Critical Threshold

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781434435576

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Critical Threshold by Brian Stableford Pdf

They call them the “rat-catchers.” They’re the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost colonies in space. Alex Alexander, the ship’s biologist, together with his staff, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. Dendra is a stable world, covered by a huge, unchanging forest—except that nothing living can really be free of change. The planet has no seasons, but its animal life still undergoes life-cycles involving birth, maturation, metamorphosis, and death. The Earth colony sent to tame the world has failed, at least in the terms expected of it, and seems beyond redemption; but the crew of the Daedalus still has to find out exactly why and how the program has gone wrong. Provided, of course, that they can survive the investigation itself!

Author : Maggi Savin-Baden,Gemma Tombs
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004375123

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Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning by Maggi Savin-Baden,Gemma Tombs Pdf

Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning provides a critical discussion and guidance for educational researchers, teachers, innovators and policy makers wanting to explore the interrelationship of PBL and threshold concepts. Beginning with an introduction to both areas and offering an overview of the current issues, this volume delivers 11 innovative, research-based chapters from around the world. It outlines the major threshold concepts faced by those disciplines that have adopted PBL, and then examines the impact of threshold concepts on student learning. What is unique about this text is the way it examines PBL as a pedagogy in which students get stuck in the learning process and the thresholds they encounter as they learn to adapt.

Author : Daria Roithmayr
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780814777121

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Reproducing Racism by Daria Roithmayr Pdf

"Should be required reading for anyone who believes in simple causation or easy fixes for the equality gap... Clear-eyed and often brutal." - Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate

Author : Dr. Azadeh Asgari
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781300191506

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VOCABULARY ATTRITION ON EFL PERSIAN LEARNERS by Dr. Azadeh Asgari Pdf

Author : Robert Radvanovsky,Allan Mcdougall
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003807360

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Critical Infrastructure by Robert Radvanovsky,Allan Mcdougall Pdf

Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Fifth Edition represents a continuation of research and recommendations from the past editions that spans nearly twenty years of focusing on critical infrastructure (CI) protection. Over that time, the operating, threat, and technical environments have changed drastically. The doctrines that have guided practitioners across various domains have also evolved due to changing demands. This is a natural result when doctrines collide and gradually evolve toward, and coalesce into, a singular understanding of an issue. Those who have practiced in this domain have seen these collisions in the past - an example being the convergence of physical security and cyber information and operational) technologies security. It is with this backdrop and understanding of the domain that the authors not only describe the current state of affairs, but also provide a means through which researchers and participants - such as practitioners, students, industry stakeholders, owners, and operators in various government and private CI sectors - can look at trends and changes the in the domain that may not be apparent elsewhere. The authors identify shifts in today’s environment that move the thinking away from simply the robustness of systems to their adaptability and resilience. They outline design processes that, likewise, are evolving away from the simple adoption of best practices to risk-based management and even towards structures based on engineering-driven principles. These changes are not occurring at a unified pace and the differences can result in tensions between certain communities. However, the debate itself is indicative of the critical thinking that is beginning to take hold within each infrastructure domain. Critical Infrastructure, Fifth Edition continues to critically examine the evolving importance of our critical infrastructure to our society - recognizing the underpinning value of cyber technology and how physical infrastructures and delivery models impact and affect people and society.

Author : Sharon K. Collinge
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801891380

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Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes by Sharon K. Collinge Pdf

Ask airline passengers what they see as they gaze out the window, and they will describe a fragmented landscape: a patchwork of desert, woodlands, farmlands, and developed neighborhoods. Once-contiguous forests are now subdivided; tallgrass prairies that extended for thousands of miles are now crisscrossed by highways and byways. Whether the result of naturally occurring environmental changes or the product of seemingly unchecked human development, fractured lands significantly impact the planet’s biological diversity. In Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes, Sharon K. Collinge defines fragmentation, explains its various causes, and suggests ways that we can put our lands back together. Researchers have been studying the ecological effects of dismantling nature for decades. In this book, Collinge evaluates this body of research, expertly synthesizing all that is known about the ecology of fragmented landscapes. Expanding on the traditional coverage of this topic, Collinge also discusses disease ecology, restoration, conservation, and planning. Not since Richard T. T. Forman's classic Land Mosaics has there been a more comprehensive examination of landscape fragmentation. Ecology of Fragmented Landscapes is critical reading for ecologists, conservation biologists, and students alike.

