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3A1650781245.jsonld | Topical applications and the mucosa | Mucosal membranes have unique anatomical and physiological properties -- differing from those of the keratinized epithelium -- which affect drug or chemical absorption. This makes the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the mucosa a challenge to dermatologists as well as gynecologists, since many conditions are difficult to recognize and well-established principles of skin disease treatment do not apply to the mucosa. This volume is exclusively devoted to the mucosal membrane and delivers a better understanding of this distinctive area. Subsequently to introductory chapters on the morphology and physiology of the mucosa, the topical treatment of impaired mucosal membranes is discussed. A third section covers the wide spectrum of consumer products applied on mucosal surfaces. Finally, the safety of products for mucosal membranes is reviewed. Providing an excellent summary and review of the latest findings and topical applications, this book will be of great value to physicians and clinicians in dermatology or gynecology, pharmacists, scientists and toxicologists who are involved in the development of products for mucosal membranes | [
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3A1616814101.jsonld | The political economy of terrorism | "Professors Enders and Sandler coauthored the first edition of this title. The Political Economy of Terrorism: Second Edition presents a widely accessible political economy approach to the study of terrorism. It applies economic methodology ,♯ ︡theoretical and empirical ,♯ ︡combined with political analysis and realities to the study of domestic and transnational terrorism. In so doing, the book provides both a qualitative and quantitative investigation of terrorism in a balanced up-to-date presentation that informs students, policy makers, researchers, and the general reader of the current state of knowledge. Included are historical aspects, a discussion of watershed events, the rise of modern-day terrorism, examination of current trends, the dilemma of liberal democracies, evaluation of counterterrorism, analysis of hostage incidents, and much more. The new edition expands coverage of every chapter, adds a new chapter on terrorist network structures and organization, accounts for changes in the Department of Homeland Security, and the USA Patriot Act, and insurance against terrorism. Rational-actor models of terrorist and government behavior and game-theoretic analysis are presented for readers with no prior theoretical training. Where relevant, the authors display graphs using data from International Terrorism: Attributes of Terrorist Events (ITERATE), the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), and other public-access data sets"-- | [
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3A585301476.jsonld | Khrushchev's cold summer : Gulag returnees, crime, and the fate of reform after Stalin | 1953 : "the most painful year" -- Prisoners and the art of petitioning, 1953-1956 -- Heroes, enemies, and the secret speech -- Returnees, crime, and the gulag subculture -- The redemptive mission -- A return to weeding -- 1961 : clearing a path to the future -- Literary hooligans and parasites | [
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3A887324347.jsonld | Economics without borders : economic research for European policy challenges | If treated as a single economy, the European Union is the largest in the world, with an estimated GDP of over 14 trillion euros. Despite its size, European economic policy has often lagged behind the rest of the world in its ability to generate growth and innovation. Much of the European economic research itself often trails behind that of the USA, which sets much of the agenda in mainstream economics. This book, also available as open access, bridges the gap between economic research and policymaking by presenting overviews of twelve key areas for future economic policy and research. Written for the economists and policymakers working within European institutions, it uses comprehensive surveys by Europe's leading scholars in economics and European policy to demonstrate how economic research can contribute to good policy decisions, and vice versa, demonstrating how economics research can be motivated and made relevant by hot policy questions. | [
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3A876028288.jsonld | Negotiating membership in the WTO and the EU : the politics of accession | Why accession matters -- The two-level theory of accession to international organizations -- Navigating the rigors of accession in the World Trade Organization -- Domestic political transformation after accession to the WTO -- Trade gains and the rigors of WTO accession -- Negotiating membership in the European Union -- Scrutiny and domestic policy change during accession to the EU -- The future of accession to international organizations | [
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3A562446613.jsonld | On scandal : moral disturbances in society, politics, and art | Introduction -- The disruptive publicity of transgression -- The fall of Oscar Wilde -- The Presidency, imperial and imperiled -- Investigating corruption in France -- Sex and the American public sphere -- Provocation in art | [
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3A812534832.jsonld | An agenda for the Western Balkans : from elite politics to social sustainability | "The Western Balkan countries have been both a popular subject matter for diachronic analysis and a 1990s favorite. The significant changes that followed the most recent times of conflict in the region mostly evolve around the process of Europeanization. Despite the plethora of analyses, most approaches to the Western Balkans suffer from theoretical stagnancy, ex parte political practice, and detachment of politics from societal needs. This volume is the work of a team of theorists and practitioners who attempt a multidisciplinary approach to Western Balkans reality. An Agenda for the Western Balkans offers a critical view on issues that have been over-analyzed in mainstream terms and opens a discussion that will occupy researchers and practitioners for years to come. It addresses novel topics and engages in innovative approaches that cut across disciplines of social sciences (political science, international relations, sociology, historiography, geography, political economy) and levels of analysis (local, national, regional, European, global). This collection is a pioneer theoretical and practical guide towards a sustainable future for the Western Balkans."--Back cover | [
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3A600608530.jsonld | Christian mysticism : an introduction to contemporary theoretical approaches | Introduction: Contemporary theoretical approaches -- Key themes and motifs -- Platonism and Christian mysticism -- Negative or apophatic language -- Selfhood and interiority -- Erotic imagery -- Hierarchy -- Symbolism and Scripture's 'mystical sense' -- Later developments in Christian mysticism -- Female mysticism -- Visionary mysticism -- Imaginative mysticism, meditation and experience -- Mysticism and heresy -- Postmodern re-readings of pseudo-Denys and Augustine -- Exploring negative language through pseudo-Denys : Derrida and Marion -- Exploring selfhood through Augustine : Marion, Derrida and Lyotard -- Conclusion: What is Christian mysticism? | [
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3A832699004.jsonld | Social justice, criminal justice : the role of American law in effecting and preventing social change | What are justice and social jusice? -- What do americans value? -- The criminal justice system -- Social construction of different groups -- Race, ethnicity, and social justice -- Lationos and social justice -- Native Americans and social justice -- Social class and the law -- Women and social justice -- Sexuality and social justice -- Summary and prospects for the future | [
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3A165370943X.jsonld | Governance in der Lehrerausbildung: Analysen aus England und Deutschland : Governance in Initial Teacher Education: Perspectives on England and Germany | General views on governing and governance in teacher education -- ITE infrastructure and reform initiatives in England -- ITE infrastructure and reform initiatives in Germany -- Specific reform instruments -- Reflections and Concluding remarks. Die Publikation beschäftigt sich mit den Lehrerbildungsstrukturen in England und Deutschland und deren Wandel unter bildungspolitischen Reforminitiativen. Trotz Parallelen in Reformdiskursen und -instrumenten, hinsichtlich der praktischen Fokussierungen und Wirkungen von Reforminitiativen existieren deutliche Differenzen. Die Beiträge deuten dabei darauf, dass die Durchsetzung bildungspolitischer Steuerungsmaßnahmen bis in die Mikroebene von Lehrerausbildung und Lehrprofession letztlich scheinbar stringenter in den marktorientierten Strukturen Englands gelingt als in den stark staatlich-reglementierten Strukturen Deutschlands. Governance in Initial Teacher Education: Perspectives on England and Germany This publication examines institutional structures in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) in England and Germany and changes to these prompted by political reform. Although there are parallels in the discourses concerning reforms to ITE in both countries, the focus and the outcomes of the reforms differ. The contributions to the book indicate that the micro-level implementation of educational governance measures appears to be more stringent in the English market-oriented structure than in the strongly state-regulated structure of the German Federal State. Die Herausgeber Dina Kuhlee ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dr. Jürgen van Buer ist Professor am Institut für Erziehungswissenschaften der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Dr. Christopher Winch ist Professor am Department of Education and Professional Studies am King’s College London. | [
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3A1023438585.jsonld | Asian-Pacific Rim logistics : global context and local policies | pt. I. Global context -- pt. II. Local policies : Asian-Pacific Rim -- pt. III. Local policies : the wider rim and beyond 'Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics presents a wide span of material, geographically and conceptually, in considerable depth. Current conditions are presented with an historical context and up-to-date detail that will satisfy the specialist reader as well as those new to logistics and to Asian conditions. The coverage of logistics and policies within and between Japan, South Korea and China is particularly strong. The examination of developments in global logistics and of conditions in the extended Rim to include Australia and India, provides an interesting base from which to speculate about future directions in logistics.'--Trevor Heaver, University of British Columbia, Canada. 'This book is a tour de force on the dynamic complexities surrounding logistics operations in the Asian-Pacific Rim. Writing in a highly accessible fashion, Professor Rimmer systematically probes those dynamics that mould the complex protocols through the lens of structure and institutions. This is a not-to-miss book for anyone who wants to understand how global flows of goods, finance, information and people are relentlessly reshaped by local policies and logistics practices in countries of the Asian-Pacific region.'--Booi H Kam, RMIT University, Australia. Encompassing China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia, extending to Australasia and connecting with South Asia, the Asian-Pacific Rim forms the world's most dynamic economic region. Comprehending the region's logistical structure and its institutions is of pivotal importance for businesses, researchers and policy-makers. The flow of goods, people and information constitutes the global and local economic system. Through a unique analysis of this system and the transport and communications technologies that sustain it, Peter J. Rimmer provides a framework for identifying the multilayered networks and gateways in which the Asian-Pacific Rim's logistics are embedded. Highlighting important structural and institutional features, the role of corporations (money) and states (power) in configuring global and local markets is illustrated by case studies drawn from across the world's major economic regions. This book addresses evolving challenges for policy-makers, arising from the extension of manufacturing and retailing supply chains across national borders, and from globalizing logistics services. By deepening knowledge and viewpoints on these issues, the well-illustrated Asian-Pacific Rim Logistics is essential reading for students expl ... | [
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3A1652014322.jsonld | Petrophysics : theory and practice of measuring reservoir rock and fluid transport properties | The petroleum geologist and engineer must have a working knowledge of petrophysics in order to find oil reservoirs, devise the best plan for getting it out of the ground, then start drilling. This book offers the engineer and geologist a manual to accomplish these goals, providing much-needed calculations and formulas on fluid flow, rock properties, and many other topics that are encountered every day. New updated material covers topics that have emerged in the petrochemical industry since 1997. * Contains information and calculations that the engineer or geologist must use in daily activities to find oil and devise a plan to get it out of the ground * Filled with problems and solutions, perfect for use in undergraduate, graduate, or professional courses * Covers real-life problems and cases for the practicing engineer Introduction to Mineralogy;Petroleum Geology; Porosity and Permeability; Formation Resistivity and Water Saturation; Capillary Pressure; Wettability; Applications of Darcy's Law; Naturally Fractured Reservoirs Introduction; Effect of Stress on Rock Properties Static Stress -- Strain Relation; Fluid-rock Interaction Importance of Near-Wellbore Permeability; Appendix | [
