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La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America

By: Jonathan D. Steigman

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La Florida Del Inca and the Struggle for Social Equality in Colonial Spanish America

By: Jonathan D. Steigman

A cross-disciplinary view of an important De Soto chronicle. Among the early Spanish chroniclers who contributed to popular images of the New World was the Amerindian-Spanish (mestizo) historian and literary writer, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616). He authored several works, of which La Florida del Inca (1605) stands out as the best because of its unique Amerindian and European perspectives on the De Soto expedition (1539-1543). As the child of an Indian mother and a Spanish father, Garcilaso lived in both worlds--and saw value in each. Hailed throughout Europe for his excellent contemporary Renaissance writing style, his work was characterized as literary art. Garcilaso revealed the emotions, struggles, and conflicts experienced by those who participated in the historic and grandiose adventure in La Florida. Although criticized for some lapses in accuracy in his attempts to paint both the Spaniards and the Amerindians as noble participants in a world-changing event, his work remains the most accessible of all the chronicles. In this volume, Jonathan Steigman explores El Inca’s rationale and motivations in writing his chronicle. He suggests that El Inca was trying to influence events by influencing discourse; that he sought to create a discourse of tolerance and agrarianism, rather than the dominant European discourse of intolerance, persecution, and lust for wealth. Although El Inca's purposes went well beyond detailing the facts of De Soto’s entrada, his skill as a writer and his dual understanding of the backgrounds of the participants enabled him to paint a more complete picture than most--putting a sympathetic human face on explorers and natives alike.

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University of Alabama Press

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0817352570

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Cervantes: The Complete Exemplary Novels

By: Barry W. Ife,Jonathan Thacker

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Cervantes: The Complete Exemplary Novels

By: Barry W. Ife,Jonathan Thacker

Originally published in four separate volumes, this publication sees all 12 Novelas Ejemplares as a single volume for the first time in English. Each story has an individual introduction, the original Spanish text with facing English translation and notes.

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Liverpool University Press

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1800345127

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The Miscellany of the Spanish Golden Age

A Literature of Fragments

By: Jonathan David Bradbury

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The Miscellany of the Spanish Golden Age

A Literature of Fragments

By: Jonathan David Bradbury

Taking up the invitation extended by tentative attempts over the past three decades to construct a functioning definition of the genre, Jonathan Bradbury traces the development of the vernacular miscellany in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain and Spanish-America. In the first full-length study of this commercially successful and intellectually significant genre, Bradbury underlines the service performed by the miscellanists as disseminators of knowledge and information to a popular readership. His comprehensive analysis of the miscelánea corrects long-standing misconceptions, starting from its poorly-understood terminology, and erects divisions between it and other related genres. His work illuminates the relationship between the Golden Age Spanish miscellany and those of the classical world and humanist milieu, and illustrates how the vernacular tradition moved away from these forebears. Bradbury examines in particular the later inclusion of explicitly fictional components, such as poetic compositions and short prose fiction, alongside the vulgarisation of erudite or inaccessible prose material, which was the primary function of the earlier Spanish miscellanies. He tackles the flexibility of the miscelánea as a genre by assessing the conceptual, thematic and formal aspects of such works, and exploring the interaction of these features. As a result, a genre model emerges, through which Golden Age works with fragmentary and non-continuous contents can better be interpreted and classified.

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Taylor & Francis

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Convex Analysis and Nonlinear Optimization

Theory and Examples

By: Jonathan Borwein,Adrian S. Lewis

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Convex Analysis and Nonlinear Optimization

Theory and Examples

By: Jonathan Borwein,Adrian S. Lewis

Optimization is a rich and thriving mathematical discipline, and the underlying theory of current computational optimization techniques grows ever more sophisticated. This book aims to provide a concise, accessible account of convex analysis and its applications and extensions, for a broad audience. Each section concludes with an often extensive set of optional exercises. This new edition adds material on semismooth optimization, as well as several new proofs.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387312560

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Rock Slope Engineering

Third Edition

By: Evert Hoek,Jonathan D. Bray

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Rock Slope Engineering

Third Edition

By: Evert Hoek,Jonathan D. Bray

This classic handbook deals with the geotechnical problems of rock slope design. It has been written for the non-specialist mining or civil engineer, with worked examples, design charts, coverage of more detailed analytical methods, and of the collection and interpretation of geological and groundwater information and tests for the mechanical

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CRC Press

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Single Variable Calculus Student Solutions Manual

By: Jonathan D. Rogawski,Jon Rogawski

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Single Variable Calculus Student Solutions Manual

By: Jonathan D. Rogawski,Jon Rogawski

The Student Solutions Manual to accompany Rogawski's Single Variable Calculus offers worked-out solutions to all odd-numbered exercises in the text.

