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IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2018 Assessment Fra…
This open access book presents the assessment framework for IEA’s International Computer an Information Literacy Study (ICILS) 2018, which is designed to assess how well students are prepared for study, work and life in a digital world. The study measures international differences in students’ computer and information literacy (CIL): their ability to use computers to investigate, create, pa…
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- 9783030193898
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- VII, 74 hlm,: ill, lamp;
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Vermin, Victims and Disease : British Debates over Bovine Tuberculosis and Ba…
This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several professional generations of politicians, policymakers, experts and campaigners since the early 1970s. Questions of what is known, who knows, who cares, who to trust and what to do ab…
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- 9783030191863
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- XXIV, 366 hlm,: ill, lamp; 21 cm
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Land Use Cover Datasets and Validation Tools
This chapter offers an introduction to the book and is specifically recommended for all readers intending to do the practical exercises it contains. It also provides readers with all the information they require to make the most of the book’s contents. In this chapter, we explain the aim, structure and intended audience for this book. We also give the readers a few tips and guidelines a…
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- 9783030909987
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- XIV, 462
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Wie Sprache dem Verstehen hilft
International studies such as PISA, TIMSS, and PIRLS show significant correlations between language competencies and educational success. Moreover, didactic studies show that this correlation can also be assumed for subject-related knowledge and technical language. This suggests that technical language requirements must also be explicitly addressed in geography lessons to give all students …
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- 9783658360382
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- XXV, 244
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Researching Values
Te editors want to express our gratitude to those ofering their valuable advice and responses to this book. We thank all the authors for their enthusiastic and in-depth contributions. We are standing on the shoulders of the initiators of the master’s degree programme in values-based leadership at VID Specialized University: Einar Aadland, Harald Askeland, Leif Stapnes, Morten Skjørs…
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- 9783030907693
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- XIX, 309
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Wheat Improvement
Wheat is a staple for rich and poor alike. Its improvement as a discipline was boosted when statisticians frst distinguished heritable variation from environment effects. Many twentieth century crop scientists contributed to the Green Revolution that tripled yield potential of staple crops but yield stagnation is now a concern, especially considering the multiple challenges facing food s…
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- 9783030906733
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- LII, 629
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Development and Characterization of a Dispersion-Encoded Method for Low-Coher…
This work discusses an extension to conventional low-coherence interferometry by the introduction of dispersion-encoding. The extension facilitates the measurement of surface height profiles with sub-nm resolution. The selection of a dispersive element for encoding allows for tuning of the axial measurement range and resolution of the setup. The approach is theoretically designed and imple…
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- 9783658359263
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- XXIII, 163
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Digitalisierung souverän gestalten II
Digitale Souveränität ist eng verbunden mit der Handlungsfähigkeit von Individuen und Organisationen. Auf der Ebene des Individuums können handlungs- und kontrolltheoretische Konzepte zu einer genaueren Beschreibung und Operationalisierung digitaler Souveränität beitragen. Auf der Ebene von Arbeitssystemen stehen seit Jahrzehnten erprobte Verfahren zur Bewertung und Gestaltung zu…
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- 9783662644089
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- VI, 153
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Health Dimensions of COVID-19 in India and Beyond
On January 30, 2020, India reported the first case of COVID-19 in Kerala. The index case was identified as a student returning from Wuhan. As of February 3, 2020, a total of three cases were confirmed in Kerala. However, after a month the number of cases in the country increased dramatically. On March 14, 2020, India reported its first two COVID-19-related deaths. India’s case fatality ra…
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Making Sense of Work Through Collaborative Storytelling
Collaborative Storytelling is a theory of social and cultural change. The theory itself advocates for space and time to refect on social identities and embodied lived experiences through stories. In this chapter, we introduce how metaphors, narratives and stories powerfully impact organisational change in exclusive or inclusive ways.
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