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Overview: Includes a basic set of high-quality sRGB color space photomicrographs for each ore.Presents multispectral reflectance values in the visible and VNIR ranges.Updates the knowledge of reflected light miThis book offers a guide to the microscopic study of metallic ores with reflected light. It combines a rigorous approach with an attractive and easy-to-follow format, using high-quality calibrated photomicrographs to illustrate the use of color for ore identification. The ore identification methodology is updated with systematic color analysis and the application of new multispectral ref

Overview: Introduces a new assessment methodology focusing on goal-oriented performed actions of learners.Provides insights into the affordances of virtual worlds as a safe and effective intercultural learning The book presents the possibilities and realities of virtual worlds in education through the application of 3D virtual worlds to support authentic learning, creativity, learner engagement and cultural diversity in higher education. It includes a unique variety of cross disciplinary approaches to research, teaching and learning in a virtual world, including analysis of data from the exper

Overview: Includes supplementary material: Riemannian geometry has today become a vast and important subject. This new book of Marcel Berger sets out to introduce readers to most of the living topics of the field and convey them quickly to the main results known to date. These results are stated without detailed proofs but the main ideas involved are described and motivated. This enables the reader to obtain a sweeping panoramic view of almost the entirety of the field. However, since a Riemannian manifold is, even initially, a subtle object, appealing to highly non-natural concepts, the first

Overview: Describes advanced technologies for fluoride removal and water treatment.Discusses in detail health consequences of fluoride in water.Presents practical applications of treatment technologies.This book presents an overview of the techniques available today for the removal of fluoride contamination/pollutants/species from water. Also covered are traditionally applied techniques for the removal of fluoride pollutants/species, including oxidation, coagulation-flocculation, and membrane techniques. Recently, progress has been made on the utility of various nanoparticles for the extractio

Overview: Argues that the use of argumentation tools and methods requires a new approach to their applications in diverse settings.Presents a synthesis of complex work on AI with applications of argumentation s.​This monograph poses a series of key problems of evidential reasoning and argumentation. It then offers solutions achieved by applying recently developed computational models of argumentation made available in artificial intelligence. Each problem is posed in such a way that the solution is easily understood. The book progresses from confronting these problems and offering solutions to

Overview: Includes supplementary material: 978-3-540-22672-7978-3-540-28646-2Series ISSN 0302-9743 Series E-ISSN 1611-3349

Overview: Offers an interdisciplinary perspective on management of acute ischemic stroke.Explains how best to utilize the methods available for medical, surgical, and endovascular care.Pays special attention to.This book approaches the topic of management of acute ischemic stroke in an interdisciplinary manner, explaining how best to utilize the methods currently available for medical, surgical, and endovascular care. After an opening section on basics such as pathophysiology, radiological assessment, and pathology, comprehensive and up-to-date information is provided on each of the available

Overview: Thanks to enormous scientific efforts of the last decades, invitro fertilization (IVF) and in vitro production (IVP) have now beenintroduced successfully in the practice of human infertility treatmentand cattle breeding programs. This comprehensive book allows us tobridge the knowledge from both biomedical and veterinary fields ofresearch..For the first time, studies concerning the human embryo as well asembryos from domestic species are brought together. The central themeof the book is "the assessment of mammalian embryo quality". In 15chapters, written by well-known scientists, dif

Overview: Die Ausnahmebehandlung ist ein vor allem bei der Automatisierung technischer Prozeßsysteme eingesetztes Sprachmittel. Trotz vieler Entwurfs- und Implementierungsvorschläge für Ausnahmemechanismen blieben die formalen Aspekte der Ausnahmebehandlung bisher weitgehend unberücksichtigt. In diesem Buch wird eine neue Theorie der Ausnahmebehandlung vorgestellt. Für die formale Beschreibung setzt die Autorin die denotationelle Methode der Semantikdefinition ein. Damit kann insbesondere die Einflußnahme der Ausnahmebehandlung auf die Ablaufsteuerung eines Programms, also die wichtigste Auswi

