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Mapping Urban Practices Through Mobile Phone Data
This book explains the potential value of using mobile phone data to monitor urban practices and identify rhythms of use in today’s cities. Drawing upon research conducted in the Italian region of Lombardy, the authors demonstrate how maps based on mobile phone data, which are better tailored to the dynamic processes at work in cities, can document urban practices, provide new insights into s…
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- 978-3-319-14833-5
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Framing French Culture
Throughout this book, the concept of framing is used to look at art, photography, scientific drawings and cinema as visually constituted, spatially bounded productions. The way these genres relate to that which exists beyond the frame, by means of plastic, chemically transposed, pencil-sketched or moving images allows us to decipher the particular language of the visual and at the same time cir…
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- 9781922064875
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- 306 FRA
Marathon Running: Physiology, Psychology, Nutrition and Training Aspects
The book contains recent research about physiology, psychology, nutrition and training aspects of Marathon Running of different age, gender and performance level. The basic knowledge of marathon running with explanations of the physiological and psychological mechanisms induced by marathon training with the associated adaptations and subsequent improved physiological capacities are presented in…
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- 978-3-319-29728-6
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Theta Functions on Riemann Surfaces
Theta Functions on Riemann Surfaces
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- 978-3-540-37815-0
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- Lecture Notes in Mathematics
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- VI, 138
Marker-Assisted Plant Breeding: Principles and Practices
Marker-assisted plant breeding involves the application of molecular marker techniques and statistical and bioinformatics tools to achieve plant breeding objectives in a cost-effective and time-efficient manner. This book is intended for beginners in the field who have little or no prior exposure to molecular markers and their applications, but who do have a basic knowledge of genetics and plan…
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- 978-81-322-2316-0
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Texts, Transmissions, Receptions : Modern Approaches to Narratives
The papers collected in this volume study the function and meaning of various kinds of narrative texts from the perspective of New Philology, Linguistics, Iconography and Reception studies. Their purpose is to understand the workings of narrative texts.
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- 978-90-04-27084-8
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- Radboud Studies in Humanities, Volume : 1
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- 107 TEX
Market-Based Fisheries Management: Private fish and captains of finance
This book reveals how a privatization of fish resources has paved the way for a wide-reaching concentration and change in ownership. It is a thought-provoking contribution to the debate on the future of European fisheries and the possible solutions to overfishing in Europe. Readers will discover a timely, critical insight into the social, cultural and economic aspects and consequences of market…
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- 978-3-319-16432-8
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Brain-Computer Interface Research : A State-of-the-Art Summary 4
This book describes ten of the most promising brain-computer-interface (BCI) projects to have emerged in recent years. BCI research is developing quickly, with many new ideas, research groups, and improved technologies. BCIs enable people to communicate just by thinking – without any movement at all. Several different groups have helped severely disabled users communicate with BCIs, and BCI t…
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- 978-3-319-25190-5
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- 611.8
Market-Consistent Actuarial Valuation
This is the third edition of this well-received textbook, presenting powerful methods for measuring insurance liabilities and assets in a consistent way, with detailed mathematical frameworks that lead to market-consistent values for liabilities. Topics covered are stochastic discounting with deflators, valuation portfolio in life and non-life insurance, probability distortions, asset and liab…
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- 978-3-319-46636-1
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Managing Operational Risk: Practical Strategies to Identify and Mitigate Oper…
Operational risk is the risk of loss from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, and systems or from external events. This book explores the different types of operational risk that threaten financial institutions, and focuses on practical due-diligence methodologies that can be used to identify these risks before it is too late.
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