Judeans in Babylonia

Judeans in Babylonia
Author: Tero Alstola
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2019-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004365427

In Judeans in Babylonia, Tero Alstola presents a comprehensive investigation of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. By using cuneiform documents as his sources, he offers the first book-length social historical study of the Babylonian Exile, commonly regarded as a pivotal period in the development of Judaism. The results are considered in the light of the wider Babylonian society and contrasted against a comparison group of Neirabian deportees. Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society.

The Tale of Tea

The Tale of Tea
Author: George van Driem
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: Tea
ISBN: 9789004386259

The Tale of Tea presents a comprehensive history of tea from prehistoric times to the present day in a single volume, covering the fascinating social history of tea and the origins, botany and biochemistry of this singularly important cultigen.

Machine Learning with R

Machine Learning with R
Author: Brett Lantz
Publisher: Packt Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2013-10-25
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1782162151

Written as a tutorial to explore and understand the power of R for machine learning. This practical guide that covers all of the need to know topics in a very systematic way. For each machine learning approach, each step in the process is detailed, from preparing the data for analysis to evaluating the results. These steps will build the knowledge you need to apply them to your own data science tasks.Intended for those who want to learn how to use R's machine learning capabilities and gain insight from your data. Perhaps you already know a bit about machine learning, but have never used R; or perhaps you know a little R but are new to machine learning. In either case, this book will get you up and running quickly. It would be helpful to have a bit of familiarity with basic programming concepts, but no prior experience is required.

Inherently Governmental Functions

Inherently Governmental Functions
Author: Craig A. Montey
Publisher: Nova Biomedical Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Contracting out
ISBN: 9781612096186

An "inherently governmental function" is one that, as a matter of law and policy, must be performed by federal government employees and cannot be contracted out because it is "intimately related to the public interest". This book provides background, issues and options for Congress on defining inherently governmental functions within the context of DOD operations. It situates contemporary debates over which functions are inherently governmental within the context of the broader debate about the proper roles of the public and private sectors.