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Cultural Studies and Beyond

Fragments of Empire

By: Ioan Davies

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Introducing the central theoretical issues, as well as key personalities, this book traces the origins, growth and diffusion of the subject. Essential to all those attempting to understand the state of Cultural Studies today.

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1134956452

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Witchcraft in Romania

By: Ioan Pop-Curşeu,Ștefana Pop-Curșeu

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Witchcraft in Romania

By: Ioan Pop-Curşeu,Ștefana Pop-Curșeu

This book provides a history of witchcraft in the territories that compose contemporary Romania, with a focus on the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. The first part presents aspects of earthly justice, religious and secular, analysing the codes of law, trials and verdicts, and underlining the differences between Transylvania on one hand, and Moldavia and Wallachia on the other. The second part is concerned with divine justice, describing apocalyptic texts that talk about the pains of witches in hell, but also the ensembles of religious painting where, in vast compositions of the Last Judgment, various punishments for the sin of witchcraft are imagined.

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Springer Nature

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3031152220

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Free And Interacting Quantum Fields

By: Ioan Merches,Daniel Radu,Dorian Tatomir

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Free And Interacting Quantum Fields

By: Ioan Merches,Daniel Radu,Dorian Tatomir

Modern physics is characterized by two great theories, which make it fundamentally different from its predecessor: quantum theory and theory of relativity. In this book we want to bring to the reader's attention several solutions to problems connected to the quantum-relativistic interaction of particles. Remarkably, such solutions furnished rigorous and pertinent explanations of a large set of phenomena, both in microscopic world and galactic universe.

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World Scientific

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981314548X

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Tribology and Fundamentals of Abrasive Machining Processes

By: Bahman Azarhoushang,Ioan D. Marinescu,W. Brian Rowe,Boris Dimitrov,Hitoshi Ohmori

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Tribology and Fundamentals of Abrasive Machining Processes

By: Bahman Azarhoushang,Ioan D. Marinescu,W. Brian Rowe,Boris Dimitrov,Hitoshi Ohmori

This new edition draws upon the fundamentals of abrasive machining processes and the science of tribology to understand, predict, and improve abrasive machining processes. Each of the main elements of the abrasive machining system is looked at alongside the tribological factors that control the efficiency and quality of the processes described. The new edition has been updated to include a variety of industrial applications. Grinding and conditioning of grinding tools are dealt with in particular detail, and solutions are proposed for many of the most commonly experienced industrial problems, such as poor accuracy, poor surface quality, rapid tool wear, vibrations, workpiece burn, and high process costs. The entire book has been rewritten and restructured, with ten completely new chapters. Other new features include: - Extensive explanations of the main abrasive machining processes such as grinding (including reciprocating and creep-feed grinding, high-speed high-efficiency deep grinding, external and internal cylindrical grinding, and centerless grinding), honing, superfinishing, lapping, polishing, and finishing - Discussions of the new classes of abrasives, abrasive tools, and bonding materials - New case studies and troubleshooting on the most common grinding practices - New coverage on grinding tool conditioning, mechanical dressing, and nonmechanical dressing processes - Detailed explanations of the effects of process input parameters (such as cutting parameters, workpiece material and geometry, and abrasive tools) on process characteristics, workpiece quality, tool wear, and process parameters (such as cutting forces and temperature as well as achievable material removal rate) - Updated topics regarding process fluids for abrasive machining and fluid delivery

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William Andrew

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0128237783

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Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes

By: Zeno Simon,Nicolae Voiculetz,Ioan Motoc

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Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes

By: Zeno Simon,Nicolae Voiculetz,Ioan Motoc

Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes is devoted to two major aspects of biological processes: specificity in biological recognition and the recognition processes themselves. Topics covered in specificity include the theoretical basis for specificity in biological recognition; the thermodynamic and chemical equilibrium background; and consideration of the relationship between size of combining sites and specificity. The use of semi-emperical potentials for calculating interaction energies and the potential of quantum chemistry methods for calculating receptor-effector affinities are also discussed. The various recognition processes described include DNA replication, transcription, translation, enzymatic reactions, transmembrane transport processes, mechanisms of action of hormones and other chemical messengers, and self-nonself recognition in immunology. Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes will be a useful reference for molecular biologists, biochemists, enzymologists, immunologists oncologists, pharmaceutical researchers, and others interested in the topic.

