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Exceptional Lifespans
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Mortality of supercentenarians: estimates from the updated IDL -- Chapter 4. Does the risk of death continue to rise among supercentenarians? …”
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Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations ICOSAHOM 2018 Selected Papers from the ICOSAHOM Conference, London, UK, July 9-13, 2018 /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Stability of wall boundary condition procedures for discontinuous Galerkin spectral element approximations of the compressible Euler equations -- On the order reduction of entropy stable DGSEMfor the compressible Euler equations -- A review of regular decompositions of vector fields - continuous, discrete, and structure-preserving -- Model reduction by separation of variables: a comparison between hierarchical model reduction and proper generalized decomposition -- Recurrence relations for a family of orthogonal polynomials on a triangle -- Greedy kernel methods for center manifold approximation -- An improved error inhibiting block one-step method with radial basis function approximation for ODEs -- Hermite methods in time -- HPS accelerated spectral solvers for time dependent problems: algorithms -- On the use of hermite functions for the Vlasov-Poisson system -- HPS accelerated spectral solvers for time dependent problems: numerical experiments -- High-order finite element methods for interface problems: theory and implementations -- Stabilised hybrid discontinuous galerkin methods for the Stokes problem with non-standard boundary conditions -- RBF based CWENO method -- discrete equivalence of adjoint Neumann-Dirichlet div-grad and grad-div equations in curvilinear 3D domains -- A conservative hybrid method for Darcy flow -- High-order mesh generation based on optimal affine combinations of nodal positions -- Sparse spectral-element methods for the helically reduced Einstein equations -- Spectral analysis of isogeometric discretizations of 2D curl-div Problems with general geometry -- Performance of preconditioners for large-scale simulations using Nek5000 -- Two decades old entropy stable method for the Euler equations revisited -- A mimetic spectral element method for free surface flows -- Spectral/hp methodology study for iLES-SVV on an Ahmed body -- A high-order discontinuous Galerkin solver for multiphase flows -- High-Order propagation of jet noise on a tetrahedral mesh using large eddy simulation sources -- Dynamical degree adaptivity for DG-LES models -- A novel eight-order diffusive scheme for unstructured polyhedral grids using the weighted least-squares method -- An explicit mapped tent pitching scheme for Maxwell equations -- Viscous diffusion effects in the eigenanalysis of (hybridisable) DG methods -- Spectral Galerkin method for solving Helmholtz and Laplace Dirichlet problems on multiple open arcs -- Explicit polynomial Trefftz-DG method for space-time elasto-acoustics -- An hp-adaptive iterative linearization discontinuous-Galerkin FEM for quasilinear elliptic boundary value problems -- Erosion Wear evaluation using Nektar++ -- An inexact Petrov-Galerkin approximation for gas transport in pipeline networks -- New preconditioners for semi-linear PDE-constrained optimal control in annular geometries -- DIRK schemes with high weak stage order -- Scheme for evolutionary Navier-Stokes-Fourier system with temperature dependent material properties based on spectral/hp elements -- Implicit large eddy simulations for NACA0012 airfoils using compressible and incompressible discontinuous Galerkin solvers -- SAV method applied to fractional Allen-Cahn equation -- A first meshless approach to simulation of the elastic behaviour of the diaphragm -- An explicit hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin method for the 3D timedomain Maxwell equations -- Entropy conserving and kinetic energy preserving numerical methods for the Euler equations using summation-by-parts operators -- Multiwavelet troubled-cell indication: a comparison of utilizing theory versus outlier detection -- An anisotropic p-adaptation multigrid scheme for discontinuous Galerkin methods -- A spectral element reduced basis method for Navier-Stokes equations with geometric variations -- Iterative spectral mollification and conjugation for successive edge detection -- Small trees for high order Whitney elements -- Non-conforming elements inNek5000: pressure preconditioning and parallel performance -- Sparse approximation of multivariate functions from small datasets via weighted orthogonal matching pursuit -- On the convergence rate of Hermite-Fejer interpolation.…”
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Invited Lectures from the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Exploring the Functional World in a Computer Enriched Environment, Carmen Sessa -- Re-centring the individual in participatory accounts of professional identity, Jeppe Skott -- Enactive metaphorising in the learning of mathematics, Jorge Soto-Andrade -- Number Sense in Elementary School Children from different Social Backgrounds: The uses and Meanings Given to Numbers, Alina Galvão Spinillo -- Uncovering Chinese Pedagogy: Spiral Variation-The Unspoken Principle of Algebra Thinking to Develop Chinese Curriculum and instruction of "Two Basics", Xuhua Sun -- Digital Pedagogy in Mathematics Learning, Yahya Tabesh -- Activity Theory in French Didactic Research, Fabrice Vandebrouck -- The effect of a video-based intervention on the knowledge-based reasoning of future mathematics teachers, Naďa Vondrová -- Popularization of the of Probability Theory and Statistics in School Through Intellectual Competitions, Ivan Vysotskiy -- Noticing in Pre-Service Teacher Education: Research Lessons as a context for reflection on learners' Mathematical Reasoning and Sense-Making, Helena Wessels -- Dialogues on Numbers: Script-writing as approximation of practice, Rina Zazkis -- Equity in mathematics education: What did TIMSS and PISA tell us in the last two decades? …”