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Macmillan

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0716798662

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Convex Functions

Constructions, Characterizations and Counterexamples

By: Jonathan M. Borwein,Jon D. Vanderwerff

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Convex Functions

Constructions, Characterizations and Counterexamples

By: Jonathan M. Borwein,Jon D. Vanderwerff

Like differentiability, convexity is a natural and powerful property of functions that plays a significant role in many areas of mathematics, both pure and applied. It ties together notions from topology, algebra, geometry and analysis, and is an important tool in optimization, mathematical programming and game theory. This book, which is the product of a collaboration of over 15 years, is unique in that it focuses on convex functions themselves, rather than on convex analysis. The authors explore the various classes and their characteristics and applications, treating convex functions in both Euclidean and Banach spaces. The book can either be read sequentially for a graduate course, or dipped into by researchers and practitioners. Each chapter contains a variety of specific examples, and over 600 exercises are included, ranging in difficulty from early graduate to research level.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139811096

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Fundamentals of University Mathematics

By: Colin McGregor,Jonathan Nimmo,Wilson Stothers

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Fundamentals of University Mathematics

By: Colin McGregor,Jonathan Nimmo,Wilson Stothers

The third edition of this popular and effective textbook provides in one volume a unified treatment of topics essential for first year university students studying for degrees in mathematics. Students of computer science, physics and statistics will also find this book a helpful guide to all the basic mathematics they require. It clearly and comprehensively covers much of the material that other textbooks tend to assume, assisting students in the transition to university-level mathematics.Expertly revised and updated, the chapters cover topics such as number systems, set and functions, differential calculus, matrices and integral calculus. Worked examples are provided and chapters conclude with exercises to which answers are given. For students seeking further challenges, problems intersperse the text, for which complete solutions are provided. Modifications in this third edition include a more informal approach to sequence limits and an increase in the number of worked examples, exercises and problems.The third edition of Fundamentals of university mathematics is an essential reference for first year university students in mathematics and related disciplines. It will also be of interest to professionals seeking a useful guide to mathematics at this level and capable pre-university students. - One volume, unified treatment of essential topics - Clearly and comprehensively covers material beyond standard textbooks - Worked examples, challenges and exercises throughout

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0857092243

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Cryogenic Heat Management

Technology and Applications for Science and Industry

By: Jonathan Demko,James E. Fesmire,Quan-Sheng Shu

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Cryogenic Heat Management

Technology and Applications for Science and Industry

By: Jonathan Demko,James E. Fesmire,Quan-Sheng Shu

Cryogenic engineering (cryogenics) is the production, preservation, and use or application of cold. This book presents a comprehensive introduction to designing systems to deal with heat – effective management of cold, exploring the directing (or redirecting), promoting, or inhibiting this flow of heat in a practical way. It provides a description of the necessary theory, design methodology, and advanced demonstrations (thermodynamics, heat transfer, thermal insulation, fluid mechanics) for many frequently occurring situations in low-temperature apparatus. This includes systems that are widely used such as superconducting magnets for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), high-energy physics, fusion, tokamak and free electron laser systems, space launch and exploration, and energy and transportation use of liquid hydrogen, as well as potential future applications of cryo-life sciences and chemical industries. The book is written with the assumption that the reader has an undergraduate understanding of thermodynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics, in addition to the mechanics of materials, material science, and physical chemistry. Cryogenic Heat Management: Technology and Applications for Science and Industry will be a valuable guide for those researching, teaching, or working with low-temperature or cryogenic systems, in addition to postgraduates studying the topic. Key features: Presents simplified but useful and practical equations that can be applied in estimating performance and design of energy-efficient systems in low-temperature systems or cryogenics Contains practical approaches and advanced design materials for insulation, shields/anchors, cryogen vessels/pipes, calorimeters, cryogenic heat switches, cryostats, current leads, and RF couplers Provides a comprehensive introduction to the necessary theory and models needed for solutions to common difficulties and illustrates the engineering examples with more than 300 figures

