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Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

The Enemy Underground

By: Roberto Cantoni

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Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

The Enemy Underground

By: Roberto Cantoni

The importance of oil for national military-industrial complexes appeared more clearly than ever in the Cold War. This volume argues that the confidential acquisition of geoscientific knowledge was paramount for states, not only to provide for their own energy needs, but also to buttress national economic and geostrategic interests and protect energy security. By investigating the postwar rebuilding and expansion of French and Italian oil industries from the second half of the 1940s to the early 1960s, this book shows how successive administrations in those countries devised strategies of oil exploration and transport, aiming at achieving a higher degree of energy autonomy and setting up powerful oil agencies that could implement those strategies. However, both within and outside their national territories, these two European countries had to confront the new Cold War balances and the interests of the two superpowers.

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Taylor & Francis

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1315531526

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Intelligent Perceptual Systems

New Directions in Computational Perception

By: Vito Roberto

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Intelligent Perceptual Systems

New Directions in Computational Perception

By: Vito Roberto

Perceptual processes in humans and machines, investigated and simulated by means of the computational approach, are the subject matter of this volume. Researchers in artificial intelligence, pattern recognition, and psychology discuss aspects of vision, speech understanding, sensory-motor coordination, and their interplay with cognitive and behavioral functionalities. The papers adopt the computational approach as the basic research paradigm. Connectionist models, numerical and statistical techniques, symbolic (logic-based) formalisms, and hybrid representations provide the formal background to the research. Some of the papers were prepared for a workshop held in Trieste, Italy, in October 1992.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540573798

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Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

The Enemy Underground

By: Roberto Cantoni

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The Enemy Underground

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THE BEAUTIFUL-MATCH. Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

By: Roberto Bordogna

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THE BEAUTIFUL-MATCH. Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

By: Roberto Bordogna

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134

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FrancoAngeli

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8891702463

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9788891702463

Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy

Volume 2: Stones of Lombardy

By: Roberto Bugini,Luisa Folli

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Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy

Volume 2: Stones of Lombardy

By: Roberto Bugini,Luisa Folli

Milan and Lombardy have played an important role in the Italian country since the Roman period. This importance is reflected also by the diffusion of stone architecture: a persisting trait of Milan architecture was the use of different stones in the same building. Milan lies in the middle of the alluvial plain of the Po, far from the stone quarries; some waterways were dug out in order to supply the building stones from the surrounding territories. The study of stone as building material was significant at the end of 19th century, but then it was largely neglected by both architects and geologists. So it is significant to suggest a study about the stones employed to build in Milan (Volume 1) in relationship with a petrographic study about the features of the stones quarried in the whole Lombard territory (Volume 2). Volume 2 contains the description of the features of the stones reported in Volume 1. These features include metamorphic and magmatic rocks of the Alpine area; sedimentary rocks and loose materials of the Prealpine area; sedimentary rocks of the Apennine area; and loose sediments of the Padania plain. Some stones, coming from other northern Italian regions, and used in Lombard architecture, are also described. Each stone is described in a "card" containing commercial and historical names, petrographic classification, macroscopic features, mineralogical composition, microscopic features, geological setting, quarry sites, transport to yards, morphology of dressed elements and surface handworking, use in architecture in the whole Lombard territory and abroad and decay morphologies. A particular investigation is addressed to the stones used during the 20th century; a great part of them were never used before in Milan and in Lombardy.

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535

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CRC Press

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1000855430

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Pius IX

By: Roberto De Mattei

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Pius IX

By: Roberto De Mattei

The solemn beatification of Pope Pius IX in September 2000 celebrated the heroic virtue of one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. Born in 1792, Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti was elected Pope on June 16th 1846. His pontificate, the subject of this biographical study, lasted thirty-two years, the longest after that of St Peter himself. Elevated to the Papacy amid the historical backdrop of turmoil and revolution in Italy and Europe, he was also to play a central role in the drama of the Risorgimento that led to the creation of a united Italy. Publication of the English translation of Roberto de Mattei's acclaimed study of Pius IX marks the 150th anniversary of the Pope's solemn definition of the Dogma of Our Lady's Immaculate Conception. Roberto de Mattei holds the chair of Modern History at the University of Cassino (Rome), is vice president of the Italian C.N.R. (National Council for Research) and is well-known in Italy as a journalist and writer.

