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Agent-Based Evolutionary Game Dynamics by Izquierdo, Luis R., Izquierdo, Segismundo S., Sandholm, William H.

Table of Contents: “…The fundamentals of NetLogo -- 1. Our first agent-based evolutionary model -- 1.0. …”
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Recommender Systems: Legal and Ethical Issues

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding and Regulating Al-Powered Recommender systems -- Part I: Fairness and Transparency -- Chapter 2: Recommender Systems and Discrimination -- Chapter 3: From Algoritmic Transparency to Algorithmic Choice: European Perspectives on Recommender Systems and Platform Regulation -- Chapter 4: Black Hole instead of Black Box? …”
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The Legacy of Felix Klein

Table of Contents: “…-- Coherence and fidelity of the function concept in school mathematics -- Strand III: Intuitive thinking and visualization -- Aspects of "Anschauung" in the work of Felix Klein -- The road of the german book praktische analysis into japanese secondary school mathematics textbooks (1943-1944) -- An influence of the felix klein movement on the far east -- Felix Klein's mathematical heritage seen through 3D models -- The modernity of the meraner lehrplan for teaching geometry today in grades 10-11: Exploiting the power of dynamic geometry systems -- IV. Elementary mathematics from a higher standpoint-conception, realization, and impact on teacher education -- Klein's conception of ''Elementary Mathematics from a Higher Standpoint' -- Precision mathematics and approximation mathematics: the conceptual and educational role of their comparison -- Examples of Klein's practice elementary mathematics from a higher standpoint: volume I -- A double discontinuity and a triple approach: felix klein's perspective on mathematics teacher education.…”
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Legal Aspects of Corporate Management and Finance by Mayer, Don, Warner, Daniel, Siedel, George J., Lieberman, Jethro K.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems -- Chapter 2: Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Ethics -- Chapter 3: Courts and the Legal Process -- Chapter 4: Constitutional Law and US Commerce -- Chapter 5: Administrative Law -- Chapter 6: Criminal Law -- Chapter 7: Introduction to Tort Law -- Chapter 8: Contracts -- Chapter 9: Relationships between Principal and Agent -- Chapter 10: Liability of Principal and Agent; Termination of Agency -- Chapter 11: Partnerships: General Characteristics and Formation -- Chapter 12: Partnership Operation and Termination -- Chapter 13: Hybrid Business Forms -- Chapter 14: Corporation: General Characteristics and Formation -- Chapter 15: Legal Aspects of Corporate Finance -- Chapter 16: Corporate Powers and Management -- Chapter 17: Securities Regulation -- Chapter 18: Corporate Expansion, State and Federal Regulation of Foreign Corporations, and Corporate Dissolution -- Chapter 19: Nature and Form of Commercial Paper -- Chapter 20: Negotiation of Commercial Paper -- Chapter 21: Holder in Due Course and Defenses -- Chapter 22: Liability and Discharge -- Chapter 23: Legal Aspects of Banking -- Chapter 24: Consumer Credit Transactions -- Chapter 25: Secured Transactions and Suretyship -- Chapter 26: Mortgages and Nonconsensual Liens -- Chapter 27: Bankruptcy…”
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Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies by Kang, Miliann, Lessard, Donovan, Heston, Laura, Nordmarken, Sonny

