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• Introduction
• Started From the Bottom, and Now I'm Here
• Embracing 3 Hours a Day
• Step 1: Hone Your Superpower
• Step 2: Evaluate Your Business
• Step 3: Balance Your Business
• Step 4: Delegate Your Business
• Step 5: Systematize Your Business
• Step 6: Design Your 3 Hours a Day
• Step 7: Quadruple Your Income with 3 Hours a Day
• Overcoming the Challenges of 3 Hours a Day
• Frequently Asked Questions About 3 Hours a Day

"Williams, also known as The Business Healer, shows you how to transform your work life in a proven 7-step process that includes prioritizing dollar-producing activities while relegating non-dollar producing activities to your capable crew. You'll also learn how to take a dive deep into your own business to find out what's working and what's not, through the 8 Pillars of Success: mindset, activities, people, systems, tools, money, accountability, and training"-- Provided by publisher

"While many ancient Jewish and Christian leaders voiced opposition to Greek and Roman theater, this volume demonstrates that by the time the public performance of classical drama ceased at the end of antiquity the ideals of Jews and Christians had already been shaped by it in profound and lasting ways. Readers are invited to explore how gods and heroes famous from Greek drama animated the imaginations of ancient individuals and communities as they articulated and reinvented their religious visions for a new era. In this study, Friesen demonstrates that Greek theater's influence is evident within Jewish and Christian intellectual formulations, narrative constructions, and practices of ritual and liturgy. Through a series of interrelated case studies, the book explores how particular plays, through text and performances, scenes, images, and heroic personae, retained appeal for Jewish and Christian communities across antiquity. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach across classical, Jewish, and Christian studies, bringing together these separate avenues of scholarship to produce fresh insights and a reevaluation of theatrical drama in relation to ancient Judaism and Christianity. Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era allows students and scholars of the diverse and evolving religious landscapes of antiquity to gain fresh perspectives on the interplay between gods and heroes-both human and divine-of Greeks and Romans, Jews and Christians as they were staged in drama and depicted in literature"-- Provided by publisher.

• Elements of time scale calculus
• Elements of fractional dynamic calculus on time scales
• Linear inequalities for Riemann-Liouville fractional delta integral operator
• Fractional Young and Holder inequalities
• Fractional inequalities for convex functions
• Opial-type inequalities
• Chebyshev-type inequalities
• Hardy-type fractional inequalities
• Reverse Hardy-type fractional inequalities
• Inequalities for generalized Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals
• Some inequalities
• Jensen inequalities.

• Part I: contexts and concepts
• African refugees in Australia: resettlement and representation
• Education and refugee integration: a capability approach
• Part II: educational attainment
• School education: aspirations, engagement, and transition
• Higher education opportunities: policy visibility of refugees
• Higher education participation: access, experience, and success
• Part III: integration outcomes
• Multiculturalism and refugee integration
• Economic participation, social engagement, and cultural citizenship
• Racial othering
• Improving refugee integration: policy ideas.

• Feminist Perspectives from the African Continent
• Introduction: Literary Herstories of African Women's Lives
• Radical Feminist Synergy and Sexual Exploitation in Nawal El Saadawi's
• Woman at Point Zero and God Dies by the Nile
• Caste, Class, and Women's Identity in Bessie Head's Maru
• Sisters of the Soil: Women's Resistance in Muthoni Likimani's
• Passbook Number F.
• Postcolonial Disjunctures and Urban Spaces in Amma Darko's Faceless
• Voices from the Diaspora in African Women's Fiction
• Unveiling Women's Identities in the African Muslim Diaspora in Leila
• Aboulela's Translator and Minaret
• Ruptured Spaces of the Self in We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
• Black Venus Dreams and the Migrant Body in Igiaba Scego's Adua
• Afropolitan Energies in the 21st Century: Immigrants, Dreamers, and
• Marginalized Others in Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Conclusion: Narrating African Women's Lives in Africa and the Diaspora.

"Agent Relative Ethics asks what the world would look like if we adopted agent relativity wholeheartedly, clinging to no shred of absolute morality. Alastair MacIntyre's haunting image of a post-apocalyptic world, in which our knowledge of ethics has been fragmented, poses a contrast between modern morality and ancient ethics. The two stand divided along the fault line of the nature of the good. Modern ethics has placed its stake in the absolute good, while ancient ethics rests upon the foundation of the relative good. Following the lead of Bernard Williams, Agent Relative Ethics identifies alienation as a disturbing symptom of the present focus upon absolute goods. It then completes the diagnosis of the malady afflicting modern moral theory by clarifying the difference between absolute and relative goods. The remainder of the book explores how agent relativity can overcome the modern fragmentation of our ethical knowledge. Not just any relative goods can rectify the modern disorder. Only shared goods, belonging to a union of individuals, are sufficiently robust to overthrow the contemporary despotism of neutral goods. These shared goods exhibit many parallels with common sense morality, including partiality, impartiality, punishment, and an antagonism toward harmfully using others together with a more lenient attitude toward foreseeing harm. The final chapters probe the conditions, often unpalatable to the modern mind, by which ethics might be restored. Agent Relative Ethics will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in ethics and moral theory, ancient ethics, and the history of philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

Przedsiębiorstwa z branży technologicznej ciągle mierzą się z silną konkurencją. Nietrudno zrozumieć, co stanowi o przewadze firmy niezależnie od branży czy wielkości. Wygrywanie wymaga utrzymywania przewagi konkurencyjnej, jaką jest zdolność określania, wdrażania i osiągania poziomów wydajności nieosiągalnych dla konkurencji. Najczęściej przewaga konkurencyjna ma dwa źródła. Pierwszym jest dostarczanie funkcjonalnych rozwiązań, które dają radość użytkownikom. Drugim - wykorzystywanie właściwych danych do wdrażania odpowiedniej strategii, która wciąż podlega optymalizacji. Zastosowanie w tych działaniach rozwiązań z dziedziny sztucznej inteligencji znacznie przyczynia się do sukcesu firmy.

• Three Brothers, Three Versions of the Same "Mixture"
• Personal Experiences in the Service of Collective Projects
• Local Populations as Caboclos : The Difficult Naming of a Social Formation
• The Caboclo, a Protean Notion : "Traditional Populations" versus Invisible Beings
• The Implicit Nature of the Caboclo or How to Conceive the "Mixture"
• The "Mixture" and Its "Matrices" : Race through the Prism of Culture.