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Gracewing Publishing

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0852446055

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9780852446058

The Viceroys

A Novel

By: Federico de Roberto

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The Viceroys

A Novel

By: Federico de Roberto

A lost literary classic, written in 1894, The Viceroys is one of the most acclaimed masterworks of Italian realism. The novel follows three generations of the aristocratic Uzeda family as it struggles to hold on to power in the face of the cataclysmic changes rocking Sicily. As Garibaldi's triumphs move Italy toward unification, the Uzedas try every means to retain their position. De Roberto's satirical and mordant pen depicts a cast of upper-class schemers, headed by the old matriarch, Donna Teresa, and exemplified by her arrogant and totally unscrupulous son, Consalvo, who rises to political eminence through lip service, double-dealing, and hypocrisy. The Viceroys is a vast dramatic panorama: a new world fighting to shrug off the viciousness and iniquities of the old.

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653

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Verso Books

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1784782580

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Shape Classification and Analysis

Theory and Practice, Second Edition

By: Luciano da Fona Costa,Roberto Marcond Cesar, Jr.

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Shape Classification and Analysis

Theory and Practice, Second Edition

By: Luciano da Fona Costa,Roberto Marcond Cesar, Jr.

Because the properties of objects are largely determined by their geometric features, shape analysis and classification are essential to almost every applied scientific and technological area. A detailed understanding of the geometrical features of real-world entities (e.g., molecules, organs, materials and components) can provide important clues about their origin and function. When properly and carefully applied, shape analysis offers an exceedingly rich potential to yield useful applications in diverse areas ranging from material sciences to biology and neuroscience. Get Access to the Authors’ Own Cutting-Edge Open-Source Software Projects—and Then Actually Contribute to Them Yourself! The authors of Shape Analysis and Classification: Theory and Practice, Second Edition have improved the bestselling first edition by updating the tremendous progress in the field. This exceptionally accessible book presents the most advanced imaging techniques used for analyzing general biological shapes, such as those of cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. It implements numerous corrections and improvements—many of which were suggested by readers of the first edition—to optimize understanding and create what can truly be called an interactive learning experience. New Material in This Second Edition Addresses Graph and complex networks Dimensionality reduction Structural pattern recognition Shape representation using graphs Graphically reformulated, this edition updates equations, figures, and references, as well as slides that will be useful in related courses and general discussion. Like the popular first edition, this text is applicable to many fields and certain to become a favored addition to any library. Visit http://www.vision.ime.usp.br/~cesar/shape/ for Useful Software, Databases, and Videos

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CRC Press

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0849379407

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Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96

Proceedings of the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 23–25 May 1996

By: Maria Marinaro,Roberto Tagliaferri

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Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96

Proceedings of the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 23–25 May 1996

By: Maria Marinaro,Roberto Tagliaferri

This volume contains selected papers from WIRN VIETRI-96, the 8th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, held Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, from 23-25 May 1996. The papers cover a variety of topics related to neural networks, including pattern recognition, signal processing, theoretical models, applications in science and industry, virtual reality, fuzzy systems, and software algorithms. By providing the reader with a comprehensive overview of recent research work in this area, the volume makes an invaluable contribution to the Perspectives in Neural Computing Series. Neural Nets - WIRN VIETRI-96 will provide invaluable reading material for anyone who needs to keep up to date with the latest developments in neural networks and related areas. It will be of particular interest to academic and industrial researchers, and postgraduate and graduate students.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447109511

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Book's by Roberto Cantoni

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Intelligent Perceptual Systems

Intelligent Perceptual Systems

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

Oil Exploration, Diplomacy, and Security in the Early Cold War

THE BEAUTIFUL-MATCH. Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

THE BEAUTIFUL-MATCH. Ambit-Awareness-Practice Pragmatic Researches

Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy

Building Stones of Milan and Lombardy

Pius IX

Pius IX

The Viceroys

The Viceroys

Shape Classification and Analysis

Shape Classification and Analysis

Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96

Neural Nets WIRN VIETRI-96

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