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While fire-eaters, both North & South, fanned controversial
flames into open, armed hostilities, the political situation south
of the 1860 US-Mexico border also quickly deteriorated. Prior to
opening shots at Fort Sumter, Liberal Republican President Benito
Juarez wrested power away from the clerical Conservatives who had
held the country in a oppressive grip since before Spain's
embarrassing evacuation. Juarez's election, and subsequent
persecutions, prompted affluent expatriate Conservatives to flee to
Europe, where, as political refugees, they gained the sympathies of
France's Napoleon III. Seeing the turmoil brewing in the US,
Napoleon, backed by some of Europe's most influential bankers,
gambled and embarked on a mission of regaining a foot-hold on the
western continent that had been lost since the publication of the
US's Monroe Doctrine. This Napoleon accomplished by convincing
Austria's Archduke Maximilian in accepting the "Crown of Mexico,"
which would be propped-up by French expeditionary forces. However,
when the devastating US turmoil concluded with the subjugation of
the South, US Secretary of State, William Seward, issued a
threatening ultimatum demanding Napoleon to withdraw French troops
from Mexico, or face the consequences of war with the United
States. With the final embarkation of the French Foreign Legion
from the coastal port of Vera Cruz, it was only a matter of time
before Maximilian realized his puppet-government could not survive
without exterior military support. Convinced that forging peaceful,
political alliances with the victorious North was his only formula
for successful existence, Maximilian spurned the overtures of
displaced, unrepentant southerngenerals offering their services.
Seward, however, rejected Maximilian's proposals. With his
stunningly beautiful bride having returned to Europe to seek the
reestablishment of withdrawn monetary and military support from
governments and the Vatican, Maximilian made his last stand against
converging loyal Juaristas at an old Spanish town north of that
republic's capital.
Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is
probably one of the best of its kind. The author was a respected
falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the
sport shines through his writing. Contents Include: The Mews -
Weathering Enclosure, Bath, Blocks - Bells, Jesses, Clip Swivels,
Lures, Hoods, Whistle - Hack Hut and Hack Ground - Eyasses,
Treatment before Hack - Hack, its Advantages and Disadvantages -
Eyasses compared with Passgers and Haggards - Food - Hooding and
Manning - Taming - Flying to Lure and Use of the Lure - Hawking -
Homing - The Moult - Health - Miscellany - The Gyrfalcon
This book was written to encourage the body of Christ to know that
no matter what we face in life we can have the strength like an
eagle. Eagles are strong birds, their wings help them glide,
protect their young and keep harm away. We too can possess this
strength in keeping our minds and hearts focused and believing that
with God all things are possible. Just as the Lord provides and
protects the fowl of the air so shall He do the same for us.
These two exceptional volumes, both part of the second edition of a
we ll established textbook, explore the biological, biochemical and
chemi cal aspects of malting and brewing science. Focusing on the
scientific principles behind the selection of raw materials and
their processing, these two insightful text include brief
descriptions of the equipmen t used.
Dogs are a valued part of millions of households worldwide. They
also serve many functions in human societies from herding livestock
to detecting drugs, explosives, or illegal wildlife to providing
physical assistance or emotional support to those in need. Yet, in
terms of behavior and cognition, dogs have only become a serious
subject of scientific study in the last 20 years. Similarly, we
have recently witnessed a sharp increase in studies of canine-human
interaction, exploring the motivational, emotional, cognitive,
physiological, and neural mechanisms of dogs on human psychology
and well-being. This book is a collection of chapters stemming from
the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, which focused on Canine
Cognition and the Human Bond. The primary goal of this symposium
was to bring together researchers from psychology, biology,
neuroscience, and anthropology to delve deeper into the
canine-human bond. These chapters describe the current state of
knowledge from international experts in the fields of canine
cognition and canine-human interaction. Bridging these two areas
can help us better understand the canine-human bond, potentially
improving the lives of both dogs and people.
