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E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

Through attending to the nonhuman E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism: Queer Matters places Forster’s fiction in conversation with contemporary debates concerned with the intersection of neomaterialism environmental humanities and queer ecology. The book revisits Forster’s liberal humanism from a materialist perspective by focusing on humans’ embodied activities in artificial and natural environments. By examining the everyday embodied experiences of characters the book thus brings to the fore insignificant and sometimes overlooked aspects in Forster’s fiction. It also places importance on the texts’ treatment of queer intimacy as an embodied experience that can transcend sexual desire. The book acknowledges nonhuman agency as central to our understanding of queerness in Forster’s texts and studies the representation of formless matters such as dust as a way through which Forster’s ecological concerns arise by linking the fate of oppressed humans with oppressed nonhuman others. | E. M. Forster’s Material Humanism Queer Matters

GBP 130.00
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Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

Pro Tools LE and M-Powered is an authoritative guide to Digidesign's entry-level hardware and software systems. Illustrated throughout with color screen grabs the book starts by giving you useful overviews and advice about the hardware options available. Subsequent chapters are packed with easy-to-follow instructions valuable hints and time-saving tips on how to use the software. Includes:* Full coverage of all new features in version 7* Information on tempos clicks and grooves* Two chapters on MIDI* Useful tutorials on using Reason Live and SampleTank* Recommendations on backups and transfers* Guidance on the DV Toolkit for post productionFor troubleshooting technical problems advice on purchasing decisions or inspiration for new ideas keep this book by your side as a vital reference point. | Pro Tools LE and M-Powered The complete guide

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Re-imagining Democracy Legacy Impact and Lessons of Spain's 15-M Movement

Re-imagining Democracy Legacy Impact and Lessons of Spain's 15-M Movement

This interdisciplinary book draws on leading scholarship on one of the most influential and consequential social movements of the past decades: Spain’s 15-M movement. The volume explores the legacy impact and outcomes of the movement and the lessons it offers for understanding mobilization in times of crisis. The book opens with a theoretical reconsideration of the positive ways social movements can impact democracy moving the field forward significantly. It also offers rich case studies to explore a range of areas of interest to social movement scholars. Chapters explore the biographical consequences of participation in social movements; how memories of the movement inspired new mobilizations; the reciprocal influence between the 15-M movement and feminist economics; how urban democracy was transformed by municipalism arising from the movement; how the movement generated a “Caring democracy” in the face of the Covid pandemic; and how it gave rise to a new radical democratic media ecosystem. The book explores the movement’s political economy as well as reflects on one of its unintended consequences: the rise of the penalization of counter-hegemonic protest in contemporary Spain. Although focused on a single emblematic movement it offers significant insights and lessons for scholarship on contemporary politics and movements. Re-imagining Democracy provides a valuable resource for scholars and students interested in the challenges faced by contemporary democracies the dynamics of social movements in times of crisis and the profound impact of social movements on contemporary democracy. The chapters in this book were originally published as a peer-reviewed special issue of Social Movement Studies. | Re-imagining Democracy Legacy Impact and Lessons of Spain's 15-M Movement

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Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics Developments by Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen

Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics Developments by Christian M.I.M. Matthiessen

This collection reflects on developments in the field of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) as embodied in the work of Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen highlighting his diverse contributions to the field from theoretical and applied perspectives. The book surveys Matthiessen’s academic career and illustrates the myriad ways in which his work has reverberated through to current innovations in SFL research. The book also exhibits his theoretical contributions to major linguistic topics and his influence on the development of SFL. Written by some of the world’s foremost scholars in the field chapters cover such topics as theories of SFL and its applications in different domains as well as the developmental trajectories of SFL in major geographic areas. Addressing the key issues in SFL through the lens of Matthiessen’s career this book is an accessible resource for students and scholars in systemic functional linguistics as well as those interested in the systemic functional approach in related areas within linguistics. | Theorizing and Applying Systemic Functional Linguistics Developments by Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen

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(M)Other Perspectives Staging Motherhood in 21st Century North American Theatre & Performance

