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Kilns in East and North Asia : the adoption of ceramic industries
The start of ceramic industry is an important stage in mass production and is closely related to social complexity and social exchanges including the immigration of specialists. The introduction of high-temperature operations and varying firing regimes is a technological breakthrough in ceramic production. This book discusses the introduction and the background of kilns and advanced technology …
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781407358901
- Collation
- xiv, 264 p
- Series Title
- BAR International, 3082
- Call Number
- 338.47666436095 NAG k
Romano Del Nord. Teoria e prassi del progetto di architettura
Romano Del Nord has been a point of reference for Architectural Technology and a protagonist in academic research and the realization of building programs. Meditating on his work brings out the relationship between research, cultural and social commitment and realization skills that distinguished his mindset and his way of acting. The book offers a reasoned rereading of his writings, drawn from…
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- 4
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9788855183192
- Collation
- 482 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 720 ROB r
Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future : An Ecosystem Perspective on the…
This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030699789
- Collation
- 124 p
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance,
- Call Number
- 174.90063 STA
Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy
Paradoxes of Media and Information Literacy contributes to ongoing conversations about control of knowledge and different ways of knowing. It does so by analysing why media and information literacy (MIL) is proposed as a solution for addressing the current information crisis. Questioning why MIL is commonly believed to wield such power, the book throws into sharp relief several paradoxes that a…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781000590265
- Collation
- 174 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 028.7 DER P
Analytical heat transfer
Analytical Heat Transfer explains how to analyze and solve conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer problems. It enables students to tackle complex engineering heat transfer problems prevalent in practice. Covering heat transfer in high-speed flows and unsteady highly turbulent flows, the book also discusses enhanced heat transfer in channels, heat transfer in rotating channels, nume…
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003164487
- Collation
- xx + 576 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 621.4022 HAN a
The future of consumption : how technology, sustainability and wellbeing will…
This open access book presents three future consumption trends—technology, sustainability, and wellbeing—and discusses what impact those trends will have on the ways we shop. What will be important to the consumers of the future? And how will their retail experiences look and feel? Will technology, sustainability, and wellbeing trends fundamentally change how we consume? And how should …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783031332463
- Collation
- XXIX, 383 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 330 BAC t
Making sense of the future
Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achievi…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003186854
- Collation
- xiv + 193 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 303.49 RIC m
Extimate technology : self-formation in a technological world
This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood. New and emerging technologies, such as smart technological environments, imaging technologies and smart drugs, are increasingly shaping who and what we are and influencing who we ought to be. How should we adequately understand, evaluate an…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003139409
- Collation
- xii + 343 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 303.48301 AYD e
Assessment for experiential learning
Chan’s book explores the challenges in assessing experiential learning, deepens our understanding, and inspires readers to think critically about the purpose of assessment in experiential learning. Experiential learning has been studied and proven to be effective for student learning, particularly for the development of holistic competencies (i.e. 21st century skills, soft skills, transferabl…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003018391
- Collation
- xxvi +353 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 370.1523 CHA a
Museums in a digital culture : how art and heritage become meaningful
The experience of engaging with art and history has been utterly transformed by information and communications technology in recent decades. We now have virtual, mediated access to countless heritage collections and assemblages of artworks, which we intuitively browse and navigate in a way that wasn't possible until very recently. This collection of essays takes up the question of the cultural …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789089646613
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 069.02854 VAN m
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