Facing Asymmetry

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The book analyzes the concept of asymmetry in international relations on the example of United States and Mexico. This bilateral relation is introduced within wider historical, economic and political context. It also includes a case study on perceptions of Mexico in U.S. media. The study focuses on critical issues in bilateral relations within the context of asymmetric relations. Economic integration under North American Free Trade Agreement, extensive migration from Mexico to the U.S. and the issue of drug-trafficking and drug-control efforts are analyzed in this respect. The concluding chapter uses the findings to conceptualize asymmetric relations and presents possible applications of the key findings to complex bilateral issues.

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Genre : Free trade
Author : Kryštof Kozák
Publisher : Peter Lang
Release : 2010
File : 296 Pages
ISBN-13 : 3631599714


Asymmetry Developmental Stability And Evolution

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Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--oslash--;ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance and explain their theory that asymmetry is related to genetic stability and fitness, and that symmetric individuals appear to have quantifiable and significant advantages over their asymmetric counterparts. When assessing potential mates or competitors, animals may be able to use symmetry as an honest indication of quality. This interdisciplinary book, with its associated Web-site, will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and animal behaviour. - ;Why does nature love symmetry? In Asymmetry, Developmental Stability and Evolution, M--oslash--;ller and Swaddle analyse the evolutionary implications of symmetry. They advance and explain their theory that symmetry is related to genetic stability and fitness, and that symmetric individuals appear to have quantifiable and significant advantages over their asymmetric counterparts. When assessing potential mates or competitors, animals may be able to use symmetry as an honest indication of quality. This interdisciplinary book, with its associated Web-site, will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of ecology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and animal behaviour. -

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Genre : Developmental biology
Author : Anders Pape MØller
Publisher : Oxford University Press, UK
Release : 1997-11-27
File : 306 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191589393


Chance And Temporal Asymmetry

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Chance and Temporal Asymmetry presents a collection of cutting-edge research papers in the metaphysics of science, tackling the perplexing philosophical problems raised by recent progress in the physics and metaphysics of chance and time. How do the probabilities found in fundamental physics and the probabilities of the special sciences relate to one another? Can a constraint on the initial conditions of the universe underwrite the second law of thermodynamics? How does contemporary quantum theory reframe debates over the nature of chance? What grounds do we have for believing in a fundamental direction to time? And how do all these questions connect up? The aim of the volume is both to survey and summarize recent debates about chance and temporal asymmetry and to push them forward. Familiar approaches are subjected to searching new critiques, and bold new proposals are made concerning (inter alia) the semantics of chance-attributions, the justification of the Principal Principle connecting chance and degree of belief, and the source of the temporal asymmetry of human experience. The contributors include world-leading figures in the field, all presenting new work rather than rehashing old ideas, as well as a number of promising junior scholars. A wide-ranging introduction connects the different chapters together, and provides essential background to the debates they take up. Technicality is kept to a minimum and philosophical and conceptual foundations take centre stage. Chance and Temporal Asymmetry sets the agenda for future work on time and chance, which are central to the emerging sub-field of metaphysics of science. It will be indispensable to graduate students and to specialists in metaphysics and philosophy of science.

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Genre : Philosophy
Author : Alastair Wilson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Release : 2014-09-04
File : 320 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780191054587


Hemispheric Asymmetry

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Is "right-brain" thought essentially creative, and "left-brain" strictly logical? Joseph B. Hellige argues that this view is far too simplistic. Surveying extensive data in the field of cognitive science, he disentangles scientific facts from popular assumptions about the brain's two hemispheres. In Hemispheric Asymmetry, Hellige explains that the "right brain" and "left brain" are actually components of a much larger cognitive system encompassing cortical and subcortical structures, all of which interact to produce unity of thought and action. He further explores questions of whether hemispheric asymmetry is unique to humans, and how it might have evolved. This book is a valuable overview of hemispheric asymmetry and its evolutionary precedents.

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Genre : Brain
Author : Joseph B. Hellige
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Release : 2001
File : 418 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0674005597


Design Generation And Tooth Contact Analysis Tca Of Asymmetric Face Gear Drive With Modified Geometry

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A new type of face gear drive for application in transmissions, particularly in helicopters, has been developed. The new geometty differs from the existing geometry by application of asymmetric profiles and double-crowned pinion of the face gear mesh. The paper describes the computerized design, simulation of meshing and contact, and stress analysis by finite element method. Special purpose computer codes have been developed to conduct the analysis. The analysis of this new type of face gear is illustrated with a numerical example.

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Release : 2001
File : 38 Pages
ISBN-13 : NASA:31769000640436


Social And Applied Aspects Of Perceiving Faces

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This interdisciplinary overview integrates a variety of perspectives on the process and interpretation of faces as a major source of verbal and nonverbal communication. Written by authors from social, experimental, and cognitive psychology as well as from the dental sciences, Social and Applied Aspects of Perceiving Faces covers topics including normal variation in facial appearance and facial anomalies.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Thomas R. Alley
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2013-05-13
File : 312 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781134738854


The Economics Of Asymmetric Information

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This book presents recent developments in the economics of asymmetric information. The problems of selection and moral hazard, with hidden actions or hidden information, are introduced by examining how they affect the market for investment finance. The ideas are then used to analyse the market for insurance, signalling and screening models of education, efficiency wages, industrial regulation, public procurement and auctions. Coverage is thorough while avoiding excessive mathematical detail. Diagrams and verbal reasoning make the ideas accessible to intermediate level undergraduate students and beyond.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : B. Hillier
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 1997-04-07
File : 199 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781349254859


Aesthetic Science

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What do we do when we view a work of art? What does it mean to have an 'aesthetic' experience? Are such experiences purely in the eye of the beholder? This book addresses the nature of aesthetic experience from the perspectives of philosophy psychology and neuroscience.

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Genre : Medical
Author : Arthur P. Shimamura
Publisher : OUP USA
Release : 2012-01-02
File : 421 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199732142


Sedimentary Structures Their Character And Physical Basis Volume 1

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Sedimentary structures, their character and physical basis Volume 1

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Genre : Science
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Publisher : Elsevier
Release : 1982-01-01
File : 613 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780080869438


Biuletyn Peryglacjalny

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Some nos. contain papers and proceedings of various meetings of the International Geographic Congress.

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Genre : Geology
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Release : 1986
File : 582 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015012635655