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Dynamics Beyond Uniform Hyperbolicity

A Global Geometric and Probabilistic Perspective

By: Christian Bonatti,Lorenzo J. Díaz,Marcelo Viana

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Dynamics Beyond Uniform Hyperbolicity

A Global Geometric and Probabilistic Perspective

By: Christian Bonatti,Lorenzo J. Díaz,Marcelo Viana

What is Dynamics about? In broad terms, the goal of Dynamics is to describe the long term evolution of systems for which an "infinitesimal" evolution rule is known. Examples and applications arise from all branches of science and technology, like physics, chemistry, economics, ecology, communications, biology, computer science, or meteorology, to mention just a few. These systems have in common the fact that each possible state may be described by a finite (or infinite) number of observable quantities, like position, velocity, temperature, concentration, population density, and the like. Thus, m the space of states (phase space) is a subset M of an Euclidean space M . Usually, there are some constraints between these quantities: for instance, for ideal gases pressure times volume must be proportional to temperature. Then the space M is often a manifold, an n-dimensional surface for some n

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Mathematical Systems Theory I

Modelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and Robustness

By: Diederich Hinrichsen,Anthony J. Pritchard

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Mathematical Systems Theory I

Modelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and Robustness

By: Diederich Hinrichsen,Anthony J. Pritchard

This book presents the mathematical foundations of systems theory in a self-contained, comprehensive, detailed and mathematically rigorous way. It is devoted to the analysis of dynamical systems and combines features of a detailed introductory textbook with that of a reference source. The book contains many examples and figures illustrating the text which help to bring out the intuitive ideas behind the mathematical constructions.

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3540441255

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Pacific Possessions

The Pursuit of Authenticity in Nineteenth-Century Oceanian Travel Accounts

By: Chris J. Thomas

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Pacific Possessions

The Pursuit of Authenticity in Nineteenth-Century Oceanian Travel Accounts

By: Chris J. Thomas

Reframes Polynesia and Melanesia through analysis of nineteenth-century travel writing"--

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University of Alabama Press

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Court Poetry in Late Medieval England and Scotland

Allegories of Authority

By: Antony J. Hasler

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Court Poetry in Late Medieval England and Scotland

Allegories of Authority

By: Antony J. Hasler

This book explores the anxious and unstable relationship between court poetry and various forms of authority, political and cultural, in England and Scotland at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Through poems by Skelton, Dunbar, Douglas, Hawes, Lyndsay and Barclay, it examines the paths by which court poetry and its narrators seek multiple forms of legitimation: from royal and institutional sources, but also in the media of script and print. The book is the first for some time to treat English and Scottish material of its period together, and responds to European literary contexts, the dialogue between vernacular and Latin matter, and current critical theory. In so doing it claims that public and occasional writing evokes a counter-discourse in the secrecies and subversions of medieval love-fictions. The result is a poetry that queries and at times cancels the very authority to speak that it so proudly promotes.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139496727

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Disorders of Hemoglobin

Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management

By: Martin H. Steinberg,Bernard G. Forget,Douglas R. Higgs,David J. Weatherall

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Disorders of Hemoglobin

Genetics, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management

By: Martin H. Steinberg,Bernard G. Forget,Douglas R. Higgs,David J. Weatherall

This book is a completely revised new edition of the definitive reference on disorders of hemoglobin. Authored by world-renowned experts, the book focuses on basic science aspects and clinical features of hemoglobinopathies, covering diagnosis, treatment, and future applications of current research. While the second edition continues to address the important molecular, cellular, and genetic components, coverage of clinical issues has been significantly expanded, and there is more practical emphasis on diagnosis and management throughout. The book opens with a review of the scientific underpinnings. Pathophysiology of common hemoglobin disorders is discussed next in an entirely new section devoted to vascular biology, the erythrocyte membrane, nitric oxide biology, and hemolysis. Four sections deal with α and β thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and related conditions, followed by special topics. The second edition concludes with current and developing approaches to treatment, incorporating new agents for iron chelation, methods to induce fetal hemoglobin production, novel treatment approaches, stem cell transplantation, and progress in gene therapy.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139480804

