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Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

By: Franck Laloë

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Do We Really Understand Quantum Mechanics?

By: Franck Laloë

Quantum mechanics is a fantastically successful theory that has impacted on many areas of physics, from pure theory to applications. However, it is difficult to interpret, and philosophical contradictions and counter-intuitive results are apparent at a fundamental level. In this book, Laloë presents our current understanding of the theory"--

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Cambridge University Press

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1108477003

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Industrial Aromatic Chemistry

Raw Materials · Processes · Products

By: Heinz-Gerhard Franck,Jürgen W. Stadelhofer

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Industrial Aromatic Chemistry

Raw Materials · Processes · Products

By: Heinz-Gerhard Franck,Jürgen W. Stadelhofer

Aromatic organic hydrocarbons and heterocycles represent a bulk of about one third of all industrially produced organic basic materials. Aromatic compounds such as benzene, phenol, naphthalene, anthracene, and their homologues, are derived from raw materials, coal, crude oil and biogenic resources by thermal and catalytic refining processes. This book introduces the chemistry of aromatics with a brief discussion of the aromatic character and a survey of historical aspects, particularly the development of the organic dye industry during the 19th century. The main emphasis of the book is to give a clear prospect of industrial processes for the production and the derivatisation of aromatics with consistent flow diagrams. Economical aspects of by- and side-products are especially regarded. For the most important aromatics an analysis of the international market included their derivatives: polymers, pesticides, dyes, pigments and drugs. Professional scientists, managers and students in chemistry and chemical engineering will find a wealth of information for their career and daily work.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642734324

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9783642734328

Liturgical Theology in Thomas Aquinas

Sacrifice and Salvation History

By: Franck Quoex

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Liturgical Theology in Thomas Aquinas

Sacrifice and Salvation History

By: Franck Quoex

In this volume, Fr. Francis Quoëx responds to Joseph Ratzinger's call for a renewed appreciation of liturgical rite. A student of Pierre Gy, OP, he brings to this study of Aquinas's liturgical theology a rare combination of expert knowledge of liturgical sources and history and the best of mod-ern historical-critical research guided by sound theological judgment. Fr. Quoëx frames his study with an overview of the problem of rite in modern theological-anthropological discourse, before turning to Aqui-nas' theory of worship in the treatise on the virtue of religion. He then explores Aquinas' doctrine on the cultic dimensions of the Eucharist and other sacraments in his sacramental theology more broadly, finishing with a close study of the mass commentary of the Tertia Pars Although there has been increasing attention to Thomas's treatment of religion as a virtue, none have approached him from an anthropolog-ical angle with a focus on the nature of liturgical rite, or fully exploited the perspectives of liturgical scholarship to shed light on sacramental theology. Quoëx's work, as the work of a Thomist, liturgist, and medi-evalist well versed in medieval liturgical development and in the genre of often-allegorical liturgical commentary, opens up this crucial but ne-glected facet of Aquinas' theological synthesis. Few books have been pub-lished on Aquinas's liturgical theology. Now that interest in Aquinas's vir-tue theory and sacramental theology is growing rapidly, Quoëx's studies are an invitation to further reflection on the topic of Aquinas's liturgical theology with its manifold ramifications for and connections with other theological topics in his Summa, including his theological anthropology, his soteriology, his treatment of the Old and New Laws, and his account of the virtue of religion in connection with the other virtues.

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CUA Press

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0813237556

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9780813237558

The Crime of Poison in the Middle Ages

By: Franck Collard

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The Crime of Poison in the Middle Ages