• Cover
• American Gnosis
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Awakening: An Introduction
• 1. What Is Neo-​Gnosticism and What Is Gnosis?
• 2. Neo-​Gnosticism in American Literature
• 3. Neo-​Gnostic Video
• 4. The Neo-​Gnosticism of Miguel Serrano
• 5. The Neo-​Gnosticism of Samael Aun Weor
• 6. The Enigmatic Dr. Musès
• 7. Psychedelic Gnosis
• 8. American Archontic Neo-​Gnosticism
• 9. Understanding American Gnoses
• 10. Political Religion and the End of Modernity
• 11. Future Gnosis
• 12. Conclusion
• Notes
• Index

• Intro
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Paganisms
• 2. Communes
• 3. Collaborations
• 4. Partnerships
• 5. Technologies
• 6. Polyamories
• Afterword
• Notes
• Index

• Introduction: Seeking Truth
• A CEO Match Made in Heaven and Hell
• My Meandering Journey to the Corner Office
• Walkabout: How the Emperor Got New Clothes
• Trial by Flood
• People Power
• Home Is Where the Care Is
• Staging Transformation
• Stability to Growth and Beyond
• Looking Forward, Looking Back
• Conclusion: One Final Road Trip
• Afterword: Back into the Storm

"An extraordinary case study of a home healthcare business turnaround delivers actionable strategies for driving profit and growth in your organization"-- Provided by publisher

"This book examines a variety of arguments that might be thought to support skepticism about the existence of morality, and it explains how these arguments can be answered by those who believe in objective moral truths. The focus throughout is on discussing questions that frequently trouble thoughtful and reflective individuals, including questions like the following: Does the prevalence of moral disagreement make it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all? Is morality simply relative to particular societies and times? What could objective moral facts possibly be like? If there were moral facts, how could we ever come to know anything about them? Shouldn't belief in the theory of evolution undermine our confidence that our moral intuitions reliably reveal moral truths? Would moral facts ever actually explain anything at all? Can morality really have the motivating and rational force we normally take it to have? How can one possibly find a place for objective moral values in a scientific worldview? The book explores plausible answers to questions like these and it thus aims to show why the belief in objective morality remains an intellectually reasonable one"-- Provided by publisher.

• Dismantling the showcase
• Heritage in exile
• On borders : Deconstructing the modern museum
• A time for the margins : On reconstructing and rehumanising
• Redistributing the museum : Towards a museology of hope
• Reflections for our past's future.

Poems.

• Introduction
• Part 1. Unveiling dancers' artistry. Performing: A transcendent experience
• Breath, movement, emotion and music
• Expressivity, harmony, creativity and artistry
• Technique, training and changes in dancers' brains
• Dealing with challenges
• Part 2. The magical motor system. The science behind the scenes
• Pathways to new skills
• Part 3. The art of training dancers. Our role as ballet teachers
• Skills in cueing and feedback
• Discovering technique
• The speaking body
• Discovering the dancer inside
• Afterword.

• Part I: The Asia Pacific War
• Introduction: Is there, or was there, a so-called 'Just War'?
• The Origins of the Asia Pacific War: 'Honor, Fear, Self-interest'
• The Human Impact of the Asia Pacific War
• The Legacies of the Asia Pacific War
• the Atomic Bombings and Article 9
• Part II : Postwar Reconciliation Introduction: Aspects of Reconciliation
• Reparations, Memorials and Reconciliation at State Level
• Citizens' Reconciliation
• Postwar Reconciliation Through the Arts.

"This book examines key aspects of the Asia Pacific War (1931-1945), that was initially waged between Japan and China, before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor drew in the U.S.-led allied forces from 1941 to 1945. The first half of the book examines three interlocking components, the origins of the war; its impact on combatants and civilians; and its short-term legacy, including the huge changes that took place in the postwar governance of Japan. Part 2 explores the ongoing impact and legacy of the war for those in postwar Japan, and later generations, particularly through the examination of the ambiguity of state-led reconciliation with Japan's neighbors, the growth of dynamic civil reconciliation efforts, and the prominent role of the arts in peace movements. Through a people-centered approach it filters historical events through the lens of the war's impact on individuals, who found themselves players within a larger frame of the social history of Japan and caught up in the international power dynamics of the nuclear age. Featuring studies of contemporary peace activism, this will be a valuable resource to students and scholars of Modern Asian and U.S. History, as well as those interested in post-war memory and reconciliation"-- Provided by publisher.

• Assimilation in conservatory education
• Transforming the White racial frame
• Concrete advice for leadership and staff
• Equity
• Interviews with young professionals.

"Leading Change engages with an existential question for American conservatories and orchestras: what does it mean to diversify Western classical music? Many institutions have focused solely on diversifying the demography of their participants, but without a deeper conversation about structural oppression in classical music, this approach continues to isolate and exclude students of color. Rooted in the author's experience working with BIPOC students at a major American conservatory, this book articulates the issues facing minority students in conservatories and schools of music, going beyond recruitment to address the cultural issues that alienate students. The author argues that the issue of diversity should be approached through the lens of aesthetics, and that the performance and pedagogy of Western classical music must change if a more diverse membership is to thrive in this genre. Reflecting on the author's experience through the lens of recent critical theory in music education, this volume presents the viewpoints of Black and Latinx music students in their own words. Addressing the impact of racialized aesthetics on the well-being of BIPOC music students, the author shows how students are alienated when attempting to assimilate into conservatory environments, and envisions an alternative, integrative approach to conservatory education. Offering a deep dive into the psychological and cultural reasons for the racialization of Western classical music, and potential institutional solutions, this concise book is relevant to performers, students, and institutional leaders"-- Provided by publisher.

"Written by the world's leading authority in the field, Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach offers a case-based, highly illustrated approach to optimizing care for the reconstructive surgery patient. Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu invites you to learn from real cases that he has worked on throughout his years of surgical practice, providing detailed content on each case in an easy-to-follow, templated format. Superb illustrations, before and after case photos, and operative videos help you visualize exactly how Dr. Pu achieves improved outcomes for each patient"-- provided by publisher.

"Traces of audience responses to propaganda in the Third Reich are particularly sparse given that the public sphere was so highly regulated. By taking an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to found historical sources of audiences' responses, the contributions to Audiences of Nazism critically approach the effectiveness of the Nazi media. The volume presents a comprehensive array of case studies including, but not limited to, Jewish responses to anti-Semitic media, personal reports from Nazi party rallies, responses to "degenerate art" exhibitions, and the afterlife of visual documentations of Nazi crimes. It uncovers the target groups of certain Nazi media products; how effective these products were in disseminating propaganda; and their chances to win over readers, listeners, and spectators not yet convinced of Nazism"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction : our enduring quest for authenticity
• Casting reality television : stages of self-disclosure
• Social media designs : the amateur ideal
• Pop music's sponsorship play : the art of selling out
• The commercial brand sell : humanizing the corporate
• The rise of influencers : corporatizing the human
• Performative politics : unscripting the identity show
• Populist politics : technologies of informality
• Conclusion : the business of keeping it "real".

• On the margins: understanding peripheral journalism
• Strong state, weak field: the forces shaping journalism in Rwanda
• Founding myths: stories as building blocks of journalism practice
• Underbaked or unrealized: "underdevelopment" as a journalistic keyword
• Money matters: the news values of business pressure
• Bridging worlds: working global while living local
• Conclusion: What is weak journalism good for? The power and potential of peripheral practice.

