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Suspect Families

Suspect Families

Torsten Heinemann; Ilpo Helén; Thomas Lemke; Ursula Naue

Routledge
2017
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This book outlines the European framework of family reunification and the reasons for focussing on Austria, Finland and Germany. It presents the case studies that provide a general understanding of how DNA testing affects the national immigration policies.
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Race, Religion, and the ‘Indian Muslim’ Predicament in Singapore

Race, Religion, and the ‘Indian Muslim’ Predicament in Singapore

Torsten Tschacher

Routledge
2017
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Indian Muslims form the largest ethnic minority within Singapore’s otherwise largely Malay Muslim community. Despite its size and historic importance, however, Singaporean Indian Muslims have received little attention by scholarship and have also felt side-lined by Singapore’s Malay-dominated Muslim institutions. Since the 1980s, demands for a better representation of Indian Muslims and access to religious services have intensified, while there has been a concomitant debate over who has the right to speak for Indian Muslims. This book traces the negotiations and contestations over Indian Muslim difference in Singapore and examines the conditions that have given rise to these debates. Despite considerable differences existing within the putative Indian Muslim community, the way this community is imagined is surprisingly uniform. Through discussions of the importance of ethnic difference for social and religious divisions among Singaporean Indian Muslims, the role of ‘culture’ and ‘race’ in debates about popular religion, the invocation of language and history in negotiations with the wider Malay-Muslim context, and the institutional setting in which contestations of Indian Muslim difference take place, this book argues that these debates emerge from the structural tensions resulting from the intersection of race and religion in the public organization of Islam in Singapore.
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Geographies of Urban Sound

Geographies of Urban Sound

Torsten Wissmann

Routledge
2016
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Traffic, music, language and nature help to create unique soundscapes that are essential to the place-based character of each city. Taking into account both the urban soundscape and the impacts of sound on the urban dweller, this book examines sound not as a by-product of urban life, but as a fundamental part of the urban experience that is crucial to understanding the city´s sense of place. Illustrated by case studies from Europe and North America, these range from on-site measurements to the construction of audio tours for local tourism, from media analysis of popular culture audio drama to sound-identity and city branding, and from the classification of noise in city planning to a consideration of the complex relationship between sacred sound and the creation of a sense of place. Taking a social geographic perspective, the book focuses on the effects of sounds on the individual and how they influence the ways s/he engages the city as place, especially in their daily routines. In doing so, it uncovers the socio-scientific potential of sound in the urban environment, based on the understanding that sound cannot and must not be seen as detached from the urban landscape, but rather as a constituting element. Sound exists not only ’within the city’: it ’is’ the city.
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A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R

A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R

Torsten Hothorn

CRC Press
2017
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Like the best-selling first two editions, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R, Third Edition provides an up-to-date guide to data analysis using the R system for statistical computing. The book explains how to conduct a range of statistical analyses, from simple inference to recursive partitioning to cluster analysis. New to the Third Edition Three new chapters on quantile regression, missing values, and Bayesian inference Extra material in the logistic regression chapter that describes a regression model for ordered categorical response variables Additional exercises More detailed explanations of R code New section in each chapter summarizing the results of the analyses Updated version of the HSAUR package (HSAUR3), which includes some slides that can be used in introductory statistics courses Whether you‘re a data analyst, scientist, or student, this handbook shows you how to easily use R to effectively evaluate your data. With numerous real-world examples, it emphasizes the practical application and interpretation of results.
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Warfare Since the Second World War

