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Profiling machines :mapping the personal information economy
The cultural and media studies perspectives on the technology of electronic consumer profiling.In this book Greg Elmer brings the perspectives of cultural and media studies to the subject of consumer profiling and feedback technology in the digital economy. He examines the multiplicity of processes that monitor consumers and automatically collect, store, and cross-reference personal information…
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- 9780262272308
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- 1 online resource (x, 179 pages)
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The privatization of the oceans
Rich with detail and provocatively argued, this study of the development of property rights in the world's fisheries tells the story of one industry's evolution and provides a useful illustration of the forces that shape economic institutions. The emergence of exclusive individual rights of access in the fishing industry began after the revolution in the international law of the sea that took p…
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- 9780262274869
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- 1 online resource (viii, 202 pages) :illustrations, 1 map
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The prism of grammar :how child language illuminates humanism
"A Bradford book."Exploring the creativity of mind through children's language: how the tiniest utterances can illustrate the simple but abstract principles behind modern grammar--and reveal the innate structures of the mind.Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of in…
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- 9780262257794
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 355 pages) :illustrations
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The principles of switching circuits
Includes index.Switching theory is concerned with the development of models and techniques for the analysis and synthesis of those circuits in which information is represented in discrete or digital form, as opposed to the analog form in which information is represented in a continuous manner. The application of digital techniques over a wider range of human activities has already profoundly af…
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- 9780262310871
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 329 pages)
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The shape of actions :what humans and machines can do
What can humans do? What can machines do? How do humans delegate actions to machines? In this book, Harry Collins and Martin Kusch combine insights from sociology and philosophy to provide a novel answer to these increasingly important questions. The authors begin by distinguishing between two basic types of intentional behavior, which they call polimorphic actions and mimeomorphic actions. Pol…
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- 0585075670
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- 1 online resource (xi, 212 pages) :illustrations
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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The sexual brain
"A Bradford book."This book examines the biological roots of human sexual behavior. It puts forward the case that the diversity of human sexuality can best be understood in terms of the development, structure, and function of the brain circuits that produce it. Discarding preconceptions about the motivation and purpose of sexuality, LeVay discusses the scientific evidence bearing on such questi…
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- 9780262278218
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 168 pages)
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Sex and Cognition.
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- 9780262277136
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- 1 online resource (230 pages)
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Service to country :personnel policy and the transformation of Western milita…
Motivated, able, and well-trained military personnel are essential to the success of any military, and personnel policies are crucial to getting and keeping qualified servicemen and women. The transformation of personnel policies is an important element of the broader transformation occurring in Western militaries. Across Europe and North America, nations are embracing plans to change military …
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- 9780262273848
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 499 pages) :illustrations.
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Sentence comprehension :the integration of rules and habits
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- 9780262316156
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- 1 online resource (x, 445 pages)
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