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Socio-Spatial Theory in Nordic Geography Intellectual Histories and Critical Interventions /

Table of Contents: “…Spatial Justice and Social Reproduction in the Nordic Periphery (Madeleine Eriksson and Aina Tollefsen) -- 14. Nordic Geographies of Nation and Nationhood (Jouni Häkli and Mette Strømsø) -- 15. …”
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Blue Planet Law The Ecology of our Economic and Technological World /

Table of Contents: “…Between the Hobbesian nightmare and a new culture of the commons -- Human Responsibility for the Protection of our "Common Home" -- Scientific Knowledge: its Impacts on Judicial Decision-making and International Law in the Era of Sustainability -- Part II Climate, Ocean and Biodiversity Protection -- Climate Change and Sustainability -- Pollution and Law -- Suing States: The Role of Courts in Promoting States' Responsibility for Climate Change -- Marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction -- Climate Change and the Ocean: The Disruption of the Coral Reef -- Marine Protected Areas and Ocean Sustainability -- Part III Law, Policy and Ecological Sustainability -- Renewable Energies, Sustainability and Law -- The Impact of Ecolabels and Green Taxes on Market Outcomes -- Environmental Governance through Tax Law in the European Union -- The Legal and Normative Challenges behind Sustainable Seafood -- Economy of the Sea and Sustainable Development: The 2030 Agenda Beyond Boxes -- Part IV Law, Genetic Resources and Biotechnology -- A Legal Approach to Fostering Green Infrastructure for Improved Water and Energy Efficiency -- Law and Marine Genetic Resources -- Marine Bioprospecting: Understanding the Activity and Some Challenges related to Environmental Protection, Scientific Research, Ethics and the Law -- Biotechnological Patents, Compulsory Licensing and Sars-cov-2 in a pandemic and epidemic context -- Fighting Listeria monocytogenes with bacteriophages: Biotechnology for Food Safety -- Genetic Engineering and the Law - Past, Present and Beyond: 20+1 Criteria to Help Focus the Path to Our Common Future.…”
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Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Volume 1 /

Table of Contents: “…Physics-Based Earthquake Ground Shaking Scenarios in Large Urban Areas -- 11. A Seismic Performance Classification Framework to Provide Increased Seismic Resilience -- 12. …”
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Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-historical Legacies and New Trends

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: A Geography of Cohabitation in the Americas, 1970-2010: Albert Esteve, Antonio López-Gay, Julián López-Colás, Iñaki Permanyer, Sheela Kennedy, Benoît Laplante, Ron Lesthaeghe, Anna Turu, Teresa Antònia Cusidó -- Chapter 2: The Rise of Cohabitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970-2011: Albert Esteve, Ron Lesthaeghe, Antonio López-Gay and Joan Garcia-Román -- Chapter 3: Cohabitation and Marriage in Canada. …”
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Risk Communication for the Future Towards Smart Risk Governance and Safety Management /

Table of Contents: “….- Chapter 8 Transparency in Healthcare: Disclosing Adverse Events to the Public, by Siri Wiig, Karina Aase, Olav Røise and Mathilde Bourrier -- Chapter 9 How Safety Communication Can Support Safety Management: The Case of Commercial Aviation, by Michel Guérard -- Chapter 10 Risk Communication from an Audit Team to its Client, by Petra Haferkorn -- Conclusion: Chapter 11 Societal Risk Communication - Towards Smart Risk Governance and Safety Management, by Corinne Bieder.   .…”
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Between Mobility and Migration The Multi-Level Governance of Intra-European Movement /

Table of Contents: “…Implications and governance responses: Marta Kindler -- 11.Intra-European movement of Czechs with special regard to Austria and care givers (the "MICO" type - between MIgration and Commuting): Dušan Drbohlav, Lenka Pavelková -- 12.Migration from Central and Eastern Europe to Turkey: Deniz Karci Korfali, Tugba Acar -- 13.Conclusions and Reflection: Mark van Ostaijen and Peter Scholten -- 14.The new European migration laboratory: East Europeans in West European Cities: Adrian Favell. .…”
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Risiko im Wandel Herausforderung für die Versicherungswirtschaft /

