“…Manhua Modernity offers a richly illustrated, deeply contextualized analysis of these illustrations across the lively pages of popular pictorial magazines that entertained, informed, and mobilized a nation through a half century of political and cultural transformation. …”

“…As a result, a tradition of commentaries to the text was soon established and flourished until the second half of the 17th century. Here, readers will find an informative overview of these commentaries complete with a rich context. …”

“…While the margins for Dutch foreign policy are limited, fate had it that the Netherlands occupied the European presidency during the second half of 1991, when the recognition issue divided the West and the parameters for the subsequent international intervention in the Balkans were set. …”

“…'Marmaduke Pickthall: Islam and the Modern World' makes an important contribution to the field of Muslims in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century…”

“…It is assumed that the book was created in the first half of the 6th century in the Near East. 24 folios with 48 miniatures have survived and have been stored at the Austrian National Library since 1664. …”

“…Hò̂, with strategic genius, courageous maneuver, and good fortune, was able to delay full-scale war with France for sixteen months in the northern half of the country. This was enough time for his Communist Party, under the cover of its Vietminh front organization, to neutralize domestic rivals and install the rough framework of an independent state. …”

“…Bureaucracies have developed as a result of technological changes in the second half of the nineteenth century. Based on the premise that these structures had a stronger influence on modern America than any other single phenomenon, this book explores the public's response to the growth of the power and influence of bureaucracy from the years 1880 through 1930. …”

“…This impressive collection celebrates the work of Peter Kershaw, a key figure in the field of Australian palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Over almost half a century his research helped reconceptualize ecology in Australia. …”

“…The second half, which builds upon the first, is devoted to quartic del Pezzo surfaces and higher-dimensional intersections of two quadrics. …”

“…Schur analysis in its various aspects occupies more than half of the volume, and moments problems have also an important place in the papers presented here. …”

“…Census data showed that over the last decade the Latino population grew from 35.3 million to 50.5 million, accounting for more than half of the nation's population growth. The editors of The Roots of Latino Urban Agency, Sharon Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales, have collected essays that examine this phenomenal growth. …”

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“…The number of American companies listed on the stock market dropped by half between 1996 and 2012. In recent years we've seen some of the most storied corporations go bankrupt (General Motors, Chrysler, Eastman Kodak) or disappear entirely (Bethlehem Steel, Lehman Brothers, Borders). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- BCS, The Chartered Institute for It -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Part I Cyber Security Issues -- 1. …”

“…They have since doubled or tripled in many countries, and in almost half of the OECD, 50% or more of the population is overweight. …”

“…IGRAs and TBSTs use Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex specific antigens and represent a significant advancement to TST which has been used for over half a century. The consolidated guideline provides background, justification, recommendations and implementation considerations on the WHO recommended TB infection tests. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature review -- 2.1 Right-wing populism -- 2.2 Nationalism(s) -- 2.3 Nationalism and populism -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3 Theoretical framework -- 3.1 Post-structuralism: undecidability and the impossibility of social closure -- 3.2 Neo-Gramscianism: hegemony, contingency and articulation -- 3.3 The political according to Laclau: post-foundationalism, discourse and competition -- 3.4 The populist radical right, populism and nationalism -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Overcoming the limitations of other Discourse Theory methodologies for the analysis of discursive formations -- 4.2 What kind of discourse analysis? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Unresolved Problem of Democratic Inclusion -- Including the Subjects -- Including Members -- What Is a Principle of Democratic Inclusion? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Refernces -- Chapter 1 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the origin of money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Vision of commodity money -- Marx's commodity money -- Critique of the commodity money view -- Credits and debts -- Primitive money -- Money in class society -- Temples and palaces in Mesopotamia -- Silver -- General-purpose money -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the nature of money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- The beginnings of chartalism -- Neo-chartalism (or MMT chartalism) -- Taxes -- Criticisms -- Criticisms of taxation driving money -- Criticisms of the determination of the value of money -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 Modern Monetary Theory's view of monetary sovereignty and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Money issuers and users -- Political sovereignty -- Criticisms -- Response to criticisms -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 4 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the deficits and public debt and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Different views on public deficits -- MMT's view of the public deficit -- Public debt -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 Modern Monetary Theory's view of the bank and endogenous money and its criticisms -- Introduction -- Debt pyramid -- Bank money -- Endogenous money -- Criticisms -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6 Functional Finance and Modern Monetary Theory's view of the inflation and its criticisms -- Functional Finance -- Sectoral balances -- Criticisms -- Functional Finance -- Monetary policy subordinated to fiscal policy -- Political assessment and supply-side inflation -- Pandemic-era inflation -- Criticism of sectoral balances -- Conclusions -- Note -- References…”

“…These include interp1 function, the quad and dblquad functions, the inv function, the ode45 function, the fzero function, and many others. The second half of the text covers more advanced topics, including the iteration method for solving pipe flow problems, the Hardy-Cross method for solving flow rates in a pipe network, separation of variables for solving partial differential equations, and the use of Laplace transforms to solve both ordinary and partial differential equations…”