As the 64th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on
Motivation, this book focuses on impulsivity, a multi-faceted
concept that encompasses such phenomena as the inability to wait, a
tendency to act without forethought, insensitivity to consequences,
and/or an inability to inhibit inappropriate behaviors. Due to this
multi-faceted nature, it plays a critical role in a number of key
behavioral problems, including pathological gambling, overeating,
addiction, adolescent risk-taking, spread of sexually transmitted
diseases, criminal behavior, financial decision making, and
environmental attitudes. This broad and interdisciplinary scope has
historically resulted in separate subfields studying impulsivity in
relative isolation from one another. Therefore, a central
achievement of this volume is to convey an integrative exploration
of impulsivity. To provide a comprehensive and cohesive
understanding of impulsivity, this volume brings together eminent
scholars and rising researchers from different domains
(developmental psychology, neuroscience, animal cognition,
anthropology, addiction science), who use different techniques
(behavioral assays, imaging, endocrinology, genetics). Moreover, it
includes perspectives and analyses from the two primary types of
impulsivity: impulsive choice (or decision making) and impulsive
action (or disinhibition). The authors present expert analyses of
topics such as delayed gratification, discounting models, and
adaptive foraging decisions. Leveraging breadth of coverage and
renowned scholarship, Impulsivity: How Time and Risk Influence
Decision Making advances our understanding of this complex topic
and sheds light on novel research directions and potential future
collaborations.
These two exceptional volumes, both part of the second edition of a
we ll established textbook, explore the biological, biochemical and
chemi cal aspects of malting and brewing science. Focusing on the
scientific principles behind the selection of raw materials and
their processing, these two insightful text include brief
descriptions of the equipmen t used.
While fire-eaters, both North & South, fanned controversial
flames into open, armed hostilities, the political situation south
of the 1860 US-Mexico border also quickly deteriorated. Prior to
opening shots at Fort Sumter, Liberal Republican President Benito
Jurez wrested power away from the clerical Conservatives who had
held the country in a oppressive grip since before Spain's
embarrassing evacuation. Jurez's election, and subsequent
persecution, prompted affluent expatriate Conservatives to flee to
Europe, where, as political refugees, they gained the sympathies of
France's Napolen III. Seeing the turmoil brewing in the US,
Napolen, backed by some of Europe's most influential bankers,
gambled and embarked on a mission of regaining a foot-hold on the
western continent that had been lost since the publication of the
US's Monroe Doctrine. This Napolen accomplished by convincing
Austria's Archduke Maximilian in accepting the "Throne of Mexico,"
which would be propped-up by French expeditionary forces. However,
when the devastating US turmoil concluded with the subjugation of
the South, US Secretary of State, William Seward, issued a
threatening ultimatum demanding Napolen to withdraw French troops
from Mexico, or face the consequences of war with the United
States. With the final French Foreign Legion embarking from the
coastal port of Vera Cruz, it was only a matter of time before
Maximilian realized his puppet government could not survive without
exterior military support. Convinced that forging peaceful,
political alliances with the victorious North was his only formula
for successful existence, Maximilian spurned the overtures of
displaced, unrepentant southern generals offeringtheir services.
Seward, however, rejected Maximilian's proposals. With his
stunningly beautiful bride having returned to Europe to seek the
reestablishment of withdrawn monetary and military support from
governments and the Vatican, Maximilian made his last stand against
converging loyal Juaristas at an old Spanish town north of the
nation's capital.
" ... a universe unfinished, with doors and windows open to
possibilities uncontrollable in advance." 1 A possibility which
William James would certainly not have envisaged is a
phenomenological reading of his philosophy. Given James's
personality, one can easily imagine the explosive commen tary he
would make on any attempt to situate his deliberately unsystematic
writings within anyone philosophical mainstream. Yet, in recent
years, the most fruitful scholarship on William James has resulted
from a confrontation between his philosophy and the phe nomenology
of Husserl. The very unlikelihood of such a comparison renders all
the more fascinating the remarkable convergence of perspectives
that comes to light when the fundamental projects of James and
HusserI are juxtaposed. At first view, nothing could be more alien
to the pragmatic mentality with its constant mistrust of any global
system than a philosophy whose basic drive is to discover absolute
knowledge and whose goal is to establish itself as a certain and
universal science."
Integrating Graphics and Vision for Object Recognition serves as a
reference for electrical engineers and computer scientists
researching computer vision or computer graphics. Computer graphics
and computer vision can be viewed as different sides of the same
coin. In graphics, algorithms are given knowledge about the world
in the form of models, cameras, lighting, etc., and infer (or
render) an image of a scene. In vision, the process is the exact
opposite: algorithms are presented with an image, and infer (or
interpret) the configuration of the world. This work focuses on
using computer graphics to interpret camera images: using iterative
rendering to predict what should be visible by the camera and then
testing and refining that hypothesis. Features of the book include:
Many illustrations to supplement the text; A novel approach to the
integration of graphics and vision; Genetic algorithms for vision;
Innovations in closed loop object recognition. Integrating Graphics
and Vision for Object Recognition will be of interest to research
scientists and practitioners working in fields related to the
topic. It may also be used as an advanced-level graduate text.
