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Antonacopoulos, A. Page segmentation and classification using the description of the background: A flexible and efficient approach for documents with complex and traditional layouts. Manchester: UMIST, 1995.

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Latanowicz, Jerzy. Analysis of the fish landing complex activities and future commercial viability against the background of the fishmarketing system in the Bahamas: A report. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1985.

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Berihanova, Rumisa, and Inessa Minenko. Complex non-drug correction of menopausal disorders in patients with metabolic syndrome. ru: INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1599004.

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The monograph is devoted to the complex non-drug correction of menopausal disorders in patients with metabolic syndrome in the period of menopausal transition. Modern ideas about menopausal and metabolic syndromes are presented, a review of modern approaches to their treatment is carried out. A complex personalized system of non-drug correction of functional disorders in patients with metabolic syndrome and menopausal syndrome of mild and moderate severity in the period of menopausal transition is presented, including preformed therapeutic factors (vibrotherapy, chromotherapy, aeroionotherapy, musicotherapy (melotherapy), aromatherapy), physical therapy with pelvic floor muscle training, drinking balneotherapy, vitamins and minerals against the background of lifestyle modification. The algorithm of dynamic clinical and laboratory examination of women with menopausal disorders of mild and moderate severity and metabolic syndrome in the period of menopausal transition has been developed, including a general clinical examination, assessment of alimentary, thyroid, psycho-emotional, gynecological, urological statuses, the state of the intestinal microbiota, the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary complex, biochemical blood profile, hemostasis, levels of markers of inflammation, assessment of the state of the musculoskeletal system, sexual function, allowing to get an idea of the state of mental and physical health of patients, evaluate the effectiveness of the complex of measures, optimize therapeutic tactics. It is addressed to a wide range of readers interested in women's health. It can be useful for students, postgraduates, teachers of medical universities, obstetricians, gynecologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists, specialists of restorative medicine.

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Latanowicz, Jerzy. Analysis of the fish landing complex activities and future commercial viability against the background of the fish marketing system in the Bahamas: A report prepared for the fisheries development project (Phase II). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1985.

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Nencioni, Francesca, ed. A Giuseppe Dessí. Lettere editoriali e altra corrispondenza. Florence: Firenze University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6655-156-0.

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This volume completes the valuable work of cataloguing carried out on the correspondence of Giuseppe Dessí conserved in the 'Alessandro Bonsanti' contemporary archive of Florence. The research, launched by Chiara Andrei in 2003 with the edition of the Corrispondenze familiari (Firenze University Press) and continued in 2009 by Francesca Nencioni with the publication of Lettere di amici e lettori (Firenze University Press), has its third result in this work by Francesca Nencioni, who has indexed the unpublished editorial and professional material, providing it with exhaustive references. The letters make it possible to trace a profile of the writer from his youth through to the 70s, illustrating the historic, political and cultural backdrop against which the events and activities of both his first and second profession developed. This casts light not only his complex professional career, but also on Dessí's collaboration with newspapers and journals, his relations with publishers and his contacts with the world of the mass media. Of particular importance is the appendix of unpublished letters, meticulously edited by Monica Graceffa, comprising the correspondence with two seminal journals of the 1930s and 40s «L'Orto» and «Primato». In the background are the figures of Bottai and Vecchietti and the complex coexistence between the intellectuals of the time and the regime.

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Interactive Workshop on Water Conservation (2004 National Institute of Hydrology, India). Interactive Workshop on Water Conservation, April 13-14, 2004, background paper /[organized by National Institute of Hydrology, India ; compiled by V.C. Goyal]. Roorkee: National Institute of Hydrology, 2004.

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Great Britain. Department of Energy. and Atomic Energy Research Establishment. Energy Technology Support Unit. Chief Scientist's Group., eds. Background papers relevant to the 1986 appraisal of UK energy research, development & demonstration: Reports compiled by Chief Scientist's Group, Energy Technology Support Unit, Harwell Laboratory .... London: H.M.S.O, 1987.

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Background to Beakers. Inquiries into the Regional Cultural Background to the Bell Beaker Complex. Sidestone Press, 2012.

