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Konflikte gibt es uberall, wo Menschen sind. Besonders am Arbeitsplatz wirken sich ungeloste Konflikte und schwelende Konfliktpotentiale nicht nur auf das Wohlbefinden des Einzelnen aus, sondern werden rasch zum Kostenfaktor fur das gesamte Unternehmen. Haufige Krankenstande, verminderte Leistungsfahigkeit, Mobbing, Burnout, hohe Personalfluktuation und Imageverlust sind nur einige Folgeerscheinungen.Experten aus verschiedenen Bereichen stellen in diesem Buch speziell auf den Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegebereich abgestimmte Methoden zur Konfliktbearbeitung und -prvention vor. Fallbeispiele und Erfahrungsberichte geben Einblick in die Praxis und zeigen Mglichkeiten, Chancen und Grenzen von Coaching, Supervision, gewaltfreier nonverbaler und interkultureller Kommunikation, Mitarbeitergesprchen, Systemischer Aufstellung, Moderation und Mediation auf. Die Vorstellung des neuartigen Konfliktlotsenmodells gibt einen Ausblick auf zuknftige Wege zur kreativen Konfliktbewltigung in diesem speziellen Umfeld.

Ageing and dementia are closely related conditions. Increasing age of general population causes increasing incidence of dementing disorders in later life, although cognitive impairment is not necessarily a consequence of advancing age. This book presents the papers of the International Symposium on Ageing and Dementia, October 17-19, 1997 in Graz.

88 short papers originating from the 12th International Symposium on Intracranial Pressure and Brain Monitoring held in August 2004 in Hong Kong present experimental as well as clinical research data on invasive and non-invasive intracranial pressure and brain biochemistry monitoring.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is highly endemic for several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), including viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth infections. This new volume covers the most prevalent NTDs found in about 22 MENA countries emphasizing the disease burden, clinical manifestations and control approaches.

This book highlights parasitic diseases that are peculiar to Southeast Asia, pinpoints similarities and differences between disease patterns in the respective member countries and provide information on new emerging parasitic diseases in this region.

The book gives the most up-to-date information for the expanding field of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery from European and international experts.

Despite the resulting progress in device optimization, the above approach fails to provide a required compact set of device design and process control rules and a compact circuit model for the analysis of large-scale electronic designs.

Venous valves rank among the smallest and most delicate organs of the human and animal bodies - so why devote an entire book to them? In the pathogenesis of a number of widespread diseases, such as varicose veins or the post-thrombotic syndrome, venous valves are involved as the underlying cause or at least a factor contributory to the symptoms.

The invention of semiconductor devices is a fairly recent one, considering classical time scales in human life. Coincident with the growth in semiconductor device development, the literature concerning semiconductor device and technology issues has literally exploded.