Ulrich Meyer – författare

This is the final volume in an interdisciplinary three-book series covering the full range of biological, clinical, and surgical aspects in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with craniofacial malformations. In this volume, all key operations from early infancy to adulthood employed in the treatment of different malformations – craniosynostoses, orofacial-clefts, branchio-oculo-facial syndromes, dysgnathia, rare syndromes, soft tissue malformations – are described in detail. All operations are depicted in a step by step manner through of a wealth of high-quality intraoperative photos and related illustrations. In addition, operations are discussed in light of the recent state of various other surgical techniques. The volume will meet the needs of all surgeons and surgical trainees who deal with these malformations. The remaining two volumes focus on the biological basis of disease, psychological aspects, and diagnostic issues and on treatment principles.

Bone and Cartilage Engineering provides a complete overview of recent knowledge in bone and cartilage tissue engineering. It follows a logical approach to the various aspects of extracorporal bone and cartilage tissue engineering. The cooperation between a basic scientist and a clinician made it possible to structure the book''s content and style according to the interdisciplinary character of the field. The comprehensive nature of the book, including detailed descriptions of laboratory procedures, preclinical approaches, clinical applications, and regulatory issues, will make it an invaluable basis for everyone working in this field. This book will serve as a fundamental tool for basic researchers to establish or refine tissue engineering techniques as well as for clinicians to understand and use this modern therapeutic option.

Algorithms that have to process large data sets have to take into account that the cost of memory access depends on where the data is stored. Traditional algorithm design is based on the von Neumann model where accesses to memory have uniform cost. Actual machines increasingly deviate from this model: while waiting for memory access, nowadays, microprocessors can in principle execute 1000 additions of registers; for hard disk access this factor can reach six orders of magnitude.

The 16 coherent chapters in this monograph-like tutorial book introduce and survey algorithmic techniques used to achieve high performance on memory hierarchies; emphasis is placed on methods interesting from a theoretical as well as important from a practical point of view.

"Fundamentals of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine" provides a complete overview of the state of the art in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Tissue engineering has grown tremendously during the past decade. Advances in genetic medicine and stem cell technology have significantly improved the potential to influence cell and tissue performance, and have recently expanded the field towards regenerative medicine. In recent years a number of approaches have been used routinely in daily clinical practice, others have been introduced in clinical studies, and multitudes are in the preclinical testing phase. Because of these developments, there is a need to provide comprehensive and detailed information for researchers and clinicians on this rapidly expanding field.

This book offers, in a single volume, the prerequisites of a comprehensive understanding of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The book is conceptualized according to a didactic approach (general aspects: social, economic, and ethical considerations; basic biological aspects of regenerative medicine: stem cell medicine, biomolecules, genetic engineering; classic methods of tissue engineering: cell, tissue, organ culture; biotechnological issues: scaffolds; bioreactors, laboratory work; and an extended medical discipline oriented approach: review of clinical use in the various medical specialties). The content of the book, written in 68 chapters by the world’s leading research and clinical specialists in their discipline, represents therefore the recent intellect, experience, and state of this bio-medical field.

Dieses Buch ist für das wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Studium gedacht - sowohl für Grund- und Hauptstudium "alter" Diplomstudiengänge als auch für "neue" Bachelor- und Master-Studiengänge. Durch entsprechende Stoffauswahl eignet es sich für Anfänger und für Fortgeschrittene. Das Buch vermittelt gründliche Kenntnisse der mikroökonomischen Theorie und schafft Verständnis für das Funktionieren einer Marktwirtschaft. Auf den Entscheidungen der Haushalte und der Unternehmen bauen die Theorien der marktlichen Koordination bei vollständiger und unvollständiger Konkurrenz auf. Auch die Märkte für Produktionsfaktoren, einschließlich der für erschöpfbare Ressourcen, werden einbezogen. Das Buch legt besonderes Gewicht auf neuere Entwicklungen und Erweiterungen der Mikroökonomik: Unsicherheit und Risiko mit Anwendungen auf Versicherungsmärkte; unvollständige Information und "Neue Mikroökonomik"; asymmetrische Information von Prinzipal und Agent; Transaktionskosten und "Neue Institutionenökonomik". Die vorliegende 9. Auflage ist überarbeitet und aktualisiert.