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On June 23, 1900, the Southern Railroad Company's Engine #7 and its
passengers were greeted by a tremendous storm en route to Atlanta,
Georgia. Stalled for some time in nearby McDonough, travelers grew
impatient as rain pelted the roof and wind buffeted the cars. When
finally given the go-ahead, their resulting joy was short-lived:
the locomotive soon reached Camp Creek--and disaster. After weeks
of constant showers, the swollen creek had eroded the bridge
supports. Under the train's weight, the bridge collapsed, and all
but nine perished in either the fiery fall or watery depths. With
the help of local newspapers and eyewitness accounts, Georgia
historian and professor Jeffery C. Wells recounts this tragic tale.
Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation addresses
the question of how a human-centred conservation approach can and
should change practice. For the most part, there are few answers to
this question because professionals in the heritage conservation
field do not use social science research methodologies to manage
cultural landscapes, assess historical significance and inform the
treatment of building and landscape fabric. With few exceptions,
only academic theorists have explored these topics while failing to
offer specific, usable guidance on how the social sciences can
actually be used by heritage professionals. In exploring the nature
of a human-centred heritage conservation practice, we explicitly
seek a middle ground between the academy and practice, theory and
application, fabric and meanings, conventional and civil experts,
and orthodox and heterodox ideas behind practice and research. We
do this by positioning this book in a transdisciplinary space
between these dichotomies as a way to give voice (and respect) to
multiple perspectives without losing sight of our goal that
heritage conservation practice should, fundamentally, benefit all
people. We believe that this approach is essential for creating an
emancipated built heritage conservation practice that must
successfully engage very different ontological and epistemological
perspectives.
Tutorial lectures given by world-renowned researchers have become
one of the important traditions of the Nano and Giga Challenges
(NGC) conference series. 1 Soon after preparations had begun for
the rst forum, NGC2002, in Moscow, Russia, the organizers realized
that publication of the lectures notes would be a va- able legacy
of the meeting and a signi cant educational resource and knowledge
base for students, young researchers, and senior experts. Our rst
book was p- lished by Elsevier and received the same title as the
meeting itself-Nano and Giga 2 Challenges in Microelectronics. Our
second book, Nanotechnology for Electronic 3 4 Materials and
Devices, based on the tutorial lectures at NGC2004 in Krakow, 5
Poland, the third book from NGC2007 in Phoenix, Arizona, and the
current book 6 from joint NGC2009 and CSTC2009 meeting in Hamilton,
Ontario, have been published in Springer's Nanostructure Science
and Technology series. Hosted by McMaster University, the meeting
NGC/CSTC 2009 was held as a joint event of two conference series,
Nano and Giga Challenges (Nano & Giga Forum) and Canadian
Semiconductor Technology Conferences (CSTC), bringing together the
networks and expertise of both professional forums. Informational
(electronics and photonics), renewable energy (solar systems, fuel
cells, and batteries), and sensor (nano and bio) technologies have
reached a new stage in their development in terms of engineering
limits to cost-effective impro- ment of current technological
approaches. The latest miniaturization of electronic devices is
approaching atomic dimensions.
A non-technical introduction to the question of modeling with
time-varying parameters, using the beta coefficient from Financial
Economics as the main example. After a brief introduction to this
coefficient for those not versed in finance, the book presents a
number of rather well known tests for constant coefficients and
then performs these tests on data from the Stockholm Exchange. The
Kalman filter is then introduced and a simple example is used to
demonstrate the power of the filter. The filter is then used to
estimate the market model with time-varying betas. The book
concludes with further examples of how the Kalman filter may be
used in estimation models used in analyzing other aspects of
finance. Since both the programs and the data used in the book are
available for downloading, the book is especially valuable for
students and other researchers interested in learning the art of
modeling with time varying coefficients.
