anaphora and coreference resolution both refer to the process of linking textual phrases (and, consequently, the information attached to them) within as well as across sentence boundaries, and to the same discourse referent.The book offers an overview of recent research advances, focusing on practical, operational approaches and their applications. In part I (Background), it provides a general introduction, which succinctly summarizes the linguistic, cognitive, and computational foundations of anaphora processing and the key classical rule- and machine-learning-based anaphora resolution algorithms. Acknowledging the central importance of shared resources, part II (Resources) covers annotated corpora, formal evaluation, preprocessing technology, and off-the-shelf anaphora resolution systems. Part III (Algorithms) provides a thorough description of state-of-the-art anaphora resolution algorithms, covering enhanced machine learning methods as well as techniques for accomplishing important subtasks such as mention detection and acquisition of relevant knowledge. Part IV (Applications) deals with a selection of important anaphora and coreference resolution applications, discussing particular scenarios in diverse domains and distilling a best-practice model for systematically approaching new application cases. In the concluding part V (Outlook), based on a survey conducted among the contributing authors, the prospects of the research field of anaphora processing are discussed, and promising new areas of interdisciplinary cooperation and emerging application scenarios are identified.Given the book's design, it can be used both as an accompanying text for advanced lectures in computational linguistics, natural language engineering, and computer science, and as a reference work for research and independent study. It addresses an audience that includes academic researchers, university lecturers, postgraduate students, advanced undergraduate students, industrial researchers, and software engineers.

This volume focuses on the theory and practice of data stream management, and the novel challenges this emerging domain poses for data-management algorithms, systems, and applications. The collection of chapters, contributed by authorities in the field, offers a comprehensive introduction to both the algorithmic/theoretical foundations of data streams, as well as the streaming systems and applications built in different domains.A short introductory chapter provides a brief summary of some basic data streaming concepts and models, and discusses the key elements of a generic stream query processing architecture. Subsequently, Part I focuses on basic streaming algorithms for some key analytics functions (e.g., quantiles, norms, join aggregates, heavy hitters) over streaming data. Part II then examines important techniques for basic stream mining tasks (e.g., clustering, classification, frequent itemsets). Part III discusses a number of advanced topics on stream processing algorithms, and Part IV focuses on system and language aspects of data stream processing with surveys of influential system prototypes and language designs. Part V then presents some representative applications of streaming techniques in different domains (e.g., network management, financial analytics). Finally, the volume concludes with an overview of current data streaming products and new application domains (e.g. cloud computing, big data analytics, and complex event processing), and a discussion of future directions in this exciting field.The book provides a comprehensive overview of core concepts and technological foundations, as well as various systems and applications, and is of particular interest to students, lecturers and researchers in the area of data stream management.

This manual offers detailed protocols for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and comparative genomic hybridization approaches, which have been successfully used to study various aspects of genomic behavior and alterations.

This book focuses on the latest research and developments in photovoltaic (PV) power plants, and provides extensive coverage of fundamental theories, current research and developmental activities, and new approaches intended to overcome a number of critical limitations in today's grid integration technologies.

This book concisely reviews our current understanding of hypoxia, molecular targeting, DNA repair, cancer stem cells, and tumor pathophysiology, while also discussing novel strategies for putting these findings into practice in daily clinical routine.

Surjan, selected researchers in theoretical chemistry present research highlights on major developments in the field. This volume provides valuable content for all researchers in theoretical chemistry and will especially benefit those research groups and libraries with limited access to the journal.

This Volume presents key microscopy and imaging methods for revealing the structure and ultrastructure of environmental and experimental samples, of microbial communities and cultures, and of individual cells.