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CRC Press

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084935398X

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Clinical-MRI Correlations of Anterior Knee Pain

Common and Uncommon Causes

By: Ioan I. Codorean,Ion Bogdan Codorean

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Clinical-MRI Correlations of Anterior Knee Pain

Common and Uncommon Causes

By: Ioan I. Codorean,Ion Bogdan Codorean

The book addresses comprehensively the normal and pathological MRI appearance of the structures of the anterior compartment of the knee, potential sources of pain, in a systematic way, on anatomical layers, from superficial to deep, respectively, from prepatellar soft tissues to intra-articular structures (the synovial lining, patellar and trochlear cartilage). Anterior knee pain can affect any age group and causes a non-specific clinical picture, making it difficult to establish a precise diagnosis and proper management. MRI is currently the standard gold investigation and findings of common an uncommon causes of anterior knee pain are presented. Written by a radiologist and an orthopaedic surgeon with longstanding experience in MRI of musculoskeletal pathology and in sports traumatology, respectively, the book also presents a unique selection of 80 clinical cases of common and less common pathological conditions of anterior knee pain and subdivided in four groups, according to age, from children and adolescents to older adults. Radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons, as well as sport medicine specialists and physiatrists, will find in this book an invaluable tool for their clinical practice.

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3031399595

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Advances in Building Services Engineering

Studies, Researches and Applications

By: Ioan Sarbu

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Advances in Building Services Engineering

Studies, Researches and Applications

By: Ioan Sarbu

This book provides a comprehensive, systematic overview of original theoretical, experimental, and numerical studies in the building services engineering domain. It brings together different strands of the topic, guided by the two key features of energy savings and reduction of the pollutant emissions. Technical, economic, and energy efficiency aspects related to the design, modelling, optimisation, and operation of diverse building services systems are explored. This book includes various theoretical studies, numerical and optimisation models, experiments, and applications in this field, giving an emphasis to: indoor environment quality assurance; energy analysis, modelling, and optimisation of heating systems; improving the energy performance of refrigeration and air-conditioning systems; valorising the solar and geothermal energies; analysis of thermal energy storage technologies; hydraulic simulation and optimisation of water distribution systems; and improving the energy efficiency of water pumping. With 11 pedagogically structured chapters, containing numerous illustrations, tables, and examples, this book provides researchers, lecturers, engineers, and graduate students with a thorough guide to building service engineering.

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3030647811

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Eastern Christianity in the Digital Space

Why Romanian Orthodox Bloggers Post Online?

By: Drago?-Ioan ?am?udean

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Eastern Christianity in the Digital Space

Why Romanian Orthodox Bloggers Post Online?

By: Drago?-Ioan ?am?udean

Existing through the ordeals of the Communist regimes of the last century and then facing the expansion of the Internet and the digitalization of the present one, East-European Orthodoxy seeks to re-establish itself on the geopolitical and religious map of today's world. Dragoș-Ioan Șamșudean argues that, within this context, new religious actors such as Ortho-bloggers, manifest themselves in the digital environment of blogs and social media, driven not only by spiritual and religious motivations but also by political, economic and institutional ones. Caught between the inabilities of the Orthodox Church to offer them a safe religious online framework to express themselves and their various personal and socio-political aspirations, Orthodox bloggers become religious influencers, theologians, but also promoters of disinformation and misinformation. Șamșudean chose Romania as a case study on Ortho-bloggers motivations, based on four characteristics of this state: the majority Orthodox population, a well-developed internet infrastructure, a local Orthodox Church active online and offline as well as the Geopolitical position of Romania, at the intersection of the clash between civilizations and cultures.

