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Technically speaking, structures of irregularly shaped buildings needn't be constructed as two-dimensional frames that slice through a building with total disregard of the building's geometry. This work shows how structures consisting of systematically generated components fulfil the needs for structures appropriate for free form building designs.

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Provides the contributors' views on the socio-political challenges confronting the nine Central Eurasian states. This book presents scientific discussions on the historical development of Central Eurasia and its sociocultural legacies; Soviet and contemporary state organisation, social transformation and communal structures; and more.

Presents the English translation of Kaljulaid's 1979 Tartu/Minsk Candidate thesis. The thesis was devoted to representation theory in the spirit of his thesis advisor BI Plotkin. Through representation theory, Kaljulaid became also interested in automata theory, which at a later phase became his main area of interest.

Open Design refers to a stakeholder-oriented approach in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Project Management, as developed by the Chair of Computer Aided Design and Planning of Delft University of Technology. This edition collects three volumes on Open Design: "Open Design, a Collaborative Approach to Architecture"; and others.

Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the German Association of Medical Informatics Biometry an. We live in an age characterized by computerized information, but ubiquitous information technology has profoundly changed our healthcare systems and, if not adequately trained to deal with it, healthcare professionals can all too easily be overwhelmed by the complexity and magnitude of the data. This demands new skills from physicians as well as novel ways to provide medical knowledge. Selecting and assessing relevant information presents a challenge which can only be met by bridging the various disciplines in

Revolutionary technologies are rapidly making their way into the market, bringing with them greater precision, enhanced flexibility and at least when compared to some conventional approaches lower costs. The pace at which these new technologies, their tools and applications, are making their way out of the laboratory and into our hands appears to be accelerating. And while artificial intelligence, and gene editing tools such as the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats CRISPR system, appear to hold substantial promise, and unparalleled opportunities, great uncertainty exists over their trajectory and

Material undergoes the transformation from metal to non-metal or from non-metal to metal when environmental conditions, such as temperature and pressure, or the percentages of constituent components are changed. Such a transition is known as the metal-nonmetal M-NM transition.This book, The Physics of Metal Nonmetal Transitions, explores the mechanisms so far discovered which cause the M-NM transition and presents a systematic discussion of them. All the mechanisms are discussed in terms of energy bands, and the band theory is introduced and explained in chapter 2. Once chapters 1 and 2 have been assimilated, the remaining chapters can be

A Multidisciplinary Perspective. With the increased dependence on digital and internet technologies, cyber security has come to be regarded as a national security issue, and the number of countries with a published cyber security strategy continues to rise. But these national cyber security strategies often run the risk of failing to address all the cyber security requirements of the many institutions within a given country, and the complex nature of the stakeholders involved and the networks formed by them means that the problem requires an interdisciplinary approach. This book presents papers from the NATO

The objective of the EURO-QUAL programme has been to improve the quality of care for the individual patient. This Quality Improvement System (QIS) for orthodontic care in Europe comprises guidelines for how to implement a QIS and reference material from project teams.

This volume provides tools to systematically assess and develop quality-related actions at individual treatment level and practice level. A systematic and comprehensive description of the treatment process is essential in order to provide a basis for establishing a Quality Improvement System.

This text provides information and scientific ideas with an emphasis on three-dimensional and morphological aspects of spine and trunk assymetry, improved understanding of mechanisms underlying the atiology, pathomechanism, and treatment of spinal deformity.

This text contains the results of current research into different aspects of spine deformities, such as the etiology, pathogenesis, pathomechanism, three-dimensional imaging of the back, the biomechanics and kinematics of the normal and deformed spine and the treatment of these conditions.

Brings together several perspectives on the nature of work processes in enterprises and on how information systems can best support these processes. This volume is divided into two main sections: work and workflow, and information systems. It includes disciplines such as management, engineering computing and architecture.

International Atomic Agency (IAEA) has been working on a definition of 'nuclear security culture' so that it can be used as a tool to improve the physical protection of nuclear materials and facilities. This NATO workshop presents the views of experts with the hope to contribute to the IAEA's work and facilitate nuclear security culture worldwide.

The papers included in this publication represent windows through which others can view candid debates and discussions by Chinese scholars and public servants about current, pressing issues challenging their national and local governments.

The processes and forms of electronic publishing have been changing since the advent of the Web. In recent years, the open access movement has been a major driver of scholarly communication, and change is also evident in other fields such as e-government and e-learning. Whilst many changes are driven by technological advances, an altered social reality is also pushing the boundaries of digital publishing. With 23 articles and 10 posters, Elpub 2012 focuses on the social shaping of digital publishing and explores the interplay between culture and technology. This book contains the proceedings of the conference, consisting of 11 accepted full articles and 12 articles accepted as extended abstracts. The articles are presented in groups, and cover the topics: digital scholarship and publishing; special archives; libraries and repositories; digital texts and readings; and future solutions and innovations. Offering an overview of the current situation and exploring the trends of the future, this book will be of interest to all those whose work involves digital publishing.