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Author : Kōichi Inoue
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Quest for Models of Coexistence written by Kōichi Inoue and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Pierre Gasselin
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9402421785
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)
Download or read book Coexistence and Confrontation of Agricultural and Food Models written by Pierre Gasselin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses situations of coexistence and confrontation of agricultural and food models according to four major dimensions of territorial development: the tension between specialisation and diversification; innovation; adaptation; and food transition. New agricultural and food models are being deployed in territories around the world in response to criticisms of the old forms of agriculture and food production, and in order to meet new challenges. These models embody archetypes of the observed diversity, actors’ projects or new norms. A number of conceptual studies and case studies from France and other countries allow us to understand the interactions between these models (confrontation, complementarity, co-evolution, hybridisation, etc.), taking us well beyond the characterisation of their diversity and the evaluation of their relative performances. The coexistence and confrontation of these models build up their capacity for radical change. The book asks original questions about the analytical framework, its methodological challenges and the expected outcomes for the support of agricultural and food development in rural and urban territories. It is intended for researchers, teachers, students and professionals interested in territorial development. Pierre Gasselin, Sylvie Lardon, Claire Cerdan, Salma Loudiyi and Denis Sautier are the scientific coordinators of this book. They are geographers and economists at CIRAD, INRAE and VetAgro Sup, where they conduct research on the transformation of agriculture, food systems and territories in France and other countries. This book is the result of a collective research process involving 36 authors from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Burkina Faso, France, Japan, Switzerland and Vietnam. Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, author of the Foreword, is Professor Emeritus of Rural Sociology at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands and Associate Professor of Agricultural Sociology at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. He has conducted extensive research on processes of agricultural transition and on dynamics of rural development.
Author : Hiroki Takakura
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781920901493
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Arctic Pastoralist Sakha written by Hiroki Takakura and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2015 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Presents a fascinating analysis of the horse and cattle breeding culture of the Sakha"--Back cover.
Author : Ulrich Sommer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642561667
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Competition and Coexistence written by Ulrich Sommer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question "Why are there so many species?" has puzzled ecologist for a long time. Initially, an academic question, it has gained practical interest by the recent awareness of global biodiversity loss. Species diversity in local ecosystems has always been discussed in relation to the problem of competi tive exclusion and the apparent contradiction between the competitive exclu sion principle and the overwhelming richness of species found in nature. Competition as a mechanism structuring ecological communities has never been uncontroversial. Not only its importance but even its existence have been debated. On the one extreme, some ecologists have taken competi tion for granted and have used it as an explanation by default if the distribu tion of a species was more restricted than could be explained by physiology and dispersal history. For decades, competition has been a core mechanism behind popular concepts like ecological niche, succession, limiting similarity, and character displacement, among others. For some, competition has almost become synonymous with the Darwinian "struggle for existence", although simple plausibility should tell us that organisms have to struggle against much more than competitors, e.g. predators, parasites, pathogens, and envi ronmental harshness.
Author : Sergio M. Focardi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0471674230
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (716 download)
Download or read book The Mathematics of Financial Modeling and Investment Management written by Sergio M. Focardi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the mathematics of financial modeling & investment management The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management covers a wide range of technical topics in mathematics and finance-enabling the investment management practitioner, researcher, or student to fully understand the process of financial decision-making and its economic foundations. This comprehensive resource will introduce you to key mathematical techniques-matrix algebra, calculus, ordinary differential equations, probability theory, stochastic calculus, time series analysis, optimization-as well as show you how these techniques are successfully implemented in the world of modern finance. Special emphasis is placed on the new mathematical tools that allow a deeper understanding of financial econometrics and financial economics. Recent advances in financial econometrics, such as tools for estimating and representing the tails of the distributions, the analysis of correlation phenomena, and dimensionality reduction through factor analysis and cointegration are discussed in depth. Using a wealth of real-world examples, Focardi and Fabozzi simultaneously show both the mathematical techniques and the areas in finance where these techniques are applied. They also cover a variety of useful financial applications, such as: * Arbitrage pricing * Interest rate modeling * Derivative pricing * Credit risk modeling * Equity and bond portfolio management * Risk management * And much more Filled with in-depth insight and expert advice, The Mathematics of Financial Modeling & Investment Management clearly ties together financial theory and mathematical techniques.
