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Crystallography of Modular Materials

By: Giovanni Ferraris,Emil Makovicky,Stefano Merlino

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Crystallography of Modular Materials

By: Giovanni Ferraris,Emil Makovicky,Stefano Merlino

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive treatment of theories and applications in the rapidly expanding field of the crystallography of modular materials. Molecules are the natural modules from which molecular crystalline structures are built. Most inorganic structures, however, are infinite arrays of atoms and some kinds of surrogate modules, e.g. co-ordination polyhedra, are usually used to describe them. In recent years the attention has been focused on complex modules as the basis for a systematic description of polytypes and homologous/polysomatic series (modular structures). This representation is applied to the modelling of unknown structures and understanding nanoscale defects and intergrowths in materials. The Order/Disorder (OD) theory is fundamental to developing a systematic theory of polytypism, dealing with those structures based on both ordered and disordered stacking of one or more layers. Twinning at both unit-cell and micro-scale, together with disorder, causes many problems, "demons", for computer-based methods of crystal structure determination. This book develops the theory of twinning with the inclusion of worked examples, converting the "demons" into useful indicators for unravelling crystal structure. In spite of the increasing use of the concepts of modular crystallography for characterising, understanding and tailoring technological crystalline materials, this is the first book to offer a unified treatment of the results, which are spread across many different journals and original papers published over the last twenty years.

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OUP Oxford

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0191545872

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Sentimental Opera

Questions of Genre in the Age of Bourgeois Drama

By: Stefano Castelvecchi

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Sentimental Opera

Questions of Genre in the Age of Bourgeois Drama

By: Stefano Castelvecchi

Sentimental Opera is a study of the relationship between opera and two major phenomena of eighteenth-century European culture - the cult of sensibility and the emergence of bourgeois drama. A thorough examination of social and cultural contexts helps to explain the success of operas such as Paisiello's Nina as well as the extreme emotional reactions of their audiences. Like their counterparts in drama, literature and painting, these works brought to the fore serious contemporary problems including the widespread execution of deserters, the treatment of the insane, and anxieties relative to social and familial roles. They also developed a specifically operatic version of the dominant language of sensibility. This wide-ranging study involves such major cultural figures as Goldoni, Diderot and Mozart, while refining our understanding of the theatrical genre system of their time.

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298

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Cambridge University Press

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110746952X

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9781107469525

Wearable Computing

From Modeling to Implementation of Wearable Systems based on Body Sensor Networks

By: Giancarlo Fortino,Raffaele Gravina,Stefano Galzarano

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Wearable Computing

From Modeling to Implementation of Wearable Systems based on Body Sensor Networks

By: Giancarlo Fortino,Raffaele Gravina,Stefano Galzarano

This book provides the most up-to-date research and development on wearable computing, wireless body sensor networks, wearable systems integrated with mobile computing, wireless networking and cloud computing This book has a specific focus on advanced methods for programming Body Sensor Networks (BSNs) based on the reference SPINE project. It features an on-line website (http://spine.deis.unical.it) to support readers in developing their own BSN application/systems and covers new emerging topics on BSNs such as collaborative BSNs, BSN design methods, autonomic BSNs, integration of BSNs and pervasive environments, and integration of BSNs with cloud computing. The book provides a description of real BSN prototypes with the possibility to see on-line demos and download the software to test them on specific sensor platforms and includes case studies for more practical applications. • Provides a future roadmap by learning advanced technology and open research issues • Gathers the background knowledge to tackle key problems, for which solutions will enhance the evolution of next-generation wearable systems • References the SPINE web site (http://spine.deis.unical.it) that accompanies the text • Includes SPINE case studies and span topics like human activity recognition, rehabilitation of elbow/knee, handshake detection, emotion recognition systems Wearable Systems and Body Sensor Networks: from modeling to implementation is a great reference for systems architects, practitioners, and product developers. Giancarlo Fortino is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering (since 2006) at the Department of Electronics, Informatics and Systems (DEIS) of the University of Calabria (Unical), Rende (CS), Italy. He was recently nominated Guest Professor in Computer Engineering of Wuhan University of Technology on April, 18 2012 (the term of appointment is three years). His research interests include distributed computing and networks, wireless sensor networks, wireless body sensor networks, agent systems, agent oriented software engineering, streaming content distribution networks, distributed multimedia systems, GRID computing. Raffaele Gravina received the B.Sc. and M.S. degrees both in computer engineering from the University of Calabria, Rende, Italy, in 2004 and 2007, respectively. Here he also received the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering. He's now a Postdoctoral research fellow at University of Calabria. His research interests are focused on high-level programming methods for WSNs, specifically Wireless Body Sensor Networks. He wrote almost 30 scientific/technical articles in the area of the proposed Book. He is co-founder of SenSysCal S.r.l., a spin-off company of the University of Calabria, and CTO of the wearable computing area of the company. Stefano Galzarano received the B.S. and M.S. degrees both in computer engineering from the University of Calabria, Rende, Italy, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He is currently pursuing a joint Ph.D. degree in computer engineering with University of Calabria and Technical University of Eindhoven (The Netherlands). His research interests are focused on high-level programming methods for wireless sensor networks and, specifically, novel methods and frameworks for autonomic wireless body sensor networks.

