1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779117003321

Autore

Botticini Maristella

Titolo

The chosen few [[electronic resource] ] : how education shaped Jewish history, 70-1492 / / Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-53984-5

9786613852298

1-4008-4248-4

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Princeton economic history of the Western world

Altri autori (Persone)

EcksteinZvi

Disciplina

909/.04924

Soggetti

Jews - History - 70-1789

Judaism - History - To 1500

Jews - Economic conditions - To 1500

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. 70 Ce-1492. How many Jews were there , and Where and how did they Live ? -- Chapter 2. Were The Jews a Persecuted Minority? -- Chapter 3. The People of The Book, 200 Bce-200 Ce -- Chapter 4 The Economics of Hebrew Literacy in a World of Farmers -- Chapter 5. Jews in the Talmud Era, 200-650 The Chosen Few -- Chapter 6. From Farmers to Merchants, 750-1150 -- Chapter 7. Educated Wandering Jews, 800-1250 -- Chapter 8. Segregation or Choice? -- Chapter 9. The Mongol Shock -- Chapter 10. 1492 to Today -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become a small group of literate urbanites specializing in crafts, trade, moneylending, and medicine in hundreds of places across the Old World, from Seville to Mangalore. What caused this radical change? The Chosen Few presents a new answer to this question by applying the lens of economic analysis to the key facts of fifteen formative centuries of Jewish history. Maristella Botticini and Zvi Eckstein offer a powerful new explanation of one of the most significant transformations in



Jewish history while also providing fresh insights into the growing debate about the social and economic impact of religion.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254154403321

Autore

Güell Oriol

Titolo

A Network-Based Approach to Cell Metabolism : From Structure to Flux Balances / / by Oriol Güell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-64000-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

574.8761

Soggetti

Biochemical engineering

Systems biology

Biological systems

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Biochemical Engineering

Systems Biology

Physical Chemistry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral Thesis accepted by University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Cellular Metabolism at the Systems Level -- Methods and Data -- Structural Knockout Cascades in Metabolic Networks -- Effects of Reaction Knockouts on Steady States of Metabolism -- Detection of Evolution and Adaptation Fingerprints in Metabolic Networks -- Assessing FBA Optimal States in the Feasible Flux Phenotypic Space -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis uses a systems-level approach to study the cellular metabolism, unveiling new mechanisms and responses that were impossible to reach with traditional reductionists procedures. The results reported here have a potential application in areas like metabolic engineering and disease treatment. They could also be used



in determining the accuracy of the gene essentiality of new genome-scale reconstructions. Different methods and techniques, within the contexts of Systems Biology and the field known as Complex Networks Analysis have been applied in this work to show different features of the robustness of metabolic networks. The specific issues addressed here range from pure topological aspec ts of the networks themselves to the balance of biochemical fluxes.    .