(M)Other Perspectives Staging Motherhood in 21st Century North American Theatre & Performance

This anthology examines maternity in contemporary performance at the intersection of a wide range of topics from nationhood to mental health queer parenting embodied dramaturgy cultural practice and immigration. Across the breadth of these themes we interrogate the cultural implications and politics of how we script perform receive and define mothers challenging many of the normalizing and patriarchal tropes associated with the mother-as-character. This book includes critical essays examining twenty-first century dramatic literature first-hand ethnographic accounts of motherhood in practice interviews feminist manifestos and artist reflections. In its deliberately curated variety this collection seeks to resist homogeneity and offer instead a range of approaches to key questions: what versions of motherhood get staged and why? And what do dramatic representations tell us about the role of mothers in our own fraught contemporary moment? This collection will be of great interest to those in academia who are teaching researching or studying in the fields of Theatre and Performance Studies American Studies and Feminist and Gender Studies. | (M)Other Perspectives Staging Motherhood in 21st Century North American Theatre & Performance

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The Peach Potato Aphid (Myzus persicae) Ecology and Management

The Peach Potato Aphid (Myzus persicae) Ecology and Management

Considered as economically significant pests with worldwide distribution aphids feed on hundreds of cultivated and ornamental plants and cause considerable economic loss on a global scale. The peach-potato aphid Myzus persicae is one of the most severe model aphid pests and successfully colonizes hundreds of plant species from 40 different families. It is a complex aphid pest known for its high reproductive rate biotype formation suppression of plant defenses and wide range of host plants. This book covers ecological aspects - including life cycle damage and host range - which make aphids an economically important pest. A wide range of topics are covered including ecological aspects of M. persicae; challenges with management approaches; damage; suppression of plant defenses; evolution; the mechanism of resistance against major classes of insecticides; the potential of biological control and natural plant-derived compounds (plant defense elicitors) as an alternative to the use of synthetic chemical insecticides to control M. persicae; and integrated pest management for M. persicae. As the peach-potato aphid is a model aphid pest studying it helps to develop control strategies against the entire group of aphids. Written for professionals as well as students teachers and researchers in the fields of entomology ecology and bioscience this book is an enriching new addition to its field. | The Peach Potato Aphid (Myzus persicae) Ecology and Management

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Political Psychology And Biopolitics Assessing And Predicting Elite Behavior In Foreign Policy Crises

Political Psychology And Biopolitics Assessing And Predicting Elite Behavior In Foreign Policy Crises

The interface between psychology and politics has been an area of sustained inquiry for several decades. More recently the nexus between psychopolitical factors and international politics-linkages among biopolitics political psychology elite analysis foreign affairs and world politics-has been explored. This volume reviews and assesses the m | Political Psychology And Biopolitics Assessing And Predicting Elite Behavior In Foreign Policy Crises

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Summability Theory and Its Applications

Summability Theory and Its Applications

Summability Theory and Its Applications explains various aspects of summability and demonstrates its applications in a rigorous and coherent manner. The content can readily serve as a reference or as a useful series of lecture notes on the subject. This substantially revised new edition includes brand new material across several chapters as well as several corrections including: the addition of the domain of Cesaro matrix C(m) of order m in the classical sequence spaces to Chapter 4; and introducing the domain of four-dimensional binomial matrix in the spaces of bounded convergent in the Pringsheim's sense both convergent in the Pringsheim's sense and bounded and regularly convergent double sequences in Chapter 7. Features Investigates different types of summable spaces and computes their dual Suitable for graduate students and researchers with a (special) interest in spaces of single and double sequences matrix transformations and domains of triangle matrices Can serve as a reference or as supplementary reading in a computational physics course or as a key text for special Analysis seminars.

