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AVENUE21. Planning and Policy Considerations for an Age of Automated Mobility
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…reflections on technology, innovation and social change -- Automated drivability and streetscape compatibility in the urban-rural continuum using the example of Greater Vienna -- Automation, public transport and Mobility as a Service: experience from tests with automated shuttle buses -- Delivery robots as a solution for the last mile in the city? …”
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Emerging States at Crossroads
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…1 Emerging Challenges for Emerging States(Keiichi Tsunekawa and Yasuyuki Todo) -- Part I Middle-income Trap and Beyond -- 2 Responses to the Middle-income Trap in China, Malaysia, and Thailand(Akira Suehiro) -- 3 The Middle-income Trap in the ASEAN-4 Countries from the Trade Structure Viewpoint(Satoru Kumagai) -- 4 Emerging States in Latin America: How and Why They Differ from Their Asian Counterparts(Keiichi Tsunekawa) -- 5 Economic and Political Networks and Firm Openness: Evidence from Indonesia(Daichi Shimamoto and Yasuyuki Todo) -- 6 Industrial Technology Upgrading and Innovation Policies: A Comparison of Taiwan and Thailand (Patarapong Intarakumnerd and Meng-chun Liu) -- 7 Changing Resource-based Manufacturing Industry: The Case of the Rubber Industry in Malaysia and Thailand(Motoko Kawano) -- 8 Marketing Risks and Standards Compliance: Challenges in Accessing the Global Market for High-value Agricultural and Aquacultural Industries(Aya Suzuki and Vu Hoang Nam) -- Part II Social and Political Dimensions -- 9 How Nations Resurge: Overcoming Historical Inequality in South Africa(Yoichi Mine) -- 10 Education, Development, and Politics in South Korea(Noriyo Isozaki) -- 11 Politics of Inequality in Indonesia: Does Democracy Matter? …”
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Educational Theory in the 21st Century Science, Technology, Society and Education /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…The Impacts of Online Education on Ecology of Learning and Social Learning Processes (Cahit Bağcı) -- Chapter 4. The Concept of Change and the Teachers' Role on the Implementing Technological Transformation at School (María-Elena Gómez-Parra & Bashar Daiss) -- Part 2. …”
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Understanding Globalization, Global Gaps, and Power Shifts in the 21st Century CCG Global Dialogues /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Friedman -- Part II: Bridging gaps and deficits -- Chapter 4: Understanding inequality in a globalizing world - A dialogue with Anne Case and Angus Deaton, David Blair -- Chapter 5: The multilateral trading system in a changing context - A dialogue with Wendy Cutler and Pascal Lamy -- Chapter 6: Bridging differences between China and the world - A dialogue with Kerry Brown -- Part III: Power shifts and great power relations -- Chapter 7: Power shifts in the 21st century - A dialogue with Joseph S. …”
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Understanding Basic Music Theory
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…1 Notation -- 1.1 Pitch -- 1.2 Time -- 1.3 Style -- 2 Definitions -- 2.1 Rhythm -- 2.2 Timbre -- 2.3 Melody -- 2.4 Texture -- 2.5 Harmony -- 2.6 Counterpoint -- 2.7 Range -- 2.8 Classifying Music -- 3 The Physical Basis -- 3.1 Acoustics for Music Theory -- 3.2 Standing Waves and Musical Instruments -- 3.3 Harmonic Series I: Timbre and Octaves Solutions -- 4 Notes and Scales -- 4.1 Octaves and the Major-Minor Tonal System -- 4.2 Half Steps and Whole Steps -- 4.3 Major Keys and Scales -- 4.4 Minor Keys and Scales -- 4.5 Interval -- 4.6 Harmonic Series II: Harmonics, Intervals, and Instruments -- 4.7 The Circle of Fifths -- 4.8 Scales that aren't Major or Minor -- 5 Harmony and Form -- 5.1 Triads -- 5.2 Naming Triads -- 5.3 Consonance and Dissonance -- 5.4 Beyond Triads: Naming Other Chords -- 5.5 Beginning Harmonic Analysis -- 5.6 Cadence -- 5.7 Form -- 6 Challenges -- 6.1 Ear Training -- 6.2 Tuning Systems -- 6.3 Modes and Ragas -- 6.4 Transposition: Changing Keys…”
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Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement - A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development
Published 2016Table of Contents: “…-- What Can We Learn from the Success Stories of Addressing or Preventing Land Degradation? -- What are the Low-hanging Fruits for Addressing Land Degradation?.-What the World Needs to do to Build Momentum of Addressing Land Degradation?.…”
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Biological Invasions in South Africa
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Transferring research results to managers of biological invasions in South Africa -- Chapter 29: Biological invasions as a component of South Africa's global change research effort -- Chapter 30: South Africa's Centre for Invasion Biology: An experiment in invasion science for society -- PART 7: THE WAY FORWARD -- Chapter 31:Potential futures of biological invasions in South Africa.…”
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The Palgrave Handbook of Family Policy
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Conceptualizing and Analyzing Family Policy and How it is Changing; Mary Daly -- Section 2. Supra-National -- 3. …”
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Beyond 100: The Next Century in Geodesy Proceedings of the IAG General Assembly, Montreal, Canada, July 8-18, 2019 /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…-- Tracking Hurricanes using GPS atmospheric precipitable water vapor field -- Continuous monitoring with a superconducting gravimeter as a proxy for water storage changes in a mountain catchment -- Least-Squares Spectral and Coherency Analysis of the Zenith Total Delay Time Series at SuomiNet Station SA56 (UNB2).…”
