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Unifying Theories of Programming ; 1st International Symposium, UTP 2006, Walworth Castle, County Durham, UK, February 5-7, 2006, Revised Selected Papers
A number of formal notations and theories have now emerged and proved them-selves effective as tools for the practisingsoftware engineer. Within these theorieswe see a number of common themes, such as abstraction, refinement, choice, ter-mination, feasibility, concurrency and communication. The commonality of suchthemes opens perspectives for unifying theories, an activity which can increaseour ability to use existing methods and notations, to recognise their limitations,and to extend and generalise them.
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, Vol. IIIA : Overview ; Vol. IIIA : Overview
Contains selected transcripts from presentations given at the conference. Speakers include: Chris Adami, Kenneth Arrow, Michel Baranger, Dan Braha, Timothy Buchman, Michael Caramanis, Kathleen Carley, Greg Chaitin, David Clark, Jack Cohen, Jim Collins, George Cowan, Clay Easterly, Steven Eppinger, Irving Epstein, Dan Frey, Ary Goldberger, Helen Harte, Leroy Hood, Don Ingber, Atlee Jackson, Stuart Kauffman, Jay Lemke, Simon Levin, Edward Lorenz, Ronnie Mainieri, David Meyer, Daniel Miller, Alan Perelson, Stuart Pimm, Stephen Small, Temple Smith, Eugene Stanley, Jeff Stock, Nam Suh, Duncan Watts and George Whitesides.
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems IV ; Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems
In June of 2002, over 500 professors, students and researchers met in Boston, Massachusetts for the Fourth International Conference on Complex Systems. The attendees represented a remarkably diverse collection of fields: biology, ecology, physics, engineering, computer science, economics, psychology and sociology, The goal of the conference was to encourage cross-fertilization between the many disciplines represented and to deepen understanding of the properties common to all complex systems. This volume contains 43 papers selected from the more than 200 presented at the conference. Topics include: cellular automata, neurology, evolution, computer science, network dynamics, and urban planning.
Unifying Themes in Complex Systems ; Vol. IIIB : New Research
This volume contains over 35 papers selected from those presented at the conference on topics including: self-organization in biology, ecological systems, language, economic modeling, ecological systems, artificial life, robotics, and complexity and art.
Unifying the Software Process Spectrum ; International Software Process Workshop, SPW 2005, Beijing, China, May 25-27, 2005 Revised Selected Papers
This volume contains papers presented at SPW 2005, the Software Process Workshop held in Beijing, P. R. China, on May 25-27, 2005, and prepared for final publication. The theme of SPW2005 was “Unifying the Software Process Spectrum. ” Software process encompasses all the activities that aim at developing or evolving software products. The expanding role of software and information systems in the world has focused increasing attention on the need for assurances that software systems can be developed at acceptable speed and cost, on a predictable schedule, and in such a way that resulting systems are of acceptably high quality and can be evolved surely and rapidly as usage contexts change.
Unifying Perspectives in Computational and Robot Vision
The field of computer vision has developed significantly over the last several years and the application areas span a broad range from medicine to robotics and surveillance. In robotics, computer vision is mainly seen as another sensory modality and new algorithms are commonly developed for different applications. In the computer vision community, there have been more requirements for benchmarking and comparison of methods but very few are still applied in realistic settings and in real-time which is one of the strongest requirements in robotic applications. Unifying Perspectives in Computational and Robot Vision brings the communities of robot and computer vision to a joint appreciation of the value of systems, where there is a need to consider all aspects from perception to action generation.I1222
Uniformly Accelerating Charged Particles : A Threat to the Equivalence Principle
There has been a long debate about whether uniformly accelerated charges should radiate electromagnetic energy and how one should describe their worldline through a flat spacetime, i.e., whether the Lorentz-Dirac equation is right. There are related questions in curved spacetimes, e.g., do different varieties of equivalence principle apply to charged particles, and can a static charge in a static spacetime radiate electromagnetic energy? The problems with the LD equation in flat spacetime are spelt out in some detail here, and its extension to curved spacetime is discussed. Different equivalence principles are compared and some vindicated. The key papers are discussed in detail and many of their conclusions are significantly revised by the present solution.
Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems : A Convergent Dynamics Approach
This book is one of the first systematic studies on the nonlinear output regulation problem that embraces both the local and global solvability analysis, covering such aspects as solvability conditions, controller design, and practical implementation issues.
Unfoldings : A Partial-Order Approach to Model Checking
In this book the authors introduce unfoldings, an approach to model checking which alleviates the state explosion problem by means of concurrency theory. They offer a gentle introduction to the basics of the method, and in particular they detail an unfolding-based algorithm for model checking concurrent systems against properties specified as formulas of linear temporal logic (LTL). Self-contained chapters cover transition systems and their products; unfolding products; search procedures for basic verification problems, such as reachability and livelocks; and model checking LTL.