Table of Contents: “…Jahrhundert: Auswirkungen auf die Bilanzierungen der Versicherer -- Digitalisierung und Risikotransfer: Wie im Zuge der Digitalisierung neue Geschäftsmodellen entstehen -- Führung ernst nehmen: Chancen und Risiken von Operations Bereichen in Versicherungsunternehmen -- Risiken im Versicherungsvertrieb -- Risikobereitschaft und Innovationsentwicklung -- Zum Schluss: Die Arche Noah aus Sicht der Seekasko.…”
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Sustainable Living with Environmental Risks

Table of Contents: “…Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Science Advancement and Leadership Development -- Biodiversity Agriculture Supports Human Populations -- Conservation and Sustainable Management of Soil Biodiversity for Agricultural Productivity -- Conservation Tillage Assessment For Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emission In Rainfed Agro-Ecosystem -- Improving Biodiversity in Rice Paddy Fields to Promote Land Sustainability -- Agroforestry Models for Promoting Effective Risk Management and Building Sustainable Communities -- Managing Environmental Risks and Promoting Sustainability: Conservation of Forest Resources in Madagascar -- Community-Based Mangrove Forest Management in Thailand: Key Lesson Learned for Environmental Risk Management -- Necessity of Adaptive Risk Management for Fisheries and Wildlife -- Valuation of Non-Marketed Agricultural Ecosystem Services and Food Security in Southeast Asia -- Emerging Socio-Economic and Environmental Issues Affecting Food Security: A Case Study of Silang-Santa Rosa Subwatershed -- Strengthening the Capacity of Flood-Affected Rural Communities in Padang Terap, State of Kedah, Malaysia -- Mitigating Coastal Erosion in Fort Dauphin, Madagascar -- Risk Management of Chemical Pollution: Principles from the Japanese Experience -- Research on the Sod Between Chlorophyll-a and Organic Matter BOD, COD, Phosphorus and Total Nitrogen in Stagnant Lake Basins -- Managing Construction Development Risks to the Environment -- Ecosystem Restoration Using the Near-Natural Method in Shanghai -- Sustainable Management of Urban Green Environments: Challenges and Opportunities -- Environment and Social Capacity Assessment for Sustainability Promotion and Risk Management -- Rural Landscape Conservation in Japan: Lessons from the Satoyama Conservation Program in Kanagawa Prefecture -- Enhancing Students' Ecological Thinking to Improve Understanding of Environmental Risk -- Interactive Multimedia Education System (IMES) as a International Education Platform.…”
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Enhancing Smallholder Farmers' Access to Seed of Improved Legume Varieties Through Multi-stakeholder Platforms Learning from the TLIII project Experiences in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…A cross-case analysis of innovation platform experiences in seven countries in West and East Africa and South Asia -- Chapter 14. Innovation platform for catalyzing access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers.-.…”
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Mathematics for Elementary Teachers by Manes, Michelle

Table of Contents: “…Number and Operations -- Introduction -- Addition: Dots and Boxes -- Subtration: Dots and Boxes -- Multiplication: Dots and Boxes -- Division: Dots and Boxes -- Number Line Model -- Area Model for Multiplication -- Properties of Operations -- Division Explorations -- Problem Bank -- IV. …”
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The European Experience A Multi-Perspective History of Modern Europe, 15002000

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Unit 1 Identities -- Chapter 1.1 Ideas of Europe -- Chapter 1.2 Borders -- Chapter 1.3 Migration -- Chapter 1.4 Europe's Other(ed)s: The Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East -- Unit 2 Societies -- Chapter 2.1 Demographic Change -- Chatper 2.2 Interethnic Relations -- Chapter 2.3 Household and Family -- Chapter 2.4 Inequalities -- Unit 3 Power and Citizenshpi -- Chapter 3.1 State-Building and Nationalism -- Chaptetr 3.2 Empire and Colonialism -- Chapter 3.3 Revolutions and Civil Wars -- Chapter 3.4 Peace and Conflict -- Chapter 3.5 Protest and Social Movements -- Unit 4 Knowledge -- Chapter 4.1 Science and Technological Change -- Chapter 4.2 Social Engineering and Welfare -- Chapter 4.3 Education and Knowledge Transfer -- Chapter 4.4 Understanding and Controllinig the Environment -- Unit 5 Economy -- Chapter 5.1 Entrepeneurs, Companies, Markets -- Chapter 5.2 Distribution Wealth -- Chapter 5.3 Production and Consumption -- Chapter 5.4 Labour and Forced Labour -- Unit 6 Living with Differencce -- Chapter 6.1 Religions -- Chapter 6.2 Ideologies -- Chapter 6.3 Centres and Pripheries -- Chapter 6.4 Gnerations and Lifecycles -- Unit 7 Cultural Encounters -- Chapter 7.1 Experiments and Avant-Gardes -- Chapter 7.2 Mass Media and Popular Culture -- Chapter 7.3 Sports and Leisure -- Chapter 7.4 Heritage and Memory -- List of Authors -- Index…”
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Pay for Play How the Music Industry Works, Where the Money Goes, and Why by Wayte, Larry