By: Franck Collard

This book will lead readers into a medieval culture of ambition, greed, and jealousy that motivated men and women to take the lives of individuals who trusted them. Collard examines the perception of the crime of poisoning in the West in medieval times, from about 500 to 1500 AD, exploring the ways the alleged crime was perceived in contemporary minds. His primary sources are chronicles that cover the entire medieval period and legal texts that are limited to the late medieval centuries. In order to portray the culture of murder by poisoning in the West, it was necessary to take into account Byzantine and Islamic documents as well as ancient texts such as the Scriptures and the writings of Roman historians, both of which were widely known in the Middle Ages. This book will lead readers into a medieval culture of ambition, greed, and jealousy that motivated men and women to take the lives of individuals who trusted them. In these pages, French medievalist Franck Collard examines the perception of the crime of poisoning in the West from about 500 to 1500. His primary sources of information are chronicles that cover the entire medieval period and legal texts that are limited to the late medieval centuries. In order to portray the culture of murder by poisoning in the West, he takes into account Byzantine and Islamic documents, as well as ancient texts such as the Scriptures and the writings of Roman historians, both of which were widely known in the Middle Ages. The resulting volume is concerned with the criminal actions that involve poison and not poison as such. Poisonous substances as such are described only when necessary for an understanding of a crime. What is important here is an examination of the ways the alleged crime was perceived in contemporary minds. Poisoning avoids the use of violence. It was committed without a drawn weapon or bloodshed in a world in which wounds, swords, knives, and clubs represented aggression and in which the flow of blood determined the gravity of the crime. Necessarily involving preparation and secrecy, it was often perpetrated treacherously during a meal, a particularly heinous act in a universe that was united by the companionship of a meal and the sociability of drinking. The special horror associated with poisoning resulted from the treachery of those close to the victim-and a sudden death that prevented a final confession of sins.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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031334700X

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Startup Weekend

How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

By: Marc Nager,Clint Nelsen,Franck Nouyrigat

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Startup Weekend

How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

By: Marc Nager,Clint Nelsen,Franck Nouyrigat

Tested principles for transforming an idea into a fully operational company Startup Weekend—the organization behind 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and create startups—has spawned both a global initiative in entrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups. Startup Weekend, the book, contains best practices, lessons learned, and empowering examples derived from the organization's experiences for individuals and small organizations to follow as they launch businesses. Each of the key beliefs outlined has been tested by Startup Weekend and has yielded powerful results. The principles described in each chapter will give any business idea a greater chance for success. Chapter topics include trust and empowerment, flexible organizational structures, the power of experiential education, action-based networking, and much more Describes consequences for startup development as entrepreneurs and founders begin doing much more, even faster Profiles successful Startup Weekend companies, including two powerful examples: Memolane, an application that captures a user's online life in one timeline making it easy for users to travel back in time and relive memories; and Foodspotting, a mobile and desktop app that allows users to find and share the foods they love Apply these simple actionable principles to launch your own startup revolution.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118105095

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9781118105092

Fixing Prices

A Century of Setting, Posting and Adjusting Retail Prices

By: Franck Cochoy,Johan Hagberg,Hans Kjellberg

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Fixing Prices

A Century of Setting, Posting and Adjusting Retail Prices

By: Franck Cochoy,Johan Hagberg,Hans Kjellberg

Shedding light on a range of price fixing mechanisms and price display technologies, this incisive book offers a clear overview of the retail price setting, posting and adjusting processes. Based on a detailed study of a century of pricing practices in the US retail sector, it explores the anthropology and sociology of valuation practices by concentrating on the way prices are fabricated.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1803929251

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9781803929255

Corrosion and Reliability Assessment of Inspected Pipelines

By: Rafael Amaya-Gómez,Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga,Mauricio Sánchez-Silva,Franck Schoefs,Felipe Muñoz

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Corrosion and Reliability Assessment of Inspected Pipelines

By: Rafael Amaya-Gómez,Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga,Mauricio Sánchez-Silva,Franck Schoefs,Felipe Muñoz

This book provides the most up-to-date, advanced methods and tools for risk assessment of onshore pipelines. These methods and tools are based primarily on information collected from ILI measurements and additional information about the soil surrounding the pipeline. The book provides a better understanding how the defects grow and interact (repulsion or attraction) and their spatial variability. In addition, the authors contemplate new defects that evolve between inspections and how they could affect the pipeline's reliability. A real-world case is presented to reinforce the concepts presented in the book. The book is structured into three parts: i) an introduction to onshore pipelines and the problem of corrosion, ii) a framework that deals with uncertainty for integrity programs for corroded pipelines, and iii) the applications of the methods presented in the book. The book is ideal for researchers and field engineers in oil and gas transportation and graduate and undergraduate engineering students interested in pipeline reliability assessments, spatial variability, and risk-based inspections.