This Volume presents relevant single-cell and single-molecule approaches in the study of microbes producing and utilizing hydrocarbons and lipids. While generically applicable for all microorganisms, the approaches described are, wherever possible, adapted to the field of study of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. The methods include basic procedures for isolating single cells by means of microfluidics and flow cytometry, and their cultivation in arrays as pure clones; for isolating, amplifying and sequencing single-cell genomes and transcriptomes; and for analysing single-cell metabolomes by means of Raman spectroscopy. Single-molecule approaches include the use of protein:fluorescent dye fusions for protein localization and methods for the production of cell division protostructures and lipid monolayers. Methods for the functional analysis of single cells include detection of metabolically active (protein-synthesizing) cells in environmental samples by bioorthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging, Raman spectroscopy combined with stable isotope labelling and fluorescent in situ hybridisation, and visualization of single cells participating in gene transfer activity. Lastly, protocols are presented for single-cell biotechnological applications, including biofuel production.Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ProtocolsThere are tens of thousands of structurally different hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives and lipids, and a wide array of these molecules are required for cells to function. The global hydrocarbon cycle, which is largely driven by microorganisms, has a major impact on our environment and climate. Microbes are responsible for cleaning up the environmental pollution caused by the exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs and will also be pivotal in reducing our reliance on fossil fuels by providing biofuels, plastics and industrial chemicals. Gaining an understanding of the relevant functions of the wide range of microbes that produce, consume and modify hydrocarbons and related compounds will be key to responding to these challenges. This comprehensive collection of current and emerging protocols will facilitate acquisition of this understanding and exploitation of useful activities of such microbes.

This volume collects research findings presented at the 9th Edition of the Electronic Structure: Principles and Applications (ESPA-2014) International Conference, held in Badajoz, Spain, on July 2-4, 2014.

It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters, evaluates disaster risks, summarizes the key strategies of integrated disaster risk governance, and analyzes large-scale disaster response cases in recent years in China.

The first evidence on the adverse effects of organic pollutants on Arctic ecosystems was provided by international research initiatives more than 30 years ago. Today, the indigenous people of the North are considered to be affected by exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals through their traditional marine food sources. The occurrence of pollutants of emerging concern in remote Polar environments is considered an essential criterion for prioritising this (largely neglected) type of contamination in national, international and global regulation schemes. Initiated during the first international Polar Years (IPY 2007-2009) and continued afterwards, 11 representative initiatives and projects are summarised as chapters in this book, which highlights today's interdisciplinary research on POPs in the Polar environment. The individual chapters describe in detail the consequences, priorities and perspectives of international research on POPs (legacy and emerging xenobiotics), its implications for regulations and scientific priorities including societal and cultural developments in the Arctic, as well as conservation priorities in Antarctica. This book is intended for all readers interested in learning more about modern research on environmental pollutants in the Polar environments (with a strong focus on Arctic environments). The impacts of pollution and climate change on Polar regions and the world as a whole will continue to be felt for many years to come. Sound science is, thus, vital in order to underpin actions that need to be taken at the global, regional and local levels. This book contributes to this highly relevant, interdisciplinary environmental scientific endeavour.

Die Beitragsautoren dieses Bandes thematisieren u.a. aus der Perspektive des (Strategischen) Managements, der empirischen Zukunftsforschung, der Regionalentwicklung und Raumordnung die Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten einer nachhaltigen Entwicklung für Unternehmen, Regionen und Standorte. Zukunftsfähige Strategien für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft können nur im engen Verbund zwischen Unternehmen, Standorten und Regionen sowie durch die Kooperation von Politik, Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft gelingen.

Markenliebe gilt als die intensivste Form aller Konsumenten-Markenbeziehungen. Jochen Kühn untersucht, ob nur ein oder mehrere Typen von Markenliebe existieren. Um diese Forschungslücke zu schließen, wurden eine qualitative und zwei quantitative Studien durchgeführt. Der Autor identifiziert sechs verschiedene Typen von Markenliebe: selbstwertsteigernde Markenliebe, hedonistische Markenliebe, harmonische Markenliebe, selbstbestimmende Markenliebe, leistungssteigernde Markenliebe und bewahrende Markenliebe. Die Studien liefern wichtige Forschungs- und Praxisimplikationen u.a. zur Gestaltung des Marketing-Mix, um Markenliebe gezielt aufzubauen und aufrechtzuerhalten.

< Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ProtocolsThere are tens of thousands of structurally different hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives and lipids, and a wide array of these molecules are required for cells to function.

This Volume presents a comprehensive series of generic protocols for the genetic and genomic analysis of prokaryotic isolates. Genetic methods for functional analyses employ the latest cloning vectors, gene fusion methods and transposon mutagenesis systems, as well as systems for introducing protease-cleavage sequences into permissive sites in proteins under investigation. Genomic methods described include protocols for transcriptomics, shotgun proteomics, interactomics, metabolic profiling, and lipidomics. Bioinformatic tools for genome annotation, transcriptome display and the integration of transcriptomic data into genome-scale metabolic reconstructions are described. Protocols for 13C-based metabolic flux determinations and analysis of the hierarchical and metabolic regulation of fluxes through pathways are included. The Volume thus enables investigators to functionally analyse an isolate over the entire cellular range spanning the gene, the genome, the transcript repertoire, the proteome, the interactome, the metabolic network with its nodes and their regulatory hierarchies, and the metabolic fluxes and their physiological controls.Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology ProtocolsThere are tens of thousands of structurally different hydrocarbons, hydrocarbon derivatives and lipids, and a wide array of these molecules are required for cells to function. The global hydrocarbon cycle, which is largely driven by microorganisms, has a major impact on our environment and climate. Microbes are responsible for cleaning up the environmental pollution caused by the exploitation of hydrocarbon reservoirs and will also be pivotal in reducing our reliance on fossil fuels by providing biofuels, plastics and industrial chemicals. Gaining an understanding of the relevant functions of the wide range of microbes that produce, consume and modify hydrocarbons and related compounds will be key to responding to these challenges. This comprehensive collection of current and emerging protocols will facilitate acquisition of this understanding and exploitation of useful activities of such microbes.

Sandra Rochnowski beschäftigt sich mit Enhealthment im Gesundheitsmanagement zur Aktivierung von gesundheitsbewusstem Verhalten und eigenverantwortlichem Handeln der Führungsebene. Sie stellt das Rollenverständnis der Führungskraft im Gesundheitsmanagement dar und identifiziert Prädikatoren für das Ergreifen von Gesundheitsmaßnahmen, die zu einem gesundheitsfördernden Lebensstil beitragen können. Aus der Perspektive der Führungskraft entwickelt sie erstmals eine betriebliche Intervention in Kurorten.

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These proceedings summarize the best papers in each research field represented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (GfA) in the German-speaking area, held at Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics of RWTH Aachen University from March 2-4.

This book is a compilation of contributions exploring the impact of the European Treaty provisions regarding state aid on Member States' legislation and administrative practice in the area of business taxation.

Dieses Übungsbuch enthält vollständig durchgerechnete Aufgaben aus der Halbleiter-Schaltungstechnik. Es werden die Themen Halbleiterphysik, Bauelemente, Verstärker- und Logikschaltungen sowie der Entwurf integrierter Schaltungen abgedeckt. Anhand ausgewählter Aufgaben erkennt der Leser die Vorgehensweise bei der Lösung von Problemen aus den verschiedenen Bereichen der Halbleiter-Schaltungstechnik. Das Erlernen von methodischen Fähigkeiten steht im Vordergrund, weshalb auf die ausführliche Darstellung der Lösungswege besonderer Wert gelegt wurde. Das Übungsbuch ergänzt das ebenfalls im Springer-Verlag erschienene Lehrbuch Einführung in die Halbleiter-Schaltungstechnik, es kann jedoch auch unabhängig von diesem verwendet werden.Online-Materialien auf dem Extrasserver: Studentenversion des Schaltungssimulators OrCAD-PSpice 9.1 sowie zugehörige PSpice-Dateien.

