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Cultural heritage and value creation : towards new pathways
Informed by systems thinking, this book explores new perspectives in which culture and management are harmoniously integrated and cultural heritage is interpreted both as an essential part of the social and economic context and as an expression of community identity. The combination of a multidisciplinary approach, methodological rigor and reference to robust empirical findings in the fertile f…
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- 1
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- 9783319085272
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- XI, 188
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- -
- Call Number
- 363.69
Cultivating Knowledge Promoting Research to Enrich Everyday Practice
Over the last decade or two, there has been increasing consensus that academic research, if used judiciously to guide practice, improves both educational policy and pedagogy ultimately leading to better outcomes for students. Yet, despite this potential, there remains a deep ravine between the body of knowledge built through research especially at the intersection between specific interventions…
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- 1
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- 9789463006033
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- XII, 456
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- -
- Call Number
- 370
Countering 21st Century Social-Environmental Threats to Growing Global Popula…
This book brings together in a single volume a grand overview of solutions - political, economic, and scientific - to social and environmental problems that are related to the growth of human populations in areas that can least cope with them now. Through progressive adaptation to social and environmental changes projected for the future, including population growth, global warming/climate chan…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781322138077
- Collation
- XV, 164
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
- Call Number
- 330
Cost-of-Capital in Managerial Finance An Examination of Practices in the Germ…
This book examines cost-of-capital models and their application in the context of managerial finance. This includes the use of hurdle rates in capital allocation decisions, as well as target returns in performance management. Besides a review of classical finance models such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), other contemporary models and techniques to determine the cost-of-capital of b…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319151359
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- XII, 245
- Series Title
- Contributions to Management Science
- Call Number
- 330
Informing Energy and Climate Policies Using Energy Systems Models Insights f…
This book highlights how energy-system models are used to underpin and support energy and climate mitigation policy decisions at national, multi-country and global levels. It brings together, for the first time in one volume, a range of methodological approaches and case studies of good modeling practice on a national and international scale from the IEA-ETSAP energy technology initiative. It p…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-16539-4
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- XIV, 426
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- -
- Call Number
- 330 INF
Informing Clinical Practice in Nephrology The Role of RCTs
Historically, clinical decisions in renal medicine have been challenged by the scarce availability of robust supportive evidence. Not only are the number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Nephrology the third lowest amongst the medical specialties but in many instances the trials themselves are of poor quality. In addition, practice has been further influenced by extrapolation from the …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-10291-7
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- XII, 243
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- -
- Call Number
- 611 INF
Informed Consent in Predictive Genetic Testing A Revised Model
This important book proposes revising the current informed consent protocol for predictive genetic testing to reflect the trend toward patient-centered medicine. Emphasizing the predictive aspect of testing, the author analyzes the state of informed consent procedure in terms of three components: comprehension of risk assessment, disclosure to select appropriate treatment, and voluntariness. Th…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-17415-0
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- VII, 232
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- -
- Call Number
- 618 INF
Cost-Benefit Studies of Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia
This book applies cost-benefit analysis techniques in the management of environment and natural resources in developing countries of the Southeast Asian region and presents a compendium of studies conducted by researchers supported by the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). It emphasizes the close relationship between the environment and natural resources and economic d…
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- 1
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- 9789812873934
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- XVII, 396
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 330
Cost Effectiveness Modelling for Health Technology Assessment A Practical Course
This book provides an introduction to decision analytic cost-effectiveness modelling, giving the theoretical and practical knowledge required to design and implement analyses that meet the methodological standards of health technology assessment organisations. The book guides you through building a decision tree and Markov model and, importantly, shows how the results of cost-effectiveness anal…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783319157443
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- XIII, 208
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 330
Introduction to Swiss Law
What are the origins of direct democracy in Switzerland? How does the Swiss judiciary function? What are the principles of Swiss civil, contract and administrative law? What is the role of public service broadcasting in the political decision making process? What are the leading cases in tax law? What forms of euthanasia are legal in Switzerland? In this introduction 13 legal scholars of the Un…
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- -
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- 9783941159242
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- -
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- -
- Call Number
- 340 THO i
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