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The vast, proverbially windswept plazas built under «really existing socialism» from the 1920s to the 1980s are widely considered to be useless spaces, designed to intimidate or at least impress. Yet if they are only of use to those in power, why is it they have been used so successfully in protest? From Petrograd in 1917 to Independence Square in Kiev during the Orange...

We live in an age of sticky problems, whether it's climate change or the decline of the welfare state. With conventional solutions failing, a new culture of decision-making is called for. Strategic design is about applying the principles of traditional design to «big picture» systemic challenges such as healthcare, education and the environment. It redefines how problems...

The monograph is the try to answer anxious questions about visual formal composition. The main goal of this research work is to reveal to those, who deal with Art, the structure of harmonious compositional whole and to point out the landmarks for making it. The book is oriented to designers, architects, painters, jewelers – composers in visual Arts, and others, who...

The textbook “Macroeconomics” is recommended for undergraduate and graduate students of all fields of study of Kazan (Volga region) Federal University, as well as for the use in the educational process by students of various fields in educational institutions of higher education, including a wide range of readers. The textbook can be helpful for scientists and managers...

Книга представляет собой сборник докладов, представленных на конференции «Россия и Норвегия: физические и символические границы», состоявшейся в Санкт-Петербурге в апреле 2005 года в связи с открытием выставки «Норвегия – Россия. Соседи сквозь века». В книге различные аспекты истории норвежско-российской границы охвачены историками из Москвы, Санкт-Петербурга, Архангельска,...

Haskell является чисто функциональным языком программирования общего назначения, который включает много последних инноваций в разработке языков программирования. Haskell обеспечивает функции высокого порядка, нестрогую семантику, статическую полиморфную типизацию, определяемые пользователем алгебраические типы данных, сопоставление с образцом, описание списков, модульную...

This textbook is intended for third-year students of the training direction 45.03.02 "Linguistics (Theoretical and Applied Linguistics)" of the Department of Law and Social Sciences, Department of Philology, as well as for a wide range of people studying English and interested in country studies. The purpose of the manual is to systematize and deepen knowledge about...

The research provides a basis for a comprehensive approach to solving the problems of legal regulation of the labor market and employment, and also expands the boundaries of research in the law that allows combining the advantages of modern theoretical science and legal practice. The conclusions and final recommendations can be used for the following purposes: improving...

On their bland campuses, the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook dominate the world, removed from the mess and the prying eyes of the real city. But while their products are discussed endlessly, their urbanism has rarely been. So what does it look like? To date, the Silicon Valley campus has served as a backdrop to many a sun-kissed founder photoshoot, but there is...

FreeBSD is a high-performance operating system derived from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), the version of UNIX developed at the University of California at Berkeley between 1975 and 1993. FreeBSD is not a UNIX clone. Historically and technically, it has greater rights than UNIX System V to be called UNIX. Legally, it may not be called UNIX, since UNIX is...

The following reader contains elegant extracts taken from books written by the well-known American and English writers whose works were made into TV movies. The reader is targeted at advanced and proficient (CEFR level C1 — C2) learners of English majoring in business studies and economics who want to develop linguistic competences of general and business English, enrich...

Mao once called the Chinese «a blank sheet of paper», and the modernising that came with the Cultural Revolution treated cities much the same. But Mao's destructive impulses were as nothing compared to the liberalised policies of his recent successors. China has undergone urbanisation on a scale never seen before — much of it speculative, some of it a brazen display...

The Centre for Irish and Celtic Studies at the University of Ulster hosted at Coleraine, between the 24th and 26th August 2000, a very successful and informative conference on ‘Celtic Literatures in the Twentieth Century’. The lectures and the discussions were of a high standard, and it was the intention of the organisers to edit and publish the proceedings as soon...

Nanophotonics is a rapidly developing field, which aims at tailoring the optical properties of nanomaterials and understanding the optical phenomena arising near or beyond the diffraction limit of light. This course gives insights into contemporary tools and strategies for fabrication and experimental characterization of nanoscale optical devices and structures Being...

This book includes maps and descriptions of distribution and ecology of 376 species (336 maps) of most rare and threatened bryophytes on the territory of Eastern Europe. Mapping was made on 400 squares around 100 × 100 km on base geographical map system – Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) with help of original computer programs. Distribution of еhe species on the...

Exploring the edge condition of São Paulo, Justin McGuirk analyses the different forms of dwelling available to its would-be citizens, and meets some of the people carving a life for themselves on the verge of this unforgiving metropolis. Driving anti-clockwise, we take a journey backwards in time, moving from cardboard favelas and hastily built tower blocks back to...

The textbook contains brief theoretical provisions concerning the morphology and physiology of yeast as the widely used microorganism in the fermentation industry, and discusses modern technological aspects of the yeast usage. The study guide contains a description of the recommended laboratory and practical works. Laboratory works are devoted to the study of the yeast...

Metahaven is an Amsterdam-based design collective specialising in politics and aesthetics. Founded by Daniel van der Velden and Vinca Kruk, Metahaven’s work reflects political and social issues through research-driven design, and design-driven research. In 2010, Metahaven published Uncorporate Identity, a design anthology for our dystopian age, with Lars Müller Publishers....

The Edition provides foreigners with a comprehensive review of the Russian Legal System, сourt system, legislative rules referred to business with foreign investors, encompasses the major changes and development in law, examines in detail renewed Russian legislation. The prospective foreign investor, as well as his or her lawyer, should find this Handbook a helpful...

In this monograph, Tatyana Naumenko, Doctor of Arts and a professor at Moscow’s Gnessin Russian Academy of Music, looks at modern Russian musicology through the prism of texts representing it. She mentions subjects addressed in musicological studies, names genres of music that scholars preference to explore, and describes modern methods of research and criteria of...