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Advances in Efficiency and Productivity
This book grows from a conference on the state of the art and recent advances in Efficiency and Productivity. Papers were commissioned from leading researchers in the field, and include eight explorations into the analytical foundations of efficiency and productivity analysis. Chapters on modeling advances include reverse directional distance function, a new method for estimating technologic…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-48461-7
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- VI, 415
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- International Series in Operations Research & Management Science
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- 658.43 ADV a
Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas: Adult Deformity • T…
Consisting of case studies contributed by both domestic and international leaders in the field, this is an invaluable resource for all orthopedic surgeons and researchers and practitioners of limb lengthening, deformity correction and the Ilizarov method. Comprehensive yet accessible, this volume covers injuries to the upper extremity, adult deformity correction and bone tumors, from humeral le…
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- 978-3-319-18019-9
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Imperfection
Known for his exploration of the relationship between Buddhism and violent ethnic conflict in modern Sri Lanka, as well as his contribution to the study of Northern Ireland and the complex relationships among religion, literature, and ethnicity, Grant provides the reader with an analysis of the widespread rise of religious extremism across the globe. Referencing Plato, Van Gogh, Jesus, and the …
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- 9781926836751.01
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- Cultural Dialectics
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- 240 pages
Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts
This volume provides the technical information required for the production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. It starts with a brief overview of the importance, applications, and production processes of different lignocellulosic products. Further chapters review the perspectives of waste-based biofuels and biochemicals; the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for biofue…
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- 978-3-319-14033-9
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Lightweight Landscape: Enhancing Design through Minimal Mass Structures
This book explains how lightweight materials and structures can be deployed in buildings to meet high environmental and aesthetic standards and emphasizes how the concept of lightness in building technology and design dovetails with the desire to enhance landscape. The first part of the book, on lightweight construction, aims to foster the use of membranes within the specific climatic context a…
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- 978-3-319-21665-2
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Lightweight Cryptography for Security and Privacy: Third International Worksh…
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Lightweight Cryptography for Security and Privacy, LightSec 2014, held in Istanbul, Turkey, in September 2014. The 10 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: efficient implementations and designs…
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- 978-3-319-16363-5
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Familiar and Foreign Identity in Iranian Film and Literature
The current political climate of confrontation between Islamist regimes and Western governments has resulted in the proliferation of essentialist perceptions of Iran and Iranians in the West. Such perceptions do not reflect the complex evolution of Iranian identity that occurred in the years following the Constitutional Revolution (1906–11) and the anti-imperialist Islamic Revolution of 1979.…
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- 9781927356869.01
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- 272 pages
Without Apology Writings on Abortion in Canada
With contributions by Aalya Ahmad, Tracey L. Anderson, Jane Cawthorne, Peggy Cooke, Shannon Dea, Carolyn Egan, Linda Gardner, Laura Gillespie, Sterling Haynes, E.K. Hornbeck, Clarissa Hurley, “Dr. James”, H. Bindy K. Kang, Kristen, Natalie Lochwin, Mackenzie, Colleen MacQuarrie, Ruth Miller, Judith Mintz, Erin Mullan, Jen Rinaldi, Sadie Roberts, Martha Solomon, Shannon Stettner, Karen Stote…
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- 9781771991599.01
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- 366 pages
Statistics for Lawyers
This classic text, first published in 1990, is designed to introduce law students, law teachers, practitioners, and judges to the basic ideas of mathematical probability and statistics as they have been applied in the law. The third edition includes over twenty new sections, including the addition of timely topics, like New York City police stops, exonerations in death-sentence cases, projectin…
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- 3
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- 978-1-4419-5985-0
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- XXXII, 657, 56 b/w illustrations
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Statistics for Chemical and Process Engineers: A Modern Approach
This book shows the reader how to develop and test models, design experiments and analyse data in ways easily applicable through readily available software tools like MS Excel® and MATLAB®. Generalized methods that can be applied irrespective of the tool at hand are a key feature of the text. The reader is given a detailed framework for statistical procedures covering: · data v…
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- 978-3319387499
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