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The Cristero Rebellion

The Mexican People Between Church and State 1926–1929

By: Jean A. Meyer

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The Cristero Rebellion

The Mexican People Between Church and State 1926–1929

By: Jean A. Meyer

The Cristero movement is an essential part of the Mexican Revolution. When in 1926 relations between Church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the churches closed and the liturgy was suspended, Rome, Washington and Mexico, without ever losing their heads, embarked upon a long game of chess. These years were crucial, because they saw the setting up of the contemporary political system. The state established its omnipotence, supported by a bureaucratic apparatus and a strong privileged class. Just at the moment when the state thought that it was finally supreme, at the moment at which it decided to take control of the Church, the Cristero movement arose, a spontaneous mass movement, particularly of peasants, unique in its spread, its duration, and its popular character. For obvious reasons, the existing literature has both denied its reality and slandered it.

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1107268095

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Synthetic Organic Sonochemistry

By: Jean-Louis Luche

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Synthetic Organic Sonochemistry

By: Jean-Louis Luche

TEAN-LOUIS LUCHE A French poet of this eentury, Pierre Mae Orlan, wrote "Adventure does not exist, it is only in the mind of he who is pursuing it, and, as soon as it is at one's finger tips, it vanishes to come back to life, far away, in a different shape, at the frontiers of imagination". This sentence could be used to define the adventure that many sonochemists experienced. Most of them did not even suspect that the "laboratory trick" they were using was the first contact with a considerable amount of science. If a personal note is allowed here, it ean be interesting to mention the part played by chance in my involvement in sonochemistry. Almost 20 years ago, we had to perform an apparently simple Grignard reaetion with n-butylmagnesium bromide and geranial, but the results were repeatedly unsatisfactory. The one-pot Barbier technique was attempted, also without success. From my studies at the University, I imagined that the failure of the latter reaction could be caused by a common phenomenon known by solid state chemists as passivation, which in some cases can be overcome by ultrasonication. By chance, an ultrasonie bath was sitting on the next beneh, borrowed to clean some equipment. We clamped our reluctant reaction mixture into the bath, the reaction proceeded vigorously, and ... the adventure started. Without knowing anything about cavitation, high energies, ete., we had an illustration of Goethe's word "Am Anfang war die Tat" (at the Beginning was the Act).

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1489919104

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Dynamical Systems

From Crystal to Chaos : Proceedings of the Conference in Honor of Gerard Rauzy on His 60th Birthday, Luminy-Marseille, France, 6-10 July 1998

By: Jean-Marc Gambaudo

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Dynamical Systems

From Crystal to Chaos : Proceedings of the Conference in Honor of Gerard Rauzy on His 60th Birthday, Luminy-Marseille, France, 6-10 July 1998

By: Jean-Marc Gambaudo

This book focuses on the interactions between discrete and geometric dynamical systems, and between dynamical systems and theoretical physics and computer science. Accordingly, the contributions revolve around two main topics: (1) interaction between geometric and symbolic systems, with emphasis on tiling problems for quasicrystals, substitutions and their multidimensional generalizations, geodesic and horocycle flow, adic systems; (2) dynamical systems: geometry and chaos, with special interest in smooth ergodic theory, statistical and multifractal properties of chaotic systems, stability and turbulence in extended complex systems.

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World Scientific

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9810242174

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Geometry and Nature

In Memory of W.K. Clifford : a Conference on New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods in Memory of William Kingdon Clifford, July 30-August 5, 1995, Madeira, Portugal

By: William Kingdon Clifford,Hanna Nencka,Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

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Geometry and Nature

In Memory of W.K. Clifford : a Conference on New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods in Memory of William Kingdon Clifford, July 30-August 5, 1995, Madeira, Portugal

By: William Kingdon Clifford,Hanna Nencka,Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

This volume is the outgrowth of a conference devoted to William K. Clifford entitled, "New Trends in Geometrical and Topological Methods", which was held at the University of Madeira in July and August 1995. The aim of the conference was to bring together active workers in fields linked to Clifford's work and to foster the exchange of ideas between mathematicians and theoretical physicists. Divided into 6 one-day sessions, each session was devoted to a specific aspect of Clifford's work. This volume is an attempt to bring the Clifford legacy in a new perspective to a larger community of mathematicians and physicists. New concepts, ideas, and results stemming from Clifford's work are discussed. Containing papers presented or submitted to the conference, each article is self-contained.

