Data analytics and big data by Sedkaoui, Soraya

Table of Contents: “…Data quality: look out! Not all data are the right data; 2.5.3. What else? ... Data security; 2.6. …”
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Cardiovascular surgery by Semrád, Michal, Krajíček, Milan, Pokora, Timoteus, 1928-1985

Table of Contents: “…1.4.2 Hemodynamic Management1.4.3 Heart Rate and Rhythm Management; 1.4.4 Postoperative Ischemia and Infarction; 1.4.5 Right Ventricular Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension; 1.4.6 Bleeding; 1.4.7 Renal Dysfunction; 1.4.8 Neurologic Events; 1.4.9 Gastrointestinal Events; 1.4.10 Infections; 2 Congenital Heart Disease; 2.1 Atrial Septal Defect; 2.1.1 Pathophysiology; 2.1.2 Epidemiology; 2.1.3 Types of Atrial Septal Defects; 2.1.4 Diagnosis; 2.1.5 Treatment; 2.1.6 Decompression Sickness; 2.1.7 Paradoxical Emboli; 2.1.8 Migraine; 2.1.9 Prognosis; 2.2 Ventricular Septal Defect.…”
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Statistics for business by Mariappan, Perumal

Table of Contents: “…3.10 Construction of a Continuous Frequency Distribution -- 3.11 Cumulative and Relative Frequencies -- 3.12 Diagrammatic Representation of Data -- 3.12.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Diagrammatic Representation -- 3.12.2 Types of Diagrams -- 3.12.2.1 Bar Diagram -- 3.12.2.2 Pie Diagram -- 3.12.2.3 Histogram, Frequency Polygon, and Frequency Curve -- 3.12.2.4 Frequency Polygon -- 3.12.2.5 Frequency Curve -- 3.12.2.6 Ogive Curve -- 3.12.2.7 Line Diagram -- Exercise 3 -- 4: Measures of Central Tendency (MCT) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 MCT -- 4.2.1 Properties of Best Average -- 4.3 Arithmetic Mean -- 4.3.1 Discrete Data -- 4.3.2 Discrete Data with Frequency -- 4.3.3 Continuous Data with Frequency -- 4.4 Mathematical Properties of Arithmetic Mean -- 4.5 Median -- 4.5.1 Discrete Data -- 4.5.2 Discrete Data with Frequency -- 4.5.3 Continuous Data with Frequency -- 4.5.3.1 Relative Advantages -- 4.5.3.2 Relative Disadvantages -- 4.5.3.3 Property of Median -- 4.5.4 Graphical Method to Find the Median -- 4.6 Quartiles, Deciles and Percentiles -- 4.7 Mode -- 4.7.1 Discrete Data -- 4.7.2 Discrete Data with Frequency -- 4.7.3 Continuous Data with Frequency -- 4.7.4 A Graphical Method to Evaluate the Mode -- 4.8 Comparison of Mean, Median, and Mode -- 4.9 Weighted Arithmetic Mean -- 4.9.1 Advantages of the Weighted Mean -- 4.10 Geometric Mean -- 4.11 Harmonic Mean -- Exercise 4 -- 5: Dispersion -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Range -- 5.3 Quartile Deviation (QD) -- 5.4 Coefficient of Quartile Deviation -- 5.5 Mean Deviation -- 5.6 Standard Deviation (SD) -- 5.7 Relative Measures of Dispersion -- Exercise 5 -- 6: Skewness, Moments, and Kurtosis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Dispersion and Skewness -- 6.3 Moments -- 6.4 Kurtosis -- Exercise 6 -- 7: Correlation and Regression Analysis -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Correlation -- 7.2.1 Simple Correlation or Correlation.…”
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Optimal and robust state estimation : finite impulse response (FIR) and Kalman approaches by Shmaliy, Yuriy, Zhao, Shunyi

