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“…Abbacus algebra – eventually the main inspiration for the algebraic breakthrough of the 16th and 17th centuries – was inspired from a Romance-speaking region outside Italy, most likely located in the Provençal-Catalan area, and ultimately from a similar practitioners’ level of Arabic mathematics. …”

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“…The contents include the analysis of the individual environmental management tools of which the POEMS model is made up, with a description of their methodological structure and the main results of their implementation in different pilot agri-food companies, in order to verify their effective functioning and to highlight the strong and weak points of the POEMS model and of its individual fundamental components. …”

“…A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). …”

“…Through the interpretative lens of today’s leading thinkers, The Philosophical Salon illuminates the persistent intellectual queries and the most disquieting concerns of our actuality. Across its three main divisions—Speculations, Reflections, and Interventions—the volume constructs a complex mirror, in which our age might be able to recognize itself with all its imperfections, shadowy spots, even threatening abysses and latent promises. …”

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“…Les « Dix décisives » s’inscrivent en amont de l’installation durable de la Troisième République, enfin solidement aux mains des républicains : l’alliance politique et intellectuelle entre républicains modérés et libéraux orléanistes, préparée par une maturation et des échanges intellectuels, a servi de clé de voûte à la fondation durable de la République parlementaire en France…”

“…Abélard n’aura pas réussi à maîtriser le récit de sa vie : au lieu de la glorieuse Passion philosophique que seul il entendait écrire, une autre Passion s’écrit malgré lui et à deux mains - la passion de la maîtrise. Cette maîtrise, le philosophe la désire sans oser se l’avouer. …”

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“…It provides: A strong conceptual framework based on a ‘Foresight' approach Discussion of the key data and trends that underpin each chapter Coverage of both construction and property development Specially commissioned chapters by academics and practitioners A synthesis of the main findings in the book and key insights for the future to 2050 Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development is an important book for postgraduate students and researchers, construction, real estate and property development specialists, engineers, planners, architects, foresight and futures studies specialists, and anyone involved in sustainable buildings…”

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