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Peer-to-peer systems are a particular type of distributed systems that have no centralized entities. The system builds on multiple hosts that are autonomous (and symmetric) in relation to each other. Without any central entity, the system has no single point of failure and will continue to work despite the failure of any of its hosts. The lack of a central entity also implies that the system must adapt to host failures autonomously in order to...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Paul Lopes is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colgate University. He is the author of The Rise of a Jazz Art World.

Paul Lopes is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colgate University. He is the author of The Rise of a Jazz Art World.

A unique sociological vision of the evolution of jazz music in the twentieth century.

Design is a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary activity, it requires rigour, but also collaboration. Design teams have conversations during the design process. They use dialogue as a tool to allow ideas exchange, to find connections, meaning, and interests in a true collaborative environment. The dialogue that occurs is the same as that which occurs in normal negotiation in other practices of design. This book offers a new characterizatio...

Kernfusie: energiebron van zon en sterren, motor van het heelal, en al 50 jaar belofte van schone, veilige en onuitputtelijke energie voor de mensheid. Waarom werkt het nog niet? Aan de hand van 7 'onmogelijkheden' laat auteur Niek Lopes Cardozo zien waarom fusie-energie zo moeilijk te verwezenlijken is terwijl hij tevens de fenomenale voortgang van het onderzoek toont. Want met ITER, de grote reactor in aanbouw, komt fusie-energie in de testf...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

Written by active research scientists who study the volcanism of Earth and of other planets, the contributions provide the first general review of volcanic activity throughout the Solar System. Successive chapters describe past and present volcanic activity as it is observed throughout the Solar System. These chapters relate to readers not only our present knowledge of volcanism throughout the Solar System but also how frontline scientists wor...

This study discussed project methods most applied for NGO''s projects focusing on the accountability challenges faced by project managers. It further analysed how in practice managers are dealing with the impact of project actions and the results that would legitimate NGO''s purpose. It was evidenced in practice that management methodologies are applied to fulfil the organization strategic needs therefore project management knowledge is assume...

Fuel Cells has attracted a lot of attention in past few years as energy conversor devices that use the energy content of chemical reactants to generate electric energy and heat with higher efficiency and minimum pollution emission. The use hydrogen as fuel provides the highest power density compared to methanol or ethanol, although its production by the steam reform process leads to a CO content that is poisonous to the anode electrocatalysts....

The researcher looked for how decision-makers make meaning to produce decisions, how they structure a network of people that can help to understand what's the best under the uncertain context. This process is Learning under Uncertainty which is interpreted as being a process of learning through experience and sensing others' needs. The methodology selected was a combination of: Grounded Theory Methodology and Actor-network Theory. The data was...

At long last, this double-barrelled collection of visual poetry, "sensory deprivation" and "dream poetics, " by damian lopes is now in print. Considered visual essays by the author, "sensory deprivation" explores the visual noise and overload of contemporary culture, while "dream poetics" offers an argument for a poetics in this culture. The print book is the companion to the online edition.

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