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Digital Kenya An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making /
Published 2017Table of Contents: “…INTRODUCING DIGITAL KENYA -- Chapter 1 The Paradigm Shift: Disruption, Creativity and Innovation in Kenya (Bitange Ndemo) -- Conversation 1 with Jimmy Gitonga: The Past, Present & Future of Digital Nyika: How to Fix an Aircraft in Mid-Air -- PART I: LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD -- Chapter 2 The Internet Journey for Kenya: The Interplay of Disruptive Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Fueling Rapid Growth Kenya (Muriuki Mureithi) -- Conversation 2 with Eric Hersman of BRCK: Exploring the Ideal Role of Government, NGOs, Angel Investors, and Universities for Technology Entrepreneurs NGOs -- Chapter 3 The KINGS of Africa's Digital Economy (Eric Osiakwan) -- Conversation 3 with Anne Githuku- Shongwe of Afroes: Changing the Game: Building Mindsets of Hope and Possibilities in Africa's future leaders- One Game at a Time -- PART II UNCOVERING UNIQUE MARKET OPPORTUNITIES -- Chapter 4 Addressing the Voids: How Digital Start-ups in Kenya Create Market Infrastructure (Marissa Drouillard) -- Conversation 4 with Timbo Drayson of OkHi: Finding the Right Problem to Solve -- Chapter 5 Reimagine What You already Know: Towards New Solutions to Longstanding Problems (Jay Larson & Michael Munger) -- Conversation 5 with Elizabeth Rossiello of BitPesa: To Keep Disrupting, You Have to Listen Closely to What the Client Wants -- Chapter 6 iEntrepreneurship: Changing Lives through Technology (Amolo Ng'weno and Carmen Wamukoya) -- Conversation 6 with Su Kahumbu of Green Dreams Tech: How Technology Makes Farming Sexy Again -- Chapter 7 From Cyber to Smartphone: Kenya's Social Media's Lens Zooms In on the Country and Out to the World (Mark Kaigwa) -- Conversation 7 with Munyutu Waigi of Umati Capital: Toward Digitizing Information for the Benefit of the Many Rather Than the Few -- PART III THE INNER LIFE OF TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN KENYA -- Chapter 8 Building ICT Entrepreneurship Ecosystems in Resource-Scarce Contexts: Learnings from Kenya's "Silicon Savannah" (Johannes U. …”
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Bioeconomy and Global Inequalities Socio-Ecological Perspectives on Biomass Sourcing and Production /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Sugarcane Industry Expansion and Changing Rural Labour Regimes in Mato Grosso do Sul (2000-2016); Kristina Lorenzen -- 12. Territorial Changes around Biodiesel. …”
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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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Reading Prehistoric Human Tracks Methods & Material /
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Prehistoric Speleological Exploration in the Cave of Aldène in Cesseras (Hérault, France): Human Footprint Paths and Lighting Management (Philippe Galant, Paul Ambert (†) and Albert Colomer (†)) -- Chapter 16. …”
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Public Health in Pharmacy Practice A Casebook
Published 2021Table of Contents: “…Experiences of a Caribbean immigrant: going beyond clinical care -- 47. Medicine for the soul: spirituality in pharmacy -- 48. Uncrossed wires: working with non-English speaking patient populations -- 49. …”
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The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology A Companion in Honour of Joan Martinez-Alier /
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…(In)justice in urban greening and green gentrification (Isabelle Anguelovski) -- Chapter 21. From the soil to the soul: Fragments of a theory of economic conflicts (Julien-François Gerber) -- Part V. …”
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Haptics: Science, Technology, Applications 12th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2020, Leiden, The Netherlands, September 6-9, 2020, Proceedings /
Published 2020Table of Contents: “…Normal Vibration Modes for Ultrasonic Surface Haptic Devices -- Midair Tactile Reproduction of Real Objects -- LinkRing: A Wearable Haptic Display for Delivering Multi-contact and Multi-modal Stimuliat the Finger Pads -- ElectroAR: Distributed Electro-tactile Stimulation for Tactile Transfer -- Haptic Applications -- Identification Rate of Simple and Complex Tactile Alerts in MUM-T Setup -- Attention-based Robot Learning of Haptic Interaction -- Motion Guidance using Translational Force and Torque Feedback by Induced Pulling Illusion -- Perceptually Compressive Communication of Interactive Telehaptic Signal -- Sound Image Icon with Aerial Haptic Feedback -- Stiffness Discrimination by Two Fingers with Stochastic Resonance -- Interest Arousal by Haptic Feedback During a Storytelling for Kindergarten Children -- Investigating the influence of haptic feedback in rover navigation with communication delay -- Shared haptic perception for human-robot collaboration -- Two-Point Haptic Pattern Recognition with the Inverse Filter Method -- Adaptive Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller Design for a New Hand Rehabilitation Robot.…”
