Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811561923 ISBN 13: 9789811561924
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is about Clarksdale, a small town in Mississippi, USA, and how the local community has revitalised the long-dilapidated downtown, with the renewal based on the town's intimate association with Blues music and the culture that flows through the Mississippi Delta. John Henshall highlights underlying trends in downtown decline and revitalisation in cities and towns in America, together with commentary of his own experience at home in Australia.In Clarksdale, downtown economic revitalisation gained momentum in the mid-2000s as local residents and newcomers focused their entrepreneurial and creative efforts on promoting Clarksdale's heritage, which is steeped in Blues music and Delta culture. While much attention to date has been given to large cities - from Sydney to San Francisco and from London to New York - as 'creative cities', little has been written about creativity in small cities and towns. This book delves into the positive role played by creative individuals in the economic revitalisation of downtown Clarksdale.The role of urban planning and community interaction is examined, and key lessons are provided for other small cities and towns, as they seek out opportunities to revitalise their downtowns and town centres. 228 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811543852 ISBN 13: 9789811543852
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Understanding Urbanism presents built environment students with the latest approaches to studying urbanism. The book is written in an accessible and easy-to-understand format by leading urban academics and practitioners with decades of teaching and practical experience. As students move through the chapters, they will develop a critical understanding of the different ways architects, urban and social planners, urban designers, heritage professionals, engineers and other built environment professionals design our cities. Importantly, the book shows how and why the built environment professional of the future will need to work within the Indigenous context of cities in countries like Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada. 236 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 981156633X ISBN 13: 9789811566332
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing and Data Sciences, ICACDS 2020, held in Valletta, Malta, in April 2020.\*The 46 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 354 submissions. The papers are centered around topics likeadvanced computing, data sciences, distributed systems organizing principles, development frameworks and environments, software verification and validation, computational complexity and cryptography, machine learning theory, database theory, probabilistic representations.\* The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 536 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811561893 ISBN 13: 9789811561894
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book addresses the growing interest in the field of two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2DLC), a powerful approach to increasing resolution, available peak capacity, and selectivity in analytical chromatography. 2DLC is suitable for many applications, including in the pharmaceutical and polymer industries and the omic sciences (metabolomics, lipidomics and proteomics). Thanks to recent advances in technology and software the instrumentation needed to perform 2D-LC is broadly available to the analytical community in both industry and academia. Indeed, the technique can now be considered ready for application in R&D as well as in QA and QC labs, yet it is not widely known about outside academic laboratories and is rarely taught at the undergraduate level. This book outlines the main principles and features of 2D-LC (including comprehensive and heart-cutting modes, method development and real world applications) to enable modern analysts to start using this fascinating technique. The book offers an ideal starting point for those wishing to get into 2D-LC and will also be of interest to more experienced scientists in the field. 92 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811562628 ISBN 13: 9789811562624
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book focuses onrobot introspection,whichhas a direct impact on physical human-robot interactionandlong-term autonomy,andwhich can benefit from autonomous anomaly monitoring and diagnosis, as well as anomaly recovery strategies. In robotics,the abilitytoreason,solve their ownanomaliesand proactivelyenrich owned knowledge is a direct way to improve autonomous behaviors. To this end, the authors start by considering the underlying pattern of multimodal observation during robot manipulation, which caneffectivelybe modeled as a parametrichidden Markovmodel (HMM). They then adopt a nonparametric Bayesian approach in defining a prior using thehierarchical Dirichletprocess (HDP) on the standard HMM parameters,known as theHierarchical Dirichlet Process Hidden Markov Model (HDP-HMM). The HDP-HMM can examine an HMM with an unbounded number of possible states andallows flexibility in the complexity of the learned model and the development of reliable and scalable variational inference methods.This book is avaluablereferenceresource forresearchers and designers inthe fieldof robot learning and multimodal perception, as well as for senior undergraduate and graduateuniversitystudents. 156 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811506132 ISBN 13: 9789811506130