Author : Brian M. Stableford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : English fiction
ISBN : 0600320413

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Critical Threshold by Brian M. Stableford Pdf

Author : Corinna Colette Vellnagel
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783658311780

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Cross-Cultural Brand Personality and Brand Desirability by Corinna Colette Vellnagel Pdf

This research proposes and empirically tests the impact of brand personality dimensions on brand desirability in a cross-cultural context. Further, the concept of brand-self-congruity is tested on its mediating role between brand personality dimensions and brand desirability. The results reveal that certain brand personality dimensions can have a direct and/ or indirect impact on brand desirability. Yet, this effect mechanism has not only been found to be brand-dependent but also culture-dependent. In this context, the mediating role of brand-self-congruity was confirmed across all cultures and brands investigated. Important implications are derived for research and brand management. In different countries, different brand personality dimensions lead to brand desirability. Therefore, brand managers should know their markets, understand cultural differences and adjust their brand strategy accordingly in order to attain brand desirability.

Author : Glenn R. Guntenspergen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781489980410

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Application of Threshold Concepts in Natural Resource Decision Making by Glenn R. Guntenspergen Pdf

Natural resource managers face a complex decision-making environment characterized by the potential occurrence of rapid and abrupt ecological change. These abrupt changes are poorly accommodated by traditional natural resource planning and decision-making processes. As recognition of threshold processes has increased, contemporary models of ecological systems have been modified to better represent a broader range of ecological system dynamics. Key conceptual advances associated with the ideas of non-linear responses, the existence of multiple ecological stable states and critical thresholds are more likely the rule than the exception in ecological systems. Once an ecological threshold is crossed, the ecosystem in question is not likely to return to its previous state. There are many examples and a general consensus that climatic disruptions will drive now stable systems across ecological thresholds. This book provides professional resource managers with a broad general decision framework that illustrates the utility of including ecological threshold concepts in natural resource management. It gives an entry into the literature in this rapidly evolving concept, with descriptions and discussion of the promising statistical approaches for threshold detection and demonstrations of the utility of the threshold framework via a series of case studies.

Author : Philippe Compain,Olivier R. Martin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0470517441

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Iminosugars by Philippe Compain,Olivier R. Martin Pdf

Iminosugars form undoubtedly the most attractive of carbohydrate mimics reported so far. In these structures, the substitution of the endocyclic oxygen of sugars by a basic nitrogen atom leads to remarkable biological properties and raises many challenges in organic synthesis. Since the discovery of their biological activity as glycosidase inhibitors in the 1970’s, these polyvalent molecules have progressively made their way from the laboratory to the clinic. The impressive series of discoveries in the field over the past ten years indicates clearly that it is “a boom time” for iminosugar chemistry and biology. The scope of their profile as inhibitors has been extended to a number of enzymes such as phosphorylases, glycosyltransferases or metalloproteinases, and iminosugars now constitute lead compounds for the development of new therapeutic agents for a wide range of diseases including diabetes, viral infections, lysosomal storage disorders and tumor metastasis. Latest developments, from iminosugar synthesis to their use in clinical studies, are presented in this book, which contains contributions from over fifteen of the major chemists, biochemists and drug developers in this rapidly expanding field. An extensive table correlating the structures of more than 600 iminosugars of therapeutic interest with their biological activities is also included in the book and should prove particularly useful to aid with the design and the discovery of novel bioactive substances. Iminosugars: From Synthesis to Therapeutic Application provides a unique resource for academic and industrial researchers working in the field of iminosugars and glycomimetics of biological and/or therapeutic interest: organic chemists, medicinal chemists, carbohydrate chemists and medical scientists.

Author : Christie Launius,Holly Hassel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317656432

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Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies by Christie Launius,Holly Hassel Pdf

Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies: Ways of Seeing, Thinking, and Knowing is a textbook designed primarily for introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies courses with the intent of providing both a skills- and concept-based foundation in the field. The text is driven by a single key question: "What are the ways of thinking, seeing, and knowing that characterize women’s and gender studies and are valued by its practitioners?" Rather than taking a topical approach, Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies develops the key concepts and ways of thinking that students need in order to develop a deep understanding and to approach material like feminist scholars do, across disciplines. This book illustrates four of the most critical concepts in women’s and gender studies: the social construction of gender; privilege and oppression; intersectionality; and feminist praxis, and grounds these concepts in multiple illustrations.

