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This book is ideal for one- or two-semester or two- orthree-quarter
courses covering topics in college algebra, finite mathematics,and
calculus for students in business, economics, and the life and
socialsciences. Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business,
Economics, and the Life andSocial Sciences provides a mathematical
foundation for students in avariety of fields and majors. The
authors establish an emphasis on algebraiccalculations that sets
this text apart from other introductory, appliedmathematics books.
Because the process of calculating variables builds skillsin
mathematical modeling, this emphasis paves the way for students to
solvereal-world problems that use calculus. The book's
comprehensivestructure-covering college algebra in Chapters 0
through 4, finite mathematicsin Chapters 5 through 9, and calculus
in Chapters 10 through 17-offersinstructors flexibility in how they
use the material based on the coursethey're teaching, the semester
they're at, or what the students' backgroundallows and their needs
dictate.
Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that
effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be
based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of
the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming
in Sierra Leone, the book challenges the prevailing of attitudes of
policy makers in the late 20th Century and restores indigenous
culture and local wisdom to their rightful place. After analysing
the fate of a number of ‘top-down ‘attempts to improve rice
cultivation in Sierra-Leone the author derives an alternative
agenda of research and development issues more closely reflecting
the resource-poor farmers’ major interests and priorities. As a
significant research-based contribution to the widespread general
debates about the relevance of social factors in technological
change, this book will be of interest to students in social and
environmental sciences.
Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and
practically for new relationship between science and the small
farmer. It advocates scientific research seeking out changes which
are already taking place within the smallholder farming sector and
building on local initiatives. Drawing on his experience of West
Africa, the author demonstrates that many of the most successful
innovations in food-crop production during the 20th century have
indigenous roots and that there should therefore be less emphasis
on ‘teaching’ farmers how to farm and more emphasis on how to
foster and support local adaptation and inventiveness. This book
will be of interest to students of agriculture, environmental
studies and rural development as well as those working with relief
and development agencies.
The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern
Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth
claims which were equal in strength and different in contents.
Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature,
contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book
explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late
medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance
philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the
philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of
Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus,
Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, SuA!rez, and
Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the
current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the
gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.
The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern
Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth
claims which were equal in strength and different in contents.
Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature,
contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book
explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late
medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance
philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the
philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of
Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus,
Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, SuA!rez, and
Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the
current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the
gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.
The Renaissance was a period of great intellectual change and
innovation as philosophers rediscovered the philosophy of classical
antiquity and passed it on to the modern age. Renaissance
philosophy is distinct both from the medieval scholasticism, based
on revelation and authority, and from philosophers of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries who transformed it into new
philosophical systems. Despite the importance of the Renaissance to
the development of philosophy over time, it has remained largely
understudied by historians of philosophy and professional
philosophers. This anthology aims to correct this by providing
scholars and students of philosophy with representative
translations of the most important philosophers of the Renaissance.
Its purpose is to help readers appreciate philosophy in the
Renaissance and its importance in the history of philosophy. The
anthology includes translations from philosophers from the
thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, and it ranges from works
on moral and political philosophy, to metaphysics, epistemology,
and natural philosophy, thereby providing historians and students
of philosophy with a sense for the nature, breadth, and complexity
of philosophy in the Renaissance. Each translation is accompanied
by an introduction by a historian of Renaissance philosophy, as
well as select secondary sources, in order to encourage further
study. This anthology is a companion to Philosophers of the
Renaissance, which included essays on the writings of the same
group of philosophers of the Renaissance: Raymond Llull, Gemistos
Plethon, George of Trebizond, Basil Bessarion, Lorenzo Valla,
Nicholas of Cusa, Leon Battista Alberti, Giovanni Pico della
Mirandola, Marsilio Ficino, Pietro Pomponazzi, Niccolò
Machiavelli, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Juan Luis
Vives, Philipp Melanchthon, Petrus Ramus, Bernardino Telesio,
Jacopo Zabarella, Michel de Montaigne, Francesco Patrizi, Giordano
Bruno, Francisco Suà rez, Tommaso Campanella.
Spin doctors are seldom out of the news for long. But who really
understands what 'spin' is, or what spin doctors do? The media has
moved on from a world where press officers carried piles of
newspapers to the office each morning, when Twitter was what birds
did and mobile phones were the size of bread loaves. Thank goodness
Paul Richards is here to explain spin doctoring in a digital
world.Essential reading for anyone who wants a career in
communications or is intrigued by what keeps the cogs turning
behind Parliament, How to Be a Spin Doctor covers all the essential
skills, such as:* snagging positive media coverage* creating
eye-catching news releases and photo opportunities* avoiding the
endless traps set by journalistsPaul Richards challenges the
increasingly negative connotations of spin, arguing that it is
neither a dishonourable practice nor a new one; it's simply the
most practical way to convey information or make a point. The truth
of the matter is that the spin doctor's trade secrets can be useful
to anyone trying to promote a company, client or cause: to protect
reputations, get messages across and win public support. So it's
time to start reading and get spinning.
