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Mutual Insurance 1550-2015
In the modern Western world, we tend to be insured by the state or for-profit insurers. We have privileged this system over mutual or micro-insurance, whose long and rich history we tend to forget. Yet, mutual and micro-insurance is becoming increasingly important, both in the Western and in the non-Western world and bears re-examination. This book traces the track record of mutual insurance…
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- 1
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- 978-1-137-53109-4
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- XIII, 321
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- Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance
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Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Providing clinicians with a comprehensive, evidence-based summary of musculoskeletal health in pregnancy and postpartum, this is the first book of its kind to describe the physiologic changes, prevalence, etiology, diagnostic strategies, and effective treatments for the most common musculoskeletal clinical conditions encountered during this phase of life. Lumbopelvic pain, upper and lower extre…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-14318-7
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- XI, 284
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Musculoskeletal Health in Pregnancy and Postpartum
Providing clinicians with a comprehensive, evidence-based summary of musculoskeletal health in pregnancy and postpartum, this is the first book of its kind to describe the physiologic changes, prevalence, etiology, diagnostic strategies, and effective treatments for the most common musculoskeletal clinical conditions encountered during this phase of life. Lumbopelvic pain, upper and lower extre…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-14318-7
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- XI, 284
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Natural Language Dialog Systems and Intelligent Assistants
This book covers state-of-the-art topics on the practical implementation of Spoken Dialog Systems and intelligent assistants in everyday applications. It presents scientific achievements in language processing that result in the development of successful applications and addresses general issues regarding the advances in Spoken Dialog Systems with applications in robotics, knowledge access and …
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-19291-8
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- X, 275
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- -
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Introduction to Sociology 3e
Introduction to Sociology 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses. It is arranged in a manner that provides foundational sociological theories and contexts, then progresses through various aspects of human and societal interactions. The new edition is focused on driving meaningful and memorable learning experiences related to critical thinking about society…
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- 9781951693367
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- 301 CON i
The Sports Business in The Pacific Rim Economics and Policy
Following consistent and rapid general economic growth, Pacific Rim countries have grown as a major force in sports. Australia, China, Japan and Korea populated the top ten medals list at the 2012 London Olympics. Pacific Rim countries are major consumers of international sports and domestic professional sports have expanded continuously over time. Nippon Professional Baseball and the Korean Ba…
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- 978-3-319-10037-1
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- -
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Electronic Commerce A Managerial and Social Networks Perspective
Throughout the book, theoretical foundations necessary for understanding Electronic Commerce (EC) are presented, ranging from consumer behavior to the economic theory of competition. Furthermore, this book presents the most current topics relating to EC as described by a diversified team of experts in a variety of fields, including a senior vice president of an e-commerce-related company. The a…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-10091-3
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- 12 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
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- -
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Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
The first edition of this book was published in 1989 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. For the last two decades the methods of stability investigation of nonlinear systems presented in this book have acquired further development and have been widely applied in the investigation of some types of contemporary dynamical systems. We note here the following directions only: practical stability; fuzzy differ…
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- Second Edition
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- 978-3-319-27200-9
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- -
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Modeling Markets
This book is about how models can be developed to represent demand and supply on markets, where the emphasis is on demand models. Its primary focus is on models that can be used by managers to support marketing deciions.Modeling Markets presents a comprehensive overview of the tools and methodologies that managers can use in decision making. It has long been known that even simple models outper…
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- 1
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- 978-1-4939-2085-3
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- XIV, 408
- Series Title
- International Series in Quantitative Marketing
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'The Gender-Sensitive University A Contradiction in Terms?
The Gender-Sensitive University explores the prevailing forces that pose obstacles to driving a gender-sensitive university, which include the emergence of far-right movements that seek to subvert advances towards gender equality and managerialism that promotes creeping corporatism. This book demonstrates that awareness of gender equality and gender sensitivity are essential for pulling contemp…
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- -
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- 1000163601
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- -
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- 300
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