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This book focuses on the development of Melnikov-type methods applied to high dimensional dynamical systems governed by ordinary differential equations. Although the classical Melnikov's technique has found various applications in predicting homoclinic intersections, it is devoted only to the analysis of three-dimensional systems (in the case of mechanics, they represent one-degree-of-freedom nonautonomous systems). This book extends the class...

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This book provides the first comprehensive and easy-to-read discussion of joint source-channel encoding and decoding for source signals with continuous amplitudes. It is a state-of-the-art presentation of this exciting, thriving field of research, making pioneering contributions to the new concept of source-adaptive modulation.The book starts with the basic theory and the motivation for a joint realization of source and channel coding. Special...

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) needs accurate models to develop retention policies that ensure the force has a sufficient number of experienced officers to meet requirements. Unlike the annualized cost of leaving (ACOL) model, the dynamic retention model (DRM) can be used to take into account the retention effect of the availability of multi-year contracts such as the Aviator Continuation Pay (ACP) program to certain classes of USAF officers.

The History of Middle-earth traces the evolution of J.R.R. Tolkien's literary world, stories, and characters from their earliest written forms to the final revisions Tolkien penned shortly before his death in 1973. Published posthumously by Tolkien's son Christopher, the extensively detailed 12-volume work allows readers to follow the development of the texts that eventually became Tolkien's immensely popular The Hobbit, The Lord of The Rings,...

This work offers a complete readers guide and handbook to the late poetry of author Charles Wright. It begins with a study of the poems in Chickamauga (1995), the earliest of which were published in the late 1980s, and continues through the seven volumes that followed: Black Zodiac (1997), Appalachia (1998), North American Bear (1999), A Short History of the Shadow (2002), Buffalo Yoga (2004), Scar Tissue (2006), and Littlefoot (2007). The aut...

In 1934, WBT radio announcer Charles Crutchfield formed a spur-of-the-moment musical group to satisfy a potential sponsor looking for a "hillbilly" radio program to showcase its products. Known as the WBT Briarhoppers, this group went on to become the longest lasting bluegrass/country ensemble in America. Compiled from firsthand interviews, this work tells the story of the WBT Briarhoppers, analyzing the bands history and its connection to the...

This work explores the many ways in which the developing film industry of the early twentieth century influenced the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald, focusing specifically on his novels This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night, and the incomplete The Last Tycoon .

Covering all aspects of health and wellbeing including physical, emotional and social health, this book will help schools to encourage children to make positive life choices. It links directly to Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) and the National Healthy Schools Standard, and there are lots of: - photocopiable resources - lesson plans - case studies of good practice - useful forms, which can be adapted to suit your setting. T...

Contains chapter that includes the following features: 'how to' and 'how not to' case studies based on international examples, a guide to further reading and websites, and 'issues to consider when marketing' section as a means of self-evaluation. It systematically outlines the major issues involved in the production and marketing of wine.

This book investigates the complex relationship between transport provision and tourism. While focusing on the various modes and types of transport available, it also discusses the form and extent of transport networks that tie destinations together and the regulatory environments that dictate transport flows on an international scale.

Band 5 der Theatergeschichte steht im Zeichen des Umbruchs. Ein umfassender Wertewandel, die eskalierende Politisierung, das Aufkommen einer starken alternativen Theaterbewegung und - am Ende des Jahrhunderts - die künstlerische Orientierungssuche und die damit verbundene Frage nach der Positionierung des Theaters haben in den letzten 50 Jahren Theatergeschichte geprägt. Ein bewegender und spannender Einblick.

Cette etude examine les enjeux de l'imposition des gains en capital des personnes physiques ainsi que les caracteristiques des systemes d'imposition de ces gains. Les perspectives d'evolution dans ce domaine sont indiquees pour 20 pays de l'OCDE. Des info

WHAT IF SOMEONE WROTE A STORY ALL ABOUT YOU...A STORY THAT DETAILED YOUR LOVE LIFE, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, YOUR DAILY COMINGS AND GOINGS? AND WHAT IF YOUR ANONYMOUS AUTHOR GOT IT ALL RIGHT?Meet Jane. A professor at an academically outstanding college, she is recently divorced and feeling somewhat unsure, especially in terms of the opposite sex, having had several recent attempts to befriend men go awry.As she leaves her apartment one day, she dis...

Smart, witty, and emotionally generous, this charming coming-of-age novel explores a Catholic girl's crises of confidence and faith with graceful prose--an accomplished, big-hearted debut.

Take Their Advice: Camille Paglia . Wayne Koestenbaum . Jonathan Ames . Jennifer Belle . Howard Zinn . Joe Dallesandro . Bruce LaBruce . Dr. Laura Schlessinger . Tom Robbins . Judith Butler . Martha Nussbaum Horst . William S. Burroughs . Larry Niven . Veruschka . Lydia Lunch . Spalding Gray . Eileen Myles . Roger Scruton . Ken Kesey Mary Gaitskill . Richard Powers . Mark Dery . Florence King . Mark Simpson . Bob Shacochis . Joanna Scott . ...

On 17 March 2003, Robin Cook, Leader of the House of Commons and former Foreign Secretary, resigned from the Cabinet in protest against the coming war in Iraq. His resignation speech against that war prompted the first standing ovation in the history of the House and marked the end of the ministerial career of one of Labour's most brilliant politicians. His arguments against that war are of profound interest and importance to American readers....

Jack London (1876-1916), was an American author and a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction. He was one of the first Americans to make a lucrative career exclusively from writing. London was self-educated. He taught himself in the public library, mainly just by reading books. In 1898, he began struggling seriously to break into print, a struggle memorably described in his novel, Martin Eden (1909). Jack London was...

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. He participated in the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his older brother, the emperor Artaxerxes II of Persia, in 401 BC. His record of the entire expedition against the Persians and the journey home wa...

Xenophon (431-355 BC), son of Gryllus, of the deme Erchia of Athens, was a soldier, mercenary and an admirer of Socrates. He is known for his writings on the history of his own times, the sayings of Socrates, and the life of Greece. He participated in the expedition led by Cyrus the Younger against his older brother, the emperor Artaxerxes II of Persia, in 401 BC. His record of the entire expedition against the Persians and the journey home wa...