Search Results: Authors starting with J from GlobalAcademics

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1990. Scholarly text authored by a group of distinguished Jordanian economists, examines the extent to which economic inequality in Jordan has increased since 1973 despite- and due to a concerted program of economic development. Utilizing empirical data on the distribution of income, the authors analyze the wage and income differentials by occupation, economic sector, rural/urban variables; relationship to poverty-line, social security, and health care expenditures. Includes analyses of income distribution in the West Bank and Gaza. 208 pp. Illustrated. Publisher's stamp on front endpaper.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1985. Scholarly text emphasizes the role of semantics as a bridge between the theory of language and the theories of other cognitive capacities such as visual perception and motor control. It develops the position that the study of semantics of natural language is the study of the structure of thought, and that grammatical structure offers a much more important source of evidence for the theory of cognition than is often supposed by linguists, philosophers, psychologists, or computer scientists. 283 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's small name-stamp on front endpaper. Dustjacket has a few tiny closed edge tears; moderate rubbing to corners and edges. In mylar. Minimal shelfwear to text. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

Hightstown, N.J.: McGraw-Hill, 2006. Comprehensive two-volume reference text provides more than 60 major programs, thousands of program suppliers, distributors and product services, including expanded program tracker and MRO listings. Sections include air transportation, manufacturing, financial services, airports, airport services & equipment, air carrier airports, regulating agencies, government/military, and space companies & agencies. Approx. 1500 pgs. collectively. Illustrated. Small stamps and label pastedown on title pg., small label to lower spine. Minimal shelfwear. Heavy item.. Winter 2006. Soft Cover. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Reference Library.

The Hague, Netherlands: SpB Academic Publishers, 1990. Comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering wetlands; flooding tolerance and resistance; biochemistry of oxygen-deficient cells; cyanide-resistant respiration; anaerobic metabolism; root-shoot relationships of flooded plants; beneficial effectrs of oxygen deprivation on germination and plant development; low temperature anaerobiosis in ice encasement; etc. 326 pgs. Illustrated. Lower corners slightly bumped. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Lincoln, NE.: University of Nebraska Press, 1989. Scholarly detailed study examines the political, social, religious, artistic and aesthetic influences on the form and content of children's books. Includes sections on marketing strategies, innovations, and publishing revolutions. 304 pgs. Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar. Small remainder mark on bottom outer edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1967. Classic scholarly text contains detailed sections on Fick's law; diffusion and probability; one-dimensional processes in systems with two open boundaries; one-dimensional diffusion processes in infinite and semi-infinite systems; Brownian movement and diffusion; diffusion in spheres and cylinders; etc. 160 pgs. Illustrated. Stamp on top of preface pg. and outer edges; pocket remnant on front endpaper. Minimal shelfwear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex- Professional Library.

Baltimore,MD.: University Park Press, 1973. Detailed classic text includes coverage of etiologically grouped radiographs, non-visible lesions, commonplace and rare hand conditions, radiological diagnosis, etc. 246 pgs. Illustrated. Lower corners slightly bumped. Stamped on outer edges and inside boards. Slight crease on spine. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1996. Comprehensive text contains detailed technical papers presented by leading international scientists on a variety of interdisciplinary topics including: filtering in inversion for solar internal structure; uncertainties in seismic inverse calculations; study of model covariances in amplitude seismic inversion; constrained waveform inversion of seismic well data; ionospheric tomography; imaging of transient electromagnetic soundings; phase migration; application of inversion to global ocean tide mapping; optimal linear estimation theory; etc. 341 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; small stamp to copyright pg., clean pocket remnant on rear endpaper; tiny label taped on lower front cover. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, 1996. Comprehensive language program written and recorded by the author, contains clear pronunciations of commonly used phrases and short conversatio in the Yup'ik Eskimo language of Southwestern Alaska. Includes an accompanying 58-page guidebook written in Yup'ik with English translations. Thirty-three lessons consist of simple phrase and word lists alternating with more advanced model dialogues. Boxed set includes guidebook and two sixty-minute double-sided audiocassettes. This language set has a limited printing of 500 copies. Complete in clamshell case.. Limited to 500 Copies. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Audio Tapes & Book.