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Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology

By: Robert J. Means, Jr.,George Rodgers,Bertil Glader,Daniel A. Arber,Frederick R. Appelbaum,Angela Dispenzieri,Todd A. Fehniger,Laura Michaelis,John P. Leonard

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Wintrobe's Clinical Hematology

By: Robert J. Means, Jr.,George Rodgers,Bertil Glader,Daniel A. Arber,Frederick R. Appelbaum,Angela Dispenzieri,Todd A. Fehniger,Laura Michaelis,John P. Leonard

Comprehensive in scope and thoroughly up to date, Wintrobe’s Clinical Hematology, 15th Edition, combines the biology and pathophysiology of hematology as well as the diagnosis and treatment of commonly encountered hematological disorders. Editor-in-chief Dr. Robert T. Means, Jr., along with a team of expert section editors and contributing authors, provide authoritative, in-depth information on the biology and pathophysiology of lymphomas, leukemias, platelet destruction, and other hematological disorders as well as the procedures for diagnosing and treating them. Packed with more than 1,500 tables and figures throughout, this trusted text is an indispensable reference for hematologists, oncologists, residents, nurse practitioners, and pathologists.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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197518470X

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Erythropoietin

Blood, Brain and Beyond

By: Arthur J. Sytkowski

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Erythropoietin

Blood, Brain and Beyond

By: Arthur J. Sytkowski

The use of Epo in medical practice is increasing constantly. It has revolutionized how we think of blood transfusion in medicine and surgery. Moreover, it has become widely known to scientists, physicians, biotech and pharmaceutical executives and the general public. Additionally, the past ten years have seen important advances in our knowledge and understanding of its action both within and outside of the hematopoietic system. Until now, there has been no single source that contains up-to-date information on Epo addressing the array of subjects that this book presents. The book covers all aspects from developmental biology to specific topics such as medical applications of recombinant Epo, receptor biology, mechanisms of Epo activity, structure/activity relationship, disease states and important actions on non-hematopoietic organs and tissues, including the central nervous system, heart, gastrointestinal tract, reproductive organs and endothelium.

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John Wiley & Sons

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3527605436

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General Topology and Applications

By: Susan J. Andima

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General Topology and Applications

By: Susan J. Andima

This book is based on the proceedings of the Fifth Northeast Conference on General Topology and Applications, held at The College of Staten Island – The City University of New York. It provides insight into the relationship between general topology and other areas of mathematics.

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CRC Press

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1000147878

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Recent Developments in Theoretical Fluid Mechanics

Winter School, Paseky, 1992

By: G P Galdi,J. Necas

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Recent Developments in Theoretical Fluid Mechanics

Winter School, Paseky, 1992

By: G P Galdi,J. Necas

Including previously unpublished, original research material, this comprehensive book analyses topics of fundamental importance in theoretical fluid mechanics. The five papers appearing in this volume are centred around the mathematical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations (incompressible and compressible) and certain selected non-Newtonian modifications.

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CRC Press

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0582226848

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Humanism in FIfteenth-Century Europe

By: Stephen J. Milner,John Monfasani,John L. Flood,Jacqueline Glomski,Cristina Neagu,Jeremy Lawrance,Craig Taylor,Tom Rutledge,Daniel Wakelin,Oren Margolis

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Humanism in FIfteenth-Century Europe

By: Stephen J. Milner,John Monfasani,John L. Flood,Jacqueline Glomski,Cristina Neagu,Jeremy Lawrance,Craig Taylor,Tom Rutledge,Daniel Wakelin,Oren Margolis

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The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature

