The essays in this open access volume identify the key ingredients for success in capitalizing on public investments in scientific projects and the development of large-scale research infrastructures. Investment in science – whether in education and training or through public funding for developing new research tools and technologies – is a crucial priority. Authors from big research lab…
Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this book uncovers the historical trajectory of U.S. independent hip-hop in the post-golden era, seeking to understand its complex relationship to mainstream hip-hop culture and U.S. culture more generally. Christopher Vito analyzes the lyrics of indie hip-hop albums from 2000-2013 to uncover the dominant ideologies of independent artists regarding race, cla…
Buku akses terbuka ini merupakan prosiding pascakonferensi yang telah melalui proses penelaahan menyeluruh dari Lokakarya Internasional ke-6 tentang Struktur Graf untuk Representasi dan Penalaran Pengetahuan, GKR 2020, yang diselenggarakan secara virtual pada bulan September 2020, yang terkait dengan ECAI 2020, Konferensi Eropa ke-24 tentang Kecerdasan Buatan. Tujuh makalah lengkap yang direvis…
This Open Access book provides a detailed account of firms’ research and development (R&D) management practices, and whether and how R&D management practices are associated with the success and the nature (explorative or exploitive) of innovation, using a unique survey of firms in Japan. While there is wide agreement that innovation is a key determinant for growth of firms, there are few stud…
This open access book presents and analyzes the results of more than 30 years of long-term ecological research in riparian forest ecosystems with the aim of casting light on changes in the dynamics of riparian forests over time. The research, focusing on the Ooyamazawa riparian forest, one of the remaining old-growth forests in Japan, has yielded a number of interesting outcomes. First, it show…
This open access book provides insight into the implementation of Life Cycle approaches along the entire business value chain, supporting environmental, social and economic sustainability related to the development of industrial technologies, products, services and policies; and the development and management of smart agricultural systems, smart mobility systems, urban infrastructures and energ…
This open access book is a must-read for students of and beginners in soil science. In a well-organized and easy-to-follow manner, it provides basic outlines of soil minerals, new methods and recent developments in the field, with a special focus on visual aids. The chapters on primary minerals, secondary minerals, non-crystalline inorganic constituents and inorganic constituents sensitive t…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, GKR 2015, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 2015, associated with IJCAI 2015, the 24th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. The 9 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected…
Jaringan tensor adalah alat matematika fundamental dengan jangkauan aplikasi yang luas dalam fisika, seperti fisika materi terkondensasi, fisika statistik, fisika energi tinggi, dan ilmu informasi kuantum. Buku akses terbuka ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan pendekatan kontraksi jaringan tensor secara sistematis, mulai dari definisi dasar hingga aplikasi penting. Buku ini juga berguna bagi mereka…