Title:
From Ottomanism to Arabism : essays on the origins of Arab nationalism / [by] C. Ernest Dawn.
Author:
Dawn, C. Ernest, 1918-
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
The Amir of Mecca al-Husayn ibn-Ali and the origin of the Arab revolt -- Abdullهah ibn-al-Husayn, Lord Kitchener, and the idea of an Arab revolt -- Ideological influences in the Arab revolt -- Hashimite aims and policy in the light of recent scholarship on Anglo-Arab relations during World War I -- From Ottomanism to Arabism : the origin of an ideology -- The rise of Arabism in Syria -- Ramifications and reflections.
Publisher:
University of Illinois Press,
Publication Place:
Urbana :
ISBN:
0252002024
9780252002021
Subject:
Nationalism -- Arab countries.
Arabism.
Middle East -- Politics and government.
Contents:
The Amir of Mecca al-Husayn ibn-Ali and the origin of the Arab revolt -- Abdullهah ibn-al-Husayn, Lord Kitchener, and the idea of an Arab revolt -- Ideological influences in the Arab revolt -- Hashimite aims and policy in the light of recent scholarship on Anglo-Arab relations during World War I -- From Ottomanism to Arabism : the origin of an ideology -- The rise of Arabism in Syria -- Ramifications and reflections.
Physical Description:
ix, 212 pages ;
Publication Date:
[1973]
Title:
From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web Evolving Distributed Communities / edited by Ian J. Taylor, Andrew B. Harrison.
Computer Communications and Networks,
Computer communications and networks,
Author:
Taylor, Ian J.
Harrison, Andrew B.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
<P>Part 1: Common Themes -- Introduction -- Discovery Protocols -- Structured Document Types -- Distributed Security Techniques -- Part 2: Distributed Environments -- The Web -- Peer-2-Peer Environments -- Web Services -- Distributed Objects and Agent Technologies -- Grid Computing -- On the Horizon -- Part 3: Protocols and Architectures I: P2P Applications -- Gnutella -- Scalability -- Freenet -- Bittorrent.-Part 4: Protocols and Architectures II: Middleware -- Jini -- Jxta -- Web Services Protocols -- OGSA -- Web 2.0 -- Part 5: Deployment -- Distributed Object Deployment Using Jini -- P2P Deployment Using Jxta -- Web Services Deployment -- Web Deployment Using Atom -- A: Want to Find More? -- B: RSA Algorithm</P>.
<P>Internet usage has evolved from a predominately client/server-based Web server interaction to additionally involving the use of more decentralized applications – through which users contribute more equally in the role of the application as a whole - and still further to distributed communities based around the Web.</P> <P>This broad-ranging new edition of a classic textbook/reference provides a comprehensive overview of emerging distributed-systems technologies and has been significantly enhanced and extended to cover the many new, state-of-the-art infrastructures and technologies that have since appeared. The focus is also broadened, retaining the technical aspects, but additionally including useful historical contexts for each of the technologies.</P> <P>Features:</P> <P>• Fills in the gaps and includes an additional 8 chapters on highly popular developments, including BitTorrent, Web Services specifications and Web 2.0, as well as the underlying technologies used by these</P> <P>• Includes helpful learning tools to aid the reader’s understanding, such as a thorough foundational introduction, end-of-chapter conclusions, and pointers to online information for further reading, etc.</P> <P>• Offers a more applied approach, with a comprehensive representation of the distributed systems field</P> <P>• Describes various possible communication methods from history and the basic connectivity</P> <P>• Presents a unique combination of P2P, Web services and grid technologies discussion that is both in-depth and accessible</P> <P>• Provides additional helpful info at www.p2pgridbook.com</P> <P>This easy-to-follow textbook/reference retains the detailed aspects of the successful first edition and is now substantially expanded, providing the reader with a comprehensive context in which to consider the most advanced and broad-ranging distributed systems available today. It is an essential reference text for designing new distributed systems, offering invaluable insight to both students and researchers.</P> <P>Ian J. Taylor is a senior lecturer in the School of Computer Science at Cardiff University, teaching two Distributed Systems courses. He holds an adjunct assistant professorship at Louisiana State University and consults independently with the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrison is a research fellow/associate, also in the School of Computer Science at Cardiff University.</P>
Publisher:
Springer London,
Publication Place:
London :
ISBN:
9781848001237
Subject:
Computer science.
Computer network architectures.
Computer Communication Networks.
Information systems.
Computer science.
Computer Communication Networks.
Information Systems and Communication Service.
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks.
Series:
Computer Communications and Networks,
Computer communications and networks,
Contents:
<P>Part 1: Common Themes -- Introduction -- Discovery Protocols -- Structured Document Types -- Distributed Security Techniques -- Part 2: Distributed Environments -- The Web -- Peer-2-Peer Environments -- Web Services -- Distributed Objects and Agent Technologies -- Grid Computing -- On the Horizon -- Part 3: Protocols and Architectures I: P2P Applications -- Gnutella -- Scalability -- Freenet -- Bittorrent.-Part 4: Protocols and Architectures II: Middleware -- Jini -- Jxta -- Web Services Protocols -- OGSA -- Web 2.0 -- Part 5: Deployment -- Distributed Object Deployment Using Jini -- P2P Deployment Using Jxta -- Web Services Deployment -- Web Deployment Using Atom -- A: Want to Find More? -- B: RSA Algorithm</P>.
Physical Description:
digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-123-7
Publication Date:
2009.
Title:
From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations II Particle Systems and PDEs II, Braga, Portugal, December 2013 / edited by Patrícia Gonçalves, Ana Jacinta Soares.
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Author:
Gonçalves, Patrícia. editor.
Soares, Ana Jacinta. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Part I Mini-Courses: C. Bernardin: Diffusion of energy in chains of oscillators with conservative noise -- V. Giovangigli: Dissipative reactive fluid models from the kinetic theory -- Part II Short Papers: D. Bessam: Large deviations in a Gaussian setting: the role of the Cameron-Martin space -- F. Carvalho, J.K. Polewczak and A.J. Soares: Kinetic theory of simple reacting spheres: an application to coloring processes -- W. De Roeck and F. Huveneers: Can translation invariant systems exhibit a many-body localized phase? -- P. Duarte and M.J. Torres: Stability of non-deterministic systems -- P. Goncalves: Derivation of the Stochastic Burgers equation from the WASEP -- E. Luçon: Large population asymptotics for interacting diffusions in a quenched random environment -- D. Madjarevic: Shock structure and temperature overshoot in macroscopic multi-temperature model of binary mixtures -- A. Nota: Diffusive limit for the random Lorentz gas.-M.J. Oliveira and R.V. Mendes: Fractional Boson gas and fractional Poisson measure in infinite dimensions -- M.P. Ramos, A.J. Soares: Dynamical properties of a cosmological model with diffusion -- S. Simic: The structure of shock waves in dissipative hyperbolic models -- M. Simon: Diffusion coefficient for the disordered harmonic chain perturbed by an energy conserving noise -- G.M. Schütz: Conditioned stochastic particle systems and integrable quantum spin systems.
