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How AI impacts urban living and public health : 17th International Conference…
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2019, held in New York City, NY, USA, in October 2019. The 15 full papers and 5 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 24 submissions. They cover topics such as: e-health technology design; well-being tech…
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- 9783030327859
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- xiii, 224p. : ill.
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- 362.6 HOW h
The brownian motion : a rigorous but gentle introduction for economists
This open access textbook is the first to provide Business and Economics Ph.D. students with a precise and intuitive introduction to the formal backgrounds of modern financial theory. It explains Brownian motion, random processes, measures, and Lebesgue integrals intuitively, but without sacrificing the necessary mathematical formalism, making them accessible for readers with little or no previ…
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- 9783030201036
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- x, 125p. : ill.
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- 332 LOF b
Hot property : the housing market in major cities
This open access book discusses booming housing markets in cities around the globe, and the resulting challenges for policymakers and central banks. Cities are booming everywhere, leading to a growing demand for urban housing. In many cities this demand is out-pacing supply, which causes house prices to soar and increases the pressure on rental markets. These developments are posing major chall…
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- 9783030116743
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- xvi, 221p. : ill.
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- 330.91732 HOT h
Literary cultures and public opinion in the Low Countries, 1450-1650
In the early modern Low Countries, literary culture functioned on several levels simultaneously: it provided learning, pleasure, and entertainment while also shaping public debate. From a ditty in Dutch sung in the streets to a funeral poem in Latin composed to be read for or by intimate friends, from a play performed for a prince to a comedy written for pupils – literary texts and performanc…
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- 9789004206168
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- x, 324 p.
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- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
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- 839.109002 BLO l
Lines of inquiry in mathematical modelling research in education
This open access book is based on selected presentations from Topic Study Group 21: Mathematical Applications and Modelling in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 13), held in Hamburg, Germany on July 24–31, 2016. It contributes to the theory, research and teaching practice concerning this key topic by taking into account…
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- 9783030149314
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- x, 259p. : ill.
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- 511.8 LIN l
Purpose-driven organizations : management ideas for a better world
A higher purpose is not simply about profit. Symbolising the motivations of our actions and efforts, it reflects something much more aspirational and contributes to our global society. This open access book offers novel solutions to ensure employees support a wider organizational meaning whilst guaranteeing that the company benefits from the employee’s individual sense of purpose. Advocat…
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- 9783030176747
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- xxi, 138p. : ill.
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- 658.401 PUR p
The ideologies of lived space in literary texts, ancient and modern
In a brief essay called Des espaces autres (1984) Michel Foucault announced that after the nineteenth century, which was dominated by a historical outlook, the current century might rather be the century of space. His prophecy has been fulfilled: the end of the twentieth century witnessed a ‘spatial turn’ in humanities which was perhaps partly due to the globalisation of our modern world. I…
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- 9789038221021
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- 256 p.
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- 800 KLO i
IEA international computer and information literacy study 2018 assessment fra…
This open-access book presents the assessment framework for IEA’s International Computer an Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018, which is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work and life in a digital world. The study measures international differences in students’ computer and information literacy (CIL): their ability to use computers to investigate, create, pa…
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- 9783030193898
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- vi, 74p. : ill.
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- 028.7 INT i
Youthquake 2017 : the rise of young cosmopolitans in Britain
This book investigates the reasons behind the 2017 youthquake – which saw the highest rate of youth turnout in a quarter of a century, and an unprecedented gap in youth support for Labour over the Conservative Party – from both a comparative and a theoretical perspective. It compares youth turnout and party allegiance over time and traces changes in youth political participation in the UK s…
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- 9783319974699
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- xiii, 129p. : ill.
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- 323.04208350941 SLO y
René de Saussure and the theory of word formation
This volume presents two works elaborating a general theory of words and their structure written by René de Saussure, younger brother of Ferdinand de Saussure. Although originating in René de Saussure's concerns for the structure of Esperanto, these essays are clearly intended to articulate a general account of word formation in natural language. They appear here in the French original with f…
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- 9783961100972
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- Classics in Linguistics
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- 410 REN r
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