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Langat, Kiprono, Jane Wilkinson, Loshini Naidoo, and Misty Adoniou. Refugee Background Students Transitioning into Higher Education: Navigating Complex Spaces. Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2018.

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Naidoo, Loshini. Refugee Background Students Transitioning Into Higher Education: Navigating Complex Spaces. Springer, 2019.

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Vernizzi, Graziano, and Henri Orland. Complex networks. Edited by Gernot Akemann, Jinho Baik, and Philippe Di Francesco. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198744191.013.43.

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This article deals with complex networks, and in particular small world and scale free networks. Various networks exhibit the small world phenomenon, including social networks and gene expression networks. The local ordering property of small world networks is typically associated with regular networks such as a 2D square lattice. The small world phenomenon can be observed in most scale free networks, but few small world networks are scale free. The article first provides a brief background on small world networks and two models of scale free graphs before describing the replica method and how it can be applied to calculate the spectral densities of the adjacency matrix and Laplacian matrix of a scale free network. It then shows how the effective medium approximation can be used to treat networks with finite mean degree and concludes with a discussion of the local properties of random matrices associated with complex networks.

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Ruxton, Graeme D., William L. Allen, Thomas N. Sherratt, and Michael P. Speed. Background matching. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199688678.003.0002.

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Background matching is perhaps the most obvious phenomenon that falls under the label of crypsis. Stevens & Merilaita (2011) describe background matching as situations where ‘the appearance generally matches the colour, lightness and pattern of one (specialized) or several (compromise) background types’. There are fascinating examples of species that behaviourally select their microhabitat and orientation so as to enhance similarity to features of the background, and species that change aspects of their appearance in ways that enhance background matching. The degree of background matching is often imperfect; this is thought to commonly reflect the fact that organisms are viewed against a range of different backgrounds, and so they have evolved appearance traits that offer some degree of matching against several of these. Understanding background matching addresses important issues in evolutionary biology, such as the maintenance of polymorphisms. We discuss how predation rates that depend on the frequency of morphs in the environment may be a common explanation for polymorphic crypsis, and the role search images might play in this process. Achieving highly effective background matching in a complex environment is difficult and this may create room for other types of crypsis.

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US GOVERNMENT. Hazards Ahead: Managing Cleanup Worker Health and Safety at the Nuclear Weapons Complex (Background Paper). Office Technology Assessment, 1993.

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Coloring, Meditative. Black Background Meditative Coloring - over 25 Images of Techonolgy from Simple to Complex: Black Background Adult Coloring for Meditation, Art Therapy and Relaxation. Independently Published, 2020.

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Sloth, Awesome Awesome. Mandala Insanity Adult Coloring Book Volume 3 Black Background: Stress Busting Complex Patterns to Relax With. Independently Published, 2019.

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Davidson, Judith. Complex Research Teams on the Rise. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190648138.003.0002.

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The first part of this chapter examines the research literature in two important areas: the reasons behind the rise in complex teams in qualitative research, and concurrently, the significant discussions emerging about writing among qualitative researchers. As the reader will discover, these two issues are linked in significant ways. The second part of the chapter provides a foundational discussion on qualitative research (definitions, principles, and forms of data) that will anchor the novice reader and provide important background for the expert reader. This text takes a problem-based approach to qualitative research, which is carefully described in this section. This chapter is supported with extensive bibliographic resources that will prove useful for readers who want to do further exploration of their own.

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Davidson, Judith. Qualitative Research and Complex Teams. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190648138.001.0001.

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Most qualitative research methodology texts are addressed to individual researchers working alone, whereas the majority of qualitative research today is probably conducted by complex teams. Team-based researchers recognize the work they are doing is complicated, difficult, and differs significantly from the single researcher working on a single project, but they have lacked information on how standard practices of the field are translated into group practice, particularly in the realm of writing, which is central to all qualitative research work. Bucking that trend, this text addresses the unique methodological needs of researchers who are conducting qualitative research as part of a complex team. This book is anchored in the belief that writing on team-based qualitative research has strong overlap with, and at the same time, vast differences from the writing that is produced by the single researcher working alone. The text provides background on the reasons behind the rise in complex team research and the ways qualitative researchers have attended to this change in context. There is detailed discussion of team basics, including: team formation, research design and project organization, and important ethical issues. The issues of both methodological and substantive writing are taken up in separate chapters. The book concludes with consideration of future trends and recommendations. Written with the detailed explanations that experienced qualitative researchers will be seeking, this text also covers important basics for those new to qualitative research, making it useful for both expert and novice.