Overview: A definitive reference book for this topic.Explores cutting-edge topics not covered by conventional textbooks.Exemplifies mathematical elegance at its finest.This textbook is based on the author‘s lecture notes held at Qiuzhen College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, renowned for its rapid scientific growth of its excellent students. The book offers a remarkable combination of characteristics that are both exceptional and seemingly contradictory. It is designed to be entirely self-contained, starting from the basics and building a strong foundation in geometric and algebraic tools. Sim

Overview: This book explores the adoption of ‘active ageing‘ policies by EU15 nations and the impact on older peoples‘ work and retirement policy options. Policies examined include unemployment benefits, active labour market policies, partial pension receipt, pension principles, early retirement and incentives for deferral.978-1-349-34606-6978-1-137-30314-1

Overview: Artists spielen bei der Leistungserstellung von Medienunternehmen eine zentrale Rolle: sie agieren entweder als Inhaltslieferanten oder stellen selbst wesentliche Bestandteile von Medienprodukten dar. Susanne Knittel zeigt die besondere Rolle von Artists als Kreativressourcen von Medienunternehmen. Sie stellt mit dem Kreativressourcen-Lebenszyklus einen Bezugsrahmen vor und entwickelt darauf basierend ein Konzept für das strategische Management von Artists. Die Autorin leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag für die Professionalisierung des Artist-Managements.978-3-8349-2688-3978-3-834

Overview: This two-volume set, IFIP AICT 663 and 664, constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International IFIP WG 5.7 Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2022, held in Gyeongju, South Korea in September 2022..The 139 full papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 153 submissions. The papers of APMS 2022 are organized into two parts. The topics of special interest in the first part included: AI & Data-driven Production Management; Smart Manufacturing & Industry 4.0; Simulation & Model-driven Production Manag

Overview: Advances in Clinical Child Psychology is a serial publication designed to bring together original summaries of the most important new develop­ ments in the field of clinical psychology and its related disciplines. Each chapter is written by a key figure in an innovative area of research or by an individual who is particularly well qualified to comment on a topic of major contemporary importance. These chapters provide convenient, concise explorations of empirical and clinical advances in the field. The chapter topics are chosen by the editors and are based on sug­ gestions by the adv

Overview: Provides a comprehensive overview of Chinese population and economic development issues and policies.Identifies “Post-Demographic Golden Age”.Proposes new population development strategy and some othe.This book mainly addresses China’s current demographic situation and social people-related policies. It aims to solve the issues of demographic transition, population aging, population flow, urbanization, population quality, etc. China is the first large population country, with the vast territory and the huge economic system. It has many issues such as productivity and production relat

Overview: Includes supplementary material: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2015, held in Guangzhou, China, in Noavember 2015..The 18 revised full papers presented together with 2 invited papers and 7 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from about 79 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on collaborative and peer learning; e-lerning platform and tolls; design, model, and framework of e-learning systems; intelligent tutoring and tools; pedagogical issues; personalized and adaptive le

Overview: This book constitutes the proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Accelerator Programming Using Directives, WACCPD 2020, which took place on November 20, 2021. The workshop was initially planned to take place in Atlanta, GA, USA, and changed to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic..WACCPD is one of the major forums for bringing together users, developers, and the software and tools community to share knowledge and experiences when programming emerging complex parallel computing systems. The 5 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from

Overview: Includes supplementary material: .This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2017, held in Wuhan,China, in June/July 2017. The 36 revised full papers presented together with 4 keynotes, 37 poster, presentations, 4 doctoral consortium papers, 5 industry papers, 4 workshop abstracts, and 2 tutorial abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from 159 submissions. The conference provides opportunitiesfor the cross-fertilization of approaches, techniques and ideas from the many fields that comprise

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Overview: Develops credible and context-specific modeling methodology for accessibility and spatial equity.Incorporates individual perception and demand into the research framework.Provides valuable guidance fo.This book presents methodological and empirical advancements in evaluating the accessibility, use demand and behavior, and equity of urban parks. A comparative analysis was conducted across four planning areas in Singapore, a renowned compact city. An innovated conceptual framework was devised to effectively measure residents’ physical and perceived accessibility to their most often vis