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Notes on a Thesis

by Tiphaine Rivière ...

Translated by Francesca Barrie ...

**‘This is a book for anyone who has ever laboured under a deadline, battled a stubborn pig of a boss, or half drowned beneath a wave of bureaucracy and paperwork. Put off what you intended to do today and go out and buy it, right now.’Rachel Cooke, ObserverAn Observer Book of the Year**Shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize 2017When Jeanne is accepted on to a PhD course, she is over the ... Read more

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**‘This is a book for anyone who has ever laboured under a deadline, battled a stubborn pig of a boss, or half drowned beneath a wave of bureaucracy and paperwork. Put off what you intended to do today and go out and buy it, right now.’Rachel Cooke, ObserverAn Observer Book of the Year**Shortlisted for the TA First Translation Prize 2017When Jeanne is accepted on to a PhD course, she is over the
... Read more
Translation and Violence

by Tiphaine Samoyault ...

Translated by Alexander Hertich ...

Series series Translation/Transnation
Rethinking the ethics and politics of translation in the age of AIThe rapid development of AI-powered translation tools is making translation more accessible than ever before, raising in a dramatic new way the old utopian promise of translation—to allow transparent dialogue across linguistic barriers. But algorithmic translation brings great risks, including increasing inequalities in linguistic ... Read more

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Rethinking the ethics and politics of translation in the age of AIThe rapid development of AI-powered translation tools is making translation more accessible than ever before, raising in a dramatic new way the old utopian promise of translation—to allow transparent dialogue across linguistic barriers. But algorithmic translation brings great risks, including increasing inequalities in linguistic
... Read more
Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases

International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2021, Virtual Event, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Michael Kamp, Irena Koprinska, Adrien Bibal, Tassadit Bouadi, Benoît Frénay, Luis Galárraga, José Oramas, Linara Adilova, Yamuna Krishnamurthy, Bo Kang, Christine Largeron, Jefrey Lijffijt, Tiphaine Viard, Pascal Welke, Massimiliano Ruocco, Erlend Aune, Claudio Gallicchio, Gregor Schiele, Franz Pernkopf, Michaela Blott, Holger Fröning, Günther Schindler, Riccardo Guidotti, Anna Monreale, Salvatore Rinzivillo, Przemyslaw Biecek, Eirini Ntoutsi, Mykola Pechenizkiy, Bodo Rosenhahn, Christopher Buckley, Daniela Cialfi, Pablo Lanillos, Maxwell Ramstead, Tim Verbelen, Pedro M. Ferreira, Giuseppina Andresini, Donato Malerba, Ibéria Medeiros, Philippe Fournier-Viger, M. Saqib Nawaz, Sebastian Ventura, Meng Sun, Min Zhou, Valerio Bitetta, Ilaria Bordino, Andrea Ferretti, Francesco Gullo, Giovanni Ponti, Lorenzo Severini, Rita Ribeiro, João Gama, Ricard Gavaldà, Lee Cooper, Naghmeh Ghazaleh, Jonas Richiardi, Damian Roqueiro, Diego Saldana Miranda, Konstantinos Sechidis, Guilherme Graça ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 21th Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD, held in September 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held online.The 104 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 180 papers submited for the workshops. This ... Read more

$179.99 CAD

This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 21th Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD, held in September 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held online.The 104 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 180 papers submited for the workshops. This
... Read more
Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases

International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2021, Virtual Event, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Michael Kamp, Irena Koprinska, Adrien Bibal, Tassadit Bouadi, Benoît Frénay, Luis Galárraga, José Oramas, Linara Adilova, Yamuna Krishnamurthy, Bo Kang, Christine Largeron, Jefrey Lijffijt, Tiphaine Viard, Pascal Welke, Massimiliano Ruocco, Erlend Aune, Claudio Gallicchio, Gregor Schiele, Franz Pernkopf, Michaela Blott, Holger Fröning, Günther Schindler, Riccardo Guidotti, Anna Monreale, Salvatore Rinzivillo, Przemyslaw Biecek, Eirini Ntoutsi, Mykola Pechenizkiy, Bodo Rosenhahn, Christopher Buckley, Daniela Cialfi, Pablo Lanillos, Maxwell Ramstead, Tim Verbelen, Pedro M. Ferreira, Giuseppina Andresini, Donato Malerba, Ibéria Medeiros, Philippe Fournier-Viger, M. Saqib Nawaz, Sebastian Ventura, Meng Sun, Min Zhou, Valerio Bitetta, Ilaria Bordino, Andrea Ferretti, Francesco Gullo, Giovanni Ponti, Lorenzo Severini, Rita Ribeiro, João Gama, Ricard Gavaldà, Lee Cooper, Naghmeh Ghazaleh, Jonas Richiardi, Damian Roqueiro, Diego Saldana Miranda, Konstantinos Sechidis, Guilherme Graça ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 21th Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD, held in September 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held online.The 104 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 180 papers submited for the workshops. This ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshops which complemented the 21th Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD, held in September 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference and workshops were held online.The 104 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from 180 papers submited for the workshops. This
... Read more
Current crop models

State-of-the-art and future developments

by Professor Gerrit Hoogenboom, Emeritus Professor Ken Boote, Dr Cheryl H. Porter, Dr Willingthon Pavan, Dr Vakhtang Shelia, Dr Upendra Singh, Dr Jeffrey W. White, Dr Senthold Asseng, Dr Jon I. Lizaso, Dr L. Patricia Moreno0, Dr Santiago Cuadra1, Dr Bruce Kimball2, Dr Alwin Hopf3, Dr Fabio A. A. Oliveira4, Dr Thiago B. Ferreira5, Dr Henrique Boriolo Dias6, Dr Philip Alderman7, Dr William D. Batchelor8, Dr Diego Pequeno9, Dr Kelly R. Thorp0, Dr James W. Jones1, Dr Richard Ogoshi2, Dr L. Anthony Hunt3, Dr Gordon Y. Tsuji4, Dr David Fleisher5, Dr D.J. Timlin6, Dr S. Li7, Dr J. Barnaby8, Dr S. Yesilkoy9, Dr E. Han0, Dr V.R. Reddy1, Dr Z. Wang2, Dr S. Beegum3, Dr A. Mitra4, Dr W. Sun5, Professor Armen Kemanian6, Dr Yuning Shi7, Dr Charlie M. White8, Dr