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Making open development inclusive :lessons from IDRC research
Drawing on ten years of empirical work and research, analyses of how open development has played out in practice. A decade ago, a significant trend toward openness emerged in international development. "Open development" can describe initiatives as disparate as open government, open health data, open science, open education, and open innovation. The theory was that open systems related to data,…
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The economics of philanthropy :donations and fundraising
Experts bring economic tools to bear on philanthropic activities, addressing topics that range from the determinants of giving to the effectiveness of fundraising techniques. Economists are increasingly aware of the need to better understand philanthropic activities. In this book, economists address a variety of topics related to the economics of philanthropy, ranging from the determinants of g…
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- 9780262348041
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- 1 online resource (288 pages)
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Trump and the media
The election of Donald Trump and the great disruption in the news and social media.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262346610
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- 1 online resource (x, 257 pages)
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What is health? :allostasis and the evolution of human design
An argument that health is optimal responsiveness and is often best treated at the system level.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262356299
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- 1 online resource (240 pages).
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Balancing Green :When to Embrace Sustainability in a Business (and When Not To)
An expert on business strategy offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262345750
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Language in our brain :the origins of a uniquely human capacity
A comprehensive account of the neurobiological basis of language, arguing that species-specific brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342964
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Reasoning about uncertainty
Formal ways of representing uncertainty and various logics for reasoning about it; updated with new material on weighted probability measures, complexity-theoretic considerations, and other topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- Second edition.
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- 9780262340496
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- 1 online resource (xv, 488 pages) :illustrations
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Email and the everyday :stories of disclosure, trust, and digital labor
"Email and the Everyday : Stories of Disclosure, Trust, and Digital Labor focuses on email in its own right as a standalone media form in order to examine its technical and material infrastructure, its iconography and GUI, its affordances, and its languages"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262362775
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Intervention in the brain :politics, policy, and ethics
The political and policy implications of recent developments in neuroscience, including new techniques in imaging and neurogenetics. New findings in neuroscience have given us unprecedented knowledge about the workings of the brain. Innovative research--much of it based on neuroimaging results--suggests not only treatments for neural disorders but also the possibility of increasingly precise an…
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- 0262313731
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Constructing green :the social structures of sustainability
"Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and commercial buildings remain stubbornly energy inefficient. This book looks beyond the technological and material aspects of green constr…
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- 9781461936404
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 399 pages) :illustrations.
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