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 Supriya Goswami, "Colonial India in Children's Literature " English | ISBN: 0415886368 | 2012 | 214 pages | PDF | 10 MB Colonial India in Children's Literature is the first book-length study to explore the intersections of children's literature and defining historical moments in colonial India. Engaging with important theoretical and critical literature that deals with colonialism, hegemony, and marginalization in children's literature, Goswami proposes that British, Anglo-Indian, and Bengali children's literature respond to five key historical events: the missionary debates preceding the Charter Act of 1813, the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the Mutiny of 1857, the birth of Indian nationalism, and the Swadeshi movement resulting from the Partition of Bengal in 1905. Through a study of works by Mary Sherwood (1775-1851), Barbara Hofland (1770-1844), Sara Jeanette Duncan (1861-1922), Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), Upendrakishore Ray (1863-1915), and Sukumar Ray (1887-1923), Goswami examines how children's literature negotiates and represents these momentous historical forces that unsettled Britain's imperial ambitions in India.  Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability By Martin V. Smalley 2006 | 273 Pages | ISBN: 0849380790 | PDF | 7 MB In a rare, over-the-shoulder perspective of a leading scientist’s own breakthroughs, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability puts emphasis on two significant paradigm shifts in colloid science that explain particle interactions for charged plates, stacks, suspensions, and pastes as well as spherical colloids. Martin Smalley first discusses the replacement of the DLVO theory with the Coulombic Attraction Theory to explain the existence, extent, and properties of the two-phase region of colloid stability. Using the n-butylammonium vermiculite system as his model clay system, the author clarifies the flaws of conventional theories and presents the experimental details that form the basis of his new theories. He provides rigorous derivations that place the new electrical theory for charged colloids on a firm foundation in statistical mechanics. The author illustrates why a new, quantitative bridging flocculation model for polymer-stabilized colloids must replace the depletion flocculation model. Smalley also examines the discovery of the ''dressed macroion'' structure of clay plates in solution, the structure of a bridging polymer, and the distribution of polymer segments, counterions, and water molecules in the interlayer region. Based on the author’s own research and 36 publications in the field, Clay Swelling and Colloid Stability isa self-contained and intellectually satisfying account of the revolutionary process leading to a universally sound, and increasingly applicable, theory of colloid stability.  Charging Ahead: An Itroduction to Electromagnetism (PB155X) By Larry E. Schafer 2001 | 83 Pages | ISBN: 0873551885 | PDF | 6 MB Energize your next unit on electricity with hands-on activities to explain the fascinating phenomenon of electromagnetism. Students are introduced to the factors that determine the strength of electrical coils, and they use readily available materials to build a simple motor and a generator. Topics covered include circuit breakers, mag-lev trains, and superconducting generators.  Cardiovascular Health Care Economics By 2003 | 450 Pages | ISBN: 0896038742 | PDF | 5 MB An illuminating and timely synthesis of methodological and clinical studies showing how medical costs can be established, how the value of clinical outcomes can be assessed, and how difficult choices can be rationally made. The methodological chapters review the conceptual and practical issues involved in estimating and interpreting health care costs, making health status and utility assessments, and statistically analyzing cost-effectiveness and clinical trials. The clinical chapters apply these methods to the major clinical areas of cardiology-primary prevention of coronary artery disease, acute coronary syndromes, angioplasty vs coronary bypass surgery, CABG vs medicine, congestive heart failure, arrhythmias, and cardiac surgery. Additional chapters consider the use of economic studies for policy purposes and the future of Medicare under a balanced budget in an aging America.  Campaigning for Hearts and Minds: How Emotional Appeals in Political Ads Work (Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion) by Ted Brader English | December 15, 2005 | ISBN: 0226069885, 0226069893 | EPUB/PDF | 280 pages | 10.9/2.1 MB It is common knowledge that televised political ads are meant to appeal to voters' emotions, yet little is known about how or if these tactics actually work. Ted Brader's innovative book is the first scientific study to examine the effects that these emotional appeals in political advertising have on voter decision-making.
 Buying a Property in Bulgaria: How to Buy an Investment Property, Retirement Home or Holiday Retreat By Jonathan White 2006 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 1845280318 | PDF | 2 MB Bulgaria is attracting increasing interest from property buyers around the world - fascinated by its property investment potential, glorious stretches of golden sands, historic towns and breathtakingly unspoilt scenery. With its low property prices, Bulgaria provides many different types of accommodation to suit all tastes - whether it's a mountain retreat in a ski resort, a seaside apartment, a period country house, or a modern city-based apartment. And it all comes with a low cost of living, too. Bulgaria is set to join the EU in 2007 and property prices are already showing significant increases. Jonathan White's goal in this book is to provide you with exactly the information he himself searched for when he bought his first property in Bulgaria - the pros and cons of buying property in Bulgaria - 10 basic steps to buying a property in Bulgaria - financing your purchase - renovating and furnishing your home - understanding tax and insurance - letting your property to provide an income - buying land - setting up a Bulgarian Company. Plus much more, including useful websites, contacts, practical tips and sample contracts.  Building Conduit: Applying CQRS/ES to an Elixir and Phoenix web app English | 2019 | ISBN: n/a | 155 Pages | PDF EPUB MOBI | 3 MB Discover why functional languages, such as Elixir, are ideally suited to building applications following the command query responsibility segregation and event sourcing (CQRS/ES) pattern.
 Alexei V. Samsonovich, "Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence: BICA*AI 2020: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the BICA Society" English | ISBN: 3030655954 | 2021 | 632 pages | PDF | 55 MB The book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures. It bridges together different disciplines, from classical artificial intelligence to linguistics, from neuro- and social sciences to design and creativity, among others. The chapters, based on contributions presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, held on November 10-14, 2020, in Natal, Brazil, discuss emerging methods, theories and ideas towards the realization of general-purpose humanlike artificial intelligence or fostering a better understanding of the ways the human mind works. All in all, the book provides engineers, mathematicians, psychologists, computer scientists and other experts with a timely snapshot of recent research and a source of inspiration for future developments in the broadly intended areas of artificial intelligence and biological inspiration.  Black & Decker Finishing & Refinishing Wood English | March 17, 2010 | ISBN: 9781616733162 | 147 pages | AZW3 | 24.77 MB Finishing & Refinishing Wood offers inspiration and straight-to-the point instruction on how to salvage mistreated wood surfaces and turn them once again into things of beauty.  Bilingual Families: A Practical Language Planning Guide by Eowyn Crisfield English | December 22nd, 2020 | ISBN: 1788929349, 1788929330 | 169 pages | True EPUB | 0.63 MB Does your family or community speak more than one language? Do you wonder how to help your children successfully learn or keep those languages? Do you want your children to have the gift of bilingualism and aren't sure where to start - or how to keep going? |
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