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A powerful case for democracy and how it can adapt and survive—if
we want it to Is democracy in trouble, perhaps even dying? Pundits
say so, and polls show that most Americans believe that their
country’s system of governance is being “tested” or is
“under attack.” But is the future of democracy necessarily so
dire? In The Civic Bargain, Brook Manville and Josiah Ober push
back against the prevailing pessimism about the fate of democracy
around the world. Instead of an epitaph for democracy, they offer a
guide for democratic renewal, calling on citizens to recommit to a
“civic bargain” with one another to guarantee civic rights of
freedom, equality, and dignity. That bargain also requires them to
fulfill the duties of democratic citizenship: governing themselves
with no “boss” except one another, embracing compromise,
treating each other as civic friends, and investing in civic
education for each rising generation. Manville and Ober trace the
long progression toward self-government through four key moments in
democracy’s history: Classical Athens, Republican Rome, Great
Britain’s constitutional monarchy, and America’s founding.
Comparing what worked and what failed in each case, they draw out
lessons for how modern democracies can survive and thrive. Manville
and Ober show that democracy isn’t about getting everything we
want; it’s about agreeing on a shared framework for pursuing our
often conflicting aims. Crucially, citizens need to be able to
compromise, and must not treat one another as political enemies.
And we must accept imperfection; democracy is never finished but
evolves and renews itself continually. As long as the civic bargain
is maintained—through deliberation, bargaining, and
compromise—democracy will live.
Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the
land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries,
long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in
the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the story goes, only
occurred in 1956, when the Indian civil rights pioneer Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with half a million of his
Dalit (formerly "untouchable") followers. This, however, is only
part of the story. Dust on the Throne reframes discussions about
the place of Buddhism in the subcontinent from the early nineteenth
century onwards, uncovering the integral, yet unacknowledged, role
that Indians played in the making of modern global Buddhism in the
century prior to Ambedkar's conversion, and the numerous ways that
Buddhism gave powerful shape to modern Indian history. Through an
extensive examination of disparate materials held at archives and
temples across South Asia, Douglas Ober explores Buddhist religious
dynamics in an age of expanding colonial empires, intra-Asian
connectivity, and the histories of Buddhism produced by nineteenth
and twentieth century Indian thinkers. While Buddhism in
contemporary India is often disparaged as being little more than
tattered manuscripts and crumbling ruins, this book opens new
avenues for understanding its substantial socio-political impact
and intellectual legacy.
Comprises four parts, the first of which provides an overview of
the topics that are developed from fundamental principles to more
advanced levels in the other parts. Presents in the second part an
in-depth introduction to the relevant background in molecular and
cellular biology and in physical chemistry, which should be
particularly useful for students without a formal background in
these subjects. Provides in the third part a detailed treatment of
microscopy techniques and optics, again starting from basic
principles. Introduces in the fourth part modern statistical
approaches to the determination of parameters of interest from
microscopy data, in particular data generated by single molecule
microscopy experiments. Uses two topics related to protein
trafficking (transferrin trafficking and FcRn-mediated antibody
trafficking) throughout the text to motivate and illustrate
microscopy techniques
Comprises four parts, the first of which provides an overview of
the topics that are developed from fundamental principles to more
advanced levels in the other parts. Presents in the second part an
in-depth introduction to the relevant background in molecular and
cellular biology and in physical chemistry, which should be
particularly useful for students without a formal background in
these subjects. Provides in the third part a detailed treatment of
microscopy techniques and optics, again starting from basic
principles. Introduces in the fourth part modern statistical
approaches to the determination of parameters of interest from
microscopy data, in particular data generated by single molecule
microscopy experiments. Uses two topics related to protein
trafficking (transferrin trafficking and FcRn-mediated antibody
trafficking) throughout the text to motivate and illustrate
microscopy techniques
All disciplines of science and engineering use numerical methods
for complex problem analysis, due to the highly mathematical nature
of the field. Analytical methods alone are unable to solve many
complex problems engineering students and professionals confront.
