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Nature-Based Solutions to Climate Change Adaptation in Urban Areas Linkages between Science, Policy and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Section I Scientific evidence for Nature-based solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation in urban areas -- Section II Practical implementation and needs for a transition towards Nature-based solutions in cities -- Section III Nature-based solutions and social-environmental justice in cities -- Section IV Governance Implications and Economic Viability of Nature-based solutions -- Conclusions.…”
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Investigating the Body in the Victorian Asylum Doctors, Patients, and Practices / by Wallis, Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Skin -- Chapter 3: Muscle -- Chapter 4: Bone -- Chapter 5: Brain -- Chapter 6: Fluid -- Chapter 7: Conclusion -- Appendix: Demographic characteristics of West Riding Lunatic Asylum admissions.…”
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Railway Ecology

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 -- Introduction -- 1. Railway Ecology -- 2. Wildlife Mortality in Railways -- 3. …”
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The Interconnected Arctic - UArctic Congress 2016

Table of Contents: “…Part I Vulnerability of the Arctic environments. Chapter 1 Mysteries of the geological history of the Cenozoic Arctic Ocean sea ice cover -- Chapter 2 Response of Arctic alpine biota to climate change -evidence from Polar Urals GLORIA summits -- Chapter 3 The features of natural and artificial recovery in quarries of the forest-tundra zone of Western Siberia -- Chapter 4 The concept of hierarchical structure of large marine ecosystems in the zoning of Russian Arctic shelf seas -- Chapter 5 Changing climate and outbreaks of forest pest insects in a cold northern country, Finland -- Chapter 6 Wood-based energy as a strategy for climate change mitigation in the Arctic -Perspectives on assessment of climate impacts and resource efficiency with Life Cycle Assessment -- Chapter 7. …”
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Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming 18th International Conference, XP 2017, Cologne, Germany, May 22-26, 2017, Proceedings /

Table of Contents: “…An empirical investigation of twenty software startups -- Key Challenges in Agile Requirements Engineering -- A Multiple Case Study on Selecting a Technique for User-Interaction Data Collecting -- Comparing Requirements Decomposition within the Scrum, Scrum with Kanban, XP, and Banana Development Processes -- Effects of Technical Debt Awareness: A classroom study -- Agile in Organizations -- Don't Forget to Breathe: A Controlled Trial of Mindfulness Practices in Agile Project Teams -- Enhancing Agile Team Collaboration through the use of Large Digital Multi-touch Cardwalls -- Knowledge Sharing in a Large Agile Organisation: A Survey Study -- Teaching Agile Methods to Software Engineering Professionals: 10 Years, 1000 Release Plans -- Are Software Startups Applying Agile? …”
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Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22-23, 2017, Proceedings /

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Symbiotic Interaction 5th International Workshop, Symbiotic 2016, Padua, Italy, September 29-30, 2016, Revised Selected Papers /

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Understanding the Bigger Energy Picture DESERTEC and Beyond / by Düren, Michael

Table of Contents: “…1.Introduction -- 2.The Nexus of Energy, Carbon and Water -- 3.Energy in Times after the Energy Transition -- 4.Political Implications -- 5.Closing Remarks.…”
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Dignity in the 21st Century Middle East and West / by Schroeder, Doris, Bani-Sadr, Abol‐Hassan

Table of Contents: “…-- Dignity - a fictional dialogue.…”
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Spanish Economic Growth, 1850-2015 by Prados de la Escosura, Leandro

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Fading Foundations Probability and the Regress Problem / by Atkinson, David, Peijnenburg, Jeanne

Table of Contents: “…1. The Regress Problem -- 2. Epistemic Justification -- 3. …”
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Musical Haptics

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part 1- Haptics in Musical Interaction: Psychophysics and User Experience -- A Brief Overview of the Somatosensory System -- Once More with Feeling: The Dynamics of Performer-Instrument Interaction -- Perception of Vibrotactile Cues in Musical Performance -- The Role of Haptic Cues in Musical Instrument Quality Perception -- A Functional Analysis of Haptic Feedback in Digital Musical Instrument Interactions -- Auditory-Tactile Experience of Music -- Part II - Haptic Musical Interfaces: Design and Applications -- The MSCI Platform: A Framework for the Design and Simulation of Multisensory Virtual Musical Instruments -- Implementation and Characterization of Vibrotactile Interfaces -- Touchscreens and Musical Interaction -- Design of Vibrotactile Feedback -- Haptic Force-Feedback Instruments for the Laptop Orchestra of Louisiana -- Haptics for the Development of Fundamental Rhythm Skills Including Multi-Limb Coordination.…”
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Collaborating Against Child Abuse Exploring the Nordic Barnahus Model /

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Volcanic Unrest From Science to Society /

