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The Sustainability of Agro-Food and Natural Resource Systems in the Mediterranean Basin
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…Part I : Agro-Food Systems -- Food Security in the Southern Mediterranean/North Africa -- Sustainability in cereal crop production in Mediterranean environments -- Innovative crop productions for healthy foods: the case of Chia -- The hidden costs of livestock environmental sustainability: the case of Podolian cattle -- Feeding, nutrition and sustainability in dairy enterprises: the case of Mediterranean buffaloes (bubalus bubalis) -- Sustainability of sheep and goat production systems -- The role of local sheep and goat breeds and their products as a tool for sustainability and safeguard of the Mediterranean environment -- Innovative use of jenny milk from sustainable rearing -- Sustainable agricultural practices in disease defence of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of tomato cherry protected by Trichoderma harzianum T-22 against Cucumber mosaic virus -- Development of integrated disease control measures for the valorisation of traditional crops in Southern Italy: the case study of "Fagiolo di Sarconi" -- Fostering sustainable climate change adaptations: a case study of the Turkish Cypriot Community's adoption of pomegranate farming -- The role of women in the sustainability of the wine industry through the analysis of case studies -- Part II : Natural Resource Systems and Environment -- The effects of climate change on the multifunctional role of Basilicata's forests: the effects induced on yield and CO2 absorption -- Wildlife agriculture interactions, spatial analysis and trade-off between environmental sustainability and risk of economic damage -- The sustainability of non-renewable resources use at regional level: a case study on allocation of oil royalties -- Land use sector involvement in mitigation policies across carbon markets -- Evaluating the role of soil variability on potential groundwater pollution and recharge in a Mediterranean agricultural watershed -- Grazing and biodiversity conservation: highlights on a Nature 2000 network site -- Evaluation of native grasses for sustainable turfgrass in the bioclimatic Mediterranean Region.…”
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Influences of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies Practice, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Introduction from Editors -- Part 1: National Perspectives on Participation in IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies -- 1 Flemish Belgian Students' and Teachers' Results in the IEA ICCS Studies: Implication for Cross-Curricular Approaches to Civic Education; Ellen Claes and Linde Stals -- 2 Bulgarian Civic Education in Transition; Svetla Petrova -- 3 Civic and Citizenship Education in Chile and the Influence of International Civic and Citizenship Education Studies; Gabriela Cares and Elisa Salinas Valdivieso -- 4 Civic and Citizenship Education in Colombia: Challenges for Both Students and Teachers; Luis Felipe Dussán Zuluaga and Juan Camilo Ramírez Chaguendo -- 5 Civic and Citizenship Education in Denmark 1999-2019: Discourses of Progressive and Productive Education; Jens Bruun -- 6 Building Civic and Citizenship Education in the Dominican Republic; Ancell Scheker and Michelle Guzmán -- 7 Estonian Civic and Citizenship Education in Turbulent Times; Anu Toots and Mare Oja -- 8 IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Education Study and the Teaching of Civic Education in Italy; Laura Palmerio, Valeria Damiani and Elisa Caponera -- 9 Improving Civic and Citizenship Education in Latvia; Ireta Čekse -- 10 How IEA's Civic and Citizenship Education Studies Have Contributed to Educational Discourse in Lithuania; Rita Dukynaitė, Ginta Orintienė, and Šarūnas Gerulaitis -- 11 The Role of IEA's Civic and Citizenship Education Studies in Mexico; María Eugenia Luna-Elizarrarás, María Teresa Meléndez-Irigoyen and Citlalli Sánchez-Alvarez -- 12 Inequality in Citizenship Competences: Citizenship Education and Policy in The Netherlands; Anne Bert Dijkstra, Geert ten Dam and Anke Munniksma -- 13 Strengthening Connections Between Research, Policy and Practice in Norwegian Civic and Citizenship Education; Heidi Biseth, Idunn Seland and Lihong Huang -- 14 The Role of IEA's Studies in the Development of Civic and Citizenship Education in Slovenia; Eva Klemenčič Mirazchiyski -- Part 2: Regional and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Findings From the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies -- 15 The Personal, the Professional, and the Political: An Intertwined