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary and genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions in research and advocacy. It is animated by the central question: ''what new lines of inquiry are possible when we center our attention on menstrual health and politics across the life course ' The chapters-diverse in content, form and perspective-establish Critical Menstruation Studies as a potent lens that reveals, complicates and unpacks inequalities across biological, social, cultural and historical dimensions. This handbook is an unmatched resource for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, and activists new to and already familiar with the field as it rapidly develops and expands. 1088 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 981156647X ISBN 13: 9789811566479
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes revised selected papers of theFirst International Conference onComputing Science, Communication and Security, COMS2 2020, held in March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 26 full papers and 1 short paper were thoroughly reveiwed and selected from 79 submissions. Papers are organised according to the topical sections onartificial intelligence and machine learning; network, communication and security; computing science. 376 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811546991 ISBN 13: 9789811546990
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book offers a comprehensive overview of drug and chemical cellular toxicity, especially concerning the effects of anticancer drugs (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate and phosphamidon) on chromosomes and proteins. It covers histological changes in rat testis during pre- and postnatal exposure to varied drug doses, along with laboratory findings on arsenic exposure and alcohol consumption producing neurological changes and deleterious effects on reproductive health in animals.The book offers essential information on the role of anticancer drug- / chemical-mediated toxicity in connection with genetic changes in the brain and reproductive health, making it a valuable guide for researchers working in the areas of cancer research, infertility, molecular diagnostics and modern drug discovery, at biochemical and toxicity laboratories, and in genetic predisposition and molecular biology in general. 100 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811534721 ISBN 13: 9789811534720
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This open access book focuses on the issue of sustainability standards from the perspective of both global governance frameworks and emerging economies. It stems from the recognition that the accelerated pace of economic globalization has generated production and consumption patterns that are generating sustainability concerns. Sustainability standards (and regulations) are increasingly being used in a bid to make global consumption and production more sustainable. Given the dense inter-connectedness of economic affairs globally, the use of sustainability standards has become a concern of global governance, who face the challenge of achieving a balance between the use of standards for genuine sustainability objectives,and not allowing them to turn into instruments of protectionism or coercion.The emerging economies, given their increasing engagement with the global economy, are most impacted by the use of sustainability standards. The emphasis of 'emerging economies' in this book is retained both by using case studies from these economies and by collating perceptions and assessments of those located in these economies. The case studies included span sectors such as palm oil, forestry, food quality, vehicular emissions and water standards, and address the problems unique to the emerging economies, including capacity building for compliance with standards, adapting international standards in domestic contexts and addressing the exclusion of small and medium enterprises etc. Complex interfaces and dynamics of a global nature are not limited to the thematic of this book but also extend to the process through which it was written. This book bringstogether insights from developed as well as emerging economies (Germany, India, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, Pakistan, Mexico and China). It also brings together scholars and practitioners to jointly ponder upon the conceptual aspects of the global frameworks for sustainability standards. This book is a very useful resource for researchers and practitioners alike, and provides valuable insights for policy makers as well. 252 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811561672 ISBN 13: 9789811561672
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Pacific Association for Computational Linguistics, PACLING 2019, held in Hanoi, Vietnam, in October 2019.The 28 full papers and 14 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on text summarization; relation and word embedding; machine translation; text classification; web analyzing; question and answering, dialog analyzing; speech and emotion analyzing; parsing and segmentation; information extraction; and grammar error and plagiarism detection. 540 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811542414 ISBN 13: 9789811542411
