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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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The Ethics of Tax Lawyering by Hatfield, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Regulating Tax Lawyering -- 2.1 Regulating Tax Lawyering through the IRC -- 2.2 Regulating Tax Lawyering through Circular 230 -- 2.3 Regulating Tax Lawyering through Malpractice Standards -- 3. …”
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Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State

Table of Contents: “…Hannikainen -- 11: Children and the Mediated Experiences of the Welfare State: The International Year of the Child (1979) in the Finnish Public Sphere; Heidi Kurvinen -- 12: The Making of the Western Affluent Working Class: Class and Affluence through Postwar Public Discussions and Academic Interpretations; Jussi Lahtinen -- Part V: Experience of Equality and Justice -- 13: Rural (In)Justice: Smallholding as Social Policy in a Modernizing Finland, from 1945 to the 1960s; Ville Erkkilä -- 14: From Survival Mode to Utopian Dreams: Conceptions ofSociety, Social Planning and Historical Time in 1950s and 1960s Finland; Sophy Bergenheim -- 15: Welfare State in a Fair Society? …”
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Migration and Identity through Creative Writing StOries: Strangers to Ourselves /

Table of Contents: “…Identity Negotiations, Othering the Self -- 3. How I Became an Alevi Muslim Woman (Esra Ari) -- 4. Kingston Blues (Ozlem Atar) -- 5. …”
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Handbook of Positive Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Historical and Theoretical Considerations -- Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Transcending Coexistence to Potentiate Coevolution -- Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality in Historical Perspective -- On the Integration of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality: Logical, Normative, and Methodological Questions -- Virtues in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Theories of Health and Well-Being Germane to a Positive Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Meaning as a Framework for Integrating Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religiousness and Spirituality -- Part II: Methodological Considerations -- Measurement at the Intersection of Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Methodological Diversity in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Part III: Cultural Considerations -- Cultural Considerations in Positive Psychology and the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality -- Positive Psychology and Christianity -- Positive Psychology and Judaism -- Living the Good Life: An Islamic Perspective on Positive Psychology -- Positive Psychology and Hinduism -- Positive Psychology and Buddhism -- "Positive Psychology and Religion/Spirituality Across Cultures in Europe, Non-U.S. …”
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Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 2 Issue 1, 2023

Table of Contents: “…Part I: ICL Landslide Lesson -- Sliding-surface liquefaction and undrained steady-state shear strength -- Identification and Mitigation of Reservoir Landslides Cases Studied in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area of China -- Part II: Original articles -- Impact of input data on the quality of the landslide susceptibility large-scale maps: A case study from NW Croatia -- Landslide warning systems in high-income countries: past accomplishments and expected endeavours -- Modelling of Landslide-Structure Interaction (LSI) through Material Point Method (MPM) -- Landslide Research and Technology in International Standards -- Mathematical and numerical modeling of slope stability for the Mong Sen landslide event in the Trung Chai commune, Sapa, Vietnam -- Landslide early warning system based on the empirical approach - Case study in Ha Long City (Vietnam) -- The modern activity of the Buzulgan landslide and its influence on the debris flow hazard for the Tyrnyauz town (Northern Caucasus, Russia) -- A risk evaluation method of unstable slopes using multipoint tilting sensors -- Part III: IPL/WCOE/KLC2020 -- Community Level Slope Disaster Risk Reduction Program through Multi-Scale Mapping by Mountain Ethnic Group in Northern Vietnam - Project Study by JICA / Lao Cai DARD / ITST -- Landslide Risk Assessment in the tropical zone of Vietnam as a contribution to the mitigation of natural disaster vulnerability -- Protection and conservation of Georgian rupestrian cultural heritage sites: a review -- Spatial and temporal characterization of landslide deformation pattern with Sentinel-1 -- Lessons from 2019-2020 landslide risk assessment in an urban area of volcanic soils in Pereira-Colombia -- Part IV: ICL Landslide Teaching Tools -- Zonation of landslide susceptibility in the Gipuzkoa province (Spain): an application of LAND-SUITE -- Landslide and soil erosion inventory mapping based on high-resolution remote sensing data: A case study from Istria (Croatia) -- Part V: Technical Notes and Case Studies -- Landslide monitoring with RADARSAT Constellation Mission InSAR, RPAS-derived point-clouds and RTK GNSS time-series in the Thompson River Valley, British Columbia, Canada -- Digital terrain models derived from unmanned aerial vehicles and landslide susceptibility -- Use of GIS to assess susceptibility per landform unit to gravitational processes and their volume.…”
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Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Attosecond Science and Technology

