Tabla de Contenidos: “…Noel -- Tandil: la autoctonía implícita -- Villa Gesell: la autoctonía radical -- Verónica: la sociedad sin clases -- Las clases medias como identificación y como performance: más allá del sociocentrismo de las metrópolis -- 4. Un campo inesperado de inclusión social: negociaciones identitarias y movilidad socioeconómica en un equipo de triatlón en Santiago del Estero, por Sara Kauko -- Capital social, capital corporal y "campo deportivo" -- Un gimnasio de clase media y la revolución de un negro del jfk -- Clase media y estilo de vida: conciencia reflexiva deportiva -- Locos y atletas (de clase media) -- Canales de comunicación en el campo deportivo -- De Frías, Santiago del Estero, a Punta del Este, Uruguay -- "Cuando me reciba de médico, voy a atender a los becarios gratis" -- Conclusión…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…part, Architecture -- chapter A great Chinese ‘rural’ metropolis—the unity and contradictions in Beijing’s urban identity -- chapter Architectural ornaments in the twenty-first century: An analytical study -- chapter Conservation strategies to revive the imageability of the Kumbakonam historic town -- chapter Envisioning the unseen: Interdisciplinary approach between painting and architecture -- chapter Heritage management: Investigating current practices in sustainable retrofitting of built heritage, methodologies, tools and approaches -- chapter New urbanism and its reflection on residential interior design in Egypt -- chapter Place identity/place making in the built environment—towards a methodological perspective -- chapter Sustainable urban heritage conservation strategies—case study of historic Jeddah districts -- chapter The correlation between art and architecture to promote social interaction in public space -- chapter The miniatures of Lahore Darbar -- chapter The potential of the eco-passive construction technique for the Western Desert in Egypt -- chapter Towards public identity and climate awareness architecture -- chapter Vernacular culture and its contribution to the identity of Auresian houses in Algeria -- chapter The historical symbolizing of Istanbul city through its iconic buildings -- part, Interior design -- chapter Anticipating possible future visions in interior architecture -- chapter Contemporary Egyptian theatre and heritage -- chapter Design ideology through architectural identity: A hybrid dynamic potential -- chapter The mutual influence of the Mamluk interior architecture and urban planning in Damascus -- chapter Usage of Arundo Donax L. as a sustainable material in interior design and architecture -- part, Architectural identity and globalization -- part, Architecture -- chapter Authenticity of the physical environment that influences a sense of place: A qualitative study at Ampel Street Corridor, Surabaya, Indonesia -- chapter Back into the future: The city improvement board of Hyderabad -- chapter Drama as a conservation tool for architectural heritage -- chapter Human response and the complex city scene -- chapter Interactions between urban dynamics and new spatial patterns: The case of Istanbul -- chapter Investigating a sense of place at a historic commercial street corridor: Visitor perception of social aspects -- chapter Jammu—the city of temples -- chapter Nature and physical configuration: A study of topographical influences on the physical configuration of mountain settlements in the Iraqi Kurdistan region -- chapter The effect of social and environmental factors on the urban form of a place: A fishing village in Hurghada, Egypt -- chapter The nature of cities -- chapter The Potential of Pavements in the Identity Conflict of a City -- chapter Towards sustainable slum development: A performance evaluation approach for slum upgrading plans in Egypt -- chapter Urban identity and lifestyles of gated communities in Egypt -- part, Graphic -- chapter From national disgrace to cultural heritage and international film set. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Una victoria pírrica -- 11. De fuera de la metrópoli -- Cantar la palinodia -- La espada de Damocles -- «¡Heuréka!»…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…"Conté: ASIA CENTRAL: Takashi Tsubokura, "La próxima metrópoli de Asia Central. Astana, un nodo geopolítico en la estepa" -- Norman Foster, Palacio de la Paz y la Reconciliación, Astana, Kazajistán -- BIG, Biblioteca Nacional, Astana, Kazajistán -- OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Campus Científico de Almaty, Talgar, Kazajistán"- Casa Asia…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…LAS ANTIGUAS CULTURAS HIDROAGRÍCOLAS -- 3.1 CONTEXTOS GEOHISTÓRICOS DELAS ANTIGUAS CULTURAS HIDROAGRÍCOLAS -- 3.1.1 LAS CULTURAS HIDROAGRÍCOLAS -- 3.1.2 LA FORMACIÓN DE URBES Y METRÓPOLIS ANTIGUAS -- 3.2 COSMOVISIONES ANTIGUAS -- 3.2.1 CARACTERÍSTICAS Y COMPARACIÓN DE LOS ANTIGUOS POLITEÍSMOS -- 3.2.2 DUALISMOS -- 3.3 CONOCIMIENTOS APLICADOS Y TECNOLOGÍA ANTIGUOS -- 3.3.1 SISTEMAS LINGÜÍSTICOS ESCRITOS -- 3.3.2 SISTEMAS MATEMÁTICOS Y ASTRONÓMICOS APLICADOS -- 3.3.3 SISTEMAS MÉDICOS -- 3.3.4 SISTEMAS BÉLICOS -- 3.4 ARTE Y VIDA COTIDIANA -- 3.4.1 DISTINCIONES PLÁSTICAS INTERCULTURALES -- 3.4.2 LA LITERATURA ANTIGUA -- CUARTA UNIDAD. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…La supuesta excepcionalidad chilena / Una identidad constitucional en México / IV. LA METRÓPOLIS POST-IMPERIAL -- España y su laberinto identitario / Los ídolos de la tribu en el nacionalismo vasco / Cataluña en la España contemporánea. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Karl Marx, [England, Metropolis of Capital] ; 54. Karl Marx, [First Address on the Franco-Prussian War] ; 55. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Objeciones y resistencias a ella; XIII La omnipotencia del Estado provincial de Buenos Aires indiviso, era la ausencia de la libertad en los usos políticos de su sociedad; XIV De cómo los monopolios de la Provincia-metrópoli han retenido el desarrollo del sur de la República; XV Lo que gana la ciudad de Buenos Aires con separarse de la Provincia, para ser capital de la Nación…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ramelli -- Jacob of Serugh and his homilies on the Praise at Table / Joseph Kalariparampil -- Le analogie trinitarie die Anastasio Sinaita: la I omelia in creatione hominis / Giulio Maspero -- Lo Ełc Ałandoc' di Eznik e la sua ricezione nella letteratura armena dal V all'VIII secolo / Alessandro Orengo -- Riflessi di polemica cristologica in alcune omelie armene del V-VI secolo / Riccardo Pane -- Dal tempio pagano alla chiesa cristiana: il caso dell'Anatolia / Stella Patitucci -- Da Antiochia a Theoupolis: la trasformazione giustinianea di una metropoli / Giovanni Uggeri -- Monasteri a Roma tra IV e VIII secolo. …”

“…En el siglo XVIII, “las colonias inglesas del Norte de América se sublevan contra su metrópoli y proclaman –luego de corta guerra donde contó con el apoyo de Francia y España– la independencia y la República bajo la forma federal. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.4 Precision of Monte Carlo Method -- 3.4.1 Monitoring Mean and Variance -- 3.4.2 Importance Sampling -- 3.4.3 Correlated Samples -- 3.4.4 Variance Reduction Methods -- 3.5 Markov Chains -- 3.5.1 Markov Processes -- 3.5.2 Discrete Time, Discrete State Space -- 3.5.3 Transition Probability -- 3.5.4 "Sun City" -- 3.5.5 Utility Bills -- 3.5.6 Classification of States -- 3.5.7 Stationary Distribution -- 3.5.8 Reversibility Condition -- 3.5.9 Markov Chains with Continuous State Spaces -- 3.6 Simulation of a Markov Chain -- 3.7 Applications -- 3.7.1 Bank Sizes -- 3.7.2 Related Failures of Car Parts -- References -- 4 Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods -- 4.1 Markov Chain Simulations for Sun City and Ten Coins -- 4.2 Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm -- 4.3 Random Walk MHA -- 4.4 Gibbs Sampling -- 4.5 Diagnostics of MCMC -- 4.5.1 Monitoring Bias and Variance of MCMC -- 4.5.2 Burn-in and Skip Intervals -- 4.5.3 Diagnostics of MCMC -- 4.6 Suppressing Bias and Variance -- 4.6.1 Perfect Sampling -- 4.6.2 Adaptive MHA -- 4.6.3 ABC and Other Methods -- 4.7 Time-to-Default Analysis of Mortgage Portfolios -- 4.7.1 Mortgage Defaults -- 4.7.2 Customer Retention and Infinite Mixture Models -- 4.7.3 Latent Classes and Finite Mixture Models -- 4.7.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 4.7.5 A Bayesian Model -- References -- PART II Modeling Dependence -- 5 Statistical Dependence Structures -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Correlation -- 5.2.1 Pearson's Linear Correlation -- 5.2.2 Spearman's Rank Correlation -- 5.2.3 Kendall's Concordance -- 5.3 Regression Models -- 5.3.1 Heteroskedasticity -- 5.3.2 Nonlinear Regression -- 5.3.3 Prediction -- 5.4 Bayesian Regression -- 5.5 Survival Analysis -- 5.5.1 Proportional Hazards -- 5.5.2 Shared Frailty -- 5.5.3 Multistage Models of Dependence -- 5.6 Modeling Joint Distributions -- 5.6.1 Bivariate Survival Functions -- 5.6.2 Bivariate Normal…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction to Bayesian Inverse Problems -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Sources of uncertainty -- 1.3 Formal definition of probability -- 1.4 Interpretations of probability -- 1.4.1 Physical probability -- 1.4.2 Subjective probability -- 1.5 Probability fundamentals -- 1.5.1 Bayes' Theorem -- 1.5.2 Total probability theorem -- 1.6 The Bayesian approach to inverse problems -- 1.6.1 The forward problem -- 1.6.2 The inverse problem -- 1.7 Bayesian inference of model parameters -- 1.7.1 Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods -- 1.7.1.1 Metropolis-Hasting algorithm -- 1.8 Bayesian model class selection -- 1.8.1 Computation of the evidence of a model class -- 1.8.2 Information-theory approach to model-class selection -- 1.9 Concluding remarks -- 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Beatrice cacciotti: Riflessi della metropoli nella diffusione dei culti misterici nella Hispania romana. luis Baena del alcázar: La tradición clásica en las matronas sedentes de Hispania. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Bayesian Linear Regression Model -- THE UNIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Bayesian Estimation of the Univariate Regression Model -- Illustration: The Univariate Linear Regression Model -- THE MULTIVARIATE LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL -- Diffuse Improper Prior -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Estimation of ARCH-Type Volatility Models -- BAYESIAN ESTIMATION OF THE GARCH(1,1) MODEL -- Distributional Setup -- Posterior Distributions -- Posterior Simulations with the Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm -- MARKOV-SWITCHING GARCH MODELS -- Preliminaries -- Prior Distributional Assumptions -- Estimation of the MS GARCH Model -- APPENDIX: THE GRIDDY GIBBS SAMPLER -- Drawing from the Conditional Posterior Distribution of ν -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bayesian Techniques and the Black-Litterman Model -- PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN MEAN-VARIANCE OPTIMIZATION -- Example: The True, Estimated, and Actual Efficient Frontiers -- Sensitivity to Estimation Error -- Incorporating Uncertainty in the Inputs into the Portfolio Allocation Process -- Large Data Requirements -- SHRINKAGE ESTIMATION -- THE BLACK-LITTERMAN MODEL -- Derivation of the Black-Litterman Model -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Bond Valuation -- Basics of Bond Valuation -- GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF BOND VALUATION -- Estimating Cash Flows -- Determining the Appropriate Interest Rate or Rates -- Discounting the Expected Cash Flows -- Determining a Bond's Value -- The Price/Discount Rate Relationship -- Time Path of Bond -- ARBITRAGE-FREE BOND VALUATION -- Theoretical Spot Rates -- Valuation Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Reason for Using Treasury Spot Rates -- Stripping and Arbitrage-Free Valuation -- Credit Spreads and the Valuation of Non-Treasury Securities -- KEY POINTS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Relative Value Analysis of Fixed-Income Products…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…References -- Chapter 7 On New Joint Importance Measures for Multistate Reliability Systems -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 New Joint Importance Measures -- 7.2.1 Multistate Differential Joint Reliability Achievement Worth (MDJRAW) -- 7.2.2 Multistate Differential Joint Reliability Reduction Worth (MDJRRW) -- 7.2.3 Multistate Differential Joint Reliability Fussel-Vesely (MDJRFV) Measure -- 7.3 Discussion -- 7.4 Illustrative Example -- 7.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Inferences for Two Inverse Rayleigh Populations Based on Joint Progressively Type-II Censored Data -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Model Description -- 8.3 Classical Estimation -- 8.3.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimation -- 8.3.2 Asymptotic Confidence Interval -- 8.4 Bayesian Estimation -- 8.4.1 Tierney-Kadane's Approximation -- 8.4.2 Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm -- 8.4.3 HPD Credible Interval -- 8.5 Simulation Study -- 8.6 Real-Life Application -- 8.7 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Component Reliability Estimation Through Competing Risk Analysis of Fuzzy Lifetime Data -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Fuzzy Lifetime Data -- 9.2.1 Fuzzy Set -- 9.2.2 Fuzzy Numbers and Membership Function -- 9.2.3 Fuzzy Event and its Probability -- 9.3 Modeling with Fuzzy Lifetime Data in Presence of Competing Risks -- 9.4 Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Exponential Lifetimes -- 9.4.1 Bootstrap Confidence Interval -- 9.5 Bayes Estimation -- 9.5.1 Highest Posterior Density Confidence Estimates -- 9.6 Numerical Illustration -- 9.6.1 Simulation Study -- 9.6.2 Reliability Analysis Using Simulated Data -- 9.7 Real Data Study -- 9.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Redundant System with Refreshment -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Notations -- 10.3 Average Sojourn Times and Probabilities of Transition States -- 10.4 Mean Time to Failure of the System -- 10.5 Steady-State Availability…”