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Earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear risks : prediction and assessment beyond th…
This book covers seismic probabilistic risk assessment (S-PRA) and related studies which have become more important to increase the safety of nuclear facilities against earthquakes and tsunamis in the face of the many uncertainties after the Fukushima accident. The topics are (1) Active faults and active tectonics important for seismic hazard assessment of nuclear facilities,(2) Seismic source …
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- 9784431558224
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- xii, 177p. : ill.
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- 621.4835 EAR e
The Corporation as a protagonist in global history, c. 1550-1750
In The Corporation as a Protagonist in Global History, William A. Pettigrew and David Veevers reinterpret the role of Europe’s overseas corporations in early modern global history, uncovering their unique global sociology in the years 1550 to 1750. Readership: Academics and students interested in the history of trading corporations, European overseas enterprises, early modern global history, …
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- 9789004387850
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- 344 p.; 22 cm.
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- Global Economic History Series, 16
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- 382.0903 COR c
Anti-fragile ICT systems
This book introduces a novel approach to the design and operation of large ICT systems. It views the technical solutions and their stakeholders as complex adaptive systems and argues that traditional risk analyses cannot predict all future incidents with major impacts. To avoid unacceptable events, it is necessary to establish and operate anti-fragile ICT systems that limit the impact of all in…
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- 9783319300702
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- xviii, 151p. : ill.
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- 004.6 HOL a
New directions in the history of the Jews in the Polish lands
This volume is made up of essays first presented as papers at the conference held in May 2015 at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. It is divided into two sections. The first deals with museological questions—the voices of the curators, comments on the POLIN museum exhibitions and projects, and discussions on Jewish museums and education. The second examines the current sta…
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- 9788394914912
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- LXXX, 502 p.
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- 943.8004924 NEW n
Market relations and the competitive process
There has been increasing interest and debate in recent years on the instituted nature of economic processes in general and the related ideas of the market, in particular the competitive process. This debate lies at the interface between two largely independent disciplines, economics and sociology, and reflects an attempt to bring the two fields of discourse more closely together. This book exp…
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- 9780719064685
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- 214 p. ; 24 cm.
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- New dynamics of innovation and competition
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- 330 MET m
A history of force feeding : hunger strikes, prisons and medical ethics, 1909…
This book is the first monograph-length study of the force-feeding of hunger strikers in English, Irish and Northern Irish prisons. It examines ethical debates that arose throughout the twentieth century when governments authorised the force-feeding of imprisoned suffragettes, Irish republicans and convict prisoners. It also explores the fraught role of prison doctors called upon to perform the…
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- 9783319311135
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- ix, 267p. : ill.
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- 306.09 MIL h
Making medicines in Africa : the political economy of industrializing for loc…
The importance of the pharmaceutical industry in Sub-Saharan Africa, its claim to policy priority, is rooted in the vast unmet health needs of the sub-continent. Making Medicines in Africa is a collective endeavour, by a group of contributors with a strong African and more broadly Southern presence, to find ways to link technological development, investment and industrial growth in pharmaceutic…
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- 9781137546470
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- xxi, 334p. : ill.
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- 338.476151096 MAK m
Inter-group relations and migrant integration in European cities : changing n…
This open access book presents a comparative analysis of intergroup relations and migrant integration at the neighbourhood level in Europe. Featuring a unique collection of portraits of urban relations between the majority population and immigrant minorities, it examines how relations are structured and evolve in different and increasingly diverse local societies. Inside, readers will find a co…
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- 9783319230962
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- vi, 216p. : ill.
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- 304.8 INT i
Welcoming Africa’s children – theological and ministry perspectives
The purpose of this book is to combine perspectives of scholars from Africa on Child Theology from a variety of theological sub-disciplines to provide some theological and ministerial perspectives on this topic. The book disseminates original research and new developments in this study field, especially as relevant to the African context. In the process it addresses also the global need to hear…
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- 9781928396079
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- 308 p.; 23 cm.
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- 259.22 WEL w
Material culture in modern diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th century
The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The material culture of diplomacy includes all practices in foreign policy communication in which single artifacts, samples of artifacts, or else the whole material setting of diplomatic interaction is supposed to …
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- 9783110463217
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- VI, 176 p.
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- Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte / European History Yearbook
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- 327.20903 MAT m
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