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Engaging with Everyday Sounds
Engaging With Everyday Sounds' is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination. Marcel Cobussen intertwines sonic studies with philosophy, sound art, sociology and more to create an impressively lucid and innovative guide to sonic materialism, calling for a re-sensitization to our acoustic environment…
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- 9781800643949
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- 120p. : ill
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- 152 MAR m
IAEA atlas of cardiac PET/CT
This open access book presents a wide portfolio of examples of positron emission tomography coupled with computer tomography (PET/CT) studies in various cardiac conditions in order to provide a rationale for the implementation of this technology in an array of clinical conditions. Cardiovascular diseases are a major contributor to premature morbidity and mortality worldwide. Low- and middle…
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- 9783662644997
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- ix; 207 PG; ill.
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- 616.120757 IAE i
Landscapes of lifelong learning policies across Europe : comparative case stu…
This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…
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- 3
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- 9783030964542
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- xix; 248p;
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- 374.94 LAN S
Colonial And Post-Colonial Governance Of Islam; Continuities And Ruptures
The contributors analyse the mutual impact of colonial and postcolonial governance on the development, organisation and mobilisation of Islam paying special attention to the ongoing battles over the codification of Islamic education, religious authority, law and practice while outlining the similarities and differences, the continuities and ruptures in British, French and Portuguese colonial ru…
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- 9789089643568
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Landscapes of Lifelong Learning Policies across Europe
This open access book explores different landscapes of Lifelong Learning policies (LLP), producing case-based examinations of their institutional, discursive, and relational dimensions. Across Europe, young people develop their life courses amidst diverse living conditions and are confronted with a variety of institutional and structural arrangements that impact on their opportunities in educat…
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- 9783030964542
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- viii, 259 p, ; ill
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- Palgrave studies in adult education and lifelong learning
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- 374.94 l
Transforming Biodiversity Governance
Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to develop and implement a transformative framework for the coming decades. However, the question of what transformative biodiversity governance entails and how it can be implemented is complex. This bo…
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- 9781108856348
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- xviii, 390p,: ill
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- 346.04695 ING
Handbook the global history of work
What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? Did workers ever protest? If so, how? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work - a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook.
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- 9783110424584
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- vii, 604p.
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- 174 HOF h
Robotics, AI, and humanity : science, ethics, and policy
This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robot…
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- 9783030541736
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- x, 269p. : ill.
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- 174.9629892 ROB r
Lifelong learning policies for young adults in Europe : navigating between kn…
This comprehensive collection discusses topical issues essential to both scholarship and policy making in the realm of lifelong learning (LLL) policies and how far they succeed in supporting young people across their life courses, rather than one-sidedly fostering human capital for the economy. Examining specific yet diverse regional and local contexts across Europe, this book uses original res…
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- 9781447350668
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- XXVII, 260 p.
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- 374.94 LIF l
Health of people, health of planet and our responsibility : climate change, a…
This open access book not only describes the challenges of climate disruption, but also presents solutions. The challenges described include air pollution, climate change, extreme weather, and related health impacts that range from heat stress, vector-borne diseases, food and water insecurity and chronic diseases to malnutrition and mental well-being. The influence of humans on climate chang…
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- 9783030311254
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- xxiii, 417p. : ill.
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- 363.73874 HEA h
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