Perspective on the IEA Civic Education Studies; Erik Amnå -- 16 Joining an International Community of Practice: Reflections on the IEA Civic Education Studies as an Early Career Scholar; Carolyn Barber -- 17 IEA Civic Education Studies in Latin America: Paths of Influence and Critique in Policy and Research; Cristian Cox -- 18 Reflecting on IEA's CIVED in the United States: Policies, People, and Research; Carole Hahn -- 19 The Contribution of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies to Educational Research and Policy in Europe; Maria Magdalena Isac -- 20 Asian Students' Citizenship Values: Exploring Theory by Reviewing Secondary Data Analysis; Kerry Kennedy -- 21 Understanding School and Classroom Contexts for Civic and Citizenship Education: The Importance of Teacher Data in the IEA Studies; Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, and Valeria Damiani -- 22 The Landscape and Recent Developments of Civic and Citizenship Education Across the Latin American Region; Andrés Sandoval-Hernández and Daniel Miranda -- 23 Reflections on the Development of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies; Wolfram Schulz -- 24 A Moral Perspective on Citizenship Education and on IEA's International Civic and Citizenship Studies; Wiel Veugelers.…”
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Beginning Japanese for Professionals Book 2
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…-- 6-2-3 Particle de “by means of” -- 6-2-4 The Starting Point ~kara, The Ending Point ~made -- Dialogue 3 -- 6-3-1 Nan-ji goro: Approximation of Naming Time -- 6-3-2 sugi/ mae: More about telling time -- 6-3-3 Learning Verbs with Particles -- Dialogue 4 -- 6-4-1Onomatopoeia -- Review -- Drill Tape Scripts -- Lesson 7: Calendar -- Dialogue 1 -- 7-1-1 Calendar time: Counting and Naming Dates -- 7-1-2 Counting Weeks -- Dialogue 2 -- 7-2-1 Naming and Counting Months and Years -- 7-2-2 Counting age: ~sai for people and animals, ~nen for others -- 7-2-3 Japanese Calendar -- 7-2-4 Informal Style: Noun Sentence and Adjective Sentence -- Dialogue 3 -- 7-3-1 Verb ~te Form -- 7-3-2 Verb ~te form + motion verbs -- 7-3-3 Particle To indicating accompaniment ‘with' -- Dialogue 4 -- 7-4-1 ~te itadakemasen ka: More on Requests -- 7-4-2 Relative Time Words -- 7-4-3 Raigetsu kara no sukejuuru: Noun + Particle as a Noun Phrase -- ReviewDrill Tape ScriptsLesson 8: Pastime -- Dialogue 1 -- 8-1-1 Verb Plain Form, Non-Past, Affirmative -- Dialogue 2 -- 8-2-1 Plain Form + n desu -- 8-2-2 [Purpose X] ni iku ‘go to do X' -- 8-2-3 Plain Form + deshou / darou -- Dialogue 3 -- 8-3-1 Comparing Two or More Items -- 8-3-2 Sentence + shi -- Dialogue 4 -- 8-4-1 Non-Past Plain Negative Forms of Verbs -- 8-4-2 ~te form of desu; X de ii ‘X will do' -- ReviewDrill Tape Scripts…”
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3984
Masterpieces on Japan by Foreign Authors From Goncharov to Pinguet /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Jansen, Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration -- Chapter 33. Roland Barthes, L'empire des signes -- Chapter 34. Edwin Oldfather Reischauer, The Japanese -- Chapter 35. …”
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Information Literacy Research and Collaboration across Disciplines
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…Not Just for Citations: Assessing Zotero While Reassessing Research, Rachel Rains Winslow, Sarah L. Skripsky, and Savannah L. Kelly -- Chapter 15. …”
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3986
Food Studies Matter, Meaning, Movement
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Susan Willis Chan -- Creative: Ode to Pollinators, Andrea Elena Noriega -- Case: Community Gardens; Howard Rosing, Ben Helphand, and Amy DeLorenzo -- Case: Backyard Chickens, Johanna Wilkes -- Creative: Ode to Nature, Andrea Elena Noriega -- Perspective: Fisheries, Kristen Lowitt -- Creative: Foood Tarot Toolkit, Markéta Dolejšová -- Perspective: Digital Agriculture, Mascha Gugganig and Kelly Bronson -- Case: Food Traceability, Blue Miaoran Dong -- Case: Food Safety Act, Amanda Shankland -- Creative: A Last Supper, Stephanie Couey -- Case: Meat in Literature, Stephanie Couey -- Perspective: Meat and Materiality, Kristie O'Neill -- Case: Food and Art, Edward Whittall -- Perspective: Sustainable Protein; Ryan Katz-Rosene, Andrew Heffernan, and Anil Arora -- Perspective: Eating Insects, Laura Shine -- Case: Veganism and Morality, Melissa Montanari -- Creative: Herding Humans, Annika Walsh -- Glossary -- Recommended Citations -- --…”
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3987