This book focuses on mathematical problems concerning different applications in physics, engineering, chemistry and biology. It covers topics ranging from interacting particle systems to partial differential equations (PDEs), statistical mechanics and dynamical systems. The purpose of the second meeting on Particle Systems and PDEs was to bring together renowned researchers working actively in the respective fields, to discuss their topics of expertise and to present recent scientific results in both areas. Further, the meeting was intended to present the subject of interacting particle systems, its roots in and impacts on the field of physics, and its relation with PDEs to a vast and varied public, including young researchers. The book also includes the notes from two mini-courses presented at the conference, allowing readers who are less familiar with these areas of mathematics to more easily approach them. The contributions will be of interest to mathematicians, theoretical physicists and other researchers interested in interacting particle systems, partial differential equations, statistical mechanics, stochastic processes, kinetic theory, dynamical systems and mathematical modeling aspects.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319166377
Subject:
Mathematics.
Partial differential equations.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Probabilities.
Physics.
Mathematics.
Partial differential equations.
Applications of Mathematics.
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
Numerical and Computational Physics.
Mathematical Methods in Physics.
Series:
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 129
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 129
Contents:
Part I Mini-Courses: C. Bernardin: Diffusion of energy in chains of oscillators with conservative noise -- V. Giovangigli: Dissipative reactive fluid models from the kinetic theory -- Part II Short Papers: D. Bessam: Large deviations in a Gaussian setting: the role of the Cameron-Martin space -- F. Carvalho, J.K. Polewczak and A.J. Soares: Kinetic theory of simple reacting spheres: an application to coloring processes -- W. De Roeck and F. Huveneers: Can translation invariant systems exhibit a many-body localized phase? -- P. Duarte and M.J. Torres: Stability of non-deterministic systems -- P. Goncalves: Derivation of the Stochastic Burgers equation from the WASEP -- E. Luçon: Large population asymptotics for interacting diffusions in a quenched random environment -- D. Madjarevic: Shock structure and temperature overshoot in macroscopic multi-temperature model of binary mixtures -- A. Nota: Diffusive limit for the random Lorentz gas.-M.J. Oliveira and R.V. Mendes: Fractional Boson gas and fractional Poisson measure in infinite dimensions -- M.P. Ramos, A.J. Soares: Dynamical properties of a cosmological model with diffusion -- S. Simic: The structure of shock waves in dissipative hyperbolic models -- M. Simon: Diffusion coefficient for the disordered harmonic chain perturbed by an energy conserving noise -- G.M. Schütz: Conditioned stochastic particle systems and integrable quantum spin systems.
Physical Description:
VIII, 393 p. 29 illus., 10 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16637-7
Publication Date:
2015.
Title:
From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations III Particle Systems and PDEs III, Braga, Portugal, December 2014 / edited by Patrícia Gonçalves, Ana Jacinta Soares.
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Author:
Gonçalves, Patrícia. editor.
Soares, Ana Jacinta. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Convergence of Diffusion-Drift Many Particle Systems in Probability under a Sobolev Norm -- Global asymptotic stability of a general nonautonomous Cohen-Grossberg model with unbounded amplification functions -- Modelling of systems with a dispersed phase: “measuring” small sets in the presence of elliptic operators -- From market data to agent-based models and stochastic differential equations -- Entropy dissipation estimates for the Landau equation: General cross sections -- Phase transitions and coarse-graining for a system of particles in the continuum -- Sub–shock formation in reacting gas mixtures -- The gradient flow approach to hydrodynamic limits for the simple exclusion process -- The gradient flow approach to hydrodynamic limits for the simple exclusion process -- Hydrodynamic limit of quantum random walks -- Derivation of the Boltzmann equation: hard spheres, short-range potentials and beyond -- Duality relations for the periodic ASEP conditioned on a low current -- Asymptotics for FBSDES with Jumps and Connections with Partial Integral Differential Equations -- The Boltzmann Equation over RD: Dispersion vs Dissipation.
The main focus of this book is on different topics in probability theory, partial differential equations and kinetic theory, presenting some of the latest developments in these fields. It addresses mathematical problems concerning applications in physics, engineering, chemistry and biology that were presented at the Third International Conference on Particle Systems and Partial Differential Equations, held at the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal in December 2014. The purpose of the conference was to bring together prominent researchers working in the fields of particle systems and partial differential equations, providing a venue for them to present their latest findings and discuss their areas of expertise. Further, it was intended to introduce a vast and varied public, including young researchers, to the subject of interacting particle systems, its underlying motivation, and its relation to partial differential equations. This book will appeal to probabilists, analysts and those mathematicians whose work involves topics in mathematical physics, stochastic processes and differential equations in general, as well as those physicists whose work centers on statistical mechanics and kinetic theory.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319321448
Subject:
Mathematics.
Functional analysis.
Partial differential equations.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Probabilities.
Physics.
Mathematics.
Functional analysis.
Partial differential equations.
Applications of Mathematics.
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
Numerical and Computational Physics.
Series:
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 162
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 162
Contents:
Convergence of Diffusion-Drift Many Particle Systems in Probability under a Sobolev Norm -- Global asymptotic stability of a general nonautonomous Cohen-Grossberg model with unbounded amplification functions -- Modelling of systems with a dispersed phase: “measuring” small sets in the presence of elliptic operators -- From market data to agent-based models and stochastic differential equations -- Entropy dissipation estimates for the Landau equation: General cross sections -- Phase transitions and coarse-graining for a system of particles in the continuum -- Sub–shock formation in reacting gas mixtures -- The gradient flow approach to hydrodynamic limits for the simple exclusion process -- The gradient flow approach to hydrodynamic limits for the simple exclusion process -- Hydrodynamic limit of quantum random walks -- Derivation of the Boltzmann equation: hard spheres, short-range potentials and beyond -- Duality relations for the periodic ASEP conditioned on a low current -- Asymptotics for FBSDES with Jumps and Connections with Partial Integral Differential Equations -- The Boltzmann Equation over RD: Dispersion vs Dissipation.
Physical Description:
VIII, 350 p. 17 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32144-8
Publication Date:
2016.
Title:
From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations Particle Systems and PDEs, Braga, Portugal, December 2012 / edited by Cédric Bernardin, Patricia Gonçalves.
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics,
Author:
Bernardin, Cédric. editor.