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1000579689

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Cracking the SAT Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests

By: Jonathan Spaihts,Princeton Review (Firm)

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Cracking the SAT Math 1 and 2 Subject Tests

By: Jonathan Spaihts,Princeton Review (Firm)

Provides formulas, tips, strategies, and examples for acing the SAT II, and includes four full-length sample exams.

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The Princeton Review

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0375764518

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Claudio Rodriguez & Language

By: Jonathan Mayhew

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Claudio Rodriguez & Language

By: Jonathan Mayhew

This study reverses the widespread notion that Rodriguez, a major voice in contemporary Spanish poetry, is a naive writer by interpreting his poetry as a sustained meditation on the problem of poetic language.

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Bucknell University Press

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The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)

Bearing Witness to the Gospel and the Reign of God in Asia

By: Jonathan Y. Tan

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The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC)

Bearing Witness to the Gospel and the Reign of God in Asia

By: Jonathan Y. Tan

This book presents the theological contributions of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC), a transnational body comprising fifteen Asian Catholic bishops' conferences as full members and ten associate members. The book introduces the contemporary context of Asia and represents a complete reworking of the author's approach to the FABC's way of being church and doing theology in Asia. The emphasis of the book is on the postcolonial dimensions of Asia and the challenges and implications of decolonization for shaping a postcolonial Asian church and way of theologizing. The book also addresses the challenges of religious pluralism for the FABC and the FABC's prophetic response--seeking to be a sacrament of unity and harmony amid much strife, violence, and conflict. Finally, the book discusses new challenges and possibilities for the FABC as it looks ahead. Tan explores the challenges and implications of migration, transient migration, online and virtual communities, and insider movements for shaping the future of the FABC's approach to theology.

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Fortress Press

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1506433561

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Craig's Soil Mechanics

By: Jonathan Knappett,R.F. Craig

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Craig's Soil Mechanics

By: Jonathan Knappett,R.F. Craig

Craig’s Soil Mechanics continues to evolve and remain the definitive text for civil engineering students worldwide. It covers fundamental soil mechanics and its application in applied geotechnical engineering from A to Z and at the right depth for an undergraduate civil engineer, with sufficient extension material for supporting MSc level courses, and with practical examples and digital tools to make it a useful reference work for practising engineers. This new edition now includes: Restructured chapters on foundations and earthworks, the latter including new material on working platforms and collapse of underground cavities (sinkhole formation). New mobilised-stress-based deformation methods that can straightforwardly be used with both linear and non-linear soil stiffness models and field measurements of shear wave velocity, for serviceability limit state design. Extended sets of correlations for making sensible first estimates of soil parameters, adding deformation-based parameters for broader coverage than the Eighth Edition. Extended section on robust statistical selection of characteristic soil parameters. Greater use of consolidation theory throughout in determining whether actions, processes and laboratory/in-situ tests are drained or undrained. Extended chapter on in-situ testing, adding the Flat Dilatometer Test (DMT), and interpretation of consolidation parameters from CPTU and DMT testing. An updated section on pile load testing. Additional worked examples and end-of-chapter problems covering new material, with fully worked solutions for lecturers. The electronic resources on the book’s companion website are developed further, with the addition of two new spreadsheet numerical analysis tools and improvement of existing tools from the Eighth Edition. Using these, readers can take real soil test data, interpret its mechanical properties and apply these to a range of common geotechnical design problems at ultimate and serviceability limiting states.

