Tatiana: 287 books

The water resources of the Selenga River/Lake Baikal system are of fundamental importance for the ecosystems and socio-economic development of the region. In this large-scale river and lake basin, there are strong contrasts between regions of relatively pristine nature and massive anthropogenic impacts...

In this concise classic, Paul Ehrenfest ― one of the twentieth century's greatest physicists ― reformulated the foundations of the statistical approach in mechanics. Originally published in 1912, this classic has lost little of its scientific and didactic value, and is suitable for advanced undergraduate...

Approaches to Conflict: Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics aims to investigate the role of communication and emotions in conflict contexts. In addition to the fundamental importance of communication in various aspects of conflict, this volume offers a prominent position to the inherent...

Words to a Smile is a compilation of words written to explore the broken heartwords that alleviate the pain after being deeply cut. It contains poems, quotes, and mini stories that you can totally relate to. Many are on a quest for true love. Unfortunately, this often leads to heartbreak. Feeling...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, , language: English, abstract: This book is written around the idea of cross-cultural integration of values and behaviours, in the context of teamwork and workplace diversity....

Romantico, appassionato, crudele, un amore di quelli che non ci sono più, ancora un tabù immenso. Giocato dentro e fuori i campi di calcio, “Il ritiro” è la cruda confessione di una passione, forse un bisogno, che nasce nel loro primo ritiro insieme. Sono calciatori i due protagonisti, due...

This book presents new efficient methods for optimization in realistic large-scale, multi-agent systems. These methods do not require the agents to have the full information about the system, but instead allow them to make their local decisions based only on the local information, possibly obtained...

While a number of emerging market crises were characterized by widespread contagion during the 1990s, more recent crises (notably, in Argentina) have been mostly contained within national borders. This has led some observers to wonder whether contagion might have become a feature of the past, with...

Food Plant Safety: UV Applications for Food and Non-Food Surfaces discusses the fundamental principles of ultraviolet (UV) light technology, and gives practical recommendations on UV processes and systems design for specific processing operations, as well as how microbial efficacy of UV light can...

Preservation and Shelf Life Extension focuses on the basic principles of ultraviolet light technology as applied in low-UV transmittance treatments of food fluids and solid foods. It describes the features of UV light absorption in food fluids and available commercial systems, and provides case studies...

This brief presents a general unifying perspective on the fractional calculus. It brings together results of several recent approaches in generalizing the least action principle and the Euler–Lagrange equations to include fractional derivatives. The dependence of Lagrangians on generalized...

COMMUNICATION has become a key mantra of our times. Without it there is no chance for cooperation or at least for mutual understanding of different worldviews, lifestyles and values. Whether we talk about communication within a family, a society or between nations, the necessity to learn how to express...

Por qualquer ângulo que se olhe os acontecimentos políticos de 2016 no Brasil, deve-se afirmar, sem qualquer receio, que houve um golpe de Estado. Ao contrário do que sugeria nossa mais recente experiência na área, o golpe de 1964, para que isso ocorra não é necessário o protagonismo da Forças...

This book, written by two mathematicians from the University of Southern California, provides a broad introduction to the important subject of nonlinear mixture models from a Bayesian perspective. It contains background material, a brief description of Markov chain theory, as well as novel algorithms...