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Closing Rice Yield Gaps in Asia Innovations, Scaling, and Policies for Environmentally Sustainable Lowland Rice Production /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction-How Swiss Foreign Aid for International Development Benefits Agricultural Development across Asia -- Chapter 2: Environmental, social and economic challenges in lowland rice production -- Chapter 3: Faunal Biodiversity in Rice-dominated Wetlands-an Essential Component of Sustainable Rice Production -- Chapter 4: Innovations, Technologies, and Management Practices for Sustainable Rice Production -- Chapter 5: Carbon Footprint Reduction from Closing Rice Yield Gaps -- Chapter 6: Partnerships and Approaches Used for Scaling: An Assessment of the Process for Rice Postharvest Technologies in CORIGAP -- Chapter 7: Incentive Mechanisms, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Communication of the CORIGAP Project.…”
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Researching Central Asia Navigating Positionality in the Field /

Table of Contents: “…Navigating AcademicRepression in Central Asia (Ruslan Norov) -- Chapter 10. Performative Heterosexuality: A Gay Researcher Doing Fieldwork in Central Asia (Marius Honig) -- Chapter 11. …”
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Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design Objects, Processes, Experiences and Narratives /

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Assessing Progress in Decarbonizing Spain's Building Stock Indicators and Data Availability /

Table of Contents: “…Assessing the effectiveness of building renovation policies and decarbonization progress: a review of European legislation -- Analysis of institutional frameworks of indicators to measure the effectiveness of building renovation policy and decarbonization progress in Europe -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of the general characteristics of the national building stock -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of the energy characteristics of the national building stock -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of deep renovation of buildings -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding an overview of worst performing segments of the national building stock, rented properties and energy poverty -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding an overview of the capacities in the construction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sector -- Indicators and data in Spain for an overview of actual energy savings and wider benefits of renovation of buildings -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and of reduction of costs for health systems from buildings renovation -- Indicators and data in Spain regarding policies and measures for the mobilization of investments into the renovation of buildings -- On the availability and quality of data in Spain for the development of progress indicators to measure building renovation policies effectiveness and the decarbonization of the building stock -- New approaches to generate data to measure the progress of decarbonization of the building stock in Europe and Spain.…”
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Assessment Framework for People-Centred Solutions to Carbon Neutrality A Comprehensive List of Case Studies and Social Innovation Indicators at Urban Level / by Bresciani, Sabrina, Rizzo, Francesca, Mureddu, Francesco

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Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Asia

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Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in the United States

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Foreword by Keith Solomon and John Giesy -- Foreword by Coordinating Board of Editors -- Ecological Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems in The United States - Overview and Conclusions -- Properties and Uses of Chlorpyrifos in the United States -- Fate in the Environment and Long-Range Atmospheric Transport of the Organophosphorus Insecticide, Chlorpyrifos and its Oxon in the United States -- Exposures of Aquatic Organisms to the Organophosphorus Insecticide, Chlorpyrifos Resulting from Use in the United States -- Risks to Aquatic Organisms from Use of Chlorpyrifos in the United States -- Refined Avian Risk Assessment for Chlorpyrifos in the United States -- Risk to Pollinators from the Use of Chlorpyrifos in the United States -- Index.…”
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Second Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement - A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: Concepts and Methods -- Methods -- Institutional Framework of Taking Action Against Land Degradation -- Part II: Global -- Global Extent Of Land Degradation -- Ground-Truthing of Land Degradation Mapping -- The Global Cost of Land Degradation -- Global Drivers of Land Degradation -- ELD in Global Rangelands -- Part III: Regional -- ELD in Sub-Saharan Africa -- ELD in Central Asia -- Part IV: Country Case Studies: Cost, Drivers and Action Against of Land Degradation -- Argentina -- Bhutan -- China -- Ethiopia -- India -- Kenya -- Niger -- Russia -- Senegal -- Tanzania and Malawi.…”
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Research Assessment in the Humanities Towards Criteria and Procedures /

Subjects: “…Assessment and Testing.…”
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Cognitive Supervision for Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Laser Surgery by Fichera, Loris

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Assessment in Mathematics Education Large-Scale Assessment and Classroom Assessment / by Suurtamm, Christine, Thompson, Denisse R., Kim, Rae Young, Moreno, Leonora Diaz, Sayac, Nathalie, Schukajlow, Stanislaw, Silver, Edward, Ufer, Stefan, Vos, Pauline

Subjects: “…Assessment and Testing.…”
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Air Quality Integrated Assessment A European Perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Air quality in Europe: today and tomorrow -- A framework for Integrated Assessment Modelling -- Current European AQ planning at regional and local scale -- Strengths and weaknesses of the current EU situation -- Two illustrative examples: Brussels and Porto -- Conclusions: A way forward.…”
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IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 Assessment Framework by Schulz, Wolfram, Ainley, John, Fraillon, Julian, Losito, Bruno, Agrusti, Gabriella

Table of Contents: “…Contextual Framework -- 4.Assessment Design -- 5. References -- 6. Appendices.…”
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North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment

Table of Contents: “…Introduction to the Assessment -- Past and Current Climate Change -- Past and Current Changes in the North Sea (and interface regions) -- Climate Change Projections -- Impacts of Current and Future Climate Change in Ecosystems -- Climate Impacts on Socio-economy.…”
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Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy by Thompson, A. Richard, Moran, James M., Swenson Jr., George W.

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction and Historical Review -- Introductory Theory of Interferometry and Synthesis Imaging -- Analysis of the Interferometer Response -- Geometric Relationships and Polarimetry -- Antennas and Arrays -- Response of the Receiving System -- Design of the Analog Receiving System -- Digital Signal Processing -- Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry -- Calibration and Fourier Transformation of Visibility Data -- Deconvolution, Adaptive Calibration and Applications -- Interferometer Techniques for Astrometry and Geodesy -- Propagation Effects -- Van Cittert-Zernike Theorem, Spatial Coherence and Scattering -- Radio Interference -- Related Techniques -- Principal Symbols -- Index.…”
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Dynamics of Long-Life Assets From Technology Adaptation to Upgrading the Business Model /

Table of Contents: “…PART I: Introduction and Setting the scene -- Dynamics of Long-Life Assets: The Editors' Intro -- The Challenge -- The Use-it-Wisely (UIW) Approach -- PART II: Tools and Methods -- Innovation Management with an Emphasis on Co-Creation -- Complexity Management and System Dynamics Thinking -- Managing the Life Cycle to Reduce Environmental Impacts -- Virtual Reality and 3D Imaging to Support Collaborative Decision Making for Adaptation of Long-llife Assets -- Operator-oriented Product and Production Process Design for Manufacturing, Maintenance and Upgrading -- Fostering a Community of Practice for Industrial Processes -- Extending the System Model -- PART III: From Theory to Practice -- Collaborative Management of inspection Results in Power Plant Turbines -- Rock crusher Upgrade Business from a PLM Perspective -- Space Systems Development -- Adaptation of High-Variant Automotive Production System Using a Collaborative Approach -- Supporting the Small-to-Medium Vessel Industry -- Sustainable Furniture that Grows with End-users -- Comparing Industrial Cluster Cases to Define Upgrade Business Models for a Circular Economy.   .…”
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R.J. Rummel: An Assessment of His Many Contributions

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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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Advancing Human Assessment The Methodological, Psychological and Policy Contributions of ETS /

Table of Contents: “…Large-Scale Group-Score Assessment -- 9. Large-Scale Assessments of Adult Literacy -- 10. …”
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