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Finite Geometries stands out from recent textbooks about the
subject of finite geometries by having a broader scope. The authors
thoroughly explain how the subject of finite geometries is a
central part of discrete mathematics. The text is suitable for
undergraduate and graduate courses. Additionally, it can be used as
reference material on recent works. The authors examine how finite
geometries' applicable nature led to solutions of open problems in
different fields, such as design theory, cryptography and extremal
combinatorics. Other areas covered include proof techniques using
polynomials in case of Desarguesian planes, and applications in
extremal combinatorics, plus, recent material and developments.
Features: Includes exercise sets for possible use in a graduate
course Discusses applications to graph theory and extremal
combinatorics Covers coding theory and cryptography Translated and
revised text from the Hungarian published version
The 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering,
contains the papers presented at the 29th European Symposium of
Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE) event held in
Eindhoven, The Netherlands, from June 16-19, 2019. It is a valuable
resource for chemical engineers, chemical process engineers,
researchers in industry and academia, students, and consultants for
chemical industries.
This book juxtaposes national anthems of thirteen countries from
central Europe, with the aim of initiating a dialogue among the
peoples of East-Central Europe. We tend to perceive a national
anthem as a particular mirror, involuntarily reflecting an image of
nation and homeland; but how does it represent the community for
whom it sounds? To answer this question, the book deploys a
comparative approach - anthems are presented in the light of those
of neighbouring countries, with the conviction that one of the key
features of true Europeanness is good relations between neighbours.
The development trajectory of the modern nation is the context in
which the book examines the history of such national symbols,
alongside the symbolic content of poetry, images of the homeland
and nation depicted in the anthems, as well as the sometimes longer
processes which led to the adoption and legal codification of
current state symbols. The Anthems of East-Central Europe will be a
great resource for researchers, journalists, college and university
students, politicians trying to impact emigrees from this region
and emigrees themselves.
As the chemical process industry is among the most energy demanding
sectors, chemical engineers are endeavoring to contribute towards
sustainable future. Due to the limitation of fossil fuels, the need
for energy independence, as well as the environmental problem of
the greenhouse gas effect, there is a large increasing interest in
the research and development of chemical processes that require
less capital investment and reduced operating costs and lead to
high eco-efficiency. The use of heat pumps is a hot topic due to
many advantages, such as low energy requirements as well as an
increasing number of industrial applications. Therefore, in the
current book, authors are focusing on use of heat pumps in the
chemical industry, providing an overview of heat pump technology as
applied in the chemical process industry, covering both theoretical
and practical aspects: working principle, applied thermodynamics,
theoretical background, numerical examples and case studies, as
well as practical applications. The worked-out examples have been
included to instruct students, engineers and process designers
about how to design various heat pumps used in the industry. Reader
friendly resources namely relevant equations, diagrams, figures and
references that reflect the current and upcoming heat pump
technologies, will be of great help to all readers from the
chemical and petrochemical industry, biorefineries and other
related areas.
This volume investigates environmental and political crises that
occurred in Europe during the late Middle Ages and the early Modern
Period, and considers their effects on people's lives. At this
time, the fragile human existence was imagined as a 'Dance of
Death', where anyone, regardless of social status or age, could
perish unexpectedly. This book covers events ranging from cooling
temperatures and the onset of the Little Ice Age, to the frequent
occurrence of epidemic disease, pest infestations, food shortages
and famines. Covering the mid-fourteenth to mid-seventeenth
centuries, this collection of essays considers a range of countries
between Iceland (to the north), Italy (to the south), France (to
the west) and the westernmost parts of Russia (to the east). This
wide-reaching volume considers how deeply climate variability and
changes affected and changed society in the late medieval to early
modern period, and asks what factors, other than climate,
interfered in the development of environmental stress and
socio-economic crises. This book will be of great interest to
students and scholars of Environmental and Climate History,
Environmental Humanities, Medieval and Early Modern History and
Historical Geography, as well as Climate Change and Environmental
Sciences.
Fully revised and updated to address how we understand kids with
learning difficulties as well as changes in education today, this
is the definitive guide to meeting the needs of students with
learning difficulties in all classrooms. This third edition of
"Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in Today's Classroom"
provides information on integrated learning, problem solving, and
critical thinking in line with Common Core State Standards and
twenty-first-century skills. It reflects the use of technology and
schoolwide cluster grouping in support of all students and includes
proven, practical, classroom-tested strategies and step-by-step
instructions for how to use them. Sidebars throughout highlight
special information for working with students on the autism
spectrum; "tech tips" describe technologies that are especially
useful for kids with LD. Digital content includes all of the book's
customizable forms and a PDF presentation for book study groups and
professional development.
