filename
string | title
string | abstract
string |
|---|---|---|
3A783447140.jsonld | Max Weber and "The protestant ethic" : twin histories | This book presents an entirely new portrait of Max Weber, one of the most prestigious social theorists in recent history, using his most famous work, 'The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism', as its central point of reference. It offers an intellectual biography of Weber framed along historical lines - something which has never been done before. It re-evaluates 'The Protestant Ethic' - a text surprisingly neglected by scholars - supplying a missing intellectual and chronological centre to Weber's life and work. Peter Ghosh suggests that 'The Protestant Ethic' is the link which unites the earlier (pre-1900) and later (post-1910) phases of his career. He offers a series of fresh perspectives on Weber's thought in various areas - charisma, capitalism, law, politics, rationality, bourgeois life, and (not least) Weber's unusual religious thinking, which was 'remote from god' yet based on close dialogue with Christian theology. This approach produces a convincing view of Max Weber as a whole; while previously the sheer breadth of his intellectual interests has caused him to be read in a fragmentary way according to a series of specialized viewpoints, this volume seeks to put him back together again as a real individual |
3A1655847252.jsonld | Mental Health and Work: United Kingdom | Tackling mental ill-health of the working-age population is becoming a key issue for labour market and social policies in OECD countries. OECD governments increasingly recognise that policy has a major role to play in keeping people with mental ill-health in employment or bringing those outside of the labour market back to it, and in preventing mental illness. This report on the United Kingdom is the sixth in a series of reports looking at how the broader education, health, social and labour market policy challenges identified in Sick on the Job? Myths and Realities about Mental Health and Work (OECD, 2012) are being tackled in a number of OECD countries. |
3A1018700617.jsonld | The Oxford handbook of reasons and normativity | The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity maps a central terrain of philosophy, and provides an authoritative guide to it. Few concepts have received as much attention in recent philosophy as the concept of a reason to do or believe something. And one of the most contested ideas in philosophy is normativity, the 'ought' in claims that we ought to do or believe something. This is the first volume to provide broad coverage of the study of reasons and normativity across multiple philosophical subfields. In addition to focusing on reasons in ethics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, action, and language, the Handbook explores philosophical work on the nature of normativity in general. |
3A720959047.jsonld | Process machine interactions : prediction and manipulation of interactions between manufacturing processes and machine tool structures | This contributed volume collects the scientific results of the DFG Priority Program 1180 Prediction and Manipulation of Interactions between Structure and Process. The research program has been conducted during the years 2005 and 2012, whereas the primary goal was the analysis of the interactions between processes and structures in modern production facilities. This book presents the findings of the 20 interdisciplinary subprojects, focusing on different manufacturing processes such as high performance milling, tool grinding or metal forming. It contains experimental investigations as well as mathematical modeling of production processes and machine interactions. New experimental advancements and novel simulation approaches are also included.-- |
3A729313972.jsonld | Disability and information technology : a comparative study in media regulation | "Disability and Information Technology examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies (ICTs) safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights. It adopts a comparative approach focused on four case studies: Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States. It focuses on the tension between social and economic values in the regulation of ICTs and calls for a regulatory approach based on a framework of principles that reflects citizenship values. The analysis identifies challenges encountered in the jurisdictions examined and points toward the rights-based approach advanced by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a benchmark in protecting the rights of persons with disabilities to have equal access to information. The research draws on a wealth of resources, including legislation, cases, interviews, consultation documents and responses from organisations representing persons with disabilities"-- |
3A1851220380.jsonld | Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts | As living, economic and cultural spaces, cities require a sustainable energy system and must be designed to be highly energy efficient. The book provides a framework for practitioners and scientists on how the energy transition can contribute to achieving climate goals in the building sector. Innovations and creative approaches for solutions from the lighthouse projects of the Solar Building/Energy Efficient City funding initiative are presented. |
3A1818112361.jsonld | Physics for scientists and engineers : a strategic approach : with modern physics | For courses in introductory calculus-based physics. A research-driven approach to physics Physics for Scientists and Engineers incorporates Physics Education Research and cognitive science best practices that encourage conceptual development, problem-solving skill acquisition, and visualization. Knight stresses qualitative reasoning through physics principles before formalizing physics mathematically, developing student problem-solving skills with a systematic, scaffolded approach. The text presents a finely tuned, practical introduction to physics with problems that relate physics to everyday life and includes models, modeling, and advanced topics. With the 5th Edition, new and expanded media and assessments in Mastering and the Pearson eText provide fully integrated print and digital resources for both the active and traditional classroom. New content includes key topics such as Entropy quantitatively, Viscosity and Poiseuilles Equation, and Carnot Efficiency details. |
3A1670378802.jsonld | Biotechnology of fruit and nut crops | "This book covers the biotechnology of all major fruit and nut species, with colour illustrations illustrating the crop species and their wild relatives. It details well-established techniques such as protoplast culture, in vitro mutagenesis and ploidy manipulation, but also newer approaches such as genomics and marker-assisted selection"-- |
3A1645861635.jsonld | Mathematics and the divine : a historical study | Introduction -- 1. Ho Peng-Yoke, Chinese Number Mysticism -- 2. Kim Plofker, Derivation and Revelation: the Legitimacy of Mathematical Models in Indian Cosmology -- 3. Reviel Netz, The Pythagoreans -- 4. Ian Mueller, Mathematics and the Divine in Plato -- 5. Jean-Fraṅois Matťi, Nicomachus of Gerasa and the Divine Arithmetical Ladder -- 6. Dominic J. O'Meara, Geometry and the Divine in Proclus -- 7. Marie-Pierre Terrien, Religious Architecture and Mathematics during Late Antiquity -- 8. David A. King, The Sacred Geography of Islam -- 9. Faith Wallis, 'Number Mystique' in early medieval computus texts -- 10. Maurice-Ruben Hayoun, Is the Divine Universe Divisible -- 11. Charles Lohr, Mathematics and the Divine: Ramon Lull -- 12. Hugue Garcia, Christian Gnosis -- 13. Edith Dudley Sylla, Swester Katrei and Gregory of Rimini: Angels, God and Mathematics in the Fourteenth Century -- 14. Jean-Michel Counet, Mathematics and the Divine in Nicholas of Cusa -- 15. Teun Koetsier and Karin Reich, Michael Stifel and his Numerology -- 16. Ivo Schneider, Between Rosicrucians and Kabbala -- the Mathematics of the Biblical Numbers of Johannes Faulhaber -- 17. Eberhard Knobloch, Mathematics and the Divine: Athanasius Kircher -- 18. Volker R. Remmert, Galileo, God and Mathematics -- 19. Andř Charrak, The Mathematical Model of Creation According to Kepler -- 20. Jean-Marie Nicolle, The Mathematical Analogy in the Proof of God's Existence by Descartes -- 21. Donald Adamson, Pascal's Views on Mathematics and the Divine -- 22. Ger Harmsen, Spinoza and the Geometrical Method of Proof -- 23. Philip Beeley and Siegmund Probst, John Wallis (1616-1703): Mathematician and Divine -- 24. Kees de Pater, Newton and the Ocean of Truth -- 25. Herbert Breger, Leibniz: Mathematics and the Divine -- 26. Wolfgang Breidert, Berkeley's Defence of the Infinite God in Contrast to the Infinite in Mathematics -- 27. Ruediger Thiele, Leonhard Euler and the Divine -- 28. Ruediger Thiele, Georg Cantor and the Divine -- 29. Luc Bergmans, Gerrit Mannoury and his Fellow Significians on Mathematics and Mysticism -- 30. Teun Koetsier, Arthur Schopenhauer and L.E.J. Brouwer: A Comparison -- 31. Sergei S. Demidov and Charles E. Ford, On the Road to a Unified View: Priest Pavel Florensky -- Theologian, Philosopher and Scientist -- 32. Fraṅois De Gandt, Husserl and Impossible Numbers: a Sceptical Experience -- 33. Bruno Pinchard, Symbol and Space According to Reň Gǔnon -- 34. Teun Koetsier, Eddington: Science and the Unseen World -- 35. Albert van der Schoot, The Divined Proportion Mathematics and the Divine seem to correspond to diametrically opposed tendencies of the human mind. Does the mathematician not seek what is precisely defined, and do the objects intended by the mystic and the theologian not lie beyond definition? Is mathematics not Man's search for a measure, and isnt the Divine that which is immeasurable? The present book shows that the domains of mathematics and the Divine, which may seem so radically separated, have throughout history and across cultures, proved to be intimately related. Religious activities such as the building of temples, the telling of ritual stories or the drawing of enigmatic figures all display distinct mathematical features. Major philosophical systems dealing with the Absolute and theological speculations focussing on our knowledge of the Ultimate have been based on or inspired by mathematics. A series of chapters by an international team of experts highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought is presented here. Chinese number mysticism, the views of Pythagoras and Plato and their followers, Nicholas of Cusa's theological geometry, Spinozism and intuitionism as a philosophy of mathematics are treated side by side among many other themes in an attempt at creating a global view on the relation of mathematics and Mans quest for the Absolute in the course of history. Mathematics and man's quest for the Absolute A selective history highlighting key figures, schools and trains of thought An international team of historians presenting specific new findings as well as general overviews Confronting and uniting otherwise compartmentalized information |
3A1849795894.jsonld | A history of English literature | Traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the Old English period through to the present day. The narrative discusses a wide range of key authors but never loses its clarity or verve. This current revised edition provides a full final chapter on the contemporary scene with more on genres and the impact of globalization |
3A1003468020.jsonld | Political populism : a handbook | All over Europe, we are currently witnessing populist political parties and figures enjoying success in elections and mobilising the electorate against the supposed elite. The most recent example of this political development is the Brexit campaign in the UK, which demonstrated that populists can exert considerable influence over political decisions. Populist parties are also enjoying election successes outside Europe; this phenomenon has been occurring in the US and Latin America for a long time, for example.The new “Handbook on Political Populism” offers a comprehensive theoretical and empirical introduction to populist politics in Europe, the Americas and beyond. It focuses on explaining the phenomenon of populism as a consequence of the crisis of the representational system and aims to highlight the controversies and limits of current academic research and debate on the subject.With contributions from:Tjitske Akkerman, Wolfgang Aschauer, Hans-Georg Betz, María Esperanza Casullo, Paula Diehl, Sarah C. Dingler, Flavia Freidenberg, Sergiu Gherghina, Vlastimil Havlík, Kirk A. Hawkins, Reinhard Heinisch, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Robert A. Huber, Gilles Ivaldi, Benjamin Krämer, Maria Elisabetta Lanzone, Zoe Lefkofridi, Dietmar Loch, Vanessa Marent, Miroslav Mareš, Alfio Mastropaolo, Oscar Mazzoleni, Sergiu Miscoiu, Teun Pauwels, Franca Roncarolo, Saskia Pauline Ruth, Carlo Ruzza, Steven Saxonberg, Christian H. Schimpf, Damir Skenderovic, Sorina Soare, Lone Sorensen and Sandra Vergari. Allenthalben in Europa sehen wir Wahlerfolge populistischer Parteien und Akteure, die die Wählerschaft gegen vermeintliche Eliten mobilisieren. Jüngstes Beispiel dieser politischen Entwicklung ist die Wahlkampagne für den Brexit in Großbritannien, die verdeutlichte, dass Populisten einen erheblichen Einfluss auf politische Entscheidungen haben können. Auch jenseits von Europa verzeichnen populistische Parteien Wahlerfolge; gerade in den Vereinigten Staaten und in Lateinamerika ist dieses Phänomen schon lange bekannt.Das neue Handbook on Political Populism bietet eine umfangreiche theoretische wie empirische Einführung in die populistische Politik in Europa, in Nord- und in Südamerika und darüber hinaus. Das Hauptaugenmerk des Werkes liegt auf der Erklärung des Phänomens „Populismus“ als Folge einer Legitimationskrise des repräsentativen Systems. Ein besonderes Ziel des Handbuchs ist es, die Kontroversen und Grenzen in der derzeitigen wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung aufzuzeigen.Mit Beiträgen von:Tjitske Akkerman, Wolfgang Aschauer, Hans-Georg Betz, María Esperanza Casullo, Paula Diehl, Sarah C. Dingler, Flavia Freidenberg, Sergiu Gherghina, Vlastimil Havlík, Kirk A. Hawkins, Reinhard Heinisch, Christina Holtz-Bacha, Robert A. Huber, Gilles Ivaldi, Benjamin Krämer, Maria Elisabetta Lanzone, Zoe Lefkofridi, Dietmar Loch, Vanessa Marent, Miroslav Mareš, Alfio Mastropaolo, Oscar Mazzoleni, Sergiu Miscoiu, Teun Pauwels, Franca Roncarolo, Saskia Pauline Ruth, Carlo Ruzza, Steven Saxonberg, Christian H. Schimpf, Damir Skenderovic, Sorina Soare, Lone Sorensen und Sandra Vergari. |
3A1658640578.jsonld | Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars : A Recursive Descent into Parsing | 1. What are Regexes and Grammars? -- 2. Getting Started with Perl 6 -- 3. Building Blocks of Regexes -- 4. Regexes and Perl 6 Code -- 5. Extracting Data from Regex Matches -- 6. Regex Mechanics -- 7. Regex Techniques -- 8. Reusing and Composing Regexes -- 9. Parsing With Grammars -- 10. Extracting Data From Matches -- 11. Generating Good Parse Error Messages -- 12. Unicode and Natural Language -- 13. Case Studies Write good regexes and parsers with the Perl 6 programming language. You’ll see how regexes are used for searching, parsing, and validation: in particular the grammar extension makes them uniquely suitable for parsing, the main focus of this book. Written by Perl 6 expert Moritz Lenz, a core contributor of Rakudo, Parsing with Perl 6 Regexes and Grammars starts from the very basics of regular expressions, and then explores how they integrate with regular Perl 6 code. Then follows a deeper exploration of how regexes work under the hood and a discussion of common techniques for constructing regexes and exploring the data under scrutiny. Later material goes beyond relatively simple formats to reusable named regexes and grammars, which permit code reuse in grammars, and shows how to write parsers for more involved data formats. Error reporting and case studies wrap up the topic. While regexes allow you to search for patterns in text and validate input, Perl 6 regexes advance that concept: you’ll see how they are easier to read, yet much more powerful, than the traditional "Perl-compatible regular expression". With improved reusability and backtracking control, you will be able to write complete parsers with the help of this book. You will: Discover the building blocks of Perl 6 regexes Handle regex mechanics and master useful regex techniques Extract data and work with patterns among these use cases Reuse named regexes and other grammars as components or templates Write full parsers, including advanced error reporting and data extraction Learn how to parse nested scopes and indention-based formats |
