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This book embarks on a journey never taken before, approaching the
imaging of the disease of achalasia with new pathophysiological
assumptions in mind, coming from the Chicago Classification of
Manometric diagnosis. Using state-of-the-art, modern x-ray
technology, the authors have developed a schematic and simple
approach to detection, diagnosis, and patient stadiation and
prognostic stratification, for radiologists, clinicians, and
students. Key Features: 1. Serves as a useful guide to structured
and comprehensive reporting of barium swallows, both in achalasia
and other oesophageal motility disorders. 2. Allows radiologists,
both specialists, and trainees, to comprehensively understand
achalasia from anatomic, pathophysiologic, therapeutic points of
view, allowing for exact comprehension, detection, and reporting of
the radiologic hallmarks of the disease. 3. Empowers readers to
diagnose and define the exact achalasia subtype in each patient,
due to the specifically developed FBF score.
Rediscover the joy of cooking simple food using fresh, everyday
ingredients. With easy recipes and time-saving techniques for your
favorite pastries, breads, cakes, pasta, pizza, cookies, and more,
you’ll find something to satisfy your sweet tooth—or your carb
cravings. Cooking and baking don’t have to be time consuming or
difficult. With the right techniques, even the most daunting dishes
can be simple to master. Chef Emma Fontanella is known for her
ability to translate complex methods into approachable recipes that
yield amazing results. Utilizing the conveniences of a modern
kitchen, she has developed an indispensable collection of classic
desserts, comfort food favorites, and everyday meals, all without
sacrificing texture or flavor. Indulge in the simple pleasure of
comfort classics such as The Fluffiest Cinnamon Rolls and
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Glazed Donuts, or curl up with a cozy bowl of
One-Pot Mac and Cheese or Three-Ingredient Fettuccine Alfredo. A
section on foundational techniques provides detailed instruction on
making and decorating cakes, working with yeast-raised doughs,
preparing pasta, and more. Armed with Emma’s thoughtful
instructions and labor-saving shortcuts, you’ll be able to
execute everything from Cheater’s Artisan Croissants to a
stunning fresh Strawberry Cake with confidence. Simple Pleasures
includes: Over 100 recipes for breakfasts, breads and baked goods,
pasta dishes, celebration cakes, and holiday baking Time-saving
techniques and pastry chef shortcuts for restaurant-quality results
with a fraction of the effort Superfast microwave snacks that cook
in a minute Nostalgic childhood favorites, such as Instant Frozen
Yogurt and Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
This book embarks on a journey never taken before, approaching the
imaging of the disease of achalasia with new pathophysiological
assumptions in mind, coming from the Chicago Classification of
Manometric diagnosis. Using state-of-the-art, modern x-ray
technology, the authors have developed a schematic and simple
approach to detection, diagnosis, and patient stadiation and
prognostic stratification, for radiologists, clinicians, and
students. Key Features: 1. Serves as a useful guide to structured
and comprehensive reporting of barium swallows, both in achalasia
and other oesophageal motility disorders. 2. Allows radiologists,
both specialists, and trainees, to comprehensively understand
achalasia from anatomic, pathophysiologic, therapeutic points of
view, allowing for exact comprehension, detection, and reporting of
the radiologic hallmarks of the disease. 3. Empowers readers to
diagnose and define the exact achalasia subtype in each patient,
due to the specifically developed FBF score.
This book considers specific inferential issues arising from the
analysis of dynamic shapes with the attempt to solve the problems
at hand using probability models and nonparametric tests. The
models are simple to understand and interpret and provide a useful
tool to describe the global dynamics of the landmark
configurations. However, because of the non-Euclidean nature of
shape spaces, distributions in shape spaces are not straightforward
to obtain. The book explores the use of the Gaussian distribution
in the configuration space, with similarity transformations
integrated out. Specifically, it works with the offset-normal shape
distribution as a probability model for statistical inference on a
sample of a temporal sequence of landmark configurations. This
enables inference for Gaussian processes from configurations onto
the shape space. The book is divided in two parts, with the first
three chapters covering material on the offset-normal shape
distribution, and the remaining chapters covering the theory of
NonParametric Combination (NPC) tests. The chapters offer a
collection of applications which are bound together by the theme of
this book. They refer to the analysis of data from the FG-NET (Face
and Gesture Recognition Research Network) database with facial
expressions. For these data, it may be desirable to provide a
description of the dynamics of the expressions, or testing whether
there is a difference between the dynamics of two facial
expressions or testing which of the landmarks are more informative
in explaining the pattern of an expression.
