Modernism's Mythic Pose - Carrie J. Preston - Bog - Oxford University Press Inc - Plusbog.dk

Modernism''s Mythic Pose recovers the tradition of Delsartism, a popular international movement that promoted bodily and vocal solo performances, particularly for women. This strain of classical-antimodernism shaped dance, film, and poetics. Its central figure, the mythic pose, expressed both skepticism and nostalgia and functioned as an ambivalent break from modernity.

Ungoverned Spaces - - Bog - Stanford University Press - Plusbog.dk

This book provides a comprehensive critique of the prevailing view of ungoverned spaces and the threat they pose to human, national and international security.

The Economics Of International Debt Renegotiation - Boon Chye Lee - Bog - Taylor & Francis Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The author considers the risks that the failure of Third World economies pose for highly exposed banks, whose collapse would threaten domestic as well as international financial systems.

Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency - - Bog - Stanford University Press - Plusbog.dk

Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemency examines the registers of individual psychology, religious belief, social practice, and political power that circulate in and around those who forgive, grant mercy, or pose clemency power.

Massive and Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears - - Bog - Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG - Plusbog.dk

This book offers a truly comprehensive overview of the understanding and treatment of massive and irreparable rotator cuff tears, a painful and disabling shoulder condition that continues to pose major challenges.

Labor and the Globalization of Production - - Bog - Palgrave Macmillan - Plusbog.dk

This book brings together the work of international economist, labour economists and sociologists in a far-reaching study of global production networks and the challenges they pose for developing country workers.

The Last Phonological Rule - - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk

A consideration of the challenges that computational innovations pose to current rule-based phonological theories and speculate about the advantages of phonological models based on artificial neural networks and other computer designs.

International Law and the Rise of Nations - - Bog - SAGE Publications Inc - Plusbog.dk

Among the significant consequences of the Cold War’s end has been the rise of nations and the challenges that these nations pose for global order and international law. Taking a unique approach to explore this phenomenon, Beck and Ambrosio consider three principal themes: the emergence of nations, the international legal challenges that such nations pose, and international legal efforts to accommodate nations within the global state system. Students of international law, political science, and ethnic studies will find this book useful for its focus on an overlooked, but important, subject.

Difference, Silence and Cultural Practice - Bronwyn Dwyer - Bog - Hampton Press - Plusbog.dk

This volume discusses the challenge that recent understandings of ""difference"" pose to language and literacy educators. It examines the crucial role of language and literacy education in the construction of contemporary cultural and economic conditions.

Optoelectronic Devices in Robotic Systems - - Bog - Springer International Publishing AG - Plusbog.dk

The contributions are focused on optoelectronic sensors and analyzing systems, 3D and 2D machine vision technologies, robot navigation, pose estimations, robot operation in cyclic procedures, control schemes, motion controllers, and intelligent algorithms and vision systems.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict - Michael P. Croissant - Bog - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Plusbog.dk

Of all the violent disputes that have flared across the former Soviet Union since the late 1980s, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict is the only one to pose a genuine threat to peace and security throughout Eurasia.

International Law of Underwater Cultural Heritage - Murray Raff - Bog - Springer International Publishing AG - Plusbog.dk

This book brings together three distinct areas of International Law – namely Environmental, Heritage and Ocean Law – to address the international legal protection of historically significant wrecks, with particular focus on the environmental hazards they may pose.

Pose, Wobble, Flow - Cindy O'donnell Allen - Bog - Teachers' College Press - Plusbog.dk

Femicide - - Bog - Emerald Publishing Limited - Plusbog.dk

Femicide considers how theory, research, activism, policy, and prevention in different contemporary environments impact on how femicide is defined, understood and prevented. The debates explored within this book pose particular challenges for practitioners in developing effective risk informed prevention.

Invasive Alien Plants - - Bog - CABI Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Invasive alien plants pose a major threat to agriculture, the natural environment and livelihoods worldwide and create challenges for development. This book emphasizes the social and economic implications of plant invasion and discusses direct impacts on livelihoods and biodiversity.

