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Essential Human Disease for Dentists

By: Chris Sproat,Georgina Burke,Mark McGurk

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Essential Human Disease for Dentists

By: Chris Sproat,Georgina Burke,Mark McGurk

Covering general medicine and the implications of medical conditions for dental practice, this is a pocketbook for dental students and general dental practitioners.

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322

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443100985

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9780443100987

Language and computers

By: Lelia Glass,Markus Dickinson,Chris Brew,Detmar Meurers

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Language and computers

By: Lelia Glass,Markus Dickinson,Chris Brew,Detmar Meurers

This book offers an accessible introduction to the ways that language is processed and produced by computers, a field that has recently exploded in interest. The book covers writing systems, tools to help people write, computer-assisted language learning, the multidisciplinary study of text as data, text classification, information retrieval, machine translation, and dialog. Throughout, we emphasize insights from linguistics along with the ethical and social consequences of emerging technology. This book welcomes students from diverse intellectual backgrounds to learn new technical tools and to appreciate rich language data, thus widening the bridge between linguistics and computer science.

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374

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Language Science Press

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3961104808

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9783961104802

Language and Computers

By: Markus Dickinson,Chris Brew,Detmar Meurers

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Language and Computers

By: Markus Dickinson,Chris Brew,Detmar Meurers

Language and Computers introduces students to the fundamentals of how computers are used to represent, process, and organize textual and spoken information. Concepts are grounded in real-world examples familiar to students’ experiences of using language and computers in everyday life. A real-world introduction to the fundamentals of how computers process language, written specifically for the undergraduate audience, introducing key concepts from computational linguistics. Offers a comprehensive explanation of the problems computers face in handling natural language Covers a broad spectrum of language-related applications and issues, including major computer applications involving natural language and the social and ethical implications of these new developments The book focuses on real-world examples with which students can identify, using these to explore the technology and how it works Features “under-the-hood” sections that give greater detail on selected advanced topics, rendering the book appropriate for more advanced courses, or for independent study by the motivated reader.

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259

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John Wiley & Sons

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111832496X

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9781118324967

Engineering Labour

Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective

By: Peter Meiksins,Chris Smith,Boel Berner

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Engineering Labour

Technical Workers in Comparative Perspective

By: Peter Meiksins,Chris Smith,Boel Berner

Engineers, often perceived as central agents of industrial capitalism, are thought to be the same in all capitalist societies, occupying roughly the same social status and performing similar functions in the capitalist enterprise. What the essays in this volume reveal, however, is that engineers are trained and organized quite distinctly in different national contexts. The book includes case studies of engineers in six major industrial economies: Japan, France, Germany, Sweden, Britain and the United States. Through a comparison of these six cases, the authors develop an approach to national differences which both retains the place of historical diversity in the experience of capitalism and accommodates the forces of convergence from increasing globalisation and economic integration. Contributions from: Boel Berner, Stephen Crawford, Kees Gispen, Kevin McCormick and Peter Whalley.

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310

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Verso

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185984135X

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9781859841358

Signs of the Time

Nłeʔkepmx Resistance through Rock Art

By: Chris Arnett

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Signs of the Time

Nłeʔkepmx Resistance through Rock Art

By: Chris Arnett

Rock art – etched in blood-red lines into granite cliffs, boulders, and caves – appears as beguiling, graffiti-like abstraction. What are these signs? The petroglyphs and red-ochre pictographs found across Nłeʔkepmx territory in present-day British Columbia and Washington State are far more than ancient motifs. Signs of the Time explores the historical and cultural reasons for making rock art. Chris Arnett draws on extensive research and decades of work with Nłeʔkepmx people to document the variability and similarity of practices. Through a blend of Western records and Indigenous oral histories and tradition, rock art is revealed as communication between the spirit and physical worlds, information for later generations, and powerful protection against challenges to a people, land, and culture. Nłeʔkepmx have used such cultural means to forestall threats to their lifeways from the sixteenth century through the twentieth. As this important work attests, rock art remains a signature of resilience.

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312

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UBC Press

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0774867981

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9780774867986

Creating Global Opportunities

Maersk Line in Containerisation 1973–2013

By: Chris Jephson,Henning Morgen

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Creating Global Opportunities

Maersk Line in Containerisation 1973–2013

By: Chris Jephson,Henning Morgen

Today's trade is global. A company can choose to have its headquarters in one part of the world, its production facilities in another and sell its brands in all markets. Since the first sea-borne container transport took place in 1956, the shipping industry has been one of the main facilitators of the globalisation of trade. This book traces the rise to prominence of Maersk Line - the world's leading container operator - and the internal decision-making processes that lay behind the firm's extraordinary expansion between 1973 and 2013. With unprecedented access to company archives, interviews with current and former employees, and extensive statistical information provided by The Economist Intelligence Unit, Containerisation International and Lloyd's Register, this is a valuable resource for students of logistics, shipping or international business. This first inside account of the challenges of building a global business will also appeal to industry specialists and the general business reader.

