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Knowledge and Institutions

Table of Contents: “…Knowledge, Geography and Institutions: An Introduction (Johannes Glückler, Roy Suddaby, Regina Lenz ) -- Part I: Institutions, Knowledge and Innovation -- Chapter 2. Regional Innovation Transitions (Michael Storper) -- chapter 3. …”
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Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Understanding the Challenges of the Agriculture Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Part I - Improving Agricultural Productivity -- Chapter 2: Improved Seeds and Agricultural Productivity of Family Farms in Cameroon -- Chapter 3: Breaking the Traditional Trap: Assessing Drivers of Modern Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe -- Chapter 4: Input Utilization and Agricultural Labour Productivity: A Gender Analysis -- Chapter 5: Evaluation of Women's On-Farm Trial of Drought Tolerant Maize in Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Nigeria -- Chapter 6: Impact of Bioenergy Crop Adoption on Total Crop Incomes of Farmers in Northern Ghana: The Case of Jatropha Curcas -- Part II - Addressing Climate Change Challenges -- Chapter 7: Profitability in a Sustainable Agricultural Production System: An Approach by the Soil and Water Conservation -- Chapter 8: Land Tenure and Communities' Vulnerability to Climate Shocks: Insights from the Niger Basin of Benin -- Chapter 9: Impact of Drought Index Insurance on Supplemental Irrigation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Experimental Evidence in Northern Ghana -- Part III - Promoting Agro-Industrialization -- Chapter 10: Does the Development of the Agricultural Sector Affect the Manufacturing Sector? …”
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Human Rights in Child Protection Implications for Professional Practice and Policy /

Table of Contents: “…Child Protection and Human Rights: A Call for Professional Practice and Policy; Asgeir Falch-Eriksen and Elisabeth Backe-Hansen -- Chapter 2. Children´s right to protection under the CRC; Kirsten Sandberg -- Chapter 3. …”
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Sustainability Standards and Global Governance Experiences of Emerging Economies /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I - Global Governance Frameworks for Sustainability Standards -- Chapter 2. Transformative impacts? Exploring the link between voluntary sustainability standards and the Sustainable Development Goals -- Chapter 3. …”
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The Evolution of China's Anti-Poverty Strategies Cases of 20 Chinese Changing Lives / by Brown, William N.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Mogan Mountain's Tang Hairong -- Chapter 2: Liu Yunguang: An Entrepreneur With a Passion for Youth -- Chapter 3: Jing Xuhua - A Loving Mother Triumphs at Home and in Business -- Chapter 4: Ye Nan Brings a Bright Future to West China -- Chapter 5: Yang Ying- From House Maid to Millionaire Philanthropist -- Chapter 6: Gerile - Making Snacks to Put Her Daughter Through College -- Chapter 7: Zhang Fang - Documenting Inner Mongolia's Environmental Fight -- Chapter 8: Zhao Xuan, A Retired Teacher From Xi'an -- Chapter 9: Bu Wenjun: Inheriting Wei-family's Brick-Carving Craftsmanship -- Chapter 10: Zhang Jianlong - From Migrant Worker to Cattle King -- Chapter 11: Xin Baotong- Helping the Helpless to Dream Again -- Chapter 12: Wang Zenghao - Young Volunteer Working in Tibet -- Chapter 13: Dawa Wangdui: A Tibetan Serf -turned Entrepreneur -- Chapter 14: Xia Jiangping - Greening the Roof of the World! …”
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Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Chapter 1: Research on Impact of the Information Society in the Global South: An Introduction to SIRCA -- Part I: Impact of Research -- Chapter 2. The Impact of Research on Development Policy and Practice: This Much We Know -- Chapter 3: Constructing Theories of Change for Information Society Impact Research -- Chapter 4: A New Set of Questions: ICT4D Research and Policy -- Chapter 5: Progress Towards Resolving the Measurement Link Between ICT and Poverty Reduction -- Chapter 6: The Impact of mFinance Initiatives in the Global South: A Review of the Literature -- Chapter 7: An Analytical Framework to Incorporate ICT as an Independent Variable -- Part II: Research on Impact -- Chapter 8: (Un)Balanced Conversations: Participatory Action Research in Technology Development in Peruvian Primary Schools -- Chapter 9: The Institutional Dynamics Perspective of ICT for Health Initiatives in India -- Chapter 10: Cybersex as Affective Labour: Critical Interrogations of the Philippine ICT Framework and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 -- Chapter 11: The Internet and Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs: Examining the Impact of Social Media on Women Empowerment -- Chapter 12. …”
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Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Reconciling community livelihood needs and biodiversity conservation in Taita Hills forests for improved livelihoods and transformational management of the landscape -- Chapter 3. …”
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Principles of Economics