Author : Kaushal Shah,Jarone Lee,Kamal Medlej,Scott D. Weingart
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781107513518

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Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care by Kaushal Shah,Jarone Lee,Kamal Medlej,Scott D. Weingart Pdf

Acute resuscitation and care of unstable and critically ill patients can be a daunting experience for all trainees in the emergency department or the intensive care unit. The practical, easy-to-read and evidence-based information in Practical Emergency Resuscitation and Critical Care will help all physicians understand and begin management of these patients. This book offers the collaborative expertise of dozens of critical care physicians from different specialities, including but not limited to: emergency medicine, surgery, medicine and anaesthesia. Divided into sections by medical entities, it covers essential topics that are likely to be encountered in the emergency department where critical care often begins. The portable format and bullet point style content allows all practitioners instant access to the principle information that is necessary for the diagnosis and management of critical care patients.

Author : Benjamin Djulbegovic,Iztok Hozo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783031379932

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Threshold Decision-making in Clinical Medicine by Benjamin Djulbegovic,Iztok Hozo Pdf

This book aims to provide threshold models to help physicians to make optimal diagnostic, therapeutic and predictive decisions. Readers will not only find theoretical information but also practical examples illustrating how these decisions should be made. Poor decision-making is considered a leading cause of death in contemporary medicine. Decisions, however, have to be made - at a given threshold of risk and unfortunately physicians are not trained on how to make decisions. This book provides help to all those who want to improve their decision-making for a better patient outcome. With its examples from hematology and oncology the book will not only benefit haematologists and oncologists but physicians from all disciplines, hence the threshold model is applicable to all fields in medicine. This book will be useful to experienced physicians as well as trainees alike.

Author : Shuai Yuan,Lianqing Liu,Zhidong Wang,Ning Xi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811505089

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AFM-Based Observation and Robotic Nano-manipulation by Shuai Yuan,Lianqing Liu,Zhidong Wang,Ning Xi Pdf

This book highlights the latest advances in AFM nano-manipulation research in the field of nanotechnology. There are numerous uncertainties in the AFM nano-manipulation environment, such as thermal drift, tip broadening effect, tip positioning errors and manipulation instability. This book proposes a method for estimating tip morphology using a blind modeling algorithm, which is the basis of the analysis of the influence of thermal drift on AFM scanning images, and also explains how the scanning image of AFM is reconstructed with better accuracy. Further, the book describes how the tip positioning errors caused by thermal drift and system nonlinearity can be corrected using the proposed landmark observation method, and also explores the tip path planning method in a complex environment. Lastly, it presents an AFM-based nano-manipulation platform to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method using theoretical research, such as tip positioning and virtual nano-hand.

Author : Jeff Berger,IBM Redbooks
Publisher : IBM Redbooks
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780738453743

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IBM DB2 11 for z/OS Buffer Pool Monitoring and Tuning by Jeff Berger,IBM Redbooks Pdf

IBM® DB2® buffer pools are still a key resource for ensuring good performance. This has become increasingly important as the difference between processor speed and disk response time for a random access I/O widens in each new generation of processor. An IBM System z® processor can be configured with large amounts of storage, which if used wisely, can help compensate by using storage to avoid synchronous I/O. Several changes in buffer pool management have been provided by DB2 10 and DB2 11. The purpose of this IBM RedpaperTM is to cover the following topics: Describe the functions of the DB2 11 buffer pools Introduce a number of matrixes for read and write performance of a buffer pool Provide information about how to set up and monitor the DB2 buffer pools The paper is intended to be read by DB2 system administrators, but it might be of interest to any IBM z/OS® performance specialist. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with DB2 and performance tuning. In this paper, we also assume that you are familiar with DB2 11 for z/OS performance. See DB2 11 for z/OS Technical Overview, SG24-8180; and DB2 11 for z/OS Performance Topics, SG24-8222, for more information about DB2 11 functions and their performance.