Table of Contents: “…Imaging ultrafast Dissociation Dynamics: OCS & Roaming in Formaldehyde -- Chapter 9. Controlling the time evolution of electron-nuclei entanglement for steering vibronic coherences dynamics induced by short 1-2 fs optical pulses -- Chapter 10. …”
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When Children Draw Gods A Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Approach to Children's Representations of Supernatural Agents /

Table of Contents: “…The representation of God in Islam and its prohibition: strategies used by Iranian children in drawings of God (Zahra Astaneh) -- Chapter 13. …”
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Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications 13th International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications, EuroHaptics 2022, Hamburg, Germany, May 22...

Table of Contents: “…ationary Hands -- Perception of friction in tactile exploration of micro-structured rubber samples -- Influence of Prior Visual Information on Exploratory Movement Direction in Texture Perception -- Guidance for the Design of Vibrotactile Patterns for Use on the Human Back -- Speed Discrimination In The Apparent Haptic Motion Illusion -- Neutral point in haptic perception of softness -- Pilot Study on Presenting Pulling Sensation by Electro-Tactile Stimulation -- A Preliminary Study on the Perceptual Independence Between Vibrotactile and Thermal Senses -- Spatial compatibility of visual and tactile stimulation in shared haptic perception -- Increasing Perceived Weight and Resistance by Applying Vibration to Tendons during Active Arm Movements -- A comparison of haptic and auditory feedback as a warning signal for slip in tele-operation scenarios -- Experiencing touch by technology -- Effect of Focus Direction and Agency on Tactile Perceptibility -- Haptic Guidance for Teleoperation: Optimizing Performance and User Experience -- A Multi-Modal Haptic Armband for Finger-Level Sensory Feedback from a Prosthetic Hand -- Sound Pressure Field Reconstruction for Ultrasound Phased Array by Linear Synthesis Scheme Optimization -- A Rotary Induction Actuator for Kinesthetic and Tactile Rendering -- Haptic Feedback for Wrist Angle Adjustment -- Larger skin-surface contact through a fingertip wearable improves roughness perception -- Expanding Dynamic Range of Electrical Stimulation Using Anesthetic Cream -- Haptic Rattle: Multi-Modal Rendering of Virtual Objects Inside a Hollow Container -- Design of a 2-DoF Haptic Device for Motion Guidance -- Preliminary Design of a Flexible Haptic Surface -- Human Self-Touch vs Other-Touch Resolved by Machine Learning -- Investigating Movement-Related Tactile Suppression Using Commercial VR Controllers -- Estimation of Frictional Force Using the Thermal Images of Target Surface during Stroking -- Spatial Resolution of Mesoscopic Shapes Presented by Airborne Ultrasound -- Vibrotactile Similarity Perception in Crowdsourced and Lab Studies -- Perception of spatialized vibrotactile impacts in a hand-held tangible for virtual reality -- Wearable Haptics in a Modern VRRehabilitation System: Design Comparison forUsability and Engagement -- Perceiving Sequences and Layouts through Touch -- Whole-Hand Haptics for Mid-Air Buttons -- Proximity-based Haptic Feedback for Collaborative Robotic Needle Insertion -- Furekit: Wearable Tactile Music Toolkit for Children with ASD -- A database of vibratory signals from free haptic exploration of natural material textures and perceptual judgments (ViPer): analysis of spectral statistics.…”
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The Palgrave Handbook of South-South Migration and Inequality

Table of Contents: “…Inter-regional Migration in the Global South: African Migration to Latin America -- PART III Inequalities and South-South Migration -- 17. Poverty, Income Inequalities and Migration in the Global South -- 18. …”
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Handbook of Life Course Health Development

Table of Contents: “…Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Conduct Life Course Health-Development Analysis -- Chapter 25. …”
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Writing in Knowledge Societies by Starke-Meyerring, Doreen, Paré, Anthony, Artemeva, Natasha, Horne, Miriam, Yousoubova, Larissa