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Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

This collection features eight interviews with seven senior scholars whose seminal works involve the application of Systemic Functional Linguistica (SFL) to translation studies have advanced Systemic Functional Translation Studies (SFTS) as a research agenda in its own right with critical reflections and insights into future directions. The book introduces SFTS as a research field tracing its development and situating the contributions of the scholars interviewed within this tradition. An international group of researchers working across a diverse range of topics within SFTS are interviewed including Christian M. I. M. Matthiessen Erich Steiner J. R. Martin Juliane House Jeremy Munday Adriana Pagano and Akila Sellami-Baklouti. Taken together the collection offers a comprehensive account of theoretical and methodological developments in SFTS with critical overviews of these scholars’ body of work within the research area and reflections on the emerging research that pushes SFTS scholarship into new frontiers. This volume will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies and Systemic Functional Linguistics as well as those interested in innovations in linguistic theory. | Key Themes and New Directions in Systemic Functional Translation Studies

GBP 120.00
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Mass Spectrometry in Food Analysis

Mass Spectrometry in Food Analysis

The quality and safety of food are crucial for human nutrition. However evaluating the chemical composition of food is challenging for the analyst and requires powerful methods. Chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS) is the gold standard for analyzing complex food samples including raw materials and intermediate and finished products. Mass Spectrometry in Food Analysis covers the MS-based analysis of different aspects of food quality which include nutritional value profile of macronutrients (proteins lipids and carbohydrates) micronutrients (vitamins) and nutraceutical active compounds. Additionally sensory quality flavor food pigments safety and detection of pesticides contact materials veterinary drugs and pharmaceuticals organic pollutants and pathogens are covered. Key Features: Contains the basics of mass spectrometry and experimental strategies Explores determination of macro- and micronutrients Analyzes sensory and nutraceutical food quality Discusses detection of contaminants and proof of authenticity Presents emerging methods for food analysis This book contains an introductory section that explains the basics of MS and the difference between targeted and untargeted strategies for beginners. Further it points out new analytical challenges such as monitoring contaminants of emerging concern and presents innovative techniques (e. g. ambient ionization MS and data mining). Also available in the Food Analysis & Properties Series: Nanoemulsions in Food Technology: Development Characterization and Applications edited by Javed Ahmad and Leo M. L. Nollet (ISBN: 978-0-367-61492-8) Sequencing Technologies in Microbial Food Safety and Quality edited by Devarajan Thangadurai Leo M. L. Nollet Saher Islam and Jeyabalan Sangeetha (ISBN: 978-0-367-35118-2) Chiral Organic Pollutants: Monitoring and Characterization in Food and the Environment edited by Edmond Sanganyado Basil K. Munjanja and Leo M. L. Nollet (ISBN: 978-0-367-42923-2) For a complete list of books in this series please visit our website at: www. crcpress. com/Food-Analysis-Properties/book-series/CRCFOODANPRO

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The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden R. A. The Naturalist in H. M. S. Alert 1875-1876

The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden R. A. The Naturalist in H. M. S. Alert 1875-1876

The British Arctic Expedition of 1875–6 was the first major British naval expedition to the high Arctic where science was almost as important as geographical exploration. There were hopes that the expedition might find the hypothetical open polar sea and with it the longed-for Northwest Passage and it did reach the highest northern latitude to date. The Royal Society compiled instructions for the expedition and selected two full-time naturalists (an unusual naval concession to science) of whom one Henry Wemyss Feilden proved a worthy choice. Feilden was a soldier who fought in most of the wars in his lifetime including the American Civil War on the Confederate side. On board HMS Alert he kept a daily journal a record important for its scientific content but also as a view of the expedition as seen by a soldier revealing admiration and appreciation for his naval colleagues; he performed whatever tasks were given to him including the rescue of returning sledge parties stricken by scurvy. He also did a remarkably comprehensive job in mapping the geology of Smith Sound; some of his work on the Cape Rawson Beds was the most reliable until the 1950s. He was an all-round naturalist and a particularly fine geologist and ornithologist. He was not just a collector; he pondered the significance of his findings within the context of the best modern science of his day: in zoology Charles Darwin on evolution; in botany Hooker on phytogeography and in geology Charles Lyell’s system. He illustrated his journal with his own sketches and also enclosed the printed programmes of popular entertainments held on the ship and verses for birthdays and sledging (there was a printing press onboard). The journal gives a vigorous impression of a ship’s company well occupied through the winter then increasingly active in sledging and geographical discovery in spring before the scurvy-induced decision to head home in the summer of 1876. After his return Feilden had dealings with many scientists and their institutions finding homes for and meaning in his collections. | The Arctic Journal of Captain Henry Wemyss Feilden R. A. The Naturalist in H. M. S. Alert 1875-1876

