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Leveraging Data Science for Global Health
This open access book explores ways to leverage information technology and machine learning to combat disease and promote health, especially in resource-constrained settings. It focuses on digital disease surveillance through the application of machine learning to non-traditional data sources. Developing countries are uniquely prone to large-scale emerging infectious disease outbreaks due to di…
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- 9783030479947
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- XII, 475 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice = Case Stud…
This open access book offers essential information on values-based practice (VBP): the clinical skills involved, teamwork and person-centered care, links between values and evidence, and the importance of partnerships in shared decision-making. Different cultures have different values; for example, partnership in decision-making looks very different, from the highly individualized perspective o…
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- 9783030478520
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- XVIII, 436 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Poetry, Performativity, and Ordinary Language Philosophy
How can Ordinary Language Philosophy (OLP) help us understand poetry? Against John L. Austin’s exclusion of poetic utterances as parasitical, Philip Mills explores how contemporary poetics broadens the aims and scope of OLP. Through the analysis of French and American poetry that reinterprets notions such as illocution, perlocution, and language-games, Mills develops a poetic philosophy of la…
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- 9783031786150
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- XIII, 215 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Handlungsbezogene Grammatikdidaktik = Grammatische Strukturen im Gebrauch ver…
Grammatikunterricht ist seit Jahrzehnten in der Kritik. Schulisch vermitteltes grammatisches Wissen ist aufgrund der Dominantsetzung des Formendrills wenig nachhaltig verfügbar und seine Sinnhaftigkeit wird bezweifelt. Ziel dieser handlungsbezogenen Grammatikdidaktik ist es, die vorhandenen Problemlöseansätze zusammenzuführen, dadurch dass Formen in ihrer kommunikativen Funktion im Rahmen v…
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- 9783503239092
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- 248 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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The Platformization of the Family = Towards a Research Agenda
This open access book outlines how the digital platforms that mediate so many aspects of commercial and personal life have begun to transform everyday family existence. It presents theory and research methods to enable students and scholars to investigate the changes that platformization has brought to the routines and interactions of family life including intergenerational communication, inter…
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- 9783031748813
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- XI, 113 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Recent Advances in Mathematics Textbook Research and Development = Proceeding…
This open-access book documents the issues and developments in mathematics textbook research as presented at the Fourth International Conference on Mathematics Textbook Research and Development (ICMT 4), held at Beijing Normal University (China) in November 2022. It showcases research and practical experiences from the mathematics textbook research field from over 20 countries and reflects the …
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- 9789819784264
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- XXVII, 470hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Evidence-based Positron Emission Tomography = Summary of Recent Meta-analyses…
This open access book summarizes the findings of recent evidence-based articles (meta-analyses) on the use of positron emission tomography (PET) for various clinical indications. It is divided into five main sections, starting with an introduction to PET and meta-analysis. In turn, the second part addresses evidence-based PET in oncology, providing a broad overview of its use for different type…
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- 9783030477011
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- VIII, 143 ill; lamp
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An Introduction to Cognitive Economics = The Science of Mistakes
This book introduces readers to “cognitive economics,” a rapidly emerging interdisciplinary science built on economic, psychological, and data scientific foundations. Throughout the book, economist Andrew Caplin provides new approaches to help scholars collaborate and solve problems that can shape economic outcomes and bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and the real world. Divide…
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- 9783031730429
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- XI, 158 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Methods for Analysing and Reporting EQ-5D Data
This open access book is the first published guide about how to analyse data produced by the EQ-5D, one of the most widely used Patient Reported Outcomes questionnaires world wide. The authors provide practical, clear and comprehensive guidance in five concise chapters. Following an overview of the EQ-5D and its analysis, we describe how the questionnaire data – the EQ-5D profile and EQ VAS …
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- 9783030476229
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- XV, 102 ill; lamp
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Numerical Simulation of Pulsed Plasma Thruster
This is an open access book. It is valuable in gaining an understanding of the working mechanism of pulsed plasma thrusters. It facilitates the evaluation of the thruster's working characteristics and propulsive performance, thereby providing a crucial theoretical foundation and reference for the design, development, and engineering application of pulsed plasma thrusters. Additionally, this boo…
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- 9789819779581
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- XIV, 301 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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