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Uranium, Mining and Hydrogeology
Subject of the book is Uranium and its migration in aquatic environments. The following subjects are emphasised: Uranium mining, Phosphate mining, mine closure and remediation, Uranium in groundwater and in bedrock, biogeochemistry of Uranium, environmental behavior, and modeling. Particular results from the leading edge of international research are presented.
Understanding acoustics : An experimentalist’s view of sound and vibration
Focuses on experiments and on approximation techniques rather than mathematical rigor. The second edition has benefited from comments and corrections provided by many acousticians, in particular those who have used the first edition in undergraduate and graduate courses. For example, phasor notation has been added to clearly distinguish complex variables, and there is a new section on radiation from an unbaffled piston
Turbulence in Fluids : Fourth Revised and Enlarged ed.
This is the 4th edition of a book originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers. It is an exhaustive monograph on turbulence in fluids in its theoretical and applied aspects, with many advanced developments using mathematical spectral methods (two-point closures like the EDQNM theory), direct-numerical simulations, and large-eddy simulations.Topics dealt with include: an introduction to turbulence in fluid mechanics; basic fluid dynamics; transition to turbulence; shear-flow turbulence; Fourier analysis for homogeneous turbulence; isotropic turbulence; phenomenology and simulations; analytical theories and stochastic models; two-dimensional turbulence; geostrophic turbulence; absolute-equilibrium ensembles; the statistical predictability theory; large-eddy simulations; and a section that explores developments towards real-world turbulence.
Transforming dentistry : The rise and near demise of dentistry at Western University
Focusing on the years from 1965 to 2015, Transforming Dentistry highlights Western University’s ambitious plans to create and situate a dental program within a health sciences complex; the practical challenges involved in implementing a curriculum and populating a new school; the influence of key dental faculty, community dentists, and students in shaping the program; and the school’s near closure during the 1990s. Detail how and why the training of dentists was transformed by science, technology, and individual educators. The book focuses on the unique aspects of Western’s dental program and compares it with the programs offered at nine other Canadian schools.
Topics in Galois Fields
Provides a self-contained presentation of the foundations of finite fields, including a detailed treatment of their algebraic closures. It also covers important advanced topics which are not yet found in textbooks: the primitive normal basis theorem, the existence of primitive elements in affine hyperplanes, and the Niederreiter method for factoring polynomials over finite fields. We give streamlined and/or clearer proofs for many fundamental results and treat some classical material in an innovative manner. In particular, we emphasize the interplay between arithmetical and structural results, and we introduce Berlekamp algebras in a novel way which provides a deeper understanding of Berlekamp's celebrated factorization algorithm.
Tigri e Teoremi : Scrivere teatro e scienza = Tigers and Theorems : Writing theater and science
From science according to Popper and Toulmin to theater according to Morteo and Brecht, a path is built between the two disciplines that leads to an original intertwining between the two fields: the emotion that a theatrical performance provokes in us can be compared to the pleasure that a theorem proved flawlessly. The purpose of the book is to teach how to write "Theater and Science". Seeing the curtain open in front of one's own scientific play, written with rigor after having researched and analyzed and compared the sources. The secret of this writing lies in two directives that work well both in science and in theater: e.
The Impact of Voluntary Disclosure on Financial Performance : An Applied Study on Banks and Insurance Companies Listed in DSE
The aims of the study were to clarify the impact of voluntary disclosures on the return on assets, clarify the impact of voluntary disclosures on the return on equity and to clarify the impact of voluntary disclosures on financial performance. To achieve the goals, the study used the financial statements of (14) banks and (7) insurance companies listed in Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE), for the period from (2016 till 2020) to measure their level of voluntary disclosure using the 9 main axes. Then calculating the sample’s return on assets and return on equity as a way to measure financial performance.
The impact of social responsibility activities disclosure on financial performance
This research was aimed to explain the impact of CSR activities on companies financial performance. To achieve that goal, the research depended on practical study; by extracting an actual data for the years (2016) to (2020) of (9) companies’ financial reports from the Listed companies at Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE), that data were about for the following companies: Syrian Kuwaiti insurance, United insurance, Al-ahliah lilnqal, United publishing advertising and marketing, Nama, Bank BEMO, Bank Al-Arabi, Badia Cement, Al-Ahlia Oils.
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Syrian banks
Aims to study the impact of the new Coronavirus on Syrian banks. By analyzing banks’ disclosures about their data, some concepts about the Coronavirus pandemic and the historical sequence of the emergence of the virus were present. Then a theoretical study on the financial statements of banks to studying the impact of Coronavirus on local banks through the statistical programs and T-test and the correlation relationship that was cover within the applied aspect of the research. As the variables were compare for five Syrian banks before and after the announcement of infection inside Syria. To measure the results and the impact of Corona on financial performance, and the study concluded that there is an impact of the Coronavirus on Syrian banks despite the policies and procedure taken by the Monetary Council and the Central Bank of Syria to mitigate the impact of the virus.
The impact of auditor rotation and key audit matters disclosures on financial reporting quality : An applied study at Damascus security exchange
Aims to explain the impact of Auditor Rotation and Key Audit Matter Disclosures on Financial Reporting Quality. To achieve that goal, the study depended on practical study; by extracting an actual data from the (11) traditional banks‟ financial reports of the registered companies at Damascus Securities Exchange (DSE), that data were about the auditor rotation, Key Audit Matter Disclosures and Financial Reporting Quality. The study used descriptive statistics, ANOVA test and logistic regression, to examine the research hypothesis...