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American Mathematical Soc.

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0821806076

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Neurotoxicology

By: G. Jean Harry,Hugh A. Tilson

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Neurotoxicology

By: G. Jean Harry,Hugh A. Tilson

This new edition presents an integrated approach to neurotoxicology, the study of organisms' responses to changes in their environment and how interruption of the flow of information by chemical exposure causes a wide range of effects - from learning deficits, sensory disturbances in the extremities, and muscle weakness to seizures and signs simila

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CRC Press

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Diffraction by an Immersed Elastic Wedge

By: Jean-Pierre Croisille,Gilles Lebeau

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Diffraction by an Immersed Elastic Wedge

By: Jean-Pierre Croisille,Gilles Lebeau

This series reports on new developments in mathematical research and teaching - quickly, informally and at a high level. The type of material considered for publication includes 1. Research monographs 2. Lectures on a new field or presentations of a new angle in a classical field 3. Summer schools and intensive courses on topics of current research. Texts which are out of print but still in demand may also be considered. The timeliness of a manuscript is sometimes more important than its form, which might be preliminary or tentative. Details of the editorial policy can be found on the inside front-cover of a current volume. Manuscripts should be submitted in camera-ready form according to Springer-Verlag's specification: technical instructions will be sent on request. TEX macros may be found at: http://www.springer.de/math/authors/b- tex.html Select the version of TEX you use and then click on "Monographs". A subject index should be included. We recommend contacting the publisher or the series editors at an early stage of your project. Addresses are given on the inside back-cover.

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3540668101

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Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Dispersive Equations (AM-163)

By: Jean Bourgain

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Mathematical Aspects of Nonlinear Dispersive Equations (AM-163)

By: Jean Bourgain

This collection of new and original papers on mathematical aspects of nonlinear dispersive equations includes both expository and technical papers that reflect a number of recent advances in the field. The expository papers describe the state of the art and research directions. The technical papers concentrate on a specific problem and the related analysis and are addressed to active researchers. The book deals with many topics that have been the focus of intensive research and, in several cases, significant progress in recent years, including hyperbolic conservation laws, Schrödinger operators, nonlinear Schrödinger and wave equations, and the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations.

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Princeton University Press

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069112955X

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Intensive Care Medicine

Annual Update 2003

By: Jean-Louis Vincent

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Intensive Care Medicine

Annual Update 2003

By: Jean-Louis Vincent

The Update compiles the most recent, widespread developments of experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to every on involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

By: Jean-Louis Vincent

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

By: Jean-Louis Vincent

The Yearbook compiles the most recent, widespread developments of experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine.

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Fat Detection

Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects

By: Jean-Pierre Montmayeur,Johannes le Coutre

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Fat Detection

Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects

By: Jean-Pierre Montmayeur,Johannes le Coutre

Presents the State-of-the-Art in Fat Taste TransductionA bite of cheese, a few potato chips, a delectable piece of bacon - a small taste of high-fat foods often draws you back for more. But why are fatty foods so appealing? Why do we crave them? Fat Detection: Taste, Texture, and Post Ingestive Effects covers the many factors responsible for the se

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Introduction to Graphene-Based Nanomaterials

From Electronic Structure to Quantum Transport

By: Luis E. F. Foa Torres,Stephan Roche,Jean-Christophe Charlier

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Introduction to Graphene-Based Nanomaterials

From Electronic Structure to Quantum Transport

By: Luis E. F. Foa Torres,Stephan Roche,Jean-Christophe Charlier

Graphene is one of the most intensively studied materials, and has unusual electrical, mechanical and thermal properties, which provide almost unlimited potential applications. This book provides an introduction to the electrical and transport properties of graphene and other two-dimensional nanomaterials, covering ab-initio to multiscale methods. Updated from the first edition, the authors have added chapters on other two-dimensional materials, spin-related phenomena, and an improved overview of Berry phase effects. Other topics include powerful order N electronic structure, transport calculations, and ac transport and multiscale transport methodologies. Chapters are complemented with concrete examples and case studies, questions and exercises, detailed appendices and computational codes. It is a valuable resource for graduate students and researchers working in physics, materials science or engineering who are interested in the field of graphene-based nanomaterials.

