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Random Vibration and Statistical Linearization

By: John Brian Roberts,Pol D. Spanos

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Random Vibration and Statistical Linearization

By: John Brian Roberts,Pol D. Spanos

This self-contained volume explains the general method of statistical linearization and its use in solving random vibration problems. Numerous examples show advanced undergraduate and graduate students many practical applications. 1990 edition.

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Courier Corporation

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0486432408

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9780486432403

The Ontology of Physics for Biology

Semantic Modeling of Multiscale, Multidomain Physiological Systems

By: Daniel L. Cook,John H. Gennari,Maxwell L. Neal

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The Ontology of Physics for Biology

Semantic Modeling of Multiscale, Multidomain Physiological Systems

By: Daniel L. Cook,John H. Gennari,Maxwell L. Neal

This book introduces semantic representations of multiscale, multidomain physiological systems that link to qualitative reasoning and to quantitative analysis of biophysical processes in health and disease. Two major public health problems, diabetes and hypertension, serve as use-cases to illustrate the depth and rigor of such representations for logical inference and quantitative analysis. Central to this approach is the Ontology of Physics for Biology (OPB) that formally represents the foundations of classical physics and engineering system dynamics that are the basis for our understanding of biomedical entities, processes, and functional relationships. Furthermore, we introduce OPB-based software for annotating and abstracting available biosimulation models for reuse, recombination, and for archiving of physics-based biomedical knowledge. We have formalized and leveraged physics-based biological knowledge as a working view of physiology and biophysics from three distinct perspectives: (1) biologists and biomedical investigators, (2) biophysicists and bioengineers, and (3) biomedical ontologists and informaticists. We present a logical and intuitive semantics of classical physics as a tool for mediating and translating biophysical knowledge among biomedical domains. Daniel L. Cook, MD, PhD John H. Gennari, PhD Maxwell L. Neal, PhD

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CRC Press

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0429892330

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9780429892332

Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine

By: John R. Staples

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Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine

By: John R. Staples

In the late eighteenth century, the Russian Empire opened the grasslands of southern Ukraine to agricultural settlement by new colonists, among them Prussian Mennonites. Mennonite colonization was one aspect of the empire’s consolidation and modernization of its multi-ethnic territory. In the colony of Molochnaia, the dominant personality of the early nineteenth century was Johann Cornies (1789–1848), a hard-driving modernizer and intimate of senior Russian officials whose papers provide unique access into events in Ukraine in this era. Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine uses the life story of Johann Cornies to explore how colonial subjects interacted with Russian imperial policy. The book reveals how tsarist imperial policy shifted toward Russification in the 1830s and 1840s and became increasingly intolerant of ethnocultural and ethnoreligious minorities. It shows that Russia employed the Mennonite settlement as a colonial laboratory of modernity, and that the Mennonites were among Russia’s most economically productive subjects. This microhistory illuminates the role of Johann Cornies as a mediator between the empire and the Mennonite colonists, and it ultimately aims to bring light to the history of nineteenth-century Russia and Ukraine.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487549172

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Bach's Dialogue with Modernity

Perspectives on the Passions

By: John Butt

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Bach's Dialogue with Modernity

Perspectives on the Passions

By: John Butt

A detailed 2010 analysis of Bach's Passions which demonstrates how they reflect and constitute priorities and conditions of the western world.

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331

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Cambridge University Press

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0521883563

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9780521883566

Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

By: Tamás Insperger,John Milton

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Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

