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Chasing the Moon

The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age

By: Robert Stone,Alan Andres

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Chasing the Moon

The People, the Politics, and the Promise That Launched America into the Space Age

By: Robert Stone,Alan Andres

JFK issued the historic moon landing challenge. These are the stories of the visionaries who helped America complete his vision with the first lunar landing fifty years ago. A Companion Book to the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE® Film on PBS® Going in depth to explore their stories beyond the PBS series, writer/producer Robert Stone—called “one of our most important documentary filmmakers” by Entertainment Weekly—brings these important figures to brilliant life. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed the nation spend twenty billion dollars to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade. Based on eyewitness accounts and newly discovered archival material, Chasing the Moon reveals for the first time the unknown stories of the fascinating individuals whose imaginative work across several decades culminated in America’s momentous achievement. More than a story of engineers and astronauts, the moon landing—now celebrating its fiftieth anniversary—grew out of the dreams of science fiction writers, filmmakers, military geniuses, and rule-breaking scientists. They include • Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, whose writing inspired some of the key players in the Moon race. A scientific paper he wrote in his twenties led to the U.S. beating Russia in one area of space: communications satellites. • Wernher von Braun, the former Nazi military genius who oversaw Hitler's rocket weapons program. After working on ballistic missiles for the U.S. Army, he was recruited by NASA to manage the creation of the Saturn V moon rocket. • Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first mission to circumnavigate the Moon, whose powerful testimony before Congress in 1967 decisively saved the U.S. lunar program from being cancelled. • Poppy Northcutt, a young mathematician who was the first woman to work in Mission Control. Her media exposure as a unique presence in this all-male world allowed her the freedom to stand up for equal rights for women and minorities. • Edward Dwight, an African American astronaut candidate, recruited at the urging of the Kennedy White House to further the administration’s civil rights agenda—but not everyone welcomed his inclusion. Setting these key players in the political, social, and cultural climate of the time, and including captivating photographs throughout, Chasing the Moon focuses on the science and the history, but most important, the extraordinary individuals behind what was undoubtedly the greatest human achievement of the twentieth century.

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Ballantine Books

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Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe

Social and Political Factors

By: Andres Rodriguez-Pose

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Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe

Social and Political Factors

By: Andres Rodriguez-Pose

In a period of deep economic, social, and political transformation, regional disparities seem to be particularly resistant to change. The emergence of a global economy, the shift in production methods, and the greater mobility of capital, labour, and raw materials have not brought about a radical reshuffling of the prevailing regional disparities. There is a greater concentration of economic activity in core areas and very few peripheral regions are taking advantage of the process of global restructuring. The Dynamics of Regional Growth in Europe looks for the reasons behind this persistence in the social, political, and institutional arrangements of a large set of European regions, by trying to relate two scientific approaches concerned with regional economic performance, which share very little in common: the literature on socio-economic restructuring and structural change, and neoclassical and endogenous growth theories. OXFORD GEOGRAPHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AIMS TO PUBLISH THE BEST ORIGINAL RESEARCH STUDIES IN THE RELATED FIELDS OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES. IT'S SCOPE IS INTERNATIONAL, PRESENTING A BROAD AND DIVERSE RANGE OF SCHOLARLY APPROACHES FROM ACROSS THE WORLD. SERIES EDITORS: GORDON CLARK, ANDREW GOUDIE, AND CERI PEACH

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Clarendon Press

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0191583898

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Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence

By: William A. Vega,Andres G. Gil

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Drug Use and Ethnicity in Early Adolescence

By: William A. Vega,Andres G. Gil

This book presents new and important information about adolescent drug use. The book is intended for human service professionals, teachers, researchers, and students interested in the issue of early adolescent drug use and its causes and pervasiveness in a multiethnic population. Today, the field of adolescent drug use research relies on integrative models that permit competing explanations of drug use. This approach promotes flexibility in testing hypotheses pertinent to adol- cents of very different social and cultural backgrounds or personal characteristics. Longitudinal studies, including the one presented in these pages, have identified many risk and protective factors or processes that are linked to adolescent drug use. We review these throughout this book and present new information from our own research. Our point of departure is to extend and elaborate descriptive research and models of adolescent drug research to cover the unique and diverse experiences of adolescents who are Hispanic, African American, and White non-Hispanic.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0306471477

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Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research

What They Mean, Why They Matter, and How They Inform Scientific Practices

By: Andres De Los Reyes

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Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research

What They Mean, Why They Matter, and How They Inform Scientific Practices

By: Andres De Los Reyes

Discrepant results are the most common results of mental health research, and may even occur multiple times in a single study. But what do discrepant results mean? How are researchers to make sense of them? Do they tell us something important about mental health, and if they do, how would we know? Discrepant Results in Mental Health Research challenges all that we think we know about mental health.