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores how Indonesia is imagined differently by young people in the three cities of Jakarta, Kupang and Banda Aceh. Throughout the course of Indonesia's colonial and postcolonial history, Jakarta, the capital, has always occupied a central position, while Kupang in East Nusa Tenggara and Banda Aceh in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam are located at the peripheries. The book analyses the convergences and divergences in how the country is perceived from these different vantage points, and the implications for Indonesia, also providing a new perspective to the classic and contemporary theories of the nation. By examining the heterogeneity of the imaginings of the nation 'from below', it moves away from the tendency to focus on the homogeneity of the nation, found in the classic theories such as Anderson's and Gellner's, as well as in more recent theories on every day and banal nationalism. Using the tenets of standpoint theory and Laclau and Mouffe's theory of hegemony, the nation is acknowledged as an empty signifier that means different things depending on the positionality of the perceiving subject. The work appeals to scholars of nation studies and Asian and Indonesian studies, as well those interested in the empirical grounding of poststructuralist theories. 176 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811572046 ISBN 13: 9789811572043
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data, DMBD 2020, held in July 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held in a fully virtual format.The 7 full papers and 3 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers present the latest research onadvantages in theories, technologies, and applications in data mining and big data. The volume covers many aspects of data mining and big data as well as intelligent computing methods applied to all fields of computer science, machine learning, data mining and knowledge discovery, data science, etc. 132 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811572186 ISBN 13: 9789811572180
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Emerging Technology Trends in Electronics, Communication and Networking, ET2ECN 2020, held in Surat, India, in February 2020. The 17 full papers and 6 short papers presented were thorougly reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The volume covers a wide range of topics including electronic devices, VLSI design and fabrication, photo electronics, systems and applications, integrated optics, embedded systems, wireless communication, optical communication, free space optics, signal processing, image/ audio/ video processing, wireless sensor networks, next generation networks, network security, and many others. 300 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811571538 ISBN 13: 9789811571534
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on typical health servicesand remote monitoring methods, suchas visualrecognitionand deep learning.Chiefly addressingthe design and simulation of rehabilitation devices,and theevaluation of their effects on various diseases, it offers a valuable resource forprofessional researchersandgraduate students inthe fields ofelderly medicine, signal processing, and rehabilitation. 92 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811543925 ISBN 13: 9789811543920
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book places Li Ji (the Book of Rites) back in the overall context of 'books,' 'rites' and its research history, drawing on the interrelations between myth, ritual and 'materialized' symbols to do so. Further, it employs the double perspectives of 'books' and 'rites' to explore the sources and symbols of the capping ceremony (rites of passage), decode the prototypes of Miao and Ming Tang, and restore the discourse patterns of 'people of five directions.' The book subsequently investigates the formation and function of the Yue Ling calendar and disaster ritual, so as to reveal the human cognitive encoding and metalanguage of ritual behavior involved. In the process, it demonstrates that Li Ji, its textual memories, archaeological remains and 'traditional ceremony' narratives are all subject to the latent myth coding mechanism in China's cultural system, while the 'compilation' and 'materialized' remains are merely forms of ritual refactoring, interpretation and exhibition, used when authority seeks the aid of ritual civilization to strengthen its legitimacy and maintain the social order. 404 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811569746 ISBN 13: 9789811569746
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on the properties associated with the Dirichlet process, describing itsusea priorifor nonparametric inference and the Bayes estimateto obtain limitsfor the estimable parameter.It presentsthe limits and the well-knownU- andV-statistics as a convex combination ofU-statistics, and by investigating this convex combination, it demonstratesthese three statistics. Next, the book notes that the Dirichlet process gives the discrete distribution with probability one, even if the parameter of the process is continuous. Therefore, there are duplications among the sample from the distribution, whicharediscussed. Because sampling from the Dirichlet process is described sequentially, it can be described equivalently by the Chinese restaurant process. Using this process, the Donnelly-Tavaré-Griffiths formulas I and II are obtained, both of which give the Ewens' sampling formula. The book then shows the convergence and approximation of the distribution for its number of distinct components.Lastly, it explains the interesting propertiesof the Griffiths-Engen-McCloskey distribution,which is related to theDirichlet process and the Ewens' sampling formula. 84 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811545952 ISBN 13: 9789811545955
