Innovative, data-driven methods provide more rigorous and systematic evidence for the description and explanation of diachronic semantic processes. The volume systematises, reviews, and promotes a ran
The volume draws from Charles S. Peirce's pragmatic philosophy, contemporary arts and sciences, and Buddhist philosophy in developing the concepts of interconnectedness, self-organization, and co-part
The series offers lively, comprehensive accounts of contemporary German culture written by experts and designed for advanced student readers and scholars alike. Both in monographs and closely-defined
Editors Bhardwaj, Zenone, and Chen present students, academics, researchers, and professionals working in a wide variety of contexts with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused
Editors Hartung and Pluder present students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a collection of academic papers and scholarly articles focused on the practice of philosophical h
The three-volume set discusses the foundations and methodology of semantics, introduces the major theoretical frameworks and theoretical issues, examines a wide variety of specific topics and phenomen
Dermatologists and psychiatrists summarize the current knowledge regarding the complex links between the skin and psychiatric illnesses in young people. They cover the interface of dermatology and psy
Harvey (library and information science, Simmons College, Boston) revises his 2005 guide for information professionals and practitioners to incorporate changes in digital media and the experience of p
Adding to the work excavating the relations between Nevanlinna theory and Diophantine approximation, Hu (mathematics, Shandong U., China) and Yang (mathematics, Hong Kong U. of Science and Technology,
This book shows how to analyse and simulate power electronics circuits using the software PSIM(R). It helps engineers and students in understanding, simulating and designing appropriate circuit compon
Editors Friedman and Luft present students, academics, researchers, and general interest readers with a collection of academic papers and scholarly articles focused on the work of philosopher Ernst Ca
Since the millennium, the neurophysiological and psychological bases of moral judgements and actions have been the topic of much empirical research. This volume discusses the relevance and possible us
Linguists are joined by a psychologist and a craniofacial molecular biologist to explore the role of identity and non-identity in linguistics and neighboring disciplines. They cover phonology, morpho-
The 28 selected papers cover enduring debates in the science; variation and language universals; variation and the emergence of phonology; variation at the crossroad between normal and disordered spee
Rabbinic midrash of late antiquity and the early medieval period visualized Egypt and presented Egyptian religious concepts and icons. Midrash is analyzed in a cross-cultural perspective utilizing ins
Credit and financial services institutions are obliged to ensure that laws, regulations and practices in securities operations are abided by, especially conflicts of interest are avoided and insider i
Recently the importance for Herodotus' work of contemporary medical and sophistic thought and techniques of argument has been widely recognised, as long had been his dependence on and difference from
This book covers the key concepts of English phonetics and phonology for Spanish-speaking learners of English. It combines theoretical issues and applications to practice, and also adopts a contrastiv
Physicists Drosg and Steurer introduce electronics from the perspective of physical principles and with an eye to designing and building instruments to be used in physics. Their unusual approach offer
Conte offers an experience of textual criticism, starting with punctuation, correlation, and conjecture. He then takes on his themes one by one, and examines each and its individual definition accordi
This handbook provides a comprehensive introduction into the interrelated circumstances in history and in the history of literature and religion which led to the canonization of eminent literary and r
At the 2009 World Conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), in Milan, Italy, the section on library buildings and equipment and the section on librari
In all geosciences extensive data must be processed and visualized. To achieve this, well-founded basic knowledge of numerics and geometry is needed. For random objects and structures, basic knowledge
Linguists and philosophers of language explore various linguistic and philosophical aspects of quotations, contributing to the current debate on the nature and function of quotation as a device of met
Italian classicists at the Universities of Genoa and Pavia contribute to the rising interest in ancient Greek scholars with essays on Alexandrian Ekdosis and papyri, Hellenistic scholarship and the st
This volume addresses aspects of language change using the semantics-based theory of Cognitive Linguistics, and primarily focuses on the lexicon and metaphor, the semantics of syntax, and language evo
This volume focuses on practical and empirical accounts of organizational change as it is occurring in the social sciences and impacts upon the professional skills, collections, and services within so
The biennial IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation provides a forum for scientists, engineers and managers to exchange information about planned and on-going programs and missions, a
Numerical analysis deals with the development and analysis of algorithms for scientific computing, and is in itself a very important part of mathematics, which has become more and more prevalent acros
Recent scholarship has broadened definitions of war and shifted from the narrow focus on battles and power struggles to include narratives of the homefront and private sphere. To expand scholarship on
This book exhibits current approaches to multiscaling in the spatial and temporal domain of materials modeling. The task of deducing properties and behaviours at the device and component level by simu
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable resources is a major challenge these days. This book presents the basic science and technologies used to convert terrestrial and aquatic biomass into fuels and ch
This volume addresses how practices and concepts of performance contribute to the production and circulation of knowledge in German-speaking Europe between 1750 and 1850. Building on recent work in th
The studies of the Japanese language and psycholinguistics have advanced quite significantly in the last half century thanks to the progress in the study of cognition and brain mechanisms, and because
In the 17th and 18th centuries, people, objects, and texts travelled around the world aboard Dutch ships. This book explores how these circulations transformed the knowledge in Asian and European soci
Plato in the Third Sophistic examines the influence and impact of Plato and Platonism in the era of Byzantine and Christian rhetoric. The volume brings together specially commissioned articles from le
This book analyses the story of Nero and Octavia, as dramatically told in the pseudo-SenecanOctavia, and its transformations in (early) modern opera and related pieces of other performative genres. In
Aims and Scope The collection of rulings publishes the administration of justice by governmental courts in the Federal Republic of Germany pertaining to the relationship of church and state, and also
Holocaust Denial. The Politics of Perfidy provides a graphic and compelling global panorama of past and present variations on this toxic phenomenon. The volume examines right and left wing French nega
Mathematicians, geophysicists, and other young scientists from China and abroad, gathered in Beijing during July 2010 for a workshop to discuss how to solve inverse and ill-posed problems using differ