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3A879305665.jsonld | Media of serial narrative | Five ways of looking at popular seriality / Frank Kelleter -- Antebellum popular serialities and the transatlantic birth of "American" comics / Jared Gardner -- Serial politics in antebellum America: on the cultural work of the city-mystery genre / Daniel Stein -- Serial entertainment/serial pleasure: the Yellow Kid / Christina Meyer -- Inevitability of chance: time in the sound serial / Scott Higgins -- Spectral seriality: the sights and sounds of Count Dracula / Shane Denson and Ruth Mayer -- Hollywood remaking as second-order serialization / Frank Kelleter and Kathleen Loock -- New millennial remakes / Constantine Verevis -- The ends of serial criticism / Jason Mittell -- Sensing the opaque: seriality and the aesthetics of televisual form / Sudeep Dasgupta -- The inevitable, the surprise, and serial television / Sean O'Sullivan -- "All over the map": building (and rebuilding) Oz / Henry Jenkins -- Popular seriality in everyday practice: Perry Rhodan and Tatort / Christine Hammerling and Mirjam Nast -- Digital seriality: on the serial aesthetics and practice of digital games / Shane Denson and Andreas Sudmann | [
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3A1770889094.jsonld | Practical electrical engineering | This new edition of a proven textbook provides comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the fundamental concepts of electrical and computer engineering. It is written from an engineering perspective, with special emphasis on circuit functionality and applications. Reliance on higher-level mathematics and physics, or theoretical proofs has been intentionally limited in order to prioritize the practical aspects of electrical engineering. This text is therefore suitable for a number of introductory circuit courses for other majors such as robotics, mechanical, biomedical, aerospace, civil, architecture, petroleum, and industrial engineering. The authors’ primary goal is to teach the aspiring engineering student all fundamental tools needed to understand, analyze and design a wide range of practical circuits and systems. Their secondary goal is to provide a comprehensive reference, for both major and non-major students as well as practicing engineers. Provides a self-contained, fundamental textbook on electric circuits and basic electronics, designed to be accessible to students from a variety of engineering disciplines; Helps students to bridge their academic and industrial careers, including for example, answers to typical interview questions for an entry-level position in electrical engineering and circuit design; Includes over 1,500 figures, about 1,200 homework problems, and comprehensive summaries at the end of every chapter From Physics to Electric Circuits -- Major Circuit Elements -- Circuit Laws and Networking Theorems -- Circuit Analysis and Power Transfer -- Operational Amplifier and Amplifier Models -- Dynamic Circuit Elements -- Transient Circuit Fundamentals -- Steady-State AC Circuit Fundamentals -- Filter Circuits: Frequency Response, Bode Plots, and Fourier Transform -- Second-Order RLC Circuits -- AC Power and Power Distribution -- Electric Transformer and Coupled Inductors.- | [
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3A1858794722.jsonld | Topology | 1 Geometrical introduction to topology -- 2 Sets -- 3 Topological structures -- 4 Connectedness and compactness -- 5 Topological quotients -- 6 Sequences -- 7 Manifolds, infinite products and paracompactness -- 8 More topics in general topology -- 9) Intermezzo -- 10 Homotopy -- 11 The fundamental group -- 12 Covering spaces -- 13 Monodromy -- 14 van Kampen's theorem -- 15 A topological view of sheaf cohomology -- 16 Selected topics in algebraic topology -- 17 Hints and solutions. This is an introductory textbook on general and algebraic topology, aimed at anyone with a basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra. It provides full proofs and includes many examples and exercises. The covered topics include: set theory and cardinal arithmetic; axiom of choice and Zorn's lemma; topological spaces and continuous functions; con- nectedness and compactness; Alexandrov compactification; quotient topol- ogies; countability and separation axioms; prebasis and Alexander's theorem; the Tychonoff theorem and paracompactness; complete metric spaces and function spaces; Baire spaces; homotopy of maps; the fundamental group; the van Kampen theorem; covering spaces; Brouwer and Borsuk's theorems; free groups and free product of groups and basic category theory. While it is very concrete at the beginning, abstract concepts are gradually introduced. This second edition contains a new chapter with a topological introduction to sheaf cohomology and applications. It also corrects some inaccuracies and some additional exercises are proposed. The textbook is suitable for anyone needing a basic, comprehensive introduction to general and algebraic topology and its applications. | [
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3A1737259966.jsonld | Learning Apache OpenWhisk : developing open source serverless solutions | Part 1. Introducing OpenWhisk development. Serverless and OpenWhisk architecture -- A simple OpenWhisk application -- The OpenWhisk CLI and JavaScript API -- Common design patterns in OpenWhisk -- Integration design patterns in OpenWhisk -- Unit testing OpenWhisk applications -- Part 2. Advanced OpenWhisk development. Developing OpenWhisk actions in Python -- Using CouchDB with OpenWhisk -- An OpenWhisk web application in Python -- Developing OpenWhisk actions in Go -- Using Kafka with OpenWhisk -- Deploying OpenWhisk with Kubernetes. Serverless computing greatly simplifies software development. Your team can focus solely on your application while the cloud-based serverless platform manages the deployment and scaling for you. This practical guide shows you step-by-step how to build and deploy complex applications in a flexible, multicloud, multilanguage serverless environment using Apache OpenWhisk. You'll learn how this platform enables you to pursue a vendor-independent approach using OpenWhisk running in Kubernetes as your cloud operating system. Michele Sciabarrà demonstrates how to build a serverless application using classical design patterns and the programming languages that best fit your task. You'll start by building a simple serverless application before diving into the more complex aspects of the OpenWhisk platform | [
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3A581011902.jsonld | Asian-American writers | Introduction / Harold Bloom -- South Asian American literature / Ketu H. Katrak -- Postcolonialism, nationalism, and the emergence of Asian/Pacific American literatures / Stephen H. Sumida -- Amy Tan and Asian American literature / E.D. Huntley -- Chinese American women writers : the tradition behind Maxine Hong Kingston / Amy Ling -- Interpreter of maladies by jhumpa Lahiri / Purvi Shah -- Queer bodies and subaltern spectators : guerilla theatre, Hollywood melodrama and the Filipino (American) novel / Viet Thanh Nguyen -- Vietnamese American literature in English, 1963-1994 / Michele Janette -- Introduction to Asian North American identities beyond the hyphen / Eleanor Ty and Donald C. Goellnicht -- Asian Americans imagining Burma : Chang-Rae Lee's A gesture life and Wendy Law-Yone's Irrawaddy tango / Cheng Lok Chua -- Long a mystery and forever a memory : god vs. goddess in the ethnic novel / Guiyou Huang -- Beyond multicultural : cultural hybridity in the novels of Gish Jen / Jeffrey F.L Partridge | [
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3A653993412.jsonld | Multi-level issues in organizational behavior and processes | Multi-Level Issues in Organizational Behavior and Processes is Volume 3 of Research in Multi-Level Issues, an annual series that provides an outlet for the discussion of multi-level problems and solutions across a variety of fields of study. Using a scientific debate format of a key scholarly essay followed by two commentaries and a rebuttal, we present, in this series, theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective. Similar to Volumes 1 and 2, this volume, Volume 3, contains five major essays with commentaries and rebuttals that cover a range of topics, but in the realms of organizational behavior and processes. In particular, the five critical essays offer extensive literature reviews, new model developments, methodological advancements, and some empirical data for the study of part-time work, trust, diversity, construct validation, and organizational processes. While each of the major essays, and associated commentaries and rebuttals, is unique in orientation, they show a common bond in raising and addressing multi-level issues or discussing problems and solutions that involve multiple levels of analysis Overview : multi-level issues in organizational behavior and processes / Fred Dansereau, Francis J. Yammarino -- Understanding part-time work arrangements : a multi-level perspective / Sara Ann McComb, Melissa Woodard Barringer, Kristina A. Bourne -- A multi-level perspective on part-time work arrangements : a new roadmap / Daniel G. Gallagher -- Bridging levels, variables, and methodologies / Karlene H. Roberts, Peter Madsen, Vinit M. Desai -- The construction zone of part-time employment research : using a roadmap to guide our way / Sara Ann McComb, Melissa Woodard Barringer, Kristina A. Bourne -- Trustscapes and distrustscapes : a multi-level approach for understanding stability and change / Richard Reeves-Ellington -- Why trust? Why distrust? / Jone L. Pearce -- Now lets make multi-level research on trust doable / Denise M. Rousseau -- Cultural bases of research : integrating research cultures for complex problems / Richard Reeves-Ellington -- Diversity and demography in organizations : a levels of analysis review of the literature / Shelley D. Dionne, Amy E. Randel, Kimberly S. Jaussi, Jae Uk Chun -- Levels of analysis and the qualitative study of quantitative data / Barbara S. Lawrence -- Pointing out problems is a first step, but some solutions would be helpful! / Christine M. Riordan -- Good research begins with good multi-level theory : lessons learned in a multi-level community / Shelley D. Dionne, Amy E. Randel, Kimberly S. Jaussi, Jae Uk Chun -- A framework for conducting multi-level construct validation / Gilad Chen, John E. Mathieu, Paul D. Bliese -- Some foundational and guiding questions for multi-level construct validation / David A. Hofmann, Lisa M. Jones -- An additional view of conducting multi-level construct validation / Kyoungsu Kim -- Validating frogs and ponds in multi-level contexts : some afterthoughts / Gilad Chen, John E. Mathieu, Paul D. Bliese -- The process approach to multi-level organizational behavior / Kenneth D. Mackenzie -- Mackenzie's work, tipping points, and dynamics of scientific competition / James G. (Jerry) Hunt -- Standing back to better appreciate : on multi-level process theorizing / Craig C. Lundberg -- Making strange knowledge more intelligible / Kenneth D. Mackenzie. - Multi-Level Issues in Organizational Behavior and Processes is Volume 3 of Research in Multi-Level Issues, an annual series that provides an outlet for the discussion of multi-level problems and solutions across a variety of fields of study. Using a scientific debate format of a key scholarly essay followed by two commentaries and a rebuttal, we present, in this series, theoretical work, significant empirical studies, methodological developments, analytical techniques, and philosophical treatments to advance the field of multi-level studies, regardless of disciplinary perspective. Similar to Volumes 1 and 2, this volume, Volume 3, contains five major essays with commentaries and rebuttals that cover a range of topics, but in the realms of organizational behavior and processes. In particular, the five critical essays offer extensive literature reviews, new model developments, methodological advancements, and some empirical data for the study of part-time work, trust, diversity, construct validation, and organizational processes. While each of the major essays, and associated commentaries and rebuttals, is unique in orientation, they show a common bond in raising and addressing multi-level issues or discussing problems and solutions that involve multiple levels of analysis | [
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3A686844777.jsonld | Relational practices, participative organizing | Investigates taking a relationally-oriented practice turn in Organization Studies. This title contains four sections, namely, Situating Relational Practices in Organization Studies, Inquiring and Affecting Relational Practices, Intervening with Relational Practices, and Prospecting Participative Organizing | [
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3A086043501.jsonld | Pulp surrealism : insolent popular culture in early twentieth-century Paris | In addition to its more well known literary and artistic origins, the French surrealist movement drew inspiration from currents of psychological anxiety and rebellion running through a shadowy side of mass culture, specifically in fantastic popular fiction and sensationalistic journalism Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction: On Surrealism and Popular Culture; 1. The Baedeker of Hives; 2. The Lament of Fant'mas; 3. Murder, Mirth, and Misogyny; 4. Is Suicide a Solution?; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | [
