Progress in applied statistics research

Table of Contents: “…5 Unconstrained Mixture ExperimentsDefinition:; Method; 6 Constrained Mixture Experiments; Example 1:; Example 2:; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; References; DESIGN OF ACCELERATED LIFE TESTS FORPERIODIC INSPECTION WITH BURR TYPE IIIDISTRIBUTIONS: MODELS, ASSUMPTIONS ANDAPPLICATIONS; Abstract; 1. …”
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Time Series Analysis. by Palma, Wilfredo

Table of Contents: “…4.4 PERIODOGRAM -- 4.5 SMOOTHED PERIODOGRAM -- 4.6 EXAMPLES -- 4.7 WAVELETS -- 4.8 SPECTRAL REPRESENTATION -- 4.9 TIME-VARYING SPECTRUM -- 4.10 BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES -- Problems -- CHAPTER 5: ESTIMATION METHODS -- 5.1 MODEL BUILDING -- 5.2 PARSIMONY -- 5.3 AKAIKE AND SCHWARTZ INFORMATION CRITERIA -- 5.4 ESTIMATION OF THE MEAN -- 5.5 ESTIMATION OF AUTOCOVARIANCES -- 5.6 MOMENT ESTIMATION -- 5.7 MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION -- 5.8 WHITTLE ESTIMATION -- 5.9 STATE SPACE ESTIMATION -- 5.10 ESTIMATION OF LONG-MEMORY PROCESSES -- 5.11 NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS -- 5.12 BAYESIAN ESTIMATION…”
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Americans against the city : anti-urbanism in the twentieth century by Conn, Steven

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NANODESIGN : SOME BASIC QUESTIONS. by Schommers, Wolfram

Table of Contents: “…Not cognition but the differentiation between "favorable to survival" and "hostile to survival"Nanotechnological manipulations; Summary; Lashley and Pribham; Von Foerster; The world we experience is an invention of the brain; 2.3.5 Scientific Realism; The naive point of view; The role of the equations of motion; Conclusion; Consequences for physics; 2.3.6 Kant's Philosophy; 2.3.7 Experiments with Distorting Glasses; 2.3.8 D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson; Fish; Application to nanoscience; 2.3.9 Compatibility: Some Principal Remarks; The solution of specific problems; Species-preserving principles…”
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The Sugar Plantation in India and Indonesia : Industrial Production, 1770-2010. by Bosma, Ulbe

Table of Contents: “…Ryotwari Taxes and Sugar Experiments in South IndiaEast Indian Interests and Non-Slave Sugar; The Rise of the East India Sugar Industry; Plantations in South Asia?…”
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Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - CNS and Neurological Disorders. by Atta-ur-Rahman

Table of Contents: “…Dixon and Avril Genene HoltINTRODUCTION; Multifunctional Carriers: Detection, Targeting, and Treatment; Molecular Profiling and Biomarkers Associated with Tinnitus: Gene Expression Experiments to Target Pathologic Neural Activity; Attenuating Tinnitus based on Manganese Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MEMRI) and Molecular Identification of Protein Targets; BACKGROUND; Models and Theories of Tinnitus; Roadmap to a Cure; The Urgent Need for Development of Pharmacological Treatments.…”
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Topics On Mathematics For Smart Systems : Proceedings of the European Conference. by Miara, Bernadette

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Setting aside all authority : Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the science against Copernicus in the age of Galileo by Graney, Christopher M., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Giovanni Battista Riccioli's New Almagest -- The Universe that Riccioli Saw -- The Anti-Copernican Astronomer -- Stars and Adventitious Rays -- Science against Copernicus, God's Starry Armies for Copernicus -- Jesuits on the Tower -- 126 Arguments -- An Angel and a Cannon -- The Telescope against Copernicus -- It Can No Longer Be Called "False and Absurd" -- Appendix A: A Rendition into English of Monsignor Ingoli's 1616 Essay to Galileo -- Appendix B: A Rendition into English of Giovanni Battista Riccioli's reports regarding his experiments with falling bodies and with the effect of air resistance on falling bodies.…”
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The genesis of Bangladesh ; a study in international legal norms and permissive conscience. by Roy Chowdhury, Subrata

Table of Contents: “…IV: The emergency of Bangladesh -- Introduction -- Proclamation of independence -- The government of Bangladesh: 26 March-15 December 1971 -- Mukti Bahini & the war of liberation: Organizational set-up -- Operations of the Mukti Bahini: Five phases -- Civil administration: 25 March to 15 December 1971 -- Performance of the Bangladesh government: 16-31 December 1971 -- Military Junta's political experiments: 26 March-20 December 1971 -- V: International legal norms and default in Bangladesh -- Magnitude of default -- Contemporary law of self-determination -- Five legal norms: Colonial status of east Bengal -- A. …”


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The Bird's Nest Fungi. by Brodie, Harold J.

