The EU Services Directive is one of the cornerstones for the realization of the EU internal market and is fundamental to economic and legal experts in governments, trade and industry, as well as to th
Reliable Knowledge Discovery focuses on theory, methods, and techniques for RKDD, a new sub-field of KDD. It studies the theory and methods to assure the reliability and trustworthiness of discovered
The opposition between ‘religion' and ‘modernity' has long held the status of a self-evident truth. Recently, however, there has been a growing realization that religion has not die
Writing in a lively style with chapter-opening quotes and references to popular culture, Tryon, an organizational consultant, seeks to build a bridge from previous eras of knowledge management (KM) to
Budo, the way of the martial arts, is at heart a path of spiritual cultivation and self-realization whose aim is to develop a strategic mind that makes combat unnecessary. Kenji Tokitsu explains the p
A growing concern among those interested in economic development is the realization that hundreds of billions of dollars are illicitly flowing out of developing countries to tax havens and other finan
During the last decade, Knowledge Discovery and Management (KDM or, in French, EGC for Extraction et Gestion des connaissances) has been an intensive and fruitful research topic in the French-speaking
The definitive, must-have guide for the forensic accounting professionalFinancial Forensics Body of Knowledge is the unique, innovative, and definitive guide and technical reference work for the finan
McEwen (European history, Creighton U., Nebraska) explores how knowledge about sex was made and shared in Vienna from the explosion of sexual science in the late Imperial period to the incomplete cult
Advances in stem cell biology and biotechnology have sparked hopes that therapies will soon be available for maladies which were considered incurable before. However, realization of the clinical poten
By the time women reach their fifties, they've seen a lot of life. Many say it's the best time of their lives, filled with inner peace and contentment. For some, it's a jarring realization that their
By the time women reach their fifties, they've seen a lot of life. Many say it's the best time of their lives, filled with inner peace and contentment. For some, it's a jarring realization that their
This book analyzes dynamic relationships among the disciplines that have contributed to the development of knowledge management. It focuses on establishing relationships between knowledge management a
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2011, held in Irvine, CA, USA, in December 2011. The 34 revised full pa
Knowledge in an Uncertain World is an exploration of the relation between knowledge, reasons, and justification. According to the primary argument of the book, you can rely on what you know in action
Contemporary epistemology debates have largely been occupied with formulating a definition of knowledge that is immune to any counterexample. To date, no definition has been able to escape unscathed.
The book describes first all practical steps necessary in a clinic from the idea of the introduction of the minimally-invasive mitral valve surgery up to practical realization of the operation program
The volume Conceptions of Knowledge collects current essays on contemporary epistemology and philosophy of science.The essays are primarily concerned with pragmatic and contextual extensions of analyt
Interest in the lentivirus subfamily of retroviruses has greatly intensified due to the realization that HIV-1 and HIV-2 are members of this previously obscure group. Related lentiviruses have now bee
How should a State treat an irregular migrant worker, i.e. a foreign worker without authorization to stay and/or work in the country, who is confronted with the realization of a social risk? For insta
Home improvement is a constant process of discovery. At first there's the initial realization that something needs to be upgraded, repaired, or replaced. Next you need to figure out how to tackle th
Sharing Knowledge & Cultural Heritage (SK&CH), First Nations of the Americas, testifies to the growing commitment of museum professionals in the twenty-first century to share collections with
Presenting a set of rich case-studies which demonstrate novel and productive approaches to the study of colonial knowledge, this volume covers British, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese, and S
Locating literature at the intersection of distinct areas of thinking on the nature, scope and methods of knowledge - philosophy, theology, science, and the law - this book engages with literary texts
This is the third volume in our Access to Knowledge series. India is a $1 trillion economy which nevertheless struggles with a very high poverty rate and very low access to knowledge for almost sevent
The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative
Part of a series on writing in education and teaching and the development of structures for the promotion of writing, this collection of twenty essays on the use of writing in knowledge communities ex
The LNCS journal Transactions on Large-Scale Data- and Knowledge-Centered Systems focuses on data management, knowledge discovery, and knowledge processing, which are core and hot topics in computer s
Coral reefs declined worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s, making them perhaps the most endangered marine ecosystem on Earth. This realization spurred John W. Tunnell Jr. and others to write a compreh
There has been an increasing recognition that financial knowledge (i.e., literacy) is lacking across the population. Moreover, there is recognition that this lack of knowledge poses real problems as c
Understanding how our actions words and thoughts interact enhances our ability to progress in spiritual practice and brings us closer to self-realization. In a warm informal style Tenzin Wangyal Rinpo
Modem biology owes much to the study of favorable model systems which fa- cilitates the realization of critical experiments and results in the introduction of new concepts. Examples of such systems ar
Schafer (Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany) presents 14 articles exploring issues of technological knowledge circulation and transmission in Chinese history. The papers have bee
With an eye to increasing the productivity of knowledge work, North (Weisbaden Business School, Germany) and Gueldenberg (U. of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein), offer advice on "next practices" for anal
Exploring a topic of vital and ongoing importance, Traditional Forest Knowledge examines the history, current status and trends in the development and application of traditional forest knowledge by lo
Knowledge Coupling discusses the premises upon which the coupling of knowledge to every action is based in the practice of medicine, as well as why these premises must change. In concrete terms, the v
God made you uniquely who you are on purpose! In A Softer Strength, Dondi Scumaci shows you how to live a life that is motivating, inspiring, and that brings you into a full realization of God’s purpo
In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as more and more economies have entered the road to economic development. Typical fo
"In the Vietnamese science community, knowledge production and sharing are still limited. Based on intensive field work in South Vietnam, the author investigates how organizations operating in the fie
Knowledge and information are among the biggest assets of enterprises and organizations. However, efficiently managing, maintaining, accessing, and reusing this intangible treasure is difficult. Infor
