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Topics in Modal Analysis & Parameter Identification, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2022 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series)
by Brandon J. Dilworth Timothy Marinone Michael MainsTopics in Modal Analysis & Testing, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the eighth volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings and case studies on fundamental and applied aspects of Modal Analysis, including papers on:Operational Modal & Modal Analysis ApplicationsExperimental TechniquesModal Analysis, Measurements & Parameter EstimationModal Vectors & ModelingBasics of Modal AnalysisAdditive Manufacturing & Modal Testing of Printed Parts
Topik der Theorie: Zur rhetorischen Struktur der Theorie nach deren proklamiertem Ende (LiLi: Studien zu Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik #6)
by Michael Eggers Adrian Robanus‚Nach der Theorie‘? Im vorliegenden Band wird vorgeschlagen, eine solche Formel der Selbstverständigung über den gegenwärtigen Status von Theorie nicht einfach hinzunehmen, sondern durch einen rhetorisch informierten Blick zu erwidern, der Theorie als durch Topoi strukturiert erkennt. Es werden Beiträge zu zahlreichen solcher Theorietopoi präsentiert, etwa zum ‚Tod des Autors‘, zum ‚Gespenstischen‘ oder zu der topischen Wendung ‚zurück zu‘. Oft dienen sie dazu, in der Interpretationspraxis übergreifende Theorierahmen oder verschiedene theoretische Ansätze kondensiert aufzurufen. Als eine ‚Theoriepraktik‘ hat der Band den Anspruch, über die Analyse ihrer Topoi die Theorie nach ihrem proklamierten Ende neu zu erfassen.
Topographic Labiaplasty: From Theory to Clinical Practice
by Pablo Gonzalez-Isaza Rafael Sánchez-BorregoThis book provides the reader a fully descriptive approach of labia minora hypertrophy and clitoral hood elongation related to anatomical variants. The expert contributors present their reproducible and structured technique of Topographic Labiaplasty, that allows the surgeon to improve surgical results and avoid complications and poor aesthetic outcomes. It also enables surgeons to understand the huge anatomical variants related to labia minora hypertrophy and clitoral frenulum complex aiming a better result from the aesthetic and functional point of view.The eighteen well written chapters include a brief historical research about the history of labiaplasty, classifications of labia minora hypertrophy, indications and contraindications for the surgery, anesthetic considerations, surgical instrumentation, reconstructive aspects, labiaplasty in teenagers and the sexological impact. The book also features surgical videos.Topographic Labiaplasty - From Theory to Practice is addressed to consultants in gynecology, plastic surgery, urogynecology and those interested in female cosmetic genital surgery.
Topological Charge of Optical Vortices
by Victor V. Kotlyar Alexey A. Kovalev Anton G. NalimovThis book is devoted to the consideration of unusual laser beams – vortex or singular beams. It contains many numerical examples, which clearly show how the phase of optical vortices changes during propagation in free space, and that the topological charge is preserved.Topological Charge of Optical Vortices shows that the topological charge of an optical vortex is equal to the number of screw dislocations or the number of phase singularities in the beam cross-section. A single approach is used for the entire book: based on M. Berry’s formula. It is shown that phase singularities during beam propagation can be displaced to infinity at a speed greater than the speed of light. The uniqueness of the book is that the calculation of the topological charge for scalar light fields is extended to vector fields and is used to calculate the Poincare–Hopf singularity index for vector fields with inhomogeneous linear polarization with V-points and for the singularity index of vector fields with inhomogeneous elliptical polarization with C-points and C- lines. The book is written for opticians, and graduate students interested in an interesting section of optics – singular optics. It will also be of interest to scientists and researchers who are interested in modern optics. In order to understand the content of the book, it is enough to know paraxial optics (Fourier optics) and be able to calculate integrals.
Topological Dynamics in Metamodel Discovery with Artificial Intelligence: From Biomedical to Cosmological Technologies (Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series)
by Ariel FernándezThe leveraging of artificial intelligence (AI) for model discovery in dynamical systems is cross-fertilizing and revolutionizing both disciplines, heralding a new era of data-driven science. This book is placed at the forefront of this endeavor, taking model discovery to the next level. Dealing with artificial intelligence, this book delineates AI’s role in model discovery for dynamical systems. With the implementation of topological methods to construct metamodels, it engages with levels of complexity and multiscale hierarchies hitherto considered off limits for data science. Key Features: Introduces new and advanced methods of model discovery for time series data using artificial intelligence Implements topological approaches to distill "machine-intuitive" models from complex dynamics data Introduces a new paradigm for a parsimonious model of a dynamical system without resorting to differential equations Heralds a new era in data-driven science and engineering based on the operational concept of "computational intuition" Intended for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners interested in dynamical systems empowered by AI or machine learning and in their biological, engineering, and biomedical applications, this book will represent a significant educational resource for people engaged in AI-related cross-disciplinary projects.