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3A1649477848.jsonld | Ethics Expertise : History, Contemporary Perspectives, and Applications | The complexity of the modern world has led to increasing professional specialization. Experts in a variety of fields, including ethics, offer advice and solutions. But where professional expertise often involves mastering certain facts, ethics expertise is distinct. It is not clear, for example, whether moral expertise consists of knowledge of right and wrong, the ability to articulate implications of moral premises, or the display of an outstanding character oneself. This volume examines philosophical conceptions of ethics expertise from both historical and contemporary perspectives, including applications of ethics expertise in such areas as bioethics consultation, expert witnessing and policy making. It will be of interest to scholars of moral philosophy as well as contemporary practitioners in many areas of bioethics Introduction: In Search of Ethics Expertise -- A Guided Historical Tour -- Socrates and Moral Expertise -- Aristotle’s Moral Expert: The phronimos -- Hume on True and False Philosophy -- Moral Expertise: A Millian Perspective -- The Ineffable and the Incalculable: G.E. Moore on Ethical Expertise -- Pragmatism and Ethical Expertise -- Contemporary Perspectives -- Expert Moral Choice in Medicine: A Study of Uncertainty and Locality -- Societal Consensus and the Problem of Consent: Refocusing the Problem of Ethics Expertise in Liberal Democracies -- Ethical Expertise, Maternal Thinking, and the Work of Clinical Ethicists -- Contemporary Applications -- The Roles of Scientific and Normative Expertise in Public Policy Formation: The Anthrax Vaccine Case -- Philosophers Return to the Agora -- Ethical Expertise in the Clinical Setting -- Bioethical Expertise in Health Care Organizations -- The Expert Ethics Witness as Teacher | [
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3A592466272.jsonld | The clash of cultures on the medieval Baltic frontier | A new world into old words : the eastern Baltic region and the cultural geography of medieval Europe -- The Baltic Crusades : a clash of two identities -- The emergence of Livonia : on the transformations of the social and political structures in the territory of Latvia during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries -- Sweden's conquest of Finland : a clash of cultures? -- Pope Honorius III and mission and crusade in the Baltic region -- Violent victims? : surprising aspects of the just war theory in the chronicle of Peter von Dusburg -- Sacralization of the landscape : converting trees and measuring land in the Danish Crusades against the Wends -- How to convert a landscape : Henry of Livonia and the Chronicon Livoniae -- Rural society and religious innovation : acceptance and rejection of Catholicism among the native inhabitants of medieval Livonia -- Saints' cults in medieval Livonia -- Sterile monsters : Russians and the Orthodox Church in the chronicle of Henry of Livonia -- Archbishop Vasilii Kalika of Novgorod, the Fortress of Orekhov, and the defence of Orthodoxy -- Orthodox churches in medieval Livonia -- Music and cultural conflict in the Christianization of Livonia, 1190-1290 -- Crossbows or catapults? : the identification of siege weaponry and techniques in the chronicle of Henry of Livonia -- The significance of the local Baltic peoples in the defence of Livonia (late thirteenth-sixteenth centuries) -- The eastern Baltic lands in the age of the Crusades : a select bibliography of publications in English | [
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3A1032492600.jsonld | Thermodynamic weirdness : from Fahrenheit to Clausius | Inventing temperature -- Heat and caloric -- Carnot's analysis -- Absolute temperature -- Mechanical equivalent of heat -- First law of thermodynamics -- Second law of thermodynamics -- Absolute temperature, again -- Entropy -- Law of entropy non-decrease -- The fate of the universe? -- Classical thermodynamics | [
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3A1762832704.jsonld | Architecture, aesthetics, and the predicaments of theory | "Architecture, Aesthetics, and the Predicaments of Theory offers a critical analysis of the methodological constants and shared critical strategies in the history of theoretical discourse on Western architecture. Central to these constants is the persistent role of aesthetics as a critical tool for delimitation of architecture. This book analyzes the unceasing critical role aesthetics is given to play in the discourse of architecture. The book offers a close and critical reading of three seminal texts from three different periods in the history of theoretical discourse on Western architecture - the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the 19th century Romanticism. The first text is Leone Battista Alberti's Ten Books on Architecture of 1452, the next Marc-Antoine Laugier's An Essay on Architecture of 1753, and last, John Ruskin's Seven Lamps of Architecture of 1849. Additional influential texts from, among others, the 20th and 21st centuries are engaged along the way to locate and contextualize the arguments within the broader discursive tradition of Western architecture. The book will interest scholars and students of architecture, architectural history and theory, as well as scholars and students of cultural studies, aesthetic philosophy, art history, literary criticism, and related disciplines"-- | [
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3A330962167.jsonld | Demokratie : Modus und Telos ; Beiträge für Anton Pelinka | Behooving Anton Pelinka's intellectual catholicy and the global reach of his work, this volume combines 17 contributions from scholars hailing from six countries. Written in both English and German the presented essays focus on very diverse topics featering different countries and cultures. But they are all united by a steady theme: An analysis of democracy both as structure and process. Mit Beiträgen von Günter Bischof, Birgitt Haller, Ferdinand Karlhofer, Robert Knight, Eva Kreisky, Felix Kreissler, Sándor Kurtan, Gerhard Lehmbruch, Andrei S. Markovits, Wolf-Dieter Narr, Beth Simone Noveck, Fritz Plasser, Peter Pulzer, Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Dov Ronen, Sieglinde Katharina Rosenberger, Gilg Seeber, Peter A. Ulram, Ruth Wodak. | [
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3A741613883.jsonld | Civil rights movement | This book gives readers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of the Civil Rights Movement-arguably the most important political movement of the 20th century-and provides a road map for future study and historical inquiry | [
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3A859215741.jsonld | Urban redevelopment and modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-39 | "Faced with economic decline, unprecedented levels of unemployment and new forms of political extremism during Britain's last great economic crash, politicians and planners in Liverpool and Manchester responded by investing in dramatic and ambitious programmes of urban regeneration. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 is the first book to provide the hitherto unknown story of the innovative transformation of these cities. Charlotte Wildman challenges academic scholarship in British history, which associates the post-1918 period with the emasculation of local government and the decline of civic culture. She shows that local politicians, planners, architects, businessmen and even religious leaders embraced innovative trends in creating distinct forms of urban modernities, which particularly changed the way women experienced the transformed city. Urban Redevelopment and Modernity in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 offers a complex, interactive and multipolar interpretation of the ways cities develop, pointing to new methods and ways of understanding both interwar Britain and urban history more generally. At a time of debate and discussion about devolution and decentralisation of government, this book makes an opportune contribution to debates about urban governance and regionalism in contemporary Britain"-- Introduction: Urban Transformation in Liverpool and Manchester, 1918-1939 -- "Soaring Skyward" : Urban Regeneration -- Civic Week Celebrations -- "For Profit or Pleasure" : New Cultures of Retail, Shopping and Consumer Culture -- Performing Fashionable Selfhoods in the Transformed City -- Gender, Religious Selfhoods and the City -- The Cathedral That Never Was? -- Conclusion: The Second World War and the Challenge to Interwar Urban Culture "Uses Liverpool and Manchester as case studies to uncover the programmes of urban regeneration that transformed cityscapes and revitalised local economies and cultures between the wars"-- | [
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3A883420384.jsonld | Contact mechanics | This treatise is concerned with the stresses and deformation of solid bodies in contact with each other, along curved surfaces which touch initially at a point or along a line. Examples are a railway wheel and rail, or a pair of gear wheel teeth. Professor Johnson first reviews the development of the theory of contact stresses since the problem was originally addressed by H. Hertz in 1882. Next he discusses the influence of friction and the topographical roughness of surfaces, and this is incorporated into the theory of contact mechanics. An important feature is the treatment of bodies which deform plastically or viscoelastically. In addition to stationary contact, an appreciable section of the book is concerned with bodies which are in sliding or rolling contact, or which collide. | [
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3A1760087491.jsonld | Epic echoes in the Wind in the willows | "This book explores Grahame's engagements with classical antiquity in The Wind in the Willows, including ancient epic, parody (Batrachomyomachia), and pastoral imagery. Irby demonstrates how subtle echoes - such as the structure of twelve books, arming scenes, epic catalogues, anabases and katabases, lying tales, Toad's "cleverness" - cumulatively suggest a link between The Wind in the Willows and classical literature. This study offers the first sustained treatment of classical allusions in The Wind in the Willows, considering the entire novel, not isolated scenes, building on existing scholarship to yield an interpretation through the lens of classical literature and its reception in Victorian and Edwardian England. This volume will provide a unique resource for students and scholars of classical reception and literature, as well as comparative literature, English literature, children's literature, gender studies, and Grahame's writing"-- | [
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3A775337234.jsonld | Quantum Mechanics: Fundamentals | This classic text provides a comprehensive exposition of the concepts and techniques of quantum mechanics. The phenomena treated are sufficiently simple to allow the student to readily assess the validity of the models so that attention is not deflected from the heart of the subject. To that end, the book concentrates on systems that can either be solved exactly or be handled by well-controlled, plausible approximations. With few exceptions, this means systems with a small number of degrees of freedom. The exceptions are many-electron atoms, the electromagnetic field and the Dirac equation. The inclusion of the last two topics reflects the belief that every physicist should now have some knowledge of these cornerstones of modern physics. This new edition has been completely revised and rewritten throughout, but retains the clarity and readability of the first edition. Born in Vienna, Kurt Gottfried emigrated to Canada in 1939 and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1955. He is a professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University, and had previously been at Harvard University and at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the coauthor of Concepts of Particle Physics (with V.F. Weisskopf) and of Crisis Stability and Nuclear War. Gottfried has done research in both nuclear and particle physics; he has an active interest in arms control and human rights and is a founder and currently the Chair of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Tung-Mow Yan, originally from Taiwan, received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Harvard University in 1968. He has been a member of the Cornell University faculty since 1970 after spending two years as a research associate at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. He has conducted research in many areas of elementary particle physics | [
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3A1625843186.jsonld | Everybody lies : big data, new data, and what the internet can tell us about who we really are | How much sex are people really having? How many Americans are actually racist? Is America experiencing a hidden back-alley abortion crisis? Can you game the stock market? Does violent entertainment increase the rate of violent crime? Do parents treat sons differently from daughters? How many people actually read the books they buy? In this work, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a Harvard-trained economist, former Google data scientist, and New York Times writer, argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys -- and themselves. However, we no longer need to rely on what people tell us. New data from the internet -- the traces of information that billions of people leave on Google, social media, dating, and even pornography sites -- finally reveals the truth. By analyzing this digital goldmine, we can now learn what people really think, what they really want, and what they really do. Sometimes the new data will make you laugh out loud. Sometimes the new data will shock you. Sometimes the new data will deeply disturb you. But, always, this new data will make you think.-- | [
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3A1734285451.jsonld | The fact of resonance : modernist acoustics and narrative form | Cover -- THE FACT OF RESONANCE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Note on Abbreviations -- Overture: The Sound of a Novel -- 1 Voice at the Threshold of the Audible: Free Indirect Discourse and the Colonial Space of Reading -- Coda: Chantal Akerman and Lip Sync as Postcolonial Strategy -- 2 The Echo of the Object: On the Pain of Self-Hearing in The Nigger of the "Narcissus" and "The Fact of Blackness" -- Coda: Literary History as Miscegenating Sound: The Sound and the Fury -- Intersonority: Unclaimed Voices Circum-1900, or Sound and Sourcelessness in The Souls of Black Folk -- 3 A Sinister Resonance: On the Extraction of Sound and Language in Heart of Darkness -- Reprise: Reverberation, Circumambience, and Form-Seeking Sound (Absalom, Absalom!) -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index The Fact of Resonance returns to the colonial and technological contexts in which theories of the novel developed, seeking in sound an alternative premise for theorizing modernist narrative form. The book shows how the experience of reading is undergirded by the sonic | [