Table of Contents: “…Betamax) -- Contributory and Vicarious Liability for Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Services: The Napster and Grokster cases -- The Digital Millennium Copyright Act -- Sampling and Sound Recording Copyrights…”
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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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The Responsible University Exploring the Nordic Context and Beyond /

Table of Contents: “…The responsible university in southeast Asia: A tale of the transition from an elite to a mass higher education system; Laila Nordstrand Berg, Rómulo Pinheiro, Puguh Prasetya Utomo and PradnikaYunic Nurhayati -- Chapter 11. …”
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5th Symposium on Terrestrial Gravimetry: Static and Mobile Measurements (TG-SMM 2019) Proceedings of the Symposium in Saint Petersburg, Russia, October 1 - 4, 2019 /

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Terrestrial, Shipboard and Airborne Gravimetry -- Measurement of Absolute Gravity and Deflection of the Vertical at Sea -- Multi-scenario Evaluation of the Direct Method in Strapdown Airborne and Shipborne Gravimetry -- Improving Gravity Estimation Accuracy for the GT-2A Airborne Gravimeter Using Spline-Based Gravity Models -- Gravimetric Studies in the Sea of Japan -- About Identification of Instrument Error Parameters for a Gravity Gradiometer -- Numerical Model of Moving-Base Rotating Accelerometer Gravity Gradiometer -- New Algorithm for Gravity Vector Estimation from Airborne Data Using Spherical Scaling Functions -- Results of Astro-measurements of the Deflection of Vertical Using the New Observation Technique -- Observations with gPhone Gravimeter in Moscow -- Part II: Absolute Gravimetry -- On Uncertainties of Laser Interferometric Absolute Ballistic Gravimeters due to Magnetic Effects in the Free-Fall Gravity Measurements -- Evaluation of Systematic Errors in the Compact Absolute Gravimeter TAG-1 for Network Monitoring of Volcanic Activities -- Design of New Launch and Interferometer Systems for the IMGC-02 Absolute Gravimeter -- Twelve Years of High Frequency Absolute Gravity Measurements at the UK's Space Geodesy Facility: Systematic Signals and Comparison with SLR Heights -- Part III: Relative Gravimetry and Applications -- Studying the Evolution of Resolution Capabilities and Approximation Accuracy of Global Models by Spectral Characteristics -- The Role of Non-tidal Atmospheric Loading in the Task of Gravity Field Estimation by Inter-satellite Measurements -- Formation of Self-consistent Navigational Gravity Maps of Local Areas and Joint Assessment of Their Navigation Quality -- Methods of Bistatic GNSS-radio Altimetry for Determining Height Profile of the Ocean and Their Experimental Verification -- Absolute and Relative Gravity Measurements at Volcanoes: Current State and New Developments Under the NEWTON-g Project -- The Effect of Measurement Preprocessing in the Gravity-Aided Navigation -- Sensitivity of Algorithms for Estimating the Gravity Disturbance Vector to Its Model Uncertainty.…”
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Human Factors in Privacy Research

Table of Contents: “…Forward -- About this book -- Acknowledgements -- Part I Theory -- Chapter 1 Data Collection Isn't Mostly Harmless: An Introduction to Privacy Theories and Basics -- Chapter 2 From the Privacy Calculus to Crossing the Rubicon: An Introduction to Theoretical Models of User Privacy Behavior -- Part II Methodology -- Chapter 3 Empirical Research Methods in Usable Privacy and Security -- Chapter 4 Towards Valid and Reliable Privacy Concern Scales: The Example of IUIPC-8 -- Chapter 5 Achieving Usable Security and Privacy through Human-Centered Design -- Chapter 6 What HCI Can Do for (Data Protection) Law - Beyond Design -- Chapter 7 Expert Opinions as a Method of Validating Ideas: Applied to Making GDPR Usable -- Part III Applicable Areas -- Chapter 8 Privacy Nudges and Informed Consent? …”
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The 3 Dimensions of Digitalised Archaeology State-of-the-Art, Data Management and Current Challenges in Archaeological 3D-Documentation /