3A1669278956.jsonld | Australian landscape designers | Australian landscape designers are creating some of the most innovative, beautiful and sustainable gardens in the world. To celebrate this incredible Australian talent Belle has teamed up with acclaimed garden and interiors photographer, Nicholas Watt, and regular Belle contributor Chris Pearson to showcase 26 leading Australian landscape designers and their work. Despite our often harsh climes and difficult sites the garden aficionados featured in Belle's new tome have taken on these challenges with gusto and have produced enjoyable green spaces that sit comfortably within their surrounds and are a natural extension of the homes that they enhance. If you are looking for professional help for a landscape project or are simply an admirer of gardens this book will provide plenty of inspiration. -- |
3A654974713.jsonld | The Caribbean : a history of the region and its peoples | The Caribbean stage -- Geographies of opportunity, geographies of constraint / David Barker -- Contemporary Caribbean ecologies: the weight of history / Duncan McGregor -- The earliest settlers / Antonio Curet -- Old world precedents: sugar and slavery in the Mediterranean / William D. Phillips Jr -- The making of a colonial sphere -- The columbian moment: politics, ideology, and biohistory / Reinaldo Funes Monzote -- From tainos to Africans in the Caribbean: labor, migration, and resistance / Jalil Sued-Badillo -- Negotiations of conquest / Lynne A. Guitar -- Toward sugar and slavery / Stephan Palmié -- Masterless people: maroons, pirates, and commoners / Isaac Curtis -- Colonial designs in flux -- The Caribbean between empires: colonists, pirates, and slaves / Josep M. Fradera -- Imperial decline, colonial adaptation: the Spanish islands during the long 17th century / Francisco A. Scarano -- The Atlantic framework of 17th-century colonization / Alison Games -- Servants and slaves during the 17th-century sugar revolution / Hilary Mcd. Beckles -- The French and Dutch Caribbean, 1600-1800 / Philip Boucher -- Slaves and tropical commodities: the Caribbean in the south Atlantic system / Selwyn H. H. Carrington and Ronald C. Noel -- Capitalism, slavery, and revolution -- Slave cultures: systems of domination and forms of resistance / Philip Morgan -- Rivalry, war, and imperial reform in the 18th-century Caribbean / Douglas Hamilton -- The Haitian revolution / Laurent Dubois -- The abolition of slavery in the non-hispanic Caribbean / Diana Paton -- Econocide?: from abolition to emancipation in the British and French Caribbean / Dale Tomich -- Missionaries, planters, and slaves in the age of abolition / Jean Besson -- A reordered world -- A second slavery? the 19th-century sugar revolutions in Cuba and Puerto Rico / Christopher Schmidt-Nowara -- Peasants, immigrants, and workers: the British and French Caribbean after emancipation / Gad Heuman -- War and nation building: Cuban and Dominican experiences / Robert Whitney -- The rise of the American Mediterranean, 1846-1905 / Luis Martínez-Fernández -- The conundrum of race: retooling inequality / Elizabeth Cooper -- Africa, Europe, and Asia in the making of the 20th-century Caribbean / Aisha Khan -- The new empire -- Building US hegemony in the Caribbean / Brenda Gayle Plummer -- The American sugar kingdom, 1898-1934 / César J. Ayala -- Culture, labor, and race in the shadow of US capital / Winston James -- Labor protests, rebellions, and the rise of nationalism during depression and war / O. Nigel Bolland -- Toward decolonization: impulses, processes, and consequences since the 1930s / Anne S. Macpherson -- The Caribbean and the cold war: between reform and revolution / David Sheinin -- The Caribbean in the age of globalization -- The long Cuban revolution / Michael Zeuske -- Independence and its aftermath: Suriname, Trinidad, and Jamaica / Anthony P. Maingot -- The colonial persuasion: Puerto Rico and the Dutch and French Antilles / Humberto García Muñiz -- An island in the mirror: the Dominican Republic and Haiti / Pedro L. San Miguel -- Tourism, drugs, offshore finance, and the perils of neoliberal development / Robert Goddard -- Caribbean migrations and diasporas / Christine M. Du Bois |
3A1023441454.jsonld | Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian economies | Introduction : Northeast Asian economic development : which. way now? / Iyanatul Islam and Anis Chowdhury -- Japan / Craig Freedman -- South Korea / O. Yul Kwon -- Taiwan / Wan-wen Chu -- Singapore / Chia Siow Yue -- Hong Kong / Kui-Wai Li -- Malaysia / Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah -- Thailand / Somboon Siriprachai -- The Philippines / Joseph Anthony Y. Lim -- Indonesia / Thee Kian Wie -- Brunei Darussalam / Rosnah Opai -- China / Huijong Wang -- Viet Nam / John Thoburn -- Cambodia / Melanie Beresford -- Laos / Andrea K. Chareunsy -- Myanmar (Burma) / Tin Maung Maung Than -- North Korea / Frank Ruediger This original Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies provides a broad overview of economic and social developments in the countries covered (Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Viet Nam). The analytical narratives on the economic transformation of these economies draw on existing literature, and highlight the interactions of socio-political factors. They examine the role of economic policies and the influence exerted by historical and political circumstances |
3A1657864243.jsonld | OECD reviews of school resources : flemish community of belgium 2015 | The effective use of school resources is a policy priority across OECD countries. The OECD Reviews of School Resources explore how resources can be governed, distributed, utilised and managed to improve the quality, equity and efficiency of school education. The series considers four types of resources: financial resources, such as public funding of individual schools; human resources, such as teachers, school leaders and education administrators; physical resources, such as location, buildings and equipment; and other resources such as learning time. This series offers timely policy advice to both governments and the education community. It includes both country reports and thematic studies. |
3A1006419519.jsonld | The Faust tales of Christoph Rosshirt : a critical edition with commentary | The first cohesive Faust narrative in facsimile form, German transcription, and (first-ever) English translation, plus a history of Faust illustrations and an assessment of Faust's historicity. Zusammenfassung: The Faust legend, which has come down to us most famously in Goethe's tragedy but also in countless other incarnations since the late sixteenth century, was first collected and presented as a cohesive narrative (in manuscript) by Christoph Rosshirt during the 1570s. Rosshirt was also the first to provide illustrations of Faust, hand-colored by Rosshirt himself. This book offers a critical edition of Rosshirt's six tales, including an introductory chapter, a facsimile of the manuscript, a transcription and first-ever English translation on facing pages, as well as a history of Faust illustrations, with Rosshirt's own illustrations and other examples up through Delacroix, the most complete survey of such illustrations to date. A final chapter rounds out the study with an assessment of Rosshirt's significance for the Faust tradition, a review of the evidence for a historical Faust, and a rejection of his historicity (because it is unprovable) in favor of his existence only in his story--a story Rosshirt helped to tell--and in our imaginations that animate that story"--(Provided by publisher.) Introduction : Faust, Christoph Rosshirt, and his manuscript -- Facsimile edition -- Annotated German transcription with English translation -- Faust illustrated from Rosshirt to Delacroix -- Faust's identity and the significance of Rosshirt's tales about him |
3A1027305784.jsonld | CMOS integrated lab-on-a-chip system for personalized biomedical diagnosis | A thorough examination of lab-on-a-chip circuit-level operations to improve system performance A rapidly aging population demands rapid, cost-effective, flexible, personalized diagnostics. Existing systems tend to fall short in one or more capacities, making the development of alternatives a priority. CMOS Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip System for Personalized Biomedical Diagnosis provides insight toward the solution, with a comprehensive, multidisciplinary reference to the next wave of personalized medicine technology. A standard complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) fabrication technology allows mass-production of large-array, miniaturized CMOS-integrated sensors from multi-modal domains with smart on-chip processing capability. This book provides an in-depth examination of the design and mechanics considerations that make this technology a promising platform for microfluidics, micro-electro-mechanical systems, electronics, and electromagnetics. From CMOS fundamentals to end-user applications, all aspects of CMOS sensors are covered, with frequent diagrams and illustrations that clarify complex structures and processes. Detailed yet concise, and designed to help students and engineers develop smaller, cheaper, smarter lab-on-a-chip systems, this invaluable reference: -Provides clarity and insight on the design of lab-on-a-chip personalized biomedical sensors and systems -Features concise analyses of the integration of microfluidics and micro-electro-mechanical systems -Highlights the use of compressive sensing, super-resolution, and machine learning through the use of smart SoC processing -Discusses recent advances in complementary metal oxide semiconductor-integrated lab-on-a-chip systems -Includes guidance on DNA sequencing and cell counting applications using dual-mode chemical/optical and energy harvesting sensors The conventional reliance on the microscope, flow cytometry, and DNA sequencing leaves diagnosticians tied to bulky, expensive equipment with a central problem of scale. Lab-on-a-chip technology eliminates these constraints while improving accuracy and flexibility, ushering in a new era of medicine. This book is an essential reference for students, researchers, and engineers working in diagnostic circuitry and microsystems.' 1.3 Objectives and Organization of this Book1.3.1 Objectives; 1.3.2 Organization; References; Chapter 2 CMOS Sensor Design; 2.1 Top Architecture; 2.2 Noise Overview; 2.2.1 Thermal Noise; 2.2.2 Flicker Noise; 2.2.3 Shot Noise; 2.2.4 MOSFET Noise Model; 2.3 Pixel Readout Circuit; 2.3.1 Source Follower; 2.3.2 Sub-threshold Gm Integrator; 2.3.3 CTIA; 2.4 Column Amplifier; 2.5 Column ADC; 2.5.1 Single-Slope ADC; 2.5.2 Sigma-Delta ADC; 2.6 Correlated Sampling; 2.6.1 Correlated Double Sampling; 2.6.2 Correlated Multiple Sampling; 2.7 Timing Control; 2.7.1 Row Timing Control Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Personalized Biomedical Diagnosis; 1.1.1 Personalized Diagnosis; 1.1.2 Conventional Biomedical Diagnostic Instruments; 1.1.2.1 Optical Microscope; 1.1.2.2 Flow Cytometer; 1.1.2.3 DNA Sequencer; 1.2 CMOS Sensor-based Lab-on-a-Chip for System Miniaturization; 1.2.1 CMOS Sensor-based Lab-on-a-Chip; 1.2.2 CMOS Sensor; 1.2.2.1 CMOS Process Fundamentals; 1.2.2.2 CMOS Sensor Technology; 1.2.2.3 Multimodal CMOS Sensor; 1.2.3 Microfluidics; 1.2.3.1 Microfluidic Fundamentals; 1.2.3.2 Microfluidics Fabrication 4.4.2 System Implementation4.4.3 Results; 4.5 Plasmonic Sensor for Circulating Tumor Cell Detection; 4.5.1 Introduction of CTC Detection; 4.5.2 SRR-based Oscillator for CTC Detection; 4.5.3 Sensitivity of SRR-based Oscillator; References; Chapter 5 CMOS Ultrasound Sensor; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 CMUT Pixel; 5.3 Readout Circuit; 5.4 A 320 × 320 CMUT-based Ultrasound Imaging System; 5.4.1 Top Architecture; 5.4.2 System Implementation; 5.4.2.1 Process Selection; 5.4.2.2 High Voltage Pulser; 5.4.2.3 Low-Noise Preamplifier and High Voltage Switch; 5.4.3 Results; 5.4.3.1 Simulation Results 4.2.1 Differential TL-SRR Resonator Design4.2.1.1 Stacked SRR Layout; 4.2.1.2 Comparison with Single-ended TL-SRR Resonator; 4.2.1.3 Comparison with Standing-Wave Resonator; 4.2.2 Differential TL-CSRR Resonator Design; 4.3 Readout Circuit; 4.3.1 Super-regenerative Amplification; 4.3.1.1 Equivalent Circuit of SRA; 4.3.1.2 Frequency Response of SRA; 4.3.1.3 Sensitivity of SRA; 4.3.2 Super-regenerative Receivers; 4.3.2.1 Quench-controlled Oscillation; 4.3.2.2 SRX Design by TL-CSRR; 4.3.2.3 SRX Design by TL-SRR; 4.4 A 135 GHz Imager; 4.4.1 135 GHz DTL-SRR-based Receiver 2.7.2 Column Timing Control2.8 LVDS Interface; References; Chapter 3 CMOS Impedance Sensor; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 CMOS Impedance Pixel; 3.3 Readout Circuit; 3.4 A 96 × 96 Electronic Impedance Sensing System; 3.4.1 Top Architecture; 3.4.2 System Implementation; 3.4.2.1 System Setup; 3.4.2.2 Sample Preparation; 3.4.3 Results; 3.4.3.1 Data Fitting for Single Cell Impedance Measurement; 3.4.3.2 Cell and Electrode Impedance Analysis; 3.4.3.3 EIS for Single-Cell Impedance Enumeration; References; Chapter 4 CMOS Terahertz Sensor; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 CMOS THz Pixel |
3A1758073950.jsonld | Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East | Interrogates whether the British government has learned anything from its interventions in the Middle East, from the 1950s to 2016. Learning from history helps states to create foreign and security policy that builds upon successes and avoids past mistakes. Drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and intelligence agency officials, Louise Kettle questions whether the British government has learned anything from its military interventions in the Middle East. She provides an extended commentary on military interventions in the Middle East since the 1950s, including a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Whitehall decision-making and a critical examination of the 2016 Iraq Inquiry report. The result is a highly original account of key political events that challenges the claims of lessons being learned from recent wars. This book comes at a decisive moment as the ongoing war against Daesh, conflicts in Syria, and Saudi–Iran tensions continue to leave British action in the region as a contemporary reality where lessons from the past could prevent the British government from making the same mistakes again and again. |