The Topological Model of Genome and Evolution: Understanding the Origin and Nature of Life
by Pradeep ChhayaThis book deals with the missing link in the domain of functional genomics viz. genomic architecture. It begins with a deconstruction of the Darwinian paradigm using the proposed model of modified involuted manifolds. It recasts the process of natural selection as a process of information transfer. Using a topological model, this book outlines a new genomic architecture. The key argument for this proposed model is that some such structuralism has always been implicit in genomics. The proposed model fits very well with the known genomic characteristics and allows to separate the regulatory genome from the transcriptive genomes. The model is capable of discerning modular architecture of genomes with different genomic functionalities existing in hierarchical relationships and demonstrates that genomes act as units of selection and as the environment for the individual genes which act as competing species. Towards the end, the book also examines the role of genomic evolution in cancer and the principles of natural selection and evolution of the genotype. The regulatory genome is also discussed, with an emphasis on its evolution and natural selection. It is a valuable source for researchers working in functional genomics, mathematical modeling in biology and evolutionary genomics.
Topological Phases in Condensed Matter Physics
by Saurabh BasuThe book is mainly designed for post-graduate students to learn modern-day condensed matter physics. While emphasizing an experiment called the ‘Quantum Hall effect’, it introduces the subject of 'Topology' and how the topological invariants are related to the quantization of the Hall plateaus. Thus, the content tries to deliver an account of the topological aspects of materials that have shaped the study of condensed matter physics in recent times. The subject is often quite involved for a student to grasp the fundamentals and relate them to physical phenomena. Further, these topics are mostly left out of the undergraduate curriculum, although they often require a simplistic view of the concepts involved to be presented pedagogically. The book contains examples, worked-out concepts, important derivations, diagrams for illustration, etc. to aid the understanding of the students. The book also emphasizes the experimental discoveries that put the subject in its perspective and elaborate on the applications which are likely to be of interest to scientists and engineers.
The Topological Weighted Centroid: Theory and Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence #1095)
by Massimo Buscema Masoud Asadi-Zeydabadi Giulia Massini Weldon A. Lodwick Marco Breda Riccardo Petritoli Francis Newman Francesca Della TorreThis book introduces the Topological Weighed Centroid approach and describes some applications in the study of the dynamics of various spatial phenomena with a special emphasis on the spatial analysis of the relationship, influence, and dynamics of geographical phenomena. Offering a comprehensive introduction to the theory and illustrative examples from various kinds of geographical data, this book also takes an in-depth look at more complex case studies, such as the applications of the topological weighed centroid approach in the study of epidemic patterns, cultural processes, criminality, and environmental phenomena.
Topology (UNITEXT #153)
by Marco ManettiThis is an introductory textbook on general and algebraic topology, aimed at anyone with a basic knowledge of calculus and linear algebra. It provides full proofs and includes many examples and exercises. The covered topics include: set theory and cardinal arithmetic; axiom of choice and Zorn's lemma; topological spaces and continuous functions; con- nectedness and compactness; Alexandrov compactification; quotient topol- ogies; countability and separation axioms; prebasis and Alexander's theorem; the Tychonoff theorem and paracompactness; complete metric spaces and function spaces; Baire spaces; homotopy of maps; the fundamental group; the van Kampen theorem; covering spaces; Brouwer and Borsuk's theorems; free groups and free product of groups and basic category theory. While it is very concrete at the beginning, abstract concepts are gradually introduced. This second edition contains a new chapter with a topological introduction to sheaf cohomology and applications. It also corrects some inaccuracies and some additional exercises are proposed. The textbook is suitable for anyone needing a basic, comprehensive introduction to general and algebraic topology and its applications.
The Topology of Planning Theories: A Systematization of Planning Knowledge (The Urban Book Series)
by Meike Levin-Keitel Lukas BehrendThe book discusses and organizes planning theories in a new way. Building on a foundation in scientific theory, both planning practice and the planning sciences are thereby classified and their inherent importance is organized in terms of knowledge generation. The core of the book is a knowledge-oriented systematization of planning knowledge in the form of planning theories, the topology of planning theories. The target audience of this work are academic as well as practical users from diverse disciplines with spatial impact, such as spatial planning, urban planning, regional planning, landscape planning, geography, urban studies, architecture and landscape architecture.