Brain and Human Body Modelling 2021 Selected papers presented at 2021 BHBM Conference at Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Makarov, Tommi Raij, and Aapo Nummenmaa. Experimental verification of a computational real-time neuronavigation system for multichannel Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation -- 5. …”
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Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Тhe Use Of Waste Sludge: Benefits To The Regenerative Economy In Bulgaria (Angel Sarov) -- Chapter 18. Circular Economy In Construction From Waste To Green Recycled Products In Israel: A Case Study (Zvi Weinstein) -- Chapter 19. …”
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3989
Human-Nature Interactions Exploring Nature's Values Across Landscapes /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Values of mountain landscapes: Insights about the Blue Mountains National Park, Australia from Twitter -- Chapter 8. Earth observations of human-nature interactions from a cultural ecosystem service perspective -- Chapter 9. …”
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Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Three convergent paths between creative action and computational tools -- Technological innovation for circularity and sustainability through buildings' life cycles: Policy, initiatives and stakeholders' perspective -- Fair play: Why reliable data for low tech construction and non-conventional materials are needed -- Part 3: Environment -- Technological innovation for the next ecosystem transition: From a high tech -- To low tech intensity - High efficiency environment -- Technological imagination to stay within planetary boundaries -- Quality-based design for environmentally conscious architecture -- Digital transformation projects for the future digicircular society -- The regulatory apparatus at the service of sustainable planning of the built environment: The case of law 338/2000 -- From nature to architecture for low tech solutions: Biomimetic principles for climate-adaptive building envelope -- Soft technologies for the circular transition: Practical experimentation of the product "material passport" -- Imaging a carbon neutral university -- Life cycle assessment at the early stage of building design -- Design scenarios for a circular vision of post-disaster temporary settlements -- Towards climate neutrality: Progressing key actions for positive energy districts implementation -- Remanufacturing towards circularity in the construction sector: The role of digital technologies -- Territorial energy potential for energy community and climate mitigation actions: Experimentation on pilot cases in Rome -- Integrated design approach to build a safe and sustainable dual intended use center in Praslin island, Seychelles -- Part 4: Climate changes -- Climate change: New ways to inhabit the earth -- The climate report. Informing the response to climate change in urban development -- The urban riverfront greenway: A linear attractor for sustainable urban development -- The buildings reuse for a music district aimed at a sustainable urban development -- Environmental design for a sustainable district & civic hub -- Earth observation technologies for mitigating urban climate changes -- A systematic catalogue of design solutions for the regeneration of urban environment contrasting the climate change impact -- Digital twins for climate-neutral and resilient cities. …”
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3991
Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks Methods & Material /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Following the Father Steps in the Bowels of the Earth: The Ichnological Record from the Bàsura Cave (Upper Palaeolithic, Italy) (Marco Avanzini, Isabella Salvador, Elisabetta Starnini, Daniele Arobba, Rosanna Caramiello, Marco Romano, Paolo Citton, Ivano Rellini, Marco Firpo, Marta Zunino and Fabio Negrino) -- Chapter 15. …”
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Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami, Radioactive, and Reputational Damages /
Published 2015Table 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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The Palgrave Handbook of International Energy Economics
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Economics of power generation - Arash Farnoush (IFP School, Switzerland) or Martin Everts (Head of Energy Economics at AxPo Holding AG, Switzerland) and/or Eicke Bluhme-Werri (AxPo Holding AG, Switzerland) -- 1.6.1. …”
