This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2015, held in Dubrovnik / Cavtat, in September 2015 The 12 full papers and 15 short papers presented
Conflict over natural resources has made Africa the focus of international attention, particularly during the last decade. From oil in Nigeria and diamonds in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to land
This book covers the issues related to human resource management (HRM) in an international context. It gives perspectives and future direction in International HRM research. The chapters explore the m
Two new volumes of Methods in Enzymology continue the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field.Circadian Rhythms and Biological Clocks Part A and Part B is
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Computer Music Modeling and Retrieval, CMMR 2013, held in Marseille, France, in October
Meshfree methods, particle methods, and generalized finite element methods have witnessed substantial development since the mid 1990s. The growing interest in these methods is due in part to the fact
The contributions to this volume aim to stimulate discussion about the role of assessment in the learning experiences of students in music and other creative and performing arts settings. The articles
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web Graph, WAW 2014, held in Beijing, China, in December 2014.The 12 papers presented
?Chapters in this book recognize the more than forty years of sustained and distinguished lifetime achievement in mathematics education research and development of Jeremy Kilpatrick. Including contrib
This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consid
With ever increasing computational resources and improvements in algorithms, new opportunities are emerging for lattice gauge theory to address key questions in strongly interacting systems, such as n
In many computer vision applications, objects have to be learned and recognized in images or image sequences. This book presents new probabilistic hierarchical models that allow an efficient represent
There is a triple threat to human health and well-being in the Asian air. First, we are going to see an increase in tobacco-attributable deaths as more and more people smoke. Much of this mortality, a
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Verification, Model Checking and Abstract Interpretation, VMCAI 2014, held in San Diego, CA, USA, in January 2013
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops co-located with the 4th International Joint Conference on Ambient Intelligence, AmI 2013, held in Dublin, Ireland, in December 2013. The
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Critical Information Infrastructures Security, CRITIS 2013, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in S
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, CLOSER 2012, held in Porto, Portugal, in April 2012. The 15 pa
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second CCF Internet Conference of China, ICoC 2013, held in Zhangjiajie, China, in July 2013. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Seventh Chinese Semantic Web Symposium and the Second Chinese Web Science Conference, CSWS 2013, held in Shanghai, China in August 2013. The 14 re
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering, ENASE 2013, held in Angers, France, in July 201
One of the most important and exciting trends in web development in recent years is the move towards single page applications, or SPAs. Instead of clicking through hyperlinks and waiting for each page
Proceedings of the First Symposium on Aviation Maintenance and Management collects selected papers from the conference of ISAMM 2013 in China held in Xi’an on November 25-28, 2013. The book presents s
In this book, density functional theory (DFT) is introduced within the overall context of quantum chemistry. DFT has become the most frequently used theory in quantum chemistry calculations. However,
Diagnosing learning disabilities (LD) in children has never been an easy task. The multiple approaches in use complicate the assessment process, raising the risk of young students getting the wrong se
Exploring the history and role of reduction in the philosophy of science and of mind, this volume offers a new framework in which various notions of reduction can be defined, and offers a a powerful e
The book presents new developments in the dynamic modeling and optimization methods in environmental economics and provides a huge range of applications dealing with the economics of natural resources
In an era in which environmental education has been described as one of the most pressing educational concerns of our time, further insights are needed to understand how best to approach the learning
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2014, held in Bhubaneswar, India, in February 2014. The 29
This volume explores cyberbullying and its impact on young people in schools in detail. It investigates social and emotional resilience and wellbeing in relation to developing protective factors again
Nonlinear Estimation and Control of Automotive Drivetrains discusses the control problems involved in automotive drivetrains, particularly in hydraulic Automatic Transmission (AT), Dual Clutch Transmi
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the First Annual Privacy Forum, APF 2012, held in Limassol, Cyprus, in October 2012. The 13 revised papers presented in this volume were carefully re
This wide-ranging survey of the state of the art in clinical pragmatics includes an examination of pragmatic disorders in previously neglected populations such as juvenile offenders, children and adul
This book presents recent research in mobile learning and advanced user interfaces. It is shown how the combination of these fields can result in personalized educational software that meets the requi
This book is a collection of papers that address a fundamental question: What is the role of civil justice and civil procedure in the various national traditions in the contemporary world? The book pr
This book develops a naturalistic aesthetic theory that accounts for aesthetic phenomena in mathematics in the same terms as it accounts for more traditional aesthetic phenomena. Building upon a view
This book is organized into thirteen chapters that range over the relevant approaches and tools in data integration, modeling, analysis and knowledge discovery for signaling pathways. Having in mind t
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed revised selected papers of the First Workshop on Big Data Benchmarks, WBDB 2012, held in San Jose, CA, USA, in May 2012 and the Second Workshop on Big Dat
The fate of the Union and the emancipation of slaves were at stake in the national election of 1864. It was the most important election in the history of the United States, and a beacon of hope for th
The fate of the Union and the emancipation of slaves were at stake in the national election of 1864. It was the most important election in the history of the United States, and a beacon of hope for th
The papers in this volume are the refereed papers presented at AI-2013, the Thirty-third SGAI International Conference on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intelligence, held in Cam