Topothesia: Planning, Colonialism, and Places in Excess
by Ameeth VijaySHORTLISTED, 2024 MSA FIRST BOOK PRIZETopothesia reads urban planning as a mode of speculative fiction, one inextricably linked to histories of British colonialism and liberalism through a particular understanding of place. The book focuses on town planning from the late nineteenth century to the present day, showing how the contemporary geography of Britain—sharply unequal and marked by racial division—continues ideologies of place established in colonial contexts. Specifically, planning allows for the speculative construction of future places that are both utopian in their ability to resolve political disagreement and at the same tantalizingly realizable, able to be produced in concrete reality. This speculative imaginary, I argue, is only possible within the ideological framework of colonialism and the history of empire within which it developed. Topothesia refers to a rhetorical device employing the vivid depiction of an often-imaginary place. This device, Vijay shows, helps us understand urban planning as a narrative genre, one that, even in its most mundane documents, is compelled to produce elaborate fantasies of future places. The book examines specific planning movements over time to understand the form and the stakes of their speculative worlds. In building these worlds, the book shows, planners continually coopted literary critiques of the present and reveries of the future, retaining literature's aesthetics while eschewing its politics. At the same time, Vijay shows, writers and artists have dwelled within and against these colonial imaginaries to seek other means of representing place.
Tor. Tretze cases i tres morts (edició definitiva)
by Carles PortaCarles Porta narra la història més apassionant del true crime català: tot va començar a Tor. «Me van robar, me van intentar matar, i encara soc jo lo cabrón. Només em queda una solució: morir matant!». Tretze veïns, amos d'una muntanya. Al poble de Tor, tocant a Andorra. Poderosos que s'enfronten. Interessos, contraban, l'orgull de la força. Assassinats estranys i sentències que fan créixer la crispació.Carles Porta ha investigat la història de Tor, la muntanya maleïda. Hi va anar, la primera vegada, per fer un 30 Minuts per a TV3. I en va quedar atrapat. Durant vuit anys hi va tornar molts cops per parlar llargament amb uns personatges impenetrables, alguns plens d'odi, altres, de por i de secrets. Les escenes més tenses i també les més grotesques, i els retrats humans d'uns personatges que impressionen per la seva ràbia encesa. Tor: Tretze cases i tres morts es devora amb la passió i l'avidesa que desperten les grans històries. Aquesta nova edició, amb imatges i amb els noms reals dels personatges, sumarà nous lectors a les desenes de milers de persones que han convertit el llibre en un referent del millor periodisme i Tor en un dels mites de la crònica negra catalana.
Torah Story, Second Edition: An Apprenticeship on the Pentateuch
by Gary Edward SchnittjerThe gospel story begins in Torah. What culminates at Golgotha starts with the rebellion in the garden. The Torah's story can be framed as a question: How will the word of God overcome the human revolution?Torah Story offers a student-friendly introduction to the redemptive narrative housed in the first five books of the Bible. Every main chapter introduces a section of Torah with attention to its basic structure.This is followed by another look at how this portion of Torah connects to the rest of the Christian Bible.The dynamic design includes opportunities in every chapter to make the most of Torah study including:Helps for getting started (focus questions, key terms, outline)An interactive workshop with challenge questions and advanced questionsSuggestions for research projectsNext steps for further studyA refreshingly new approach to the Torah--neither an introduction nor a commentary--Torah Story provides an apprenticeship on the Old Testament's first five books. But it also provides a model of how to read Scripture intertextually with an eye to the New Testament gospels. It leaves no doubt as to the overarching unity of the message and composition of the Pentateuch. The second edition is streamlined and simplified throughout, with updated examples and new sidebars and imagery.
Torah Story Workbook: Guided Exercises in the Pentateuch
by Gary Edward SchnittjerThis workbook accompanies Gary Edward Schnittjer's Torah Story. Following the textbook's structure, it offers chapter-by-chapter guided exercises designed to support the students learning experience and enhance their comprehension of the Pentateuch.Working knowledge of the Bible's first five books is essential for every serious student of the Scriptures. Torah Story by Gary Edward Schnittjer emphasizes the content of the text itself, moving beyond debating dates and theories of authorship into understanding how these key books of the Bible help us understand the story of salvation.
