Costa Rica five years after CAFTA-DR : assessing early results

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Path integrals : new trends and perspectives : proceedings of the 9th International Conference : Dresden, Germany, September 23-28, 2007

Table of Contents: “…Rigorous functional integration with applications in QFT / J. Lorinczi. Stable extended string-vortex solitons / I.L. Bogolubsky [and others]. …”
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Probability and conditional expectation : fundamentals for the empirical sciences by Steyer, Rolf, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…-- Prerequisites -- Acknowledgements -- About the companion website -- Part I Measure-theoretical foundations of probability theory -- 1 Measure -- 1.1 Introductory examples -- 1.2 -Algebra and measurable space -- 1.2.1 -Algebra generated by a set system -- 1.2.2 -Algebra of Borel sets on -- 1.2.3 -Algebra on a Cartesian product -- 1.2.4)"Stable set systems that generate a -algebra -- 1.3 Measure and measure space -- 1.3.1 -Additivity and related properties -- 1.3.2 Other properties -- 1.4 Specific measures -- 1.4.1 Dirac measure and counting measure -- 1.4.2 Lebesgue measure -- 1.4.3 Other examples of a measure -- 1.4.4 Finite and -finite measures -- 1.4.5 Product measure -- 1.5 Continuity of a measure -- 1.6 Specifying a measure via a generating system -- 1.7 -Algebra that is trivial with respect to a measure -- 1.8 Proofs -- 2 Measurable mapping -- 2.1 Image and inverse image -- 2.2 Introductory examples -- 2.2.1 Example 1: Rectangles -- 2.2.2 Example 2: Flipping two coins -- 2.3 Measurable mapping -- 2.3.1 Measurable mapping -- 2.3.2 -Algebra generated by a mapping -- 2.3.3 Final -algebra -- 2.3.4 Multivariate mapping -- 2.3.5 Projection mapping -- 2.3.6 Measurability with respect to a mapping -- 2.4 Theorems on measurable mappings -- 2.4.1 Measurability of a composition -- 2.4.2 Theorems on measurable functions -- 2.5 Equivalence of two mappings with respect to a measure -- 2.6 Image measure -- 2.7 Proofs -- 3 Integral -- 3.1 Definition -- 3.1.1 Integral of a nonnegative step function -- 3.1.2 Integral of a nonnegative measurable function -- 3.1.3 Integral of a measurable function -- 3.2 Properties -- 3.2.1 Integral of -equivalent functions.…”
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Screening for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis : a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force by Dunn, John, M.D

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Renvoi préjudiciel et marge d'appréciation du juge national : Preliminary ruling procedure and margin of appreciation of the national judge. by Neframi, Eleftheria

Table of Contents: “…Considérations théoriques : esquisse d'éléments explicatifs stables -- II. Considérations factuelles : existence d'éléments d'instabilité -- Fundamental Rights and the Effectiveness of European Law -- I. …”
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Advanced wireless communications & Internet : future evolving technologies by Glisic, Savo G.

Table of Contents: “…13.2 Relative Positioning in Wireless Sensor Networks 753 -- 13.3 Average Performance of Circular and Hyperbolic Geolocation 762 -- References 771 -- 14 Wireless Networks Connectivity 773 -- 14.1 Survivable Wireless Networks Design 773 -- 14.2 Survivability of Wireless Ad Hoc Networks 776 -- 14.3 Network Dimensioning 777 -- 14.4 Survivable Network Under General Traffic 785 -- 14.5 Stochastic Geometry and Random Graphs Theory 791 -- References 798 -- 15 Advanced Routing and Network Coding 801 -- 15.1 Conventional Routing Versus Network Coding 801 -- 15.2 A Max-Flow Min-Cut Theorem 803 -- 15.3 Algebraic Formulation of Network Coding 807 -- 15.4 Random Network Coding 811 -- 15.5 Gossip Based Protocol and Network Coding 813 -- 15.6 Network Coding With Reduced Complexity 816 -- 15.7 Multisource Multicast Network Switching 820 -- 15.8 Optimization of Wireless Multicast Ad-Hoc Networks 831 -- 15.9 Optimization of Multicast Wireless Ad-Hoc Network Using Soft Graph Coloring and Non-Linear Cubic Games 843 -- 15.10 Joint Optimization of Routing and Medium Contention in Multihop Multicast Wireless Network 855 -- 15.11 Routing and Network Stability 861 -- 15.12 Lagrangian Decomposition of the Multicomodity Flow Optimization Problem 867 -- 15.13 Flow Optimization in Heterogeneous Networks 868 -- 15.14 Dynamic Resource Allocation in Computing Clouds 879 -- 16 Network Formation Games 887 -- 16.1 General Model of Network Formation Games 887 -- 16.2 Knowledge Based Network Formation Games 893 -- 16.3 Coalition Games in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks 897 -- 16.4 HD Game Based TCP Selection 912 -- 16.4.1 Evolutionary Stable Strategy 914 -- 16.4.2 TCP Protocol Competition in Wireless Networks 918 -- References 919 -- Index 923.…”
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The Noble Gases as Geochemical Tracers. by Burnard, Peter