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3A791362582.jsonld | Statistik für Wirtschaft und Technik | <!doctype html public ""-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en""> <html><head> <meta content=""text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"" http-equiv=content-type> <meta name=generator content=""mshtml 8.00.6001.23580""></head> <body> <P>The textbook is distinguished by its practical orientation. The exercises at the end of each chapter are not theoretical examples, but instead relate to the kinds of concrete issues that arise in practice at a fictional firm.</P></body></html> Main description: Das Lehrbuch zeichnet sich durch einen hohen Anwendungsbezug aus. So sind die Übungsaufgaben am Ende jedes Kapitels, die der Festigung des Lernstoffs dienen, nicht konstruiert, sondern behandeln konkrete Fragestellungen einer fiktiven Firma. Biographical note: Prof. Dr. Katja Specht (TH Mittelhessen); Prof. Dr. Rebecca Bulander (HS Pforzheim); Prof. Dr. Dr. Wolfgang Gohout (HS Pforzheim) Main description: The textbook is distinguished by its practical orientation. The exercises at the end of each chapter are not theoretical examples, but instead relate to the kinds of concrete issues that arise in practice at a fictional firm. | [
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3A897752953.jsonld | Classification and clustering in biomedical signal processing | "This book focuses on existing and proposed methods for medical imaging, signal processing, and analysis for the purposes of diagnosing and monitoring patient conditions, featuring the most recent empirical research findings in the areas of signal processing for biomedical applications with an emphasis on classification and clustering techniques"--Provided by publisher. | [
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3A1740285158.jsonld | The Oxford handbook of sociology of Middle East | This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online. | [
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3A1609108582.jsonld | Visualization and verbalization of data | "This volume presents an overview of the state of the art in data visualization, encompassing correspondence analysis, nonlinear principal component analysis, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, and much more. It covers the historical development of each topic along with modern techniques and future research directions. To illustrate the methods, the book incorporates many real data examples and software implementations. Each chapter is written by leading researchers in the field and thoroughly edited to ensure coherence and consistency"-- | [
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3A1733653228.jsonld | Biological responses to nanoscale particles : molecular and cellular aspects and methodological approaches | Introduction -- Manufacturing methods and characterization (with respect to size, shape, surface properties, coatings, charge etc.)- Interactions of nanoparticles with proteins -- Membrane transfer mechanisms.-Cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of nanoparticles -- Cellular responses and health effects In this book the recent progress accumulated in studies of the interaction of engineered nanoparticles with cells and cellular constituents is presented. The focus is on manufacturing and characterization of nanosized materials, their interactions with biological molecules such as proteins, the mechanisms of transport across biological membranes as well as their effects on biological functions. Fundamental molecular and cellular aspects are in the foreground of the book. A further particularity is the interdisciplinary approach, including fields such as preparatory and analytical chemistry, biophysics and the physics of colloids, advanced microscopy and spectroscopy for in-situ detection of nanoparticles, cellular toxicology and nanomedicine. Nanoscale particles are known to exhibit novel and unprecedented properties that make them different from their corresponding bulk materials. As our ability to control these properties is further advanced, a huge potential to create materials with novel properties and applications emerges. Although the technological and economic benefits of nanomaterials are indisputable, concerns have also been raised that nanoscale structuring of materials might also induce negative health effects. Unfortunately, such negative health effects cannot be deduced from the known toxicity of the corresponding macroscopic material. As a result, there is a major gap in the knowledge necessary for assessing their risk to human health | [
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3A606689737.jsonld | Ian McEwan | Introduction -- A biographical reading -- Major works: The cement garden and The comfort of strangers; The child in time; The innocent and Black dogs; Enduring love; Amsterdam and On Chesil Beach; Atonement; Saturday -- Criticism and contexts -- Author interview -- Other writings -- Critical reception -- Further reading and bibliography | [
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3A1659252652.jsonld | The imagination gap | Imagination provides a window into the world of what is possible helping us to navigate in times of uncertainty and come up with new ideas. Everyone has an imagination but most do not use our imaginations to their fullest potential or apply our imaginations to the challenges that we face. Our most important ideas and biggest ambitions never turn in to reality. In this timely new book, Brian Reich shows us that imagination is one of the most powerful forces in shaping and motivating behaviour to make real change. He explains how the most creative thinkers, forward-looking entrepreneurs, and influential change agents in every sector of our society harness the power of their imaginations to achieve their goals. He outlines how the best leaders also show others how to use their imaginations to expand their individual and collective potential. The Imagination Gap helps leaders in every sector apply their imaginations to explore new, creative approaches to help them survive and thrive. The book features in-depth interviews and examples from a range of industries and settings with guidance and steps on how to stop thinking the way you "should" and start making extraordinary things happen. | [
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3A1663669740.jsonld | Making things : Jay Baker Architects | Making Things reviews the collective portfolio of Jay Baker Architects, since the establishment of his practice in 1991, by presenting 20 projects across varied design platforms. Sixteen of these projects feature houses, commissioned over a twenty-five year period, and are complimented and contrasted with an additional four projects that were self initiated, ranging from the design of a toy to a public park. Uniting these discernably diverse projects is a common denominator. Baker's work contributes to his belief that in order to make things well, it is necessary to serve the integrity of an idea, ensuring greater incisiveness in response to design challenges | [
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3A770973760.jsonld | Cleft structures | Predication and specification in the syntax of cleft sentences / Marcel den Dikken -- Wh-clefts and verb-initial word order in Austronesian languages / Edith Aldridge -- (Pseudo)clefts at the syntax-prosody-discourse interface / Mara Frascarelli and Francesca Ramaglia -- Clefts in Durban Zulu / Lisa S. Cheng, Laura Downing -- The cleft pronoun and cleft clause in English / Matthew Reeve -- The morphosyntax of Wolof clefts : structure and movement / Harold Torrence -- Multiple focus and cleft sentences / Nancy Hedberg -- Recursion of FocP in Malayalam / Rosmin Mathew -- Multiple Wh-questions and the cleft construction in Malayalam / Punnapurath Madhavan -- Cleft partitionings in Japanese, Burmese and Chinese / Daniel Hole & Malte Zimmermann -- Italian clefts and the licensing of infinitival subject relatives / Petra Sleeman | [
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3A671652176.jsonld | Agricultural finance | Introduction -- Financial institution and markets -- Financial understanding of accounting concepts -- Ratio analysis and the Dupont system -- Capital budgeting -- Valuing investment under risk and uncertainty -- Debt choice -- Summary | [
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3A82071772X.jsonld | Migration and disruptions : toward a unifying theory of ancient and contemporary migrations | In this groundbreaking unifying theory of migration, a group of researchers from various anthropological disciplines attempt to identify the social and environmental disruptions that led to migration, regardless of its temporal space. Never before has such a diverse group of scholars met to identify and codify across time the reasons humans migrate | [
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3A785193480.jsonld | Designing for emerging technologies : UX for genomics, robotics, and the Internet of Things | "The recent digital and mobile revolutions are a minor blip compared to the next wave of technological change, as everything from robot swarms to skin-top embeddable computers and bio printable organs start appearing in coming years. In this collection of inspiring essays, designers, engineers, and researchers discuss their approaches to experience design for groundbreaking technologies. Design not only provides the framework for how technology works and how it's used, but also places it in a broader context that includes the total ecosystem with which it interacts and the possibility of unintended consequences. If you're a UX designer or engineer open to complexity and dissonant ideas, this book is a revelation"--Back cover | [
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3A646040359.jsonld | Health information systems : concepts, methodologies, tools and applications / Joel Rodrigues, editor ; Vol. 4 | "This reference set provides a complete understanding of the development of applications and concepts in clinical, patient, and hospital information systems"--Provided by publisher | [
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3A160694973X.jsonld | Reverse logistics : quantitative models for closed-loop supply chains | Framework for Reverse Logistics: A Framework for Reverse Logistics.- Quantitative Models for Reverse Logistics Decision Making.- Collection and Distribution Management Issues in Reverse Logistics: Managing Product Returns: The Role of Forecasting.- Reverse Logistics Network Design.- Collection and Vehicle Routing Issues in Reverse Logistics.- Product Returns: Handling and Warehousing Issues. Inventory Control and Production Planning for Product Recovery: Lot Sizing Decisions in Product Recovery Management.- Stochastic Inventory Control for Product Recovery Management.- Managing Dynamic Product Recovery: An Optimal Control Perspective.- Production Planning for Product Recovery Management.- Valuation of Inventories in Systems with Product Recovery. Supply Chain Management Issues: Coordination in Closed- Loop Supply Chains.- Long-Term Analysis of Closed-Loop Supply Chains.- LCA as a Tool for the Evaluation of End-of-Life Options of Spent Products.- OR Models for Eco-Eco Closed-Loop Supply Chain Optimization.- Information and Communication Technology Enabling Reverse Logistics | [
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3A1605846260.jsonld | Evolution for everyone : how Darwin's theory can change the way we think about our lives | The future can differ from the past -- Clearing the deck -- A third way of thinking -- Prove it! -- Be careful what you wish for -- Monkey madness -- How the dog got its curly tail -- Dancing with ghosts -- What is the function of a can opener? how do you know? -- Your apprentice license -- Welcome home, prodigal son -- Teaching the experts -- Murder city -- How i learned to stop worrying and love genetic determinism -- They've got personality! -- The beauty of Abraham Lincoln -- Love thy neighbor microbe -- Groups all the way down -- Divided we fall -- Winged minds -- The egalitarian ape -- Across the cooperation divide -- The first laugh -- The vital arts -- Dr. Doolittle was right -- How many inventors does it take to make a light bulb? -- I don't know how it works! -- Darwin's cathedral -- Is there anyone out there? is there anyone up there? -- Ayn Rand : religious zealot -- The social intelligence of nations, or, evil aliens need not apply -- Mr. Beeper -- The ecology of good and evil -- Mosquitoes under the bed -- The return of the amateur scientist -- Bon voyage | [
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3A1744975345.jsonld | Handbook of international banking | The Handbook of International Banking provides a clearly accessible source of reference material, covering the main developments that reveal how the internationalization and globalization of banking have developed over recent decades to the present, and analyses the creation of a new global financial architecture pt. 1. The globalization of banking -- pt. 2. Banking structures and functions -- pt. 3. Banking risks, crises and regulation -- pt. 4. The evolving international financial architecture. | [
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3A562498559.jsonld | Polygamy : a cross-cultural analysis | Forms of polygamy -- Foundations of polygamy -- Theories of polygamy -- Muslim polygyny in Malaysia -- Christian polygamy in the USA -- Hindu polyandry in India -- Polygamy and gender -- Polygamy and modernity -- Polygamy in contemporary societies | [