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Formal Properties of Finite Automata and Applications

LITP Spring School on Theoretical Computer Science, Ramatuelle, France, May 23-27, 1988. Proceedings

By: Jean E. Pin

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Formal Properties of Finite Automata and Applications

LITP Spring School on Theoretical Computer Science, Ramatuelle, France, May 23-27, 1988. Proceedings

By: Jean E. Pin

The volume contains the proceedings of the 16th Spring School on Theoretical Computer Science held in Ramatuelle, France, in May 1988. It is a unique combination of research level articles on various aspects of the theory of finite automata and its applications. Advances made in the last five years on the mathematical foundations form the first part of the book. The second part is devoted to the important problems of the theory including star-height, concatenation hierarchies, and connections with logic and word problems. The last part presents a large variety of possible applications: number theory, distributed systems, algorithms on strings, theory of codes, complexity of boolean circuits and others.

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Tax Elasticity Estimates for Capital Stocks in Canada

By: Jean-François Wen,Fatih Yilmaz,Danea Trejo

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Tax Elasticity Estimates for Capital Stocks in Canada

By: Jean-François Wen,Fatih Yilmaz,Danea Trejo

The paper provides estimates of the long-run, tax-adjusted, user cost elasticity of capital (UCE) in a small open economy, exploiting three sources of variation in Canadian tax policy: across provinces, industries, and years. Estimates of the UCE with Canadian data are less prone to the endogeneity problems arising from the effects of tax policy changes on the interest rate or on the price of capital equipment. Reductions in the federal corporate income tax rate during the early 2000s for service industries but not for manufacturing, which already benefited from a preferential tax rate, contribute to the identification of the UCE. To capture the long-run relationship between the capital stock and the user cost of capital, an error correction model (ECM) is estimated. Supplementary results are obtained from a distributed lag model in first differences (DLM). With the ECM, our baseline UCE for machinery and equipment (M&E) is -1.312. The corresponding semi-elasticity of the stock of M&E with respect to the METR is about -0.2, suggesting, for example, that a 5 percentage point reduction in the METR, say from 15 to 10 percent, would in the long run generate an increase of 1.0 percent in the stock of M&E. The UCE for non-residential construction is statistically insignificantly different from zero.

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International Monetary Fund

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1513545981

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Discretization of Processes

By: Jean Jacod,Philip Protter

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Discretization of Processes

By: Jean Jacod,Philip Protter

In applications, and especially in mathematical finance, random time-dependent events are often modeled as stochastic processes. Assumptions are made about the structure of such processes, and serious researchers will want to justify those assumptions through the use of data. As statisticians are wont to say, “In God we trust; all others must bring data.” This book establishes the theory of how to go about estimating not just scalar parameters about a proposed model, but also the underlying structure of the model itself. Classic statistical tools are used: the law of large numbers, and the central limit theorem. Researchers have recently developed creative and original methods to use these tools in sophisticated (but highly technical) ways to reveal new details about the underlying structure. For the first time in book form, the authors present these latest techniques, based on research from the last 10 years. They include new findings. This book will be of special interest to researchers, combining the theory of mathematical finance with its investigation using market data, and it will also prove to be useful in a broad range of applications, such as to mathematical biology, chemical engineering, and physics.

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3642241271

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Muslims as Actors

Islamic Meanings and Muslim Interpretations in the Perspective of the Study of Religions

By: Jean Jacques Waardenburg

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Muslims as Actors

Islamic Meanings and Muslim Interpretations in the Perspective of the Study of Religions

By: Jean Jacques Waardenburg

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110191423

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Enhancing Teaching and Learning

A Leadership Guide for School Librarians

By: Jean Donham

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Enhancing Teaching and Learning

A Leadership Guide for School Librarians

By: Jean Donham

It is important for school librarians to consider the expertise of classroom teachers, the position of school administrators, and the beliefs and values of the community at large. Striking the balance between collaboration and leadership is a key to successful implementation of an effective library program.