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Springer Nature

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303143532X

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Arbitration Costs

Myths and Realities in Investment Treaty Arbitration

By: Susan D. Franck

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Arbitration Costs

Myths and Realities in Investment Treaty Arbitration

By: Susan D. Franck

Investment treaty arbitration (sometimes called investor-state dispute settlement or ISDS) has become a flashpoint in the backlash against globalization, with costs becoming an area of core scrutiny. Yet "conventional wisdom" about costs is not necessarily wise. To separate fact from fiction, this book tests claims about investment arbitration and fiscal costs against data so that policy reforms can be informed by scientific evidence. The exercise is critical, as investment treaties grant international arbitrators the power to order states-both rich and poor-to pay potentially millions of dollars to foreign investors when states violate the international law commitments made in the treaties. Meanwhile, the cost to access and defend the arbitration can also climb to millions of dollars. This book uses insights drawn from cognitive psychology and hard data to explore the reality of investment treaty arbitration, identify core demographics and basic information on outcomes, and drill down on the costs of parties' counsel and arbitral tribunals. It offers a nuanced analysis of how and when cost-shifting occurs, parses tribunals' rationalization (or lack thereof) of cost assessments, and models the variables most likely to predict costs, using data to point the way towards evidence-based normative reform. With an intelligent interdisciplinary approach that speaks to ongoing reform at entities like the World Bank's ICSID and UNCITRAL, this book provides the most up-to-date study of investment treaty dispute settlement, offering new insights that will shape the direction of investment treaty and arbitration reform more broadly.

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Oxford University Press

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0190054441

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Systematic Study of Key Components for a Coaxial-Cavity Gyrotron for DEMO

By: Franck, Joachim

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Systematic Study of Key Components for a Coaxial-Cavity Gyrotron for DEMO

By: Franck, Joachim

The physical design of cavity and magnetron injection gun (MIG) for a realistic, DEMO-compatible, coaxial-cavity 238 GHz 2 MW CW fusion gyrotron is developed in this work, having auxiliary frequencies at 170 GHz and 204 GHz. Novel systematic approaches towards multi-frequency mode selection, magnet requirements, and MIG design are presented. Mode deterioration and voltage depression variation due to insert misalignment versus cavity wall and/or versus electron beam are studied.

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KIT Scientific Publishing

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3731506521

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9783731506522

How PowerPoint Makes You Stupid

The Faulty Causality, Sloppy Logic, Decontextualized Data, and Seductive Showmanship that Have Taken Over Our Thinking

By: Franck Frommer

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How PowerPoint Makes You Stupid

The Faulty Causality, Sloppy Logic, Decontextualized Data, and Seductive Showmanship that Have Taken Over Our Thinking

By: Franck Frommer

Reveals that PowerPoint's celebrated ease and efficiency can actually lead to a disturbing transformation in human communication, with implications not only for individuals but also for the culture at large.

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The New Press

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1595587020

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Econophysics and Financial Economics

An Emerging Dialogue

By: Franck Jovanovic,Christophe Schinckus

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Econophysics and Financial Economics

An Emerging Dialogue

By: Franck Jovanovic,Christophe Schinckus

This book provides the first extensive analytic comparison between models and results from econophysics and financial economics in an accessible and common vocabulary. Unlike other publications dedicated to econophysics, it situates this field in the evolution of financial economics by laying the foundations for common theoretical framework and models.

