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Characterizing the Robustness of Science

Author : Léna Soler
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400727593
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Characterizing the Robustness of Science written by Léna Soler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-22 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mature sciences have been long been characterized in terms of the “successfulness”, “reliability” or “trustworthiness” of their theoretical, experimental or technical accomplishments. Today many philosophers of science talk of “robustness”, often without specifying in a precise way the meaning of this term. This lack of clarity is the cause of frequent misunderstandings, since all these notions, and that of robustness in particular, are connected to fundamental issues, which concern nothing less than the very nature of science and its specificity with respect to other human practices, the nature of rationality and of scientific progress; and science’s claim to be a truth-conducive activity. This book offers for the first time a comprehensive analysis of the problem of robustness, and in general, that of the reliability of science, based on several detailed case studies and on philosophical essays inspired by the so-called practical turn in philosophy of science.

FCC Record

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 902 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book FCC Record written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theory-Based Ecology

Author : Liz Pásztor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191084158
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Theory-Based Ecology written by Liz Pásztor and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecology is in a challenging state as a scientific discipline. While some theoretical ecologists are attempting to build a definition of ecology from first principles, many others are questioning even the feasibility of a general and universal theory. At the same time, it is increasingly important that ecology is accurately and functionally defined for a generation of researchers tackling escalating environmental problems in the face of doubt and disagreement. The authors of Theory-Based Ecology have written a textbook that presents a robust, modern, and mathematically sound theory of ecology, maintaining a strong link between empirical data, models, and theory. It is firmly based in Darwinian thought, since it was Darwin who first revealed the ecological principles of the origin of species, and gave the evolution of diversity a process-based, mechanistic explanation. The authors base their synthetic theory of Darwinian ecology on seven key principles: exponential growth, growth regulation, inherited individual differences, finiteness and stochasticity, competitive exclusion, robust coexistence, and constraints and trade-offs. Within this solid conceptual framework, they integrate classic and actual empirical knowledge from ecology and evolutionary biology, clarifying methodological and mathematical detail in clear and helpful text boxes. A wealth of illustrated examples pertaining to different organisational levels (alleles, clones and species) helps to explain how the principles operate. This is an invaluable resource for graduate level students as well as professional researchers in the fields of ecology, genetics, evolutionary ecology, and mathematical biology.

Robotics

Author : Nicholas Roy
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262519682
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Robotics written by Nicholas Roy and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robotics: Science and Systems VIII spans a wide spectrum of robotics, bringing together contributions from researchers working on the mathematical foundations of robotics, robotics applications, and analysis of robotics systems.

Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns

Author : Vaclav Hlavac
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9783540602682
Total Pages : 984 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (26 download)

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Book Synopsis Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns by : Vaclav Hlavac

Download or read book Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns written by Vaclav Hlavac and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1995-08-23 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP '95, held in Prague, Czech Republic in September 1995. The volume presents 61 full papers and 75 posters selected from a total of 262 submissions and thus gives a comprehensive view on the state-of-the-art in computer analysis of images and patterns, research, design, and advanced applications. The papers are organized in sections on invariants, segmentation and grouping, optical flow, model recovery and parameter estimation, low level vision, motion detection, structure and matching, active vision and shading, human face recognition, calibration, contour, and sessions on applications in diverse areas.

Enabling Learning in Nursing and Midwifery Practice

Author : Sue West
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470697911
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Enabling Learning in Nursing and Midwifery Practice written by Sue West and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With current Government targets to increase health and social care practitioners, there is an increased need for informed mentors and preceptors to support the development of the students and new health professionals. Enabling learning in nursing and midwifery practice: A guide for mentorsseeks to underpin recent mentoring initiatives, exploring the impact of mentoring, supervision and preceptorship on professional practice, covering principles that underpin effective learning and providing practical guidance on mentoring and assessment strategies within practice settings. Enabling learning in nursing and midwifery practice: A guide for mentorsaddresses the inter-professional and policy context for mentorship, examines the nature of effective learning environments and provides mentors with the necessary tools to assist students in their development within a practice setting. It explores the use of reflective practice, virtual learning and other core resources to enhance and support learning in practice and addresses assessing practice, making correct judgements about student competence and the development of competence in newly qualified practitioners. Enabling learning in nursing and midwifery practice: A guide for mentorsis an important resource text for practitioners seeking to support learning in practice as well as experienced mentors and preceptors seeking to update their skills and understanding. Key features * Evidence-based, practical guide to effective mentoring and preceptorship * Integrates theory and practice * Addresses the context of learning in practice and the challenges of clinical supervision * Promotes understanding of the importance of assessing practice and managing the mentoring process * Equips mentors to enable students and newly qualified staff to gain confidence and expertise * Includes activities, points for reflection and examples from practice

& 2

Author : Donald Macy Liddell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book & 2 written by Donald Macy Liddell and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Earthquake Engineering

Author : P. Bisch
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789054109822
Total Pages : 734 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Earthquake Engineering written by P. Bisch and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text details the proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering. CD-ROM contains full text of the 650 papers in printed form. This would have been 6 volumes of 1000 pages each. Topics covered: are: Engineering seismology; Experimental aspects for soils, rocks and construction material; Computational aspects for materials, structures and soil-structure interaction; Civil engineering projects; Active and passive isolation; Industrial facilities, lifelines and equipment; Vulnerability, seismic risk and strengthening; Site effects and spatial variability of seismic motions; Reliability analyses and probabilistic aspects; Design criteria, codees and standards; Eurocode 8 and national applications; Seismic risk in the Mediterranean basin; Post earthquake investigations;

