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Fokus i Farmakologi och läkemedelsanvändning ligger på läkemedlens praktiska användning. Teoretiska kunskaper knyts samman med daglig klinisk verksamhet genom exempel, fallbeskrivningar och problemställningar som utarbetats i samråd med yrkesverksamma sjuksköterskor.Farmakologi och läkemedelsanvändning ger en grundläggande introduktion i klinisk farmakologi och nödvändig kunskap för sjuksköterskan i att:• hantera läkemedel• observera och övervaka patienten - och handla rätt när det uppstår komplikationer• rapportera om läkemedels verkan och biverkningar• informera patienter om användningen och effekten av läkemedel.Boken är indelad i fyra delar. Den första delen ger en allmän introduktion i ämnet. Del två visar hur läkemedel påverkar olika sjukdomsprocesser och den tredje delen handlar om läkemedelsbehandling vid sjukdomar i de olika organen och organsystemen. Den fjärde delen tar upp läkemedelsbehandling hos specifika patientgrupper och vid specifika tillstånd. I denna del ingår även ett avsnitt om naturmedicin.De många illustrationerna och tabellerna gör det enkelt att tillgodogöra sig bokens innehåll och fallbeskrivningarna ökar förståelsen för varför man behöver särskilda kunskaper inom olika vårddiscipliner. Varje kapitel avslutas med kontrollfrågor samt förslag till litteratur och webbplatser för fördjupning i ämnet.Boken är i första hand avsedd för grundutbildningen av sjuksköterskor. Den kan även användas vid andra universitets- och högskoleutbildningar, till exempel för farmaceuter, biomedicinska analytiker och läkare. Redan yrkesverksamma kan också ha stor glädje av boken. Farmakologi och läkemedelsanvändning finns även i digitalt format. Den digitala boken aktiveras med hjälp av koden som finns på omslagets insida.
Del 45 - Texts in Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations with Numerical Methods
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
1 062 kr
The main theme is the integration of the theory of linear PDE and the theory of finite difference and finite element methods. For each type of PDE, elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic, the text contains one chapter on the mathematical theory of the differential equation, followed by one chapter on finite difference methods and one on finite element methods. The chapters on elliptic equations are preceded by a chapter on the two-point boundary value problem for ordinary differential equations. Similarly, the chapters on time-dependent problems are preceded by a chapter on the initial-value problem for ordinary differential equations. There is also one chapter on the elliptic eigenvalue problem and eigenfunction expansion. The presentation does not presume a deep knowledge of mathematical and functional analysis. The required background on linear functional analysis and Sobolev spaces is reviewed in an appendix. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of applied mathematics and engineering.
Del 45 - Texts in Applied Mathematics
Partial Differential Equations with Numerical Methods
Inbunden, Engelska, 2003
958 kr
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The main theme is the integration of the theory of linear PDE and the theory of finite difference and finite element methods. For each type of PDE, elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic, the text contains one chapter on the mathematical theory of the differential equation, followed by one chapter on finite difference methods and one on finite element methods. The chapters on elliptic equations are preceded by a chapter on the two-point boundary value problem for ordinary differential equations. Similarly, the chapters on time-dependent problems are preceded by a chapter on the initial-value problem for ordinary differential equations. There is also one chapter on the elliptic eigenvalue problem and eigenfunction expansion. The presentation does not presume a deep knowledge of mathematical and functional analysis. The required background on linear functional analysis and Sobolev spaces is reviewed in an appendix. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students of applied mathematics and engineering.
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In Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings, Jón Viðar Sigurðsson returns to the Viking homeland, Scandinavia, highlighting such key aspects of Viking life as power and politics, social and kinship networks, gifts and feasting, religious beliefs, women's roles, social classes, and the Viking economy, which included farming, iron mining and metalworking, and trade.Drawing of the latest archeological research and on literary sources, namely the sagas, Sigurðsson depicts a complex and surprisingly peaceful society that belies the popular image of Norsemen as bloodthirsty barbarians. Instead, Vikings often acted out power struggles symbolically, with local chieftains competing with each other through displays of wealth in the form of great feasts and gifts, rather than arms. At home, conspicuous consumption was a Viking leader's most important virtue; the brutality associated with them was largely wreaked abroad.Sigurðsson's engaging history of the Vikings at home begins by highlighting political developments in the region, detailing how Danish kings assumed ascendency over the region and the ways in which Viking friendship reinforced regional peace. Scandinavia in the Age of Vikings then discusses the importance of religion, first pagan and (beginning around 1000 A.D.) Christianity; the central role that women played in politics and war; and how the enormous wealth brought back to Scandinavia affected the social fabric—shedding new light on Viking society.
