Recent Advances in Industrial and Applied Mathematics

This open access book contains review papers authored by thirteen plenary invited speakers to the 9th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (Valencia, July 15-19, 2019). Written by top-level scientists recognized worldwide, the scientific contributions cover a wide range of cutting-edge topics of industrial and applied mathematics: mathematical modeling, industrial and en…

Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion

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978-3-031-05171-5

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XIV, 331

Nordic Media Histories of Propaganda and Persuasion

This open access edited volume shines new light on the history of propaganda and persuasion during the Nordic welfare epoch. A common analytical framework is developed that highlights transnational and transmedial perspectives rather than national or monomedial histories. The return of propaganda in contemporary debate underlines the need to historically contextualize the role and function of p…

Brain and Human Body Modeling 2020: Computational Human Models Presented at E…

This open access book describes modern applications of computational human modeling in an effort to advance neurology, cancer treatment, and radio-frequency studies including regulatory, safety, and wireless communication fields. Readers working on any application that may expose human subjects to electromagnetic radiation will benefit from this book’s coverage of the latest models and techn…

Of remixology :ethics and aesthetics after remix

A new theory of moral and aesthetic value for the age of remix, going beyond the usual debates over originality and appropriation. Remix--or the practice of recombining preexisting content--has proliferated across media both digital and analog. Fans celebrate it as a revolutionary new creative practice; critics characterize it as a lazy and cheap (and often illegal) recycling of other people's …

Fate and Freedom in Korean Historical Films

This open access book examines the depiction of Korean history in recent South Korean historical films. Released over the Hallyu (“Korean Wave”) period starting in the mid-1990s, these films have reflected, shaped, and extended the thriving public discourse over national history. In these works, the balance between fate and freedom—the negotiation between societal constraints and individu…

Generalized Linear Mixed Models with Applications in Agriculture and Biology

This open access book offers an introduction to mixed generalized linear models with applications to the biological sciences, basically approached from an applications perspective, without neglecting the rigor of the theory. For this reason, the theory that supports each of the studied methods is addressed and later - through examples - its application is illustrated. In addition, some of the a…

Between Reason and Experience: Essays in Technology and Modernity

A leading philosopher of technology calls for the democratic coordination of technical rationality with everyday experience.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Rabindranath Tagore in the 21st Century; Theoretical Renewals

Volume kritis ini membahas pertanyaan tentang relevansi Rabindranath Tagore bagi wacana pascamodern dan pascakolonial di abad ke-21. Volume ini mencakup kontribusi dari para cendekiawan terkemuka kontemporer tentang Tagore dan menganalisis sastra, musik, teater, estetika, politik, dan seni Tagore terhadap perkembangan teoritis kontemporer dalam sastra pascakolonial dan teori sosial. Para penuli…

Creating Scientific Concepts

An account that analyzes the dynamic reasoning processes implicated in a fundamental problem of creativity in science: how does genuine novelty emerge from existing representations?How do novel scientific concepts arise? In Creating Scientific Concepts, Nancy Nersessian seeks to answer this central but virtually unasked question in the problem of conceptual change. She argues that the popular i…