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Grey's U.S. travels inspired him to examine the conditions of the
employed and the unemployed in America. Mr. Grey's numerous side
trips to Canada and Mexico offer an interesting perspective.
As the nineteenth-century drew to a close, women became more
numerous and prominent in British journalism. This book offers a
fascinating introduction to the work lives of twelve such
journalists, and each essay examines the career, writing and
strategic choices of women battling against the odds to secure
recognition in a male-dominated society.
Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the present day, in which women have been featured as victims, perpetrators or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women through detective stories, plays and novels.
Calculus and linear algebra are two dominant themes in contemporary
mathematics and its applications. The aim of this book is to
introduce linear algebra in an intuitive geometric setting as the
study of linear maps and to use these simpler linear functions to
study more complicated nonlinear functions. In this way, many of
the ideas, techniques, and formulas in the calculus of several
variables are clarified and understood in a more conceptual way.
After using this text a student should be well prepared for
subsequent advanced courses in both algebra and linear differential
equations as well as the many applications where linearity and its
interplay with nonlinearity are significant. This second edition
has been revised to clarify the concepts. Many exercises and
illustrations have been included to make the text more usable for
students.
Too often accounts of African family life have tended to describe
the family in purely static terms. The contributors to this book
emphasize the developmental or time dimension of the family,
analysing it as a process. In the seven different societies
described in East Africa, the Congo and the Transvaal the changing
nature of the distribution of rights in the family property and
resources is directly linked with the growth and change of the
family itself. First published in 1964.
This comprehensive reference begins with an introductory chapter
that overviews Flaubert's life and career. A detailed summary of
the novel's plot is followed by a close examination of the novel's
genesis, its publication history, and the merits of various
editions and translations. Later chapters discuss the social and
cultural contexts informing the work, Flaubert's literary
craftsmanship, and the novel's critical reception. The volume
concludes with extensive bibliographic information.
Flaubert's determination to achieve stylistic and structural
perfection led to the creation of his masterpiece, "Madame Bovary."
The achievement was long considered the exemplary novel in Western
literature, and writers remain deeply indebted to its legacy.
Activated sludge is the most widely used biological wastewater
treatment process globally to date, although its high energy demand
makes it a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Over
recent decades it has been constantly modified and retrofitted to
treat ever higher loads or improve effluent standards which have
often resulted in even greater carbon emissions. Conventional
activated sludge treatment is at a crossroads where new sustainable
solutions are required if we are to protect the quality of our
rivers and meet net-zero carbon targets.The book details current
operation and design with special emphasis on the biological
aspects of the process. From the microbial kinetics to the
fascinating process of floc formation and development, the book
explores the development of our understanding of the process
looking at new sustainable designs, including biological nutrient
removal and new aeration systems. Sludge separation problems and
control options are explained, with a trouble-shooting guide to
non-bulking problems. Environmental issues including noise, odor,
aerosols, micro-plastics and nanoparticles are all reviewed, as is
pathogen removal and the problem of antibiotic resistant genes and
bacteria. The development of membrane bioreactors has increased
process reliability and effluent quality, while integrated
fixed-film activated sludge processes are more efficient and
compact. The book concludes by exploring how activated sludge can
become more sustainable, for example, by carbon harvesting and
byproduct recovery.This interdisciplinary book is essential reading
for both engineers and scientists whether training at university or
practitioners and consultants in the wastewater industry.Related
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Students and teachers of mathematics and related fields will
find this book a comprehensive and modern approach to probability
theory, providing the background and techniques to go from the
beginning graduate level to the point of specialization in research
areas of current interest. The book is designed for a two- or
three-semester course, assuming only courses in undergraduate real
analysis or rigorous advanced calculus, and some elementary linear
algebra. A variety of applications Bayesian statistics, financial
mathematics, information theory, tomography, and signal processing
appear as threads to both enhance the understanding of the relevant
mathematics and motivate students whose main interests are outside
of pure areas.