Introduction to MATLAB (R) Programming for Engineers and Scientists
examines the basic elements of code writing, and describes MATLAB
(R) methods for solving common engineering problems and
applications across the range of engineering disciplines. The text
uses a class-tested learning approach and accessible two-color page
design to guide students from basic programming to the skills
needed for future coursework and engineering practice.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Toss
another shrimp on the barbie, crack open a tinny or pour yourself a
chardy while you traverse Australia's vast expanse of true blue,
fair dinkum Aussie lingo - from cosmopolitan communique to surf
slang, outback jargon and some of the world's oldest indigenous
languages. C'mon, avagoyermug! Features a comprehensive section on
Australia's impressive array of indigenous languages. Lonely
Planet's Language & Culture series goes behind the scenes of
languages you thought you knew. Get into the culture and humour
behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn
about the local languages that inspired them. Lonely Planet gets
you to the heart of a place. Our job is to make amazing travel
experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each and
every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage, so you
can always rely on us to tell it like it is. Authors: Written and
researched by Lonely Planet, Denise Angelo, Peter Austin, Barry
Blake, Susan Butler, Carolyn Coleman, Jane Curtain, Alan Dench,
Mark Newbrook, Dana Ober, Paul Smitz, Jenny Tindale, Dana Ober, and
Melanie Wilkinson. About Lonely Planet: Started in 1973, Lonely
Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with
guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an
award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel
products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's
mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and
to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.
TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012 and 2013 winner in
Favorite Travel Guide category 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite
simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on
everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on
mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's
telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' -
Fairfax Media (Australia)
Received wisdom has it that Buddhism disappeared from India, the
land of its birth, between the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries,
long forgotten until British colonial scholars re-discovered it in
the early 1800s. Its full-fledged revival, so the story goes, only
occurred in 1956, when the Indian civil rights pioneer Dr. B.R.
Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with half a million of his
Dalit (formerly "untouchable") followers. This, however, is only
part of the story. Dust on the Throne reframes discussions about
the place of Buddhism in the subcontinent from the early nineteenth
century onwards, uncovering the integral, yet unacknowledged, role
that Indians played in the making of modern global Buddhism in the
century prior to Ambedkar's conversion, and the numerous ways that
Buddhism gave powerful shape to modern Indian history. Through an
extensive examination of disparate materials held at archives and
temples across South Asia, Douglas Ober explores Buddhist religious
dynamics in an age of expanding colonial empires, intra-Asian
connectivity, and the histories of Buddhism produced by nineteenth
and twentieth century Indian thinkers. While Buddhism in
contemporary India is often disparaged as being little more than
tattered manuscripts and crumbling ruins, this book opens new
avenues for understanding its substantial socio-political impact
and intellectual legacy.
Numerical and Analytical Methods with MATLAB? presents extensive
coverage of the MATLAB programming language for engineers. It
demonstrates how the built-in functions of MATLAB can be used to
solve systems of linear equations, ODEs, roots of transcendental
equations, statistical problems, optimization problems, control
systems problems, and stress analysis problems. These built-in
functions are essentially black boxes to students. By combining
MATLAB with basic numerical and analytical techniques, the mystery
of what these black boxes might contain is somewhat alleviated.
This classroom-tested text first reviews the essentials involved
in writing computer programs as well as fundamental aspects of
MATLAB. It next explains how matrices can solve problems of linear
equations, how to obtain the roots of algebraic and transcendental
equations, how to evaluate integrals, and how to solve various
ODEs. After exploring the features of Simulink, the book discusses
curve fitting, optimization problems, and PDE problems, such as the
vibrating string, unsteady heat conduction, and sound waves. The
focus then shifts to the solution of engineering problems via
iteration procedures, differential equations via Laplace
transforms, and stress analysis problems via the finite element
method. The final chapter examines control systems theory,
including the design of single-input single-output (SISO)
systems.
Two Courses in One Textbook
The first six chapters are appropriate for a lower level course at
the sophomore level. The remaining chapters are ideal for a course
at the senior undergraduate or first-year graduate level. Most of
the chapters contain projects that require students to write a
computer program in MATLAB that produces tables, graphs, or both.
Many sample MATLAB programs (scripts) in the text provide guidance
on completing these projects.
'Earthing' introduces readers to the landmark discovery that living
in contact with the Earth's natural surface charge - being grounded
- naturally discharges and prevents chronic inflammation in the
body. This effect has massive health implications because of the
well-established link between chronic inflammation and all chronic
diseases, including the diseases of ageing and the ageing process
itself.
This book presents a collection of papers on recent advances in
problems concerning dynamics, optimal control and optimization. In
many chapters, computational techniques play a central role.
Set-oriented techniques feature prominently throughout the book,
yielding state-of-the-art algorithms for computing general
invariant sets, constructing globally optimal controllers and
solving multi-objective optimization problems.
