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The Dynamics of Opportunity in America
The goal of Educational Testing Service’s Opportunity in America initiative is to explore these powerful dynamics and to describe and convey them in a way that advances the national conversation about why we must take action – and how best to do so. This volume contains 14 chapters, including an epilogue, written by leaders from a range of fields including education, economics, demography, …
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- 978-3-319-25991-8
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- XXVIII, 489
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The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
Jim Askham, University of Leicester, UK Vera Busse, Carl von Ossietzky University, Germany Letty Chan, Hong Kong Shue Yan University Joseph Falout, Nihon University, Japan Glenn Fulcher, University of Leicester, UK Alex Gilmore, University of Tokyo, Japan Michael Handford, University of Tokyo, Japan Maiko Ikeda, Kansai University, Japan Jim King, University of Leicester, UK Diane Larsen-Freeman…
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- 978-1-137-45713-4
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- XIX, 251
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The Drama of Conservation
In sum, the book demonstrates how ecological study, combined with a respect for people and for nature plus a flexible, interdisciplinary approach to both local history and current scientific priorities, can be welded into a consistently effective strategy for addressing the pressing forest-ecology questions of our time.
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- 978-3-319-18410-4
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- XVII, 357
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The Distribution of Income and Wealth
This book presents a systematic overview of cutting-edge research in the field of parametric modeling of personal income and wealth distribution, which allows one to represent how income/wealth is distributed within a given population. The estimated parameters may be used to gain insights into the causes of the evolution of income/wealth distribution over time, or to interpret the differences b…
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- 978-3-319-27410-2
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- XVI, 177
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- New Economic Windows
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The Discreet Charm of Protein Binding Sites
This book is a passionate account of the scientific breakthroughs that led to the solution of the first protein structures and to the understanding of their function at atomic resolution. The book is divided into self-standing chapters that each deal with a protein or protein family. The subject is presented in a fluid, non-technical style that will engage student and scientists in biochemistry…
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- 978-3-319-24996-4
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- XIII, 60
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The Digital Synaptic Neural Substrate
This book describes a new computational approach to creativity. With chess as the domain of investigation, the authors show experimentally how a computer can be imbued with the 'spark' of creativity that enables it to compose chess problems or puzzles that are both challenging and aesthetically appealing to humans. This new approach called the Digital Synaptic Neural Substrate (DSNS) mimics the…
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- 978-3-319-28079-0
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- XV, 119
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- SpringerBriefs in Cognitive Computation
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The Difficult Hair Loss Patient
You could read every textbook available on hair growth and disorders, and still not be able to treat hair loss effectively. In every art, there are many techniques, but few principles. The only way to achieve success is to have a firm foundation of principles to build upon, and the right attitude about how to achieve your goals. This book offers a detailed guide that goes beyond the technical a…
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- 978-3-319-19701-2
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- XIII, 331
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The Didactics of Mathematics: Approaches and Issues
Michèle Artigue (ICMI 2013 Felix Klein Award, CIAEM 2015 Luis Santaló Award) is without doubt one of the most influential researchers nowadays in the field of didactics of mathematics. This influence rests both on the quality of her research and on her constant contribution, since the early 1970s, to the development of the teaching and learning of mathematics. Observing her exemplary professi…
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- 978-3-319-26047-1
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- X, 269
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The Development of the Chinese Financial System and Reform of Chinese Commerc…
The Chinese financial sector, despite having been developed at a much later stage compared with other developed nations, has achieved substantial progresses over the past decades. By the end of 2014, a total of 16 commercial banks had been listed on the stock exchanges, exerting strong impact onto the market indices and contributing significantly to the country's sustained economic growth. This…
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- 978-1-137-45466-9
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- XIII, 247
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- The Nottingham China Policy Institute Series
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The Development of Renewable Energy Sources and its Significance for the Envi…
This book analyzes the effects of power generated by renewable energy sources, renewable energy production technologies, energy efficiency, and market regulation of carbon emissions. It elaborates on how these parameters have direct and indirect effects on carbon emission reduction, such as the results of an environmental tax that could directly reduce carbon emissions by decreasing fossil fuel…
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- 978-981-287-462-7
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- XVIII, 175
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