Log in

Relevant bibliographies by topics / Upper number / Books

To see the other types of publications on this topic, follow the link: Upper number.

Books on the topic 'Upper number'

Author: Grafiati

Published: 4 June 2021

Last updated: 8 February 2022

Create a spot-on reference in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and other styles

Select a source type:

Consult the top 36 books for your research on the topic 'Upper number.'

Next to every source in the list of references, there is an 'Add to bibliography' button. Press on it, and we will generate automatically the bibliographic reference to the chosen work in the citation style you need: APA, MLA, Harvard, Chicago, Vancouver, etc.

You can also download the full text of the academic publication as pdf and read online its abstract whenever available in the metadata.

Browse books on a wide variety of disciplines and organise your bibliography correctly.

1

D, Burdick Bob, Recovery Program for Endangered Fish of the Upper Colorado River Basin., and Colorado River Fishery Project (U.S.), eds. Removal of smallmouth bass and four other centrarchid fishes from the upper Colorado and lower Cunnison River, 2004-2006: Recovery program project number 126 final report. Grand Junction, Colo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado River Fishery Project, 2008.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

2

Barnett, Alex, 1972 December 7- editor of compilation, ed. Spectral geometry. Providence, Rhode Islands: American Mathematical Society, 2012.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

3

Real Math Student Materials - Upper Level Number Wheel Response Card. Sra, 1997.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

4

Upper Cambrian Conodonts from Sweden, Number 28 (Fossils and Strata Monograph Series). Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

5

Strata, Fossils and. External Morphology and Larval Development of the Upper Cambrian Maxillopod Bredocaris Admirabilis, Number 23. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

6

Dandy Gilver And A Bothersome Number Of Corpses. Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 2013.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

7

Strata, Fossils and. Skaracarida, a new order of Crustacea from the Upper Cambrian of Vastergotland, Sweden, Number 17. Wiley-Blackwell, 2007.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

8

Cambrian Acritarchs from Upper Silesia, Poland, Number 46: Biochronology and Tectonic Implications (Fossils and Strata Monograph Series). Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

9

Embid, Cristina, and Josep M. Montserrat. Obstructive sleep apnea and upper airway resistance syndrome. Edited by Sudhansu Chokroverty, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, and Christopher Kennard. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199682003.003.0016.

Full text

Abstract:

The prevalence of sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is about 2–8% in the adult population. A number of studies have shown associations with arterial hypertension, cardiovascular mortality, and traffic accidents. Given this prevalence and the increasing awareness of SAHS in the medical community as well as in the general population, the demand for consultations and diagnostic studies has increased in recent years. Access to diagnostic testing is difficult, however, with long waiting lists. Therefore, there is growing interest in diagnostic methods and approaches involving all levels of the heath system, from primary care to hospital sleep units. This chapter reviews the pathophysiology of the upper airway and how it is possible to measure its disruption in order to diagnose SAHS. It also summarizes clinical implications and overall treatment strategies.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

10

Walker, Marc E., David M. Tsai, and J. Grant Thomson. Perioperative Pain Management in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190457006.003.0020.

Full text

Abstract:

In the past three decades, the number of outpatient surgery centers in the United States has risen exponentially. Hand and upper extremity surgery is no exception, and in many respects, with the modern advancements in anesthesia care, surgery of the hand is one of the best-suited fields for such change. This chapter explores the physiologic aspects of pain, as well as both historical and modern interventions of pain management for such patients. The authors discuss perioperative pharmacological and procedural treatments including various anesthesia options, peripheral and regional nerve blockades, wide-awake local anesthesia no tourniquet (WALANT) technique, and postoperative pain management for hand and upper extremity surgery.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

11

Muller, Klaus, Dieter Waloszek, and Andreas Maas. Morphology, Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Phosphatocopina (Crustacea) from the Upper Cambrian Orsten of Sweden, Number 49 (Fossils and Strata Monograph Series). Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