As the chemical process industry is among the most energy demanding
sectors, chemical engineers are endeavoring to contribute towards
sustainable future. Due to the limitation of fossil fuels, the need
for energy independence, as well as the environmental problem of
the greenhouse gas effect, there is a large increasing interest in
the research and development of chemical processes that require
less capital investment and reduced operating costs and lead to
high eco-efficiency. The use of heat pumps is a hot topic due to
many advantages, such as low energy requirements as well as an
increasing number of industrial applications. Therefore, in the
current book, authors are focusing on use of heat pumps in the
chemical industry, providing an overview of heat pump technology as
applied in the chemical process industry, covering both theoretical
and practical aspects: working principle, applied thermodynamics,
theoretical background, numerical examples and case studies, as
well as practical applications. The worked-out examples have been
included to instruct students, engineers and process designers
about how to design various heat pumps used in the industry. Reader
friendly resources namely relevant equations, diagrams, figures and
references that reflect the current and upcoming heat pump
technologies, will be of great help to all readers from the
chemical and petrochemical industry, biorefineries and other
related areas.
This book presents a unified introduction to the theory of
mechanical vibrations. The general theory of the vibrating particle
is the point of departure for the field of multidegree of freedom
systems. Emphasis is placed in the text on the issue of continuum
vibrations. The presented examples are aimed at helping the readers
with understanding the theory.This book is of interest among others
to mechanical, civil and aeronautical engineers concerned with the
vibratory behavior of the structures. It is useful also for
students from undergraduate to postgraduate level. The book is
based on the teaching experience of the authors.
This open access book develops a framework for advancing
agroecology transformations focusing on power, politics and
governance. It explores the potential of agroecology as a
sustainable and socially just alternative to today's dominant food
regime. Agroecology is an ecological approach to farming that
addresses climate change and biodiversity loss while contributing
to the Sustainable Development Goals. Agroecology transformations
represent a challenge to the power of corporations in controlling
food system and a rejection of the industrial food systems that are
at the root of many social and ecological ills. In this book the
authors analyse the conditions that enable and disable
agroecology's potential and present six 'domains of transformation'
where it comes into conflict with the dominant food system. They
argue that food sovereignty, community-self organization and a
shift to bottom-up governance are critical for the transformation
to a socially just and ecologically viable food system. This book
will be a valuable resource to researchers, students, policy makers
and professionals across multidisciplinary areas including in the
fields of food politics, international development, sustainability
and resilience.
This book presents a unified introduction to the theory of
mechanical vibrations. The general theory of the vibrating particle
is the point of departure for the field of multidegree of freedom
systems. Emphasis is placed in the text on the issue of continuum
vibrations. The presented examples are aimed at helping the readers
with understanding the theory.This book is of interest among others
to mechanical, civil and aeronautical engineers concerned with the
vibratory behavior of the structures. It is useful also for
students from undergraduate to postgraduate level. The book is
based on the teaching experience of the authors.
This book provides an in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of the
major social and political processes affecting Hungarians in
Romania after the overthrow of the Communist regime in 1989. The
volume highlights the interdependence between the ethno-political
strategies of minority elites and Romania's minority policy regime
on the one hand, and social processes such as ethnic boundary
making and ethnic stratification on the other. The chapters combine
perspectives from a variety of disciplines including political
science and the sociology of ethnic relations, supported by the
findings of a broad array of empirical investigations carried out
in Transylvania. It will therefore be of particular interest to
scholars and students with a focus on minority politics, ethnic
mobilization and nationalism, as well as researchers of ethnic
relations, ethnic boundary making, social distances and ethnic
inequalities.
This second edition of the textbook presents a systematic
introduction to the structural mechanics of composite components.
The book focusses on modeling and calculation of sandwiches and
laminated composites i.e. anisotropic material. The new edition
includes an additional chapter covering the latest advances in both
research and applications, which are highly relevant for readers.
The textbook is written for use not only in engineering curricula
of aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering, but also for
materials science and applied mechanics. Furthermore, it addresses
practicing engineers and researchers. No prior knowledge of
composite materials and structures is required for the
understanding of its content. The book is close to classical
courses of "Strength of Materials" and "Theory of Beams, Plates and
Shells" but it extends the classic content on two topics: the
linear elastic material behavior of isotropic and non-isotropic
structural elements, and inhomogeneous material properties in the
thickness direction. The Finite Element Analysis of laminate and
sandwich structures is briefly presented. Many solved examples
illustrate the application of the techniques learned.