Warfare Since the Second World War

Torsten Schwinghammer

Routledge
2018
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Warfare Since the Second World War presents a wealth of analysis and data about one of the most pressing questions of our time: why does war continue to plague us fifty years after World War II? This book argues that the nature of war has shifted from inter-state conflicts toward internal conflicts, above all civil war. Low-intensity conflict helps explain the constant increase in wars over the last fifty years and makes it probable this trend will continue. Gantzel and Schwinghammer argue that modern warfare reflects a continuation of the nation-state-building process begun in nineteenth-century Europe.In their analysis, economic modernization and social integration destroy traditional relations and create instability in the developing world. While these forces were successfully harnessed by the modern state in Europe and North America, economic and political globalization make a similar resolution considerably more complex. In addition to their insightful analysis, the authors provide a detailed list of all wars fought from 1945 to 1995. The authors' lucid explanatory commentaries are accompanied by lists, tables, and charts. In addition to a detailed war register, upon which all statistical data and analyses for the volume are based, there are appendices with directories useful for locating specific wars, as well as several supplementary lists. An afterword brings the reader closer to the world situation as we conclude the twentieth century; including the impact of political developments in Eastern Europe.Beyond its historical dimension, this book offers a policy-relevant empirical demonstration of the ongoing increase in internal (civil) wars and addresses the inability of modern society to prevent this scourge. Warfare Since the Second World War is an indispensable resource for anyone concerned with issues of war and peace, development, and the future of international relations.
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Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

Technological Change and Network Effects in Growth Regimes

Torsten Heinrich

Routledge
2015
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In this new volume it is argued that network effects are much more common than usually assumed, and that they have a profound impact on many aspects of economic systems, especially technological change and economic growth. The analysis and modelling of this interrelationship is the central focus of this book.While there exists a vast body of literature on economic growth, the theories put forward so far have had limited success in explaining observed patterns of economic growth. ‘Growth cycles’ in particular continue to elude standard economic models, though evolutionary economics has made some progress. Seeking to fill the gap, Torsten Heinrich’s innovative approach uses microeconomics to explain heterogeneous sectoral dynamics on the meso level, and then aggregating these to observed macroeconomic growth rates. In this way, it is shown that an evolutionary model of technological change with network effects can explain not only commonly observed asymmetric industry structures, monopolies and oligopolies but also ‘growth cycles’.The book includes a comprehensive account of the most influential economic growth theories, a discussion of the research on network effects as well as an introduction to the methodology, the model, and a case study on the recent emergence of information and communication technology. This important new volume will be relevant to all those interested in theoretical economics, growth theory, innovation economics, agent based modelling and industry dynamics.
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The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity

The Karbala Story and Early Shi'ite Identity

Torsten Hylen

EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
2025
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In 680 CE al-usayn ibn Al, the grandson of the Prophet Muammad, was killed in a battle at Karbala. Ancient accounts describe this event as a minor skirmish, similar to the numerous battles that were waged in the early history of Islam. Among Shiites, however, the story of the event soon developed into a narrative about a cosmic battle between the powers of universe, with al-usayn personifying good and life-giving powers. The story came to epitomise the trauma that is at the heart of the Shiite ethos: the treachery of the non-Shiite community against the family of the Prophet.This book investigates this development in the 7th to 10th centuries CE and its significance for emerging Shiite identity in early Islam. It provides an in-depth analysis and diachronic comparison of the three earliest versions of the Karbala story, analyses the story of the Penitents who attempted to avenge the death of al-usayn, and surveys the development of the image of al-usayn and the rituals associated with him in historiography, poetry and Shiite hadith.
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Geographies of Urban Sound

Geographies of Urban Sound

Torsten Wissmann

Ashgate Publishing Limited
2014
sidottu
Traffic, music, language and nature help to create unique soundscapes that are essential to the place-based character of each city. Taking into account both the urban soundscape and the impacts of sound on the urban dweller, this book examines sound not as a by-product of urban life, but as a fundamental part of the urban experience that is crucial to understanding the city´s sense of place. Illustrated by case studies from Europe and North America, these range from on-site measurements to the construction of audio tours for local tourism, from media analysis of popular culture audio drama to sound-identity and city branding, and from the classification of noise in city planning to a consideration of the complex relationship between sacred sound and the creation of a sense of place. Taking a social geographic perspective, the book focuses on the effects of sounds on the individual and how they influence the ways s/he engages the city as place, especially in their daily routines. In doing so, it uncovers the socio-scientific potential of sound in the urban environment, based on the understanding that sound cannot and must not be seen as detached from the urban landscape, but rather as a constituting element. Sound exists not only ’within the city’: it ’is’ the city.
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Preferences and Procedures