By: Tamás Insperger,John Milton

This book demonstrates how delay differential equations (DDEs) can be used to compliment the laboratory investigation of human balancing tasks. This approach is made accessible to non-specialists by comparing mathematical predictions and experimental observations. For example, the observation that a longer pole is easier to balance on a fingertip than a shorter one demonstrates the essential role played by a time delay in the balance control mechanism. Another balancing task considered is postural sway during quiet standing. With the inverted pendulum as the driver and the feedback control depending on state variables or on an internal model, the feedback can be identified by determining a critical pendulum length and/or a critical delay. This approach is used to identify the nature of the feedback for the pole balancing and postural sway examples. Motivated by the question of how the nervous system deals with these feedback control challenges, there is a discussion of ‘’microchaotic’’ fluctuations in balance control and how robust control can be achieved in the face of uncertainties in the estimation of control parameters. The final chapter suggests some topics for future research. Each chapter includes an abstract and a point-by-point summary of the main concepts that have been established. A particularly useful numerical integration method for the DDEs that arise in balance control is semi-discretization. This method is described and a MATLAB template is provided. This book will be a useful source for anyone studying balance in humans, other bipedal organisms and humanoid robots. Much of the material has been used by the authors to teach senior undergraduates in computational neuroscience and students in bio-systems, biomedical, mechanical and neural engineering.

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157

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Springer Nature

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3030845826

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9783030845827

The First Jesuits

By: John W. O'Malley

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The First Jesuits

By: John W. O'Malley

John W. O’Malley gives us the most comprehensive account ever written of the Society of Jesus in its founding years, one that heightens and transforms our understanding of the Jesuits in history and today. Following the Society from 1540 through 1565, O’Malley shows how this sense of mission evolved. He looks at everything—the Jesuits’ teaching, their preaching, their casuistry, their work with orphans and prostitutes, their attitudes toward Jews and “New Christians,” and their relationship to the Reformation. All are taken in by the sweep of O’Malley’s story as he details the Society’s manifold activities in Europe, Brazil, and India.

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Harvard University Press

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0674251946

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The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

By: John Parker Anderson

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The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

By: John Parker Anderson

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3385430143

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Mechatronics by Bond Graphs

An Object-Oriented Approach to Modelling and Simulation

By: Vjekoslav Damic,John Montgomery

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Mechatronics by Bond Graphs

An Object-Oriented Approach to Modelling and Simulation

By: Vjekoslav Damic,John Montgomery

This book presents a computer-aided approach to the design of mechatronic systems. Its subject is an integrated modeling and simulation in a visual computer environment. Since the first edition, the simulation software changed enormously, became more user-friendly and easier to use. Therefore, a second edition became necessary taking these improvements into account. The modeling is based on system top-down and bottom-up approach. The mathematical models are generated in a form of differential-algebraic equations and solved using numerical and symbolic algebra methods. The integrated approach developed is applied to mechanical, electrical and control systems, multibody dynamics, and continuous systems.

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Springer

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3662490048

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The Language of Public Administration

Bureaucracy, Modernity, and Postmodernity

By: David John Farmer

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The Language of Public Administration

Bureaucracy, Modernity, and Postmodernity

By: David John Farmer

Coping with the practical problems of bureaucracy is hampered by the limited self-conception and the constricted mindsets of mainstream public administration thinking. Modernist public administration theory, although valuable and capable of producing ever more remarkable results, is limiting as an explanatory and catalytic force in resolving fundamental problems about the nature, size, scope, and functioning of public bureaucracy and in transforming public bureaucracy into a more positive force. This original study specifies a reflexive language paradigm for public administration thinking and shows how a postmodern perspective permits a revolution in the character of thinking about public bureaucracy. The author considers imagination, deconstruction, deterritorialization, and alterity. Farmer's work emphasizes the need for an expansion in the character and scope of public administration's disciplinary concerns and shows clearly how the study and practice of public administration can be reinvigorated.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817307842

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9780817307844

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. I (in 51 Volumes)

By: Benjamin Franklin,John Woolman

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. I (in 51 Volumes)

By: Benjamin Franklin,John Woolman

Contents: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin--The journal of John Woolman--Fruits of Solitude: William Penn.

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Cosimo, Inc.

