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The Politics of Public Spending

Actors, Motivations, and Public Responses

By: Peter Spáč,Petr Voda,Michal Tóth,Miroslav Nemčok,Lenka Hrbková

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The Politics of Public Spending

Actors, Motivations, and Public Responses

By: Peter Spáč,Petr Voda,Michal Tóth,Miroslav Nemčok,Lenka Hrbková

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the distribution of public money and its political and societal implications. Drawing on evidence from central and eastern Europe, it offers an innovative insight into public responses to various strategies of public spending. Given that public expenditures are funded mainly from tax revenues, it also assesses public attitudes to politically motivated allocations of funds. The book seeks to identify how people evaluate the material benefits of funding in light of the fairness - or lack thereof - of the distribution process, whether popular acceptance of variations in public spending depends on the framing of the beneficiaries, and the implications of money allocation for political trust in political institutions.

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3031107721

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Ethnology for the 21st Century

Bases and Prospects

By: Karel Altman,Marta Botiková,Miroslav Válka,Jana Ambrózová

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Ethnology for the 21st Century

Bases and Prospects

By: Karel Altman,Marta Botiková,Miroslav Válka,Jana Ambrózová

Předkládaná monografie je koncipovaná jako kolektivní dílo univerzitních pedagogů, doktorandů a odborníků z akademických pracovišť k problematice dalšího směřování výuky oboru Etnologie na univerzitách. Záměrem autorů je pojmenovat témata, která by měla ve výuce Etnologie přežít generační i společenské změny na prahu milénia. Jejich představy, záměry i nejistoty jsou ve vizi těchto témat soustředěné.

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Masarykova univerzita

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8021088613

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Multiscale Thermo-Dynamics

Introduction to GENERIC

By: Michal Pavelka,Václav Klika,Miroslav Grmela

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Multiscale Thermo-Dynamics

Introduction to GENERIC

By: Michal Pavelka,Václav Klika,Miroslav Grmela

One common feature of new emerging technologies is the fusion of the very small (nano) scale and the large scale engineering. The classical environment provided by single scale theories, as for instance by the classical hydrodynamics, is not anymore satisfactory. The main challenge is to keep the important details while still be able to keep the overall picture and simplicity. It is the thermodynamics that addresses this challenge. Our main reason for writing this book is to explain such general viewpoint of thermodynamics and to illustrate it on a very wide range of examples. Contents Levels of description Hamiltonian mechanics Irreversible evolution Reversible and irreversible evolution Multicomponent systems Contact geometry Appendix: Mathematical aspects

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110350955

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Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia

Legacies, Forms and Threats

By: Miroslav Mareš,Martin Laryš,Jan Holzer

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Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia

Legacies, Forms and Threats

By: Miroslav Mareš,Martin Laryš,Jan Holzer

Militancy continues to be characteristic of many supporters of the Russian far right, encompassing a belligerent rhetoric, a strong perception of participants as political warriors and often the use of physical violence. How serious a threat does Russian militant right-wing extremism pose to Russia and the World, and how has the level of threat changed over time? This book addresses this question by exploring right-wing extremism in Russia, its historical context and its resurgence over the past thirty years. Outlining the legacies and forms presented by current right-wing extremism, with a particular focus on militant extremism, it employs a historical, descriptive method to analyse the threats and risks posed. Presented within the framework of research on extremism and political violence related to the Russian political thought, the book outlines the key criteria of identifying threats, such as the level of violence, ability to gain supporters and penetration of governing elites. Primarily aimed at researchers and academics in political science, extremism, security studies and the history of Russia and Eastern, Central and South-East Europe, this book will also be of interest to political journalists and practitioners in international security.

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Routledge

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0429953623

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9780429953620

Velvet Revolutions

An Oral History of Czech Society

By: Miroslav Vaněk,Pavel Mücke

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Velvet Revolutions

An Oral History of Czech Society

By: Miroslav Vaněk,Pavel Mücke

This book investigates how values such as freedom, work, family, free time, and politics changed in Czech society in the two decades before and after the November 1989 Velvet Revolution. Miroslav Vanek and Pavel Mücke use public opinion polls as well as 300 interviews with Czech citizens to create a multi-layered view of Czech history before 1989 and during the subsequent period of democratic transformation.