Gonçalves, Patricia. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Mini-Course: Fluid dynamic Limits of the Kinetic theory of gases : F. Golse -- Short Papers: Stationary quasivariational inequalities with gradient constraint and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions: A. Azevedo, F. Miranda, and L. Santos -- Shocks and antishocks in the ASEP conditioned on a low current: V. Belitsky and G.M. Schütz -- Superdiffusion of energy in Hamiltonian systems perturbed by a conservative noise: C. Bernardin -- Equilibrium fluctuations of additive functionals of zero-range models: C. Bernardin, P. Gonçalves, and S. Sethuraman -- A survey on Bogoliubov generating functionals for interacting particle systems in the continuum: D.L. Finkelshtein and M. João Oliveira -- Interacting particle systems: hydrodynamic limit versus high density limit: T. Franco -- Slowed exclusion process: hydrodynamics, fluctuations and phase transitions: T. Franco, P. Gonçalves, and A. Neumann -- Exclusion and Zero-range in the rarefaction fan: P. Gonçalves -- Microscopic derivation of an isothermal thermodynamic transformation: S. Olla -- Unique continuation property for the Benjamin equation: M. Panthee -- On the kinetic systems for simple reacting spheres: modeling and linearized equations: F. Carvalho, J. Polewczak, and A. Jacinta Soares -- Hydrodynamic Limit for the Velocity-flip Model: M. Simon -- Large number asymptotics for two–component systems with self–consistent coupling: V. Ricci -- On a stochastic coupled system of reaction-diffusion of nonlocal type: E.A. Coayla-Terán, J. Ferreira, P.M.D. de Magalhães, and H. B. de Oliveira.
This book presents the proceedings of the international conference Particle Systems and Partial Differential Equations I, which took place at the Centre of Mathematics of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from the 5th to the 7th of December, 2012. The purpose of the conference was to bring together world leaders to discuss their topics of expertise and to present some of their latest research developments in those fields. Among the participants were researchers in probability, partial differential equations and kinetics theory. The aim of the meeting was to present to a varied public the subject of interacting particle systems, its motivation from the viewpoint of physics and its relation with partial differential equations or kinetics theory, and to stimulate discussions and possibly new collaborations among researchers with different backgrounds. The book contains lecture notes written by François Golse on the derivation of hydrodynamic equations (compressible and incompressible Euler and Navier-Stokes) from the Boltzmann equation, and several short papers written by some of the participants in the conference. Among the topics covered by the short papers are hydrodynamic limits; fluctuations; phase transitions; motions of shocks and antishocks in exclusion processes; large number asymptotics for systems with self-consistent coupling; quasi-variational inequalities; unique continuation properties for PDEs and others. The book will benefit probabilists, analysts and mathematicians who are interested in statistical physics, stochastic processes, partial differential equations and kinetics theory, along with physicists.
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642542718
Subject:
Mathematics.
Mathematical analysis.
Analysis (Mathematics).
Partial differential equations.
Applied mathematics.
Engineering mathematics.
Probabilities.
Physics.
Mathematics.
Partial differential equations.
ANALYSIS.
Applications of Mathematics.
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.
Numerical and Computational Physics.
Series:
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 75
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, 75
Contents:
Mini-Course: Fluid dynamic Limits of the Kinetic theory of gases : F. Golse -- Short Papers: Stationary quasivariational inequalities with gradient constraint and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions: A. Azevedo, F. Miranda, and L. Santos -- Shocks and antishocks in the ASEP conditioned on a low current: V. Belitsky and G.M. Schütz -- Superdiffusion of energy in Hamiltonian systems perturbed by a conservative noise: C. Bernardin -- Equilibrium fluctuations of additive functionals of zero-range models: C. Bernardin, P. Gonçalves, and S. Sethuraman -- A survey on Bogoliubov generating functionals for interacting particle systems in the continuum: D.L. Finkelshtein and M. João Oliveira -- Interacting particle systems: hydrodynamic limit versus high density limit: T. Franco -- Slowed exclusion process: hydrodynamics, fluctuations and phase transitions: T. Franco, P. Gonçalves, and A. Neumann -- Exclusion and Zero-range in the rarefaction fan: P. Gonçalves -- Microscopic derivation of an isothermal thermodynamic transformation: S. Olla -- Unique continuation property for the Benjamin equation: M. Panthee -- On the kinetic systems for simple reacting spheres: modeling and linearized equations: F. Carvalho, J. Polewczak, and A. Jacinta Soares -- Hydrodynamic Limit for the Velocity-flip Model: M. Simon -- Large number asymptotics for two–component systems with self–consistent coupling: V. Ricci -- On a stochastic coupled system of reaction-diffusion of nonlocal type: E.A. Coayla-Terán, J. Ferreira, P.M.D. de Magalhães, and H. B. de Oliveira.
Physical Description:
VIII, 320 p. 32 illus. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54271-8
Publication Date:
2014.
Title:
From Past to Future: Graßmann's Work in Context Graßmann Bicentennial Conference, September 2009 / edited by Hans-Joachim Petsche, Albert C. Lewis, Jörg Liesen, Steve Russ.
Author:
Petsche, Hans-Joachim.
Lewis, Albert C.
Liesen, Jörg.
Russ, Steve.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
<p><b>On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hermann Graßmann (1809-1877), an interdisciplinary conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, and in Graßmann's hometown Szczecin, Poland. The idea of the conference was to present a multi-faceted picture of Graßmann, and to uncover the complexity of the factors that were responsible for his creativity. The conference demonstrated not only the very influential reception of his work at the turn of the 20th century, but also the unexpected modernity of his ideas, and their continuing development in the 21st century. </b></p><p><b>This book contains 37 papers presented at the conference. They investigate the significance of Graßmann's work for philosophical as well as for scientific and methodological questions, for comparative philology in general and for Indology in particular, for psychology, physiology, religious studies, musicology, didactics, and, last but not least, mathematics. </b><b>In addition, the book contains numerous illustrations and English translations of original sources, which are published here for the first time. These include life histories of Graßmann (written by his son Justus) and of his brother Robert (written by Robert himself), as well as the paper "On the concept and extent of pure theory of number'' by Justus Graßmann (the father).</b></p><p><i>In November 2010 the capital of the federal state of Brandenburg (Germany) chose the Graßmann Conference as the first-time winner of the Potsdam Conference-Award in the category "Innovative and/or exceptional events".</i></p>
Publisher:
Springer Basel,
Publication Place:
Basel :
ISBN:
9783034604055
Subject:
Mathematics.
Mathematics_$xHistory.
Mathematics.
History of Mathematics.
Physical Description:
XX, 580p. 73 illus., 10 illus. in color. digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0346-0405-5
Publication Date:
2011.
Title:
From patient data to medical knowledge the principles and practice of health informatics / Paul Taylor.
Author:
Taylor, P. (Paul), Dr.
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reading and writing patient records -- Creation of medical knowledge -- Access to medical knowledge -- Representation -- Logic -- Clinical terms -- Knowledge representation -- Standards in health informatics -- Probability and decision making -- Probability and learning from data -- Information technology and organisational transformation -- Achieving change through information -- Achieving change through information technology.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Blackwell Pub./BMJ Books,
Publication Place:
Malden, Mass. ; Oxford :
ISBN:
0727917757 (alk. paper)
9780727917751
Subject:
Medical informatics.
Electronic books.
Contents:
Reading and writing patient records -- Creation of medical knowledge -- Access to medical knowledge -- Representation -- Logic -- Clinical terms -- Knowledge representation -- Standards in health informatics -- Probability and decision making -- Probability and learning from data -- Information technology and organisational transformation -- Achieving change through information -- Achieving change through information technology.