Preferences and Procedures

Torsten J. Selck

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2010
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Preferences and Procedures presents and tests game-theoretic models of European Union legislative decision-making. It is inspired by the idea of linking statistical testing strategies firmly to formal models of EU policymaking. After describing salient features of the EU legislative process and comparing different models of how the EU negotiates new legislative measures, the models' predictive power is evaluated. On a more general level, Preferences and Procedures answers questions regarding the empirically recognizable effects of institutional arrangements on joint bargaining outcomes.
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Multiprocessor Systems on Chip

Multiprocessor Systems on Chip

Torsten Kempf; Gerd Ascheid; Rainer Leupers

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2011
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This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the design challenges of MPSoC platforms, focusing on early design space exploration. It defines an iterative methodology to increase the abstraction level so that evaluation of design decisions can be performed earlier in the design process. These techniques enable exploration on the system level before undertaking time- and cost-intensive development.
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Phänomenologische Metaethik

Phänomenologische Metaethik

Torsten Pietrek

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2011
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Im Zentrum steht das problematische Verh ltnis von Werten und Fakten im Hinblick auf ontologischen Status, Objektivierbarkeit und Logik. Im ersten Teil wird diese haupts chlich in der analytischen Tradition diskutierte Problematik f r die ph nomenologische Behandlung reformuliert und die ph nomenologische Methode in der Auseinandersetzung mit Husserls Untersuchungen zur ethischen Theorie rekonstruiert. Im zweiten Teil wird eine genetische Ph nomenologie des Wertbewu tseins systematisch entwickelt. Die deskriptiven Ergebnisse zu M glichkeit und Grenzen der Erreichbarkeit objektiver Wertevidenz werden abschlie end normativ gewendet. Die Arbeit liefert in dieser Weise einen neuen Forschungsansatz f r die Metaethik und zugleich einen Beitrag zu einem wenig bearbeiteten Gebiet der Ph nomenologie. Dabei steht stets die eigene systematische ph nomenologische Untersuchung gegen ber der philologischen Auslegung ph nomenologischer Texte im Vordergrund. Die Ph nomenologie des Wertbewu tseins gliedert sich in aufeinander aufbauende Untersuchungen zur Differenz von Innen und Au en in Bezug auf den Leib, zur Struktur von Emotionserlebnissen, zur Differenz der Intersubjektivit t von Emotionen und u erer Wahrnehmung, zur lebensweltlichen Objektivierung von Werten und Fakten und den Ebenen des Verstehens fremder Wertungen, zur ethischen berlegung und den Grenzen rationaler Entscheidung. Ontologische, epistemologische und logische Thematik sind dabei stets eng miteinander verflochten. Zur Beschreibung der aufgewiesenen Strukturen werden Konzepte der kologischen Ontologie und kologischen Psychologie herangezogen. Im Rahmen eines an der Struktur evolution rer Optimierung orientierten Modells der ethischen Normentwicklung l t sich angeben, wie Objektivit t im ethischen Breich angestrebt werden kann. Das Resultat ist ein Pluralismus, der universalistisch begrenzt ist. Die Begrenzung liegt in Bezug auf individuelle Entscheidungen in einer These ber transkulturell moralisch falsche Handlungen, die als Selektionskriterium f r ethische Normentwicklung fngiert. Im Bereich der gesamtkulturellen Entwicklung besteht die Begrenzung darin, ob die in einer Kultur wirksamen Generierungs- und Evaluationsverfahren f r Normen der erarbeiteten ph nomenologischen Kritik der Wertevidenz standhalten; Selbstbestimmung resp. Gerechtigkeit erweisen sich hier als kritikbest ndig.
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HPC Cloud Bursting to Windows Azure: From Zero to Hero: How to Build SOA and Batch Based HPC Applications with Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

HPC Cloud Bursting to Windows Azure: From Zero to Hero: How to Build SOA and Batch Based HPC Applications with Windows HPC Server 2008 R2

Torsten Langner

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2011
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This book describes how to setup an on-premise Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 based cluster environment and add Windows Azure based compute resources. It explains how to develop and debug SOA based C# applications for classic and Cloud based environments. SOA Batch On-Premise Azure Excel UDF .NET
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Speak My Language, and Other Stories