Table of Contents: “…Grabill -- The Role of Writing in the Production of Knowledge in Research Environments -- Rhetoric, Knowledge, and "The Brute Facts of Nature" in Science Research, Heather Graves -- Disciplines and Discourses: Social Interactions in the Construction of Knowledge, Ken Hyland -- Knowledge and Identity Work in the Supervision of Doctoral Student Writing: Shaping Rhetorical Subjects, Anthony Paré, Doreen Starke-Meyerring, and Lynn McAlpine -- Writing into the Knowledge Society: A Case Study of Vulnerability in Inkshedding, Miriam Horne -- The Teaching of Writing as an Epistemic Practice in Higher Education -- Writing and Knowledge Making: Insights from an Historical Perspective, Paul M. …”
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British Literature I Anthology From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: The Middle Ages -- 1.1 Learning Outcomes -- 1.2 Introduction -- 1.3 Recommended Reading -- 1.4 The Dream of the Rood -- 1.5 Beowulf -- 1.6 Judith -- 1.7 The Wanderer -- 1.8 The Wife's Lament -- 1.9 The Venerable Bede -- 1.10 Anglo-Saxon Riddles -- 1.11 Marie de France -- 1.12 Middle English Lyrics -- 1.13 Geoffrey Chaucer -- 1.14 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- 1.15 Julian of Norwich -- 1.16 The Second Shepherds' Play -- 1.17 Sir Thomas Malory -- 1.18 Everyman -- 1.19 Key Terms -- Part Two: The Tudor Age (1485-1603) -- 2.1 Learning Outcomes -- 2.2 Introduction -- 2.3 Recommended Reading -- 2.4 Thomas More -- 2.5 Thomas Wyatt -- 2.6 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey -- 2.7 Queen Elizabeth -- 2.8 Edmund Spenser -- 2.9 Sir Walter Raleigh -- 2.10 Sir Philip Sidney -- 2.11 Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke -- 2.12 Christopher Marlowe -- 2.13 William Shakespeare -- 2.14 Key Terms -- Part 3: The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Revolution (1603-1688) -- 3.1 Learning Outcomes -- 3.2 Introduction -- 3.3 Recommended Reading -- 3.4 John Donne -- 3.5 Aemilia Lanyer -- 3.6 Ben Jonson -- 3.7 Robert Herrick -- 3.8 Andrew Marvell -- 3.9 Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle -- 3.10 John Milton -- 3.11 John Dryden -- 3.12 Samuel Pepys -- 3.13 Key Terms -- Part 4: Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century (1603-1688) -- 4.1 Learning Outcomes -- 4.2 Introduction -- 4.3 Recommended Reading -- 4.4 Aphra Behn -- 4.5 William Congreve -- 4.6 Daniel Defoe -- 4.7 Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea -- 4.8 Jonathan Swift -- 4.9 Alexander Pope -- 4.10 Henry Fielding -- 4.11 Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- 4.12 Samuel Johnson -- 4.13 James Boswell -- 4.14 Olaudah Equiano -- 4.15 Key Terms…”
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NL ARMS Netherlands Annual Review of Military Studies 2020 Deterrence in the 21st Century-Insights from Theory and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Deterrence (In)stability between India and Pakistan -- Chapter 13. Iran's Syria Strategy -- Chapter 14. The Evolution of Deterrence -- Part III. …”
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Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches Innovative Methods and Applications /

Table of Contents: “…-- Daniel Courgeau -- Case Studies of Combining Sequence Analysis and Modelling: Mervi Eerola -- Part II Sequence Analysis and Event History Analysis: Glass Ceilings, Glass Escalators and Revolving Doors: Lydia Malin and Ramsey Wise -- Modelling Mortality Using Life Trajectories of Disabled andNon-Disabled Individuals in 19th-Century Sweden: Erling Ha¨ggstro¨m Lundevaller, Lotta Vikstro¨m, and Helena Haage -- Sequence History Analysis (SHA): Estimating the Effect of Past Trajectories on an Upcoming Event: Florence Rossignon, Matthias Studer, Jacques-Antoine Gauthier and Jean-Marie Le Goff -- Part III The Sequence Network Approach: Network Analysis of Sequence Structures: Benjamin Cornwell -- Relational Sequence Networks as a Tool for Studying Gendered Mobility Patterns: Klaus Hamberger -- Part IV Unfolding the Process: Multiphase Sequence Analysis: Thomas Collas -- Unpacking Configurational Dynamics: Sequence Analysis and Qualitative Comparative Analysis as a Mixed-Method Design: Camilla Borgna and Emanuela Struffolino -- Combining Sequence Analysis and Hidden Markov Models in the Analysis of Complex Life Sequence Data: Satu Helske, Jouni Helske, and Mervi Eerola -- Part V Advances in Sequence Clustering: Markovian-based Clustering of Internet Addiction Trajectories: Zhivko Taushanov and Andre´ Berchtold -- Divisive Property-Based and Fuzzy Clustering for Sequence Analysis: Matthias Studer -- From 07.00 to 22.00: A Dual-Earner Couple's Typical Day in Italy: Ivano Bison and Alessandro Scalcon -- Part VI Appraising Sequence Quality: Measuring Sequence Quality: Anna Manzoni and Irma Mooi-Reci -- An Index of Precarity for Measuring Early Employment Insecurity: Gilbert Ritschard, Margherita Bussi, and JacquelineO'Reilly -- Subject Index.…”
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Applied Pedagogies for Higher Education Real World Learning and Innovation across the Curriculum /

