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Motivating Cooperation and Compliance with Authority:The Role of Institutiona…
This volume explores the various ways in which trust is thought about and studied in contemporary society. In doing so, it aims to advance both theoretical and methodological perspectives on trust. Trust is an important topic in this series because it raises issues of both motivation and emotion. Specifically, notions of trust and fairness motivate individuals to behave in a manner they deem ap…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-16150-1
- Collation
- XIII, 220
- Series Title
- Nebraska Symposium on Motivation
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Nonholonomic Mechanics and Control
This book explores some of the connections between control theory and geometric mechanics; that is, control theory is linked with a geometric view of classical mechanics in both its Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations and in particular with the theory of mechanical systems subject to motion constraints. The synthesis of the topic is appropriate as there is a particularly rich connection bet…
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- 2
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0939-6047
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- XXI, 565
- Series Title
- Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics
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Motion and Operation Planning of Robotic Systems:Background and Practical App…
This book addresses the broad multi-disciplinary topic of robotics, and presents the basic techniques for motion and operation planning in robotics systems. Gathering contributions from experts in diverse and wide ranging fields, it offers an overview of the most recent and cutting-edge practical applications of these methodologies. It covers both theoretical and practical approaches, and eluci…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-14704-8
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- IX, 522
- Series Title
- Mechanisms and Machine Science
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- -
Motion Estimation for Video Coding:Efficient Algorithms and Architectures
The need of video compression in the modern age of visual communication cannot be over-emphasized. This monograph will provide useful information to the postgraduate students and researchers who wish to work in the domain of VLSI design for video processing applications. In this book, one can find an in-depth discussion of several motion estimation algorithms and their VLSI implementation as co…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-14375-0
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- XVIII, 157
- Series Title
- Studies in Computational Intelligence
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Gene Expression Systems in Fungi: Advancements and Applications
Biotechnology has emerged as one of the key environmentally safe technologies for the future which enables use of biomass to develop novel smart materials and to replace oil derived products. Fungi are the most efficient producers of the enzymes needed for this purpose and in addition they produce a plethora of secondary metabolites, among which novel antibiotics can be found. Industrial applic…
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- -
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- 978-3-319-27949-7
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- -
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- -
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- 615.4
National League Franchises: Team Performances Inspire Business Success
This brief analyzes each of the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises in the National League and their past regular-season and postseason records and financial performances while operating as competitive, popular, and profitable or unprofitable enterprises. Using sport-specific information and relevant demographic, economic, and financial data, this brief will highlight when and how well these…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-25992-5
- Collation
- XX, 135
- Series Title
- SpringerBriefs in Economics
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- -
Novel Biomarkers in the Continuum of Breast Cancer
This volume provides a comprehensive review of established and novel biomarkers across the continuum of breast cancer. The volume covers topics related to breast cancer risk and prevention, prediction of response to today’s standard therapies, and markers capable of influencing treatment decisions in the near future. Chapter authors combine their wide-ranging expertise to review the current s…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-22908-9
- Collation
- XIX, 279
- Series Title
- Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
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- -
National Innovation Efficiency During the Global Crisis
What effect did the Great Recession have on innovation efficiency and the effectiveness of scarce resource management? Did countries with high GDPs and GDPs per capita sustain efficient innovation? How did the recession affect the time lag between innovation development and implementation? This book presents the most comprehensive data set in current economic literature to measure and compare t…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-137-58254-6
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- XVII, 184
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- -
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National Forest Inventories
The book presents the current state and good practices of national forest inventories in monitoring wood resources and demonstrates pathways for harmonisation and improved common reporting. Beyond a general overview over availability and use of wood resources in different countries, it provides a unique collection of original contributions from national forest inventory experts with in-depth de…
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- 1
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-319-44014-9
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- XXXII, 845
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- -
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Stochastic Evolutions of Dynamic Traffic Flow
978-3-662-44572-3
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- -
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- 978-3-662-44572-3
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