This volume presents the results of psycholinguistic research into
various aspects of the grammar of quantification. The
investigations involve children and adults, speakers of different
languages, using a variety of experimental paradigms. A shared
aspect of the studies is that they present their experimental
results as evidence evaluating linguistic theories of
quantification. Topics discussed include the interpretation of
universal, comparative, and superlative quantifiers, quantifier
spreading, scope interaction between pairs of quantifiers and
between quantifiers and wh-phrases, distributivity and
cumulativity, the interaction of quantifier interpretation with
information structure, the disambiguating role of prosody, the
functional overlap between universal quantification and
perfectivity, and much more. The focus on experimental evidence
makes this book essential reading for linguists (syntacticians,
semanticists and pragmatists), psycholinguists and psychologists
interested in quantification.
This book review series presents current trends in modern
biotechnology. The aim is to cover all aspects of this
interdisciplinary technology where knowledge, methods and expertise
are required from chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, genetics,
chemical engineering and computer science. Volumes are organized
topically and provide a comprehensive discussion of developments in
the respective field over the past 3-5 years. The series also
discusses new discoveries and applications. Special volumes are
dedicated to selected topics which focus on new biotechnological
products and new processes for their synthesis and purification. In
general, special volumes are edited by well-known guest editors.
The series editor and publisher will however always be pleased to
receive suggestions and supplementary information. Manuscripts are
accepted in English.
This volume presents the results of psycholinguistic research into
various aspects of the grammar of quantification. The
investigations involve children and adults, speakers of different
languages, using a variety of experimental paradigms. A shared
aspect of the studies is that they present their experimental
results as evidence evaluating linguistic theories of
quantification. Topics discussed include the interpretation of
universal, comparative, and superlative quantifiers, quantifier
spreading, scope interaction between pairs of quantifiers and
between quantifiers and wh-phrases, distributivity and
cumulativity, the interaction of quantifier interpretation with
information structure, the disambiguating role of prosody, the
functional overlap between universal quantification and
perfectivity, and much more. The focus on experimental evidence
makes this book essential reading for linguists (syntacticians,
semanticists and pragmatists), psycholinguists and psychologists
interested in quantification.
This textbook provides an exciting new addition to the area of
network science featuring a stronger and more methodical link of
models to their mathematical origin and explains how these relate
to each other with special focus on epidemic spread on networks.
The content of the book is at the interface of graph theory,
stochastic processes and dynamical systems. The authors set out to
make a significant contribution to closing the gap between model
development and the supporting mathematics. This is done by:
Summarising and presenting the state-of-the-art in modeling
epidemics on networks with results and readily usable models
signposted throughout the book; Presenting different mathematical
approaches to formulate exact and solvable models; Identifying the
concrete links between approximate models and their rigorous
mathematical representation; Presenting a model hierarchy and
clearly highlighting the links between model assumptions and model
complexity; Providing a reference source for advanced undergraduate
students, as well as doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers
and academic experts who are engaged in modeling stochastic
processes on networks; Providing software that can solve
differential equation models or directly simulate epidemics on
networks. Replete with numerous diagrams, examples, instructive
exercises, and online access to simulation algorithms and readily
usable code, this book will appeal to a wide spectrum of readers
from different backgrounds and academic levels. Appropriate for
students with or without a strong background in mathematics, this
textbook can form the basis of an advanced undergraduate or
graduate course in both mathematics and other departments alike.
This book provides an in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of the
major social and political processes affecting Hungarians in
Romania after the overthrow of the Communist regime in 1989. The
volume highlights the interdependence between the ethno-political
strategies of minority elites and Romania's minority policy regime
on the one hand, and social processes such as ethnic boundary
making and ethnic stratification on the other. The chapters combine
perspectives from a variety of disciplines including political
science and the sociology of ethnic relations, supported by the
findings of a broad array of empirical investigations carried out
in Transylvania. It will therefore be of particular interest to
scholars and students with a focus on minority politics, ethnic
mobilization and nationalism, as well as researchers of ethnic
relations, ethnic boundary making, social distances and ethnic
inequalities.
This second edition of the textbook presents a systematic
introduction to the structural mechanics of composite components.