Physical Description:
xiii, 263 p. : ill.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10236694
Publication Date:
2006.
Title:
From Pattern Formation to Material Computation Multi-agent Modelling of Physarum Polycephalum / by Jeff Jones.
Emergence, Complexity and Computation,
Emergence, Complexity and Computation,
Author:
Jones, Jeff. author.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Part I Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum. Part II Modelling Physarum polycephalum. -- Part III Material Computation in a Multi-agent Model of Physarum polycephalum: Mechanisms and Applications -- Part IV From Emergent Oscillations to Collective Transport and Amoeboid Movement -- Part V Conclusions and Beyond Physarum models.
This book addresses topics of mobile multi-agent systems, pattern formation, biological modelling, artificial life, unconventional computation, and robotics. The behaviour of a simple organism which is capable of remarkable biological and computational feats that seem to transcend its simple component parts is examined and modelled. In this book the following question is asked: How can something as simple as Physarum polycephalum - a giant amoeboid single-celled organism which does not possess any neural tissue, fixed skeleton or organised musculature - can approximate complex computational behaviour during its foraging, growth and adaptation of its amorphous body plan, and with such limited resources? To answer this question the same apparent limitations as faced by the organism are applied: using only simple components with local interactions. A synthesis approach is adopted and a mobile multi-agent system with very simple individual behaviours is employed. It is shown their interactions yield emergent behaviour showing complex self-organised pattern formation with material-like evolution. The presented model reproduces the biological behaviour of Physarum; the formation, growth and minimisation of transport networks. In its conclusion the book moves beyond Physarum and provides results of scoping experiments approximating other complex systems using the multi-agent approach. The results of this book demonstrate the power and range of harnessing emergent phenomena arising in simple multi-agent systems for biological modelling, computation and soft-robotics applications. It methodically describes the necessary components and their interactions, showing how deceptively simple components can create powerful mechanisms, aided by abundant illustrations, supplementary recordings and interactive models. It will be of interest to those in biological sciences, physics, computer science and robotics who wish to understand how simple components can result in complex and useful behaviours and who wish explore the potential of guided pattern formation themselves.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319168234
Subject:
Engineering.
Artificial intelligence.
Bioinformatics.
Computational intelligence.
Complexity, Computational.
Robotics.
Automation.
Engineering.
Computational intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
Robotics and Automation.
Complexity.
Bioinformatics.
Series:
Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 15
Emergence, Complexity and Computation, 15
Contents:
Part I Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum. Part II Modelling Physarum polycephalum. -- Part III Material Computation in a Multi-agent Model of Physarum polycephalum: Mechanisms and Applications -- Part IV From Emergent Oscillations to Collective Transport and Amoeboid Movement -- Part V Conclusions and Beyond Physarum models.
Physical Description:
XVI, 370 p. 209 illus., 145 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16823-4
Publication Date:
2015.
Title:
From perception to meaning image schemas in cognitive linguistics / edited by Beate Hampe in cooperation with Joseph E. Grady.
Cognitive linguistics research ;
Cognitive linguistics research ;
Author:
Hampe, Beate.
Grady, Joseph E.
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The philosophical significance of image schemas / Mark Johnson -- Image schemas and perception: refining a definition / Joseph E. Grady -- Image schemas : from linguistic analysis to neural grounding / Ellen Dodge and George Lakoff -- Image schema paradoxes : implications for cognitive semantics / Timothy C. Clausner -- The psychological status of image schemas / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr -- Image schemas and the transition to verbal thought / Jean M. Mandler -- Image schemata in the brain / Tim Rohrer -- The fundamental system of spatial schemas in language / Leonard Talmy -- Multimodal spatial representation : on the semantic unity of over / Paul Deane -- Culture regained : situated and compound image schemas / Michael Kimmel -- Whats in a schema? bodily mimesis and the grounding of language / Jordan Zlatev -- Image schemas vs. complex primitives in cross-cultural spatial cognition / Margarita Correa-Beningfield ... [et al.] -- Dynamic patterns of containment / Robert Dewell -- Image schemas and verbal synaesthesia / Yanna Popova -- Image schemas and gesture / Alan Cienki -- Force-dynamic dimensions of rhetorical effect / Todd Oakley.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Mouton de Gruyter,
Publication Place:
Berlin ; New York :
ISBN:
3110183110 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject:
Cognitive grammar.
Imagery (Psychology)
Perception.
Electronic books.
Series:
Cognitive linguistics research ; 29
Cognitive linguistics research ; 29.
Contents:
The philosophical significance of image schemas / Mark Johnson -- Image schemas and perception: refining a definition / Joseph E. Grady -- Image schemas : from linguistic analysis to neural grounding / Ellen Dodge and George Lakoff -- Image schema paradoxes : implications for cognitive semantics / Timothy C. Clausner -- The psychological status of image schemas / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr -- Image schemas and the transition to verbal thought / Jean M. Mandler -- Image schemata in the brain / Tim Rohrer -- The fundamental system of spatial schemas in language / Leonard Talmy -- Multimodal spatial representation : on the semantic unity of over / Paul Deane -- Culture regained : situated and compound image schemas / Michael Kimmel -- Whats in a schema? bodily mimesis and the grounding of language / Jordan Zlatev -- Image schemas vs. complex primitives in cross-cultural spatial cognition / Margarita Correa-Beningfield ... [et al.] -- Dynamic patterns of containment / Robert Dewell -- Image schemas and verbal synaesthesia / Yanna Popova -- Image schemas and gesture / Alan Cienki -- Force-dynamic dimensions of rhetorical effect / Todd Oakley.
Physical Description:
xi, 485 p. : ill.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10197215
Publication Date:
c2005.
Title:
From pews to polling places faith and politics in the American religious mosaic / edited by J. Matthew Wilson.
Religion and politics series
Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)
Author:
Wilson, J. Matthew.
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prayers, parties, and preachers : the evolving nature of political and religious mobilization / Clyde Wilcox and Carin Robinson -- Evangelical and mainline Protestants at the turn of the millennium : taking stock and looking forward / Corwin E. Smidt -- Whither the religious left? : religiopolitical progressivism in twenty-first century America / Laura R. Olson -- The political behavior of American Catholics : change and continuity / Stephen T. Mockabee -- Dry kindling : a political profile of American Mormons / David E. Campbell and J. Quin Monson -- Liberation to mutual fund : political consequences of differing conceptions of Christ in the African American church / Melissa Harris-Lacewell -- Power in the pews? : religious diversity and Latino political attitudes and behaviors / Louis Desipio -- The evolution of Jewish pluralism : public opinion and political preferences of American Jews / Paul A. Djupe -- The politics of American Muslims / Paul A. Djupe and John C. Green -- Secularists, anti-fundamentalists, and the new religious divide in the American electorate / Louis Bolce and Gerald de Maio -- Religion and American political life : a look forward / J. Matthew Wilson.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Georgetown University Press,
Publication Place:
Washington, D.C. :
ISBN:
9781589011731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781589011724 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1589011724 (pbk)
1589011732 (cloth)
Subject:
Religion and politics -- United States.