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3A847912000.jsonld | Young people in the labour market : past, present, future | Acknowledgements -- Foreword looking back in order to look forward / Ken Roberts -- Understanding the changing youth labour market -- From the "golden age" to neo-liberalism -- The great transformation and the punitive turn -- Towards a new normality : work and unemployment in contemporary Britain -- The age of liminality -- Towards a post-liminal labour market -- Afterword -- Is it inevitable that young people have to carry these costs of social change? -- Appendix -- References | [
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3A845923919.jsonld | Managing systemic banking crises | Recent financial sector crises and their resolution have raised new issues and provided additional experiences to draw on in the future. Banking sector problems in Russia, Turkey, and a few Latin American countries occurred within the context of highly dollarized economies, high levels of sovereign debt, severely limited fiscal resources, or combinations thereof. These factors have challenged the effectiveness of many of the typical tools for bank resolution. This publication focuses on the issues raised in systemic crises, not on the resolution of individual bank problems. Based on the lessons learned during the Asian crisis, it updates the IMF’s work on the general principles, strategies, and techniques for managing these crises | [
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3A1023442108.jsonld | Handbook on the economics of happiness | This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists. This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory pt. 1. Lessons from the past -- pt. 2. Understanding the paradox of happiness -- pt. 3. Relational goods -- pt. 4. Data and policies | [
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3A1869577116.jsonld | Introducing the history of the English language | "This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed, changed, and continues to morph into new forms in contemporary society. It first offers a rigorous, approachable introduction to the building blocks of language itself and then traces English language usage's messy development in society, beginning with its origins in the Indo-European language family and continuing chronologically through the Old, Middle, Modern, and present-day forms"-- | [
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3A555739899.jsonld | Reading a dynamic canvas : adornment in the ancient Mediterranean world | Bodily adornment and identity / Cynthia S. Colburn and Maura K. Heyn -- Exotica and the body in the Minoan and Mycenaean worlds / Cynthia S. Colburn -- The lady of the landscape : an investigation of Aegean costuming and the Xeste 3 frescoes / Anne P. Chapin -- Fabric patterns as symbols of status in the Near East and early Greece / Eleanor Guralnick -- Grave garb : archaic and classical Macedonian funerary costume / Alexis Q. Castor -- "Fashioning" initiates : dress at the mysteries / Laura Gawlinski -- Sacerdotal activities and Parthian dress in Roman Palmyra / Maura K. Heyn -- Appearance, diversity, and identity in Roman Britain / Judith Rosten | [
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3A790486563.jsonld | Radio over fiber for wireless communications | "This book provides a detailed study of radio over fiber (ROF) based wireless communication systems, otherwise called fiber wireless (Fi-Wi) systems"-- | [
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3A775281220.jsonld | Gender and humor : interdisciplinary and international perspectives | "In the mid-seventies, both gender studies and humor studies emerged as new disciplines, with scholars from various fields undertaking research in these areas. The first publications that emerged in the field of gender studies came out of disciplines such as philosophy, history, and literature, while early works in the area of humor studies initially concentrated on language, linguistics, and psychology. Since then, both fields have flourished, but largely independently. This book draws together and focuses the work of scholars from diverse disciplines on intersections of gender and humor, giving voice to approaches in disciplines such as film, television, literature, linguistics, translation studies, and popular culture"-- | [
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3A1646614054.jsonld | Atlas of Regional Anatomy of the Brain Using MRI : With Functional Correlations | Historical Review of Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Brain -- Cephalic Reference Lines Suitable for Neuroimaging -- Brain Cortical Mantle and White Matter Core -- Central Region and Motor Cortex -- Perisylvian Cognitive Region -- Limbic Lobe and Mesial Temporal Region -- The Basal Forebrain, Diencephalon and Basal Ganglia -- The Brainstem and Cerebellum -- Optic Pathway and Striate Cortex -- Atlas of Cross-Sectional Anatomy of the Brain. The volume provides a unique review of the essential topographical anatomy of the brain from an MRI perspective, correlating high-quality anatomical plates with the corresponding high-resolution MRI images. The book includes a historical review of brain mapping and an analysis of the essential reference planes used for the study of the human brain. Subsequent chapters provide a detailed review of the sulcal and the gyral anatomy of the human cortex, guiding the reader through an interpretation of the individual brain atlas provided by high-resolution MRI. The relationship between brain structure and function is approached in a topographical fashion with analysis of the necessary imaging methodology and displayed anatomy. The central, perisylvian, mesial temporal and occipital areas receive special attention. Imaging of the core brain structures is included. An extensive coronal atlas concludes the book. Neuroscientists, neuroradiologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons and students of human behavior should find this book useful guiding them to a better understanding of the localization of brain function. | [
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3A893572551.jsonld | Shifting baselines of Europe : new perspectives beyond neoliberalism and nationalism | Frontmatter -- -- Contents -- -- Note from the editors -- -- Introduction -- -- Shifting the baselines -- -- Our European incapacity -- -- Our European capacity. Which Europe do we want? Rediscovering Hannah Arendt’s concept of integral federalism -- -- Shifting Cities -- -- Introduction -- -- The magnet and the container. A transnational space of expression for “Cities of change” through Europe -- -- The cities want them in. For a revised common European refugee policy to revive the European Union -- -- Rebel cities are not utopia -- -- Institutions mean inertia -- -- Moment of confluence on the Atlantic coast -- -- This is how you win an election -- -- Forerunners of Italian municipalism -- -- Don’t let them d(r)own -- -- Cities rejecting surveillance -- -- Shifting Media -- -- Introduction -- -- The Populist Challenge 2.0. How populism profits from social media -- -- Contesting the shrinking media space in Slovakia -- -- Fluid media landscapes -- -- Networked protest for a populist age -- -- Journalism in spite of everything Interview with Esther Alonso, eldiario.es -- -- We are the newcomers Interview with Ramy Al-Asheq, Abwab -- -- Our digitally mediated society -- -- Shifting Alliances -- -- Introduction -- -- A rigged economy in a rigged democracy -- -- Breaking with the rules that ruin the Union -- -- Social networks of influence in Europe – and beyond -- -- Learning from Syriza -- -- The commons as unifying political vision -- -- Instructions for building a pan-European movement -- -- Together means Razem -- -- The birth of a new civic platform in Romania -- -- The Rojava Revolution and the model of democracy without a state -- -- Works by Democratic Self-Administration of Rojava and Studio Jonas Staal. New World Summit Rojava (2015–2017) -- -- A revolution of life -- -- Annex This book opens the often narrow discourse on the future of Europe and criticises the false dichotomy between nationalism on the one hand and a neoliberal version of Europe on the other. Existing emancipatory projects from across the continent are presented together with reflections on strategies to achieve a democratic Europe beyond the nation state: from the municipal level to the level of transnational media, from technology and counter-surveillance to the systemic change provided by the commons movement and more.The shift towards a new way of thinking and doing politics is possible!With contributions by Etienne Balibar, Ulrike Guérot, Gesine Schwan, Renata Avila, Barbara Spinelli, Andreas Karitzis, Lorenzo Marsili, Jonas Staal, among others, and interviews with city governors from Madrid to Naples."Anyone interested in survival in today's Europe, should read this book." – Srecko Horvat, Philosopher, DIEM25 | [
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3A1647761247.jsonld | Magnetic Resonance Tomography | Written by a multitude of international experts, this book provides a comprehensive overview of both the physics and the clinical applications of MRI, including practical guidelines for imaging. The authors define the importance of MRI in the diagnosis of several disease groups in comparison or combination with other methods. Chapters dealing with basic principles of MRI, MR spectroscopy (MRS), interventional MRI and functional MRI (fMRI) as well as the application of MRI in radiotherapy treatment planning illustrate the broad range of applications for MRI. Both standard and cutting-edge applications of MRI are included. Furthermore, chapters on molecular imaging and nanotechnology give glimpses into the future of the field and outline the potential role of MRI in molecular medicine. | [
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3A583101496.jsonld | Beginning Python : from novice to professional ; [covers Python 3 ; presenting elegant Python techniques and data structures for all platforms, the Web, and the enterprise] | Covering a wide array of Python-related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services, you'll be guided by sound development principles. Ten accompanying projects will ensure you can get your hands dirty in no time. Updated to reflect the latest in Python programming paradigms and several of the most crucial features found in the forthcoming Python 3.0 (otherwise known as Python 3000), advanced topics, such as extending Python and packaging/distributing Python applications, are also covered. --from publisher description | [
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3A1724786601.jsonld | Marion Zimmer Bradley : a companion to the young adult literature | "This literary companion surveys the young adult works of American author Marion Zimmer Bradley, primarily known for her work in the fantasy genre. An A to Z arrangement include coverage of novels (The Catch Trap, Survey Ship, The Fall of Atlantis, The Firebrand, The Forest House and The Mists of Avalon), the graphic narrative Warrior Woman, the Lythande novella The Gratitude of Kings, and, from the Darkover series, The Shattered Chain, The Sword of Aldones and Traitor's Sun. Separate entries on dominant themes-rape, divination, religion, violence, womanhood, adaptation and dreams-comb stories and longer works for the author's insights about the motivation of institutions that oppress marginalized groups, especially women.""-- | [
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3A612207013.jsonld | Decoding reality : the universe as quantum information | Creation ex nihilo : something from nothing -- Information for all seasons -- Back to basics : bits and pieces -- Digital romance : life is a four-letter word -- Murphy's Law : I knew this would happen to me -- Place your bets in it to win it -- Social informatics : get connected or die tryin' -- Quantum schmuntum : lights, camera, action! -- Surfing the waves : hyper-fast computers -- Children of the aimless chance : randomness versus determinism -- Sand reckoning : whose information is it, anyway? -- Destruction ab toto : nothing from something | [
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3A1655608363.jsonld | A history of male psychological disorders in Britain, 1945–1980 | This book is open access under a CC BY license and explores the under-researched history of male mental illness from the mid-twentieth century. It argues that statistics suggesting women have been more vulnerable to depression and anxiety are misleading since they underplay a host of alternative presentations of 'distress' more common in men. | [
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3A784785295.jsonld | Quantum information and computation for chemistry | Introduction to quantum information and computation for chemistry -- Back to the future: a roadmap for quantum simulation from vintage quantum chemistry -- Introduction to quantum algorithms for physics and chemistry -- Quantum computing approach to nonrelativistic and relativistic molecular energy calculations -- Density functional theory and quantum computation -- Quantum algorithms for continuous problems and their applications -- Analytic time evolution, random phase approximation, and green functions for matrix product states -- Few-qubit magnetic resonance quantum information processors: simulating chemistry and physics -- Photonic toolbox for quantum simulation -- Progress in compensating pulse sequences for quantum computation -- Review of decoherence-free subspaces, noiseless subsystems, and dynamical decoupling -- Functional subsystems and strong correlation in photosynthetic light harvesting -- Vibrational energy transfer through molecular chains: an approach toward scalable information processing -- Ultracold molecules: their formation and application to quantum computing -- Dynamics of entanglement in one- and two-dimensional spin systems -- From topological quantum field theory to topological materials -- Tensor networks for entanglement evolution | [