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Long-lived legacy: Managing high-level and transuranic waste at the DOE nuclear weapons complex (Background paper). For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O, 1991.

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Government, U. S. Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks - Homeland Security Threat Background and Characteristics, Synchronized and Independent Teams at Multiple Locations. Independently Published, 2019.

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Holdt, Lesca M., and Daniel Teupser. Genetic background of atherosclerosis and its risk factors. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199656653.003.0002.

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This chapter is concerned with how atherosclerosis risk is modulated by a complex interplay between genetic and environmental risk factors. The contribution of genetics to the variability of atherosclerosis risk is estimated as 50%. Recent genome-wide association studies have led to the identification of over 50 gene variants which modulate atherogenesis. Risk factors for atherosclerosis are also partly genetically determined and some of the variants which play a role in atherogenesis overlap with those modulating its risk factors. However, the current relevance of these findings for clinical practice is limited, mainly due to the small effect sizes of identified risk variants with insufficient discriminatory power, and a large portion of the genetic contribution to atherosclerosis is still unknown. The major promise therefore lies in understanding the pathophysiology of newly identified genes with the perspective of novel therapeutic approaches.

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Birds Coloring Book for Adults: A Special Collection of Funky Cartoon Birds on a Complex Floral Background to Color and Relax. Independently Published, 2022.

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Tretkoff, Paula, and Hans-Christoph Im Hof. Complex Ball Quotients and Line Arrangements in the Projective Plane (MN-51). Princeton University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691144771.001.0001.

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This book introduces the theory of complex surfaces through a comprehensive look at finite covers of the projective plane branched along line arrangements. It emphasizes those finite coverings that are free quotients of the complex 2-ball. The book also includes a background on the classical Gauss hypergeometric function of one variable, and a chapter on the Appell two-variable F1 hypergeometric function. The book began as a set of lecture notes, taken by the author, of a course given by Friedrich Hirzebruch at ETH Zürich in 1996. The lecture notes were then considerably expanded over a number of years. In this book, the author has expanded those notes even further, still stressing examples offered by finite covers of line arrangements. The book is largely self-contained and foundational material is introduced and explained as needed, but not treated in full detail. References to omitted material are provided for interested readers. Aimed at graduate students and researchers, this is an accessible account of a highly informative area of complex geometry.

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SChaudhary. Complex Mandalas Colouring Book for Adults: Black Background Stress Relieving Design for Adults - an Adult Coloring Book with Beautiful Mandalas for Stress Relief and Relaxation - Best Mandala Colouring Book Gift. Independently Published, 2022.

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Beautx, Mandala. Mandalas for Adults: 60 Motifs with Black Background in US Letter Size / from Simple to Complex Mandala with Anti-Stress Effect / Coloring Book with Pages Printed on One Side / Coloring Book for Adults -Volume 1. Independently Published, 2020.

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Beautx, Mandala. Mandalas for Adults: 60 Motifs with Black Background in US Letter Size / from Simple to Complex Mandala with Anti-Stress Effect / Coloring Book with Pages Printed on One Side / Coloring Book for Adults -Volume 3. Independently Published, 2020.

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Beautx, Mandala. Mandalas for Adults: 60 Motifs with Black Background in US Letter Size / from Simple to Complex Mandala with Anti-Stress Effect / Coloring Book with Pages Printed on One Side / Coloring Book for Adults -Volume 2. Independently Published, 2020.

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XV, realaxing art. Black Background Sacred Geometry Coloring Book: Simply Beautiful yet Complex Design for Young and Adult / One Side Printing to Prevent Back Side Bleed / Stress Relieving and Relaxing , Bring Out Your Color Marker, Gel Pen, or Color Pencil. Independently Published, 2020.

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David P, Stewart, and Bowker David W. Ristau's International Judicial Assistance. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780199812714.001.0001.