3A1045552216.jsonld | Practical Computer Vision Applications Using Deep Learning with CNNs : With Detailed Examples in Python Using TensorFlow and Kivy | Deploy deep learning applications into production across multiple platforms. You will work on computer vision applications that use the convolutional neural network (CNN) deep learning model and Python. This book starts by explaining the traditional machine-learning pipeline, where you will analyze an image dataset. Along the way you will cover artificial neural networks (ANNs), building one from scratch in Python, before optimizing it using genetic algorithms. For automating the process, the book highlights the limitations of traditional hand-crafted features for computer vision and why the CNN deep-learning model is the state-of-art solution. CNNs are discussed from scratch to demonstrate how they are different and more efficient than fully connected networks. You will implement a CNN in Python to give you a full understanding of the model. After consolidating the basics, you will use TensorFlow to build a practical image-recognition application and make the pre-trained models accessible over the Internet using Flask. Using Kivy and NumPy, you will create cross-platform data science applications with low overheads. This book will help you apply deep learning and computer vision concepts from scratch, step-by-step from conception to production. You will: Understand how ANNs and CNNs work Create computer vision applications and CNNs from scratch using Python Follow a deep learning project from conception to production using TensorFlow Use NumPy with Kivy to build cross-platform data science applications 1. Recognition in Computer Vision -- 2. Artificial Neural Network -- 3. Classification using ANN with Engineered Features -- 4. ANN Parameters Optimization -- 5. Convolutional Neural Networks -- 6. TensorFlow Recognition Application -- 7. Deploying Pre-Trained Models -- 8. Cross-Platform Data Science Applications.Appendix: Uploading Projects to PyPI |
3A837921864.jsonld | Physics in a mad world : Houtermans ; Golfand | Beginnings -- Gottingen -- Berlin -- 1933 -- London -- Impressions of Kharkov -- Kharkov: 1935-1937 -- Arrests -- Last months in the USSR -- (from Charlotte Houtermans' diary) -- Descent into the prisons: 1937-39 -- From desperation to hope (continuation of Charlotte Houtermans' diary) -- Fighting for freedom -- Descent into the prisons: 1939-40 -- The bridge over the river Bug -- On the other shore -- Back in Berlin -- The plutonium report -- "They should accelerate!" -- Back in Kharkov -- Kharkov trace (what happened at the session of the academy of sciences) -- Who are Beck and Godin? -- War's end -- The age of the earth -- Friends on Houtermans |
3A1811917232.jsonld | Roma portraits in history : Roma civic emancipation elite in Central, South-Eastern and Eastern Europe from the 19th century until World War II | The book presents the life, visions and activities of the nascent Roma civic elite who initiated the movement for Roma civic emancipation. The book Roma Portraits in History, in the form of individual portraits, presents the life trajectory, visions and specific actions put forward by the nascent Roma elite and its leading representatives concerning the present and future of their community. The book is based on a rich source base of key original archival documents, in multiple languages, including Romani language, discovered in countries across the region of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, all of which showcase ‘Roma elite’ visions and action. To fulfil the general picture case studies of representatives from Spain and the US are also included. |
3A664445829.jsonld | Statistical pattern recognition | "The book describes techniques for analysing data comprising measurements made on individuals or objects."-- " Statistical Pattern Recognition provides an introduction to statistical pattern theory and techniques, with material drawn from a wide range of fields, including the areas of engineering, statistics, computer science and the social sciences. The book describes techniques for analysing data comprising measurements made on individuals or objects.. The techniques are used to make a prediction such as disease of a patient, the type of object illuminated by a radar, economic forecast. Emphasis is placed on techniques for classification, a term used for predicting the class or group an object belongs to (based on a set of exemplars) and for methods that seek to discover natural groupings in a data set. Each section concludes with a description of the wide range of practical applications that have been addressed and the further developments of theoretical techniques and includes a variety of exercises, from 'open-book' questions to more lengthy projects. New material is presented, including the analysis of complex networks and basic techniques for analysing the properties of datasets and also introduces readers to the use of variational methods for Bayesian density estimation and looks at new applications in biometrics and security. "-- |
3A1786885239.jsonld | Gender, judging and the courts in Africa : selected studies | "Women judges are playing increasingly prominent roles in many African judiciaries, yet there remains very little comparative research on the subject. Drawing on extensive cross-national data and theoretical and empirical analysis, this book provides a timely and broad-ranging assessment of gender and judging in African judiciaries. Employing different theoretical approaches, the book investigates how women have fared within domestic African judiciaries, as both actors and litigants. It explores how women negotiate multiple hierarchies to access the judiciary, and how gender-related issues are handled in courts. The chapters in the book provide policy, theoretical and practical prescriptions to the challenges identified, and offer recommendations for the future directions of gender and judging in the post-Covid-19 era, including the role of technology, artificial intelligence, social media, and institutional transformations that can help promote women's rights. Bringing together specific cases from Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa, and regional bodies such as ECOWAS and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, and covering a broad range of thematic reflections, this book will be of interest to scholars, students and practitioners of African law, judicial politics, judicial training, and gender studies. It will also be useful to bilateral and multilateral donor institutions financing gender sensitive judicial reform programs particularly in Africa"-- |
3A1640962174.jsonld | People changing places : new perspectives on demography, migration, conflict, and the state | Demography, migration, conflict, and the state : the contentious politics of connecting people to places / Isabelle Côté and Matthew I. Mitchell -- "Sons of the soil" : conflicts and autochthony : bridging the literatures / Ragnhild Nordås -- This land is whose land? : "sons of the soil" conflicts in Darfur / Johan Brosché and Ralph Sundberg -- Ethnic census-taking, instability, and armed conflict / Håvard Strand, Henrik Urdal, and Isabelle Côté -- Internal migration, political liberalization, and violent conflict in authoritarian China / Isabelle Côté -- The concept of "rootedness" in the struggle for political power in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s / Pål Kolstø -- How homelands change : lessons from the experience of two Israeli nationalist movements / Nadav G. Shelef -- Sons of the Soviet soil and the collapse of the USSR / Monica Duffy Toft -- Migration and conflict in OECD countries / Michael S. Teitelbaum -- Ethnic nationalism or relaxed assimilation? : the response of dominant ethnic groups to immigration in the Anglo-Saxon world / Eric Kaufmann -- Concluding remarks on the politics of people changing places / Monica Duffy Tof |
3A1778784291.jsonld | Verleihung der Bruno Snell-Plakette an Fritz Stern. Reden zur Festveranstaltung am 19. November 2002 an der Universität Hamburg | This volume brings together speeches made on the occasion of the presentation of the Bruno Snell plaque to the historian Prof. Fritz Stern |
3A1649978375.jsonld | Partial Inner Product Spaces : Theory and Applications | Partial Inner Product (PIP) Spaces are ubiquitous, e.g. Rigged Hilbert spaces, chains of Hilbert or Banach spaces (such as the Lebesgue spaces Lp over the real line), etc. In fact, most functional spaces used in (quantum) physics and in signal processing are of this type. The book contains a systematic analysis of PIP spaces and operators defined on them. Numerous examples are described in detail and a large bibliography is provided. Finally, the last chapters cover the many applications of PIP spaces in physics and in signal/image processing, respectively. As such, the book will be useful both for researchers in mathematics and practitioners of these disciplines General Theory: Algebraic Point of View -- General Theory: Topological Aspects -- Operators on PIP-Spaces and Indexed PIP-Spaces -- Examples of Indexed PIP-Spaces -- Refinements of PIP-Spaces -- Partial #x002A;-Algebras of Operators in a PIP-Space -- Applications in Mathematical Physics -- PIP-Spaces and Signal Processing |
3A789492393.jsonld | JavaScript & jQuery : the missing manual ; [covers jQuery UI] | JavaScript lets you supercharge your web pages with animation, interactivity, and visual effects, but learning the language isn't easy. This fully updated and expanded guide takes you step-by-step through JavaScript basics, then shows you how to save time and effort with jQuery--the library of prewritten JavaScript code--and the newest innovations from the jQuery UI plug-in |
3A1650220375.jsonld | Chemical Cosmology | The composition of the most remote objects brought into view by the Hubble telescope can no longer be reconciled with the nucleogenesis of standard cosmology and the alternative explanation, in terms of the Cold-Dark-Matter model, has no recognizable chemical basis. A more rational scheme, based on the chemistry and periodicity of atomic matter, opens up an exciting new interpretation of the cosmos in terms of projective geometry and general relativity. The response of atomic structure to environmental pressure predicts non-Doppler cosmical redshifts and equilibrium nucleogenesis by -particle addition, in accord with observed periodic variation of nuclear abundance. Inferred cosmic self similarity elucidates the Bode -Titius law, general commensurability in the solar system and the occurrence of quantum phenomena on a cosmic scale. The generalized periodic function involves both matter and anti-matter in an involuted mapping to a closed projective plane. This topology ensures the same symmetrical balance in a chiral universe, wrapped around an achiral vacuum interface, without singularities. A new cosmology emerges, based on the theory of projective relativity, presented here as a translation of Veblen's original German text. Not only does it provide a unification of gravity, electromagnetism and quantum theory, through gauge invariance, but also supports the solution of the gravitational field equations, obtained by Gödel for a rotating universe. The appearance of an Einstein-Rosen bridge as outlet from a black hole, into conjugate anti-space, accounts for globular clusters, quasars, cosmic radiation, ray bursters, pulsars, radio sources and other regions of plasma activity. The effects of a multiply-connected space-time manifold on observations in an Euclidean tangent space are unpredictable and a complete re-assessment of the size and structure of the universe is indicated. The target readership includes scientists, as well as non-scientists - everybody with a scientific or philosophical interest in cosmology and, especially those cosmologists and mathematicians with the ability to recast the crude ideas presented here into appropriate mathematical models. |
3A562703810.jsonld | Critical companion to Zora Neale Hurston : a literary reference to her life and work | Part I: Biography -- Part II: Works A-Z -- Part III: Related People, Places, and Topics -- Part IV: Appendices -- Bibliography of Zora Neale Hurston's Works -- Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources -- Zora Neale Hurston Chronology |
3A1043732217.jsonld | The Emerald handbook of entrepreneurship in tourism, travel and hospitality : skills for successful ventures | This book is a practical handbook for entrepreneurship in tourism related industries. The book will provide students and prospective entrepreneurs with the knowledge, know-how and best practices in order to assist them in planning, implementing and managing business ventures in the field of tourism.It constitutes a valuable contribution to developing the necessary knowledge, competencies and skills of entrepreneurial decision-making and ventures. It would serve as a guide for those studying entrepreneurship and preparing for entrepreneurial careers as well as a reference for the practical use of entrepreneurs at the planning, implementation, operation and evaluation stages of building a tourism business. Examples from the industry/business world are provided to illustrate real-life practice and give readers a better understanding of entrepreneurship in tourism. |
3A1657423921.jsonld | East Asia’s Economic Integration : Progress and Benefit | This book claims that de jure economic integration is in progress in East Asia, after the advancement of de facto integration. The book contains new international trade theory, spatial economics, data-work empirical studies, and field studies on various scenarios of de jure economic integration |
3A1657452220.jsonld | Advances in understanding strategic behaviour : game theory, experiments, and bounded rationality ; essays in honour of Werner Güth | This volume contains sixteen original articles documenting recent progress in understanding strategic behaviour. In their variety they reflect an entire spectrum of coexisting approaches: from orthodox game theory via behavioural game theory, bounded rationality and economic psychology to experimental economics. There are plenty of new models and insights but the book also illustrates the boundaries of what we know today and explains the frontiers of tomorrow. The articles were written in honour of Werner Güth |
3A1618344072.jsonld | The Silk Road : a new history | At the Crossroads of Central Asia : The Kingdom of Kroraina -- Gateway to the Languages of the Silk Road : Kucha and the Kizil Caves -- Midway Between China and Iran : Turfan -- Homeland of the Sogdians, the Silk Road Traders : Samarkand and Sogdiana -- The Cosmopolitan Terminus of the Silk Road : Historic Chang'an, Modern-day Xi'an -- The Time Capsule of Silk Road History : The Dunhuang Caves -- Entryway into Xinjiang for Buddhism and Islam : Khotan -- Conclusion: The History of the Overland Routes Through Central Asia |
3A1848627246.jsonld | Contemporary Cuba : the post-Castro era | "This completely revised and updated edition of Contemporary Cuba focuses on Cuba since Raúl Castro stepped down as president in 2018. The book offers a comprehensive description and analysis of contemporary Cuban politics, economy, international relations, and society. All but two of the twenty-seven articles were written expressly for this volume, in a style accessible for a broad audience. Ideally suited for students and general readers seeking to understand this small yet still influential country, the book includes a substantive introduction setting the historical context, as well as introductions to each topical section and a chronology"-- |