Table of Contents: “…Unit I: An Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies: Grounding Theoretical Frameworks and Concepts -- Critical Introduction to the Field -- Theorizing Lived Experiences -- Identity Terms -- Conceptualizing Structures of Power -- Social Constructionism -- Intersectionality -- References: Unit I -- Unit II: Challenging Binary Systems and Constructions of Difference -- Introduction: Binary Systems -- The Sex/Gender/Sexuality System -- Gender and Sex - Transgender and Intersex -- Sexualities -- Masculinities -- Race -- Class -- Alternatives to Binary Systems -- References: Unit II -- Unit III: Institutions, Culture, and Structures -- Introduction: Institutions, Cultures, and Structures -- The Family -- Media -- Medicine, Health, and Reproductive Justice -- The State, Law, and the Prison System -- Intersecting Institutions Case Study: The Struggle to End Gendered Violence and Violence Against Women -- References: Unit III -- Unit IV: Gender and Work in the Global Economy -- Introduction: Gender and Work in the Global Economy -- Gender and Work in the US -- Gender and the US Welfare State -- Transnational Production and Globalization -- Racialized, Gendered, and Sexualized Labor in the Global Economy -- References: Unit IV -- Unit V: Historical and Contemporary Feminist Social Movements -- Introduction: Feminist Movements -- 19th Century Feminist Movements -- Early to Late 20th Century Feminist Movements -- Third Wave and Queer Feminist Movements -- References: Unit V…”
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Active Calculus Multivariable by Schlicker, Steve, Austin, David, Boelkins, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Preface9 Multivariable and Vector Functions -- 9.1 Functions of Several Variables and Three Dimensional Space -- 9.2 Vectors -- 9.3 The Dot Product -- 9.4 The Cross Product -- 9.5 Lines and Planes in Space -- 9.6 Vector-Valued Functions -- 9.7 Derivatives and Integrals of Vector-Valued Functions9.8 Arc Length and Curvature -- 10 Derivatives of Multivariable Functions -- 10.1 Limits -- 10.2 First-Order Partial Derivatives -- 10.3 Second-Order Partial Derivatives -- 10.4 Linearization: Tangent Planes and Differentials -- 10.5 The Chain Rule -- 10.6 Directional Derivatives and the Gradient -- 10.7 Optimization -- 10.8 Constrained Optimization:Lagrange Multipliers -- 11 Multiple Integrals -- 11.1 Double Riemann Sums and Double Integrals over Rectangles -- 11.2 Iterated Integrals -- 11.3 Double Integrals over General Regions -- 11.4 Applications of Double Integrals -- 11.5 Double Integrals in Polar Coordinates -- 11.6 Surfaces Defined Parametrically and Surface Area -- 11.7 Triple Integrals -- 11.8 Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates -- 11.9 Change of Variables…”
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Sharing Our Knowledge Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools by Prokopchuk, Nadia

Table of Contents: “…Part 1: Welcoming Environments and Cultural Responsiveness -- 1 - Impact of Culture on EAL Students' Education -- 2 - The Importance of Culturally Responsive Teaching -- 3 - Supporting Newcomer EAL Students in the Elementary Classroom: The First Weeks -- 4 - Teaching EAL Students: Children of Two Language Worlds -- 5 - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy -- 6 - Intercultural Competence and the Inclusive Classroom -- Part 2: Classroom Support for EAL Learners -- 7- Instructional Strategies to Support EAL Learners at Various Stages of the CFR -- 8 - Supporting the Needs of EAL Learners -- 9 - The Power of Visual Notetaking: Empowering EAL Student Learning in the Classroom -- 10 - The Importance of Meaningful and Consistent Assessment Practices -- 11 - Support and Resources for EAL Students and Teachers -- Part 3: Settlement and Refugee Support -- 12 - Integration of Newcomers in Saskatchewan Schools: The Role of Settlement Workers -- 13 - Accessing Academic Language in Math and Science for Refugee Learners -- 14 - Supporting Refugee English Language Learners in Canadian Classrooms -- Part 4: EAL Learners with Special Learning Challenges -- 15 - Trauma and its Impact on Learning -- 16 - Distinguishing Between a Language Acquisition Problem and Learning Challenges in ELL Students -- 17 - Disproportionate Representation of English Language Learners in Special Education…”
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Marine Law and Policy for Scientists and Managers by Campbell, Holly V.

