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Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Using Mobile Technologies
This book shows how tablets (and smartphones) using a variety of selected ‘apps’, can enhance fieldwork and other out-of-classroom activities. The authors review imaginative uses of tablets from their own project and as well as examples from other colleagues. To help readers keep abreast of new technology and innovative ways to use it, the book is supported by a web site and a social media …
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- 978-3-319-20967-8
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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Enhanced Surface Imaging of Crustal Deformation Obtaining Tectonic Force Fie…
This book takes an in depth look at a novel methodology for analyzing Global Positioning System (GPS) data to obtain the highest possible resolution surface imaging of tectonic deformation sources without prescribing the nature of either the sources or the subsurface medium. GPS methods are widely used to track the surface expression of crustal deformation at tectonic plate boundaries, and are …
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- 978-3-319-21578-5
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- 13 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
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Thyroid Eye Disease
This book offers ophthalmologists and medical practitioners a concise, data-driven review of the information that is most relevant in guiding the diagnosis and management of thyroid-associated eye diseases (TED). Thyroid-Associated Eye Disease can be read in its entirety to give a perspective of the field, but also considered as a reference as clinical questions arise. The goal is to deliver …
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- 978-1-4939-1746-4
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- 20 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
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Thyroid Diseases in Childhood
This book covers the entire spectrum of thyroid diseases in childhood, focusing on the recent advances that have been achieved, from progress in basic science research through to novel or improved approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Introductory chapters discuss thyroid embryogenesis and the role of thyroid hormones in fetal development. The two contrasting forms of thyroid dysfunction, hypo…
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- 978-3-319-19213-0
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- 5 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
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English as a Global Language in China Deconstructing the Ideological Discour…
This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China’s broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readers on the connections between language education and political ideologies in the context of globalizing China. The discussion of the implications concerning language education is of…
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- 978-3-319-10392-1
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Engineering the Web in the Big Data Era 15th International Conference, ICWE …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Web Engineering, ICWE 2015, held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in June 2015. The 26 full research papers, 11 short papers, 7 industry papers, 11 demonstrations, 6 posters and 4 contributions to the PhD symposium presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 100 submissions. Moreover 2 tutorials are …
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- 978-3-319-19890-3
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- 225 b/w illustrations
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Engineering and Enterprise Inspiring Innovation
This book presents contributions from researchers, practitioners and professional institutions that published papers in the Proceedings of the Educating Enterprising Engineers and Scientists conference, held in London, UK on 17th June 2015. The topics considered range from educating engineers to giving a business edge and embedding entrepreneurship to achieve integrated education and curriculum…
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- 978-3-319-27825-4
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- 3 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour
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Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization Dedicated to the Memory of Pro…
The chapters which appear in this volume are selected studies presented at the First International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences Optimization (OPT-i), Kos, Greece, 4-6 June 2014 and works written by friends, former colleagues and students of the late Professor M. G. Karlaftis; all in the area of optimization that he loved and published so much in himself. The subject areas repr…
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- 978-3-319-18320-6
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- 215 b/w illustrations
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Engineering Secure Software and Systems 7th International Symposium, ESSoS 2…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Engineering Secure Software and Systems, ESSoS 2015, held in Milan, Italy, in March 2015. The 11 full papers presented together with 5 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The symposium features the following topics: formal methods; cloud passwords; machine learning; measuremen…
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- 978-3-319-15618-7
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- 63 b/w illustrations
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Stochastic Population and Epidemic Models
This monograph provides a summary of the basic theory of branching processes for single-type and multi-type processes. Classic examples of population and epidemic models illustrate the probability of population or epidemic extinction obtained from the theory of branching processes. The first chapter develops the branching process theory, while in the second chapter two applications to populatio…
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