Optimization Problems Related to Internet Congestion Control -- Problems in Data Structures and Algorithms -- Algorithmic Graph Theory and Its Applications -- Decompositions and Forcing Relations in Graphs and Other Combinatorial Structures -- The Local Ratio Technique and Its Application to Scheduling and Resource Allocation Problems -- Domination Analysis of Combinatorial Optimization Algorit…
Continuous Functions -- Topological Spaces -- Topological Properties -- Deconstructionist Topology -- Homotopy -- The Euler Number -- Homotopy Groups -- Simplicial Homology -- Singular Homology -- More Deconstructionism.Taking a direct route, Essential Topology brings the most important aspects of modern topology within reach of a second-year undergraduate student. Based on courses given at the…
Foreword -- Introduction -- The Homogeneous Case -- Hilbert Functions -- Further Applications -- A. The ABC of CoCoA 5 -- B. Suggestions for Further Reading -- C. Hints for Selected Exercises -- Bibliography.Computational Commutative Algebra 2 is the natural continuation of Computational Commutative Algebra 1 with some twists, starting with the differently coloured cover graphics. The first vol…
Introduction Lanzarote, a Unique Geopark -- Part I: From Earth -- Geological and Geographical Setting of Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geoparks -- Geoheritage Inventory of the Lanzarote and Chinijo Islands UNESCO Global Geopark -- Historic Volcanic Landforms Diversity on Lanzarote -- Evaluation of Geoconservation in Geosites of Paleontogical Interest from Lanzarote and Chinijo Isl…
Introduction -- Attitude -- Students’ Self-efficacy Beliefs -- Teachers’ beliefs -- Identity -- Motivation -- Further Reading on Mathematics Related Affect.Open AccessThis book records the state of the art in research on mathematics-related affect. It discusses the concepts and theories of mathematics-related affect along the lines of three dimensions. The first dimension identifies three b…
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Mediating assessment innovation: Why stakeholder perspectives matter -- Chapter 2:Assessing spoken proficiency: What are the issues? -- Chapter 3:Introducing a new assessment of spoken proficiency: Interact -- Chapter 4: Investigating stakeholder perspectives on Interact -- Chapter 5: The advantages and disadvantages of Interact -- Chapter 6:The disadva…
Chapter 1: The Bioarchaeology of Women, Children and Other Groups in Times of War -- Chapter 2: Shattered Mirrors: Gender, Age, and Westernized Interpretations of War (and Violence) in the Past -- Chapter 3: War at the Door: Evolutionary Considerations of Warfare and Female Fighters -- Chapter 4: Politics and Social Substitution in Total War: Exploring the Treatment of Combatants and Noncombata…
Introduction -- Maggie Walter, Karen Martin and Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews -- 1. Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children; Maggie Walter, Mick Dodson and Sharon Barnes; 2 -- The Story of the LSIC: It’s all about Trust and Vision; Maggie Walter Karen L. Martin -- 3. LSIC: Procedural ethics through an Indigenous ethical lens; Terry Dunbar and Margaret Scrimgeour -- 4. Culture and I…
The Changing Nature of Territoriality in International Law -- The Paradoxical Place of Territory in International Law -- A State Without Territory – Science Fiction or Reality? -- Territory in The Law of Jurisdiction: Imagining Alternatives -- Cartographies of the Present: ‘Contingent Sovereignty’ and Territorial Integrity -- Data Territories: Changing Architectures of Association in Inte…
Introduction -- Part I: Evolution of UN Sanctions Policies -- Sanctions Reinvented -- Creating the UN Security Council & its Sanctions System -- Designing and Applying Chapter VII of the UN Charter -- Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) -- Part II: Smarter Sanctions Against Asymmetric Threats -- From Comprehensive to Smart and Fairer Sanctions -- Backlash Against the Backlash -- UN Sanctions Measures --…