Table of Contents: “…Bayes' Rule 42 -- 2.1.5 Transformation of Random Variables 45 -- 2.2 Stochastic Processes 47 -- 2.2.1 Correlation Function 48 -- 2.2.2 Power Spectral Density 51 -- 2.2.3 Gaussian Processes 53 -- 2.2.4 White Gaussian Noise 55 -- 2.2.5 Markov Processes 57 -- 2.3 Stochastic Differential Equation 60 -- 2.3.1 Standard Stochastic Differential Equation 61 -- 2.3.2 Itˆo and Stratonovich Stochastic Calculus 61 -- 2.3.3 Diffusion Process Interpretation 62 -- 2.3.4 Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov Equation 63 -- 2.3.5 Langevin Equation 64 -- 2.4 Summary 65 -- 2.5 Problems 66 -- 3 State Estimation 71 -- 3.1 Lineal Stochastic Process in State Space 71 -- 3.1.1 Continuous-Time Model 73 -- 3.1.2 Discrete-Time Model 77 -- 3.2 Methods of Linear State Estimation 81 -- 3.2.1 Bayesian Estimator 82 -- 3.2.2 Maximum Likelihood Estimator 85 -- 3.2.3 Least Squares Estimator 86 -- 3.2.4 Unbiased Estimator 87 -- 3.2.5 Kalman Filtering Algorithm 88 -- 3.2.6 Backward Kalman Filter 94 -- 3.2.7 Alternative Forms of Kalman Filter 96 -- 3.2.8 General Kalman Filter 98 -- 3.2.9 Kalman-Bucy Filter 110 -- 3.3 Linear Recursive Smoothing 113 -- 3.3.1 Rauch-Tung-Striebel Algorithm 113 -- 3.3.2 Bryson-Frazier Algorithm 114 -- 3.3.3 Two-Filter (Forward-Backward) Smoothing 115 -- 3.4 Nonlinear Models and Estimators 116 -- 3.4.1 Extended Kalman Filter 117 -- 3.4.2 Unscented Kalman Filter 119 -- 3.4.3 Particle Filtering 122 -- 3.5 Robust State Estimation 126 -- 3.5.1 Robustified Kalman Filter 127 -- 3.5.2 Robust Kalman Filter 128 -- 3.5.3 H8 Filtering 131 -- 3.5.4 Game Theory H8 Filter 132 -- 3.6 Summary 133 -- 3.7 Problems 134 -- 4 Optimal FIR and Limited Memory Filtering 139 -- 4.1 Extended State-Space Model 140 -- 4.2 The a posteriori Optimal FIR Filter 142 -- 4.2.1 Batch Estimate and Error Covariance 143 -- 4.2.2 Recursive Forms 145 -- 4.2.3 System Identification 149 -- 4.3 The a posteriori Optimal Unbiased FIR Filter 149 -- 4.3.1 Batch OUFIR-I Estimate and Error Covariance 150 -- 4.3.2 Recursive Forms for OUFIR-I Filter 151 -- 4.3.3 Batch OUFIR-II Estimate and Error Covariance 153 -- 4.3.4 Recursion Forms for OUFIR-II Filter 154 -- 4.4 Maximum Likelihood FIR Estimator 158 -- 4.4.1 ML-I FIR Filtering Estimate 158 -- 4.4.2 Equivalence of ML-I FIR and OUFIR Filters 159 -- 4.4.3 ML-II FIR Filtering Estimate 162 -- 4.4.4 Properties of ML FIR State Estimators 163 -- 4.5 The a priori FIR Filters 164 -- 4.5.1 The a priori Optimal FIR Filter 164 -- 4.5.2 The a priori Optimal Unbiased FIR Filter 165 -- 4.6 Limited Memory Filtering 165 -- 4.6.1 Batch Limited Memory Filter 166 -- 4.6.2 Iterative LMF Algorithm using Recursions 168 -- 4.7 Continuous-Time Optimal FIR Filter 169 -- 4.7.1 Optimal Impulse Response 169 -- 4.7.2 Differential Equation Form 171 -- 4.8 Extended a posteriori OFIR Filtering 172 -- 4.9 Properties of FIR State Estimators 174 -- 4.10 Summary 179 -- 4.11 Problems 182 -- 5 Optimal FIR Smoothing 187 -- 5.1 Introduction 187 -- 5.2 Smoothing Problem 188 -- 5.3 Forward Filter/Forward Model q-lag OFIR Smoothing 189 -- 5.3.1 Batch Smoothing Estimate 190 -- 5.3.2 Error Covariance 193 -- 5.4 Backward OFIR Filtering 195 -- 5.4.1 Backward State-Space Model 195 -- 5.4.2 Batch Estimate 196 -- 5.4.3 Recursive Estimate and Error Covariance 198 -- 5.5 Backward Filter/Backward Model g-lag OFIR Smoother 202 -- 5.5.1 Batch Smoothing Estimate 203 -- 5.5.2 Error Covariance 204 -- 5.6 Forward Filter/Backward Model q-Lag OFIR Smoother 205 -- 5.6.1 Batch Smoothing Estimate 205 -- 5.6.2 Error Covariance 208 -- 5.7 Backward Filter/Forward Model q-Lag OFIR Smoother 208 -- 5.7.1 Batch Smoothing Estimate 208 -- 5.7.2 Error Covariance 211 -- 5.8 Two-Filter q-lag OFIR Smoother 213 -- 5.9 q-Lag ML FIR Smoothing 214 -- 5.9.1 Batch q-lag ML FIR Estimate 215 -- 5.9.2 Error Covariance 216 -- 