12

Walossek, Dieter. Upper Cambrian Rehbachiella and the Phylogeny of Brachiopoda and Crustacea, Number 32: The Fossils and Strata no. 32 (Fossils and Strata Monograph Series). Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

13

Christ Church Upper Armley CE School.....Leeds: Ofsted inspection report : unique reference number 108004 : inspection under section 10 of the Schools Inspection Act 1996. [London]: Ofsted, 1998.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

14

Algaze, Guillermo, and Timothy Matney. Titriş Höyük: The Nature and Context of Third Millennium B.C.E. Urbanism in the Upper Euphrates Basin. Edited by Gregory McMahon and Sharon Steadman. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195376142.013.0046.

Full text

Abstract:

This article discusses findings from excavations at Titriş Höyük. At the time of its foundation as an urban center in the Middle Early Bronze Age, Titriş Höyük possessed the combined advantages of locally available timber, multiple perennial water sources and associated year-round cultivable floodplains suited to garden crops, and broad, rain-fed arable tracts suited to grain cultivation. Additionally, the site was surrounded by gentle limestone hills well suited to viticulture and livestock grazing. However, this benign framework provided a necessary but not sufficient condition for the development of the site. The sufficient condition was the city's location along the road to the Samsat ford, which made it a natural arbiter of a portion of long-distance east–west trade across the northern fringes of “Greater Mesopotamia” in the third millennium—a fact attested by the number and variety of imports found in excavated mortuary and domestic contexts across the city.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

15

Siddiqi, Asiya. Reading the Records. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199472208.003.0004.

Full text

Abstract:

The marks and signatures of the insolvents recorded in the documents yield a variety of information about modes of self-identification, kinds and degrees of literacy, and income levels. Taking signatures on documents as indexes of literacy—those who were not literate signed with marks of various kinds—we found that a surprisingly large number of petitioners were literate. We also found that the proportion of literate petitioners seemed to go up, indicating a trend towards increasing literacy. This trend may be explained in part by the efforts of official, private, and missionary organizations in Bombay to spread literacy, which was traditionally the preserve of the upper classes and the upper castes. Literacy in English was valued especially highly and corresponds in our study to higher income levels.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

16

Snowball, Lesley and Kenneth. Numbers Upper Primary: Pearson in Partnership with Putting It into Practice. Pearson Education, Limited, 2010.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

17

Goodin, Robert E., and Kai Spiekermann. Institutional Hindrances to Epistemic Success. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198823452.003.0017.

Full text

Abstract:

The chapter explores features of institutional design that hamper epistemic performance, especially ‘epistemic bottlenecks’. The first section looks at the influence of strong leaders. The epistemic losses can be severe, especially if the leaders are influential and their number small. The second section shows how legislative committees and smaller upper chambers can act as bottlenecks. Quality deliberation may mitigate the effect. The third section analyses the epistemic outcome when party whips or small pivotal parties are in control. Finally, bottlenecks can also be created by supermajority rules, presidential vetoes, or by ‘cooling-off periods’.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

18

Wiggins, David K. The Biggest “Classic” of Them All. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252037610.003.0003.

Full text

Abstract:

This chapter examines the spirited football rivalry between Howard University and Lincoln University, two historically black universities, by focusing on their annual Thanksgiving Day football games held from 1919 to 1929. African Americans established a number of successful and important separate sports programs during the latter half of the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries. Some of the most important of these programs were those established at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Howard and Lincoln Thanksgiving Day matchups during the 1920s, a decade commonly termed the “golden age of American sport,” drew some attention in both the white and black press, and among upper-class African Americans in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and other black communities across the country. This chapter argues that the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Howard and Lincoln universities was more than just a game. It was “an athletic and social event that provided upper-class African Americans the opportunity to exhibit racial pride, measure themselves against the standards of white universities, and come together as a distinct group”.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

19

Cozman, Fabio. Imprecise and Indeterminate Probabilities. Edited by Alan Hájek and Christopher Hitchcock. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199607617.013.14.