Master a holistic approach to NetDevOps--from concepts to practical implementation This is your comprehensive, holistic, end-to-end practitioner's guide to all things NetDevOps: all you need to use NetDevOps techniques to enhance network agility, productivity, and value. Enterprise networking pioneers Ivo Pinto and Faisal Chaudhry introduce NetDevOps' origins, components, advantages, shortcomings, use cases, and adoption challenges. Next, they drill down into NetDevOps CI/CD pipelines and testing, Jenkins automation, EVE-NG clientless multivendor network emulation, and more from a vendor-neutral perspective. Automating and Orchestrating Networks with NetDevOps is for every network or cloud operator, administrator, engineer, architect, and developer who implements, manages, or maintains network infrastructure. You'll find everything from detailed syntax and reusable code examples to deployment best practices, culminating in a full walkthrough of building your own NetDevOps architecture. Throughout, review questions help you reinforce and verify your understanding. Whatever your background or environment, this guide will help you embark confidently on your own NetDevOps journey. Understand where NetDevOps excels (and where it doesn't) Explore the components of practical implementations, and how they fit together Plan for common challenges, decisions, and investments Implement efficient, automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins--with practical tooling and example code Use EVE-NG to create and configure virtual topologies for testing and verification Master proven NetDevOps architectural best practices from industry leaders Build your own architecture, step-by-step Address common use cases such as configuration changes and compliance verification Integrate NetDevOps with ChatOps, and interact with networks via Slack

"The book presents a different history of the Russian avant-garde and its cultural encounters with the sciences. It is focusing on the entanglements of architects, filmmakers and philosophers with experimental psychologists and physiologists in the 1920s which are hardly known yet. Famous avant-garde artists like El Lissitzky, Vassily Kandinsky and Dziga Vertov helped propagate a movement in Russia - psychotechnics -, that was actually coming from Germany and America and can be characterized as "psychotechnical boom". At the end of the story told in this book, it becomes clear, that this boom has not finished until today. By analyzing concrete co-operations between artists and scientists and on the basis of not yet published archival material, this book challenges the notion of
socialist sciences. At the same time, it gives an entirely new picture of what was thought to be modern art and makes clear, that artistic experimentation had much more than a metaphorical meaning in the arts of the Russian 1920s. In 2007 the book was acknowledged with an award for interdisciplinary research by the Wilhelm-Ostwald-Society, Grossbothen. In 2011 the book received funding by the VolkswagenStiftung to be translated into English and Russian (the Russian edition was published by NLO books in 2019). The book got reviews in NZZ, NTM, Derive, Junge Welt, Sehepunkte"-- Provided by publisher.

• Overview
• Fetal Growth and Development
• Maternal Conditions Affecting Pregnancy Outcomes
• Labor and Delivery
• Essentials of Newborn Care
• High-Risk Newborn Care
• Genetics
• Metabolic Disorders of the Newborn
• Immunology and Infections
• Respiratory System
• Cardiovascular System
• Neurologic System
• Gastrointestinal System and Nutrition
• Hematologic System and Disorders of Bilirubin Metabolism
• Neoplasia
• Renal and Genitourinary System
• Endocrine Disorders
• Craniofacial and Orthopedic Conditions
• Dermatologic Conditions
• Eyes and Ears.

Completely revised and updated, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, 11th Edition, remains your #1 choice for clinically focused, cutting-edge guidance on the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of the newborn. Drs. Christine A. Gleason, Taylor Sawyer, and a team of expert contributing authors provide comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of every key disease and condition affecting newborns, keeping you current in this fast-changing field. You’ll find the specific strategies you need to confidently provide care for this unique patient population, in a full-color, easy-to-use single volume that focuses on key areas of practice.

• The emperors of banking have no clothes
• How borrowing magnifies risk
• The dark side of borrowing
• Is it really "a wonderful life"?
• Banking dominos
• What can be done?
• Is equity expensive?
• Paid to gamble
• Sweet subsidies
• Must banks borrow so much?
• Too fragile still
• Bailouts and central banks
• Bailouts forever
• Above the law?.

• Introduction to the immune system : nomenclature, general properties, and components
• Innate immunity : the early defense against infections
• Antigen presentation to t lymphocytes and the functions of major histocompatibility complex molecules : what t lymphocytes see
• Antigen recognition in the adaptive immune system : structure of lymphocyte antigen receptors and development of immune repertoires
• T cell ⁰́₃mediated immunity : activation of t lymphocytes
• Effector mechanisms of t cell ⁰́₃mediated immunity : functions of t cells in host defense
• Humoral immune responses : activation of b lymphocytes and production of antibodies
• Effector mechanisms of humoral immunity : elimination of extracellular microbes and toxins
• Immunologic tolerance and autoimmunity : self⁰́₃nonself discrimination in the immune system and its failure
• Tumor and transplantation immunology : immune responses to cancer cells and normal foreign cells
• Hypersensitivity : disorders caused by immune responses
• Immunodeficiency diseases : disorders caused by defective immunity.

"Explores the surprising and complicated legacy of the brilliant strategist of the civil rights movement - Bayard Rustin"-- Provided by publisher.

Novel.

• Hypocritical blame
• Complications and defeaters of standing
• What, if anything, makes hypocritical blame morally wrong?
• Other ways of not having standing to blame
• Praising
• Forgiving
• Morality, normativity, and standing.

• What is a corporation's purpose?
• Corporate law basics
• How are BCs and PBCs different?
• What public purposes can benefit corporations serve?
• Purpose enforcement mechanisms
• Should entrepreneurs choose a hybrid form?
• Should investors support hybrid forms?
• How should benefit corporations balance profit and public good?
• The publicly traded public benefit corporation.

" Pairing necessary detail with concise readability, Berne & Levy Physiology, 8th Edition, provides a perfect balance of content to deliver an in-depth understanding of the body's dynamic processes. Long respected for its scientifically rigorous approach, this highly regarded, mid-size text offers essential physiology with integrated coverage of biophysics andkey experimental observations and examples—all designed to provide a solid scientific foundation in physiology for future scientists and clinicians. Uses a logical, organ system-based approach that clearly describes all of the mechanisms that control and regulate bodily function. Includes new clinical case examples, as well as In the Clinic and At the Molecular Level boxes that highlight practical aspects of this fundamental science. Provides key experimental observations and examples that offer a rich understanding of the body's dynamic processes. Discusses recent discoveries such as the role of lymphatics in the nervous system. Begins each chapter with a bulleted list of questions and ends with key concepts covered in that chapter. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices. " -- Provided by publisher.

• The unique physical and cultural geography system of the Dai in Xishuangbanna
• The status of Dai monastic education in Xishuangbanna before the integration of school education
• The present situation of monastic education and school education of the Dai in Xishuangbanna
• An analysis of the causes of the conflicts between monastic education and school education of the Dai people in Xishuangbanna
• Measures dealing with the conflicts between monastic education and school education of the Dai ethnicity in Xishuangbanna.

"How to deal with the relationship between tradition and modernity has become a global concern under the impact of pluralism. This book explores the relationship between traditional Dai culture and modern school education through a field study in the Dai region of Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China. The study analyses the reasons for conflicts between monastic education and modern school education in the Dai region of Xishuangbanna. It also discusses the logic behind the formation of the Dai people's belief in Southern Theravada Buddhism and its importance in Dai culture. Through the analysis of the changes in monastic education before and after the intervention of the modern school system, the study finds symbiosis in the differences and conflicts between these two forms of education. The author proposes a symbiosis theory of multiple education forms in ethnic areas and offers targeted solutions to specific problems between the Dai monastic education and modern school education in Xishuangbanna. This book will be a great read to students and scholars of Chinese studies, ethnic studies, education, and those who are interested in multi-ethnicity issues in general"-- Provided by publisher.

• Alberti's house-city
• Building blocks : from house to city
• Designing buildings as little cities
• Conclusions : house-city as ecosystem.