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Today’s legal practitioners who deal with cross-border disputes in civil and commercial matters work in an increasingly complex transnational legal environment. This book provides up-to-date background, explanations, and practical guidance on how to deal with the most important challenges and recent developments in the field, including choice of forum, choice of law, service of process, proof of foreign law, taking of evidence, and enforcement of judgments. A major focus is on the mechanisms for international judicial assistance, in particular those provided by regional and international arrangements such as the Hague Conventions on service, evidence, Apostilles, choice-of-court agreements and the enforcement of judgments, as well as the regional arrangements within the OAS and the EU. The book builds on Bruno Ristau’s classic multi-volume work International Judicial Assistance, updating its discussions of service of process and the taking of evidence, supplementing comparative background material, and adding several chapters to cover a more complete span of litigation topics and provide the practical guidance today’s practitioners need to navigate the field of international civil litigation.

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Leskinen, Pekka, Marcus Lindner, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Gert-Jan Nabuurs, Jo Van Brusselen, Elena Kulikova, Mariana Hassegawa, and Bas Lerink, eds. Russian forests and climate change. European Forest Institute, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36333/wsctu11.

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We live in an intricate and changing environment with interrelated feedback between ecosystems, society, economy and the environment. EFI’s ‘What Science Can Tell Us’ series is based on collective scientific expert reviews providing interdisciplinary background information on key and complex forest-related issues for policy and decision makers, citizens and society in general.

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Bianconi, Ginestra. The Dynamics on Single Networks. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198753919.003.0003.

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This chapter provides the relevant background on the network dynamics of complex networks formed by just one layer (single networks). Emergent properties of network dynamics are characterized using the framework of phase transitions. The major results on robustness of complex networks, percolation theory and epidemic spreading are presented, revealing the rich interplay between network structure and function. In this context particular emphasis is given to the implications of the scale-free network topology on these dynamical processes. Diffusion processes and synchronization and controllability are characterized on networks, revealing the relevance of spectral properties and peripheral nodes for determining their dynamical behaviour.

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Thom, Randy. Notes on Sound Design in Contemporary Animated Films. Edited by John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, and Carol Vernallis. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733866.013.018.

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This article appears in theOxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aestheticsedited by John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, and Carol Vernallis. Contemporary animated films are not the cartoons of yore. For the sound designer, an advantage of working on animated films today is the opportunity for early collaboration between sound designer and animators. The sound designer must consider the appropriateness of sound mix with visual style: “Each film calls for its own sound design aesthetic.”Coralineand recent animated films by Robert Zemeckis choose simplicity (no elaborate background, no complex layering of sounds) to match the storytelling.The IncrediblesandBolthave complex, multilayered sound; the point in each case is to achieve clarity.

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Rossen, Eric, ed. Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780190052737.001.0001.

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Traumatic or adverse experiences are pervasive among school-aged children and youth. These experiences undermine students’ ability to learn, form relationships, and manage their feelings and behavior. Meanwhile, educators and school-based professionals often remain unaware of the complex needs of their students or how to meet them within the hours of the typical school day, all while possibly dealing with their own stressors. Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students: A Guide for School-Based Professionals provides a practically oriented tool for understanding and assisting students with a history of trauma. Designed specifically for professionals in mental health and education settings, this volume combines content and expertise from practitioners, researchers, and other experts with backgrounds in education, school psychology, school social work, school administration, resilience, school policy, and trauma. The book provides a thorough background on current research in trauma and its impact on school functioning; administrative and policy considerations; and a broad set of practical and implementable strategies and resources for adapting and differentiating instruction, modifying the classroom and school environments, and building competency for students and staff impacted by trauma. Rather than provide complex treatment protocols, the chapters in this book offer simple techniques and strategies designed for all types of educational environments within the context of multiple potential sources of trauma. Supporting and Educating Traumatized Students is an essential resource for classroom teachers, administrators, and school-based professionals, as well as courses that address crisis, trauma, and education across a broad spectrum of specializations.

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Brody, David L. Concussion Care Manual. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190054793.001.0001.