Full text

Abstract:

This chapter offers a discussion of imprecision and indeterminacy in probability values; that is, there is a focus on situations where one does not attach a single real number to every possible event. There are several theories and mathematical models regarding such imprecise and indeterminate probabilities. Among these are, for instance, lower/upper or interval probabilities or expectations, Choquet capacities, belief functions and credal sets. The chapter reviews the history of some of these models and theories, and then summarizes their main technical assumptions. Some subtleties concerning conditioning and independence are also reviewed. The chapter concludes with a brief discussion of modeling and of criteria for decision-making (minimality, maximality, E-admissibility).

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

20

Tse, Raymond, and Angelo B. Lipira. Neonatal Brachial Plexus Palsy. Edited by Meghan E. Lark, Nasa Fujihara, and Kevin C. Chung. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190617127.003.0023.

Full text

Abstract:

Neonatal brachial plexus palsy occurs in approximately 1 in 1000 live births. The extent of involvement and severity of injury are variable. The chapter discusses assessment, nonsurgical treatment, and surgical treatment of neonatal brachial plexus palsy. The approach to surgical exploration is detailed and a number of scenarios are presented so that the principles of primary nerve reconstruction (including nerve graft and nerve transfers) can be illustrated. The scenarios include upper plexus injury, pan-plexus injury, multiple root avulsions, isolated deficits, delayed presentation, and failed reconstruction. Technical details of nerve grafting and nerve transfers are described. Secondary musculoskeletal consequences of brachial plexus palsy are also discussed, including strategies for prevention and options for secondary surgical reconstruction.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

21

Pettitt, Paul, Paul Bahn, Sergio Ripoll, and Francisco Javier Muñoz Ibáñez, eds. Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags in European Context. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199299171.001.0001.

Full text

Abstract:

Cave art is a subject of perennial interest among archaeologists. Until recently it was assumed that it was largely restricted to southern France and northern Iberia, although in recent years new discoveries have demonstrated that it originally had a much wider distribution. The discovery in 2003 of the UK's first examples of cave art, in two caves at Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border, was the most surprising illustration of this. The discoverers (the editors of the book) brought together in 2004 a number of Palaeolithic archaeologists and rock art specialists from across the world to study the Creswell art and debate its significance, and its similarities and contrasts with contemporary Late Pleistocene ("Ice Age") art on the Continent. This comprehensively illustrated book presents the Creswell art itself, the archaeology of the caves and the region, and the wider context of the Upper Palaeolithic era in Britain, as well as a number of up-to-date studies of Palaeolithic cave art in Spain, Portugal, France, and Italy which serve to contextualize the British examples.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

22

Cohen, Jeffrey A., Justin J. Mowchun, Victoria H. Lawson, and Nathaniel M. Robbins. A 54-Year-Old Male with Right-Hand Weakness. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190491901.003.0002.

Full text

Abstract:

Early in its course, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is mistaken for a number of other neuromuscular problems, including spinal disease, multifocal motor neuropathy, and even carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) when the weakness is distal and focal. In our patient CTS or cervical spine disease was considered. MRI scan of the appropriate spinal level is important to rule out spinal disease. Nerve conduction studies (NCS) and electromyography (EMG) help to exclude other possibilities and point to the diagnosis of ALS. Later in the clinical course, the clinical picture is pathognomonic with upper and lower motor neuron signs. The differential diagnosis of focal weakness is discussed, as is recognition of the more typical ALS clinical syndrome and familial ALS. NCS and EMG findings in ALS are discussed.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

23

Semmes, Clovis E. The Problem of Race and Chicago’s Great Tivoli Theater. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252037023.003.0003.