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1351052721

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Differential Equations with Matlab

By: Brian R. Hunt,Ronald L. Lipsman,John E. Osborn,Jonathan M. Rosenberg

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Differential Equations with Matlab

By: Brian R. Hunt,Ronald L. Lipsman,John E. Osborn,Jonathan M. Rosenberg

A supplemental text that can enrich and enhance any first course in ordinary differential equations This supplement helps instructors move towards an earlier use of numerical and geometric methods, place a greater emphasis on systems (including nonlinear ones), and increase discussions of both the benefits and possible pitfalls in numerical solution of ODEs. By providing an introduction to the software that is integrated with the relevant mathematics, Differential Equations with MATLAB can perfectly complement and enhance other texts from Wiley. Since the third edition of Differential Equations with MATLAB first appeared in 2012, there have been many changes and enhancements to MATLAB and Simulink. These include addition of live scripts, new plotting commands, and major changes to the Symbolic Math Toolbox. This revised version brings the text completely up to date with the 2019a release of MATLAB.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118376803

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Poetry and Truth in the Spanish Works of Fray Luis de León

By: David Jonathan Hildner

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Poetry and Truth in the Spanish Works of Fray Luis de León

By: David Jonathan Hildner

A study of the mentality of the 16c Spanish writer, Fray Luis de León. Luis de León, poet and Biblical exegete, lived from 1527 to 1591. The study attempts to explain the impression received from his prose and verse works that he intended them to conform to what he believed to exist in Nature, society, and the spiritual world, but that he gave equal attention to their aesthetic form, i.e. the figures and fictions they contain. The following questions are posed: does Fray Luis make any distinction between truth and fiction inthe content of his works, or between poetic language and logical language in their form? If so, does he use any consistent criteria for these distinctions?

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Tamesis Books

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1855660172

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Fundamentals of University Mathematics

By: Colin M. McGregor,Colin McGregor,Jonathan J. C. Nimmo,John Nimmo,Wilson Stothers

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Fundamentals of University Mathematics

By: Colin M. McGregor,Colin McGregor,Jonathan J. C. Nimmo,John Nimmo,Wilson Stothers

Provides, in a single volume, a unified treatment of first year topics fundamental to university mathematics. Successfully bridges the transitional gap between school and university in a careful, thorough and unusually clear treatment. An essential text for students aiming for an honours degree in mathematics.

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1898563101

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Graphene-Based Materials as Adsorbents for Wastewater Decontamination

By: Suprakas Sinha Ray,Jonathan Tersur Orasugh,Lesego Tabea Temane,Sarah Constance Motshekga

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Graphene-Based Materials as Adsorbents for Wastewater Decontamination

By: Suprakas Sinha Ray,Jonathan Tersur Orasugh,Lesego Tabea Temane,Sarah Constance Motshekga

This book aims to provide a fundamental grasp of graphene-based materials (GAMs) and their adsorption process. The effect of diverse process parameters, including pH, temperature, agitation, competing ions, etc., on the adsorption performance of GAMs as well as their recent and relevant applications in biomedical fields, are discussed. The current challenges and future outlook have been addressed as an independent chapter, and the recyclability of these adsorbent materials has also been covered. Features: Focuses on graphene-based materials as adsorbents to remove contaminants from wastewater. Includes detailed computational and statistical analyses and cost comparison points. Compares the performance of graphene-based materials as adsorbents in the context of various other reported adsorbents, including other 2D materials, such as WS2 and BN. Provides fundamental comprehension of the graphene-based materials’ adsorption process. Discusses the recyclable nature of graphene-based materials, as well as approaches used. This book has been aimed at graduate students and researchers in wastewater treatment, environmental, materials, and chemical engineering.

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1040130445

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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Walls

By: Jonathan T. H. Wu

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Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Walls