"This collection focuses on metaphorical as well as temporal and physical border-crossing in writing from and about Japan. With a strong consciousness of gender and socio-historic contexts, contributors to the book adopt an intercultural and interdisciplinary approach to examine the writing of authors whose works break free from the confines of hegemonic Japanese literary endeavour. By demonstrating how the texts analysed step outside the space of 'Japan', they accordingly foreground the volatility of textual expression related to that space. Authors discussed include Takahashi Mutsuo and Nagai Kafū, both of whom take literary inspiration from geographical sites outside Japan Several chapters examine the work of exemplar border-crossing poet, novelist and essayist, Itō Hiromi. There are discussions of the work of Tawada Yōko whose ability to publish in German and Japanese marks her also as a representative writer of border-crossing texts. Two chapters address works by Murakami Haruki who, although clearly affiliating with western cultural form, is rarely discussed in specific border-crossing terms. The chapter on Ainu narratives invokes topics such as translation, indigeneity and myth, while an analysis of Japanese prisoner of war narratives notes the language and border-crossing nexus. A vital collection for scholars and students of Japanese literature"-- Provided by publisher.

• Boric and the generational left / Carlos Peña
• Boric and the legal-constitutional path / Javier Couso
• Boric and the populist temptation / Patricio Navia
• Boric and the centre-left : from vilification to a tactical alliance / Patricio Silva
• Boric's triumph and disputes within the Chilean right / Cristóbal Roviera Kaltwasser
• Boric and the dispute for governability in Chile / José Joaquín Brunner
• Social (de)mobilisation in Boric's government / Camila Jara Ibarra
• Boric and the challenges for the Chilean economy / Mauricio G. Villena
• Social policies in Gabriel Boric's government / Rossana Castiglioni
• Public security challenges in Boric's government / Claudio Fuentes
• The challenges of the Boric's government / Carlos Peña and Patricio Silva.

• The lactating woman : breastfeeding and motherhood in antiquity and early Byzantium / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Breast rules : the body of the wet nurse in ancient and early Byzantine discourses / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• The breast as locus for punishment / Dionysios Stathakopoulos
• Breastmilk as a therapeutic agent in ancient, late antique, and early Byzantine medical literature / Petros Bouras-Vallianatos
• Weaning and lactation cessation in late antiquity and the early Byzantine period : medical advice in context / Laurence Totelin
• "Galaktology" and genre : simple literary forms on milk and breastfeeding in ancient and early Byzantine medical treatises / Stavroula Constantinou and Aspasia Skouroumouni-Stavrinou
• Images of breastfeeding in early Byzantine art : form
• context
• function / Maria Parani
• Empowering breasts : women, widows, and prophetesses-with-child at Dura-Europos / Barbara Crostini
• Roman charity : Nonnos of Panopolis, support for parents, and questions of gender / Tim Parkin
• Children in distress : agonizing mothers as intercessors in early Byzantine miracle collections / Andria Andreou.

"This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman - biological mother and othermother - in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume's contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations. Breastfeeding and the work of mothering are explored through the study of a great variety of sources, mainly works of Greek-speaking cultures, written and visual, anonymous and eponymous, which were mostly produced between the first and the seventh century AD. Due to their multiple interdisciplinary dimensions, ancient and early Byzantine lactating women are approached through three interconnected thematic strands having a twofold focus: society and ideology, medicine and practice, and art and literature. By developing the model of the lactating woman, the volume offers a new analytical framework for understanding a significant part of the still unwritten cultural history of the period. At the same time, the volume significantly contributes to the emerging fields of breast and motherhood studies. The new and significant knowledge generated in the fields of ancient and Byzantine studies may also prove useful for cultural historians in general and other disciplines, such as literary studies, art history, history of medicine, philosophy, theology, sociology, anthropology and gender studies"-- Provided by publisher.

• 1. The Vow That Starts the Story / Andy Rotman
• 2. Creative Tensions in the Past Lives of the Buddha / Naomi Appleton
• 3. The Final Birth / Reiko Ohnuma
• 4. A Timeless Love Story / Vanessa R. Sasson
• 5. A Great Departure / Kristin Scheible
• 6. Around the Tree of Awakening / Todd Lewis & Jinah Kim
• 7. The Buddha's Teachings and Miracles / David Fiordalis
• 8. Sorrow and its Ending in the Buddha's Last Days / Maria Heim
• 9. The Buddha's Story Continues: Afterlives of the Relics / Stephen C. Berkwitz
• 10. Overstory: First There is a Buddha, Then There is No Buddha, Then There is / John S. Strong
• Bibliography
• Index.

Cybersecurity is one of the world's fastest growing, most exciting fields--but that doesn't mean it's easy to enter the industry and succeed. Now, there's a complete guide to creating a great cybersecurity career, whether you are migrating to cybersecurity from another field or are already a cybersecurity professional. Building a Career in Cybersecurity doesn't teach detailed technical skills you can get from a thousand books and videos. Instead, Yuri Diogenes focuses on make-or-break knowledge you won't find elsewhere: personal strategy, planning, process, mindset, and the critical "soft skills" today's employers are desperate to find. Diogenes is your perfect guide: he's been there and done it all. He is Principal PM Manager for a cybersecurity team at Microsoft, hiring the next generation of practitioners. He's also a professor for a bachelor's degree program in cybersecurity, where he prepares students to become cybersecurity professionals. Diogenes will show you exactly what leaders like him are looking for, and mentor you step-by-step through getting started and moving forward

Ta książka została napisana z myślą o doświadczonych programistach. Podstawowe zagadnienia, takie jak klasy, polimorfizm i kolekcje, znalazły się w kilku pierwszych rozdziałach, jednak zrozumienie treści całej publikacji wymaga umiejętności technicznych. Została poświęcona ważnym koncepcjom C# i tajnikom tego języka, które rzadko kiedy są opisywane w literaturze. Dokładnie omówiono tu typy ogólne, LINQ oraz techniki programowania asynchronicznego. Przedstawiono najnowsze możliwości platformy .NET Core i języka C# 8.0, takie jak strumienie asynchroniczne, referencje akceptujące wartości puste, dopasowywanie wzorców, domyślne implementacje interfejsów, zakresy, a także nową składnię indeksowania oraz zmiany w narzędziach platformy .NET. Liczne rozbudowane przykłady stanowią świetne uzupełnienie prezentowanych treści.

• Politics / Joseph Hone
• Religion / Ian Higgins
• Bodies and gender / Liz Bellamy
• Science, empire, and observation / Gregory Lynall
• Popular fiction / J. A. Downie
• Satire / Pat Rogers
• Travel writing / Dirk F. Passmann
• Philosophical tale / Paddy Bullard
• Advertisements and authorship / Brean Hammond
• A voyage to Lilliput / Melinda Alliker Rabb
• A voyage to Brobdingnag / Nicholas Seager
• A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, &c. / Barbara M. Benedict
• A voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms / Judith Hawley
• Critical reception / Jack Lynch
• Further voyages / Daniel Cook
• Visual culture / Ruth Menzies
• Screen media / Emrys Jones.

Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, has shocked and delighted readers worldwide since its publication in 1726. At turns a humorous and harrowing indictment of human behaviour, it has been endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted across media by other artists. The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver's Travels comprises 17 original chapters by leading scholars, written in a theoretically-informed but accessible style. As well as providing detailed close readings of each part of the narrative, this Companion relates Gulliver's Travels to the political, religious, scientific, colonial, and intellectual debates in which Swift was engaged, and it assesses the form of the book as a novel, travel book, philosophical treatise, and satire. Finally, it explores the Travels' rich and varied afterlives: the controversies it has fuelled, the films and artworks it has inspired, and the enduring need authors have felt to 'write back' to Swift's original, disturbing, and challenging story.

