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Dry Stone Retaining Structures

DEM Modeling

By: Eric Vincens,Jean-Patrick Plassiard,Jean-Jacques Fry

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Dry Stone Retaining Structures

DEM Modeling

By: Eric Vincens,Jean-Patrick Plassiard,Jean-Jacques Fry

Dry stone retaining structures are structures made of individual decimeter stone blocks in contact. One advantage of this construction technology lies in the weak amount of embodied energy required for their construction, and uses only local materials. This technology may be a positive answer to the challenges brought by sustainable policies in civil engineering. Many of these structures are older than one hundred years and sustain damage due to ageing; this places the owners in front of a challenging issue. Usual scientific tools cannot address the specific behavior of such structures. Due to the discrete nature of the system, a large amount of energy can be dissipated at contact level before failure of the structure. The shape, arrangement and possible breakage of blocks may play a major role in their overall behavior, specific to these structures. This book brings an overview of the DEM technique to model the behavior of discrete civil engineering structures. Physical models, modeling and site measurements are all explored, helping the civil engineer evaluate the behavior of unique structures. - The only DEM technique to model the behavior of discrete civil engineering structures - A specific and sophisticated tool to address the general features observed on site - Details physical models, modeling and site measurements

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Elsevier

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0081011822

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9780081011829

High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform Between Reform and Reformation, 1292-1524

By: Eric Leland Saak

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High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform Between Reform and Reformation, 1292-1524

By: Eric Leland Saak

This volume reveals the political, religious, theological, institutional, and mythical ideals that formed the self-identity of the Augustinian Order from Giles of Rome to the emergence of Martin Luther. Based on detailed philological analysis, this interdisciplinary study not only transforms the understanding of Augustine's heritage in the later Middle Ages, but also that of Luther's relationship to his Order. The work offers a new interpretative model of late medieval religious culture that sheds new light on the relationship between late medieval Passion devotion, the increasing demonization of the Jews, and the rise of catechetical literature. It is the first volume of a planned trilogy that seeks to return late medieval Augustinian theology to the historical context of Augustinian religion.

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901

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BRILL

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9004474595

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9789004474598

Systems of Order and Inquiry in Later Eighteenth-Century Fiction

By: Eric Rothstein

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Systems of Order and Inquiry in Later Eighteenth-Century Fiction

By: Eric Rothstein

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1975.

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284

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Univ of California Press

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0520328132

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9780520328136

A Dictionary of the Underworld

British and American

By: Eric Partridge

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A Dictionary of the Underworld

British and American

By: Eric Partridge

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.

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2680

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Routledge

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131744552X

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9781317445524

Business Persons

A Legal Theory of the Firm

By: Eric W. Orts

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Business Persons

A Legal Theory of the Firm

By: Eric W. Orts

Business firms are ubiquitous in modern society, but an appreciation of how they are formed and for what purposes requires an understanding of their legal foundations. This book provides a scholarly and yet accessible introduction to the legal framework of modern business enterprises. It explains the legal ideas that allow for the recognition of firms as organizational "persons" having social rights and responsibilities. Other foundational ideas include an overview of how the laws of agency, contracts, and property fit together to compose the organized "persons" known as business firms. The institutional legal theory of the firm developed embraces both a "bottom-up" perspective of business participants and a "top-down" rule-setting perspective of government. Other chapters in the book discuss the features of limited liability and the boundaries of firms. A typology of different kinds of firms is presented ranging from entrepreneurial one-person start-ups to complex corporations, as well as new forms of hybrid social enterprises. Practical applications include contribution to the debates surrounding corporate executive compensation and political free-speech rights of corporations.

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328

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OUP Oxford

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0191650102

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9780191650109

Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds

Organic Chemistry: A Series of Monographs, Vol. 37

By: Eric Block

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Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds

Organic Chemistry: A Series of Monographs, Vol. 37

By: Eric Block

Organic Chemistry, Volume 37: Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds covers the basics of organosulfur chemistry and the characteristics of organically bound sulfur, with an emphasis on reactions, particularly those of synthetic utility. The book discusses the preparation, nature, stereochemical aspects, reactions, and the kinetic and thermodynamic assessment of the stability of sulfur-containing carbanions; the preparation and reactions of sulfur ylides; and the preparation, assessment of stability, and reactions of sulfur-containing carbocations. The text also describes preparation, assessment of stability, nature, and reactions of sulfur-containing radicals, organosulfur carbenes, and carbenoids; as well as the the pericyclic reactions of organosulfur compounds. Chemists, biochemists, and students taking related courses will find the book useful.

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336

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Academic Press

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1483216438

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9781483216430

Half-n-Half

By: Eric M. Smith

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Half-n-Half

By: Eric M. Smith

Half-breed? Mixed race? What do you call the product of an interracial marriage? And how do you relate? Half-n-Half is a very honest account of the daily struggles faced by such individuals, and it will act as an alarm clock, waking people up to the ethnic diversity of this country and the problems that come with it. Eric M. Smith knows firsthand what life is like for the children of interracial marriages. After all, he lived it. Picture in your mind living on the ninth floor of one of the country’s most dangerous housing (Cabrini-Green homes). This was the early setting for Eric Smith and his family. Shootings, drug deals, family fights, police sirens, constant commotion... No, not TV or some modern-day cable program on violence. These were the day-to-day occurrences which were no farther than the floor Eric lived on and definitely not any farther than his own courtyard. And the names flew too: half-breed, high yellow, red bone, yellow nigga, good hair, straight hair, German nigga kids. These are some of the names Eric heard on a daily basis. Those were hood names (White people were a little more subdued, referring to them as “mixed kids” or mulattos). As you read Eric’s story, you will understand the subject of interracial marriage from a whole new perspective, and you will be better prepared to respond to one of the twentieth century’s most significant yet unresolved issues. Now that we are in the twenty-first century, are we any closer to accepting people for who they are before looking at their skin color?

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Page Publishing Inc

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166244463X

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9781662444630

The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

By: Eric Partridge

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The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

By: Eric Partridge

This set reissues important selected works by Eric Partridge, covering the period from 1933 to 1968. Together, the books look at many and diverse aspects of language, focusing in particular on English. Included in the collection are a variety of insightful dictionaries and reference works that showcase some of Partridge’s best work. The books are creative, as well as practical, and will provide enjoyable reading for both scholars and the more general reader, who has an interest in language and linguistics.

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Routledge

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1317431588

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9781317431589

Dry Stone Retaining Structures

DEM Modeling

By: Eric Vincens,Jean-Patrick Plassiard,Jean-Jacques Fry

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DEM Modeling

By: Eric Vincens,Jean-Patrick Plassiard,Jean-Jacques Fry

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Dry Stone Retaining Structures

Dry Stone Retaining Structures

High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform Between Reform and Reformation, 1292-1524

High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform Between Reform and Reformation, 1292-1524

Systems of Order and Inquiry in Later Eighteenth-Century Fiction

Systems of Order and Inquiry in Later Eighteenth-Century Fiction

A Dictionary of the Underworld

A Dictionary of the Underworld

Business Persons

Business Persons

Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds

Reactions of Organosulfur Compounds

Half-n-Half

Half-n-Half

The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

Dry Stone Retaining Structures

Dry Stone Retaining Structures

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