Torah United (Two Volumes)
by Aaron GoldscheiderVolume 1 - covers Bereshit and Shemot. Volume 2 - covers Vayikra, Bemidbar and Devarim. “There are many ways to approach the text of the Torah. Some mine for inspiration, others focus on psychological insights, while others focus on the reverberation of the text throughout Jewish history. In this remarkable work by my friend Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider, all three are woven together to form a seamless tapestry of Torah insight, depth, and history. Different worlds and approaches are all in dialogue together, from our great Rishonim, to contemporary Jewish thinkers. As I turned each page, I was transported into what Rabbi Soloveitchik once called the symposium of generations, where I the reader had a chair within the Beit Medrash of the great luminaries of Jewish thought all in conversation with one another. And the most powerful dialogues are not those confined to the page, but those that this book will undoubtedly inspire within the lifetime of each of its readers.” –Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman, President of Yeshiva University “Dear reader, you are about to discover one of the central features of our Torah. There are many roads to truth, but ultimately all those roads lead to a common conclusion.
Tore Godal and the Evolution of Global Health (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
by Conrad KeatingThis book is an interconnected history of the evolution of global health in the decades before 2019, told through the prism of six decisive moments in which individuals from the World Health Organization (WHO), philanthropic foundations, academia and bilateral agencies came together to shape the world. These critical junctures are accessed via the life and work of Norwegian immunologist Tore Godal, one of the most influential health physicians of all time. Godal’s career over the past 50 years offers a window into the profound events that have shaped the health and well-being of millions across the globe, including the first free donation of a drug for the treatment of river blindness; the entry of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into the global health arena with a $750 million start-up grant for GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization; the 50% reduction in under-five mortality rates this century; the emergence of insecticide bed nets as the cornerstone of WHO malaria control; the rise of maternal and child health on the global political agenda; and the connection between Ebola and the creation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in 2017. Exploring the ways in which the trajectory of global health has interwoven with the rich life and legacy of Godal, this book is a crucial resource for any reader interested in global health.
Tore Godal and the Evolution of Global Health (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine)
by Conrad KeatingThis book is an interconnected history of the evolution of global health in the decades before 2019, told through the prism of six decisive moments in which individuals from the World Health Organization (WHO), philanthropic foundations, academia and bilateral agencies came together to shape the world.These critical junctures are accessed via the life and work of Norwegian immunologist Tore Godal, one of the most influential health physicians of all time. Godal’s career over the past 50 years offers a window into the profound events that have shaped the health and well-being of millions across the globe, including the first free donation of a drug for the treatment of river blindness; the entry of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation into the global health arena with a $750 million start-up grant for GAVI, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization; the 50% reduction in under-five mortality rates this century; the emergence of insecticide bed nets as the cornerstone of WHO malaria control; the rise of maternal and child health on the global political agenda; and the connection between Ebola and the creation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) in 2017.Exploring the ways in which the trajectory of global health has interwoven with the rich life and legacy of Godal, this book is a crucial resource for any reader interested in global health.
Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management
by Rob Wilson Chris Platts Daniel PlumleyFor nearly 40 years Torkildsen’s Sport and Leisure Management has been the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to sport and leisure management available to students at all levels. Now in its seventh edition, it is still the only textbook that covers all the key topics taught within contemporary sport and leisure management courses. This new edition includes expanded coverage of the practical managerial skills that students must develop if aiming for a career in the sport and leisure industry, from planning and managing people to marketing, entrepreneurship, and the law. It includes four completely new chapters on the global sport and leisure economy, historical development, cross-sector collaboration, and management consultancy, reflecting important developments in contemporary sport and leisure. This edition retains the hallmark strengths of previous editions, including in-depth discussion of the social and cultural context of sport and leisure; full analysis of the public, private, and voluntary sectors; and a review of key products and services. Richly illustrated throughout with up-to-date evidence, data, case-studies, and international examples, each chapter also contains a range of useful pedagogical features, such as discussion questions, practical tasks, and structured guides to further reading and resources. This is an important resource for students working in fields such as sport management, sport business, sport development, leisure management, and events management. Dedicated online resources offer additional teaching and learning material for students and lecturers.
