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Integrating Immigrants in Europe
Europe has become a continent of immigration in the course of the last half century, and European societies have experienced growing ethnic and cultural diversity. Governmental actors have often made great efforts to collect and develop the knowledge and expertise to understand integration processes and to control and steer these. Major differences, however, exist between European countries in …
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- 1
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- 9783319162560
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- VIII, 343p
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- IMISCOE Research Series
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- 304.8 EDU s
Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis XVIII: 18th International Symposium on …
Missing data is a common occurrence in the time series domain, for instance due to faulty sensors, server downtime or patients not attending their scheduled appointments. One of the best methods to impute these missing values is Multiple Imputations by Chained Equations (MICE) which has the drawback that it can only model linear relationships among the variables in a multivariate time series. T…
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- 1
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- 9783030445843
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- XIV, 588p
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Call Number
- 005.74 AID r
The Routledge companion to actor-network theory
This companion explores ANT as an intellectual practice, tracking its movements and engagements with a wide range of other academic and activist projects. Showcasing the work of a diverse set of ‘second generation’ ANT scholars from around the world, it highlights the exciting depth and breadth of contemporary ANT and its future possibilities. The companion has 38 chapters, each answering a…
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- -
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- 9781138084728
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- xx, 458 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 303.01 AND
The Disaster of the Third Princess: Essays on The Tale of Genji
These seven essays by the most recent English translator of The Tale of Genji emphasize three major interpretive issues. What is the place of the hero (Hikaru Genji) in the work? What story gives the narrative underlying continuity and form? And how does the closing section of the tale (especially the ten “Uji chapters”) relate to what precedes it? Written over a period of nine years, the e…
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- 9781921536670
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- 252 p
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- -
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- 895.6314 TYL t
Antiracism Inc : why the way we talk about racial justice matters
"Antiracism Inc. traces the ways people along the political spectrum appropriate, incorporate, and neutralize antiracist discourses to perpetuate injustice. It also examines the ways organizers continue to struggle for racial justice in the context of such appropriations. Antiracism Inc. reveals how antiracist claims can be used to propagate racism, and what we can do about it. While related to…
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- 9781950192236
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- 382 hlm
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- -
- Call Number
- 305.8
Youth in Fiji and Solomon Islands : Livelihoods, Leadership and Civic Engagement
Fiji, Solomon Islands and the wider Pacific region are experiencing a ‘youth bulge’. As such, the livelihoods pathways of youth in these countries will be a key determinant of their social, political and economic futures. This book looks at the cultural expectations of Fijian and Solomon Islander youth, as well as the socio-political positioning of youth activists. It investigates how forma…
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- 9781760465155
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 305.235099611.CRA
Imaging identity: media, memory and portraiture in the digital age
Imaging Identity presents potent reflections on the human condition through the prism of portraiture. Taking digital imaging technologies and the dynamic and precarious dimensions of contemporary identity as critical reference points, these essays consider why portraits continue to have such galvanising appeal and perform fundamental work across so many social settings. This multidisciplinary …
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- 9781760460419
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- xviii + 146 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 757 HIN i
Wehali: The Female Land
Wehali defines itself as the ritual centre of the island of Timor. As a ritual centre, Wehali continues to be the residence of a figure of traditional authority on whom, in the 18th century, the Dutch conferred the title of Kaiser (Keizer) and to whom the Portuguese gave the title of Emperor (Imperador). At one time, Wehali was the centre of a network of tributary states, which both the Dutch a…
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- 9781760464851
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- -
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- -
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- 959.86
Revisiting migrant networks : migrants and their descendants in labour markets
This open access book provides new conceptualisations on the networks of migrants and their descendants in accessing the labour market. Although references to social networks are common in discussions of migration, simplified ideas of co-ethnic networks often obscure the reality, for example confounding ties with co-ethnics and ‘strong ties’. This open access book addresses key questions ab…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030949723
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- VIII, 236 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 304.82 ELI r
Remote sensing of plant biodiversity
This Open Access volume aims to methodologically improve our understanding of biodiversity by linking disciplines that incorporate remote sensing, and uniting data and perspectives in the fields of biology, landscape ecology, and geography. The book provides a framework for how biodiversity can be detected and evaluated—focusing particularly on plants—using proximal and remotely sensed hype…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030331573
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- xxii + 581 p
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- -
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- 333.9530285 JEA r
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