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The Politics of Affective Societies: An Interdisciplinary Essay
Many claim that political deliberation has become exceedingly affective, and hence, destabilizing. The authors of this book revisit that assumption. While recognizing that significant changes are occurring, these authors also point out the limitations of turning to contemporary democratic theory to understand and unpack these shifts. They propose, instead, to reframe this debate by deploying th…
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- 301 POL p
Nanotechnology-Based Precision Tools for the Detection and Treatment of Cancer
This book discusses emerging nanotechnology-based tools that have the potential to dramatically impact cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment. Cancer is a complex, devastating, and debilitating disease and, although much progress has been made, novel, more effective diagnostic and treatment options are still needed, especially for advanced cancers. The ultimate goal is to detect cancer ear…
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- 978-3-319-16554-7
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- Cancer Treatment and Research
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Theories in and of Mathematics Education Theory Strands in German Speaking C…
This survey provides an overview of German meta-discourse on theories and mathematics education as a scientific discipline, from the 1970s to the 1990s. Two theory strands are offered: a semiotic view related to Peirce and Wittgenstein (presented by Willibald Dörfler), and the theory of learning activity by Joachim Lompscher (presented by Regina Bruder and Oliver Schmitt). By networking the tw…
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- 978-3-319-42589-4
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End-of-Life Care in Cardiovascular Disease
End-of-life issues in cardiology are becoming increasingly important in the management of patients in the cardiac unit, but there is frequently a lack of understanding regarding their impact on cardiology practice. The cardiac unit is increasingly becoming the location whereby a number of key clinical decisions relating to end-of-life care are being made, such as the decision to remove medicati…
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- 978-1-4471-6521-7
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- 8 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
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Intelligent Numerical Methods: Applications to Fractional Calculus
This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by…
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Philosophie der transnationalen Migration: Implikationen einer kopernikanisch…
Gaming has never been disconnected from reality. When we engage with ever more lavish virtual worlds, something happens to us. The game imposes itself on us and influences how we feel about it, the world, and ourselves. How do games accomplish this and to what end? The contributors explore the video game as an atmospheric medium of hitherto unimagined potential. Is the medium too powerful, too …
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Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Indications for Stereotactic Radiotherapy have expanded in recent years from intracranial treatment to extracranial, leading to the development of a thriving subspecialty within radiation oncology. The evidence base is growing exponentially. However there is still a lack of good quality prospective randomized clinical trial data. This chapter provides an introduction to the subject and a br…
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End-User Development 5th International Symposium, IS-EUD 2015, Madrid, Spain…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on End-User Development, IS-EUD 2015, held in Madrid, Spain, in May 2015. The 10 full papers and 13 short papers were presented at the event. Additionally, the volume contains 2 keynote speeches, 3 doctoral consortia papers, 1 workshop paper and 6 EUD-playground papers. The papers provide a broad overview of the c…
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Intelligent Numerical Methods II: Applications to Multivariate Fractional Cal…
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New Challenges for Data Design
The present work provides a platform for leading Data designers whose vision and creativity help us to anticipate major changes occurring in the Data Design field, and pre-empt the future. Each of them strives to provide new answers to the question, “What challenges await Data Design?” To avoid falling into too narrow a mind-set, each works hard to elucidate the breadth of Data Design today…
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