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The Game Centred Approach (GCA) is the ideal framework for coaches
and teachers to develop comprehensive tactical or technical lessons
for any game, both in physical education and in extracurricular
sport contexts. Learning about the pedagogical models included in
this approach has never been easier thanks to this short
introductory guide. The book helps the reader acquire the skills
needed to design effective session plans, regardless of the sport
that is being taught or coached. It introduces the core concepts
underpinning the GCA model, complemented by practical examples of
tasks and strategies for each game category and assessment
instrument. This is essential reading for all educators, coaches or
sports professionals who wish to improve their teaching or coaching
to enhance their students and players' physical literacy and sport
competence. It is also invaluable reading for any student or
researcher working in physical education, sport coaching or sport
pedagogy.
Heads or Tails, when it comes to Two-Face, Batman always loses! Is
Harvey Dent back to save Gotham City? Two-Face has at all times
been considered as Batman's most tragic villain. If solely Harvey
Dent hadn't been scarred by acid, he might have continued his good
work as D.A. in Gotham City and been Batman's biggest ally and good
friend...proper? Or has Batman prolonged Harvey Dent an excessive
amount of grace in his a number of makes an attempt at reform?
He'll query himself as Harvey Dent is free as soon as extra,
scarred however seemingly freed from Two-Face's affect. But...when
it's revealed Harvey Dent's father has been threatened to be
murdered on his 88th birthday, will Two-Face have the option to
withstand becoming a member of the get together? In this incredible
one-shot comic, Mariko Tamaki and Javier Fernandez's tragic noir
Two-Face epic will flip that iconic coin...on its head?!
The Game Centred Approach (GCA) is the ideal framework for coaches
and teachers to develop comprehensive tactical or technical lessons
for any game, both in physical education and in extracurricular
sport contexts. Learning about the pedagogical models included in
this approach has never been easier thanks to this short
introductory guide. The book helps the reader acquire the skills
needed to design effective session plans, regardless of the sport
that is being taught or coached. It introduces the core concepts
underpinning the GCA model, complemented by practical examples of
tasks and strategies for each game category and assessment
instrument. This is essential reading for all educators, coaches or
sports professionals who wish to improve their teaching or coaching
to enhance their students and players' physical literacy and sport
competence. It is also invaluable reading for any student or
researcher working in physical education, sport coaching or sport
pedagogy.
The book is a collection of surveys and original research articles
concentrating on new perspectives and research directions at the
crossroads of algebraic geometry, topology, and singularity theory.
The papers, written by leading researchers working on various
topics of the above fields, are the outcome of the "Nemethi60:
Geometry and Topology of Singularities" conference held at the
Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest, from May 27 to
31, 2019. Both the conference and this resulting volume are in
honor of Professor Andras Nemethi, on the occasion of his 60th
birthday, whose work plays a decisive and influential role in the
interactions between the above fields. The book should serve as a
valuable resource for graduate students and researchers to deepen
the new perspectives, methods, and connections between geometry and
topology regarding singularities.
The book is a collection of surveys and original research articles
concentrating on new perspectives and research directions at the
crossroads of algebraic geometry, topology, and singularity theory.
The papers, written by leading researchers working on various
topics of the above fields, are the outcome of the "Nemethi60:
Geometry and Topology of Singularities" conference held at the
Alfred Renyi Institute of Mathematics in Budapest, from May 27 to
31, 2019. Both the conference and this resulting volume are in
honor of Professor Andras Nemethi, on the occasion of his 60th
birthday, whose work plays a decisive and influential role in the
interactions between the above fields. The book should serve as a
valuable resource for graduate students and researchers to deepen
the new perspectives, methods, and connections between geometry and
topology regarding singularities.
This book provides insight and enhanced appreciation of analysis,
modeling and control of dynamic systems. The reader is assumed to
be familiar with calculus, physics and some programming skills. It
might develop the reader's ability to interpret physical
significance of mathematical results in system analysis. The book
also prepares the reader for more advanced treatment of subsequent
knowledge in the automatic control field. Learning objectives are
performance-oriented, using for this purpose interactive MATLAB and
SIMULINK software tools. It presents realistic problems in order to
analyze, design and develop automatic control systems. Learning
with computing tools can aid theory and help students to think,
analyze and reason in meaningful ways. The book is also
complemented with classroom slides and MATLAB and SIMULINK exercise
files to aid students to focus on fundamental concepts treated.
