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What are motor abilities of Olympic champions? What are essential psyc- logical characteristics of Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and Roger Federer? How to discover and maximally develop motor intelligence? How to develop - domitable will power of Olympic champions? What are the secrets of sel- tion for the future Olympic champions? Does for every sport exist a unique model of an Olympic champion? This book gives a modern scienti?c answers to the above questions. Its purpose is to give you the answer to everything you ever wanted to ask about sport champions, but didn't know who or how to ask. In particular, the purpose of this book is to give you the answer to eve- thing you ever wanted to ask about advanced tennis, but didn't know who or how to ask. Its aim is to dispel classical myths of a "biomechanically sound" serve, forehand, and backhand, as well as provide methods for developing superior tennis weapons,a lightning-fast game,and unrivaled mental speed and strength - ...

This book contains 26 papers describing research in the do- main of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. The papers are grouped around the following themes: Methodology, knowledge representation, clinical applications, modelling, uncertain- ty management, knowledge acquisition, and the user perspec- tive. The book gives an overview of the current state of AI in medicine research in Europe. It presents several techni- ques and methods that are likely to play an important role in future applications. In the section on clinical applica- tions not only existing systems are described, but results of evaluation studies are presented as well. Product details Format Paperback | 329 pages ...

Multiprocessing: Trade-Offs in Computation and Communication presents an in-depth analysis of several commonly observed regular and irregular computations for multiprocessor systems. This book includes techniques which enable researchers and application developers to quantitatively determine the effects of algorithm data dependencies on execution time, on communication requirements, on processor utilization and on the speedups possible. Starting with simple, two-dimensional, diamond-shaped directed acyclic graphs, the analysis is extended to more complex and higher dimensional directed acyclic graphs. The analysis allows for the quantification of the computation and communication costs and their interdependencies. The practical significance of these results on the performance of various data distribution schemes is clearly explained. Using these results, the performance of the parallel computations are formulated in an architecture independent fashion. These formulations allow for the...

An introduction to nonstandard analysis based on a course given by the author. It is suitable for beginning graduates or upper undergraduates, or for self-study by anyone familiar with elementary real analysis. It presents nonstandard analysis not just as a theory about infinitely small and large numbers, but as a radically different way of viewing many standard mathematical concepts and constructions. It is a source of new ideas, objects and proofs, and a wealth of powerful new principles of reasoning. The book begins with the ultrapower construction of hyperreal number systems, and proceeds to develop one-variable calculus, analysis and topology from the nonstandard perspective. It then sets out the theory of enlargements of fragments of the mathematical universe, providing a foundation for the full-scale development of the nonstandard methodology. The final chapters apply this to a number of topics, including Loeb measure theory and its relation to Lebesgue measure on the real line....

Dieses Buch beleuchtet die gegenwärtige Situation der globalen Pharmaindustrie und ihre künftige Entwicklung. Die Pharmaindustrie galt Jahre lang als eine der wirtschaftlich stabilsten und von konjunkturellen Phasen unbeeinträchtigsten Industriezweige. In den letzten Jahren kamen allerdings Zweifel an ihrer Produktivität und ihren Zukunftsaussichten auf. Zur Offenlegung der Ist-Situation und Abschätzung zukünftiger Veränderungen erfolgt in diesem Buch zunächst eine Aufarbeitung der fundamentalen Grundlagen der gesamten Branche samt Analyse erfassbarer Finanzdaten sowie gegenwärtiger und in Zukunft zu erwartender medizinischer und Einfluss nehmender demographischer Entwicklungen. Geprüft werden jeweils die historische Entwicklung, die gegenwärtige Lage sowie auf Basis dieser Daten die zukünftigen Aussichten. Als Unterlagen dienen der quantitative und qualitative Stand der Arzneimittelforschung, Umfang und Inhalt der Forschungspipelines, die Form der Produktvermarktung und des Vertriebs,...

How do survivors of child abuse, bullying, chronic oppression and discrimination, and other developmental traumas adapt to such unimaginable situations? It is taken for granted that experiences such as hearing voices, altered states of consciousness, dissociative states, lack of trust, and intense emotions are inherently problematic. But what does the evidence actually show? And how much do we still need to learn? Product details Format Paperback | 238 pages Dimensions 148 x 210 x 13.72mm ...

This edited volume provides insight into how digital badges may enhance formal, non-formal and informal education by focusing on technical design issues including organizational requirements, learning and instructional design, as well as deployment. It features current research exploring the theoretical foundation and empirical evidence of the utilization of digital badges as well as case studies that describe current practices and experiences in the use of digital badges for motivation, learning, and instruction in K-12, higher education, workplace learning, and further education settings. Product details Format Paperback | 530 pages ...