By: Jonathan T. H. Wu

The first book to provide a detailed overview of Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Walls Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Walls deploy horizontal layers of closely spaced tensile inclusion in the fill material to achieve stability of a soil mass. GRS walls are more adaptable to different environmental conditions, more economical, and offer high performance in a wide range of transportation infrastructure applications. This book addresses both GRS and GMSE, with a much stronger emphasis on the former. For completeness, it begins with a review of shear strength of soils and classical earth pressure theories. It then goes on to examine the use of geosynthetics as reinforcement, and followed by the load-deformation behavior of GRS mass as a soil-geosynthetic composite, reinforcing mechanisms of GRS, and GRS walls with different types of facing. Finally, the book finishes by covering design concepts with design examples for different loading and geometric conditions, and the construction of GRS walls, including typical construction procedures and general construction guidelines. The number of GRS walls and abutments built to date is relatively low due to lack of understanding of GRS. While failure rate of GMSE has been estimated to be around 5%, failure of GRS has been found to be practically nil, with studies suggesting many advantages, including a smaller susceptibility to long-term creep and stronger resistance to seismic loads when well-compacted granular fill is employed. Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Walls will serve as an excellent guide or reference for wall projects such as transportation infrastructure—including roadways, bridges, retaining walls, and earth slopes—that are in dire need of repair and replacement in the U.S. and abroad. Covers both GRS and GMSE (MSE with geosynthetics as reinforcement); with much greater emphasis on GRS walls Showcases reinforcing mechanisms, engineering behavior, and design concepts of GRS and includes many step-by-step design examples Features information on typical construction procedures and general construction guidelines Includes hundreds of line drawings and photos Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil (GRS) Walls is an important book for practicing geotechnical engineers and structural engineers, as well as for advanced students of civil, structural, and geotechnical engineering.

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1119375843

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Grounds of Comparison

Around the Work of Benedict Anderson

By: Pheng Cheah,Jonathan Culler

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Grounds of Comparison

Around the Work of Benedict Anderson

By: Pheng Cheah,Jonathan Culler

Benedict Anderson, professor at Cornell and specialist in Southeast Asian studies, is best known for his book Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (1991). It is no understatement to say that this is one of the most influential books of the last twenty years. Widely read both by social scientists and humanists, it has become an unavoidable document. For people in the humanities, Anderson is particularly interesting because he explores the rise of nationalism in connection with the rise of the novel.

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Routledge

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1135382603

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Digital Signal Processing

Mathematical and Computational Methods, Software Development and Applications

By: Jonathan M Blackledge

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Digital Signal Processing

Mathematical and Computational Methods, Software Development and Applications

By: Jonathan M Blackledge

This book forms the first part of a complete MSc course in an area that is fundamental to the continuing revolution in information technology and communication systems. Massively exhaustive, authoritative, comprehensive and reinforced with software, this is an introduction to modern methods in the developing field of Digital Signal Processing (DSP). The focus is on the design of algorithms and the processing of digital signals in areas of communications and control, providing the reader with a comprehensive introduction to the underlying principles and mathematical models. - Provides an introduction to modern methods in the developing field of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) - Focuses on the design of algorithms and the processing of digital signals in areas of communications and control - Provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying principles and mathematical models of Digital Signal Processing

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0857099450

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Orthopaedic Biomaterials in Research and Practice, Second Edition

By: Kevin L. Ong,Scott Lovald,Jonathan Black

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Orthopaedic Biomaterials in Research and Practice, Second Edition

By: Kevin L. Ong,Scott Lovald,Jonathan Black

Revised, expanded, and updated, Orthopaedic Biomaterials in Research and Practice, Second Edition introduces materials science and applies it to medical research and treatment. This book incorporates math and engineering, which makes it accessible to trainees and others working in the industry who are lacking primary mathematical and engineering training. What’s New in the Second Edition: In the second edition, the new material includes regeneration, hybrid and replant materials, tissue engineering, electrical stimulation for tissue growth and repair, modeling of material behavior in service, and long-term function of materials in patients. It explores tools for non-destructive and destructive analysis of explanted devices, and provides updates on all material classes including shape memory and degradable alloys, fracture-resistant ceramics, and bioabsorbable polymers. It provides a compendium for implant host response including in-depth discussion of metallosis and hypersensitive response. It also adds new case studies, worked problems, and a complete self-evaluation test with annotated answers. Includes focused, practical study questions after each chapter Presents extensive, detailed figures accompanying example problems and concepts Provides a one-stop reference for understanding all biomaterials that are used in contemporary orthopaedic surgery and beyond Introduces key concepts of relevance in each chapter Orthopaedic Biomaterials in Research and Practice, Second Edition serves as a textbook for orthopaedic residents. It can also serve as a review for the Orthopaedists In-Training Examination (OITE), the Orthopaedic Self-Assessment Examination, or the Orthopaedic Board Examination.