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161640051X

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Ethics for Bureaucrats

An Essay on Law and Values, Second Edition

By: John Rohr

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Ethics for Bureaucrats

An Essay on Law and Values, Second Edition

By: John Rohr

This important text integrates the study of ethics into public management training, highlighting Supreme Court opinions on three specific constitutional values-equality, freedom, and property-focusing on the pedagogical aspects of law and posing challenging questions to help readers apply theories to concrete situations. It includes a case index for further research. Topics of specific interest include abortion, affirmative action, bureaucratic bashing, civil disobedience, the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Iran-Contra scandal, moral absolutism, privileged communications, religious fundamentalism, and whistle blowing. The Midwest Review of Pubic Administration lauds it as "...a unique teaching tool.

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Routledge

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1351449532

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Elliott Carter

A Guide to Research

By: John F. Link

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Elliott Carter

A Guide to Research

By: John F. Link

This is a comprehensive guide to research on the American composer Elliott Carter (b. 1908), widely acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. It contains a chronology, complete list of works, detailed discography, and fully annotated bibliography of over 1,000 books, articles, interviews, video recordings, and Carter's own writings. This essential reference book covers the most significant works in English, French, German, and Italian, from the 1940s-when Carter's music first began to attract attention-to the 1990s.

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1135581088

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A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman

By: John Woolman

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A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman

By: John Woolman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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338535952X

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Friends' Miscellany

Vol. IX

By: John Comly

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Friends' Miscellany

Vol. IX

By: John Comly

Reprint of the original, first published in 1837.

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3385609003

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Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780

By: John M. Chenoweth

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Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

An Archaeology of Quakerism in the British Virgin Islands, 1740-1780

By: John M. Chenoweth

A significant empirical contribution to the transdisciplinary study of eighteenthcentury Atlantic history and the colonial history of the Christian Church."--Dan Hicks, author of The Garden of the World: An Historical Archaeology of Sugar Landscapes in the Eastern Caribbean "Thoughtfully applies practice theory to the concept of Quakerism as a religion, while simultaneously examining how Quaker practices shaped the lives not only of practitioners but those they enslaved."--James A. Delle, author of The Colonial Caribbean: Landscapes of Power in the Plantation System "A nuanced look at Quakerism and its relationship with slavery."--Patricia M. Samford, author of Subfloor Pits and the Archaeology of Slavery in Colonial Virginia Inspired by the Quaker ideals of simplicity, equality, and peace, a group of white planters formed a community in the British Virgin Islands during the eighteenth century. Yet they lived in a slave society, and nearly all their members held enslaved people. In this book, John Chenoweth examines how the community navigated the contradictions of Quakerism and plantation ownership. Using archaeological and archival information, Chenoweth reveals how a web of connections led to the community's establishment, how Quaker religious practices intersected with other aspects of daily life in the Caribbean, and how these practices were altered to fit a slavery-based economy and society. He also examines how dissent and schism eventually brought about the end of the community after just one generation. This is a fascinating study of the ways religious ideals can be interpreted in everyday practice to adapt to different local contexts. A volume in the Florida Museum of Natural History: Ripley P. Bullen Series

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168340016X

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Book's by John Gawthrop

Random Vibration and Statistical Linearization

Random Vibration and Statistical Linearization

The Ontology of Physics for Biology

The Ontology of Physics for Biology

Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine

Johann Cornies, the Mennonites, and Russian Colonialism in Southern Ukraine

Bach's Dialogue with Modernity

Bach's Dialogue with Modernity

Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

Delay and Uncertainty in Human Balancing Tasks

The First Jesuits

The First Jesuits

The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

The Book of British Topography. A Classified Catalogue of the Topographical Works in the Library of the British Museum Relating to Great Britain and Ireland

Mechatronics by Bond Graphs

Mechatronics by Bond Graphs

The Language of Public Administration

The Language of Public Administration

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; The Journal of John Woolman; Fruits of Solitude by William Penn

Ethics for Bureaucrats

Ethics for Bureaucrats

Elliott Carter

Elliott Carter

A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman

A Journal of the Life, Gospel Labours, and Christian Experiences of that Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman

Friends' Miscellany

Friends' Miscellany

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

Simplicity, Equality, and Slavery

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