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Organization and Use of the Book -- 1 General Account of the Nidulariaceae -- A / Introduction and general structure -- B / Dispersal -- C / Nuclear behaviour -- D / Other aspects of bird's nest fungi -- 2 Brief Historical Outline -- A / Early studies -- B / Unravelling of the dispersal problem -- C / Recent studies -- D / Conclusion -- 3 Basidiospore Form, Development, and Germination -- A / Form and structure -- B / Development -- C / Germination -- D / Germ tubes and germlings -- 4 Characteristics and Interactions of Homokaryotic Mycelia -- A / Characteristics -- B / Nutritional requirements -- C / Mycelial interactions -- 5 Heterokaryotic Mycelium and Fruit Body Formation -- A / Characteristics of heterokaryotic mycelium -- B / Formation of sporocarps -- C / Conditions known to affect fruiting -- D / Early signs of fruiting -- E / Opening of mature sporocarps -- F / Orientation of sporocarps -- G / Irregular fruiting -- H / Variation in form of sporocarps -- I / Details of sporocarp development -- 6 Morphology and Behaviour of Nuclei -- 7 The Fruit Body as a Spore Dispersal Mechanism -- A / The mechanism -- B / The funiculus -- C / The wall of the fruit body -- D / Shape of fruit body and angle of its sides -- E / Plications and setae -- F / Position of fruit body -- G / Surface and arrangement of peridioles -- 8 Experiments on Splash Dispersal of Perodioles -- A / The germ of the idea -- B / The experiments -- 9 Occurrence, Distribution, and Ecology -- A / General -- B / Occurrence -- C / Distribution and ecology -- 10 Miscellaneous Observations and Notes -- A / Ingestion of bird's nest fungi by humans -- B / Some metabolites of Cyathus -- C / Rain-splash dispersal in other plants -- D / Other cupulate fruit bodies and some thoughts on evolution -- 11 Review of Taxonomic Characters.…”
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Lithospheric discontinuities

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Pronunciation fundamentals : evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research by Derwing, Tracey M., Munro, Murray J.

Table of Contents: “…Pronunciation Fundamentals -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- How to use this book -- Acknowledgements -- chapter 1 -- Key concepts -- Introduction -- Essential terminology -- Nativeness and Intelligibility Principles -- An evidence-based approach to pronunciation teaching and teaching materials -- Setting the record straight -- Overview of pronunciation fundamentals: Evidence-based perspectives for L2 teaching and research -- chapter 2 -- Historical overview of pronunciation -- Introduction -- Descriptions of English phonetics for teaching purposes -- Orthography -- Sociolinguistic influences -- Classroom teaching materials and innovations -- Textbooks -- Technological developments -- Research on adult phonetic learning -- Research on pronunciation teaching -- chapter 3 -- A pedagogical perspective on L2 phonetic acquisition -- Introduction -- The phonetic learning process -- Factors influencing phonetic learning -- Language Experience, Personal and Instructional Factors -- Other influences -- Applying research findings in the pronunciation classroom -- Age -- Language experience -- Motivational influences -- Aptitude -- Instruction -- Summary -- chapter 4 -- Pronunciation errors and error gravity -- Introduction -- What counts as an error? …”
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Drawing the enactive evolution of the practitioner by Cain, Patricia

Table of Contents: “…The second phase of methodology : using my own experience as the subject of a first person enquiry : about the nature and form of knowledge that emerges from the experience of drawing.…”
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Through a glass, darkly : blurred images of cultural tradition and modernity over distance and time

Table of Contents: “…Through a Glass, Darkly: An Introductory Essay; Beyond Melancholy and Before Utopia: A Plea for a Boring World; Experience and Expectations of the East; Global Expectations, Local Experiences: Non-Western Modernities; The Visual Arts Today: Experiences and Expectations; Old Virtues and Vices as Icons of a New Morality; Pursuing the Spirit of the Laws: An Epilogue; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX…”
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Stem Cell Therapy and Tissue Engineering for Cardiovascular Repair From Basic Research to Clinical Applications by Dib, Nabil

Table of Contents: “…Ventricular Remodeling in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy -- Myocardial Regeneration: Which Cell and Why -- Cardiac Stem Cells for Myocardial Regeneration -- A Historic Recapitulation of Myoblast Transplantation -- Myoblast Cell Transplantation Preclinical Studies -- Skeletal Myoblasts: The European Experience -- Skeletal Myoblasts: The US Experience -- Progenitor Cells for Cardiac Regeneration -- Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cell for Myocardial Regeneration: Preclinical Experience -- Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cell for Myocardial Regeneration: Clinical Experience, Surgical Delivery -- Autologous Mononuclear Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation for Myocardial Infarction: The German Experience -- Autologous Mononuclear Bone Marrow Cell Transplantation for Myocardial Infarction: The Spanish Experience -- Mobilizing Bone Marrow Stem Cells for Myocardial Repair after Acute Myocardial Infarction -- Percutaneous Myoblast Transplantation: Steps in Translational Research -- A Porcine Model of Myocardial Infarction for Evaluation of Cell Transplantation -- Tissue Engineering for Myocardial Regeneration -- The Role of PET Scan in Stem Cell Therapy -- The Measurement of Systolic Function in the Mammalian Heart -- Electrophysiological Aspects of Cell Transplantation -- Regulatory Considerations in Manufacturing, Product Testing, and Preclinical Development of Cellular Products for Cardiac Repair -- Appendix: Catheter Descriptions -- Index.…”
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Harnessing Bistable Structural Dynamics : For Vibration Control, Energy Harvesting and Sensing. by Ryan L. Harne; Kon-Well Wang

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The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution by Harkness, Deborah, 1965-

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Feminist Perspectives on Sociology. by Littlewood, Barbara

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The Aggressive Adolescent : Clinical and Forensic Issues. by Davis, Daniel L.

Table of Contents: “…General Principles in the Treatment of Violent Youth; Cognitive Interventions; Affective Interventions; Behavioral Coping Skills; Environmental Interventions; Pitfalls and Clinical Provocation of Violence; The Discharge of Violent Youth; Chapter 10. The Clinical Experience of Unwilling Youth; The Four Types of Mental Health Problems.…”
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Ultrasonic inspection technology development and search unit design : examples of practical applications by Brook, Mark V.

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