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CRC Press

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1466503505

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A Guide to MATLAB

For Beginners and Experienced Users

By: Brian R. Hunt,Ronald L. Lipsman,Jonathan M. Rosenberg,Kevin R. Coombes,John E. Osborn,Garrett J. Stuck

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A Guide to MATLAB

For Beginners and Experienced Users

By: Brian R. Hunt,Ronald L. Lipsman,Jonathan M. Rosenberg,Kevin R. Coombes,John E. Osborn,Garrett J. Stuck

This is a short, focused introduction to MATLAB, a comprehensive software system for mathematical and technical computing. It contains concise explanations of essential MATLAB commands, as well as easily understood instructions for using MATLAB's programming features, graphical capabilities, simulation models, and rich desktop interface. Written for MATLAB 7, it can also be used with earlier (and later) versions of MATLAB. This book teaches how to graph functions, solve equations, manipulate images, and much more. It contains explicit instructions for using MATLAB's companion software, Simulink, which allows graphical models to be built for dynamical systems. MATLAB's new "publish" feature is discussed, which allows mathematical computations to be combined with text and graphics, to produce polished, integrated, interactive documents. For the beginner it explains everything needed to start using MATLAB, while experienced users making the switch to MATLAB 7 from an earlier version will also find much useful information here.

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Pi: A Source Book

By: J.L. Berggren,Jonathan Borwein,Peter Borwein

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Pi: A Source Book

By: J.L. Berggren,Jonathan Borwein,Peter Borwein

A complete history of pi from the dawn of mathematical time to the present. The story of pi reflects the most seminal, the most serious and sometimes the silliest aspects of mathematics. Pi is one of the few concepts in mathematics whose mention evokes a response of recognition and interest in those not concerned professionally with the subject. Yet, despite this, no source book on pi has been published until now. One of the beauties of this subject is that it allows for the inclusion of very modern, yet still accessible, mathematics. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics will find this book indispensable, while teachers at every level from the seventh grade onward will find ample resources for anything from special topic courses to individual talks and special student projects. Following a selection of the mathematical literature over four millennia, the book covers a variety of historical writings on the cultural meaning and significance of the number, and the whole is rounded off by a number of treatments on pi that are fanciful, satirical and/or whimsical.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475727364

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The Poetics of Self-consciousness

Twentieth-century Spanish Poetry

By: Jonathan Mayhew

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The Poetics of Self-consciousness

Twentieth-century Spanish Poetry

By: Jonathan Mayhew

Twentieth-century poetry engages in a highly self-conscious meditation on the nature of poetic language. Spanish poetry, however, has sometimes been considered an exception to this tendency. This book, with its focus on linguistic self-reflexivity, refutes the notion that major Spanish poets such as Jorge Guillen and Vicente Aleixandre are theoretically naive creators. In a series of nuanced readings, Jonathan Mayhew demonstrates the extent to which modern Spanish poets are conscious of their linguistic medium." "Previous books on Spanish poetry published in English have been more limited in scope, usually including poets of a single "generation." The Poetics of Self-Consciousness is the first to study well-known writers of the earlier part of the century along with more recent poets such as Jose Angel Valente, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Jose Maria Alvarez, and Juan Lamillar. Interpreting poetic texts written from the 1920s through the 1980s, Mayhew is able to trace the evolving function of literary self-consciousness in Spanish poetry while remaining attentive to the differences among writers of the same historical moment. The modernist poets of the earlier part of the century are preoccupied by the problem of literary mimesis: the representation of reality through language. In the postwar years, poets turned their attention to the social and ethical dimensions of poetic language. The postmodernists of more recent decades, finally, are increasingly concerned with their own belatedness with respect to cultural traditions of the past." "Critics hailed Jonathan Mayhew's first book, Claudio Rodriguez and the Language of Poetic vision, as an "enlightening and timely book on perhaps Spain's greatest living poet," and "a signal first effort from a critic with high scholarly standards and a penetrating insight into contemporary poetry." With The Poetics of Self-Consciousness: Twentieth-Century Spanish Poetry, readers will discover another probing study of other modern and postmodern Spanish poets."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