Author : Marco Nievergelt
Publisher : DS Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1843843285
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Allegorical Quests from Deguileville to Spenser written by Marco Nievergelt and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2012 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of sixteenth-century quest narratives, focussing on their conscious use of a medieval tradition to hold a mirror up to contemporary culture. Offers the first full study of the allegorical knightly quest tradition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Richly satisfying, as impressive in the detail of its scholarship as in the elegance of its critical formulations. It seamlessly moves between different literary traditions and across conventional period boundaries. In Dr Nievergelt's treatment of this theme, the successive retellings of the tale of the knight's quest come to stand as an emblemof shifting values and norms, both religious and worldly; and of our repeated failures to realise those ideals. Dr Alex Davis, Department of English, University of St Andrews. The literary motif of the "allegorical knightly quest" appears repeatedly in the literature of the late medieval/early modern period, notably in Spenser, but has hitherto been little examined. Here, in his examination of a number of sixteenth-century English allegorical-chivalric quest narratives, focussing on Spenser's Faerie Queene but including important, lesser-known works such as Stephen Bateman's Travayled Pylgrime and William Goodyear's Voyage of the Wandering Knight, the author argues that the tradition begins with the French writer Guillaume de Deguileville. His seminal Pèlerinage de la vie humaine was composed c.1331-1355; it was widely adapted, translated, rewritten and printed overthe next centuries. Dr Nievergelt goes on to demonstrate how this essentially "medieval" literary form could be adapted to articulate reflections on changing patterns of identity, society and religion during the early modern period; and how it becomes a vehicle of self-exploration and self-fashioning during a period of profound cultural crisis. Dr Marco Nievergelt is Lecturer (Maître Assitant) and SNF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Research Fellow in the English Department at the Université de Lausanne
Author : Lieteke van Vucht Tijssen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780792335429
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (354 download)
Download or read book The Search for Fundamentals written by Lieteke van Vucht Tijssen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-07-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modernity dissolves absolute certainties; late modernity dissolves them absolutely. In the modern world system there appears to be no firm, unchallenged ground on which to construct a meaningful canopy. But around the world, many individuals and groups long for a kind of cultural coherence that they believe once existed. They search for fundamentals. While these may be sought in religious traditions, many also aspire to new secular certainties. In their various new forms and contexts the contemporary quests for meaning in turn transform the societies in which they occur. The rich comparative examples in The Search for Fundamentals are used to analyze the sources and consequences of several cultural movements. The book also offers theoretical reflections on the difficulties they experience and on the message they carry for students of modernity. Audience: A broad readership of scholars and advanced students in the social sciences and humanities.
Author : Forum Scholars for European Social Democracy. Conference
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Challenge of Diversity written by Forum Scholars for European Social Democracy. Conference and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nowadays, the political discourse of European Social Democracy seems to pose more questions than to offer sound solution patterns and policies. This is, given the dynamic field of migration and integration, not unexpected and surprising. How migration and integration policies should be constructed and built up against the background of divergent national histories and cultures is still a demanding task. Thus formulating the right questions and intimating paths to solutions is the first decisive step. This book explores social democratic reactions, responses, and policies concerning the big issues of migration and multiculturalism. The authors map out a range of new social-democratic thinking having experienced waves of migration, different approaches of integration policies, and right-wing populist reactions in their respective countries.
Author : Stéphane Dion
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 9780773518568
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Straight Talk written by Stéphane Dion and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1999 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains a collection of speeches and writings by Stephane Dion, Canada's Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs since 1996. Dion's writings are organized into four sections: the spirit of federalism, the practice of federalism, identity, and secession. Advocating in favor of Canadian unity, he asserts the importance of diversity and unity and argues the Quebec question is not a constitutional question but one that concerns identity. Lacks an index. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Canadian card order number: C99-900603-7. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : British Library. Document Supply Centre
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 890 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Index of Conference Proceedings written by British Library. Document Supply Centre and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book NewsNet written by American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : B. Fahs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137353171
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Moral Panics of Sexuality written by B. Fahs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative feminist analysis of the moral panics of sexuality, this interdisciplinary edited collection showcases the range of historical and contemporary crises we too often suppress, including vagina dentata, vampires, cannibalism, age appropriateness, breast cancer, menstrual panics, and sex education.