Ritual and Christian Beginnings

Author : Risto Uro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199661170
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Ritual and Christian Beginnings written by Risto Uro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise of early Christianity has been examined from a myriad of perspectives, but until recently ritual has been a neglected topic. Ritual and Christian Beginnings: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis argues that ritual theory is indispensable for the study of Christian beginnings. It also makes a strong case for the application of theories and insights from the Cognitive Science of Religion, a field that has established itself as a vigorous movement in Religious Studies over the past two decades. Risto Uro develops a "socio-cognitive" approach to the study of early Christian rituals, seeking to integrate a social-level analysis with findings from the cognitive and evolutionary sciences. Ritual and Christian Beginnings provides an overview of how ritual has been approached in previous scholarship, including reasons for its neglect, and introduces the reader to the emerging fields of Ritual Studies and the Cognitive Science of Religion. In particular, it explores the ways in which cognitive theories of ritual can shed new light on issues discussed by early Christian scholars, and opens up new questions and avenues for further research. The socio-cognitive approach to ritual is applied to a number of test cases, including John the Baptist, the ritual healing practiced by Jesus and the early Christians, the social life of Pauline Christianity, and the development of early Christian baptismal practices. The analysis creates building blocks for a new account of Christian beginnings, highlighting the role of ritual innovation, cooperative signalling, and the importance of bodily actions for the generation and transmission of religious knowledge.

Controlling Costs: Strategic Issues in Health Care Management

Author : Huw T.O. Davies
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351948733
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Controlling Costs: Strategic Issues in Health Care Management written by Huw T.O. Davies and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controlling costs in health care is rarely something that can be tackled in isolation. Cost control invariably interacts with issues of quality and health care access. Thus, this diverse collection of papers is concerned not just with costs but more importantly with value. Both macro and micro concerns are covered. At the macro level, health care reforms (and especially the ’marketisation’ of health care systems) receive some attention. Papers explore how policy prescriptions get translated and modified during implementation, and assess how these prescriptions impact on both the incentive context and subsequent patterns of service delivery. Resource allocation within bureaucratic health systems continues to pose problems and these too are analysed with new solutions being proposed. At the micro level, a number of contributors wrestle with the difficulties of carrying out the economic evaluation of new drugs and technologies. In each case, the wider theoretical and practical implications of balancing costs and benefits are explored. This collection should prove helpful to health care policy specialists, managers and researchers interested in gaining a feel for the real-world application of cost-focused health services research.

Excellence in Education

Author : Sir Cyril Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135396914
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Excellence in Education written by Sir Cyril Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thorough examination of the characteristics of a high- performing school, written by Sir Cyril Taylor (Chairman of the Specialist Schools Trust) and Conor Ryan (senior adviser to Tony Blair on Education).

House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Twenty-Third Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xxi

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215064745
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (647 download)

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Download or read book House of Commons - European Scrutiny Committee: Twenty-Third Report of Session 2013-14 - HC 83-xxi written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: European Scrutiny Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With correction slip dated December 2013

Statistical Case Studies for Industrial Process Improvement

Author : Veronica Czitrom
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 0898713943
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Case Studies for Industrial Process Improvement written by Veronica Czitrom and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of studies by professionals in the semiconductor industry illustrating the use of statistical methods to improve manufacturing processes.

A National Developmental and Negotiated Approach to School and Curriculum Evaluation

Author : Mei Lai
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1781907056
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book A National Developmental and Negotiated Approach to School and Curriculum Evaluation written by Mei Lai and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at New Zealand's distinctive, systemic alternative to school self-evaluation, with developmental and negotiated approaches ingrained throughout the education system. It details how other nations can adopt this approach and reveal how it might look at different levels of the education system and how these different levels might int

Service Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican War

Author : Raphael Semmes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Service Afloat and Ashore During the Mexican War written by Raphael Semmes and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Functional Finishes for Textiles

Author : Roshan Paul
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0857098454
Total Pages : 681 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Functional Finishes for Textiles written by Roshan Paul and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 681 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Functional finishes for textiles reviews the most important fabric finishes in the textile industry. It discusses finishes designed to improve the comfort and other properties of fabrics, as well as finishes which protect the fabric or the wearer. Each chapter reviews the role of a finish, the mechanisms and chemistry behind the finish, types of finish and their methods of application, application to particular textiles, testing and future trends. Describes finishes to improve comfort, performance, and protection of fabric or the wearer Examines the mechanisms and chemistry behind different types of finishes and their methods of application, testing and future trends Considers environmental issues concerning functional finishes

Historic Documents of 2013

Author : CQ Press,
Publisher : CQ Press
ISBN 13 : 1483359344
Total Pages : 812 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Historic Documents of 2013 written by CQ Press, and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2014-07-09 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 40 years the Historic Documents series has made primary source research easy by presenting excerpts from documents on the important events of each year for the United States and the world. Each volume includes approximately 70 events with well over 100 documents from the previous year, from official or other influential reports and surveys, to speeches from leaders and opinion makers, to court cases, legislation, testimony, and much more. Historic Documents is renowned for the well written and informative background, history, and context it provides for each document. The 2013 volume will begin with an insightful essay that sets the year’s events in context, and each document or group of documents is preceded by a comprehensive introduction that provides background information on the event. Full-source citations are provided. Readers have easy access to material through a detailed, thematic table of contents and a cumulative five-year index that directs them to related material in earlier volumes.