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This is the first study to consider the relationship between
private confessional rituals and memory across a range of early
modern writers, including Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe,
William Shakespeare, and Robert Southwell.
On 8 October 2004, the Council Regulation (EC) No. 2157/2001 on the
Statute for the European Company (SE) will enter into force. In
order to make the SE a functional instrument for entrepreneurs and
investors, as well as to ensure the effective application of
European law, it is necessary to pass national implementation
measures by then. National legislators have the opportunity as well
as the challenge to shape, in some respect, a national model of the
SE which would be attractive for investors and would influence
their decision as to where the company be located. Thus, the coming
into force of the SE-Regulation will also give "the starting shot"
for the competition between national legislators with regard to the
law of the European Company. The aim of the present book is to
provide the first indications in those national regulations
specifically concerning the SE. Although no national law has so far
been finally adopted, the first legislative steps have already been
taken in many Member States and first drafts have been published.
These drafts are presented in the book by the national experts.
Moreover, the authors from Member States where no official drafts
so far exist, express their personal reflections on how the
specific regulations of national law would and should look. Given
the fact that in October 2004, when the SE-Regulation comes into
force, the European Union will be enlarged by 10 new Member States,
the reports cover also some of them, i.e. Poland, Hungary and the
Czech Republic.
Combustion Engines Development nowadays is based on simulation, not
only of the transient reaction of vehicles or of the complete
driveshaft, but also of the highly unsteady processes in the
carburation process and the combustion chamber of an engine.
Different physical and chemical approaches are described to show
the potentials and limits of the models used for simulation.
The planned European legal form Societas Privata Europaea (SPE) is
a limited liability company of a closed group of shareholders, and
thus is comparable to the German GmbH. At the European-level, the
SPE serves as a supplement to the European Limited Liability
Company (SE), which proved to be too difficult for small and
medium-sized companies for various reasons. The SPE will be
introduced on the basis of a European regulation, the content of
which has been largely agreed to by the member states.
Adiabatic logic is a potential successor for static CMOS circuit
design when it comes to ultra-low-power energy consumption. Future
development like the evolutionary shrinking of the minimum feature
size as well as revolutionary novel transistor concepts will change
the gate level savings gained by adiabatic logic. In addition, the
impact of worsening degradation effects has to be considered in the
design of adiabatic circuits. The impact of the technology trends
on the figures of merit of adiabatic logic, energy saving potential
and optimum operating frequency, are investigated, as well as
degradation related issues. Adiabatic logic benefits from future
devices, is not susceptible to Hot Carrier Injection, and shows
less impact of Bias Temperature Instability than static CMOS
circuits. Major interest also lies on the efficient generation of
the applied power-clock signal. This oscillating power supply can
be used to save energy in short idle times by disconnecting
circuits. An efficient way to generate the power-clock is by means
of the synchronous 2N2P LC oscillator, which is also robust with
respect to pattern-induced capacitive variations. An easy to
implement but powerful power-clock gating supplement is proposed by
gating the synchronization signals. Diverse implementations to shut
down the system are presented and rated for their applicability and
other aspects like energy reduction capability and data retention.
Advantageous usage of adiabatic logic requires compact and
efficient arithmetic structures. A broad variety of adder
structures and a Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer are compared
and rated according to energy consumption and area usage, and the
resulting energy saving potential against static CMOS proves the
ultra-low-power capability of adiabatic logic. In the end, a new
circuit topology has to compete with static CMOS also in
productivity. On a 130nm test chip, a large scale test vehicle
containing an FIR filter was implemented in adiabatic logic,
utilizing a standard, library-based design flow, fabricated,
measured and compared to simulations of a static CMOS counterpart,
with measured saving factors compliant to the values gained by
simulation. This leads to the conclusion that adiabatic logic is
ready for productive design due to compatibility not only to CMOS
technology, but also to electronic design automation (EDA) tools
developed for static CMOS system design.
Areas covered in this text include: tense and tenselessness;
periods and instants; the measurement of time; and time, change and
causation. The author attempts to show how considerations in the
philosophy of logic and language are needed to settle many of the
issues here. For example, the debate about tenselessness turns out
to hinge on whether a genuinely tense-free language is conceivable;
and the possibility of time without change is grounded in what
makes duration-statements have the sense they do.
Increasingly, library personnel are called upon to teach classes,
deliver presentations and represent their organizations in an
official capacity. This book is designed to assist those
professionals with little to no experience designing and delivering
training, instructional sessions, and presentations. Suitable for
all librarians, library staff and library school students, this
practical guide will get the library professional up and running as
a trainer and presenter.
Written by practicing professional librarians and trainers for use
in the library settingFeatures a combination of training,
facilitation, and public-speaking skillsCovers all aspects of
training from audience evaluation to lesson plans to evaluation to
lesson delivery
Topics covered in this volume (large deviations, differential
geometry, asymptotic expansions, central limit theorems) give a
full picture of the current advances in the application of
asymptotic methods in mathematical finance, and thereby provide
rigorous solutions to important mathematical and financial issues,
such as implied volatility asymptotics, local volatility
extrapolation, systemic risk and volatility estimation. This volume
gathers together ground-breaking results in this field by some of
its leading experts. Over the past decade, asymptotic methods have
played an increasingly important role in the study of the behaviour
of (financial) models. These methods provide a useful alternative
to numerical methods in settings where the latter may lose accuracy
(in extremes such as small and large strikes, and small
maturities), and lead to a clearer understanding of the behaviour
of models, and of the influence of parameters on this behaviour.
