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Globalization and Public Policy: A European Perspective
This volume of selected articles was released in light of the new economic, social and environmental challenges Europe and the United States have been faced with following the end of the Cold War and in the evolving era of globalization. National security, immigration, and the provision of health and other key social services call for a radically different outlook in terms of policy discussions…
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- 978-3-319-17691-8
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- VIII, 155
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- 608 GLO
Evolutionary Optimization and Game Strategies for Advanced Multi-Disciplinary…
Many complex aeronautical design problems can be formulated with efficient multi-objective evolutionary optimization methods and game strategies. This book describes the role of advanced innovative evolution tools in the solution, or the set of solutions of single or multi disciplinary optimization. These tools use the concept of multi-population, asynchronous parallelization and hierarchica…
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- 978-94-017-9520-3
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- 198 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour
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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization 8th International Conference, EMO …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2015 held in Guimarães, Portugal in March/April 2015. The 68 revised full papers presented together with 4 plenary talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The EMO 2015 aims to continue these type of developments, being the papers presented…
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- 978-3-319-15934-8
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- 156 b/w illustrations
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Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization 8th International Conference, EMO …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization, EMO 2015 held in Guimarães, Portugal in March/April 2015. The 68 revised full papers presented together with 4 plenary talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 90 submissions. The EMO 2015 aims to continue these type of developments, being the papers presented…
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- 978-3-319-15892-1
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- 204 b/w illustrations
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Teaching Health Professionals Online Frameworks and Strategies
Teaching Health Professionals Online is a must-read for professionals in the health care field who strive to deliver excellence in their online classes. Intended for a wide range of professionals, including nurses, social workers, occupational and radiation therapists, chiropractors, dietitians, and dental hygienists, this compendium of teaching strategies will inspire both new and experienced …
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- 978-1-927356-65-4
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- 610.71
Grounding Global Climate Change: Contributions from the Social and Cultural S…
This book traces the evolution of climate change research, which, long dominated by the natural sciences, now sees greater involvement with disciplines studying the socio-cultural implications of change. In their introduction, the editors chart the changing role of the social and cultural sciences, delineating three strands of research: socio-critical approaches which connect climate change to …
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- 978-94-017-9321-6
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- X, 181
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- 333.7 GRO
Globalisation, Ideology and Politics of Education Reforms
This 14th volume in the 24-volume book series sets out to explore the interrelationship between ideology, the state, and education reforms, placing it in a global context. It examines some of the major education reforms and policy issues in a global culture, particularly in the light of recent shifts in accountability, quality and standards-driven education, and policy research. By doing so, it…
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- 978-3-319-19505-6
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- 320 GLO
Health and Prosperity: Efficient Health Systems for Thriving Nations in the 2…
Murtin examines the long-term causes of health improvements over the last two centuries. Focusing on the relative importance of income and education, Murtin finds that education alone accounts for the bulk of health improvements since 1870, and explains the strong correlation between longevity and income, which is highly correlated with education. Conversely, the book shows that progress in lon…
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- 978-1-349-84651-1
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- XIII, 158
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- 330 MUR h
Health and Lifestyle: Separating the Truth from the Myth with Statistics
The main message of this book is that people should be on their guard against both scare stories about risks to health, and claims for miracle cures of medical conditions. In the 21st century hardly a day passes without another article appearing in the media about a new treatment for a particular disease, new ways of improving our health by changing our lifestyle or new foodstuffs that claim to…
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- 978-3-319-42564-1
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- XVI, 155
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- 610.212 EVE h
Ecosystem Services and River Basin Ecohydrology
This book provides an integrated analysis of the methodologies and main processes occurring at the entire river basin, from upstream until the coast, by merging the biological and hydrological processes with the social and economic components, thus providing an integrated framework for river basin management, integrating the ecohydrology approach with the ecosystem services concept.
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- 978-94-017-9845-7
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- XIII, 341
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