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General Average and Risk Management in Medieval and Early Modern Maritime Bus…
The volume is divided into five parts. The first one—Why and How Risk is Shared—starts with Maria Fusaro’s introduction and analytical description of the concept of General Average [GA] at large, highlighting some of its peculiarities and importance regarding both its historical development and future policy. This is followed by essays by Ron Harris and Giovanni Ceccarelli that, from t…
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- 9783031041181
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- XXVI, 499
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Failures in Cultural Participation
This open access book examines how and why the UK's approach towards increasing cultural participation has largely failed to address inequality and inequity in the subsidised cultural sector despite long-standing international policy discourse on this issue. It further examines why meaningful change in cultural policy has not been more forthcoming in the face of this apparent failure. This work…
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- 9783031161162
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- XV, 162 ill; lamp
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Ray Tracing Gems = High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs
This book is a must-have for anyone serious about rendering in real time. With the announcement of new ray tracing APIs and hardware to support them, developers can easily create real-time applications with ray tracing as a core component. As ray tracing on the GPU becomes faster, it will play a more central role in real-time rendering. Ray Tracing Gems provides key building blocks for develope…
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- 9781484244272
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- XLIV, 607 ill; lamp
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Hot Property = The Housing Market in Major Cities
Dr. Rob Nijskens Rob is an economist in the Financial Stability Division of DNB since 2012, specializing in analyzing financial stability risks in commercial and residential real estate markets. Together with Melanie Lohuis and Willem Heeringa he authored the 2017 DNB Occasional Study “The housing market in major Dutch cities”. He has also written extensively on commercial real estate, bot…
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- 9783030116743
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- XVI, 221 ill; lamp
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Contextual Process Digitalization = Changing Perspectives – Design Thinking…
This open access book presents an overview and step-by-step explanation of process management. It starts with the individual participants’ perspectives on their work in a process and its structuring and harmonization, and then moves on to its specification in a model and how it is embedded in the organizational and IT environment of the company. Lastly, the book examines the joint processing …
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- 9783030383008
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- X, 275 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Data Parallel C++ = Mastering DPC++ for Programming of Heterogeneous Systems …
Learn how to accelerate C++ programs using data parallelism. This open access book enables C++ programmers to be at the forefront of this exciting and important new development that is helping to push computing to new levels. It is full of practical advice, detailed explanations, and code examples to illustrate key topics. Data parallelism in C++ enables access to parallel resources in a mo…
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- 9781484255742
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- XXVI, 548hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking = Practices, Policies, and Tr…
Organic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, those who want to start a new project or align an ongoing project with nexus thinking, find it difficult to gather the necessary information. With nine case studies from four continents, this book aims to fill above ga…
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- 9783030362836
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- VIII, 232 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Advances in Pharma Business Management and Research
This open access book presents a unique collection of practical examples from the field of pharma business management and research. It covers a wide range of topics such as: 'Brexit and its Impact on pharmaceutical Law - Implications for Global Pharma Companies', 'Implementation of Measures and Sustainable Actions to Improve Employee's Engagement', 'Global Medical Clinical and Regulatory Affair…
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- 9783030359188
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- X, 85 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Sustainable Rice Straw Management
This open access book on straw management aims to provide a wide array of options for rice straw management that are potentially more sustainable, environmental, and profitable compared to current practice. The book is authored by expert researchers, engineers and innovators working on a range of straw management options with case studies from Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia. The book i…
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- 9783030323738
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- XIII, 192 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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Metallogenic Theory and Exploration Technology of Multi-Arc-Basin-Terrane Col…
This open access book presents a new structural model of “multi-arc-basin-terrane system” based on the in-depth research of the Nujiang-Lancangjiang-Jinshajiang region, especially several Paleo-Tethys ophiolitic mélange belts and sets of arc-basin systems, and a new orogenic model of “The Hengduan shan Mountains” based on penetrated research on spatial-temporal framework and orogenic m…
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- 9789819936526
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- XV, 307hlm; ill., lamp.,
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