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Oxford University Press

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0199342725

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Mosul after Islamic State

The Quest for Lost Architectural Heritage

By: Karel Nováček,Miroslav Melčák,Ondřej Beránek,Lenka Starková

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Mosul after Islamic State

The Quest for Lost Architectural Heritage

By: Karel Nováček,Miroslav Melčák,Ondřej Beránek,Lenka Starková

The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpetrated by Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. It identifies which structures were attacked, the ideological rationale behind the destruction, and the significance of the lost monuments in the context of Mosul’s urban development and the architectural history of the Middle East. This methodologically innovative work fills an important gap in the study of both current radical movements and the medieval Islamic architecture of Northern Iraq.

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Springer Nature

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3030626369

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Computer Intensive Methods in Control and Signal Processing

The Curse of Dimensionality

By: Kevin Warwick,Miroslav Karny

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Computer Intensive Methods in Control and Signal Processing

The Curse of Dimensionality

By: Kevin Warwick,Miroslav Karny

Due to the rapid increase in readily available computing power, a corre sponding increase in the complexity of problems being tackled has occurred in the field of systems as a whole. A plethora of new methods which can be used on the problems has also arisen with a constant desire to deal with more and more difficult applications. Unfortunately by increasing the ac curacy in models employed along with the use of appropriate algorithms with related features, the resultant necessary computations can often be of very high dimension. This brings with it a whole new breed of problem which has come to be known as "The Curse of Dimensionality" . The expression "Curse of Dimensionality" can be in fact traced back to Richard Bellman in the 1960's. However, it is only in the last few years that it has taken on a widespread practical significance although the term di mensionality does not have a unique precise meaning and is being used in a slightly different way in the context of algorithmic and stochastic complex ity theory or in every day engineering. In principle the dimensionality of a problem depends on three factors: on the engineering system (subject), on the concrete task to be solved and on the available resources. A system is of high dimension if it contains a lot of elements/variables and/or the rela tionship/connection between the elements/variables is complicated.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461219965

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Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya

By: Jiří Doležal,Miroslav Dvorský,Annett Börner,Jan Wild,Fritz Hans Schweingruber

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Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya

By: Jiří Doležal,Miroslav Dvorský,Annett Börner,Jan Wild,Fritz Hans Schweingruber

This aesthetically unique book combines ecological, morphological and anatomical, as well as phylogenetic studies on plant material in a largely unexplored dry mountain region above the timberline. It offers the first comparative analysis of hundreds of plants - annuals, perennial herbs and dwarf shrubs - in an area of 87,000 km2 at altitudes from 2600 to 6150 m above sea level in the Western Himalaya. Characteristic landscape pictures of all major vegetation types and maps show at which locations and altitudes the individual species of vascular plants are distributed, while macroscopic plant pictures and plant age are related to high-quality micro-sections and micro-photographs. The anatomical features of 345 dicotyledons were characterized using the published coding systems and those of 155 monocotyledones were characterized on the basis of a newly developed key. The number of annual rings and anatomical features of the xylem and phloem of dicots are compared and related to different ecological conditions within this extremely dry and cold environment. The ecological and anatomical characterization is used to create a phylogenetic tree based on nucleotide sequences, and indicates which features are genetically stable and which ones are modified by environmental factors. The book appeals to scientists in the fields of plant taxonomy, morphology, anatomy and ecology.

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3319786997

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Information Technology Law in the Czech Republic

By: Radim Polčák,Jakub Harašta,Pavel Koukal,Tereza Kyselovská,Pavel Loutocký,Matěj Myška,Michal Petr,Tomáš Gřivna,Josef Donát,Tomáš Ščerba,Miroslav Uřičař

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Information Technology Law in the Czech Republic

By: Radim Polčák,Jakub Harašta,Pavel Koukal,Tereza Kyselovská,Pavel Loutocký,Matěj Myška,Michal Petr,Tomáš Gřivna,Josef Donát,Tomáš Ščerba,Miroslav Uřičař

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical guide to information technology law – the law affecting information and communication technology (ICT) – in the Czech Republic covers every aspect of the subject, including the regulation of digital markets, intellectual property rights in the digital context, relevant competition rules, drafting and negotiating ICT-related contracts, electronic transactions, and cybercrime. Lawyers who handle transnational matters will appreciate the detailed explanation of specific characteristics of practice and procedure. Following a general introduction, the monograph assembles its information and guidance in six main areas of practice: (1) the regulatory framework of digital markets, including legal aspects of standardization, international private law applied to the online context, telecommunications law, regulation of audio-visual services and online commercial platforms; (2) online public services including e-government, e-health and online voting; (3) contract law with regard to software, hardware, networks and related services, with special attention to case law in this area, rules with regard to electronic evidence, regulation of electronic signatures, online financial services and electronic commerce; (4) software protection, legal protection of databases or chips, and other intellectual property matters; (5) the legal framework regarding cybersecurity and (6) the application of criminal procedure and substantive criminal law in the area of cybercrime. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this monograph a valuable time-saving tool for business and legal professionals alike. Lawyers representing parties with interests in the Czech Republic will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative law in this relatively new and challenging field.