Tutorial lectures given by world-renowned researchers have become
one of the important traditions of the Nano and Giga Challenges
(NGC) conference series. 1 Soon after preparations had begun for
the rst forum, NGC2002, in Moscow, Russia, the organizers realized
that publication of the lectures notes would be a va- able legacy
of the meeting and a signi cant educational resource and knowledge
base for students, young researchers, and senior experts. Our rst
book was p- lished by Elsevier and received the same title as the
meeting itself-Nano and Giga 2 Challenges in Microelectronics. Our
second book, Nanotechnology for Electronic 3 4 Materials and
Devices, based on the tutorial lectures at NGC2004 in Krakow, 5
Poland, the third book from NGC2007 in Phoenix, Arizona, and the
current book 6 from joint NGC2009 and CSTC2009 meeting in Hamilton,
Ontario, have been published in Springer's Nanostructure Science
and Technology series. Hosted by McMaster University, the meeting
NGC/CSTC 2009 was held as a joint event of two conference series,
Nano and Giga Challenges (Nano & Giga Forum) and Canadian
Semiconductor Technology Conferences (CSTC), bringing together the
networks and expertise of both professional forums. Informational
(electronics and photonics), renewable energy (solar systems, fuel
cells, and batteries), and sensor (nano and bio) technologies have
reached a new stage in their development in terms of engineering
limits to cost-effective impro- ment of current technological
approaches. The latest miniaturization of electronic devices is
approaching atomic dimensions.
This landmark collection of fifteen essays by a group of leading
scholars is an original and wide-ranging exploration of digression
in major works by fifteen of the finest European writers from the
early modern period to the present day, with an emphasis on the
twentieth century. Studies of works by Miguel de Cervantes,
Laurence Sterne, Charles Dickens, Charles Baudelaire, Henry James,
Anton Chekhov, Andre Gide, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Robert
Walser, Flann O'Brien, Samuel Beckett, Italo Calvino, Javier Marias
and W. G. Sebald celebrate the variety of forms of digression and
show it to be more than just a traditionally neglected rhetorical
figure or literary technique: digression emerges as a way of making
the most of the potential of the freeedom that narratives and the
novel form can offer and of contemplating a world in which, as
Henry James said, 'really, universally, relations stop nowhere'.
A non-technical introduction to the question of modeling with
time-varying parameters, using the beta coefficient from Financial
Economics as the main example. After a brief introduction to this
coefficient for those not versed in finance, the book presents a
number of rather well known tests for constant coefficients and
then performs these tests on data from the Stockholm Exchange. The
Kalman filter is then introduced and a simple example is used to
demonstrate the power of the filter. The filter is then used to
estimate the market model with time-varying betas. The book
concludes with further examples of how the Kalman filter may be
used in estimation models used in analyzing other aspects of
finance. Since both the programs and the data used in the book are
available for downloading, the book is especially valuable for
students and other researchers interested in learning the art of
modeling with time varying coefficients.
In The Protestant Ethic, Max Weber opposes the Marxist concept of dialectical materialism and relates the rise of the capitalist economy to the Calvinist belief in the moral value of hard work and the fulfillment of one's worldly duties. Based on the original 1905 edition, this volume includes, along with Weber's treatise, an illuminating introduction, a wealth of explanatory notes, and exemplary responses and remarks-both from Weber and his critics-sparked by publication of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
This is the first English translation of the 1905 German text and the first volume to include Weber's unexpurgated responses to his critics, which reveal important developments in and clarifications of Weber's argument.
Human-Centered Built Environment Heritage Preservation addresses
the question of how a human-centred conservation approach can and
should change practice. For the most part, there are few answers to
this question because professionals in the heritage conservation
field do not use social science research methodologies to manage
cultural landscapes, assess historical significance and inform the
treatment of building and landscape fabric. With few exceptions,
only academic theorists have explored these topics while failing to
offer specific, usable guidance on how the social sciences can
actually be used by heritage professionals. In exploring the nature
of a human-centred heritage conservation practice, we explicitly
seek a middle ground between the academy and practice, theory and
application, fabric and meanings, conventional and civil experts,
and orthodox and heterodox ideas behind practice and research. We
do this by positioning this book in a transdisciplinary space
between these dichotomies as a way to give voice (and respect) to
multiple perspectives without losing sight of our goal that
heritage conservation practice should, fundamentally, benefit all
people. We believe that this approach is essential for creating an
emancipated built heritage conservation practice that must
successfully engage very different ontological and epistemological
perspectives.