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0907570232

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Unexpected Encounters

Memoirs of a Marine Mission Minister

By: J. Berkley Reynolds

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Unexpected Encounters

Memoirs of a Marine Mission Minister

By: J. Berkley Reynolds

It was a marked contrast from serving as a padre in the Canadian Army to being posted to Change Islands in the North Atlantic. My new mode of transportation couldn’t be more different from an army jeep—a thirty-eight-foot sea-faring vessel. The M.V. Messenger was to be my ocean home, but it would have been my coffin were it not for my faithful Samoyed dog, Sabre. Taking the “Good News” to the remote communities of Northern Newfoundland wasn’t without risks. Navigating through the ice floe, walking over the frozen bay, or flying with the bush pilots had its challenges. But one did not count the cost when on a divine mission. My calling was to minister to the families of fishermen and loggers nestled in the coves and bays. It was far different from my ministry in a suburban church in Metro Toronto, where the storms were of a different nature. Victor Frankel, a psychiatrist and survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, affirmed that a person’s greatest search is for meaning. I have shown that life’s greatest and most difficult experiences can be overcome by trust in God’s faithful promises found in scripture. Is that a place where you might begin your search?

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Progress in Partial Differential Equations

The Metz Surveys 3

By: Michel Chipot,J Saint Jean Paulin,I Shafrir

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Progress in Partial Differential Equations

The Metz Surveys 3

By: Michel Chipot,J Saint Jean Paulin,I Shafrir

Presents some recent advances in various important domains of partial differential equations and applied mathematics including harmonic maps, Ginzburg - Landau energy, liquid crystals, superconductivity, homogenization and oscillations, dynamical systems and inertial manifolds. These topics are now part of various areas of science and have experienced tremendous development during the last decades.

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North American Amphibians

Distribution and Diversity

By: David M. Green,Linda A. Weir,Gary S. Casper,Michael J. Lannoo

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North American Amphibians

Distribution and Diversity

By: David M. Green,Linda A. Weir,Gary S. Casper,Michael J. Lannoo

The frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts that inhabit North America, numbering nearly 300 species, represent immense variation in form, habitat, distribution and ecology. This volume discusses the diversity of these animals in relation to the historical geography of the North American continent and portrays all of the formally recognized amphibian species to be found in the United States and Canada within a geographical context. Each species is presented with a color photograph, an account of its range, habitat and conservation status, and an up-to-date, full color range map that depicts its known occurrences in relation to the topography of the landscape. This volume reflects the enormous growth in interest about amphibians and increased intensity of scientific research into their biology and distribution that has occurred during the past two decades"--

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Univ of California Press

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Moscow and Greek Communism, 1944–1949

By: Peter J. Stavrakis

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Moscow and Greek Communism, 1944–1949

By: Peter J. Stavrakis

Moscow and Greek Communism is the first comprehensive analysis of Soviet conduct in Greece during the most critical period of Greek history in this century-the last months of World War II and the years of the Greek Civil War. Peter J. Stavrakis demonstrates that Soviet policy in Greece was highly mutable and reveals how its shifts were governed by Moscow's changing aims in the Near East generally, Soviet policy toward the Western powers, and the constantly changing Greek political situation. Stavrakis draws on previously inaccessible evidence from Greek Communist archives, recently declassified materials from the U.S. National Archives, documents from British archives, and personal memoirs of former Greek partisans to create the most accurate picture available of developments in the Balkans between 1944 and 1949. He traces the course of Soviet policy, explaining why Stalin vacillated in his attitude toward the armed insurgency of the Greek Communist party (KKE), finally acting in a way that ensured its defeat. Students of Soviet foreign policy will want to consider his thesis that the lessons learned in Greece have continued to guide Soviet interventionism in regions where its capabilities for control are limited.

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Cornell University Press

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1501732331

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The Making and Marketing of Tottel’s Miscellany, 1557

Songs and Sonnets in the Summer of the Martyrs’ Fires

By: J. Christopher Warner

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The Making and Marketing of Tottel’s Miscellany, 1557

