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Juristic Concept of the Validity of Statutory Law

A Critique of Contemporary Legal Nonpositivism

By: Andrzej Grabowski

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Juristic Concept of the Validity of Statutory Law

A Critique of Contemporary Legal Nonpositivism

By: Andrzej Grabowski

This book presents the theory of the validity of legal norms, aimed at the practice of law, in particular the jurisdiction of the constitutional courts. The postpositivist concept of the validity of statutory law, grounded on a critical analysis of the basic theories of legal validity elaborated up to now, is introduced. In the first part of the book a contemporary German nonpositivist conception of law developed by Ralf Dreier and Robert Alexy is analysed in order to answer the question whether the juristic concept of legal validity should include moral standards or criteria. In the second part, a postpositivist concept of legal validity and an innovative model of validity discourse, based on the juristic presumption of the validity of legal norms, are proposed. The book is a work on analytical legal theory, written from a postpositivist, detached point of view.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642276881

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Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments

A Tool for Improving Occupational Safety and Health

By: Andrzej Grabowski

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Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments

A Tool for Improving Occupational Safety and Health

By: Andrzej Grabowski

Virtual reality (VR) techniques are becoming increasingly popular. The use of computer modeling and visualization is no longer uncommon in the area of ergonomics and occupational health and safety. This book explains how studies conducted in a simulated virtual world are making it possible to test new solutions for designed workstations, offering a high degree of ease for introducing modifications and eliminating risk and work-related accidents. Virtual reality techniques offer a wide range of possibilities including increasing the cognitive abilities of the elderly, adapting workstations for people with disabilities and special needs, and remote control of machines using collaborative robots. Detailed discussions include: Testing protective devices, safety systems, and the numerical reconstruction of work accidents Using computer simulation in generic virtual environments On the one hand, it is a self-study book made so by well-crafted and numerous examples. On the other hand, through a detailed analysis of the virtual reality from a point of view of work safety and ergonomics and health improvement. Ewa Grabska, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Noteworthy is the broad scope and diversity of the addressed problems, ranging from training employees using VR environments with different degrees of perceived reality; training and rehabilitation of the elderly; to designing, testing, modifying, and adapting workplaces to various needs including those of disabled workers; to simulation and investigation of the cause of accidents at a workplace. Andrzej Krawiecki, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

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CRC Press

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100007725X

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9781000077254

Transition Curves for Highway Geometric Design

By: Andrzej Kobryń

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Transition Curves for Highway Geometric Design

By: Andrzej Kobryń

This book provides concise descriptions of the various solutions of transition curves, which can be used in geometric design of roads and highways. It presents mathematical methods and curvature functions for defining transition curves.

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331953727X

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The Polish Formalist School and Russian Formalism

By: Andrzej Karcz

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The Polish Formalist School and Russian Formalism

By: Andrzej Karcz

Revising his 1999 doctoral dissertation for the University of Chicago, Karcz explores the Polish Formalist School of literary theory and analysis, which had already sprouted when Russian Formalism was silenced as heresy by Stalinist pressures in 1930, and the relationship between the two movements. He begins by discussing the anticipations of Polish Formalism, then focuses on the work of Kazimierz Woycicki (1876-1938), Mandred Kridl (1882-1957), and other primary theoreticians and practitioners. Excerpts are in English. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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University Rochester Press

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1580461107

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Political Trials in Poland 1981-1986

By: Andrzej Swidlicki

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Political Trials in Poland 1981-1986

By: Andrzej Swidlicki

First published in 1988, Political Trials in Poland 1981-1986 describes the major political trials which took place in Poland between 1981 and 1986. Based on extensive original research using both official and unofficial information from Poland and interviews with Solidarity activists, it shows how the trials constituted an attempt by the Jaruzelski regime to break the back of the independent Solidarity movement by judicial and penal measures. It discusses how the authorities abused the law and how the law itself leaves much to be desired and it charts the different human rights that were violated in each case. It considers the implications of the abuse of law in this way for the rule of law and the image of the state in communist countries. This book will be of interest to students of history and political science.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040011845

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9781040011843

Conrad’s European Context

By: Andrzej Busza

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Conrad’s European Context

By: Andrzej Busza

On account of Conrad’s tragic and fascinating life before he became a writer, critics have usually offered a historical account of his early Polish years. Less attention has been paid to the cultural and literary background of that period and its subsequent influence. In fact, initially that influence was largely ignored. My aim has been not only to rectify that deficiency but to broaden the scope of the issue. In addition to dealing with his Polish background, the book also relates Conrad’s writing to other European literary traditions, notably French and Russian. Exploring the extraordinary geographical and historical range of Conrad’s fictional world, the book examines the rhetorical and narrative strategies employed in its vividly dramatic as well as psychologically insightful depictions.