Table of Contents: “…Unit 1 - Our Public Oceans -- Unit 2 - Management of Protected Marine Species -- Unit 3 - Managing Through Specially Designated Areas -- Unit 4 - Our Fisheries -- Unit 5 - Regulating Ocean Impacts -- Unit 6 - Introduction to International Fisheries Management -- Unit 7 - Current Problems in American Ocean Management: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing -- Unit 8 - U.S. …”
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Dissecting Discrimination Identifying Its Various Faces and Their Sources / by Villiger, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Defining Different Forms of Discrimination -- Where Does Taste-Based Discrimination Come From? -- How Do We Get Our Beliefs for Statistical Discrimination? -- Reassembling Discrimination.…”
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Technical Universities Past, present and future /

Table of Contents: “…Formalised boundaries between polytechnics and technical universities: experiences from Portugal and Finland; Teresa Carvalho and Sara Diogo -- 7. …”
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Dependable Embedded Systems

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Design of efficient, dependable SoCs based on cross-layer-reliability approach with emphasis on wireless communication as application and DRAM memories -- CRAU: Compositional System-Level Reliability Analysis in the Presence of Uncertainties -- Semantics-aware Soft Error Handling for Embedded Systems using Compiler-OS Interaction -- ARES: Self-Adaptive Coarse-Grained Reconfigurable Architectures as Reliability Enhancers in Embedded Systems -- Cross-Layer Techniques for Dependable Software Execution on Embedded Systems -- Ambrosia: Cross-layer Modeling and Mitigation of Aging Effects in Embedded Systems -- Cross-Layer Dependability for Embedded Hardware/Software Systems -- Fault-Tolerant Computing with Heterogeneous Hardware/Software Hardening Modes -- Robust Computing for Machine Learning-Based Systems -- Hardening embedded system software -- LIFT: Lifting Device-Level Characteristics for Error Resilient System Level Design: A Crosslayer Approach -- VirTherm-3D: Communication Virtualization Enabling System Management for Dependable 3D MPSoCs -- OTERA: Online Test Strategies for Reliable Reconfigurable Architectures -- Variability-Aware Software: Recent Results and Contributions -- EM Lifetime Constrained Optimization for Multi-Segment Power Grid Networks -- Lightweight Software-Assisted Memory Error Correction -- Reliability-Driven Resource Management for Multi-Core Systems-on-Chip -- Monitor Circuits for Device-Circuit Interaction -- PERCIES: Providing Efficient Reliability in Critical Embedded Systems.…”
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Social Development in the World Bank Essays in Honor of Michael M. Cernea /

Table of Contents: “…Growing Social Science Demand at the World Bank -- The Important Contribution of Social Knowledge to International Development -- The Road to Achieving Critical Mass of Sociologists and Anthropologists in the World Bank -- Address to the World Bank Sociological Group -- Working Together: Broadening the World Bank's Development Paradigm -- Social Analysis in the World Bank -- Resettlement, Impoverishment, and Development's Pathologies -- The Direct and Major Operational Relevance of Social Assessments -- Writing New Rules and Changing Old Practices -- Social Development Work - Live -- Malinowski Award Lecture 1996 Social Organization and Development Anthropology -- Anthropology at Work -- Social Development (excerpts from her 2004 Oral History) -- Putting People First in Practice: Indonesia and the Kecamatan Development Program -- The World Bank and Indigenous Peoples -- The Need for Social Research and the Broadening of CGIAR's Paradigm -- Fighting Poverty, Combatting Social Exclusion -- Involuntary Resettlement -- The Risk and Reconstruction Model for Resettling Displaced Populations -- Muddy Waters: Inside The World Bank As It Struggled With The Narmada Irrigation And Resettlement Projects, Western India -- Performance in Resettlement -- From Onlookers to Participants: How the Role of Social Scientists has Changed in India's Development in the last Seventy Years -- Social Assessment and Resettlement Policies and Practice in China: Contributions by Michael Cernea to Development in China -- Retrospective & Outlook -- A Retrospective: MICHAEL M. …”
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International Organizations in Global Social Governance

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Examining Populations and Discourses of International Organizations in Social Policies, Dennis Niemann, Kerstin Martens & Alexandra Kaasch -- Part 1. …”
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Migration, Urbanity and Cosmopolitanism in a Globalized World

