Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of one of the most popular poems in the English language, 'If–', has long captured the interest of poetry lovers. Here, Thomas Pinney brings together a selection of well-established favourites and the best of the previously uncollected and unpublished poems from The Cambridge Edition of the Poems of Rudyar…
This book presents 5 tutorial lectures given by leading researchers at the 15th edition of the International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems, SFM 2015, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in June 2015. SFM 2015 was devoted to multicore programming and covered topics such as concurrency and coordination mechanisms, architecture and memory models and …
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 20th International Workshop on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems, FMICS 2015, Oslo, Norway, in June 2015. The 12 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 20 submissions. They are organized in topical sections: applications; protocols; specification and analysis; verification.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2015, held in Paris, France, in November 2015. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 82 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the area of formal methods and software engineering and are devoted to advancing the state …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2015, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in June 2015. The 24 full papers presented together with 5 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The Australasian Database Conference is an annual international forum for sharing the latest research advancements and novel appli…
This book constitutes revised selected papers from the International Symposium on Formal Aspects of Component Software, FACS 2014, held in Bertinoro, Italy, in September 2014. The 20 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. They are organized in topical sections named: compositional approaches; adaptation and evolution; application and ex…
This volume collects the state-of-the-art research on forgiveness and mental and physical health and well-being. It focuses specifically on connections between forgiveness and its health and well-being benefits. Forgiveness has been examined from a variety of perspectives, including the moral, ethical and philosophical. Ways in which to become more forgiving and evolutionary theories of revenge…
Medicinal chemistry is both science and art. The science of medicinal chemistry offers mankind one of its best hopes for improving the quality of life. The art of medicinal chemistry continues to challenge its practitioners with the need for both intuition and experience to discover new drugs. Hence sharing the experience of drug research is uniquely beneficial to the field of medicinal chemist…
This volume presents original research contributed to the 3rd Annual International Conference on Computational Mathematics and Computational Geometry (CMCGS 2014), organized and administered by Global Science and Technology Forum (GSTF). Computational Mathematics and Computational Geometry are closely related subjects, but are often studied by separate communities and published in different ven…
This book covers the practical aspects of database design, data cleansing, data analysis, and data protection, among others. The focus is on what you really need to know to create the right database for your small business and to leverage it most effectively to spur growth and revenue. Databases for Small Business is a practical handbook for entrepreneurs, managers, staff, and professionals in …