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UNINA9910462469903321 |
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Autore |
Wang Xiaoming |
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Titolo |
Dogs : Their Fossil Relatives and Evolutionary History / / Xiaoming Wang, Richard Tedford |
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New York, NY : , : Columbia University Press, , [2008] |
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1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Canis, Fossil |
Dogs -- Evolution |
Dogs |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Methods of Study and the Place of Dogs in Nature -- 2. The Origin of Canids and Other Doglike Carnivorous Mammals -- 3. Diversity -- 4. Anatomy and Function How the Parts Work -- 5. Hunting and Social Activity -- 6. Changing Environments and Canid Evolution -- 7. Going Places -- 8. Domestic Dogs -- appendix 1 -- appendix 2 -- Glossary -- further reading -- Index |
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Xiaoming Wang and Richard H. Tedford have spent the past 20 years studying the evolutionary history of the family Canidae. Both are well known for having established the modern framework for the evolutionary relationship of canids. Combining their research with Mauricio Antón's impeccable reconstructions of both extinct and extant species, Wang and Tedford present a remarkably detailed and nuanced portrait of the origin and evolution of canids over the past 40 million years. The authors cull their history from the most recent scientific research conducted on the vast collections of the American Museum of Natural History and other leading institutions. The fossil record of the Canidae, particularly those from their birth place in North America, are the strongest of their kind among known groups of carnivorans. Such a |
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wonderfully detailed evolutionary history provides access to a natural history that is not possible with many other groups of carnivorans.With their rich fossil record, diverse adaptations to various environments, and different predatory specializations, canids are an ideal model organism for the mapping of predator behavior and morphological specializations. They also offer an excellent contrast to felids, which remain entrenched in extreme predatory specializations. The innovative illustrated approach in this book is the perfect accompaniment to an extremely important branch of animal and fossil study. It transforms the science of paleontology into a thrilling visual experience and provides an unprecedented reference for anyone fascinated by dogs. |
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UNINA9910450231003321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Oliver (Oliver Thomas) |
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Titolo |
Information theory and the central limit theorem [[electronic resource] /] / Oliver Johnson |
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London, : Imperial College Press |
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River Edge, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Publishing, c2004 |
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1-281-86643-1 |
9786611866433 |
1-86094-537-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224 p.) |
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Central limit theorem |
Information theory - Statistical methods |
Probabilities |
Electronic books. |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index. |
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Information Theory and The Central Limit Theorem; Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction to Information Theory; 2. Convergence in Relative Entropy; 3. Non-Identical Variables and Random Vectors; 4. Dependent Random Variables; 5. Convergence to Stable Laws; 6. Convergence on |
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Compact Groups; 7. Convergence to the Poisson Distribution; 8. Free Random Variables; Appendix A Calculating Entropies; Appendix B Poincare Inequalities; Appendix C de Bruijn Identity; Appendix D Entropy Power Inequality; Appendix E Relationships Between Different Forms of Convergence; Bibliography; Index |
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This book provides a comprehensive description of a new method of proving the central limit theorem, through the use of apparently unrelated results from information theory. It gives a basic introduction to the concepts of entropy and Fisher information, and collects together standard results concerning their behaviour. It brings together results from a number of research papers as well as unpublished material, showing how the techniques can give a unified view of limit theorems. |
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UNINA9910954816903321 |
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Titolo |
Transnational and Postcolonial Vampires : Dark Blood / / edited by T. Khair |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013 |
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9781283868051 |
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9781137272621 |
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[1st ed. 2013.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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KhairTabish |
HoglundJohan Anders |
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Literature - Philosophy |
Culture - Study and teaching |
Literature, Modern - 20th century |
Literature |
America - Literatures |
Oriental literature |
Literary Theory |
Cultural Theory |
Twentieth-Century Literature |
World Literature |
North American Literature |
Asian Literature |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword: Empire's Vampires; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: Transnational and Postcolonial Vampires; 2 Postcolonial Dread and the Gothic: Refashioning Identity in Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla and Bram Stoker's Dracula; 3 Celebrating Difference and Community: The Vampire in African-American and Caribbean Women's Writing; 4 Canada, Quebec and David Cronenberg's Terrorist-Vampires; 5 Citational Vampires: Transnational Techniques of Circulation in Irma Vep, Blood: The Last Vampire and Thirst; 6 The Man-Eating Tiger and the Vampire in South Asia |
7 Postcolonial Vampires in the Indigenous Imagination: Philip McLaren and Drew Hayden Taylor8 Bilqis the Vampire Slayer: Sarwat Chadda's British Muslim Vampire Fiction; 9 Gothic Politics and the Mythology of the Vampire: Brendan Kennelly's Postcolonial Inversions in Cromwell: A Poem; 10 Militarizing the Vampire: Underworld and the Desire of the Military Entertainment Complex; 11 Neo-imperialism and the Apocalyptic Vampire Narrative: Justin Cronin's The Passage; 12 Afterword: A Poem by David Punter; Select Bibliography; Index |
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Throughout the ages, vampires have transgressed the borders of gender, race, class, propriety and nations. This collection examines the vampire as a postcolonial and transnational phenomenon that maps the fear of the Other, the ravenous hunger of Empires and the transcultural rifts and intercultural common grounds that make up global society today. |
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UNINA9910974481903321 |
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Titolo |
Gender equality and welfare politics in Scandinavia : the limits of political ambition? / / edited by Kari Melby, Anna Birte-Ravn and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg |
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Bristol, UK, : Policy, 2008 |
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9786611794101 |
9781281794109 |
1281794104 |
9781847423412 |
1847423418 |
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[Pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MelbyKari |
WetterbergChristina Carlsson <1950-> |
RavnAnna-Birte |
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Family policy - Scandinavia |
Gender mainstreaming - Scandinavia |
Equality - Scandinavia |
Sex discrimination - Scandinavia |
Scandinavia Social policy |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Jan 2022). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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A Nordic model of gender equality? : introduction / Kari Melby, Anna-Birte Ravn, and Christina Carlsson Wetterberg -- Woman-friendly policy paradoxes? : childcare policies and gender equality visions in Scandinavia / Anette Borchorst -- The claim of economic citizenship : the concept of equality in a historical context / Christina Carlsson Wetterberg and Kari Melby -- Married women's right to pay taxes : debates on gender, economic citizenship, and tax law reform in Denmark, 1945-83 / Anna-Birte Ravn -- Family policy between science and politics / Åsa Lundqvist -- Academic discourse, social policy, and the construction of new families / Christine Roman -- The 'new father' : gender equality as discursive resource for family policies / Trine |
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Annfelt -- From powerful to powerless fathers : gender equality in Danish family policies on parenthood / Charlotte Andersen and Anna-Birte Ravn -- Dilemmas on citizenship : tensions between gender equality and cultural diversity in the Danish welfare state / Birte Siim -- Women friendly? : understanding gendered racism in Sweden / Diana Mulinari -- Young women's attitudes towards feminism and gender equality / Ann-Dorte Christensen -- A Scandinavian feminist public sphere : discourses on feminism and gender equality / Christina Fiig -- Gender, citizenship, and social justice in the Nordic welfare states : a view from the outside / Ruth Lister -- Future research on gender equality in the Scandinavian countries / Keith Pringle. |
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This book examines the meanings of gender that underpin policies in the Scandinavian welfare states, historically and today, and raises the question whether the hallmark of the Scandinavian welfare model is a special combination of gender equality and gender differentiation. |
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