Mechanism

Author : Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780822986522

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Mechanism by Domenico Bertoloni Meli Pdf

The mechanical philosophy first emerged as a leading player on the intellectual scene in the early modern period—seeking to explain all natural phenomena through the physics of matter and motion—and the term mechanism was coined. Over time, natural phenomena came to be understood through machine analogies and explanations and the very word mechanism, a suggestive and ambiguous expression, took on a host of different meanings. Emphasizing the important role of key ancient and early modern protagonists, from Galen to Robert Boyle, this book offers a historical investigation of the term mechanism from the late Renaissance to the end of the seventeenth century, at a time when it was used rather frequently in complex debates about the nature of the notion of the soul. In this rich and detailed study, Domenico Bertoloni Meli focuses on strategies for discussing the notion of mechanism in historically sensitive ways; the relation between mechanism, visual representation, and anatomy; the usage and meaning of the term in early modern times; and Marcello Malpighi and the problems of fecundation and generation, among the most challenging topics to investigate from a mechanistic standpoint.

Author : Larry L. Howell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001-08-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 047138478X

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Compliant Mechanisms by Larry L. Howell Pdf

"Compliant Mechanisms" beschreibt eine besonders exakte, flexible und zuverlässige Entwurfsmethode im Maschinenbau, vorgestellt von einem international anerkannten Experten. Einem allgemeinen Überblick folgt die Erläuterung fortgeschrittener, moderner, zum Teil hochspezialisierter Anwendungen.

Author : Drew V. McDermott
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Computers
ISBN : 026213392X

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Mind and Mechanism by Drew V. McDermott Pdf

An exploration of the mind-body problem from the perspective of artificial intelligence.

Author : Philip Mirowski
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780742569614

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Against Mechanism by Philip Mirowski Pdf

'...the history of economic theory at its best.'-EASTERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL

Author : Peter Sykes
Publisher : Pearson Education India
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1986-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8177584332

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A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry by Peter Sykes Pdf

Author : Tilman Borgers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780190244682

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An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design by Tilman Borgers Pdf

What is the best way to auction an asset? How should a group of people organize themselves to ensure the best provision of public goods? How should exchanges be organized? In An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design, Tilman Börgers addresses these questions and more through an exploration of the economic theory of mechanism design. Mechanism design is reverse game theory. Whereas game theory takes the rules of the game as a given and makes predictions about the behavior of strategic players, the theory of mechanism design goes a step further and selects the optimal rules of the game. A relatively new economic theory, mechanism design studies the instrument itself as well as the results of the instrument. An Introduction to the Theory of Mechanism Design provides rigorous but accessible explanations of classic results in the theory of mechanism design, such as Myerson's theorem on expected revenue maximizing auctions, Myerson and Satterthwaite's theorem on the impossibility of ex post efficient bilateral trade with asymmetric information, and Gibbard and Satterthwaite's theorem on the non-existence of dominant strategy voting mechanisms. Börgers also provides an examination of the frontiers of current research in the area with an original and unified perspective that will appeal to advanced students of economics.

Author : Veli-Pekka Parkkinen,Christian Wallmann,Michael Wilde,Brendan Clarke,Phyllis Illari,Michael P Kelly,Charles Norell,Federica Russo,Beth Shaw,Jon Williamson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783319946108

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Evaluating Evidence of Mechanisms in Medicine by Veli-Pekka Parkkinen,Christian Wallmann,Michael Wilde,Brendan Clarke,Phyllis Illari,Michael P Kelly,Charles Norell,Federica Russo,Beth Shaw,Jon Williamson Pdf

This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book is the first to develop explicit methods for evaluating evidence of mechanisms in the field of medicine. It explains why it can be important to make this evidence explicit, and describes how to take such evidence into account in the evidence appraisal process. In addition, it develops procedures for seeking evidence of mechanisms, for evaluating evidence of mechanisms, and for combining this evaluation with evidence of association in order to yield an overall assessment of effectiveness. Evidence-based medicine seeks to achieve improved health outcomes by making evidence explicit and by developing explicit methods for evaluating it. To date, evidence-based medicine has largely focused on evidence of association produced by clinical studies. As such, it has tended to overlook evidence of pathophysiological mechanisms and evidence of the mechanisms of action of interventions. The book offers a useful guide for all those whose work involves evaluating evidence in the health sciences, including those who need to determine the effectiveness of health interventions and those who need to ascertain the effects of environmental exposures.

