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A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World
This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a systematic approach to three central topics: the meanings of different causal expressions, sufficiency of evidence for inferences from observations to causal relations, and how t…
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- 978-3-031-59135-8
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- XII, 150
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- SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)
- Call Number
- 501 JOH p
Non-Equilibrium Social Science and Policy: Introduction and Essays on New and…
The overall aim of this book, an outcome of the European FP7 FET Open NESS project, is to contribute to the ongoing effort to put the quantitative social sciences on a proper footing for the 21st century. A key focus is economics, and its implications on policy making, where the still dominant traditional approach increasingly struggles to capture the economic realities we observe in the world …
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- 9783319424248
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- VIII, 232
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- -
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European Language Grid: A Language Technology Platform for Multilingual Europe
This open access book provides an in-depth description of the EU project European Language Grid (ELG). Its motivation lies in the fact that Europe is a multilingual society with 24 official European Union Member State languages and dozens of additional languages including regional and minority languages. The only meaningful way to enable multilingualism and to benefit from this rich linguistic …
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- 1
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- 978-3-031-17258-8
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- -
- Series Title
- Cognitive Technologies
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- XXX, 360
Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Dynamics of the Brain
This book brings together leading investigators who represent various aspects of brain dynamics with the goal of presenting state-of-the-art current progress and address future developments. The individual chapters cover several fascinating facets of contemporary neuroscience from elementary computation of neurons, mesoscopic network oscillations, internally generated assembly sequences in th…
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- 1st Edition
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- 9783319288024
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- XIII, 172
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- -
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The Amazing Journey of Reason : from DNA to Artificial Intelligence
This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journ…
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- 978-3-030-25962-4
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- XVI, 113 halaman
- Series Title
- Springer Briefs in Computer Science
- Call Number
- 005 ALE a
Innovative Learning Environments in STEM Higher Education : Opportunities, Ch…
As explored in this open access book, higher education in STEM fields is influenced by many factors, including education research, government and school policies, financial considerations, technology limitations, and acceptance of innovations by faculty and students. In 2018, Drs. Ryoo and Winkelmann explored the opportunities, challenges, and future research initiatives of innovative learning …
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- 978-3-030-58948-6
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- XV, 137
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- SpringerBriefs in Statistics (BRIEFSSTATIST)
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- 300 INN
Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Connectomics of the Brain
This book has brought together leading investigators who work in the new arena of brain connectomics. This includes ‘macro-connectome’ efforts to comprehensively chart long-distance pathways and functional networks; ‘micro-connectome’ efforts to identify every neuron, axon, dendrite, synapse, and glial process within restricted brain regions; and ‘meso-connectome’ efforts to systema…
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- 1
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- 978-3-319-27776-9
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- X, 166
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- Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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- -
Wetlands and Water Framework Directive : Protection, Management and Climate C…
This book compares the lessons learned from a wetland-perspective approach to the changing climate and the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) with regard to environmental conservation. Examples from Germany and Poland are discussed due to the efficiency of their respective implementations of water conservation policies. Although the general scientific interest in specific issue…
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- 978-3-319-13764-3
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- XI, 103
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- GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)
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- 624 WET
Agroecological Transitions: From Theory to Practice in Local Participatory De…
This Open Access book presents feedback from the ‘Territorial Agroecological Transition in Action’- TATA-BOX research project, which was devoted to these specific issues. The multidisciplinary and multi-organisation research team steered a four-year action-research process in two territories of France. It also presents: i) the key dimensions to be considered when dealing with agroecologi…
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- 1
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- 9783030019532
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- XVI, 335 hlm; ill., lamp.,
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- -
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Human Rights Dissemination in Central Asia : Human Rights Education and Capac…
This open access book explores the field of human rights dissemination in Central Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on five post-Soviet Central Asian states—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan, it examines compliance with international human rights standards in these countries. The contributions capture various aspects of human rights dissemination through …
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- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-3-031-27971-3
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- VII, 133
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- SpringerBriefs in Political Science (BRIEFSPOLITICAL)
- Call Number
- 320 HUM
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