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Lexington Books

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1666942421

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Physics and Technology of Nuclear Materials

By: Ioan Ursu

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Physics and Technology of Nuclear Materials

By: Ioan Ursu

Physics and Technology of Nuclear Materials presents basic information regarding the structure, properties, processing methods, and response to irradiation of the key materials that fission and fusion nuclear reactors have to rely upon. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with selectively several fundamentals of nuclear physics. Subsequent chapters focus on the nuclear materials science; nuclear fuel; structural materials; moderator materials employed to ""slow down"" fission neutrons; and neutron highly absorbent materials that serve in reactor's power control. Other chapters explore the cooling agents; fluids carrying the energy to its final stage of conversion into electric power; thermal and biological shielding materials; some outstanding reactor components; and irradiated fuel reprocessing. The last two chapters deal with nuclear material quality inspection by destructive and non-destructive methods, and specific materials envisaged for use in future thermonuclear reactors. This monograph will be helpful for a wide range of specialists wishing to gear their research and development, education, and other activities toward the field of nuclear power and nuclear technology.

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1483150577

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Markov Operators, Positive Semigroups and Approximation Processes

By: Francesco Altomare,Mirella Cappelletti,Vita Leonessa,Ioan Rasa

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Markov Operators, Positive Semigroups and Approximation Processes

By: Francesco Altomare,Mirella Cappelletti,Vita Leonessa,Ioan Rasa

This research monograph gives a detailed account of a theory which is mainly concerned with certain classes of degenerate differential operators, Markov semigroups and approximation processes. These mathematical objects are generated by arbitrary Markov operators acting on spaces of continuous functions defined on compact convex sets; the study of the interrelations between them constitutes one of the distinguishing features of the book. Among other things, this theory provides useful tools for studying large classes of initial-boundary value evolution problems, the main aim being to obtain a constructive approximation to the associated positive C0-semigroups by means of iterates of suitable positive approximating operators. As a consequence, a qualitative analysis of the solutions to the evolution problems can be efficiently developed. The book is mainly addressed to research mathematicians interested in modern approximation theory by positive linear operators and/or in the theory of positive C0-semigroups of operators and evolution equations. It could also serve as a textbook for a graduate level course.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110386410

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Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes

By: Ioan D. Marinescu,W. Brian Rowe,Boris Dimitrov,Hitoshi Ohmori

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Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes

By: Ioan D. Marinescu,W. Brian Rowe,Boris Dimitrov,Hitoshi Ohmori

This book draws upon the science of tribology to understand, predict and improve abrasive machining processes. Pulling together information on how abrasives work, the authors, who are renowned experts in abrasive technology, demonstrate how tribology can be applied as a tool to improve abrasive machining processes. Each of the main elements of the abrasive machining system are looked at, and the tribological factors that control the efficiency and quality of the processes are described. Since grinding is by far the most commonly employed abrasive machining process, it is dealt with in particular detail. Solutions are posed to many of the most commonly experienced industrial problems, such as poor accuracy, poor surface quality, rapid wheel wear, vibrations, work-piece burn and high process costs. This practical approach makes this book an essential tool for practicing engineers. - Uses the science of tribology to improve understanding and of abrasive machining processes in order to increase performance, productivity and surface quality of final products - A comprehensive reference on how abrasives work, covering kinematics, heat transfer, thermal stresses, molecular dynamics, fluids and the tribology of lubricants - Authoritative and ground-breaking in its first edition, the 2nd edition includes 30% new and updated material, including new topics such as CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) and precision machining for micro-and nano-scale applications

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William Andrew

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1437734685

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Co-Semigroups and Applications

By: Ioan I. Vrabie

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Co-Semigroups and Applications

By: Ioan I. Vrabie

The book contains a unitary and systematic presentation of both classical and very recent parts of a fundamental branch of functional analysis: linear semigroup theory with main emphasis on examples and applications. There are several specialized, but quite interesting, topics which didn't find their place into a monograph till now, mainly because they are very new. So, the book, although containing the main parts of the classical theory of Co-semigroups, as the Hille-Yosida theory, includes also several very new results, as for instance those referring to various classes of semigroups such as equicontinuous, compact, differentiable, or analytic, as well as to some nonstandard types of partial differential equations, i.e. elliptic and parabolic systems with dynamic boundary conditions, and linear or semilinear differential equations with distributed (time, spatial) measures. Moreover, some finite-dimensional-like methods for certain semilinear pseudo-parabolic, or hyperbolic equations are also disscussed. Among the most interesting applications covered are not only the standard ones concerning the Laplace equation subject to either Dirichlet, or Neumann boundary conditions, or the Wave, or Klein-Gordon equations, but also those referring to the Maxwell equations, the equations of Linear Thermoelasticity, the equations of Linear Viscoelasticity, to list only a few. Moreover, each chapter contains a set of various problems, all of them completely solved and explained in a special section at the end of the book.The book is primarily addressed to graduate students and researchers in the field, but it would be of interest for both physicists and engineers. It should be emphasised that it is almost self-contained, requiring only a basic course in Functional Analysis and Partial Differential Equations.

