Biblioteca Joanina. Library Joanina

”A construção da Biblioteca Joanina parece ter obedecido a dois propósitos claros: um rei que quis eternizar-se e uma Universidade que necessitava de um espaço para guardar os seus livros.(...)Ao escrever agora sobre a Biblioteca Joanina, com critério e desenvolvimento, Carlos Fiolhais revela a erudição e o espírito inquisitivo que bem lhe conhecemos de muitos outros textos e que faze…

Biodegradation Technology of Organic and Inorganic Pollutants

Bioremediation technologies for environments contaminated by organic and inorganic pollutants are a major focus of researchers and scientists worldwide. The chemical control of agricultural pests and advocacy for sustainable agriculture have led to the development of new paradigms in environmental remediation. This book covers recent advances in the bioremediation technology of organic and inor…

Database Performance at Scale; A Practical Guide

Temukan pertimbangan kritis dan praktik terbaik untuk meningkatkan kinerja basis data berdasarkan apa yang telah berhasil, dan gagal, di ribuan tim dan kasus penggunaan di lapangan. Buku akses terbuka ini memberikan panduan praktis untuk memahami peluang, kompromi, dan jebakan terkait basis data yang mungkin Anda temui saat mencoba mengoptimalkan aplikasi yang intensif data untuk throughput tin…

The Paradox of ASEAN Centrality: Timor-Leste Betwixt and Between

ASEAN, as being on the very core of this matter, deserves close attention through the case of Timor-Leste for understanding international strategic inclusion-exclusion dynamics. The manuscript we provide tackles this case through a small country ‘in-between’ the core global actors of economic and political concern: Timor-Leste as a ground for grasping large-scale complexities in decision-ma…

Database Performance at Scale: A Practical Guide

Discover critical considerations and best practices for improving database performance based on what has worked, and failed, across thousands of teams and use cases in the field. This open access book provides practical guidance for understanding the database-related opportunities, trade-offs, and traps you might encounter while trying to optimize data-intensive applications for high throughput…

Umrisse einer Dritten Kultur im interdisziplinären Zusammenspiel zwischen Li…

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Social and Economic Vulnerability of Roma People: Key Factors for the Success…

This open access volume provides an understanding of the different aspects of success, school continuity and social mobility among European Roma, including the motives justifying the high rates of school dropout and failure among this group. It offers a critical and reflexive perspective about social reality from a multidisciplinary and transversal point of view, sharing knowledge and practices…

Business and Security Sector Reform the Case for Corporate Security Respons…

Challenges to security and human rights involving extractive and other industries are addressed in a framework known as business and human rights (BHR), which shares many challenges and goals with SSR. This paper describes the grounds where BHR and SSR coincide in principles, actors and activities and which synergies can be built on that base. Opportunities for bridging BHR and SSR are drawn fr…

Dialogue as a Trans-disciplinary Concept: Martin Buber’s Philosophy of Dial…

"This volume of essays takes as its point of departure Martin Buber`s principle of dialogue, which he applied as a comprehensive hermeneutic method for the study of various cultural phenomena. The volume critically evaluates the methodological purchase to be gained by the introduction of Buber`s conception of dialogue in political theory, psychology and psychiatry, and religious studies."

Counting with Symmetric Functions

This monograph provides a self-contained introduction to symmetric functions and their use in enumerative combinatorics. It is the first book to explore many of the methods and results that the authors present. Numerous exercises are included throughout, along with full solutions, to illustrate concepts and also highlight many interesting mathematical ideas. The text begins by introducing funda…