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”Jag vill påstå att han är en av de mest välskrivande författarna vi har på det svenska språket för närvarande. ... Jag får gå tillbaka till 1993 och Kerstin Ekmans bok om ett brott, som heter 'Händelser vid vatten' för att hitta någonting som är så välskrivet som den här.” Leif GW Persson, TV4 Nyhetsmorgon
"Det är lysande realistiskt och hjärtskärande mänskligt." Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter
"Christoffer Carlsson skriver ljusår bättre än de flesta svenska krimförfattare och fokuserar på psykologin, det sociala arvet, hur livslögner vittrar sönder med dramatiska konsekvenser. Stor läsning även för dig som är skeptisk till deckare." Jenny Lindh, M-magasin
I februari 1986 sker det första mordet i byn Tiarp på Nyårsåsen utanför Halmstad.
För polisen Sven och hans son Vidar blir det en avgörande tid. Landet är i chock efter mordet på Olof Palme. Medan Vidar söker sin väg mot vuxenlivet, tvingas Sven in i mörkret på Nyårsåsen för att jaga Tiarpsmannen: Vem är han? Vem blir hans nästa offer? Och vem är författaren som långt senare återger historien – varför skriver han?
"Brinn mig en sol" är en kriminalroman om sanning, skuld och ansvar i en tid då Sverige förändras bortom igenkänning.
"En mångbottnad berättelse av ett superproffs som lyckas hålla spänningen vid liv till sista bokstaven samtidigt som han gör karaktärerna trovärdiga och levande." Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet
"'Brinn mig en sol' är en suverän kriminalroman med fint planterade villospår och en långsamt stigande spänning. Den är också ett tankeväckande tidsdokument och tillsammans med 'Järtecken' bildar den en löst sammanbunden serie om de här Hallandstrakterna." Gunilla Wedding, Skånska Dagbladet
"Författaren har förmågan att skildra skeenden, karaktärer och miljöer med några ord och förmedlar känslor som sätter sig i bröstet. ... Carlsson glider över genregränsen och diskuterar kring skuld, moral, sanning och människans sorgliga lott på jorden. Det tar emot att kategorisera boken som kriminalroman. Egentligen finns benämningen i undertiteln: En roman om ett brott. Helhetsbetyg: 5." Camilla Malmborg, BTJ-häftet nr 5, 2021
"Det här är en helt fantastisk text, en berättelse som vibrerar av liv på flera olika plan, en bok som kommer att finnas med i topp när det blir dags att summera årets svenska spänning. ... Det är spännande, berörande och en riktigt välskriven text som håller läsaren fängslad. Men det finns så mycket mer att älska med denna text. En del är den för genren ovanliga ömheten i berättandet. Den finns i skildringen av miljöerna, vandringen i författarens egen barndomsbygd är imponerande. ... en stark berättelse och tillsammans med övriga skikt skapas en helhet som är en omistlig läsning." Anders Kapp, Svenska deckarfestivalen
"Christoffer Carlsson är skicklig på att berätta en historia som rymmer så mycket mer än en kriminalgåta. Här diskuteras skuld, sanning, moral och ansvar placerat i en svensk landsbygd som beskrivs med ömhet." Kenth Jönsson, Ölandsbladet
"Det är en välformulerad, reflekterande kriminalberättelse och mycket spännande. Genom 117 korta, kliffhangerrika kapitel kastas jag mellan årtiondenas skeenden. Jag ser en kommande tv-serie för min inre blick, när den bildrika texten flödar av autentiska platser, trovärdiga karaktärer och naturliga replikskiften. Ömsint tecknad om vardagliga poliser, präglade av skuld och en önskan om försoning i en förändrad tid." Ann Jornéus, Kulturnytt i P4
"Christoffer Carlsson, denna fantastiska författare ... Den första boken i Hallandssviten var 'Järtecken' och den var så fantastiskt bra, jag var helt tagen, och 'Brinn mig en sol' är berörande på samma sätt. ... Lika mycket en serie ouppklarade mord som det är en bild av ett Sverige i förändring. ... Monica Lindgren, Svt Go'kväll
"Historien i sig är spännande och klurig, många överraskningar väntar mot lösningen. Frågor finns kvar. Främst är det människorna, platsen och tiden som Carlsson är så skicklig på att gestalta. Jag var tvungen att slå upp detaljerna för att se om det fanns en verklig förlaga, så levande kändes det. Bara så bra!" Björn G Steberg, Norrköpings Tidningar
"Frågan är om inte detta är Christoffer Carlssons hittills bästa deckare: en tät, genomtänkt och trovärdig berättelse om Sverige." Boklördag, Dagens Nyheter
"'Brinn mig en sol' är en djupdykning i det Sverige vi säger uppstod i och med mordet på Olof Palme. Beteckningen är kriminalroman och visst finns det spänningsmoment, men framför allt är det givande att läsa den som ett psykologiskt drama - hur påverkas människor av att långvarigt nötas ner av ett misslyckande, av skuld, av skam, av rädsla?" Maria G Francke, Sydsvenska Dagbladet