Christianity and politics -- United States.
Electronic books.
Series:
Religion and politics series
Religion and politics series (Georgetown University)
Contents:
Prayers, parties, and preachers : the evolving nature of political and religious mobilization / Clyde Wilcox and Carin Robinson -- Evangelical and mainline Protestants at the turn of the millennium : taking stock and looking forward / Corwin E. Smidt -- Whither the religious left? : religiopolitical progressivism in twenty-first century America / Laura R. Olson -- The political behavior of American Catholics : change and continuity / Stephen T. Mockabee -- Dry kindling : a political profile of American Mormons / David E. Campbell and J. Quin Monson -- Liberation to mutual fund : political consequences of differing conceptions of Christ in the African American church / Melissa Harris-Lacewell -- Power in the pews? : religious diversity and Latino political attitudes and behaviors / Louis Desipio -- The evolution of Jewish pluralism : public opinion and political preferences of American Jews / Paul A. Djupe -- The politics of American Muslims / Paul A. Djupe and John C. Green -- Secularists, anti-fundamentalists, and the new religious divide in the American electorate / Louis Bolce and Gerald de Maio -- Religion and American political life : a look forward / J. Matthew Wilson.
Physical Description:
xii, 324 p. : ill.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10236774
Publication Date:
2007.
Title:
From philology to English studies : language and culture in the nineteenth century / Haruko Momma.
Studies in English language
Author:
Momma, H.
General Notes:
Bibliography : p. 193-215 and index.
Machine generated contents note: Foreword; 1. Introduction: where is philology?; 2. Philological awakening: William Jones and the architecture of learning; 3. The Anglo-Saxon revolution: John Mitchell Kemble and the paradigm; 4. The Philological Society of London: lexicography as national philology; 5. The professor and the reader: vernaculars in the academy; Epilogue; Bibliography.
"The study of English language and literature in Britain changed dramatically between the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth. From Philology to English Studies explores the contribution of philology to this evolution. Haruko Momma charts both the rise and fall of philology from antiquity to the late eighteenth century, and the impact of modern philology on the study of modern languages and literatures. Focusing in detail on the work of key philologists in the nineteenth century, Momma considers how they shaped European discourse and especially vernacular studies in Britain: William Jones' discovery of Sanskrit in British India gave rise to Indo-European studies; Max Mèuller's study of this same language helped spread the Aryan myth to the English-speaking world; the OED achieved its greatness as a post-national lexicon through the editorship of the Scottish dialectologist"-- Provided by publisher.
Publisher:
Cambridge University P.,
Publication Place:
Cambridge :
ISBN:
9780521518864 (hbk.)
Subject:
Philology -- History -- 19th century.
Comparative linguistics -- History -- 19th century.
English language -- History -- 19th century.
Language and culture -- History -- 19th century.
Series:
Studies in English language
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Foreword; 1. Introduction: where is philology?; 2. Philological awakening: William Jones and the architecture of learning; 3. The Anglo-Saxon revolution: John Mitchell Kemble and the paradigm; 4. The Philological Society of London: lexicography as national philology; 5. The professor and the reader: vernaculars in the academy; Epilogue; Bibliography.
Physical Description:
xv, 224 p. ;
Electronic Location:
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Publication Date:
2013.
Title:
From Polders to postmodernism a concise history of archival theory / by John Ridener.
Author:
Ridener, John.
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-173) and index.
Why study archival theory? -- Contexts -- Consolidation : the Dutch manual -- Confirmation and reinforcement : Sir Hilary Jenkinson's Manual of archive administration -- Modern records : T.R. Schellenberg and modern archives -- Questioning archives : contemporary records, contemporary discourses -- From Polders to postmodernism.
"A history of the conception and development of the theories that have guided archivists in their work from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Litwin Books,
Publication Place:
Duluth, Minn. :
ISBN:
9780980200454 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject:
Archives -- Administration -- History.
Archives -- Administration.
Electronic books.
Contents:
Why study archival theory? -- Contexts -- Consolidation : the Dutch manual -- Confirmation and reinforcement : Sir Hilary Jenkinson's Manual of archive administration -- Modern records : T.R. Schellenberg and modern archives -- Questioning archives : contemporary records, contemporary discourses -- From Polders to postmodernism.
Physical Description:
xix, 184 p.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10369999
Publication Date:
2009, c2008.
Title:
The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs) edited by Susan Barr, Cornelia Luedecke.
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Author:
Barr, Susan.
Luedecke, Cornelia.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The first three polar years (IPYs) - a general overview -- An evaluation of the achievements of the first International Polar Year -- Some IPY-2 histories -- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year -- The International Geophysical Year and its achievements -- Side-Effects and Traces of the early IPYs -- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions -- Why do we have a 4th IPY?.
Although international scientific cooperation - particularly in meteorology - was established previous to the first International Polar Year, the IPY-1 (1882-83) is considered to be the first revolutionary step towards an extensive international cooperation in the polar areas for the benefit of science rather than national prestige and territorial gain. This was followed by IPY-2 (1932-33) and IPY-3 - actually the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) - before the crowning effort of IPY-4 (2007-08). The history of these years is recounted here and explains the political, economic, technical and scientific conditions and expectations that laid the basis for each IPY and which gradually expanded both the scope and extent of our understanding of the complexities in polar regions
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642124020
Subject:
Geography.
Physical geography.
Oceanography.
Earth sciences.
Oceanography.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Series:
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Contents:
The first three polar years (IPYs) - a general overview -- An evaluation of the achievements of the first International Polar Year -- Some IPY-2 histories -- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year -- The International Geophysical Year and its achievements -- Side-Effects and Traces of the early IPYs -- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions -- Why do we have a 4th IPY?.
Physical Description:
XII, 320 p. digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12402-0
Publication Date:
2010.
Title:
The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs) edited by Susan Barr, Cornelia Luedecke.
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Author:
Barr, Susan.
Luedecke, Cornelia.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The first three polar years (IPYs) - a general overview -- An evaluation of the achievements of the first International Polar Year -- Some IPY-2 histories -- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year -- The International Geophysical Year and its achievements -- Side-Effects and Traces of the early IPYs -- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions -- Why do we have a 4th IPY?.
Although international scientific cooperation - particularly in meteorology - was established previous to the first International Polar Year, the IPY-1 (1882-83) is considered to be the first revolutionary step towards an extensive international cooperation in the polar areas for the benefit of science rather than national prestige and territorial gain. This was followed by IPY-2 (1932-33) and IPY-3 - actually the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) - before the crowning effort of IPY-4 (2007-08). The history of these years is recounted here and explains the political, economic, technical and scientific conditions and expectations that laid the basis for each IPY and which gradually expanded both the scope and extent of our understanding of the complexities in polar regions
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642124020
Subject:
Geography.
Physical geography.
Oceanography.
Earth sciences.
