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Class, Ethnicity and State in the Polarized Metropolis Putting Wacquant to Work /

Table of Contents: “…Dispossession and Dishonour in the Polarized Metropolis: Reactions and Recommendations; Loїc Wacquant.…”
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Transforming Barcelona : the renewal of a European metropolis /

Cities & economic change : restructuring and dislocation in the global metropolis /

“…Cities and economic change : restructuring and dislocation in the global metropolis…”

Kıtanın başkentleri Paris, Berlin : metropol ve mimarlık IV. = continental capitals metropolis and architecture IV /

Eğitimde Finlandiya modeli / by Sahlberg, Pasi

Potential-Based Analysis of Social, Communication, and Distributed Networks by Etesami, Seyed Rasoul

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Notation and Mathematical Preliminaries -- Unbiased Quantized Consensus -- Metropolis Quantized Consensus -- Hegselmann-Krause Opinion Dynamics in Finite Dimensions -- Capacitated Selfish Replication Game -- Diffusion Games Over Social Networks -- Conclusions and Directions for Future Research.…”
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Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls...

Table of Contents: “…High reliability organisation principles of collective mindfulness: An opportunity to improve construction safety management -- Measure evaluation tool met: Promoting safety by optimizing the human scope of action -- Safety assessment for decommissioning worker -- Development of enterprise accident early warning system based on IOT -- Application fuzzy evaluation methods on safety management of industrial enterprise -- Dynamic analysis of enterprise security system based on multi-level analysis and structural equation model -- Effect of experimental and mathematical modelling of spillway on dam safety -- Safety and risks factors affecting telecommunication mast riggers and technicians in Nigeria -- Risks related to the application of hydrogen propulsion technology in cars -- Analyzing the impact of group norms on workers' safety behaviors in a construction teamInfluential factors of unsafe acts of contractors in cape coast metropolis -- Influential factors of unsafe acts of contractors in cape coast metropolis.…”
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Suburbanization in global society

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : suburbanization in global society / Mark Clapson, Ray Hutchison -- Meaningful types in a world of suburbs / Richard Harris -- Gwinnett goes global : the changing image of American suburbia / William Grady Holt -- From mill towns to 'burbs of the burgh' : suburban strategies in the post-industrial metropolis / Allen Dieterich-Ward -- Cities, suburbs and metropolitan areas : governing the regionalised city / Tassilo Herrschel -- Urbanity beyond nostalgia : discovering public life at the edge of the city of Rome / Sandra Annunziata and Mara Cossu -- Identity, marginalization, and Parisian banlieues / Jean Beaman -- The life cycle of Johannesburg suburbs / Eric Petersen -- Suburban reinvestment through 'knockdown rebuild' in Sydney / Simon Pinnegar, Robert Freestone, Bill Randolph -- Changing urbanization patterns in the Brazilian metropolis / Suzana Pasternak, Lucia Maria Machado Bógus -- Governing heterogeneity in the context of 'compulsory Closeness' : the 'pacification' of favelas / Leticia Veloso -- The changing image of suburban areas in Latin America and the role of the local government / Sonia Roitman -- The planned suburbanization of a city-state : Singapore's new towns / Rita Padawangi -- Building for what and whom? …”
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The new urban sociology / by Gottdiener, Mark

Table of Contents: “…The new urban sociology -- The origins of urban life -- The rise of urban sociology -- Contemporary urban sociology -- Urbanization in the United States -- Suburbanization, globalization and the emergence of the multi-centered region -- People and lifestyles in the metropolis: urban and suburban culture -- Minority settlement patterns, neighborhoods, and communities in the multicentered metro region -- Metropolitan problems: racism, poverty, crime, housing , and fiscal crisis -- Urbanization in the developed nations -- Globalization and urbanization in the developing world -- Metropolitan planning and environmental issues -- Metropolitan social policy -- The future of urban sociology.…”

Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving SocProS 2016, Volume 1 /