Makhanda was a Xhosa leader and warrior-prophet who lived in the
early 19th century in southern Africa, and who led a massive attack
on the British in Grahamstown in 1819. His clarity of thinking and
personal charisma propelled him into the position of leading
spiritual adviser to the powerful Chief Ndlambe of the Rharhabe.
Although Makhanda was portrayed in the written record as a
religious fanatic and millinarian prophet who led his own people to
destruction, this evocative account demonstrates that the popular
heroic view of Makhanda, as one of South Africa's early freedom
fighters, is far more justified. With meticulous chronology, the
book offers a major revision of the life of this often
controversial figure. (Series: Thinking Africa). *** ..".Wells
openly declares that her purpose is to rehabilitate the reputation
of Makhanda....Her admission of bias may shock academic purists,
but what follows is a meticulous examination of the written and
oral evidence that interprets an immensely complex story quite
brilliantly. Highly recommended." J. E. Flint, emeritus, Dalhousie
University, Choice, February 2013, Vol. 50, No. 6.
In a decidedly anti-intellectual moment, exemplified by such recent
phenomena as denials of science, defunding of universities, and
distrust of "facts," Intra-Public Intellectualism examines the
relationships among qualitative inquiry, truth telling and social
activism. With contributions from scholars and activists around the
world, the book addresses three key tensions in the field of social
inquiry. The first tension concerns the proliferation of digital
environments and virtual spaces, exploring how the "public" in
public intellectualism might be reconsidered. The second tension
concerns the ongoing critiques of truth and subjectivity, exploring
how these disruptions change the work of the intellectual. The
third tension concerns the growing scientific and philosophical
rejection of static material worlds, exploring what becomes of
social responsibility and justice when agency extends beyond human
subjects. Intra-Public Intellectualism will be a must read for
those interested in the roles of the intellectual in the academy
and beyond and those keen on rethinking critical social inquiry for
the twenty-first century.
With studies of, amongst others, Miguel de Cervantes, Anton
Chekhov, Charles Baudelaire and Henry James, this landmark
collection of essays is a unique and wide-ranging exploration and
celebration of the many forms of digression in major works by
fifteen of the finest European writers from the early modern period
to the present day.
This unique book discusses the management of neurocritical care
patients, including basic concepts, pathophysiologic principles,
monitoring, treatment indications, and factors that affect outcomes
in patients requiring neurocritical care assistance. It addresses
the need to improve continuing education in this area, highlighting
patient care in the perioperative period. This is the first book to
provide a simplified overview for neurosurgeons and neurologists to
understand the neurocritical patient journey. It is divided into
three parts: the first covers the basics concepts, from monitoring
to the interpretation of exams; the second explores general
management of specific situations encountered in intensive care and
the last part includes prognostic and rehabilitation models, as
well as new perspectives. Thanks to the accessible, neurosurgical
specific language, the book is well suited for all professionals
involved in neurocritical care, including students, but is also a
valuable resource for residents and researches, as well as
experienced neurosurgeons or neurologists looking for updated
information and guidelines.
In a decidedly anti-intellectual moment, exemplified by such recent
phenomena as denials of science, defunding of universities, and
distrust of "facts," Intra-Public Intellectualism examines the
relationships among qualitative inquiry, truth telling and social
activism. With contributions from scholars and activists around the
world, the book addresses three key tensions in the field of social
inquiry. The first tension concerns the proliferation of digital
environments and virtual spaces, exploring how the "public" in
public intellectualism might be reconsidered. The second tension
concerns the ongoing critiques of truth and subjectivity, exploring
how these disruptions change the work of the intellectual. The
third tension concerns the growing scientific and philosophical
rejection of static material worlds, exploring what becomes of
social responsibility and justice when agency extends beyond human
subjects. Intra-Public Intellectualism will be a must read for
those interested in the roles of the intellectual in the academy
and beyond and those keen on rethinking critical social inquiry for
the twenty-first century.
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