Oceanography.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Series:
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Contents:
The first three polar years (IPYs) - a general overview -- An evaluation of the achievements of the first International Polar Year -- Some IPY-2 histories -- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year -- The International Geophysical Year and its achievements -- Side-Effects and Traces of the early IPYs -- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions -- Why do we have a 4th IPY?.
Physical Description:
XII, 320 p. digital.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12402-0
Publication Date:
2010.
Title:
Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1 The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity / edited by Guido di Prisco, Cinzia Verde.
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Author:
di Prisco, Guido. editor.
Verde, Cinzia. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic” by Guido di Prisco and Pete Convey -- Southern Ocean DeepSea Isopod Biodiversity Research: From Census to Ecosystem Functioning by Angelika Brandt -- The TUNUProgramme: EuroArctic Marine Fishes–Diversity and Adaptation by Jørgen S -- Christiansen -- SeaIce Interactions with Polar Fish: Focus on the Antarctic Silverfish Life History by Marino Vacchi, Philippe Koubbi, Laura Ghigliotti and Eva Pisano -- Connectivity and Molecular Ecology of Antarctic Fishes by Filip A.-M -- Volckaert, Jennifer Rock and Anton P -- Van de Putte -- Phylogeny and Systematics of Antarctic Teleosts: Methodological and Evolutionary Issues by Guillaume Lecointre -- Evolutionary Adaptation and Disaptation in the Cold: the Icefish Paradigm by Bruno Tota, Daniela Amelio, Filippo Garofalo and Daniela Pellegrino -- Aspects of Protein Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Fish by Craig Marshall -- Understanding Adaptations and Responses to Change in Antarctica: Recent Physiological and Genomic Advances in Marine Environments by Lloyd S -- Peck, Melody S -- Clark -- The Challenges of Low Temperature in the Evolution of Bacteria by Guido di Prisco, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Cinzia Verde -- The Adaptive Evolution of Polar Fishes Lessons from the Function of Hemoproteins by Cinzia Verde, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Guido di Prisco.
The poles undergo climate changes exceeding those in the rest of the world in terms of their speed and extent, and have a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth. Ecosystems adapted to polar environments are likely to become vulnerable to climate changes. Their responses allow us to analyse and foresee the impact of changes at lower latitudes. We need to increase our knowledge of the polar marine fauna of continental shelves, slopes and deep sea, as identifying the responses of species and communities is crucial to establishing efficient strategies against threats to biodiversity, using international and cross-disciplinary approaches. The IPY 2007-2009 was a scientific milestone. The outstanding contribution of Marine Biology is reflected in this volume and the next one on “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole”, making these volumes a unique and invaluable component of the scientific outcome of the IPY.
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642273520
Subject:
Environmental sciences.
Life sciences.
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Evolution ( Biology ).
Climatic changes.
Environment.
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.
Biogeosciences.
Climate change.
Evolutionary Biology.
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Series:
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Contents:
The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic” by Guido di Prisco and Pete Convey -- Southern Ocean DeepSea Isopod Biodiversity Research: From Census to Ecosystem Functioning by Angelika Brandt -- The TUNUProgramme: EuroArctic Marine Fishes–Diversity and Adaptation by Jørgen S -- Christiansen -- SeaIce Interactions with Polar Fish: Focus on the Antarctic Silverfish Life History by Marino Vacchi, Philippe Koubbi, Laura Ghigliotti and Eva Pisano -- Connectivity and Molecular Ecology of Antarctic Fishes by Filip A.-M -- Volckaert, Jennifer Rock and Anton P -- Van de Putte -- Phylogeny and Systematics of Antarctic Teleosts: Methodological and Evolutionary Issues by Guillaume Lecointre -- Evolutionary Adaptation and Disaptation in the Cold: the Icefish Paradigm by Bruno Tota, Daniela Amelio, Filippo Garofalo and Daniela Pellegrino -- Aspects of Protein Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Fish by Craig Marshall -- Understanding Adaptations and Responses to Change in Antarctica: Recent Physiological and Genomic Advances in Marine Environments by Lloyd S -- Peck, Melody S -- Clark -- The Challenges of Low Temperature in the Evolution of Bacteria by Guido di Prisco, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Cinzia Verde -- The Adaptive Evolution of Polar Fishes Lessons from the Function of Hemoproteins by Cinzia Verde, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Guido di Prisco.
Physical Description:
XXIV, 222p. 29 illus., 17 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27352-0
Publication Date:
2012.
Title:
Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments, Volume 1 The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity / edited by Guido di Prisco, Cinzia Verde.
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Author:
di Prisco, Guido. editor.
Verde, Cinzia. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic” by Guido di Prisco and Pete Convey -- Southern Ocean DeepSea Isopod Biodiversity Research: From Census to Ecosystem Functioning by Angelika Brandt -- The TUNUProgramme: EuroArctic Marine Fishes–Diversity and Adaptation by Jørgen S -- Christiansen -- SeaIce Interactions with Polar Fish: Focus on the Antarctic Silverfish Life History by Marino Vacchi, Philippe Koubbi, Laura Ghigliotti and Eva Pisano -- Connectivity and Molecular Ecology of Antarctic Fishes by Filip A.-M -- Volckaert, Jennifer Rock and Anton P -- Van de Putte -- Phylogeny and Systematics of Antarctic Teleosts: Methodological and Evolutionary Issues by Guillaume Lecointre -- Evolutionary Adaptation and Disaptation in the Cold: the Icefish Paradigm by Bruno Tota, Daniela Amelio, Filippo Garofalo and Daniela Pellegrino -- Aspects of Protein Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Fish by Craig Marshall -- Understanding Adaptations and Responses to Change in Antarctica: Recent Physiological and Genomic Advances in Marine Environments by Lloyd S -- Peck, Melody S -- Clark -- The Challenges of Low Temperature in the Evolution of Bacteria by Guido di Prisco, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Cinzia Verde -- The Adaptive Evolution of Polar Fishes Lessons from the Function of Hemoproteins by Cinzia Verde, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Guido di Prisco.
The poles undergo climate changes exceeding those in the rest of the world in terms of their speed and extent, and have a key role in modulating the climate of the Earth. Ecosystems adapted to polar environments are likely to become vulnerable to climate changes. Their responses allow us to analyse and foresee the impact of changes at lower latitudes. We need to increase our knowledge of the polar marine fauna of continental shelves, slopes and deep sea, as identifying the responses of species and communities is crucial to establishing efficient strategies against threats to biodiversity, using international and cross-disciplinary approaches. The IPY 2007-2009 was a scientific milestone. The outstanding contribution of Marine Biology is reflected in this volume and the next one on “Adaptation and Evolution in Marine Environments – The Impacts of Global Change on Biodiversity” from the series “From Pole to Pole”, making these volumes a unique and invaluable component of the scientific outcome of the IPY.
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642273520
Subject:
Environmental sciences.
Life sciences.
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Evolution ( Biology ).
Climatic changes.
Environment.
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.
Biogeosciences.
Climate change.
Evolutionary Biology.