Table of Contents: “…Adaptive Scale Factor based Differential Evolution Algorithm -- Adaptive Balance Factor in Particle Swarm Optimization -- Community detection in complex networks: a novel approach based on ant lion optimizer -- Hybrid SOMA: A Tool for Optimizing TMD Parameters -- Fast Convergent Spider Monkey Optimization Algorithm -- Bi-level problem and SMD Assessment Delinquent for Single Impartial Bi-level Optimization -- An Adaptive Firefly Algorithm for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing -- Review on Inertia Weight Strategies for Particle Swarm Optimization -- Hybridized Gravitational Search Algorithms with Real Coded Genetic Algorithms for Integer and Mixed Integer Optimization Problems -- Spider Monkey Optimization Algorithm based on Metropolis principle -- An Analysis of modeling and optimization production cost through fuzzy linear programming problem with symmetric and right angle Triangular fuzzy number -- A New Intuitionistic Fuzzy Entropy of Order-  With Applications in Multiple Attribute Decision Making -- The relationship between intuitionistic fuzzy programming and goal programming -- Implementation of Fuzzy Logic on FORTRAN Coded Free Convection around Vertical Tube -- Availability analysis of the Butter Oil Processing Plant using intuitionistic fuzzy differential equations.…”
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Constructions of urban space

Table of Contents: “…Hoffman -- Distinguishing metropolises: the production of urban imagery / William G. …”
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Europa reformata (English Edition) Reformationsstädte Europas und ihre Reformatoren.

Table of Contents: “…Aldegonde; A cosmopolitan metropolis; Early support for Luther's reform; The rise of Anabaptism and Calvinism; Protestant expansion during the annus mirabilis; A last climax of Protestantism: the Calvinist Republic; Further reading; Visiting Antwerp; Augsburg: Wolfgang Musculus; Augsburg ca. 1520: Episcopal city and global business center; Local parish reformations and the town council's deferred Reformation…”
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Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3 Proceedings of the 34th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2016 /

Table of Contents: “…1 Bayesian Treatment of Spatially-Varying Parameter Estimation Problems via Canonical BUS -- 2 Bayesian System Identification of Offshore Platforms -- 3 Bayesian Inference and RJMCMC in Structural Dynamics - on Experimental Data -- 4 Approximate Bayesian Computation by Subset Simulation for Parameter Inference of Dynamical Models -- 5 Determining Model Form Uncertainty of Reduced Order Models -- 6 Uncertainty Analysis of Mechanical Behavior of Functionally Graded Carbon Nanotube Composite Materials -- 7 Interval Uncertainty Analysis of Structure Using CANDECOMP/PARAFAC Decomposition -- 8 Uncertainty Quantification For Nonlinear Reduced-Order Elasto-Dynamics Computational Models -- 9 Estimating Noise Spectra for Data from an Instrumented Building -- 10 Uncertainties in an Application of Operational Modal Analysis -- 11 Stochastic Finite Element Model Updating by Bootstrapping -- 12 Dynamic Identification of Classically Damped Uncertain Structures -- 13 Interval Finite Element Approach for Modal Analysis of Linear Elastic Structures Under Uncertainty -- 14 Model Based Effects Screening of Stringed Instruments -- 15 Innovation Dilemmas, Design Optimization, and Info-Gaps -- 16 Approach to Evaluate and to Compare Basic Structural Design Concepts of Landing Gears in Early Stage of Development Under Uncertainty -- 14 Model Based Effects Screening of Stringed Instruments -- 15 Innovation Dilemmas, Design Optimization, and Info-Gaps -- 16 Approach to Evaluate and to Compare Basic Structural Design Concepts of Landing Gears in Early Stage of Development Under Uncertainty -- 17 Robust Sensor and Exciter Design for Linear Structures -- 18 Robust Model Calibration Using Determinist and Stochastic Performance Metrics -- 19 Designing a Mechanical Latch for Robust Performance -- 19 From Model Calibration and Validation to Reliable Extrapolations -- 20 From Model Calibration and Validation to Reliable Extrapolations -- 21 Application of PCA-SVD Validation Metric to Develop Calibrated and Validated Structural Dynamic Models -- 22 An Enhanced Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm Based on Gaussian Processes -- 23 The Challenge of Dynamic Similarity Assessment -- 24 Model Based Robust Balancing Approach for Rotating Machines -- 25 Statistical Modeling of Wavelet-Transform-Based Features in Structural Health Monitoring -- 26 A Bayesian Framework for Optimal Experimental Design in Structural Dynamics -- Towards the Diagnosis and Simulation of Discrepancies in Dynamical Models -- 28 Effects of Prediction Error Bias on Model Calibration and Response Prediction of a 10-Story Building -- 29 Finite Element Model Updating Techniques of Complex Assemblies with Linear and Nonlinear Components -- 30 Metamodeling of Model Evidence -- 31 Calibration, Validation and Cross-Validation of Nominally Identical Car Subframes -- 32 Modeling and Experimental Test Study of a Multilayer Piezoelectric Actuator -- 33 Study of Correlation Criteria for Spacecraft-Launch Vehicle Coupled Loads Analysis -- 34 Full-field Strain Prediction Applied to an Offshore Wind Turbine -- 35 A State-Input Estimation Approach for Force Identification on an Automotive Suspension Component -- 36 A Pretest Planning Method for Model Calibration for Nonlinear Systems.…”
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The 15-Minute City : A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet. by Moreno, Carlos

