An introduction to category theory / / Harold Simmons [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458045603321
• Autore: Simmons Harold
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-107-22867-0; 1-139-23509-5; 1-283-38259-8; 9786613382597; 1-139-18968-9; 0-511-86322-5; 1-139-19097-0; 1-139-18837-2; 1-139-18375-3; 1-139-18607-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 226 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 512/.62
• Soggetti: Categories (Mathematics)
• 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 and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Categories; 2. Basic gadgetry; 3. Functors and natural transformations; 4. Limits and colimits in general; 5. Adjunctions; 6. Posets and monoid sets; Bibliography; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Category theory provides a general conceptual framework that has proved fruitful in subjects as diverse as geometry, topology, theoretical computer science and foundational mathematics. Here is a friendly, easy-to-read textbook that explains the fundamentals at a level suitable for newcomers to the subject. Beginning postgraduate mathematicians will find this book an excellent introduction to all of the basics of category theory. It gives the basic definitions; goes through the various associated gadgetry, such as functors, natural transformations, limits and colimits; and then explains adjunctions. ; The material is slowly developed using many examples and illustrations to illuminate the concepts explained. Over 200 exercises, with solutions available online, help the reader to access the subject and make the book ideal for self-study. It can also be used as a recommended text for a taught introductory course.

Victims and Plea Negotiations : Overlooked and Unimpressed / / by Arie Freiberg, Asher Flynn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910484491303321
• Autore: Freiberg Arie
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
• ISBN: 9783030613839; 3030613836
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (XV, 139 p. 6 illus.)
• Collana: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology, , 2947-9363
• Disciplina: 345.05046
• Soggetti: Victims of crimes; Law and the social sciences; Critical criminology; Criminal law; Mediation; Dispute resolution (Law); Arbitration (Administrative law); Human rights; Victimology; Socio-Legal Studies; Critical Criminology; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law; Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration; Human Rights
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. Victims And Plea Negotiations: Overlooked And Unimpressed -- 3. Informing And Consulting Victims About Plea Negotiations -- 4. The Opportunity For Victims To Challenge Plea Negotiation Decisions -- 5. Judicial Involvement In Plea Negotiations -- 6. Victim Veto: The Power To Stop Plea Negotiations -- 7. Victim Representation And Plea Negotiations -- 8. Victims And Plea Negotiations: Overlooked, Under Informed And Under Involved.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This comprehensive and meticulously documented book fills a serious gap in available research on victim participation in plea bargaining. It provides a wide-ranging review and analysis including stakeholders' perspectives and related laws from Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK. Its most significant contribution is the vivid account of victims' secondary victimization as they navigate this legal institution, prosecutors' approaches to victims and the disempowering impact that plea bargaining decision-making processes and outcomes have on victims." - Professor Edna Erez, Professor of Criminology, Law, and Justice, University of Illinois at Chicago "Plea bargaining is the black box of criminal justice decision-making, hidden from the public and victims. In this important study of victims' reactions to plea bargaining, Freiberg and Flynn expertly prize open the plea bargaining box for victims by asking them about their experiences. Criminal justicesystems worldwide have allowed efficiency to become their super paradigm. This book is a timely reminder about the importance of recognizing that victims are the proxy for the communities they serve and protect." - Professor Kathy Laster, Director, Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Professor of Law, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia This book explores victim's views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire. It draws on the empirical findings of the first in-depth study of victims and plea negotiations conducted in Australia. Over the last 50 years, the criminal justice system has seen a major change in the role that victims play in the justice process with the vast majority of criminal cases resolve through guilty pleas, many resulting from plea negotiations. The extent to which the victim is one of the participating parties in the proceedings is a question of law and of practice. Drawing from focus groups and surveys with victimsof crime, Victims and Plea Negotiations seeks to privilege victims' voices and lived experiences of plea negotiations, to present their perspectives on five options for enhanced participation in the plea negotiation process. This book appeals to academics and students in the areas of law, criminology, sociology, victimology and legal studies, those who practice in the criminal justice system generally, those who work with victims, and policy makers. Arie Freiberg is Emeritus Professor at Monash University, Australia. He holds adjunct positions with the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre, Victoria University, Melbourne, and the Australia and New Zealand School of Government, and he has published over 180 publications. Asher Flynn is Associate Professor of Criminology at Monash University, Australia. She is a leading international researcher in policy and prevention concerning gendered and sexual violence, and AI and technology-facilitated abuse. Asher haspublished 6 books, including Plea Negotiations: Pragmatic Justice In An Imperfect World (2018) with Arie Freiberg.

Energy dissipation in hydraulic structures / / Hubert Chanson, School of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970010403321
• Autore: Chanson Hubert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-317-39674-X; 0-429-22599-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
• Collana: Balkema Book; IAHR Monographs
• Disciplina: 628.10826634
• Soggetti: Hydrodynamics; Hydraulic structures; Energy dissipation; Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
• 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 at the end of each chapters.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; About the IAHR Book Series; Table of contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Energy dissipators in hydraulic structures; 2. Energy dissipation at block ramps; 3. Stepped spillways and cascades; 4. Hydraulic jumps and stilling basins; 5. Ski jumps, jets and plunge pools; 6. Impact dissipators; 7. Energy dissipation: Concluding remarks
• Sommario/riassunto: Recent advances in technology have permitted the construction of large dams, reservoirs and channels. This progress has necessitated the development of new design and construction techniques, particularly with the provision of adequate flood release facilities. Chutes and spillways are designed to spill large water discharges over a hydraulic structure (e.g. dam, weir) without major damage to the structure itself and to its environment. At the hydraulic structure, the flood waters rush as an open channel flow or free-falling jet, and it is essential to dissipate a very signifi cant part of the flow kinetic energy to avoid damage to the hydraulic structure and its surroundings. Energy dissipation may be realised by a wide range of design techniques. A number of modern developments have demonstrated that such energy ; dissipation may be achieved (a) along the chute, (b) in a downstream energy dissipator, or (c) a combination of both. The magnitude of turbulent energy that must be dissipated in hydraulic structures is enormous even in small rural and urban structures. For a small storm waterway discharging at a 4 m3/s mm high drop, the turbulent kinetic energy flux per unit time is 120 kW! At a large dam, the rate of energy dissipation can exceed tens to hundreds of gigawatts; that is, many times the energy production rate of nuclear power plants. Many engineers have never been exposed to the complexity of energy dissipator designs, to the physical processes taking place and to the structural challenges. Several energy dissipators, spillways and storm waterways failed because of poor engineering design. It is believed that a major issue affecting these failures was the lack of understanding of the basic turbulent dissipation processes and of the interactions between free-surface aeration and flow turbulence. In that context, an authoritative reference; book on energy dissipation in hydraulic structures is proposed here. The book contents encompass a range of design techniques including block ramps, stepped spillways, hydraulic jump stilling basins, ski jumps and impact dissipators.