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Since the Second World War, congressional parties have been characterized as declining in strength and influence. Research has generally attributed this decline to policy conflicts within parties, to growing electoral independence of members, and to the impact of the congressional reforms of the 1970's. Yet the 1980's witnessed a strong resurgence of parties and party leadership-especially in the House of Representatives. Offering a concise and compelling explanation of the causes of this resurgence, David W. Rohde argues that a realignment of electoral forces led to a reduction of sectional divisions within the parties-particularly between the northern and southern Democrats-and to increased divergence between the parties on many important issues. He challenges previous findings by asserting that congressional reform contributed to, rather than restrained, the increase of partisanship. Among the Democrats, reforms siphoned power away from conservative and autocratic committee chairs and put control of those committees in the hands of Democratic committee caucuses, strengthening party leaders and making both party and committee leaders responsible to rank-and-file Democrats. Electoral changes increased the homogeneity of House Democrats while institutional reforms reduced the influence of dissident members on a consensus in the majority party. Rohde's accessible analysis provides a detailed discussion of the goals of the congressional reformers, the increased consensus among Democrats and its reinforcement by their caucus, the Democratic leadership's use of expanded powers to shape the legislative agenda, and the responses of House Republicans. He also addresses the changes in the relationship between the House majority and the president during the Carter and Reagan administrations and analyzes the legislative consequences of the partisan resurgence. A readable, systematic synthesis of the many complex factors that fueled the recent resurgence of partisanship, Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House is ideal for course use.

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The purpose of the Special Issue “Quantitative Methods in Economics and Finance” of the journal Risks was to provide a collection of papers that reflect the latest research and problems of pricing complex derivates, simulation pricing, analysis of financial markets, and volatility of exchange rates in the international context. This book can be used as a reference for academicians and researchers who would like to discuss and introduce new developments in the field of quantitative methods in economics and finance and explore applications of quantitative methods in other business areas.

omnichannel (omni-channel) sales --- sales funnel --- cost of sales --- customer relationship management (CRM), Big Data --- robo-advisor --- financial innovations --- diffusion --- exchange traded funds --- stock index futures --- stock index options --- stock market indexes --- business finance --- earnings management --- EBIT --- financial modelling --- homogeneity --- stationarity --- time series methods --- unit root --- loan pricing --- RAROC --- loan origination --- exchange-rate risk --- long-range dependency --- wavelets --- multi-frequency analysis --- AUD–USD exchange rate --- π-option --- American-type option --- optimal stopping --- Monte Carlo simulation --- economic security of companies --- valuation of intangible assets and intellectual property --- International Valuation Standards (IVS) --- legal disputes over intellectual rights --- time series --- prediction --- exchange rate --- artificial neural networks --- radial basis function --- multi-layer perceptron --- seasonal fluctuations --- global economy

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Civility is desirable and possible, but can this fragile ideal be guaranteed? The Importance of Being Civil offers the most comprehensive look at the nature and advantages of civility throughout history and in our world today. Esteemed sociologist John Hall expands our understanding of civility as related to larger social forces-including revolution, imperialism, capitalism, nationalism, and war-and the ways that such elements limit the potential for civility.Combining wide-ranging historical and comparative evidence with social and moral theory, Hall examines how the nature of civility has fluctuated in the last three centuries, how it became lost, and how it was reestablished in the twentieth century following the two world wars. He also considers why civility is currently breaking down and what can be done to mitigate this threat.The Importance of Being Civil is a decisive and sophisticated addition to the discussion of civility in its modern cultural and historical contexts.

Civil society. --- Social ethics. --- Social contract --- Ethics --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Adam Smith. --- Adolf Hitler. --- Europe. --- European Union. --- Iranian communism. --- Jesuit communist communities. --- Karl Marx. --- Raymond Aron. --- United States. --- authenticity. --- authoritarianism. --- autonomy. --- capitalism. --- civil behavior. --- civil nationalism. --- civil political culture. --- civil society. --- civility. --- commercial society. --- communism. --- comparative advantage. --- conflict. --- cooperative relations. --- democracy. --- difference. --- disagreement. --- disenchantment. --- diversity. --- division of labor. --- economic growth. --- economic success. --- economic theory. --- heterogeneity. --- homogeneity. --- human personality. --- immigrants. --- imperialism. --- individuation. --- industrial relations. --- international relations. --- international tensions. --- international trade rivalries. --- military independence. --- modern intellectuals. --- modern science. --- modern world. --- modernist ideas. --- moral development. --- nationalism. --- negative resisting power. --- normal societal relations. --- personal authenticity. --- political civility. --- political elites. --- political theory. --- positive sum game. --- premodern communism. --- prudence. --- realism. --- religious charisma. --- revolution. --- social actors. --- social conditions. --- social contracts. --- social identities. --- social life. --- socialism. --- societal experimentation. --- societal self-organization. --- state behavior. --- states. --- status competition. --- sufficiencies. --- trust. --- virtue. --- visions. --- war. --- warring groups. --- working classes.