5.10 Summary 216 -- 5.11 Problems 217 -- 6 Unbiased FIR State Estimation 221 -- 6.1 Introduction 221 -- 6.2 The a posteriori UFIR Filter 222 -- 6.2.1 Batch Form 222 -- 6.2.2 Iterative Algorithm Using Recursions 224 -- 6.2.3 Recursive Error Covariance 226 -- 6.2.4 Optimal Averaging Horizon 228 -- 6.3 Backward a posteriori UFIR Filter 234 -- 6.3.1 Batch Form 235 -- 6.3.2 Recursions and Iterative Algorithm 236 -- 6.3.3 Recursive Error Covariance 239 -- 6.4 The q-lag UFIR Smoother 240 -- 6.4.1 Batch and Recursive Forms 240 -- 6.4.2 Error Covariance 242 -- 6.4.3 Equivalence of UFIR Smoothers 244 -- 6.5 State Estimation using Polynomial Models 245 -- 6.5.1 Problems Solved with UFIR Structures 246 -- 6.5.2 The p-shift UFIR Filter 247 -- 6.5.3 Filtering of Polynomial Models 250 -- 6.5.4 Discrete Shmaliy Moments 252 -- 6.5.5 Smoothing Filtering and Smoothing 252 -- 6.5.6 Generalized Savitzky-Golay Filter 254 -- 6.5.7 Predictive Filtering and Prediction 255 -- 6.6 UFIR State Estimation under Colored Noise 256 -- 6.6.1 Colored Measurement Noise 256 -- 6.6.2 Colored Process Noise 259 -- 6.7 Extended UFIR Filtering 262 -- 6.7.1 First-Order Extended UFIR Filter 263 -- 6.7.2 Second-Order Extended UFIR Filter 263 -- 6.8 Robustness of UFIR Filter 266 -- 6.8.1 Errors in Noise Covariances and Weighted Matrices 268 -- 6.8.2 Model Errors 271 -- 6.8.3 Temporary Uncertainties 274 -- 6.9 Implementation of Polynomial UFIR Filters 276 -- 6.9.1 Filter Structures in z-Domain 276 -- 6.9.2 Transfer Function in DFT Domain 282 -- 6.10 Summary 287 -- 6.11 Problems 288 -- 7 FIR Prediction and Receding Horizon Filtering 295 -- 7.1 Introduction 295 -- 7.2 Prediction Strategies 296 -- 7.2.1 Kalman Predictor 296 -- 7.3 Extended Predictive State-Space Model 298 -- 7.4 UFIR Predictor 298 -- 7.4.1 Batch UFIR Predictor 299 -- 7.4.2 Iterative Algorithm using Recursions 299 -- 7.4.3 Recursive Error Covariance 303 -- 7.5 Optimal FIR Predictor 304 -- 7.5.1 Batch Estimate and Error Covariance 305 -- 7.5.2 Recursive Forms and Iterative Algorithm 306 -- 7.6 Receding Horizon FIR Filtering 308 -- 7.6.1 MVF-I Filter for Stationary Processes 309 -- 7.6.2 MVF-II Filter for Nonstationary Processes 311 -- 7.7 Maximum Likelihood FIR Predictor 313 -- 7.7.1 ML-I FIR Predictor 314 -- 7.7.2 ML-II FIR Predictor 315 -- 7.8 Extended OFIR Prediction 315 -- 7.9 Summary 317 -- 7.10 Problems 318 -- 8 Robust FIR State Estimation under Disturbances 323 -- 8.1 Extended Models under Disturbances 324 -- 8.2 The a posteriori H2 FIR Filtering 326 -- 8.2.1 H2-OFIR Filter 328 -- 8.2.2 Optimal Unbiased H2 FIR Filter 330 -- 8.2.3 Suboptimal H2 FIR Filtering Algorithms 336 -- 8.3 H2 FIR Prediction 338 -- 8.3.1 H2-OFIR Predictor 339 -- 8.3.2 Bias-constrained H2-OUFIR Predictor 341 -- 8.3.3 Suboptimal H2 FIR Predictive Algorithms 341 -- 8.3.4 Receding Horizon H2-MVF Filter 343 -- 8.4 H8 FIR State Estimation 344 -- 8.4.1 The a posteriori H8 FIR Filter 346 -- 8.4.2 H8 FIR Predictor 350 -- 8.5 H2{H8 FIR Filter and Predictor 354 -- 8.6 Generalized H2 FIR State Estimation 355 -- 8.6.1 Energy-to-Peak Lemma 355 -- 8.6.2 L2-to-L8 FIR Filter and Predictor 359 -- 8.7 L1 FIR State Estimation 362 -- 8.7.1 Peak-to-Peak Lemma 363 -- 8.7.2 L8-to-L8 FIR Filtering and Prediction 365 -- 8.8 Game Theory FIR State Estimation 367 -- 8.8.1 The a posteriori Energy-to-Power FIR Filter 368 -- 8.8.2 Energy-to-Power FIR Predictor 370 -- 8.9 Recursive Computation of Robust FIR Estimates 371 -- 8.9.1 Uncontrolled Processes 372 -- 8.9.2 Controlled Processes 372 -- 8.10 FIR Smoothing