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Thunderball (Blu-ray disc)
Adolfo Celi, Rik van Nutter, Claudine Auger, Sean Connery, Luciana Paluzzi, …
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The fourth in the James Bond series, with Sean Connery once again
in the title role. Global criminal organisation SPECTRE has stolen
two nuclear bombs and is threatening to blow up the world. Bond
infiltrates the terrorists' underwater base off the Bahamas in
order to foil their plan. 'Thunderball' was remade in 1983 when
Sean Connery returned to the role of 007 in 'Never Say Never
Again'.
This collection offers a cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways
in which multilingual practices were embedded in early modern
European literary culture, opening up a dynamic dialogue between
contemporary multilingual practices and scholarly work on early
modern history and literature. The nine chapters draw on
translation studies, literary history, transnational literatures,
and contemporary sociolinguistic research to explore how
multilingual practices manifested themselves across different
social, cultural and institutional spaces. The exploration of a
diverse range of contexts allows for the opportunity to engage with
questions around how individual practices shape national and
transnational language practices and literatures, the impact of
multilingual practices on identity formation, and their
implications for creative innovations in bilingual and multilingual
texts. Taken as a whole, the collection paves the way for future
conversations on what early modern literary studies and present-day
multilingualism research might learn from one another and the
extent to which historical texts might supply precedents for
contemporary multilingual practices. This book will be of
particular interest to students and scholars in sociolinguistics,
early modern studies in history and literature, and comparative
literature.
This book describes detection techniques used to search for and
analyze gravitational waves (GW). It covers the whole domain of GW
science, starting from the theory and ending with the experimental
techniques (both present and future) used to detect them.The
theoretical sections of the book address the theory of general
relativity and of GW, followed by the theory of GW detection. The
various sources of GW are described as well as the methods used to
analyse them and to extract their physical parameters. It includes
an analysis of the consequences of GW observations in terms of
astrophysics as well as a description of the different detectors
that exist and that are planned for the future.With the recent
announcement of GW detection and the first results from LISA
Pathfinder, this book will allow non-specialists to understand the
present status of the field and the future of gravitational wave
science.
Inuit art, both ancient and contemporary, has inspired the interest
of scholars, collectors and art lovers around the globe. This book
examines Inuit art from prehistory to the present with special
attention to methodology and aesthetics, exploring the ways in
which it has been influenced by and has influenced non-Inuit
artists and scholars. Part One gives the history of the main
art-producing prehistoric traditions in the North American arctic,
concentrating on the Dorset who once flourished in the Canadian
region. It also demonstrates the influence of theories such as
evolutionism, diffusionism, ethnographic comparison, and shamanism
on the interpretation of prehistoric Inuit art. Part Two
demonstrates the influence of such popular theories as nationalism,
primitivism, modernism, and postmodernism on the aesthetics and
representation of twentieth-century Canadian Inuit art. This
discussion is supported by interviews conducted with Inuit artists.
A final chapter shows the presence of Inuit art in the mainstream
multi-cultural environment, with a discussion of its influence on
Canadian artist Nicola Wojewoda. The work also presents various
Inuit artists' reactions to Wojewoda's work.
Randomized search heuristics such as evolutionary algorithms,
genetic algorithms, evolution strategies, ant colony and particle
swarm optimization turn out to be highly successful for
optimization in practice. The theory of randomized search
heuristics, which has been growing rapidly in the last five years,
also attempts to explain the success of the methods in practical
applications.This book covers both classical results and the most
recent theoretical developments in the field of randomized search
heuristics such as runtime analysis, drift analysis and
convergence. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular
domain and gives insights into the proofs and proof techniques of
more specialized areas. Open problems still remain widely in
randomized search heuristics - being a relatively young and vast
field. These problems and directions for future research are
addressed and discussed in this book.The book will be an essential
source of reference for experts in the domain of randomized search
heuristics and also for researchers who are involved or ready to
embark in this field. As an advanced textbook, graduate students
will benefit from the comprehensive coverage of topics
Losing Me, While Losing You is a long-needed resource to those
providing care for persons with dementia -- and for those providing
care to the caregivers. In this book, caregivers speak from their
own experiences of caring for loved ones with dementia; they cover
when they first noticed behavioural changes, what they did and how
their role changed when they received the diagnosis, how the
experiences changed their perceptions of themselves, especially in
cases where important ones no longer recognized them or their,
often long-standing, relationships. The caregivers also talked
about what resources, if any, were available to support them
through the caregiving journey, what recommendations they would
make to government policymakers and to others in similar
situations. This book is unique in that it documents the personal
lived experience of loss which family, friends and caregivers go
through as their roles, expectations and images of self are changed
throughout the caregiving process.