Torkildsen's Sport and Leisure Management
by Rob Wilson Chris Platts Daniel PlumleyFor nearly 40 years Torkildsen’s Sport and Leisure Management has been the most comprehensive and engaging introduction to sport and leisure management available to students at all levels. Now in its seventh edition, it is still the only textbook that covers all the key topics taught within contemporary sport and leisure management courses.This new edition includes expanded coverage of the practical managerial skills that students must develop if aiming for a career in the sport and leisure industry, from planning and managing people to marketing, entrepreneurship, and the law. It includes four completely new chapters on the global sport and leisure economy, historical development, cross-sector collaboration, and management consultancy, reflecting important developments in contemporary sport and leisure. This edition retains the hallmark strengths of previous editions, including in-depth discussion of the social and cultural context of sport and leisure; full analysis of the public, private, and voluntary sectors; and a review of key products and services. Richly illustrated throughout with up-to-date evidence, data, case-studies, and international examples, each chapter also contains a range of useful pedagogical features, such as discussion questions, practical tasks, and structured guides to further reading and resources. This is an important resource for students working in fields such as sport management, sport business, sport development, leisure management, and events management.Dedicated online resources offer additional teaching and learning material for students and lecturers.
Torn Many Ways: Politics, Conflict and Emotion in Research (Human–Computer Interaction Series)
by Max Krüger Debora De Castro Leal David Randall Peter TolmieThis edited collection brings together a range of experiences from the field, largely in the context of CSCW and HCI. It focuses specifically on the experiences of people who have worked in difficult, tense, delicate and sometimes conflictual and dangerous settings. The tensions faced by researchers and, more importantly, how they manage to deal with them are often under-remarked. Unlike the bulk of published ethnographic work, the chapters in this book deal more explicitly with the various practical problems that researchers with varying degrees of experience face. Our aim in this book is to give a voice to researchers who have sometimes contended with unexpected issues and who sometimes have had to face them on their own. We explore incidents which may entail emotional conflict, embarrassment and shame, feelings of isolation, arguments with other members of a team, political pressures, and ideological confusions, to name but a few. Senior figures in research laboratories and elsewhere may provide intellectual direction and support but may not always recognise the personal and problematic nature of qualitative enquiry undertaken by relatively inexperienced researchers. The chapters examine feelings of isolation, the difficulty of ‘taking sides’, the negotiation of personal, ethical, and political pressures in the field, and dealing with conflicting visions of what the research should be about. The book is a resource for those embarking on the challenges of working in unfamiliar or difficult settings and moreover should act as a reminder to academics who might have forgotten the practical issues that researchers can face and how they deal with them.
Toronto Mayors: A History of the City's Leaders
by Mark MaloneyThe first-ever look at all 65 Toronto mayors — the good, the bad, the colourful, the rogues, and the leaders — who have shaped the city.Toronto’s mayoral history is both rich and colourful. Spanning 19 decades and the growth of Toronto, from its origins as a dusty colonial outpost of just 9,200 residents to a global business centre and metropolis of some three million, this compendium provides fascinating biographical detail on each of the city’s mayors.Toronto’s mayors have been curious, eccentric, or offbeat; others have been rebellious, swaggering, or alcoholic. Some were bigots, bullies, refugees, war heroes, social crusaders, or bon vivants; still others were inspiring, forward looking, or well ahead of their time.One Toronto mayor attempted to kill a predecessor, but his pistol jammed. Another simply beat up the councillors he didn’t like. One committed murder, while another carried out a home invasion. And under the threat of capture and certain death, two mayors were forced to escape the city and live for years in exile, while another had 18 kids and cried poor, yet died on a luxury European vacation (minus the kids). One mayor was involved in the brutal torture of an opposition candidate. Another went insane while in office due to acute third stage syphilis.Each mayor is the inheritor of a rich legacy of hopes and dreams, ambitions and efforts, successes and failures. From the first mayor in 1834 — the firebrand rebel William Lyon Mackenzie — to those of the 21st century — Mel Lastman, David Miller, Rob Ford, and John Tory — Toronto Mayors looks at where each came from, how they came to lead the city, what issues they dealt with, and how they steered Toronto’s City Council.