What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the
consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political
theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as
collective and limited self-government by citizens. That, rather
than majority tyranny, is what democracy meant in ancient Athens,
before liberalism. Participatory self-government is the basis of
political practice in 'Demopolis', a hypothetical modern state
powerfully imagined by award-winning historian and political
scientist Josiah Ober. Demopolis' residents aim to establish a
secure, prosperous, and non-tyrannical community, where citizens
govern as a collective, both directly and through representatives,
and willingly assume the costs of self-government because doing so
benefits them, both as a group and individually. Basic democracy,
as exemplified in real Athens and imagined Demopolis, can provide a
stable foundation for a liberal state. It also offers a possible
way forward for religious societies seeking a realistic alternative
to autocracy.
This is an accessibly written, illustrated biography of Venetian
painter Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757), one of the most famous women
artists in 18th-century Europe. It presents an overview of her life
and work, considering Carriera's miniatures alongside her
better-known, larger-scale works. Focusing on interpretation of her
paintings in the historical context of her life as a single woman
in Venice, the book offers an easy guide through Carrieras life,
the people she met, her clients and her artistic approach. The
author's new iconographic analysis of some of Carriera's works
reveals that she was an erudite painter, drawing on antiquity as
well as the work of Renaissance virtuosos such as Leonardo da Vinci
and Paolo Veronese.
The kidney plays a vital role in certain endocrine functions.
Abnormalities caused by toxic chemicals or other interventions can
have profound effects on these functions and consequently, on total
functions. Toxicology of the Kidney, Third Edition is updated to
reflect the latest research in this field and focuses on the
correlation between anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology of the
kidney. The text explains how these factors are related to concepts
of clinical nephrotoxicity and renal failure in humans, and how
animal models can be used to understand the mechanisms of human
renal disease. In addition to updating many of the key elements of
previous editions, such as in vitro models for studying renal
function and toxicity and classic nephrotoxicants, it also
incorporates cutting edge information on newly emerging areas of
renal research. These include mechanisms of cell injury, signaling
pathways, biomarkers of renal disease and the interface between
basic renal science and clinical outcomes. This book includes
current reviews of unpublished and recently published information
which allows it to serve as a concise compendium of many key topics
that will continue to play a central role in our understanding and
treatment of nephrotoxicity for decades to come.
This book presents a collection of papers on recent advances in
problems concerning dynamics, optimal control and optimization. In
many chapters, computational techniques play a central role.
Set-oriented techniques feature prominently throughout the book,
yielding state-of-the-art algorithms for computing general
invariant sets, constructing globally optimal controllers and
solving multi-objective optimization problems.
Using Art Effectively with the Most Visual Approach to A&P
Visual Anatomy & Physiology combines a one-of-a-kind visual
approach with a modular organisation that uniquely meets the needs
of today's students-without sacrificing the comprehensive coverage
of A&P topics required for careers in nursing and other allied
health professions. The 3rd Edition presents key new features based
on recent research about how students use and digest visual
information. New modules in the first chapter emphasise how to use
art effectively when studying; new Integrated Figure Questions
increases the likelihood that students will spend time viewing the
art and prompts them to consider what they have just learned; and
new SmartArt Videos, accessible via QR code in the book, help
students navigate key, complex pieces of art on some of the
toughest topics. Samples Download the detailed table of contents
Preview sample pages from Visual Anatomy & Physiology, Global
Edition
What did democracy mean before liberalism? What are the
consequences for our lives today? Combining history with political
theory, this book restores the core meaning of democracy as
collective and limited self-government by citizens. That, rather
than majority tyranny, is what democracy meant in ancient Athens,
before liberalism. Participatory self-government is the basis of
political practice in 'Demopolis', a hypothetical modern state
powerfully imagined by award-winning historian and political
scientist Josiah Ober. Demopolis' residents aim to establish a
secure, prosperous, and non-tyrannical community, where citizens
govern as a collective, both directly and through representatives,
and willingly assume the costs of self-government because doing so
benefits them, both as a group and individually. Basic democracy,
as exemplified in real Athens and imagined Demopolis, can provide a
stable foundation for a liberal state. It also offers a possible
way forward for religious societies seeking a realistic alternative
to autocracy.
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference
proceedings of the 15th International SDL Forum, SDL 2011, held in
Toulouse, France, in July 2011. The 16 revised full papers
presented together were carefully reviewed and selected for
inclusion in the book. The papers cover a wide range of topics such
as SDL and related languages; testing; and services and components
to a wide range presentations of domain specific languages and
applications, going from use maps to train station models or user
interfaces for scientific dataset editors for high performance
computing.
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