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Dynamics of Vehicle-Road Coupled System
This book offers a snapshot of the latest research and developments in road and railway vehicle dynamics. Gathering peer-reviewed contributions to the 27th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD), held online on August 1719, 2021, from Saint Petersburg, Russia, it offers extensive information for both researchers and professionals in the field of ground veh…
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- 9783031073052
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- xx, 1282 pages
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- 388.34
History of the IMF
This book describes the history of the IMF from its birth, through the Bretton Woods era, and in the aftermath. Special attention is paid to integrating IMF history with the macro-economic policies of member countries and of other international institutions as well. This collection of work presents a clear understanding, inter alia, of the influence of the United States over IMF policy via the …
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- 978-4-431-55350-2
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- XX, 324
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- 330 HIS
E-Governance for Smart Cities
This book highlights the electronic governance in a smart city through case studies of cities located in many countries. ℓ́ℓE-Governmentℓ́ℓ refers to the use by government agencies of information technologies (such as Wide Area Networks, the Internet, and mobile computing) that have the ability to transform relations with citizens, businesses, and other arms of government. These techn…
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- 9789812872876
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- 307.76
E-Learning Systems, Environments and Approaches Theory and Implementation
The volume consists of twenty-five chapters selected from among peer-reviewed papers presented at the CELDA (Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age) 2013 Conference held in Fort Worth, Texas, USA, in October 2013 and also from world class scholars in e-learning systems, environments and approaches. The following sub-topics are included: Exploratory Learning Technologies (Part I),…
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- 9783319058252
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- xxiii, 329 pages
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- 371.334
How to Deal with Climate Change? :Institutional Adaptive Capacity as a Means …
As the evidence for human-induced climate change becomes more obvious, so too does the realisation that it will harshly impact on the natural environment as well as on socio-economic systems. Addressing the unpredictability of multiple sources of global change makes the capacity of governance systems to deal with uncertainty and surprise essential. However, how all these complex processes act i…
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- 978-3-319-15388-9
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- XIX, 237
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- 340 MOS h
How the Fed Moves Markets{ Central Bank Analysis for the Modern Era
Central banks have a profound impact on financial markets, and investors struggle to keep informed about their complex policy decisions. Technological and financial developments have transformed the US Federal Reserve Bank from a financial black box into a vocal, increasingly transparent institution—and the result is such a wealth of textual data that clues to future policy decisions may be l…
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- 978-1-349-56298-5
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- X, 198
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- 330 SCH h
EU Crisis and the Role of the Periphery
The European economy is still in recession, even though there are some weak indications of stabilization. This book examines important aspects of the crisis in selected countries of Southern Europe, the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The intensity of the crisis and its economic and social repercussions have varied from country to country, generally impacting the core countries less than those on t…
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- 9783319101323
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- xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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- 330.9
How Higher Education Feels: Commentaries on Poems That Illuminate Emotions in…
Teaching and learning in higher education can evoke strong feelings, including confusion, anxiety, boredom, curiosity, surprise and exhilaration. These emotions affect students’ learning, progress and overall success. Teachers’ emotions affect how they teach and their relationships and communication with students. Yet the emotional dimensions of teachers’ and students’ experiences are r…
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- 978-94-6300-636-1
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- X, 278
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- 370
How Crises Shaped Economic Ideas and Policies: Wiser After the Events?
This book explores how successful the various tenets of economic thought have been in prognosticating or remedying economic crises. Examining key episodes in economic history, from famines in antiquity to present-day financial collapse, the author finds that several theories failed to cope with a crisis and lost their academic impact. The author also presents cases in which major theoretical in…
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- 978-3-319-16870-8
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- XIII, 222
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- 330 CHR h
Housing EconomicsL A Historical Approach
The world has still to emerge fully from the housing-triggered Global Financial Crisis, but housing crises are not new. The history of housing shows long-run social progress, littered with major disasters; nevertheless the progress is often forgotten, whilst the difficulties hit the headlines. Housing Economics provides a long-term economic perspective on macro and urban housing issues, from th…
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- 978-1-137-47270-0
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- XIV, 313
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- 330 MEE h
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