"A detailed and original work on a specific conflict....A useful platform for wider insights into the requirements of conflict resolution and peacebuilding processes more generally." -- Dr. Iain Atack
Nearly every Scrabble(TM) player has been involved in a dispute over which words are acceptable on a Scrabble board. Now you can settle all those squabbles with the latest official wordlist from Colli
This volume is based on lectures given during the program Complex Quantum Systems held at the National University of Singapore's Institute for Mathematical Sciences from 17 February to 27 March 2010.
The prominent Buddhist religious leader and advocate for peace, Daisaku Ikeda, has placed dialogue at the centre of his efforts towards securing global justice and conflict resolution. However, far fr
The United Nations Security Council, in 2000, unanimously passed a resolution calling for women’s increased participation in conflict prevention and peacebuilding, as well as their protection during c
Basic Algebraic Geometry II is a revised edition of Shafarevich's well-known introductory book on algebraic varieties and complex manifolds. It can be read independently of Volume I and is suitable f
"Appeasement is a controversial strategy of conflict management and resolution in world politics. Its reputation is sullied by foreign policy failures ending in war or defeat in which the appeasing st
Today's blockbuster video games -- and their never-ending sequels, sagas, and reboots-- provide plenty of excitement in high-resolution but for the most part fail to engage a player'smoral imagination
Do artists travel away from or towards trauma? Is trauma encrypted or inscribed in art? Or can aesthetic practices – after-images – bring about transformation – that does not imply cure or resolution-
Containing over 160 complex problems with hints and detailed solutions, this book can be used as a self-study guide for mathematics competitions and for improving problem-solving skills in courses on
This book looks at how to design complex products that have many components with intricate relationships and requirements. It also discusses how to manage processes involved in their lifecycle, from c
Northeast Asian Perspectives on International Law: Contemporary Issues and Challenges contends that international law is not only poised to take a bigger role in bringing about a resolution to the mod
Poetry. THE NEXT MONSTERS navigates the cobbles of human monsterness. The image of a white horse in the road produces a sense of human belonging, while a domestic dispute fractures that calm, exposing
Falling in love with the new girl can be dangerous - she'll either break your heart, or rip it out of your chest! Sam finds himself pulled into an ancient dispute when Lily tries to murder him and he
In the mid-nineteenth century, the new science of weather forecasting was fraught with controversy on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, a bitter dispute about the nature of storms had
Describes the little-known truths behind the legendary feud between two Appalachian families that ultimately killed thirteen members in a dispute that became newspaper fodder and eventually went to th
This textbook reprints 14 papers originally published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, British Journal of Political Science, and World Politics. Editors Mitchell (U. o
The European Conference on Complex Systems, held under the patronage of the Complex Systems Society, is an annual event that has become the leading European conference devoted to complexity science. E
International contributors including academics, legal practitioners, adjudicators, and civil servants offer a total of 18 chapters covering different types of dispute settlement mechanisms in internat
The former Princess Knight is now a happily married queen with twins, but a dispute over which twin has the right to the throne throws the country into chaos and it is up to the prince and princess to
Although the development of remote sensing techniques focuses greatly on construction of new sensors with higher spatial and spectral resolution, it is advisable to also use data of older sensors (esp
This book examines existing international disputes resolution institutions of both general and specific subject-matter jurisdiction. Uniquely, it assesses both procedural rules and essential case-law,
A guide to Adobe Photoshop CS for photographers covers such topics as image adjustments, color correction, montage techniques, layer effects, filters, resolution, and output for the Web.
International arbitration has become the favored method of resolving disputes between business partners in almost every aspect of international trade, commerce, and investment. The resolution of a dis
From Hamiltonian Chaos to Complex Systems: A Nonlinear Physics Approach collects contributions on recent developments in non-linear dynamics and statistical physics with an emphasis on complex systems
The dynamic field of flavin and flavoprotein biochemistry has seen rapid advancement in recent years. This second book of thetwo volume set is focussing on complex flavoproteins and physical methods.
Today’s ‘surveillance society’ emerged from a complex of military and corporate priorities that were nourished through the active and ‘cold’ wars that marked the twentieth century. Two massive configu
Modern Protestant debates about spousal relations and the meaning of marriage began in a forgotten international dispute some 300 years ago. The Lutheran-Pietist ideal of marriage as friendship and mu
The success of a project depends on how well it is implemented; and the success of its implementation depends on how well the project is planned. Few would dispute these truisms because they are the b
Give students the tools they need to tackle complex texts with these research-based, classroom-tested lessons from master teacher Laura Robb. The three-part system—teacher modeling, guided practice, i
There are now compelling human epidemiological and animal experimental data that indicate the risk of developing adult-onset complex diseases and neurological disorders are influenced by persistent ep
?This book is a history of complex function theory from its origins to 1914, when the essential features of the modern theory were in place. It is the first history of mathematics devoted to complex f
Complex Systems is a new field of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interacts with its environment. This book examines the
From the great Brazilian author, an exotic tale of greed, madness, and a dispute between two powerful families over land on the cocoa-rich coast of Bahia The siren song of the lush, cocoa-growing fore
A cyborg action manga set far in the future based on the seminal classic manga, The Ghost in the Shell (also published by Kodansha). 16 and up. The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex originally
This monograph deals with the quantitative overconvergence phenomenon in complex approximation by various operators. The book is divided into three chapters. First, the results for the Schurer-Faber o
Throughout the course of history, civilization has been blessed by strong-minded men and women who have impacted our world in extraordinary ways. Their imprint upon humanity is beyond dispute. And man
In this book the authors describe their original research on the potential of both standard and high-resolution electroencephalography (EEG) for analyzing brain activity in response to TV advertising.
Can there be a resolution as to whether armed intervention is ever legally justified as a response to gross human rights violations without UN Security Council authorization? Thus far, international l
Organisational Anthropology is a pioneering analysis of doing ethnographic fieldwork in different types of complex organizations. The book focuses on the process of initiating contact, establishing ra