Full text

Abstract:

This chapter historicizes the building of “the great palace theaters” of the early twentieth century, paying particular attention to real-life racial politics. Inspired by the architectural designs of the Chateau de Versailles, the Tivoli Theater was located in Washington Park with its 85 percent white population. The theater, originally built in 1921 for white neighborhood residents, employed a number of black men and women in service capacities. Due to gradual demographic shifts, Tivoli Theater management pursued a policy of separate seating for audiences for the live performances and film exhibitions. The chapter notes that the ornate theaters, including the Regal Theater, which was the black counterpart to the Tivoli Theater, sought to sell the feeling of being upper class while giving access to all classes.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

24

Banerjee, Ashis, and Clara Oliver. Neurological emergencies. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198786870.003.0011.

Full text

Abstract:

A number of neurological conditions can present to the emergency department in a variety of presentations. This chapter summarizes the common neurological problems that may be examined in the Intermediate FRCEM short-answer question (SAQ) paper. This chapter includes the pathophysiology and management of an unconscious patient which may commonly appear in the SAQ paper. In addition, it also includes sections of epilepsy, headaches and strokes, and their subclassification and diagnosis. Many individuals find the differentiation of the cause of motor weakness complicated. This chapter summarizes the different causes of motor weakness, in terms of upper and lower motor neurones lesions and the clinical features associated to aid diagnosis. There is also a section on spinal cord pathology and hydrocephalus knowledge of which is essential for the SAQ paper.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

25

Gold, Roberta. “To Plan Our Own Community”. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252038181.003.0008.

Full text

Abstract:

This chapter examines the democratically planned state-sponsored projects that became possible due to the new banner of cooperation between government and grassroots organizers. It first provides an overview of the battle over community control of housing development before discussing a number of New York's War on Poverty initiatives such as the Upper Park Avenue Community Association (UPACA), along with their significance for community-based housing activism. It also considers efforts to involve African Americans in economic development, the involvement of women in grassroots development planning, and the creation of community development corporations (CDCs). Finally, it describes Model Cities, an urban initiative designed to engage “the community” by inviting neighborhood participation in planning and attacking many problems at once. The successful projects showed not only that democratic state-sponsored urban renewal was possible, but that New York's tenant history made a difference.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

26

Liebenthal, Jennifer A., and Christian Guilleminault. Clinical sleep medicine. Edited by Sudhansu Chokroverty, Luigi Ferini-Strambi, and Christopher Kennard. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199682003.003.0012.

Full text

Abstract:

Sleep Medicine is now a specialty in its own right and many advances have occurred in recent years. Large-database studies from drug companies or general population surveys have indicated the general health impact of narcolepsy, particularly on the childhood and adolescent populations. Obesity has become a significant health problem. Sleep and its restriction has a drastic impact on regulation of metabolic function. A clearer understanding of the growth and development of the orofacial region during early childhood has led to the recognition of factors that increase collapsibility of the upper airway. Restless legs syndrome is a pain syndrome that continues to be under-diagnosed and left untreated particularly in children. Younger individuals are restricting more and more of their sleep, and they experience sleep disruption related to usage of electronic gadgets late at night. Another large health problem is the increasing number of elderly people with cognitive and sleep impairment

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

27

Sandbrink, Friedhelm. The MEP in clinical neurodiagnosis. Edited by Charles M. Epstein, Eric M. Wassermann, and Ulf Ziemann. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198568926.013.0019.

Full text

Abstract:

This article gives information on the clinical application of motor-evoked potential (MEP). Transcranial stimulation of the cerebral cortex to elicit MEPs is a noninvasive method for assessing the integrity of the central motor pathway function. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used in diagnosing and monitoring neurological disorders. This article highlights the neurophysiological differences between TMS and transcranial electric stimulation. All the different MEP parameters that can be measured by TMS, the latency of the MEP is generally regarded as the most reliable and useful. TMS studies have been described in many neurological disorders. The sensitivity of TMS in detecting subclinical upper motor neuron lesion varies in different disorders, depending on number of muscles and different parameters used. This article talks about the application of MEP in pathophysiology, multiple sclerosis, motor neuron diseases, meyloptahy, cerebral infarction, movement disorders, epilepsy, Lumbar spinal stenosis and radiculopathies, peripheral nerve disorders etc.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

28

Skeates, Robin. Prehistoric Figurines in Italy. Edited by Timothy Insoll. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199675616.013.038.

