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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...

Bat gamasid mites is a highly specialized ectoparasite group which is of great interest due to strong isolation and other unique features of their hosts (the ability to fly, long distance migration, long-term hibernation). The book summarizes the results of almost 60 years of research and is the most complete summary of data on bat gamasid mites taxonomy, biology,...

Russian IP Phrasebook, Self Study Guide and Dictionary. Based on more than 5,000 phrases and sayings, the IP Russian phrasebook is truly your guide to the Russian language. This book makes communicating in Russian possible quickly and phrasebook makes it easy to construct simple sentences and correctly pronounce words, enabling you to speak Russian easily without having...

The guidance and methodological advice on internship are drawn up in accordance with the Federal State Educational Standards of Higher Education and ITMO University Educational Standard in the field of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

The main goal of these lectures notes is to give the basic notions of the stochastic calculus such that conditional expectations, predictable processes, martingales, stochastic integrals and Ito's formula. The notes are intended for students of the Mathematics and Economical Faculties. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian...

The Special physics practice is prepared according to the program of discipline «Special physics practice» conducted in the frames of higher education program in subject area 03.04.02 «Physics». This practicum contains theoretical descriptions and execution instructions of essential phenomena in atomic physics and medical balance testing. Methodical instructions are...

The guide contains some basic concepts regarding the optical schemes of telescope (afocal) systems for visual observation. Systems design and methods as well as some specific features of objectives, eye-pieces and inverting systems are discussed. The guide also contains a detailed step-by-step description of designing the systems, and provides the corresponding examples....

The historical genesis of the development of the legislation in the agriculture of the Russian Federation during the 1917-2005 period is shown, and also the modern status of the legislation in the agro industrial complex of the Russian Federation, its features, the problematic of the agro industrial legislation. Much attention is devoted to the regulation of the greenhouse...

With each successive style or movement, redundant forms and technologies are replaced and then re-enacted in the name of progress. Ideologies and fictions become forms. And then there is the stranger world still of actual replicas, such as Henry Ford's Greenfield Village, where history is brought to life for didactic purposes. It can't help it, architecture's deepest...

Package proposal of The research and project institute “Gradoagroecoprom” of Limited Society “Patent” on design, supply and montage of greenhouse combine for vegetable growing by the method of multistoried narrowshelving technology with the area of 6 hectares.