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Charts the relative contribution made to the development of the late medieval English economy by enterprise, money and credit Covers the entire kingdom, while concentrating on the ten counties which recorded the most credit in each period Highlights key differences in regional enterprise which...

Presents solutions for fault diagnosis problems using an interdisciplinary perspective, combining inverse problem methodology and metaheuristicsOffers a systematic and clear overview of the main ideas, concepts and results in this fieldBrings together tools from mathematics, physics, modeling, optimization and computational intelligenceAuthor: Lídice Camps Echevarría,Orestes...

Presents up-to-date information on climate change impacts and adaption in India Provides descriptions on the use of GCM tools in climate change Showcases allied sectors, horticulture and fisheries Author: Syed Sheraz MahdiISBN-10: 3319900854ISBN-13: 9783319900858Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/25/2018Pages: 262Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x...

This book presents the foundations for the future of tourism in a structured and detailed format. The who-is-who of tourism intelligence has collaborated to present a definitive blueprint for tourism reflecting the role of science, market institutions, and governance in its innovation and sustainability....

This proceedings volume explores the concept of civil society as an engine for economic and social well-being. Featuring contributions from the 2017 Griffiths School of Management and IT Annual Conference on Business, Entrepreneurship and Ethics (GMSAC) held in Oradea, Romania, this volume provides different...

This collection of scholarly essays offers a new understanding of local and global myths that have been constructed around Shakespeare in theatre, cinema, and television from the nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on a definition of myth as a powerful ideological narrative, Local...

This book explores the power of words in post-Peace El Salvador and Guatemala--their violent and equally liberating power. The volume explores the entire post-Peace Accords era in both Central American countries. In "post-conflict" settings, denying or forgetting the repressive past and its many victims...

Blake's 'Human Form Divine' has long commanded the spotlight. Beastly Blake shifts focus to the non-human creatures who populate Blake's poetry and designs. The author of 'The Tyger' and 'The Lamb' was equally struck by the 'beastliness' and the beauty of the animal kingdom,...

Author: Livio Di MatteoISBN-10: 3319897721ISBN-13: 9783319897721Publisher: Palgrave PivotLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/31/2018Pages: 148Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d

This book explores the meanings, experiences, and challenges faced by Black women faculty that are either on the tenure track or have earned tenure. The authors advance the notion of comparative intersectionality to tease through the contextual peculiarities and commonalities that define their identities...

Contact urticaria is an immediate but transient localized swelling and redness that occurs on the skin after direct contact with an offending substance. It is caused by a variety of compounds, such as foods, preservatives, fragrances, plant and animal products, metals, and rubber latex...

This book presents research involving learning opportunities that are afforded to learners of science when the focus is on linking the formal and informal science education sectors. It uses the metaphor of a "landscape" as it emphasises how the authors see the possible movement...

This book presents findings from research into the Precambrian history of the Indian shield obtained using state-of-the-art technology. It demonstrates a paradigm shift towards studying the Precambrian shield regions using petrological, geochemical, structural, metallogenic, sedimentological and paleobiological data from the rocks in the Precambrian...

Author: George a. AnastassiouISBN-10: 3319895087ISBN-13: 9783319895086Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/26/2018Pages: 293Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

This book examines the antecedents and consequences of citizens' confidence in different political institutions and authorities. Its main argument states that a distinction between confidence in representative and regulative institutions and authorities is of crucial importance in order to gain novel insights into the...

This volume describes the recent developments in the free-radical mediated synthesis and elaboration of heterocycles. The first chapter, dealing with radical cascade processes illustrates the power and the beauty of radical chemistry with some striking examples of total synthesis of complex natural heterocycles. As...

Author: Sergei V. PetinovISBN-10: 3319893173ISBN-13: 9783319893174Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/20/2018Pages: 201Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.39h x 6.42w x 0.69d

Author: Kenneth DeanISBN-10: 3319893688ISBN-13: 9783319893686Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2018Pages: 325Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.81d

Harnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy towards others, and civic activity in post-Communist Poland in the light of Western influence over elements of Polish life.Reshaping Poland's Community after Communism...

Presents a unique fusion of water management problems and topical issues of interest to a wide audience of researchers and scientists Contains a rich resource of unpublished data from excellent research from all over Europe Gives an overview of international approaches to water management...

This volume gives an overview on recent developments for various applications of modern engineering design. Different engineering disciplines such as mechanical, materials, computer and process engineering provide the foundation for the design and development of improved structures, materials and processes. The modern design cycle...

This book critically engages with a long tradition of scholarly work that conceives of the European Union as a peculiar international actor that pursues a value-based, normatively oriented and development-friendly agenda in its relations with international partners. The EU is a pivotal player in...

From sending imams abroad to financing mosques and Islamic associations, home states play a key role in governing Islam in Western Europe. Drawing on over one hundred interviews and years of fieldwork, this book employs a comparative perspective that analyzes the foreign religious activities...

This edited volume provides a critical evaluation of financing options for sustainable development in Africa. While sustainability has long been the watchword for development programs, and while many African countries have taken initiatives to develop integrated frameworks that tackle developmental challenges-including poverty, education, and...