Full text

Abstract:

An overview is provided of anthropomorphic figurines in peninsular Italy and Sicily between the Palaeolithic and Copper Age. Some updated patterns in the data and contextual interpretations of the production, use, and deposition of figurines are presented. For the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic figurines, we can think about the performative nature of their manufacture, handling, inspection, and deposition at key residential sites, and about their symbolic significance as representations of pregnant women’s bodies. In the Neolithic and early Copper Age the focus shifts from the belly and breasts to the head and breasts, sometimes elaborated by hairstyles, necklaces, abstract symbols, and colour. The large number and variety of forms give the impression of localized production, usages, and understandings. In addition to domestic use, from the Middle Neolithic onwards, figurines were also handled, displayed, and deposited more purposefully at cemeteries and in other ritual contexts.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

29

Ballenger, Jesse, Vance Holliday, and Guadelupe Sanchez. The Earliest People in the Southwest. Edited by Barbara Mills and Severin Fowles. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199978427.013.11.

Full text

Abstract:

Paleoindian occupations across the Southwest are known largely from surface artifact collections because relatively few in situ sites are known. Clovis is the exception, with one of the world’s highest concentrations of Clovis mammoth kills occurring in southeast Arizona (Murray Springs, Naco, and Lehner). Otherwise Clovis is thinly scattered across New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Sonora. Folsom is the most common Paleoindian projectile point type in the Southwest in terms of numbers, but is largely concentrated in the basins of the Upper Rio Grande valley in New Mexico and Colorado. Unfluted Paleoindian artifact styles are widely scattered throughout the region, but most are concentrated along the Upper Rio Grande valley.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

30

Silva, Sidney. A ousadia do π ser racional. Brazil Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31012/978-65-5861-280-3.

Full text

Abstract:

Pi (π) is used to represent the most known mathematical constant. By definition, π is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. In other words, π is equal to the circumference divided by the diameter (π = c / d). Conversely, the circumference is equal to π times the diameter (c = π . d). No matter how big or small a circle is, pi will always be the same number. The first calculation of π was made by Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC) who approached the area of a circle using the Pythagorean Theorem to find the areas of two regular polygons: the polygon inscribed within the circle and the polygon within which circle was circumscribed. Since the real area of the circle is between the areas of the inscribed and circumscribed polygons, the polygon areas gave the upper and lower limits to the area of the circle. Archimedes knew he had not found the exact value of π, but only an approximation within these limits. In this way, Archimedes showed that π is between 3 1/7 (223/71) and 3 10/71 (22/7). This research demonstrates that the value of π is 3.15 and can be represented by a fraction of integers, a/b, being therefore a Rational Number. It also demonstrates by means of an exercise that π = 3.15 is exact in 100% in the mathematical question.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

31

Bokstein, Boris S., Mikhail I. Mendelev, and David J. Srolovitz. Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Science. Oxford University Press, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198528036.001.0001.

Full text

Abstract:

This text presents a concise and thorough introduction to the main concepts and practical applications of thermodynamics and kinetics in materials science. It is designed with two types of uses in mind: firstly for one or two semester university course for mid- to - upper level undergraduate or first year graduate students in a materials-science-oriented discipline and secondly for individuals who want to study the materials on their own. The following major topics are discussed: basic laws of classical and irreversible thermodynamics, phase equilibria, theory of solutions, chemical reaction thermodynamics and kinetics, surface phenomena, stressed systems, diffusion and statistical thermodynamics. A large number of example problems with detailed solutions are included as well as accompanying computer-based self-tests, consisting of over 400 questions and 2000 answers with hints for students. Computer-based laboratories are provided, in which a laboratory problem is posed and the experiment described. The student can "perform" the experiments and change the laboratory conditions to obtain the data required for meeting the laboratory objective. Each "laboratory" is augmented with background material to aid analysis of the experimental results.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

32

Tarsia, Paolo. Dyspnoea in the critically ill. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199600830.003.0083.