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The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology A Companion in Honour of Joan Martinez-Alier /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Activism Mobilising Science Revisited (Marta Conde and Martí Orta-Martínez) -- Chapter 23. Iberian Anarchism in Environmental History (Santiago Gorostiza) -- Chapter 24. …”
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International Advances in Writing Research Cultures, Places, Measures
Published 2012Table of Contents: “…Access and Teachers' Perceptions of Professional Development in Writing, Sarah J. McCarthey, Rebecca L. Woodard, and Grace Kang -- Chapter 4. …”
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3996
Invasive Species in Forests and Rangelands of the United States A Comprehensive Science Synthesis for the United States Forest Sector /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Sectoral Impacts of Invasive Species in the United States and Approaches to Management (Anne S. Marsh, Deborah C. Hayes, Patrice N. Klein, Nicole Zimmerman, Alison Dalsimer, Douglas A. …”
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3997
Biomineralization From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science /
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Structure and analysis of biominerals -- 1 On the transition temperature to calcite and cell lengths for various biogenic aragonite -- 2 TEM study of the radular teeth of the chiton Acanthopleura japonica -- 3 Experimental cremation of bone - crystallite size and lattice parameter evolution -- 4 Effect of carbonic anhydrase immobilized on eggshell membranes on calcium carbonate crystallization in vitro -- 5 Proteomic Analysis of Venomous Fang Matrix Proteins of Protobothrops flavoviridis (Habu) Snake -- 6 Characterization of goldfish scales by vibrational spectroscopic analyses -- 7 Relationship between Bone Morphology and Bone Quality in Female Femurs: Implication for Additive Risk of Alternative Forced Molting -- 8 Spectroscopic investigation of shell pigments from the family Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) -- 9 3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography -- Part II Molecular and cellular regulation of biomineralization -- 10 Calcium Ion and Mineral Pathways in Biomineralization: a Perspective -- 11 Identification of barnacle shell proteins by transcriptome and proteomic approaches -- 12 The optical characteristics of cultured Akoya pearl are influenced by both donor and recipient oysters -- 13 Influence of B vitamins on proliferation and differentiation of osteoblastic bovine cell cultures; an in vitro study -- 14 Rice plant biomineralization: Electron microscopic study on plant opals and exploration of organic matrices involved in biosilica formation -- 15 DMP1 binds specifically to type I collagen and regulates mineral nucleation and growth -- 16 Exploration of genes associated with sponge silicon biomineralization in the whole genome sequence of the hexactinellid Euplectella curvistellata -- Part III Genome-based analysis of biomineralization -- 17 The origin and early evolution of SCPP genes and tissue mineralization in vertebrates -- Part IV Evolution in biomineralization -- 18 Immunolocalization of enamel matrix protein-like proteins in the tooth enameloid of actinopterygian bony fish -- 19 Geographical and seasonal variations of the shell microstructures in the bivalve Scapharca broughtonii -- Part V Biomineralization in medical and dental sciences -- 20 Enhancement of bone tissue repair by octacalcium phosphate crystallizing into hydroxyapatite in situ -- 21 The relationship between the structure and calcification of dentin and the role of melatonin -- 22 Fabrication of hydroxyapatite nanofibers with high aspect ratio vialow-temperature wet precipitation methods under acidic conditions -- 23 Physico-chemical characterisation of the processes involved in enamel remineralisation by CPP-ACP -- 24 Molecular Interactions of Peptide Encapsulated Calcium Phosphate Delivery Vehicle at Enamel Surfaces -- 25 Preparation of random and aligned polycaprolactone fiber as template for classical calcium oxalate through electrocrystallization -- Part VI Bio-inspired materials science and engineering -- 26 Dysprosium biomineralization by acidophilic fungus Penidiella sp. strain T9 and its application for metal recovery -- 27 Various shapes of gold nanoparticles synthesized by glycolipids extracted from Lactobacillus casei -- 28 Octacalcium phosphate overgrowth on b-tricalcium phosphate substrate in metastable calcium phosphate solution -- Part VII Biominerals for environmental and paleoenvironmental sciences -- 29 Coral-based approaches to paleoclimate studies, future ocean environment assessment, and disaster research -- 30 An elemental fractionation mechanism common to biogenic calcium carbonate -- 31 