This book argues that Brexit will wholly re-shape the legal framework and public policy norms relating to linguistic diversity that have dominated public life in the UK and the EU since the Treaty on European Union in 1993. First, Brexit de-anchors the linguistic actors...

Author: James Skinner,Aaron C. T. Smith,Steve SwansonISBN-10: 3319786210ISBN-13: 9783319786216Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/21/2018Pages: 278Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d

Author: Martin Kaschny,Matthias NoldenISBN-10: 3319785230ISBN-13: 9783319785233Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2018Pages: 318Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

Author: Marston D. E. ConderISBN-10: 3319784331ISBN-13: 9783319784335Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2018Pages: 333Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Author: Jorge Cruz-ReyesISBN-10: 3319781898ISBN-13: 9783319781891Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/22/2018Pages: 249Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.19lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d

Examines issues that are relevant to digital government in order to identify new avenues of research and application that align with national prioritiesEstablishes new conceptual and theoretical strategies from multidisciplinary perspectivesHighlights the role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how their complicated agenda for...

Author: Mahyar ArefiISBN-10: 3319784072ISBN-13: 9783319784076Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/2018Pages: 199Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d

This book addresses the fascinating phenomena associated with nonlinear waves and spatio-temporal patterns. These appear almost everywhere in nature from sand bed forms to brain patterns, and yet their understanding still presents fundamental scientific challenges. The reader will learn here, in particular, about the...

This book describes how a deeper knowledge and understanding of cultural differences represents a meaningful and useful tool for management of companies, and in particular SMEs, in the People's Republic of China. After introductory chapters on the internationalization of SMEs and the role played...

Modern Marriage and the Lyric Sequence investigates the ways in which some of our best poets writing in English have used poetic sequences to capture the lived experience of marriage. Beginning in 1862 with George Meredith's Modern Love, Jane Hedley's study utilizes the rubrics...

This book covers cutting-edge findings related to uncertainty quantification and optimization under uncertainties (i.e. robust and reliable optimization), with a special emphasis on aeronautics and turbomachinery, although not limited to these fields. It describes new methods for uncertainty quantification, such as non-intrusive polynomial chaos,...

​The series Topics in Current Chemistry Collections presents critical reviews from the journal Topics in Current Chemistry organized in topical volumes. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science....

International panel of experts discuss their latest findingsAll-in-one resource for underutilized food cropsApplied knowledge on the current ecosystems of sustainable agricultureAuthor: Munir OzturkISBN-10: 3319777750ISBN-13: 9783319777757Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/28/2018Pages: 448Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.81lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d

This book offers a clearly written and highly accessible account of two different aspects of carbohydrate chemistry. Carbohydrates are an essential component of life and have many important biological functions, but the details of how carbohydrates interact with other biomolecules to mediate biological signalling...

This book presents contributions in the field of computational intelligence for the purpose of image analysis. The chapters discuss how problems such as image segmentation, edge detection, face recognition, feature extraction, and image contrast enhancement can be solved using techniques such as genetic algorithms...

Author: Ramo PalalicISBN-10: 3319776339ISBN-13: 9783319776330Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/09/2018Pages: 152Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

Brings together experts from different fields to discuss the implications of climate changeCombines up to date information about the science of climate change with discussion of its engineering, social, legal, policy, and ethical implicationsReflects on the impact of climate change on human communities and...

Author: Hilda L. SmithISBN-10: 3319775677ISBN-13: 9783319775678Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/26/2018Pages: 320Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.53lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.06d

This book introduces the ideas and concepts of nonlinear dielectric spectroscopy, outlines its history, and provides insight into the present state of the art of the experimental technology and understanding of nonlinear dielectric effects. Emphasis is on what can be learned from nonlinear experiments...

-Brings together a group of top scholars on the much debated issue of "the very germs of ecology: development and genesis." -Is the first to delve into ecology becoming authentic eco-phenomenology. -Is the only book to investigate the relationship between ontopoiesis, the laws of...

This volume demonstrates how German expansion in the Second World War II led to shortages, of food and other necessities including medicine, for the occupied populations, causing many to die from severe hunger or starvation. While the various chapters look at a range of...

This book is the 2nd special volume dedicated to the memory of Gérard Maugin. Over 30 leading scientists present their contribution to reflect the vast field of scientific activity of Gérard Maugin. The topics of contributions employing often non-standard methods (generalized model) in this...

Author: Ana FalcatoISBN-10: 3319770772ISBN-13: 9783319770772Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/18/2018Pages: 419Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.49lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.00d

Author: David A. PetroneISBN-10: 3319775065ISBN-13: 9783319775067Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2018Pages: 365Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.61lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d

Unique resource that addresses the role of complement in malariaWritten by experts from leading laboratoriesImportant reference tool for malaria and complement researchers and immunologists alikeAuthor: José a. StouteISBN-10: 3319772570ISBN-13: 9783319772578Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/12/2018Pages: 149Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d

This book provides an in-depth narrative of the difficulties facing Territorial Self-Government institutions across Northern Ireland, Bosnia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, and Iraq. It brings together analyses of both prominent and lesser known cases to provide a broad overview of how...