U.S. Navy Minecraft A History and Directory from World War I to Today


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English | February 3, 2023 | ISBN: 147668202X | 499 pages | EPUB | 34 Mb
In modern naval warfare, offensive and defensive mine operations and the ships that perform them often take a back seat to the more glamorous carrier strike groups, strategic deterrence patrols and anti-submarine operations. Despite their relatively small size and numbers, minecraft have enormous strategic and tactical value. With more than 200 photos, this book details the histories and specifications of more than 2,200 vessels that have served as minelayers and minesweepers, from World War I to today. Rare examples include the U.S. Navy’s only purpose-built mine-laying submarine, and the remarkable 36-foot "mini minesweeper."

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Truth Commissions and Procedural Fairness


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English | 2006 | pages: 422 | ISBN: 0521850673 | PDF | 1,4 mb
This is the first law book devoted entirely to the subject of truth commissions. The book sets forth standards of procedural fairness aimed at protecting the rights of those who come into contact with truth commissions – primarily victims and their families, witnesses, and perpetrators. The aim of the book is to provide recommended criteria of procedural fairness for five possible components of a truth commission’s mandate: the taking of statements, the use of subpoenas, the exercise of powers of search and seizure, the holding of victim-centered public hearings, and the publication of findings of individual responsibility in a final report (sometimes called the issue of ‘naming names’). The book draws on the experience of past and present truth commissions, analogous national and multilateral investigative bodies, and international and comparative standards of procedural fairness.

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Translucent Building Skins Material Innovations in Modern and Contemporary Architecture


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English | ISBN: 0415689317 | 2012 | 200 pages | EPUB | 18 MB
Exploring the design of innovative building enclosure systems (or skins) in contemporary architecture and their precedents in earlier twentieth century modern architecture, this book examines the tectonics, the history and the influence of translucency as a defining characteristic in architecture. Highly illustrated throughout with drawings and full colour photographs, the book shows that translucency has been and continues to be a fertile ground for architectural experimentation.

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Translational Mitochondrial Medicine


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031757408 | 783 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 46 MB
Translational mitochondrial medicine applies the knowledge of experimental medicine in clinical practice, it is a prospective direction of the development of mitochondrial medicine. The monograph "Translational Mitochondrial Medicine" was created on the basis of rapidly developing new information about mitochondrial diseases and their disorders, is a revised and supplemented edition of the monographs: "Mitochondrial Medicine", ed. A. Gvozdjáková, Springer, 2008 and "Recent Advances in Mitochondrial Medicine and Coenzyme Q10", eds. A. Gvozdjáková, G. Cornélissen, RB Singh, NOVA Science, USA, 2018. The monograph was created as part of the book series "Advances in biochemistry in health and disease", edited by prof. Naranjan Dhalla of Winnipeg, for which we are grateful.

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Transactions on Rough Sets IV


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2005 | 378 Pages | ISBN: 3540298304 | PDF | 3 MB
Volume IV of the Transactions on Rough Sets (TRS) introduces a number of new advances in the theory and application of rough sets. Rough sets and – proximationspaceswereintroducedmorethan30yearsagobyZdzis lawPawlak. These advances have profound implications in a number of research areas such as the foundations of rough sets, approximate reasoning, arti?cial intelligence, bioinformatics,computationalintelligence, cognitivescience, intelligentsystems, datamining,machineintelligence,andsecurity. Inaddition,itisevidentfromthe papers included in this volume that the foundations and applications of rough sets is a very active research area worldwide. A total of 16 researchers from 7 countries are represented in this volume, namely, Canada, India, Norway, S- den, Poland, Russia and the United States of America. Evidence of the vigor, breadth and depth of research in the theory and applications of rough sets can be found in the 10 articles in this volume. Prof. Pawlak has contributed a treatise on the philosophical underpinnings of rough sets. In this treatise, observations are made about the Cantor notion of a set, antinomies arising from Cantor sets, the problem of vagueness (es- cially, vague (imprecise) concepts), fuzzy sets, rough sets, fuzzy vs. rough sets as well as logic and rough sets. Among the many vistas and research directions suggested by Prof. Pawlak, one of the most fruitful concerns the model for a rough membership function, which was incarnated in many di?erent forms since its introduction by Pawlakand Skowronin 1994. Recall, here, that Prof.

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Transactions on Computational Systems Biology IV


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2006 | 141 Pages | ISBN: 3540332456 | PDF | 4 MB
The LNCS journal Transactions on Computational Systems Biology is devoted to inter- and multidisciplinary research in the fields of computer science and life sciences and supports a paradigmatic shift in the techniques from computer and information science to cope with the new challenges arising from the systems oriented point of view of biological phenomena.This, the 4th Transactions on Computational Systems Biology volume, contains carefully selected and enhanced contributions presented at the first Converging Science conference held at the University of Trento, Italy, in December 2004.Dedicated especially to models and metaphors from biology to bioinformatics tools, the 11 papers selected for the special issue cover a wide range of bioinformatics research, such as foundations of global computing, interdisciplinarity in innovation initiatives, convergence of sciences, biodiversity, the concept of e-science, programming languages in systems biology, neuronal cells, bioinspired autonomic computing, digitalization and telecommunications, quantitative modeling of gene networks, and protein/RNA structure prediction.

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TradeStation EasyLanguage for Algorithmic Trading Discover real-world institutional applications of Equities, Futures


Free Download TradeStation EasyLanguage for Algorithmic Trading: Discover real-world institutional applications of Equities, Futures, and Forex markets by Domenico D’Errico
English | September 30, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DGXTK8MJ | 449 pages | MOBI | 26 Mb
Gain professional insights into algorithmic trading with the help of practical cases and comprehensive trading tools to analyze, monitor, and trade in the main financial markets

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Trade, Investment and Competition in International Banking


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English | 2005 | pages: 208 | ISBN: 1403941327, 1349520705 | PDF | 0,6 mb
Banks’ business is increasingly international and an élite group of global banks is emerging. This book outlines the influences on the evolution of international banking and analyses trade and investment in the international banking industry, covering cross-border trade in banking services, foreign direct investment by banks, international financial centres, capital movements, and competition between banks. Focusing on competitive advantage, it compares the leading banks’ international business. This book is of interest to academics and students as well as to bankers. It provides a transversal and truly comprehensive overview of the international banking industry, focusing on the organization of the industry and the influences on it, rather than on the functions of banks themselves.

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