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Oxford University Press

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0197686605

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Blade Runner 2019 Volume 3

Home Again, Home Again

By: Michael Green,Mike Johnson,Andres Guinaldo

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Blade Runner 2019 Volume 3

Home Again, Home Again

By: Michael Green,Mike Johnson,Andres Guinaldo

Los Angeles, 2026. Ex Blade Runner Aahna ‘Ash’ Ashina returns to Los Angeles to settle the score with agribusiness tycoon Alexander Selwyn who had sold his daughter, Cleo, to Eldon Tyrell for genetic experimentation. In a city still suffering from the effects of the Black Out, Ash – once the huntress – is now the hunted, as the LAPD, the underworld, and a rogue group of Replicants search the city looking for her. With no friends and a price on her head, nowhere is safe for Ash. She is forced to turn for help from an unlikely source as she searches for a lead to Selwyn and a bloody reckoning… Collects Blade Runner 2029 #9-12. “An utterly immersive experience… an emotionally engaging story, and exquisite artwork. Don’t miss out on this one.” – Flickering Myth

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Titan Comics

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1787733297

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Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle

By: Andres Rosler

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Political Authority and Obligation in Aristotle

By: Andres Rosler

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0191530751

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Persuade

The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions

By: Andres Lares,Jeff Cochran,Shaun Digan

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Persuade

The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions

By: Andres Lares,Jeff Cochran,Shaun Digan

Transform your ability to persuade and negotiate with this practical new resource In Persuade: The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions, accomplished sales, negotiation, and influence experts Andres Lares, Jeff Cochran, and Shaun Digan PhD deliver a concise and insightful take on how to transform your ability to persuade others regardless of the setting. In this important book you'll discover: Original research and scientific studies shedding light on the human decision-making processes that drive success and failure in virtually all interactions Real world examples and practical exercises to illustrate and practice the concepts discussed A fun yet rigorous approach of a complex subject that can be practically applied in any business situation Persuade is perfect for executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders and will earn a place in the libraries of any professional who negotiates or influences on a regular basis. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to improve their persuasion or deal-making abilities.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119778514

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Topological Fixed Point Principles for Boundary Value Problems

By: J. Andres,Lech Górniewicz

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Topological Fixed Point Principles for Boundary Value Problems

By: J. Andres,Lech Górniewicz

The book is devoted to the topological fixed point theory both for single-valued and multivalued mappings in locally convex spaces, including its application to boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (inclusions) and to (multivalued) dynamical systems. It is the first monograph dealing with the topological fixed point theory in non-metric spaces. Although the theoretical material was tendentiously selected with respect to applications, the text is self-contained. Therefore, three appendices concerning almost-periodic and derivo-periodic single-valued (multivalued) functions and (multivalued) fractals are supplied to the main three chapters.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9401704074

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9789401704076

Brain Stimulation

By: Andres M. Lozano,Mark Hallett

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Brain Stimulation

By: Andres M. Lozano,Mark Hallett

- A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology. - International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field. - Describes the advances which have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences, their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care. - A volume in the Handbook of Clinical Neurology series, which has an unparalleled reputation as the world's most comprehensive source of information in neurology. - International list of contributors including the leading workers in the field. - Describes the advances which have occurred in clinical neurology and the neurosciences, their impact on the understanding of neurological disorders and on patient care.