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Oxford University Press

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0190205032

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9780190205034

Sinophobia

Anxiety, Violence, and the Making of Mongolian Identity

By: Franck Billé

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Sinophobia

Anxiety, Violence, and the Making of Mongolian Identity

By: Franck Billé

Sinophobia is a timely and groundbreaking study of the anti-Chinese sentiments currently widespread in Mongolia. Graffiti calling for the removal of Chinese dot the urban landscape, songs about killing the Chinese are played in public spaces, and rumors concerning Chinese plans to take over the country and exterminate the Mongols are rife. Such violent anti-Chinese feelings are frequently explained as a consequence of China’s meteoric economic development, a cause of much anxiety for her immediate neighbors and particularly for Mongolia, a large but sparsely populated country that is rich in mineral resources. Other analysts point to deeply entrenched antagonisms and to centuries of hostility between the two groups, implying unbridgeable cultural differences. Franck Billé challenges these reductive explanations. Drawing on extended fieldwork, interviews, and a wide range of sources in Mongolian, Chinese, and Russian, he argues that anti-Chinese sentiments are not a new phenomenon but go back to the late socialist period (1960–1990) when Mongolia’s political and cultural life was deeply intertwined with Russia’s. Through an in-depth analysis of media discourses, Billé shows how stereotypes of the Chinese emerged through an internalization of Russian ideas of Asia, and how they can easily extend to other Asian groups such as Koreans or Vietnamese. He argues that the anti-Chinese attitudes of Mongols reflect an essential desire to distance themselves from Asia overall and to reject their own Asianness. The spectral presence of China, imagined to be everywhere and potentially in everyone, thus produces a pervasive climate of mistrust, suspicion, and paranoia. Through its detailed ethnography and innovative approach, Sinophobia makes a critical intervention in racial and ethnic studies by foregrounding Sinophobic narratives and by integrating psychoanalytical insights into its analysis. In addition to making a useful contribution to the study of Mongolia, it will be essential reading for anthropologists, sociologists, and historians interested in ethnicity, nationalism, and xenophobia.

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University of Hawaii Press

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0824847830

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9780824847838

Fractional Dynamics on Networks and Lattices

By: Thomas Michelitsch,Alejandro Perez Riascos,Bernard Collet,Andrzej Nowakowski,Franck Nicolleau

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Fractional Dynamics on Networks and Lattices

By: Thomas Michelitsch,Alejandro Perez Riascos,Bernard Collet,Andrzej Nowakowski,Franck Nicolleau

This book analyzes stochastic processes on networks and regular structures such as lattices by employing the Markovian random walk approach. Part 1 is devoted to the study of local and non-local random walks. It shows how non-local random walk strategies can be defined by functions of the Laplacian matrix that maintain the stochasticity of the transition probabilities. A major result is that only two types of functions are admissible: type (i) functions generate asymptotically local walks with the emergence of Brownian motion, whereas type (ii) functions generate asymptotically scale-free non-local “fractional” walks with the emergence of Lévy flights. In Part 2, fractional dynamics and Lévy flight behavior are analyzed thoroughly, and a generalization of Pólya's classical recurrence theorem is developed for fractional walks. The authors analyze primary fractional walk characteristics such as the mean occupation time, the mean first passage time, the fractal scaling of the set of distinct nodes visited, etc. The results show the improved search capacities of fractional dynamics on networks.

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John Wiley & Sons

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178630158X

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9781786301581

Reliability of Maintained Systems Subjected to Wear Failure Mechanisms

Theory and Applications

By: Franck Bayle

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Reliability of Maintained Systems Subjected to Wear Failure Mechanisms

Theory and Applications

By: Franck Bayle

Today, the reliability of systems has become a major issue in most industrial applications. The theoretical approach to estimating reliability was largely developed in the 1960s for maintenance-free systems, and more recently, in the late 1990s, it was developed for maintenance-based systems. Customers’ expectations concerning reliability (as well as maintenance, safety, etc.) are growing ever more demanding over the generations of systems. However, the theoretical methods used to handle the systems are not suitable when aging mechanisms are present. This book proposes a theoretical approach to estimate all of these quantities correctly. In addition to the theoretical aspect, it details a number of issues that any industrial system will meet sooner or later, whether due to design flaws, the batch of components, manufacturing problems or new technologies that result in the aging of mechanisms during their operational use.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119610656

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9781119610656

Mark Knopfler - A life dedicated to music - vol 2 Dire Straits, glorybound train

By: Franck Thuillier

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Mark Knopfler - A life dedicated to music - vol 2 Dire Straits, glorybound train

By: Franck Thuillier

Second volume of Mark knopfler's biography in the form of a graphic novel. From December 1978 to the end of the summer of 1981, follow the successes and disappointments with the man himself, Mark Knopfler. Witness the first rebuilding of Dire Straits and the recognition of Mark by such great artists as Bob Dylan, Steely Dan and Eric Clapton.

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Lulu.com

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0359587178

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9780359587179

Cleopatra

The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt

By: Zahi A. Hawass,Franck Goddio

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Cleopatra

The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt

By: Zahi A. Hawass,Franck Goddio

Secrets unfold in the official companion book to the new national touring exhibition cosponsored by National Geographic. This richly illustrated book chronicles the life of Cleopatra and the centuries-long quest to learn more about the queen and her tumultuous era.