Songs and Sonnets in the Summer of the Martyrs’ Fires

By: J. Christopher Warner

First published in the summer of 1557 - as the protestant martyrs’ pyres blazed across England - Songes and Sonettes, written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other (more generally known as Tottel’s Miscellany) is widely regarded as the first anthology of English poetry responsible for introducing Italianate verse forms to England. Yet those scholars who have paid attention to the book usually dismiss its literary quality and regard its chief accomplishment as paving the way for the Golden Age of Elizabethan verse to come. As Professor Warner makes clear, however, there is much more historical significance to the Miscellany than merely being a precursor to Shakespeare and Sidney. Drawing upon a wealth of historical, textual and literary evidence, this new study recasts the Miscellany as a peculiar phenomenon of the reign of Mary I. Placing it in the context of its European counterparts and its competition in the London book market, Warner argues that at heart the Miscellany was a collaborative project between the printer, Richard Tottel and law students from the Inns of Court, and represented a timely response to the religious, political and social upheavals of the English Reformation and Counter-Reformation. Analysing from both a literary and historical perspective, this study reconnects the Miscellany with the social, cultural, literary and religious milieu in which it was created. Warner thus reveals not only the distinctiveness of the book’s design compared to other English verse works for sale in 1557, but its function as a patriotic retort to Continental collections of verse -including one that put into print a selection of satirical songs and sonnets written by the Spanish caballeros who found themselves reluctant attendants at the court of Mary I.

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Lectures in Modern Analysis and Applications I

By: M. F. Atiyah,J. Eells,K. M. Hoffman,L. Hörmander,C. E. Rickart,H. Rossi,S. Smale,F. Treves,J. Wermer

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Lectures in Modern Analysis and Applications I

By: M. F. Atiyah,J. Eells,K. M. Hoffman,L. Hörmander,C. E. Rickart,H. Rossi,S. Smale,F. Treves,J. Wermer

This lecture series was presented by a consortium of universities in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research during the period 1967-1969 in Washington, D.C. and at the University of Maryland. The series of lectures was devoted to active basic areas of contemporary analysis which is important in or shows potential in real-world applications. Each lecture presents a survey and critical review of aspects of the specific area addressed, with emphasis on new results, open problems, and applications. This volume contains nine lectures in the series; subsequent lectures will also be published.

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Springer

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3540361456

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Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology

Selected Papers

By: Robert J. Zimmer

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Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology

Selected Papers

By: Robert J. Zimmer

Robert J. Zimmer is best known in mathematics for the highly influential conjectures and program that bear his name. Group Actions in Ergodic Theory, Geometry, and Topology: Selected Papers brings together some of the most significant writings by Zimmer, which lay out his program and contextualize his work over the course of his career. Zimmer’s body of work is remarkable in that it involves methods from a variety of mathematical disciplines, such as Lie theory, differential geometry, ergodic theory and dynamical systems, arithmetic groups, and topology, and at the same time offers a unifying perspective. After arriving at the University of Chicago in 1977, Zimmer extended his earlier research on ergodic group actions to prove his cocycle superrigidity theorem which proved to be a pivotal point in articulating and developing his program. Zimmer’s ideas opened the door to many others, and they continue to be actively employed in many domains related to group actions in ergodic theory, geometry, and topology. In addition to the selected papers themselves, this volume opens with a foreword by David Fisher, Alexander Lubotzky, and Gregory Margulis, as well as a substantial introductory essay by Zimmer recounting the course of his career in mathematics. The volume closes with an afterword by Fisher on the most recent developments around the Zimmer program.

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University of Chicago Press

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022656813X

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Celestial Encounters

The Origins of Chaos and Stability

By: Florin Diacu,Philip J. Holmes

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Celestial Encounters

The Origins of Chaos and Stability

By: Florin Diacu,Philip J. Holmes

Celestial Encounters is for anyone who has ever wondered about the foundations of chaos. In 1888, the 34-year-old Henri Poincaré submitted a paper that was to change the course of science, but not before it underwent significant changes itself. "The Three-Body Problem and the Equations of Dynamics" won a prize sponsored by King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and the journal Acta Mathematica, but after accepting the prize, Poincaré found a serious mistake in his work. While correcting it, he discovered the phenomenon of chaos. Starting with the story of Poincaré's work, Florin Diacu and Philip Holmes trace the history of attempts to solve the problems of celestial mechanics first posed in Isaac Newton's Principia in 1686. In describing how mathematical rigor was brought to bear on one of our oldest fascinations--the motions of the heavens--they introduce the people whose ideas led to the flourishing field now called nonlinear dynamics. In presenting the modern theory of dynamical systems, the models underlying much of modern science are described pictorially, using the geometrical language invented by Poincaré. More generally, the authors reflect on mathematical creativity and the roles that chance encounters, politics, and circumstance play in it.