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269

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119078830

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9781119078838

The perfect equation

By: Stefano Conti

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The perfect equation

By: Stefano Conti

Crime and Mystery Novel A professor of a prestigious high school in Piedmont plunges at night into an isolated beach in Liguria. In his hand he clutches an ancient Egyptian talisman. At dawn, two students, Giulia and Riccardo, see the lifeless body of their teacher emerge from the sea. A quiet school trip thus turns into a frantic search to discover the mystery hidden behind that death. With the help of their classmates, the boys venture through the streets of a city that is both fascinating and disturbing. Turin, the world capital of white magic and black magic. The protagonists, sucked into a vortex of enigmas, face an obscure path that leads them from the Book of the Dead to the Holy Shroud, from the Angelic Fountain to the Devil's Door. An enthralling and profound thriller that crosses over into the occult, in an eager crescendo, until the final twist. Translator: LRizzi-Erneste PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

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280

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Tektime

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8835457068

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9788835457060

Entrepreneurial Strategy

Emerging Businesses in Declining Industries

By: Lucio Cassia,Michael Fattore,Stefano Paleari

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Entrepreneurial Strategy

Emerging Businesses in Declining Industries

By: Lucio Cassia,Michael Fattore,Stefano Paleari

Entrepreneurial Strategy aims to revive the debate on the role of entrepreneurship in the context of mature business. The authors contend that mature and declining industries are increasingly dominated by the negative pressure of external factors but they are also embedded with a potential renewed role for entrepreneurship because the industry forces as a whole tend to break up, leaving space for strategic business innovation.

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330

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781958165

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Crystallography of Modular Materials

By: Giovanni Ferraris,Emil Makovicky,Stefano Merlino

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By: Giovanni Ferraris,Emil Makovicky,Stefano Merlino

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0191545872

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Sandplay Therapy: Treatment of Psychopathologies

By: Eva Pattis Zoja

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Sandplay Therapy: Treatment of Psychopathologies

By: Eva Pattis Zoja

Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain. – C.G. Jung Ten European sandplay therapists describe how severe psychopathologies can be treated in the ’free and protected space’ of the sandbox. The sandplay therapy cases in this book illustrate some of the most difficult, yet also most effective applications: psychoses, borderline syndromes, psychosomatic illnesses, drug addictions, or narcissistic character disorders. Sandplay seems to access areas of human suffering which have otherwise always resisted psychotherapeutic treatment. Recent research in neuroscience explains why this is possible: trauma is not remembered in verbal form – what has never been articulated in words nor ever ’shaped’ cannot be outwardly expressed. In sandplay, however, ’it’ manifests itself as a form, shaped by the hands. The inexpressible can be seen and touched – therefore, it can be transformed. Contents: Eva Pattis Zoja: Understanding with the Hands Vito La Spina: Sandplay Therapy in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disturbance Andreina Navone: Matter and the Psyche: A Feasible Therapy Stefano Marinucci: Children in Distress Francesco Montecchi: The Self and Family Archetypes in Children Wilma Bosio: Image and the Analytical Relationship in Sandplay Therapy Lorenzo Bignamini: Sacrifice as Death and Rebirth in Adolescent Development Marcella Merlino: Images of Time: New Departures at a Public Drug Addiction Clinic Franco Castellana: Sandplay and the Analytical Partnership Ruth Ammann: On Resonance

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Daimon

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3856309780

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Crystallography of Modular Materials

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The perfect equation

Entrepreneurial Strategy

Entrepreneurial Strategy

Crystallography of Modular Materials

Crystallography of Modular Materials

Sandplay Therapy: Treatment of Psychopathologies

Sandplay Therapy: Treatment of Psychopathologies

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