Felipe Montes9, Dr Rachel K. N. Rozum0, Dr Amanda R. Burton1, Dr Ele Saltmarsh2, Dr Claudio O. Stockle3, Professor Tom Sinclair4, Dr Afshin Soltani5, Professor Bruno Basso6, Dr T. Tadiello7, Dr P . Sharma8, Dr L. Price9, Dr J.T. Ritchie0, Dr Bill Salas1, Dr Kyle W. Proctor2, Dr Nilovna Chatterjee3, Dr Curtis Jones4, Dr Colin Hill5, Dr Gayathri Gopalakrishnan6, Dr Jim Kiniry7, Dr Liwang Ma8, Dr Huihui Zhang9, Dr Jon D. Hanson0, Dr Zhiming Qi1, Professor Benjamin Dumont2, Dr Mathieu Delandmeter3, Dr Marie-Odile Bancal4, Dr Nicolas Beaudoin5, Dr Joël Léonard6, Dr Samuel Buis7, Dr Julie Caubel8, Dr Hugues Clivot9, Dr Julie Constantin0, Dr Antoine Couëdel1, Dr Mathilde de Freitas2, Dr Audrey Deheinzelin3, Dr Gatien N. Falconnier4, Dr Fabien Ferchaud5, Dr Iñaki García de Cortázar-Atauri6, Dr Marie Launay7, Dr Patrice Lecharpentier8, Dr Dominique Ripoche9, Dr Anne-Isabelle Graux0, Dr Guillaume Jego1, Dr Arthur Lenoir2, Dr Gaetan Louarn3, Dr Alain Mollier4, Dr Céline Schoving5, Dr Mounir Seghouani6, Dr Loïc Strullu7, Dr Remi Vezy8, Dr Tiphaine Vidal9, Dr Eric Justes0, Dr Jean-Louis Durand1, Dr Myriam Adam2, Dr Gregory Beurier3, Dr Lauriane Rouan4, Dr Michael Dingkuhn5, Dr Florian Larue6, Dr Bertrand Muller7, Dr Xinyou Yin8, Dr A.J.W. de Wit9, Dr Hendrik Boogaard00, Dr Herman Berghuijs01, Dr Martin K. van Ittersum02, Dr Tom Schut03, Dr H.N.C. Berghuijs04, Dr M.K van Ittersum05, Dr Iwan Supit06, Dr P . Groenendijk07, Dr J. van Dam08, Dr M. Mulder09, Dr M. Heinen10, Professor Frank Ewert11, Dr M. Vianna12, Dr A. Enders13, Dr T. Gaiser14, Dr G. Krauss15, Dr T. H. Nguyen16, Dr S. J. Seidel17, Dr E. E. Rezaei18, Dr H. Webber19, Dr A. Tewes20, Dr A. K. Srivastava21, Professor Claas Nendel22, Dr Michael Berg-Mohnicke23, Dr Rachel Escueta24, Dr Gohar Ghazaryan25, Dr Leonardo Inforsato26, Dr Bahareh Kamali27, Dr Marlene Palka28, Dr Ahsan Raza29, Dr Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei30, Dr Xenia Specka31, Dr Jing Yu32, Emeritus Professor Dirk Raes33, Dr Elias Fereres34, Dr Theodore C. Hsiao35, Dr Pasquale Steduto36, Dr Gabriëlle De Lannoy37, Dr Eline Vanuytrecht38, Dr Lee Heng39, Dr Margarita Garcia Vila40, Dr Joost Wellens41, Dr Patricia Mejias Moreno42, Dr Maher Salman43, Dr Kiril Manevski44, Dr Shaohui Zhang45, Dr Yanmin Yang46, Dr Yonghui Yang47, Dr Mohamed Jabloun48, Professor Soora Naresh Kumar49, Dr Bidisha Chakraborty50, Dr Arti Bhatia51, Dr Shweta Panjwani52, Dr DN Swaroopa Rani53, Dr Vikas Kumar54, Dr P .K. Aggarwal55, Dr H. Pathak56, Dr Subhash Chander57, Dr N. Kalra58, Professor Yan Zhu59, Dr Leilei Liu60, Dr Bing Liu61, Dr Liang Tang62, Dr Liujun Xiao63 ...