3A1023449013.jsonld | Recent developments in public finance | This authoritative collection presents seminal papers from leading academics charting recent developments in public finance. The two-volume set encompasses numerous sections including the public sector in a market economy, market imperfections, growth implications of public policies and efficiency and distributive implications of public policies. Professor Tanzi and Dr Zee have selected key papers to reflect the scholarly debates and pivotal arguments surrounding this field of study. This indispensable collection, with an original introduction by the editors, will be of immense value to students, scholars and practitioners interested in this topical and relevant subject Recommended readings (Machine generated): George J. Stigler (1968), 'The Government of the Economy', in George J. Stigler and Paul A. Samuelson (eds), A Dialogue on the Proper Economic Role of the State, Chapter 1, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Business School, 3-20 -- Kenneth J. Arrow (1977), 'The Organization of Economic Activity: Issues Pertinent to the Choice of Market Versus Nonmarket Allocation', in Robert H. Haveman and Julius Margolis (eds), Public Expenditure and Policy Analysis, Chapter 2, 2nd edition, Chicago, IL: Rand McNally College Publishing Company, 67-81 -- Vito Tanzi (2005), 'The Economic Role of the State in the 21st Century', Cato Journal, 25 (3), Fall, 617-38 -- George A. Akerlof (1970), 'The Market for "Lemons " Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84 (3), August, 488-500 -- Mancur Olson (1982), 'The Logic', in The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation and Social Rigidities, Chapter 2, New Haven, CT and London, UK: Yale University Press, 17-35, references -- R.H. Coase (1994), 'The Institutional Structure of Production', in Essays on Economics and Economists, Chapter 1, Chicago, IL and London, UK: University of Chicago Press, 3-14 -- Avinash Dixit and Mancur Olson (2000), 'Does Voluntary Participation Undermine the Coase Theorem?', Journal of Public Economics, 76 (3), June, 309-35 -- Avinash Dixit (2009), 'Governance Institutions and Economic Activity', American Economic Review, 99 (1), March, 5-24 -- T. Nicolaus Tideman and Gordon Tullock (1976), 'A New and Superior Process for Making Social Choices', Journal of Political Economy, 84 (6), December, 1145-59 -- James M. Buchanan (1983), 'The Public Choice Perspective', Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice/Economia delle Scelte Pubbliche, I (1), 7-15 -- Theodore Bergstrom, Lawrence Blume and Hal Varian (1986), 'On the Private Provision of Public Goods', Journal of Public Economics, 29, 25-49 -- Amartya Sen (1999), 'The Possibility of Social Choice', American Economic Review, 89 (3), June, 349-78 -- Rebecca M. Blank (2000), 'When Can Public Policy Makers Rely on Private Markets? The Effective Provision of Social Services', Economic Journal, 110 (462), March, C34-C49 -- Jean-Jacques Laffont and David Martimort (2002), 'Incentives in Economic Thought', in The Theory of Incentives: The Principal- Agent Model, Chapter 1, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 7-27, references -- Edmund S. Phelps (1973), 'Taxation of Wage Income for Economic Justice', Quarterly Journal of Economics, LXXVII (3), August, 331-54 -- John Rawls (1974), 'Some Reasons for the Maximin Criterion', American Economic Review, 64 (2), May, 141-6 -- Arthur M. Okun (1975), 'Increasing Equality in an Efficient Economy', in Equality and Efficiency: The Big Tradeoff, Chapter 4, Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 88-120 -- A.B. Atkinson and J.E. Stiglitz (1976), 'The Design of Tax Structure: Direct Versus Indirect Taxation', Journal of Public Economics, 6 (1-2), July-August, 55-75 -- J.A. Mirrlees (1982), 'The Economic Uses of Utilitarianism', in Amartya Sen and Bernard Williams (eds), Utilitarianism and Beyond, Chapter 3, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 63-84, references James Tobin (1996), 'Prologue', in Mahbub ul Haq, Inge Kaul and Isabelle Grunberg (eds), The Tobin Tax: Coping with Financial Volatility, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ix-xviii -- Peter Birch Sørensen (2004), 'International Tax Coordination: Regionalism Versus Globalism', Journal of Public Economics, 88, 1187-214 -- Jeffrey A. Frankel (2006), 'Twin Deficits and Twin Decades', in Richard W. Kopcke, Geoffrey M.B. Tootell and Robert K. Triest (eds), The Macroeconomics of Fiscal Policy, Cambridge, MA and London, UK: MIT Press, 321-35 -- James R. Hines Jr. (2007), 'Corporate Taxation and International Competition', in Alan J. Auerbach, James R. Hines Jr. and Joel Slemrod (eds), Taxing Corporate Income in the 21st Century, Chapter 7, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 268-95 -- Stanley Fischer (1980), 'Dynamic Inconsistency, Cooperation and the Benevolent Dissembling Government', Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2 (1), February, 93-107 -- Mats Persson, Torsten Persson and Lars E.O. Svensson (1987), 'Time Consistency of Fiscal and Monetary Policy', Econometrica, 55 (6), November, 1419-31 -- Fabrizio Balassone and Daniele Franco (2000), 'Public Investment, the Stability Pact and the "Golden Rule", Fiscal Studies, 21 (2), 207-29 -- George Kopits (2007), 'Fiscal Responsibility Framework: International Experience and Implications for Hungary', MNB Occasional Paper, 62, 7-16 and 21-4 -- David Alan Aschauer (1989), 'Is Public Expenditure Productive?', Journal of Monetary Economics, 23, 177-200 -- Robert J. Barro (1990), 'Government Spending in a Simple Model of Endogenous Growth', Journal of Political Economy, 98 (5, Part 2), October, S103-S125 -- William Easterly and Sergio Rebelo (1993), 'Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Investigation', Journal of Monetary Economics, 32, 417-58 -- Nancy L. Stokey and Sergio Rebelo (1995), 'Growth Effects of Flat-Rate Taxes', Journal of Political Economy, 103 (3), June, 519-50 -- Kevin A. Hassett and R. Glenn Hubbard (1997), 'Tax Policy and Investment', in Alan J. Auerbach (ed.), Fiscal Policy: Lessons from Economic Research, Chapter 8, Cambridge, MA and London, UK: MIT Press, 339-85 -- Alan J. Auerbach (2008), 'Tax Reform in the Twenty-first Century', in John W. Diamond and George R. Zodrow (eds), Fundamental Tax Reform: Issues, Choices and Implications, Chapter 1, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 27-59, references Don Fullerton and Diane Lim Rogers (1991), 'Lifetime Versus Annual Perspectives on Tax Incidence', National Tax Journal, XLIV (3), 277-87 -- Assar Lindbeck, Sten Nyberg and Jörgen W. Weibull (2003), 'Social Norms and Welfare State Dynamics', Journal of the European Economic Association, 1 (2-3), April-May, 533-42 -- Yan Chen and Sherry Xin Li (2009), 'Group Identity and Social Preferences', American Economic Review, 99 (1), March, 431-57 -- Roger H. Gordon (1983), 'An Optimal Taxation Approach to Fiscal Federalism', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 98 (4), November, 567-86 -- Martin C. McGuire (1991), 'Group Composition, Collective Consumption, and Collaborative Production', American Economic Review, 81 (5), December, 1391-407 -- Oded Hochman, David Pines and Jacques-François Thisse (1995), 'On the Optimal Structure of Local Governments', American Economic Review, 85 (5), December, 1224-40 -- Wallace E. Oates (1999), 'An Essay on Fiscal Federalism', Journal of Economic Literature, XXXVII (3), September, 1120-49 -- Todd Sandler (2002), 'Demand and Institutions for Regional Public Goods', in Antoni Estevadeordal, Brian Frantz and Tam Robert Nguyen (eds), Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice, Chapter 1, Washington, DC: Inter-American Development Bank and Asian Development Bank, 1 1-30 -- Robin Boadway (2006), 'Intergovernmental Redistributive Transfers: Efficiency and Equity', in Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio (eds), Handbook of Fiscal Federalism, Chapter 14, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar, 355-80 -- Agnar Sandmo (2003), 'International Aspects of Public Goods Provision', in Inge Kaul, Pedro Conceição, Katell Le Goulven and Ronald U. Mendoza (eds), Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1 12-30 -- Alan S. Blinder and Robert M. Solow (1973), 'Does Fiscal Policy Matter?', Journal of Public Economics, 2 (4), November, 319-37 -- Robert J. Barro (1974), 'Are Government Bonds Net Wealth?', Journal of Political Economy, 82 (6), November-December, 1095-117 -- Vito Tanzi (1978), 'Inflation, Real Tax Revenue, and the Case for Inflationary Finance: Theory with an Application to Argentina', International Monetary Fund Staff Papers, 25 (3), September, 417-51 -- Thomas J. Sargent and Neil Wallace (1981), 'Some Unpleasant Monetarist Arithmetic', Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, Fall, 1-17 -- Olivier J. Blanchard (1985), 'Debt, Deficits, and Finite Horizons', Journal of Political Economy, 93 (2), April, 223-47 -- Alan J. Auerbach, Jagadeesh Gokhale and Laurence J. Kotlikoff (1991), 'Generational Accounts: A Meaningful Alternative to Deficit Accounting', in David Bradford (ed.), Tax Policy and the Economy, 5, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 55-110 -- Vito Tanzi, Mario I. Blejer and Mario O. Teijeiro (1993), 'Effects of Inflation on Measurement of Fiscal Deficits: Conventional Versus Operational Measures', in Mario I. Blejer and Adrienne Cheasty (eds), How to Measure the Fiscal Deficit: Analytical and Methodological Issues, Chapter 9, Washington, DC: International Monetary Fund, 175-204 -- Hana Polackova Brixi and Ashoka Mody (2002), 'Dealing with Government Fiscal Risk: An Overview', in Hana Polackova Brixi and Allen Schick (eds), Government at Risk: Contingent Liabilities and Fiscal Risk, Chapter 1, Washington, DC: World Bank and Oxford University Press, 21-58 -- Jacob A. Frenkel and Assaf Razin (1988), 'Introduction', 'Government Spending Policies', 'Tax Policies', 'Concluding Remarks' in Spending, Taxes, and Deficits: International- Intertemporal Approach, Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4, Princeton, NJ: International Finance Section, Department of Economics, Princeton University, 1-44 |
3A1838283110.jsonld | Statistical methods for data analysis : with applications in particle physics | This third edition expands on the original material. Large portions of the text have been reviewed and clarified. More emphasis is devoted to machine learning including more modern concepts and examples. This book provides the reader with the main concepts and tools needed to perform statistical analyses of experimental data, in particular in the field of high-energy physics (HEP).It starts with an introduction to probability theory and basic statistics, mainly intended as a refresher from readers' advanced undergraduate studies, but also to help them clearly distinguish between the Frequentist and Bayesian approaches and interpretations in subsequent applications. Following, the author discusses Monte Carlo methods with emphasis on techniques like Markov Chain Monte Carlo, and the combination of measurements, introducing the best linear unbiased estimator. More advanced concepts and applications are gradually presented, including unfolding and regularization procedures, culminating in the chapter devoted to discoveries and upper limits.The reader learns through many applications in HEP where the hypothesis testing plays a major role and calculations of look-elsewhere effect are also presented. Many worked-out examples help newcomers to the field and graduate students alike understand the pitfalls involved in applying theoretical concepts to actual data |
3A642954054.jsonld | English women, religion, and textual production, 1500 - 1625 | Introduction: women, religious communities, prose genres, and textual production / Micheline White -- Living stones: Lady Elizabeth Russell and the art of sacred conversation / Patricia Phillippy -- Theise dearest offrings of my heart: the sacrifice of praise in Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke's Psalmes / Mary Trull -- Anne Dacre Howard, Countess of Arundel, and Catholic patronage / Susannah Brietz Monta -- Ensigne-bearers of Saint Clare: Elizabeth Evelinge's early translations and the restoration of England franciscanism / Jaime Goodrich -- Lady Anne Clifford and the uses of Christian warfare / Julie Crawford -- Prospecting for common ground in devotion: Queen Katherine parr's personal prayerbook / Janel Mueller -- "Halff a scrypture woman": heteroglossia and female authorial agency in prayers by Lady Elizabeth Tyrwhit, Anne Lock, and Anne Wheathill / Susan M. Felch -- Authority, scripture, and typography in Lady Grace Mildmay's manuscript meditations / Kate Narveson -- Lady Margaret Beaufort's translations as mirrors as practical piety / Brenda M. Hosington -- "Nether bitterly nor brablingly": Lady Anne Cooke Bacon's translation of Bishop Jewel's Apologia ecclesiae anglicanae / Patricia Demers |
3A847380289.jsonld | The Routledge companion to biology in art and architecture | Biologies and Architectural Histories -- Biologies and Architectural Theories and Practices -- Biologies and Art Histories -- Biologies and Art Theories and Practices |
3A1695009010.jsonld | Family power : kinship, war and political orders in Eurasia, 500-2018 | Since the seventeenth century, scholars have argued that kinship as an organizing principle and political order are antithetical. This book shows that this was simply not the case. Kinship, as a principle of legitimacy and in the shape of dynasties, was fundamental to political order. Throughout the last one and a half millennia of European and Middle Eastern history, elite families and polities evolved in symbiosis. By demonstrating this symbiosis as a basis for successful polities, Peter Haldén unravels long-standing theories of the state and of modernity. Most social scientists focus on coercion as a central facet of the state and indeed of power. Instead, Halden argues that much more attention must be given to collaboration, consent and common identity and institutions as elements of political order. He also demonstrates that democracy and individualism are not necessary features of modernity. |
3A1858046440.jsonld | Numerical exploration of Fourier Transform and Fourier Series : the power spectrum of driven damped oscillators | This book presents practical demonstrations of numerically calculating or obtaining Fourier Transform. In particular, the authors demonstrate how to obtain frequencies that are present in numerical data and utilizes Mathematica to illustrate the calculations. This book also contains numerical solution of differential equation of driven damped oscillator using 4th order Runge-Kutta method. Numerical solutions are compared with analytical solutions, and the behaviors of mechanical system are also depicted by plotting velocity versus displacement rather than displaying displacement as a function of time. This book is useful to physical science and engineering professionals who often need to obtain frequencies present in numerical data using the discrete Fourier transform. This book: Aids readers to numerically calculate or obtain frequencies that are present in numerical data, Explores the use of the discrete Fourier transform and demonstrates practical numerical calculation, Utilizes 4th order Runge-Kutta method and Mathematica for the numerical solution of differential equation Keywords: Discrete Fourier Transform, Phase Space, Fourier Series, Fourier Transform, Numerics, Mathematica, Power Spectrum, Driven Damped Oscillators, 4th Order Runge-Kutta Method |
3A1651256918.jsonld | Air and gas drilling manual : applications for oil and gas recovery wells and geothermal fluids recovery wells | Introduction and units -- Air and gas versus mud -- Surface equipment -- Downhole equipment -- Compressors and nitrogen generators -- Direct circulation models -- Reverse circulation models -- Air, gas and unstable foam drilling -- Aerated fluids drilling -- Stable foam drilling -- Specialized downhole drilling equipment -- Underbalanced drilling |
3A1657214044.jsonld | Unlocking the Potential of Youth Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries : From Subsistence to Performance | Demographic pressure and the youth bulge in the developing world pose a major employment challenge. This situation is exacerbated by insufficient job creation, scarce formal wage employment opportunities and vulnerability in the workplace. For these reasons, fostering youth entrepreneurship has gained importance in the global and national development policy agenda. This report aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on the role of youth entrepreneurship in generating employment in developing countries. It is based on the analysis of mixed labour force and enterprise surveys conducted in Côte d’Ivoire, Madagascar, Peru and Viet Nam, as well as evidence on the impact of entrepreneurship programmes. This report’s findings add to the global debate on youth entrepreneurship in three important ways. First, it constitutes an unprecedented effort to capture the real situations and multiple faces of young entrepreneurs in selected developing countries. Second, it provides new empirical evidence on the determinants of youth entrepreneurial performance. Third, it proposes a policy roadmap based on lessons learned from recent meta-analyses of the effectiveness of entrepreneurship programmes. |
