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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135013703321

Titolo

Advances in chemical physics . Volume 161 / / edited by Stuart A. Rice and Aaron R. Dinner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-119-29096-1

1-119-29095-3

1-119-29097-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (577 p.)

Collana

Advances in Chemical Physics ; ; Volume 161

Disciplina

541

Soggetti

Chemistry, Physical and theoretical

Spintronics

Photochemistry - Research

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; Contributors to Volume 161 ; Preface to the Series ; Chapter 1 Structural Analysis by X-ray Intensity Angular Cross Correlations  ; I. Introduction ; II. Theory ; A. Scattering from a Disordered System of Reproducible Particles ; B. 2D Disordered Systems ; 1. Dilute Systems ; 2. Dense Systems ; C. 3D Disordered Systems ; D. Two- and Three-Point Angular CCFs and Their Fourier Decomposition ; 1. General Definitions ; 2. Analysis of Disordered Systems by Angular CCFs ; III. Applications ; A. Single-Particle Structure Recovery from FXS

1. 2D Structure Determination 2. 3D Structure Determination ; B. Correlations in Disordered and Partially Ordered Phases ; 1. Local Structure of Colloidal Systems ; 2. BO Order in Liquid Crystals ; 3. Structural Inhomogeneities in Semicrystalline Polymers ; 4. Short-Range and Medium-Range Order in Metallic Glasses ; 5. Emergent Rotational Symmetries and Domain Memory in Magnetic Multilayers ; IV. Conclusions and Outlook ; Acknowledgments ; References ; Chapter 2



Spin Relaxation in Phase Space  ; I. Introduction

II. Density Matrix and Phase Space Formulations of Relaxation Phenomena in Spin Systems A. Density Matrix Formulation of Spin Relaxation and Resonance ; 1. General Equations ; 2. Collision Kernel in the Markovian Approximation ; 3. Time-dependent Hamiltonian ; 4. Method of Statistical Moments ; B. Quasiprobability Distribution Functions for Particles ; 1. The Wigner Distribution Function for Particles ; 2. Application to Transition-State Theory ; 3. Application to Quantum Brownian Motion ; C. Quasiprobability Distribution Functions for Spins ; 1. Spin Phase-Space Distribution Functions

2. Weyl Symbols of Some Spin Operators 3. Master Equation and Statistical Moment Equations for Spin Relaxation in Phase Space  ; D. Equilibrium Phase Space Distribution Functions for Spins ; 1. Spins in a Uniform External Field ; 2. Uniaxial Nanomagnet in an External Field ; 3. Uniaxial Nanomagnet in a Transverse Field ; 4. Biaxial Anisotropy ; 5. Cubic Anisotropy ; 6. TST Reversal Time ; 7. Switching Field Curves ; 8. Discussion ; III. Master Equation in Phase Space for Axially Symmetric Systems ; A. Master Equation for a Uniaxial Nanomagnet Subjected to a dc Magnetic Field

1. Explicit Form of the Master Equation 2. Differential Recurrence Relations for the Statistical Moments ; B. Spin Relaxation in a dc Magnetic Field ; 1. Basic Equations ; 2. Quantum Analog of the Magnetic Langevin Equation ; 3. Exact Solution of the Master Equation for Longitudinal Relaxation ; 4. Nonlinear Longitudinal Relaxation Time ; 5. Linear Response ; 6. Single-Mode Approximation ; C. Longitudinal Relaxation of Uniaxial Nanomagnets ; 1. Calculation of the Observables ; 2. Analytic Equations for the Characteristic Relaxation Timesand Dynamic Susceptibility

3. Nonlinear Longitudinal Relaxation in Superimposed ac and dc Magnetic Fields



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910287937503321

Autore

Burnell Peter

Titolo

Democratization through the looking glass / / Peter Burnell, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2003

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 283 pages) : tables (black and white); digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Perspectives on democratization

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

Democratization

Social science literature

Social sciences

Area studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Democratization is a major political phenomenon of the current age. Democratization through the looking glass argues that our perspectives on democratization reflect the intellectual origins of the inquiry. How we see and understand it are influenced by what we 'bring to the table'. By considering democratization across a range of disciplines from anthropology and economics, to sociology, law and area studies, this volume offers a rich combination of analytical frameworks, distinctive insights and leading points of concern. On one level the book provides anyone interested in democratization with a wide-ranging distillation of the main themes, issues, and topics, concisely written by leading experts in their field. On a second level the book advances the case for a broadly-based comparative study which includes Europe and North America alongside developing regions, while maintaining the belief that a multi-disciplinary approach enhances our understanding of democratization far more than that of a narrow political science view. The book is aimed at students of politics willing to explore the boundaries of their subject and all social scientists who need an



introduction to this important contemporary phenomenon.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798022503321

Titolo

Metaphor and communication / / edited by Elisabetta Gola, Francesca Ervas, University of Cagliari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2016]

©2016

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, , 2210-4836 ; ; 5

Disciplina

808/.032

Soggetti

Metaphor

Communication

Discourse analysis

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

Metaphors we live twice: A communicative approach  beyond the conceptual view?; 1. Introduction; 2. The cognitive and linguistic dimension of metaphor; 2.1 Corpus data; 2.2 Speakers' behaviour; 3. The communicative dimension of metaphor; 3.1 Persuasion in politics; 3.2 Persuasion in media and advertising; 3.3 Instruction and entertainment in education and arts; 4. Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part I. The cognitive and linguistic dimension  of metaphor; Metaphor and simile: Categorizing and comparing  categorization and comparison; 1. Introduction

2. The Comparison/Categorization debate3. Ellipsis-based mischaracterization of Comparison theory; 4. Towards an alternative battlefield; 4.1 Target/Source contribution disparity; 4.2 Target/Source mediator-preservation degree; 4.3 Mediator carefulness; 5. An example of the application of the dimensions; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Taste synaesthesias: Linguistic features and neurophysiological bases; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Linguistic synaesthesia;



1.2 Taste: A few words for a complex experience; 2. A corpus-based analysis of taste synaesthesias; 2.1 The corpus; 2.2 Results

3. Metaphors of taste3.1 The semantics of taste: A paradox?; 3.2 Grounded taste metaphors; 3.3 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; Selling and buying, killing and wounding:  (Un)conventional metaphors  from two different sema; 1. Introduction; 2. The corpus study: Identifying more and less conventional metaphors; 2.1 Theoretical considerations: Conventionality and frequency; 2.2 Method and results; 3. Metaphorical commercial events; 4. The field of bodily harm; 5. Linking low-level creativity and high-level conventionality: The notion of intersubjectivity; 6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement

ReferencesMetaphors, bilingual mental lexicon  and distributional models; 1. Introduction; 2. Procedure; 3. Analysis; 4. Discussion; 5. General discussion and conclusions; References; Author's address; Appendix A; Appendix B; Towards a model of metaphorical understanding; 1. Introduction; 2. Metaphorical understanding; 3. On propositional understanding; 4. On imagistic understanding; 5. On the sensorimotor aspects of imagery; 6. Modelling imagistic component in metaphor understanding; 7. Communicating with metaphors: Believing game and doubting game

8. Towards a unified model of understanding