Author : Peter Hedström,Richard Swedberg
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0521596874

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Social Mechanisms by Peter Hedström,Richard Swedberg Pdf

The advancement of social theory requires an analytical approach that systematically seeks to explicate the social mechanisms that generate and explain observed associations between events. These essays, written by prominent social scientists, advance criticisms of current trends in social theory and suggest alternative approaches. The mechanism approach calls attention to an intermediary level of analysis in between pure description and story-telling, on the one hand, and grand theorizing and universal social laws, on the other. For social theory to be of use for the working social scientist, it must attain a high level of precision and provide a toolbox from which middle range theories can be constructed.

Author : Domenico Bertoloni Meli
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801899805

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Mechanism, Experiment, Disease by Domenico Bertoloni Meli Pdf

A leading early modern anatomist and physician, Marcello Malpighi often compared himself to that period’s other great mind—Galileo. Domenico Bertoloni Meli here explores Malpighi’s work and places it in the context of seventeenth-century intellectual life. Malpighi’s interests were wide and varied. As a professor at the University of Bologna, he confirmed William Harvey’s theory of the circulation of blood; published groundbreaking studies of human organs; made important discoveries about the anatomy of silkworms; and examined the properties of plants. He sought to apply his findings to medical practice. By analyzing Malpighi’s work, the author provides novel perspectives not only on the history of anatomy but also on the histories of science, philosophy, and medicine. Through the lens of Malpighi and his work, Bertoloni Meli investigates a range of important themes, from sense perception to the meaning of Galenism in the seventeenth century. Bertoloni Meli contends that to study science and medicine in the seventeenth century one needs to understand how scholars and ideas crossed disciplinary boundaries. He examines Malpighi’s work within this context, describing how anatomical knowledge was achieved and transmitted and how those processes interacted with the experimental and mechanical philosophies, natural history, and medical practice. Malpighi was central in all of these developments, and his work helped redefine the intellectual horizon of the time. Bertoloni Meli’s critical study of this key figure and the works of his contemporaries—including Borelli, Swammerdam, Redi, and Ruysch—opens a wonderful window onto the scientific and medical worlds of the seventeenth century.

Author : Brian G. Henning,Adam Scarfe
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739174371

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Beyond Mechanism by Brian G. Henning,Adam Scarfe Pdf

It has been said that new discoveries and developments in the human, social, and natural sciences hang “in the air” (Bowler, 1983; 2008) prior to their consummation. While neo-Darwinist biology has been powerfully served by its mechanistic metaphysic and a reductionist methodology in which living organisms are considered machines, many of the chapters in this volume place this paradigm into question. Pairing scientists and philosophers together, this volume explores what might be termed “the New Frontiers” of biology, namely contemporary areas of research that appear to call an updating, a supplementation, or a relaxation of some of the main tenets of the Modern Synthesis. Such areas of investigation include: Emergence Theory, Systems Biology, Biosemiotics, Homeostasis, Symbiogenesis, Niche Construction, the Theory of Organic Selection (also known as “the Baldwin Effect”), Self-Organization and Teleodynamics, as well as Epigenetics. Most of the chapters in this book offer critical reflections on the neo-Darwinist outlook and work to promote a novel synthesis that is open to a greater degree of inclusivity as well as to a more holistic orientation in the biological sciences.

Author : Nader G. Zamani,Jonathan M. Weaver
Publisher : SDC Publications
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781585036523

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CATIA V5 Tutorials Mechanism Design & Animation Release 20 by Nader G. Zamani,Jonathan M. Weaver Pdf

"This book of tutorials is intended as a training guide for those who have a basic familiarity with part and assembly modeling in CATIA V5 Release 20 wishing to create and simulate the motions of mechanisms within CATIA Digital Mockup (DMU)."--Preface.

