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Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace,Matthew Jones,John Hillier,Matthew Foote

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Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

A Practitioner's Guide

By: Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace,Matthew Jones,John Hillier,Matthew Foote

This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field. Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is also an era of relatively inexpensive technologies for use in assessing those risks. The demand from both commercial and public interests—including (re)insurers, NGOs, global disaster management agencies, and local authorities—for sophisticated catastrophe risk assessment tools has never been greater, and contemporary catastrophe modelling satisfies that demand. Combining the latest research with detailed coverage of state-of-the-art catastrophe modelling techniques and technologies, this book delivers the knowledge needed to use, interpret, and build catastrophe models, and provides greater insight into catastrophe modelling’s enormous potential and possible limitations. The first book containing the detailed, practical knowledge needed to support practitioners as effective catastrophe risk modellers and managers Includes hazard, vulnerability and financial material to provide the only independent, comprehensive overview of the subject, accessible to students and practitioners alike Demonstrates the relevance of catastrophe models within a practical, decision-making framework and illustrates their many applications Includes contributions from many of the top names in the field, globally, from industry, academia, and government Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling: A Practitioner’s Guide is an important working resource for catastrophe modelling analysts and developers, actuaries, underwriters, and those working in compliance or regulatory functions related to catastrophe risk. It is also valuable for scientists and engineers seeking to gain greater insight into catastrophe risk management and its applications.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118906071

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Analecta: or Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences Mostly

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

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Analecta: or Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences Mostly

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

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338511859X

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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

By: David A. Sinclair,Matthew D. LaPlante

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Lifespan

Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To

By: David A. Sinclair,Matthew D. LaPlante

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street Journal A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people. It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.” This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger. Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it.

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Atria Books

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1501191977

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Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

Vol. IV

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

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Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

Vol. IV

By: Robert Wodrow,Matthew Leishman

Reprint of the original, first published in 1842.

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3385129664

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Mastering Wartime

A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War

By: J. Matthew Gallman

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Mastering Wartime

A Social History of Philadelphia During the Civil War

By: J. Matthew Gallman

Mastering Wartime is the first comprehensive study of a Northern city during the Civil War. J. Matthew Gallman argues that, although the war posed numerous challenges to Philadelphia's citizens, the city's institutions and traditions proved to be sufficiently resilient to adjust to the crisis without significant alteration. Following the wartime actions of individuals and groups-workers, women, entrepreneurs-he shows that while the war placed pressure on private and public organizations to centralize, Philadelphia's institutions remained largely decentralized and tradition bound. Gallman explores the war's impact on a wide range of aspects of life in Philadelphia. Among the issues addressed are recruitment and conscription of soldiers, individual responses to wartime separation and death, individual and institutional benevolence, civic rituals, crime and disorder, government contracting, and long-term economic development. The book compares the wartime years to the antebellum period and discusses the war's legacies in the postwar decade.

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University of Pennsylvania Press

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0812217446

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9780812217445

Dust Mites

By: Matthew J. Colloff

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Dust Mites

By: Matthew J. Colloff

Conservatively, at least 100 million people are affected by house dust mite allergy worldwide, manifesting itself as asthma, rhinitis or atopic dermatitis. Despite the growing recognition of this major public health problem, and commitment of considerable research resources, there is still no simple, effective, generally-applicable strategy for dust mite control. The reasons for this are complex, but a contributing factor remains some important knowledge gaps and misconceptions regarding aspects of biology and ecology of dust mites. The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive reference work for all readers with an involvement or interest in house dust mite research and management, incorporating for the first time in a single volume the topics of systematics and identification, physiology, ecology, allergen biochemistry and molecular biology, epidemiology, mite control and allergen avoidance. It is hoped the book will help spread the message that studies of the biology and ecology of house dust mites should be regarded within the context of allergic disease rather than as ends in themselves, and that approaches to mite control in clinical management are subject to the same series of ecological rules as any other major problem in pest management.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9048122244

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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

By: Matthew Stewart

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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

By: Matthew Stewart

A devastating bombardment of managerial thinking and the profession of management consulting…A serious and valuable polemic." —Wall Street Journal Fresh from Oxford with a degree in philosophy and no particular interest in business, Matthew Stewart might not have seemed a likely candidate to become a consultant. But soon he was telling veteran managers how to run their companies. In narrating his own ill-fated (and often hilarious) odyssey at a top-tier firm, Stewart turns the consultant’s merciless, penetrating eye on the management industry itself. The Management Myth offers an insightful romp through the entire history of thinking about management, a withering critique of pseudoscience in management theory, and a clear explanation of why the MBA usually amounts to so much BS—leading us through the wilderness of American business thought.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393072746

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9780393072747

The Rise of Mutual Funds

An Insider's View

By: Matthew P. Fink

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The Rise of Mutual Funds

An Insider's View

By: Matthew P. Fink

A terrific new book." --- Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch.com --

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OUP USA

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0199753504

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For the Common Good

Principles of American Academic Freedom

By: Matthew W. Finkin,Robert C. Post

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For the Common Good

Principles of American Academic Freedom

By: Matthew W. Finkin,Robert C. Post

This book offers a concise explanation of the history and meaning of American academic freedom, and it attempts to intervene in contemporary debates by clarifying the fundamental functions and purposes of academic freedom in America.--From publisher description.