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Total Pages : 412 pages
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Download or read book ICCEES International Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter T. Cummings
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Total Pages : 362 pages
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Download or read book Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation written by Peter T. Cummings and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Draper William Canham
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691092898
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (928 download)
Download or read book Models in Ecosystem Science written by Charles Draper William Canham and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-30 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative models are crucial to almost every area of ecosystem science. They provide a logical structure that guides and informs empirical observations of ecosystem processes. They play a particularly crucial role in synthesizing and integrating our understanding of the immense diversity of ecosystem structure and function. Increasingly, models are being called on to predict the effects of human actions on natural ecosystems. Despite the widespread use of models, there exists intense debate within the field over a wide range of practical and philosophical issues pertaining to quantitative modeling. This book--which grew out of a gathering of leading experts at the ninth Cary Conference--explores those issues. The book opens with an overview of the status and role of modeling in ecosystem science, including perspectives on the long-running debate over the appropriate level of complexity in models. This is followed by eight chapters that address the critical issue of evaluating ecosystem models, including methods of addressing uncertainty. Next come several case studies of the role of models in environmental policy and management. A section on the future of modeling in ecosystem science focuses on increasing the use of modeling in undergraduate education and the modeling skills of professionals within the field. The benefits and limitations of predictive (versus observational) models are also considered in detail. Written by stellar contributors, this book grants access to the state of the art and science of ecosystem modeling.
Author : Bonnie Honig
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823276422
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)
Download or read book Public Things written by Bonnie Honig and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the contemporary world of neoliberalism, efficiency is treated as the vehicle of political and economic health. State bureaucracy, but not corporate bureaucracy, is seen as inefficient, and privatization is seen as a magic cure for social ills. In Public Things: Democracy in Disrepair, Bonnie Honig asks whether democracy is possible in the absence of public services, spaces, and utilities. In other words, if neoliberalism leaves to democracy merely electoral majoritarianism and procedures of deliberation while divesting democratic states of their ownership of public things, what will the impact be? Following Tocqueville, who extolled the virtues of “pursuing in common the objects of common desires,” Honig focuses not on the demos but on the objects of democratic life. Democracy, as she points out, postulates public things—infrastructure, monuments, libraries—that citizens use, care for, repair, and are gathered up by. To be “gathered up” refers to the work of D. W. Winnicott, the object relations psychoanalyst who popularized the idea of “transitional objects”—the toys, teddy bears, or favorite blankets by way of which infants come to understand themselves as unified selves with an inside and an outside in relation to others. The wager of Public Things is that the work transitional objects do for infants is analogously performed for democratic citizens by public things, which press us into object relations with others and with ourselves. Public Things attends also to the historically racial character of public things: public lands taken from indigenous peoples, access to public goods restricted to white majorities. Drawing on Hannah Arendt, who saw how things fabricated by humans lend stability to the human world, Honig shows how Arendt and Winnicott—both theorists of livenesss—underline the material and psychological conditions necessary for object permanence and the reparative work needed for a more egalitarian democracy.
Author : P. Garrido
Publisher : American Institute of Physics
ISBN 13 : 9780735402669
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Modeling Cooperative Behavior in the Social Sciences written by P. Garrido and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2005-08-09 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These papers were peer-reviewed. The Granada Seminar is defined as a small topical conference whose pedagogical effort is especially aimed at young researchers. This year's seminar covered the modelling of complex systems that are of interest in the social sciences. In an effort to offer pedagogical notes, each topic is comprehensively described and some practical exercises are proposed. This helps introduce non-experts to novel advances in statistical physics and to the creative use of computers in scientific research, as well as to serve as a work of reference for teachers, students and researchers.
