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Open access in theory and practice: the theory-practice relationship and open…
"Open Access in Theory and Practice investigates the theory-practice relationship in the domain of open access publication and dissemination of research outputs. Drawing on detailed analysis of the literature and current practice in OA, as well as data collected in detailed interviews with practitioners, policymakers, and researchers, the book discusses what constitutes “theory”, and how th…
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- 9780429276842
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- xii, 244p.: ill.
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- 286.063 PIN o
Origins of human language: continuities and discontinuities with nonhuman pri…
This book proposes a detailed picture of the continuities and ruptures between communication in primates and language in humans. It explores a diversity of perspectives on the origins of language, including a fine description of vocal communication in animals, mainly in monkeys and apes, but also in birds, the study of vocal tract anatomy and cortical control of the vocal productions in monkeys…
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- 9783631737262 (hardcover)
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- 365 pages ; 22 cm.
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- Speech production and perception ; vol. 4
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- 401 ORI o
Archaelogist in print: publishing for the people
Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing. It examines how British archaeologists produced books and popular periodical articles for a non-scholarly audience, and explores the rise in archaeologists’ public visibility. Notably, it analyses…
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- 9781787352575
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- xii, 295p.: ill.
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- 930.109 THO a
Our master's voice: advertising
“I was an ad-man once,” James Rorty writes in this classic dissection of the advertising industry. Steeped in Rorty’s leftist politics, Our Master’s Voice presents advertising as the linchpin of a capitalist economy that it also helps justify. The book set off tremors when it was published in 1934, perhaps because its author so decisively repudiated his former profession. But Rorty and …
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- 9781951399016
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- xxxi, 287p.: ill.
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- 659.1 ROR o
Analysis and design of multiple element antennas for urban communication
This work focuses on the analysis and design of multiple element antennas (MEA) and their interaction with the propagation channel. In particular, attention is given to urban channels and how its information throughput, i.e. capacity, can be improved. With this in mind, this work extends an existing network model of the communication system in order to reduce computation time, investigates the …
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- 9783866445130
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- xi, 163p: ill.
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- 621.3824 PON a
Globalization and “minority” Cultures : the role of “minor” cultural …
Globalization and “Minority” Cultures: The Role of “Minor” Cultural Groups in Shaping Our Global Future is a collective work which brings to the forefront of global studies new perspectives on the relationship between globalization and the experiences of cultural minorities worldwide. These perspectives are crucial to the process of questioning contemporary global values and practices, …
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- 9789004282087
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- 354 p.; 22 cm.
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- 305 GLO g
Open access and the library
Libraries are places of learning and knowledge creation. Over the last two decades, digital technology—and the changes that came with it—have accelerated this transformation to a point where evolution starts to become a revolution.The wider Open Science movement, and Open Access in particular, is one of these changes and is already having a profound impact. Under the subscription model, the…
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- 9783038977414
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- 025 OPE o
Material culture in modern diplomacy from the 15th to the 20th century
The present volume aims at outlining a new field of research with regard to the history of diplomacy: the material culture of diplomatic interaction in early modern and modern times. The material culture of diplomacy includes all practices in foreign policy communication in which single artifacts, samples of artifacts, or else the whole material setting of diplomatic interaction is supposed to …
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- 9783110463217
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- VI, 176 p.
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- Jahrbuch für Europäische Geschichte / European History Yearbook
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- 327.20903 MAT m
Error-correction coding and decoding : bounds, codes, decoders, analysis and …
This book discusses both the theory and practical applications of self-correcting data, commonly known as error-correcting codes. The applications included demonstrate the importance of these codes in a wide range of everyday technologies, from smartphones to secure communications and transactions. Written in a readily understandable style, the book presents the authors’ twenty-five years of …
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- 9783319511030
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- xx, 522p. : ill.
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- 005.717 ERR e
Model-driven development and operation of multi-cloud applications : the MODA…
This book summarizes work being undertaken within the collaborative MODAClouds research project, which aims to facilitate interoperability between heterogeneous Cloud platforms and remove the constraints of deployment, portability, and reversibility for end users of Cloud services. Experts involved in the project provide a clear overview of the MODAClouds approach and explain how it operates in…
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- 9783319460314
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- viii. 149p. : ill.
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- 004.6782 MOD m
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