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Economics: The Study of Choice -- Chapter 2: Confronting Scarcity: Choices in Production -- Chapter 3: Demand and Supply -- Chapter 4: Applications of Demand and Supply -- Chapter 5: Elasticity: A Measure of Response -- Chapter 6: Markets, Maximizers, and Efficiency -- Chapter 7: The Analysis of Consumer Choice -- Chapter 8: Production and Cost -- Chapter 9: Competitive Markets for Goods and Services -- Chapter 10: Monopoly -- Chapter 11: The World of Imperfect Competition -- Chapter 12: Wages and Employment in Perfect Competition -- Chapter 13: Interest Rates and the Markets for Capital and Natural Resources -- Chapter 14: Imperfectly Competitive Markets for Factors of Production -- Chapter 15: Public Finance and Public Choice -- Chapter 16: Antitrust Policy and Business Regulation -- Chapter 17: International Trade -- Chapter 18: The Economics of the Environment -- Chapter 19: Inequality, Poverty, and Discrimination -- Chapter 20: Macroeconomics: The Big Picture -- Chapter 21: Measuring Total Output and Income -- Chapter 22: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply -- Chapter 23: Economic Growth -- Chapter 24: The Nature and Creation of Money -- Chapter 25: Financial Markets and the Economy -- Chapter 26: Monetary Policy and the Fed -- Chapter 27: Government and Fiscal Policy -- Chapter 28: Consumption and the Aggregate Expenditures Model -- Chapter 29: Investment and Economic Activity -- Chapter 30: Net Exports and International Finance -- Chapter 31: Inflation and Unemployment -- Chapter 32: A Brief History of Macroeconomic Thought and Policy -- Chapter 33: Economic Development -- Chapter 34: Socialist Economies in Transition…”
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Law for Entrepreneurs by Mayer, Don, Warner, Daniel, Siedel, George J., Lieberman, Jethro K.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems -- Chapter 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics -- Chapter 3: Courts and the Legal Process -- Chapter 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce -- Chapter 5: Administrative Law -- Chapter 6: Criminal Law -- Chapter 7: Introduction to Tort Law -- Chapter 8: Introduction to Contract Law -- Chapter 9: The Agreement -- Chapter 10: Real Assent -- Chapter 11: Consideration -- Chapter 12: Legality -- Chapter 13: Form and Meaning -- Chapter 14: Third-Party Rights -- Chapter 15: Discharge of Obligations -- Chapter 16: Remedies -- Chapter 17: Products Liability -- Chapter 18: Intellectual Property -- Chapter 19: Insurance -- Chapter 20: Relationships between Principal and Agent -- Chapter 21: Liability of Principal and Agent; Termination of Agency -- Chapter 22: Partnerships: General Characteristics and Formation -- Chapter 23: Partnership Operation and Termination -- Chapter 24: Hybrid Business Forms -- Chapter 25: Corporation: General Characteristics and Formation -- Chapter 26: Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance -- Chapter 27: Corporate Powers and Management -- Chapter 28: Securities Regulation -- Chapter 29: Corporate Expansion, State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations, and Corporate Dissolution -- Chapter 30: Employment Law -- Chapter 31: Labor-Management Relations -- Chapter 32: Consumer Credit Transactions -- Chapter 33: Secured Transactions and Suretyship -- Chapter 34: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens -- Chapter 35: Bankruptcy -- Chapter 36: Introduction to Property: Personal Property and Fixtures…”
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Supporting Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities & Mental Illness by Melrose, Sherri

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER 1: SUPPORT WORK: THE FUNDAMENTALS -- Introduction -- Guiding Principles for Support Work -- Historical Struggles -- Competencies Expected of Support Workers -- Conclusion -- References -- CHAPTER 2: WHAT'S IN A NAME? -- Introduction -- The Purpose of Naming -- Historical Perspective -- Guidelines for Choosing the Right Name -- Intellectual Disability -- What Is Intellectual Disability? …”
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Introduction to GNU Octave A brief tutorial for linear algebra and calculus students by Lachniet, Jason

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Preface -- 1 Basic operation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Navigating the GUI -- 1.3 Matrices and vectors -- 1.4 Plotting -- Chapter 1 Exercises -- 2 Matrices and linear systems -- 2.1 Linear systems -- 2.2 Polynomial curve fitting -- 2.3 Matrix transformations -- Chapter 2 Exercises -- 3 Calculus -- 3.1 Limits, sequences, and series -- 3.2 Numerical integration -- 3.3 Parametric, polar, and implicit functions -- 3.4 Complex variables -- 3.5 Special functions -- 3.6 Symbolic operations -- Chapter 3 Exercises -- 4 Eigenvalue problems -- 4.1 Eigenvalues and eigenvectors -- 4.2 Markov chains -- 4.3 Diagonalization -- 4.4 Singular value decomposition -- 4.5 Gram-Schmidt and the QR algorithm -- Chapter 4 Exercises -- 5 Additional topics -- 5.1 Three dimensional graphs -- 5.2 Multiple integrals -- 5.3 Vector fields -- 5.4 Statistics -- 5.5 Differential equations -- Chapter 5 Exercises -- 6 Applied projects -- 6.1 SVD and digital image compression -- 6.2 The Gini index and nonlinear curve-fitting -- 6.3 Designing a helical strake: arc length and curvature -- 6.4 Modeling a cave passage: cubic spline curves -- 6.5 Graphs of surfaces and 3D-printing -- A MATLAB compatibility -- B List of Octave commands -- References -- Index…”
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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 1 - A View of the UAS Market -- Chapter 2 - UAS Law - Legislation, Regulation, and Adjudication -- Chapter 3 - Understanding Hostile Use and Cyber-Vulnerabilities of UAS -- Chapter 4 - INFOSEC – Protecting UAS Information Channels & Components -- Chapter 5 - Intelligence & Red Teaming -- Chapter 6 - Case Studies in Risk for UAS -- Chapter 7 - UAS SAA Methodologies, Conflict Detection -- Chapter 8 - Designing UAS Systems for Stealth -- Chapter 9 - Case Study Smart Skies Project -- Chapter 10 - UAS Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) -- Chapter 11 - UAS Weapons -- Chapter 12 - UAS System Deployment and Information Dominance (ID) -- Chapter 13 - Data Links Functions, Attributes and Latency -- Chapter 14 - Exposing UAS Vulnerabilities via Electronic Warfare (EW) and Countering with Low Probability Intercept Signals (LPI) -- Chapter 15 - Africa - World’s First Busiest Drone Operational Proving Ground -- Chapter 16 - Chinese Drones in Spratly Islands, and Chinese Threats to USA forces in Pacific -- Chapter 17 - High-Altitude Platforms (HAPS) – A Promise not Reached -- Chapter 18 - C-UAS and Large Scale Threats -- Chapter 19 - Audiology, Acoustic Countermeasures against Swarms and Building IFF Libraries -- Chapter 20 - Legal and Regulatory – Where It Was, Where It Is and What’s Ahead? …”
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Knowing Home Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science

