“…How did early moderns experience sense and space? How did the expanding cultural, political, and social horizons of the period emerge out of those experiences and further shape them This Element takes an approach that is both global expansive and locally rooted by focusing on four cities as key examples: Florence, Amsterdam, Boston, and Manila. …”

“…Studies in the modernization of Japan…”

“…This book decenters Sunni and Mamluk and Ottoman normativity by investigating the practice of sharīʿa in a Twelver Shiʿi Persian-speaking milieu, in early modern Iran between the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. …”

Materias: “…Modernism (Art)…”

“…This open access book introduces the modern tontine and its applications in retirement and decumulation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- A Note on Names and Book Titles -- List of Contributors -- 1 Law Reports of the Parliament of Flanders and their Authority in the Parliament’s Practice -- 2 Paradigms of Authority in the College of Justice in Scotland -- 3 Legal Authorities in Castilian Courts’ Practice: Decisiones and Consilia to Study the Arbitrium Iudicis -- 4 Law Reporting, Authority and Precedent: the Common Law Paradigm -- 5 Legal Authorities in the Making of Portuguese Private Law: Emphyteusis and Majorat in Practical Literature -- 6 Iura scripta and Operae iurisperitorum in Municipal Courts of the Kingdom of Poland (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries) -- 7 Under the Legal Authority of the Senate of Milan (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries) -- 8 The Imperial Chamber Court and the Development of the Law in the Holy Roman Empire -- 9 Legal Authorities in the Seventeenth-Century Swedish Empire -- 10 The Parliament of Paris and the Making of the Law at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century -- 11 Legal Fragmentation in the Dutch Republic During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 12 Law Reports as Legal Authorities in Early Modern Belgian Legal Practice -- Bibliography -- Index…”

“…"This book presents recent computational techniques used in the advancements of modern grids with the integration of non-conventional energy sources like wind and solar energy. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contents: Introduction to a modern guide to food economics / Jutta Roosen and Jill E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Endorsements -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: What Is at Stake -- 1 Africa and the Challenge of Modernity -- 2 Understanding Modernity, Its Systems, and Imaginaries: Habermas, Taylor, and Wallerstein -- 3 The Epistemic Ramifications of Modernity: Coloniality, Decoloniality, and Subaltern Epistemologies -- 4 The Idea of Interconnectedness in Igbo Thought: Society, Politics, Religion, and Morality -- 5 Solidarity and the Challenge of Modernity -- Conclusion: Birthing "Other Modernities" From Endangered Knowledges -- Index…”

“…Physics for scientists and engineers with modern physics…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Cost-related -- Application development-related -- Hardware-related -- The need to choose a target architecture -- Azure Landing Zones -- Consider your constraints -- Time constraints -- Resource constraints -- Funding constraints -- How do you declare success for a legacy modernization to Azure? -- Identify the first workload to modernize to Azure -- Determine if modernization can be a multi-step process -- Establish hybrid and integration requirements -- Establish repeatable processes -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Strategies for Modernizing IBM and Unisys Mainframes -- IBM mainframes -- z/OS - The most common IBM mainframe operating system -- z/VSE - Similar to z/OS, but usually for smaller workloads -- z/VM - Z-series virtualization -- z/TPF - For high-volume transaction workloads -- z/Linux - Linux that can run under z/VM -- Specialty engines - IFL and zIIP -- Unisys -- Libra - From the Burroughs MCP line -- Dorado - From the Sperry OS/2200 operating system -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Midrange to Azure -- What is a midrange system? …”