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Induction machines are one of the most important technical applications for both the industrial world and private use. Since their invention (achievements of Galileo Ferraris, Nikola Tesla, and Michal Doliwo-Dobrowolski), they have been widely used in different electrical drives and as generators, thanks to their features such as reliability, durability, low price, high efficiency, and resistance to failure. The methods for designing and using induction machines are similar to the methods used in other electric machines but have their own specificity. Many issues discussed here are based on the fundamental achievements of authors such as Nasar, Boldea, Yamamura, Tegopoulos, and Kriezis, who laid the foundations for the development of induction machines, which are still relevant today. The control algorithms are based on the achievements of Blaschke (field vector-oriented control) and Depenbrock or Takahashi (direct torque control), who created standards for the control of induction machines. Today’s induction machines must meet very stringent requirements of reliability, high efficiency, and performance. Thanks to the application of highly efficient numerical algorithms, it is possible to design induction machines faster and at a lower cost. At the same time, progress in materials science and technology enables the development of new machine topologies. The main objective of this book is to contribute to the development of induction machines in all areas of their applications.

LIM --- slip frequency --- linear induction motor --- automatic train operation --- rotor field-oriented angle error --- indirect rotor field-oriented control --- induction machine drives --- model-based prediction --- linear induction motors --- finite element analysis --- end effect --- induction machines --- electrical machines --- thermal modeling --- soft magnetic material --- thermal conductivity --- induction motor --- solid rotor --- effective parameters --- finite element method --- modelling of ring induction motors --- Monte Carlo method --- accurate modelling --- induction machine --- electromagnetic models --- model selection --- optimization --- artificial neural networks --- pattern search --- evolutionary strategy --- simulated annealing --- artificial neural network --- fourth central moment --- homogeneity analysis --- induction motors --- mechanical unbalance --- one broken rotor bar --- outer-race bearing fault --- startup transient current --- two broken rotor bars --- three-phase induction motor --- squirrel-cage rotor --- energy efficiency --- motor performance --- n/a --- dynamic model --- Matlab/Simulink --- rotor winding --- stator winding

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This book covers a broad range of research results in the field of Markov and Semi-Markov chains, processes, systems and related emerging fields. The authors of the included research papers are well-known researchers in their field. The book presents the state-of-the-art and ideas for further research for theorists in the fields. Nonetheless, it also provides straightforwardly applicable results for diverse areas of practitioners.

Monte Carlo --- MCMC --- Markov chains --- computational statistics --- bayesian inference --- Non-Homogeneous Markov Systems --- Markov Set Systems --- limiting set --- tail expectation --- asymptotic bound --- quasi-asymptotic independence --- heavy-tailed distribution --- dominated variation --- copula --- branching process --- migration --- continuous time --- generating function --- period-life --- reliability --- redundant systems --- preventive maintenance --- multiple vacations --- process mining --- process modelling --- phase-type models --- process target compliance --- particle filter --- missing data --- single imputation --- impoverishment --- Markov Systems --- open population Markov chain models --- Semi-Markov processes --- controllable Markov jump processes --- compound Poisson processes --- diffusion limits --- stochastic control problem with incomplete information --- novel queuing models in applications --- semi-Markov model --- Markov model --- hybrid semi-Markov model --- manpower planning --- semi-Markov modeling --- occupancy --- first passage time --- duration --- non-homogeneity --- DNA sequences --- state space model --- Kalman filter --- constrained optimization --- two-sided components --- basketball --- Markov chain --- second order --- off-ball screens --- performance --- semi-Markov --- transient analysis --- asymptotic analysis --- n/a