In the next section, I sketch a view in which the possession of phenomenal consciousness (henceforth: “consciousness”) is necessary for possession of (positive or negative degrees of) subjective well-being. It would seem that the possession of consciousness supplies caregivers reason to enhance the well-being of MCS patients. Unfortunately, as I discuss next, matters are complicated by a ce…
The Routledge Handbook of International Cybersecurity examines the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) from the perspective of international peace and security. Acknowledging that the very notion of peace and security has become more complex, the volume seeks to determine which questions of cybersecurity are indeed of relevance for international peace and se…
This reprint examines regulatory, pricing and reimbursement issues related to the market access and uptake of off-patent biologics, biosimilars, next-generation biologics and competing innovative medicines in European countries.
As previous research on the role of the radio in (post)colonial India has shown, radio broadcasting is deeply implicated in the narratives of empire and postcolonial nation-building. Radio thus becomes seemingly synonymous with the imperial project during colonialism and with the national project in the postcolonial period. In this chapter, we shift scholarly attention to public discourse and a…
Power quality is an important measure of fitness of electricity networks. With increasing renewable energy generations and usage of power electronics converters, it is important to investigate how these developments will have an impact to existing and future electricity networks. This book hence provides readers with an update of power quality issues in all sections of the network, namely, gene…
A nationwide survey conducted by an institute for philosophical research has determined that nihilists, on the whole, have good intentions. In An Unspecific Dog, Joshua Rothes collects 150 short texts as fables for our time, a veritable catalog of agnotology, a series of situations and propositions that revel in the dark irony at the root of our early-twenty-first-century existence. A man rea…
This book examines the principles and practice of authentic assessment. It seeks to answer the following questions. What is authentic assessment? How is authentic assessment different from 'performance assessment' or 'alternative assessment'? How can authentic assessment support learner-centred education, especially when a performance-oriented culture favours pen-and-paper examinations? The boo…
Buku ini membahas topik yang sangat krusial bagi bidang Teknik Pertanian, Teknik Sipil, dan Geografi, terutama terkait manajemen bencana hidrologi menggunakan teknologi geospasial mutakhir. Edisi Khusus ini menghimpun tujuh makalah penelitian mengenai asesmen dan pemantauan bencana hidrologi, seperti kekeringan dan banjir, dengan memanfaatkan teknik penginderaan jauh (remote sensing) dan Sistem…
Buku ini merupakan ringkasan yang sangat komprehensif mengenai kontribusi nanoteknologi dalam dunia medis, "Sebagai bentuk apresiasi terhadap kemajuan terkini nanomaterial dan nanoteknologi dalam pencitraan biomedis serta terapi kanker, buku berjudul 'Application of Nanomaterials in Biomedical Imaging and Cancer Therapy' menghimpun berbagai studi penting di bidang tersebut. Buku ini mencakup ka…
Signifikansi Sistem Informasi Geografis (GIS) dalam lanskap akademik dan profesional saat ini tidak dapat dipandang sebelah mata. Kini, GIS telah menjadi instrumen krusial yang digunakan secara luas oleh perencana kota, insinyur sipil, ahli geografi, ekonom spasial, sosiolog, ilmuwan lingkungan, hingga praktisi hukum dan ilmuwan politik. Oleh karena itu, penguasaan terhadap teori dan aplikasi G…