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The Universe of Conics From the ancient Greeks to 21st century developments
This text presents the classical theory of conics in a modern form. It includes many novel results that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The approach combines synthetic and analytic methods to derive projective, affine and metrical properties, covering both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. With more than two thousand years of history, conic sections play a fundamental role in nume…
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Empirical Economic and Financial Research Theory, Methods and Practice
The purpose of this book is to establish a connection between the traditional field of empirical economic research and the emerging area of empirical financial research and to build a bridge between theoretical developments in these areas and their application in practice. Accordingly, it covers broad topics in the theory and application of both empirical economic and financial research, includ…
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- 978-3-319-03122-4
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- 45 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
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Mastering Public Relations
Our purpose in this volume is to introduce you to the concepts of strategic public relations. Our basicassumption is that you have some general knowledge of management and business terminology; wewill help you to apply that to the discipline of public relations. Our text is based in current researchand scholarly knowledge of the public relations discipline as well as years of experience inprofe…
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MultiMedia Modeling
The two-volume set LNCS 8935 and 8936 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, MMM 2015, held in Sydney, Australia, in January 2015. The 49 revised regular papers, 24 poster presentations, were carefully reviewed and selected from 189 submissions. For the three special session, a total of 18 papers were accepted for MMM 2015. T…
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- 0302-9743
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- XXII, 576
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Introduction to Sociology 2e
Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful …
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Multibody Mechatronic Systems
This volume contains the Proceedings of MUSME 2014, held at Huatulco in Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2014. Topics include analysis and synthesis of mechanisms; dynamics of multibody systems; design algorithms for mechatronic systems; simulation procedures and results; prototypes and their performance; robots and micromachines; experimental validations; theory of mechatronic simulation; mechatronic s…
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- Mechanisms and Machine Science
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Statistical Methods for Quality Assurance
This book is a substantial revision of our Statistical Quality Assurance Methods for Engineers published in 1999 by Wiley. It has evolved with the Iowa State University course that originally motivated the writing of that first book and fairly accurately represents the current technical content of Industrial Engineering 361 at ISU. (The biggest exception to this is that Sect. 6.2 is not for…
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Modelling Behaviour
This book reflects and expands on the current trend in the building industry to understand, simulate and ultimately design buildings by taking into consideration the interlinked elements and forces that act on them. This approach overcomes the traditional, exclusive focus on building tasks, while posing new challenges in all areas of the industry from material and structural to the urban scale.…
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The Troika of Adult Learners, Lifelong Learning, and Mathematics Learning fr…
This book presents a synopsis of six emerging themes in adult mathematics/numeracy and a critical discussion of recent developments in terms of policies, provisions, and the emerging challenges, paradoxes and tensions. It also offers an extensive review of the literature adult mathematics education. Why do adults want to learn mathematics? Did they enjoy mathematics at school so much that they …
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Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence, MIWAI 2015, held in Fuzhou, China, in November 2015. The 30 revised full papers presented together with 12 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 83 submissions. The papers feature a wide range of topics covering knowledge repres…
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