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1555708870

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems

By: Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraulaz,Eric Bonabeau

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Self-Organization in Biological Systems

By: Scott Camazine,Jean-Louis Deneubourg,Nigel R. Franks,James Sneyd,Guy Theraulaz,Eric Bonabeau

The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns--phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries--a fertile new approach to understanding biological systems: the study of self-organization. This book, a primer on self-organization in biological systems for students and other enthusiasts, introduces readers to the basic concepts and tools for studying self-organization and then examines numerous examples of self-organization in the natural world. Self-organization refers to diverse pattern formation processes in the physical and biological world, from sand grains assembling into rippled dunes to cells combining to create highly structured tissues to individual insects working to create sophisticated societies. What these diverse systems hold in common is the proximate means by which they acquire order and structure. In self-organizing systems, pattern at the global level emerges solely from interactions among lower-level components. Remarkably, even very complex structures result from the iteration of surprisingly simple behaviors performed by individuals relying on only local information. This striking conclusion suggests important lines of inquiry: To what degree is environmental rather than individual complexity responsible for group complexity? To what extent have widely differing organisms adopted similar, convergent strategies of pattern formation? How, specifically, has natural selection determined the rules governing interactions within biological systems? Broad in scope, thorough yet accessible, this book is a self-contained introduction to self-organization and complexity in biology--a field of study at the forefront of life sciences research.

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Princeton University Press

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0691212929

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Gian-Carlo Rota on Analysis and Probability

Selected Papers and Commentaries

By: Jean Dhombres

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Gian-Carlo Rota on Analysis and Probability

Selected Papers and Commentaries

By: Jean Dhombres

Gian-Carlo Rota was born in Vigevano, Italy, in 1932. He died in Cambridge, Mas sachusetts, in 1999. He had several careers, most notably as a mathematician, but also as a philosopher and a consultant to the United States government. His mathe matical career was equally varied. His early mathematical studies were at Princeton (1950 to 1953) and Yale (1953 to 1956). In 1956, he completed his doctoral thesis under the direction of Jacob T. Schwartz. This thesis was published as the pa per "Extension theory of differential operators I", the first paper reprinted in this volume. Rota's early work was in analysis, more specifically, in operator theory, differ ential equations, ergodic theory, and probability theory. In the 1960's, Rota was motivated by problems in fluctuation theory to study some operator identities of Glen Baxter (see [7]). Together with other problems in probability theory, this led Rota to study combinatorics. His series of papers, "On the foundations of combi natorial theory", led to a fundamental re-evaluation of the subject. Later, in the 1990's, Rota returned to some of the problems in analysis and probability theory which motivated his work in combinatorics. This was his intention all along, and his early death robbed mathematics of his unique perspective on linkages between the discrete and the continuous. Glimpses of his new research programs can be found in [2,3,6,9,10].

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Nanocomputers and Swarm Intelligence

By: Jean-Baptiste Waldner

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Nanocomputers and Swarm Intelligence

By: Jean-Baptiste Waldner

For the last 50 years, the power of integrated circuits has continued to grow. However, this performance will end up reaching its physical limit. What new ways will then be available to develop even more powerful and up-to-date systems? This book introduces the principles of quantic computing, the use of nano-tubes in molecular transistors and ADN computing. It suggests new fabrication methods for the 21st century and introduces new architecture models, ranging from the most conventional to the most radical. Using a chronological theme, it explains our unavoidable entry in the nano-device world: from the 1948 transistor to the microchip. It concludes by anticipating the changes in daily living: investments, impact on coding activities, nanocomputing systems implementation and IT job mutation.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118624157

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Automata Implementation

Third International Workshop on Implementing Automata, WIA'98, Rouen, France, September 17-19, 1998, Revised Papers

By: Jean-Marc Champarnaud

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Automata Implementation

Third International Workshop on Implementing Automata, WIA'98, Rouen, France, September 17-19, 1998, Revised Papers

By: Jean-Marc Champarnaud

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Implementing Automata, WIA'98, held in Rouen, France, in September 1998. The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from the workshop contributions after several rounds of reviewing. The papers are devoted to issues of implementing automata of various types important for areas such as parsing, computational linguistics, speech recognition, text searching, device controlers, distributed systems, and protocol analysis.