This book argues that development strategies have thus far failed
in Western Africa because the many challenges afflicting the area
have yet to be explored and understood from the perspective of
institutional resources. With a particular focus on three countries
on the bend of the Upper West African coast - Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone - this book offers a theory to account for the nature
of these institutional elements, to test deductions against
evidence, and finally to propose a reset for rural development
policy to make fuller use of local institutional resources. Based
on quantitative analysis and eight years of multidisciplinary field
research, this volume features several large-scale RCTs in the
domain of rural development, local governance, and nature
conservation. The authors address one of the biggest topics in
agricultural and development economics today: the structural
transformation of poor, agrarian economies, and they do so through
the important and unique lens of institutions.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - 11th International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2016, Rome, Italy, February 27 - 29, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)
Jose Braz, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Paul Richard, Lars Linsen, Alexandru C. Telea, …
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This book constitutes thoroughly revised and selected papers from
the 11th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging
and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2016, held
in Rome, Italy, in February 2016. VISIGRAPP comprises GRAPP,
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and
Applications; IVAPP, International Conference on Information
Visualization Theory and Applications; and VISAPP, International
Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications. The 28
thoroughly revised and extended papers presented in this volume
were carefully reviewed and selected from 338 submissions. The book
also contains one invited talk in full-paper length. The regular
papers were organized in topical sections named: computer graphics
theory and applications; information visualization theory and
applications; and computer vision theory and applications.
Mary Douglas's innovative explanations for styles of human thought
and for the dynamics of institutional change have furnished a
distinctive and powerful theory of how conflicts are managed, yet
her work remains astonishingly poorly appreciated in social science
disciplines. This volume introduces Douglas's theories, and
outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for
the future of the social sciences. Mary Douglas: Understanding
Human Thought and Conflict shows how Douglas laid out the agenda
for revitalizing social science by reworking Durkheim's legacy for
today, and reviews the growing body of research across the social
sciences which has used, tested or developed her approach.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - 10th International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2015, Berlin, Germany, March 11-14, 2015, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Jose Braz, Julien Pettre, Paul Richard, Andreas Kerren, Lars Linsen, …
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This book constitutes thoroughly revised and selected papers from
the 10th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging
and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2015, held
in Berlin, Germany, in March 2015. VISIGRAPP comprises GRAPP,
International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and
Applications; IVAPP, International Conference on Information
Visualization Theory and Applications; and VISAPP, International
Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications. The 23
thoroughly revised and extended papers presented in this volume
were carefully reviewed and selected from 529 submissions. The book
also contains one invited talk in full-paper length. The regular
papers were organized in topical sections named: computer graphics
theory and applications; information visualization theory and
applications; and computer vision theory and applications.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics - Theory and Applications - International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2012, Rome, Italy, February 24-26, 2012. Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Gabriela Csurka, Martin Kraus, Robert S. Laramee, Paul Richard, Jose Braz
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International
Conference, VISIGRAPP 2012, the Joint Conference on Computer Vision
Theory and Applications (VISAPP), on Computer Graphics Theory and
Applications (GRAPP), and on Information Visualization Theory and
Applications (IVAPP), held in Rome, Italy, in February 2012. The 28
revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were
carefully reviewed and selected from 483 submissions. The papers
are organized in topical sections on computer graphics theory and
applications; information visualization theory and applications;
computer vision theory and applications.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics - Theory and Applications - International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, Vilamoura, Portugal, March 5-7, 2011. Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Gabriela Csurka, Martin Kraus, Leonid Mestetskiy, Paul Richard, Jose Braz
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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International
Conference, VISIGRAPP 2011, the Joint Conference on Computer
Vision, Theory and Applications (VISAPP), on Imaging Theory and
Applications (IMAGAPP), on Computer Graphics Theory and
Applications (GRAPP), and on Information Visualization Theory and
Applications (IVAPP), held in Vilamoura, Portugal, in March 2011.
The 15 revised full papers presented together with one invited
paper were carefully reviewed and selected. The papers are
organized in topical sections on computer graphics theory and
applications; imaging theory and applications; information
visualization theory and applications; and computer vision theory
and applications.
This handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of
the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th
century. Her work focused on how human groups classify each other,
and how they resolve the anomalies that then arise. Classification,
she argued, emerges from practices of social life, and is a factor
in all deep and intractable human disputes. This biography offers
an introduction to how her distinctive approach developed across a
long and productive career and how it applies to current pressing
issues of social conflict and planetary survival. From the Preface:
The influence of Professor Dame Mary Douglas (1921-2007) upon each
of the social sciences and many of the disciplines in the
humanities is vast. The list of her works is also vast, and this
presents a problem of choice for the many readers who want to get a
general idea of what she wrote and its significance, but who are
somewhat baffled about where to begin. Our book offers a short
overview and suggests why her key writings remain significant
today.
This handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of
the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th
century. Her work focused on how human groups classify each other,
and how they resolve the anomalies that then arise. Classification,
she argued, emerges from practices of social life, and is a factor
in all deep and intractable human disputes. This biography offers
an introduction to how her distinctive approach developed across a
long and productive career and how it applies to current pressing
issues of social conflict and planetary survival. From the Preface:
The influence of Professor Dame Mary Douglas (1921-2007) upon each
of the social sciences and many of the disciplines in the
humanities is vast. The list of her works is also vast, and this
presents a problem of choice for the many readers who want to get a
general idea of what she wrote and its significance, but who are
somewhat baffled about where to begin. Our book offers a short
overview and suggests why her key writings remain significant
today.
Depression is so common that it has been described as 'the common
cold of psychiatry'. It is particularly difficult for Christians -
there is often a feeling that Christians 'shouldn't' get depressed,
and that it and anxiety are the result of a poor or damaged
relationship with God. I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO FEEL LIKE THIS is an
empowering and practical response to such common feelings. In the
style of a workbook, with constant reference to the Bible, and the
example of Jesus, it helps the reader to understand why they feel
the way they do, and to draw on God's love and grace to find a path
through depression and anxiety. The authors are all Christians, and
experienced counsellors and psychiatrists.
Examines the war in Sierra Leone as a crisis of modernity. Do small
wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'? What appears as random,
anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods
of of Sierra Leone's soldiers may not fir conventional western
models of warfare,but they are rational and effective nonetheless.
The war must be understood partly as a 'performance', in which
techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment. PAUL
RICHARDS is Professor of Technology and Agrarian Development,
Wageningen University Published in association with the
International African Institute
Mary Douglas's innovative explanations for styles of human thought
and for the dynamics of institutional change have furnished a
distinctive and powerful theory of how conflicts are managed, yet
her work remains astonishingly poorly appreciated in social science
disciplines. This volume introduces Douglas's theories, and
outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for
the future of the social sciences. Mary Douglas: Understanding
Human Thought and Conflict shows how Douglas laid out the agenda
for revitalizing social science by reworking Durkheim's legacy for
today, and reviews the growing body of research across the social
sciences which has used, tested or developed her approach.
This book is ideal for one- or two-semester or two- orthree-quarter
courses covering topics in college algebra, finite mathematics,and
calculus for students in business, economics, and the life and
socialsciences. Introductory Mathematical Analysis for Business,
Economics, and the Life andSocial Sciences provides a mathematical
foundation for students in avariety of fields and majors. The
authors establish an emphasis on algebraiccalculations that sets
this text apart from other introductory, appliedmathematics books.
Because the process of calculating variables builds skillsin
mathematical modeling, this emphasis paves the way for students to
solvereal-world problems that use calculus. The book's
comprehensivestructure-covering college algebra in Chapters 0
through 4, finite mathematicsin Chapters 5 through 9, and calculus
in Chapters 10 through 17-offersinstructors flexibility in how they
use the material based on the coursethey're teaching, the semester
they're at, or what the students' backgroundallows and their needs
dictate.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - 13th International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2018 Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, January 27-29, 2018, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Dominique Bechmann, Manuela Chessa, Ana-Paula Claudio, Francisco Imai, Andreas Kerren, …
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This book constitutes thoroughly revised and selected papers from
the 13th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging
and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2018, held
in Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, in January 2018. The 18 thoroughly
revised and extended papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 317 submissions. The papers contribute
to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on
computer graphics; human computer interaction; information
visualization; computer vision.
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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics - Theory and Applications - 12th International Joint Conference, VISIGRAPP 2017, Porto, Portugal, February 27 - March 1, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Ana-Paula Claudio, Dominique Bechmann, Paul Richard, Takehiko Yamaguchi, Lars Linsen, …
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This book constitutes thoroughly revised and selected papers from
the 12th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging
and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications, VISIGRAPP 2017, held
in Porto, Portugal, February 27 - March 1, 2017. The 18 thoroughly
revised and extended papers presented in this volume were carefully
reviewed and selected from 402 submissions. The papers contribute
to the understanding of relevant trends of current research on
image and video formation, preprocessing, analysis and
understanding; motion, tracking and stereo vision; computer
graphics and rendering; data visualization and interactive visual
data analysis; agent-based human-robot interactions; and user
experience.
This book argues that development strategies have thus far failed
in Western Africa because the many challenges afflicting the area
have yet to be explored and understood from the perspective of
institutional resources. With a particular focus on three countries
on the bend of the Upper West African coast - Guinea, Liberia and
Sierra Leone - this book offers a theory to account for the nature
of these institutional elements, to test deductions against
evidence, and finally to propose a reset for rural development
policy to make fuller use of local institutional resources. Based
on quantitative analysis and eight years of multidisciplinary field
research, this volume features several large-scale RCTs in the
domain of rural development, local governance, and nature
conservation. The authors address one of the biggest topics in
agricultural and development economics today: the structural
transformation of poor, agrarian economies, and they do so through
the important and unique lens of institutions.
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