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This practical manual is for clinicians who care for patients with concussions. The effects of concussions are a recognized problem in the medical community and among the general public. Most people recover well from concussions, but a substantial minority does not. Most clinicians, however, do not have specific training in how to evaluate and treat concussion patients who do not make a rapid and complete recovery. This manual is based on the experience of the former director of the concussion clinic at Washington University in St. Louis, currently the director of the NIH/Uniformed Service University Traumatic Brain Injury Research Group. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for managing problems related to complex concussions: diagnosis, treatment strategies, headaches, sleep disruption, attention deficit, mood instability, anxiety and depression, post-traumatic stress, personality change, balance problems, dizziness, fatigue, and so forth. Specific sections address returning to work, driving, school, and contact sports. The manual also specifically addresses concussion in adolescents, children, elderly individuals, contact-sport athletes, military personnel, and patients involved in medico-legal matters. Finally, the manual discusses how to set up and run a concussion clinic. Clinicians with a broad range of backgrounds, including primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician’s assistants, athletic trainers, emergency medicine doctors, neurologists, neurosurgeons, psychiatrists, and rehabilitation medicine physicians should be able to use the manual effectively. Resident physicians and other trainees can use the manual without extensive background reading. Lists of Internet-based resources and other available publications direct the reader to information beyond what a pocket-sized manual can provide.

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Dame Rosalyn, DBE, QC, Higgins, Webb Philippa, Akande Dapo, Sivakumaran Sandesh, and Sloan James. Part 1 Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198808312.003.0001.

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This introductory chapter first sets out the book’s purpose, namely to provide a comprehensive study of the legal practice of the UN. It provides assistance and guidance to those whose work requires them to understand the complex structures of the UN, the multitudinous legal issues that arise daily, and the practice to date. The chapter sets out the formal structures of the UN as they have developed over the years, the historical background, including the League of Nations, and the legal instruments involved in its creation.

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Austerweil, Joseph L., Samuel J. Gershman, and Thomas L. Griffiths. Structure and Flexibility in Bayesian Models of Cognition. Edited by Jerome R. Busemeyer, Zheng Wang, James T. Townsend, and Ami Eidels. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199957996.013.9.

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Probability theory forms a natural framework for explaining the impressive success of people at solving many difficult inductive problems, such as learning words and categories, inferring the relevant features of objects, and identifying functional relationships. Probabilistic models of cognition use Bayes’s rule to identify probable structures or representations that could have generated a set of observations, whether the observations are sensory input or the output of other psychological processes. In this chapter we address an important question that arises within this framework: How do people infer representations that are complex enough to faithfully encode the world but not so complex that they “overfit” noise in the data? We discuss nonparametric Bayesian models as a potential answer to this question. To do so, first we present the mathematical background necessary to understand nonparametric Bayesian models. We then delve into nonparametric Bayesian models for three types of hidden structure: clusters, features, and functions. Finally, we conclude with a summary and discussion of open questions for future research.

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Fundamentals of outcome research: Compiled as background material for the Symposium on Musculoskeletal Outcome Research, 1991. Park Ridge, Ill: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 1991.

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David, Ereira OBE. Part II United Kingdom, 8 The Management and Distribution of LBIE’s Client Assets. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198755371.003.0008.

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This chapter starts by introducing some background information and legal issues raised by the operation of the Lehman business in Europe. Dealing with client assets was an extremely complex and critical aspect of the entire administration in Europe and raised fundamental issues for the operation of the financial markets and the courts. In order to appreciate the scale and complexity of the issues involved it is necessary to put this aspect of the administration into both a factual and legal context. The chapter asks: why did LBIE, the main hub company for Lehman business in Europe, hold client assets? The chapter relates this to English trust law and trust law principles.

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Smith, Jad. Brunner’s Legacy. University of Illinois Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252037337.003.0005.

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This chapter focuses on the legacy of John Brunner. A wave of memorials followed in the wake of his sudden death. His novel Stand on Zanzibar was classed as his greatest achievement and, along with The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider, were portrayed as the foundation of his reputation. However, speculation about when and why his career faltered was rife. Attention was also focused on his complex personality, relegating important aspects of his literary legacy to the background. Perhaps this outcome was inevitable, given Brunner's lack of commercial success and reputation as a crusty defeatist toward the end of his career.

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Trameri, Andrea. Purifying a House from Blood: A Hittite Ritual for the Ancient Gods (CTH 446). Lockwood Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5913/2022754.