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Conversa Brasileira
Published 2013Table of Contents: “…Animals 2: Dog Lovers 2 -- 3. Travel 1: Hanging Out At Breakfast 1 -- 4. Travel 2: Hanging Out At Breakfast 2 -- 5. …”
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Louisiana's Response to Extreme Weather A Coastal State's Adaptation Challenges and Successes /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Managing Risks in Louisiana's Rapidly Changing Coastal Zone -- Part2: Climate Adaptation Challenges and Solutions -- Chapter3. …”
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Parental Life Courses after Separation and Divorce in Europe
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Earnings Trajectories Following Parental Separation among First-Time Parents in Sweden -- Chapter 4. Changes in Mothers' Earnings around the Time of Divorce -- Chapter 5. …”
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Governance of Arctic Shipping Rethinking Risk, Human Impacts and Regulation /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- PART A: MARINE RISK ASSESSMENT PERSPECTIVES -- 1) Application of the IGRC framework for SAR -- 2) Historical Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) Incident Analysis: Interactive visualization aids for improved risk assessment and decision making -- 3) Oil spill risk in the Canadian Arctic: An exploratory application of the International Risk Governance Framework -- 4) Ship-generated underwater noise -- PART B: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING PERSPECTIVES -- 5) Shipping Governance and Inuit Rights -- 6) Inuit knowledge and data: An exploration of decision support systems for marine spatial planning in the eastern Canadian Arctic -- 7) Balancing competing ocean uses: The EU approach to Marine Spatial Planning -- 8) Integrated Ocean Management in France: Some perspectives -- PART C: MARITIME REGULATORY POLICY PERSPECTIVES -- 9) The IMO Framework and Process of Shipping Regulations -- 10) The regulation of air pollution from ships in the Northwest Atlantic and Arctic Oceans: The need for an integrated and equitable approach -- 11) A Change in the Ice Regime: Polar Code Implementation in Canada Drummond Fraser, Transport Canada -- 12) Seafarers and Arctic cruise shipping: Protecting those who work while others explore and sightsee -- 13) Mapping the Occupational Health and Safety Challenges Arising from Employment-Related Geographical Mobility (E-RGM) Among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St Lawrence River -- 14) Fisher safety -- 15) Search and rescue at sea: do new challenges need new rules? …”
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The State of Peacebuilding in Africa Lessons Learned for Policymakers and Practitioners /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Three Decades of Disarmament, Demobilization, Demilitarization, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in Africa: Lessons Learned and Challenges Ahead -- 10. The Changing Nature of Elections in Africa: Impact on Peacebuilding -- 11. …”
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Knowledge and Civil Society
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Civil Society as an Agent of Change -- Chapter 4. Undone Science and Smart Cities: Civil Society Perspectives on Risk and Emerging Technologies -- Part II: Analyzing Civil Society Organizations -- Chapter 5. …”
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Engaged Fatherhood for Men, Families and Gender Equality Healthcare, Social Policy, and Work Perspectives /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Evidence from South Korea, Spain and the U.S -- 10 Impossible Standards and Unlikely Trade-Offs: Can Fathers Be Competent Parents and Professionals -- 11 The New Dad: The Career-Caregiving Conundrum -- 12 French Fathers in Work Organizations: Navigating Work-Life BalanceChallenges -- 13 It would be silly to stop now and go part-time: Fathers and Flexible Working Arrangements in Australia -- 14 Small Changes that Make a Great Difference: Reading, Playing and Eating with Your Children and the Facilitating Role of Managers in Latin America -- 15 Fatherhood Among Marginalised Work-Seeking Men in South Africa -- 16 The Role of Love & Children's Agency in Improving Fathers Wellbeing -- 17 Reducing Barriers to Engaged Fatherhood: Three Principles for Promoting Gender Equity in Parenting.…”
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Swiss Energy Governance Political, Economic and Legal Challenges and Opportunities in the Energy Transition /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Peter Hettich and Aya Kachi, Introduction -- Part I Interactions Between Swiss and European Energy Systems and Policy: Julia Hänni and Tienmu Ma, Swiss Climate Change Law -- Sebastian Heselhaus, The Quest for the Future Energy Mix in the EU and in Switzerland -- Benjamin Hofmann, David Kolcava and Philipp Thaler, The Role of Switzerland in European Electricity Governance -- Leonore Haelg, Tobias S. …”
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Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 2, 2022
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Scalable Platform for UAV Flight Operations, Data Capture, Cloud Processing and Image Rendering of Landslide Hazards and Surface Change Detection for Disaster-Risk Reduction (David Huntley) -- Chapter 5. …”
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Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Food security under a changing climate: Exploring the integration of resilience in research and practice. …”
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Electromechanobiology of Cartilage and Osteoarthritis A Tribute to Alan Grodzinsky on his 75th Birthday /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Smith, Bruce S. Gardiner, Lihai Zhang) -- Chapter 7. Gene Delivery to Chondrocytes (Christopher V. …”
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