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Cross-cultural design : methods, practice and impact
The two LNCS volume set 9180-9181 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design, CCD 2015, held as part of the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, in Los Angeles, CA, USA in August 2015, jointly with 15 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters presented at the HCII 201…
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- 9783319209074
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- xx, 429 pages
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- 004.6
Language-Learner Computer Interactions : Theory, methodology and CALL applica…
This book focuses on learner-computer interactions (LCI) in second language learning environments drawing largely on sociocultural theories of language development. It brings together a rich and varied range of theoretical discussions and applications in order to illustrate the way in which LCI can enrich our comprehension of technology-mediated communication, hence enhancing learners' digital …
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- 9789027257512
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- 005 LAN
Information Security and Privacy: 20th Australasian Conference, ACISP 2015, B…
This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy, ACISP 2015, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in June/July 2015. The 28 revised full papers presented in this volume were carefully revised and selected from 112 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on symmetric cryptanalysis; public key cryp…
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- 978-3-319-19961-0
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- XI, 510
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- 004 INF
The Political Economy of Anti-dumping Protection
This book deals with anti-dumping measures (AD) and investigates two questions: First, what country characteristics affect AD use and notably, do domestic political institutions have an effect? Second, (how) is the decision to impose a new AD measure affected by anticipation of trading partners’ potential retaliation? This book applies a strategic perspective to AD to address these questions,…
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- 978-3-319-11224-4
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- XI, 167, 16 b/w illustrations
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The Pillars of the Italian Economy
This book offers a detailed analysis of the key sectors in the Italian economy, with the focus especially on areas in which the economy excels, such as the automatic packaging machinery sector, pharmaceutical production, the food and wine industry, and tourism. The book explains how, contrary to widespread opinion, Italy is one of the world’s most competitive countries in foreign trade, as co…
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- 978-3-319-40186-7
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- XI, 334, 54 b/w illustrations
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The Physiology of Microalgae
This book covers the state-of-the-art of microalgae physiology and biochemistry (and the several –omics). It serves as a key reference work for those working with microalgae, whether in the lab, the field, or for commercial applications. It is aimed at new entrants into the field (i.e. PhD students) as well as experienced practitioners. It has been over 40 years since the publication of a …
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- 978-3-319-24945-2
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- X, 681, 65 b/w illustrations, 166 illustrations in colour
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- Developments in Applied Phycology
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Exact algorithms for size constrained clustering
Clustering or cluster analysis [5] is a method in unsupervised learning and one of the most used techniques in statistical data analysis. Clustering has a wide range of applications in many areas like pattern recognition, medical diagnostics, datamining, biology, market research and image analysis among others. A cluster is a set of data points that in some sense are similar to each other, and …
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- 9788867050659
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- 510 LIN e
The Physiology of Exercise in Spinal Cord Injury
Every year, around the world, between 250,000 and 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI). Those with an SCI are two to five times more likely to die prematurely than people without a spinal cord injury, with worse survival rates in low- and middle-income countries. Dynamic aerobic requires integrated physiologic responses across the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, autonomic, pulmonar…
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- 978-1-4939-6664-6
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- VI, 286, 30 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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- Physiology in Health and Disease
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The Physics of the Manhattan Project
The development of nuclear weapons during the Manhattan Project is one of the most significant scientific events of the twentieth century. This revised and updated 3rd edition explores the challenges that faced the scientists and engineers of the Manhattan Project. It gives a clear introduction to fission weapons at the level of an upper-year undergraduate physics student by examining the detai…
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- 978-3-662-43533-5
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- XVII, 222, 70 b/w illustrations
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The Physics of Accretion onto Black Holes
Provides a comprehensive summary on the physical models and current theory of black hole accretion, growth and mergers, in both the supermassive and stellar-mass cases. This title reviews in-depth research on accretion on all scales, from galactic binaries to intermediate mass and supermassive black holes. Possible future directions of accretion are also discussed. The following main themes …
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- 978-1-4939-2227-7
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- VII, 489,
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- Space Sciences Series of ISSI Space Sciences Series of ISSI
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