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Newnes

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0444534989

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9780444534989

Plant Geography of Chile

By: Andres Moreira-Munoz

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Plant Geography of Chile

By: Andres Moreira-Munoz

The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography. The time is therefore ripe for a new look at Chile’s plants and their distribution. Focusing on three key issues – botany/systematics, geography and biogeographical analysis – this book presents a thoroughly updated synthesis both of Chilean plant geography and of the different approaches to studying it. Because of its range – from the neotropics to the temperate sub-Antarctic – Chile’s flora provides a critical insight into evolutionary patterns, particularly in relation to the distribution along the latitudinal profiles and the global geographical relationships of the country’s genera. The consequences of these relations for the evolution of the Chilean Flora are discussed. This book will provide a valuable resource for both graduate students and researchers in botany, plant taxonomy and systematics, biogeography, evolutionary biology and plant conservation.

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9048187486

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Fort Mott

By: Andres G. Grant

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Fort Mott

By: Andres G. Grant

Fort Mott held a prominent role in the military history of the area from the late 1800s until WWII. Located on the banks of the Delaware River, Fort Mott was once part of a three-fort system that protected the ports and industry of New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania. When completed in 1896, Fort Mott was one of the most technologically advanced fortifications of the period. Originally called the Battery at Finns Point, in 1897 it was renamed in honor of Maj. Gen. Gershom Mott, a New Jersey native who commanded with distinction during the Civil War and later served as state treasurer and commander of New Jersey's National Guard. When fully garrisoned with troops, the Army post was its own little town, complete with a hospital, bakery, stores, and sport fields. Coast Artillery Corps soldiers manned the fort until 1944, when the Army decided to abandon the site. In 1947, the state purchased the property, and in 1951, Fort Mott State Park opened to the public. Today, many of the buildings and fortifications are open for tours, and ongoing preservation and rehabilitation efforts are preserving the site for future generations.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738597864

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9780738597867

A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix

By: Stephen M. Andres

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A Sketch of Elder Daniel Hix

By: Stephen M. Andres

Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

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3368629980

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Designing and Doing Survey Research

By: Lesley Andres

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Designing and Doing Survey Research

By: Lesley Andres

Designing and Doing Survey Research is an introduction to the processes and methods of planning and conducting survey research in the real world. Taking a mixed method approach throughout, the book provides step-by-step guidance on: * Designing your research * Ethical issues * Developing your survey questions * Sampling * Budgeting, scheduling and managing your time * Administering your survey * Preparing for data analysis With a focus on the impact of new technologies, this book provides a cutting-edge look at how survey research is conducted today as well as the challenges survey researchers face. Packed full of international examples from various social science disciplines, the book is ideal for students and researchers new to survey research.

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SAGE Publications

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1849208131

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Spring 2002

By: Andres Velasco

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Spring 2002

By: Andres Velasco

This semiannual journal from the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) provides a forum for influential economists and policymakers from the region to share high-quality research directly applied to policy issues within and among those countries.Contents include:Globalization Hazard and Delayed Reform in Emerging MarketsGuillermo Calvo (Inter-American Development Bank)The Politics of Legal ReformFlorencio Lopez de Silanes (Yale University and NBER)Inflation Targeting in Chile, Brazil, and Mexico: Performance, Credibility, and the Exchange RateAlejandro Werner (Banco de Mexico) and Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Banco Central de Chile)Telecommunications Reform, Access Regulation, and Internet Adoption in Latin America Antonio Estache (World Bank and Ecares), Marco Manacorda (London School of Economics and CEP), and Tommaso M. Valletti (Imperial College Management School and CPR)Equity and Educational Performance: Evidence from Bolivia and ChileComments by Miguel Urquiola and Omar AriasEvaluating the Impact of School Decentralization on Education QualityComments by Eric A. Hanushek and Mariano Tommasi

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Brookings Institution Press

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081572067X

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Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Sciences in the History of the Max Planck Society

By: Luisa Bonolis,Juan-Andres Leon

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Astrophysics, Astronomy and Space Sciences in the History of the Max Planck Society

By: Luisa Bonolis,Juan-Andres Leon

This book provides the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of scientific traditions in astronomy, astrophysics, and the space sciences within the Max Planck Society. Structured with in-depth archival research, interviews with protagonists, unpublished photographs, and an extensive bibliography, it follows a unique history: from the post-war relaunch of physical sciences in West Germany, to the spectacular developments and successes of cosmic sciences in the second half of the 20th century, up to the emergence of multi-messenger astronomy. It reveals how the Society acquired national and international acclaim in becoming one of the world’s most productive research organizations in these fields.

