Constantine and the cities : imperial authority and civic politics / / Noel Lenski

• Record Nr.: UNISA996331950103316
• Autore: Lenski Noel Emmanuel <1965->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-8122-9223-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Collana: Empire and After
• Disciplina: 937/.08
• Soggetti: Power (Social sciences) - Rome - History; Social change - Rome - History; Christianity and politics - Rome - History; Rome History Constantine I, the Great, 306-337; Rome Politics and government 284-476; Rome Religion
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Introduction. Many Faces of Constantine -- Chapter 1. Constantine Develops -- Chapter 2. Constantinian Constants -- Chapter 3. Constantine and the Christians -- Chapter 4. Approaching Constantine -- Chapter 5. The Exigencies of Dialogue -- Chapter 6. Constantine’s Cities in the West -- Chapter 7. Constantine’s Cities in the East -- Chapter 8. Redistributing Wealth -- Chapter 9. Building Churches -- Chapter 10. Empowering Bishops -- Chapter 11. Engaging Cities -- Chapter 12. Resisting Cities -- Chapter 13. Opposing Christians -- Chapter 14. Complex Cities -- Epilogue -- Sigla and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: Over the course of the fourth century, Christianity rose from a religion actively persecuted by the authority of the Roman empire to become the religion of state—a feat largely credited to Constantine the Great. Constantine succeeded in propelling this minority religion to imperial status using the traditional tools of governance, yet his proclamation of his new religious orientation was by no means unambiguous. His coins ; and inscriptions, public monuments, and pronouncements sent unmistakable signals to his non-Christian subjects that he was willing not only to accept their beliefs about the nature of the divine but also to incorporate traditional forms of religious expression into his own self-presentation. In Constantine and the Cities, Noel Lenski attempts to reconcile these apparent contradictions by examining the dialogic nature of Constantine's power and how his rule was built in the space between his ambitions for the empire and his subjects' efforts to further their own understandings of religious truth. Focusing on cities and the texts and images produced by their citizens for and about the emperor, Constantine and the Cities uncovers the interplay of signals between ruler and subject, mapping out the terrain within which Constantine nudged his subjects in the direction of conversion. Reading inscriptions, coins, legal texts, letters, orations, and histories, Lenski demonstrates how Constantine and his subjects used the instruments of government in a struggle for authority over the religion of the empire.

Static deflection control of flexible beams by piezo-electric actuators / / by Dr. Amr M. Baz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698852903321
• Autore: Baz Amr Mahmoud Sabry <1945->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : [National Aeronautics and Space Administration, ], [1986]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (37 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: NASA-CR ; ; 179947
• Soggetti: Actuators; Beams (supports); Control equipment; Flexible bodies; Piezoelectric ceramics; Static deformation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed May 14, 2009).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-37).

Evolutionary computation : a unified approach / / Kenneth A. De Jong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910260651903321
• Autore: De Jong Kenneth A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2006
• ISBN: 1-282-09624-9; 0-262-25598-7; 9786612096242; 1-4237-7455-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Classificazione: 54.51
• Disciplina: 005.1
• Soggetti: Evolutionary programming (Computer science); Evolutionary computation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-252).
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction -- 2. A historical perspective -- 3. Canonical evolutionary algorithms -- 4. A unified view of simple EAs -- 5. Evolutionary algorithms as problem solvers --
• Sommario/riassunto: Evolutionary computation, the use of evolutionary systems as computational processes for solving complex problems, is a tool used by computer scientists and engineers who want to harness the power of evolution to build useful new artifacts, by biologists interested in developing and testing better models of natural evolutionary systems, and by artificial life scientists for designing and implementing new artificial evolutionary worlds. In this clear and comprehensive introduction to the field, Kenneth De Jong presents an integrated view of the state of the art in evolutionary computation. Although other books have described such particular areas of the field as genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, and evolutionary programming, Evolutionary Computation is noteworthy for considering these systems as specific instances of a more general class of evolutionary algorithms. This useful overview of a fragmented field is suitable for classroom use or as a reference for computer scientists and ; engineers.