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Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

The second edition of this highly successful textbook analyses the structure of later medieval society in Europe identifies its main groups and their political programmes and examines their impact on the political economic and social history of the major European states. There are many additions and expansions in this new edition and the important chapter on the Central Monarchies (of Poland Hungary Bohemia Rumania and Lithuania) has been newly contributed by Professor J M Bak of the University of British Columbia. | Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

GBP 130.00
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Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

The recent rapid growth in the variety and complexity of new machine learning architectures requires the development of improved methods for designing analyzing evaluating and communicating machine learning technologies. Statistical Machine Learning: A Unified Framework provides students engineers and scientists with tools from mathematical statistics and nonlinear optimization theory to become experts in the field of machine learning. In particular the material in this text directly supports the mathematical analysis and design of old new and not-yet-invented nonlinear high-dimensional machine learning algorithms. Features: Unified empirical risk minimization framework supports rigorous mathematical analyses of widely used supervised unsupervised and reinforcement machine learning algorithms Matrix calculus methods for supporting machine learning analysis and design applications Explicit conditions for ensuring convergence of adaptive batch minibatch MCEM and MCMC learning algorithms that minimize both unimodal and multimodal objective functions Explicit conditions for characterizing asymptotic properties of M-estimators and model selection criteria such as AIC and BIC in the presence of possible model misspecification This advanced text is suitable for graduate students or highly motivated undergraduate students in statistics computer science electrical engineering and applied mathematics. The text is self-contained and only assumes knowledge of lower-division linear algebra and upper-division probability theory. Students professional engineers and multidisciplinary scientists possessing these minimal prerequisites will find this text challenging yet accessible. About the Author: Richard M. Golden (Ph. D. M. S. E. E. B. S. E. E. ) is Professor of Cognitive Science and Participating Faculty Member in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas. Dr. Golden has published articles and given talks at scientific conferences on a wide range of topics in the fields of both statistics and machine learning over the past three decades. His long-term research interests include identifying conditions for the convergence of deterministic and stochastic machine learning algorithms and investigating estimation and inference in the presence of possibly misspecified probability models. | Statistical Machine Learning A Unified Framework

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Introduction to Stochastic Level Crossing Techniques

Introduction to Stochastic Level Crossing Techniques

Introduction to Stochastic Level Crossing Techniques describes stochastic models and their analysis using the System Point Level Crossing method (abbreviated SPLC or LC). This involves deriving probability density functions (pdfs) or cumulative probability distribution functions (cdfs) of key random variables applying simple level-crossing limit theorems developed by the author. The pdfs and/or cdfs are used to specify operational characteristics about the stochastic model of interest. The chapters describe distinct stochastic models and associated key random variables in the models. For each model a figure of a typical sample path (realization i. e. tracing over time) of the key random variable is displayed. For each model an analytic (Volterra) integral equation for the stationary pdf of the key random variable is created−by inspection of the sample path using the simple LC limit theorems. This LC method bypasses a great deal of algebra usually required by other methods of analysis. The integral equations will be solved directly or computationally. This book is meant for students of mathematics management science engineering natural sciences and researchers who use applied probability. It will also be useful to technical workers in a range of professions. Key Features: A description of one representative stochastic model (e. g. a single-server M/G/1 queue; a multiple server M/M/c queue; an inventory system; etc. ) Construction of a typical sample path of the key random variable of interest (e. g. the virtual waiting time or workload in queues; the net on-hand inventory in inventory systems; etc. ) Statements of the simple LC theorems which connect the sample-path upcrossing and downcrossing rates across state-space levels to simple mathematical functions of the stationary pdf of the key random variable at those state-space levels Creation of (usually Volterra) integral equations for the stationary pdf of the key random variable by inspection of the sample path Direct analytic solution of the integral equations where feasible; or computational solutions of the integral equations Use of the derived stationary pdfs for obtaining operational characteristics of the model