Speak My Language, and Other Stories

Torsten Højer

Robinson
2015
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'There is something special about literature . . . that addresses our innermost sexual and amatory selves. Gay stories offer us vindication, fellowship, validation and a sense of shared identity that we need now as much as ever,' writes Stephen Fry in the foreword to this anthology.In this exciting new collection of gay short stories, we hear from authors imagining, surmising, and revealing aspects of gay life from a multitude of perspectives, ages, eras, locations, cultures and political climates. Contributors range from those emerging into a life of writing to those who have enjoyed international mainstream success. Some, such as Felice Picano, were pioneers of not only gay writing but also gay liberation itself. Others are recipients of world-class awards, including Vestal McIntyre, whose Lake Overturn: A Novel was named Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review and Out magazine, and a Best Book of 2009 by the Washington Post. It also won the Grub Street National Book Prize and Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. The premise for stories included in this anthology was very simple - other than the stipulation that a major component of the story be in some way concerned with gay life, there were no restrictions. The aim was to bring together fictional reflections of gay life from the minds of authors approaching 'gay' from very different angles.As a result, genres in this collection range from action to sci-fi, from thriller to fantasy. The stories are set in countries including Australia, Cuba, England, Greece, Italy, Kenya, Portugal, Russia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, and the USA. The youngest contributor is in his twenties, the oldest in his eighties.Readers will find themselves immersed in an engaging set of stories remarkably different from one another, yet, as Stephen Fry notes, offering a surprising sense of shared identity.With stories by: Nick Alexander; Tim Ashley; James Robert Baker; Damian Barr; Neil Bartlett; Sebastian Beaumont; Scott Brown; Michael Carroll; Robert Cochrane; Alfred Corn; Neal Drinnan; Royston Ellis; Nigel Fairs; Hugh Fleetwood; Ronald Frame; Patrick Gale; Damon Galgut; John R. Gordon; Drew Gummerson; Matt Harris; Cliff James; Francis King; Joseph Lidster; David Llewellyn; Paul Magrs; Vestal McIntyre; Brent Meersman; Joseph Olshan; Diriye Osman; Tony Peake; Felice Picano; David Robilliard; Jerry Rosco; Jeffrey Round; Lawrence Schimel; Rupert Smith; Colin Spencer; Joshua Winning; Ian Young; and Richard Zimler.
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Suspect Families

Suspect Families

Torsten Heinemann; Ilpo Helén; Thomas Lemke; Ursula Naue

Routledge
2015
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Suspect Families is the first book to investigate the social, political, and ethical implications of parental testing for family reunification in immigration cases. Drawing on policy documents, legal frameworks, case study material and interviews with representatives of governmental and non-governmental organisation and immigration authorities, immigration lawyers, geneticists and applicants for family reunification, the book analyses the different political regimes and social arrangements in which DNA analysis is adopted for decision-making on family reunification in three distinct European countries: Austria, Finland and Germany. Interdisciplinary in scope, the book reconstructs the processes, institutional logic and the political and administrative practices of DNA testing from a comparative perspective, combining theoretical conceptualisation with detailed empirical work to explore the central societal, political and ethical issues raised by the use of DNA profiling in the context of immigration policy. A ground-breaking study of the role played by new technologies in migration decisions, Suspect Families will appeal to scholars of sociology, political science, science and technology studies and surveillance studies.
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A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R

A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R

Torsten Hothorn

Apple Academic Press Inc.
2014
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Like the best-selling first two editions, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using R, Third Edition provides an up-to-date guide to data analysis using the R system for statistical computing. The book explains how to conduct a range of statistical analyses, from simple inference to recursive partitioning to cluster analysis.New to the Third Edition Three new chapters on quantile regression, missing values, and Bayesian inferenceExtra material in the logistic regression chapter that describes a regression model for ordered categorical response variablesAdditional exercisesMore detailed explanations of R codeNew section in each chapter summarizing the results of the analyses Updated version of the HSAUR package (HSAUR3), which includes some slides that can be used in introductory statistics coursesWhether you’re a data analyst, scientist, or student, this handbook shows you how to easily use R to effectively evaluate your data. With numerous real-world examples, it emphasizes the practical application and interpretation of results.
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