The Road to General Intelligence by Swan, Jerry, Nivel, Eric, Kant, Neel, Hedges, Jules, Atkinson, Timothy, Steunebrink, Bas

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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami, Radioactive, and Reputational Damages /

Table of Contents: “…Part I The Road to Reconstruction from the Tsunami and Radioactive Contamination: Two and a Half Years On -- 1 Dealing with Disasters of Unprecedented Magnitude: The Local Government's Tribulations and the Road to Reconstruction (Hidekiyo Tachiya) -- 2 Tokyo University of Agriculture East Japan Assistance Project Assisting with Reconstruction: Guiding Principles, Planning, and Propagation of Benefits (Toshiyuki Monma) -- 3 Characteristics of the Agricultural and Forestry Industries in the Soma Area and Damage Sustained as a Result of the Great East Japan Earthquake (Takahiro Yamada, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- Part II Reconstruction from Tsunami Damage -- 4 Reconstruction Support for the Farmland Struck by Tsunami (Itsuo Goto and Kaisei Inagaki) -- 5 Tsunami Damage to Farming Operations and the New Generation of Farmers and Farm Management (Yukio Shibuya, Takahiro Yamada, Nyamkhuu Batdelger, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Gentaro Suzumura, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- 6 Presenting a Model for Revival of Rural Communities in Japan's Disaster Zones (Shigeyuki Miyabayashi, Yasushi Takeuchi, Hiromu Okazawa, Tomonori Fujikawa, and Yutaka Sasaki) -- 7 Contributing to Restoration of Tidal Flats in Miyagi Prefecture's Moune Bay Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (Susumu Chiba, Takeshi Sonoda, Makoto Hatakeyama, and Katsuhide Yokoyama) -- Part III Reconstruction from Radioactive Contamination -- 8 Initiatives by the Soil Fertilization Team to Develop Agricultural Technologies for Paddy Fields with Radioactive Contamination (Itsuo Goto and Kaisei Inagaki) -- 9 The Potential for Producing Rice for Feed and Whole Crop Rice Silage in Radiation-Contaminated Areas (Seiji Nobuoka) -- 10 Developing and Trialing a System to Monitor Radionuclide in Individual Plots of Farmland to Help Reconstruction Farming in Contaminated Areas (Toshiyuki Monma, Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Youichi Kawano, Dambii Byambasuren, Yuta Ono, and Quar Evine) -- 11 New Decontamination Methods for Parks and Other Areas in Which Radionuclide Have Accumulated (Mitsuo Kondo and Chizuko Mizuniwa) -- 12 Forest Restoration (Takahisa Hayashi) -- 13 Nuclear Radiation Levels in the Forest at Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture (Iwao Uehara, Tomoko Seyama, Fumio Eguchi, Ryuichi Tachibana, Yukito Nakamura, and Hiroya Obayashi ) -- 14 Radioactive Contamination of Ostriches in a Potentially Permanent Evacuation Zone (Hiroshi Ogawa, Hidehiko Uchiyama, Koji Masuda, Takeshi Sasaki, Tadao Watanabe, Toshiaki Tomizawa, and Schu Kawashima) -- 15 The Radioactive Contamination in Some Arthropod Species in Fukushima (Tarô Adati and Sota Tanaka) -- 16 A Consumer Survey Approach to Reputation-Based Damage Affecting Agricultural Products and How to Overcome It (Puangkaew Lurhathaiopath, Shizuka Matsumoto, Makoto Hoshi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, and Toshiyuki Monma) -- Part IV Activities and Impressions of Students and Farmers Who Supported the Project -- 17 Staking Recovery Hopes on Soma Revival Rice (Kaisei Inagaki, Tomoko Ninagi, Saburo Sasaki, and Akiko Sato) -- 18 Impression of the Students Participated in the Radioactivity Monitoring System of Farmland (Volodymyr Ganzha, Keiji Kanamori, Hana Fujimoto, and Ryo Itakura) -- 19 Impression of the Forestry managers and students participated in the Radioactivity Damage Investigation of Forests (Eihachi Horiuchi, Kiyoaki Sasaki, Masaaki Itakura, Chisato Yasukawa, and Chihiro Kinoshita).…”
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Logischer Empirismus, Lebensreform und die deutsche Jugendbewegung Logical Empiricism, Life Reform, and the German Youth Movement /