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National Geographic Books

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1426205457

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9781426205453

PRINS and PNA Technologies in Chromosomal Investigations

By: Franck Pellestor

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PRINS and PNA Technologies in Chromosomal Investigations

By: Franck Pellestor

Book & CD. Advances in molecular biotechnology have greatly improved the sensitivity and the efficiency of methods utilised for genetic investigations and diagnosis. In the domain of chromosome analysis, the introduction of molecular techniques has led to the development of a new approach, called Molecular Cytogenetics, which has surpassed previously available techniques to become a foremost biological method. The fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) is quickly became the standard technique for in situ chromosomal investigations, as illustrated by its large variety of applications in research and diagnosis. However, during the last decade, alternative methods to FISH have been introduced and have shown to be valuable in detecting chromosomes and quantifying chromosomal abnormalities. These alternative procedures are the Primed IN Situ (PRINS) labelling and the Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) probes. The two procedures present several advantages for the in situ detection of nucleic acid sequences, such as the small size of PNA probes and PRINS primers, or the fast kinetics of PRINS and PNA labelling reactions, that make them very attractive for a number of cytogenetic purposes. This book provides a valuable introduction and overview of the principles and the applications of alternative approaches in the field of molecular cytogenetics.

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Nova Publishers

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1600214134

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9781600214134

Vanity Fairs

Another View of the Economy of Attention

By: Georg Franck

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Vanity Fairs

Another View of the Economy of Attention

By: Georg Franck

This book offers readers a comprehensive introduction to the economy of attention from the perspective of the basic motive of the pursuit of attention: self-esteem. As a jumping-off point, it states the stark equation at the heart of this economy— that the self-esteem one can afford depends on one’s income of appreciative attention. The information markets in which participants compete to play a role in the consciousness of others are described as ‘vanity fairs’. Since the pursuit of self-esteem is highly effective when it comes to mobilizing human energies, vanity fairs are not just playgrounds of individual passions, but have been utilized by society since time immemorial as markets for particularly challenging demands. Starting with an analysis of the interface that connects the social economy of attention with the intra-psychic economy of self-esteem, the book then examines two main cases in point: modern science and the post-modern media culture. On the one hand we have scientists working for a ‘wage of fame’, who invest their own attention into getting the attention of others. On the other, today’s dominant media have left the sale of information behind to focus solely on the attraction of attention, which is sold as a service to the advertising industry. In each case the use of attention as a means of payment is key to its phenomenal success. But success comes at a price: the dark side of this monetization of attention is a kind of ’climate change’ in the collective mental sphere which threatens the very existence of our social fabric.

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Springer Nature

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3030415325

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9783030415327

Multi-rotor Platform Based UAV Systems

By: Franck Cazaurang,Kelly Cohen,Manish Kumar

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Multi-rotor Platform Based UAV Systems

By: Franck Cazaurang,Kelly Cohen,Manish Kumar

Multi-rotor Platform Based UAV Systems provides an excellent opportunity for experiential learning, capability augmentation and confidence-building for senior level undergraduates, entry-level graduates, engineers working in government agencies, and industry involved in UAV R&D. Topics in this book include an introduction to VTOL multi-copter UAV platforms, UAV system architecture, integration in the national airspace, including UAV classification and associated missions, regulation and safety, certification and air traffic management, integrated mission planning, including autonomous fault tolerant path planning and vision based auto landing systems, flight mechanics and stability, dynamic modeling and flight controller development. Other topics covered include sense, detect and avoid systems, flight testing, including safety assessment instrumentation and data acquisition telemetry, synchronization data fusion, the geo-location of identified targets, and much more. - Provides an excellent opportunity for experiential learning, capability augmentation and confidence building for senior level undergraduates, entry-level graduates and engineers working in government, and industry involved in UAV R&D - Includes MATLAB/SIMULINK computational tools and off-the-shelf hardware implementation tutorials - Offers a student centered approach - Provides a quick and efficient means to conceptualize, design, synthesize and analyze using modeling and simulations - Offers international perspective and appeal for engineering students and professionals

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Elsevier

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0081023588

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9780081023587

International Law Decisions in National Courts

By: Franck,Gregory Fox

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International Law Decisions in National Courts

By: Franck,Gregory Fox

In this ground-breaking study, taken on the initiative of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Thomas M. Franck, and Gregory H. Fox explore the use of international law decisions by national courts, providing in-depth materials for answers to such critical and practical questions as: To what extent do national judges treat the decisions of their international colleagues as binding or persuasive? Do national judges regard the outcomes of international decisions as res judicata? As evidence of law or fact? Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.

