Perempuan lebih sering menderita depresi dan kecemasan—lebih sering—dibandingkan laki-laki dan hal ini disebabkan oleh alam dan pengasuhan, bergantung pada ideologi penulisnya. Faktanya adalah perempuan lebih banyak menggunakan layanan kesehatan mental dibandingkan laki-laki dan depresi merupakan penyakit yang paling sering diderita perempuan. Di dunia yang terglobalisasi, di mana informasi…
Misi Asosiasi Internasional untuk Evaluasi Prestasi Pendidikan (IEA) adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan tentang sistem pendidikan di seluruh dunia dan menyediakan data berkualitas tinggi yang akan mendukung reformasi pendidikan dan menghasilkan pengajaran dan pembelajaran yang lebih baik di sekolah. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini, lembaga ini melakukan dan melaporkan studi-studi besar mengenai pe…
Volume ini berisi prosiding Lokakarya Provenance dan Anotasi Internasional (IPAW) ke-5, yang diadakan pada tanggal 10-11 Juni 2014 di German Aerospace Center (DLR) di Cologne, Jerman. Untuk pertama kalinya, IPAW berkolaborasi dengan Workshop Teori dan Praktek Asal (TaPP). Bersama-sama, dua lokakarya asal usul terkemuka mengadakan ProvenanceWeek 2014, seminggu penuh kegiatan terkait asal usul ya…
"A Bradford book."Kosslyn (psychology, Harvard U.) presents a 20-year research program on the nature of high-level vision and mental imagery -- offering his research as a definitive resolution of the long-standing "imagery debate," which centers on the nature of the internal representation of visual mental imagery. He combines insights and empirical results from computer vision, neurobiology, a…
Stanley Fischer served as First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund from 1994 to 2001. IMF Essays from a Time of Crisis collects sixteen essays written for the most part during his time at the IMF, each updated with Fischer's later reflections on the issues raised. The IMF drew much criticism for some of its actions during Fischer's tenure, and he vigorously defends the …
"A Bradford book."Papers presented at a meeting held in Edinburgh, Scotland, Apr. 7-9, 1999.The effort to explain the imitative abilities of humans and other animals draws on fields as diverse as animal behavior, artificial intelligence, computer science, comparative psychology, neuroscience, primatology, and linguistics. This volume represents a first step toward integrating research from thos…
The Banff Centre for the Arts has become synonymous for what's hot in the electronic arts, a place where professional artists come to produce new work and develop new skills. This book brings together critical essays along with artists' projects to explore the many issues raised by the creation of virtual environments and to provide a glimpse into worlds that have been much discussed but rarely…
"The first rigorous and systematic theory of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) electronic culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Rutherford and Kuhlmeier present current research in the interdisciplinary field of social perception, including the perception of biological motion, the perception of animacy, attributions of intentionality, and the development of these psychological processes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Herbert Simon's classic and influential The Sciences of the Artificial declares definitively that there can be a science not only of natural phenomena but also of what is artificial. Exploring the commonalities of artificial systems, including economic systems, the business firm, artificial intelligence, complex engineering projects, and social plans, Simon argues that designed systems are a va…