In this book Andrea Bauer examines the apparently simple question of the role of trust in the development and establishment of mobile payment services. The proliferation of new payment instruments was always associated with the condition of trustworthiness. Even if the form of payment has changed constantly in the past (e.g. cowrie shells, stones, coins, paper notes, plastic cards or electronic digits), the demand for trustworthiness was always an essential factor regarding its market acceptance. What trust exactly is, which functions trust has in the use of technical solutions and which aspects and determinants of trust are crucial regarding mobile payment services, Andrea Bauer will analyze in the present work.

An honest love story: A mother of three, who swore to God and His country that she would never have children, and her three daughters; whose lives are intertwined by the experiences of their relationships and the journey on which love, or the lack thereof, took them. Jean, who can still remember when she was sixteen, cannot fully wrap her consciousness around three teenage daughters; Leena, the oldest, and serial girlfriend; Elaina, the middle child, perpetual opposite, serial non-girlfriend; and the youngest, Lori, appropriately dubbed the chameleon.

The Krypto Economy elaborates on the underlying dynamics of our digital era to better create a responsible technological future. Living in a world of exponential technological advancement, we have new construction kits to create and probe possible realities. Marshall McLuan once said that first we build the tools and then the tools build us. We are designed by what we have designed. To design a utopian rather than dystopian future, we took a closer look at the status and potentials of our technological tools. Over a series of seven panel discussions - using some of the most analytical and imaginative minds - we experienced that today's digital instruments are our ultimate Kryptonite. Its benefits have the capacity to aid us exponentially. And yet, its destructive powers - mass surveillance, elimination of privacy, or virtual concentration of power - could push us down a terrifying path. With this book you can join the discourse and find the answers to the most fundamental questions to better navigate towards a responsible technological future.

In this book Andrea Bauer examines the apparently simple question of the role of trust in the development and establishment of mobile payment services. The proliferation of new payment instruments was always associated with the condition of trustworthiness. Even if the form of payment has changed constantly in the past (e.g. cowrie shells, stones, coins, paper notes, plastic cards or electronic digits), the demand for trustworthiness was always an essential factor regarding its market acceptance. What trust exactly is, which functions trust has in the use of technical solutions and which aspects and determinants of trust are crucial regarding mobile payment services, Andrea Bauer will analyze in the present work.

The Krypto Economy elaborates on the underlying dynamics of our digital era to better create a responsible technological future. Living in a world of exponential technological advancement, we have new construction kits to create and probe possible realities. Marshall McLuan once said that first we build the tools and then the tools build us. We are designed by what we have designed. To design a utopian rather than dystopian future, we took a closer look at the status and potentials of our technological tools. Over a series of seven panel discussions - using some of the most analytical and imaginative minds - we experienced that today's digital instruments are our ultimate Kryptonite. Its benefits have the capacity to aid us exponentially. And yet, its destructive powers - mass surveillance, elimination of privacy, or virtual concentration of power - could push us down a terrifying path. With this book you can join the discourse and find the answers to the most fundamental questions to better navigate towards a responsible technological future.

Therapieerfolge verbessern durch umfassendes Management Die Psoriasis ist eine der häufigsten Hautkrankheiten; oft nimmt sie einen schweren und chronischen Verlauf und beeinträchtigt die Lebensqualität der Betroffenen erheblich. Durch eine neue, umfassendere Perspektive auf die Erkrankung haben sich die Möglichkeiten für eine erfolgreiche Therapie in den letzten Jahren deutlich verbessert. Neu ist der Fokus auf - den systemischen Entzündungscharakter der Erkrankung - die langfristige Symptomfreiheit in der Therapie und - die Berücksichtigung psychosozialer Aspekte Das vorliegende Buch liefert zu diesem wichtigen Krankheitsbild - neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse - eine praxisgerechte und konzise Aufbereitung - eine algorithmisch aufgebaute Anleitung zu Diagnostik und therapeutischem Management Die ideale Ergänzung zu einem dermatologischen Lehrbuch für - alle Weiterbildungsassistenten in der Dermatologie (auch angrenzender Fachgebiete) - zum Erlernen der richtigen Entscheidungsschritte - den erfahrenen Kliniker - zum Überprüfen seines diagnostischen und therapeutischen Vorgehens

Schon seit ihrer Gründung in den 1970er-Jahren ist die Reihe Germanistische Linguistik (RGL) exponiertes Forum des Faches, dessen Namen sie im Titel führt. Hinsichtlich der thematischen Breite (Sprachebenen, Varietäten, Kommunikationsformen, Epochen), der Forschungsperspektiven (Theorie und Empirie, Grundlagenforschung und Anwendung, Inter- und Transdisziplinarität) und des methodologischen Spektrums ist die Reihe offen angelegt. Das Aufgreifen neuer Trends hat in ihr ebenso Platz wie das Fortführen von Bewährtem. Die Publikationsformen reichen von Monographien und Sammelbänden bis zu Wörterbüchern. Wissenschaftlicher Beirat (ab November 2011): Prof. Dr. Karin Donhauser (Berlin) Prof. Dr. Stephan Elspaß (Augsburg) Prof. Dr. Helmuth Feilke (Gießen) Prof. Dr. Jürg Fleischer (Marburg) Prof. Dr. Stephan Habscheid (Siegen) Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Harnisch (Passau)

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