3A1659478189.jsonld | The role of emotion and emotion regulation in job stress and well being | This series promotes theory and research in the growing area of occupational stress, health and well being, and in the process, showcases the work of the best researchers and theorists who contribute to this area. Furthermore, the series promotes the development of truly path-breaking contributions that significantly advance theory and provide specific directions for future work. Each volume of this series has a specific theme and provides a rich compilation of the insights of the top researchers from a variety of fields concerning what we know about work stress and well being and what the critical gaps are that most need attention for the field to progress. The theme for volume 11 concerns the role of emotion and emotion regulation in job stress and well-being. |
3A1652325123.jsonld | Financial Modeling, Actuarial Valuation and Solvency in Insurance | 1.Introduction -- Part I: Financial Valuation Principles -- 2.State price deflators and stochastic discounting -- 3.spot rate models -- 4.Stochastic forward rate and yield curve modeling -- 5.Pricing of financial assets -- Part II: Actuarial Valuation and Solvency -- 6.Actuarial and financial modeling -- 7.Valuation portfolio -- 8.Protected valuation portfolio -- 9.Solvency -- 10.Selected topics and examples -- Part III: Appendix -- 11.Auxiliary considerations -- References -- Index. Risk management for financial institutions is one of the key topics the financial industry has to deal with. The present volume is a mathematically rigorous text on solvency modeling. Currently, there are many new developments in this area in the financial and insurance industry (Basel III and Solvency II), but none of these developments provides a fully consistent and comprehensive framework for the analysis of solvency questions. Merz and Wüthrich combine ideas from financial mathematics (no-arbitrage theory, equivalent martingale measure), actuarial sciences (insurance claims modeling, cash flow valuation) and economic theory (risk aversion, probability distortion) to provide a fully consistent framework. Within this framework they then study solvency questions in incomplete markets, analyze hedging risks, and study asset-and-liability management questions, as well as issues like the limited liability options, dividend to shareholder questions, the role of re-insurance, etc. This work embeds the solvency discussion (and long-term liabilities) into a scientific framework and is intended for researchers as well as practitioners in the financial and actuarial industry, especially those in charge of internal risk management systems. Readers should have a good background in probability theory and statistics, and should be familiar with popular distributions, stochastic processes, martingales, etc. |
3A1812847173.jsonld | Practical channel-aware resource allocation : with MATLAB and Python code | This book dives into radio resource allocation optimizations, a research area for wireless communications, in a pragmatic way and not only includes wireless channel conditions but also incorporates the channel in a simple and practical fashion via well-understood equations. Most importantly, the book presents a practical perspective by modeling channel conditions using terrain-aware propagation which narrows the gap between purely theoretical work and that of industry methods. The provided propagation modeling reflects industry grade scenarios for radio environment map and hence makes the channel based resource allocation presented in the book a field-grade view. Also, the book provides large scale simulations that account for realistic locations with terrain conditions that can produce realistic scenarios applicable in the field. Most portions of the book are accompanied with MATLAB code and occasionally MATLAB/Python/C code. The book is intended for graduate students, academics, researchers of resource allocation in mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering departments as well as working professionals/engineers in wireless industry. Presents radio resource allocation optimizations, including wireless channel conditions and incorporating the channel in a simple and practical fashion; Includes a mathematical analysis of resource allocation with a practical industry-like propagation model; Provides an introduction of terrain-based propagation modeling into radio resource allocation optimization. |
3A86060991X.jsonld | Education, Occupation and Social Origin : A Comparative Analysis of the Transmission of Socio-Economic Inequalities | This innovative book takes a comparative approach to the social origin-education-destination triangle (OED), looking at the intergenerational transmission of advantage in 14 countries. The intention is to debate the claim that education is the 'great social equalizer'. The contributors examine the relation between family background, education and occupational achievement over time and across educational levels, focusing on the relationship between individuals' social origins and their income and occupational outcomes. It will be of interest to academics and students of social policy and those 14. Social origin, education and socio-economic inequalities: trends in the United Kingdom -- 15. Education and the intergenerational transmission of advantage in the US -- 16. The intergenerational transmission of inequality and education in fourteen countries: a comparison -- Index Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: education as the great equalizer: a theoretical framework -- 2. Inequality of educational returns in France: changes in the effect of education and social background on occupational careers -- 3. Legacies of the past: social origin, educational attainment and labour-market outcomes in Germany -- 4. Inequality in educational returns in Hungary -- 5. Changes in the stratification process in Israel, 1995-2008 -- 6. Social background and education in occupational attainment in Italy 7. Inequality in educational returns in Japan -- 8. Social origin and inequality in educational returns in the Dutch labour market -- 9. Direct social origin effects and educational returns in Norway -- 10. The effects of parental social background on labour market outcomes in Russia -- 11. Is education the great equalizer for the chances of social mobility in Spain? -- 12. The direct and indirect effects of social background on occupational positions in Sweden: new evidence on old questions -- 13. Inequalities in returns to education in Switzerland |
3A657243361.jsonld | Teaching mathematics online : emergent technologies and methodologies | "This book shares theoretical and applied pedagogical models and systems used in math e-learning including the use of computer supported collaborative learning, which is common to most e-learning practices"-- |
3A845553135.jsonld | Slang : a very short introduction | Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of Shakespeare and Dickens. It has been recorded since at least 1500 AD, and today's vocabulary, taken from every major English-speaking country, runs to over 125,000 slang words and phrases. This Very Short Introduction takes readers on a wide-ranging tour of this fascinating sub-set of the English language. It considers the meaning and origins of the word 'slang' itself, the ideas that a make a word 'slang', the long-running themes that run through slang, and the history of slang's many dictionaries. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
3A1645351181.jsonld | Hartree-Fock-Slater Method for Materials Science : The DV-Xα Method for Design and Characterization of Materials | Molecular-orbital calculations for materials design such as alloys, ceramics, and coordination compounds are now possible for experimentalists. Molecuar-orbital calculations for the interpretation of chemical effect of spectra are also possible for experimentalists. The most suitable molecular-orbital calculation method for these purpose is the DV-Xa method, which is robust in such a way that the calculation converges to a result even if the structure of the molecule or solid is impossible in the pressure and temperature ranges on earth. This book specially addresses the methods to design novel materials and to predict the spectrallline shape of unknown materials using the DV-Xa molecular-orbital method, but is also useful for those who want to calculate electronic structures of materials using any kinds of method. TOC:1.- DV-X-alpha method and molecular structure.- 2. Alloy design based on DV-X-alpha cluster method.- 3. Chemical bonding around lattice imperfections in 3D-transition metal compounds.- 4. Application of the DV-X-alpha calculation to investigation of oxide ceramics.- 5. Magnetic properties.- 6. Optical materials.- 7. Heavy elements.- 8. Rediative transition.- 9. Response to the creation of a core hole in transition metal compounds.- 10. Determining electronic structure from Auger spectra in cluster approximation |
3A1844978923.jsonld | C how to program : with case studies introducing applications programming and systems programming | For courses in computer programming. A user-friendly, code-intensive introduction to C programming with case studies introducing applications and system programming C How to Program is a comprehensive introduction to programming in C. Like other texts of the Deitels How to Program series, the books modular presentation serves as a detailed beginner source of information for college students looking to embark on a career in coding, or instructors and software-development professionals seeking to learn how to program with C. The signature Deitel live-code approach presents concepts in the context of 142 full-working programs rather than incomplete snips of code. This gives students a chance to run each program as they study it and see how their learning applies to real-world programming scenariosCurrent standards, contemporary practice, and hands-on learning opportunities are integrated throughout the 9th Edition. Over 340 new integrated Self-Check exercises with answers allow students to test their understanding of important concepts and check their code as they read. New and enhanced case studies and exercises use real-world data and focus on the latest ACM/IEEE computing curricula recommendations, highlighting security, data science, ethics, privacy, and performance concepts. students work through hundreds of short, auto-graded coding exercises and receive immediate and helpful feedback based on their work |
3A1659012376.jsonld | Advanced API Security : Securing APIs with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWS, and JWE | This book will guide you you through the maze of options and shares industry leading best practices in designing APIs for rock-solid security. It will explain, in depth, securing APIs from traditional HTTP Basic Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and the standards built around it. This book will: provide an in depth tutorial of most widely adopted security standards for API security; teach you how to compare and contrast different security standards/protocols to find out what suits your business needs the best; show you how to expand business APIs to partners and outsiders with Identity Federation; get hands-on experience in developing clients against Facebook, Twitter, and Salesforce APIs, as well as give you an understanding of mitigation security threats. -- Advanced API Security is a complete reference to the next wave of challenges in enterprise security--securing public and private APIs. API adoption in both consumer and enterprises has gone beyond predictions. It has become the ‘coolest’ way of exposing business functionalities to the outside world. Both your public and private APIs, need to be protected, monitored and managed. Security is not an afterthought, but API security has evolved a lot in last five years. The growth of standards, out there, has been exponential. That's where AdvancedAPI Security comes in--to wade through the weeds and help you keep the bad guys away while realizing the internal and external benefits of developing APIs for your services. Our expert author guides you through the maze of options and shares industry leading best practices in designing APIs for rock-solid security. The book will explain, in depth, securing APIs from quite traditional HTTP Basic Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and the standards built around it. Build APIs with rock-solid security today with Advanced API Security. Takes you through the best practices in designing APIs for rock-solid security. Provides an in depth tutorial of most widely adopted security standards for API security. Teaches you how to compare and contrast different security standards/protocols to find out what suits your business needs the best |
3A609802356.jsonld | Rocket propulsion elements | Classification -- Definitions and fundamentals -- Nozzle theory and thermodynamic relations -- Flight performance -- Chemical rocket propellant performance analysis -- Liquid propellant rocket engine fundamentals -- Liquid propellants -- Thrust chambers -- Liquid propellant combustion and its stability -- Turboprops and their gas supplies -- Engine systems, controls, and integration -- Solid propellant rocket fundamentals -- Solid propellants -- Solid propellant combustion and its stability -- Solid rocket components and motor design -- Hybrid propellant rockets -- Electric propulsion -- Thrust vector control -- Selection of rocket propulsion systems -- Rocket exhaust plumes -- Rocket testing |
3A886532248.jsonld | Interactive object oriented programming in Java : learn and test your skills | Test your skill in language fundamentals -- Class -- Inheritance -- Overloading -- Overriding -- Abstract class -- Interface -- Package -- OOPs concepts revisited -- Use of static keyword -- Exceptions -- An introduction to design patterns -- Solution to the assignments -- Frequently asked questions -- Some useful resources |
3A176160757X.jsonld | Frontier encounters : knowledge and practice at the Russian, Chinese and Mongolian border | "China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Yet, despite their proximity, their practical, local interactions with each other - and with their third neighbour Mongolia - are rarely discussed. The three countries share a boundary, but their traditions, languages and worldviews are remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of views on how the borders between these unique countries are enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global uncertainties: China's search for energy resources and the employment of its huge population, Russia's fear of Chinese migration, and the precarious economic independence of Mongolia as its neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. Bringing together anthropologists, sociologists and economists, this timely collection of essays offers new perspectives on an area that is currently of enormous economic, strategic and geo-political relevance. This collective volume is the outcome of a network project funded by the ESRC (RES-075-25_0022) entitled "Where Empires Meet: The Border Economies of Russia, China and Mongolia". The project, based at the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit (University of Cambridge), ran from 28 January 2010 to 27 January 2011. That project formed the foundation for a new and ongoing research project "The life of borders: where China and Russia meet" which commenced in October 2012."--Publisher's website |
3A796521433.jsonld | Renewing architectural typologies | This book includes research and designs that emerged from studios taught at Yale by Makram El Kadi with Ziad Jamaleddine of New York and Beirut-based architectural practice L.E.FT; Tom Coward, Daisy Froud, Vincent Lacovara, and Geoff Shearcroft of the London-based practice AOC; and Hernán Díaz Alonso of Los Angeles-based Xefirotarch. Student projects explored how cultural identity of tradtional and known building types may be synthesized with new programs in order to better address the changing needs of the 21st century public |
