In this book, author uses knowledge from analysis course as a starting point and gradually builds up more abstract concepts in topology for students. Point set topology and combinatorial topology are
This volume provides a much-needed, critical overview of the field of constructions and construction grammar in the context of Singapore English, and poses the question of identifying a construction i
Chong and Yu introduce recursion theory focusing on the computational aspects of the set of reals and its subsets. They cover fundamental theory, the story of Turing degrees, hyper-arithmetic degrees
The studies in this book represent the rich, diverse and substantial research being conducted today in the linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia. Written by leading researchers in the field, and with
Wan and Mak describe machine-learning approaches to determining automatically the location of a protein within a cell in order to facilitate drug discovery and drug design. The approaches exploit the
Krischer and Schonleber offer a unified view of the different energy conversion processes that are usually taught in different courses and curricula in the natural sciences. They show how to describe
This text examines the close historical and linguistic relationship between the languages of Surinam in the Caribbean and Benin in West-Africa. It presents the findings of nine contributors that contr
Editors Saling, Drager, and Stupin present a collection of academic articles and scholarly papers focused on the history of the emerging field of perinatal medicine. The editors have organized the con
Fugate argues on both historical and systematic grounds that teleological motives lie at the heart of Kant's critical turn, and that a precise analysis of teleological structures can both illuminate t
Friends, colleagues, and students of Gilbert present papers on all the books of the so-called Sapient Pentateuch--Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, Wisdom--and on Psalms. The topics include some histor
Scholars of German literature and culture introduce English readers to the work of contemporary German poet Grunbein in essays studded with German texts of poems and prose English translations. The to
This study analyzes an oral performance of the entire Gospel of Mark, with emphasis on involvement with characters and events, the emotional effects of such involvement, and how these processes mainta
The meaning of holiness and how one can speak about it remains an active research question in religious studies and theology. The articles analyze discourses about holiness from the religious cultures
Defined as red blood cell break down and the release of hemoglobin and intracellular contents into the plasma, hemolysis can seriously impact patient care as well as the laboratory's reputation throug
Compensation for loss of housekeeping capacity is one of the main heads of damages awarded for personal injury, and therefore of great practical importance to both accident victims and liability insur
Scholars of English and German literature explore links between narrative and human evolution in 20 essays from an international conference held during the spring of 2009 in Jena, Germany. Looking in
This book pertains to the early Arabic translations of the canonical Gospels, and is based on extensive research in over two hundred manuscripts, copied between the eighth and the nineteenth centuries
Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increa
This book is the first publication on record that systematically and comprehensively addresses the acquisition and development of Cantonese in early childhood. It draws upon evidence from up-to-date r
This historical-critical edition provides the facsimile of the manuscript, a precise transcription and a text for reading. The text has been prepared using editorial notes and includes a literary comm
This collective volume deals with the reception and assimilation of different forms of knowledge in Northern Italy in the 18th and early 19th centuries. This knowledge originated in Germany, Austria a
Contributors from Europe and the US explore the mixing of reality and fiction in a wide range of popular entertainment media. They include fantasy fiction, detective fiction, lyric poetry, fan videos
This volume presents closely connected articles by Elaine Fantham which deal with Roman responses to Greek literature on three major subjects: the history and criticism of Latin poetry and rhetoric, w
This book explores the disputes between Catholics and Protestants in the 18th century, a period which is often described as “enlightened” and in which such conflicts would therefore not seem typical.
In 2000 portrait photographer and artist Peter Badge (b.1974, Hamburg, Germany) began a project to photograph all Nobel Prize Laureates--commissioned by an international group of major museums and the
Co-founder and president of the International Study of Religion in Central and Eastern Europe Association until his death, Tomka (1941-2010) explores whether religion in the region matters; public opi
This first of four volumes was conceived by Baldi (linguistics and classics, Pennsylvania State U.) and Cuzzolin (linguistics, U. of Bergamo, Italy) to in response to the limitations of a Neogrammaria
Steinkruger and Krifka dedicate this volume to the late German linguistic morphologist, Wolfgang Ulrich Wurzel. They open with a summary of Wurzel's life and work, including his influence on the field
This handbook provides an up-to-date survey of corpus linguistics. Spoken, written, and multimodal corpora serve as the bases for quantitative and qualitative research on many issues of linguistic int
In recent decades, the relation between Egyptian and Greek praises of the goddess Isis has received much scholarly attention. The present study, however, focuses on six Demotic hymns and praises direc
The normative limitations to the investigation of the truth in criminal trials represent the most complex and controversial subject matter in criminal procedural law. It concerns one of the oldest and
Kuipers explores the relationship between sense of humor and social background, specifically looking at how people think about standardized jokes ending in a punch line, and which the teller does not
A Grammar of Mina is a reference grammar of a hitherto undescribed and endangered Central Chadic language. The book contains a description of the phonology, morphology, syntax, and all the functional
The current, thoroughly revised and updated edition of this approved title, evaluates information sources in the field of technology. It provides the reader not only with information of primary and se
Exegetical study of Proverbs 10:1?22:16. Proverbs are neither statements of this-worldly cause and effect nor universally applicable doctrines of divine order. Rather, a proverb’s meaning and ?truth‘
Schmid's study is concerned with a class of abstract nouns and their linguistic environments. Among the most typical and frequent examples are the words case, chance, fact, idea, news, point, proble
Eight essays, two in Italian, from an August 1996 summer school in Florence explore the most significant and original aspects of Aspasius' Commentary and draw attention to an unjustly forgotten Aristo
Karl Leonhard Reinhold was an important expositor of Kant's thought and is considered to have been the bridge between Kant and the later German idealists. The translation into English of Reinhold's ma
The projected thirty-volume Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception (EBR) is intended to serve as a comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on the background, origins, and developmen
The 27 essays in this volume examine aspects of medieval oral literature. Medievalists from Europe, North America, and Israel first address concepts and approaches--the impact of the oral theory on me