The first three hundred years of the common era witnessed critical developments that would become foundational for Christianity itself, as well as for the societies and later history that emerged thereafter. The concept of 'ancient Christianity,' however, along with the content that the category represents, has raised much debate. This is, in part, because within this category lie multiple forms of devotion to Jesus Christ, multiple phenomena, and multiple permutations in the formative period of Christian history. Within those multiples lie numerous contests, as varieties of Christian identity laid claim to authority and authenticity in different ways. The Cambridge History of Ancient Christianity addresses these contested areas with both nuance and clarity by reviewing, synthesizing, and critically engaging recent scholarly developments. The 27 thematic chapters, specially commissioned for this volume from an international team of scholars, also offer constructive ways forward for future research.

The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology explores the key developments in both Protestant and Catholic theology ca. 1475-1650. Exploring the various settings and schools in which theology was formulated and taught, and the social backgrounds of its exponents-including women and non-university-trained men, as well as writers both in and outside Europe-it establishes how the major denominations took their positions and participated in a broader discourse. The volume examines specific theological themes from different denominational perspectives, demonstrating how theology affected the lives of believers via pastoral theology, canon law, and spirituality, and how theological ideas were linked to politics, warfare, science, and the arts. Written by an international team of leading scholars in the field, this History expands the range of theological discourse by introducing new topics and spokespersons, as well as global and ecumenical perspectives. It will remain the definitive place to begin any further study of theology during this period for years to come.

Volume I examines the history of the European Union from an outside-in perspective, asking the following questions: how does the European Union look from the outside, and which outside forces shaped and guided the process of European integration? Split into three parts, the first addresses the main external events that have steered the European integration process, with emphasis placed on critical junctures following the Second World War, such as the division and reunification of Germany and the Eastern enlargement. Part II considers the various international trends that have shaped European integration, with particular focus on globalisation and geopolitics. While the first two parts pay special attention to institutions, countries, international organisations and the main actors, Part III focuses on the role of ideas, networks, public opinion and memory that influenced the development of the European Union.

Volume II examines the history of the European Union from an inside-out perspective, focusing on the internal developments that shaped the European integration process. Split into three parts, Part I covers the principles that have defined European integration, exploring the treaties and their changes through time, with Brexit being a core milestone. Part II considers the different instruments within the architecture of European integration, with special focus on the development of policies, the euro and enlargement. Part III concentrates on the various narratives surrounding European integration, in particular the concepts, goals and ideas that both spoke and failed to speak to the hearts and minds of Europeans. This includes the 'longue durée' concept, peace, European culture, (the absence of) religion, prosperity and (a lack of) solidarity and democracy.

• Part I: the history of the intact mind
• Introduction
• Valuing the disabled child: the emergence of disability parent memoirs
• Whose fault is it? Psychoanalysis and the first autism parent memoirs
• Is there a "key"? Biomedical discourse and second-generation autism memoirs
• Part II: the case studies
• The fight to eliminate 14(c)
• The erosion of guardianship
• The resurgence of facilitated communication.

• Introduction
• Domestic and International Resources
• Pre-Event Topics
• Event Response Topics
• Mechanical Operations in Disasters
• Post-Event Topics
• Topics Unique to Terrorist Events and High-Threat Disaster Response
• Operational Medicine
• Natural Disasters
• Nuclear and Radiation Events
• Chemical Events
• Biologic Events: Bacterial
• Biologic Events: Viral
• Biologic Events: Toxins
• Biologic Events: Other Biologic Events
• Events Resulting in Blast Injuries
• Events Resulting in Burn Injuries
• Events Resulting in Ballistic Injuries
• Events Associated With Structural Collapse/Crashing/Crushing
• Other Events/CombinationEvents.

While medical specialists in disaster mitigation, preparedness, and response are needed worldwide, the initial phase of disaster response is almost entirely dependent upon local resources—making it essential that all healthcare personnel have a working knowledge of the field and stand ready to integrate into the response system. Ciottone's Disaster Medicine, 3rd Edition, is the most comprehensive reference available to help accomplish these goals in every community. It thoroughly covers isolated domestic events as well as global disasters and humanitarian crises. Dr. Gregory Ciottone and more than 200 worldwide authorities share their knowledge and expertise on the preparation, assessment, and management of both natural and man-made disasters, including lessons learned by the responders to contemporary disasters such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian and western U.S. wildfires, European heatwaves, the Beirut explosion, recent hurricanes and typhoons, and the global refugee crisis.

• Introduction
• Definitions and Basic Properties
• Minimization of Variables: Exact Method
• Minimization of Variables: Heuristic Method
• Two-Class Functions
• Linear Decomposition
• Data Mining and Machine Learning
• Functions with Multi-Valued Inputs
• Easily Reconstructable Functions
• Functions with Continuous Variables
• References
• Conclusions

This book introduces a novel perspective on machine learning, offering distinct advantages over neural network-based techniques. This approach boasts a reduced hardware requirement, lower power consumption, and enhanced interpretability. The applications of this approach encompass high-speed classifications, including packet classification, network intrusion detection, and exotic particle detection in high-energy physics. Moreover, it finds utility in medical diagnosis scenarios characterized by small training sets and imbalanced data. The resulting rule generated by this method can be implemented either in software or hardware. In the case of hardware implementation, circuit design can employ look-up tables (memory), rather than threshold gates. The methodology described in this book involves extracting a set of rules from a training set, composed of categorical variable vectors and their corresponding classes. Unnecessary variables are eliminated, and the rules are simplified before being transformed into a sum-of-products (SOP) form. The resulting SOP exhibits the ability to generalize and predict outputs for new inputs. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated through numerous examples and experimental results using the University of California-Irvine (UCI) dataset. This book is primarily intended for graduate students and researchers in the fields of logic synthesis, machine learning, and data mining. It assumes a foundational understanding of logic synthesis, while familiarity with linear algebra and statistics would be beneficial for readers

"This book explores how and why innovative climate policies spread across sub-national regions and between governance levels in China. Despite the significance of emerging economies in a pathway to a zero-carbon future, research to date on China's transformation governance remains limited. Drawing on a theoretical framework for policy diffusion and based on extensive data from expert interviews with Chinese decision makers and policy practitioners, Lina Li and Maia Haru Hall focus on the policy of emissions trading systems (ETS) and two key case studies: Shanghai and Hubei. The authors examine the role of the national government and how much freedom the sub-national regions have in developing ETS policy, as well as pinpointing key actors and the role of policy and knowledge diffusion mechanisms. Overall, this book sheds light on the competition between China and the West in the transition to climate-friendly societies and economies, highlighting opportunities for cooperation between them. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental politics and policy, climate change, urban studies, and Chinese studies more broadly"-- Provided by publisher.

"This edited collection explores a diverse range of climate (in)justice case studies from the Majority World - where most of humans and non-humans live. It is also the site of the most severe impacts of climate change and home to some of the key solutions for the climate crisis. The collection brings together twelve chapters featuring the work of over thirty authors from around the globe. The impacts of climate change are disproportionately affecting individuals, communities, and countries in the Majority World who historically have contributed little to rising global temperatures. The twelve chapters focus on a range of cross-cutting themes, demonstrating both individual and collective experiences of climate change and struggles for achieving climate justice from the Majority World. This includes activism, resistance, and social movement organising in India and Brazil, lived experiences and understandings of frontline communities in Bangladesh and South Africa, consequences of and responses to disasters in Mozambique and Puerto Rico, and contested accounts, narratives, and futures in the Maldives and Pakistan, among other topics. By adopting a decolonial lens, this book provides rich empirical content, insightful comparisons, and novel conceptual interventions. It foregrounds climate justice from an intersectional perspective and contributes to the ongoing efforts by scholars and activists to address epistemic injustice in climate change research, policy and practice. It will appeal to undergraduate and graduate-level students, academics, activists, policymakers, and members of the public concerned with the impacts and inequalities of climate change in the Majority World. Neil J. W. Crawford is a Research Fellow in Climate Action and member of the Priestley International Centre for Climate, University of Leeds, UK. Their research focuses on forced migration and displacement, refugee rights, climate justice and the inequalities of climate change, gender and sexuality, and cities"-- Provided by publisher.