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3A1667337521.jsonld | European origins of library and information science | Previous books on the history of Library and Information Science (LIS) have focused on single countries, particularly English speaking ones. Although some books have been written about the emergence of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries, they were published in languages other than English, which make them difficult to access for an international audience. This book bridges this gap by offering readers a cross-national history of the emergence of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries. It retraces the emergence of LIS as a higher education field of learning and inquiry in seven countries: France, Yugoslavia (current day Croatia), Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Spain and Portugal, from the first quarter of the 19th century to the last quarter of the 20th century, and identifies the pioneers, the earliest education programs in vocational library schools, and their absorption into universities from the 1970s which paved the way for the academic recognition of LIS in the last quarter of the 20th century. This cross-country history of LIS in non-Anglophone European countries shows that, despite apparent linguistic and terminological differences, there are underlying common characteristics in the march of LIS towards academic, social and cognitive institutionalisation in these seven countries. This book is a fundamental reading for students and researchers in LIS, particularly for anyone who wishes to expand their view and understanding of LIS outside of English-speaking countries. | [
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3A1767988974.jsonld | Emerging trends of advanced composite materials in structural applications | This book introduces different advanced composite materials used in construction of civil engineering infrastructures. It reflects the latest manufacturing processes and applications in the civil structures. This book also includes test cases and its validation with finite element method using computer software. Moreover, the book also deals with design methodology of advanced composite materials based on different applications. The comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art research on the composite materials presented herein is of interest to scientists, researchers, students and engineers, and practitioners in general working in area of innovative composite materials and structures. This book is also helpful for Ph.D. research scholars for developing their fundamental understanding on advanced materials, and it is also appropriate for master and undergraduate level courses on composite materials. | [
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3A1656645688.jsonld | Twitter and society | Cover -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Debanalising Twitter: The Transformation of an Object of Study Richard Rogers ix -- Acknowledgments xxvii -- Twitter and Society: An Introduction Katrin Weller, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, & Cornelius Puschmann xxix -- Part I: Concepts and Methods -- CONCEPTS -- 1 Twitter and the Rise of Personal Publics Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 3 -- 2 Structural Layers of Communication on Twitter Axel Bruns & Hallvard Moe 15 -- 3 Structure of Twitter: Social and Technical Alexander Halavais 29 -- 4 The Politics of Twitter Data Cornelius Puschmann & Jean Burgess 43 -- METHODS -- 5 Data Collection on Twitter Devin Gaffney & Cornelius Puschmann 55 -- 6 Metrics for Understanding Communication on Twitter Axel Bruns & Stefan Stieglitz 69 -- 7 Sentiment Analysis and Time Series with Twitter Mike Thelwall 83 -- 8 Computer-Assisted Content Analysis of Twitter Data Jessica Einspänner, Mark Dang-Anh, & Caja Thimm 97 -- 9 Ethnographic and Qualitative Research on Twitter Alice E. Marwick 109 -- 10 Legal Questions of Twitter Research Michael Beurskens 123 -- Part II: Perspectives and Practices -- PERSPECTIVES -- 11 From #FollowFriday to YOLO: Exploring the Cultural Salience of Twitter Memes Alex Leavitt 137 -- 12 Twitter and Geographical Location Rowan Wilken 155 -- 13 Privacy on Twitter, Twitter on Privacy Michael Zimmer & Nicholas Proferes 169 -- 14 Automated Twitter Accounts Miranda Mowbray 183 -- 15 Information Retrieval for Twitter Data Ke Tao, Claudia Hauff, Fabian Abel, & Geert-Jan Houben 195 -- 16 Documenting Contemporary Society by Preserving Relevant Information from Twitter Thomas Risse, Wim Peters, Pierre Senellart, & Diana Maynard 207 -- PRACTICES -- Popular Culture -- 17 The Perils and Pleasures of Tweeting with Fans Nancy Baym 221. Drawing on the experience of leading international Twitter researchers from a variety of disciplines and contexts, this is the first book to document the various notions and concepts of Twitter communication, providing a detailed and comprehensive overview of current research into the uses of Twitter. It also presents methods for analyzing Twitter data. | [
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3A1748330802.jsonld | Microwave network design using the scattering matrix | This authoritative resource provides you with comprehensive and detailed coverage of the wave approach to microwave network characterization, analysis, and design using scattering parameters. For the first time in any book, all aspects and approaches to wave variables and the scattering matrix are explored. The book compares and contrasts voltage waves, travelling waves, pseudo waves, and power waves, and explains the differences between real scattering parameters, pseudo scattering parameters, and power scattering parameters. You find important discussions on standard scattering matrices and wave quantities, mixed mode wave variables, and noise wave variables with noise wave correlation matrices. Moreover, the book presents clear methods for standard single ended multiport network design and noise analysis. This in-depth reference is packed with over 1,100 equations and numerous illustrations | [
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3A1657382818.jsonld | Return of Marxian macro-dynamics in East Asia | The economic growth in East Asia has been believed to be the model case of the triumph of capitalism. Some progressive economists, for example, the developmental state theorists, also praised the East Asian model as the progressive alternative to neoliberal market fundamentalism, arguing that they are the outcomes of state-led development. However, with the sudden advent of the 'Lost Decade of Japan' in the 1990s, and the ensuing 'IMF Crisis' of South Korea in 1997, and now the imminent 'hard landing' of the Chinese economy, the East Asian miracle story is quickly becoming a thing of the past. East Asia has now become an epicentre of the contradictions and crisis of global capitalism. Today, deepening economic crises, exacerbation of social polarization, rising popular discontents, and escalating geopolitical tensions are common to China, Japan and Korea. Moreover, East Asia has been at the centre of global ecological contradictions. Indeed, East Asia has now become the typical place of Marxian macro-dynamics. This important and timely volume brings together experts in political economy from across the globe, to comment on the return of Marxian macro-dynamics in East Asia. The contributions explore macro-dynamics, the role of the state and hegemony in the context of transnational capitalism, and Marxian alternatives for East Asia. | [
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3A1657487520.jsonld | Welfare Economics : Towards a More Complete Analysis | Yew-Kwang Ng looks to make welfare economics more complete by discussing the recent inframarginal analysis of division of labour and by pushing welfare economics from the level of preference to that of happiness, making a reformulation of the foundation of public policy necessary. A theory of the third best is provided, with extension to the equality/efficiency issue. The remarkable conclusion of treating a dollar as a dollar provides a powerful simplification of public policy formulation in general and in cost-benefit analysis in particular | [
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3A1848691491.jsonld | Answering moral skepticism | "This book examines a variety of arguments that might be thought to support skepticism about the existence of morality, and it explains how these arguments can be answered by those who believe in objective moral truths. The focus throughout is on discussing questions that frequently trouble thoughtful and reflective individuals, including questions like the following: Does the prevalence of moral disagreement make it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all? Is morality simply relative to particular societies and times? What could objective moral facts possibly be like? If there were moral facts, how could we ever come to know anything about them? Shouldn't belief in the theory of evolution undermine our confidence that our moral intuitions reliably reveal moral truths? Would moral facts ever actually explain anything at all? Can morality really have the motivating and rational force we normally take it to have? How can one possibly find a place for objective moral values in a scientific worldview? The book explores plausible answers to questions like these and it thus aims to show why the belief in objective morality remains an intellectually reasonable one"-- | [
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3A556593820.jsonld | Lateral alignment of epitaxial quantum dots | This book describes the full range of possible strategies for laterally aligning self-assembled quantum dots on a substrate surface, beginning with pure self-ordering mechanisms and culminating with forced alignment by lithographic positioning. The text addresses both short- and long-range ordering phenomena and introduces future high integration of single quantum dot devices on a single chip. Contributions by well-known experts ensure that all relevant quantum-dot heterostructures are elucidated from diverse perspectives. The author was awarded the Philip-Morris Research Award in 2002. Accurate positioning of self-organized nanostructures on a substrate surface can be regarded as the Achilles heel of nanotechnology. This perception also applies to self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots. This book describes the full range of possible strategies to laterally align self-assembled quantum dots on a substrate surface, starting from pure self-ordering mechanisms and culminating with forced alignment by lithographic positioning. The text addresses both short- and long-range ordering phenomena and paves the way for the future high integration of single quantum dot devices on a single chip. Contributions by the best-known experts in this field ensure that all relevant quantum-dot heterostructures are elucidated from diverse perspectives. | [
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3A845606131.jsonld | Global logistics and supply chain management | Foreword -- About the authors -- About the contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Logistics and supply chain context -- Introduction -- Globalisation and international trade -- Supply chain relationships -- Supply chain strategies -- Case studies -- Logistics and supply chain operations -- Transport in supply chains -- Transport security -- Logistics service providers -- Procurement -- Inventory management -- Warehousing and materials handling -- Technology in the supply chain -- Information and finance flows in the supply chain -- Case studies -- Supply chain designs -- Supply chain vulnerability, risk, robustness and resilience -- Sustainable logistics and supply chain systems -- Reverse logistics -- Service supply chains -- Management science applications -- Emerging supply chain designs -- Case studies -- Glossary -- Index | [
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3A1764802179.jsonld | Embattled excavations : colonial and transcultural constructions of the American Deep Past | American national self-invention is fundamentally entwined with cultural constructions of American "prehistory" - the human presence on the continent since the earliest arrivals at least 16,000 years ago. Embattled Excavations offers exemplary readings of the entanglements between reconstructions of the American deep past and racialist ideologies and legal doctrine, with continental expansionism and Manifest Destiny, and with the epistemic and spiritual crisis about the origins of mankind following nineteenth-century discoveries in the fields of geology and evolutionary biology. It argues, from a decolonial perspective, that popular assumptions about the early history of settlement effectively downplay the length and intensity of the Indigenous presence on the continent. Individual chapters critically investigate modern scientific hypotheses about Pleistocene migrations; they follow in the tracks of imperial and transatlantic adventurers in search of Maya ruins and fossil megafauna; and they triangulate colonial and transcultural reconstructions of the events leading to the formation of Crater Lake (Oregon) with previously ignored Indigenous traditions about the ancient cataclysm. The examples show a deep-seated colonial anxiety about America's foreign pre-colonial past, evinced by popular archaeology's nervous silencing of Indigenous knowledge - a condition now subject to revision due to a growing Indigenous presence in the discursive field. | [
