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In Global Risk Agility and Decision Making, Daniel Wagner and Dante Disparte, two leading authorities in global risk management, make a compelling case for the need to bring traditional approaches to risk management and decision making into the twenty-first century. Based on their own deep and multi-faceted experience in risk management across numerous firms in dozens of countries, the authors …
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- 978-1-349-94859-8
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Instability in Geophysical Flows
Instabilities are present in all natural fluids from rivers to atmospheres. This book considers the physical processes that generate instability from a geophysical perspective. The classical analytical approaches are covered, while emphasizing numerical methods that enable prediction of stability or instability in a system quickly, and with minimal mathematics.
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- 9781108640084
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- 622.15 SMY i
Recent Advances in Mechanism Design for Robotics: Proceedings of the 3rd IFTo…
This volume contains the Proceedings of the 3rd IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics, held in Aalborg, Denmark, 2-4 June, 2015. The book contains papers on recent advances in the design of mechanisms and their robotic applications. It treats the following topics: mechanism design, mechanics of robots, parallel manipulators, actuators and their control, linkage and industrial manipu…
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- 978-3-319-18126-4
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Infrastructure Development and Ape Conservation
Infrastructure development in Africa and Asia is expanding at breakneck speed, largely in biodiversity-rich developing nations. The trend reflects governments’ efforts to promote economic growth in response to increasing populations, rising consumption rates and persistent inequalities.
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- 9781108436427
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- 639.9 ARC i
Industrial Agriculture and Ape Conservation
Social and economic systems worldwide are changing rapidly. These changes are accompanied by an increasing global demand for natural resources, including land, water, minerals, energy sources, food and timber.
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- 9781316488959
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An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals Program Design, Implementa…
Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned…
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- 9781771992077.01
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- Issues in Distance Education
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- 6 x 9, 225 pages
An Online Doctorate for Researching Professionals Program Design, Implementa…
Their program design is grounded in the theoretical and research foundations of online, adult, and doctoral education, curriculum design and community-building, implementation and evaluation. The authors, who draw on their experience of implementing a similar program at the University of Florida, not only share data collected from students and faculty members but also reflect on lessons learned…
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- Issues in Distance Education
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Harnessing Public Research for Innovation in the 21st Century: An Internation…
Universities and public research institutes play a key role in the innovation ecosystem. Many countries have implemented national strategies to support the commercialization of knowledge produced by public institutions, to help take their innovations and scientific breakthroughs to market and ultimately boost economic growth.
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Governing Medical Knowledge Commons
Governing Medical Knowledge Commons makes three claims: first, evidence matters to innovation policymaking; second, evidence shows that self-governing knowledge commons support effective innovation without prioritizing traditional intellectual property rights; and third, knowledge commons can succeed in the critical fields of medicine and health.
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Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Technical Summary
The sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) assessment report is a product of the generous dedication and extraordinary investment of numerous individuals, whose knowledge, expertise and insight helped shape this important body of work. UN Environment acknowledges the contributions made by many governments, individuals and institutions to the preparation and publication of this report.
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