This volume collects the extended abstracts of 45 contributions of
participants to the Seventh International Summer School on
Aggregation Operators (AGOP 2013), held at Pamplona in July, 16-20,
2013. These contributions cover a very broad range, from the purely
theoretical ones to those with a more applied focus. Moreover, the
summaries of the plenary talks and tutorials given at the same
workshop are included. Together they provide a good overview of
recent trends in research in aggregation functions which can be of
interest to both researchers in Physics or Mathematics working on
the theoretical basis of aggregation functions, and to engineers
who require them for applications.
This book provides insight and enhanced appreciation of analysis,
modeling and control of dynamic systems. The reader is assumed to
be familiar with calculus, physics and some programming skills. It
might develop the reader's ability to interpret physical
significance of mathematical results in system analysis. The book
also prepares the reader for more advanced treatment of subsequent
knowledge in the automatic control field. Learning objectives are
performance-oriented, using for this purpose interactive MATLAB and
SIMULINK software tools. It presents realistic problems in order to
analyze, design and develop automatic control systems. Learning
with computing tools can aid theory and help students to think,
analyze and reason in meaningful ways. The book is also
complemented with classroom slides and MATLAB and SIMULINK exercise
files to aid students to focus on fundamental concepts treated.
The result of extensive collaboration among leading scholars from
across Europe, Conceptual History in the European Space represents
a landmark intervention in the historiography of concepts. It
brings together ambitious thematic studies that combine the
pioneering methods of historian Reinhart Koselleck with
contemporary insights and debates, each one illuminating a key
feature of the European conceptual landscape. With clarifying
overviews of such contested theoretical terrain as translatability,
spatiality, and center-periphery dynamics, it also provides
indispensable contextualization for an era of widespread
disenchantment with and misunderstanding of the European project.
The result of extensive collaboration among leading scholars from
across Europe, Conceptual History in the European Space represents
a landmark intervention in the historiography of concepts. It
brings together ambitious thematic studies that combine the
pioneering methods of historian Reinhart Koselleck with
contemporary insights and debates, each one illuminating a key
feature of the European conceptual landscape. With clarifying
overviews of such contested theoretical terrain as translatability,
spatiality, and center-periphery dynamics, it also provides
indispensable contextualization for an era of widespread
disenchantment with and misunderstanding of the European project.
Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been
foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has
been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive
study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and
interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe, encompassing
not just the familiar movements, doctrines, and political parties
that fall under the heading of "liberal" but also the intertwined
historical currents of thought behind them. Here we find not an
abstract, universalized liberalism, but a complex and overlapping
configuration of liberalisms tied to diverse linguistic, temporal,
and political contexts.
Since the Enlightenment, liberalism as a concept has been
foundational for European identity and politics, even as it has
been increasingly interrogated and contested. This comprehensive
study takes a fresh look at the diverse understandings and
interpretations of the idea of liberalism in Europe, encompassing
not just the familiar movements, doctrines, and political parties
that fall under the heading of "liberal" but also the intertwined
historical currents of thought behind them. Here we find not an
abstract, universalized liberalism, but a complex and overlapping
configuration of liberalisms tied to diverse linguistic, temporal,
and political contexts.
The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of
speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain as well as in
Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories.
Representing the views of both moderate and radical
eighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent scholars
discover that twenty-fi rst-century controversies regarding the
extent of permissible speech have their origins in the eighteenth
century. The economic integration of Europe and its offshoots over
the past three centuries into a distinctive cultural product, the
West, has given rise to a triumphant Enlightenment narrative of
universalism and tolerance that masks these divisions and the
disparate national contributions to freedom of speech and other
liberal rights.
A part of DC Universe: Rebirth! Nightwing is back...in blue! He's
been Robin, he's been a super spy, a ghost. Now, Dick Grayson finds
himself back in Gotham City fighting to reclaim the life that was
taken from him. But when a new evil threatens those closest to
Dick, as Nightwing he must once again choose whether or not to tear
himself away from his home in order to combat this dark force.