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BRILL

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9004529136

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9789004529137

Urban Operating Systems

Producing the Computational City

By: Andres Luque-Ayala,Simon Marvin

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Urban Operating Systems

Producing the Computational City

By: Andres Luque-Ayala,Simon Marvin

An exploration of the modest potentials and serious contradictions of reconfiguring urban life through computational operating systems. A new wave of enthusiasm for smart cities, urban data, and the Internet of Things has created the impression that computation can solve almost any urban problem. Subjecting this claim to critical scrutiny, in this book, Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin examine the cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts in which urban computational logics have emerged. They consider the rationalities and techniques that constitute emerging computational forms of urbanization, including work on digital urbanism, smart cities, and, more recently, platform urbanism. They explore the modest potentials and serious contradictions of reconfiguring urban life, city services, and urban-networked infrastructure through computational operating systems.

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MIT Press

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0262360993

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European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies

Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1980-97

By: Harold D. Holder,Eckart Kühlhorn,Sturla Nordlund,Esa Österberg,Andres Romelsjö,Trygve Ugland

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European Integration and Nordic Alcohol Policies

Changes in Alcohol Controls and Consequences in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1980-97

By: Harold D. Holder,Eckart Kühlhorn,Sturla Nordlund,Esa Österberg,Andres Romelsjö,Trygve Ugland

First published in 1998, this volume constitutes a fascinating analysis of the clash of the alcohol control systems of three Nordic countries – Finland, Norway and Sweden – with the free-market of the European Union. It examines of the impact of joining the EU and of remaining outside the trade area, providing a detailed review from a number of perspectives that will interest not only alcohol experts but all social scientists, along with all those interested in links and conflicts between public health interests, market forces and trade agreements. Topics discussed include national systems of alcohol production and distribution, taxation, retail prices, patterns of alcohol consumption, economic actors, social and health consequences and changes in attitudes to alcohol policy in the Nordic countries.

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Routledge

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0429812663

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9780429812668

Depression and Brain Dysfunction

By: Frank Gilliam,Andres M. Kanner,Yvette Sheline

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Depression and Brain Dysfunction

By: Frank Gilliam,Andres M. Kanner,Yvette Sheline

This volume is a scholarly reference to published research results on the neurobiology and neuroanatomy of depression and the association of depression with disorders of the central nervous system. The book reviews and discusses aspects of recent research on the underlying mechanisms of depression, including neurotransmitter dysregulation, hypothal

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CRC Press

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0203485661

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Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Spending Better to Achieve More

By: Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson

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Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Spending Better to Achieve More

By: Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. This report asks three questions: what should LAC countries’ goals be? How can these goals be achieved as cost-effectively as possible? And who should pay to reach these goals? In doing so, we drop the ‘infrastructure gap’ notion, favoring an approach built on identifying the ‘service gap’. Benchmarking Latin America in this way reveals clear strengths and weaknesses. Access to water and electricity is good, with the potential for the region’s electricity sector to drive competitive advantage; by contrast, transport and sanitation should be key focus areas for further development. The report also identifies and analyses some of the emerging challenges for the region—climate change, increased demand and urbanization—that will put increasing pressure on infrastructure and policy makers alike. Improving the region’s infrastructure performance in the context of tight fiscal space will require spending better on well identified priorities. Unlike most infrastructure diagnostics, this report argues that much of what is needed lies outside the infrastructure sector †“ in the form of broader government issues—from competition policy, to budgeting rules that no longer solely focus on controlling cash expenditures. We also find that traditional recommendations continue to apply regarding independent, well-performing regulators and better corporate governance, and highlight the critical importance of cost recovery where feasible and desirable, as the basis for future commercial finance of infrastructure services. Latin America has the means and potential to do better; and it can do so by spending more efficiently on the right things.

