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Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era
Years of surveillance-related leaks from US whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate on privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. Much of the focus has centered on the role of the US National Security Agency, yet there is an important Canadian side to the story. The Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian counterpart to the NSA, has played an active role i…
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- 9780776621838
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- 298 halaman
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- Law, Technology and Media
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- 340 LAW
Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education: An International Guide for …
This book advances a broad constellation of critical concepts situated within the field of queer studies and education. Collectively, the concepts take up a cross-section of scholarship that speaks to various political, epistemological, theoretical, methodological, and pedagogical concerns. Given the ongoing global centrality of sociocultural and political developments related to the topic of L…
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- 1
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- 9781137554253
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- XXIX, 491
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- Queer Studies and Education
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- 370
Critical Care for Anorexia Nervosa The MARSIPAN Guidelines in Practice
Anorexia and bulimia nervosa are serious disorders affecting pre-adolescents, adolescents and adults with high levels of co-morbidity, disability and mortality. The medical manifestations of these disorders are intrinsic to the illness and its treatment; some are secondary to malnutrition whereas others are the result of purging or other weight-controlling behaviours and a further group is due …
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- 9783319081748
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- VII, 168
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- 362.25
Crisis-Related Decision-Making and the Influence of Culture on the Behavior o…
This book provides an℗ℓanalysis on the impact of culture on crisis management, exploring how different cultural types are reflected in crisis-related decision making patterns. Providing an interdisciplinary and international perspective with a rich research and practical outlook, this work is an important contribution to the field of crisis management and decision making. Offering essential…
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- 9783319207148
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- XVII, 198
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- 330
Crisis, Debt, and Default: The Effects of Time Preference, Information, and C…
Philip Ernstberger analyses in his three essays different topics of financial pathologies. Thereby, changes in fundamentals as well as information are considered as the driving force for the behavior of speculators and investors. The first essay deals with currency crises, in which the central bank, through setting the interest rate, steers the economy and defends against speculators. The secon…
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- 9783658132316
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- XIV, 138
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- 338.9
Credit Rating Agencies: Self-regulation, Statutory Regulation and Case Law Re…
The book examines the role of credit rating agencies (CRAs) in the subprime mortgage crisis. The CRAs are blamed for awarding risky securities ℓ́ℓ3-Aℓ́ℓ investment grade status and then failing to downgrade them quickly enough when circumstances changed, which led to investors suffering substantial losses. The causes identified by the regulators for the gatekeeper failure were conflic…
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- 9783319179278
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- XXVI, 266
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- 330
Uncertain Differential Equations
This book introduces readers to the basic concepts of and latest findings in the area of differential equations with uncertain factors. It covers the analytic method and numerical method for solving uncertain differential equations, as well as their applications in the field of finance. Furthermore, the book provides a number of new potential research directions for uncertain differential equat…
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- 978-3-662-52729-0
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Uncertain Data Envelopment Analysis
This book is intended to present the milestones in the progression of uncertain Data envelopment analysis (DEA). Chapter 1 gives some basic introduction to uncertain theories, including probability theory, credibility theory, uncertainty theory and chance theory. Chapter 2 presents a comprehensive review and discussion of basic DEA models. The stochastic DEA is introduced in Chapter 3, in which…
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- 978-3-662-43802-2
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Uncemented Femoral Stems for Revision Surgery The Press-fit Concept - Planni…
Choosing an uncemented femoral prosthesis means first choosing a concept and to be effective, an operator has to have access to all the information that will allow them to reach the desired goals. This is the first step to be made. The quality of a surgical procedure does not depend on the manual skills of the surgeon performing it, but on how he has prepared and performed the operation “v…
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- 978-3-319-03614-4
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Un-Democratic Acts New Departures for Dialogues in Society and Schools
In Un-Democratic Acts: New Departures for Dialogues in Society and Schools, the focus is on ideals of democracy and democratic leadership to promote passionate debate, critical thinking, and change. Each chapter utilizes the unique voice and experiences of the author to tackle topics that are often taboo and/or politicized for ratings or votes but seldom for progress and change. Rather than co…
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- 978-94-6300-723-8
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