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Kluwer Law International B.V.

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9403508272

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9789403508276

Condensation of steam in nozzles and turbine cascades

By: Miroslav Šťastný

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Condensation of steam in nozzles and turbine cascades

By: Miroslav Šťastný

Metoda použitá pro popis kondenzace proudící páry je založena na homogenní (spontánní) kondenzaci páry, hetero-homogenní kondenzaci a rovněž na binární nukleaci vodních kapiček s reprezentativní chemickou nečistotou NaCl, která se v energetické páře nejčastěji vyskytuje. Stručně jsou popsány fyzikální a matematické modely kondenzace. Homogenní, hetero-homogenní a binární nukleační modely jsou potom použity pro výpočty proudění páry s kondenzací v 2D dýzách a 2D rozváděcích mřížích prvního stupně s vlhkostí v nízkotlaké části kondenzační turbíny pro uhelnou elektrárnu a v nízkotlaké části turbíny pro jadernou elektrárnu. Pro výpočty byl vyvinut program COCHEM Flow. Uvedeny jsou výsledky výpočtů a jejich rozbor. Popisuje se rovněž experimentální výzkum dvoufázového proudění vlhkého vzduchu s kondenzací v rozváděcí turbínové mříži. Pozornost je také věnována účinku chemických nečistot páry na turbínové lopatky v oblasti kondenzace páry v nízkotlaké části kondenzační turbíny.

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Západočeská univerzita v Plzni

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8026105427

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9788026105428

Special Matrices and Their Applications in Numerical Mathematics

Second Edition

By: Miroslav Fiedler

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Special Matrices and Their Applications in Numerical Mathematics

Second Edition

By: Miroslav Fiedler

This revised and corrected second edition of a classic on special matrices provides researchers in numerical linear algebra and students of general computational mathematics with an essential reference. 1986 edition.

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Courier Corporation

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0486783480

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Information Physics

Physics-Information and Quantum Analogies for Complex Systems Modeling

By: Miroslav Svitek

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Information Physics

Physics-Information and Quantum Analogies for Complex Systems Modeling

By: Miroslav Svitek

Information Physics: Physics-Information and Quantum Analogies for Complex Modeling presents a new theory of complex systems that uses analogy across various aspects of physics, including electronics, magnetic circuits and quantum mechanics. The book explains the quantum approach to system theory that can be understood as an extension of classical system models. The main idea is that in many complex systems there are incomplete pieces of overlapping information that must be strung together to find the most consistent model. This incomplete information can be understood as a set of non-exclusive observer results. Because they are non-exclusive, each observer registers different pictures of reality. - Provides readers with an understanding of the analogies between very sophisticated theories of electrical circuits and currently underdeveloped information circuits, including capturing positive and negative links, as well as serial and parallel ordering of information blocks - Integrates coverage of quantum models of complex systems using wave probabilistic functions which extend the classical probability description by phase parameters that allow researchers to model such properties as entanglement, superposition and others - Provides readers with illustrative examples of how to use the presented theories of complex systems in specific cases such as hierarchical systems, cooperation of a team of experts, the lifecycle of the company, and the link between short and long-term memory

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Academic Press

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0323910122

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Philosophy en noir

By: Miroslav Petříček

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Philosophy en noir

By: Miroslav Petříček

Thought necessarily reflects the times. Following the tragedy of the Holocaust, this fact became ever more clear. And it may be the reason postwar philosophical texts are so difficult to understand, since they confront incomprehensibly traumatic experiences. In this first English-language translation of any of his books, Miroslav Petříček — one of the most influential and erudite Czech philosophers, and a student of Jan Patočka — argues that to exist in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond, Western philosophy has had to rewrite its tradition and its discourse, radically transforming itself. Should philosophy be capable of bearing witness to the time, Petříček contends, this metamorphosis in philosophy is necessary. Offering an original Central European perspective on postwar philosophical discourse that reflects upon the historical underpinnings of pop culture phenomena and complex philosophical schools — including Adorno, Agamben, Benjamin, Derrida, Husserl, Kracauer, and many others — Philosophy en noir is a record of this transformation

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Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

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8024638533

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9788024638539

Algorithms for Sparse Linear Systems

By: Jennifer Scott,Miroslav Tůma

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Algorithms for Sparse Linear Systems