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Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

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9004638601

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9789004638600

Charles Corm

An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician”

By: Franck Salameh

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An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician”

By: Franck Salameh

Charles Corm: An Intellectual Biography of a Twentieth-Century Lebanese “Young Phoenician” delves into the history of the modern Middle East and an inquiry into Lebanese intellectual, cultural, and political life as incarnated in the ideas, and as illustrated by the times, works, and activities of Charles Corm (1894–1963). Charles Corm was a guiding spirit behind modern Lebanese nationalism, a leading figure in the “Young Phoenicians” movement, and an advocate for identity narratives that are often dismissed in the prevalent Arab nationalist paradigms that have come to define the canon of Middle East history, political thought, and scholarship of the past century. But Charles Corm was much more than a man of letters upholding a specific patriotic mission. As a poet and entrepreneur, socialite and orator, philanthropist and patron of the arts, and as a leading businessman, Charles Corm commanded immense influence on modern Lebanese political and social life, popular culture, and intellectual production during the interwar period and beyond. In many respects, Charles Corm has also been “the conscience” of Lebanese society at a crucial juncture in its modern history, as the autonomous sanjak/Mutasarrifiyya (or Province) of Mount-Lebanon and the Vilayet (State) of Beirut of the late nineteenth century were navigating their way out of Ottoman domination and into a French Mandatory period (ca. 1918), before culminating with the independence of the Republic of Lebanon in 1943.

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Lexington Books

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0739184016

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Product Maturity 1

Theoretical Principles and Industrial Applications

By: Franck Bayle

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Product Maturity 1

Theoretical Principles and Industrial Applications

By: Franck Bayle

Every parent is concerned when a child is slow to become a mature adult. This is also true for any product designer, regardless of their industry sector. For a product to be mature, it must have an expected level of reliability from the moment it is put into service, and must maintain this level throughout its industrial use. While there have been theoretical and practical advances in reliability from the 1960s to the end of the 1990s, to take into account the effect of maintenance, the maturity of a product is often only partially addressed. Product Maturity 1 fills this gap as much as possible; a difficult exercise given that maturity is a transverse activity in the engineering sciences; it must be present throughout the lifecycle of a product.

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1786307391

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Island of hope, island of tears

By: David M. Brownstone,Irene M. Franck,Douglass L. Brownstone

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Island of hope, island of tears

By: David M. Brownstone,Irene M. Franck,Douglass L. Brownstone

A story of those who entered the new world through Ellis Island in their own words.

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Barnes & Noble Publishing

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076072296X

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9780760722961

Planetary Systems

Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets

By: Marc Ollivier,Thérèse Encrenaz,Francoise Roques,Franck Selsis,Fabienne Casoli

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Planetary Systems

Detection, Formation and Habitability of Extrasolar Planets

By: Marc Ollivier,Thérèse Encrenaz,Francoise Roques,Franck Selsis,Fabienne Casoli

Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical models are being developed in order to understand their formation scenarios, and new observational methods are being implemented to increase the sensitivity of exoplanet detections. In the present book, the authors address the question of planetary systems from all aspects. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than 300 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various methods used for these discoveries and propose a synthetic analysis of their global properties. They then consider the observations of young stars and circumstellar disks and address the case of the solar system as a specific example, different from the newly discovered systems. Then the study of planetary systems and of exoplanets is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The book ends with an outlook to future astronomical projects, and a description of the search for life on exoplanets. This book addresses students and researchers who wish to better understand this newly expanding field of research.

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Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems

6th International Conference, FORMATS 2008, Saint Malo, France, September 15-17, 2008, Proceedings

By: Franck Cassez

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Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems

6th International Conference, FORMATS 2008, Saint Malo, France, September 15-17, 2008, Proceedings

By: Franck Cassez

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems, FORMATS 2008, held in Saint Malo, France, September 2008. The 17 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 37 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on extensions of timed automata and semantics; timed games and logic; case studies; model-checking of probabilistic systems; verification and test; timed petri nets.

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