This text focuses on the use of smoothing methods for developing and estimating differential equations following recent developments in functional data analysis and building on techniques described in Ramsay and Silverman (2005) Functional Data Analysis. The central concept of a dynamical system as a buffer that translates sudden changes in input into smooth controlled output responses has led to applications of previously analyzed data, opening up entirely new opportunities for d...

This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors explore key operational and content areas, as well as the practices and policies that are part of an effective homeland security program. With original essays from academics and practitioners, the book encapsulates the breadth of homeland security as it exists today. Topical coverage includes: administration, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, emerge...

The Blood of Crows will be a huge treat for all fans of Ian Rankin and Val McDermid, and establishes Caro Ramsay firmly as one of the most exciting new voices in Scottish crime fiction.DI Colin Anderson is having a bad week. His conviction of paedophile Skelpie Fairbairn is declared unsafe, putting Fairbairn back on Glasgow's streets. Then a succession of strange crimes - a gangster torched alive; a teenage boy tortured then dropped off a bridge; a police suicide; a young girl tied...

"Women in the Printing Trades: A Sociological Study" is an insightful examination of the roles and experiences of women in the printing industry. Edited by James Ramsay MacDonald, the book delves into the historical context of women's labor in this field, highlighting their contributions and challenges. Through a sociological lens, it explores the dynamics of gender, class, and work, providing a comprehensive understanding of how women navigated a predominantly male-dominated profession. T...

Security threats today are increasingly complex, dynamic, and asymmetric, and can affect environmental factors like energy, water, and food supply. As a result, it is becoming evident that the traditional model of nation-state based security is incomplete, and that purely military capabilities, though necessary, are insufficient to protect the United States and other democracies from the array of threats that challenge liberty and the free flow of people and commerce. A more complete pictu...

It's Christmas, and half the Partickhill police squad is down with flu. Not good timing, with a series of cyanide poisonings in the area, plus two small boys reported missing in the space of a few days. And then there's the monumental task of providing concert security for rock legend Rogan O'Neill... But for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson, the nightmare is about to get terrifyingly close to home. For a third boy has now gone missing - Colin's own son, Peter. The team race to find the ...

In "Examination of the Rev. Mr. Harris's Scriptural Researches on the Licitness of the Slave Trade," James Ramsay dissects the theological underpinnings used to justify slavery, particularly focusing on Mr. Harris'Äôs interpretation of scripture. Employing a meticulous and critical literary style, Ramsay juxtaposes rigorous theological analysis with empirical observations of the slave trade'Äôs moral implications. He effectively situates his arguments within the broader context of the abol...

James Ramsay MacDonald, (October 12, 1866 November 9, 1937) was a British statesman who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, leading a Labour Government in 1924, and from 1929 to 1931, and a National Government from 1931 to 1935. The following is a 1929 political broadcast discussing peace and unemployment. George V, born on June 3, 1865, was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from May 6, 1910, until his death on Janua...

This unique book captures state of the art thinking and methodologies designed to advance intelligence education to produce a capable and qualified intelligence workforce.Intelligence is evolving because it must keep pace with the many wicked threats that face open democracies. Public health threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic, threats emanating from regional instabilities from climate change, cyber-based threats from artificial intelligence, and the spread of disinformation have...

This new textbook outlines the main theories and concepts from a variety of disciplines that support homeland security operations, structures and strategies.Following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, "homeland security" (HLS) grew in importance within the U.S. government (and around the world) and matured from a concept discussed among a relatively small cadre of policymakers and strategic thinkers to a broadly discussed issue in Congress and society with a growing academic...

When DI Anderson and DS Costello are called to investigate the discovery of a body in a Glasgow attic they soon identify the victim as a suspect in a decade-old case: the rape and attempted murder of a young student by two men. But where is the dead man's accomplice, 'Mr Click'? When another young woman is brutally attacked, detectives Anderson and Costello realise this psychopath has started working once more...

A few days before the summer solstice, a 92 year old woman is found burned to death in her home. On the same day, a man's mutilated corpse is discovered, his arms ripped from their sockets, with a Tarot card depicting ‘The Fool’ inserted in his mouth. When the victim is identified as someone for whom the police have been looking for almost a year, detectives Anderson and Costello find themselves caught up in a case where nothing is as it seems.