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0080530044

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Gangster Warlords

Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America

By: Ioan Grillo

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Gangster Warlords

Drug Dollars, Killing Fields, and the New Politics of Latin America

By: Ioan Grillo

Without this testimony, we simply cannot grasp what is going on . . . Americans would do well to read [Gangster Warlords]." --The New York Times Book Review, Editor's Choice From the author of El Narco, the shocking story of the men at the heads of cartels throughout Latin America: what drives them, what sustains their power, and how they might be brought down. In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city, a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a meth maker is venerated as a saint while enforcing Old Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star, unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments, and taking over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns, and humans. What they do affects you now--from the gas in your car, to the gold in your jewelry, to the tens of thousands of Latin Americans calling for refugee status in the U.S. Gangster Warlords is the first definitive account of the crime wars now wracking Central and South America and the Caribbean, regions largely abandoned by the U.S. after the Cold War. Author of the critically acclaimed El Narco, Ioan Grillo has covered Latin America since 2001 and gained access to every level of the cartel chain of command in what he calls the new battlefields of the Americas. Moving between militia-controlled ghettos and the halls of top policy-makers, Grillo provides a disturbing new understanding of a war that has spiraled out of control--one that people across the political spectrum need to confront now.

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1620403803

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European Merger Control

By: Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru

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European Merger Control

By: Ovidiu Ioan Dumitru

Modern European Merger Control Policy is the result of a compelling evolution as, throughout the course of time, the underlying objectives guiding its enforcement have been influenced by different school of thoughts, decisions of the bodies supervising the competition, Commission at EU level and national authorities at the state level, and, of course, the economic evolution of the continent. As a consequence, the European institutions together with the Member States had to amend the initial provisions from the Treaty and, later, from the specific Regulation. This book aims at studying the evolution of the European Merger Control rules, from the founding treaties till the last European act providing it, in parallel, analysing the caselaw in the field and its influence in the reformation process. The final Reform of the European Merger Control was implemented in 2004, as a consequence of globalization and rapid developments of the markets, including the digital economy, as some amendments were essential for a competitive and innovative European single market, leaving us with a amended procedure which is presented in the present book.

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Cultural Studies and Beyond

Fragments of Empire

By: Ioan Davies

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Cultural Studies and Beyond

Fragments of Empire

By: Ioan Davies

This lively book will be essential to all those attempting to understand the state of Cultural Studies in the West today. Ion Davies, who was in at the birth of Cultural Studies in Britain and followed its development in many parts of the world, is uniquely qualified to add historical depth and comparative breadth to this subject. Introducing the central theoretical issues, as well as the key personalities, Cultural Studies and Beyond traces the origins, growth and diffusion of the subject.

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Cultural Studies and Beyond

Cultural Studies and Beyond

Witchcraft in Romania

Witchcraft in Romania

Free And Interacting Quantum Fields

Free And Interacting Quantum Fields

Tribology and Fundamentals of Abrasive Machining Processes

Tribology and Fundamentals of Abrasive Machining Processes

Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes

Specific Interaction and Biological Recognition Processes

Clinical-MRI Correlations of Anterior Knee Pain

Clinical-MRI Correlations of Anterior Knee Pain

Advances in Building Services Engineering

Advances in Building Services Engineering

Eastern Christianity in the Digital Space

Eastern Christianity in the Digital Space

Physics and Technology of Nuclear Materials

Physics and Technology of Nuclear Materials

Markov Operators, Positive Semigroups and Approximation Processes

Markov Operators, Positive Semigroups and Approximation Processes

Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes

Tribology of Abrasive Machining Processes

Co-Semigroups and Applications

Co-Semigroups and Applications

Gangster Warlords

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European Merger Control

European Merger Control

Cultural Studies and Beyond

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