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 - Overview on volcanic unrest -- Significance of unrest -- Past experiences -- Part 2 - Geophysical and geochemical insights on unrest and precursory activity -- Volcano Seismology: detecting unrest in wiggly lines -- Volcano geodesy and multiparameter investigations -- Volcanic gases and low temperature volcanic fluids -- MONITORING CAPACITY: obvious and hidden problems -- Part 3 - Magma dynamics: Lessons from experiments and models -- Storage and ascent of magma -- Magma rejuvenation: Insights from numerical models -- Crystals, bubbles and melt: critical conduit processes revealed by numerical models -- Interaction between magma and hydrothermal system -- The magma laboratory: Constraining unrest mechanisms -- From unrest to eruption: Conditions for phreatic vs. magmatic activity -- Geochemical and isotopic investigations in the light of unrest -- Magma mixing as a prelude to unrest -- Part 4 - Bridging the gap between science and decision-making -- Legal governance -- A Warner paper incl Cost benefit -- Recognizing and tracking volcanic unrest: a probabilistic approach -- Probabilistic tools for hazard assessment and risk management -- Deterministic vs. probabilistic forecasts -- Perspective on global practices of communication and decision-makers' needs -- Social resilience and compliance during unrest crises -- Outreach and education -- Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises - guidance for future exercises -- Glossary -- INDEX.…”
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The Crisis for Young People Generational Inequalities in Education, Work, Housing and Welfare / by Green, Andy

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Bridging Educational Leadership, Curriculum Theory and Didaktik Non-affirmative Theory of Education /

Table of Contents: “…Forewords by William. F. Pinar, Carolyn Shields, Tomas Englund -- Part I: Re-Theorizing the Field - Foundations to a Research Program -- 1. …”
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Advancing Human Assessment The Methodological, Psychological and Policy Contributions of ETS /

Table of Contents: “…Item Response Theory -- 6. Research on Statistics -- 7. Contributions to the Quantitative Assessment of Item, Test, and Score Fairness -- PART 2: ETS Contributions to Education Policy and Evaluation -- 8. …”
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Resilience: A New Paradigm of Nuclear Safety From Accident Mitigation to Resilient Society Facing Extreme Situations /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: What are damages in Nuclear Accidents?- Part II: Measurement of Damages -- Part III: Barriers against Transition into Resilience -- Part IV: Research questions for developing knowledge toward transition into resilience -- Epilogue.…”
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Renewing Local Planning to Face Climate Change in the Tropics

Table of Contents: “…The case of the West Arsi Woreda in Ethiopia -- Visualize and communicate extreme weather risk to improve urban resilience -- Climate change adaptation and resilience in Mali -- Building resilience to drought in the Sahel by early risk identification and advices -- Risk analysis and evaluation to improve climate adaptation planning in Western Niger -- A simplified hydrological method for flood risk assessment at sub-basin level in Niger -- Socio-technical transitions and resilient infrastructure: analyzing changes in access to water following infrastructure upgrade in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -- Monitoring and evaluating advocacy and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in Haiti -- Knowledge for transformational adaptation planning: comparing the potential of forecasting and back casting methods for assessing people vulnerability -- Possible impact of pelletized crop residues use as a fuel for cooking in Niger -- An effective Mainstreaming DRR and Resilience approach in La Paz (Mexico) and San Jose (Costa-Rica) -- Climate vulnerability reduction credits: measuring results of adaptation; potential applicability for sub-Saharan communities -- Review of pilot projects on index-based insurance in Africa: insights and lessons Learned -- A new perspective for integrating climate change in local development plans.…”
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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Volume 1 ISDR-ICL Sendai Partnerships 2015-2025 /

Table of Contents: “…Landslide Risk Reduction in Croatia: Scientific research in the framework of the WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-173, IPL-184, ICL ABN -- Shapes and Mechanisms of Large-scale Landslides in Japan: Forecasting Analysis from an Inventory (WCoE 2014-2017 -- Retrospective and Prospects for Cold Regions Landslide Research (2012-2016) (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-132, IPL-167, IPL-203, CRLN -- Large-scale Rockslide Inventories: from the Kokomeren River Basin to the Entire Central Asia Region (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-106-2) -- Interventions for Promoting Knowledge, Innovations and Landslide Risk Management Practices within South and Southeast Asia (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Promoting a Global Standard for Community-based Landslide Early Warning Systems (WCoE 2014-2017, IPL-158, IPL-165) -- Model Policy Frameworks, Standards and Guidelines on Landslide Disaster Reduction (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Landslide Hazard and Risk Management (WCoE 2014-2017) -- Mitigation of Landslide Hazards in Ukraine under the Guidance of ICL: 2009-2016 (IPL-153, IPL-191) -- Development of a Hazard Evaluation Technique for Earthquake-Induced Landslides Based on an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (IPL-154) -- The Croatian-Japanese SATREPS Joint Research Project on Landslides (IPL-161).…”
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