Expect the Unexpected: Aspects of Pragmatic Foregrounding in Old Testament Narratives By Stefano Cotrozzi
2010 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0567568385 | PDF | 3 MB
This monograph on biblical linguistics is a highly specialized, pragmatic investigation of the controversial question of "foregrounding"-the deviation from some norm or convention-in Old Testament narratives. The author presents and examines the two main sources of pragmatic foregrounding: events or states deviating from well-established schemata, structures of reader expectation that can be manipulated by the narrator to highlight specific "chunks" of discourse; and evaluative devices, which are used by the narrator to indicate to the reader the point of the story and direct its interpretation. Cotrozzi critiques the particular evaluative device known as the "historic present", a narrative strategy that employs the present tense to describe past event. He tests two main theories that support this device by using a cross-linguistic model of the historical present drawing upon a variety of languages. Cotrozzi ultimately refutes these theories with a thorough examination and detailed refutation. He concludes with a study of a particular Hebraic verb as a particular marker of represented perception, a technique whereby the character's perceptions are expressed directly from its point of view.
Exact and Heuristic Methods in Combinatorial Optimization:
A Study on the Linear Ordering and the Maximum Diversity Problem
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3662648768 | 232 Pages | PDF | 3 MB
Berto Luigi Andrea, "Ethnic Identity, Memory, and Use of the Past in Italy's 'Dark Ages'"
English | ISBN: 1032101016 | 2022 | 194 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This volume examines the Italian peninsula in the early Middle Ages by focusing on research fields such as ethnic identity, memory, and use of the past. Particular attention is devoted to the way some authors were influenced by their own 'present' in their reconstruction of the past.
Ethics and Engineering: An Introduction
English | 2021 | ISBN: 1107177537 | 239 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
The world population is growing, yet we continue to pursue higher levels of well-being, and as a result, increasing energy demands and the destructive effects of climate change are just two of many major threats that we face. Engineers play an indispensable role in addressing these challenges, and whether they recognize it or not, in doing so they will inevitably encounter a whole range of ethical choices and dilemmas. This book examines and explains the ethical issues in engineering, showing how they affect assessment, design, sustainability, and globalization, and explores many recent examples including the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Dieselgate, 'naked scanners' at airports, and biofuel production. Detailed but accessible, the book will enable advanced engineering students and professional engineers to better identify and address the ethical problems in their practice.
Enlightenment 2.0 : restoring sanity to our politics, our economy, and our lives By Joseph Heath
2014 | 417 Pages | ISBN: 1443422525 | EPUB | 2 MB
Great new book!
Nitin Goyal, "Energy-Efficient Underwater Wireless Communications and Networking "
English | ISBN: 1799836401 | 2020 | 339 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Underwater wireless sensor networks (UWSN) are envisioned as an aquatic medium for a variety of applications including oceanographic data collection, disaster management or prevention, assisted navigation, attack protection, and pollution monitoring. Similar to terrestrial wireless sensor networks (WSN), UWSNs consist of sensor nodes that collect the information and pass it to a base station; however, researchers have to face many challenges in executing the network in an aquatic medium.
Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks by Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
English | EPUB(True) | 2020 | 1566 Pages | ISBN : 3319782630 | 157.9 MB
Wireless networking technologies are witnessed to become the integral part of industry, business, entertainment and daily life. Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks is expected to provide comprehensive references to key concepts of wireless networks, including research results of historical significance, areas of current interests, and growing directions in the future wireless networks. It can serve as a valuable and authoritative literature for students, researchers, engineers, and practitioners who need a quick reference to the subjects of wireless network technology and its relevant applications.
Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses by Richard B. Hetnarski
English | PDF | 2014 | 6715 Pages | ISBN : 9400727402 | 223.1 MB
The Encyclopedia of Thermal Stresses is an important interdisciplinary reference work. In addition to topics on thermal stresses, it contains entries on related topics, such as the theory of elasticity, heat conduction, thermodynamics, appropriate topics on applied mathematics, and topics on numerical methods.
Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing by David Padua
English | PDF(True) | 2011 | 2211 Pages | ISBN : 0387098445 | 65.5 MB
Containing over 300 entries in an A-Z format, the Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing provides easy, intuitive access to relevant information for professionals and researchers seeking access to any aspect within the broad field of parallel computing. Topics for this comprehensive reference were selected, written, and peer-reviewed by an international pool of distinguished researchers in the field.
Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins by Robert H. Kretsinger
English | PDF | 2013 | 2633 Pages | ISBN : 1461415349 | 72.8 MB
In biochemistry, a metalloprotein is a generic term for a protein that contains a metal cofactor. The metal may be an isolated ion or may be coordinated with a nonprotein organic compound, such as the porphyrin found in hemoproteins. In some cases, the metal is co-coordinated with a side chain of the protein and an inorganic nonmetallic ion. This kind of protein-metal-nonmetal structure is seen in iron-sulfur clusters