This book deals with natural treatment systems and the challenges
the water industry faces in dealing with sustainability and the
realisation of reaching Net Zero by 2030.Surface waters are all
under threat, with freshwater ecosystems now facing unprecedented
levels of contamination, even after a century of ever stricter
legislation and regulation. The increase in population and
especially in urbanization without sufficient planning and
investment to ensure adequate wastewater collection and treatment
coupled with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated
with wastewater treatment is leading to a crisis in wastewater
treatment in many countries.Natural treatment systems which use
plants and soil micro-organisms are very much nature-based
solutions and wherever applicable might offer sustainable and low
emissions options for a range of wastewater problems protecting
surface waters as well as creating new habitats to support and
enhance wildlife diversity. In terms of circularity, natural
treatment systems have the potential to produce a staggering array
of useful and valuable by-products, including high-value compounds
for the pharmaceutical industry.Related Link(s)
Our rivers and lakes are continuously self-purifying thanks to
algal and bacterial biofilms that grow over the surface of stones
and other debris. This same process has been employed for over a
century to treat our municipal and industrial wastewater in
specially designed fixed film reactors that maximize this microbial
activity by providing ideal growth conditions and unlimited food
and oxygen. Fixed film, or attached biofilm, reactors are unique in
their ability to treat complex wastewaters and shock loadings;
using far less energy than other wastewater treatment processes
such as activated sludge, making them a sustainable treatment
option.Targeted at undergraduate and postgraduate engineers and
scientists, this book follows the structure of bestseller Biology
of Wastewater Treatment. This volume gives an expanded and
up-to-date overview of the use of fixed-film reactors in wastewater
treatment with content spanning from biofilm formation, to
traditional trickling filters and rotating biological contactor
technology, advanced submerged systems (including MBBRs and IFAS)
and their key role in the treatment of contaminated air, and
finally to nitrogen removal employing new microbial pathways such
as Anammox. This monograph emphasizes the biological aspects of the
processes.
Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph
concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society
was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a
Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of what
was Northern Tanganyika, are remarkable for their complex
irrigation system and political organization. The inter-connections
between the irrigation system, the religious cult of a culture
hero, and the special features of their social organization are at
the core of this analysis.
Too often accounts of African family life have tended to describe
the family in purely static terms. The contributors to this book
emphasize the developmental or time dimension of the family,
analysing it as a process. In the seven different societies
described in East Africa, the Congo and the Transvaal the changing
nature of the distribution of rights in the family property and
resources is directly linked with the growth and change of the
family itself. First published in 1964.
This textbook describes the equipment, observational techniques,
and analysis used in the investigation of stellar photospheres. Now
in its fourth edition, the text has been thoroughly updated and
revised to be more accessible to students. New figures have been
added to illustrate key concepts, while diagrams have been redrawn
and refreshed throughout. The book starts by developing the tools
of analysis, and then demonstrates how they can be applied. Topics
covered include radiation transfer, models of stellar photospheres,
spectroscopic equipment, how to observe stellar spectra, and
techniques for measuring stellar temperatures, radii, surface
gravities, chemical composition, velocity fields, and rotation
rates. Up-to-date results for real stars are included. Written for
starting graduate students or advanced undergraduates, this
textbook also includes a wealth of reference material useful to
researchers. eBook formats include color imagery while print
formats are greyscale only; a wide selection of the color images
are available online.
Originally published in 1963, this was the first monograph
concerning an African people in which an irrigation-based society
was studied in detail and its implications explored. The Sonjo, a
Bantu-speaking people isolated among cattle pastoralists of what
was Northern Tanganyika, are remarkable for their complex
irrigation system and political organization. The inter-connections
between the irrigation system, the religious cult of a culture
hero, and the special features of their social organization are at
the core of this analysis.
As the nineteenth-century drew to a close, women became more
numerous and prominent in British journalism. This book offers a
fascinating introduction to the work lives of twelve such
journalists, and each essay examines the career, writing and
strategic choices of women battling against the odds to secure
recognition in a male-dominated society.
Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between
discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in
fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves.
Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the
Whitechapel Murders of 1888 to the Children's Home scandals of the
present day, in which women have featured as victims, perpetrators
or investigators. The author tracks the representation of women
through detective stories, plays and novels.
but when we state that A 'equals' B , as well having to know what
we mean by A and B we also have know what we mean by 'equals'. This
section explores the role of observers; how different types of
observ er see different things as being equal, and how we can
produce algo rithms to decide on such equalities. It also explores
how we go about writing specifications to which we may compare our
SCCS designs. * The final section is the one which the students
like best. Once enough of SCCS is grasped to decide upon the
component parts of a design, the 'turning the handle' steps of
composition and check ing that the design meets its specification
are both error-prone and tedious. This section introduces the
concurrency work bench, which shoulders most of the burden. How you
use the book is up to you; I'm not even going to suggest path ways.
Individual readers know what knowledge they seek, and course
leaders know which concepts they are trying to impart and in what
order.
As the nineteenth-century drew to a close, women became more
numerous and prominent in British journalism. This book offers a
fascinating introduction to the work lives of twelve such
journalists, and each essay examines the career, writing and
strategic choices of women battling against the odds to secure
recognition in a male-dominated society.
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