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Ty ännu lever Kristus, diktar Friedrich Hölderllin. Mikael och Vidar riktar sig med orubblig trofasthet mot denna Kristi verksamhet. Frälsaren som hjälper och skyddar människans urbild. Mikael skapar en ljusets väg för honom. Och vi människor - hur är vårt förhållande till Kristus? Den här boken vill vara näring, vägkost för oss. Bidragens ord vill klinga vidare i själen just där konkreta händelser vittnar om och gör läsaren uppmärksam på, hur också i hans - hennes vardag tingen kan sammanfoga sig, så att något väsensartat uttalar sig där. Eddan talar om läderbitar som skärs bort vid skotillverkning, rester som vanligtvis kastas. Avfall. Av dessa rester är Vidars sko tillverkad, den sko som han sätter i Fenrisulvens käft för att kunna övervinna honom. Att samla och bevara rester, att sanningsenligt minnas och att omvandla minnena till framtidskrafter - det sätter oss i förbindelse med Vidar och Mikael.
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This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which social, political, and cultural resources went into their creation. The elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources of the elites, through questions such as: Which types of resources were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?
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Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball teams have all qualified for major international tournaments in recent years. This fascinating study argues that team sport success is culturally produced and that in order to understand collective achievement we have to consider the socio-cultural context. Based on unparalleled access to key personnel, including top coaches, athletes and administrators, the book explores Icelandic cultural capital as a factor in sporting success, from traditions of workmanship, competitive play and teamwork to international labour migration and knowledge transfer. The first book to focus specifically on the socio-cultural aspects of a small nation’s international sporting success, this is an original and illuminating contribution to the study of the sociology of sport. Sport in Iceland: How small nations achieve international success is fascinating reading for team sport enthusiasts, coaches, managers and organisers, as well as for any student or scholar with an interest in the sociology of sport, strategic sports development, sports policy or sports administration.
Nordic Elites in Transformation, c. 1050–1250, Volume III
Legitimacy and Glory
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
2 187 kr
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This book explores the practical and symbolic resources of legitimacy which the elites of medieval Scandinavia employed to establish, justify, and reproduce their social and political standing between the end of the Viking Age and the rise of kingdoms in the thirteenth century. Geographically the chapters cover the Scandinavian realms and Free State Iceland. Thematically the authors cover a wide palette of cultural practices and historical sources: hagiography, historiography, spaces and palaces, literature, and international connections, which rulers, magnates or ecclesiastics used to compete for status and to reserve haloing glory for themselves. The volume is divided in three sections. The first looks at the sacral, legal, and acclamatory means through which privilege was conferred onto kings and ruling families. Section Two explores the spaces such as aristocratic halls, palaces, churches in which the social elevation of elites took place. Section Three explores the traditional and novel means of domestic distinction and international cultural capital which different orders of elites – knights, powerful clerics, ruling families etc. – wrought to assure their dominance and set themselves apart vis-à-vis their peers and subjects. A concluding chapter discusses how the use of symbolic capital in the North compared to wider European contexts.
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This book explores the practical and symbolic resources of legitimacy which the elites of medieval Scandinavia employed to establish, justify, and reproduce their social and political standing between the end of the Viking Age and the rise of kingdoms in the thirteenth century. Geographically the chapters cover the Scandinavian realms and Free State Iceland. Thematically the authors cover a wide palette of cultural practices and historical sources: hagiography, historiography, spaces and palaces, literature, and international connections, which rulers, magnates or ecclesiastics used to compete for status and to reserve haloing glory for themselves. The volume is divided in three sections. The first looks at the sacral, legal, and acclamatory means through which privilege was conferred onto kings and ruling families. Section Two explores the spaces such as aristocratic halls, palaces, churches in which the social elevation of elites took place. Section Three explores the traditional and novel means of domestic distinction and international cultural capital which different orders of elites – knights, powerful clerics, ruling families etc. – wrought to assure their dominance and set themselves apart vis-à-vis their peers and subjects. A concluding chapter discusses how the use of symbolic capital in the North compared to wider European contexts.