under Disturbances 374 -- 8.11 Summary 374 -- 8.12 Problems 376 -- 9 Robust FIR State Estimation for Uncertain Systems 379 -- 9.1 Extended Models for Uncertain Systems 380 -- 9.2 The a posteriori H2 FIR Filtering 386 -- 9.2.1 H2-OFIR Filter 387 -- 9.2.2 Bias-constrained H2-OFIR Filter 392 -- 9.3 H2 FIR Prediction 394 -- 9.3.1 Optimal H2 FIR Predictor 395 -- 9.3.2 Bias-constrained H2-OUFIR Predictor 399 -- 9.4 Suboptimal H2 FIR Structures using LMI 400 -- 9.4.1 Suboptimal H2 FIR Filter 401 -- 9.4.2 Bias-Constrained Suboptimal H2 FIR Filter 402 -- 9.4.3 Suboptimal H2 FIR Predictor 403 -- 9.4.4 Bias-Constrained Suboptimal H2 FIR Predictor 404 -- 9.5 H8 FIR State Estimation for Uncertain Systems 405 -- 9.5.1 The a posteriori H8 FIR Filter 405 -- 9.5.2 H8 FIR Predictor 407 -- 9.6 Hybrid H2{H8 FIR Structures 410 -- 9.7 Generalized H2 FIR Structures for Uncertain Systems 411 -- 9.7.1 The a posteriori L2-to-L8 FIR Filter 412 -- 9.7.2 L2-to-L8 FIR Predictor 414 -- 9.8 Robust L1 FIR Structures for Uncertain Systems 416 -- 9.8.1 The a posteriori L8-to-L8 FIR Filter 417 -- 9.8.2 L8-to-L8 FIR Predictor 417 -- 9.9 Summary 418 -- 9.10 Problems 419 -- 10 Advanced Topics in FIR State Estimation 423 -- 10.1 Distributed Filtering over Networks 423 -- 10.1.1 Consensus in Measurements 424 -- 10.1.2 Consensus in Estimates 429 -- 10.2 Optimal Fusion Filtering under Correlated Noise 433 -- 10.2.1 Error Covariances under Cross Correlation 436 -- 10.3 Hybrid Kalman/UFIR Filter Structures 438 -- 10.3.1 Fusing Estimates with Probabilistic Weights 438 -- 10.3.2 Fusing Kalman and ...…”
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Alternatives to blood transfusion in transfusion medicine

Table of Contents: “…Ethical Aspects of Informed Consent: American Models / Ronald E Domen -- Blood Transfusions, Jehovah's Witnesses, and the American Patients' Rights Movement / Charles H Baron -- Cost Issues. …”
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The shorter Leibniz texts : a collection of new translations by Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716

Table of Contents: “…Leibniz 142 V Law and ethics A Law 149 1 Preface to the Diplomatic Code of People's Rights 149 2 On the death penalty 152 3 Expiation 154 B Virtue 157 1 On generosity 157 2 Letter to Electress Sophie 160 3 Definitions 164 4 The true piety 164 C Pleasure and happiness 166 1 On the happy life 166 2 Happiness 167 3 A dialogue 170 VI Theology A The existence of God 181 1 On the reality of truth 181 2 On necessary or eternal truths 182 3 A proof of the existence of God from his essence 183 4 Letter to the editor of the Journal de Trevoux 187 B Optimism and meliorism 189 1 The elements of true piety 189 2 On the continuous increase in the perfection of the world 195 3 Whether the world increases in perfection 196 4 Letter to Andre Morell 197 5 Letter to Louis Bourguet 198 6 Letter to Louis Bourguet 198 7 Letter to Louis Bourguet 199 8 Letter to Louis Bourguet 200 C Sin and evil 201 1 On sin and original sin 201 2 Can the bad outcomes of wicked actions be ascribed to wickedness? …”
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Arctic Commando Assault.

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Echoes of two cultures by Young, Arthur M. (Arthur Milton), 1900-1998

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Advanced Control Systems by Kondratenko, Yuriy P.