Biomineralization of metallic tellurium by bacteria isolated from deep marine sediment in Niigata Bay Japan -- 32 Calcium oxalate crystals in plant communities of the southeast of the Pampean Plain, Argentina -- 33 Iron and calcium biomineralizations in the Pampean coastal plains, Argentina: their role in the environmental reconstruction of the Holocene -- Part VIII Mollusk shell formation -- 34 Skeletal organic matrices in molluscs: origin, evolution, diagenesis -- 35 Functional Analysis on Shelk2 of Pacific Oyster -- 36 Mollusk shells: Does the nacro-prismatic "model" exist? -- 37 The Marsh's membrane: a key-role for a forgotten structure -- 38 Pearl production by implantation of outer epithelial cells isolated from the mantle of Pinctada fucata and the effects of blending of epithelial cells with different genetic backgrounds on pearl quality -- 39 Functional analyses of MMP genes in the ligament of Pinctada fucata -- 40 Chitin degraded by chitinolytic enzymes induces crystal defects of calcites -- 41 Screening for genes participating in the formation of prismatic and nacreous layers of the Japanese pearl oyster Pincatada fucata by RNA interference knockdown -- 42 Gene expression patterns in the mantle and pearl sac tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada fucata -- Part IX Appendix -- 43 Selected SEM and TEM images.…”
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3998
Digital Kenya An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCING DIGITAL KENYA -- Chapter 1 The Paradigm Shift: Disruption, Creativity and Innovation in Kenya (Bitange Ndemo) -- Conversation 1 with Jimmy Gitonga: The Past, Present & Future of Digital Nyika: How to Fix an Aircraft in Mid-Air -- PART I: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD -- Chapter 2 The Internet Journey for Kenya: The Interplay of Disruptive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fueling Rapid Growth Kenya (Muriuki Mureithi) -- Conversation 2 with Eric Hersman of BRCK: Exploring the Ideal Role of Government, NGOs, Angel Investors, and Universities for Technology Entrepreneurs NGOs -- Chapter 3 The KINGS of Africa's Digital Economy (Eric Osiakwan) -- Conversation 3 with Anne Githuku- Shongwe of Afroes: Changing the Game: Building Mindsets of Hope and Possibilities in Africa's future leaders- One Game at a Time -- PART II UNCOVERING UNIQUE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES -- Chapter 4 Addressing the Voids: How Digital Start-ups in Kenya Create Market Infrastructure (Marissa Drouillard) -- Conversation 4 with Timbo Drayson of OkHi: Finding the Right Problem to Solve -- Chapter 5 Reimagine What You already Know: Towards New Solutions to Longstanding Problems (Jay Larson & Michael Munger) -- Conversation 5 with Elizabeth Rossiello of BitPesa: To Keep Disrupting, You Have to Listen Closely to What the Client Wants -- Chapter 6 iEntrepreneurship: Changing Lives through Technology (Amolo Ng'weno and Carmen Wamukoya) -- Conversation 6 with Su Kahumbu of Green Dreams Tech: How Technology Makes Farming Sexy Again -- Chapter 7 From Cyber to Smartphone: Kenya's Social Media's Lens Zooms In on the Country and Out to the World (Mark Kaigwa) -- Conversation 7 with Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital: Toward Digitizing Information for the Benefit of the Many Rather Than the Few -- PART III THE INNER LIFE OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN KENYA -- Chapter 8 Building ICT Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Resource-Scarce Contexts: Learnings from Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" (Johannes U. …”
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The Restless Compendium Interdisciplinary Investigations of Rest and Its Opposites /
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…R-E-S-T and composition: silence, breath and aah ... [gap] musical rest; Antonia Barnett-McIntosh -- 17. …”
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International Impacts on Social Policy Short Histories in Global Perspective /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…The Washington Consensus and the Push for Neoliberal Social Policies in Latin America: The Impact of International Organisations on Colombian HealthcarReform Gabriela de Carvalho and Lorraine Frisina Doetter -- 18 World Bank Intervention and Introduction of Social Health Insurance in Albania Ertila Druga -- 19 Social Protection in Mozambique from the 1990s to the 2000s Sarah Kassim de Camargo Penteado -- 20. Labour Market Segmentation, Regulation of NonStandardEmployment, and the Influence of the EUIrene Dingeldey and Jean-Yves Gerlitz -- 21. …”
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