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Dignity in the 21st Century : Middle East and West
This book is open access under a CC BY license. This book offers a unique and insightful analysis of Western and Middle Eastern concepts of dignity and illustrates them with examples of everyday life. Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West is unique and insightful for a range of reasons. First, the book is co-authored by scholars from two different cultures (Middle East and We…
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- 978-3-319-58020-3
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- XIII, 101
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- SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)
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- 170 SCH d
Topological Obstructions to Stability and Stabilization : History, Recent Adv…
This open access book provides a unified overview of topological obstructions to the stability and stabilization of dynamical systems defined on manifolds and an overview that is self-contained and accessible to the control-oriented graduate student. The authors review the interplay between the topology of an attractor, its domain of attraction, and the underlying manifold that is supposed to c…
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- 978-3-031-30133-9
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- X, 132
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- SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BRIEFSELECTRIC)
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- 620 JON t
Bayesian Methods in the Search for MH370
This book demonstrates how nonlinear/non-Gaussian Bayesian time series estimation methods were used to produce a probability distribution of potential MH370 flight paths. It provides details of how the probabilistic models of aircraft flight dynamics, satellite communication system measurements, environmental effects and radar data were constructed and calibrated. The probability distribution w…
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- 978-981-10-0379-0
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- XVI, 114
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- SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BRIEFSELECTRIC)
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- 510 DAV b
The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes
This open access volume provides for the first time a comprehensive description and scientific evaluation of underwater archaeological finds referring to human occupation of the continental shelf around the coastlines of Europe and the Mediterranean when sea levels were lower than present. These are the largest body of underwater finds worldwide, amounting to over 2500 find spots, ranging from …
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- 978-3-030-37367-2
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- XXVIII, 561
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- Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 35)
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- 900 ARC
3D Recording and Interpretation for Maritime Archaeology
This open access peer-reviewed volume was inspired by the UNESCO UNITWIN Network for Underwater Archaeology International Workshop held at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia in November 2016. Content is based on, but not limited to, the work presented at the workshop which was dedicated to 3D recording and interpretation for maritime archaeology. The volume consists of contributions from …
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- 978-3-030-03635-5
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- XII, 237
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- Coastal Research Library (COASTALRL, volume 31)
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- 900 THR
Climate Change and Safety in High-Risk Industries
This open access book directs attention to the safety implications of disruptive, sustainability-driven changes in sociotechnical systems resulting from climate-change considerations in high-risk industries. It addresses not only the dismantling of currently prevalent systems and structures and the achievement of a stable future state but also the management of processes for establishing new pr…
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- 978-3-031-56995-1
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- VII, 98
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 620 CLI
Assessment Framework for People-Centred Solutions to Carbon Neutrality : A Co…
This open access book presents a catalogue of over one thousand indicators which can be used by cities' public administrators to monitor and evaluate social innovation action plans to support people-centred, collaborative or co-designed solutions to lower carbon emissions. Indicators are clustered according to a framework of social innovation solutions for climate neutrality at city level, deve…
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- 978-3-031-53111-8
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- IX, 110
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 338 BRE a
Special Topics in Information Technology
This open access book presents outstanding doctoral dissertations in Information Technology from the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Information Technology has always been highly interdisciplinary, as many aspects have to be considered in IT systems. The doctoral studies program in IT at Politecnico di Milano emphasizes this interdiscipli…
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- 978-3-031-51500-2
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- VIII, 155
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 620 SPE
Evolution of New Working Spaces : Changing Nature and Geographies
This open access book provides multidisciplinary perspectives on the changing dynamics of new working spaces, with insights from various European countries and observing critical theoretical approaches. Divided into two main parts, the first part focuses on the different typologies of new working spaces, identifying the changing nature of these spaces and associated concepts, taxonomies, and sp…
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- 978-3-031-50868-4
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- VIII, 141
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- SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
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- 330 EVO
The Regulator–Regulatee Relationship in High-Hazard Industry Sectors : New …
This open access book addresses relationships that develop from the complex set of legislative, regulatory, and institutional arrangements that arise in the governance of high-hazard industries, especially those connected with safety. It analyses the difference in practices between high-hazard sectors such as nuclear power, chemical processing, and transport with those in the finance and health…
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- 978-3-031-49570-0
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- VI, 114
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- 330 REG
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