Table of Contents: “…4.3.3 Algorithm of Automatic Rule Base Synthesis for the Mamdani-Type FACS Based on Sequential Search -- 4.4 Development of the Rule Base of the Fuzzy ControlSystem for the Multipurpose Mobile Robot -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5: Inverse Model Approach to Disturbance Rejection Problem -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Disturbance Rejection via Inverse Model Control -- 5.2.1 Inverse Model Control Principle -- 5.2.2 Inverse Model Design -- 5.2.3 Inverse Model Based Feedforward Control -- 5.2.4 Inverse Model Based Disturbance Observer -- 5.2.5 Disturbance Decoupling Compensator Design -- 5.3 Sliding Mode Inverse Model Control -- 5.3.1 Sliding Mode Equivalence Principle -- 5.3.2 Variable Structure Feedforward Compensator -- 5.3.3 Variable Structure Disturbance Observer -- 5.4 Discrete Inverse Model Control -- 5.4.1 Problem Statement -- 5.4.2 Discrete Disturbance Observer -- 5.4.3 Disturbance Observer Parameterization -- 5.4.4 Disturbance Compensator Structural Synthesis -- 5.4.5 Disturbance Compensator Parametric Synthesis -- 5.5 Conclusion -- 6: Invariant Relations in the Theory of Optimally Controlled Systems -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Problems of Price-Target Invariance in the Theory of Optimal Control -- 6.3 The Problems of Using Singular Controls in Rocket Flight Mechanics -- 6.3.1 Power Consumption in Degeneracy of the Optimal Control of Rocket Thrust in Atmosphere -- 6.3.2 Necessary Conditions for the Optimality of a Singular Control -- 6.3.3 The Problem of Calculating Optimal Trajectories With Singular Arcs -- 6.4 Addition to the Feldbaum Theorem on Number of Switching -- 6.5 Investigation of the Invariance in the Modeling of Functioning in Living Nature -- 6.5.1 Statement of the Anokhin Problem -- 6.5.2 Solution of the Anokhin Problem -- 6.5.3 Features of Expediently Functioning Objects with Redundant Control.…”
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Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIII by Steyn, Douw

Table of Contents: “…Part I Air quality and human health -- Use of air quality modeling results in health effects research -- 2 Air quality effects on human health -- 3 Development of model-based air pollution exposure metrics for use in epidemiologic studies -- 4 Improved spatiotemporal air pollutant mixture characterization for health studies -- 5 Advances in linked air quality, farm management and biogeochemistry models to address bidirectional ammonia flux in CMAQ -- 6 A temporal NOx emissions trading system: case study of US power plants -- 7 Source attribution of attainment and exposure-based ozone metrics in North America -- 8 CASTNET methodology for modeling dry and total deposition -- 9 ACCEPTED: an Assessment of Changing Conditions, Environmental Policies, Time-activities, Exposure and Disease -- Part II Climate change and air quality -- 10 Studying aerosol-cloud-climate interactions over East Asia using WRF/Chem -- 11 Investigation of trends in aerosol direct radiative effects over North America using a coupled meteorology-chemistry model -- 12 Future year air quality change due to growth in aircraft emissions and changes in climate -- Part III Aerosols in the atmosphere -- 13 The use of a Non Negative Matrix Factorization method combined to PM2.5 chemical data for a source apportionment study in different environments -- 14 On the interplay between upper and ground levels dynamics and chemistry in determining the surface aerosol budget -- 15 Modeling of aerosol indirect effects with WRF/Chem over Europe -- 16 The influence of cloud chemical processes on the formation