Safeguarding Mountain Ecosystems: A Global Challenge provides an
overview of the relevant research in mountain regions worldwide,
identifying existing challenges and providing an understanding of
the diversity of mountain ecosystems in different regions. Mountain
ecosystems are increasingly vulnerable to modified climate
conditions and other global changes (demographic, migration,
urbanization). In this time of change, efforts for sustainable
development in mountain ecosystems deserve all the attention,
especially in synergy with the United Nations’ International
Frameworks, including the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030, the
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the Paris Agreement,
and the New Urban Agenda.Sections underline the importance of
mountain regions for humanity at global, regional and local scales,
describe the challenges of safeguarding mountains and possible
solutions worldwide, and scrutinize regional specificities of the
major mountain ranges, describing the challenges and opportunities
of each. Final sections reflect on applications and technologies
that address and solve major problems.
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Giacometti (Hardcover)
Megan Fontanella, Karole P. B. Vail
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War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 4, continues the coverage of
the operational history of the Angolan Air Force and Air Defence
Force (FAPA/DAA) as told by Angolan and Cuban sources, in the
period 1985-1988. Many accounts of this conflict - better known in
the West as the 'Border War' or the 'Bush War', as named by its
South African participants - consider the operations of the
FAPA/DAA barely worth commentary. At most, they mention a few air
combats involving Mirage F.1 interceptors of the South African Air
Force (SAAF) in 1987 and 1988, and perhaps a little about the
activity of the FAPA/DAA's MiG-23s. However, a closer study of
Angolan and Cuban sources reveals an entirely different image of
the air war over Angola in the 1980s: indeed, it reveals the extent
to which the flow of the entire war was dictated by the
availability - or the lack - of air power. These issues strongly
influenced the planning and conduct of operations by the commanders
of the Angolan and Cuban forces. Based on extensive research with
the help of Angolan and Cuban sources, War of Intervention in
Angola, Volume 4, traces the Angolan and Cuban application of air
power between 1985-1988 - during which it came of age - and the
capabilities, intentions, and the combat operations of the air
forces. The volume is illustrated with 100 rarely seen photographs,
half a dozen maps and 15 colour profiles, and provides a unique
source of reference on this subject.
While legend has it that Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) sold only one
work during his lifetime, it was not long after his death that
sales of his paintings began to shatter auction house records. In
this carefully researched book, leading Van Gogh scholars provide
us with a glimpse into classified client files and illuminate the
critical role that the Thannhauser Gallery occupied in cultivating
and shaping an early clientele for the artist's works. Founded in
Munich in 1909, the Thannhauser Gallery was Germany's preeminent
promoter of the avant-garde in the decades before World War II. In
other European cities and in New York, the business thrived,
selling an impressive number of Van Gogh's oeuvre: roughly 110
works, including many masterpieces, now part of museum collections
all over the world. Distributed for Mercatorfonds
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Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle (Hardcover)
Vasily Kandinsky; Edited by Tracey Bashkoff, Megan Fontanella; Text written by Mark Antliff, Patricia Leighten, …
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Upon achieving independence from Great Britain in 1948, the
stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, re-named Sri Lanka in 1972,
was expected to become a sort of 'South Asian Singapore'. However,
stable political order and bright economic prospects proved
insufficient to maintain peace. A host of unsolved ethnic conflicts
and social inequalities conspired to erupt into an armed conflict
in 1971. By 1987, the crisis heated up to the point where the
government in New Delhi began exercising fierce pressure upon the
Sri Lankan government and the Sri Lankan Tamil insurgents to arrive
at a peace deal. In order to help maintain peace, the Indian Peace
Keeping Force was deployed on the island. However, with a few
weeks, the troops of the Indian Army found themselves involved in a
bloody and protracted confrontation with the most powerful of Tamil
insurgent movements - the Liberation Tamil Tigers of Elam (LTTE).
The peace-keeping operation was thus quickly converted into a
military intervention and a bloody quagmire. To make matters even
more complex, southern Sir Lanka meanwhile became engulfed in an
unprecedented wave of public violence, triggered by the second
insurrection of Sinhalese ultra-leftist movement, the JVP. Calling
upon extensive studies of the Sri Lankan War, with the help of
first hand sources, official documentation and publications from
all of the involved parties, this volume provides an in-depth and
particularly detailed account of military operations between 1987
and 1990. It is illustrated by over 120 photographs, maps and 12
colour profiles.
As of mid-1976, the civil war in Angola was seemingly decided:
supported by a large contingent of Cuban forces, the MPLA
established itself in power in Luanda. Its native competitors, the
US-French-Zaire-supported FNLA, and UNITA, supported by China and
South Africa, were in tatters. The French and Zaire-supported FLEC
- an armed movement for the independence of the oil-rich Cabinda
enclave - was in disarray. The last few of their surviving units
were either driven out of the country, or forced into hiding in
isolated corners of northern and south-eastern Angola.
