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A Beginner's GuideExpander families enjoy a wide range of applications in mathematics and computer science, and their study is a fascinating one in its own right. Expander Families and Cayley Graphs: A Beginner's Guide provides an introduction to the mathematical theory underlying these objects....

This book describes procedures for determining the total hydrocarbon (petroleum) resource or resource potential in a region....

A Human Rights CritiqueThe WTO is often accused of not paying enough attention to human rights. This book        weighs these criticisms and examines their validity, both from a legal and from        political and economic points of views. It asks whether the WTO is under an        obligation to construct a fairer trade system and discusses...

Examining the development of a secular, purely material conception of human beings in the early Enlightenment,     Bodies of Thought provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual culture of this period, and challenges influential interpretations of irreligious thought and the 'Radical Enlightenment'....

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This volume introduces the study of language attrition - the forgetting of language. In this first collection devoted to second language attrition, the contributors focus on contexts of loss where Japanese is either the attriting language, or the replacing language. Bringing together research to substantiate previous hypotheses in the field, this...