Table of Contents: “…Einleitung: Logischer Empirismus, Lebensreform und die deutsche Jugendbewegung -- 2. The Winding Road to Logical Empiricism: Philosophers of Science and the Youth Movement -- 3. …”
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The Essence of Software Engineering

Table of Contents: “…1 The Leading Role of Software and Systems Architecture in the Age of Digitization -- 2 Formal Methods and Agile Development: Towards a Happy Marriage -- 3 Escaping Method Prison - On the Road to Real Software Engineering -- 4 What is software?…”
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Paths Why is life filled with so many detours? / by Gulyás, András, Heszberger, Zalán, Biró, József

Table of Contents: “…The Introduction: Long and Winding Roads -- 2. Everybody Loves Roundabouts -- 3. The Forest of Alternative Choices -- 4. …”
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Aquaponics Food Production Systems Combined Aquaculture and Hydroponic Production Technologies for the Future /

Table of Contents: “…PART 1: FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS IN A RESOURCE LIMITED WORLD -- 1: Aquaponics and Global Food Challenges -- 2: Aquaponics: closing the cycle on limited water, land and nutrient resources -- 3: Recirculating Aquaculture Technology -- 4: Hydroponic Technology -- PART 2: SPECIFIC AQUAPONIC TECHNOLOGY -- 5: Aquaponics: The Basics -- 6: Bacterial Relationships in Aquaponics: New Research Directions -- 7: Coupled Aquaponic Systems -- 8: Decoupled Aquaponic Systems -- 9: Nutrient Cycling -- 10: Aerobic & Anaerobic Treatments for Aquaponic Sludge Reduction and Mineralisation -- 11: Systems Modelling -- 12: Aquaponics: Alternative Types and Approaches -- PART 3: PERSPECTIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT -- 13: Fish Diets in Aquaponics -- 14: Plant Pathogens and Control Strategies in Aquaponics -- 15: Smarthoods: Aquaponics Integrated Microgrids -- 16: Aquaponics for the Anthropocene: Towards a 'sustainable first' Agenda -- PART 4: MANAGEMENT & MARKETING -- 17: Insight into Risk in Aquatic Animal Health in Aquaponics -- 18: Commercial Aqupaonics - A Long Road Ahead -- 19: Aquaponics: The Ugly Duckling in Organic Regulation -- 20: Regulatory Frameworks for Aquaponics within the EU -- 21: Aquaponics in the Built Environment -- PART 5: AQUAPONICS AND EDUCATION -- 22: Aquaponics as an Educational Tool -- 23: Opportunities and challenges in using aquaponics among young people at school - a Danish perspective -- 24: Aquaponics and Social Enterprise.…”
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain by Nichols, Randall K., Mumm, Hans C., Lonstein, Wayne D.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 21 - Chinese UAS Proliferation along New Silk Road Sea/Land Routes -- Chapter 22 - Ethics in the New Age of Autonomous Systems and Artificial Intelligence (AI)…”
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The Legacy of Felix Klein

Table of Contents: “…-- Coherence and fidelity of the function concept in school mathematics -- Strand III: Intuitive thinking and visualization -- Aspects of "Anschauung" in the work of Felix Klein -- The road of the german book praktische analysis into japanese secondary school mathematics textbooks (1943-1944) -- An influence of the felix klein movement on the far east -- Felix Klein's mathematical heritage seen through 3D models -- The modernity of the meraner lehrplan for teaching geometry today in grades 10-11: Exploiting the power of dynamic geometry systems -- IV. …”
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The Elements of Big Data Value Foundations of the Research and Innovation Ecosystem /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Ecosystem Elements of Big Data Value -- The European Big Data Value Ecosystem -- Stakeholder Analysis of Data Ecosystems -- A Roadmap to Drive Adoption of Data Ecosystems -- Achievements and Impact of the Big Data Value Public-Private Partnership: The Story so Far -- Part II: Research and Innovation Elements of Big Data Value -- Technical Research Priorities for Big Data -- A Reference Model for Big Data Technologies -- Data Protection in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Trends, Existing Solutions and Recommendations for Privacy-Preserving Technologies -- A Best Practice Framework for Centres of Excellence in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence -- Data Innovation Spaces -- Part III: Business, Policy, and Societal Elements of Big Data Value -- Big Data Value Creation by Example -- Business Models and Ecosystem for Big Data -- Innovation in Times of Big Data and AI: Introducing the Data-Driven Innovation (DDI) Framework -- The Road to Big Data Standardisation -- The Role of Data Regulation in Shaping AI: An Overview of Challenges and Recommendations for SMEs -- Part IV: Emerging Elements of Big Data Value -- Data Economy 2.0: From Big Data Value to AI Value and a European Data Space.…”
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Sublinear Computation Paradigm Algorithmic Revolution in the Big Data Era /