of secondary particulate matter -- 17 An improved volatility basis set for modeling organic aerosol in both CAMx and CMAQ -- 18 Issues related to on/offline meteorological and atmospheric chemistry model coupling -- 19 Increases in wintertime oxidation capacity counteract the success of emission reduction measures in Europe with respect to secondary inorganic aerosols -- 20 Investigating the contribution of biogenic emissions to the formation of secondary pollutants in Portugal -- 21 Modelling aerosol-cloud-meteorology interaction: a case study with a fully coupled air quality model (GEM-MACH) -- 22 Evaluation of cloud chemistry mechanism towards laboratory experiments -- 23 Effects of surf zone sea-spray particles on aerosol concentration in coastal area -- 24 Novel pathways to form secondary organic aerosols: glyoxal SOA in WRF/Chem -- 25 Modeling seasonal changes in organic aerosol composition at the puy de Dôme (France) -- 26 Using WRF-CMAQ air quality modelling system to estimate BaP concentrations over Zaragoza (Spain) -- 27 The POAEMM project: prediction of spatial and temporal variation of marine aerosols in coastal area -- 28 An integrated Weather and Sea State Forecasting system for the Arabian Peninsula (WASSF) -- 29 Modelling past and future changes in secondary inorganic aerosol concentrations in the UK -- Part IV Regional and intercontinental modeling -- 30 Modelling the impact of energy transitions on air quality and source receptor relations -- 31 Impact of mercury chemistry on regional concentration and deposition patterns -- 32 A multiscale modeling study to assess impacts of full-flight aircraft emissions on upper troposphere and surface air quality -- 33 Relevance of photolysis frequencies calculation aspects to the ozone concentration simulation -- 34 Air pollution in China in January 2013 -- 35 Impact on Ontario’s air quality due to changes in North American emission from 2005 to 2020 -- 36 Modelling the concentration and deposition of heavy metals in the UK -- 37 A process analysis of the impact of air-quality/weather feedbacks using GEM-MACH -- 38 Analog-based postprocessing methods for air quality forecasting -- 39 Comparing different modeling approaches in obtaining regional scale concentration maps -- 40 Impact of RACM2, halogen chemistry and updated ozone deposition velocity on hemispheric ozone predictions -- 41 A global wildfire emission and atmospheric composition: refinement of the Integrated System For Wild-Land Fires IS4FIRES -- 42 The regional LOTOS-EUROS model on tour -- 43 The incorporation of the US national emission inventory into version 2 of the Hemispheric Transport of Air Pollutants inventory -- 44 Impact of vertical and horizontal resolutions on chemistry transport modeling -- 45 A model study on the effects of emission reductions on European air quality between 1990 and 2020 -- 46 Analysis and modelling of ambient air toxics pollutants in Canada with Environment Canada AURAMS model -- 47 Investigating the coherence between a global and a limited area model for dust particle production and distribution in N. …”