• Introduction
• "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian Times
• The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological Resource
• Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and Historical Ecology
• Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North America
• Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine Forests
• Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People
• Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts'msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv Homelands
• Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global Change
• Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate Crises
• Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali'na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni River
• Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral Histories
• Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and Akawaio
• Postface.

"This book offers a comparative analysis of the experiences, responses, and adaptations of people to climate variability and environmental change across the Americas. It foregrounds historical ecology as a structural framework for understanding the climate change crisis throughout the region and throughout time. In recent years Indigenous and local populations in particular have experienced climate change effects such as altered weather patterns, seasonal irregularities, flooding and drought, and difficulties relating to subsistence practices. Understanding and dealing with these challenges has drawn on peoples' longstanding experience with climate variability and in some cases includes models of mitigation and responses that are millennia old. With contributions from specialists across the Americas, the volume will be of interest to scholars from fields including anthropology, archaeology, geography, environmental studies, and Indigenous studies"-- Provided by publisher.

• Overview of Lipids and Atherosclerosis
• Overview of Risk Assessment
• Measurement of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, Apolipoprotein B, and Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Concentration
• Triglycerides, Triglyceride-Rich Lipoproteins, and High-Density Lipoprotein in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment
• Lipoprotein(a) in Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
• Clinical Evaluation for Genetic Testing and Secondary Causes of Dyslipidemia
• Polygenic Risk Scores
• High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein
• Emerging Assays for Risk Assessment
• Imaging Atherosclerosis for Risk Stratification : Cardiac Computed Tomography and Carotid Ultrasound
• Overview of General Approach to Management of Dyslipidemias
• Treatment Guidelines Overview : American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Multisociety Guideline and Updates
• Treatment Guidelines Overview : European Society of Cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society Guidelines
• Dietary Patterns for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
• Updated Clinical Guide to Exercise and Lipids
• Obesity, Lipids, and Cardiovascular Disease
• Statins
• Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors
• Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibition
• Inclisiran
• Bempedoic Acid
• Pemafibrate : A New Selective Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-α Modulator for Hypertriglyceridemia Management
• Anti-inflammatory Therapy for Cardiovascular Disease
• Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods for Cholesterol Reduction
• Evolving Therapeutic Targets : Lipoprotein(a)
• Inhibition of ANGPTL3 as a Target for Treating Dyslipidemias
• Evolving Therapeutic Targets : Apolipoprotein C-III
• Evolving Therapeutic Targets : Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition
• Gene Therapy and Therapeutic Genome Editing in Liver for Lipid Disorders
• Special Patient Populations : Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
• Special Patient Populations : Women and Older Adults
• Special Patient Populations : Children and Adolescents
• Special Patient Populations : Familial Hypercholesterolemia and Other Severe Hypercholesterolemias
• Special Patient Populations : Treatment of Familial Chylomicronemia Syndrome and Sustained Chylomicronemia
• Special Patient Populations : Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Special Patient Populations : Transplant Recipients
• Special Populations : Chronic Kidney Disease
• Special Patient Populations : Lipid Abnormalities in High-Risk Racial/Ethnic Groups
• Persons With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Clinical Lipidology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease provides today's clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on the therapeutic management of patients with high cholesterol levels and other atherogenic lipid disorders. An invaluable resource for cardiologists, lipidologists, endocrinologists, and internal medicine physicians, this one-stop reference covers everything from basic science and the pathogenesis of atherothrombotic disease to risk assessment and the latest therapy options. Now fully updated from cover to cover, the 3rd Edition offers unparalleled coverage of lipidology in an accessible and user-friendly manner.

• I. Magazines and Intellectual Movements
• Goan Avant-garde, Indian Renaissance: the Revista da Índia (1913) Manifesto / Duarte Drumond Braga
• Worldly Politics and Cultural Magazines: Subtle Forms of Communal Self-assertion in Colonial Goal (1910s-1920s) / Joana Passos
• Magazines and Intellectual Movements. Literature and Politics in the Goan Periodical O Académico (1940-1943) / Helder Garmes
• The Periodical Colonial Press in Mozambique, 1947-55: Literature and Culture in the Western Indian Ocean / Giulia Spinuzza
• Augusto dos Santos Abranches: Driving Force of Cultural Transits / Ada Milani
• Virgílio de Lemos and the Political, Cultural, and Aesthetic Project of Msaho / Carmen Lúcia Tindó Secco and Marinei Almeida
• Caliban in the Indian Ocean: Rui Knopfli's Role in the Mozambican Literary System / Ana Mafalda Leite and Vanessa Riambau Pinheiro
• II. Press and Politics of Identity
• Goan Literary History in the Periodical Press: The Works of Jacinto Caetano Barreto Miranda and Vicente de Bragança Cunha / Daniela Spina
• Racial Hybrids and the Local Elite: Perceptions and Attitudes towards the "Other" in Portuguese Goa in the Nineteenth Century / Carmen Sharmila Pais
• Catholics, Konkani, and Indian Nationalism: Brief Notes on News and Politics in Goa and Bombay (c. 1890-1960).
• Dale Luis Menezes
• The Foro Indiano: The Application of Law in Goa as Seen from the Novas Conquistas? / Luís Pedroso de Lima Cabral de Oliveira
• Bharat'kar and his attempt towards Saraswat Lusitanisation / Varsha Vijayendra Kamat
• III. Writing colonial conflicts, crisis, and change
• Gatekeeping the News: Press Reports in the Koloniaal Tijdschrift Concerning the Dutch East Indies / Lisa Kuitert
• Modernity as Crisis: Migrants 'writing back' in the Colonial Goan Konkani Newspaper Amchó
• Gão (1929-1933)./ Remy Dias
• Catholic Press within the Politics of Democratization of Goan Catholicism: the Confrarias Polemics at the Newspaper Vauraddeancho Ixtt (1933-51) / Denis Evereth Fernandes
• The Angry Native in Portuguese Timor: The Rebellion of Manufahi in the Australian Press / Lúcio Sousa
• Assolna, Velim, Cuncolim Tri-conglomerate: Rebellious Voices in Gomantak / Sushila Sawant Mendes
• Negotiating Economic Blockade and Food Consumption as seen in Free Goa and the Goan Tribune / Maria de Lourdes Bravo da Costa.