Auf Basis theoretischer Ansätze leitet Jana Wies Hypothesen zu dem Sender-Empfänger-Vergleich von Weiterempfehlungen mit Service-Recovery her. Sie überprüft die Hypothesen mithilfe einer Befragung mit realen Weiterempfehlungen und zwei experimentellen Studien empirisch. Die Autorin zeigt, dass Empfänger die Weiterempfehlungen negativer wahrnehmen als Sender, wenn diese Service-Recoverys enthalten. Dieser Effekt wird verstärkt durch die Schwere des Dienstleistungsfehlers und verringert durch die Beziehungsstärke zwischen dem Sender und dem Unternehmen.

This book presents the latest results related to photocatalytic inactivation/killing of microorganisms, which is a promising alternative disinfection method that produces less or even no disinfection byproduct.

Chemical structure and bonding. Physical and spectroscopic techniques used to determine, examine and model structures fall within the purview of Structure and Bonding to the extent that the focus is on the scientific results obtained and not on specialist information concerning the techniques themselves.

This practice-oriented book explores a variety of cross-project topics and specific aspects of different project phases. It also offers tips, examples, templates and checklists, and discusses concrete problems and solutions from project practice in IT and the automotive industry.The authors combine their extensive practical experience in years of project work with relevant project-management theory. Each chapter begins with a list of the learning objectives and concludes with a summary of the insights provided. Accordingly, the book offers a valuable resource for: Beginners wishing to acquire basic project management skillsParticipants in more advanced project management training who are looking for instructional material Project management experts who want to learn about further aspects, and to employ templates and checklists for even more successful projects

These proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications cover a number of different aspects of difference equations and discrete dynamical systems, as well as the interplay between difference equations and dynamical systems.

This book offers a panorama of recent scientific achievements produced through the framework of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere programme (LBA) and other research programmes in the Brazilian Amazon.

Fifth volume of a 40 volume series on nanoscience and nanotechnology, edited by the renowned scientist Challa S.S.R. Modern applications and state-of-the-art techniques are covered and make this volume an essential reading for research scientists in academia and industry.

Konsumenten werden täglich mit Slogans konfrontiert: im TV, im Radio, in Online- und Printmedien. Slogans gelangen so über unterschiedliche Verarbeitungswege in das Gedächtnis der Konsumenten. Basierend auf einem psycholinguistischen Theoriefundament untersucht Philipp Brune den Einfluss der unterschiedlichen Darbietungsmodalitäten auf den Bekanntheitsaufbau durch reimende und nicht-reimende Markenslogans. Dabei zeigt der Autor, dass die Modalität der Darbietung die Erinnerung an reimende und nicht-reimende Slogans in zentralem Maße moderiert. Auf Basis der Ergebnisse werden Implikationen für den Einsatz von Markenslogans in der Praxis abgeleitet.

Kennzahlengestützte Verfahren der Investitionsanalyse sind Bestandteil jeden wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Studiengangs. In diesem Buch wird aufgezeigt, dass die Verfahren erheblich leistungsfähiger sind als vielfach behauptet. Die Darstellung ist konsequent auf anschaulichen und leichten Zugang ausgerichtet. Der vielfach erprobte Lehrtext ist in didaktisch geeigneter Weise aufbereitet und um zahlreiche Beispiele und Übungsaufgaben sowie lernunterstützende multimediale Elemente erweitert. Die CD-Version des Lehrtextes bietet als Zusatzfunktion tonunterstützte animierte Graphiken.. Die interaktive Übungs- und Testsoftware umfasst über 100 Aufgaben mit mehr als 2000 zufallsabhängigen Datenkonstellationen auf drei Schwierigkeitsniveaus und bietet durch Einbettung von Lernhilfen die Möglichkeit, die Lehrinhalte in tutoriell unterstützter Umgebung zu üben oder das eigene Verständnis in einer klausurähnlichen Prüfungssituation ohne Hilfestellung und mit "Klausurkorrektur" zu überprüfen.