The book focusses on modeling and calculation of sandwiches and
laminated composites i.e. anisotropic material. The new edition
includes an additional chapter covering the latest advances in both
research and applications, which are highly relevant for readers.
The textbook is written for use not only in engineering curricula
of aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering, but also for
materials science and applied mechanics. Furthermore, it addresses
practicing engineers and researchers. No prior knowledge of
composite materials and structures is required for the
understanding of its content. The book is close to classical
courses of "Strength of Materials" and "Theory of Beams, Plates and
Shells" but it extends the classic content on two topics: the
linear elastic material behavior of isotropic and non-isotropic
structural elements, and inhomogeneous material properties in the
thickness direction. The Finite Element Analysis of laminate and
sandwich structures is briefly presented. Many solved examples
illustrate the application of the techniques learned.
This book offers a unique perspective on creativity in an
educational environment where there is a relative dearth of
literature on this subject. The authors link practice and principle
to provide a practical and valuable guide for more creative
language learning and teaching, using not only theoretical ideas
but useful practical advice and recommendations on how better to
introduce creativity into teaching and daily life. This innovative
volume is sure to become a crucial reference point for teachers and
practitioners of language teaching, and anyone interested in the
ways in which creativity can be channelled into the teaching and
learning process.
This publication links information asymmetries and decision
processes of financial investors through quantitative models. The
aim is to analyze empirical observations and synthesize outputs in
order to add new academic insights with practical pertinence.
Multivariate scoring models and statistical analyses investigate
situations on the market level that enables corporations to lower
their capital costs if specific conditions are met. Scenario
techniques and further econometrical models are applied to research
the microeconomic level.
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Scalable Information Systems - 5th International Conference, INFOSCALE 2014, Seoul, South Korea, September 25-26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2015 ed.)
Jason J. Jung, Costin Badica, Attila Kiss
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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference
proceedings of the International Conference on Scalable Information
Systems, INFOSCALE 2014, held in September 2014 in Seoul, South
Korea. The 9 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed
and selected from 14 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of
topics such as scalable data analysis and big data applications.
This Handbook represents the development of research and the
current level of knowledge in the fields of syntactic theory and
syntax analysis. Syntax can look back to a long tradition.
Especially in the last 50 years, however, the interaction between
syntactic theory and syntactic analysis has led to a rapid increase
in analyses and theoretical suggestions. This second edition of the
Handbook on Syntax adopts a unifying perspective and therefore does
not place the division of syntactic theory into several schools to
the fore, but the increase in knowledge resulting from the fruitful
argumentations between syntactic analysis and syntactic theory. It
uses selected phenomena of individual languages and their
cross-linguistic realizations to explain what syntactic analyses
can do and at the same time to show in what respects syntactic
theories differ from each other. It investigates how syntax is
related to neighbouring disciplines and investigate the role of the
interfaces especially the relationship between syntax and
phonology, morphology, compositional semantics, pragmatics, and the
lexicon. The phenomena chosen bring together renowned experts in
syntax, and represent the consensus reached as to what has to be
considered as an important as well as illustrative syntactic
phenomenon. The phenomena discuss do not only serve to show
syntactic analyses, but also to compare theoretical approaches with
each other.
This book is among the first to address the novel process
intensification technologies for biodiesel production, in
particular the integrated reactive separations. It provides a
comprehensive overview illustrated with many industrially relevant
examples of novel reactive separation processes used in the
production of biodiesel (e.g. fatty acid alkyl esters): reactive
distillation, reactive absorption, reactive extraction, membrane
reactors, and centrifugal contact separators. Readers will also
learn about the working principles, design and control of
integrated processes, while also getting a relevant and modern
overview of the process intensification opportunities for biodiesel
synthesis. Biodiesel is a biodegradable and renewable fuel that
currently enjoys much attention. In spite of the recent advances,
the existing biodiesel processes still suffer from problems
associated with the use of homogeneous catalysts (e.g. salt waste
streams) and the key limitations imposed by the chemical reaction
equilibrium, thus leading to severe economic and environmental
penalties. The integration of reaction and separation into one
operating unit overcomes equilibrium limitations and provides key
benefits such as low capital investment and operating costs. Many
of these processes can be further enhanced by heat-integration and
powered by heterogeneous catalysts, to eliminate all conventional
catalyst related operations, using the raw materials efficiently
and the reaction volume, while offering high conversion and
selectivity, and significant energy savings. The targeted audience
of this book includes both academia (students and researchers) and
industry (project leaders, technology managers, researchers,
biodiesel producers, and equipment suppliers).
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