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083875256X

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Discrete Calculus

Applied Analysis on Graphs for Computational Science

By: Leo J. Grady,Jonathan R. Polimeni

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Discrete Calculus

Applied Analysis on Graphs for Computational Science

By: Leo J. Grady,Jonathan R. Polimeni

This unique text brings together into a single framework current research in the three areas of discrete calculus, complex networks, and algorithmic content extraction. Many example applications from several fields of computational science are provided.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1849962901

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Modeling and Estimation of Structural Damage

By: Jonathan M. Nichols,Kevin D. Murphy

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Modeling and Estimation of Structural Damage

By: Jonathan M. Nichols,Kevin D. Murphy

Modelling and Estimation of Damage in Structures is a comprehensiveguide to solving the type of modelling and estimation problems associated with the physics of structural damage. Provides a model-based approach to damage identification Presents an in-depth treatment of probability theory and random processes Covers both theory and algorithms for implementing maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation approaches Includes experimental examples of all detection and identification approaches Provides a clear means by which acquired data can be used to make decisions regarding maintenance and usage of a structure

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118776933

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The Secret Life of Programs

Understand Computers -- Craft Better Code

By: Jonathan E. Steinhart

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The Secret Life of Programs

Understand Computers -- Craft Better Code

By: Jonathan E. Steinhart

A primer on the underlying technologies that allow computer programs to work. Covers topics like computer hardware, combinatorial logic, sequential logic, computer architecture, computer anatomy, and Input/Output. Many coders are unfamiliar with the underlying technologies that make their programs run. But why should you care when your code appears to work? Because you want it to run well and not be riddled with hard-to-find bugs. You don't want to be in the news because your code had a security problem. Lots of technical detail is available online but it's not organized or collected into a convenient place. In The Secret Life of Programs, veteran engineer Jonathan E. Steinhart explores--in depth--the foundational concepts that underlie the machine. Subjects like computer hardware, how software behaves on hardware, as well as how people have solved problems using technology over time. You'll learn: How the real world is converted into a form that computers understand, like bits, logic, numbers, text, and colors The fundamental building blocks that make up a computer including logic gates, adders, decoders, registers, and memory Why designing programs to match computer hardware, especially memory, improves performance How programs are converted into machine language that computers understand How software building blocks are combined to create programs like web browsers Clever tricks for making programs more efficient, like loop invariance, strength reduction, and recursive subdivision The fundamentals of computer security and machine intelligence Project design, documentation, scheduling, portability, maintenance, and other practical programming realities. Learn what really happens when your code runs on the machine and you'll learn to craft better, more efficient code.

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No Starch Press

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159327971X

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Hillslope Hydrology and Stability

By: Ning Lu,Jonathan W. Godt

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Hillslope Hydrology and Stability

By: Ning Lu,Jonathan W. Godt

Landslides are caused by a failure of the mechanical balance within hillslopes. This balance is governed by two coupled physical processes: hydrological or subsurface flow and stress. The stabilizing strength of hillslope materials depends on effective stress, which is diminished by rainfall. This book presents a cutting-edge quantitative approach to understanding hydro-mechanical processes across variably saturated hillslope environments and to the study and prediction of rainfall-induced landslides. Topics covered include historic synthesis of hillslope geomorphology and hydrology, total and effective stress distributions, critical reviews of shear strength of hillslope materials and different bases for stability analysis. Exercises and homework problems are provided for students to engage with the theory in practice. This is an invaluable resource for graduate students and researchers in hydrology, geomorphology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geomechanics and for professionals in the fields of civil and environmental engineering and natural hazard analysis.

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Cambridge University Press

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1139619853

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Conflicts of Empires

Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585-1713

By: Jonathan Israel

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Conflicts of Empires

Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585-1713

By: Jonathan Israel

The period between the late 16th and the early 18th centuries was one of tremendous, and ultimately decisive, shifts in the balance of political, military and economic power in both Europe and the wider world. In these essays Jonathan Israel argues that Spain's efforts to maintain her hegemony continued, for a number of reasons, to be centred on the Low Countries. This had as much to do with her attempts to check the rise of France and manipulate the affairs of Germany as it had with her long war with the Dutch, Spain's overwhelming dominance in the 1580s seemed unassailable, yet by the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 its greatness had been eclipsed, leaving supremacy to Britain, France and, in commercial terms, the Dutch.

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