• Introduction : Communication rights in Africa : theoretical and practical Considerations / Tendai Chari and Ufuoma Akpojivi
• Part I : Cultural and minority rights
• Language-cultural barrier in Ubang community : a critical assessment of the communication rights of women and the girl-child / Chike Mgbeadichie
• Silicon savannah or digitising marginalisation? A reflection of Kenya's government digitization policies, strategies and projects / Job Mwaura
• Please do not call it human right : a southern epistemological perspective on the digital inclusion of people with disabilities in South Africa / Lorenzo Dalvit
• The interdependence of communication, political, and socio-economic rights : examining the lived experiences of eigitally marginalised netizens before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Lagos State, Nigeria / Olutobi Akingbade
• Part II : Digital citizenship
• Cabo Delgado Também é Moçambique : the paths of youth digital activism in a restrictive context / Dércio Tsandzana
• Citizen journalism and the entrenchment of communication rights in Zimbabwe / Ernest Mudzengi and Wellington Gadzikwa
• Part III : Freedom, censorship and intellectual property rights
• 'The right to tell my story as I please' : regulation and self-censorship in the Nigerian film industry / Ikechukwu Obiaya
• A critical review of intellectual property rights : the case of Nigeria / Aifuwa Edosomwan
• Internet shutdowns in semi-authoritarian regimes : the case of Cameroon / Ngangum Peter Tiako
• Fake news v Freedom of expression : legislating media trademarks infringements on social media platforms in Kenya and South Africa / Brian Hungwe
• Part IV : Politics of digital infrastructures
• Politics of digital infrastructures in the Global South : the case of #DataMustFall campaign in South Africa / Tendai Chari
• Silence and silent the SóróSoké generation : the politicisation of social media in Nigeria / Akpojivi Ufuoma.

• Community Museums : Nurturing identities and resilience
• Connecting Regions : Communities and museums co-curating heritage and memory.

"Communities and Museums in the 21st Century brings together innovative, multidisciplinary perspectives on contemporary museology and participatory museum practice that contribute to wider debates on museum communities, heritage, and sustainability. Set within the context of globalisation and decolonization, the book draws upon bi-regional research that will enrich our understanding of the complex relationships between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean through museum studies and practice. Chapters reflect upon the role of museums in defining community identities; the importance of young people's participation and intergenerational work for sustainability; the role of museums in local development; and community-based museums and climate change. Contributors examine these issues through the lens of museum partnerships and practices, as well as testing the continued relevance of the notion of 'integral museum' and its relatives in the form of ecomuseums. With its focus on regional museums in Latin America and Caribbean, the book highlights how the case studies promote greater intercultural dialogue, global understanding and social cohesion. It will also demonstrate how the methodology can be adapted to other communities who are facing the perils of climate change and unsustainable forms of development. Communities and Museums in the 21st Century proposes creative and sustainable strategies relevant to a globalised future. With its focus on global societal challenges, the book will appeal to museologists and museum practitioners, as well as those working in heritage studies, cultural studies, memory studies, art history, gender studies, and sustainable development"-- Provided by publisher.

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• Cover
• COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
• CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1
• LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOR VOLUME 1
• Editor Biographies
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Dedication
• Introduction to "Advanced Electronic Structure Methods in Computational Quantum Chemistry"
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Chapters and Contents
• 3 Summary
• Modern Basis Sets Across the Periodic Table
• Key Points
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Background
• 3 Common Families of Basis Sets
• 3.1 Atomic Natural Orbital Basis Sets
• 3.2 Correlation Consistent Basis Sets
• 3.3 Karlsruhe Basis Sets

• 3.4 Polarization Consistent Basis Sets
• 3.5 nZaP Basis Sets
• 3.6 Sapporo Basis Sets
• 3.7 Dyall Correlation Consistent Basis Sets
• 4 Modern Basis Sets Across the Periodic Table
• 4.1 H, He and the First two Main Group Rows
• 4.2 Alkali and Alkaline Earth Elements
• 4.3 d-Block Elements
• 4.4 Post-d Main Group Elements
• 4.5 f-Block Elements
• 4.6 Superheavy Elements (6d, 7p)
• 5 Summary
• References
• How Coupled-Cluster Theory is Solving the Electron Correlation Problem
• Key Points
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Brief Sketch of CC Theory
• 3 Numerical Applications
• 3.1 Ground States

• 3.1.1 Tailoring T amplitudes
• 3.1.2 Analytic gradients and Hessians
• 3.1.3 Derivative and response theories for properties
• 3.1.4 Molecular dipole static and dynamic polarizabilities and C6 coefficients
• 3.1.5 NMR chemical shifts and indirect spin-spin coupling constants
• 3.1.6 Electron spin (or paramagnetic)-resonance (ESR or EPR) spectra tensors
• 3.1.7 Beyond Born-Oppenheimer approximation (anharmonic frequencies and vibrational effects on ground state properties)
• 3.1.8 Composite Methods
• 3.2 CC Excited States
• 3.2.1 CC excited state methods
• 3.2.2 IP-EOM-CC and EA-EOM-CC

• 3.2.3 Other low scaling EOM-CC methods
• 3.2.4 Analytical gradients of EOM-CC and applications
• 3.2.5 Relativistic effects and Spin-orbit coupling constants
• 4 Concluding Remarks
• Acknowledgment
• References
• Benchmark Accuracy in Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions
• Key Points
• Glossary
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Accuracy in Quantum Chemical Calculations
• 3 Overview of Composite Ab Initio Methods
• 3.1 Computational Cost of Composite Ab Initio Methods
• 3.2 Accuracy of Composite Ab Initio Methods
• 4 Energy Components in High-Level Composite Ab Initio Methods

• 4.1 Valence CCSD(T) Energy Components
• 4.2 Post-CCSD(T) Energy Components
• 4.3 Secondary Energy Corrections
• 5 Putting it all Together for Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Modern Density Functionals Derived From First Principles
• Key Points
• 1 Introduction to Kohn-Sham Density Functional Theory
• 2 Exact Constraints for the Exchange-Correlation Hole and Energy Functional
• 3 Jacob's Ladder Hierarchy and Some Non-Empirical Functionals on it
• 3.1 Rung 1: Local Spin Density Approximation

