1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791948503321

Autore

Mitchell James

Titolo

Devolution in the UK [[electronic resource] /] / James Mitchell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-84779-523-4

1-78170-213-6

1-84779-327-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

320.941

Soggetti

Decentralization in government - Great Britain

Great Britain Politics and government 20th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1997-2007

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

Constituting the UK -- Approaching to Arch-angelic: administrative devolution in Scotland -- Staggering forward little by little: administrative devolution in Wales -- Encouraging conformity, not emphasizing differences: Northern Ireland -- A chaos of areas and bodies: the English dimension -- The settled will of the Scottish peole -- Devolution is a process: Wales -- In search of legitimacy: Northern Ireland since 1972 -- The English question -- Ever looser union.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explains devolution today in terms of the evolution of past structures of government in the component parts of the United Kingdom. It highlights the importance of the English dimension and the role that England's territorial politics played in constitutional debates. Similarities and differences between how the components of the UK were governed are described. It argues that the UK should be understood now, even more than pre-devolution, as a state of distinct unions, each with its own deeply rooted past and trajectory. Using previously unpublished primary material, as well as a weal



2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN0054067

Autore

Sarton, George

Titolo

Hellenistic science and culture in the last three centuries B.C. / George Sarton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Dover, 1993

ISBN

978-04-86277-40-0

Descrizione fisica

XXVI, 554 p. ; 22 cm

Soggetti

01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as: vol. 2 of A history of science

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298208903321

Titolo

Applications of Data Management and Analysis : Case Studies in Social Networks and Beyond / / edited by Mohammad Moshirpour, Behrouz H. Far, Reda Alhajj

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-95810-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 217 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Social Networks, , 2190-5428

Disciplina

302.3

Soggetti

Big data

Computational intelligence

Data mining

Sociophysics

Econophysics

Social sciences—Data processing

Social sciences—Computer programs

Big Data/Analytics

Big Data

Computational Intelligence

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building



Computational Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter1: Predicting Implicit Negative Relations in Online Social Networks -- Chapter2: Automobile insurance fraud detection using social network analysis -- Chapter3: Improving circular layout algorithm for social network visualization using genetic algorithm -- Chapter4: Live Twitter Sentiment Analysis -- Chapter5: Artificial Neural Network Modeling and Forecasting of Oil Reservoir Performance -- Chapter6: A Sliding-Window Algorithm Implementation in MapReduce -- Chapter7: A Fuzzy Dynamic Model for Customer Churn Prediction in Retail Banking Industry -- Chapter8: Temporal Dependency between Evolution of Features and Dynamic Social Networks -- Chapter9: Recommender System for Product Avoidance -- Chapter10: A new 3D value model for customer segmentation:Complex Network Approach -- Chapter11: Finding Influential Factors for Different Types of Cancer: A Data Mining Approach -- Chapter 12: Enhanced load balancer with multi-layer processing architecture for heavy load over cloud network -- Chapter13: Market Basket Analysis Using Community Detection Approach: A Real Case -- Chapter14: Predicting Future with Social Media based on Sentiment and Quantitative Analysis.

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses and examines the impacts of applications and services for data management and analysis, such as infrastructure, platforms, software, and business processes, on both academia and industry. The chapters cover effective approaches in dealing with the inherent complexity and increasing demands of big data management from an applications perspective. Various case studies included have been reported by data analysis experts who work closely with their clients in such fields as education, banking, and telecommunications. Understanding how data management has been adapted to these applications will help students, instructors and professionals in the field. Application areas also include the fields of social network analysis, bioinformatics, and the oil and gas industries.