Everything Dick thought he knew about being Nightwing will be
brought to bear, and his relationship to his former mentor Batman
will be put to the test in NIGHTWING: VOL. ! written by Tim Seeley
(GRAYSON) with art by Yanick Paquette (SWAMP THING,
BATMAN/SUPERMAN) and rising star Javier Fernandez (RED
HOOD/ARSENAL). Collects NIGHTWING: REBIRTH #1 and NIGHTWING #1-6.
Rebirth honors the richest history in comics, while continuing to
look towards the future. These are the most innovative and modern
stories featuring the world's greatest superheroes, told by some of
the finest storytellers in the business. Honoring the past,
protecting our present, and looking towards the future. This is the
next chapter in the ongoing saga of the DC Universe. The legacy
continues.
The Archaeology of 'Underdog Sites' in the Douro Valley brings
together the best presentations from the eighth and ninth meetings
of Archaeology of the Douro Valley, held in Avila and Astorga
(Spain), respectively in 2018 and 2019. However, instead of a
simple collection of articles, the aim of this publication is to
show the importance of projects that have been left in the
background despite obtaining interesting archaeological data about
the occupation of this valley and its evolution. Moreover, we must
take into account that many of these projects support new activity
in a rural territory that is increasingly neglected politically and
economically. Hence the use of the term 'underdog', defined as a
person or group of people with less power or money than the rest of
society. Overall, the volume provides a general and
interdisciplinary view of the different types of occupation in the
territory of the Douro Valley. The chapters are divided into four
sections, three of them chronological: Prehistory and Protohistory;
Antiquity and Late Antiquity; and the medieval and modern ages. The
last section is thematic and includes diachronic studies,
museology, and the archaeology of mining. Therefore, the present
volume is a medium to showcase the latest research carried out in
this important territory and to contribute to knowledge of its
history, updating the archaeological state of the art in the valley
and presenting results that may be used in the most diverse types
of comparative studies.
Master the principles to make applications robust, scalable and
responsive About This Book * Implement concurrent applications
using the Java 9 Concurrency API and its new components * Improve
the performance of your applications and process more data at the
same time, taking advantage of all of your resources * Construct
real-world examples related to machine learning, data mining,
natural language processing, and more Who This Book Is For This
book is for competent Java developers who have basic understanding
of concurrency, but knowledge of effective implementation of
concurrent programs or usage of streams for making processes more
efficient is not required What You Will Learn * Master the
principles that every concurrent application must follow * See how
to parallelize a sequential algorithm to obtain better performance
without data inconsistencies and deadlocks * Get the most from the
Java Concurrency API components * Separate the thread management
from the rest of the application with the Executor component *
Execute phased-based tasks in an efficient way with the Phaser
components * Solve problems using a parallelized version of the
divide and conquer paradigm with the Fork / Join framework * Find
out how to use parallel Streams and Reactive Streams * Implement
the "map and reduce" and "map and collect" programming models *
Control the concurrent data structures and synchronization
mechanisms provided by the Java Concurrency API * Implement
efficient solutions for some actual problems such as data mining,
machine learning, and more In Detail Concurrency programming allows
several large tasks to be divided into smaller sub-tasks, which are
further processed as individual tasks that run in parallel. Java 9
includes a comprehensive API with lots of ready-to-use components
for easily implementing powerful concurrency applications, but with
high flexibility so you can adapt these components to your needs.
The book starts with a full description of the design principles of
concurrent applications and explains how to parallelize a
sequential algorithm. You will then be introduced to Threads and
Runnables, which are an integral part of Java 9's concurrency API.
You will see how to use all the components of the Java concurrency
API, from the basics to the most advanced techniques, and will
implement them in powerful real-world concurrency applications. The
book ends with a detailed description of the tools and techniques
you can use to test a concurrent Java application, along with a
brief insight into other concurrency mechanisms in JVM. Style and
approach This is a complete guide that implements real-world
examples of algorithms related to machine learning, data mining,
and natural language processing in client/server environments. All
the examples are explained using a step-by-step approach.
