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Automated Configuration Problem Solving (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
By Charles Petrie. 2012
Automated Configuration has long been the subject of intensive research especially in Artificial Intelligence It is a pervasive…
problem to be solved and it is a good test of various knowledge representation and reasoning techniques The problem shows up in applications such as various electrical circuit design utility computing and even concurrent engineering Automated Configuration Problem Solving defines the ubiquitous problem illustrates the various solution techniques and includes a survey using these techniques from the mid-70 s until the mid-90 s During this time various general approaches were developed and then become more specialized This book covers the development of the general problem solving techniques for automated configuration which are based on both published academic work and patentsNuestra mujer en Jamaica
By Ver nica P rez, J J Ward. 2018
A veces las urnas y las balas no son incompatibles Jamaica 1980 Elecciones…
generales a la vista El Partido Nacional del Pueblo PNP de centro-izquierda tiene la posibilidad de obtener un tercer mandato de reformas sociales radicales Los v nculos con Rusia y Cuba pueden verse estrechados y las relaciones con el FMI rotas El surgimiento de nuevos movimientos revolucionarios como los sandinistas en Nicaragua y la Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno JRG de El Salvador ser n un importante aliciente Los gobiernos de Londres y Washington no est n en absoluto dispuestos a consentirlo Por desgracia la nica persona disponible para encargarse de la situaci n es alguien que los brit nicos preferir an no aceptar Con tan solo veinticinco a os Ruby Parker y el MI6 tienen una turbulenta historia en com n Casi todos los que importan en esa organizaci n la dan como un caso perdidoEver After High: Ashlynn Ella's Story
By Shannon Hale. 2013
Join Ashlynn Ella, daughter of Cinderella, as her woodland friends help her get ready for her Legacy Year at school,…
where she will train for her destiny to marry a prince. But what if she meets the woodsman of her dreams instead? Read all about it in this exclusive Ever After High short story by Newbery Honor author Shannon Hale.This next volume in the series will provide up to date Information and discussion on future approach to control several…
challenging Infectious Disease worldwide The past decade has been highlighted by numerous advances in research of medical scientific knowledge medical technology and the biological and diagnostic techniques-but somewhat less dramatic changes or improvement in management of medical conditions This volume will address some of the emerging issues challenges and controversies in Infectious DiseasesInverse limits with set-valued functions are quickly becoming a popular topic of research due to their potential applications in dynamical…
systems and economics. This brief provides a concise introduction dedicated specifically to such inverse limits. The theory is presented along with detailed examples which form the distinguishing feature of this work. The major differences between the theory of inverse limits with mappings and the theory with set-valued functions are featured prominently in this book in a positive light. The reader is assumed to have taken a senior level course in analysis and a basic course in topology. Advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers working in this area will find this brief useful.Modeling of Atmospheric Chemistry
By Jacob, Daniel J., Brasseur, Guy P.. 2017
Mathematical modeling of atmospheric composition is a formidable scientific and computational challenge. This comprehensive presentation of the modeling methods used…
in atmospheric chemistry focuses on both theory and practice, from the fundamental principles behind models, through to their applications in interpreting observations. An encyclopaedic coverage of methods used in atmospheric modeling, including their advantages and disadvantages, makes this a one-stop resource with a large scope. Particular emphasis is given to the mathematical formulation of chemical, radiative, and aerosol processes; advection and turbulent transport; emission and deposition processes; as well as major chapters on model evaluation and inverse modeling. The modeling of atmospheric chemistry is an intrinsically interdisciplinary endeavour, bringing together meteorology, radiative transfer, physical chemistry and biogeochemistry, making the book of value to a broad readership. Introductory chapters and a review of the relevant mathematics make this book instantly accessible to graduate students and researchers in the atmospheric sciences.El sueño de un niño
By J J Dibenedetto, Robles J. 2017