Author : Y. Narahari,Dinesh Garg,Ramasuri Narayanam,Hastagiri Prakash
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781848009387

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Game Theoretic Problems in Network Economics and Mechanism Design Solutions by Y. Narahari,Dinesh Garg,Ramasuri Narayanam,Hastagiri Prakash Pdf

This monograph focuses on exploring game theoretic modeling and mechanism design for problem solving in Internet and network economics. For the first time, the main theoretical issues and applications of mechanism design are bound together in a single text.

Author : Scott McEwen,Hof Williams
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250088260

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The Trigger Mechanism by Scott McEwen,Hof Williams Pdf

The Trigger Mechanism is the second book in the Camp Valor series by the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of American Sniper, Scott McEwen. When, Jalen, a young gamer, puts on a set of VR goggles and logs into an online video game, he enters a digital world where, as in most games, points are awarded for kills. Only this time, unbeknownst to Jalen, the game has been reengineered by a cyberterrorist known as Encyte so that real human lives are taken with the click of a button. When Jalen logs off, he learns he’s just killed fifty-three innocent people. Wyatt Brewer, Camp Valor’s top camper, is tapped to investigate and see if a link exists between Encyte and The Glowworm Gaming Network, which Wyatt helped dismantle the previous summer. Wyatt is still reeling from the losses inflicted by Glowworm and by the betrayal of his mentor, Sargent Halsey. When Wyatt meets Jalen, he finds a clue, and Julie Chen, a teenage prodigy and gaming superstar known as Hi_Kyto becomes the leading suspect. Wyatt knows he’ll need Jalen’s help if he has any chance of penetrating the gaming world and getting close to Hi_Kyto. And Jalen will need Camp Valor if he’s going to have any chance of rebuilding his life and finding redemption. But as the summer season starts at Valor, the Department of Defense threatens to shut the secret program down. A reclusive billionaire and Camp Valor alum offers a way forward—funded by him but without Valor for protection. Jalen and Wyatt are forced to consider going out on their own if they want bring Halsey to justice and to stop Encyte.

Author : Vladimir Netto
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781473563216

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The Mechanism by Vladimir Netto Pdf

INTRODUCTION BY MISHA GLENNY, author of McMafia A gripping narrative of power, corruption and greed, The Mechanism is the true story of how a simple investigation into money laundering uncovered the biggest corruption scandal in human history. When a small team of investigators discovered that a black market currency dealer was operating out of a Brazilian petrol station, they could never have imagined that their work would destroy the government and lead to the impeachment of two presidents. As the trail leads further and further into the centre of power, the search for the truth and pursuit of justice become ever more crucial. Taut and riveting, with more plot twists than the most compelling political thriller, The Mechanism is an essential work of non-fiction that exposes the rottenness caused when politicians and big businesses believe they are above the law.

Author : Mingyang Xie,Shengdong Yu
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000880380

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Autonomous Positioning of Piezoactuated Mechanism for Biological Cell Puncture by Mingyang Xie,Shengdong Yu Pdf

Autonomous Positioning of Piezoactuated Mechanism for Biological Cell Puncture gives a systematic and almost self-contained description of the many facets of advanced design, optimization, modeling, system identification, and advanced control techniques for positioning of the cell puncture mechanism with a piezoelectric actuator in micro/nanorobotics systems. To achieve biomedical applications, reliability design, modeling, and precision control are essential for developing engineering systems. With the advances in mechanical design, dynamic modeling, system identification, and control techniques, it is possible to expand the advancements in reliability design, precision control, and quick actuation of micro/nanomanipulation systems to the robot’s applications at the micro- and nanoscales, especially for biomedical applications. This book unifies existing and emerging techniques concerning advanced design, modeling, and advanced control methodologies in micropuncture of biological cells using piezoelectric actuators with their practical biomedical applications. The book is an essential resource for researchers within robotics, mechatronics, biomedical engineering, and automatic control society, including both academic and industrial parts. KEY FEATURES • Provides a series of latest results in, including but not limited to, design, modeling, and control of micro/nanomanipulation systems utilizing piezoelectric actuators • Gives recent advances of theory, technological aspects, and applications of advanced modeling, control, and actuation methodologies in cell engineering applications • Presents simulation and experimental results to reflect the micro/nano manipulation practice and validate the performances of the developed design, analysis, and synthesis approaches