Newbury Park, CA.: Sage Publications Ltd., 1993. Comprehensive highly acclaimed updated text contains fundamental methods and statistical procedures for real-world applications. Topics include concepts of central tendancy; measures of variability; correlation; elements of statistical inference; estimation; logic of hypothesis testing; one and two-way analysis of variance; inferences; advanced topics. 402 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press, 1998. Comprehensive text presents detailed topics covering all aspects of logic programming, including theoretical foundations, constraints, concurrency and parallelism, deductive databases, language design and implementation, nonmonotonic reasoning, logic programming and the Internet, etc. 363 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Macmillan Library Reference, 1995. Comprehensive four-volume reference text contains deatiled multidisciplinary topics covering the actions of drugs in the body, social, economic and political policies; epidemiology, scientific and medical research; international trafficking; law enforcement; substance abuse and AIDS; treatment modalities and activist groups; specific substances and their chemical properties; drug and alcohol use and abuse among specific ethnic groups; etc. 1861 pgs. collectively. Small stamps on inside boards, no pockets. Prior owner's name blacked out on top outer edge of each volume. Gilt spine and front covers. NOTE: Heavy Item.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Ex-Professional Library.

IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990. Comprehensive text contains technical papers presented on architectures, algorithms, and applications for massively parallel machines containing more than 1000 processors. 531 pgs. Illustrated.. Soft Cover. Excellent. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, England: Stacey International , 1977. A comprehensive study published in commemoration of the centenary of the birth of the founder of Pakistan, Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Over 50 scholars from Pakistan, Europe and the U.S. have been brought together and have individually contributed to this monumental portrait in one volume. 288 pgs. Lavishly Illustrated. Dustjacket in mylar, and upper inside flaps taped to covers. Prior owner's inscription on front endpaper. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Orlando, FL.: Grune & Stratton, 1985. Comprehensive reference text contains detailed sections on basic pathophysiology; basic neuroradiology and the pediatrician; the comotose child; pathophysiology of childhood shock syndrome; therapy for impending brain insults; management of Reye's Syndrome; management of pediatric head injuries and intercranial pressure; steroids and brain function; cerebrovascular dynamics; normal cerebrospinal fluid dynamics; normal and abnormal neuronal and glial volume; etc. 291 pgs. Illustrated. Prior owner's name on front endpaper and outer edge. Minor small bump to edge of front cover. Minimal shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1991. Comprehensive reference text presents detailed coverage of theoretical and practical applications of image formation; image analysis and confocal scanning; lens construction; photomicrogarphy; phase contrast and differential interference contrast systems; photometry; flourescence microscopy; etc. 192 pgs. Illustrated with over 150 photomicrographs, diagrams and tables. Minimal shelfwear. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1967. Classic text contains two previously published volumes, "Essays in Radical Empiricism", originally published in 1912, and "A Pluralistic Universe", originally published in 1909; both considered to be James' most important metaphysical work. 361 pgs. Minimal shelfwear.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ithaca,N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1991. Classic scholarly text presents an insightful view of the relationship between early Indic myth and ritual; including a detailed examination and interpretation of the recurrences of the myths "Indra fed the Yatis to the hyenas" and "Svabhanu pierced the sun with darkness"; focusing on their verbal form and ritual setting. 335 pgs. Tiny pen mark on lower outer edge. Dustjacket in mylar.. Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1997. Comprehensive highly acclaimed reference text presents detailed coverage of techniques and applications of High Machine Intelligence Quotient Systems such as genetic algorithms and neural networks to a wide range of fields including automotive systems, transportation problems, and mobile robotics. Topics include: automotive powertrain and suspension systems; fuzzy control of heavy-duty hydraulic machines; neuro-fuzzy strategies for traffic noise monitoring; fuzzy maps for managing uncertainty in sensor-based motion planning; synergistic fuzzy contro; fuzzy contract nets; fuzzy neuron techniques; etc. 423 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear. . First Edition. Pictorial Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

Rotterdam, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema, 1996. Detailed academic text presents topics covering adhesion in echinoderms; mutable collagenous tissues: extracellular matrix as mechano-effector; mass mortality of echinoderms from abiotic factors; biological activities and biological role of triterpene glycosides from holothuroids (Echinodermata); an index of names of recent Asteroidea- Part 3: Velatida and Spinulosida. 250 pgs. Illustrated. Small publisher stamp on front endpaper. Gilt spine and front cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .