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The Digital Nexus Identity, Agency, and Political Engagement
The trauma and tension in the daily lives of citizens as described here by McLuhan was only intensified by the arrival of digital media and the Web in the following decades. The rapidly evolving digital realm held a powerful promise for creative and constructive good—a promise so alluring that much of the inquiry into this new environment focused on its potential rather than its profound impa…
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- 9781771991292.01
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- Cultural Dialectics
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- 352 pages
Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media
Canada and the United States. Two nations, one border, same continent. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan examines how the American media has portrayed Canada, from Confederation to Obama’s election. By examining major events that have tested bilateral relations, Bomb Canada tracks the history of anti-…
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- 9781897425497.01
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- 154 pages
Urban Transportation and the Environment Issues, Alternatives and Policy Ana…
The book deals with urban transportation planning in light of environmental sustainability and social equity. It begins with a review of the Indian urban transportation system and the issues surrounding it, and discusses the alternatives and policy directions that are being considered. It examines all the environmental issues arising out of transportation as a sector and assesses the alternativ…
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- 978-81-322-2313-9
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- 15 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
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Urban Mining Systems
This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in “urban mining” among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology. Systems for recycling and reusing precious metals and rare-earth minerals contained in used and discarded electronics are introduced in this book. The target audience is not academic researchers in the resource management and ecology fie…
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- 978-4-431-55075-4
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- 10 b/w illustrations, 26 illustrations in colour
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Grain-based Foods : Processing, Properties, and Heath Attributes
The Special Issue aims to provide a complete exploration of the scientific principles related to processing, fermentation/malting, and nutrition of cereal grains. It also describes their physical and chemical characteristics and explains how these properties relate to health and nutritional value of the final grain-based products. Indeed, while grains remain the world’s largest food yield—w…
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- 664 GRA
AiREAS : Sustainocracy for a Healthy City, The Invisible made Visible Phase 1
This book describes the coming about and first results of the AiREAS "healthy city" cooperative in the city of Eindhoven and Province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. AiREAS is an initiative focused on the multidisciplinary co-creation of healthy cities using the core human value of human health and air quality as guiding principle for profound regional innovation. The unique group process …
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- 978-3-319-26940-5
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- Springer Briefs on Case Studies of Sustainable Development
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- 628 AIR
Aerospace Robotics II
This book presents a selection of conference contributions from CARO’13 (Conference on Aerospace Robotics), which was held in Warsaw from July 1 to 3, 2013. It presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs. These programs could involve such issues as space situational awareness program, planetary protection, exploitation of mine…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-13853-4
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- XIV, 198
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- GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
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- 629.47 ADV a
Aerospace Robotics II
This book presents a selection of conference contributions from CARO’13 (Conference on Aerospace Robotics), which was held in Warsaw from July 1 to 3, 2013. It presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs. These programs could involve such issues as space situational awareness program, planetary protection, exploitation of mine…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-13853-4
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- XIV, 198
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- GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
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- 629.47 ADV a
Aeroservoelasticity: Modeling and Control
This monograph presents the state of the art in aeroservoelastic (ASE) modeling and analysis and develops a systematic theoretical and computational framework for use by researchers and practicing engineers. It is the first book to focus on the mathematical modeling of structural dynamics, unsteady aerodynamics, and control systems to evolve a generic procedure to be applied for ASE synthesis. …
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- 978-1-4939-2368-7
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- XI, 318
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- Control Engineering
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- 629.47 TEW a
Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident (III) : After 7 Y…
This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This third volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland, forests, and marine and freshwater environments, with a particular focus on lives…
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- 978-981-13-3218-0
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- 630 AGR
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