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BRILL

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9004690921

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9789004690929

Rigid Finite Element Method in Analysis of Dynamics of Offshore Structures

By: Edmund Wittbrodt,Marek Szczotka,Andrzej Maczyński,Stanisław Wojciech

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Rigid Finite Element Method in Analysis of Dynamics of Offshore Structures

By: Edmund Wittbrodt,Marek Szczotka,Andrzej Maczyński,Stanisław Wojciech

This book describes new methods developed for modelling dynamics of machines commonly used in the offshore industry. These methods are based both on the rigid finite element method, used for the description of link deformations, and on homogeneous transformations and joint coordinates, which is applied to the modelling of multibody system dynamics. In this monograph, the bases of the rigid finite element method and homogeneous transformations are introduced. Selected models for modelling dynamics of offshore devices are then verified both by using commercial software, based on the finite element method, as well as by using additional methods. Examples of mathematical models of offshore machines, such as a gantry crane for Blowout-Preventer (BOP) valve block transportation, a pedestal crane with shock absorber, and pipe laying machinery are presented. Selected problems of control in offshore machinery as well as dynamic optimization in device control are also discussed. Additionally, numerical simulations of pipe-laying operations taking active reel drive into account are shown.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642298869

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9783642298868

Safety of Navigation in Restricted Areas

Methods of Risk Estimation and Analysis

By: Andrzej Bąk,Stanisław Gucma,Marcin Przywarty

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Safety of Navigation in Restricted Areas

Methods of Risk Estimation and Analysis

By: Andrzej Bąk,Stanisław Gucma,Marcin Przywarty

The themes of this monograph include modern engineering problems of marine traffic engineering, focusing on what this discipline deals with: navigational safety assessment methods. These include: criteria of assessing navigational safety in restricted areas, navigation risk, as a complex criterion of navigational safety assessment in waterway systems, models of navigation risk determination used worldwide, conditions of safe operation of ships on waterways determined by using navigation risk, minimum safe tug assistance on port waterways, navigation risk management in waterway systems with a description of a computer program for model-based tests of navigational safety on Southern Baltic waterways.

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Springer Nature

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3031495322

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9783031495328

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries

Krak¢w, Poland, July 18-21, 2001

By: Andrzej Horzela

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Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetries

Krak¢w, Poland, July 18-21, 2001

By: Andrzej Horzela

This book presents the up-to-date status of quantum theory and the outlook for its development in the 21st century. The covered topics include basic problems of quantum physics, with emphasis on the foundations of quantum theory, quantum computing and control, quantum optics, coherent states and Wigner functions, as well as on methods of quantum physics based on Lie groups and algebras, quantum groups and noncommutative geometry.

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World Scientific

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9810248873

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9789810248871

Case Based Design

Applications in Process Engineering

By: Yuri Avramenko,Andrzej Kraslawski

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Case Based Design

Applications in Process Engineering

By: Yuri Avramenko,Andrzej Kraslawski

In a highly authoritative and systematic manner, this book offers an in-depth treatment of the essence of the case–based reasoning strategy and case-based design dwelling upon the algorithmic facet of the paradigm. It provides an excellent applied research framework by showing how this development can be effectively utilized in the real word complicated environment of process engineering, a pursuit that is rarely reported in the literature in such a comprehensive manner.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540757058

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9783540757054

European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - 13

36th European Symposium of the Working Party on Computer Aided Process Engineering

By: Andrzej Kraslawski,Ilkka Turunen

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European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - 13

36th European Symposium of the Working Party on Computer Aided Process Engineering

By: Andrzej Kraslawski,Ilkka Turunen

This book contains papers presented at the 13th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-13). The ESCAPE symposia bring together scientists, students and engineers from academia and industry, who are active in the research and application of Computer Aided Process Engineering.The objective of ESCAPE-13 is to promote CAPE applications into new businesses and technologies by highlighting the use of computers and information technology tools in five specific areas: process design; process control and dynamics; modeling, simulation and optimization; applications in pulp and paper industry; and applications in biotechnology.Includes 190 papers selected from 391 submitted abstracts.All papers have been reviewed by 33 members of the international scientific community.