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 2: Property Testing on Graphs and Games -- Chapter 3: Constant-Time Algorithms for Continuous Optimization Problems -- Chapter 4: Oracle-based Primal-Dual Algorithms for Packing and Covering Semidefinite Programs -- Chapter 5: Almost Linear Time Algorithms for Some Problems on Dynamic Flow Networks -- Chapter 6: Sublinear Data Structure -- Chapter 7: Compression and Pattern Matching -- Chapter 8: Orthogonal Range Search Data Structures -- Chapter 9: Enhanced RAM Simulation in Succinct Space -- Chapter 10: Review of Sublinear Modeling in Markov Random Fields by Statistical-Mechanical Informatics and Statistical Machine Learning Theory -- Chapter 11: Empirical Bayes Method for Boltzmann Machines -- Chapter 12: Dynamical analysis of quantum annealing -- Chapter 13: Mean-field analysis of Sourlas codes with adiabatic reverse annealing -- Chapter 14: Rigidity theory for protein function analysis and structural accuracy validations -- Chapter 15: Optimization of Evacuating and Walking Home Routes from Osaka City with Big Road Network Data on Nankai Megathrust Earthquake -- Chapter 16: Stream-based Lossless Data Compression.…”
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Bats in the Anthropocene: Conservation of Bats in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Bats in the Anthropocene -- Urbanisation and its effects on bats - a global meta-analysis -- Bats and roads -- Responses of tropical bats to habitat fragmentation, logging, and deforestation -- Insectivorous bats and silviculture: balancing timber production and bat conservation -- Bats in the anthropogenic matrix: Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of Chiroptera and their ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes -- Dark matters: the effects of artificial lighting on bats -- Bats and water: anthropogenic alterations threaten global bat populations -- White-nose syndrome in bats -- Zoonotic viruses and conservation of bats -- Impacts of Wind Energy Development on Bats: a Global Perspective -- Exploitation of Bats for Bushmeat and Medicine -- The conflict between pteropodid bats and fruit growers: species, legislation and mitigation -- Bats and buildings: The conservation of synanthropic bats -- Conservation ecology of cave bats -- The roles of taxonomy and systematics in bat conservation -- Networking networks for global bat conservation -- Cute, Creepy, or Crispy - how values, attitudes and norms shape human behavior toward bats. .…”
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Introduction to Digital Humanism A Textbook /

Table of Contents: “…-- The Re-Enchanted Universe of AI: the Place for Human Agency -- Aesthetic Aspects of Digital Humanism: An Aesthetic-Philosophical Analysis of Whether AI Can Create Art -- Approaches to Ethical AI[1] -- Promises and Perils in Moralizing Technologies -- The Road Less Taken: Pathways to Ethical and Responsible Technologies -- Bridging the Digital Divide -- Responsible Software Engineering: Requirements and Goals -- Bridging the Digital Divide -- Responsible Software Engineering: Requirements and Goals -- Governance for Digital Humanism: The role of regulation, standardization, and certification -- Value-Sensitive Software Design: Ethical Deliberation in Agile Development Processes -- Humans in the loop: people at the heart of systems development -- Resilience: the Key to Planetary and Societal Sustainability -- How blockchain technology can help to arrive at fair ecosystems and platforms -- Introduction to Security and Privacy -- Part 3: Critical and Societal Issues of Digital Systems -- Recommender Systems: Techniques, Effects, and Measures Towards Pluralism and Fairness -- Bias and the Web -- Copyright enforcement on social media platforms: On Algorithmic Content Moderation -- DEMOCRACY IN THE DIGITAL ERA -- Are Cryptocurrencies and Decentralized Finance Democratic? …”
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Perspectives on Digital Humanism

Table of Contents: “…Cultural Influences on AI along the New Silk Road -- 32. Geopolitics, Sovereignty in Digital Times...What's in a Word? …”
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Permaculture Design Tools for Climate Resilience by Milison, Andrew

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