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Princeton University Press

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0691221839

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Linear Models for Optimal Test Design

By: Wim J. van der Linden

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Linear Models for Optimal Test Design

By: Wim J. van der Linden

Wim van der Linden was just given a lifetime achievement award by the National Council on Measurement in Education. There is no one more prominent in the area of educational testing. There are hundreds of computer-based credentialing exams in areas such as accounting, real estate, nursing, and securities, as well as the well-known admissions exams for college, graduate school, medical school, and law school - there is great need on the theory of testing. This book presents the statistical theory and practice behind constructing good tests e.g., how is the first test item selected, how are the next items selected, and when do you have enough items.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387290540

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Coexistence and Persistence of Strange Attractors

By: Antonio Pumarino,Angel J. Rodriguez

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Coexistence and Persistence of Strange Attractors

By: Antonio Pumarino,Angel J. Rodriguez

Although chaotic behaviour had often been observed numerically earlier, the first mathematical proof of the existence, with positive probability (persistence) of strange attractors was given by Benedicks and Carleson for the Henon family, at the beginning of 1990's. Later, Mora and Viana demonstrated that a strange attractor is also persistent in generic one-parameter families of diffeomorphims on a surface which unfolds homoclinic tangency. This book is about the persistence of any number of strange attractors in saddle-focus connections. The coexistence and persistence of any number of strange attractors in a simple three-dimensional scenario are proved, as well as the fact that infinitely many of them exist simultaneously.

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3540684964

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Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology

A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

By: Amy S Paller, MD,Anthony J. Mancini, MD

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Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology

A Textbook of Skin Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence

By: Amy S Paller, MD,Anthony J. Mancini, MD

This must-have clinical reference, by Drs. Amy S. Paller and Anthony J. Mancini, provides practical, authoritative guidance for identification and management of all types of skin disorders seen in children and adolescents. Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, 5th Edition, is ideal for pediatricians, dermatologists, family practitioners and anyone who sees children with skin disorders - no matter what level of experience you may have. Benefit from the knowledge and expertise of two leaders in the field, who provide a clearly written, consistent approach throughout the text. Stay on the cutting edge of what's new in pediatric dermatology - from the neonate to the adolescent - with the latest drug developments and disease classifications. Recognize virtually any skin condition you're likely to see thanks to more than 1,000 high-quality color images, including over 300 brand new to this edition. Find the most appropriate therapy options with updated evidence based guidance. Easily locate the information you need with more quick-reference boxes and summary tables throughout the text. Hurwitz provides the easiest access to the information you need to diagnose/treat the dermatologic ailments of your pediatric patients.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0323244750

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Observation of the Earth and its Environment

Survey of Missions and Sensors

By: Herbert J. Kramer

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Observation of the Earth and its Environment

Survey of Missions and Sensors

By: Herbert J. Kramer

The following listing represents a survey and a short description of 'Earth Observing Mis sions' in alphabetical order. The listing in Part A considers completed-, operational-as well as planned missions on an international scale (Earth observations from space know no na tional boundaries). A look into past activities is important for reasons of heritage, context and of perspective. The document is intended for all who want to keep track of missions and sensors in the fast -growing field of Earth observations. There cannot be any claim to com pleteness, although a considerable effort was made to collect and integrate all known mis sions and sensors into this book. Earth observation by remote sensing changes our view and perception of the world. We be gin to realize the global character of remote sensing, its multidimensional and complemen tary nature, its vast potential to many disciplines, its importance to mankind as a whole. Re mote sensing permits for the first time in history a total system view of the Earth. The view from space toward Earth has brought about sweeping revisions in the Earth sciences, in par ticular in such fields as meteorology, oceanology, hydrology, geology, geography, forestry, agriculture, geodynamics, solar-terrestrial interactions, and many others.