From the postapocalyptic world of "Blade Runner" to the""James
Cameron mega-hit "Terminator, " tech-noir has emerged as a distinct
genre, with roots in both the Promethean myth and the earlier
popular traditions of gothic, detective, and science fiction. In
this new volume, many well-known film and literary works--including
"The Matrix, RoboCop, " and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"--are
discussed with reference to their relationship to tech-noir and one
another. Featuring an extensive, clearly indexed filmography,
"Tech-Noir Film "will be of great interest to anyone wishing to
learn more about the development of this new and highly innovative
genre.
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Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XV - 15th International Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, September 8-12, 2018, Proceedings, Part II (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Anne Auger, Carlos M. Fonseca, Nuno Lourenco, Penousal Machado, Luis Paquete, …
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This two-volume set LNCS 11101 and 11102 constitutes the refereed
proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Parallel
Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2018, held in Coimbra, Portugal,
in September 2018. The 79 revised full papers were carefully
reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. The papers cover a wide
range of topics in natural computing including evolutionary
computation, artificial neural networks, artificial life, swarm
intelligence, artificial immune systems, self-organizing systems,
emergent behavior, molecular computing, evolutionary robotics,
evolvable hardware, parallel implementations and applications to
real-world problems. The papers are organized in the following
topical sections: numerical optimization; combinatorial
optimization; genetic programming; multi-objective optimization;
parallel and distributed frameworks; runtime analysis and
approximation results; fitness landscape modeling and analysis;
algorithm configuration, selection, and benchmarking; machine
learning and evolutionary algorithms; and applications. Also
included are the descriptions of 23 tutorials and 6 workshops which
took place in the framework of PPSN XV.
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Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN XV - 15th International Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, September 8-12, 2018, Proceedings, Part I (Paperback, 1st ed. 2018)
Anne Auger, Carlos M. Fonseca, Nuno Lourenco, Penousal Machado, Luis Paquete, …
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This two-volume set LNCS 11101 and 11102 constitutes the refereed
proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Parallel
Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2018, held in Coimbra, Portugal,
in September 2018. The 79 revised full papers were carefully
reviewed and selected from 205 submissions. The papers cover a wide
range of topics in natural computing including evolutionary
computation, artificial neural networks, artificial life, swarm
intelligence, artificial immune systems, self-organizing systems,
emergent behavior, molecular computing, evolutionary robotics,
evolvable hardware, parallel implementations and applications to
real-world problems. The papers are organized in the following
topical sections: numerical optimization; combinatorial
optimization; genetic programming; multi-objective optimization;
parallel and distributed frameworks; runtime analysis and
approximation results; fitness landscape modeling and analysis;
algorithm configuration, selection, and benchmarking; machine
learning and evolutionary algorithms; and applications. Also
included are the descriptions of 23 tutorials and 6 workshops which
took place in the framework of PPSN XV.
This book addresses critical issues in the governance of network
industries in terms of institutional design, technology and
policy.Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of
governance structures, often labeled as liberalization,
privatization or reregulation. This affects all traditional
infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport
and water. This volume highlights and illustrates some of the major
challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries
from an economic, institutional, political and technological
perspective. The three parts of the book address the institutional
design of infrastructures, the role of technology in different
sectors, and actor behavior. Adopting a multidisciplinary
perspective, this book will appeal to economists and political
scientists with an interest in the management of network
industries. It will also be of great value to policy-makers and
regulators in the field.
In this new century mankind faces ever more challenging
environmental and
publichealthproblems,suchaspollution,invasionbyexoticspecies,theem-
gence of new diseases or the emergence of diseases into new regions
(West Nile
virus,SARS,Anthrax,etc.),andtheresurgenceofexistingdiseases(in?uenza,
malaria, TB, HIV/AIDS, etc.). Mathematical models have been
successfully used to study many biological, epidemiological and
medical problems, and nonlinear and complex dynamics have been
observed in all of those contexts. Mathematical studies have helped
us not only to better understand these problems but also to ?nd
solutions in some cases, such as the prediction and control of SARS
outbreaks, understanding HIV infection, and the investi- tion of
antibiotic-resistant infections in hospitals.
Structuredpopulationmodelsdistinguishindividualsfromoneanother-
cording to characteristics such as age, size, location, status, and
movement, to determine the birth, growth and death rates,
interaction with each other and with environment, infectivity, etc.
The goal of structured population models is to understand how these
characteristics a?ect the dynamics of these models and thus the
outcomes and consequences of the biological and epidemiolo- cal
processes. There is a very large and growing body of literature on
these topics. This book deals with the recent and important
advances in the study of structured population models in biology
and epidemiology. There are six chapters in this book, written by
leading researchers in these areas.
The aim of each volume of this series Guides to Information Sources
is to reduce the time which needs to be spent on patient searching
and to recommend the best starting point and sources most likely to
yield the desired information. The criteria for selection provide a
way into a subject to those new to the field and assists in
identifying major new or possibly unexplored sources to those who
already have some acquaintance with it. The series attempts to
achieve evaluation through a careful selection of sources and
through the comments provided on those sources.
In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the silver screen,
Emily E. Auger contextualizes cartomancy - the practice of fortune
telling via playing cards - and dives deep into its invention and
promulgation in film. After providing an introduction to divination
and cartomancy, Auger offers detailed descriptions and analyses of
the roles that cartomancy and Tarot cards play in films. The book
features an abbreviated filmography - including nearly 200 films -
detailing their relationships to cartomancy. As Tarot communities
continue to grow worldwide, Cartomancy and Tarot in Film will be of
interest to scholars of esoteric studies, film, folklore, playing
cards, popular culture and religion, as well as diviners the world
over.
This Dictionary is a guide to the literary terms most relevant to
students and readers of English literature today, thorough on the
essentials and generous in its intellectual scope. With terms as
wide-ranging in theme as 'emphasis', 'ekphrasis', 'ecocriticism'
and 'epithalamion' the definitions are always lively and precise in
equipping students and general readers with a genuinely useful
critical vocabulary. Above all, it directs readers to make full use
of terms, in navigating the confusing world of literary criticism
and discovering the concepts behind terms. It does this with the
help of fresh examples, literary timeline and up-to-date
bibliography (with recommended websites). Extensive
cross-referencing is linked to a thematic index that makes it
simple to find related terms (e.g. technical terms for repetition;
names for six- or seven-line stanzas) and is explicit about the
exact distinctions between such terms as 'metonym' and
'synecdoche', or 'couplet' and 'distich'. In addition to teaching
key terms, the Dictionary identifies the thinking and unresolved
controversies surrounding them, and offers fresh insights and
directions for future reading. It seeks to challenge as well as
complement the reader's own ideas about literature. It is a
Dictionary for the twenty-first century, both in its broad view of
literature in English and its emphasis on readers enjoying poetry,
prose and drama.
The Proceedings of the 17th International Cosmic Ray Conference
held in Paris, July 15 to 25, 1981, appear in two sets. The Regular
Volumes, 1 to 8, contain contributed papers received at the
Secretariat by April 1st, 1981. They were issued at the opening of
the Conference. The Late Volumes, 9 to 14, contain contributed
papers received after that date, Invited and Rapporteur Talks, and
the General Index. The assiduous reader will notice several changes
with respect to the well-established traditions of the Conference.
1/ Following a recommendation of the Commission an Cosmic Rays of
IUPAP, and although an increase in the total number of papers
submitted was noticed as compared to the 16th ICRC (Kyoto, 1979),
the total number of pages has been significantly reduced, thanks to
introduction of three new rules for publication. (i) None of the
first "Preliminary" Abstracts was published. These abstracts had to
be confirmed, either by a new "Confirming Abstract" or by a Full
Paper. The Confirming Abstracts are included in the Proceedings.
(ii) The sum of the "fractional" contributions of each author
should not exceed 3 papers, and each author should not appear in
more than 10 papers. (iii) The maximum number of pages per paper
was reduced from 6 to 4. The Organizing Committee thanks all
authors who have, in their vast majority, very efficiently
cooperated by kindly complying with these new rules. The papers we
selected an the basis of the Preliminary Abstracts.
In From The Inside Looking Out, Auger, Tedford-Litle and
Wallace-Allen seek to overcome the "us" and "them" dichotomy that
characterizes much of the literature on aging. By asking older
people to talk about their experiences and treating this
information as valuable, the authors have presented a tool that can
be used to begin such a process. This second edition documents the
lived experiences of older persons obtained from a series of focus
group discussions and interviews across Nova Scotia. Individuals
compare their realities of growing old with the often-theoretical
assumptions of gerontologists and specialists who claim knowledge
of the aging experience. In this field of study, there are few
instances where the voices of older persons are heard, other than
as consumers of various programs and services. Furthermore, the
voices of Indigenous and African-Canadians are typically unheard.
Topics covered include health care, life satisfaction, death and
dying, end of life decisions, cultural differences in the aging
process, spirituality and religion, ageism and discrimination, and
the critique of the many stereotypes of growing older.
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Spicilege (Hardcover, 13th edition)
Charles de Secondat,Baron de Montesquieu; Edited by Rolando Minuti, Catherine Volpilhac-Auger, Pierre Rétat
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Death is inevitable, but our perspectives about death and dying are
socially constructed. This updated third edition takes us through
the maze of issues, both social and personal, which surround death
and dying in Canada. Topics include euthanasia and medically
assisted death, palliative care and hospices, the high incidence of
opioid deaths, the impact of cyber bullying in suicide deaths, the
sociology of HIV/AIDS, funeral and burial practices, the high rates
of suicide in Canada and dealing with grief and bereavement, among
others. Additionally, Auger explores alternative methods for
helping dying persons and their loved ones deal with death in a
holistic, patient-centred way. Each chapter includes suggested
readings, discussion questions and in-class assignments.
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