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Democracy, governance, and economic performance: theory and evidence
In this book, Yi Feng combines political and economic analyses to study the effects of political institutions on economic performance. Traditionally, political scientists disregard details of economic conditions, while economists may not take into consideration a systematic explanation of political regimes. The growing interest in the interplay of political and economic systems, spurred by the …
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- 9780262272568
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 383 pages) :illustrations
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Materials Matter: Toward a Sustainable Materials Policy
"The products we purchase and use are assembled from a wide range of naturally occurring and manufactured materials. But too often we create hazards for the ecosystem and human health as we mine, process, distribute, use, and dispose of these materials. Until recently, most research has focused on the waste end of material cycles. This book argues that the safest and least costly point at which…
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The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models
Divorce rates are at an all-time high. But without a theoretical understanding of the processes related to marital stability and dissolution, it is difficult to design and evaluate new marriage interventions. The Mathematics of Marriage provides the foundation for a scientific theory of marital relations. The book does not rely on metaphors, but develops and applies a mathematical model using d…
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Democracy's dilemma: environment, social equity, and the global economy
A call for a balancing of economic, environmental, and social concerns in the age of global economic integration.The realities of global economic integration are far more complex than many of its supporters or detractors acknowledge. One consequence of simplistic thinking about globalization, claims Robert Paehlke, is that we tend to focus on economic prosperity to the neglect of such other imp…
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- 9780262281164
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- 1 online resource (ix, 306 pages)
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People and forests :communities, institutions, and governance
Unplanned deforestation, which is occurring at unsustainable rates in many parts of the world, can cause significant hardships for rural communities by destroying critical stocks of fuel, fodder, food, and building materials. It can also have profound regional and global consequences by contributing to biodiversity loss, erosion, floods, lowered water tables, and climate change. People and Fore…
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- 9780262273800
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- 1 online resource (xxiv, 274 pages) :illustrations, maps.
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A History of Classical Scholarship
Sir John Edwin Sandys (1844–1922) was a leading Cambridge classicist and a Fellow of St. John's College. His most famous work is this three-volume History of Classical Scholarship, published between 1903 and 1908, which remains the only large-scale work on the subject to span the entire period from the sixth century BCE to the end of the nineteenth century. The history of classical studies wa…
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- 9780511903717
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- Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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Perception, cognition, and language :essays in honor of Henry and Lila Gleitman
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262316088
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- 1 online resource (x, 360 pages) :illustrations
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Perceptual learning
"A Bradford book."Perceptual learning is the specific and relatively permanent modification of perception and behavior following sensory experience. It encompasses parts of the learning process that are independent from conscious forms of learning and involve structural and/or functional changes in primary sensory cortices. A familiar example is the treatment for a "lazy" or crossed eye. Coveri…
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- 9780262272469
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- 1 online resource (xx, 455 pages) :illustrations.
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Performance and evaluation of Lisp systems
This final report of the Stanford Lisp Performance Study, conducted over a three year period by the author, describes implementation techniques, performance tradeoffs, benchmarking techniques, and performance results for all of the major Lisp dialects in use today. A popular highlevel programming language used predominantly in artificial intelligence, Lisp was the first language to concentrate …
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- 9780262256193
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 285 pages).
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Performance analysis of data sharing environments
Large transaction-processing applications, such as banking, flight reservations, telecommunications, and networking, demand increasingly high throughput and fast response times. Coupling multiple systems for database transaction processing can provide these systems with higher capacity and availability at a lower cost. Data sharing is one promising architecture for such an environment.This mono…
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- 0262255979
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 118 pages) :illustrations.
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