Graduate students, researchers and practitioners will find this
book very useful, and the diversity of topics will appeal to people
from mathematical finance, probability theory and differential
geometry.
This new edition of the successful Get Ahead Surgery: 250 SBAs
for Finals provides invaluable revision for all medical students
preparing for final exams. Written by experienced authors, this
book covers the entire syllabus in a clear and comprehensive style.
It builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide reliable
and effective revision practice to help candidates achieve success
in final exams.
While the measures and organizations to combat terrorist financing
have already been adequately studied, little is known about the
concrete modus operandi of terrorist financiers. This monograph
deals with this research gap and shows which criminal procedural
barriers and hurdles significantly impede the fight against
terrorist financing, but also other criminal offences. In addition,
suggestions for changes in the law are developed to enable a more
effective fight against and prevention of crime.
This book examines in detail Ludwig Wittgenstein's ideas on
thought, thinking, will and intention, as those ideas developed
over his lifetime. It also puts his ideas into context by a
comparison both with preceding thinkers and with subsequent ones.
The first chapter gives an account of the historical and
philosophical background, discussing such thinkers as Plato,
Descartes, Berkeley, Frege and Russell. The final chapter looks at
the legacy of, and reactions to, Wittgenstein. These two chapters
frame the central three chapters, devoted to Wittgenstein's ideas
on thought and will. Chapter 2 discusses the sense in which both
thought and will represent, or are about, reality; Chapter 3
considers Wittgenstein's critique of the picture of an inner
process, and the role that behaviour and context play in his views
on thought and will; while Chapter 4 centres on the question What
sort of thing is it that thinks or wills?, in particular examining
Wittgenstein's ideas concerning the first person (I) and concerning
statements like I am thinking or I intend to do X.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This book examines in detail Ludwig Wittgenstein's ideas on
thought, thinking, will and intention, as those ideas developed
over his lifetime. It also puts his ideas into context by a
comparison both with preceding thinkers and with subsequent ones.
The first chapter gives an account of the historical and
philosophical background, discussing such thinkers as Plato,
Descartes, Berkeley, Frege and Russell. The final chapter looks at
the legacy of, and reactions to, Wittgenstein. These two chapters
frame the central three chapters, devoted to Wittgenstein's ideas
on thought and will. Chapter 2 discusses the sense in which both
thought and will represent, or are about, reality; Chapter 3
considers Wittgenstein's critique of the picture of an inner
process, and the role that behaviour and context play in his views
on thought and will; while Chapter 4 centres on the question What
sort of thing is it that thinks or wills?, in particular examining
Wittgenstein's ideas concerning the first person (I) and concerning
statements like I am thinking or I intend to do X.
This landmark work chronicles the origin and evolution of solid
state physics, which grew to maturity between 1920 and 1960. The
book examines the early roots of the field in industrial,
scientific and artistic efforts and traces them through the 1950s,
when many physicists around the world recognized themselves as
members of a distinct subfield of physics research centered on
solids. The book opens with an account of scientific and social
developments that preceded the discovery of quantum mechanics,
including the invention of new experimental means for studying
solids and the establishment of the first industrial laboratories.
The authors set the stage for the modern era by detailing the
formulation of the quantum field theory of solids. The core of the
book examines six major themes: the band theory of solids; the
phenomenology of imperfect crystals; the puzzle of the plastic
properties of solids, solved by the discovery of dislocations;
magnetism; semiconductor physics; and collective phenomena, the
context in which old puzzles such as superconductivity and
superfluidity were finally solved. All readers interested in the
history of science will find this absorbing volume an essential
resource for understanding the emergence of contemporary physics.
Over the past two decades, the enforcement of anti-bribery,
anti-money-laundering and anti-terrorism-financing regulations has
become increasingly challenging for multinational corporations.
Bribery and money laundering scandals have the potential to take
down entire multinational corporations. Frequently, managers in
charge of those firms end up facing criminal prosecution and civil
lawsuits, and are not equipped with the formal legal training to
prevent these phenomena. Compliance in Multinational Corporations
explores the historical background of such phenomena as bribery,
money laundering, and terrorism financing. Analysing the legal
environment based upon international conventions, and including an
empirical analysis of 100 expert interviews, it takes an innovative
look at the perspectives of both criminals and compliance experts
to provide a long-lasting guide for compliance experts. While
traditional compliance and financial crime literature focuses on
rules, regulations and prevention mechanisms, this book shows how
intelligent criminals act. It offers practical advice and concrete
guidelines that will address the most pre-eminent compliance
challenges. The book will prove an essential resource for
compliance managers, academics and professional educators who wish
to equip themselves against the significant risks they face.
This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film
funding on an international scale. It shows how public funding
schemes add value to film-making and other audio-visual productions
and provides a comprehensive analysis of today's global challenges
in the film industry such as industry change, digital
transformation, and shifting audience tastes. Based on insights
from fields such as cultural economics, media economics, media
management and media governance studies, the authors illustrate how
public spending shapes the financial fitness of national and
international film industries. This highly informative book will
help both scholars and practitioners in the film industry to
understand the complexity of issues and the requirements necessary
to preserve the social benefits of film as an important cultural
good.
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