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The first summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Singapore in 2010 and the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012. The IOC hopes that the YOG will encourage young people to be more active and that they will bring the Olympic movement closer to its original founding values.This is the first book to be published on the Youth Olympic Games. It critically examines the origins of the Games and the motives of the Games organisers, as well as the organisation and management of the Games and their wider impact and significance. The first part of the book discusses the relationship between the YOG and the ideology of Olympism, in the context of broader developments in youth sport competitions. The second part investigates a wide range of managerial aspects including the bidding process, finance, the prominent role of young people on the organising committees and as volunteers, the role of media and sponsors, and the distinctive competition structure. The final part of the book assesses the current and likely future impact of the YOG on the host cities and countries, the IOC and on national youth sport policies.The Youth Olympic Games is essential reading for any researcher, advanced student or policy maker with an interest in Olympic Studies, sports development, sport policy, youth sport or event management.
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A twenty-first century renaissance is emerging in architecture. After a century of building designs characterized by high energy demand, low quality lighting and poor thermal comfort, the fundamental questions must be asked again: is there a better path to designing the most energy efficient, comfortable, functional and beautiful buildings for a sustainable future? While seeking solutions for the future, are there lessons to be learned from the best buildings of the past?Sustainable Building Design explores outstanding buildings and building designs of the twenty-first century, with an emphasis on the artistry of masters of architecture who came before. By dissecting and analyzing great public buildings of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, materials, techniques, and methods are discovered. This book presents the reader with clues and suggestions that will reveal the secrets of these buildings and by doing so provides the reader with a thorough understanding of how these architectural masterpieces work. Using photographs, drawings, sections, plans and diagrams which are painstakingly redrawn for consistency and clarity based on a wide range of documentation, Vidar Lerum compares works of architecture from the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is presented with a careful analysis of each building, providing a compelling sourcebook of ideas for students and professional architects alike.
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A twenty-first century renaissance is emerging in architecture. After a century of building designs characterized by high energy demand, low quality lighting and poor thermal comfort, the fundamental questions must be asked again: is there a better path to designing the most energy efficient, comfortable, functional and beautiful buildings for a sustainable future? While seeking solutions for the future, are there lessons to be learned from the best buildings of the past?Sustainable Building Design explores outstanding buildings and building designs of the twenty-first century, with an emphasis on the artistry of masters of architecture who came before. By dissecting and analyzing great public buildings of the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries, materials, techniques, and methods are discovered. This book presents the reader with clues and suggestions that will reveal the secrets of these buildings and by doing so provides the reader with a thorough understanding of how these architectural masterpieces work. Using photographs, drawings, sections, plans and diagrams which are painstakingly redrawn for consistency and clarity based on a wide range of documentation, Vidar Lerum compares works of architecture from the nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. The reader is presented with a careful analysis of each building, providing a compelling sourcebook of ideas for students and professional architects alike.
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A Norwegian tourist has been found murdered on the shore of Lake Superior-right where an Ojibwe man may have been killed more than one hundred years earlier. Four months later, the official investigation is supposedly over but still not resolved, and U.S. Forest Service officer Lance Hansen, drawn into the mystery by his grisly discovery of the body, is uncovering clues disturbingly close to home. His former father-in-law, Willy Dupree, may hold the key to the century-old murder of Swamper Caribou. And his own brother, Andy, might know more than he's telling-more than he should know-about the recent homicide. The relationship between the brothers takes a dangerous turn as their annual deer hunt becomes a deadly game.Steeped in the rich history of Lake Superior's rugged North Shore, this follow-up to the Riverton Prizewinning The Land of Dreams pursues two tales through a bleak and beautiful landscape haunted by the lives and dreams of its Scandinavian immigrants and Native Americans. Hansen finds himself equally haunted by the complex mysteries that continue to unravel around him.
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The authors provide a broad overview of economic aspects of commodity taxation, focussing in particular on theory and on policy applications in OECD countries. Some major papers in public economics have discussed whether these taxes should be levied at a uniform rate, or whether different commodities should be taxed differently, for reasons of either equity or efficiency. The authors begin with this question, and then discuss further issues, including the economic incidence of commodity taxes, the properties of the VAT, the taxation of financial services, the international aspects of commodity taxation, and environmental and health policy aspects.
