1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455068203321

Autore

Hart Kevin <1954->

Titolo

Samuel Johnson and the culture of property / / Kevin Hart [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1999

ISBN

1-107-11727-5

0-521-12140-X

1-280-16204-X

0-511-11770-1

0-511-14950-6

0-511-30296-7

0-511-48428-3

0-511-04813-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

828/.609

Soggetti

Property - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Intellectual property - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Cultural property - Great Britain - History - 18th century

Biography as a literary form

Economics in literature

Great Britain Civilization 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Introduction: Economic Acts; Chapter 1: The Monument; Chapter 2: 'The Age of Johnson'; Chapter 3: Property Lines; Chapter 4: Subordination and Exchange; Chapter 5: Cultural Properties; Chapter 6: Everyday Life in Johnson; Conclusion : 'Property, Contract, Trade and Profits'; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Persons; Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

Kevin Hart traces the vast literary legacy and reputation of Samuel Johnson. Through detailed analyses of the biographers, critics and epigones who carefully crafted and preserved Johnson's life for



posterity, Hart explores the emergence of what came to be called 'The Age of Johnson'. Hart shows how late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain experienced the emergence and consolidation of a rich and diverse culture of property. In dedicating himself to Johnson's death, Hart argues, James Boswell turned his friend into a monument, a piece of public property. Through subtle analyses of copyright, forgery and heritage in eighteenth-century life, this study traces the emergence of competing forms of cultural property: a Hanoverian politics of property engages a Jacobite politics of land. Kevin Hart places Samuel Johnson within this rich cultural context, demonstrating how Johnson came to occupy a place at the heart of the English literary canon.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457944903321

Autore

Chorafas Dimitris N

Titolo

IFRS, fair value and corporate governance [[electronic resource] ] : the impact on budgets, balance sheets and management accounts / / Dimitris N. Chorafas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Burlington, MA, : Elsevier, 2006

ISBN

1-280-64245-9

9786610642458

0-08-046166-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (497 p.)

Disciplina

657

657.0218

Soggetti

Accounting - Standards

Financial statements - Standards

Fair value - Accounting

Corporate governance

Electronic books.

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

Cover; IFRS, Fair Value and Corporate Governance; Contents; Preface;



Selected Abbreviations; New Rules of Competition and Accounting Standards; The International Accounting Standards Board and Corporate Governance; Dynamics of International Financial Reporting Standards; The Controversy over IAS 39; IAS 39 and the Recognition of Derivatives Risk; Project Management for Implementation of IFRS; An IFRS Task Force Case Study. Top Management Responsibility; Management Accounting and Corporate Governance; Budgeting: A Case Study on Financial Planning; Valuing Assets: The Challenge of Being 'Right'

Business Ethics Add Value to Financial Disclosures Forward-Looking Statements, Models, Earnings, and Goodwill; Balance Sheets and Income Statements as Management Tools; Economic Capital Is on Both Sides of the Balance Sheet; The Real-Time Management Report; Internal Control, Stress Testing, and Effective Risk Management; The Role of the Audit Committee; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written for managers and professionals in business and industry, this book helps the reader in: * Understanding what is and is not IFRS * Learning the complexities of IFRS implementation* Appreciating the contribution of IFRS to corporate governance The changeover from the mosaic of different heterogeneous national accounting standards to the International Financial Reporting Standards has not been easy. For many companies IFRS, and most particularly the concept of fair value in IAS 39, has amounted to a phase shift - which is prerequisite to achieving compliant financial



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454095203321

Autore

Mullen Tony <1971->

Titolo

Bounce, tumble, and splash! [[electronic resource] ] : simulating the physical world with Blender 3D / / Tony Mullen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, IN, : Wiley Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-281-75230-4

9786611752309

0-470-39272-X

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 p.)

Collana

Sybex serious skills

Disciplina

006.6/96

006.693

006.696

Soggetti

Computer graphics

Computer simulation

Computer animation

Three-dimensional display systems

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Bounce Tumble, and Splash! Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Who Should Read This Book; How This Book Is Organized; What's on the CD; How to Contact the Author; Chapter 1: Re-creating the World: An Overview; Re-creating the Physical World with Blender; Using Materials and Textures; Faking Physics with General Tools; Chapter 2: The Nitty-Gritty on Particles; Introducing Particles; Working with Dynamic Particles; Boids!; Chapter 3: Getting Flexible with Soft Bodies and Cloth; Getting the Hard Facts on Soft Bodies

Getting Jiggly with Lattices Simulating Cloth and Clothing; Demolition!; Chapter 4: Hair Essentials: The Long and Short of Strand Particles; Introducing Blender Hair; A Trip to the Beauty Salon; Other Uses for "Hair" Particles; Chapter 5: Making a Splash with Fluids; Using the Blender Fluid Simulator; Getting the Shot; Delving Further into Fluids; Exploring Further Resources; Chapter 6: Bullet Physics and the Blender



Game Engine; The Blender Game Engine; Rigid Body Simulation and Ipos; Joints, Ragdolls, and Robots; Further Resources; Chapter 7: Imitation of Life: Simulating Trees and Plants

The Blender Greenhouse: Creating Foliage with L-Systems and ngPlantAn Open Source Ivy Generator; A Few More Points to Mention; Appendix A: About the Companion CD; What You'll Find on the CD; System Requirements; Using the CD; Troubleshooting; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Learn all about Blender, the premier open-source 3D software, in Bounce, Tumble, and Splash!: Simulating the Physical World with Blender 3D. You will find step-by-step instructions for using Blender's complex features and full-color visual examples with detailed descriptions of the processes. If you're an advanced Blender user, you will appreciate the sophisticated coverage of Blender's fluid simulation system, a review Blender's latest features, and a guide to the Bullet physics engine, which handles a variety of physics simulations such as rigid body dynamics and rag doll