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Series:
From Pole to Pole
From Pole to Pole
Contents:
The Origin of the SCAR Programme “Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic” by Guido di Prisco and Pete Convey -- Southern Ocean DeepSea Isopod Biodiversity Research: From Census to Ecosystem Functioning by Angelika Brandt -- The TUNUProgramme: EuroArctic Marine Fishes–Diversity and Adaptation by Jørgen S -- Christiansen -- SeaIce Interactions with Polar Fish: Focus on the Antarctic Silverfish Life History by Marino Vacchi, Philippe Koubbi, Laura Ghigliotti and Eva Pisano -- Connectivity and Molecular Ecology of Antarctic Fishes by Filip A.-M -- Volckaert, Jennifer Rock and Anton P -- Van de Putte -- Phylogeny and Systematics of Antarctic Teleosts: Methodological and Evolutionary Issues by Guillaume Lecointre -- Evolutionary Adaptation and Disaptation in the Cold: the Icefish Paradigm by Bruno Tota, Daniela Amelio, Filippo Garofalo and Daniela Pellegrino -- Aspects of Protein Cold Adaptation in Antarctic Fish by Craig Marshall -- Understanding Adaptations and Responses to Change in Antarctica: Recent Physiological and Genomic Advances in Marine Environments by Lloyd S -- Peck, Melody S -- Clark -- The Challenges of Low Temperature in the Evolution of Bacteria by Guido di Prisco, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Cinzia Verde -- The Adaptive Evolution of Polar Fishes Lessons from the Function of Hemoproteins by Cinzia Verde, Daniela Giordano, Roberta Russo and Guido di Prisco.
Physical Description:
XXIV, 222p. 29 illus., 17 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27352-0
Publication Date:
2012.
Title:
Implications and Consequences of Anthropogenic Pollution in Polar Environments edited by Roland Kallenborn.
From Pole to Pole,
From Pole to Pole,
Author:
Kallenborn, Roland. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The First Three Polar Years - a General Overview -- The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year -- International Cooperation in Antarctica -- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933 -- Some IPY-2 Histories -- Achievements of the Seond International Polar Year -- Origins of the International Geophysical Year -- The IPY-3 (1957-1958) -- The IPYs and their Achievements.
The first evidence on the adverse effects of organic pollutants on Arctic ecosystems was provided by international research initiatives more than 30 years ago. Today, the indigenous people of the North are considered to be affected by exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals through their traditional marine food sources. The occurrence of pollutants of emerging concern in remote Polar environments is considered an essential criterion for prioritising this (largely neglected) type of contamination in national, international and global regulation schemes. Initiated during the first international Polar Years (IPY 2007-2009) and continued afterwards, 11 representative initiatives and projects are summarised as chapters in this book, which highlights today’s interdisciplinary research on POPs in the Polar environment. The individual chapters describe in detail the consequences, priorities and perspectives of international research on POPs (legacy and emerging xenobiotics), its implications for regulations and scientific priorities including societal and cultural developments in the Arctic, as well as conservation priorities in Antarctica. This book is intended for all readers interested in learning more about modern research on environmental pollutants in the Polar environments (with a strong focus on Arctic environments). The impacts of pollution and climate change on Polar regions and the world as a whole will continue to be felt for many years to come. Sound science is, thus, vital in order to underpin actions that need to be taken at the global, regional and local levels. This book contributes to this highly relevant, interdisciplinary environmental scientific endeavour. .
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642123153
Subject:
Earth sciences.
Geochemistry.
Geophysics.
Oceanography.
Geobiology.
Ecotoxicology.
Air pollution.
Earth sciences.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Geochemistry.
Ecotoxicology.
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.
Oceanography.
Biogeosciences.
Series:
From Pole to Pole,
From Pole to Pole,
Contents:
The First Three Polar Years - a General Overview -- The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year -- International Cooperation in Antarctica -- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933 -- Some IPY-2 Histories -- Achievements of the Seond International Polar Year -- Origins of the International Geophysical Year -- The IPY-3 (1957-1958) -- The IPYs and their Achievements.
Physical Description:
XV, 259 p. 55 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12315-3
Publication Date:
2016.
Title:
Implications and Consequences of Anthropogenic Pollution in Polar Environments edited by Roland Kallenborn.
From Pole to Pole,
From Pole to Pole,
Author:
Kallenborn, Roland. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The First Three Polar Years - a General Overview -- The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year -- International Cooperation in Antarctica -- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933 -- Some IPY-2 Histories -- Achievements of the Seond International Polar Year -- Origins of the International Geophysical Year -- The IPY-3 (1957-1958) -- The IPYs and their Achievements.
The first evidence on the adverse effects of organic pollutants on Arctic ecosystems was provided by international research initiatives more than 30 years ago. Today, the indigenous people of the North are considered to be affected by exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and metals through their traditional marine food sources. The occurrence of pollutants of emerging concern in remote Polar environments is considered an essential criterion for prioritising this (largely neglected) type of contamination in national, international and global regulation schemes. Initiated during the first international Polar Years (IPY 2007-2009) and continued afterwards, 11 representative initiatives and projects are summarised as chapters in this book, which highlights today’s interdisciplinary research on POPs in the Polar environment. The individual chapters describe in detail the consequences, priorities and perspectives of international research on POPs (legacy and emerging xenobiotics), its implications for regulations and scientific priorities including societal and cultural developments in the Arctic, as well as conservation priorities in Antarctica. This book is intended for all readers interested in learning more about modern research on environmental pollutants in the Polar environments (with a strong focus on Arctic environments). The impacts of pollution and climate change on Polar regions and the world as a whole will continue to be felt for many years to come. Sound science is, thus, vital in order to underpin actions that need to be taken at the global, regional and local levels. This book contributes to this highly relevant, interdisciplinary environmental scientific endeavour. .
Publisher:
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Berlin, Heidelberg :
ISBN:
9783642123153
Subject:
Earth sciences.
Geochemistry.
Geophysics.
Oceanography.
Geobiology.
Ecotoxicology.
Air pollution.
Earth sciences.
Geophysics/Geodesy.
Geochemistry.
Ecotoxicology.
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.
Oceanography.
Biogeosciences.
Series:
From Pole to Pole,
From Pole to Pole,
Contents:
The First Three Polar Years - a General Overview -- The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year -- International Cooperation in Antarctica -- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933 -- Some IPY-2 Histories -- Achievements of the Seond International Polar Year -- Origins of the International Geophysical Year -- The IPY-3 (1957-1958) -- The IPYs and their Achievements.
Physical Description:
XV, 259 p. 55 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12315-3
Publication Date:
2016.
Title:
From Polyphenylenes to Nanographenes and Graphene Nanoribbons edited by Klaus Müllen, Xinliang Feng.
Advances in Polymer Science,
Advances in polymer science,
Author:
Müllen, Klaus. editor.