caused in the western camp. A further factor which operates to our
disadvantage is the fact that in our democracies the role played by
the mass of uprooted humanity is becoming increasingly important,
and the problem of control and guidance of the masses still seems
to be far from being solved. To all these burning questions an
answer is given in this volume, Freedom and Serfdom, which contains
a selection from the best contributions of world-renowned social
economists, sociologists, philosophers and exponents of the
political sciences, published for the first time in the English
language. It is at this very moment that a work such as this,
dedicated to the moral and intellectual struggle against communism
and an analysis of our own democratic institu tions, is of
particular and urgent importance. For it is imperative, surely,
that we should use to the best possible advantage the relatively
short time vouchsafed us by the sobering effects of the Paris con
ference, before our opponents succeed once again in lulling us into
a sense of complacent security. The purpose of this volume is not
only to make a contribution towards the scientific clarification of
some of the burning problems of the age, but also to instil a sense
of urgency and vigilance, particularly in the younger generation,
and to imbue them with courage and an eager readiness to fight for
the ideals of the western world."
This volume is comprised of contributions to the 67th Nebraska
Symposium on Motivation, which brought together various research
disciplines such as psychology, education, health sciences, natural
resources, environmental studies to investigate the ways in which
nature influences cognition, health, human behavior, and
well-being. The symposium is positioned to explore two proposed
mechanisms in the most depth: 1) the psycho-evolutionary theory of
stress recovery and 2) Attention Restoration Theory. The
contributions in the volume represent research guided by both of
these posited mechanisms, rigorously examine these theories and
processes, and share methodological innovations that can be
utilized across programs of research. This volume will be of great
interest to researchers on natural environments, practitioners and
clinicians working with an environmental lens at the intersection
of psychology, social work, education and the health sciences, as
well as researchers and students in environmental and conservation
psychology. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
Although William Henry Harrison died a month after becoming
President, he lived a full and accomplished life before assuming
the presidency. As a member of Congress, he sponsored legislation
dividing the Northwest Territory. As governor of the Indiana
Territory, he led a movement to suspend the provisions of the
Northwest Ordinance and earned a reputation for acquiring large
land cessions from the Indian tribes, winning the affection of
white settlers and the animosity of Native Americans. Serving as
brigadier general during the War of 1812, he then served in the
Ohio legislature and the U.S. Senate, and was named minister to
Colombia. This bibliography provides a guide to the literature on
his extensive career.
This volume is comprised of contributions to the 67th Nebraska
Symposium on Motivation, which brought together various research
disciplines such as psychology, education, health sciences, natural
resources, environmental studies to investigate the ways in which
nature influences cognition, health, human behavior, and
well-being. The symposium is positioned to explore two proposed
mechanisms in the most depth: 1) the psycho-evolutionary theory of
stress recovery and 2) Attention Restoration Theory. The
contributions in the volume represent research guided by both of
these posited mechanisms, rigorously examine these theories and
processes, and share methodological innovations that can be
utilized across programs of research. This volume will be of great
interest to researchers on natural environments, practitioners and
clinicians working with an environmental lens at the intersection
of psychology, social work, education and the health sciences, as
well as researchers and students in environmental and conservation
psychology. Chapter 5 is available open access under a Creative
Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via
link.springer.com.
As the 64th volume in the prestigious Nebraska Series on
Motivation, this book focuses on impulsivity, a multi-faceted
concept that encompasses such phenomena as the inability to wait, a
tendency to act without forethought, insensitivity to consequences,
and/or an inability to inhibit inappropriate behaviors. Due to this
multi-faceted nature, it plays a critical role in a number of key
behavioral problems, including pathological gambling, overeating,
addiction, adolescent risk-taking, spread of sexually transmitted
diseases, criminal behavior, financial decision making, and
environmental attitudes. This broad and interdisciplinary scope has
historically resulted in separate subfields studying impulsivity in
relative isolation from one another. Therefore, a central
achievement of this volume is to convey an integrative exploration
of impulsivity. To provide a comprehensive and cohesive
understanding of impulsivity, this volume brings together eminent
scholars and rising researchers from different domains
(developmental psychology, neuroscience, animal cognition,
anthropology, addiction science), who use different techniques
(behavioral assays, imaging, endocrinology, genetics). Moreover, it
includes perspectives and analyses from the two primary types of
impulsivity: impulsive choice (or decision making) and impulsive
action (or disinhibition). The authors present expert analyses of
topics such as delayed gratification, discounting models, and
adaptive foraging decisions. Leveraging breadth of coverage and
renowned scholarship, Impulsivity: How Time and Risk Influence
Decision Making advances our understanding of this complex topic
and sheds light on novel research directions and potential future
collaborations.
