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Advances in semantic authoring and publishing
Dissemination can be seen as a communication process between sci-entists. Over the course of several publications, they expose andsupport their findings, while discussing claims stated in these publi-cations. Unfortunately, such discourse structures are trapped withinthe content of the publications, thus making the semantics discover-able only by humans, and only by reading the publications. I…
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- 9781614993476
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- xi, 237 p.; 22 cm.
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- Studies on the Semantic Web, Vol. 13
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- 025.0427 GRO a
The restless compendium : interdisciplinary investigations of rest and Its op…
This interdisciplinary book contains 22 essays and interventions on rest and restlessness, silence and noise, relaxation and work. It draws together approaches from artists, literary scholars, psychologists, activists, historians, geographers and sociologists who challenge assumptions about how rest operates across mind, bodies, and practices. Rest’s presence or absence affects everyone. Neve…
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- 9783319452647
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- xvii, 205p. : ill.
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- 306.48 RES r
Bats in the anthropocene : conservation of bats in a changing world
This book focuses on central themes related to the conservation of bats. It details their response to land-use change and management practices, intensified urbanization and roost disturbance and loss. Increasing interactions between humans and bats as a result of hunting, disease relationships, occupation of human dwellings, and conflict over fruit crops are explored in depth. Finally, contribu…
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- 9783319252209
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- ix, 606p. : ill.
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- 639.9794 BAT b
IUTAM : a short history
This book presents extensive information related to the history of IUTAM. The initial chapters focus on IUTAM’s history and selected organizational aspects. Subsequent chapters provide extensive data and statistics, while the closing section showcases photos from all periods of the Union’s history. The history of IUTAM, the International Union on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, began …
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- 9783319310633
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- xvi, 242p. : ill.
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- 620.100601 INT i
Policy-oriented technology assessment across Europe : expanding capacities
Policy-making to address grand challenges faces greater complexity than any previous project of modernization. Future scenarios are haunted by uncertainty and there is real ambivalence as to the values that policy should strive for. In this situation decision-makers look to research and innovation to provide answers and solutions. But neither can the great transitions ahead be planned by scienc…
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- 9781137561725
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- xvi, 171p. : ill.
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- 338.9406 POL p
Non-equilibrium social science and policy : introduction and essays on new an…
The overall aim of this book, an outcome of the European FP7 FET Open NESS project, is to contribute to the ongoing effort to put the quantitative social sciences on a proper footing for the 21st century. A key focus is economics, and its implications on policy making, where the still dominant traditional approach increasingly struggles to capture the economic realities we observe in the world …
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- 9783319424248
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- viii. 232p. : ill.
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- 330.01 NON n
Free will, causality, and neuroscience
Neuroscientists often consider free will to be an illusion. Contrary to this hypothesis, the contributions to this volume show that recent developments in neuroscience can also support the existence of free will. Firstly, the possibility of intentional consciousness is studied. Secondly, Libet’s experiments are discussed from this new perspective. Thirdly, the relationship between free will, …
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- 9789004409965
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- viii, 184p. : ill.
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- 123.5 FRE f
The future of the law of the sea : bridging gaps between national, individual…
It explores the diverse phenomena which are challenging the international law of the sea today, using the unique perspective of a simultaneous analysis of the national, individual and common interests at stake. This perspective, which all the contributors bear in mind when treating their own topic, also constitutes a useful element in the effort to bring today’s legal complexity and fragmenta…
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- 9783319512747
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- xx, 269p. : ill.
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- 341.4 FUT f
The Impact of digital technologies on public health in developed and developi…
This open access book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on String Processing and Information Retrieval, ICOST 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunisia, in June 2020.* The 17 full papers and 23 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 49 submissions. They cover topics such as: IoT and AI solutions for e-health; biomedical and …
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- 9783030515171
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- 442 p.; 22 cm.
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- 384.648 IMP i
Dutch National Research Agenda in perspective: a reflection on research and s…
edited by Beatrice de Graaf, Alexander Rinnooy Kan and Henk Molenaar.
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- 9789048532827
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- 240p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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- 507.20492 DUT d
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