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 Duncan Seddon, "Petrochemical Economics: Technology Selection in a Carbon Constrained World " English | ISBN: 184816534X | 2010 | 266 pages | PDF | 1296 KB This compendium gives an overview of the technologies and economics in the production of olefins in the petrochemical industries. It highlights the options and costs for producing olefins using different technologies and different feedstocks at a time when the cost of carbon dioxide emissions are set to be included in the production cost. Industry professionals, engineers, research scientists and financiers will find this title a valuable resource.  Jeroen J. J. Van den Bosch, "Personalist Rule in Africa and Other World Regions " English | ISBN: 0367510952 | 2021 | 324 pages | EPUB | 3 MB This book presents an innovative model linking insights from democratization, development and conflict studies to explain personalist behavior and their violent transitions.  John Baras, "Path Problems in Networks " English | ISBN: 1598299239 | 2010 | 80 pages | PDF | 369 KB The algebraic path problem is a generalization of the shortest path problem in graphs. Various instances of this abstract problem have appeared in the literature, and similar solutions have been independently discovered and rediscovered. The repeated appearance of a problem is evidence of its relevance. This book aims to help current and future researchers add this powerful tool to their arsenal, so that they can easily identify and use it in their own work. Path problems in networks can be conceptually divided into two parts: A distillation of the extensive theory behind the algebraic path problem, and an exposition of a broad range of applications. First of all, the shortest path problem is presented so as to fix terminology and concepts: existence and uniqueness of solutions, robustness to parameter changes, and centralized and distributed computation algorithms. Then, these concepts are generalized to the algebraic context of semirings. Methods for creating new semirings, useful for modeling new problems, are provided. A large part of the book is then devoted to numerous applications of the algebraic path problem, ranging from mobile network routing to BGP routing to social networks. These applications show what kind of problems can be modeled as algebraic path problems; they also serve as examples on how to go about modeling new problems. This monograph will be useful to network researchers, engineers, and graduate students. It can be used either as an introduction to the topic, or as a quick reference to the theoretical facts, algorithms, and application examples. The theoretical background assumed for the reader is that of a graduate or advanced undergraduate student in computer science or engineering. Some familiarity with algebra and algorithms is helpful, but not necessary. Algebra, in particular, is used as a convenient and concise language to describe problems that are essentially combinatorial. Table of Contents: Classical Shortest Path / The Algebraic Path Problem / Properties and Computation of Solutions / Applications / Related Areas / List of Semirings and Applications
 Jimmy F. Blackmon, "Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1250116899, 1250072719 | ASIN: B013P2QWNI | EPUB | pages: 366 | 4.3 mb Pale Horse is the remarkable never-before-told true story of an army aviation task force during combat in the Afghan War, told by the commanding officer who was there. Set in the very valleys where the attacks of 9/11 were conceived and where 10 Medals of Honor have been earned since that fateful day the war began, the narrative races from ferocious firefights and bravery in battle to the quiet moments where the courageous men and women of Task Force Pale Horse catch their breath before they take to the skies again.  Livia Mathias Simão, Jaan Valsiner, "Otherness in Question: Labyrinths of the Self" English | 2007 | pages: 424 | ISBN: 1593112327, 1593112335 | PDF | 2,9 mb This book brings to social scientists a new look at how human beings are striving towards understanding others- and through that effort-making sense of themselves. It brings together researchers from all over the World who have suggested a set of new approaches to the basic research issue of how human beings are social beings, while being unique in their personal ways of being. Issues of social representation, communication, dialogical self, and human subjectivity are represented in this book. The book contributes to the contemporary epistemological and ethical debate about the question of otherness, and would be of interest to educationalists, sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists. It is an invitation to the wide readership to join in this collective effort towards the construction of new conceptions about myselfothers relationships that allow for innovative understanding of various social practices and problem solving in society.  Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology edited by Rena Mason, Vince A. Liaguno English | July 19, 2022 | ISBN: 0358658896 | True EPUB | 368 pages | 1.3 MB An anthology of original horror stories edited by Bram Stoker Award® winners Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason that showcases authors from historically excluded backgrounds telling terrifying tales of what it means to be, or merely to seem, "other."  Chim Jampalyang, "Ornament of Abhidharma: A Commentary on Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosa (23) " English | ISBN: 0861714628 | 2019 | 1368 pages | EPUB | 4 MB The single greatest Tibetan commentary-never previously translated-on one of the most well-known and cited works of classical Indian Buddhism.  Magnus Boström, "Organizing Transnational Accountability" English | ISBN: 184542901X | 2008 | 296 pages | PDF | 1353 KB This book adds a multi-disciplinary organizational perspective to the theoretical analysis of political accountability and argues for a broadening of the conventional understanding of the concepts of responsibility and accountability.  Matt Hern, "One Game at a Time: Why Sports Matter" English | ISBN: 1849351368 | 2013 | 176 pages | EPUB | 740 KB "The spirit of Walt Whitman, cheered on by the ghost of A. J. Liebling, moves Matt Hern's pen in this street-tough but joyful celebration of bodies electric and hopes defiant. The bottom line? Be kind, be tough." -Mike Davis, author of In Praise of Barbarians  On Liberal Revolution (Italian Literature and Thought) by Piero Gobetti, edited by Nadia Urbinati, translated by William McCuaig English | August 11, 2000 | ISBN: 0300081170, 0300081189 | True EPUB | 304 pages | 1.9 MB This book is the first English-language edition of a collection of writings by one of Italy's most important radical liberals, Piero Gobetti (1901-1926). In thirty-five thought-provoking essays, Gobetti proposes an original and challenging notion of liberalism as a revolutionary theory of both the individual and social and political movements. His theory is of particular relevance in the wake of the collapse of Marxist socialism, as non-Western countries with nonliberal or antiliberal cultural and moral traditions confront the problems of transition toward democracy and liberalism. Gobetti's ideas continue to influence in important ways today's heated debates over the nature of liberalism. |
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