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Machine learning; Big data; Atomic resolution characterization; First-principles calculations; Nanomaterials synthesis
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Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond
This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and transformation. The opening chapter outlines the background of the research, its importance in the context of C…
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- 978-3-319-11318-0
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- XIV, 192
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Transforming City Governments for Successful Smart Cities
There has been much attention paid to the idea of Smart Cities as researchers have sought to define and characterize the main aspects of the concept, including the role of creative industries in urban growth, the importance of social capital in urban development, and the role of urban sustainability. This book develops a critical view of the Smart City concept, the incentives and role of govern…
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- 978-3-319-03166-8
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- XIII, 185
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- Public Administration and Information Technology
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Ethnobotany of Mexico Interactions of People and Plants in Mesoamerica
This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conduct…
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- 978-1-4614-6669-7
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- 21 b/w illustrations, 71 illustrations in colour
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Ethical Engineering for International Development and Environmental Sustainab…
Ensuring that their work has a positive influence on society is a responsibility and a privilege for engineers, but also a considerable challenge. This book addresses the ways in which engineers meet this challenge, working from the assumption that for a project to be truly ethical both the undertaking itself and its implementation must be ethically sound. The contributors discuss varied to…
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- 978-1-4471-6618-4
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- 28 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
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Essentials of Teaching and Integrating Visual and Media Literacy Visualizing…
This book focuses on how to effectively integrate the teaching and learning of visual and media literacies in K-12 and higher education. Not only does it address and review the elements and principles of visual design but also identifies, discusses and describes the value of media in learning diverse and challenging content across disciplines. Finally, this book provides a balanced treatment of…
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- 978-3-319-05837-5
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- 42 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
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Educational media and technology yearbook. Vol. 35, 2010
Dedicated to theoretical, empirical and practical approaches to educational media development, this yearbook highlights innovative trends and issues, technology centres and institutes for learning, and school and library media
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- 9781441915023
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- xviii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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- 371.334
Sustainable Value Chain Management
This book introduces the integrated management concept of "Sustainable Value Creation", which delivers sustainability ‘inside-out’ from the core business. It is based on the premise that sustainability can provide a platform for growth, if it is implemented in a company’s products, services and supply chains (combined also known as the 'Value Chain'). Managing the Value Chain from the out…
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- 978-3-319-12142-0
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- XII, 426
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- CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
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Educational technology and pedagogic encounters : democratic education in pot…
This book looks at some of the underlying theories of educational technology (means), and ways in which this technology is guided in practice (ends). The authors are intent on producing ends that prepare students to undertake new analyses and evaluations that can result in new possibilities for democratic action. Emphasis is on their understanding of and position within educational technology -…
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- 9789463005456
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- ix, 132 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 371.3342
Educational technology and polycontextual bridging
Technology has become ubiquitous in nearly every contemporary situation, while digital media have acquired considerable importance in the lives of young people. Alongside their interest in digital media, schooling constitutes a core component of the life of children and adolescents. This book is motivated by a pressing need to come to grips with the dilemmas caused by an apparent clash of learn…
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- xiv, 172 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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- 371.334
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