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473

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Cambridge University Press

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1139916548

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9781139916547

The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

By: Shalom Lappin,Chris Fox

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The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

By: Shalom Lappin,Chris Fox

The second edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory presents a comprehensive introduction to cutting-edge research in contemporary theoretical and computational semantics. Features completely new content from the first edition of The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory Features contributions by leading semanticists, who introduce core areas of contemporary semantic research, while discussing current research Suitable for graduate students for courses in semantic theory and for advanced researchers as an introduction to current theoretical work

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771

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119046823

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9781119046820

Domestic Reforms

Political Visions and Family Regulation in British Columbia, 1862-1940

By: Chris Clarkson

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Domestic Reforms

Political Visions and Family Regulation in British Columbia, 1862-1940

By: Chris Clarkson

British Columbia inherited a legal system that granted married men control over most family property and imposed few obligations on them toward their wives and children. Yet from the 1860s onward, lawmakers throughout the Anglo-American world, including legislators on the Pacific Coast, began to grant women and children new rights. Domestic Reforms deftly analyzes the impact of the legislation, with emphasis on the ambitions of regulated populations, the influence of the judiciary, and the social and fiscal concerns of generations of legislators and bureaucrats.

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UBC Press

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0774841109

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9780774841108

Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

By: Nathalie Gontier,Andy Lock,Chris Sinha

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Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

By: Nathalie Gontier,Andy Lock,Chris Sinha

The biological and neurological capacity to symbolize, and the products of behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, linguistic, and technological uses of symbols (symbolism), are fundamental to every aspect of human life. The Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution explores the origins of our characteristically human abilities - our ability to speak, create images, play music, and read and write. The book investigates how symbolization evolved in human evolution and how symbolism is expressed across the various areas of human life. The field is intrinsically interdisciplinary - considering findings from fossil studies, scientific research from primatology, developmental psychology, and of course linguistics. Written by world leading experts, thirty-eight topical chapters are grouped into six thematic parts that respectively focus on epistemological, psychological, anthropological, ethological, linguistic, and social-technological aspects of human symbolic evolution. The handbook presents an in-depth but comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of the of the state of the art in the science of human symbolic evolution. This work will be of interest to academics and students active in all fields contributing to the study of human evolution.

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1185

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Oxford University Press

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0192543512

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9780192543516

Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales

Expert Fly Anglers Share Stories from the Sea and Stream

By: Chris Santella

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Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales

Expert Fly Anglers Share Stories from the Sea and Stream

By: Chris Santella

For fishermen, the only thing more fun than catching fish are the stories they tell about those fish . . . and the ones that got away. Nobody knows that better than Chris Santella, author of the best-selling Fifty Places to Fly Fish Before You Die. For his latest homage to anglers, Santella invited 50 celebrated fly fishers to share their favorite fly-fishing stories based on their travels and experiences. The result is this unforgettable collection of stories that are, surprisingly enough for fishermen, true. Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales includes stories that cover the panoply of emotions comical, poignant, inspirational, incredible, absurd. It tells of Ralph Cutter casting in complete darkness for blind catfish in the caves of Borneo, J. W. Smith boxing grizzlies to protect his tent camp in Alaska, and George Anderson fly fishing for saltwater crocodiles in Cuba. It also describes how Jean Williams, through trout fishing in the Colorado Rockies, helped to bridge the chasm between a type-A father and his neglected son. Accompanied by stunning photographs, the stories in this book reflect not only the rich experience of fly fishing but also how it can extend beyond the rivers, oceans, and fish to touch the core of our daily lives.

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228

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Harry N. Abrams

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1584794445

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9781584794448

Frommer's Portable Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands

By: Chris McBeath

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Frommer's Portable Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands

By: Chris McBeath

Enjoy the best of Canada2s idyllic West Coast plus Washington2s San Juan Islands.

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*Frommers

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189441344X

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9781894413442

Madison, Including the Wisconsin Dells

By: Genie Campbell,Chris Martell

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Madison, Including the Wisconsin Dells

By: Genie Campbell,Chris Martell

Written by a local author, this guide includes details about hotels, restaurants, annual events, attractions, nightlife, parks and recreation, real estate, and much more.

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Insiders' Guide

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1573801364

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9781573801362

The Insiders' Guide to Madison

By: Genie Campbell,Chris Martell

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The Insiders' Guide to Madison

By: Genie Campbell,Chris Martell

The 1998-99 edition of The Insiders' Guide RM to Madison is a 400-plus-page exploration of all that's available in this renaissance city. More than 25 chapters include History, Restaurants, Getting Around, Brewpubs, Wine Bars and Cigar Bars, The Literary Scene, Daytrips, Accommodations and Festivals and Annual Events. Additional chapters provide relocation and newcomer information.

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Falcon Guides

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157380083X

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9781573800839

Vancouver

By: Chris Wyness

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Vancouver

By: Chris Wyness

Uncovering the charm of this bustling, ethnically diverse port city, this travel guide includes detailed walking tours and points out all the must-see attractions. of color illustrations. 20 maps.

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Melbourne : Lonely Planet Publications

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0864426593

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9780864426598

Book's by Chris Sproat

Essential Human Disease for Dentists

Essential Human Disease for Dentists

Language and computers

Language and computers

Language and Computers

Language and Computers

Engineering Labour

Engineering Labour

Signs of the Time

Signs of the Time

Creating Global Opportunities

Creating Global Opportunities

The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

The Handbook of Contemporary Semantic Theory

Domestic Reforms

Domestic Reforms

Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

Oxford Handbook of Human Symbolic Evolution

Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales

Fifty Favorite Fly-Fishing Tales

Frommer's Portable Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands

Frommer's Portable Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands

Madison, Including the Wisconsin Dells

Madison, Including the Wisconsin Dells

The Insiders' Guide to Madison

The Insiders' Guide to Madison

Vancouver

Vancouver

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