GBP 120.00
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The World of Indigenous North America

The World of Indigenous North America

The World of Indigenous North America is a comprehensive look at issues that concern indigenous people in North America. Though no single volume can cover every tribe and every issue around this fertile area of inquiry this book takes on the fields of law archaeology literature socio-linguistics geography sciences and gender studies among others in order to make sense of the Indigenous experience. Covering both Canada's First Nations and the Native American tribes of the United States and alluding to the work being done in indigenous studies through the rest of the world the volume reflects the critical mass of scholarship that has developed in Indigenous Studies over the past decade and highlights the best new work that is emerging in the field. The World of Indigenous North America is a book for every scholar in the field to own and refer to often. Contributors: Chris Andersen Joanne Barker Duane Champagne Matt Cohen Charlotte Cote Maria Cotera Vincente M. Diaz Elena Maria Garcia Hanay Geiogamah Carole Goldberg Brendan Hokowhitu Sharon Holland LeAnne Howe Shari Huhndorf Jennie Joe Ted Jojola Daniel Justice K. Tsianina Lomawaima Jose Antonio Lucero Tiya Miles Felipe Molina Victor Montejo Aileen Moreton-Robinson Val Napoleon Melissa Nelson Jean M. O'Brien Amy E. Den Ouden Gus Palmer Michelle Raheja David Shorter Noenoe K. Silva Shannon Speed Christopher B. Teuton Sean Teuton Joe Watkins James Wilson Brian Wright-McLeod

GBP 160.00
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A Dictionary of Biology

A Dictionary of Biology

A Dictionary of Biology is an up-to-date reference work explains several thousand specialized words that allow for empirical approaches to the biological sciences. It includes more than bare definitions including information about most of the things named so as to convey their significance in biological discussion. M. Abercrombie C. J. Hickman and M. L. Johnson in effect interpret this language as it is actually used emphasizing customary usage rather than etymology. This comprehensive lexicon includes two thousand entries. Many unfamiliar terms especially the rarer ones are defined with the help of other technical terms perhaps equally unfamiliar. This trick of dictionary-makers could only be avoided by giving a complete account of a large part of biology under each heading. Every biological technical term used in a definition is itself defined elsewhere in the dictionary; though some semi-technical terms words that can be found in any English dictionary are omitted. The authors use codes throughout the dictionary to help the reader to interpret the use of a word such as whether it is used in relation to plants and animals only whether the word is an adjective and when a term is defined elsewhere and adds information to the current definition. The result is an invaluable guide for the layman the student and the scholar alike. It presents clear and authoritative explanations of the terms and will remain useful as a quick and concise source of reference.

GBP 130.00
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Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications

Banach Limit and Applications provides all the results in the area of Banach Limit its extensions generalizations and applications to various fields in one go (as far as possible). All the results in this field after Banach introduced this concept in 1932 were scattered till now. Sublinear functionals generating and dominating Banach Limit unique Banach Limit (almost convergence) invariant means and invariant limits absolute and strong almost convergence applications to ergodicity law of large numbers Fourier series uniform distribution of sequences uniform density core theorems and functional Banach limits are discussed in this book. The discovery of functional analysis such as the Hahn-Banach Theorem and the Banach-Steinhaus Theorem helped the researchers to develop a modern rich and unified theory of sequence spaces by encompassing classical summability theory via matrix transformations and the topics related to sequence spaces which arose from the concept of Banach limits all of which are presented in this book. The unique features of this book are as follows: All the results in this area which were scattered till now are in one place. The book is the first of its kind in the sense that there is no other competitive book. The contents of this monograph did not appear in any book form before. The audience of this book are the researchers in this area and Ph. D. and advanced master’s students. The book is suitable for one- or two-semester course work for Ph. D. students M. S. students in North America and Europe and M. Phil. and master’s students in India.

