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Future space-transport-system components under high thermal and mechanical lo…
This open access book presents the findings of Collaborative Research Center Transregio 40 (TRR40), initiated in July 2008 and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Gathering innovative design concepts for thrust chambers and nozzles, as well as cutting-edge methods of aft-body flow control and propulsion-component cooling, it brings together fundamental research undertaken at univers…
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- 9783030538477
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- ix, 419p. : ill.
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- 629.47522 FUT f
Teacher transition into innovative learning environments : a global perspective
This open access book focuses on how the design and use of innovative learning environments can evolve as teaching practices and education policies change. It addresses how these new environments are used, how teachers are adapting their practices, the challenges that these changes pose, and the effective evaluation of these changes. The book reports on emerging research in learning environ…
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- 9789811574979
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- xv, 334p. : ill.
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- 371.3 TEA t
E-science : open, social and virtual technology for research collaboration
This open access book shows the breadth and various facets of e-Science, while also illustrating their shared core. Changes in scientific work are driven by the shift to grid-based worlds, the use of information and communication systems, and the existential infrastructure, which includes global collaboration. In this context, the book addresses emerging issues such as open access, collaborati…
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- 9783030662622
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- xii, 185p. : ill.
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- 507.2 ELE e
Mental causation : a counterfactual theory
Our minds have physical effects. This happens, for instance, when we move our bodies when we act. How is this possible? Thomas Kroedel defends an account of mental causation in terms of difference-making: if our minds had been different, the physical world would have been different; therefore, the mind causes events in the physical world. His account not only explains how the mind has physical …
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- 9781108762717
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- x, 224p. : ill.
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- 128.2 KRO m
Publishing addiction science : a guide for the perplexed
Publishing Addiction Science is a comprehensive guide for addiction scientists facing the complex process of contributing to scholarly journals. Written by an international group of addiction journal editors and their colleagues, it discusses how to write research articles and systematic reviews, choose a journal, respond to reviewers’ reports, become a reviewer, and resolve the often difficu…
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- 3rd edition
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- 9781911529095
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- XX< 381 p.
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- 070.05 PUB p
A History of anthropology. second Edition
This is a thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular classic of modern anthropology. Avoiding geographical bias, the authors provide summaries of ‘Enlightenment’, ‘Romantic’ and ‘Victorian’ anthropology, from the cultural theories of Morgan and Taylor to the often neglected contributions of German scholars. The ambiguous relationship between anthropology and national cultur…
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- 2nd edition
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- 9780745333533
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- 264 p.; 22 cm.
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- Anthropology, Culture and Society
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- 306.4 ERI h
Clinical pathways in stroke rehabilitation : evidence-based clinical practice…
This open access book focuses on practical clinical problems that are frequently encountered in stroke rehabilitation. Consequences of diseases, e.g. impairments and activity limitations, are addressed in rehabilitation with the overall goal to reduce disability and promote participation. Based on the available best external evidence, clinical pathways are described for stroke rehabilitation br…
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- 9783030585051
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- xii, 282p. : ill.
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- 616.81 CLI c
On the path to AI : law's prophecies and the conceptual foundations of the ma…
This open access book explores machine learning and its impact on how we make sense of the world. It does so by bringing together two ‘revolutions’ in a surprising analogy: the revolution of machine learning, which has placed computing on the path to artificial intelligence, and the revolution in thinking about the law that was spurred by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr in the last two decades of …
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- 9783030435820
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- xxii, 147p. : ill.
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- 006.3 GRA o
Sustainable land management in a European context : a co-design approach
This open access book present and discuss current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. Throughout the world, we face increasing conflict over the use of land as well as competition for land. Drawing on experience in sustainable land management gained from seven y…
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- 9783030508418
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- ix, 347p. : ill.
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- 333.73 SUS s
Instruments for new music : sound, technology, and modernism
Player pianos, radio-electric circuits, gramophone records, and optical sound film—these were the cutting-edge acoustic technologies of the early twentieth century, and for many musicians and artists of the time, these devices were also the implements of a musical revolution. Instruments for New Music traces a diffuse network of cultural agents who shared the belief that a truly modern music …
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- 9780520963122
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- XII, 236 p.
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- 784.190904 PPAT i
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