Nevertheless, the war went on. The MPLA's government failed to
decisively defeat UNITA, in southern Angola, and then found itself
facing a coup attempt from within in May 1977. Crushed in blood,
this resulted in thousands being jailed and tortured: many more
escaped abroad, where they reinforced the ranks of the battered
opposition. The coup prompted the Soviets to attempt increasing
their influence with the aim of establishing permanent military
bases in the country. While all such overtures were turned down,
Angolan operations along the border to what was then the South-West
Africa (subsequently Namibia) in October 1980, combined with the
increased activity of SWAPO - an insurgency against the South
African control of that territory - subsequently Namibia - prompted
South Africa to launch another military intervention and resume
supporting UNITA. In turn, this prompted not only the Cubans to
further increase their military presence, but also the Soviet Union
into delivering massive amounts of military aid to the government
in Luanda. Angola not only assumed the role of one of the major hot
battlefields in the Cold War: its 'civil war' saw a number of major
showdowns between diverse belligerents, culminating in the Battle
of Cangamba in 1983. Based on extensive research, with help of
Angolan and Cuban sources, the 'War of Intervention in Angola,
Volume 2', traces the military build-up of the Cuban and
Soviet-supported Angolan military, the FAPLA and its combat
operations, and those of the Cuban military in Angola, in the
period 1976-1983, their capabilities and intentions, and their
battlefield performances. The volume is illustrated with over 100
rare photographs, half a dozen maps and 18 colour profiles.
Ethiopia, a country of ancient origins in eastern Africa, remains a
military powerhouse of that continent until our days. Nowadays
involved in the war in neighbouring Somalia, Ethiopia was also
involved in half a dozen of other armed conflicts over the last 60
years. Crucial between these was the Eritrean War of Independence.
Fought 1961-1991, this was one of biggest armed conflicts on the
African continent, especially if measured by numbers of involved
combatants. It included a wide spectrum of operations, from
'classic' counter-insurgency (COIN) to conventional warfare in
mountains - with the latter being one of the most complex and most
demanding undertakings possible to conduct by a military force.
Campaigns run during the Eritrean War of Independence often
included large formations of relatively well-equipped forces, led
by well-trained commanders, along well-thought-out plans, based on
home-grown doctrine. The air power played a crucial - although not
necessarily decisive - role in many of battles. Nevertheless, most
of details about this conflict remain unknown in the wider public.
Similarly, relatively few Western observers are aware of relations
between the Eritrean liberation movements, and various dissident
and insurgent movements inside Ethiopia - although the synergy of
these eventually led the downfall of the so-called Derg government,
in 1991. While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the
history of wars between Ethiopia and Eritrea between 1961 and 1988,
the second covers the period since. Correspondingly, it is
providing coverage of military operations that led to the fall of
the Derg government in Ethiopia of 1991, the period of Eritrean
military build-up and a complete re-organization of the Ethiopian
military in the 1990s, and concludes with the first detailed
account of the so-called Badme War, fought between Ethiopia and
Eritrea in period 1998-2001. It is illustrated by many contemporary
photographs, maps and colour profiles.
In 1971, Idi Amin Dada, a former officer of the King's African
Rifles and commander of the Ugandan Army, seized power in a
military coup in Uganda. Characterised by human rights abuses,
political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings,
nepotism, corruption and gross economic mismanagement, Amin's rule
drove thousands into exile. Amin shifted the country's orientation
in international relations from alliances with the West and Israel,
to cooperation with the Soviet Union. With Tanzanian leader Julius
Nyerere offering sanctuary to Uganda's ousted president, Milton
Obote, Ugandan relations with Tanzania soon became strained too.
Already in 1972, a group of Tanzania-based exiles attempted,
unsuccessfully, to invade Uganda and remove Amin. By late 1978,
following another attempted coup against him, Amin deployed his
troops against the mutineers, some of whom fled across the
Tanzanian border. The rebellion against him thus spilled over into
Tanzania, against whom Uganda then declared a state of war. Opening
with an overview of the ascent of crucial military and political
figures, and the build-up of the Tanzanian and Ugandan militaries
during the 1960s and 1970s, this volume provides an in-depth study
of the related political and military events, but foremost of
military operations during the Kagera War- also known as 'A Just
War' - fought between Tanzania and Uganda in 1978-1979. It further
traces the almost continuous armed conflict in Uganda of 1981-1994,
which became renowned for emergence of several insurgent movements
notorious for incredible violence against civilian population, some
of which remain active in central Africa to this day. This book is
illustrated with an extensive selection of photographs, colour
profiles, and maps, describing the equipment, markings, and tactics
of the involved military forces.
The former colony of Spanish Sahara saw frequent outbursts of
tribal and ethnic rebellions while ruled by the colonial
authorities in the late 19th and through the early 20th Century.