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Currently, there are global endeavors to integrate network information into the natural world and human society. This process will lead to marked improvements in productivity and product quality, and to new production methods and lifestyles. Further, these advances will have significant impacts, similar to those of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. At the same time, it is profoundly changing competition around the globe. Security, economic, social, military and cultural trends generate new opportunities for national development, new living spaces for humans, new fields of social governance, and new momentum for industrial upgrading and international competition. Over the next 20 years, the development of network communication technologies will focus on three-domain human-network-thing interconnections and their systematic integration into various industries and regions. This will be made possible by digitalization, networking and intellectualization, and will result in the extended connection of human societies around the globe, and a continuously enriched and expanded network space.This book summarizes the development of network communication, both globally and in China, as well as its future prospects from the perspectives of academia, technology and industry. Further, in the context of technology and applications, it focuses on mobile communication, data communication, and optical fiber communication. Discussing application services related to the mobile Internet, Internet of Things, edge computing and quantum communication, it highlights the latest technological advances, future trends, technologies and industry development hotspots. Lastly, it explores 15 buzzwords in the field of network communication in technology and industrial development, providing definitions, and describing the state of development of related applications. 76 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811549974 ISBN 13: 9789811549977
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides statistical methodologies for time series data, focusing on copula-based Markov chain models for serially correlated time series. It also includes data examples from economics, engineering, finance, sport and other disciplines to illustrate the methods presented. An accessible textbook for students in the fields of economics, management, mathematics, statistics, and related fields wanting to gain insights into the statistical analysis of time series data using copulas, the book also features stand-alone chapters to appeal to researchers.As the subtitle suggests, the book highlights parametric models based on normal distribution, t-distribution, normal mixture distribution, Poisson distribution, and others. Presenting likelihood-based methods as the main statistical tools for fitting the models, the book details the development of computing techniques to find the maximum likelihood estimator. It also addresses statistical process control, as well as Bayesian and regression methods. Lastly, to help readers analyze their data, it provides computer codes (R codes) for most of the statistical methods. 148 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811551707 ISBN 13: 9789811551703
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), officially unveiled in 2013, is Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature foreign and economic policy initiative to achieve improved connectivity, regional cooperation, and economic development on a trans-continental scale. This book reviews the evolving BRI vision and offers a benefit-risk assessment of the BRI's economic and geopolitical implications from the perspective of Asian stakeholder countries, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Among the value added of the book is first an online perception survey of opinion leaders from Asian participating countries on various aspects of the initiative. To our best knowledge, the survey is the first of its kind. Second, the book presents the simulation results of a computable general equilibrium model of the world economy to estimate the potential macroeconomic impacts of the BRI as a whole and those of its constituent overland and maritime economic corridors. Third, the book makes ten key evidence-based policy recommendations on how to enhance the prospect of a successful and mutually beneficial BRI 2.0 to both China and stakeholder countries. 208 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 981156731X ISBN 13: 9789811567315
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Since the 1980s, mobile communication has undergone major transitions from 1G to 4G, at a rate of roughly one generation per decade. And the next upgrade is set to come soon, with 5G heralding a new era of large-bandwidth Internet, and a multi-connection, low-latency Internet of Everything.5G technology will be the standard for next-generation mobile Internet, and it will not only enhance the individual user's experience, but also provide technical support for artificial-intelligence-based applications, such as smart manufacturing, smart healthcare, smart government, smart cities and driverless cars. As a result, 5G is regarded as the 'infrastructure' of the industrial Internet and artificial intelligence and both China and the United States are striving to become the 5G leader and spearhead this new generation of international mobile communication standards. Though trade tensions between China and the United States continue to escalate, with products ranging from soybeans to mobile phones and automobiles being affected, 5G technology may be the true cause of trade wars between the world's top two economies.In short, 5G will change not only society, but also international trade patterns. This book describes various 5G scenarios, changes and values; explains the standards, technologies and development directions behind 5G; and explores new models, new formats and new trends in 5G-based artificial intelligence. 132 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811558434 ISBN 13: 9789811558436