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World Bank Publications

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1464811024

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Extreme Programming Explained

Embrace Change

By: Kent Beck,Cynthia Andres

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Extreme Programming Explained

Embrace Change

By: Kent Beck,Cynthia Andres

Accountability. Transparency. Responsibility. These are not words that are often applied to software development. In this completely revised introduction to Extreme Programming (XP), Kent Beck describes how to improve your software development by integrating these highly desirable concepts into your daily development process. The first edition of Extreme Programming Explained is a classic. It won awards for its then-radical ideas for improving small-team development, such as having developers write automated tests for their own code and having the whole team plan weekly. Much has changed in five years. This completely rewritten second edition expands the scope of XP to teams of any size by suggesting a program of continuous improvement based on: Five core values consistent with excellence in software development Eleven principles for putting those values into action Thirteen primary and eleven corollary practices to help you push development past its current business and technical limitations Whether you have a small team that is already closely aligned with your customers or a large team in a gigantic or multinational organization, you will find in these pages a wealth of ideas to challenge, inspire, and encourage you and your team members to substantially improve your software development. You will discover how to: Involve the whole team–XP style Increase technical collaboration through pair programming and continuous integration Reduce defects through developer testing Align business and technical decisions through weekly and quarterly planning Improve teamwork by setting up an informative, shared workspace You will also find many other concrete ideas for improvement, all based on a philosophy that emphasizes simultaneously increasing the humanity and effectiveness of software development. Every team can improve. Every team can begin improving today. Improvement is possible–beyond what we can currently imagine. Extreme Programming Explained, Second Edition, offers ideas to fuel your improvement for years to come.

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0134051998

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Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx

From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society

By: Andres Saenz de Sicilia

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Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx

From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society

By: Andres Saenz de Sicilia

Capital is often depicted as an all-encompassing and abstract social force which seeks to "subsume" all of human life. But what in fact is involved in such "subsumption" and how might it be resisted? Tracing the discourse of subsumption through the work of Kant, Hegel, Marx and the critical Marxist tradition, this book offers a materialist framework for analysing capitalist power. Saenz de Sicilia argues that capitalist subsumption operates at three distinct yet interrelated levels: exchange, production, and reproduction, each characterised by distinct logics of domination and resistance. Conflicts over subsumption at each of these levels lie at the heart of capitalism’s struggle to determine the shapes of human social life. A major intervention into debates surrounding the historical trajectories of capitalism, Subsumption in Kant, Hegel and Marx: From the Critique of Reason to the Critique of Society systematically refutes the influential thesis that we are now in a stage of "total" capitalist subsumption which leaves no space of refuge or resistance.

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BRILL

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9004713824

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School Segregation and Social Cohesion in Santiago

Perspectives from the Chilean Experience

By: Andres Molina

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School Segregation and Social Cohesion in Santiago

Perspectives from the Chilean Experience

By: Andres Molina

This book examines the consequences of educational segregation from the perspective of social cohesion. It investigates the impact of separating students along socioeconomic lines on student attitudes, dispositions and outlooks considered important for social cohesion as well as on achievement, opening the discussion about the social costs of school segregation. The separation of students based on their social background is a common feature of schooling in many modern systems. This is not only due to the influence of residential segregation but also to the effects of policies promoting educational privatisation, parental choice and student academic selection. By recognising the importance of schooling for citizenship and social integration, the chapters in this book explore how the separation of students throughout their school lives can contribute to the division of citizens beyond school, and how social segregation in school systems affect social cohesion more broadly. By exploring the case of Santiago, Chile, the study is a timely contribution to the understanding of the roots of social division and the role that schools play in creating cohesive societies. The originality of the approach and the evidence presented draw on implications that should be of interest to a wider audience concerned with contemporary discussions on solidarity and its erosion by educational segregation in urban environments.

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Springer Nature

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303070534X

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Quality Assurance for the Food Industry

A Practical Approach

By: J. Andres Vasconcellos

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Quality Assurance for the Food Industry

A Practical Approach

By: J. Andres Vasconcellos

Food companies, regardless of their size and scope, understand that it is impossible to establish a single division devoted to "quality", as quality is the responsibility and purpose of every company employee. Applying this theory demands the cooperation of each employee and an understanding of the methodology necessary to establish, implement, and

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CRC Press

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0203498100

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9780203498101

Harlequin Historical August 2024 - Box Set 2 of 2

By: Marguerite Kaye,Lydia San Andres

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Harlequin Historical August 2024 - Box Set 2 of 2