Table of Contents: “…Theoretical, Historical and Epistemological Foundations -- Chapter 1 - Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science -- Chapter 2 - Why Transforming the Science Curriculum is Necessary for Aboriginal Students -- Chapter 3 - “Coming to Know”: A Framework for Indigenous Science Education -- Chapter 4 - Creating Change: Instructional Strategies, Teacher Education, Teaching Science in Rural Aboriginal and Urban Multicultural Schools -- Chapter 5 - Representations of Indigenous Science in Textbooks, Curriculum Resources, and Government Documents -- II. …”
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Gendered Lives Global Issues by Fernandez, Nadine T., Nelson, Katie

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Key Concepts -- Chapter 2: Key Perspectives -- Part II: South Asia -- Chapter 3: Introducing the Region -- Chapter 4: Controlling National Borders by Controlling Reproduction -- Chapter 5: Understanding Caste and Kinship within Hijras, a “Third” Gender Community in India -- Chapter 6: The “City” and “The Easy Life”: Work and Gender among Sherpa in Nepal -- Part III: Latin America -- Chapter 7: Latin America: Introducing the Region -- Chapter 8: Being a Good Mexican Man by Embracing “Erectile Dysfunction” -- Chapter 9: Intersectionality and Normative Masculinity in Northeast Brazil -- Chapter 10: Mexico’s Antipoverty Program Oportunidades and the Shifting Dynamics of Citizenship for Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) Village Women -- Chapter 11: Q’eqchi’-Maya Women: Memory, Markets, and Multilevel Marketing in Guatemala -- Part IV: The Caribbean -- Chapter 12: The Caribbean: Introducing the Region -- Chapter 13: Quinceañeras: Girls’ Coming-of-Age Parties in Contemporary Havana, Cuba -- Chapter 14: Jamaican Realities of Masculinities and Sexualities: “How Far Have We Come since Michel Foucault?” …”
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Writing Guide with Handbook by Robinson, Michelle Bachelor, Jerskey, Maria, Fulwiller, Toby

Table of Contents: “…Unit 1 The Things We Carry: Experience, Culture, and Language -- Chapter 1 The Digital World: Building on What You Already Know to Respond Critically -- Chapter 2 Language, Identity, and Culture: Exploring, Employing, Embracing -- Chapter 3 Literacy Narrative: Building Bridges, Bridging Gaps -- Unit 2 Bridging the Divide Between Personal Identity and Academia -- Chapter 4 Memoir or Personal Narrative: Learning Lessons from the Personal -- Chapter 5 Profile: Telling a Rich and Compelling Story -- Chapter 6 Proposal: Writing About Problems and Solutions -- Chapter 7 Evaluation or Review: Would You Recommend It? …”
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American Encounters Art, History, and Cultural Identity by Miller, Angela L, Berlo, Janet Catherine, Wolf, Bryan J, Roberts, Jennifer L

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Chapter 1: The Art of Indigenous Americans before 1500 C.E. -- Chapter 2: The Old World and the New: First Phases of Encounter, 1492-1750 -- Chapter 3: Early Colonial Arts, 1632-1734 -- Chapter 4: Late Colonial Encounters: The New World, Africa, Asia, and Europe, 1735-1797 -- Chapter 5: Art, Revolution, and The New Nation, 1776-1828 -- Chapter 6: The Body Politic, 1828-1865 -- Chapter 7: Native and European Arts at the Boundaries of Culture: The Frontier West and Pacific Norrthwest, 1820s-1850s -- Chapter 8: Nature's Nation, 1820-1865 -- Chapter 9: Post-War Challenges: Reconstruction, the Centennial Years, and Beyond, 1865-1900 -- Chapter 10: A New Internationalism: The Arts in an Expanding World, 1876-1900 -- Chapter 11: Exploration and Retrenchment: The Arts in Unsettling Times, 1890-1900 -- Chapter 12: The Arts Confront the New Century: Renewal and Continuity, 1900-1920 -- Chapter 13: Transnational Exchanges: Modernism and Modernity Beyond Borders, 1913-1940 -- Chapter 14: The Arts and the City, 1913-1940 -- Chapter 15: Searching for Roots, 1918-1940 -- Chapter 16: Social Visions: The Arts in the Depression years, 1929-1941 -- Chapter 17: Cold War and the Age of the Atom: Consensus and Anxiety, 1945-1960 -- Chapter 18: Art into Life, 1960-1980 -- Chapter 19: American Art in Flux, 1980-Present -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Index…”
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The Ethics of Medical Data Donation

