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This volume is aimed at providing a comprehensive overview of the state of art of research related to geo-related hazards in the Caucasus and other orogenic regions; it is also devoted to shedding light on a broad array of geological phenomena as well as discussing innovative tools and strategies for geohazard assessment. Additional emphasis is placed on preventive and mitigation measures, which might be helpful in tackling seismic, volcanic and landslide risks affecting major lifelines and infrastructures. The innovative, multidisciplinary methodologies illustrated in this volume may be successfully applied to other orogenic regions across the globe. The book features major scientific contributions from experts working on different Earth Science topics, such as seismology, structural geology, applied geology and volcanology. Its chapters describe a wide gamut of cutting-edge research methodologies and are thus intended to be read and shared by the worldwide Earth Science community.In particular, the readers will have a chance to gain a thorough knowledge of a number of key geological features that can be observed across both the Greater and Lesser Caucasus. Moreover, the volume provides a thorough description of the techniques employed to assess seismic hazard in major cities - such as microzonation - and an overview of the efforts taken to monitor and prevent seismic and landslide hazard posed to vital energy infrastructures in the Caucasus region.

This book shows the basics, methods and principles of lean process design in production as well as in other areas such as development, engineering and administration. In addition, it serves as a reference work for practical use. Questions have been developed for each topic area for process analysis. These can be used for self-reflection and benchmarking. Numerous examples, a continuous fictitious industry case as well as learning objectives and exercises with solutions for each chapter supplement the explanations and enable optimal exam preparation.This book is a translation of the original German 2nd edition Lean Management by Frank Bertagnolli, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2020. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.

The outcome of this endeavor is an interdisciplinary compendium with a unified perspective on cosmic dust science. Originally published in Space Science Reviews in the Topical Collection "Cosmic Dust from the Laboratory to the Stars"

This proceedings volume includes articles presented during the Advanced Research Workshop on Soft Target Protection. The book presents important topics related to the protection of vulnerable objects and spaces, called Soft Targets.

This book presents a comprehensive, state-of-the-art treatment of the acquisition of Indo- and Non-Indo-European languages in various contexts, such as L1, L2, L3/Ln, bi/multilingual, heritage languages, pathology as well as language impairment, and sign language acquisition.

The Chinese healthcare sector is growing steadily, and the Chinese government has recognized that the participation of foreign investors is essential to improve and develop the Chinese healthcare system, especially in metropolitan areas.

Die Quartiersöffnung der stationären Altenhilfe bietet zwei Chancen: Einerseits kann die interne Organisation und die Struktur der Pflegeheime weiterentwickelt werden und anderseits ein Beitrag zu den ¿sorgenden Gemeinschaften¿ geleistet werden. Aber in welcher Art und Weise stellen sich die Heime dieser Herausforderung? Welche Konzepte und Erfahrungen liegen bereits vor? Was sind fördernde und hemmende Bedingungen dieser Entwicklung? Mit diesen Fragen hat sich ein empirisches Forschungsprojekt beschäftigt ¿ Gut alt werden in Rheinland-Pfalz (GALINDA), das seitens der Pflegewissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Philosophisch-Theologischen Hochschule Vallendar durchgeführt wurde. Im Ergebnis wird deutlich, dass in der Organisationskultur der Einrichtungen ein Schlüssel der Veränderung und Innovation liegt. Hier die entsprechenden Akzente zu setzen, ist Aufgabe der Verantwortlichen vor Ort, der Träger, aber selbstverständlich auch der Politik. Eine interne und externe Unterstützungskulturim Hinblick auf Öffnung und De-Institutionalisierung ist erforderlich, hierzu kann GALINDA belastbare Aussagen treffen. Datengrundlage sind Interviews, Beobachtungen und Gruppendiskussionen in mehreren Standorten sowie eine landesweit durchgeführte standardisierte Erhebung in Rheinland-Pfalz.