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Counter-terrorism, ethics and technology : emerging challenges at the frontie…
This open access book brings together a range of contributions that seek to explore the ethical issues arising from the overlap between counter-terrorism, ethics, and technologies. Terrorism and our responses pose some of the most significant ethical challenges to states and people. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly aware of the ethical implications of new and emerging technologies…
- Edition
- 6
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030902216
- Collation
- XVI, 221p.; ill.
- Series Title
- Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
- Call Number
- 363.325 COU h
Animating Unpredictable Effects : Nonlinearity in Hollywood's RetD Complex
Uncanny computer-generated animations of splashing waves, billowing smoke clouds, and characters’ flowing hair have become a ubiquitous presence on screens of all types since the 1980s. This Open Access book charts the history of these digital moving images and the software tools that make them. Unpredictable Visual Effects uncovers an institutional and industrial history that saw media indus…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030742270
- Collation
- xi + 206 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 791.4334 GOW a
Arab Americans in the United States
Shaikha H. Al-Kuwari is an assistant professor of Anthropology at Qatar University. She earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Florida, USA, in 2018. Her research focuses in studying the relation between culture and health. She is interested in building cultural models of illnesses using the latest methodological advances in social science. Her goal is to create culturally based pr…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789819974177
- Collation
- XI, 107
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.8927
Migration and Religion
This open access book introduces research on migration and religion with the focus on migration to western European countries from the 1950s and onwards. The book is an in-depth presentation of the main research trends as to methods, theories and empirical zones on migration and religion. In a unique way, the book brings together research about the topic aligning it with the experiences and urg…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783031307669
- Collation
- XI, 122
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 201.72 NOR
Modern socio-technical perspectives on privacy
This open access book provides researchers and professionals with a foundational understanding of online privacy as well as insight into the socio-technical privacy issues that are most pertinent to modern information systems, covering several modern topics (e.g., privacy in social media, IoT) and underexplored areas (e.g., privacy accessibility, privacy for vulnerable populations, cross-cultur…
- Edition
- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030827861
- Collation
- vi, 462p. ill.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 005.8 KNI m
China 2002 : WTO entry and world recession
In 2002 China enters the WTO. Long awaited by the world’s trading economies, it now comes in a year of global recession. What effect will China’s entry into the WTO have at a difficult time? The rapid expansion of China’s trade has required large adjustment in its trading partners, and the expansion and adjustment will accelerate with WTO entry. The internal adjustment pressures in China …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781922144539
- Collation
- -
- Series Title
- China Update Series
- Call Number
- 382.920951.GAR
Prevention and Treatment of Atherosclerosis : Improving State-of-the-Art Mana…
This open access book is supported by the European Atherosclerosis Society Association (EAS). This follow-up edition of the well-received Handbook volume 'Atherosclerosis: Diet and Drugs' reflects the state-of-the-art and most recent developments in atherosclerosis research. Outstanding international experts give a comprehensive overview of the field covering topics, such as improving the trea…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030860769
- Collation
- iv, 538p. ill.
- Series Title
- Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology
- Call Number
- 616.136 ECK p
Japan's Future in East Asia and the Pacific
Japan’s Future in East Asia and the Pacific takes a ’big-picture‘ approach to Japan’s economic place in East Asia alongside that of China. It analyses Japan’s successes and experiments in trade policy as well as its failures in macro-economic policy. Japan’s diplomatic and economic integration strategies are also examined for their impact on East Asia and on Australia. The collectio…
- Edition
- 23
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781921313622
- Collation
- 293
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 337.52.PAN
Animating film theory
Animating Film Theory provides an enriched understanding of the relationship between two of the most unwieldy and unstable organizing concepts in cinema and media studies: animation and film theory. For the most part, animation has been excluded from the purview of film theory. The contributors to this collection consider the reasons for this marginalization while also bringing attention to key…
- Edition
- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9780822376811
- Collation
- x + 359 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 791.4334 BEC a
Uses of technology in lower secondary mathematics education : a concise topic…
Digital technology1 is omnipresent in society. Revolutionary technological developments change the character of professional environments, and therefore put new demands on workers (Hoyles, Noss, Kent, & Bakker, 2010). Consequently, there are new demands on educational systems in order to prepare students for future professions. Importantly, technology also offers opportunities for teaching a…
- Edition
- 14
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319336664
- Collation
- vii, 34 p
- Series Title
- ICME-13 Topical Surveys,
- Call Number
- 510.712 DRI u
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