It is commonly held among scholars that there was no mass literature in the Soviet Union during the Stalin years. What should we do, then, with Lev Ovalov’s Major Pronin or with the stories of Lev Sheinin, which began to appear in the mid-1930s? And what about Nikolai Shpanov’s post-war best-sellers? As The Soviet Spy Thriller demonstrates, the Soviet authorities did not like to admit that they published low-quality literature aimed at the uncultured masses, but they grea...

This book presents the concepts underlying the measurement of parasympathetic and sympathetic (P&S) activity in the autonomic nervous system and the application of these measurements in the development of therapeutic guidelines for treating dysfunctions in these processes. It provides an overview of the anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry of the autonomic nervous system; details general clinical applications of P&S monitoring that are independent of specialty or disease; presents the pat...

While the pandemic has monopolised attention over the past two years, it's far from the only story, as tectonic changes continue on the world stage and the "great transition" picks up pace. As well as the traditional dynamics of international power, torn between US-China bipolarism and the ambitions of old and new regional actors, this Report explores the other major transitions taking place. Firstly, the economic transition of a world deeper and deeper in debt and now seeing the return of...

This book introduces the fundamental quantum physics of atoms and molecules. Divided into three parts, the first provides a historical perspective, which leads to the contemporary view of atomic and molecular physics, outlining the principles of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. The second part covers the physical description of atoms and their interaction with radiation, whilst the third part deals with molecular physics.This is the first volume of a series of three, focusing on...

This Briefs volume develops the theory of entire slice regular functions. It is the first self-contained, monographic work on the subject, offering all the necessary background information and detailed studies on several central topics, including estimates on the minimum modulus of regular functions, relations between Taylor coefficients and the growth of entire functions, density of their zeros, and the universality properties. The proofs presented here shed new light on the nature of the...

This book presents English translations of Michele Sce’s most important works, originally written in Italian during the period 1955-1973, on hypercomplex analysis and algebras of hypercomplex numbers. Despite their importance, these works are not very well known in the mathematics community because of the language they were published in. Possibly the most remarkable instance is the so-called Fueter-Sce mapping theorem, which is a cornerstone of modern hypercomplex analysis, and is not yet ...

This textbook provides an accessible introduction to spatial competition models in economics. It shows students how to understand and apply spatial models to analysis of market design, structure, competition and pricing.The book aims to provide a step-by-step guide to learning and implementing spatial modelling. It provides a concise history of the spatial approach and a self-contained primer chapter on the key game theory tools required to undertake spatial analysis. It then provi...

Do you want to learn the fastest way to speak Italian fluently as a beginner without endless hours of memorization? Then keep listening...Without a doubt, being able to speak Italian opens doors to countless opportunities previously unavailable to you. From personal, professional, social, romantic opportunities.The challenge is that most other audiobook training programs that teach Italian make things either too long, complex, or obscure to be useful for you to master the lan...

TESSERACTS FOURTEEN: Strange Canadian Stories, edited by John Robert Colombo and Brett Alexander Savory, features innovative short stories and poetry by 23 of Canada’s finest speculative fiction writers.This anthology joins a 20+ year Canadian literary legacy that features the writing and editing of more than 200 of Canada’s best known authors, including Margaret Atwood, Robert J. Sawyer, Elisabeth Vonarburg, Spider Robinson and William Gibson.TESSERACTS FOURTEEN: Strange C...

Since the destruction of the Arms Facility, Max and Lily had been on the run from the Flames of Technology for roughly a year.Hiding out in the forests outside of Laundun, beneath the eyes of the kingdom and even beyond the reach of the Flames of Technology, and having gathered Roland, all three of them have to decide on where to go from there. The decision? To take what they have to the Overking and see if he and the nobles can help.Spurned by nobility before and turned aw...

Of course, nothing can remain peaceful in Gioncavallo's life. Even though he had hoped to set aside his adventuring life for something, for once, normal, he finds himself drawn into the whirlwind of trouble once again. No matter how many demons he defeats, how many corrupted popes he removes, and how many damsels in distress he saves, there's always more.A small group of necromancers from a bigger necromancer circle has gone off the rails. Four silly nerds—though also murderers and...

Steven Wakefield and his family recently moved to the suburbs, and they have been enjoying their life there. All was fine until one night an earthquake shook them. But the night outside the house was quiet, and their neighbors felt nothing. How could the earthquake be localized to a single house?Days passed and things seemed to return to normal when another earthquake cracked the house. It took Steven's most precious people away as they disappeared in a flash of light, gone somewhe...