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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

The growing indebtedness of households reported over the last 30 years and in most developed countries has serious economic and social implications. This book provides insight into the concepts, measures, and determinants of household indebtedness, over-indebtedness, and well-being by integrating theoretical perspectives, adopting recent analytical methods, and using a sample of Polish households. The authors identified the socio-demographic and economic characteristics of indebted and over-indebted households, as well as the basic characteristics of indebtedness and the differences in its subjective perception among over-indebted households and those that are not over-indebted. They determined the spatial differentiation of over-indebtedness, examining the relationship between economic, social and behavioural factors and over-indebtedness and the role of over-indebtedness in shaping the economic well-being of households. The results of a questionnaire conducted on a sample of Polish households and econometric modelling served as the basis for assessing the economic well-being of indebted households. This assessment was conducted with the use of a composite well-being indicator developed by the authors. Given the multidimensional nature of the issues being analysed, the authors offer an approach that accounts for two separate but overlapping dimensions of economic well-being, namely material and financial, and two ways of assessing each of them: objective and subjective. The book holds appeal for researchers, scholars, and students of economics, finance, consumer economics, and economic psychology and offers practical guidance for policymakers and advisors who deal with consumer affairs.

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Taylor & Francis

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100063213X

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Machine Learning

An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Volume III

By: Yves Kodratoff,Ryszard S. Michalski

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Machine Learning

An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Volume III

By: Yves Kodratoff,Ryszard S. Michalski

Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach, Volume III presents a sample of machine learning research representative of the period between 1986 and 1989. The book is organized into six parts. Part One introduces some general issues in the field of machine learning. Part Two presents some new developments in the area of empirical learning methods, such as flexible learning concepts, the Protos learning apprentice system, and the WITT system, which implements a form of conceptual clustering. Part Three gives an account of various analytical learning methods and how analytic learning can be applied to various specific problems. Part Four describes efforts to integrate different learning strategies. These include the UNIMEM system, which empirically discovers similarities among examples; and the DISCIPLE multistrategy system, which is capable of learning with imperfect background knowledge. Part Five provides an overview of research in the area of subsymbolic learning methods. Part Six presents two types of formal approaches to machine learning. The first is an improvement over Mitchell's version space method; the second technique deals with the learning problem faced by a robot in an unfamiliar, deterministic, finite-state environment.

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836

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Elsevier

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0080510558

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9780080510552

Machine Learning

An Artificial Intelligence Approach (Volume I)

By: Ryszard S. Michalski,Jaime G. Carbonell,Tom M. Mitchell

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Machine Learning

An Artificial Intelligence Approach (Volume I)

By: Ryszard S. Michalski,Jaime G. Carbonell,Tom M. Mitchell

Machine Learning: An Artificial Intelligence Approach contains tutorial overviews and research papers representative of trends in the area of machine learning as viewed from an artificial intelligence perspective. The book is organized into six parts. Part I provides an overview of machine learning and explains why machines should learn. Part II covers important issues affecting the design of learning programs—particularly programs that learn from examples. It also describes inductive learning systems. Part III deals with learning by analogy, by experimentation, and from experience. Parts IV and V discuss learning from observation and discovery, and learning from instruction, respectively. Part VI presents two studies on applied learning systems—one on the recovery of valuable information via inductive inference; the other on inducing models of simple algebraic skills from observed student performance in the context of the Leeds Modeling System (LMS). This book is intended for researchers in artificial intelligence, computer science, and cognitive psychology; students in artificial intelligence and related disciplines; and a diverse range of readers, including computer scientists, robotics experts, knowledge engineers, educators, philosophers, data analysts, psychologists, and electronic engineers.

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585

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Elsevier

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008051054X

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9780080510545

Prototype of a Biomimetic Multi-Spiked Connecting Scaffold for a New Generation of Resurfacing Endoprostheses

By: Ryszard Uklejewski,Piotr Rogala,Mariusz Winiecki

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Prototype of a Biomimetic Multi-Spiked Connecting Scaffold for a New Generation of Resurfacing Endoprostheses

By: Ryszard Uklejewski,Piotr Rogala,Mariusz Winiecki

The monograph comprehensively presents the research on the prototype of the biomimetic Multi-Spiked Connecting Scaffold (MSC-Scaffold) for cementless fixation of the components of a new generation of resurfacing arthroplasty (RA) endoprostheses. This research, carried out by a bioengineering-surgical team from three Polish universities, includes bioengineering design, rapid prototyping, manufacturing in selective laser melting, functionalization, surface modification, numerical studies, experimental in vitro studies, and pilot surgical experiments in an animal model. Features: •Presents the prototype of the multi-spiked connecting scaffold for a new generation of resurfacing endoprostheses of the knee and the hip. •Explains this prototype scaffold as the first worldwide design of the biomimetic fixation of components of diarthrodial joints resurfacing endoprostheses. •Insights into the entire process of bioengineering design and research on this novel way of resurfacing endoprostheses fixation. •Reviews main results of the scaffold prototyping and SLM manufacturing, structural and osteoconductive functionalization, and surface modification. •Reports experimental and numerical investigations of mechanical behavior of the scaffold-bone system, cell culture studies, and pilot surgical experiments in animal models. This book is aimed at professionals and graduate students in biomedical engineering, biomaterials engineering, and bone & joint surgery.