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Working With Academic Literacies Case Studies Towards Transformative Practice
Published 2015Table of Contents: “…, Laura McCambridge -- "Doing Something that's Really Important": Meaningful Engagement as a Resource for Teachers' Transformative Work with Student Writers in the Disciplines, Jackie Tuck -- The Transformative Potential of Laminating Trajectories: Three Teachers' Developing Pedagogical Practices and Identities, Kevin Roozen, Paul Prior, Rebecca Woodard and Sonia Kline -- Marking the Boundaries: Knowledge and Identity in Professional Doctorates, Jane Creaton -- What's at Stake in Different Traditions? …”
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International Impacts on Social Policy Short Histories in Global Perspective /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…Migration as a Social Policy Driver in Early Twentieth-Century UruguayTeresa Huhle.-38 Social Protection for Migrant Workers in China Tao Liu and Tobias ten Brink -- 39 Differentiation of Welfare Rights for Migrants in WesterCountries from 1970 to Present Friederike Römer -- 40 Dependencies of Long-Term Care Policy on East-West Migration: The Case of Germany Karin Gottschall, Kristin Noack, and Heinz Rothgang Part V Conclusions -- 41 By Way of Conclusion: Future Research Frank Nullmeier, Delia González de Reufels, and Herbert Obinger.…”
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Debating European Citizenship
Published 2019Table of Contents: “…Schmidt -- EU Citizenship Should Speak Both to the Mobile and the Non-Mobile European: Frank Vandenbroucke -- The Impact and Political Accountability of EU Citizenship: Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen -- 'Feed Them First, Then Ask Virtue of Them': Broadening and Deepening Freedom of Movement: Andrea Sangiovanni -- EU Citizenship, Duties and Social Rights: Martin Seeleib-Kaiser -- Why Compensating the 'Stayers' for the Costs of Mobility is the Wrong Way to Go: Julia Hermann -- Balancing the Rights of European Citizenship with Duties Towards National Citizens: An Inter-national Perspective: Richard Bellamy -- Grab the Horns of the Dilemma and Ride the Bull: Rainer Bauböck -- Why Adding Duties to European Citizenship is Likely to Increase the Gap Between Europhiles and Eurosceptics: Theresa Kuhn -- Enhancing the Visibility of Social Europe: A Practical Agenda for 'the Last Mile': Ilaria Madama -- Towards a 'Holding Environment' for Europe's (Diverse) Social Citizenship Regimes: Anton Hemerijck -- Imagine: European Union Social Citizenship and Post-Marshallian Rights and Duties: Dora Kostakopoulou -- Why the Crisis of European Citizenship Is a Crisis of European Democracy: Sandra Seubert -- Regaining the Trust of the Stay-at-Homes: Three Strategies: Philippe Van Parijs -- Social Citizenship, Democratic Values and European Integration: a Rejoinder: Maurizio Ferrera.…”
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Debating Transformations of National Citizenship
Published 2018Table of Contents: “…Spiro -- Citizenship for Those who Invest into the Future of the State Is not Wrong, the Price Is the Problem: Raul Magni Berton -- The Price of Selling Citizenship: Chris Armstrong -- Global Mobility Corridors for the Ultra-Rich. …”
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How Megaprojects Are Damaging Nigeria and How to Fix It A Practical Guide to Mastering Very Large Government Projects /
Published 2022Table of Contents: “…-- References -- 3 Structure of the Investigation -- 3.1 Overview of the Approach Taken in This Study -- 3.2 Construction and Execution of the Survey -- 3.3 Construction of the Sample of Projects -- 3.4 Construction of the Case Studies -- Appendix: Full Questionnaire as It Was Administered -- Our Request -- Project Variables -- References -- 4 A Description of the 38 Matched Projects -- 4.1 Lagos-Ibadan Express Road -- 4.2 Lagos-Badagry Express Road -- 4.3 Third Mainland Bridge -- 4.4 Second Niger Bridge -- 4.5 Egbin Power Station -- 4.6 Calabar Power Station -- 4.7 Zungeru Hydropower Plant -- 4.8 Delta State (Oghareki) Power Plant -- 4.9 Shiroro Hydroelectric Power Station -- 4.10 Omoku Power Plant Station -- 4.11 Mambilla Hydroelectric Power -- 4.12 Ajaokuta Steel Project -- 4.13 Kanji Dam -- 4.14 Otukpo Dam -- 4.15 Nigeria Satellite 2 -- 4.16 Nigeria Satellite 1 -- 4.17 Airtel Nigeria -- 4.18 Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) -- 4.19 Godswill Akpabio International Stadium -- 4.20 (Samuel) Ogbemudia Stadium -- 4.21 Abuja International Airport -- 4.22 Lagos MMA2 Airport -- 4.23 Yenagoa International Cargo Airport -- 4.24 Jigawa Airport Project -- 4.25 Tin Can Island Port -- 4.26 Calabar Seaport -- 4.27 Victoria Garden City (VGC) Housing Estate -- 4.28 Festac Town Federal Housing Estate -- 4.29 1004 Housing Estate -- 4.30 Abuja Mass Federal Housing Project -- 4.31 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library -- 4.32 Abuja National Library -- 4.33 Nigerian Youth Empowerment Scheme (N-Power) -- 4.34 Nigeria Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) -- 4.35 Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) -- 4.36 Cleaner Lagos Initiative (Visionscape) -- 4.37 University College Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan -- 4.38 University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) -- References -- 5 Insights from the Analysis of the Questionnaires -- 5.1 Variable Distributions and Variable Capability to Detect Differences Across Projects -- 5.1.1 Each Respondent Type Adds Unique Perspectives and Information -- 5.1.2 The Variables Capture Robust Differences Between Abandoned and Completed Projects -- 5.2 Condensing Variables into Aggregated Success Factors -- 5.2.1 Approach -- 5.2.2 Identifying the Factors -- 5.3 Econometric Prediction of Project Completion -- 5.4 Econometric Prediction of Cost and Schedule Overruns for Completed Projects -- 5.4.1 Effect of Variables on Budget Overruns -- 5.4.2 Effect of Variables on Schedule Overruns -- 5.5 The Corrosive Effect of Corruption -- Appendix 1 Correlations Among Independent Variables Across All 114 Responses -- Appendix 2 Factor Analysis -- Appendix 3 Specification of the Logistical Regression -- Appendix 4 The Logistical Completion Probability Regression by Respondent Group -- Appendix 5 Robustness Analysis: Cost Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- Appendix 6 Robustness Analysis: Schedule Overrun Regressions by Respondent Group -- 6 Two Library Projects -- 6.1 The National Library of Nigeria in Abuja: An Abandoned Project -- 6.1.1 Project Initiation -- 6.1.2 Contract Signature and Execution -- 6.1.3 Conclusion -- 6.2 Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library: A Completed Project -- 6.2.1 Project Initiation -- 6.2.2 Project Execution and Outcome -- 6.2.3 The Difference Between the Two Projects: In the Words of Former President Obasanjo -- References -- 7 Two Bridge Projects -- 7.1 The Second Niger Bridge: A Stalled Project -- 7.1.1 Project Initiation -- 7.1.2 Contract Disputes and Recontracting -- 7.1.3 Continued Stalling -- 7.1.4 Diagnosis of the Reasons for Failure, in the Words of (Former) President Jonathan -- 7.1.5 Conclusion -- 7.2 The Third Mainland Bridge: A Completed Project -- 7.2.1 Introduction -- 7.2.2 Starting and Stalling -- 7.2.3 Restarting the Project Under President Babangida -- 7.2.4 Project Execution and Outcome -- 7.2.5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Two Power Plants -- 8.1 Egbin Power Station, Ikorodu Lagos State: A Completed Project -- 8.1.1 Initiation and Completion -- 8.1.2 Success Conditions and Challenges -- 8.1.3 Privatization and Trouble -- 8.2 The Calabar Odukpani Power Station: Completed but with Little Delivery -- 8.2.1 Project Initiation -- 8.2.2 Project Complications and Delays -- 8.2.3 Delivery of the Calabar Power Station in 2015 -- 8.2.4 What Has Been Delivered? …”
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Technological Imagination in the Green and Digital Transition
Published 2023Table of Contents: “…Three convergent paths between creative action and computational tools -- Technological innovation for circularity and sustainability through buildings' life cycles: Policy, initiatives and stakeholders' perspective -- Fair play: Why reliable data for low tech construction and non-conventional materials are needed -- Part 3: Environment -- Technological innovation for the next ecosystem transition: From a high tech -- To low tech intensity - High efficiency environment -- Technological imagination to stay within planetary boundaries -- Quality-based design for environmentally conscious architecture -- Digital transformation projects for the future digicircular society -- The regulatory apparatus at the service of sustainable planning of the built environment: The case of law 338/2000 -- From nature to architecture for low tech solutions: Biomimetic principles for climate-adaptive building envelope -- Soft technologies for the circular transition: Practical experimentation of the product "material passport" -- Imaging a carbon neutral university -- Life cycle assessment at the early stage of building design -- Design scenarios for a circular vision of post-disaster temporary settlements -- Towards climate neutrality: Progressing key actions for positive energy districts implementation -- Remanufacturing towards circularity in the construction sector: The role of digital technologies -- Territorial energy potential for energy community and climate mitigation actions: Experimentation on pilot cases in Rome -- Integrated design approach to build a safe and sustainable dual intended use center in Praslin island, Seychelles -- Part 4: Climate changes -- Climate change: New ways to inhabit the earth -- The climate report. …”
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