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book locates the philosophy of Ubuntu as the undergirding framework for indigenous dance pedagogies in local communities in Uganda. Through critical examination of the reflections and practices of selected local dance teachers, the volume reveals how issues of inclusion, belonging, and agency are negotiated through a creatively complex interplay between individuality and communality. The analysis frames pedagogies as sites where reflective thought and kinaesthetic practice converge to facilitate ever-evolving individual imagination and community innovations. 224 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811558930 ISBN 13: 9789811558931
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is a practical guide to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) (Council of Europe 2001) and the CEFR Companion Volume (CEFR/ CV; COE 2018), which have increasingly been used to inform the language policies and teaching practices of countries within and outside of Europe. It helps practitioners to (i) grasp essential and core concepts of the Common European Framework of Reference, (ii) identify parts of the CEFR and the CEFR/CV as well as other CEFR-related resources and documents that are relevant for readers' different purposes, and (iii) utilise and adapt these resources for their own needs. Written by practitioners for practitioners, this hands-on guide covers the philosophy of the CEFR, curricula, assessment, learner autonomy, the task-based approach, and teacher development.Logically explaining all aspects of the framework and its application, this manual helps readers deal with many of the difficulties encountered when using CEFR and the CEFR CV.The book will appeal to a wide audience, including teacher educators; curriculum and materials developers; examination boards unfamiliar with the CEFR; university language departments and language centres responsible for developing their own curricula, teaching/learning approaches and assessment instruments; and policy-makers wanting to learn more about the implications of adopting the CEFR. It is a guidebook, a reference book and a workbook all in your hand. 284 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811560021 ISBN 13: 9789811560026
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book positions itself at the intersection of the interrelationship between three key areas of initial teacher education: constructivist learning theories, teaching practicum, and the promotion of reflective practices. It presents an innovative approach to teacher preparation at undergraduate and postgraduate levels by critically examining the implementation of a mandatory experiential learning block across subject disciplines on undergraduate and postgraduate teacher preparation courses.This book presents multiple examples and case studies of these varied experiential learning projects that will inform academics, teachers and policymakers. Through these rich examples the authors set out to address the theory-practice dilemma in teacher education, where teachers-to-be are often positioned as 'consumers' of educational research in classrooms, read reference books and academic papers on teaching, and observe university and school experts before applying the same acquired theories and practices in their own classes. In the book the authors argue for a shift away from this conventional teacher-learning curriculum that is characterised by the separation of theory and practice, choosing instead to promote pedagogy and methods courses where practice underpins all learning. These pedagogical perspectives include the promotion of a diverse range of learning contexts (including on- and off-campus learning sites) for student teachers to experience during their time on teacher education courses. 200 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811549672 ISBN 13: 9789811549670
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Well-grounded on abundant Japanese language sources which have been underused, this book uncovers the League of Nations' works in East Asia in the inter-war period. By researching the field of social and other technical issues, namely, the trade in narcotics, the trafficking of women and the work in terms of improving health provision and providing economic advice to Nationalist China, it not only examines their long-term impacts on the international relations in the region but also argues that the League's works challenged the existing imperial order of East and Southeast Asia. The book offers a key read for academics and students of international history and international relations, and others studying Japan or East Asia in the twentieth century. 308 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811507457 ISBN 13: 9789811507458
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book covers all aspects of thoracic anesthesia to equip the anesthesiologist in dealing with patient care from the time of admission to discharge. Apart from an understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, and imaging in thoracic anesthesia this book provides important nuggets of patient examination to help in decision making. Chapters provide information on the interpretation of various tests and intra-operativedatafor successful conduct of the surgery. This book aims to be an efficient resource for anesthesiapractitioners as well as traineesin learning about the full range of challenges faced while performing thoracic anesthesia. 376 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811557675 ISBN 13: 9789811557675