Faith, Politics, and Sexual Diversity in Canada and the United States - - Bog - University of British Columbia Press - Plusbog.dk

While acknowledging differences between Canada and the United States in their political responses to religion and sexual diversity, this volume moves beyond stereotypes to pose larger questions and reveal surprising changes at the intersection of faith-based and LGBT rights claims.

Seafood Chilling, Refrigeration and Freezing - Pinar Yerlikaya - Bog - John Wiley and Sons Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Fish and seafood are highly perishable, and must be preserved immediately after being caught or harvested. It is very important both to preserving its quality and to ensure that it does not pose any risks to human health upon consumption.

Animal Agriculture - - Bog - Nova Science Publishers Inc - Plusbog.dk

This book deals with the eradication of diseases that pose a risk to the health of animals, wildlife and humans. It includes developing a safe and wholesome food supply and the best practices in environmental stewardship, animal health and well-being.

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms - Badong Chen - Bog - John Wiley & Sons Inc - Plusbog.dk

Multimodal Perception and Secure State Estimation for Robotic Mobility Platforms Enables readers to understand important new trends in multimodal perception for mobile robotics This book provides a novel perspective on secure state estimation and multimodal perception for robotic mobility platforms such as autonomous vehicles. It thoroughly evaluates filter-based secure dynamic pose estimation approaches for autonomous vehicles over multiple attack signals and shows that they outperform conventional Kalman filtered results. As a modern learning resource, it contains extensive simulative and experimental results that have been successfully implemented on various models and real platforms. To aid in reader comprehension, detailed and illustrative examples on algorithm implementation and performance evaluation are also presented. Written by four qualified authors in the field, sample topics covered in the book include: Secure state estimation that focuses on system robustness under cyber-attacksMulti-sensor fusion that helps improve system performance based on the complementary characteristics of different sensorsA geometric pose estimation framework to incorporate measurements and constraints into a unified fusion scheme, which has been validated using public and self-collected dataHow to achieve real-time road-constrained and heading-assisted pose estimation This book will appeal to graduate-level students and professionals in the fields of ground vehicle pose estimation and perception who are looking for modern and updated insight into key concepts related to the field of robotic mobility platforms.

Medieval Cultures in Contact - - Bog - Fordham University Press - Plusbog.dk

Medievalists have long considered topics of cultural contact such as antagonism or exchange between western Europe and the Islamic world and the west's debts to Byzantium. This text aims to pose new questions, exploring how the meeting of cultures promotes historical change.

Renegade Regimes - Miroslav Nincic - Bog - Columbia University Press - Plusbog.dk

Rogue states pursue weapons of mass destruction, support terrorism, violate human rights, engage in acts of territorial aggression, and pose a threat to the international community. The author unravels the complex issues and policy choices regarding states that challenge international society's espoused interests and values.

Mercury in the Environment - - Bog - University of California Press - Plusbog.dk

Mercury pollution and contamination are widespread and continue to pose a public health concern. This title follows the process of mercury cycling through the atmosphere, through terrestrial and aquatic food webs, and through human populations to develop a comprehensive perspective on this important environmental problem.

Success and Failure in Limited War - Spencer D. Bakich - Bog - The University of Chicago Press - Plusbog.dk

Common and destructive, limited wars are significant international events that pose a number of challenges to the states involved beyond simple victory or defeat. This book investigates a crucial and heretofore ignored factor in determining the nature and direction of limited war: information institutions.

The Canadian Alternative - - Bog - University Press of Mississippi - Plusbog.dk

This overview of the history of Canadian comics explores acclaimed as well as unfamiliar artists. Contributors look at the myriad ways that English-language, Francophone, indigenous, and queer Canadian comics and cartoonists pose alternatives to American comics, to dominant perceptions, even to gender and racial categories.

The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer Analysis - Roland W. Lewis - Bog - John Wiley & Sons Inc - Plusbog.dk

Heat transfer analysis is a problem of major significance in vast range of industrial applcations. Heat conduction, phase change, coupled heat and mass transfer and thermal stress analysis can all pose key engineering problems. The use of numerical techniques to solve such problems is considered essential.