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Lesions of Primary Afferent Fibers as a Tool for the Study of Clinical Pain

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lesions of Primary Afferent Fibers as a Tool for the Study of Clinical Pain? Held in Rouffach, France, 9-13 June 1991

By: Jean-Marie R. Besson,G. Guilbaud

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Lesions of Primary Afferent Fibers as a Tool for the Study of Clinical Pain

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lesions of Primary Afferent Fibers as a Tool for the Study of Clinical Pain? Held in Rouffach, France, 9-13 June 1991

By: Jean-Marie R. Besson,G. Guilbaud

Some of the most dramatic and most difficult pains to treat result from injury to primary afferent fibers. The validity of the models used in researching neuropathic pains by creating primary afferent lesions in animals is the controversial basis of this volume. The clinical and morphological aspects induced by these lesions are complex, leading to frequent mismatches between the injury and the clinical signs. Nomenclature is crucial to enable a good evaluation of sensory dysfunction. The relieving effect of sympathetic blockade is addressed, as well as the significance of autotomy and scratching behaviour after large injury, whether ethical rules are taken into account or not. Further, rat models with less dramatic injuries are described as useful tools for the study of neuropathic pain. Several classical techniques remain essential as tools of study but new state-of-the-art techniques are also emphasized. A very hot point is the question of opioid efficacy for relieving neuropathetic pain.

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Elsevier Science & Technology

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0444811796

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Spanaway

By: Jean Sensel

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Spanaway

By: Jean Sensel

Around 1840, the British Hudson Bay Company set up a cattle ranch on the shore of a haunted lake that local tribes called Spanu-we. A hunting trail through the Cascade Mountains crossed at Spanu-we with another pathway running to Puget Sound from the sleeping volcano Tuqobu (Tacoma). Both trails became roads and railways that drew settlers to Spanu-wes rich prairie and abundant water. Thus began decades of conflictoften armedwith the evolving town of Spanaway caught in regional and national turmoil. Because of its strategic location, Spanaway homesteads were used as temporary military outposts during two wars. Hundreds of family farms were lost forever when they were condemned to form Camp Lewis. Spanaways resort on the most beautiful lake in a land of lakes has drawn controversial rallies, lawsuits, and political battles. Spanaway, still buffeted by political winds, continues today as a regional playground and transportation hub.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439645280

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Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe

By: Jean-Marie Kauth

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Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe

By: Jean-Marie Kauth

In Environmental Legacies of the Copernican Universe, Jean-Marie Kauth shows how counter-ecological metaphors sprung from the cosmology of the Copernican Revolution influence us still in unexpected, maladaptive ways, nurturing conceptions of the world that are not only incorrect but enabling of ecocide. She argues that grasping these underlying paradigms may help us to alter our thinking and make the radical transformations needed to counter the forward motion of our capitalist, post-industrial society.

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1666901857

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Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Botulinum Toxin - E-Book

By: Alastair Carruthers,Jean Carruthers,Jeffrey S. Dover,Murad Alam,Omer Ibrahim

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Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Botulinum Toxin - E-Book

