Michael Weber

dvojí život paní Ester

Deník prostitutky

Bernard Lehmann

Urs Steiger

Landschaften und Lebensräume der Alpen

Jaco van der Pol

Annotation. This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th InternationalSPIN workshop on Model Checking Software, SPIN 2010, held at theUniversity of Twente, in Enschede, The Netherlands, in September 2010. The 13 revised full papers presented together with 2 tool papers and 3invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on satisfiability modulotheories for model checking, model checking in context (simulation, testing, UML), implementation and performance of model checking, LTL and B chi automata, extensions to infinite-state systems, and concurrentsoftware.

17th International SPIN Workshop, Enschede, The Netherlands, September 27-29, 2010, Proceedings

Model Checking Software

Reinhard Mosandl

Sven Günter

Bernd Stimm

This book integrates the latest global developments in forestry science and practice and their relevance for the sustainable management of tropical forests. The influence of social dimensions on the development of silvicultural concepts is another spotlight. Ecology and silvicultural options form all tropical continents, and forest formations from dry to moist forests and from lowland to mountain forests are covered. Review chapters which guide readers through this complex subject integrate numerous illustrative and quantitative case studies by experts from all over the world. On the basis of a cross-sectional evaluation of the case studies presented, the authors put forward possible silvicultural contributions towards sustainability in a changing world. The book is addressed to a broad readership from forestry and environmental disciplines.

Silviculture in the Tropics

eine theologische Untersuchung unter der Berücksichtigung des soziokulturellen Hintergrundes

Der geistig-geistliche Mensch im Konzept der Gnade bei Dumitru Stăniloae

Associate Professor of Philosophy Christian Coons

Associate Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Philosophy Michael Weber

The fifteen new essays collected in this volume address questions concerning the ethics of self-defense, most centrally when and to what extent the use of defensive force, especially lethal force, can be justified. Scholarly interest in this topic reflects public concern stemming from controversial cases of the use of force by police, and military force exercised in the name of defending against transnational terrorism. The contributors pay special attention to determining when a threat is liable to defensive harm, though doubts about this emphasis are also raised. The legitimacy of so-called "stand your ground" policies and laws is also addressed. This volume will be of great interest to readers in moral, political, and legal philosophy.

The Ethics of Self-Defense

Ute Münch

The research work on the topic of ‘‘Tomography of the Earth’s Crust: From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring’’ has focused on the development of cross-scale multiparameter methods and their technological application together with the development of innovative field techniques. Seismic wave field inversion theory, diffusion and potential methods were developed and optimized with respect to cost and benefit aspects. This volume summarizes the scientific results of nine interdisciplinary joint projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the framework of the Research and Development Program GEOTECHNOLOGIEN. Highlights and innovations presented cover many length scales and involve targets ranging from applications in the laboratory, to ground water surveys of heterogeneous aquifer, geotechnical applications like tunnel excavation, coal mine and CO2 monitoring and the imaging and monitoring of tectonic and societally relevant objects as active faults and volcanoes. To study these objects, the authors use the full spectrum of geophysical methods (ultrasonics, seismic and seismology, electromagnetics, gravity, and airborne) in combination with new methods like seismic interferometry, diffuse wave field theory and full-wave-form inversion in 3D and partially also in 4D. Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring’’ has focused on the development of cross-scale multiparameter methods and their technological application together with the development of innovative field techniques. Seismic wave field inversion theory, diffusion and potential methods were developed and optimized with respect to cost and benefit aspects. This volume summarizes the scientific results of nine interdisciplinary joint projects funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in the framework of the Research and Development Program GEOTECHNOLOGIEN. Highlights and innovations presented cover many length scales and involve targets ranging from applications in the laboratory, to ground water surveys of heterogeneous aquifer, geotechnical applications like tunnel excavation, coal mine and CO2 monitoring and the imaging and monitoring of tectonic and societally relevant objects as active faults and volcanoes. To study these objects, the authors use the full spectrum of geophysical methods (ultrasonics, seismic and seismology, electromagnetics, gravity, and airborne) in combination with new methods like seismic interferometry, diffuse wave field theory and full-wave-form inversion in 3D and partially also in 4D. 2 monitoring and the imaging and monitoring of tectonic and societally relevant objects as active faults and volcanoes. To study these objects, the authors use the full spectrum of geophysical methods (ultrasonics, seismic and seismology, electromagnetics, gravity, and airborne) in combination with new methods like seismic interferometry, diffuse wave field theory and full-wave-form inversion in 3D and partially also in 4D.

GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report No. 21

Tomography of the Earth’s Crust: From Geophysical Sounding to Real-Time Monitoring

Richard A. Houghton

Gundolf H. Kohlmaier

The lntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently summarized the state ofthe art in research on climate change (Climate Change 1995). The most up to date research findings have been divided into three volumes: • the Science ofClimate Change (working group I), • the Impacts, Adaption and Mitigation of Climate Change (working group II), and • the Economic and Social Dimensions ofClimate Change (working group III) There is a general consensus that a serious change in climate can only be avoided if the future emissions of greenhouse gases are reduced considerably from the business as usual projection and if at the same time the natural sinks for greenhouse gases, in particular that of CO , are maintained at the present level or 2 preferrably increased. Forests, forestry and forestry industry are important parts of the global carbon cycle and therefore they are also part of the mitigation potentials in at least a threefold way: 1. During the time period between 1980 and 1989 there was a net emission of CO from changes in tropical land use (mostly tropical deforestation) of 2 1. 6 +/- 1 GtC/a, but at the same time it was estimated that the forests in the northem hemisphere have taken up 0. 5 +/- 0. 5 GtC/a and additionally other terrestrial sinks (including tropical forests where no clearing took place) have been a carbon sink ofthe order of l. 3 +/- l.

Carbon Dioxide Mitigation in Forestry and Wood Industry

Bis Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde in der Finanz- und Wirtschaftswissenschaft der Mensch als ein rein rational und überlegt handelndes Wesen dargestellt, das nach der Lehre des "Homo oeconomicus" von Adam Smith, die Maximierung seines Nutzens, beispielsweise bei der Gewinnerzielung, anstrebt. Erst Ende 1970 wurde durch die Studien von Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky und Richard Thaler bestätigt, dass Menschen sich in spieltheoretischen Experimenten weniger stark von Vernunft und Verstand, sondern mehr durch die von Kontroll- und Harmoniebedürfnissen ausgelösten Emotionen wie z.B. Angst, Furcht und Gier leiten lassen. Insbesondere bei schwierigen und sehr komplex erscheinenden Problemstellungen greifen sie hierzu auf bewährte Vereinfachungsregeln und Faustformeln zurück, um die Situation überschaubar zu machen und damit eine schnelle Entscheidung herbeizuführen. So kommt es dazu, dass vom Grunde her identische Sachverhalte ungleich gelöst werden. Diese Verhaltensabweichungen finden sich auch in Situationen des Alltags, beispielsweise bei der Geld- und Kapitalanlage in Wertpapieren wieder. Durch diese Erkenntnisse wurde der Grundstein der Behavioral Finance gelegt, welches in Kapitel 2 dargestellt wird. Zusätzlich wird in Kapitel 3 das Portfolio-Selection-Modell von Harry Markowitz erläutert. Es basiert im Gegensatz zur Behavioral Finance auf den ökonomischen Theorien mit rational handelnden Akteuren. Anhand verschiedener Parameter lassen sich theoretisch optimierte Portfolios zusammenstellen, die bei einer gegebenen Rendite ein minimales Risiko aufweisen. Inzwischen geraten die Portfoliotheorie und deren Anwendung umso stärker in die Kritik, je mehr Erkenntnisse der Behavioral Finance erforscht und veröffentlicht werden. Damit stellt sich die Frage, welche Konsequenzen sich aus der verhaltensorientierten Finanztheorie ableiten lassen und wie diese auf das moderne Portfoliomanagement einwirken. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, dem Leser ein umfassenderes Verständnis für das tatsächliche Verhalten von Marktteilnehmern zu vermitteln und Ansätze aufzuzeigen, das eigene Entscheidungsverhalten zu verbessern. Dazu werden im abschließenden Kapitel 4 die typischen Fehler bei einer Geldanlage aufgeführt und daraus Empfehlungen und Verhaltensregeln abgeleitet, die für eine erfolgreiche Kapitalanlage in Wertpapieren beachtet werden sollten.

Portfoliomanagement auf Basis von Behavioral Finance

Michael Cholbi

Technological advances in computerization and robotics threaten to eliminate countless jobs from the labor market in the near future. These advances have reignited the debate about universal basic income. The essays in this collection offer unique and compelling perspectives on the ever-changing nature of work and the plausibility of a universal basic income to address the elimination of jobs from the workforce. The essays address a number of topics related to these issues, including the prospects of libertarian and anarchist justifications for a universal basic income, the positive impact of a basic income on intimate laborers such as sex workers and surrogates, the nature of "bad work" and who will do it if everyone receives a basic income, whether a universal basic income is objectionably paternalistic, and viable alternatives to a universal basic income. This book raises complex questions and avenues for future research about universal basic income and the future of work in our increasingly technological society. It will be of keen interest to graduate students and scholars in political philosophy, economics, political science, and public policy who are interested in these debates.

Michael Weber

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