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Elsevier

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0080529445

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9780080529448

Knowledge Representation Techniques

A Rough Set Approach

By: Patrick Doherty,Witold Lukaszewicz,Andrzej Szalas

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Knowledge Representation Techniques

A Rough Set Approach

By: Patrick Doherty,Witold Lukaszewicz,Andrzej Szalas

This book contains a cohesive, self-contained collection of theoretical and applied research results that have been achieved in this project which pertain to nonmonotonic and approximate easoning systems developed for an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle system used in the project. This book should be of interest to the theoretician and applied researcher alike and to autonomous system developers and software agent and intelligent system developers.

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Springer

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3540335196

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9783540335191

Cement-Based Composites

Materials, Mechanical Properties and Performance, Second Edition

By: Andrzej M. Brandt

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Cement-Based Composites

Materials, Mechanical Properties and Performance, Second Edition

By: Andrzej M. Brandt

Cement-Based Composites takes a different approach from most other books in the field by viewing concrete as an advanced composite material, and by considering the properties and behaviour of cement-based materials from this stance. It deals particularly, but not exclusively, with newer forms of cement-based materials. This new edition takes a critical approach to the subject as well as presenting up-to-date knowledge. Emphasis is given to non-conventional reinforcement and design methods, problems at the materials' interfaces and to the durability of structures. High strength composites and novel forms of cement-based composites are described in detail. After a basic introduction the book explores the various components of these materials and their properties. It then deals with mechanical properties and considers characteristics under various loading and environmental conditions, and concludes by examining design, optimization and economics with particular emphasis on high-performance concretes. Researchers, graduate students and practising engineers will find this book valuable.

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CRC Press

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0203889037

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9780203889039

Ethics in the Light of Hermeneutical Philosophy

Morality Between (Self-)Reflection and Social Obligations

By: Andrzej Przylebski

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Ethics in the Light of Hermeneutical Philosophy

Morality Between (Self-)Reflection and Social Obligations

By: Andrzej Przylebski

The hermeneutic turn of philosophy, initiated by Dilthey and Heidegger, led to a reevaluation of understanding of the classical disciplines of philosophy, from ontology and epistemology to aesthetics and ethics. The cognitive importance of these disciplines have been relativized to the cultural conditions in which they operate. With regard to ethics, it does not lead to the creation of some new "hermeneutic ethics," but to the hermeneutic approach to ethics which underlines the value of existing morality and reduces the pretensions of philosophical ethics to universal validity. This book presents it on the ground of a solid and innovatory analysis of ethical considerations of Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Guenter Abel. (Series: Philosophy: Research and Science / Philosophie: Forschung und Wissenschaft, Vol. 46) [Subject: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Ethics]

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LIT Verlag Münster

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3643908970

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9783643908971

LOGLAN '88 - Report on the Programming Language

By: Antoni Kreczmar,Andrzej Salwicki,Marek Warpechowski

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LOGLAN '88 - Report on the Programming Language

By: Antoni Kreczmar,Andrzej Salwicki,Marek Warpechowski

LOGLAN '88 belongs to the family of object oriented programming languages. It embraces all important known tools and characteristics of OOP, i.e. classes, objects, inheritance, coroutine sequencing, but it does not get rid of traditional imperative programming: primitive types do not need to be objects; records, static arrays, subtypes and other similar type contructs are admitted. LOGLAN has non-traditional memory model which accepts programmed deallocation but avoids dangling reference. The LOGLAN semantic model provides multi-level inheritance, which properly cooperates with module nesting. Parallelism in LOGLAN has an object oriented nature. Processes are treated like objects of classes and communication between processes is provided by alien calls similar to remote calls.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540523251

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9783540523253

Andrzej Mostowski and Foundational Studies

By: Andrzej Mostowski

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Andrzej Mostowski and Foundational Studies

By: Andrzej Mostowski

Andrzej Mostowski was one of the leading 20th century logicians. This volume examines his legacy, devoted both to his scientific heritage and to the memory of him as a great researcher, teacher, organizer of science and person. It includes the bibliography of Mostowski's writings.

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IOS Press

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158603782X

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9781586037826

Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments

A Tool for Improving Occupational Safety and Health

By: Andrzej Grabowski

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Virtual Reality and Virtual Environments

A Tool for Improving Occupational Safety and Health

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