Titles starting with Y from Gulls Nest Books

Univ. Press of America, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The mathematical formula y = arctg x describes a hyperbola with near zero initial curve, gradually moving to a period of explosive growth, and moving back to symmetrically reverse near zero curve at the end. For Ostrovsky (a PhD candidate and librarian at Hebrew U. of Jerusalem, Israel) this hyperbola aptly describes a corresponding and inexorably determined movement of the world from prehistory to history to unified world/planetary history. He ... more information

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Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Covers the essence of the Y2K problem and measures that should be adopted to fix it. Addresses concerns of small businesses as well as major enterprises, giving emphasis to the distributed client/server computing model, as well as the traditional mainframe home of the Y2K problem. The author is an independent systems consultant. (©2000 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Nova Science Publishers, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. This book collects recent research on yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) superconductors, the first material to superconduct above the boiling point of nitrogen, from contributors at universities and research institutes in Asia, the US, Australia, Canada, India, South America, and Europe. An expert commentary looks at the 2-dimensional EEM theory and predictions for high-temperature superconducting properties. Research and review studies shed l... more information

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O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The 100 hacks in this collection explain techniques for refining Yahoo! web search results, personalizing the various Yahoo! services, filtering email, blogging on a Yahoo! 360 profile, programming with web services, comparing the popularity of related search terms, and getting listed in the Yahoo! directory. Much of the code is written in Perl. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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U. of Wisconsin Press, 2005. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. A psychohistorian based in New York, Gonen looks at the appearance and reappearance of some of the most prominent shared themes that conditioned Jewish expectations from history. His basic theory is that though parental conduct and child-rearing modes are important, people are more influenced by the historically overriding cultural factor of group belongingness, and that is why Jews from diverse countries used to share the conviction that they ha... more information

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Charles Darwin U. Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The essays and catalogue entries in this beautifully produced catalogue offer much information on the people and culture of the Yolngu people, who reside in the Yalangbara district in the northeast of Australia. The works of art--which are created in paint, bark, textiles, and carved wood--are described in lengthy entries which relate their often complex symbolism, incorporating references and stories connecting to the artists' heritage, ho... more information

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World Scientific, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Presents the results of the 1998 symposium aimed at bringing recent developments in the fields of Yang-Baxter systems and integrable models to the physics community in the Asia-Pacific region. Twenty papers examine topics including Yang-Baxter systems, quantum symmetries in terms of quantum algebras and quantum groups, nonlinear models and integrable models, and their applications in physics. A few specific topics include boundary flows in general cos... more information

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Fulcrum Publishing, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The WWII army weekly YANK, was written by enlisted men with no officer oversight, was the world's first periodical with a global circulation, but was never released to the general public in the US. McGurn, a war correspondent for YANK and a foreign correspondent in eight wars, tells the story of the magazine's publication during the war, looking at its writers, its content, and attempts by officers the censor the often irreverent voices of o... more information

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Gulf Publishing, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. With over 4,000 hydrocarbons and chemicals, Yaws (chemical engineering, Lamar U., Texas) cites properties that are useful in determining the environmental impact of the material and seeking less damaging alternatives. Besides those listed in the title, the properties include the bioconcentration factor of organic compounds, the threshold limit value and permissible exposure limit of organic and inorganic compounds, and others. (©2008 Book News, In... more information

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Clinical Publishing, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Recent research in diabetes is summarized here. Part I contains diabetes management guidelines from the American Diabetes Association, with each document preceded by comments. Parts II and III review important clinical trails aimed understanding and preventing diabetes and Parts IV, V, and VI outline papers on insulin resistance, diabetes and obesity, diabetes and pregnancy, and recent research. Each summary includes background information on the s... more information

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Clinical Publishing, 2002. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Two UK consultants in reproductive health care and community gynecology introduce a dozen contributed papers commenting on journal articles, from 1999-2002, representing the recent state of knowledge in this specialty. Topics discussed--primarily from a UK perspective--include male hormonal contraception, abortion issues, chlamydia screening, fibroid management and fertility issues, new hormone replacement therapy options, and postgraduate medical ... more information

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Martinus-Nijhoff, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Each volume covers the organization, jurisdiction, activities, and administration of the Tribunal from 1 January to 31 December of the year. The Tribunal is the central judicial form in the comprehensive system for settling disputes established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982, which to date the US administration has not repudiated. One case was submitted to it during the year, the "Volga" Case (Russian Feder... more information

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Martinus-Nijhoff, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Each volume covers the organization, jurisdiction, activities, and administration of the Tribunal from 1 January to 31 December of the year. The Tribunal is the central judicial form in the comprehensive system for settling disputes established under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982, which to date the US administration has not repudiated. One case was submitted to it during the year, the "Volga" Case (Russian Feder... more information

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Martinus-Nijhoff, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This edition continues the work of providing general information ion the organization, activities and administration of the tribunal. It covers the organization and functioning of the members, judges, chambers, committees, experts, registry seat, public relations and publications, the competence of access to the tribunal and its jurisdiction, procedures in terms of general provisions, contentious cases, incidental proceedings, and proceedings before t... more information

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DJOEF Publishing, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The Nordic Tax Research Council was formed by treaty between Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in 1973; Iceland joined in 2003. It consists of scholars in tax law and economy and high ranking government officials. Each year a seminar is held to discuss current topics, and a volume is published with the papers presented there along with country reports. The 2007 seminar was held in Helsinki, Finland. Among the 15 papers are discussions of the choice... more information

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Kluwer Law International, 2003. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. As promised last year, this year's volume contains an article on Islamic responses to terrorism. Practicing lawyers and legal scholars, most working in Islamic countries, also consider Afghanistan's legal system, the promissory theory of contracts, Islamic law as the governing law under the Rome Convention, the Ismaili Muslim Conciliation and Arbitration Boards in Kenya as a model of pluralistic discourse, international parental child ... more information

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Kluwer Law International, 2003. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. As promised last year, this year's volume contains an article on Islamic responses to terrorism. Practicing lawyers and legal scholars, most working in Islamic countries, also consider Afghanistan's legal system, the promissory theory of contracts, Islamic law as the governing law under the Rome Convention, the Ismaili Muslim Conciliation and Arbitration Boards in Kenya as a model of pluralistic discourse, international parental child ... more information

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