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Table of Contents: “…Grangerford -- Young Harney Shepherdson -- Miss Charlotte -- "And Asked Me If I Liked Her" -- "Behind The Wood-pile" -- Hiding Day Times -- "And Dogs A-Coming" -- "By Rights I Am A Duke!" -- "I Am The Late Dauphin" -- Tail Piece -- On The Raft -- The King As Juliet -- "Courting On The Sly" -- "A Pirate For Thirty Years" -- Another Little Job -- Practizing -- Hamlet's Soliloquy -- "Gimme A Chaw" -- A Little Monthly Drunk -- The Death Of Boggs -- Sherburn Steps Out -- A Dead Head -- He Shed Seventeen Suits -- Tragedy -- Their Pockets Bulged -- Henry The Eighth In Boston Harbor -- Harmless -- Adolphus -- He Fairly Emptied That Young Fellow -- "Alas, Our Poor Brother" -- "You Bet It Is" -- Leaking -- Making Up The "Deffisit" -- Going For Him -- The Doctor -- The Bag Of Money -- The Cubby -- Supper With The Hare-Lip -- Honest Injun -- The Duke Looks Under The Bed -- Huck Takes The Money -- A Crack In The Dining-Room Door -- The Undertaker -- "He Had A Rat!" …”
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American foreign policy since World War II by Hook, Steven W., 1959-, Spanier, John W.

Table of Contents: “…Maps, tables figures, and boxes -- Preface -- American Approach To Foreign Policy: -- Learning from experience -- Roots of American primacy: -- Shifts in the balance of power -- Redefining American security -- American sense of destiny: -- Skeptical view of power politics -- Foreign policy as moral mission -- Challenges to American exceptionalism -- Part 1: Cold War: -- From World War To Cold War: -- American wartime illusions -- Russo-Soviet approach to foreign policy -- Russian background -- Soviet ingredient -- Soviet expansion after World War II: -- US-Soviet differences -- Soviet push to the South -- Strategy of containment: -- George Kennan and the new grand strategy -- Alternatives to containment: -- Declaring Cold War: the Truman Doctrine -- Containment: From Theory To Practice: -- New economic and military structures: -- Bretton Woods System -- National Security Act -- Reviving the Western European allies: -- Marshall Plan -- Roots of the European Union -- European security and the NATO alliance -- Recurring conflicts over Berlin -- Confronting revolution in East Asia: -- Chinese Revolution -- Hot war in Korea -- Domestic pressures for a global crusade -- Eisenhower's "New Look" in foreign policy -- North-South Tensions And The Vietnam War: -- Developing countries in the crossfire -- Regional conflicts in Latin America: -- Guatemala's Military Coup -- Cuban Missile Crisis -- Strong-Arming Chile -- Vietnam: the limits of containment: -- Testing the "Domino Theory" -- Misconduct of Guerrilla Warfare -- Military Battlefield in Vietnam -- Political battlefield at home -- American defeat and withdrawal -- Detente And World-Order Politics: -- Managing the superpower rivalry: -- Henry Kissinger's world view -- Exploiting the Sino-Soviet split -- Arms control and "linkage" -- Carter's quest for world order -- War and peace in the Middle East: -- Early Arab-Israeli Wars -- Camp D/avid Accords -- Blow back and the Soviet power play: -- Nicaragua's Sandinista Revolution -- America "held hostage" in Iran -- Soviet takeover in Afghanistan -- Breakthroughs In The Superpower Struggle: -- Reagan's rhetorical offensive -- Expanding US Military Forces -- Opposition to arms control -- Strategic defense initiative -- Rollback in developing countries: -- Evaluating the Reagan doctrine -- Iran-Contra scandal -- Alliance politics in the late Cold War: -- Poland and the rise of solidarity -- Missile debate in Europe -- From confrontation to conciliation: -- End Of The Cold War: -- Bush's management of the Soviet collapse: -- Dismantling Stalin's Empire -- Detaching Brezhnev's outposts -- Stabilizing the nuclear balance -- Endgame: the collapse of the core -- Reasons for the Soviet collapse: -- Contending arguments in perspective -- Excesses of the containment policy -- Final appraisal -- Part 2: New World "Disorder": -- Old Tensions In A New Order: -- Great expectations after the Cold War -- Clinton's embrace of "geo-economics": -- Course of America's economic troubles -- Responses by the Clinton Administration -- Sources of global fragmentation -- War and peace in the Middle East: -- War in the Persian Gulf -- Obstacles to an Arab-Israeli peace -- Plight of "failed states": -- Political collapse and genocide in Africa -- Haiti's descent into anarchy -- Lessons from the regional crises -- Shifting European Landscape: -- Western Europe: from community to union -- Jump-starting democracy in Eastern Europe -- NATO's search for a new mission -- Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans: -- Dayton Accords -- Kosovo showdown -- US-Russian relations under stress: -- Internal challenges to reform -- Unrest in the "near abroad" -- America Under Fire: -- Strains in the unipolar order: -- Globalization backlash -- Retreat from multilateralism -- Growing threat of "sacred terror": -- Early warnings and responses -- al Qaeda connection -- Terror in the morning sky -- Elements of counter terrorism: -- Intelligence -- Diplomacy -- Homeland security -- Grand strategy of primacy and preemption -- Hot Wars In Afghanistan And Iraq: -- Afghanistan Campaign: -- Benign neglect after the Cold War -- Phase 1: Dislodging the Taliban -- Phase 2: Nation building in rugged terrain -- Renewed hostilities against Iraq: -- Making the case for war -- Operation Iraqi freedom -- Race against time -- New way forward -- Pakistani tinderbox -- Looking Back, Facing The Future: -- Flashbacks to Vietnam -- Legacies of the Bush Era: -- Internal threats to democracy -- Financial collapse of 2008 -- Obama's call for "renewal": -- Three general principles -- Target Bin Laden -- American hegemony at risk -- Aftershocks Of The Arab Spring: -- Mass demands for democracy: -- Regime change in Tunisia and Egypt -- NATO's Libya gambit -- Syria's Civil War -- Bloody stalemate in Israel -- Iraq's collapse and the ISIS challenge: -- Government in shambles -- Calls for an Islamic caliphate -- Afghan muddle -- Revival Of Power Politics: -- Cold War II with Russia: -- Putin's crimean land grab -- Ukraine on the brink -- China's pacific challenge -- Ongoing threats of nuclear proliferation: -- Iran's quest for "nuclear rights" -- Nuclear brinkmanship in North Korea -- Rethinking American power -- Appendix A: US administrations since World War II -- Appendix B: Chronology of significant events, 1945-2014 -- Appendix C: Select bibliography -- Appendix D: Select Websites -- Appendix E: Select blogs on American foreign policy -- Index -- About the authors.…”


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Business Chemistry : How to Build Thriving Businesses in the Chemical Industry. by Leker, Jens

Table of Contents: “…4.3.3 Strategic Alliance4.3.4 Value Chain Cooperation; 4.3.5 Project Cooperation; 4.3.6 Networks and Virtual Enterprises; 4.3.7 Cooperative; 4.3.8 Joint Venture; 4.4 Management of Business Cooperation: A Process Model; 4.4.1 The Management Process; 4.4.2 Strategic Positioning; 4.4.2.1 Market Analysis; 4.4.2.2 Company Analysis; 4.4.3 Preparation; 4.4.3.1 Partner Choice; 4.4.3.2 Competition Law and Cooperation; 4.5 Institutionalisation; 4.5.1 Institutionalisation of Cooperation Management; 4.5.2 Rules and Rights; 4.5.3 â#x80;#x9C;Cooperative Transfer Pricesâ#x80;#x9D.…”
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