By: Marguerite Kaye,Lydia San Andres

From Victorian England to 1900s Dominican Republic, lose yourself in this dramatic and emotional Harlequin® Historical collection containing two new full-length titles! This boxset includes: UNCOVERING THE GOVERNESS’S SECRETS by Marguerite Kaye (Victorian) As a private investigator to the rich, it’s my job to be impartial, but returning to moody Edinburgh – the city I made my name in – to locate Marianne Crawford, unsettles me. And when I meet the beguiling governess in question, I’m inexplicably drawn to her… Marianne Crawford is a survivor, she’s lived through experiences designed to destroy her. But I’m here to reveal her true identity, not to fall under her spell. I’ve never been afraid of secrets, but once I uncover this one, I’m afraid I won’t be able to walk away… UNEXPECTEDLY WED TO THE HEIR by Lydia San Andres (1900s) After dressmaker Aura Soriana’s father passes away, her home and livelihood are left on the line. With only herself to count on, she’s cautious when she meets handsome Eduardo Martinez, heir to a shipping empire, and has no time for his easygoing attitude and showy gestures!? When Eduardo discovers Aura’s home has been broken into, and the dangerous men pursuing her are linked to his family, the only way to keep her safe is to claim she’s his fiancée! Yet if independent Aura’s to meet him at the altar, Eduardo must face his past and show her she can rely on him..

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0369758412

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Investments Unlimited

A Novel About DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age

By: Helen Beal,Bill Bensing,Jason Cox,Michael Edenzon,Topo Pal,Caleb Queern,John Rzezotarski,Andres Vega,John Willis

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Investments Unlimited

A Novel About DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age

By: Helen Beal,Bill Bensing,Jason Cox,Michael Edenzon,Topo Pal,Caleb Queern,John Rzezotarski,Andres Vega,John Willis

Susan Jones had been the CEO of Investments Unlimited, Inc. (IUI) for five years, a financial institution that has successfully navigated their digital transformation. She is quick on her feet and is trusted by the board. But right now—although you can't tell from her demeanor—she was panicking. Today, IUI received notice from bank regulators concerning their unsatisfactory audit and compliance practices. If they failed to address the regulators' concerns within the year, the company could go up in smoke. She didn't understand. How had her team let this happen? How had she let this happen? Over the past several years, IUI had executed a digital transformation strategy following the business accelerating principles of Agile and DevOps. By any metric they had seemingly done things right. Feedback from customers was astounding and conversion rates for new accounts was growing faster than ever. But along the way IUIs manual governance process had become inundated with friction, frustration, and failure for the teams attempting to deliver value for their organizations. Now, it's all hands on deck for a cross-functional team of executives and engineers to develop a modern automated governance process that satisfies regulators without slowing the company's ability to meet customer demands and compete in the market. In the vein of bestselling titles The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, Investments Unlimited helps organizations radically rethink how they handle audit, compliance, and security for their software systems. By introducing concepts, tools, and ideas to reimagine governance, this book catalyzes a more humane way to enable high-velocity software delivery that inspires trust and is inherently more secure.

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Local and Regional Development

By: Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose

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Local and Regional Development

By: Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose

Local and regional development is an increasingly global issue. For localities and regions, the challenge of enhancing prosperity, improving wellbeing and increasing living standards has become acute for localities and regions formerly considered discrete parts of the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ worlds. Amid concern over the definitions and sustainability of ‘development’, a spectre has emerged of deepened unevenness and sharpened inequalities in the development prospects for particular social groups and territories. Local and Regional Development engages and addresses the key questions: what are the principles and values that shape definitions and strategies of local and regional development? What are the conceptual and theoretical frameworks capable of understanding and interpreting local and regional development? What are the main policy interventions and instruments? How do localities and regions attempt to effect development in practice? What kinds of local and regional development should we be pursuing? This book addresses the fundamental issues of ‘what kind of local and regional development and for whom?’, frameworks of understanding, and instruments and policies. It outlines what a holistic, progressive and sustainable local and regional development might constitute before reflecting on its limits and political renewal. With the growing international importance of local and regional development, this book is an essential student purchase, illustrated throughout with maps, figures and case studies from Asia, Europe, and Central and North America.

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Deep Learning Systems

Algorithms, Compilers, and Processors for Large-Scale Production

By: Andres Rodriguez

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Deep Learning Systems

Algorithms, Compilers, and Processors for Large-Scale Production

By: Andres Rodriguez

This book describes deep learning systems: the algorithms, compilers, and processor components to efficiently train and deploy deep learning models for commercial applications. The exponential growth in computational power is slowing at a time when the amount of compute consumed by state-of-the-art deep learning (DL) workloads is rapidly growing. Model size, serving latency, and power constraints are a significant challenge in the deployment of DL models for many applications. Therefore, it is imperative to codesign algorithms, compilers, and hardware to accelerate advances in this field with holistic system-level and algorithm solutions that improve performance, power, and efficiency. Advancing DL systems generally involves three types of engineers: (1) data scientists that utilize and develop DL algorithms in partnership with domain experts, such as medical, economic, or climate scientists; (2) hardware designers that develop specialized hardware to accelerate the components in the DL models; and (3) performance and compiler engineers that optimize software to run more efficiently on a given hardware. Hardware engineers should be aware of the characteristics and components of production and academic models likely to be adopted by industry to guide design decisions impacting future hardware. Data scientists should be aware of deployment platform constraints when designing models. Performance engineers should support optimizations across diverse models, libraries, and hardware targets. The purpose of this book is to provide a solid understanding of (1) the design, training, and applications of DL algorithms in industry; (2) the compiler techniques to map deep learning code to hardware targets; and (3) the critical hardware features that accelerate DL systems. This book aims to facilitate co-innovation for the advancement of DL systems. It is written for engineers working in one or more of these areas who seek to understand the entire system stack in order to better collaborate with engineers working in other parts of the system stack. The book details advancements and adoption of DL models in industry, explains the training and deployment process, describes the essential hardware architectural features needed for today's and future models, and details advances in DL compilers to efficiently execute algorithms across various hardware targets. Unique in this book is the holistic exposition of the entire DL system stack, the emphasis on commercial applications, and the practical techniques to design models and accelerate their performance. The author is fortunate to work with hardware, software, data scientist, and research teams across many high-technology companies with hyperscale data centers. These companies employ many of the examples and methods provided throughout the book.

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Springer Nature

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3031017692

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Advances in Blow Moulding Process Optimization

By: Andres Garcia-Rejon

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Advances in Blow Moulding Process Optimization

By: Andres Garcia-Rejon

This report provides a review of the development and current understanding of blow moulding technology. The history and technology of blow moulding are reviewed and details are given on the research carried out in order to better understand the fundamental phenomena affecting the different stages of the process, and their interdependence in controlling final part characteristics. An additional indexed section containing several hundred abstracts from the Rapra Polymer Library database provides useful references for further reading.

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Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Pathways to a Resilient Society

By: Andres R. Edwards

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Thriving Beyond Sustainability

Pathways to a Resilient Society

By: Andres R. Edwards

Every fifteen seconds on our Earth, a child dies from waterborne disease. Three times an hour, another species becomes extinct. Each day we consume eighty-five million barrels of oil and pump twenty-three million tons of carbon dioxide into an already warming atmosphere. But against this bleak backdrop, beacons of hope shine from thousands of large and small initiatives taking place everywhere from isolated villages to major urban centers. Thriving Beyond Sustainability draws a collective map of individuals, organizations, and communities from around the world that are committed to building an alternative future—one that strives to restore ecological health; reinvent outmoded institutions; and rejuvenate our environmental, social, and economic systems. The projects and initiatives profiled are meeting the challenges of the day with optimism, hope, and results, leading the way in: Relocalization Green commerce Ecological design Environmental conservation Social transformation Overflowing with inspiration, the stories and ideas in these pages will cause the most chronic pessimist to see the glass as half full—to move beyond a perception of surviving with scarcity to one of flourishing with abundance. The comprehensive resource section provides the tools for everyone to become a catalyst for change. Andres R. Edwards is the author of The Sustainability Revolution, which has sold over twenty thousand copies. He is an educator, media designer, LEED-accredited green building and sustainability consultant, and the founder of EduTracks, a firm specializing in developing education programs and providing consulting services on sustainable practices.