Table of Contents: “…Making Cosmopolitan Spaces: Urban Design, Ideology and Power -- Chapter 4. Dakar by Night: Engaging with Cosmopolitanism by Contrast -- Chapter 5. …”
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Wheat Improvement Food Security in a Changing Climate /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- History of Wheat Breeding: A Personal View -- Defining Target Wheat Breeding Environments -- Global Trends in Wheat Production, Consumption and Trade -- Breeding Methods: Line Development -- Breeding Methods: Population Improvement and Selection Methods -- Achieving Genetic Gains in Practice -- Wheat Rusts: Current Status, Prospects of Genetic Control and Integrated Approaches to Enhance Resistance Durability -- Globally Important Non-Rust Diseases of Wheat -- Abiotic Stresses -- Wheat Quality -- Nutritionally Enhanced Wheat for Food and Nutrition Security -- Experimental Design for Plant Improvement -- Seed Systems to Support Rapid Adoption of Improved Varieties in Wheat -- Crop Management for Breeding Trials -- A Century of Cytogenetic and Genome Analysis: Impact on Wheat Crop Improvement -- Conserving Wheat Genetic Resources -- Exploring Untapped Wheat Genetic Resources to Boost Food Security -- Disease Resistance -- Insect Resistance -- Yield Potential -- Heat and Climate Change Mitigation -- Drought -- Micronutrient Toxicity and Deficiency -- Pre-breeding Strategies -- Translational Research Networks -- High Throughput Field Phenotyping -- Sequence-based marker assisted selection in wheat -- Application of CRISPR-Cas-based Genome Editing for Precision Breeding in Wheat -- Accelerating Breeding Cycles -- Improving Wheat Production and Breeding Strategies Using Crop Models -- Theory and Practice of Phenotypic and Genomic Selection Indices.…”
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LGBTQ+ Intimacies in Southern Europe Citizenship, Care and Choice /

Table of Contents: “…Bisexual Citizenship in Portugal: Mafalda Esteves Chapter 3. Biocriminals, Racism, and the Law: Friendship as Public Disorder: Pablo Pérez Navarro -- Chapter 4. …”
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The International Bureau of Education (1925-1968) "The Ascent From the Individual to the Universal" / by Hofstetter, Rita, Schneuwly, Bernard

Table of Contents: “…The influence of global power relations -- Chapter 16. Contradictions linked to the universalist aim -- Chapter 17. …”
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High Mountain Conservation in a Changing World

Table of Contents: “…Why recovering large carnivore populations in high mountains? -- 14. The role of environmental history in high mountain landscape conservation -- 15. …”
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Efficient Screening Techniques to Identify Mutants with TR4 Resistance in Banana Protocols /

Table of Contents: “…Physical mutagenesis and population development in Musa spp -- Chapter 2. Gamma irradiation of embryogenic cell suspension cultures from Cavendish banana (Musa spp. …”
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Global History and New Polycentric Approaches Europe, Asia and the Americas in a World Network System /

Table of Contents: “…PART I Escaping from National Narratives:The New Global History in China and Japan -- Global History, the Role of Scientific Discovery and the 'Needham Question': Europe and China 16th to 19th Centuries -- Encounter and Co-existence: Portugal and Ming China 1511-1610 - Rethinking the Dynamics of a Century of Global-Local Relations -- Challenging National Narratives: On the Origins of Sweet Potato in China as Global Commodity during the Early Modern Period -- Economic Depression and the Silver Question in Nineteenth-Century China -- Kaiiki-shi and World/Global History: A Japanese Perspective -- PART II Trade Networks and Maritime Expansion in East Asian Studies -- Structure and Transformation of the Ming Tribute Trade System -- Nanban Trade and Shuinsen Trade in 16th and 17th Century Japan -- The Jewish Presence in China and Japan in the Early Modern Period: A Social Representation -- Quantifying Ocean Currents as Story Models: Global Oceanic Currents and their Way into Global Navigation -- PART III Circulation of Technology and Commodities in the Atlantic and Pacific -- Global History and the History of Consumption: Congruence and Divergence -- Mexican Cochineal, Local Technologies and the Rise of Global Trade (16th-19th centuries) -- Social Networks and the Circulation of Technology and Knowledge in the Global Spanish Empire -- Global Commodities in Early Modern Spain -- Big History as a Commodity at Chinese Universities: A Study in Circulation.…”
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