Feng, Xinliang. editor.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
Nanographenes and Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag-Edged Structures -- Bottom-Up Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons on Surfaces -- Surface-Assisted Reaction Under Ultrahigh Vacuum Conditions -- On-Surface Polymerization: From Polyarylenes to Graphene Nanoribbons and Two-Dimensional Networks -- Rational Synthesis of Fullerenes, Buckybowls, and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Surface-Assisted Approach -- Chemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials Through Bergman Cyclization.
The series Advances in Polymer Science presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in polymer and biopolymer science. It covers all areas of research in polymer and biopolymer science including chemistry, physical chemistry, physics, material science. The thematic volumes are addressed to scientists, whether at universities or in industry, who wish to keep abreast of the important advances in the covered topics. Advances in Polymer Science enjoys a longstanding tradition and good reputation in its community. Each volume is dedicated to a current topic, and each review critically surveys one aspect of that topic, to place it within the context of the volume. The volumes typically summarize the significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years and discuss them critically, presenting selected examples, explaining and illustrating the important principles, and bringing together many important references of primary literature. On that basis, future research directions in the area can be discussed. Advances in Polymer Science volumes thus are important references for every polymer scientist, as well as for other scientists interested in polymer science - as an introduction to a neighboring field, or as a compilation of detailed information for the specialist. Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors. Single contributions can be specially commissioned. Readership: Polymer scientists, or scientists in related fields interested in polymer and biopolymer science, at universities or in industry, graduate students.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319641706
Subject:
Chemistry.
Organic chemistry.
Polymers.
Nanochemistry.
Nanotechnology.
Chemistry.
Polymer Sciences.
Organic chemistry.
Nanotechnology.
Nanochemistry.
Series:
Advances in Polymer Science, 278
Advances in polymer science, 278
Contents:
Nanographenes and Graphene Nanoribbons with Zigzag-Edged Structures -- Bottom-Up Synthesis of Graphene Nanoribbons on Surfaces -- Surface-Assisted Reaction Under Ultrahigh Vacuum Conditions -- On-Surface Polymerization: From Polyarylenes to Graphene Nanoribbons and Two-Dimensional Networks -- Rational Synthesis of Fullerenes, Buckybowls, and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by a Surface-Assisted Approach -- Chemical Synthesis of Carbon Nanomaterials Through Bergman Cyclization.
Physical Description:
VII, 178 p. 75 illus. in color. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64170-6
Publication Date:
2017.
Title:
From populations to ecosystems theoretical foundations for a new ecological synthesis / Michel Loreau.
Monographs in population biology ;
Monographs in population biology ;
Author:
Loreau, Michel.
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Population and ecosystem approaches in ecology -- The maintenance and functional consequences of species diversity -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Food webs, interaction webs, and ecosystem functioning -- Stability and complexity of ecosystems : new perspectives on an old debate -- Material cycling and the overall functioning of ecosystems -- Spatial dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : metacommunities and meta-ecosystems -- Evolution of ecosystems and ecosystem properties -- Postface : toward an integrated, predictive ecology.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Publication Place:
Princeton :
ISBN:
9780691122694 (alk. paper)
9780691122700 (alk. paper)
9781400834167 (e-book)
Subject:
Ecology.
Biodiversity.
Population biology.
Electronic books.
Series:
Monographs in population biology ; 46
Monographs in population biology ; 46.
Contents:
Population and ecosystem approaches in ecology -- The maintenance and functional consequences of species diversity -- Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning -- Food webs, interaction webs, and ecosystem functioning -- Stability and complexity of ecosystems : new perspectives on an old debate -- Material cycling and the overall functioning of ecosystems -- Spatial dynamics of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : metacommunities and meta-ecosystems -- Evolution of ecosystems and ecosystem properties -- Postface : toward an integrated, predictive ecology.
Physical Description:
297 p.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10397705
Publication Date:
c2010.
Title:
From Post-democracy to Neo-Democracy by Klaus von Beyme.
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science,
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science,
Author:
von Beyme, Klaus. author.
SpringerLink (Online service)
General Notes:
The Debate on Post-democracy and the Traditions of Scenarios of Decline -- Scenarios of decline in democratic theory -- Democracy without the alternative of dictatorship? -- Criticism of Politics in the Old Media and the “Citizenship in Rage” (Wutbürgertum) in the New Media -- Citizenship in rage – a new culture of protest?
This book of a renowned political scientist and specialist in political theory fundamentally challenges the new fashion of post-democracy by offering an outlook on ‘neo-democracy’. The political periods are similar to epochs in modern art, where ‘neo’ succeeded Post-impressionism and Post-expressionism. This book reviews the topical debate on postdemocracy and scenarios of decline in democratic theory without the alternative of dictatorship. It discusses criticism of politics in the old and new media and a new culture of protest. It addresses new forms of participation and the dangers of populism and right-wing extremism. It proposes institutional reforms of democracy, of the parliamentary system and the party state, in negotiations of coalition-building, in governmental declarations and for the policy output. The book concludes with a debate of normative models of democracy from ‘Post-democracy’ to ‘Neo-democracy’, models of justice and theories of democratic reform.
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publication Place:
Cham :
ISBN:
9783319666617
Subject:
Political science.
Political theory.
Democracy.
Political sociology.
Political Science and International Relations.
Democracy.
Political Theory.
Political leadership.
Political sociology.
Series:
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 20
The Anthropocene: Politik—Economics—Society—Science, 20
Contents:
The Debate on Post-democracy and the Traditions of Scenarios of Decline -- Scenarios of decline in democratic theory -- Democracy without the alternative of dictatorship? -- Criticism of Politics in the Old Media and the “Citizenship in Rage” (Wutbürgertum) in the New Media -- Citizenship in rage – a new culture of protest?
Physical Description:
VI, 127 p. 17 illus. online resource.
Electronic Location:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66661-7
Publication Date:
2018.
Title:
From primitive to indigenous the academic study of indigenous religions / James L. Cox.
Vitality of indigenous religions
Vitality of indigenous religions.
Author:
Cox, James L. (James Leland)
ebrary, Inc.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-186) and index.
The academic study of indigenous religions : underlying assumptions and historical developments -- Essentialism and the world religions paradigm -- Defining 'indigenous' scientifically -- Towards a socio-cultural, non-essentialist interpretation of religion -- The Yupiit of Alaska : the 'real people' -- The adaptive nature of indigenous religions in Zimbabwe -- Indigenous religions and the debate over primitivism.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Publisher:
Ashgate,
Publication Place:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
ISBN:
9780754655695 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0754655695 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject:
Indigenous peoples -- Religion.
Electronic books.
Series:
Vitality of indigenous religions
Vitality of indigenous religions.
Contents:
The academic study of indigenous religions : underlying assumptions and historical developments -- Essentialism and the world religions paradigm -- Defining 'indigenous' scientifically -- Towards a socio-cultural, non-essentialist interpretation of religion -- The Yupiit of Alaska : the 'real people' -- The adaptive nature of indigenous religions in Zimbabwe -- Indigenous religions and the debate over primitivism.
Physical Description:
xii, 194 p. : ill., maps.
Electronic Location:
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/excellence/Doc?id=10211462
Publication Date:
c2007.
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