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Cost-benefit Analysis With Reference to Environment and Ecology

Cost-benefit Analysis With Reference to Environment and Ecology

The world is increasingly concerned with bridging the developmental gap between the developed and developing countries. With the establishment of a number of institutions for funding the projects including the World Bank Asian Development Bank and many other agencies the need to develop mechanisms to assess economically viable projects is more important than ever. The Social-Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA) is an important technique used in formulating appraising and evaluating projects. It is a facet of applied welfare economics which is increasingly being used to identify and assess public projects in both developing and developed countries. This volume presents a comprehensive view of cost-benefit analysis in its theoretical and applied dimensions. Both theory and case studies are presented. The theoretical setting for Cost-Benefit Analysis is established by the first five chapters-Spatial General Equilibrium and Cost-Benefit Analysis by David M. Newbery; Optimum Growth Theory and Social Time Preference: A Computerized Mathematical Modeling Exercise to Choose a Social Discount Rate by Sardar M. N. Islam; A Theoretical Inquiry of the Axiomatic Consistency of Distributional Weights used in Cost-Benefit Analysis by Giuseppe Munda; The Output Gap: Measurement Related Concepts and Policy Implications by Parameswar Nandakumar; and A Methodological Comparison of Theoretical Approaches in Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation by John C. Whitehead. This book will be useful as a reference text by professors and students in project appraisal classes and will be of equal value to analysts planners and interested general readers. | Cost-benefit Analysis With Reference to Environment and Ecology

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Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

This essential book fills a serious gap in the field by synthesizing modern Italian history and placing it in a fully European context. Emphasizing globalization Italy traces the country's transformation from a land of emigration to one of immigration and its growing cultural importance. Including coverage of the April 2008 elections this updated edition offers expanded examinations of contemporary Italy's economic social and cultural development a deepened discussion on immigration and four new biographical sketches. Author Spencer M. Di Scala discusses the role of women gives ample attention to the Italian South and provides a picture of how ordinary Italians live. Cast in a clear and lively style that will appeal to readers this comprehensive account is an indispensable addition to the field. | Italy From Revolution to Republic 1700 to the Present Fourth Edition

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Stochastic Differential Equations for Science and Engineering

Stochastic Differential Equations for Science and Engineering

Stochastic Differential Equations for Science and Engineering is aimed at students at the M. Sc. and PhD level. The book describes the mathematical construction of stochastic differential equations with a level of detail suitable to the audience while also discussing applications to estimation stability analysis and control. The book includes numerous examples and challenging exercises. Computational aspects are central to the approach taken in the book so the text is accompanied by a repository on GitHub containing a toolbox in R which implements algorithms described in the book code that regenerates all figures and solutions to exercises. Features: Contains numerous exercises examples and applications Suitable for science and engineering students at Master’s or PhD level Thorough treatment of the mathematical theory combined with an accessible treatment of motivating examples GitHub repository available at: https://github. com/Uffe-H-Thygesen/SDEbook and https://github. com/Uffe-H-Thygesen/SDEtools

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Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà and its Afterlives

Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà and its Afterlives

This book offers a fresh perspective on Michelangelo’s well-known masterpiece the Vatican Pietà by tracing the shifting meaning of the work of art over time. Lisa M. Rafanelli chronicles the object history of the Vatican Pietà and the active role played by its many reproductions. The sculpture has been on continuous view for over 500 years during which time its cultural theological and artistic significance has shifted. Equally important is the fact that over its long life it has been relocated numerous times and has also been reproduced in images and objects produced both during Michelangelo’s lifetime and long after described here as artistic progeny: large-scale unique sculpted variants smaller-scale statuettes plaster and bronze casts and engraved prints. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history Renaissance studies early modern studies religion Christianity and theology. | Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà and its Afterlives

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Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management

Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management

Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management examines the key issues associated with the estimation of costs for desalination plants. It covers all aspects of desalination project cost estimating and management: direct and indirect capital costs fixed and variable operation and maintenance costs and total costs for water production. In addition it provides a detailed overview of the factors that influence project costs and discusses the technological and project delivery methods to control and optimize project costs. The book includes cost curves for the most commonly used seawater desalination facilities and numeric examples illustrating how to prepare a budgetary cost estimate for a typical desalination project. Features: •Presents a comprehensive engineering overview of key issues associated with desalination project cost estimating. •Includes cost curves which can be used for budgetary level estimates of capital and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenditures. •Contains easy to use cost-estimating rules of thumb derived from actual desalination projects. •Includes several numeric examples illustrating the cost estimating process.