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3A1750908786.jsonld | Authority and trust in US culture and society : interdisciplinary approaches and perspectives | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Decline of Political Trust and the Rise of Populism in the United States -- Waning Trust in (Scientific) Experts and Expertise? -- Shifting Meridians of Global Authority -- Trust and the City -- “We must trust that look of hers” -- “We believe that we have a right to revelations, visions, and dreams from God” -- The Trust Debate in the Literature of the American Renaissance -- Authority, Genealogy, Infrastructure -- Shoppers, Worshippers, Culture Warriors -- List of Contributors In the past two decades, a discourse of crisis has emerged about the democratic institutions and political culture of the US: Many structures of authority which people had more or less taken for granted are facing a massive public loss of trust. This volume takes an interdisciplinary and historical look at the transformations of authority and trust in the United States. The contributors examine government institutions, political parties, urban neighborhoods, scientific experts, international leadership, religious communities, and literary production. Exploring the nexus between authority and trust is crucial to understand the loss of legitimacy experienced by political, social, and cultural institutions not only in the United States but in Western democracies at large | [
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3A1649009658.jsonld | Investigative Electrocardiography in Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials | Provides background information on procedures, epidemiological aspects, problem areas, mortality and morbidity risk. These topics are of particular interest for investigators in ECG research and clinical trials There is a lack of treatises dealing with investigative electrocardiographic research. Investigative Electrocardiography in Epidemiological Studies and Clinical Trials provides background information on procedures, epidemiological aspects, problem areas, mortality and morbidity risk. These topics are of particular interest for investigators in ECG research and clinical trials. This monograph is specialized beyond the scope of ordinary clinical textbooks of electrocardiography that have traditionally flooded the market. | [
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3A1867253100.jsonld | Nanotechnology for sustainable agriculture : an innovative and eco-friendly approach | "This new volume explores the important and cutting-edge roles that nanotechnology can play in facilitating sustainable agriculture. It provides recent updates on nanobiotechnology in soil science, plant breeding, food science, agricultural tool design and utilization, as well as the impacts of such approaches on properties of soils and plants and other environmental factors. The volume looks at the many roles of nanotechnology as a state-of-the art tool in sustainable agriculture, such as for crop production and protection, in the creation and application of nano-pesticides, to enhance soil fertility and soil health for improved plant growth, as plant protective agents against pathogenic microbes and pests, as a mitigating factor of plant abiotic stress, and more. It also discusses the behavior of nanomaterials in soil and interaction with soil biota. The volume goes on to explore emerging nanotechnological tools and techniques for crop improvement, which include space-inspired speed breeding for crop improvement, nanoparticles as sensing materials, plant nanobionics, nanopore DNA sequencing, and more. Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture: An Innovative and Eco-Friendly Approach will be an important resource on sustainable agriculture and crop improvement with the help of the recent and emerging tools of nanotechnology."-- | [
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3A1034141848.jsonld | New directions in social and cultural history | Subjectivity, the self and historical practice / Penny Summerfield -- The history of emotions / Rob Boddice -- The body and the senses / Judith A. Allen -- A return to materialism? putting social history back into place / Katrina Navickas -- Markets and culture / Donna Loftus -- Visual and material cultures / Jennifer Tucker -- Public histories / Paul Ashton and Meg Foster -- Animal human histories / Hilda Kean -- New directions in transnational history: thinking and living transnationally / Durba Ghosh -- Environmental history / John Morgan -- Spatial history / Nicola Whyte -- Afterword: digital history / Seth Denbo "What does it mean to be a social and cultural historian today? In the wake of the 'cultural turn', and in an age of digital and public history, what challenges and opportunities await historians in the early 21st century? In this exciting new text, leading historians reflect on key developments in their fields and argue for a range of 'new directions' in social and cultural history. Focusing on emerging areas of historical research such as the history of the emotions and environmental history, New Directions in Social and Cultural History is an invaluable guide to the current and future state of the field. The book is divided into three clear sections, each with an editorial introduction, and covering key thematic areas: histories of the human, the material world, and challenges and provocations. Each chapter in the collection provides an introduction to the key and recent developments in its specialist field, with their authors then moving on to argue for what they see as particularly important shifts and interventions in the theory and methodology and suggest future developments. New Directions in Social and Cultural History provides a comprehensive and insightful overview of this burgeoning field which will be important reading for all students and scholars of social and cultural history and historiography."-- | [
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3A165232125X.jsonld | Programming 16-bit PIC microcontrollers in C : learning to fly the PIC 24 | New in the second edition: * MPLAB X support and MPLAB C for the PIC24F v3 and later libraries * I2CT interface * 100% assembly free solutions * Improved video, PAL/NTSC * Improved audio, RIFF files decoding * PIC24F GA1, GA2, GB1 and GB2 support Most readers will associate Microchip's name with the ubiquitous 8-bit PIC microcontrollers but it is the new 16-bit PIC24F family that is truly stealing the scene. Orders of magnitude increases of performance, memory size and the rich peripheral set make programming these devices in C a must. This new guide by Microchip insider Lucio Di Jasio teaches readers everything they need to know about the architecture of these new chips: How to program them, how to test them, and how to debug them. Di Jasio's common-sense, practical, hands-on approach starts out with basic functions and guides the reader step-by-step through even the most sophisticated programming scenarios. Experienced PIC users, including embedded engineers, programmers, designers, and SW and HW engineers, and new comers alike will benefit from the text's many thorough examples, which demonstrate how to nimbly sidestep common obstacles and take full advantage of the many new features.! * A Microchip insider introduces you to 16-bit PIC programming the easy way! * Condenses typical introductory "fluff" focusing instead on examples and exercises that show how to solve common, real-world design problems quickly * Includes handy checklists to help readers perform the most common programming and debugging tasks | [
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3A164401811X.jsonld | The analogy between states and international organizations | The book investigates how an analogy between States and international organizations has influenced and supported the development of the law that applies to intergovernmental institutions on the international plane. That is best illustrated by the work of the International Law Commission on the treaties and responsibility of international organizations, where the Commission for the most part extended to organizations rules that had been originally devised for States. Revisiting those codification projects while also looking into other areas, the book reflects on how techniques of legal reasoning can be - and have been - used by international institutions and the legal profession to tackle situations of uncertainty, and discusses the elusive position that international organizations occupy in the international legal system. By cutting across some foundational topics of the discipline, the book makes a substantive contribution to the literature on subjects and sources of international law. | [
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3A1814870709.jsonld | The Cambridge handbook of artificial intelligence : global perspectives on law and ethics | The technology and application of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout society continues to grow at unprecedented rates, which raises numerous legal questions that to date have been largely unexamined. Although AI now plays a role in almost all areas of society, the need for a better understanding of its impact, from legal and ethical perspectives, is pressing, and regulatory proposals are urgently needed. This book responds to these needs, identifying the issues raised by AI and providing practical recommendations for regulatory, technical, and theoretical frameworks aimed at making AI compatible with existing legal rules, principles, and democratic values. An international roster of authors including professors of specialized areas of law, technologists, and practitioners bring their expertise to the interdisciplinary nature of AI. | [
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3A614175666.jsonld | Green construction project management and cost oversight | "Green" and "sustainability" defined -- Elements of green design and construction -- Green project requirements and strategies -- Green construction cost monitoring -- How the consultant functions in the requisition process -- Choosing materials and products -- Project cost breakdown -- Green design and construction economics -- Understanding specifications -- Litigation and liability issues -- Green project commissioning -- Green business development | [
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3A1685842364.jsonld | Toeplitz matrices and operators | Why Toeplitz-Hankel? Motivations and panorama -- Hankel and Toeplitz--brother pperators on the Space H2 -- H2 theory of Toeplitz operators -- Applications : Riemann-Hilbert, Wiener-Hopf, and SIO -- Toeplitz matrices : moments, spectra, asymptotics | [
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3A331530740.jsonld | Academic tribes and territories : intellectual enquiry and the culture of disciplines | How do academics perceive themselves and colleagues in their own disciplines, and how do they rate those in other subjects? How closely related are their intellectual tasks and their ways of organizing their professional lives? What are the interconnections between academic cultures and the nature of disciplines? Academic Tribes and Territories maps academic knowledge and explores the diverse characteristics of those who inhabit and cultivate it. Contents: 1. Landscapes, Tribal Territories and Academic Cultures. - 2. Points of Departure. - 3. Academic Disciplines. - 4. Overlaps, Boundaries and Specialisms. - 5. Aspects of Community Life. - 6. Patterns of Communication. - 7. Academic Careers. - 8. The Wider Context. - 9. Implications for Theory and Practice. - Appendix: Data for the Initial Study (HoF/text adopted) | [
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3A799844640.jsonld | Introduction to the physics of the cryosphere | Introduction to the Physics of the Cryosphere is intended for graduates with a numerical sciences background, particularly those who are heading towards postgraduate study or are generally interested in environmental physics. Conservation equations underpin the physics encompassed in this book, although the interesting part comes in how the necessary variables and boundary conditions are defined to be able to simulate changes in the cryosphere. Phase changes between ice, liquid water and water vapour also come into play. | [
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3A620802057.jsonld | Suburban affiliations : social relations in the greater Dublin area | The significance of suburbs -- Suburban formation : the case of Dublin -- Suburbs and the life course -- Suburban pastoralism and sense of place -- Linked lives : personal communities in the suburbs -- Family-friendly communities? -- Making friends and losing spaces : a child's view of the suburban world -- Joining in: the dynamic of voluntary associations -- Fragments of activism -- Community and the structure of social capital -- Conclusion : suburban variation and suburban affiliation | [
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3A876674309.jsonld | Contamination and ESD control in high technology manufacturing | "This book offers effective strategies and techniques for contamination and electrostatic discharge (ESD) control that can be implemented in a wide range of high-technology industries, including semiconductor, disk drive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, medical device, automobile, and food production manufacturing. The authors set forth a new and innovative methodology that can manage both contamination and ESD, often considered to be mutually exclusive challenges requiring distinct strategies." "Contamination and ESD Control in High-Technology Manufacturing conveys a practical, working knowledge of contamination and ESD control strategies and techniques, and it is filled with case studies that illustrate key principles and the benefits of contamination and ESD control. Moreover, its straightforward style makes the material, which integrates many disciplines of engineering and science, clear and accessible."--Jacket A practical "how to" guide that effectively deals with the control of both contamination and ESD This book offers effective strategies and techniques for contamination and electrostatic discharge (ESD) control that can be implemented in a wide range of high-technology industries, including semiconductor, disk drive, aerospace, pharmaceutical, medical device, automobile, and food production manufacturing. The authors set forth a new and innovative methodology that can manage both contamination and ESD, often considered to be mutually exclusive challenges requiring distinct strategies. Beginning with two general chapters on the fundamentals of contamination and ESD control, the book presents a logical progression of topics that collectively build the necessary skills and knowledge: . Analysis methods for solving contamination and ESD problems. Building the contamination and ESD control environment, including design and construction of cleanrooms and ESD protected environments. Cleaning processes and the equipment needed to support these processes. Tooling design and certification. Continuous monitoring. Consumable supplies and packaging materials. Controlling contamination and ESD originating from people. Management of cleanrooms and ESD protected workplace environments Contamination and ESD Control in High-Technology Manufacturing conveys a practical, working knowledge of contamination and ESD control strategies and techniques, and it is filled with case studies that illustrate key principles and the benefits of contamination and ESD control. Moreover, its straightforward style makes the material, which integrates many disciplines of engineering and science, clear and accessible. Written by three leading industry experts, this book is an essential guide for engineers and designers across the many industries where contamination and ESD control is a concern | [
