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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 diff...
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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 realitie...
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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 ...
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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 -...
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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 ...
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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 -- V...
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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 ...
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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 Englan...
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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 deta...
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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 ...
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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 / ...
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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 theoret...
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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 ...
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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....
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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 Kingst...
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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 comm...
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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 o...
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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...
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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 -- Sw...
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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 arch...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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'...
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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 ...
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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 bo...
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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 ...
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3A791362582.jsonld
Statistik für Wirtschaft und Technik
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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 classificatio...
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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 a...
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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 di...
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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 thi...
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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 readin...
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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 b...
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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...
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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 Dow...
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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 t...
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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 ...
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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 Issue...
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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 -...
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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...
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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 liminal...
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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 limit...
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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 econom...
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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 us...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 Gangl...
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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 contai...
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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 m...
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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...
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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 n...
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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 : l...
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3A668043121.jsonld
Handbook of augmented reality
Augmented Reality (AR) refers to the merging of a live view of the physical, real world with context-sensitive, computer-generated images to create a mixed reality. Through this augmented vision, a user can digitally interact with and adjust information about their surrounding environment on-the-fly. Handbook of Augmen...
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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 'distr...
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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 -- Dens...
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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 difficu...
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3A1787151611.jsonld
Avian aesthetics in literature and culture : birds and humans in the popular imagination
Section 1: The Avian-ness of Aesthetics -- Birdwatching and Wordwatching: The Avian Aesthetics of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway / Jemma Deer -- Birds as Character, Motif, Allusion, and Symbol in Meir Shalev's A Pigeon and a Boy / Laura Major -- "With An Aviary Inside Its Head": Surrealist Sensibilities and Avian Ontolo...
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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. Moreov...
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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 Twit...
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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 co...
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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 s...
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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...
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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 in...
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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 introd...
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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 c...
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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 p...
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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 rig...
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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 Electroc...
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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 prope...
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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 ...
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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 PI...
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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 responsibili...
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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, fro...
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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 ec...
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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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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? Acade...
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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...
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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:...
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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 auth...
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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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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 workin...
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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 ...
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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 ne...
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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 princip...
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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, n...
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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 mod...
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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 t...
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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 linguis...
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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 d...
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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 interme...
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