By: Alastair Carruthers,Jean Carruthers,Jeffrey S. Dover,Murad Alam,Omer Ibrahim

Offering a step-by-step, practical approach to this commonly performed cosmetic procedure, Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology: Botulinum Toxin, 5th Edition, enables you to master the up-to-date cosmetic techniques that produce the superior results your patients expect. Edited by expert clinicians Drs. Alastair Carruthers and Jean Carruthers, along with Jeffrey S. Dover, Murad Alam, and Omar Ibrahim, it covers the science behind these neuromodulators and their usage areas in cosmetic dermatology, as well as the latest treatment options—all abundantly illustrated and evidence based. A substantial video library demonstrating injection techniques helps you successfully incorporate the latest procedures into your practice. - Provides complete, clear descriptions and rationales for injection placement for facial and neck rejuvenation and hyperhidrosis, including difficult areas like eyebrow shaping and treatment of masseter hypertrophy. - Covers new developments in the field including new treatment sites, new methods of using the toxins, an upcoming topical toxin, and new longer-acting and shorter-onset, shorter-lasting toxins. - Features high-quality images and 25 new videos demonstrating exactly how to perform injection techniques. - Addresses the differences in doses and particular characteristics among different botulinum toxin preparations in every chapter. - Includes procedural how-to's, step-by-step advice on proper techniques, case studies, contraindications and managing complications, and pearls and pitfalls. - An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. - If you encounter issues with your eBook please contact Elsevier eBook+ support via textbookscom.support@elsevier.com. Other recent titles in the Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology Series: - Soft Tissue Augmentation, 5th Edition [9780323830751] - Lasers, Lights, and Energy Devices, 5th Edition [9780323829052] - Hair Restoration [9780323829212] - Cosmetic Procedures in Skin of Color [9780323831444]

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0323831176

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Distributed Intelligent Systems

A Coordination Perspective

By: Abdellah Bedrouni,Ranjeev Mittu,Abdeslem Boukhtouta,Jean Berger

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Distributed Intelligent Systems

A Coordination Perspective

By: Abdellah Bedrouni,Ranjeev Mittu,Abdeslem Boukhtouta,Jean Berger

Distributed Intelligent Systems: A Coordination Perspective comprehensively answers commonly asked questions about coordination in agent-oriented distributed systems. Characterizing the state-of-the-art research in the field of coordination with regard to the development of distributed agent-oriented systems is a particularly complex endeavour; while existing books deal with specific aspects of coordination, the major contribution of this book lies in the attempt to provide an in-depth review covering a wide range of issues regarding multi-agent coordination in Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Key features: Unveils the lack of coherence and order that characterizes the area of research pertaining to coordination of distributed intelligent systems Examines coordination models, frameworks, strategies and techniques to enable the development of distributed intelligent agent-oriented systems Provides specific recommendations to realize more widespread deployment of agent-based systems

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0387777024

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9780387777023

Dermatology E-Book

By: Jean L. Bolognia,Julie V. Schaffer,Lorenzo Cerroni

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Dermatology E-Book

By: Jean L. Bolognia,Julie V. Schaffer,Lorenzo Cerroni

With more complete, authoritative coverage of basic science, clinical practice of both adult and pediatric dermatology, dermatopathology, and dermatologic surgery than you'll find in any other source, Dermatology, 4th Edition, is the gold-standard reference in the field today. Drs. Jean L. Bolognia, Julie V. Schaffer, and Lorenzo Cerroni bring their considerable knowledge and experience to this two-volume masterwork, ensuring its reliability and usefulness for both residents and practitioners. - Provides the in-depth, expert information you need to address challenges you face in practice across all subspecialties – including medical dermatology, pediatric dermatology, dermatopathology, dermatologic surgery, and cosmetic dermatology. - Uses the famous "easy-in, easy-out" approach, transforming complex information into more than 1,000 reader-friendly tables and algorithms, along with templated chapter contents for quick recognition and access. - Focuses on the essential "need-to-know" basic science information and key references. - Brings together an esteemed team of expert editors and contributors that provide a truly global perspective, led by Drs. Jean L. Bolognia, Julie V. Schaffer, and Lorenzo Cerroni. - Includes over 4,000 illustrations, with over 2,000 new images in this edition, that provide more examples of skin disorders across different skin types in varying stages of presentation; plus enhanced histologic images that provide a clearer understanding of clinicopathologic correlations for multiple skin disorders. - Enhances learning opportunities with 20 new video clips of core procedures, including nail surgery, flaps, grafts, laser therapy, soft tissue augmentation, and botulinum toxin injections, plus 200 bonus online images. - Features 70 brand-new schematics and algorithms to better aid diagnosis, optimize decision making, and improve your approach to each patient. - Includes the latest therapy options with supporting evidence-based grading levels. - Expert ConsultTM eBook version included with purchase. This enhanced eBook experience allows you to search all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0702063428