Table of Contents: “…Introduction (Jenny Krutzinna and Luciano Floridi) -- Part I: Conceptualising the Ethics of Medical Data Donation -- Chapter 2. Data Donation: How to Resist the iLeviathan (Barbara Prainsack) -- Chapter 3. …”
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Energy Demand Challenges in Europe Implications for policy, planning and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: An introduction to energy demand challenges in Europe; Frances Fahy and Gary Goggins -- Chapter 2: Framing the sustainable energy challenge and implications for solutions; Charlotte Louise Jensen, Inge Røpke, Gary Goggins and Frances Fahy -- Chapter 3: The impact of German energy policy on household energy use; Eoin Grealis, Annika-Kathrin Musch and Henrike Rau -- Chapter 4: The role of households in Danish energy policy: Visions and contradictions; Inge Røpke, Charlotte Louise Jensen and Maj-Britt Quitzau -- Chapter 5: Reducing residential carbon emissions in Ireland: Challenges and policy responses; Gary Goggins, Frances Fahy and Eimear Heaslip -- Chapter 6: UK responses to the energy challenge: Dominant framings and new imaginaries; Marfuga Iskandarova and Audley Genus -- Chapter 7: Turning off the gas tap: Sustainable energy policies, practices and prospects in the Netherlands; Julia Backhaus -- Chapter 8: The energy challenge in Hungary: A need for more complex approaches; Edina Vadovics -- Chapter 9: Slovenia: Focus on energy efficiency, community energy projects and energy poverty; Lidija Živčič and Tomislav Tkalec -- Chapter 10: From efficiency to sufficiency: Insights from the Swiss energy transition; Laure Dobigny and Marlyne Sahakian -- Chapter 11: Sustainable energy consumption and energy poverty: Challenges and trends in Bulgaria; Marko Hajdinjak and Desislava Asenova -- Chapter 12: Finnish energy policy in transition; Eva Heiskanen, Senja Laakso and Kaisa Matschoss -- Chapter 13: Comparing household energy use across Europe: Uncovering opportunities for sustainable transformation; Patrick Naef, Marlyne Sahakian and Gary Goggins.…”
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Data Collection in Fragile States Innovations from Africa and Beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Fragility and innovations in data collection; Johannes Hoogeveen and Utz Pape -- Part I: Innovations in data collection -- Chapter 2: Monitoring the Ebola crisis using mobile phone surveys; Alvin Etang and Kristen Himelein -- Chapter 3: Rapid Emergency Response Survey; Utz Pape -- Chapter 4: Tracking displaced people in Mali; Alvin Etang and Johannes Hoogeveen -- Chapter 5: Locally recruited, resident and enumerators for continuous monitoring; Andre-Marie Taptué and Johannes Hoogeveen -- Chapter 6: A local development index for the Central African Republic and Mali; Mohamed Coulibaly, Johannes Hoogeveen, Roy Katayama and Gervais Chamberlin Yama -- Part II: Methodologically innovations -- Chapter 7: Geo-spatial sampling; Stephanie Eckman and Kristen Himelein -- Chapter 8: Sampling in chaotic environments; Ana I. …”
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The Behavioral Ecology of the Tibetan Macaque

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Recent developments in primatology and their relevance to the study of Tibetan macaques -- Part II: Social Behavior and Dynamics in Tibetan Macaques -- Chapter 2: Social and Life History Strategies of Tibetan Macaques at Mt. …”
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