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The Heart of Sustainability

Restoring Ecological Balance from the Inside Out

By: Andres Edwards

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The Heart of Sustainability

Restoring Ecological Balance from the Inside Out

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A thriving life and livable future for our planet starts with you. Amidst the doom and gloom that dominates the headlines, a different kind of story about an alternative and sustainable future is unfolding. The players are social activists, visionaries, revolutionaries, and cultural innovators, the backdrop is this Anthropocene: the tipping point of our global and environmental challenges, and the narrative is the molding of a new paradigm to shape our collective future, and make environmental change. The Heart of Sustainability delves into the human dimension of this burgeoning international movement with an aim to become climate activists and build a better world. Author Andrés Edwards frames the conversation about consciousness, activism, innovation, and sustainability by: Explaining how self-development is a key driver for environmental planetary change Describing how the confluence of the consciousness and technological revolutions provide unique opportunities for balance and fulfillment Exploring how we can move forward individually and collectively to create a thriving, livable future from the inside out, during this Anthropocene. This landmark work illustrates the integration of the four Es: ecology, economy, equity, and education—the bedrock of the current sustainability framework-with the four Cs : conscious, creative, compassionate, and connected. Focusing on specific examples and concrete initiatives from social activists around the world, it shows us how to reconnect with ourselves, each other, and nature in order to tackle the climate change challenges we face as a global community. Andrés R. Edwards is the author of the award-winning Thriving Beyond Sustainability and The Sustainability Revolution . He is also the founder and president of EduTracks, a firm specializing education programs and consulting services on sustainable practices for museums, zoos, aquariums, culture and history centers.

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The Heart of Sustainability

Restoring Ecological Balance from the Inside Out

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Restoring Ecological Balance from the Inside Out

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The Making of a Generation

The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood

By: Lesley Andres,Johanna Wyn

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The Making of a Generation

The Children of the 1970s in Adulthood

By: Lesley Andres,Johanna Wyn

Secondary school graduates of the late 1980s and early 1990s have found themselves coping with economic insecurity, social change, and workplace restructuring. Drawing on studies that have recorded the lives of young people in two countries for over fifteen years, The Making of a Generation offers unique insight into the hopes, dreams, and trajectories of a generation. Although children born in the 1970s were more educated than ever before, as adults they entered new labour markets that were de-regulated and precarious. Lesley Andres and Johanna Wyn discuss the consequences of education and labour policies in Canada and Australia, emphasizing their long-term impacts on health, well-being, and family formation. They conclude that these young adults bore the brunt of policies designed to bring about rapid changes in the nature of work. Despite their modest hopes and aspirations for security, those born in the 1970s became a vanguard generation as they negotiated the significant social and economic transformations of the 1990s.

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R for Political Data Science

A Practical Guide

By: Francisco Urdinez,Andres Cruz

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R for Political Data Science

A Practical Guide

By: Francisco Urdinez,Andres Cruz

R for Political Data Science: A Practical Guide is a handbook for political scientists new to R who want to learn the most useful and common ways to interpret and analyze political data. It was written by political scientists, thinking about the many real-world problems faced in their work. The book has 16 chapters and is organized in three sections. The first, on the use of R, is for those users who are learning R or are migrating from another software. The second section, on econometric models, covers OLS, binary and survival models, panel data, and causal inference. The third section is a data science toolbox of some the most useful tools in the discipline: data imputation, fuzzy merge of large datasets, web mining, quantitative text analysis, network analysis, mapping, spatial cluster analysis, and principal component analysis. Key features: Each chapter has the most up-to-date and simple option available for each task, assuming minimal prerequisites and no previous experience in R Makes extensive use of the Tidyverse, the group of packages that has revolutionized the use of R Provides a step-by-step guide that you can replicate using your own data Includes exercises in every chapter for course use or self-study Focuses on practical-based approaches to statistical inference rather than mathematical formulae Supplemented by an R package, including all data As the title suggests, this book is highly applied in nature, and is designed as a toolbox for the reader. It can be used in methods and data science courses, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It will be equally useful for a university student pursuing a PhD, political consultants, or a public official, all of whom need to transform their datasets into substantive and easily interpretable conclusions.

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