Table of Contents: “…Current Challenges -- Chapter 7. Marco Hostettler, Anja Buhlke, Clara Drummer, Lea Emmenegger, Johannes Reich, Corinne Stäheli(Bern, Kiel, Berlin): The current application of image-based 3D technologies in archaeology. …”
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Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident The First Three Years /

Table of Contents: “…1 An Overview of Our Research -- 2 Monitoring Inspection for Radioactive Substances in Agricultural, Livestock, Forest, and Fishery Products in Fukushima Prefecture -- 3 Rice Inspections in Fukushima Prefecture -- 4 Cesium accumulation in paddy field rice grown in Fukushima from 2011 to 2013: cultivars and fertilization -- 5 Physiological verification of the effect of potassium supply on the reduction of radiocesium content in rice grain -- 6 Consecutive Field Trials of Rice Cultivation in Partially Decontaminated Paddy Fields to Reduce Radiocesium Absorption in the Iitate Village in Fukushima Prefecture -- 7 Effects of "clean feeding" management on livestock products contaminated with radioactive cesium due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 8 Adverse effects of radiocesium on the promotion of sustainable circular agriculture including livestock due to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -- 9 Wild boars in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident: Distribution of radiocesium -- 10 Contamination of Wild Animals: Microhabitat Heterogeneity and Ecological Factors of Radioactive Cesium Exposure in Fukushima -- 11 Translocation of radiocesium in fruit trees -- 12 The effects of radioactive contamination on the forestry industry and commercial mushroom-log production in Fukushima, Japan -- 13 Radiocesium in timber of Japanese cedar, and Japanese red pine, in the forests of Minamisoma, Fukushima -- 14 Ecosystem monitoring of radiocesium redistribution dynamics in a forested catchment in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident in March 2011 -- 15 Reduction of air radiation dose by ponding paddy fields -- 16 Collaboration Structure for the Resurrection of Iitate Village, Fukushima: A Case Study of a Nonprofitable Organization -- 17 Impacts of the nuclear power plant accident and the start of trial operations in Fukushima fisheries -- 18 Consumer evaluation of foods from the disaster affected area: Change in 3 years -- 19 Imaging Techniques for Radiocesium in Soil and Plants.…”
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British Literature II Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: The Romantic Era -- 1.1 Romanticism in Literature -- 1.2 Historical Context -- 1.3 Recommended Reading -- 1.4 Anna Laetitia Barbauld -- 1.5 Charlotte Smith -- 1.6 William Blake -- 1.7 William Wordsworth -- 1.8 Dorothy Wordsworth -- 1.9 Samuel Taylor Coleridge -- 1.10 George Gordon, Lord Byron -- 1.11 Perey Bysshe Shelley -- 1.12 Felicia Dorothea Hemans -- 1.13 John Keats -- 1.14 Mary Shelley -- Part 2: The Victorian Age -- 2.1 The Victorian Movement in Literature -- 2.2 Historical Context -- 2.3 Recommended Reading -- 2.4 Elizabeth Barrett Browning -- 2.5 Alfred, Lord Tennyson -- 2.6 Robert Browning -- 2.7 Emily Bronte -- 2.8 George Eliot -- 2.9 Matthew Arnold -- 2.10 Charles Dickens -- 2.11 Dante Gabriel Rossetti -- 2.12 Christina Rossetti -- 2.13 William Morris -- 2.14 Gerard Manley Hopkins -- 2.15 Oscar Wilde -- 2.16 Rudyard Kipling -- Part 3: The Twentieth Century and Beyond -- 3.1 Modernism and Postmodernism as Literary Movements -- 3.2 Historical Context -- 3.3. …”
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Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition

Table of Contents: “…-Digital infrastructure for student accommodations in european university cities: The "HOME" project -- Part 2: Technology -- Technologies for the construction of buildings and cities of the near future -- The living lab for autonomous driving as applied research of MaaS models in the smart city: the case study of MASA - Modena Automotive Smart Area -- Expanding the wave of smartness: Smart buildings, another frontier of the digital revolution -- Sharing innovation. …”
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