Kirjahaku

In the early hours of April 22, 1914, American President Woodrow Wilson sent Marines to seize the port of Veracruz in an attempt to alter the course of the Mexican Revolution. As a result, the United States seemed on the brink of war with Mexico. An international uproar ensued. The governments of Argentina, Brazil, and Chile offered to mediate a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Surprisingly, both the United States and Mexico accepted their offer and all parties agreed to meet at an international peace conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario. For Canadians, the conference provided an unexpected spectacle on their doorstep, combining high diplomacy and low intrigue around the gardens and cataracts of Canada's most famous natural attraction. For the diplomats involved, it proved to be an ephemeral high point in the nascent pan-American movement. After it ended, the conference dropped out of historical memory. This is the first full account of the Niagara Falls Peace Conference to be published in North America since 1914. The author carefully reconstructs what happened at Niagara Falls, examining its historical significance for Canada's relationship with the Americas. From this almost forgotten event he draws important lessons on the conduct of international mediation and the perils of middle-power diplomacy.

From the spontaneous rapid firing of cortical neurons to the spatial diffusion of disease epidemics, biological systems exhibit rich dynamic behaviour over a vast range of time and space scales. Unifying many of these diverse phenomena, Dynamics of Biological Systems provides the computational and mathematical platform from which to understand the underlying processes of the phenomena.Through an extensive tour of various biological systems, the text introduces computational methods for simulating spatial diffusion processes in excitable media, such as the human heart, as well as mathematical tools for dealing with systems of nonlinear ordinary and partial differential equations, such as neuronal activation and disease diffusion. The mathematical models and computer simulations offer insight into the dynamics of temporal and spatial biological systems, including cardiac pacemakers, artificial electrical defibrillation, pandemics, pattern formation, flocking behaviour, the interaction of autonomous agents, and hierarchical and structured network topologies. Tools from complex systems and complex networks are also presented for dealing with real phenomenological systems.With exercises and projects in each chapter, this classroom-tested text shows students how to apply a variety of mathematical and computational techniques to model and analyze the temporal and spatial phenomena of biological systems. MATLAB® implementations of algorithms and case studies are available on the author’s website.

"A soul healing experience"..."inspirational" (Dr. Jeanette's Radio Show)"It would make an intriguing movie" (Mary Kenny in 'Catholic Herald')"An engaging, solidly entertaining, and deftly crafted novel" (Midwest Book Review) Wade, a sixty-nine-year-old retired teacher, is desperately searching for meaning to the rest of his life. As he sets off to walk the famous Camino de Santiago de Compostela, he hopes to rekindle his faith in God and come to terms with a dark secret he has kept hidden at the back of his mind for nearly forty years.Although his pilgrim journey of self-discovery, walking 500 miles across northern Spain, is physically demanding enough for a senior citizen, it also brings him face to face with yet more challenges. He encounters enigmatic characters, obsessions, temptations, and emotional conflicts. And when he meets a mysterious old man, Diego, who delivers some cold, hard truths about his life, Wade remains in denial.Wade's pursuit of female company, regardless of Diego's warning, hinders his spiritual progress. But who cares, when Angelina, a fascinating young Swedish woman less than half his age, stumbles into his life?Will Angelina reciprocate his feelings of love?Will Wade continue to live in a way that hampers his personal growth and spiritual development?Will he ever make the psychological breakthrough he needs to move forward with his life? Or will fate step in and open the floodgates for his past to finally catch up with him?Find out in this profound, memorable and inspiring novel which will capture your heart, soul and mind in equal measure.

Nonlinear time series methods have developed rapidly over a quarter of a century and have reached an advanced state of maturity during the last decade. Implementations of these methods for experimental data are now widely accepted and fairly routine; however, genuinely useful applications remain rare. This book focuses on the practice of applying these methods to solve real problems.To illustrate the usefulness of these methods, a wide variety of physical and physiological systems are considered. The technical tools utilized in this book fall into three distinct, but interconnected areas: quantitative measures of nonlinear dynamics, Monte-Carlo statistical hypothesis testing, and nonlinear modeling. Ten highly detailed applications serve as case studies of fruitful applications and illustrate the mathematical techniques described in the text.