Its vastness and distances essentially dictated the application of
air power in response. While most of these events attracted next to
no attention in English-language media, the large-scale operations
of the Spanish colonial authorities of the late 1950s became
notable at least for the final combat deployment of the famous
Messerschmitt Bf.109. Following the Spanish withdrawal from Spanish
Sahara in 1975, a major war erupted as Sahrawi nationalists -
organized by the POLISARIO front - engaged in guerrilla warfare
against Moroccan armed forces deployed to secure the northern part
of the country, and Mauritanian forces deployed in the south.
Characteristically for this period, POLISARIO's insurgency was
often misinterpreted in the West as 'Soviet-influenced', although
the rebels never adapted any related frameworks for their
operations and tactics, such as those of Mao Zedong. On the
contrary, while Algeria at least tolerated their bases on its soil,
it was Libya that provided most of the support for the insurgency,
eventually enabling it to defeat the Mauritanian military, slightly
over a year later. Combined with POLISARIO's raids deep into
Mauritania this prompted France to launch a limited military
intervention in support. While tactically successful, this proved
insufficient: Mauritania withdrew in 1979 after signing a peace
treaty. Morocco continued fighting a series of bitter campaigns
through 1979 and 1980, until rising costs and casualties prompted
its government into developing an entirely new strategy.
Construction of extensive earthen fortifications eventually slowed
the war down to one of low intensity, only sporadically interrupted
by insurgent attempts to achieve at least local successes. With
both sides realizing that no solution through an armed conflict was
possible, a cease-fire agreement was signed in 1991. However, this
conflict still remains unresolved: it merely shifted to civilian
resistance. Warfare in Western Sahara has in many ways become
exemplary for modern-day counter-insurgency efforts in Africa and
elsewhere. This conflict has been falsely declared as a part of
some larger, external conflict - the Cold War; in regards of the
concept of an insurgency applying motorized forces to deliver often
spectacular 'hit-and-run' attacks; and in regards of a conventional
military reacting with a combination of earth berms and air power.
Illustrated by over 100 photograph as, a dozen maps and 18 colour
profiles, Showdown in Western Sahara offers a fascinating study of
the military aspects of this conflict, warfare strategies, tactics
and experiences with different weapons systems.
As of 1975, the decades long insurgency in Angola appeared to be
short of its conclusion. However, with no less than three major
insurgent movements fighting for supremacy, the war went on and
then South Africa, USA, the Soviet Union, Zaire and Cuba became
involved. Affairs like the CIA's efforts to destabilise Angola for
little else but to recoup its prestige after the catastrophic
defeat in South Vietnam, or the South African military intervention
in Angola - Operation Savannah - have attracted lots of public
attention and are relatively well covered in related publications.
On the contrary, the final stages of the Portuguese withdrawal, the
military build-up of three native insurgent forces, and then the
onset of the Cuban military intervention in Angola - Operation
Carlotta run in 1975 and 1976 - remain largely unknown. Based on
extensive research with help of Angolan and Cuban sources, the War
of Intervention in Angola is providing a unique insight precisely
into the latter topic. It traces the failures of the US-supported
FNLA, the growth and reorganization of the MPLA into a conventional
army; deployment of Cuban military contingents, their capabilities
and intentions; and the performance and experiences of the MPLA and
Cuban forces at war with South Africans and the third Angolan
insurgent group - UNITA. The volume is illustrated with over 100
rare photographs, a dozen of maps and 15 colour profiles.
When released into independence from Great Britain, in 1948, the
stunningly beautiful island of Ceylon, re-named Sri Lanka in 1972,
was expected to become a sort of `South Asian Singapore'. However,
stable political order and bright economic prospects proved
insufficient to maintain peace. A host of unsolved ethnic conflicts
and social inequalities conspired to erupt into an armed conflict,
in 1971. When this broke out the entire Sri Lankan society was
shocked to its core by a large-scale insurgency instigated by a
Sinhalese Maoist group, JVP. Worst still, this was followed by the
gradual build-up of several other Tamil groups in the north of the
island. Following riots known as `Black July', in 1983, Sri Lanka
was ripped apart by a murderous war against Tamil insurgents, which
caught the armed forces wrong-footed because of the government's
reluctance to build-up its military to necessary levels. This came
to a temporary stop in 1987, with the implementation of a peace
arrangement virtually enforced by the government of India and a
deployment of a large peacekeeping force of the Indian military. By
the time, the notorious LTTE emerged as the most powerful Tamil
insurgent movement, and the principal opponent of the Sri Lankan
armed forces. Eventually, the Indian military intervention proved
to be only a temporary solution. The LTTE turned against the Indian
military but suffered heavily in return. However, this provided
some breathing space for the Sri Lankan military, which then
launched a vicious and protracted counterinsurgency campaign
against the JVP. The fighting thus went on. Relying on extensive
studies of the Sri Lankan War with the help of first-hand sources,
official documentation and publications from all of involved
parties, this volume provides an in-depth and particularly detailed
account of military operations during the first 16 years of this
war.
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