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Hospitaller Piety and Crusader Propaganda

Guillaume Caoursin's Description of the Ottoman Siege of Rhodes, 1480

By: Theresa M. Vann,Donald J. Kagay

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Hospitaller Piety and Crusader Propaganda

Guillaume Caoursin's Description of the Ottoman Siege of Rhodes, 1480

By: Theresa M. Vann,Donald J. Kagay

Guillaume Caoursin, the Vice-chancellor of the Order of the Hospital, wrote the Obsidionis Rhodiae urbis descriptio (Description of the Siege of Rhodes) as the official record of the Ottoman siege of the Knights in Rhodes in 1480. The Descriptio was the first authorized account of the Order’s activities to appear in printed form, and it became one of the best sellers of the 15th century. The publication of the Descriptio not only fed Western Europe’s hunger for news about an important Christian victory in the ongoing war with the Turks, it also served to shape public perceptions of the Hospitallers. Caoursin wrote in a humanistic style, sacrificing military terminology to appeal to an educated audience; within a few years, however, his Latin text became the basis for vernacular versions, which also circulated widely. Modern historians recognize the contributions that the Ottoman siege of Rhodes in 1480 made in the development of military technology, particularly the science of fortifications. This book is the first complete modern Latin edition with an English translation of the Descriptio obsidionis Rhodiae. Two other published eyewitness accounts, Pierre D’Aubusson’s Relatio obsidionis Rhodie and Jacomo Curte’s De urbis Rhodiae obsidione a. 1480 a Turcis tentata, also appear in modern Latin edition and English translation. This book also includes John Kay’s Description of the Siege of Rhodes and an English translation of Ademar Dupuis’ Le siège de Rhodes. The lengthy introductory chapters by Theresa Vann place the Ottoman siege of Rhodes in 1480 within the context of Mehmed II’s expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean after he captured Constantinople in 1453. They then examine the development of an official message, or propaganda, as an essential tool for the Hospitallers to raise money in Europe to defend Rhodes, a process that is traced through the chancery’s official communications describing the aftermath of Constantinople and the Ottoman

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A Place at the Altar

Priestesses in Republican Rome

By: Meghan J. DiLuzio

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A Place at the Altar

Priestesses in Republican Rome

By: Meghan J. DiLuzio

A Place at the Altar illuminates a previously underappreciated dimension of religion in ancient Rome: the role of priestesses in civic cult. Demonstrating that priestesses had a central place in public rituals and institutions, Meghan DiLuzio emphasizes the complex, gender-inclusive nature of Roman priesthood. In ancient Rome, priestly service was a cooperative endeavor, requiring men and women, husbands and wives, and elite Romans and slaves to work together to manage the community's relationship with its gods. Like their male colleagues, priestesses offered sacrifices on behalf of the Roman people, and prayed for the community’s well-being. As they carried out their ritual obligations, they were assisted by female cult personnel, many of them slave women. DiLuzio explores the central role of the Vestal Virgins and shows that they occupied just one type of priestly office open to women. Some priestesses, including the flaminica Dialis, the regina sacrorum, and the wives of the curial priests, served as part of priestly couples. Others, such as the priestesses of Ceres and Fortuna Muliebris, were largely autonomous. A Place at the Altar offers a fresh understanding of how the women of ancient Rome played a leading role in public cult.

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From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities

Mathematics, Microeconomics and Finance

By: J. Barkley Rosser

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From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities

Mathematics, Microeconomics and Finance

By: J. Barkley Rosser

From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities presents and unusual perspective on economics and economic analysis. Current economic theory largely depends upon assuming that the world is fundamentally continuous. However, an increasing amount of economic research has been done using approaches that allow for discontinuities such as catastrophe theory, chaos theory, synergetics, and fractal geometry. The spread of such approaches across a variety of disciplines of thought has constituted a virtual intellectual revolution in recent years. This book reviews the applications of these approaches in various subdisciplines of economics and draws upon past economic thinkers to develop an integrated view of economics as a whole from the perspective of inherent discontinuity.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0792377702

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