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220

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CRC Press

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1000931471

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9781000931471

Renewable Resources and Plant Biotechnology

By: Ryszard Kozłowski,Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov,Frank Pudel

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Renewable Resources and Plant Biotechnology

By: Ryszard Kozłowski,Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov,Frank Pudel

Plant biotechnology and renewable resources are the driving forces behind a more sustainable development of agriculture and other related industries in the world. Until the 21st century, the main task for most industries was to raise the volume of production to gain the highest profits possible. Non-renewable natural resources, such as oil, were the most profitable sources of energy. This tendency not only exploited these resources but had harmful side effects: growing environmental pollution and changing the earth into a desert, suitable neither for animals nor human beings. At the beginning of the 21st century, both scientists and green movements warn that it is necessary to change this philosophy of economic progress towards a more intensive exploration of renewable resources. Biotechnology is one of the very important and novel tools for obtaining diversified materials on the base of renewable resources. They can serve as a source for production of energy, novel materials, fibres, food, agrofine chemicals and composites. resources and their processing can ensure balanced progress without side effects on the earth's environment. This book presents research on the possibilities of creating progress in the processing of renewable resources within the study of biotechnology.

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210

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Nova Publishers

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1600210031

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9781600210037

Oxygen Diving

By: Ryszard Klos

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Oxygen Diving

By: Ryszard Klos

The book provides a derivation of the models used for calculating the risk and hazard of central oxygen toxicity pertaining to diving-based studies consistent with the research conducted earlier by the Royal Navy and the US Navy. This book forms the basis for extending the possibility of undertaking nitrox dives in combination with oxygen dives, thus significantly increasing tactical capabilities of conducting diving special operations. Features: provides derivation of the models used for calculating the risk and hazard of central oxygen toxicity improves oxygen diving procedures described in the US Navy Diving Manual includes procedures applicable to undertaking nitrox dives in combination with oxygen dives pitches the material at highest technology readiness levels, i.e. 9 TRL aims to increase tactical capabilities of conducting diving special operations This book is aimed at researchers, professionals and graduate students in life support system design, diving submarine safety, ventilation, health, sanitary engineering, mining engineering and working environment in chambers or closed compartments.

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232

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CRC Press

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1000853454

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9781000853452

How to Replicate Success and Avoid Failures

A Manager's Guide

By: Ryszard Pieńkowski

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How to Replicate Success and Avoid Failures

A Manager's Guide

By: Ryszard Pieńkowski

The answers to these and other questions are provided in a friendly guide by Ryszard Pieńkowski, the founder and owner of Infor. All are based on the author’s 50 years of experience in leading people, including 36 years of managing his own company. In addition to providing detailed advice on dealing with team members, striving for self-improvement, and building business success, he encourages the development of creative ideas, action, and innovation. He advocates for courage and determination in pursuing goals, perseverance in action, and drawing creative conclusions from mistakes or failures. This is a rich collection of tips and examples from the world of marketing and management, useful for entrepreneurs, business owners, and managers. Ryszard Pieńkowski – the creator and owner of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna Ryszard Pieńkowski founded and owns Infor PL, which is one of the largest providers of economic and legal information in Poland. He created Dziennik Gazeta Prawna – a brand that ranks among the top twenty on the list of the 500 most valuable Polish brands. Moreover, during his 36 years in business, he founded over 100 specialist magazines and bulletins. Ryszard Pieńkowski holds a degree in Law from the University of Warsaw and completed his postgraduate studies in Organization and Management at the Faculty of Management of the same university, as well as in Company Value Management at the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. He was on the weekly magazine Wprost’s list of the 100 richest Poles for 10 years. With 50 years of experience in leading people, he is currently the CEO of Infor PL, where he is involved in research and development, company strategy, and human capital

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INFOR PL

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8382684181

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

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By: Agnieszka Wałęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

By: Agnieszka Walęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

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By: Agnieszka Walęga,Grzegorz Wałęga,Ryszard Kowalski

This book provides insight into the concepts, measures, and determinants of household indebtedness, over-indebtedness, and well-being by integrating theoretical perspectives, adopting recent analytical methods, using a sample of Polish households.