Table of Contents: “…King, Linda Cooper and Duncan Reavey -- Real world learning and the internationalisation of higher education: approaches to making learning real for global communities -- Md Golam Jamil, Nazmul Alam, Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Mohammad Aminul Islam, A.K.M. Moniruzzaman Mollah, Annajiat Alim Rasel -- PART II. …”
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The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emission Future /

Table of Contents: “…a systematic map -- Chapter 13-Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: examples from agroforestry in Tanzania -- Chapter 14-A participatory approach to assessing the climate-smartness of agricultural interventions: the Lushoto case -- Chapter 15-Household welfare effects of stress: tolerant varieties in Northern Uganda -- Chapter 16-Considering religion and tradition in climate smart agriculture: insights from Namibia -- Chapter 17-The role of farmers' entrepreneurial orientation on agricultural innovations in Ugandan multi-stakeholder platforms -- Chapter 18-Shea butter: a pro-poor, pro-female route to increased income -- Chapter 19-One size does not fit all: private-sector perspectives on climate change, agriculture and adaptation -- Chapter 20-Climate-smart agricultural value chains: risks and perspectives -- Chapter 21-Nutrition-sensitive value chain development in a changing climate -- Chapter 22-Realising ambitious targets and metrics for private-sector action on climate risks -- Chapter 23-The role of learning alliances for creating an enabling climate-change policy environment in East Africa -- Chapter 24-Farmer-to-farmer extension: a low-cost approach for promoting climate-smart agriculture -- Chapter 25-Innovative partnerships to scale up climate-smart agriculture for smallholder farmers in Southern Africa -- Chapter 26-Rural finance to support climate change adaptation: experiences, lessons and policy perspectives.…”
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Business Ethics

Table of Contents: “…-- 6.3 An Organized Workforce -- 6.4 Privacy in the Workplace -- Chapter 7: What Employees Owe Employers -- 7.1 Loyalty to the Company -- 7.2 Loyalty to the Brand and to Customers -- 7.3 Contributing to a Positive Work Atmosphere -- 7.4 Financial Intergrity -- 7.5 Criticism of the Company and Whistleblowing -- Chapter 8: Recognizing and Respecting the Rights of All -- 8.1 Diversity and Inclusion in the Workforce -- 8.2 Accommodating Different Abilities and Faiths -- 8.3 Sexual Identification and Orientation -- 8.4 Income Inequalities -- 8.5 Animal Rights and the Implications for Business -- Chapter 9: Professions under the Microscope -- 9.1 Entrepreneurship and Start-Up Culture -- 9.2 The Influence of Advertising -- 9.3 The Insurance Industry -- 9.4 Ethical Issues in the Provision of Health Care -- Chapter 10: Changing Work Environment and Future Trends -- 10.1 More Telecommuting or Less? …”
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Old and New Perspectives on Mortality Forecasting

Table of Contents: “…Life Expectancy Convergence among Nations since 1820: Separating the Effects of Technology and Income: Jim Oeppen -- Ch 17. Linear Increase in Life Expectancy: Past and Present: Tommy Bengtsson -- SECTION 4. …”
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The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy

Table of Contents: “…Family Policy: Neglected Determinant of Vertical Income Inequality; Rense Nieuwenhuis -- 26. Conclusion: The Next Decade of Family Policy Research; Wim Van Lancker & Rense Nieuwenhuis.…”
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