Technology-oriented customer touchpoints in context of services in retailing : A differentiated analysis on social presence and privacy calculus
Addresses the topic of technology use along different touchpoints in context of different services in retailing, both in offline and online retail, with a total of eight essays. In particular, the interaction of technology use and the frontline employee is also considered and a special focus is placed on aspects of data disclosure by customers. In this context, the essays concentrate in varying degrees on the social interaction between customer, frontline employee and a service-technology, as well as on the balancing of benefits and risks for the customer in a possible disclosure of personal information.
Tax and Corporate Governance
The interaction of tax and corporate governance forms an emerging issue both in business and administrative practice and in academic research. International organisations (OECD, EC) have begun to explore the effects corporate governance rules exert on the tax policy of large business; governments try to employ corporate and securities law as a means to further their fiscal interest. Academic research shows that well-known principal-agent and capital market problems are strongly influenced by tax considerations. Against this background, this volume is the first to present a fully-fledged overview of the interdependence of tax and corporate governance. Not only the basic political, legal and economic questions but also major topics like income measurement, shareholding structures, corporate social responsibility and tax shelter disclosure are covered extensively by leading authors.
System Signatures and their Applications in Engineering Reliability
Provides guidance on how reliability problems might be structured, modeled and solved. Over the past ten years the broad applicability of system signatures has become apparent and the tool’s utility in coherent systems and communications networks firmly established. The book compared actual system lifetimes where the tool has been and has not been used. These comparisons—which have been done over the years—demonstrate the practical, feasible and fruitful use of the tool in building reliable systems. Finally, new results and future directions for system signatures are also explored.
Strabismus Surgery and its Complications
Strabismus Surgery and its Complications is divided into two is provided based on evidence-based medicine where available. distinct sections. Part I outlines the surgical management of Consensus and/or common sense advice is provided where - strabismus in 17 chapters. A full range of topics is covered idence-based medicine is not available. A chapter on managing including basic anatomy and physiology, surgical planning, patients with atypical and unexpected anatomical features and preoperative and postoperative management, and surgical a chapter on the medicolegal aspects of strabismus surgery are techniques. Surgical techniques are described in dedicated included.
Stochastic Orders
Stochastic ordering is a fundamental guide for decision making under uncertainty. It is also an essential tool in the study of structural properties of complex stochastic systems. This reference text presents a comprehensive coverage of the various notions of stochastic orderings, their closure properties, and their applications. Some of these orderings are routinely used in many applications in economics, finance, insurance, management science, operations research, statistics, and various other fields of study. And the value of the other notions of stochastic orderings still needs to be explored further.
Standardized Functional Verification
Standardized Functional Verification describes the science of functional verification that applies to any digital hardware system. With a precise and comprehensive terminology this book describes a thorough technical framework for achieving superior results with greater efficiency. It also defines a scientific basis for achieving functional closure and shows how true functional closure can be measured by software.The author provides a wealth of practical guidance to the practicing professional. It describes how to compare results from differing projects and how to assess the risk of functional bugs at tape-out or at any other critical product juncture. The book also shows consumers how to compare IP offerings from multiple vendors. For producers, it describes how to verify IP in a manner that meets customer needs.
Skins, Envelopes, and Enclosures : Concepts for Designing Building Exteriors
Illuminates the theory and techniques of assembling exteriors. Six chapters organized by wall types, from hand-set monolithic walls to digitally fabricated curtain walls, each have a material focus section to help you understand their intrinsic properties so that you can decide which will best keep the weather out of your building. Examples from the ancient world, including the Pyramids and the Great Wall, through a range of renowned modern architects, such as Studio Gang, Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog and deMeuron, and Rafael Moneo, illustrate how significant works in the history of architecture explored innovative use of materials – stone, brick, concrete, glass, and aluminium. Along the way, principles of construction from masonry and basic framing through ever more sophisticated envelope systems address classic problems presented by gravity, wind, rain, and sun with studies of lateral forces, building movements and materials that bridge the gaps in between them.
Secure Data Management ; 5th VLDB Workshop, SDM 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, August 24, 2008. Proceedings
This book is organized in topical sections on database security, trust management, privacy protection, and security and privacy in healthcare. The volume is rounded off by 3 position papers whose topics range from data disclosure control, via privacy protection to access control.
Science and Art of Porcelain Laminate Veneers
Details the expanding field of porcelain laminate veneers in aesthetic dentistry. It guides the aesthetic dentist in understanding the needs of the patient and formulating a treatment plan that includes not only aesthetic considerations, such as colour and smile design, but also occlusal, periodontal and functional requirements. In addition, it discusses the use of porcelain laminate veneers in diastema closure, the treatment of tetracycline discolouration and in conjunction wih orthodontic therapy. New techniques to ensure minimally invasive tooth preparation and maximum space creation for the dental technician are explored, and impression materials for porcelain laminate veneers are compared.
Proposed model to measure firm’s narrative disclosures and its impact on financial performance : An applied study at Damascus Securities Exchange
Presents an in-depth analysis of narrative disclosures in financial reporting and their effect on financial performance, with a focused application on all 25 companies listed at Damascus Securities Exchange for the period 2017-2021. The objective is to develop a comprehensive model for measuring the scope and quality of narrative disclosures (NDs), and to empirically test their impact on key financial performance indicators, namely return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). The results indicate a significant positive impact for narrative disclosures on financial performance’ two indicators (ROA and ROE) emphasizing their role in reducing information asymmetry, increasing investor confidence, and enhancing market efficiency.
