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This book is the first significant sociological study of Ireland’s elite private schools. It takes the reader behind the gates of these secretive institutions, and offers a compelling analysis of their role in the reproduction of social inequality in Ireland. From the selection process to past pupils’ union events, from the dorms to the rugby pitch, the book unravels how these schools gradually reinforce exclusionary practices and socialize their students to power and privilege. It tackles the myths of meritocracy and classlessness in Ireland, while also providing keys to understanding the social practices and legitimacy of elites. By bringing out the voices of past pupils, parents and school staff and incorporating vivid ethnographic descriptions, the book provides a rare snapshot into a privileged world largely hidden from view. It offers a unique contribution to research on elite education as well as to the broader fields of sociology of education and inequality. As such, it will appeal to researchers, practitioners and the general public alike, in Ireland and beyond. .

Education. --- Educational policy. --- ducation and state. --- Educational sociology. --- Education and sociology. --- Sociology, Educational. --- Education and state. --- Social justice. --- Human rights. --- Schools and Schooling. --- Sociology of Education. --- Education Policy. --- Educational Policy and Politics. --- Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights. --- Private schools --- Social aspects --- Academies (Private schools) --- Independent schools --- Schools --- Schools. --- Equality --- Justice --- Education --- Education policy --- Educational policy --- State and education --- Social policy --- Endowment of research --- Public institutions --- Public schools --- Government policy --- Educational sociology . --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Education and sociology --- Social problems in education --- Society and education --- Sociology, Educational --- Sociology --- Law and legislation --- Aims and objectives

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What evidence is sufficient to justify the release of a computer-based safety critical system? How should this evidence be presented to certification bodies or regulatory authorities? What best practices should be applied? These are just a few of the questions addressed by Justifying the Dependability of Computer-based Systems, which provides a framework for the justification of the dependability of a computer-based system. The book also explores some of the more fundamental aspects of safety evaluation, such as the nature of models, arguments, evidence and documentation, and the ways to deal with different types of risk and uncertainty. Justifying the Dependability of Computer-based Systems will be of value to software, computer system, instrumentation and control engineers, and regulators working in industry sectors such as nuclear safety. Pierre-Jacques Courtois is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, with particular research interests in safety-critical software for the nuclear industry. He has more than fifteen years experience in the nuclear safety industry, having worked as a nuclear safety advisor in Finland and the UK, and as a consultant to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Engineering. --- Computer organization. --- Computational intelligence. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Engineering, general. --- Computational Intelligence. --- Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks. --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Intelligence, Computational --- Artificial intelligence --- Soft computing --- Organization, Computer --- Electronic digital computers --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Prevention --- Computer systems --- Nuclear engineering --- Nuclear power plants --- Safety measures. --- ADP systems (Computer systems) --- Computing systems --- Systems, Computer --- Electronic systems --- Cyberinfrastructure --- System safety. --- Computer network architectures. --- Architectures, Computer network --- Network architectures, Computer --- Computer architecture --- Safety, System --- Safety of systems --- Systems safety --- Industrial safety --- Systems engineering --- Computer systems - Reliability --- Nuclear power plants - Safety measures --- Nuclear engineering - Safety measures

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Sexual dysfunctions in men and women cover a wide range of disorders that can affect any phase of the human sexual response. They can originate from a variety of etiologies including (but not restricted to) neurological conditions, vascular diseases, psychological or psychiatric disorders, diabetes, lower urinary tract syndrome and prostatic conditions, all of which are covered in this book. Identifying the sexual dysfunction and its symptomatology is the first step to understanding the patient's complaint, but the etiology of the sexual disorder can also be a part of the treatment options and

Psychosexual disorders. --- Sexual disorders. --- Sex disorders --- Sexual diseases --- Sex (Biology) --- Psychosexual disorders --- Disorders, Psychosexual --- Psychology, Pathological --- Paraphilias --- Sexual disorders

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Each financial crisis calls for - by its novelty and the mechanisms it shares with preceding crises - appropriate means to analyze financial risks. In Extreme Financial Risks and Asset Allocation, the authors present in an accessible and timely manner the concepts, methods, and techniques that are essential for an understanding of these risks in an environment where asset prices are subject to sudden, rough, and unpredictable changes. These phenomena, mathematically known as "jumps", play an important role in practice. Their quantitative treatment is generally tricky and is sparsely tackled in similar books. One of the main appeals of this book lies in its approachable and concise presentation of the ad hoc mathematical tools without sacrificing the necessary rigor and precision. This book contains theories and methods which are usually found in highly technical mathematics books or in scattered, often very recent, research articles. It is a remarkable pedagogical work that makes these difficult results accessible to a large readership. Researchers, Masters and PhD students, and financial engineers alike will find this book highly useful.

Investment analysis -- Mathematical models. --- Investment analysis. --- Risk management -- Mathematical models. --- Risk management. --- Stochastic models. --- Finance --- Business & Economics --- Investment & Speculation --- Portfolio management. --- Stock price forecasting. --- Forecasting, Stock price --- Security price forecasting --- Stocks --- Analysis of investments --- Analysis of securities --- Security analysis --- Investment management --- Prices --- Forecasting --- Business forecasting --- Investment analysis --- Investments --- Securities --- Financial risk --- E-books --- Business risk (Finance) --- Money risk (Finance) --- Risk --- Financial risk. --- Asset allocation. --- International financial management

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This book presents the diverse clinical, cellular and molecular manifestations of NF-KB-related genetic diseases. It shows that studying patient-related pathologies affecting the components of the NF-KB signaling pathway offers the opportunity to understand the various functions of NF-KB in humans, complementing studies performed with mouse models. In addition, people treating those patients acquire a deeper understanding of the molecular basis of the pathophysiological processes.

Biophysics --- Biology --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Genetic disorders. --- NF-kappa B (DNA-binding protein) --- Immunoglobulin enhancer-binding protein --- Kappa B enhancer binding protein --- NF-kB (DNA-binding protein) --- Nuclear factor kappa B --- Transcription factor NF-kB --- Congenital diseases --- Disorders, Genetic --- Disorders, Inherited --- Genetic diseases --- Hereditary diseases --- Inherited diseases --- DNA-binding proteins --- Transcription factors --- Diseases --- Medical genetics --- Medicine. --- Human genetics. --- Biochemistry. --- Molecular Medicine. --- Human Genetics. --- Medical Biochemistry. --- Genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Composition --- Health Workforce --- Molecular biology. --- Medical biochemistry. --- Medical biochemistry --- Pathobiochemistry --- Pathological biochemistry --- Biochemistry --- Molecular biochemistry --- Molecular biophysics --- Biomolecules --- Systems biology