Master the art of fast, effective Java development with the power
of concurrent and parallel programming About This Book * Get
detailed coverage of important recipes on multi-threading and
parallel programming * This book takes a close look at the Java 9
APIs and their impact on concurrency * See practical examples on
thread safety, high-performance classes, safe sharing, and a whole
lot more Who This Book Is For The book is for Java developers and
programmers at an intermediate to advanced level. It will be
especially useful for developers who want to take advantage of
task-based recipes using Java 9's concurrent API to program
thread-safe solutions. What You Will Learn * Find out to manage the
basic components of the Java Concurrency API * Use synchronization
mechanisms to avoid data race conditions and other problems of
concurrent applications * Separate the thread management from the
rest of the application with the Executor framework * Solve
problems using a parallelized version of the divide and conquer
paradigm with the Fork / Join framework * Process massive data sets
in an optimized way using streams and reactive streams * See which
data structures we can use in concurrent applications and how to
use them * Practice efficient techniques to test concurrent
applications * Get to know tips and tricks to design concurrent
applications In Detail Writing concurrent and parallel programming
applications is an integral skill for any Java programmer. Java 9
comes with a host of fantastic features, including significant
performance improvements and new APIs. This book will take you
through all the new APIs, showing you how to build parallel and
multi-threaded applications. The book covers all the elements of
the Java Concurrency API, with essential recipes that will help you
take advantage of the exciting new capabilities. You will learn how
to use parallel and reactive streams to process massive data sets.
Next, you will move on to create streams and use all their
intermediate and terminal operations to process big collections of
data in a parallel and functional way. Further, you'll discover a
whole range of recipes for almost everything, such as thread
management, synchronization, executors, parallel and reactive
streams, and many more. At the end of the book, you will learn how
to obtain information about the status of some of the most useful
components of the Java Concurrency API and how to test concurrent
applications using different tools. Style and approach This
recipe-based book will allow you to explore the exciting
capabilities of concurrency in Java. After reading this book, you
will be able to comfortably build parallel applications in Java 9.
Master the principles and techniques of multithreaded programming
with the Java 8 Concurrency API About This Book * Implement
concurrent applications using the Java 8 Concurrency API and its
new components * Improve the performance of your applications or
process more data at the same time, taking advantage of all of your
resources. * Construct real-world examples related to machine
learning, data mining, image processing, and client/server
environments Who This Book Is For If you are a competent Java
developer with a good understanding of concurrency but have no
knowledge of how to effectively implement concurrent programs or
use streams to make processes more efficient, then this book is for
you. What You Will Learn * Design concurrent applications by
converting a sequential algorithm into a concurrent one * Discover
how to avoid all the possible problems you can get in concurrent
algorithms * Use the Executor framework to manage concurrent tasks
without creating threads * Extend and modify Executors to adapt
their behavior to your needs * Solve problems using the divide and
conquer technique and the Fork/Join framework * Process massive
data sets with parallel streams and Map/Reduce implementation *
Control data-race conditions using concurrent data structures and
synchronization mechanisms * Test and monitor concurrent
applications In Detail Concurrency programming allows several large
tasks to be divided into smaller sub-tasks, which are further
processed as individual tasks that run in parallel. All the
sub-tasks are combined together once the required results are
achieved; they are then merged to get the final output. The whole
process is very complex. This process goes from the design of
concurrent algorithms to the testing phase where concurrent
applications need extra attention. Java includes a comprehensive
API with a lot of ready-to-use components to implement powerful
concurrency applications in an easy way, but with a high
flexibility to adapt these components to your needs. The book
starts with a full description of design principles of concurrent
applications and how to parallelize a sequential algorithm. We'll
show you how to use all the components of the Java Concurrency API
from basics to the most advanced techniques to implement them in
powerful concurrency applications in Java. You will be using
real-world examples of complex algorithms related to machine
learning, data mining, natural language processing, image
processing in client / server environments. Next, you will learn
how to use the most important components of the Java 8 Concurrency
API: the Executor framework to execute multiple tasks in your
applications, the phaser class to implement concurrent tasks
divided into phases, and the Fork/Join framework to implement
concurrent tasks that can be split into smaller problems (using the
divide and conquer technique). Toward the end, we will cover the
new inclusions in Java 8 API, the Map and Reduce model, and the Map
and Collect model. The book will also teach you about the data
structures and synchronization utilities to avoid data-race
conditions and other critical problems. Finally, the book ends with
a detailed description of the tools and techniques that you can use
to test a Java concurrent application. Style and approach A
complete guide implementing real-world examples with algorithms
related to machine learning, data mining, and natural language
processing in client/server environments. All the examples are
explained in a step-by-step approach.
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