Nicolas: 1685 books

Air Traffic Management involves many different services such as Airspace Management, Air Traffic Flow Management and Air Traffic Control. Many optimization problems arise from these topics and they generally involve different kinds of variables, constraints, uncertainties. Metaheuristics are often...

Physicists attempt to reduce natural phenomena to their essential dimensions by means of simplification and approximation and to account for them by defining natural laws. Paradoxically, whilst there is a critical need in geology to reduce the overwhelming field information to its essentials, it often...

Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation...

Ce numéro contient notamment l'article d'analyse "Purchasing and Selling Intellectual Property Assets – The Purchase Price is not Just About Valuation", d'Harold Flegelman.

Demystifies immigration law, helping ordinary people figure out whether they’re eligible for a U.S. green card and how best to apply for it.

The future of humanity lies uncertain as nature falls prey to the loot and plunder initiated in the name of development, growth and progress today. As the vast riches of the earth continue to be endangered, a global consciousness regarding the importance of natural resources, biodiversity, etc. is on...

APPEARANCES is a collection of twelve short stories revealing how fragile and elusive reality is. It is full of playful and powerful images that exist all around us. Funhouse mirrors of life. Or maybe the other way round. Raw images of a reality normally photoshopped and made to look gorgeous in the...

The expression "We did not see it coming!" has often been heard in recent years from decision makers at the highest levels of the private and public sectors. Yet there were actually early warning signals, but they were often ignored due to a lack of appropriate methodology. Focusing on the...

Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world. There are men of action such as Alexander the Great and George Washington, and a woman, Joan of Arc, who inspired a nation. There are scientists whose voyages of discovery took place in laboratories Isaac Newton,...

This is a short story. Training can take many forms, from a good old-fashioned thumping to much worse treatment (that will leave you smiling).

Le Qatar n’est pas vraiment un État mais c’est à coup sûr une marque trompeuse. Et voici pourtant que nos politiques, nos industriels, nos sauvageons et même nos sportifs tendent la main vers cet émirat providentiel. La France en crise supplie en chœur, Saint-Qatar sauvez-nous ! Hélas,...

Les ingrédients de l'amour. Les coïncidences n'existent pas ! Aurélie en est convaincue depuis qu'un triste vendredi de novembre, éplorée suite à une rupture, un roman lui a redonné goût à la vie. À sa grande surprise, elle y apparaît, ainsi que son propre restaurant, Le Temps des...

Designed to enable practitioners and students to evaluate a variety of real-life emergencies from every angle, this new edition of Case Studies in Disaster Response and Emergency Management provides clear, thorough, step-by-step descriptions of more than 50 major disasters or emergencies. Arranged...

« Le jour où mon père a débarqué avec son sourire conquérant et la GTS, j’ai fait la gueule. Mais j’ai ravalé ma grimace comme on cache à ses parents l’odeur de sa première clope. J’ai dit “ouais”, j’ai dit “super”, la mort dans l’âme, même si j’avais compris que la...