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Routledge Studies in the European Economy

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1032184701

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Nobody Leaves

Impressions of Poland

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

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Nobody Leaves

Impressions of Poland

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

A peculiar genius with no modern equivalent, except possibly Kafka' - Jonathan Miller Regarded as a central part of Kapuscinski's work, these vivid portraits of life in the depths of Poland embody the young writer's mastery of literary reportage When the great Ryszard Kapuscinski was a young journalist in the early 1960s, he was sent to the farthest reaches of his native Poland between foreign assignments. The resulting pieces brought together in this new collection, nearly all of which are translated into English for the first time, reveal a place just as strange as the distant lands he visited. From forgotten villages to collective farms, Kapuscinski explores a Poland that is post-Stalinist but still Communist; a country on the edge of modernity. He encounters those for whom the promises of rising living standards never worked out as planned, those who would have been misfits under any political system, those tied to the land and those dreaming of escape.

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Penguin Press

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1846143608

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Heban

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

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Heban

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

Collection of selected works of Ryszard Kapuscinski recounting the end of Africa's colonial rule, and the great social and political changes as seen through an ordinary African.

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8375521124

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Another Day of Life

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

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Another Day of Life

By: Ryszard Kapuściński

Ryszard Kapuscinski is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's preeminent journalists, demonstrating an almost mystical ability to discover the odd or overlooked and incorporating these sometimes surreal details into narratives that go beyond mere reportage and enter the realm of literature. Another Day of Life" is Kapuscinski's dramatic account of the three months he spent in Angola at the beginning of its decades' long civil war. The capital, Luanda, is occupied only by those not fortunate enough to flee. When even the dogs abandoned by the Europeans leave, Kapuscinski decides to go to the front, where the wrong greeting could cost your life and where young soldiers-from Cuba, Russia, South Africa, Portugal-are fighting a war with global repercussions. With harrowing detail, Kapuscinski shows us the peculiar brutality of a country divided by its newfound freedom. Translated from the Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand.

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Pan

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0330301047

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9780330301046

Ébène

aventures africaines

By: Ryszard Kapuscinski

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Ébène

aventures africaines

By: Ryszard Kapuscinski

Quand Ryszard Kapuscinski arrive comme journaliste en 1958 à Accra, la capitale du Ghana, il ne peut soupçonner que ce voyage sera le début d'une passion qui ne le quittera plus jamais. Pendant des années, ce grand reporter doublé d'un écrivain sillonne le continent noir, habite les quartiers des Africains, s'expose à des conditions de vie qu'aucun correspondant occidental n'aurait acceptées. Observateur exceptionnel, il croise des potentats comme Nkrumah, Kenyatta ou Idi Amin, témoigne de coups d'Etat et de guerres civiles ; il essuie des fusillades, affronte des tempêtes de sable et supporte l'indescriptible chaleur africaine. Mais Kapuscinski s'intéresse surtout aux gens et sait gagner leur confiance. Le tumulte de la vie quotidienne africaine le passionne davantage que les corruptions, les épidémies et les guerres meurtrières. Ce livre majeur, attendu depuis longtemps, a reçu en 2000 le prestigieux prix littéraire italien Viareggio.

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2266114581

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The Image of "white" and "red" Russia in the Polish Political Thought of the 19th and 20th Century

Analogies and Parallels

By: Jerzy Juchnowski,Jan Ryszard Sielezin,Ewa Maj

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The Image of "white" and "red" Russia in the Polish Political Thought of the 19th and 20th Century

Analogies and Parallels

By: Jerzy Juchnowski,Jan Ryszard Sielezin,Ewa Maj

The aim of the book is to analyze the perception of the Tsarist and Bolshevik Russia in the Polish political thought in the 19th and 20th century. The wide and well-documented research applies an original multidisciplinary approach, combining the methods used in many disciplines, such as history, social science and social psychology. The authors of the book successfully defend the thesis that the perception of Russia cannot be fully understood without considering the «internal» aspects linked to the culture of this country in its psychological and moral dimension, as well as in its literary, architectural and artistic tradition.

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Studies in Politics, Security and Society

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3631755295

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Prototype of a Biomimetic Multi-Spiked Connecting Scaffold for a New Generation of Resurfacing Endoprostheses

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How to Replicate Success and Avoid Failures

How to Replicate Success and Avoid Failures

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Economic Well-being and Household Debt

Economic Well-being and Household Debt

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Nobody Leaves

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Heban

Another Day of Life

Another Day of Life

Ébène

Ébène

The Image of "white" and "red" Russia in the Polish Political Thought of the 19th and 20th Century

The Image of "white" and "red" Russia in the Polish Political Thought of the 19th and 20th Century

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