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1. Michael , Whitby

Sparta

This volume introduces the reader to every important aspect of the society of Sparta, the dominant power in southern Greece from the seventh century BC and the great rival of democratic Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries. During this period Sparta evolved a unique social and political system that combined egalitarian structures, military ideals and brutal oppression, and permitted male citizens to focus on the practice of war. The system fascinated scholars at the time and has done so ever since: its outlines are clear, but because of the nature of the evidence almost all detailed aspects of Spartan social practices and constitutional affairs are open to debate. Michael Whitby introduces and presents some of the most outstanding contributions to the history of Sparta. Together they cover the key aspects of Spartan history and society: its problematic early history, social and economic organisation (especially the different categories of citizens and non-citizens), international relations and military achievements, religious practices and culture, the role of women, and sexual conduct and values. He has chosen them partly for their clarity and importance, and partly too for the questions they raise about the problems of studying Sparta - what evidence to consider, what precautions need to be observed in considering it, and what sorts of conclusions it is reasonable to draw. His intention is not to pretend that definitive answers can be offered to the main problems of Sparta but to encourage readers to formulate their own approaches and judgements with due respect for the limitations of the evidence and awareness of the benefits of informed speculation.

The Encyclopedia of Ancient Battles, 3 Volume Set

Dieses dreibändige Nachschlagewerk legt den Schwerpunkt auf Erzählungen zu Schlachten an Land und auf See in der klassischen Welt, vom alten Griechenland im 8. Jahrhundert vor Christus bis zu Aufkommen des Islam im 7. Jahrhundert nach Christus.- Dreibändiges Nachschlagewerk über Schlachten an Land und auf See in der klassischen Welt, vom alten Griechenland im 8. Jahrhundert nach Christus bis zum Aufkommen des Islam im 7. Jahrhundert nach Christus.-Erzählungen konzentrieren sich auf bestimmte Schlachten, Belagerungen, Feldzüge und Kriege.- Bietet den umfassendsten und aktuellsten Stand der Wissenschaft zu dem Fachgebiet.- Gegliedert nach Kriegen mit chronologischen Einträgen zu jeder Schlacht.- Anerkannte, internationale Gruppe von Experten zum Thema Militärgeschichte.

1. Anthony , Morton
2. Kerrie L , Mengersen
3. Geoffrey , Playford

Statistical Methods for Hospital Monitoring with R

Hospitals monitoring is becoming more complex and is increasing both because staff want their data analysed and because of increasing mandated surveillance. This book provides a suite of functions in R, enabling scientists and data analysts working in infection management and quality improvement departments in hospitals, to analyse their often non-independent data which is frequently in the form of trended, over-dispersed and sometimes auto-correlated time series; this is often difficult to analyse using standard office software.This book provides much-needed guidance on data analysis using R for the growing number of scientists in hospital departments who are responsible for producing reports, and who may have limited statistical expertise.This book explores data analysis using R and is aimed at scientists in hospital departments who are responsible for producing reports, and who are involved in improving safety. Professionals working in the healthcare quality and safety community will also find this book of interestStatistical Methods for Hospital Monitoring with R:* Provides functions to perform quality improvement and infection management data analysis.* Explores the characteristics of complex systems, such as self-organisation and emergent behaviour, along with their implications for such activities as root-cause analysis and the Pareto principle that seek few key causes of adverse events.* Provides a summary of key non-statistical aspects of hospital safety and easy to use functions.* Provides R scripts in an accompanying web site enabling analyses to be performed by the reader http://www.wiley.com/go/hospital_monitoring* Covers issues that will be of increasing importance in the future, such as, generalised additive models, and complex systems, networks and power laws.

The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare

Second volume of a systematic and up-to-date account of Roman warfare from the Late Republic to Justinian.