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Finance and insurance companies are facing a wide range of parametric statistical problems. Statistical experiments generated by a sample of independent and identically distributed random variables are frequent and well understood, especially those consisting of probability measures of an exponential type. However, the aforementioned applications also offer non-classical experiments implying observation samples of independent but not identical...

Filled with action and intrigue, and with expert touches of humor, Yeruldelgger transports the reader to a new and fascinating location, a Mongolia that is a den of crime, vice, and racism, where the vileness of all the spheres of influence make police work a quixotic challenge.

Soccer has more players and fans than any other sport. Today, soccer is a highly paid professional sport. From Pelé to Carli Lloyd, discover the game's greatest players and their achievements in Soccer Legends, a Hall of Fame book. This series invites readers to explore some of the best-loved sports in the United States. Each book pairs fascinating facts

The analysis of QoE is not an easy task, especially for multimedia services, because all the factors (technical and non-technical) that directly or indirectly influence the user-perceived quality have to be considered. This book describes different methods to investigate users' QoE from the viewpoint of technical and non-technical parameters using multimedia services. It discusses the subjective methods for both controlled and uncontrolled env...

Mexico through the pen, brush, and camera lens of a passing traveller.

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In this one-of-a-kind book, certified meditation and mindfulness instructor Cynthia Kane has taken the four elements of Buddhist correct speech and developed them into a modern practice based on mindful listening, mindful speech, and mindful silence.

Cada año, Ratoncito y su familia van al parque de atracciones. Este año, Elliot es el invitado de honor. Pero es difícil encontrar alguna atracción que no dé miedo al pobre Elliot... Con la ayuda de su amigo, finalmente viven un día memorable. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONLittle Elliot, the polka-dotted elephant, and his friend Mouse go to the amusement park to see the sights and ride the rides -water chutes, roller coasters, carousels, and more. But El...

Hussein's Euphrates Dance is a masterfully imagined and brilliantly written story of the universal struggle to seek light in the shadow of dominant horror and tragedy

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) exemplified the ideal of the American public intellectual as a writer, educator, songwriter, diplomat, key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, and first African American executive of the NAACP. Originally published anonymously in 1912, Johnson's novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man is considered one of the foundational works of twentieth-century African American literature, and its themes and forms have b...

Looks at how to develop a mindful relationship to food and how to craft a well-nourished life with step-by-step examples, tools and mindful practices.

Helping special needs children understand how they are wired, this book offers them ways to communicate without having to express themselves verbally or even face to face. It provides concrete strategies that can be individualized and given to new teachers, coaches, or friends to help them understand who the child is and how he or she functions best. Full color.

The Syrian Civil War has created the worst humanitarian disaster since the end of World War II, sending shock waves through Syria, its neighbours, and the European Union. Calls for the international community to intervene in the conflict, in compliance with the UN-sanctioned Responsibility to Protect (R2P), occurred from the outset and became even more pronounced following President Assad's use of chemical weapons against civilians in August 2...

Gangsters like Al Capone and Lucky Luciano are infamous as figureheads of organized crime, which is now synonymous with criminal groups such as the Mafia. Michael Woodiwiss reveals a more disturbing side to organized crime, in which government officals and wider business communities are deeply complicit. Woodiwiss shows how control policies on systematized crime are mired in corruption, legitimizing repression and concealing failure. Delving i...

Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei Georgiyevich Gorshkov led the Soviet Navy for almost three decades during the height of the Cold War. 21st Century Gorshkov is a collection of writing by one of the twentieth century's most revered naval figures. Articles sit alongside passages from his more famous books, each with a short introduction linking the work to the challenges facing navies everywhere today.

Draws on Milton Burke's thirty years of teaching experience to help educators bring Inferno alive for today's young reader. In a conversational, "colleague-to-colleague" style, Burke shares the interpretations, questions, and exercises he found effective in his high-school classroom, emphasizing group discussion to help students engage meaningfully with the notoriously difficult text.

This book was originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1971. It was published as a Mariner Book in 1999.

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Contemporary materialist philosophy is either Spinozist or Hegelian. Hegel and Spinoza: Substance and Negativity both traces the historical elements of the alternatives and explains contemporary discussions as its variation, persuasively demonstrating throughout that the best way to read Hegel and Spinoza is not in opposition or contrast, but together: as Hegel and Spinoza.