Table of Contents: “…Industry and Inequality: Cleveland's Story -- Mayor Bibb's 15-Minute Plan: Renewing Cleveland -- Embracing Proximity: Cleveland's Transformation -- Chapter 15 Buenos Aires' Future: Proximity and Sustainability -- From Le Corbusier to Laura: The Evolution of Buenos Aires' Urban Landscape -- Buenos Aires: From Heatwaves to Green Streets -- Bridging Past and Future: Buenos Aires' Microcentro -- Chapter 16 Sousse: Toward a Metropolis of Proximity -- Balancing Tradition and Modern Urban Growth -- Sousse's 15-Minute City: A New Urban Roadmap -- Sousse's 15-Minute City: A Sustainable Blueprint -- Social Aspects -- Environmental Aspects -- Economic Aspects -- Chapter 17 Melbourne: A Pioneering 20-Minute City -- Plan Melbourne 2017-2050 -- The Global Students Reinventing Cities Initiative -- Working With Students Toward Sustainability -- Revitalizing Neighborhoods -- Chapter 18 Busan: Technological Smart City to Happy Proximity -- Embracing the 15-Minute City Vision -- Happy Proximity: Busan's Innovative Initiative -- Proximity and Participation: Busan's Urban Future -- Chapter 19 Small Towns Are Also Inspired -- Pleszew: From 1283 to 2023 -- Pleszew's Path to Sustainability: Bikes and Parks -- Green Mobility in Pleszew: An Award-Winning Plan -- St Hilaire de Brethmas: The Dolce Vita in the South of France -- A 15-Minute Village in France -- Lorenzetti's Vision: A Town's Path to Sustainable Proximity -- Reviving Villages Through Happy Proximity -- Chapter 20 Scotland and the Ile de France Region: The Future in 20 Minutes -- National and Territorial Proximity Strategy -- Revitalizing Scotland Through 20-Minute Territories -- Scotland's Vision: National Policy, Local Impact -- The Scottish Way: Proximity -- The �Ile-de-France 20-Minute Region -- A New �Ile-de-France: The 20-Minute Plan for Proximity -- Polycentric Proximity.…”
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Deep Learning : Foundations and Concepts. by Bishop, Christopher M.

Table of Contents: “…Markov Chain Monte Carlo -- 14.2.1 The Metropolis algorithm -- 14.2.2 Markov chains -- 14.2.3 The Metropolis-Hastings algorithm -- 14.2.4 Gibbs sampling -- 14.2.5 Ancestral sampling -- 14.3. …”
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