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This book, first in a series of three, examines the social elites in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland, and which social, political, and cultural resources went into their creation. The elite controlled enormous economic resources and exercised power over people. Power over agrarian production was essential to the elites during this period, although mobile capital was becoming increasingly important. The book focuses on the material resources of the elites, through questions such as: Which types of resources were at play? How did the elites acquire and exchange resources?
How Digital Screen Use Alienates Human Societies
A treatise on social magic and its decadence
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
613 kr
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Halldorsson’s How Digital Screen Use Alienates Human Societies examines recent processes of technological rationalism, which were intensified by the Covid-pandemic, and explores how they alienate human societies in the name of progress. Challenging the prevailing assumptions of such ‘progress’, the book argues that these processes undermine the essential ‘social magic’ – the everyday human sociality that builds communities – which results in societal fragmentation, marked by alienation in the form of social isolation, consumption, polarisation, fear, and conflict.The paradox of how increased connectivity through digital networks, can lead to lack of human connection is the critical question this book pursues. It explores how intense processes of technological rationalisation has undermined human sociality and alienated the world by replacing human-to-human relationships with human-to-machine interactions. The author argues that communication with/through screen machines is incapable of replacing vital social relationships that breed ‘social magic’ and build communities. This disconnection, which is driven by technological capitalism, undermines human sociality and causes alienation. Ultimately, the book asserts that humanity needs more social magic, fostered through human-to-human relationships – and offers critical sociological analysis and potential remedies.This book is a critical academic treatise. It will be of interest to social science scholars and students as well as a broader audience seeking to resist the relentless makeover of human societies, in the name of technological rationalisation, and make the world more humane, meaningful, and magical.
How Digital Screen Use Alienates Human Societies
A treatise on social magic and its decadence
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
2 245 kr
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Halldorsson’s How Digital Screen Use Alienates Human Societies examines recent processes of technological rationalism, which were intensified by the Covid-pandemic, and explores how they alienate human societies in the name of progress. Challenging the prevailing assumptions of such ‘progress’, the book argues that these processes undermine the essential ‘social magic’ – the everyday human sociality that builds communities – which results in societal fragmentation, marked by alienation in the form of social isolation, consumption, polarisation, fear, and conflict.The paradox of how increased connectivity through digital networks, can lead to lack of human connection is the critical question this book pursues. It explores how intense processes of technological rationalisation has undermined human sociality and alienated the world by replacing human-to-human relationships with human-to-machine interactions. The author argues that communication with/through screen machines is incapable of replacing vital social relationships that breed ‘social magic’ and build communities. This disconnection, which is driven by technological capitalism, undermines human sociality and causes alienation. Ultimately, the book asserts that humanity needs more social magic, fostered through human-to-human relationships – and offers critical sociological analysis and potential remedies.This book is a critical academic treatise. It will be of interest to social science scholars and students as well as a broader audience seeking to resist the relentless makeover of human societies, in the name of technological rationalisation, and make the world more humane, meaningful, and magical.
Safety by Design
Human-Centered Approaches to AI, Automation, and Remote Operations
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 884 kr
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Safety-critical systems with more digitalization, automation, and AI require integration of human factors to ensure safety, efficiency, and meaningful human control. Across sectors such as aviation, maritime, energy, transportation, and remote operations, accident investigations repeatedly show that failures often stem not from technology alone but from inadequate scoping, poor human-centered design, alarm overload, fragmented automation, and organizational conditions that leave operators unprepared during critical situations. Disasters such as the Boeing 737 MAX accidents demonstrate how safety can be compromised when humans and systems are misaligned, while successful recoveries (such as the US Airways Flight 1549 landing on the Hudson River) show the vital role of design-supported human performance in demanding conditions.Safety by Design: Human-Centered Approaches to AI, Automation, and Remote Operations explores the relationship between human capabilities, organizational readiness, and complex technical systems. It offers best practices for designing safety-critical systems that integrate human factors from concept to operation. The book introduces Meaningful Human Control, a framework ensuring humans retain authority, awareness, and intervention ability, aligning with emerging EU AI regulations. Readers will learn practical methods to design systems with usability, transparency, and oversight, alongside insights into automation, accident analysis, and supporting operators under stress. These principles help create safer, more resilient, and trustworthy systems.This book has been written for human factors students and specialists, system designers, engineers, safety professionals, regulators, and project managers working on safety-critical applications involving automation, AI, or remote operations.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a creative commons (CC BY) 4.0 license.
