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The Transformation of the Liberal International Order
This open access book aims to emphasize the potential for Japan, Europe and Indo-Pacific countries including the US to respond to shared domestic and international challenges on finding joint ways to uphold and develop the liberal international order (LIO) in the Asian Pacific region and the world. It explores how these countries and the region (the EU) can work together to promote solidarity a…
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- 978-981-99-4729-4
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- XII, 132
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Meaning-Making for Living : The Emergence of the Presentational Self in Child…
This Open Access Brief analyzes the dynamics in which children’s selves emerge through their everyday activities of meaning construction, both in their relationships with family and within school education. It begins with a discussion of new psychological inquiries into children's selves and builds upon the innovative theoretical notion of the Presentational Self, developed by the author over…
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- 978-3-030-19926-5
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- XV, 144
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- SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)
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Deliberative Public Engagement with Science : An Empirical Investigation
This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by examining the science behind deliberative engagement. Using data from four longitudinal studies, the authors assess public engagement methods in deliberative discussions of ethical, legal, and social issues concerning innovations in nanotechnology. Coverage includes the theoretical …
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- 978-3-319-78160-0
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- XI, 129
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- SpringerBriefs in Psychology (BRIEFSPSYCHOL)
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Integrating Data Science and Earth Science : Challenges and Solutions
This open access book presents the results of three years collaboration between earth scientists and data scientist, in developing and applying data science methods for scientific discovery. The book will be highly beneficial for other researchers at senior and graduate level, interested in applying visual data exploration, computational approaches and scientifc workflows.
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- 978-3-030-99546-1
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- XIV, 148
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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Thermodynamics and Equilibria in Earth System Sciences: An Introduction
Thermodynamics is needed to understand many processes on Earth, be they physical, chemical, or biological. Thermodynamics is critical to study the atmosphere (lapse rate, fohn winds, circulation), hydrosphere (latent and sensible heat, pressure dependence of freezing/boiling points), geosphere (geothermal gradients, mineral stability) and the biosphere (redox zonation, evolution of biogeochemic…
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- 978-3-031-53407-2
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- VIII, 88
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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Optimal Surface Fitting of Point Clouds Using Local Refinement : Application …
This open access book provides insights into the novel Locally Refined B-spline (LR B-spline) surface format, which is suited for representing terrain and seabed data in a compact way. It provides an alternative to the well know raster and triangulated surface representations. An LR B-spline surface has an overall smooth behavior and allows the modeling of local details with only a limited grow…
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- 978-3-031-16954-0
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- XIX, 111
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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Marine Carbon Biogeochemistry : A Primer for Earth System Scientists
This open access book discusses biogeochemical processes relevant to carbon and aims to provide readers, graduate students and researchers, with insight into the functioning of marine ecosystems. A carbon centric approach has been adopted, but other elements are included where relevant or needed. The book focuses on concepts and quantitative understanding of primary production, organic matter m…
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- 978-3-030-10822-9
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- X, 118
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- SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences (BRIEFSEARTHSYST)
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The Evolution of Research on Teaching Mathematics : International Perspective…
This open access book investigates current issues related to the evolution of research on teaching mathematics and examines up to thirty years of presage-process-product research (PPPR) in mathematics with respect to conceptualization, instrumentation, and design. The book discusses the theoretical and methodological challenges associated with PPPR, critically reviews current research, and expl…
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- 978-3-031-31193-2
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- VI, 381
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- Mathematics Education in the Digital Era (MEDE, volume 22)
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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 19th Interna…
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2018, held in Porto, Portugal, in May 2018. XP is the premier agile software development conference combining research and practice, and XP 2018 provided a playful and informal environment to learn and trigger discussions around its main theme – make, inspect, adapt. …
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- 9783319916026
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- XV, 309
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- 314
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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 18th Interna…
This book is open access under a CC BY license. The volume constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2017, held in Cologne, Germany, in May 2017. The 14 full and 6 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 46 submissions. They were organized in topical sections named: improving agile processes; agil…
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- 9783319576336
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- XIII, 306
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- 283
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