Full text

Abstract:

Dyspnoea may be defined as a subjective experience of discomfort associated with breathing. Breathing discomfort arises as a result of complex interactions between signals relayed from the upper airways, the chest wall, the lungs, and the central nervous system. Integration of this information with higher brain centres provides further processing. The final aspects of the sensation of dyspnoea are influenced by contextual, environmental, behavioural, and cognitive factors. At least three qualitatively distinct sensations have been employed to describe discomfort in breathing—air hunger, increased effort of breathing, and chest tightness. Air hunger has been shown to be associated with stimulation of chemoreceptors. Increased effort of breathing may arise in clinical conditions that impair respiratory muscle performance through abnormal mechanical loads or when respiratory muscles are weakened (neuromuscular diseases). Chest tightness is often experienced by asthmatic patients during episodes of acute bronchoconstriction. Measurement of dyspnoea is essential in order to assess it adequately and monitor response to treatment. Dyspnoea assessment may be carried out thorough a number of different scales, questionnaires, or exercise tests. Strategies in controlling dyspnoea should not focus uniquely on decreasing dyspnoea intensity. Patients may profit from interventions that decrease the unpleasantness associated with breathlessness without necessarily affecting the intensity component of the symptom.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

33

Parsons, Laurel, and Brenda Ravenscroft, eds. Analytical Essays on Music by Women Composers: Secular & Sacred Music to 1900. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190237028.001.0001.

Full text

Abstract:

This multi-author collection, the second to be published in an unprecedented four-volume series of analytical essays on music by women composers from the twelfth to the twenty-first centuries, presents detailed studies of compositions written up to 1900 by Hildegard of Bingen, Maddalena Casulana, Barbara Strozzi, Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La Guerre, Marianna Martines, Fanny Hensel, Josephine Lang, Clara Schumann, and Amy Beach. Each chapter opens with a brief biographical sketch of the composer, followed by an in-depth analysis of one representative composition or a small number of comparable compositions, linking analytical observations with broader considerations of music history, gender, culture, or hermeneutics. These essays, many by leading music theorists, are grouped thematically into three sections, the first focused on early music for voice, the second on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century keyboard music, and the third on lieder and piano music. The collection is designed to challenge and stimulate a wide range of readers. For academics, these thorough analytical studies can open new paths into unexplored research areas in music theory and musicology. Post-secondary instructors may be inspired by the insights offered here to include new works in graduate or upper-level undergraduate courses in early music, theory, history, or women and music. Finally, for performers, conductors, and music broadcasters, these thoughtful analyses can offer enriched understandings of this repertoire and suggest fresh, new programming possibilities to share with listeners—an endeavor of discovery for all those interested in music composed before 1900.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

34

Rotim Kiddies Rotim Kiddies Hub. Trace N Colour Letters, Numbers N Shapes: Upper / Lower Case Letters , Numbers and Shapes Tracing Activity Book, Ideal Home Learning Fun Writing Practice Workbook for Preschoolers, Kindergarten Children, Toddlers and Kids Ages 3, 4, 5, 6. Independently Published, 2020.

Find full text

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

35

Hopke, Jill E., and Luis E. Hestres. Communicating about Fossil Fuel Divestment. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.566.