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The Hittite ritual for the Ancient Gods (CTH 446) is one of the most interesting and complex in the Hittite ritual corpus. It describes a series of ritual procedures and recitations to be performed over two days with the goal of cleansing a house contaminated by impurity resulting from bloodshed. Summoned for the task are the Ancient Gods, Netherworld deities of the Hurrian-Hittite tradition. The present study provides an updated critical edition of this remarkable ritual, which is complemented with philological notes and commentary. Additionally, the volume investigates the nature and origins of the composition against the broader background of the Hittite ritual corpus.

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Bianconi, Ginestra. The Structure of Single Networks. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198753919.003.0002.

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Chapters 2–3 constitute Part II of the book, ‘Single Networks’, and provide a reference point for the rest of the book devoted exclusively to Multilayer Networks, making the book self-contained. This chapter provides the relevant background on the network structure of complex networks formed by just one layer (single networks). Here the basic definitions of network structure are given, the major network universalities are presented and methods to extract relevant information from network structure including centrality measures and community detection methods are discussed. Finally, modelling frameworks are introduced including random graphs, growing network models (including notably the Barabasi–Albert Model) and network ensembles.

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Kincaid, Paul. Outside Context Problems. University of Illinois Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/illinois/9780252041013.003.0003.

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At the height of his career, Banks abandoned the Culture for two very different science fiction novels. Against a Dark Background presented an extreme capitalism that was a deliberate contrast to the communist character of the Culture; while Feersum Endjinn presented a structurally complex and linguistically dense account of a world in collapse. Civil war as a political manifestation of Laing’s divided self would also inform subsequent works of the Scottish fantastic, notably Whit and A Song of Stone. His return to the Culture with Excession and its companion Look to Windward were, it is proposed, intended to end the sequence by addressing the Sublime as a form of the death of civilization.

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Krumholz Marchette, Lauren, Kristel Thomassin, Jacqueline Hersh, Heather A. MacPherson, Lauren Santucci, and John R. Weisz. Community Mental Health Settings as a Context for Evidence-Based Practice. Edited by Thomas H. Ollendick, Susan W. White, and Bradley A. White. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.013.41.

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One avenue for improving access to quality mental health care for children, adolescents, and their families is to provide services in the communities where they live. There has been growing support for the implementation of evidence-based practice in community mental health settings to address the complex needs of diverse young clients. Evidence-based practice encompasses psychometrically sound assessments and empirically supported treatments with appreciation of the culture of communities in which they are provided. This chapter reviews the background of the community mental health movement, describes community mental health settings and the current status of youth evidence-based practices in community care contexts, and explores barriers to and prospects for bringing tested practices for youths into community-based care.

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Hunt, Alice, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199681532.001.0001.

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaeological ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and votive figurines. For more than 100 years, archaeologists have used ceramic analysis to answer complex questions about economy, subsistence, technological innovation, social organization, and dating. The volume is structured around the themes “Research design and data analysis,” “Foundational concepts,” “Evaluating ceramic provenance,” “Investigating ceramic manufacture,” “Assessing vessel function,” and “Dating ceramic assemblages.” It provides a common vocabulary and offers practical tools and guidelines for ceramic analysis using techniques and methodologies ranging from network analysis and typology to rehydroxylation dating and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Each chapter provides the theoretical background and practical guidelines, such as cost and destructiveness of analysis, for each technique, as well as detailed case studies illustrating the application and interpretation of analytical data for answering anthropological questions.

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Hinterhölzl, Roland, and Svetlana Petrova. Prosodic and information-structural factors in word order variation. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198813545.003.0014.

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This chapter proposes an analysis that derives the word order variation in dependent clauses in OHG within a universal VO base order, plus additional cyclic leftward movement operations that target different information-structural projections in the complex left periphery of the clause. More precisely, it is argued that categories conveying contrastive information land in [Spec,FocP], with the finite verb targeting Foc° and marking the left edge of the new-information focus domain, while background information is placed further left, between ForceP and FocP. This positional realization of the verb and phrases expressing different semantic types of focus is considered a special strategy of disambiguating broad from narrow focus, as well as of avoiding the clash of two focus phrases in the middle field of clauses with multiple foci.