La torre oscura (y otras historias): Una colección de relatos futuristas
by C. S. LewisPublicado por primera vez en el idioma español, La Torre oscura revela otro lado de la mente creativa de Lewis y su fascinación por la realidad y la espiritualidad.Este libro imprescindible de C. S. Lewis es una colección de relatos futuristas publicada póstumamente. En las obras se recoge su permanente fascinación por la realidad y la espiritualidad. Muchas de ellas están inacabadas, pero contienen una gran sabiduría sobre la naturaleza de la realidad. Esta colección de ficción futurista incluye una impresionante historia de ciencia ficción escrita al principio de su carrera en la que los intelectuales de Cambridge son testigos de la ruptura del espacio-tiempo a través de un &“cronoscopio&”, un telescopio que mira no solo a otro mundo, sino a otro tiempo. Tan poderosa, inventiva y profunda como sus obras teológicas y filosóficas, La torre oscura es una lectura ideal para los fanáticos de J. R. R. Tolkien, el viejo amigo y colega de Lewis.The Dark TowerPublished for the first time in Spanish, The Dark Tower reveals another side of Lewis' creative mind and his fascination with reality and spirituality.This signature book is a repackaged edition of the futuristic collection of short stories by C.S. Lewis published after his death. The works include his longtime fascination with reality and spirituality. Many pieces are unfinished yet provide great wisdom about the nature of reality. This collection of futuristic fiction includes a breathtaking science fiction story written early in his career in which Cambridge intellectuals witness the breach of space-time through a chronoscope—a telescope that looks not just into another world, but into another time. As powerful, inventive, and profound as his theological and philosophical works, The Dark Tower is an ideal read for fans of J. R. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis's longtime friend and colleague.
Torrents As Yet Unknown: Daring Whitewater Ventures into the World's Great River Gorges
by Wickliffe W. WalkerA dramatic narrative tour of 10 of the world&’s most incredible whitewater adventures—spanning 5 continents and 40 years—guided by a legendary whitewater trailblazerThis fascinating history of daring whitewater explorers stands alongside classic works on mountaineering, outdoor survival, and extreme sportsPerfect for fans of Jon Krakauer&’s Into Thin Air and Candice Millard&’s River of the GodsIn 10 thrilling real-life adventure stories, pioneering whitewater explorer Wick Walker examines what lured a generation of incredibly daring pioneers into some of Earth&’s most wondrous yet forbidding river canyons:below Victoria Falls on the Zambezi, the Great Bend of the Tsangpo in Tibet, Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Yangtze, the flanks of Mount Everest, and more Loaded with great moments and personal stories, Wick details what these adventurers found there, and within themselves. The extraordinary characters, driven by different motives and visions, but united by their compulsion to seek the unknown and the pulse of free-flowing water, are as remarkable as the daunting geography and conditions they confront.Whitewater sport today stands side-by-side with mountaineering in participation and public attention, yet it has lagged in generating its own literature. Torrents As Yet Unknown will help fill that gap for readers interested in human drama played out against great natural challenges.Mountaineering history is deep and its literature rich, but whitewater adventurers approach and experience the same forbidding terrain from a different vantage, between the steep walls of their canyons and atop powerful torrents of cascading water.
Tort Liability in Multinational Corporate Groups: A Comparative Analysis with Particular Focus on Turkey (Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice #107)
by Pınar KaraMultinational corporate groups are important actors in today’s global economy, with the power to impact the masses through their activities. National legal systems, which usually have no extraterritorial authority, remain insufficient to regulate the activities of multinational corporate groups, which operate worldwide, not only in the countries where the parent companies reside (home country), but also in countries where the subsidiaries operate (host countries). The mentioned lack of an effective legislation leads to an unjust imbalance – to the benefit of multinational corporate groups and to the detriment, especially, of involuntary creditors, such as tort victims of corporate activities, which predominantly concern human rights abuses and environmental violations. Against this backdrop, the book firstly assesses the position of multinational corporate groups in international law and then discusses potential reforms to corporate law that would allow for a multi-stakeholder approach. It analyses certain aspects of Turkish tort law that could potentially accommodate liability claims against the parent companies of multinational corporate groups for damage incurred due to their transnational subsidiaries’ activities (referred to as ‘foreign direct liability’ in legal doctrine). To this end, the potential legal grounds of fault liability and strict liability are assessed under Turkish law, with a particular focus on the duty of care, in comparison with the corresponding case law in the UK and the Netherlands. Mandatory human rights due diligence is also analysed with a view to proposing a new regulation in Turkish law. Lastly, the aspects of foreign direct liability claims related to private international law are assessed in order to answer the questions of jurisdiction and applicable law within the scope of a comparative legal study.
The Tortoise and the Hare: A West African Graphic Folktale (Discover Graphics: Global Folktales Ser.)
by Siman NuuraliWhat happens when a tortoise challenges a hare to a race? Read this popular West African tale to find out. There's more than one way to teach a boastful hare a lesson! With engaging text and easy-to-follow panels, Discover Graphics: Global Folktales are perfect for graphic novel fans new and old.