Series Book 170 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways ... Read more

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Whilst crop models have made significant progress in recent years, different models still diverge and struggle to predict the complex effects of genetic, environmental and management (G x E x M) variables in optimising crop production in the face of climate change.Current crop models: State-of-the-art and future developments provides a comprehensive overview of the major crop models and the ways
... Read more
The Road That Disappeared

A Winter Journey into a Secret Nobody Could Find

by Camron Tiphaine ...

The road was marked on an old map, remembered by a handful of locals, and missing from every modern route.When a traveler arrives in a remote winter town searching for a place connected to a forgotten part of the past, the journey seems straightforward: follow the road, reach the destination, and find the answer waiting at the end. But after the first heavy snowfall, the road simply vanishes.No ... Read more

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The road was marked on an old map, remembered by a handful of locals, and missing from every modern route.When a traveler arrives in a remote winter town searching for a place connected to a forgotten part of the past, the journey seems straightforward: follow the road, reach the destination, and find the answer waiting at the end. But after the first heavy snowfall, the road simply vanishes.No
... Read more
Incorporating Purpose

The New Legal Foundations for the Corporation and its Management

by Blanche Segrestin, Kevin Levillain, Armand Hatchuel ...

Series series Elements in Corporate Governance
In this Element, emerging legal forms of purpose-driven corporations are analyzed, revealing two important insights. First, within the traditional corporate law, a purpose is neither protected nor enforceable over time. While companies can have goals beyond profit, these are controlled by shareholders, who also appoint corporate managers. To protect social or environmental ambitions, especially ... Read more

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In this Element, emerging legal forms of purpose-driven corporations are analyzed, revealing two important insights. First, within the traditional corporate law, a purpose is neither protected nor enforceable over time. While companies can have goals beyond profit, these are controlled by shareholders, who also appoint corporate managers. To protect social or environmental ambitions, especially
... Read more
Barthes

A Biography

by Tiphaine Samoyault ...

Translated by Andrew Brown ...

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a central figure in the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider. His father died in the First World War, he enjoyed his mother’s unfailing love, he spent long years in the sanatorium, and he was aware of his homosexuality from an early age: all this soon gave him a sense of his own difference. He experienced the great events of contemporary ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

Roland Barthes (1915-1980) was a central figure in the thought of his time, but he was also something of an outsider. His father died in the First World War, he enjoyed his mother’s unfailing love, he spent long years in the sanatorium, and he was aware of his homosexuality from an early age: all this soon gave him a sense of his own difference. He experienced the great events of contemporary
... Read more
Veterinary Psychiatry of the Dog

Diagnosis and Treatment of Behavioral Disorders

by Sylvia Masson, Stéphane Bleuer-Elsner, Gérard Muller, Tiphaine Medam, Jasmine Chevallier, Emmanuel Gaultier ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This richly illustrated textbook delivers a functional vision of dog behaviors. Daily applicable, it offers practical solutions for canine behavioral care with a consistently medical approach to disorders. Readers find a thorough introduction to factors influencing behavior, the canine neuroanatomy and physiology, psychopathologies, as well as treatment options. Drawing on the latest studies in ... Read more

$218.99 CAD

This richly illustrated textbook delivers a functional vision of dog behaviors. Daily applicable, it offers practical solutions for canine behavioral care with a consistently medical approach to disorders. Readers find a thorough introduction to factors influencing behavior, the canine neuroanatomy and physiology, psychopathologies, as well as treatment options. Drawing on the latest studies in
... Read more
Louis XIV Outside In

Images of the Sun King Beyond France, 1661-1715

by Tony Claydon, Charles-Édouard Levillain ...

Series series Politics and Culture in Europe, 1650-1750
Louis XIV - the ’Sun King’ - casts a long shadow over the history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Yet while he has been the subject of numerous works, much of the scholarship remains firmly rooted within national frameworks and traditions. Thus in France Louis is still chiefly remembered for the splendid baroque culture his reign ushered in, and his political achievements in ... Read more

$84.99 CAD

Louis XIV - the ’Sun King’ - casts a long shadow over the history of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. Yet while he has been the subject of numerous works, much of the scholarship remains firmly rooted within national frameworks and traditions. Thus in France Louis is still chiefly remembered for the splendid baroque culture his reign ushered in, and his political achievements in
... Read more

The MBR Book

Principles and Applications of Membrane Bioreactors for Water and Wastewater Treatment

by Simon Judd ...

The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR. The text is divided into five chapters; the membrane and biological aspects are discussed in chapter 2 along ... Read more

$183.19 CAD

The MBR Book covers all essential aspects of membrane bioreactors in water and wastewater treatment, including the working principles of MBR technologies. The book aims to separate science from engineering, in an attempt to avoid confusion and to help readers understand the ideas of MBR. The text is divided into five chapters; the membrane and biological aspects are discussed in chapter 2 along
... Read more
This Little Art

by Kate Briggs ...

An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs's This Little Art is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, fierce and timely thinking on reading, writing and living with the works of others. Taking her own experience of translating Roland Barthes's lecture notes as a starting point, the author threads various stories together to give us this ... Read more

$8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An essay with the reach and momentum of a novel, Kate Briggs's This Little Art is a genre-bending song for the practice of literary translation, offering fresh, fierce and timely thinking on reading, writing and living with the works of others. Taking her own experience of translating Roland Barthes's lecture notes as a starting point, the author threads various stories together to give us this
... Read more

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