Flying Too Close to the Sun
The Success and Failure of the New-Entrant Airlines
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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Since deregulation in the United States, most jet operating new-entrant carriers have failed. Theories on competition had been put to the test and reality turned out to be different to the vision. To begin with many new-entrant airlines were successful, but were not able to create sustainable strategies to survive as incumbent carriers adjusted to the new operating environment. This book explains the complex issues that led to the almost total failure rate of the 'first wave' new-entrant airlines. The background to the pre-nineties failure predicament is examined in order to give a good overview of the characteristics of new-entrant airlines and of the environment in which they operate. Attention is given to the new-entrants’ strategies and management in order to explore past deficiencies and to pave the way for successful new strategies. The author covers the new-entrants’ structure and then identifies critical factors through distress/failure prediction models. His approach is broad, and conclusions on airline failure are based on a dynamic framework, rather than a simple prescription for success or how to avoid failure. It is hoped that the reader will thereby come to recognize more fully the adaptability of incumbent airlines as well as the past mistakes of new airlines and gain some insights into new airline strategies. The book is in two main parts. The first part establishes what sort of an environment the new-entrants encounter. The second part gives results of a survey research giving an insight into management priorities and organization characteristics at new-entrant airlines and their linkage with good and poor performance. In addition critical factors are derived from failure and distress prediction models based on survey data and financial and traffic data on new-entrants. The final chapter brings together the various parts of the book and covers an inventory of new-entrants’ critical factors. The readership includes managers in
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Iceland is a tiny Nordic nation with a population of just 330,000 and no professional sports leagues, and yet its soccer, basketball and handball teams have all qualified for major international tournaments in recent years. This fascinating study argues that team sport success is culturally produced and that in order to understand collective achievement we have to consider the socio-cultural context. Based on unparalleled access to key personnel, including top coaches, athletes and administrators, the book explores Icelandic cultural capital as a factor in sporting success, from traditions of workmanship, competitive play and teamwork to international labour migration and knowledge transfer. The first book to focus specifically on the socio-cultural aspects of a small nation’s international sporting success, this is an original and illuminating contribution to the study of the sociology of sport. Sport in Iceland: How small nations achieve international success is fascinating reading for team sport enthusiasts, coaches, managers and organisers, as well as for any student or scholar with an interest in the sociology of sport, strategic sports development, sports policy or sports administration.
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The first summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) were held in Singapore in 2010 and the first winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck in 2012. The IOC hopes that the YOG will encourage young people to be more active and that they will bring the Olympic movement closer to its original founding values.This is the first book to be published on the Youth Olympic Games. It critically examines the origins of the Games and the motives of the Games organisers, as well as the organisation and management of the Games and their wider impact and significance. The first part of the book discusses the relationship between the YOG and the ideology of Olympism, in the context of broader developments in youth sport competitions. The second part investigates a wide range of managerial aspects including the bidding process, finance, the prominent role of young people on the organising committees and as volunteers, the role of media and sponsors, and the distinctive competition structure. The final part of the book assesses the current and likely future impact of the YOG on the host cities and countries, the IOC and on national youth sport policies.The Youth Olympic Games is essential reading for any researcher, advanced student or policy maker with an interest in Olympic Studies, sports development, sport policy, youth sport or event management.
Tunnelling ’94
Papers presented at the seventh international symposium, ‘Tunnelling’94’
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
536 kr
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It is now more than twenty years since a proposal was first mooted to hold an international tunnelling symposium in Britain. At the time of the first symposium, held in London in 1976, the Channel Tunnel pro ject had just been shelved. Last weekend a charity walk was held in the finished tunnel, which will be open for business later in the year. Tunnels have figured prominently, and at times spectacularly, in the development of national and international links and it is hoped that such links gather pace in the future. It is particularly pleasing that Alastair Biggart of Storebrelt has agreed to deliver the twenty-sixth Sir Julius Wernher Memorial Lecture of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, entitled 'The changing face of tunnelling', at the start of this event. * Although almost every edition of the technical journals on tunnelling reports another £1 billion scheme somewhere in the world, it would be unfair of me to suggest that tunnelling is restricted to these prestigious schemes for major transport links. Much of the work that makes mod ern life possible receives hardly a mention outside the technical press and one suspects that society at large applies the 'out of sight, out of mind' attitude even more readily to underground construction than it does to other forms of engineering. Clearly, there is a contiiming need to improve the capacity and performance of our infrastructure, while hav ing a careful regard for the environment.
Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry
Sustainability and Capability Development
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
2 294 kr
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