By: Jennifer Scott,Miroslav Tůma

Large sparse linear systems of equations are ubiquitous in science, engineering and beyond. This open access monograph focuses on factorization algorithms for solving such systems. It presents classical techniques for complete factorizations that are used in sparse direct methods and discusses the computation of approximate direct and inverse factorizations that are key to constructing general-purpose algebraic preconditioners for iterative solvers. A unified framework is used that emphasizes the underlying sparsity structures and highlights the importance of understanding sparse direct methods when developing algebraic preconditioners. Theoretical results are complemented by sparse matrix algorithm outlines. This monograph is aimed at students of applied mathematics and scientific computing, as well as computational scientists and software developers who are interested in understanding the theory and algorithms needed to tackle sparse systems. It is assumed that the reader has completed a basic course in linear algebra and numerical mathematics.

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Springer Nature

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3031258207

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9783031258206

The Pyramids (New and Revised)

The Archaeology and History of Egypt's Iconic Monuments

By: Miroslav Verner

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The Pyramids (New and Revised)

The Archaeology and History of Egypt's Iconic Monuments

By: Miroslav Verner

An authoritative account by preeminent Egyptologist Miroslav Verner covering over 70 of Egypt’s and Sudan’s pyramids, their historical and political significance, updated in a magnificent new edition A pyramid, as the posthumous residence of a king and the place of his eternal cult, was just a single, if dominant, part of a larger complex of structures with specific religious, economic, and administrative functions. The first royal pyramid in Egypt was built at the beginning of the Third Dynasty (ca. 2592–2544 BC) by Horus Netjerykhet, later called Djoser, while the last pyramid was the work of Ahmose I, the first king of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ca. 1539–1292 BC). Nearly two decades have passed since distinguished Egyptologist Miroslav Verner’s seminal The Pyramids was first published. In that time, fresh explorations and new sophisticated technologies have contributed to ever more detailed and compelling discussions around Egypt’s enigmatic and most celebrated of ancient monuments. In this newly revised and updated edition, including color photographs for the first time, Verner brings his rich erudition and long years of site experience comes to bear on all the latest discoveries and archaeological and historical aspects of over 70 of Egypt’s and Sudan's pyramids in the broader context of their more than one-thousand-year-long development. Lucidly written, with 300 illustrations, and filled with gripping insights, this comprehensive study illuminates an era that is both millennia away and vividly immediate.

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American University in Cairo Press

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1649032080

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9781649032089

Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation

Native and Non-Native Environments

By: Miroslav Ježek

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Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation

Native and Non-Native Environments

By: Miroslav Ježek

Publikace se zabývá spisovnou výslovností anglického jazyka (tzv. RP) a její percepcí anglickými a českými mluvčími. Dále zkoumá role, které výslovnostní model plní v obou prostředích. Úvodní část práce předkládá diachronní i synchronní teoretický rámec, který vychází z bohaté současné i historické odborné literatury a analyzuje RP s využitím sociolingvistických pojmů, především z oblasti jazykové preskripce a standardizace. Praktická část je tvořena výzkumem, jenž byl proveden pomocí internetové stránky s 18 nahrávkami a doplňujícím dotazníkem. Tyto nahrávky byly evaluovány 20 anglickými a 20 českými respondenty. Výzkum se zabývá také sociolingvistickými kategoriemi, které pomáhají vytvářet ideový konstrukt spisovnosti.

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Masarykova univerzita

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8021098333

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Book's by Miroslav Petr

The Politics of Public Spending

The Politics of Public Spending

Ethnology for the 21st Century

Ethnology for the 21st Century

Multiscale Thermo-Dynamics

Multiscale Thermo-Dynamics

Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia

Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia

Velvet Revolutions

Velvet Revolutions

Mosul after Islamic State

Mosul after Islamic State

Computer Intensive Methods in Control and Signal Processing

Computer Intensive Methods in Control and Signal Processing

Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya

Anatomy, Age and Ecology of High Mountain Plants in Ladakh, the Western Himalaya

Information Technology Law in the Czech Republic

Information Technology Law in the Czech Republic

Condensation of steam in nozzles and turbine cascades

Condensation of steam in nozzles and turbine cascades

Special Matrices and Their Applications in Numerical Mathematics

Special Matrices and Their Applications in Numerical Mathematics

Information Physics

Information Physics

Philosophy en noir

Philosophy en noir

Algorithms for Sparse Linear Systems

Algorithms for Sparse Linear Systems

The Pyramids (New and Revised)

The Pyramids (New and Revised)

Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation

Sociophonology of Received Pronunciation

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