• Introduction / Nelson Alusala, Emmaculate Asige Liaga and Martin Revai Rupiya
• A Historical Analysis and Lessons from the 2018 Peace Agreement / Jonikul Onuorah Obodozie
• The Missing Link in Negotiating an End to The South Sudan Conflict / Loice Alusala and Nelson Alusala
• Foreign Policy Convergence Between Sudan and Uganda on The South Sudan Peace Process? Understanding The Interests For Neighbouring States / Martin Revai Rupiya
• The Ethnicisation of The South Sudan Conflict From 2013 to 2018: Will The Peace Agreement Hold / Phalandwa Abraham Mulaudzi
• Constructing A Cohesive Foundation for Sustainable Peacebuilding in South Sudan / Victor Olusegun Fakoya
• Evaluating Splm's Legacies Of Conflict Resolution Initiatives in South Sudan / Joseph Geng Akech
• Who Are The Main External Actors in The Quest For Peace in South Sudan and Why Did They Fail To Achieve Peace in The Young State? / Remegie Gahungu
• Why The Failure of Power-Sharing Agreements in South Sudan (2014 -- 2016) / John Mwangi Githigaro
• Gender And The Conflict in South Sudan / Beatrice M'mboga Akala
• Women, Mediation And Leadership in South Sudan / Litlhare Rabele
• Contextualising Transitional Justice in South Sudan: Whose Justice? / Tendaiwo Peter Maregere
• A Review Of Contemporary Dynamics in Implementation of the Revitalised Agreement / Emmaculate Asige Liaga and Martin Revaya Rupiya
• Conclusion / Nelson Alusala.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• About the Authors
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Machines Make It Possible
• The Project Environment
• The History of Construction Equipment
• The Construction Industry
• Safety
• The Contracting Environment
• Planning Equipment Utilization
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 2 Equipment Economics
• The Important Questions
• Equipment Records
• The Rent Paid for the Use of Money
• Cost of Capital
• Evaluating Investment Alternatives
• Elements of Ownership Cost
• Elements of Operating Cost
• Cost for Bidding
• Replacement Decisions
• Rent and Lease Considerations
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 3 Planning for Earthwork Construction
• Planning
• Graphical Presentation of Earthwork
• Earthwork Quantities
• Mass Diagram
• Using the Mass Diagram
• Structural Excavation
• Pricing Earthwork Operations
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• 4 Soil and Rock
• Introduction
• Glossary of Terms
• Soil and Rock Properties
• Compaction Tests
• Soil Processing
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 5 Compaction and Stabilization Equipment
• Introduction
• Glossary of Terms
• Compacting Methods
• Types of Compacting Equipment
• Intelligent Compaction
• Roller Production Estimating
• Soil Stabilization
• Stabilization of Soils with Lime
• Stabilization of Soils with Cement
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 6 Mobile Equipment Power Requirements
• General Information
• Required Power
• Available Power
• Usable Power
• Performance Charts
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 7 Dozers and Graders
• Introduction
• Pushing Material: General Information
• Project Employment
• Dozer Production Estimating
• Dozer Safety
• Rippers
• Ripper Attachments
• Ripping Production Estimates
• Graders: General Information
• Grader Operations
• Time Estimates
• Fine Grading Production
• Grader GPS Control
• Grader Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 8 Scrapers
• Introduction
• Scraper Types
• Scraper Operation
• Scraper Performance Charts
• Scraper Production Cycle
• Scraper Production Estimating Format
• Operational Considerations
• Scraper Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 9 Excavators
• Hydraulic Excavators
• Front Shovels: General Information
• Hoes: General Information
• Loaders: General Information
• Draglines and Clamshells: General Information
• Draglines
• Clamshell Excavators
• Trench Safety
• Gradalls: General Information
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 10 Trucks and Hauling Equipment
• Introduction
• Rigid-Frame Rear-Dump Trucks
• Articulated Rear-Dump Trucks
• Tractors with Bottom-Dump Trailers
• Tractors with Side-Dump Trailers
• Capacities of Trucks and Hauling Equipment
• Truck Size Affects Productivity
• Calculating Truck Productivity
• Production Issues
• Tires
• Truck Performance Calculations
• Truck Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 11 Trenching and Trenchless Technologies
• Trenching
• Estimating Backhoe Trenching Production
• Trenchers
• Installation of Underground Utilities
• Horizontal Directional Drilling
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 12 Drilling Rock and Earth
• Introduction
• Glossary of Drilling Terms
• Drill Bits
• Rock Drills
• Drilling Methods and Production
• Estimating Drilling Production
• Drilling Soil
• Removal of Cuttings
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 13 Blasting Rock
• Blasting
• Glossary of Blasting Terms
• Commercial Explosives
• ANFO
• Primers and Boosters
• Initiating Systems
• Rock Fragmentation
• Blast Design
• Powder Factor
• Trench Blasting
• Controlled Blasting Techniques
• Line Drilling
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 14 Aggregate Production
• Introduction
• Particle Size Reduction: General Information
• Jaw Crushers
• Gyratory Crushers
• Roll Crushers
• Impact Crushers
• Special Aggregate Processing Units
• Feeders
• Surge Piles
• Crushing Equipment Selection
• Scalping Crushed Stone
• Screening Aggregate
• Belts
• Log Washers
• Segregation
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 15 Asphalt Mix Production and Placement
• Introduction
• Glossary of Asphalt Terms
• Structure of Asphalt Pavements
• Flexible Pavements
• Asphalt Concrete
• General Operation
• Batch Plants
• Drum Mix Plants
• Dust Collectors
• Asphalt Storage and Heating
• Reclaiming and Recycling
• Sweeper
• Asphalt Distributors
• Haul Trucks
• Asphalt Pavers
• Compaction Equipment
• Trimmers
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 16 Concrete and Concrete Equipment
• Introduction
• Fresh Concrete
• Batching Concrete Materials
• Concrete Mixing Techniques
• Ready-Mixed Concrete
• Central-Mixed Concrete
• Buckets
• Manual or Motor-Propelled Buggies
• Chutes and Drop Pipes
• Belt Conveyors
• Concrete Pumps
• Consolidating Concrete
• Finishing and Curing Concrete
• Slipform Paving
• Paving Production
• Placing Concrete in Cold Weather
• Placing Concrete in Hot Weather
• Pumping Concrete
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 17 Cranes
• Major Crane Types
• Lattice-Boom Crawler Cranes
• Telescopic-Boom Crawler Cranes
• Telescopic-Boom Truck Cranes
• Lattice-Boom Truck Cranes
• Rough-Terrain Cranes
• All-Terrain Cranes
• Other Mobile Crane Types
• Lifting Capacities of Mobile Cranes
• Rated Loads for Lattice?and Telescopic-Boom Cranes
• Working Ranges of Mobile Cranes
• Classification
• Operation
• Tower Crane Selection
• Rated Loads for Tower Cranes
• Rigging Basics
• Slings
• Crane Accidents
• Safety Plans and Programs
• Zones of Responsibility
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 18 Piles and Pile-Driving Equipment
• Introduction
• Glossary of Terms
• Classifications of Piles
• Timber Piles
• Concrete Piles
• Steel Piles
• Sheet Piles
• The Resistance of Piles to Penetration
• Site Investigation and Test Pile Program
• Documenting Pile-Driving Activities
• Pile-Driving Hammers
• Supporting and Positioning Piles during Driving
• Jetting Piles
• Spudding and Preaugering
• Hammer Selection
• Construction Issues
• Pile-Driving Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 19 Air Compressors and Pumps
• Support Equipment
• Introduction
• Glossary of Gas Law Terms
• Gas Laws
• Glossary of Air Compressor Terms
• Air Compressors
• Compressed-Air Distribution System
• Diversity Factor
• Safety
• Introduction
• Glossary of Pumping Terms
• Classification of Pumps
• Centrifugal Pumps
• Loss of Head due to Friction in Pipe
• Rubber Hose
• Selecting a Pump
• Wellpoint Systems
• Deep Wells
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 20 Machines for Building Construction
• Building Equipment Types
• Bottom-Slewing Tower Cranes
• Truck-Mounted Tower Cranes
• Loader Cranes
• Boom Trucks
• Truck Mixers
• Truck-Mounted Pumps
• Boom Lifts
• Scissor Lifts
• Mast Lifts
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Website Resources
• 21 Forming Systems
• Classification
• Formwork and the Project Engineer
• Formwork Design
• Formwork Economics
• Vertical Systems
• Horizontal Systems
• Combined Vertical and Horizontal Systems
• Shoring Towers
• Safety
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• 22 Virtual Design and Construction
• Technology in Construction
• Digitization of Construction
• Information Capture
• Machine Automation and Robotics
• Artificial Intelligence
• The Future of Technology in Construction
• Summary
• Problems
• Resources
• Index.

This thoroughly revised guide covers the fundamentals of construction equipment, machinery utilization, and production estimating in a logical, simple, and concise format. You will learn about construction economics, earthwork, soil and rock properties, and much more. Construction Planning, Equipment, and Methods, Tenth Edition lays out the latest technologies and lays out real-world applications-all with an emphasis on cutting-edge machine capabilities