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Eveland, William P., and R. Kelly Garrett. Communication Modalities and Political Knowledge. Edited by Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199793471.013.018.

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Recent research has made clear that the process by which individuals obtain information about politics through the media and other communication sources is complex and multifaceted. The effects of communication on knowledge can vary by medium or the mix of sources that individuals choose, by the motivations and background characteristics of the user, and by the type of knowledge being considered. Whether “knowledge” (as opposed to misperceptions or simply beliefs) is the end result of communication depends crucially on the nature of the information being presented and the prior beliefs of the user. The authors review the state of the art research in this domain and offer suggestions for how scholarship must adjust to the changing environment brought about by technological change and increasing partisanship and polarization among politicians, the media, and the public.

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Rauen, Margarida Gandara, and Alfredo Michel Modenessi. Shakespearean Tragedy in Latin America and the Caribbean. Edited by Michael Neill and David Schalkwyk. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198724193.013.52.

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The authors of this essay address a post-colonial concern with place and displacement as they provide historical and theoretical background, and review works by critics, creative writers and artists who have variously interpreted, staged, and appropriated Shakespeare’s tragedies in Latin America and the Caribbean. They argue that political statements are always at the core of such work, whether it reflects a purist and universalist perspective, or a radical stance that accentuates diversity issues. The region encompasses numerous cultural differences between the many larger and smaller territories of Spanish-speaking countries, and the vastness of Portuguese-speaking Brazil. As a result, the works that emerge from such complex geo-political borders reflect the ambivalence of frontier zones, while revealing a continued division between cultural dependence and the deliberate transgressive treatment of European material.

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Thompson, Sanja, Nicola Lovett, Sarah Pendlebury, and John Grimley Evans, eds. Oxford Case Histories in Geriatric Medicine. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199699261.001.0001.

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The cases in this volume have been selected to show the spectrum of acute medicine in older patients. These are often with atypical or non-specific presentations, on a background of complex co-morbidity and the attendant management and ethical dilemmas. The format follows that of other books in the series: case descriptions with questions followed by answers including detailed discussion of the diagnosis, treatment, and management dilemmas including ethical and holistic aspects of care. This structure was chosen as it is very difficult to illustrate the practical process of clinical management through a conventional textbook format. The authors believe it is more interesting and educational to consider real cases and one’s own management plan, than to read a text that does not require the same interactive effort on the part of the reader.

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Colors, Eden. F*ck off - a Swear Word Coloring Book for Adults: Sweary Words and Complex Flower and Pattern Backgrounds for Hours of Stress Relief. Independently Published, 2019.

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Sarah, Nouwen. Part III Regimes and Doctrines, Ch.36 International Criminal Law: Theory All Over the Place. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198701958.003.0037.

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This chapter discusses the different theories employed in the field of international criminal law, which is now increasingly supported by theory. Case theories were developed after events had taken place; operational theories were produced to match complex facts; foundational theories were created to justify existing practices; external theories tried to make sense of the phenomenon of international criminal law as it had been observed; and so did the popular theories based on everyday encounters. Ago, rather than cogito, ergo sum was the field’s implicit maxim. Against this background one still finds that factual, operational, foundational, external theories prove to be less coherent when they are considered in light of each other. Rich theories could thus emerge from more joint theorizing among those working on variably factual, operational, foundational, and external theories, between scholars and practitioners, and between scholar-theorists and quotidian theorists.

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Hylen, Susan E. Conclusion. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190237578.003.0008.

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This chapter briefly summarizes the book and its implications for interpreters of the New Testament. The book has argued that conventional virtues like modesty, industry, and loyalty did not negate women’s capacities to own property and act as patrons. Social norms were multiple and complex, and could be applied in different ways depending on the circumstances. Thus, social practices of the period made room for women to exert influence and become leaders and officeholders in their communities. A “modest” woman might be an acknowledged and widely sought leader of her city. This understanding of the cultural context may yield new interpretations of familiar New Testament material. The historical background does not force one single interpretation of any text; readers still face many exegetical decisions. However, the chapter identifies some of the broad implications of the study for New Testament interpretation.

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