GBP 115.00
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Student Protest The Sixties and After

Student Protest The Sixties and After

This topical new study takes a new look at the causes course and consequences of student activism across the world since its heyday in the 1960s. It starts with analyses of some of the most familiar - and romanticised - Sixties protests themselves in the US France Germany Mexico and Great Britain. It then goes on to examine more recent and hazardous examples of student activism particularly in China Korea and Iran. Throughout the tone is hard-headed and analytical rather than celebratory exploring the similarities and differences across these protests and asking what they achieved. The contributors to the volume are: Ingo Cornils; Gerard J. DeGroot; Sylvia Ellis; Sandra Hollin Flowers; Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi; Bertram M. Gordon; J. Angus Johnston; Alan R. Kluver; Donald J. Mabry; Gunter Minnerup; A. D. Moses; Frank Pieke; Julie Reuben; Barbara Tischler; Nella Van Dyke; Clare White; James L. Wood; Eric Zolov. | Student Protest The Sixties and After

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Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to physics for undergraduate students in the life sciences including those majoring in all branches of biology biochemistry and psychology and students working on pre-professional programs such as pre-medical pre-dental and physical therapy. The text is geared for the algebra-based physics course often named College Physics in the United States. The order of topics studied are such that most of the problems in the text can be solved with the methods of Statics or Dynamics. That is they require a free body diagram the application of Newton’s Laws and any necessary kinematics. Constructing the text with a standardized problem-solving methodology simplifies this aspect of the course and allows students to focus on the application of physics to the study of biological systems. Along the way students apply these techniques to find the tension in a tendon the sedimentation rate of red blood cells in haemoglobin the torques and forces on a bacterium employing a flagellum to propel itself through a viscous fluid and the terminal velocity of a protein moving in a Gel Electrophoresis device. This is part one of a two-volume set; volume 2 introduces students to the conserved-quantities and applies these problem-solving techniques to topics in Thermodynamics Electrical Circuits Optics and Atomic and Nuclear Physics always with continued focus on biological applications. Volume 1 Key features: Organised and centred around analysis techniques not traditional Mechanics and E&M. Presents a unified approach in a different order meaning that the same laboratories equipment and demonstrations can be used when teaching the course. Demonstrates to students that the analysis and concepts they are learning are critical to the understanding of biological systems. Volume 2 Key features: Organised and centred around analysis techniques not traditional Mechanics and E&M. Presents a unified approach in a different order meaning that the same laboratories equipment and demonstrations can be used when teaching the course. Demonstrates to students that the analysis and concepts they are learning are critical to the understanding of biological systems. | Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences - Two-Vol. Set

GBP 89.99
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The Nationalities Factor In Soviet Politics And Society

The Nationalities Factor In Soviet Politics And Society

The editors express their gratitude to the John M. Olin Foundation for its financial assistance and to the Harvard University Russian Research Center for the facilities and staff support that made this project possible. We wish to thank those who contributed their invaluable scholarly advice including Vernon Aspaturian Abram Bergson Steven Blank Walker Connor Robert Conquest Murray Feshbach Erich Goldhagen Richard Pipes and Marc Raeff. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver with Soviet demographic data used throughout the volume. Susan Zayer and Karen Taylor-Brovkin provided able administrative help. For skillful technical assistance with the manuscript we are indebted to Jane Prokop Elizabeth Taylor and Alison Koff. Catherine Reed Susan Gardos-Bleich Christine Porto and Alex Sich helped generously in diverse ways. Finally the editors profited at every stage from the congenial working atmosphere and the encouragement of colleagues at the Russian Research Center too numerous to mention. To all of them goes our deep appreciation. | The Nationalities Factor In Soviet Politics And Society

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