Written from the perspective of practitioners who apply mathematical concepts to structured credit products, this critically acclaimed work starts with a brief wrap-up on basic concepts of credit risk modeling and then quickly moves on to more advanced topics such as the modeling and evaluation of basket products, credit-linked notes referenced to credit portfolios, collateralized debt obligations, and index tranches. The text is written in a ...
A mesmerizing menagerie of fantastic beasts -- griffins and werewolves to serpent monsters and other fabulous creatures of land, sea, and air. 192 black-and-white illustrations.
TRP channels have been shown to respond to a wide range of stimuli from both within and outside the cell. How we sense heat and cold, how eggs become fertile, how the heart expands and contracts is each dependent on the function of these channels. TRP Ion Channel Function in Sensory Transduction and Cellular Signaling Cascades offers 31 chapters written by cutting-edge researchers. It highlights progress in the elucidation of the in-vivo funct...
A guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture in general, it spans a variety of terms and concepts such as abstract expressionism, epoch, hybridity, semiology and zeitgeist.
From "Saving Private Ryan" to "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and "Pocahontas", this book serves as a guide to the issues involved in using historical film in the study of history. Using examples ranging from late nineteenth century short films, to twenty-first century DVDs, it incorporates film analysis, advertisements, merchandise and internet forums.
Britain, Australia and the Bomb tells the story of the unique partnership between the two countries to develop nuclear weapons in the 1940s and 1950s. This new edition includes fresh evidence about the weapons under development, the effects of the tests on participants, and the recent clean-up of the testing range.
Exploring the origins and key issues of the Third Indochina War, which began in 1979, this book aims to demystify the long-term and immediate causes of the Vietnamese-Cambodian and Sino-Vietnamese conflicts. It examines how both the links between policies and policy assumptions in the countries involved drove them towards war.
200 charming, royalty-free illustrations of bathing beauties, feminine golfing enthusiasts, parlor maids, romantic ingenues, and more -- in a variety of poses, brilliantly captured by great turn-of-the-century illustrator.
This volume presents a systematic treatment of the theory of unbounded linear operators in normed linear spaces with applications to differential equations. Largely self-contained, it is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, and it only requires a familiarity with metric spaces and real variable theory.
The sparsely populated southern Interior of British Columbia was rich in resources and ripe for settlement in the late 1800s. The agricultural lands of the Okanagan and Nicola valleys, and the precious metals and coal of the Kootenays, lay largely unused or undiscovered: the challenges was getting to these places. Transportation was the key that opened the way to these riches, providing hope for the future for stout-hearted settlers--people fo...
Features Lecoq's philosophy of human movement, and the way it takes expressive form in a wide range of different performance traditions. He traces the history of pantomime, sets out his definition of the components of the art of mime, and discusses the explosion of physical theatre in the second half of the twentieth century.
Exquisite hand-colored photographs taken in Savannah, Georgia, between 1900 and 1930 are preserved in a lovely souvenir book, or perforated for removal. At 5" x 7" inches, they fit standard frames, ready to proudly display, or to mail to friends..
The wellspring of modern knowledge of Norse mythology, these ancient legends of gods and heroes were created to preserve the narrative style of the Viking sagas from European influence.
An dieser Urtext-Neuausgabe eines zentralen Werks der Konzertliteratur kommen kein ernsthafter Musiker und kein seriöses Orchester vorbei, denn der Notentext weicht an zahlreichen Stellen von den bisherigen Ausgaben ab. Erstmals wurden sämtliche Quellen sorgfältig gesichtet, textkritisch ausgewertet und dokumentiert. Die Betreuung und Einrichtung der Solostimmen durch Tabea Zimmermann und Frank Peter Zimmermann setzen dieser Koproduktion mit B...
A former slave who was a dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, Keckley witnessed the happy times as well as the tragic events that unfolded within the Lincoln White House.