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Yale University Press

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0300155549

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9780300155549

Barbarian Virtues

The United States Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917

By: Matthew Frye Jacobson

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Barbarian Virtues

The United States Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917

By: Matthew Frye Jacobson

This book is an examination of national identity in a crucial period. The United States first announced its power on the international scene at the Centennial Exhibition in 1876 and first demonstrated that power during World War I. The years in between were a period of dramatic change, when the dynamics of industrialization rapidly accelerated the rate at which Americans were coming in contact with foreign peoples, both at home and abroad. In this work, the author shows how American conceptions of peoplehood, citizenship, and national identity were transformed in these crucial years by escalating economic and military involvements abroad and by the massive influx of immigrants at home. Drawing upon a diverse range of sources, not only traditional political documents, but also novels, travelogues, academic treatises, and art, he demonstrates the close relationship between immigration and expansionism. By bridging these two areas, so often left separate, he rethinks the texture of American political life in a keenly argued and persuasive history. This book shows how these years set the stage for today's attitudes and ideas about "Americanism" and about immigrants and foreign policy, from Border Watch to the Gulf War.

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Macmillan

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0809016281

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The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development

By: Matthew H. Kaufman,Jonathan B.L. Bard

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The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development

By: Matthew H. Kaufman,Jonathan B.L. Bard

The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development by Kaufman and Bard is an essential anatomical resource for developmental biologists needing to know about any aspect of mouse developmental anatomy, as well as for geneticists using the mouse embryo as a model. This book is a companion to Kaufman's The Atlas of Mouse Development and details the developmental anatomy of the early embryo, the transitional tissues, and all the major organ systems. It also includes extensive reference indexes detailing developmental stage criteria, when tissues first appear, and the constituent tissues of embryos at each of the 26 Theiler stages, as well as tissue and author indexes and a glossary. Key features: * Gives anatomical descriptions from oogenesis to birth at a level of detail that often goes beyond that found in the literature. * Provides detailed explanations for geneticists and molecular biologists with limited anatomical background to help them understand the emergence of all the major structures in the mouse embryo. * Contains comprehensive indexes detailing the appearance of over 1000 organs, tissues and their components at different stages of mouse embryogenesis, together with the Theiler developmental stages (1-26) at which each first appears. * Includes comparisons with normal and abnormal human development * Has over 100 clear line diagrams showing mouse developmental anatomy as well as lineage relationships for the major organ systems. This book will be a key reference work for anyone who needs to understand developmental anatomy in normal and mutant mice.

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Gulf Professional Publishing

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0124020607

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One Dies, Get Another

Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928

By: Matthew J. Mancini

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Convict Leasing in the American South, 1866-1928

By: Matthew J. Mancini

A chronicle one of the harshest, most exploitative labor systems in American history In his seminal study of convict leasing in the post-Civil War South, Matthew J. Mancini chronicles one of the harshest, most exploitative labor systems in American history. Devastated by war, bewildered by peace, and unprepared to confront the problems of prison management, Southern states sought to alleviate the need for cheap labor, a perceived rise in criminal behavior, and the bankruptcy of their state treasuries. Mancini describes the policy of leasing prisoners to individuals and corporations as one that, in addition to reducing prison populations and generating revenues, offered a means of racial subordination and labor discipline. He identifies commonalities that, despite the seemingly uneven enforcement of convict leasing across state lines, bound the South together for more than half a century in reliance on an institution of almost unrelieved brutality. He describes the prisoners' daily existence, profiles the individuals who leased convicts, and reveals both the inhumanity of the leasing laws and the centrality of race relations in the establishment and perpetuation of convict leasing. In considering the longevity of the practice, Mancini takes issue with the widespread notion that convict leasing was an aberration in a generally progressive history of criminal justice. In explaining its dramatic demise, Mancini contends that moral opposition was a distinctly minor force in the abolition of the practice and that only a combination of rising lease prices and years of economic decline forced an end to convict leasing in the South.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1643364103

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Yells for Ourselves

A Story of New York City and the New York Mets at the Dawn of the Millennium

By: Matthew Callan

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Yells for Ourselves

A Story of New York City and the New York Mets at the Dawn of the Millennium

By: Matthew Callan

During the 1990s, as New York was transformed from a crumbling city into a vibrant metropolis, the New York Mets were anything but vibrant. Beginning in 1999, the team waged a battle to recapture the hearts of New York baseball fans from their crosstown rivals, and they came closer to succeeding than anyone dared dream. At the same time, mayor Rudy Giuliani—architect of this new New York and those rivals’ biggest cheerleader—was engaged in his own battles to win a Senate seat and to save his sagging legacy as savior of the city. Yells For Ourselves chronicles the 1999 and 2000 seasons of the New York Mets, and explores how local and national politics were interwoven with the obsessions of a baseball-mad city. It paints a picture of this forgotten time in the history of baseball and New York, when new ballparks, rapid expansion, and “enhanced training methods” caused a home run explosion; when rising free agent salaries separated teams into the Haves and Have Nots; and when a politico’s answer to the question Mets or Yankees? could make global headlines. Above all, Yells For Ourselves captures what happened when an underdog struggled to find an identity in a city with no room left for lovable losers.

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Quill

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1947848801

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The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700

By: Matthew Yeo

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The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700

By: Matthew Yeo

Drawing on recent debates about the methods of book history, this book explores in detail the foundation and development of Chetham's Library, in Manchester, from its foundation in 1655 until the end of the seventeenth century.

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9004206655

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Lifespan

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Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

Analecta: Or, Materials For a History of Remarkable Providences; Mostly Relating to Scotch Ministers and Christians

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The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy

The Rise of Mutual Funds

The Rise of Mutual Funds

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For the Common Good

Barbarian Virtues

Barbarian Virtues

The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development

The Anatomical Basis of Mouse Development

One Dies, Get Another

One Dies, Get Another

Yells for Ourselves

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The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700

The Acquisition of Books by Chetham's Library, 1655-1700

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