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Probabilistic semantic web : reasoning and learning
The management of uncertainty in the Semantic Web is of foremost importance given the nature and origin of the available data. This book presents a probabilistic semantics for knowledge bases, DISPONTE, which is inspired by the distribution semantics of Probabilistic Logic Programming. The book also describes approaches for inference and learning. In particular, it discusses 3 reasoners and 2 l…
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- 9781614997344
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- vii, 161 p.; 22 cm.
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- 025.0427 ZES p
Radiological issues for Fukushima's revitalized future
This book overviews environmental issues 4 years after the Fukushima nuclear accident, covering a wide range of areas related to radiation and radioactivity. The topics discussed are necessary to make clear the relationship between the results of research and Fukushima’s revitalized future. The chapters are divided into four parts: Part 1 presents the identification of radionuclides in soil a…
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- 9784431558484
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- xiii, 232p. : ill.
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- 363.738 RAD r
Why we play
Whether it’s childhood make-believe, the theater, sports, or even market speculation, play is one of humanity’s seemingly purest activities: a form of entertainment and leisure and a chance to explore the world and its possibilities in an imagined environment or construct. But as Roberte Hamayon shows in this book, play has implications that go even further than that. Exploring play’s man…
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- 9780986132568
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- xxi, 370p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 790
The aesthetics of global protest : visual culture and communication
Protestors across the world use aesthetics in order to communicate their ideas and ensure their voices are heard. This book looks at protest aesthetics, which we consider to be the visual and performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti, art, as well as the choreography of protest actions in public spaces. Through the use of social media, protestors have been able to crea…
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- 9789048544509
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- 297 p.
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- Protest and Social Movements
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- 303.484 AES a
How change happens
Human society is full of would-be ‘change agents’, a restless mix of campaigners, lobbyists, and officials, both individuals and organizations, set on transforming the world. They want to improve public services, reform laws and regulations, guarantee human rights, get a fairer deal for those on the sharp end, achieve greater recognition for any number of issues, or simply be treated with r…
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- First edition.
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- 9780198785392
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- xviii, 268 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- -
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- 301 GRE h
Beyond safety training: embedding safety in professional skills
This book investigates why, despite more and more resources devoted to safety training, expectations are not entirely met, particularly in the industrial sectors that have already achieved a high safety level. It not only reflects the most precious viewpoints of experts from different disciplines, different countries, with experiences in various industrial fields at the cutting edge of theories…
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- 9783319655260
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- pages cm
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- 658 SAF s
Advances in production technology
This edited volume contains the selected papers presented at the scientific board meeting of the German Cluster of Excellence on “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries”, held in November 2014. The topical structure of the book is clustered in six sessions: Integrative Production Technology, Individualised Production, Virtual Production Systems, Integrated Technologies, S…
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- 9783319123042
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- 658 BRE a
Leading Change in a Complex World: transdisciplinary perspectives
Leading Change in a Complex World : Transdisciplinary Perspectives is a transdisciplinary book offering tools for leaders, analysts and students of leadership to navigate in complex and interconnected settings. It proposes an analytical framework based on complexity, relational leadership, and dynamic change. Individual chapters examine these ideas in relation to topical societal, organisationa…
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- 9789520308452
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- 658 LEA l
Dividing texts : conventions of visual text-organization in Nepalese and Nort…
The number of manuscripts produced in the Indian sub-continent is astounding and is the result of a massive enterprise that was carried out over a vast geographical area and over a vast stretch of time. Focusing mainly on areas of Northern India and Nepal between 800 to 1300 CE and on manuscripts containing Sanskrit texts, the present study investigates a fundamental and so far rarely studied a…
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- 9783110543087
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- XII, 376 p.
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- Studies in Manuscript Cultures, 10
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- 091.0954960902 BHA d
Big data in organizations and the role of human resource manajment: a complex…
Big data are changing the way we work. This book conveys a theoretical understanding of big data and the related interactions on a socio-technological level as well as on the organizational level. Big data challenge the human resource department to take a new role. An organization’s new competitive advantage is its employees augmented by big data.
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- 9783631719039
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- xvii, 237p.: ill.
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- 658.4
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