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Beginning Java Game Development with LibGDX
Design and create video games using Java, with the LibGDX software library. By reading Beginning Java Game Development with LibGDX, you will learn how to design video game programs and how to build them in Java. You will be able to create your own 2D games, using various hardware for input (keyboard/mouse, gamepad controllers, or touchscreen), and create executable versions of your games. The L…
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- 978-1-4842-1500-5
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- XVII, 276
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- 004.678
Hong Kong: Global China's Restive Frontier
How did Hong Kong transform itself from a 'shoppers' and capitalists' paradise' into a 'city of protests' at the frontline of a global anti-China backlash? CK Lee situates the post-1997 China–Hong Kong contestation in the broader context of 'global China.
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- 9781108914895
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- 325.3 LEE h
Learning in Virtual Worlds Research and Applications
In this authoritative collection, a team of international experts outline the emerging trends and developments in the use of 3D virtual worlds for teaching and learning. They explore aspects of learner interaction with virtual worlds, such as user wayfinding in Second Life, communication modes and perceived presence, and accessibility issues for elderly or disabled learners. They also examine a…
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- 9781771991339.01
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- 347
Translational Research in Audiology, Neurotology, and the Hearing Sciences
Translational Research is the interface between basic science and human clinical application, including the entire process from animal studies to human clinical trials (phases I, II, and III). Translational Research moves promising basic science results from the laboratory to bedside application. Yet, this transition is often the least-defined, least-understood part of the research process. Mos…
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- 978-3-319-40846-0
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- XVIII, 265
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- Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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Jost Bürgi's Aritmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen (1620): Edition …
This monograph presents a groundbreaking scholarly treatment of the German mathematician Jost Bürgi’s original work on logarithms, Arithmetische und Geometrische Progreß Tabulen. It provides the first-ever English translation of Bürgi’s text and illuminates his role in the development of the conception of logarithms, for which John Napier is traditionally given priority. High-resolutio…
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- 978-1-4939-3161-3
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Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond
This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and transformation. The opening chapter outlines the background of the research, its importance in the context of C…
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- 978-3-319-11318-0
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- XIV, 192
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Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy
The 2012 Critical Transformative Educational Leadership and Policy Annual Conference hosted by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth met head-on with issues of neoliberalism, educational democracy, cultural politics, public education, and seeing teachers and administrators as critical transformational leaders. This book is a collection of the highlights of that conference that addresses the…
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- 978-94-6209-914-2
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- XXXVIII, 234
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Do-Gooders at the End of Aid: Scandinavian Humanitarianism in the Twenty-Firs…
Scandinavian countries are routinely considered exceptional for their commitment to development cooperation, peace mediation, and humanitarian action. This book highlights how the political culture of Scandinavia is indeed characterized by the idea of doing good on the world stage, but then shows how this “Scandinavian Humanitarian Brand” is an asset that policymakers and others can capital…
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- 9781108772129
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- 341.3 PUY d
Educational Development in Western China Towards Quality and Equity
In 2000, the “Western Development” plan of the Chinese Mainland attracted attention of educators and policy makers. Around that period, the Chinese government also launched large scale and systemic curriculum reforms in basic education and secondary education in achieving quality education across the vast country. Despite significant progress that has been made in educational investments an…
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- 9789463002325
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- Approx. 350 p. online resource.
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Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience
Behavioral neuroscience encompasses the disciplines of neurobiology and psychology to study mechanisms of behavior. This volume provides a contemporary overview of the current state of how ethics informs behavioral neuroscience research. There is dual emphasis on ethical challenges in experimental animal approaches and in clinical and nonclinical research involving human participants.
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- 978-3-662-44866-3
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- 4 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
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