Some ten years. have passed since the publication of the first
edition of Malting and Brewing Science, a period of many changes.
As before, this edition is an aid to teaching, particularly the MSc
course in Brewing Science at Birmingham University, but it is also
aimed at the requirements of other students of the science of
malting and brewing throughout the world. In general, technological
aspects are covered more fully in this new edition, although not
malting and brewing practices that are exclusive to Britain.
Nevertheless, the amount of technological information available is
too great to be comprehensively covered iln one book. Scientific
principles and infor mation receive more attention, but for details
of analytical procedures reference should be made to the most
recently published material of the Ameri can Society of Brewing
Chemists, the European Brewery Convention and the Institute of
Brewing. The new edition appears as two volumes because a single
one would be inconveniently bulky. The first volume outlines the
entire process and leads from barley, malting and water to the
production of sweet wort. In the second volume there are chapters
on hops and hop products, production of hopped wort,
fermentation,yeast biology and all aspects of beer qualities and
treatment. Decisions about the units of measurement proved
difficult; metric units commonly used in the Industry are given and
in parentheses are equivalents in degrees Fahrenheit, Imperial
measures and UK barrels. Considerable information on equivalents is
given in a special section in each volume.
Integrating Graphics and Vision for Object Recognition serves as a
reference for electrical engineers and computer scientists
researching computer vision or computer graphics. Computer graphics
and computer vision can be viewed as different sides of the same
coin. In graphics, algorithms are given knowledge about the world
in the form of models, cameras, lighting, etc., and infer (or
render) an image of a scene. In vision, the process is the exact
opposite: algorithms are presented with an image, and infer (or
interpret) the configuration of the world. This work focuses on
using computer graphics to interpret camera images: using iterative
rendering to predict what should be visible by the camera and then
testing and refining that hypothesis. Features of the book include:
Many illustrations to supplement the text; A novel approach to the
integration of graphics and vision; Genetic algorithms for vision;
Innovations in closed loop object recognition. Integrating Graphics
and Vision for Object Recognition will be of interest to research
scientists and practitioners working in fields related to the
topic. It may also be used as an advanced-level graduate text.
This book examines the latest technologies and developments in oral
and maxillofacial surgery. It presents information in an
easy-to-read format and meticulously details each surgical
technique. Thorough and accurate chapters comprehensively present
procedures and treatments step-by-step procedures objectively. Each
chapter follows a consistent format of which includes the
scientific documentation of the procedure through clinical studies,
objective benefits for the patient, detailed explanations of the
procedure, levels of treatment complexity according to the SAC
(simple -advanced complex) classification, and cost-effectiveness
of the procedure for the patient and clinician. Extensive images,
figures, and tables supplement select chapters to aid in visual
learning. Extensive and unique, Innovative Perspectives in Oral and
Maxillofacial Surgery is a vital tool for all dental specialists
ranging from undergraduate students to established oral
maxillofacial surgeons.
Brewing is one of the oldest and most complex technologies in food
and beverage processing. Its success depends on blending a sound
understanding of the science involved with an equally clear grasp
of the practicalities of production. Brewing: science and practice
provides a comprehensive and authoritative guide to both of these
aspects of the subject.
After an initial overview of the brewing process, malts, adjuncts
and enzymes are reviewed. A chapter is then devoted to water,
effluents and wastes. There follows a group of chapters on the
science and technology of mashing, including grist preparation. The
next two chapters discuss hops, and are followed by chapters on
wort boiling, clarification and aeration. Three chapters are
devoted to the important topics of yeast biology, metabolism and
growth. Fermentation, fermentation technologies and beer maturation
are then reviewed, followed by a consideration of native African
beers. After a discussion of brewhouses, the authors consider a
number of safety and quality issues, including beer microbiology
and the chemical and physical properties of beer, which contribute
to qualities such as flavour. A final group of chapters cover
packaging, storage, distribution and the retail handling of beer.
Based on the authors unrivalled experience in the field, Brewing:
science and practice is a standard work for the industry.
A detailed account of all stages of the brewing processSafety and
quality issues are discussed, including the chemical and physical
properties of beer and beer microbiologyA strong partnership of the
science and the practicalities of production ensures this book is a
primary reference"
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