Author: Frank J. Coppa
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Keywords: government, accountable, efficient, guide, county
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2000-04-30
List price: $110.95
ISBN-10: 0275968294
ISBN-13: 9780275968298

Since the early 1900s, the manager form of municipal government has had enthusiastic supporters. Today, it is one of the most popular forms of municipal government and has brought greater efficiency and accountability to municipal operations. Nonetheless, as Coppa makes clear, this wave of reform has not fully impacted county government. The commission form, widely criticized for its lack of accountability, remains the most popular form of county government. Coppa suggests greater accountability and efficiency can be achieved if the commission form is replaced with the "Union" plan and existin

Author: Frank J. Coppa
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Keywords: holocaust, jews, papacy
Number of Pages: 353
Published: 2006-03-08
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0813214491
ISBN-13: 9780813214498

The papacy has long played a crucial role in western civilization. To many, its history and theology have seemed steeped in hostility toward the Jews. In the post-World War II era, the initial focus was on Pope Pius XII’s stance during the Holocaust; it soon expanded, however, to the broader question of the papacy and the Jews. The present work transcends the thicket of controversy and provides a historical account of the relationship between the papacy and the Jews in the modern age, and the interaction between clerical anti-Judaism and secular anti-Semitism. In light of the polemical debat

Author: Frank J. Coppa
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: world, modern, papacy, politics
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-06-30
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 027599029X
ISBN-13: 9780275990299

The outbreak of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the nineteenth century transformed the world and ushered in the modern age, whose currents challenged the traditional political order and the prevailing religious establishment. The new secular framework presented a potential threat to the papal leadership of the Catholic community, which was profoundly affected by the rush towards modernization. In the nineteenth century the transnational church confronted a world order dominated by the national state, until the emergence of globalization towards the close of

Authors:Ukraine) Lpar 1994 (Kiev, Frank Pfenning, Frank Pfen
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: proceedings, july, lecture, notes, science, computer, ukraine, kiev, automated, programming, reasoning, international, lpar, conference, logic
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 1994-06
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0387582169
ISBN-13: 9780387582160

This volume presents the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Logic Programming and Automated Reasoning, held aboard the ship "Marshal Koshevoi" on the Dnieper near Kiev, Ukraine in July 1994. The LPAR conferences are held annually in the former Soviet Union and aimed at bringing together researchers interested in LP and AR. This proceedings contains the full versions of the 24 accepted papers evaluated by at least three referees ensuring a program of highest quality. The papers cover all relevant aspects of LP and AR ranging from theory to implementation and application.

Authors:Robin Forman, Frank Jones, Barbara Lee Keyfitz, Frank
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Keywords: mathematical, library, student, variation, themes, six
Number of Pages: 153
Published: 2004-12
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0821837206
ISBN-13: 9780821837207

The calculus of variations is a beautiful subject with a rich history and with origins in the minimization problems of calculus. Although it is now at the core of many modern mathematical fields, it does not have a well-defined place in most undergraduate mathematics curricula. This volume should nevertheless give the undergraduate reader a sense of its great character and importance. Interesting functionals, such as area or energy, often give rise to problems whose most natural solution occurs by differentiating a one-parameter family of variations of some function. The c

Authors:Frank Höppner, Rudolf Kruse, Frank Klawonn, Thomas Ru
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: analysis, image, recognition, data, methods, cluster, fuzzy, classification
Number of Pages: 300
Published: 1999-07-16
List price: $215.00
ISBN-10: 0471988642
ISBN-13: 9780471988649

Provides a timely and important introduction to fuzzy cluster analysis, its methods and areas of application, systematically describing different fuzzy clustering techniques so the user may choose methods appropriate for his problem. It provides a very thorough overview of the subject and covers classification, image recognition, data analysis and rule generation. The application examples are highly relevant and illustrative, and the use of the techniques are justified and well thought-out. Features include: * Sections on inducing fuzzy if-then rules by fuzzy clustering and non-a

Authors:Frank Minirth, Frank Wichern, Paul Meier,
Publisher: Baker Academic
Keywords: perspectives, applications, christian, counseling, psychology, introduction
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1991-08-01
List price: $39.99
ISBN-10: 0801062756
ISBN-13: 9780801062759

This explanation of classic theory features many relevant essays on persons, ideas, and applications. Not only is the text organized according to introductory counseling courses, but it is also a reference tool of enduring value.