Table of Contents: “…3.2 Sources of Noble Gases in a Subsurface Reservoir -- 3.3 Noble Gas Production -- 3.3.1 Radiogenic Helium: 4He -- 3.3.2 Radiogenic Argon: 40Ar -- 3.3.3 Krypton and Xenon -- 3.3.4 Nucleogenic Helium and Neon -- 3.4 Atmospheric Noble Gases -- 3.5 Crustal Noble Gases -- 3.6 Mantle Noble Gases -- 4 Understanding the Sources and Processing of Crustal Fluids -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Two Component Mixing -- 4.3 Three Component Mixing -- 4.4 Role of Stable Isotopes -- 5 Use of Noble Gases in Natural CO2 Reservoirs: Colorado Plateau, USA -- 5.1 Determining the Source and Residence Time of CO2 -- 5.2 Determining the Long Term Fate of CO2 -- 5.2.1 Using Noble Gases and Carbon Isotopes to Identify Long Term Fate of CO2 -- 5.2.2 Using Noble Gases and Carbon Isotopes to Determine Reservoir pH Conditions -- 5.3 Physical Chemistry of Dissolved Noble Gases -- 5.4 Noble Gas Fractionation and Partitioning Between Phases -- 5.4.1 Solubility Controlled Phase Fractionation -- 5.4.2 Rayleigh Fractionation (Open System) -- 5.4.3 Quantifying the Extent of Water Interaction -- 5.4.4 Adsorptive Fractionation -- 5.4.5 Diffusive Fractionation -- 6 Use of Noble Gases in Hydrocarbon Fields Relevant to CO2 Storage -- 6.1 Tracing of CO2 Injected for EOR, Mabee Oil Field Texas -- 6.2 Noble Gas Tracing of Groundwater/Coalbed Methane Interaction, San Juan Basin, USA -- 7 Use of Noble Gases for Monitoring of Subsurface CO2 Migration and Leakage -- 7.1 Noble Gases as Tracers of CO2 Leakage at Green River Springs, Utah, USA -- 7.2 He and Rn in Soil Gases and CO2 Seeps from the Massif Central, France -- 7.3 He and Ne as Tracers of Natural CO2 Migration at St. …”
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Beer in health and disease prevention

Table of Contents: “…Powell -- Biolabelling of Xanthohumol in Hop Cones (Humulus Lupulus L., Cannabaceae) with Stable and Radioactive Precursors for Biosynthetic and Metabolic Studies / Hans Becker, Stefanie Berwanger, and Norbert Frank -- Epicatechin and its Role in Protection of LDL and of Vascular Endothelium / Tankred Schewe and Helmut Sies -- Isohumulones from Beer Modulate Blood Lipid Status / Aruto Yoshida -- Flavonoids in Beer and their Potential Benefit on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease / Chung-Yen Chen and Jeffrey B. …”
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Mechanisms and games for dynamic spectrum allocation

Table of Contents: “…5.3.7 Other approaches to power allocation and spectrum sharing -- 5.4 Revenue maximization -- 5.4.1 The model -- 5.4.2 Impossibility result from implementation theory -- 5.4.3 Purely spectrum allocation problem -- 5.4.4 Purely power allocation problem -- 5.4.5 Other models and approaches on revenue maximization -- 5.5 Conclusion and reflections -- References -- 6 Performance and convergence of multi-user online learning -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Related work -- 6.3 Problem formulation and preliminaries -- 6.3.1 Factors determining the channel quality/reward -- 6.3.2 Channel models -- 6.3.3 The set of optimal allocations -- 6.3.4 Performance measure -- 6.3.5 Degree of decentralization -- 6.4 Main results -- 6.5 Achievable performance with no feedback and iid channels -- 6.6 Achievable performance with partial feedback and iid channels -- 6.7 Achievable performance with partial feedback and synchronization for iid and Markovian channels -- 6.7.1 Analysis of the regret of DLOE -- 6.7.2 Regret analysis for iid channels -- 6.7.3 Regret analysis for Markovian channels -- 6.8 Discussion -- 6.8.1 Strategic considerations -- 6.8.2 Multiple optimal allocations -- 6.8.3 Unknown suboptimality gap -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 7 Game-theoretic solution concepts and learning algorithms -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 A general dynamic spectrum access game -- 7.3 Solutions concepts and dynamic spectrum access -- 7.3.1 Nash equilibrium -- 7.3.2 Epsilon -- Nash equilibrium -- 7.3.3 Satisfaction equilibrium and efficient satisfaction equilibrium -- 7.3.4 Generalized Nash equilibrium -- 7.3.5 Coarse correlated equilibrium and correlated equilibrium -- 7.3.6 Robust equilibrium -- 7.3.7 Bayesian equilibrium and augmented equilibrium -- 7.3.8 Evolutionary stable solutions -- 7.3.9 Pareto optimal action profiles and social optimal action profiles.…”
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Baghdad : the city in verse

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Qualitative computing : a computational journey into nonlinearity by Chaitin-Chatelin, Françoise

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Marine Proteins and Peptides : Biological Activities and Applications. by Kim, Se-Kwon

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Modern portfolio theory : foundations, analysis, and new developments + website by Francis, Jack Clark

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Avoiding common errors in the emergency department

Table of Contents: “…Jaffa, Sreeja Natesan -- Stable is the new abnormal: Beware the normal vital signs in pregnancy / Priya Kuppusamy -- Don't fear the cord! …”
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Childhood and the Philosophy of Education : an Anti-Aristotelian Perspective. by Stables, Andrew

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A Byzantine encyclopaedia of horse medicine : the sources, compilation, and transmission of the Hippiatrica by McCabe, Anne Elena

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Essay on gardens : a chapter in the French picturesque translated into English for the first time by Watelet, Claude-Henri, 1718-1786

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The Centenary of the Con : a history of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1915-2015 by McCallum, Peter (Musicologist)

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John Keats : a new life by Roe, Nicholas

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Rum punch & revolution : taverngoing & public life in eighteenth century Philadelphia by Thompson, Peter, 1960-

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Rum punch & revolution : taverngoing & public life in eighteenth century Philadelphia by Thompson, Peter, 1960-

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Interaction in educational domains

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