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book explores the intellectual history of contract law in ancient China by employing archaeological and empirical methodologies. Divided into five chapters, it begins by reviewing the origin of the contract in ancient China, and analyzing its name, primary form, historical premise and functions. The second chapter discusses free will and lawfulness in the establishment of a contract, offering insights into the impact of contracts on social justice. In turn, the third chapter addresses the inner core of the contract: validity and liability. This allows readers at all levels to identify the similarities and differences between contracts from different eras and different parts of the world, which will also benefit those pursuing comparative research in related fields. Chapters four and five offer a philosophical exploration of contract history in ancient China, and analyze key aspects including human nature and ethical justice. 244 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 981153943X ISBN 13: 9789811539435
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The book addresses the prevalent digital transformation and focuses on its significant disruption in healthcare. In light of the distinctive characteristics and evolution of the Chinese healthcare industry, private multi-sided platform (MSP) companies emerge to offer novel values and explore the industry value chain. Drawing on the management and economics literature of MSPs, this book examines the selected Chinese MSPs and compares them with the counterpart MSPs in the U.S. This analysis highlights how the unfolding healthcare disruption is valuable for both scholars and practitioners to understand the trends and to take effective actions. 'Disruptive Innovation through Digital Transformation: Multi-Sided Platforms of E-Health in China' provides readers in the developing and developed countries with insights on how to approach the current multi-sided platform and to resolve the current problems to better serve customers and patients in the healthcare market. 124 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811545723 ISBN 13: 9789811545726
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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book provides an overview of the multi-dimensional approach for the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. The sustainability of this biofuel, the current and future status of the technology and its role in waste valorization are also addressed. Bioethanol from lignocellulosic material has emerged as an alternative to the traditional first-generation bioethanol. The book also discusses various pretreatment methods for effective separation of the various components of lignocellulosic feedstock as well as their advantages, and limitations. It describes the valorization of lignocellulosic waste through the production of bioethanol and emphasizes the significance of waste utilization in managing the production cost of the fuel. Finally, the utilization of genetically engineered plants and microorganisms to increase the conversion efficiency is reviewed. 240 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811366152 ISBN 13: 9789811366154
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book focuses on zero hours and on-call work as an extreme form of casual and precarious employment. It includes country studies of the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK, New Zealand and Ireland, where there has been increasing concern about the prevalence of such work, and working time uncertainty, as well as varying levels of public policy debate on regulation. The book incorporates a comparative review of zero hours work based on the findings of the country studies. This pays particular attention to state regulatory responses to zero hours work, and incorporates the sociological concepts of accumulation and legitimation functions of the state. Exploring the regulation of zero hours work beyond individual countries, the book includes an analysis of external regulation of zero hours work at the supranational level, namely the European Union and ILO. Further, it assesses the implications of zero hours for workers in new sectors of economic activity, particularly the impact of the platform or 'gig' economy on the fundamental nature of the employment relationship. It also considers the societal implications of zero hours work and the ethical responsibilities of employers and governments towards workers as citizens. 260 pp. Englisch.
Published by Springer Nature Singapore Jul 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 9811543534 ISBN 13: 9789811543531
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book celebrates and captures examples of the excellent scholarship that Palgrave's Health, Technology, and Society Series has published since 2006, and reflects on how the field has developed over this time. As a collection of readings drawn from twenty-two books, it is organized around five themes: Innovation, Responsibility, Locus of Care, Knowledge Production, and Regulation and Governance. Structured in this way, the book gives the reader a concise but nonetheless rich guide to the core issues and debates within the field. Complementing these narratives, the original authors have provided new reflection pieces on their texts and on their current work. This then is a book which in part looks back but also looks forward to emerging issues at the intersection of health, technology, and society. It uniquely encompasses and presents a range of expertise in a novel way that is both timely and accessible for students and others new to the field. 344 pp. Englisch.