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Automated Deduction - CADE 28 28th International Conference on Automated Deduction, Virtual Event, July 12-15, 2021, Proceedings /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Static EL Tboxes -- Generalized Completeness for SOS Resolution and its Application to a New Notion of Relevance -- A Unifying Splitting Framework -- Integer Induction in Saturation -- Superposition with First-Class Booleans and Inprocessing Clausification -- Superposition for Full Higher-Order Logic -- Implementation and Application -- Making Higher-Order Superposition Work -- Dual Proof Generation for Quantified Boolean Formulas with a BDD-Based Solver -- Reliable Reconstruction of Fine-Grained Proofs in a Proof Assistant -- An Automated Approach to the Collatz Conjecture -- Verified Interactive Computation of Definite Integrals -- ATP and AI -- Confidences for Commonsense Reasoning -- Neural Precedence Recommender -- Improving ENIGMA-Style Clause Selection While Learning From History -- System Descriptions -- A Normative Supervisor for Reinforcement Learning Agents (System Description) -- Automatically Building Diagrams for Olympiad Geometry Problems (System Description) -- The Fusemate Logic Programming System (System Description) -- Twee: An Equational Theorem Prover (System Description) -- The Isabelle/Naproche Natural Language Proof Assistant (System Description) -- The Lean 4 Theorem Prover and Programming Language (System Description) -- Harpoon: Mechanizing Metatheory Interactively (System Description).…”
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Reimagining Science Education in the Anthropocene, Volume 2
Published 2024Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 8 The Social Focus Framework: Antiracist and Anticolonial Conscientization, Consequence, and Presencing in Science Education -- Chapter 9 Breaking the Paradigm: Storying Climate Change -- Part III Politics and Political Reverberations -- Chapter 10 From False Generosity to True Generosity: Theorizing a Critical Imaginary for Science Education -- Chapter 11 Anti-racist Praxis in (Science and) Education -- Chapter 12 Science Education: From an Ideology of Greed to an Ideology of Thriving -- Chapter 13 Practices of Care with the Anthropocene: Scenes from the 2019 Nebraska Flood -- Part IV Science Education for a World Yet to Come -- Chapter 14 Science Fiction, Speculative Pedagogy, and Critical Hope: Counternarratives for/of the Future -- Chapter 15 Curriculum Beyond Apocalypse -- Chapter 16 Let's Root for Each Other and Grow: Interconnectedness (with)in Science Education -- Chapter 17 Perturbing Current Boundary Conditions in Discipline-Based and Science Education Research in the Anthropocene: Implications for Research and Teaching Communities -- Part V Complicated Conversations -- Chapter 18 In Conversation with SharonTodd: Rethinking the Future in a Time of Sorrow -- Chapter 19 In Conversation with Max Liboiron: Towards an Everyday, Anticolonial Feminist Science (Education) Practice -- Chapter 20 In Conversation with Isabelle Stengers: Ontological Politics in Catastrophic Times -- Chapter 21 In Conversation with Steven Khan: Sensible and Sense-able Qualitative Literacies for Multi-species Flourishing -- Conclusion Amplifying Science Education Research with(in) a Minor Key. .…”
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Introduction to Development Engineering A Framework with Applications from the Field /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Part I: A New Discipline: Development Engineering -- Chapter 1: The Role Of Technology In Development -- Chapter 2: The Development Engineering Framework: Innovate, Evaluate, Scale -- Chapter 3: Asking the Right Questions -- Part II: Water, Sanitation and Health -- Chapter 4: Advances In Water and Health Technologies -- Chapter 5: Case Study: Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation, India (Innovation) -- Chapter 6: Case Study: Information For Intermittent Water Supply, India (Evaluation) -- Chapter 7: Case Study: Mobile Phone Diagnostic Microscopy, Vietnam/Cameroon (Innovation, Scale) -- Part III: Governance -- Chapter 8: Technologies for Governance And Accountability -- Chapter 9: Case Study: Sensors For Aid Accountability, Rwanda (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 10: Case Study: High Resolution Development Indicators, Afghanistan (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 11: Case Study: Monitoring For Elections And Public Service Delivery, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale) -- Part IV: Energy and Resources -- Chapter 12: Advances in Energy & Environmental Technologies -- Chapter 13: Case Study: Economic Impacts Of Rural Electrification, Kenya (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 14: Case Study: Cool Joule: Flexible Energy Loads, Nicaragua (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 15: Case Study: Cookstove Monitoring and Use In East Africa (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Part V: Information -- Chapter 16: Information and Communications Technology For Development -- Chapter 17: Case Study: Community Cellular Networks, Philippines (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 18: Case Study: ICT Solutions To Bring Telemedicine To Rural India (Innovation) -- Chapter 19: Case Study: Platforms For Development Data (ODK/Mezuri) (Innovation, Scale) -- PART VI: Markets (Incorporates Agriculture) -- Chapter 20: Technologies To Improve Market Performance -- Chapter 21: Case Study: Ag Market Information Platforms, India (Innovation, Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 22: Case Study: Agricultural Trading Platforms, Uganda (Innovation, Evaluation) -- Chapter 23: Case Study: Inventory And Supply Chain Tracking, Sri Lanka (Evaluation) -- PART VII: Human Capital (Incorporates Labor) -- Chapter 24: Increasing the Productivity of Human Capital -- Chapter 25: Case Study: Electronic Job Search Platforms, India (Evaluation, Scale) -- Chapter 26: Case Study: Customized E-Learning Innovations, India (Evaluation) -- Chapter 27: Case Study: TBD (Evaluation) -- PART VIII: Conclusion -- Chapter 28: Promising Directions in Development Engineering.…”
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Etiology and Morphogenesis of Congenital Heart Disease From Gene Function and Cellular Interaction to Morphology /
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…The Second Heart Field and Outflow Tract -- Properties of cardiac progenitor cells in the second heart field -- Nodal signaling and congenital heart defects -- Utilizing Zebrafish to Understand Second Heart Field Development -- A history and interaction of outflow progenitor cells implicated in "Takao syndrome" -- The loss of Foxc2 expression in the outflow tract links the interrupted arch in the conditional Foxc2 knockout mouse -- Environmental modification for phenotype of truncus arteriosus in Tbx1 hypomorphic mice -- Part VI. …”
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The Future European Energy System Renewable Energy, Flexibility Options and Technological Progress /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…-Chapter 14 - Assessing Social Impacts in Current and Future Electricity Production in the European Union (Nils Brown and David Lindén ) -- Chapter 15 - Spatially Disaggregated Impact Pathway Analysis of Direct Particulate Matter Emissions (Janusz Zyśk, Artur Wyrwa, Beata Sliz-Szkliniarz) -- Part VI : Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 16 - Comprehensive Insights and Recommendations (Dominik Möst, Andrea Herbst, Martin Jakob, Witold-Roger Poganietz, Steffi Schreiber and Christoph Zöphel).…”
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Compendium for Early Career Researchers in Mathematics Education
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Marcus Schuette, Rachel-Ann Friesen, and Judith Jung 12750 -- 6 Planning and conducting mixed methods studies in mathematics education research. Nils Buchholtz 9750 -- 7 The research pentagon: A tool with which to think about research. …”
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Rethinking Sustainability Towards a Regenerative Economy
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Water Runoff And Catchment Improvement By Nature Based Solution (Nbs) Promotion In Private Household Gardens: An Agent-Based Model (Rembrandt Koppelaar, Antonino Marvuglia And Benedetto Rugani) -- Chapter 6. …”
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International Impacts on Social Policy Short Histories in Global Perspective /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Pathways to Family Policy in Half a Century of Population Control: International Paradigmsand National Programmes Tobias Böger, Sonja Drobnic, and Johannes Huinink -- 22 Opposition to the Washington Consensus: The IMF and Social Policy Reforms in Post-Soviet Russia Heiko Pleines -- Part III Globalisation, Economic Interdependencies and Economic Crises -- 23 Globalisation, Economic Interdependencies and Economic Crises Ivo Mossig and Michael Lischka -- 24 Economic Interdependencies and Social Expenditures Revisited Nils Düpont, Ivo Mossig, and Michael Lischka -- 25 Black Swans and the Emergence of Unemployment Insurance in the First Half of the Twentieth Century Herbert Obinger and Carina Schmitt -- 26. …”
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Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education ICME-13 /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…- A summary, Petra Scherer, Kim Beswick, Lucie DeBlois, Lulu Healy, Elisabeth Moser Opitz -- Mathematics teachers working and learning through collaboration, Barbara Jaworski, Olive Chapman, Alison Clark-Wilson, Annalisa Cusi, Cristina Esteley, Merrilyn Goos, Masami Isoda, Marie Joubert, Ornella Robutti -- Geometry education, including the use of new technologies: a survey of recent research, Nathalie Sinclair, Maria Bartolini Bussi, Michael de Villiers, Keith Jones, Ulrich Kortenkamp, Allen Leung, Kay Owens -- Part 4: Reports from the Thematic afternoon -- European Didactic Traditions in Mathematics - Aspects and Examples from four Selected Cases, Werner Blum, Michèle Artigue, Maria Alessandra Mariotti, Rudolf Sträßer, Marja Van den Heuvel-Panhuizen -- German-speaking traditions in mathematics education research, Hans Niels Jahnke, Rolf Biehler, Angelika Bikner-Ahsbahs, Uwe Gellert, Gilbert Greefrath, Lisa Hefendehl-Hebeker, Götz Krummheuer, Timo Leuders, Marcus Nührenbörger, Andreas Obersteiner, Kristina Reiss, Bettina Rösken-Winter, Andreas Schulz, Andreas Vohns, Rudolf vom Hofe, Katrin Vorhölter -- What is and what might be the legacy of Felix Klein? …”
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