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9780702063428

XIVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics

Lisbon, 28 July - 2 August 2003

By: Jean-Claude Zambrini

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XIVth International Congress on Mathematical Physics

Lisbon, 28 July - 2 August 2003

By: Jean-Claude Zambrini

In 2003 the XIV International Congress on Mathematical Physics (ICMP) was held in Lisbon with more than 500 participants. Twelve plenary talks were given in various fields of Mathematical Physics: E Carlen On the relation between the Master equation and the Boltzmann Equation in Kinetic Theory; A Chenciner Symmetries and "simple" solutions of the classical n-body problem; M J Esteban Relativistic models in atomic and molecular physics; K Fredenhagen Locally covariant quantum field theory; K Gawedzki Simple models of turbulent transport; I Krichever Algebraic versus Liouville integrability of the soliton systems; R V Moody Long-range order and diffraction in mathematical quasicrystals; S Smirnov Critical percolation and conformal invariance; J P Solovej The energy of charged matter; V Schomerus Strings through the microscope; C Villani Entropy production and convergence to equilibrium for the Boltzmann equation; D Voiculescu Aspects of free probability. ICMP 2003 also included invited talks by: H Eliasson, W Schlag, M Shub, P Dorey, J M Maillet, K McLaughlin, A Nakayashiki, A Okounkov, G M Graf, R Seiringer, S Teufel, J Imbrie, D Ioffe, H Knoerrer, D Bernard, J Dimock, C J Fewster, T Thiemann, F Benatti, D Evans, Y Kawahigashi, C King, B Julia, N Nekrasov, P Townsend, D Bambusi, M Hairer, V Kaloshin, G Schneider, A Shirikyan, P Bizon, H Bray, H Ringstrom, L Barreira, L Rey-Bellet, C Forster, P Gaspard, F Golse, T Chen, P Exner, T Ichinose, V Kostrykin, E Skibsted, G Stolz, D Yafaev, V A Zagrebnov, R Leandre, T Levy, S Mazzuchi, H Owhadi, M Roeckner and A Sengupta. Key Features Provides a list of the most recent progress in all fields of Mathematical Physics; Written by the best international experts in these fields; Indicates the "hot" directions of research in Mathematical Physics for years to come; Readership: Mathematical physicists, mathematicians and theoretical physicists.

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World Scientific

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981256201X

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9789812562012

Bio-inspired Flying Robots

Experimental Synthesis of Autonomous Indoor Flyers

By: Jean-Christophe Zufferey

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Bio-inspired Flying Robots

Experimental Synthesis of Autonomous Indoor Flyers

By: Jean-Christophe Zufferey

This book demonstrates how bio-inspiration can lead to fully autonomous flying robots without relying on external aids. Most existing aerial robots fly in open skies, far from obstacles, and rely on external beacons, mainly GPS, to localise and navigate. However, these robots are not able to fly at low altitude or in confined environments, and yet this poses absolutely no difficulty to insects. Indeed, flying insects display efficient flight control capabilities in complex environments despite their limited weight and relatively tiny brain size. From sensor suite to control strategies, the literature on flying insects is reviewed from an engineering perspective in order to extract useful principles that are then applied to the synthesis of artificial indoor flyers. Artificial evolution is also utilised to search for alternative control systems and behaviors that match the constraints of small flying robots. Specifically, the basic sensory modalities of insects, vision, gyroscopes and airflow sense, are applied to develop navigation controllers for indoor flying robots. These robots are capable of mapping sensor information onto actuator commands in real time to maintain altitude, stabilize the course and avoid obstacles. The most prominent result of this novel approach is a 10-gram microflyer capable of fully autonomous operation in an office-sized room using fly-inspired vision, inertial and airspeed sensors. This book is intended for all those interested in autonomous robotics, in academia and industry.

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EPFL Press

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1420066846

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9781420066845

Book's by Jean A. Meyer

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