Full text

Abstract:

Divestment is a socially responsible investing tactic to remove assets from a sector or industry based on moral objections to its business practices. It has historical roots in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. The early-21st-century fossil fuel divestment movement began with climate activist and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben’s Rolling Stone article, “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math.” McKibben’s argument centers on three numbers. The first is 2°C, the international target for limiting global warming that was agreed upon at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2009 Copenhagen conference of parties (COP). The second is 565 Gigatons, the estimated upper limit of carbon dioxide that the world population can put into the atmosphere and reasonably expect to stay below 2°C. The third number is 2,795 Gigatons, which is the amount of proven fossil fuel reserves. That the amount of proven reserves is five times that which is allowable within the 2°C limit forms the basis for calls to divest.The aggregation of individual divestment campaigns constitutes a movement with shared goals. Divestment can also function as “tactic” to indirectly apply pressure to targets of a movement, such as in the case of the movement to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline in the United States. Since 2012, the fossil fuel divestment movement has been gaining traction, first in the United States and United Kingdom, with student-led organizing focused on pressuring universities to divest endowment assets on moral grounds.In partnership with 350.org, The Guardian launched its Keep it in the Ground campaign in March 2015 at the behest of outgoing editor-in-chief Alan Rusbridger. Within its first year, the digital campaign garnered support from more than a quarter-million online petitioners and won a “campaign of the year” award in the Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards. Since the launch of The Guardian’s campaign, “keep it in the ground” has become a dominant frame used by fossil fuel divestment activists.Divestment campaigns seek to stigmatize the fossil fuel industry. The rationale for divestment rests on the idea that fossil fuel companies are financially valued based on their resource reserves and will not be able to extract these reserves with a 2°C or lower climate target. Thus, their valuation will be reduced and the financial holdings become “stranded assets.” Critics of divestment have cited the costs and risks to institutional endowments that divestment would entail, arguing that to divest would go against their fiduciary responsibility. Critics have also argued that divesting from fossil fuel assets would have little or no impact on the industry. Some higher education institutions, including Princeton and Harvard, have objected to divestment as a politicization of their endowments. Divestment advocates have responded to this concern by pointing out that not divesting is not a politically neutral act—it is, in fact, choosing the side of fossil fuel corporations.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

36

Smalskys, Vainius, and Jolanta Urbanovič. Civil Service Systems. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.160.

Full text

Abstract:

Civil service consists of civil servants and their activity when implementing the assigned functions and decisions made by politicians. In other words, it is a system of civil servants who perform the assigned functions of public administration. The corpus of civil servants consists of people who work in central and local public administration institutions. The concept and scope of civil service in a particular country depends on the legal framework that defines the areas of public and private sectors and their relationship. In many countries, civil service consists of an upper level, a mid-level, and civil servants who work for coordinating, independent, and auxiliary institutions. However, the scope of civil service in different countries varies. When analyzing/comparing civil service systems of different countries, researchers often categorize them as Western European, continental European, Anglo-American, Anglo-Saxon, Eastern European, Scandinavian, Mediterranean, Asian, or African.All European Union member states can be classified into two groups: the career system—dominant in continental Europe, with the prevalence of traditional-hierarchical public administration, rational bureaucracy, and formalized operational rules—and the position system—dominant in Anglo-Saxon countries, with the prevalence of managerial principles, pragmatic administration, and charismatic leadership. Neither of the two models exists in pure form. If features of the career model dominate in the civil service of a country, it is identified as a country with the career CS model; if elements of the position model dominate the country is identified as a country with the position civil service model. An intermediate version of this model, characteristic of a number of countries, is the mixed/hybrid model.Many civil service researchers claim that in the case of two competing systems of civil service—closed (the career model) and open (the position model)—reforms of the open civil service system win. It has been argued that the organizing principles of the open, result-oriented civil service system (the position model), which is under the influence of “new public management,” will permanently “drive out” the closed, vertically integrated and formal procedure-oriented career model. Scholars argue that civil servants of the future will have to be at ease with more complexity and flexibility. They will have to be comfortable with change, often rapid change. At the same time, they will make more autonomous decisions and be more responsible, accountable, performance-oriented, and subject to new competency and skill requirements.

APA, Harvard, Vancouver, ISO, and other styles

We offer discounts on all premium plans for authors whose works are included in thematic literature selections. Contact us to get a unique promo code!