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This is the final volume of a series devoted to photorefractive effects, photorefractive materials and their applications. Since publication of the first two volumes almost 20 years ago, new and often unexpected effects have been discovered. Theoretical models have been developed, known effects can be finally explained and novel applications have been proposed. For this volume, the editors have invited top experts to reflect on the maturity of the field, assessing progress so far, and predicting avenues of future development. In addition, a series of applications of photorefractive nonlinear optics and of optical data storage are presented in several chapters.
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This book presents the most interesting talks given at ISSE 2004 - the forum for the interdisciplinary discussion of how to adequately secure electronic business processes. The topics include: Corporate Governance and why security implies to control the enterprise - Risk Management and how to quantify security threats - Secure Computing and how it will change the way we trust computers - Digital Rights Management and the protection of corporate information. Adequate information security is one of the basic requirements of all electronic business processes. It is crucial for effective solutions that the possibilities offered by security technology can be integrated with the commercial requirements of the applications. The reader may expect state-of-the-art: best papers of the Conference ISSE 2004.
The teaching profession has a long history in motion pictures. As early as the late 19th century, films have portrayed educators of young children—including teachers, tutors, day care workers, nannies, governesses, and other related occupations—in a variety of roles within the cinematic classroom. This work provides a broad index of more than 800 films (both U.S. and foreign) which feature educators as primary characters. Organized alphabetically by title, each entry contains a short plot summary and many also include cast and crew details. A detailed subject index is also included.
Return to the enchanting Chateau Vauquelin in a tale filled with intrigue and passion, as a century-old mystery resurfaces in the bustling streets of modern-day Paris. Gatecrashing a high-society wedding at Chateau Vauquelin isn't Celeste Morel's finest hour. But it’s her last chance to find the secret papers hidden within the chateau’s deep walls. Documents that might prove whether Madame Duval left Paris alive nearly ninety years ago, or if she was murdered by the previous owner. And the plan would have worked, if only the best man hadn’t confiscated them. Nick Magnani is fighting his way through France’s famous bureaucracy. So, it’s something of an irony that he’s now withhold...
1947, en Ardèche. Le docteur Jean-Baptiste Gandois, qui exerçait depuis plusieurs années en Polynésie française, vient de rentrer en métropole, à Largentière. Il ne sait pas encore ce qu’il fera de la maison dont il a hérité à la mort de sa mère quand il rencontre et décide d’y recueillir Clara, une jeune femme désemparée qui semble menacée par un invisible danger. Se noue alors entre le médecin et sa protégée une liaison, interrompue presque aussitôt par la disparition mystérieuse de la jeune femme. Dans l’incertitude, Gandois décide de rester à Largentière. Il s’y installe comme généraliste et met à profit ses tournées dans la région, sinistrée par la faillite de l’industrie de la soie, pour tenter de retrouver sa trace. Jusqu’au jour où il entend parler d’un terrible règlement de comptes dont la victime lui évoque étrangement Clara... Grand reporter, auteur de chansons, réalisateur de films documentaires, Philippe Lemaire publie avec La Mélancolie du renard son neuvième roman.
Featuring rumpled PIs, shyster lawyers, corrupt politicians, double-crossers, femmes fatales, and, of course, losers who find themselves down on their luck yet again, film noir is a perennially popular cinematic genre. This extensive encyclopedia describes movies from noir's earliest days – and even before, looking at some of noir's ancestors in US and European cinema – as well as noir's more recent offshoots, from neonoirs to erotic thrillers. Entries are arranged alphabetically, covering movies from all over the world – from every continent save Antarctica – with briefer details provided for several hundred additional movies within those entries. A copious appendix contains filmographies of prominent directors, actors, and writers. With coverage of blockbusters and program fillers from Going Straight (US 1916) to Broken City (US 2013) via Nora Inu (Japan 1949), O Anthropos tou Trainou (Greece 1958), El Less Wal Kilab (Egypt 1962), Reportaje a la Muerte (Peru 1993), Zift (Bulgaria 2008), and thousands more, A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir is an engrossing and essential reference work that should be on the shelves of every cinephile.
Lonely Planets Argentina is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike the Fitz Roy Range, experience gaucho culture, and discover Buenos Aires food scene; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Argentina and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planets Argentina Travel Guide: Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020s COVID-19 outbreak NEW top experiences feature - a visually inspiring collection of Argentinas best experiences and where to have them What's NEW feature taps into cultural trends and helps you f...