3A106736837X.jsonld | Numerical Fourier Analysis | Fourier series -- Fourier transforms -- Discrete Fourier transforms -- Multidimensional Fourier methods -- Fast Fourier transforms -- Chebyshev methods and fast DCT algorithms -- Fast Fourier transforms for nonequispaced data -- High dimensional FFT -- Numerical applications of DFT -- Prony method for reconstruction of structured functions This book offers a unified presentation of Fourier theory and corresponding algorithms emerging from new developments in function approximation using Fourier methods. It starts with a detailed discussion of classical Fourier theory to enable readers to grasp the construction and analysis of advanced fast Fourier algorithms introduced in the second part, such as nonequispaced and sparse FFTs in higher dimensions. Lastly, it contains a selection of numerical applications, including recent research results on nonlinear function approximation by exponential sums. The code of most of the presented algorithms is available in the authors’ public domain software packages. Students and researchers alike benefit from this unified presentation of Fourier theory and corresponding algorithms |
3A086059599.jsonld | Harvard business review on finding and keeping the best people | Toward a career-resilient workforce / Robert H. Waterman, Jr., Judith A. Waterman, and Betsy A. Collard. -- A market-driven approach to retaining talent / Peter Cappelli. -- Hiring without firing / Claudio Fernández-Araóz. -- Making partner: a mentor's guide to the psychological journey / Herminia Ibarra. -- Who wants to manage a millionaire? / Suzy Wetlaufer. -- Too old to learn? / Diane L. Coutu. -- Managing away bad habits / James Waldroop and Timothy Butler. -- Job Sculpting: the Art of retaining your best people / Timothy Butler and James Waldroop |
3A086261878.jsonld | Postmodernism : a very short introduction | "Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists as if they were all members of a loosely constituted and quarrelsome political party - a party which includes such members as Cindy Sherman, Salman Rushdie, Jacques Derrida, Walter Abish, and Richard Rorty - creating a vastly entertaining framework in which to unravel the mysteries of the postmodern condition from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct."--BOOK JACKET |
3A597707057.jsonld | The Costs of Managing Fisheries | In an era of declining budgets, governments are seeking more efficient and cost-effective means of delivering fisheries services. These developments raise a number of significant policy questions. How much do governments spend on managing fisheries? Who pays for the fisheries management services? Who actually delivers the services? How effective are the services in meeting their objectives? These questions are addressed in this report which examines the costs of managing fisheries in OECD countries |
3A1023441888.jsonld | European entrepreneurship in the globalizing economy | What role can entrepreneurship play in a European economy that is more and more open to the rest of the world? In this European construction, what is the place of the countries and economies that have only recently converted to a free market economy? It is these questions, among others, that this book explores and discusses in particular. The future steps required in developing European entrepreneurship in a dynamic and international context are also analysed and synthesized. The expert contributors reveal both the macro and micro factors that influence European entrepreneurial development, with an emphasis on high-tech firms. The particular topics addressed include: SME research and innovation policy issues; starting and growing a new venture; innovation, marketing and entrepreneurial networks; entrepreneurship and regional (cross-border) development; building competitive advantage of SMEs; and social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship. |
3A1778634397.jsonld | Alfred Beit. Hamburger und Diamantenkönig | Alfred Beit (1853-1906) has been called a financial genius. When he went to South Africa in 1875, no one could imagine that the son of converted Hamburg Jews would soon become one of the richest men of his time - thanks to the diamonds of Kimberley and the gold of the Witwatersrand.As a co-founder of De Beers Ltd. and close friend of Cecil Rhodes, the charismatic promoter of British imperialism in southern Africa, Alfred Beit became one of the colonial fathers of Rhodesia. A British subject from 1898, he tried to mediate politically in the conflicts that developed between Germany and Britain with their respective empires, but failed to achieve a reconciliation between the two powers.Alfred Beit was himself a very prominent art collector and throughout his career he generously supported countless nonprofit-making institutions. TheHamburg Scientific Foundation itself owes its founding to one of his major donations. Beit's will passed on his wealth to a trust, which has financed development aid projects since 1906.This is the first comprehensive biography of this outstanding businessman, art collector and internationally active philanthropist |
3A254618685.jsonld | From interwar pluralism to postwar neoclassicism | Klappentext: "From Interwar Pluralism to Postwar Neoclassicism" seeks to change assumptions about American economics during the transformative period between the world wars. The twelve essays by respected economists and historians collected here take a precise look at the mechanisms that brought about the shift from pluralism to neoclassicism in American economics. They discuss such topics as the demise of the Social Gospel Movement, the role of general education and graduate study in Chicago economics, the Sherman Antitrust Act, the transformation of economics through a survey of journal articles, and changes in American monetary thought. |
3A838377084.jsonld | Digital proxemics : how technology shapes the ways we move | Moving -- Designing spaces -- Digitizing proxemics -- Bodies in motion -- Distancing selves -- Navigating cities -- Locating us -- Inhabiting environments -- Developing literacies -- Researching proxemics |
3A1655906615.jsonld | Das deutschsprachige Prosagedicht : Theorie und Geschichte einer literarischen Gattung der Moderne | The study examines the entire spectrum of forms taken by the prose poem in Germany between 1880 and 1920, presenting the first comprehensive history of this genre in the European literary context from a perspective angled toward cultural studies and media history. It also engages with the influence of French genre patterns and traces the corresponding intercultural exchange processes between the national literatures of Europe. In its consistent endeavour to regard genre history in conjunction with the history of communication it proposes a theory of the prose poem in the context of literary modernity. Die Studie untersucht das gesamte Spektrum der Erscheinungsformen des Prosagedichts in Deutschland zwischen 1880 und 1920 und legt damit zum ersten Mal eine umfassende, kulturwissenschaftlich und mediengeschichtlich akzentuierte Geschichte der Gattung im Rahmen der europäischen Literatur vor. Dabei geht sie ausführlich auf die Vorbildwirkung französischer Genremuster ein und zeichnet die entsprechenden interkulturellen Austauschprozesse zwischen den europäischen Nationalliteraturen nach. Indem sie Gattungsgeschichte konsequent als Kommunikationsgeschichte entwirft, liefert sie eine Theorie des Prosagedichts im Kontext der literarischen Moderne. |
3A1639225781.jsonld | Right-wing terrorism in the 21st century : the "National Socialist Underground" and the history of terror from the far-right in Germany | This book is the first comprehensive academic study of German right-wing terrorism since the early 1960s available in the English language. It offers a unique in-depth analysis of German violent, extremist right-wing movements, terrorist events, groups, networks and individuals. In addition, the book discusses the so-called ‘National Socialist Underground’ (NSU) terror cell, which was uncovered in late 2011 by the authorities. The NSU had been active for over a decade and had killed at least ten people, as well as executing numerous bombings and bank robberies. With an examination of the group’s support network and the reasons behind the failure of the German authorities, this book sheds light on right-wing terrorist group structures, tactics and target groups in Germany. The book also contains a complete list of all the German right-wing terrorist groups and incidents since the Second World War. Based on the most detailed dataset of right-wing terrorism in Germany, this book offers highly valuable insights into this specific form of political violence and terrorism, which has been widely neglected in international terrorism research. |
3A182122437X.jsonld | Artificial intelligence for science : a deep learning revolution | "This unique collection introduces AI, Machine Learning (ML), and deep neural network technologies leading to scientific discovery from the datasets generated both by supercomputer simulation and by modern experimental facilities. Huge quantities of experimental data come from many sources - telescopes, satellites, gene sequencers, accelerators, and electron microscopes, including international facilities such as the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN in Geneva and the ITER Tokamak in France. These sources generate many petabytes moving to exabytes of data per year. Extracting scientific insights from these data is a major challenge for scientists, for whom the latest AI developments will be essential. The timely handbook benefits professionals, researchers, academics, and students in all fields of science and engineering as well as AI, ML, and neural networks. Further, the vision evident in this book inspires all those who influence or are influenced by scientific progress"-- |
3A165237681X.jsonld | 35th anniversary retrospective | Since its inception Research in Labor Economics has published over 350 articles encompassing a wide range of themes and spanning an array of labor economics topics. Authors have ranged from young scholars with much potential to mature leaders in the field, including Nobel Prize and John Bates Clark award winners. Over the years Research in Labor Economics has continued to present important new research in labor economics. It covers themes such as labor supply, work effort, schooling, on-the-job training, earnings distribution, discrimination, migration, and the effects of government policies on worker well-being. It aims to apply economic theory and econometrics to analyze important policy-related questions, often with an international focus. To commemorate Research in Labor Economics's 35th anniversary, this retrospective edition contains 20 of the most influential Research in Labor Economics articles along with new introductory prefatory updates written by the original authors. These new prefaces emphasize recent developments that each article might have inspired and also discuss remaining unanswered questions. |
3A167100356X.jsonld | IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 Assessment Framework | Foreword -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Computer and information literacy framework -- 3. Computational thinking framework -- 4. Contextual framework -- 5. ICILS instruments -- 6. References -- Appendix This open-access book presents the assessment framework for IEA’s International Computer an Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018, which is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work and life in a digital world. The study measures international differences in students’ computer and information literacy (CIL): their ability to use computers to investigate, create, participate and communicate at home, at school, in the workplace and in the community. Participating countries also have an option for their students to complete an assessment of computational thinking (CT). The ICILS assessment framework articulates the basic structure of the study, providing a description of the field and the constructs to be measured. This book outlines the design and content of the measurement instruments, sets down the rationale for those designs, and describes how measures generated by those instruments relate to the constructs. Hypothesized relations between constructs provide the foundation for some of the analyses that follow. Above all, the framework links ICILS to other similar research, enabling the contents of this assessment framework to combine theory and practice in an explication of both the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of ICILS |
3A1067649794.jsonld | Karl Popper und das Staatsverständnis des Kritischen Rationalismus | Hardly anyone has defended an open society in the political philosophy of the 20th century as passionately as Karl Popper. His understanding of democracy is closely linked with his theory of science and criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx. As a liberal and a social reformer, he has been a key figure in influencing German politics across party lines since the 1970s. Reviews of Popper’s work can even be found in the theory and teachings of constitutional law (namely those of Peter Häberle) and in Germany’s constitutional court. Even today, Popper’s works can be used to take a stance against not only dictatorships and concepts of ‘communities’, but also against the pseudo-liberal, merciless form of capitalism embodied by so-called ‘Ich-AGs’ (single companies founded by unemployed individuals). Kaum einer hat die offene Gesellschaft in der politischen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts so leidenschaftlich verteidigt wie Karl Popper. Sein Demokratieverständnis ist eng gekoppelt an seine Wissenschaftstheorie und die Kritik an Platon, Hegel, Marx. Als Liberaler und sozialer Reformist wird er parteiübergreifend zum Stichwortgeber bundesdeutscher Politik seit den 70er Jahren. Popper-Rezeptionen finden sich bis in die Staatsrechtslehre (namentlich Peter Häberle) und das Bundesverfassungsgericht hinein. Noch heute lässt sich mit Popper gegen Diktaturen wie überhaupt gegen Konzepte von „Gemeinschaft“ Position beziehen – aber auch gegen einen pseudo-liberalen, gnadenlosen Kapitalismus der „Ich-AGs“. |
3A1773424599.jsonld | Phenomenology of particle physics | "Particle physics intertwines theory and experiments, and this text demonstrates and develops the interplay between the two, following the author's detailed and original approach. This complete and comprehensive treatise, written for a two-semester Master's or graduate course, covers all aspects of modern particle physics. Richly illustrated with more than 450 figures, this text guides students through all the intricacies of quantum mechanics and quantum field theory in an intuitive manner that few books achieve. Featuring rigorous step-by-step derivations and more than 100 end-of-chapter problems for additional practice, it ensures that students will not only understand the material but also be able to apply their knowledge. Containing up-to-date experimental material, including the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN and of neutrino oscillations, this monumental volume also serves as a one-stop reference for particle physics researchers of all levels and specialties"-- |
3A1647990475.jsonld | Preferential Trading Arrangements in Agricultural and Food Markets : The Case of the European Union and the United States | Developing countries are concerned that multilateral tariff reductions will harm their agricultural sectors because of preference erosion. The findings in this report suggest that although this may indeed be a problem for some countries in some sectors, factors other than preferential schemes may be limiting developing country exports. The report provides information on the extent to which developing countries have used selected, non-reciprocal preferential trading schemes provided by the EU and the US. Secondary data are complemented by interviews with market operators further clarifying the empirical findings. A special section has been devoted to the preferences granted to African countries highlighting the conditions for this set of developing countries. |
3A1761443550.jsonld | Zero index metamaterials : trends and applications | This book presents the emerging regime of zero refractive index photonics, involving metamaterials that exhibit effectively zero refractive index. Metamaterials are artificial structures whose optical properties can be tailored at will. With metamaterials, intriguing and spellbinding phenomena like negative refraction and electromagnetic cloaking could be realized, which otherwise seem unnatural or straight out of science fiction. Zero index metamaterials are also seen as a means of boosting nonlinear properties and are believed to have strong prospects for being useful in nonlinear optical applications. In summary, this book highlights almost everything currently available on zero index metamaterials and is useful for professionally interested and motivated readers. |
3A617259801.jsonld | Currency internationalization : global experiences and implications for the renminbi | This is the first book to collect academic studies examining issues related to the potential internationalization of the Renminbi. It considers policy implications, documents the rising regional importance of the Renminbi and discusses key issues in the increasing use of the Renminbi in international trade and finance This is the first book to collect academic studies examining issues related to the potential internationalization of the Renminbi. It considers policy implications, documents the rising regional importance of the Renminbi and discusses key issues in the increasing use of the Renminbi in international trade and finance. |
3A729971805.jsonld | Corporate Governance in Turkey : A Pilot Study | Turkish domestic equity markets and inward foreign investment are poised to grow rapdily but only if corporate governance standards are high enough to protect minority shareholders. This report evaluates the extent to which the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance have been implemented in Turkey, looking at both the legal and regulatory framework as well as company practices. It finds that significant reforms to the corporate governance framework have already been introduced, and supports additional legislative reforms that are already in progress. Looking ahead, the report argues that it is time to move into the next important phase in policy reform, and makes a series of recommendations for further strengthening Turkeys corporate governance structures. |
3A731491092.jsonld | Computational physics | This book explains the fundamentals of computational physics and describes the techniques that every physicist should know, such as finite difference methods, numerical quadrature, and the fast Fourier transform. The book offers a complete introduction to the topic at the undergraduate level, and is also suitable for the advanced student or researcher. The book begins with an introduction to Python, then moves on to a step-by-step description of the techniques of computational physics, with examples ranging from simple mechanics problems to complex calculations in quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, and more |
3A1741386195.jsonld | Intercultural friendship : the case of a Palestinian Bedouin and a Dutch Israeli Jew | "In Intercultural Friendship: The Case of a Palestinian Bedouin and a Dutch Israeli Jew Daniel J.N. Weishut focuses on the interface between interculturality and friendship in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After a literature study, the author describes the socio-cultural context of his boundary-crossing friendship in the realm of the Israeli occupation and then investigates it through the perspective of Hofstede's cultural dimensions. The tremendous cultural differences as they appear are in line with Hofstede's theory for three of the value orientations but in the field of "uncertainty avoidance" they conflict with the theory. Challenges and opportunities in the friendship, and their implications for personal growth, among others, are illustrated by a series of intriguing stories of friendship"-- |
3A1787074501.jsonld | Populist Rhetorics : Case Studies and a Minimalist Definition | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Populist Melancholy -- Chapter 3: Voltagabbana Rhetorics. Salvini Unmasked: Turncoating as a Populist Strategy in Pandemic Times -- Chapter 4: Populist Rhetoric and Digital Communication: The Case of Brexit -- Chapter 5: Populism and the Rise of the AfD in Germany -- Chapter 6: The Rhetorical Strategy of Moralisation: A Lesson from Greece -- Chapter 7: Victorious Victimization. Viktor Orbán the Orator: Deep Securitization in Hungary’s Propaganda State -- Chapter 8: The Voice and Message of Hugo Chávez: A Rhetorical Analysis -- Chapter 9: Afterword: Afterword: A Definition Sought and Tested -- Index. . This book proposes a unified approach to populism that sees it as a primarily rhetorical concept. Populism is on the rise worldwide with both populist leaders and movements gaining power, and the term “populism” resounds in political debate, journalism, and scholarship. Populism as a phenomenon seems to instantiate perennial issues besetting rhetoric (e.g., the charges of manipulation, exclusive reliance on opinion over knowledge, and abuse of emotional appeals), yet relatively little research on populism has emerged from the discipline of rhetoric. This volume investigates the theory and practice of populism under the heading of rhetoric but as an interdisciplinary effort involving scholars in rhetoric as well as neighbouring disciplines such as political science and sociology. Seven case studies covering Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, UK, USA, and Venezuela offer conceptual discussions as well as close analyses applying both historical and theoretical approaches. In the introduction, the editors outline the problem of populism and their project, presenting the book’s wide-spanning case-based explorations. In an afterword they seek to distil a “minimal” rhetorical definition of populism. The claim or pretense to speak for “the people” emerges as the feature that connects the highly diverse instances studied in the book—and populisms in general, the editors hypothesize. They argue that this prevalent rhetorical move, often glossed over as unremarkable and banal, is in principle more debatable and deserving of more vigilant scrutiny than usually assumed. Christian Kock is Emeritus Professor of Rhetoric at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He has published in Philosophy and Rhetoric, Argumentation, Political Communication, Rhetorica, Rhetorica Scandinavica, Paradigmi, Informal Logic, Controversia and many other journals and has authored and edited several books in Danish and English on political rhetoric, argumentation, and public debate, most recently his Deliberative Rhetoric: Arguing about Doing (2017). Lisa Villadsen is Professor and Head of the Section of Rhetoric at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. She has published in Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Javnost, Rhetorica Scandinavica, and other journals on official apologies, political rhetoric, dissent, and populism, most recently “Low Style the High Way: Rhetorical Mainstreaming of Populism” in the edited volume Vox Populi: Populism as a Rhetorical and Democratic Challenge (2020). |
3A1858928893.jsonld | Introduction to modern biophysics | "This textbook will provide an introduction to the fundamental and applied aspects of biophysics for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of physics, chemistry, and biology. The application of physics principles and techniques in exploring biological systems has long been a tradition in scientific research. Biological systems hold naturally inbuilt physical principles and processes which are popularly explored. Systematic discoveries have been made helping to understand the structures and functions of individual biomolecules, biomolecular systems, cells, organelles, tissues, and even the whole physiological systems of the animal and plant kingdoms. The trend in utilizing the physics-based scientific understanding of biological systems in exploring disease states and finding relevant cures through discovering drugs is considered to be at the forefront of applied scientific and socioeconomic interests. This book will cover most of the relevant breakthroughs biophysics has been making since its inception. A futuristic guideline will be provided. A lot of models based on both classical and quantum mechanical treatments of biological systems and future scientific research outlooks will be presented. Diseases related to physical alterations in biomolecular structures and organizations and concerned drug discovery strategies will be scrutinized. Nanotechnology application in manipulating nanoprocesses in biological systems will be addressed"-- |
3A715505769.jsonld | Standards of English : codified varieties around the world | "The notion of a 'standard' variety of English has been the subject of a considerable body of research. Studies have tended to focus on the standard features of British and American English. However, more recently interest has turned to the other varieties of English that have developed around the world and the ways in which these have also been standardised. This volume provides the first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes', with chapters on areas as diverse as Canada, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. This is a timely and important topic, edited by a well-known scholar in the field, with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed. The book presents in full the criteria for defining a standard variety, and each chapter compares standards in both spoken and written English and explores the notion of register within standard varieties"-- |
3A1737255723.jsonld | Biodegradation, pollutants and bioremediation principles | "This book presents a broad compendium of biodegradation research and discussions on the most up-to-date bioremediation strategies. The most relevant microbiological, biochemical and genetic concepts are presented alongside the fundamentals of bioremediation. The topics include: a wide variety of contaminant impacts evaluation, key methodologies required to measure biodegradation and propose new bioremediation protocols, as well as the handling of microbial communities related to such processes. The selected collaborating authors are renowned for their microbiology expertise and will provide an in-depth reference for students and specialists. The contents provide a valuable source of information for researchers, professionals, and policy makers alike"-- |
3A1742970877.jsonld | Computer-mediated communication : a theoretical and practical introduction to online human communication | "As so much of our human interaction passes through digital channels, it is essential to understand how being online influences how we communicate with others and ourselves. This textbook introduces students to the fundamental concepts, theories, and applications of computer-mediated communication. Building a foundational understanding of CMC theories, such as CFO, SIP, SIDE, and hyperpersonal, Caleb T. Carr introduces as framework students may use to understand human communication across all digital channels-including those that have yet to exist! Computer-Mediated Communication explores how CMC intersects with and affects other communication subdisciplines, including interpersonal, organizational, and intergroup. Contemporary examples illustrate theories and application, but the text is written to allow and encourage students to think about their own media use in a broader and channel-agnostic mindset, applying what they learn beyond just Instagram and Snapchat, to make sense of their modern and digital world. The focus on the theoretical processes that underlay human communication online helps the book remain current with emerging technologies. Theoretical approach is complemented and made accessible with real-world examples, immediate ways to apply knowledge, and a conversational and approachable writing style." |
3A815929234.jsonld | An archaeological history of Indian Buddhism | ""Examines Indian Buddhism from its origins in c. 500 BCE, through its ascendance in the first millennium CE and subsequent decline in mainland South Asia by c. 1400 CE"--Provided by publisher"-- "An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism is a comprehensive survey of Indian Buddhism from its origins in the 6th century BCE, through its ascendance in the 1st millennium CE, and its eventual decline in mainland South Asia by the mid-2nd millennium CE. Weaving together studies of archaeological remains, architecture, iconography, inscriptions, and Buddhist historical sources, this book uncovers the quotidian concerns and practices of Buddhist monks and nuns (the sangha), and their lay adherents--concerns and practices often obscured in studies of Buddhism premised largely, if not exclusively, on Buddhist texts. At the heart of Indian Buddhism lies a persistent social contradiction between the desire for individual asceticism versus the need to maintain a coherent community of Buddhists. Before the early 1st millennium CE, the sangha relied heavily on the patronage of kings, guilds, and ordinary Buddhists to support themselves. During this period, the sangha emphasized the communal elements of Buddhism as they sought to establish themselves as the leaders of a coherent religious order. By the mid-1st millennium CE, Buddhist monasteries had become powerful political and economic institutions with extensive landholdings and wealth. This new economic self-sufficiency allowed the sangha to limit their day-to-day interaction with the laity and begin to more fully satisfy their ascetic desires for the first time. This withdrawal from regular interaction with the laity led to the collapse of Buddhism in India in the early-to-mid 2nd millennium CE. In contrast to the ever-changing religious practices of the Buddhist sangha, the Buddhist laity were more conservative--maintaining their religious practices for almost two millennia, even as they nominally shifted their allegiances to rival religious orders. This book also serves as an exemplar for the archaeological study of long-term religious change through the perspectives of practice theory, materiality, and semiotics"-- |
3A1869109147.jsonld | Isoperimetric inequalities in Riemannian manifolds | Publisher’s description: This work gives a coherent introduction to isoperimetric inequalities in Riemannian manifolds, featuring many of the results obtained during the last 25 years and discussing different techniques in the area. Written in a clear and appealing style, the book includes sufficient introductory material, making it also accessible to graduate students. It will be of interest to researchers working on geometric inequalities either from a geometric or analytic point of view, but also to those interested in applying the described techniques to their field. |
3A894937405.jsonld | The body in religion : cross-cultural perspectives | "The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives surveys influential ways in which the body is imagined and deployed in religious practices and beliefs across the globe. Filling the gap for an up-to-date and comparative approach to theories and practices of the body in religion, this book explores the cultural influences on embodiment and their implications for religious institutions and spirituality. Examples are drawn from religions such as Jainism, Confucianism, Daoism, Shintoism, Paganism, Aboriginal, African, and Native American religions, in addition to the five major religions of the world. Topics covered include: - Gender and sexuality - Female modesty and dress codes - Circumcision and menstruation rituals - God language and erotic desire - Death, dying, and burial rites - Disciplining the body through prayer, yoga, and meditation - Feasting and fasting rituals Illustrated throughout with over 60 images, The Body in Religion is designed for course use in religious studies as well as interdisciplinary courses across the humanities and the social sciences. Further online resources include a sample syllabus"-- |
3A1843832232.jsonld | Episodes : Powerhouse Company | With 18 projects ranging from a chair to high-rise buildings, this book offers a cross section of the recent work of Powerhouse Company, which is based in Rotterdam, Munich, and Oslo.These projects are episodes in the success story of an architectural office that only completed its first building, a villa, in 2007. In three essays, Mimi Zeiger, Hans Ibelings, and Gay Gassmann share their insights on the work and the motivations of Powerhouse Company. Episodes traces how Powerhouse Company's architecture has evolved while retaining what sets it apart: its attention to craftsmanship and innovation, its generosity, its comfort, and its resolute beauty |
3A1786374765.jsonld | Infrastructure, morality, food and clothing, and new developments in Latin America | Volume 41 of Research in Economic Anthropology explores a wide range of topics of interest to economic anthropology. The opening paper presents a novel approach to anthropological-economic infrastructural research in England, specifically London's Thames Tideway Tunnel. The volume's first section consists of four papers that are tied together by two common threads: the roles of money in social ties between people, and moral concerns regarding these and other roles and uses of money in society. The section covers commercial surrogate mothers in Russia, social welfare provision in Pakistan, the management of a communal fund within a school alumni association in South Korea, and a credit scheme's impact on women in Nigeria. Part two focuses on two basic necessities of human life--food and clothing - examining a New Zealand food security initiative that rescues "waste" food, modern transformations of a pre-owned clothing market in Hamburg, Germany, and Muslim fashion retail business in the same country's capital city, Berlin. Finally, the volume closes with a third section that fixes an anthropological lens on contemporary developments in Latin America, analyzing the larger fair trade movement and its particular manifestations and implications in Oaxaca, Mexico, the cost-effectiveness of the reintegration of ex-combatants in Colombia, and patron-client relations in Brazil and how these have been politically perceived and presented by domestic and foreign intellectuals and academics, respectively. |
3A1647334594.jsonld | Rectal Cancer : New Frontiers in Diagnosis, Treatment and Rehabilitation | "Despite lifestyle improvements, the incidence of rectal cancer is increasing in industrialised countries. Rapid advances in technology, growing knowledge of the biological history of the disease and closer attention to patients' quality of life after surgery have led to a less invasive approach. In the last 15 years, the surgical approach has shifted from extended resection to sphincter-saving procedures, featuring a multidisciplinary approach and a high level of specialisation. The experienced surgeon can plan and choose the ""right treatment for the right patient"" only with the support of the radiologist, endoscopist and pathologist (preoperative staging), oncologist and radiotherapist (neoadjuvant therapy), and psychologist and stomatherapist (rehabilitation). In addition, the difficult problems of salvage procedure and the reconstruction of anal sphincter after abdominal resection are explored. The aim of this book is to clarify the rapid advances and to offer guidelines for doctors dealing with rectal cancer. Taking into account indications, contraindications, risks, benefits and controversies, the authors offer clear and practice-oriented answers for a wide range of specialists and experts, as well as those new to the field." |
3A789933438.jsonld | International maritime transport costs : market structures and network configurations | "Based on in-depth empirical research this book develops our understanding of maritime transport costs, the maritime industry and the competitiveness of regions in a global market environment through a geographical lens. Further, the book uses a unique set of data that gives an extensive insight into Latin American international maritime transport costs and its determinants. This is a clear call for policy makers and port authorities to strengthen transnational cooperation in order to improve the development of the whole system of maritime transport, focusing on the causes that put regions at risk of becoming peripheral and uncompetitive"--Provided by publisher |
3A506760707.jsonld | The Baha'is of Iran : socio-historical studies | Introduction / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and Seena B. Fazel -- Messianic expectation and evolving identities : the conversion of Iranian Jews to the Baha'i Faith / Mehrdad Amanat -- The conversion of Zoroastrians to the Baha'i faith / Fereydun Vahman -- Instructive encouragement : the tablets of Baha'ullah and 'Abdu'l-Baha to Baha'i women in Iran and India / Dominic Parviz Brookshaw -- Baha'i schools in Iran / Moojan Momen -- Baha'i health initiatives in Iran : a preliminary survey / Seena B. Fazel and Minou Foadi -- Baha'i discourses on the Constitutional Revolution / Kavian S. Milani -- The comparative dimension of the Baha'i case and prospects for change in the future / Eliz Sanasarian -- The historical roots of the persecution of Babis and Baha'is in Iran / Abbas Amanat -- Anatomy of prejudice : reflections on secular anti-Baha'ism in Iran / H. E. Chehabi -- Anti-Baha'ism and Islamism in Iran / Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi -- The discourse and practice of human rights violations of Iranian Baha'is in The Islamic Republic of Iran / Reza Afshari |
3A1653643781.jsonld | Advanced Topics in Java : Core Concepts in Data Structures | Java is one of the most widely used programming languages today. It was first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. Over the years, its popularity has grown to the point where it plays an important role in most of our lives. From laptops to data centers, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere! There are tons of applications and heaps of websites that will not work unless you have Java installed, and more are created every day. And, of course, Java is used to power what has become the world's most dominant mobile platform, Android. Advanced Topics In Java teaches the algorithms and concepts that any budding software developer should know. You'll delve into topics such as sorting, searching, merging, recursion, random numbers and simulation, among others. You will increase the range of problems you can solve when you learn how to create and manipulate versatile and popular data structures such as binary trees and hash tables. This book assumes you have a working knowledge of basic programming concepts such as variables, constants, assignment, selection (if.else) and looping (while, for). It also assumes you are comfortable with writing functions and working with arrays. If you study this book carefully and do the exercises conscientiously, you would become a better and more agile software developer, more prepared to code today's applications - no matter the language |
3A784905495.jsonld | An introduction to the philosophy of science | "This book guides readers by gradual steps through the central concepts and debates in the philosophy of science. Using concrete examples from the history of science, Kent Staley shows how seemingly abstract philosophical issues are relevant to important aspects of scientific practice. Structured in two parts, the book first tackles the central concepts of the philosophy of science, such as the problem of induction, falsificationism, and underdetermination, and important figures and movements, such as the logical empiricists, Thomas Kuhn, and Paul Feyerabend. The second part turns to contemporary debates in the philosophy of science, such as scientific realism, explanation, the role of values in science, the different views of scientific inference, and probability. This broad yet detailed overview will give readers a strong grounding whilst also providing opportunities for further exploration. It will be of particular interest to students of philosophy, the philosophy of science, and science"-- |
3A1023446847.jsonld | The global financial crisis : what have we learnt? | 1. Been there done that : the political economy of déjà vu / Peter J. Boettke, Daniel J. Smith and Nicholas A. Snow -- 2. Traditional monetary economics vs Keynesianism, creditism and base-ism / Tim Congdon -- 3. Can a progressive capital gains tax help avoid the next crisis? : public sector governance in a comprehensive neo-Schumpeterian system / Horst Hanusch and Florian Wackermann -- 4. The Great Recession and its aftermath from a monetary equilibrium theory perspective / Steven G. Horwitz and William J. Luther -- 5. Policy in the absence of theory : the coming world of political economy without Keynes / Steven Kates -- 6. Hindsight on the origins of the global financial crisis? / Steve Keen -- 7. Four theses on the global financial crisis / J.E. King -- 8. Monetary policies during the financial crisis : an appraisal / Mervyn K. Lewis -- 9. After the crash of 2008 : financial reform in an age of plutocracy / Robert E. Prasch -- 10. The new institutional economics and the global financial crisis / Martin Ricketts -- 11. Economics in the mirror of the financial crisis / Rodolfo Signorino -- 12. Human resources : the key to institutional economics after the Great Recession / Charles J. Whalen -- 13. What should a financial system do? : Minskian lessons from the global financial crisis / L. Randall Wray The Global Financial Crisis is a unique investigation into the causes of the most savage economic downturn experienced since the Great Depression. Employing wide and divergent perspectives--which are themselves critically examined--this study analyses the measures that have been taken to restore our economies to acceptable rates of unemployment and growth |
3A67862870X.jsonld | Plant stress physiology | Drought tolerance in crops: physiology to genomics / Lakshmi Praba Manavalan and Henry T. Nguyen -- Reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in plants / Vadim Demidchik -- Salinity stress: physiological constraints and adaptive mechanisms / Sergey Shabala and Rana Munns -- Chilling stress / Eric Ruelland and Sylvie Collin -- Heat stress / Anthony E. Hall -- Frost tolerance in plants / Lawrence V. Gusta and Michael Wisniewski -- Flooding tolerance in plants / Chiara Pucciariello and Pierdomenico Perata -- Plant adaptations to aluminium toxicity / Peter R. Ryan and Emmanuel Delhaize -- Soil pH extremes / Andre Läuchli and Stephen R. Grattan -- Heavy metal toxicity in plants / Philip J. White -- Desiccation tolerance / Jill M. Farrant, Keren Cooper, and Hanlie Nell -- UV-B radiation: from stressor to regulatory signal / Marcel A.K. Jansen -- Biotic stress signalling: calcium mediated pathogen defence programs / Yi Ma and Gerald A. Berkowitz |
3A1784600148.jsonld | The conformist rebellion : Marxist critiques of the contemporary left | "The contrast between the Marxian emancipatory project and what the progressive left has made of it has never been more glaring than now, a time in which capital no longer seems to confront a political barrier. It is this predicament that The Conformist Rebellion evaluates, for a renewed approach to emancipation from capital"-- |
3A72882048X.jsonld | Prisoners of Britain : German civilian and combatant internees during the First World War | During the First World War hundreds of thousands of Germans faced incarceration in hundreds of camps on the British mainland. This is the first book on these German prisoners, almost a century after the conflict. The book covers the three different types of internees in Britain in the form of: civilians already present in the country in August 1914; civilians brought to Britain from all over the world; and combatants. Using a vast range of contemporary British and German sources the volume traces life experiences through initial arrest and capture to life behind barbed wire to return to Germany or to the remnants of the ethnically cleansed German community in Britain. The book will prove essential reading for anyone interested in the history of prisoners of war or the First World War and will also appeal to scholars and students of twentieth-century Europe and the human consequences of war.0 |
3A1879442558.jsonld | Economic growth and distribution : on the nature and causes of the wealth of nations | Economic Growth and Distribution isolates and compares the logical structures and methodological underpinnings underlying the relationship between economic growth and distribution. It carries out an in-depth analysis of a wide range of issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the original contributions by a number of scholars of different persuasions; some within the mainstream and others from Keynesian-Kaleckian-Sraffian positions. The book deals with a wide variety of research topics concerning economic growth and distribution, such as the transition from the epoch of Malthusian stagnation to the contemporary era of modern economic growth; comparisons among the classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of institutions. For its emphasis on comparisons and complementariness among alternative theories of growth and distribution, Economic Growth and Distribution complements the work of advanced textbooks on the topic. It is a companion to Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution (edited by N. Salvadori and R. Balducci) and Classical, Neoclassical and Keynesian Views on Growth and Distribution (edited by N. Salvadori and C. Panico). The book will be appreciated by scholars of the theory of economic growth, the theory of distribution, macroeconomics, classical and Keynesian economics, as well as historians of economic thought |
3A625264304.jsonld | Streaming media architectures, techniques and applications : recent advances | "This book spans a number of interdependent and emerging topics in streaming media, offering a comprehensive collection of topics including media coding, wireless/mobile video, P2P media streaming, and applications of streaming media"--Provided by publisher |
3A878891579.jsonld | Polymer flooding | This book covers all aspects of polymer flooding, an enhanced oil recovery method using water soluble polymers to increase the viscosity of flood water, for the displacement of crude oil from porous reservoir rocks. Although this method is becoming increasingly important, there is very little literature available for the engineer wishing to embark on such a project. In the past, polymer flooding was mainly the subject of research. The results of this research are spread over a vast number of single publications, making it difficult for someone who has not kept up-to-date with developments during the last 10 to 15 years to judge the suitability of polymer flooding to a particular field case. This book tries to fill that gap. The basic mechanisms of the process are described and criteria given where it may be employed. Basic elements of the chemistry of EOR-polymers are provided. The fundamentals of polymer physics, such as rheology, flow in porous media and adsorption, are derived. Practical hints on mixing and testing of polymers in the laboratory are given, as well as instructions for their application in the oil field. Polymer flooding is illustrated by some case histories and the economics of the methods are examined. For the essential subjects, example calculations are added. An indispensable book for reservoir engineers, production engineers and laboratory technicians within the petroleum industry |
3A572336578.jsonld | Managing very large IT projects in businesses and organizations | "This book offers authoritative research on the fundamental theory, practice, and implementation of very large successful IT projects in organizations"--Provided by publisher |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.