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Rainfall Infiltration in Unsaturated Soil Slope Failure
This is an open access book. The aim of this book is to provide a thorough grounding in rainfall-induced landslides from three aspects: the coupling effect of hydraulic and mechanic; the analytical, numerical, and physical simulation methods, and the controlling factors underlying the problem of rainfall-induced landslides. The improved numerical methods, nonlinear, and linear iterative methods…
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- -
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- 978-981-19-9736-5
- Collation
- XIV, 130
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
- Call Number
- 620 WUL r
Deployment and Operation of Complex Software in Heterogeneous Execution Envir…
This open access book provides an overview of the work developed within the SODALITE project, which aims at facilitating the deployment and operation of distributed software on top of heterogeneous infrastructures, including cloud, HPC and edge resources. The experts participating in the project describe how SODALITE works and how it can be exploited by end users. While multiple languages and t…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-04961-3
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- VII, 148
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
- Call Number
- 001 DEP
Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals : E…
This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights provided are presented with reference to the relevant sustainable development goals (SDGs), hoping that scientists, technicians and decision makers will find them as a valid suppo…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-99593-5
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- IX, 108
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
- Call Number
- 333 CIV
The Data Shake: Opportunities and Obstacles for Urban Policy Making
This open access book represents one of the key milestones of PoliVisu, an H2020 research and innovation project funded by the European Commission under the call “Policy-development in the age of big data: data-driven policy-making, policy-modelling and policy-implementation”. It investigates the operative and organizational implications related to the use of the growing amount of availa…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-63693-7
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- XIII, 125
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
- Call Number
- 001 DAT
Differential Undercounts in the U.S. Census : Who is Missed?
This open access book describes the differences in US census coverage, also referred to as “differential undercount”, by showing which groups have the highest net undercounts and which groups have the greatest undercount differentials, and discusses why such undercounts occur. In addition to focusing on measuring census coverage for several demographic characteristics, including age, gender…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-030-10973-8
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- XI, 167
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- SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
- Call Number
- 334 OHA d
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Forschung: Neue Möglichkeiten und Herausforde…
Dieses Buch ist eine Open Access Publikation. Der lange gehegte Traum von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) wird in unserer Alltagswelt zunehmend Realität. Damit verbinden sich hohe gesellschaftliche Erwartungen, aber auch Sorgen hinsichtlich einer schleichenden Entmündigung des Menschen. Am Beispiel des Forschungssektors lotet dieser Band die Optionen, Entwicklungschancen und Risiken von KI-Tec…
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- 1st Edition
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783662634493
- Collation
- XXIV, 179
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- -
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International Regulation of Gene Editing Technologies in Crops : Current Stat…
This open access book analyzes the regulation and governance of gene editing in the global agrifood system as applications of gene editing, regulations and the intellectual property landscape continue to evolve. The primary focus of the manuscript is the dynamic interactions between regulatory frameworks and agricultural applications of gene editing in plant breeding. The goal is to give reader…
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- 978-3-031-63917-3
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- XX, 118
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- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science (BRIEFSENVIRONMENTAL)
- Call Number
- 624 CLA i
Quantitative Models in Life Science Business : From Value Creation to Busines…
This open access book explores the field of life science business from a multidisciplinary perspective. Applying statistical, mathematical, game-theoretic, and data science tools to pharmaceutical and biotechnology business endeavors, the book describes value creation, value maintenance, and value realization in the life sciences as a sequence of processes using the quantitative language of app…
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- 978-3-031-11814-2
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- IX, 127
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Economics (BRIEFSECONOMICS)
- Call Number
- 362 QUA
Challenges in Research Policy : Evidence-Based Policy Briefs with Recommendat…
This open access volume addresses major challenges in research policy and provides advice on how to approach them. With chapters designed as accessible policy briefs, the book serves as an essential resource for new actors in research policy. It offers evidence-based recommendations on approaching research governance, funding, and evaluation challenges by covering these topics: Identifying a…
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-69580-3
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- VIII, 113
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
- Call Number
- 350 CHA
National Constitutions in European and Global Governance: Democracy, Rights, …
This two-volume book, published open access, brings together leading scholars of constitutional law from twenty-nine European countries to revisit the role of national constitutions at a time when decision-making has increasingly shifted to the European and transnational level. It offers important insights into three areas. First, it explores how constitutions reflect the transfer of powers fro…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789462652736
- Collation
- XXIV, 1522 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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- -
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