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3A326004556.jsonld | Distant ties : Germany, the Ottoman Empire, and the construction of the Baghdad Railway | Machine generated contents note: The German Discovery of the Ottoman Empire -- 2. Early Trials and Conventional Wisdom, 1899-1908 -- 3. The Young Turks and the Baghdad Railway, 1908-1914 -- 4. The First World War and the Baghdad Railway, 1914-1918 -- Conclusion -- Selected Bibliography -- Index | [
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3A1617510319.jsonld | State of the world's oceans | "This book provides a contemporary overview of the world's oceans. It identifies and describes the various problems which continue to threaten environmental quality and biodiversity, ranging from overfishing to the complex changes which could take place as a result of global climate change. Written by scientists working at the Greenpeace Research Laboratories at the University of Exeter in the UK, it is based upon the latest published scientific information. It draws upon the considerable and unique experience of Greenpeace as an organisation working on a diverse array of marine conservation issues at the international scale. The book is designed to serve a wide readership, both as a source of reliable information and as an introduction to the wide literature which exists on marine conservation issues. It is designed to be accessible by those pursuing academic studies as well as those with a more general interest in the factors which are shaping our oceans. As well as identifying the many problems, the book also outlines the ways in which the foundations and building blocks for clean, healthy and biodiverse seas can be provided, especially through the development of a global network of marine reserves."--BOOK JACKET | [
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3A1655954954.jsonld | Memories of Gustav Ichheiser : Life and Work of an Exiled Social Scientist | This book presents an overview of the life and work of Gustav Ichheiser, a social scientist in Vienna during the early 20th century. Gustav Ichheiser, along with many other Austrian Jews of his time, was forced into exile after the rise of National Socialism in Europe. Ichheiser's work is considered an important front runner to the attribution theories. He was one of the first to study the phenomena of social misunderstandings in detail and in relation to concrete problem areas, such as success. The aim of this book is to discuss, on an international level, the importance of Ichheiser's theoretical approaches in his time and their relevance in today's context of social and cultural psychology. In addition, the tragic course of Ichheiser’s biography, an example for many displaced scientists, highlights the importance of bringing a scientist’s work back into the focus of today’s current social scientific setting. Memories of Gustav Ichheiser will be of interest to researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of psychology, social psychology, sociology, and psychiatry | [
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3A663713587.jsonld | Quantifiers, propositions, and identity : admissible semantics for quantified modal and substructural logics | "Many systems of quantified modal logic cannot be characterised by Kripke's well-known possible worlds semantic analysis. This book shows how they can be characterised by a more general 'admissible semantics', using models in which there is a restriction on which sets of worlds count as propositions. This requires a new interpretation of quantifiers that takes into account the admissibility of propositions. The author sheds new light on the celebrated Barcan Formula, whose role becomes that of legitimising the Kripkean interpretation of quantification. The theory is worked out for systems with quantifiers ranging over actual objects, and over all possibilia, and for logics with existence and identity predicates and definite descriptions. The final chapter develops a new admissible 'cover semantics' for propositional and quantified relevant logic, adapting ideas from the Kripke-Joyal semantics for intuitionistic logic in topos theory. This book is for mathematical or philosophical logicians, computer scientists and linguists"-- | [
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3A775422223.jsonld | Density Functional Theory : An Approach to the Quantum Many-Body Problem | Density Functional Theory is a rapidly developing branch of many-particle physics that has found applications in atomic, molecular, solid-state and nuclear physics. This book describes the conceptual framework of density functional theory and discusses in detail the derivation of explicit functionals from first principles as well as their application to Coulomb systems. Both non-relativistic and relativistic systems are treated. The connection of density functional theory with other many-body methods is highlighted. The presentation is self-contained; the book is, thus, well suited for a graduate course on density functional theory | [
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3A1726855082.jsonld | Japan style : architecture + interiors + design | Japanese homes speak to the soul and provide a contemplative environment from which to experience the world. Japan Style offers rare glimpses into twenty exquisite traditional homes in Japan. The lavish photographs in this volume demonstrate how Japanese design achieves a timeless tranquility using a few very simple, natural elements. Wood is the preferred building material since it is considered a "living" material; the country's Shinto and Zen Buddhist roots have inculcated a deep respect for nature. The houses in this book are a wonderful reminder that there are alternatives to "big is beautiful" - and that neither timelessness nor modernity has to be about using cold steel, glass and concrete. The wabi-sabi ideal, translated loosely by Frank Lloyd Wright as a "rusticity and simplicity that borders on loneliness," is considered the epitome of sophistication in Japanese interior design. The houses in this book invite us to rethink the wisdom of our hurried modern lifestyle and return to a simpler, slower life. The quintessential Japanese aesthetic can be seen in a 100-year-old minka farmhouse, an old merchant's machiya townhouse in Kyoto, a sprawling country Samurai villa, and in a modern seaside cottage. This book offers insights for architects and homeowners alike by providing inspiring and surprising alternatives, relevant to the design of homes anywhere in the world today | [
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3A606528717.jsonld | Islamic reform and conservatism : Al-Azhar and the evolution of modern Sunni Islam | The famed reform debates at al-Azhar Madrasa in nineteenth-century Cairo -- one of the most influential centers of religious study in Sunni Islam -- were enormously influential for twentieth-century Islamic thought. In this book Indira Gesink argues that narratives of these debates overemphasize the roles of famous modernists like Muhammad ʹAbduh, obscuring important themes. By restoring conservative voices to the debate, she shows that conservative ʹulama engaged many of the same issues as reformers and led committees that generated and implemented reforms; ultimately, conservative leaders at al-Azhar provided crucial legitimacy for the reforms to become rooted in public life. Drawing on obscure, but important, archival sources to illustrate the important contributions of conservative scholars to the evolutionof twentieth-century Sunni Islam, Islamic Reform and Conservatism is indispensable for all those interested in the modern Middle East, religious history, secularism, modernism and religious reform. -- Book jacket | [
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3A601365127.jsonld | Hindus : their religious beliefs and practices | 1. About 'Hindu', Hinduism and this book -- Pt. I. Guiding voices -- 2. The voice of scripture as Veda (I) : performing the word -- 3. The voice of scripture as Veda (II) : discerning the word -- 4. The voice of scripture as Veda and 'Veda' -- 5. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (I) -- 6. The voice of tradition : smrti and its divisions (II) -- 7. The voice of tradition : caste and its realities -- 8. The voice of tradition : itihasa and sacred narrative -- 9. The voice of tradition : folklore and the intellectual heritage -- 10. The voice of experience -- Pt. II. Reason and morality -- 11. A story with a tale -- 12. Morality and the person; the belief in karma and rebirth -- Pt. III. Images of time, space, and eternity -- 13. Reckoning time and 'progress' -- 14. the sacred and its forms -- 15. Ways, means and ends -- Concluding postscript | [
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3A1699242240.jsonld | Gender in world Englishes | "How do women and men from around the world really speak English? Using examples from World Englishes in Africa, America, Asia, Britain and the Caribbean, this book explores the degree of variation based on gender, in native-, second- and foreign-language varieties. Each chapter is rooted in a particular set of linguistic corpora, and combines authentic records of speakers with state-of-the-art statistical modelling. It gives empirically reliable evaluations of the impact of gender on linguistic choices in the context of other (socio-)linguistic factors, such as age or speaker status, under consideration of local social realities. It analyses linguistic phenomena traditionally associated with genderlectal research, such as hedges, intensifiers or quotatives, as well as those associated with World Englishes, like the dative or genitive alternation. A truly innovative approach to the subject, this book is essential reading for researchers and advanced students with an interest in language, gender and World Englishes"-- | [
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3A1614184542.jsonld | Contemporary financial intermediation | In Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Third Edition, Greenbaum, Thakor and Boot offer a distinctive approach to financial markets and institutions, presenting an integrated portrait that puts information at the core. Instead of simply naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as competing books do, the authors explore the endless subtlety and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets. This edition has six new chapters and increased, enhanced pedagogical supplements. The book is ideal for anyone working in the financial sector, presenting professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators act as they do. Readers will find an unmatched, thorough discussion of the world's financial markets and how they function.-- | [
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3A1809939461.jsonld | Topology : an Invitation | 1 Aperitif: The Intermediate Value Theorem -- 2 Metric spaces -- 3 Topological spaces -- 4 Continuous maps -- 5 Compact spaces -- 6Topologies defined by maps -- 7 Products of compact spaces -- 8 Separation axioms -- 9 Connected spaces -- 10 Countability axioms. This book starts with a discussion of the classical intermediate value theorem and some of its uncommon “topological” consequences as an appetizer to whet the interest of the reader. It is a concise introduction to topology with a tinge of historical perspective, as the author’s perception is that learning mathematics should be spiced up with a dash of historical development. All the basics of general topology that a student of mathematics would need are discussed, and glimpses of the beginnings of algebraic and combinatorial methods in topology are provided. All the standard material on basic set topology is presented, with the treatment being sometimes new. This is followed by some of the classical, important topological results on Euclidean spaces (the higher-dimensional intermediate value theorem of Poincaré–Miranda, Brouwer’s fixed-point theorem, the no-retract theorem, theorems on invariance of domain and dimension, Borsuk’s antipodal theorem, the Borsuk–Ulam theorem and the Lusternik–Schnirelmann–Borsuk theorem), all proved by combinatorial methods. This material is not usually found in introductory books on topology. The book concludes with an introduction to homotopy, fundamental groups and covering spaces. Throughout, original formulations of concepts and major results are provided, along with English translations. Brief accounts of historical developments and biographical sketches of the dramatis personae are provided. Problem solving being an indispensable process of learning, plenty of exercises are provided to hone the reader's mathematical skills. The book would be suitable for a first course in topology and also as a source for self-study for someone desirous of learning the subject. Familiarity with elementary real analysis and some felicity with the language of set theory and abstract mathematical reasoning would be adequate prerequisites for an intelligent study of the book. | [
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