Unfolding Social Constructionism
This book examines social constructionism as a metatheory of psychology. It does not consider constructionist accounts of psycho-social phenomena, but it does assess certain assumptions which are said to underpin those accounts, assumptions which are primarily semantic and epistemological.
Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment : Four European Countries in Comparison
The importance of non-standard employment forms has increased over the last decades. Janine Leschke addresses two important questions in this regard. First, do workers with part-time and temporary contracts face greater risks of becoming unemployed than those with regular contracts? Secondly, how far are they disadvantaged in terms of access to and level of unemployment benefits? The author compares the design of unemployment benefit systems in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. After discussing the development and role of non-standard employment in these countries, she examines the relevant features of unemployment insurance systems such as hours and earning thresholds and minimum contribution requirements. Her empirical analysis shows that non-standard workers are more likely to become unemployed or inactive and are disadvantaged in their entitlements to unemployment benefits.
Une politique mondiale pour Nourrir le monde = A global policy to feed the world
Hunger has not disappeared, and it could even spread if humanity does indeed reach nine billion people by mid-century. It is not certain that the world can feed itself. International experts negotiating within the framework of the WTO are convinced that the continued public support for agriculture in certain countries is the main current obstacle to the development of the poorest nations. The idea seems obvious, but that doesn't make it true. For it to be true, agricultural products would have to be produced and traded within sustainable systems.
Une introduction à la médecine traditionnelle chinoise ; Tome 1 : Le corps théorique = An introduction to traditional Chinese medicine ; Vol.1 : The theoretical body
Drawing directly from the primary sources, it illuminates the burgeoning of ideas within the medical community throughout its centuries of history, a development that might give the impression of a seemingly heterogeneous or even confused system of medicine. However, a patient study of the texts in light of the interpretations of the physicians reveals a different picture.
Undocumented Migrants and their Everyday Lives : The Case of Finland
Provides an overview of the everyday lives of undocumented migrants, thereby focusing on housing, employment, social networks, healthcare, migration trajectories as well as their use of the internet and social media.
Underwater Robots : Motion and Force Control of Vehicle-Manipulator Systems
Deals with the main control aspects in underwater manipulation tasks. The mathematical model with significant impact on the control strategy is discussed.
Underwater City = مدينة مائية
يعتبر هذا المشروع مهما وحيويا ويلبي احتياج جميع فئات المجتمع، وله أهداف اخرى غير الأهداف الربحية مثل: انعاش السياحة في البلد / تطوير وتقوية الاستثمارات / تحسين الوضع الاقتصادي للمحافظة التي تم افتتاح المشروع ضمنها / توفير فرص عمل لأكثر من 100 شخص تقريبا / وبالتأكيد تحقيق الربح المادي لصاحب المشروع
Understanding Willing Participants, Vol.2 : Milgram’s Obedience Experiments and the Holocaust
This volume one of this two-volume set introduces readers to a behind the scenes account showing how during Milgram’s unpublished pilot studies he step-by-step invented his official experimental procedure—how he gradually learnt to transform most ordinary people into willing inflictors of harm. The open access volume two then illustrates how certain innovators within the Nazi regime used the very same Milgram-like learning techniques that with increasing effectiveness gradually enabled them to also transform most ordinary people into increasingly capable executioners of other men, women, and children.
Understanding Values Work : Institutional Perspectives in Organizations and Leadership
At the core of institutional theories, ‘values’ is a central term and figures in most definitions; however it remains understudied and under-explored. The editors of this open access book identify a resurgence of interest in the values-construct which underpins discussions of identity, ‘ethos’ and the purpose/nature of public and civic welfare provision.
Understanding the Global Dimensions of Health
This book is an attempt to understand, explain and if possible act on the transformations....It is highly recommended as a welcome collection of level-headed analyses of the current confused transmutations in disease theory and health action" (Journal of Humanitarian Medicine, vol. IV, no. 4, October-December 2004). "With a free spirit, the authors examine the bioethical, socio-political and scientific aspects of health" (World Health Organization Quarterly News, October-December 2005).
Understanding the creeping crisis
This book explores a special species of trouble afflicting modern societies: creeping crises. These crises evolve over time, reveal themselves in different ways, and resist comprehensive responses despite periodic public attention. As a result, these crises continue to creep in front of our eyes. This book begins by defining the concept of a creeping crisis, showing how existing literature fails to properly define and explore this phenomenon and outlining the challenges such crises pose to practitioners. Drawing on ongoing research, this book presents a diverse set of case studies on: antimicrobial resistance, climate change-induced migration, energy extraction, big data, Covid-19, migration, foreign fighters, and cyberattacks
