1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910480761703321

Autore

Soutphommasane Tim

Titolo

Don't go back to where you came from [[electronic resource] ] : why multiculturalism works / / Tim Soutphommasane

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney, : NewSouth Publishing, 2012

ISBN

1-74224-610-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Disciplina

305.8

305.800994

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - Australia

Cultural pluralism - Australia

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 (p. 209-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The life and times of multiculturalism""; ""2. The Australian model""; ""3. How racist is this country?""; ""4. A bigger Australia""; ""5. The sovereignty of fear""; ""Afterword: Having a go""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Tim Soutphommasane boldly stakes a claim for the overwhelming success of multiculturalism in Australia. European governments are declaring multiculturalism a failure, with many conservatives in Australia hastening to agree. But is a multicultural approach to integration and diversity really as destructive as critics say? Have we been too quick to declare its demise? Offering an unflinching and informed defence of cultural diversity, Soutphommasane shows that multiculturalism is more than laksa, kebabs or souvlaki and that it doesn't automatically spell cultural relativism, ethnic ghettos or re



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389960403316

Autore

Morton Thomas, of Berwick

Titolo

Salomon or A treatise declaring the state of the kingdome of Israel, as it was in the daies of Salomon [[electronic resource] ] : Whereunto is annexed another treatise, of the Church: or more particularly, of the right constitution of a Church

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by Robert Robinson for Robert Dexter, 1596

Descrizione fisica

[16], 71, [1]; 144 p

Soggetti

Jews - Politics and government - To 70 A.D

Church

Church and state

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Dedication signed: Thomas Morton.

Erroneously attributed to Bishop Thomas Morton.

"Of the Catholicke Church" (caption title) begins new pagination on ² B1r.

Identified as STC 18194 on UMI microfilm.

Reproduction of the original in the Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0160



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996209770403316

Titolo

The well-being of farm animals [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and solutions / / edited by G. John Benson, Bernard E. Rollin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell, 2004

ISBN

1-281-38178-0

9786611381783

0-470-34485-7

0-470-34478-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Collana

Issues in animal bioethics series

Altri autori (Persone)

BensonG. John

RollinBernard E

Disciplina

636.089

636.0893

Soggetti

Animal health

Veterinary medicine

Animal welfare

Livestock - Social aspects

Animal industry - Moral and ethical aspects

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

The Well-Being o f Farm Animals; Contents; Contributors; Preface; I. Theoretical Framework; 1. The Ethical Imperative to Control Pain and Suffering in Farm Animals; 2. Human-Livestock Interaction; 3. Quality of Life for Farm Animals: Linking Science, Ethics, and Animal Welfare; 4. Pain in Farm Animals: Nature, Recognition, and Management; 5 . A Concept of Welfare Based on Feelings; 6. Meeting Physical Needs: Environmental Management for Well-Being; 7. Principles for Handling Grazing Animals; 8. Principles for the Design of Handling Facilities and Transport Systems

9. Personnel Management in Agricultural SystemsII. Practical Applications; 10. Production Practices and Well-Being: Beef Cattle; 11. Animal Well-Being in the U.S. Dairy Industry; 12. Production Practices and Well-Being: Swine; 13. Maximizing Well-Being and Minimizing Pain and Suffering: Sheep; 14. Welfare Problems of Poultry; 15. Rethinking



Painful Management Practices; 16. Alternatives to Conventional Livestock Production Methods; 17. Euthanasia; Appendix: U.S. and Canadian Veterinary Medical Associations' Positions on Food Animals; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions is the first title in Blackwell Publishing Professional's groundbreaking series Issues in Animal Bioethics. This important book examines the ethical and economic importance of production animal well-being and pain management-topics of increasing concern to consumers.  The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions offers veterinarians, veterinary and agriculture students, animal scientists, and food animal producers both practical methods to enhance farm animal well-being, and greater understanding of the th

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910163995703321

Autore

Fayolle Guy

Titolo

Random Walks in the Quarter Plane : Algebraic Methods, Boundary Value Problems, Applications to Queueing Systems and Analytic Combinatorics / / by Guy Fayolle, Roudolf Iasnogorodski, Vadim Malyshev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-50930-6

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 248 p. 17 illus.)

Collana

Probability Theory and Stochastic Modelling, , 2199-3149 ; ; 40

Disciplina

519.282

Soggetti

Probabilities

Statistics

Computer science - Mathematics

Mathematical statistics

Difference equations

Functional equations

Probability Theory

Statistics in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Probability and Statistics in Computer Science

Difference and Functional Equations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and History -- I The General Theory. - Probabilistic Background. - Foundations of the Analytic Approach. - The Case of a Finite Group -- II Applications to Queueing Systems and Analytic Combinatorics -- A Two-Coupled Processor Model. - References.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph aims to promote original mathematical methods to determine the invariant measure of two-dimensional random walks in domains with boundaries. Such processes arise in numerous applications and are of interest in several areas of mathematical research, such as Stochastic Networks, Analytic Combinatorics, and Quantum Physics. This second edition consists of two parts. Part I is a revised upgrade of the first edition (1999), with additional recent results on the group of a random walk. The theoretical approach given therein has been developed by the authors since the early 1970s. By using Complex Function Theory, Boundary Value Problems, Riemann Surfaces, and Galois Theory, completely new methods are proposed for solving functional equations of two complex variables, which can also be applied to characterize the Transient Behavior of the walks, as well as to find explicit solutions to the one-dimensional Quantum Three-Body Problem, or to tackle a new class of Integrable Systems. Part II borrows special case-studies from queueing theory (in particular, the famous problem of Joining the Shorter of Two Queues) and enumerative combinatorics (Counting, Asymptotics). Researchers and graduate students should find this book very useful.