Como residente en el hospital de ni os Sara puede manejar noventa horas de semanas laborales luchando…
por salvar a sus jovenes pacientes de enfermedades mortales Pero ahora ella esta apunto de afrontar un desafio que toda su formacion y experiencia no la habia preparado para esto su hija de cuatro a os ha heredado su habilidad para ver los sue os de otras personasKaplan MCAT Physics and Math Review
By Kaplan. 2015
More people get into medical school with a Kaplan MCAT course than all major courses combined. Now the same results…
are available with Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review. This book features thorough subject review, more questions than any competitor, and the highest-yield questions available. The commentary and instruction come directly from Kaplan MCAT experts and include targeted focus on the most-tested concepts plus more questions than any other guide. Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review offers: UNPARALLELED MCAT KNOWLEDGE: The Kaplan MCAT team has spent years studying every document related to the MCAT available. In conjunction with our expert psychometricians, the Kaplan team is able to ensure the accuracy and realism of our practice materials. THOROUGH SUBJECT REVIEW: Written by top-rated, award-winning Kaplan instructors. All material has been vetted by editors with advanced science degrees and by a medical doctor. EXPANDED CONTENT THROUGHOUT: While the MCAT has continued to develop, this book has been updated continuously to match the AAMC's guidelines precisely--no more worrying if your prep is comprehensive! MORE PRACTICE THAN THE COMPETITION: With questions throughout the book and online, Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review has more practice than any other MCAT Physics and Math book on the market. ONLINE COMPANION: Access to online resources to augment content studying, including practice questions and videos. The MCAT is a computer-based test, so practicing in the same format as Test Day is key. TOP-QUALITY IMAGES: With full-color, 3-D illustrations, charts, graphs and diagrams from the pages of Scientific American, Kaplan's MCAT Physics and Math Review turns even the most intangible, complex science into easy-to-visualize concepts. KAPLAN'S MCAT REPUTATION: Kaplan gets more people into medical school than all other courses, combined. UTILITY: Can be used alone or with other companion books in Kaplan's MCAT Review series.Providing a panoramic and interdisciplinary perspective, this book explores the interrelations between globalization, borders, families and the law. It considers…
the role of international, multi-national and religious laws in shaping the lives of the millions of families that are affected by the opportunities and challenges created by globalization, and the ongoing resilience of national borders and cultural boundaries. Examining familial life-span stages - establishing spousal relations, raising children and being cared for in old age - Hacker demonstrates the fruitfulness in studying families beyond the borders of national family law, and highlights the relevance of immigration and citizenship law, public and private international law and other branches of law. This book provides a rich empirical description of families in our era. It is relevant not only to legal scholars and practitioners but also to scholars and students within the sociology of the family, globalization studies, border studies, immigration studies and gender studies.Early Ozarks, The: A Family's Journey
By Karol Brown, Leola Mashino. 1999
Domino Danzero's journey, which began in Italy in 1890, led him penniless to New York. The young immigrant came to…
the Midwest and found work in the coal mines of Illinois and the restaurants of Chicago. Through his travels and his work he gained employment with the Frisco railroad, where he became the overseer of Harvey Houses and Frisco dining cars throughout the central United States. Photography was his hobby and he was commissioned to take photographs for the Frisco railroad. The turn-of-the-century photographs featured in The Early Ozarks: A Family's Journey portray the humanness of people living in the Ozarks. They provide a glimpse of thebetter things in life--food, family, and friends--reflecting fundamental human compassion and the way of living at the early part of the twentieth century.The Death of a King
By Paul Doherty. 1985
A horrifying murder takes place. The murder of a king .... The crime remains shrouded in secrecy for years--until a…
