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Knowledge Synthesis: Western and Eastern Cultural Perspectives
This book provides readers the idea of systemically synthesizing various kind of knowledge, which needs to combine analytical thinking and synthetic thinking. Systems science is expected to help in solving contemporary complex problems, utilizing interdisciplinary knowledge effectively and combining analytical thinking and synthetic thinking efficiently. However, traditional systems science has…
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- 978-4-431-55218-5
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Optio…
This book provides standards and guidelines for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals in smallholder agricultural systems and comparing options for climate change mitigation based on emission reductions and livelihood trade-offs. Globally, agriculture is directly responsible for about 11% of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and induces an additional 17% through land use change,…
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- 978-3-319-29792-7
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- XV, 203
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Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management: 8th International Conference, …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2015, held in Chongqing, China, in October 2015. The 57 revised full papers presented together with 22 short papers and 5 keynotes were carefully selected and reviewed from 247 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on formal reasoning and …
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- 978-3-319-25159-2
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Edible medicinal and non medicinal plants. Volume 12, Modified stems, roots, …
This book continues as volume 11 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers such plants with edible modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons, above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls, storage roots (tap root, lateral roots, root tubers), and bulbs, that are eaten as conventional or functional …
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- 9783319260655
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- x, 690 pages
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Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics
While systems biology and pharmacodynamics have evolved in parallel, there are significant interrelationships that can enhance drug discovery and enable optimized therapy for each patient. Systems pharmacology is the relatively new discipline that is the interface between these two methods. This book is the first to cover the expertise from systems biology and pharmacodynamics researchers, desc…
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- 978-3-319-44534-2
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- XIII, 511
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- AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series
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Methodologies in Peace Psychology
This volume looks at research methods through the lens of peace studies and peace values. Apart from reviewing established methods from peace psychology, it presents some innovative ideas for conducting research in the area of peace psychology. Many of these methods are drawn from the field, from activities used by active peace practitioners. A critical component of this volume is its core ar…
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- 978-3-319-18394-7
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- XXV, 454
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- Peace Psychology Book Series
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Knowledge Preservation Through Community of Practice: Theoretical Issues and …
This book links knowledge management literature and information systems research to explore the process of knowledge preservation within a community of practice. It contributes to existing literature in different ways. First, it provides a conceptualization of the “community knowledge preservation” process. In contrast to previous knowledge management research, knowledge preservation is thu…
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- 978-3-319-22234-9
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Basic Income in Australia and New Zealand : Perspectives from the Neoliberal …
Basic income is an innovative, powerful egalitarian response to widening global inequalities and poverty experiences in society, one that runs counter to the neoliberal transformations of modern welfare states, social security, and labor market programs. This book is the first collective volume of its kind to ask whether a basic income offers a viable solution to the income support systems in A…
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- 978-1-137-53532-0
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- XV, 268
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Systems Biology in Animal Production and Health, Vol. 2
This two-volume work provides an overview on various state of the art experimental and statistical methods, modeling approaches and software tools that are available to generate, integrate and analyze multi-omics datasets in order to detect biomarkers, genetic markers and potential causal genes for improved animal production and health. The book will contain online resources where additional da…
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- 978-3-319-43332-5
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- XIII, 154
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Research Methods in Psychology
Psychology, like most other sciences, has its own set of tools to investigate the important research questions of its field. Unlike other sciences, psychology is a relatively new field with methods and practices that are evolving at a rapid rate. With this textbook, we introduce students to the fundamental principles of what it is like to think like a psychology researcher. We also hope to conn…
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