Understanding the global hotel business is not possible without paying specific attention to hotel chain management and dynamics. Chains are big business, approximately 80 percent of hotels currently being constructed around the world are chain affiliated and, in 2014, the five largest brands held over a one million rooms. The high economic importance of the hotel chains and their global presence justifies the academic research in the field however, despite this, there is no uniform coverage ...

The Essence of Gastronomy: Understanding the Flavor of Foods and Beverages presents a new comprehensive and unifying theory on flavor, which answers ancient questions and offers new opportunities for solving food-related issues. It presents gastronomy as a holistic concept, focusing not only on the food and its composition but also on the human who eats it. This book defines gastronomy as the science of flavor and tasting, where flavor is a broadly interpreted objective characteristic that re...

Now in its 4th edition, Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery remains your indispensable source for definitive, state-of-the-art answers on every aspect of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery. This dynamic medical reference thoroughly and systematically covers the full range of new and classic surgical procedures-including the latest alternate and minimally invasive surgical techniques-and presents the up-to-date clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions. Be certain wi...

Designed for the mixed practice large animal veterinarian, veterinary students, and camelid caretakers alike, Llama and Alpaca Care covers all major body systems, herd health, physical examination, nutrition, reproduction, surgery, anesthesia, and multisystem diseases of llamas and alpacas. Written by world-renowned camelid specialists and experts in the field, this comprehensive and uniquely global text offers quick access to the most current knowledge in this area. With coverage ranging fro...

Offers a unified discussion of generalized linear models and correlated data methods. Provides information suitable for graduate non-statistics majors or advanced undergraduate statistics majors. Includes case studies with real data. Offers material on R at the end of each chapter. Provides a solutions manual.

This new edition of The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis builds on the success of its predecessor, offering a comprehensive overview of social network analysis produced by leading international scholars in the field.

We live in disruptive times. The world is changing faster than ever before, leaving people dazed, businesses struggling, economies floundering and societies fracturing. But why? Transition Point is the result of over five years of research to establish the answer; a breathtaking tale of freedom, unintended consequences and disruptive technologies that starts 1000 years ago and ends up in the second half of the 21st Century.

Starting with an examination into the drivers of technological change...

Systems Architecture Modeling with the Arcadia Method is an illustrative guide for the understanding and implementation of model-based systems and architecture engineering with the Arcadia method, using Capella, a new open-source solution.

More than just another systems modeling tool, Capella is a comprehensive and extensible Eclipse application that has been successfully deployed in a wide variety of industrial contexts. Based on a graphical modeling workbench, it provides systems architects...

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Der Leitfaden gibt die Antworten - übersichtlich, praxistauglich, wissenschaftlich begründet. Und er zeigt, wie man mit Vitaminen, Mineralstoffen, Spurenelementen, Aminosäuren und essenziellen Fettsäuren Krankheiten wirksam vorbeugen kann.

Die Auflage aktualisiert die Daten sämtlicher Mikronährstoffe und greift die Indikationen...

Prachtig geïllustreerde jubileumeditie van deze bestseller, waarvan al 150.000 exemplaren zijn verkochtVolgens de Japanse traditie heeft iedereen een ikigai, een reden van bestaan. Het is een van de geheimen van een lang, tevreden en gezond leven, zoals de inwoners van Okinawa het leiden. Op dit Japanse eiland wonen meer gezonde en actieve honderdjarigen dan waar ook ter wereld.De auteurs trokken naar Okinawa om te ontdekken wat dat geheim voor een optimistisch en gezond leven is. Ze kregen ...