wily royal clerk named Edmund Beche is ordered to investigate. Where he journeys, who he encounters, and what he discovers is a rich and thrilling tale of intrigue, » betrayal, and violent death .... It is a tale that takes you to Berkeley Castle in the year 1344, to the court of King Edward III, and into the desperate mind of Edmund Beche. Who conspired to kill King Edward II? Why did the dead king's son wait seventeen years to look into the case? Why does the dreadful Queen Isabella keep her late husband's bloody heart encased in glass? Why was Beche, of all people, chosen to uncover these ugly secrets? The answers come from deadly sources--from royal archives and ancient tombs, from the mouths of liars and the daggers of assassins. But for Edmund Beche, with his life dangling over a pit of treachery, the truth is the most shocking revelation of all.Better Business Regulation in a Risk Society
By Frank Butter, Alberto Alemanno, Jacopo Torriti. 2013
The premise of this volume is that business regulations are expected to grow in the near future as a consequence…
of the emergence of a world risk society Risks related to terrorism climate change and financial crises for example will penetrate all conditions of life Increasingly the decisions and actions of some bring about risks for many in this era of globalization Controlling these risks implies managing the world through high-quality regulation with a particular emphasis on businesses and financial institutions Central to this approach is the argument that a major if not the primary aim of regulation is to internalize externalities or in a broader context to repair market failure Such repair can only be accomplished when the costs are smaller than the welfare gains Featuring contributions from researchers and policy analysts from the fields of economics management law sociology political science and environmental policy this book focuses on three major topics Social risks and business regulation Preconditions for better business regulation Theoretical issues related to better business regulation Collectively the authors demonstrate that the easier it is for regulated businesses to comply at the lowest costs possible--without jeopardizing the related public goals--the greater the degree of compliance When successful the net result is a balance of individual and collective net benefits and by further implication sustainable business practice and economic growthGRE Premier 2016 with 6 Practice Tests: Book + Online + Video
By Kaplan. 2016
The story of Depo-Provera joins the national struggle over the drug's FDA approval to the state legal issues raised by…
its contraceptive and criminal justice uses. Depo-Provera is known as an injectable hormonal birth control method, but few are familiar with its dark and complicated history. Depo-Provera was tested on women since the mid-1960s without their informed consent until it was FDA-approved in 1992, but never FDA-approved as chemical castration for male sex offenders. Contraceptive Risk is William Green's landmark study of Depo-Provera. Based on a fascinating combination of archival materials and interviews, the book is framed as three interconnected stories told by Judith Weisz, who chaired the FDA's Public Board of Inquiry on Depo-Provera, a scientific court; by Anne MacMurdo who brought a products liability suit against Upjohn, the drug's manufacturer, for the deleterious side effects she suffered from the drug's use; and by Roger Gauntlett, an Upjohn heir who, when he was convicted of sexual assault, refused to take a dose of his family's own medicine as a probation condition. Together these three stories of Depo-Provera's convoluted fifty year odyssey call for a paradigm shift in pharmaceutical drug development.Contraceptive Risk is a thoroughly researched and engrossing approach to the scientific, political and institutional forces involved in health law and policy, as well as the multifaceted politics of measuring risk.Walk in Their Shoes
By James S Hirsch, Jim Ziolkowski. 2013
The powerful, personal story of Jim Ziolkowski, the man behind the organization buildOn--which turns inner city teens into community leaders…
at home and abroad--and his inspiring mission to change the world one community at a time.Jim Ziolkowski gave up his career in corporate finance to create buildOn, a service-oriented program that goes into high-risk areas around the world to work with students in their communities. Under Jim's leadership, buildOn volunteers have contributed more than 850,000 hours of community service, and the organization has constructed more than 430 schools worldwide, from the South Bronx, to Detroit, Chicago, and Oakland, to Haiti, Senegal, Nicaragua, and Nepal. Walk in Their Shoes is packed with the ingredients of a powerful bestseller as it traces Jim's story from his transformation from a thrill-seeking twenty-something backpacker, to a Harlem-based idealist trying to launch a not-for-profit organization, and finally to the head of buildOn. Ziolkowski compellingly chronicles his exciting story of worldwide travel and adventure, creating a moving portrait of the power of faith, teamwork, and the boundless potential of the human spirit. Blessed with relentless optimism and an unshakable faith, both of which have fortified his commitment to the poor and the underprivileged, Jim Ziolkowski's inspirational memoir reveals that helping and empathizing with others can help--and heal--ourselves.South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations
By Grant Parker. 2017
How have ancient Greece and Rome intersected with South African histories? This book canvasses architecture, literature, visual arts and historical…
memory. Some of the most telling manifestations of classical reception in South Africa have been indirect, for example neo-classical architecture or retellings of mythical stories. Far from being the mere handmaiden of colonialism (and later apartheid), classical antiquity has enabled challenges to the South African establishment, and provided a template for making sense of cross-cultural encounters. Though access to classical education has been limited, many South Africans, black and white, have used classical frames of reference and drawn inspiration from the ancient Greeks and Romans. While classical antiquity may seem antithetical to post-apartheid notions of heritage, it deserves to be seen in this light. Museums, historical sites and artworks, up to the present day, reveal juxtapositions in which classical themes are integrated into South African pasts.Clinical Decisions in Nephrology, Hypertension and Kidney Transplantation
By Edgar Lerma, Mitchell Rosner. 2013
Through case presentations and a question and answer format Clinical Decisions in Nephrology Hypertension and Renal Transplantation …
provides a state of the art updated reference for the optimal management of patients with diseases of the kidneys and hypertension This volume starts with the assessment of the patient focusing on history and physical examination Subsequently cases depicting various clinical syndromes and or diseases are presented with questions centering on the appropriate diagnostic and treatment strategy This sets the stage for a Socratic approach to learning between the attending physician and the house staff or medical student This is the only book featuring problem-oriented true to life clinical cases in this format to cover nephrology hypertension and kidney transplantation Written by renowned actively practicing clinicians this unique reference is both comprehensive and concise and will be of great value to hospitalists and internists as well as students and interns residents rotating in nephrology and internal medicine Clinical practitioners in the fields of critical care and hypertension specialists would also find this of valueHer Secret SuitorWhen six-time mail-order bride Winifred Sattler is stranded in Deadwood Dakota Territory she s…
grateful to find a temporary position at Mr Ewan Burke s business until she can return home Ewan is handsome but stuffy and serious her complete opposite Unlike her new anonymous correspondent Mr Businessman who appreciates her bubbly optimism To keep his mining company afloat Ewan can t be distracted by Winifred s vivacious beauty He needs a no-nonsense wife Someone like Miss Thoroughly Disgruntled the only respondent to his recent ad with whom he truly connected In person Winifred and Ewan don t get along but in their letters they re falling in love Will they discover a perfect match in each otherWhat explains violence against civilians in civil wars? Why do groups kill civilians in areas where they have full military…
control and their rivals have no military presence? This innovative book connects pre-war politics to patterns of violence during civil war. It argues that both local political rivalry and local revenge account for violence against civilians. Armed groups perpetrate direct violence jointly with local civilians, who collaborate when violence can help them gain or consolidate local political control. As civil war continues, revenge motives also come into play, leading to spirals of violence at a local level. In an important contribution to the study of the Spanish Civil War, Balcells combines statistical analyses with ethnographic and qualitative research to provide new insights to scholars and academic researchers with an interest in civil war, politics and conflict processes. Rivalry and Revenge is theoretically and empirically rich, and it offers a theory and method generalizable to a wide set of cases.Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy as a Science: An Iconoclastic Perspective
By Luciano L Abate. 2013
This book demonstrates how clinical psychology and psychotherapy practices may reach a scientific level provided they change the three basic…
paradigms that have controlled those practices in the last century These three now outdated paradigms are 1 one-on-one 2 personal contacts 3 through talk These paradigms have served well in the past but they are no less helpful in the current digitally focused world