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Blockchain and crypto currency : building a high quality marketplace for cryp…
This open access book contributes to the creation of a cyber ecosystem supported by blockchain technology in which technology and people can coexist in harmony. Blockchains have shown that trusted records, or ledgers, of permanent data can be stored on the Internet in a decentralized manner. The decentralization of the recording process is expected to significantly economize the cost of transac…
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- 9789811533761
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- xiii, 141p. : ill.
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- 005.74 BLO b
Research ethics for students in the social sciences
This open access textbook offers a practical guide into research ethics for undergraduate students in the social sciences. A step-by-step approach of the most viable issues, in-depth discussions of case histories and a variety of didactical tools will aid the student to grasp the issues at hand and help him or her develop strategies to deal with them. This book addresses problems and questio…
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- 9783030484156
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- xvi, 287p. : ill.
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- 174.93 BOS r
Researching elites and power : theory, methods, analyses
This open access book describes how elite studies theoretically and methodologically construct their object, i.e. how particular conceptualizations of elites are turned into research practice using different methods for collecting, dealing with and analyzing empirical data. The first of four sections focuses on what Mills named the power elite and includes Bourdieu’s field of power. The secon…
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- 9783030451752
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- xii, 276p. : ill.
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- 305.52 RES r
New frontiers in social innovation research
This book is open access under a CC BY license. Interest in social innovation continues to rise, from governments setting up social innovation 'labs' to large corporations developing social innovation strategies. Yet theory lags behind practice, and this hampers our ability to understand social innovation and make the most of its potential. This collection brings together work by leading social…
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- 9781137506801
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- xxix, 267p. : ill.
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- 338.064 NEW n
Rethinking interdisciplinarity across the social sciences and neurosciences
This book offers a provocative account of interdisciplinary research across the neurosciences, social sciences and humanities. Setting itself against standard accounts of interdisciplinary 'integration,' and rooting itself in the authors' own experiences, the book establishes a radical agenda for collaboration across these disciplines. Rethinking Interdisciplinarity does not merely advocate int…
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- 9781137407962
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- x, 157p. : ill.
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- 001 CAL r
Surveying human vulnerabilities across the life course
This open access book details tools and procedures for data collections of hard-to-reach, hard-to-survey populations. Inside, readers will discover first-hand insights from experts who share their successes as well as their failures in their attempts to identify and measure human vulnerabilities across the life course. Coverage first provides an introduction on studying vulnerabilities based on…
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- 9783319241579
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- vi, 244p. : ill.
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- 300.723 SUR s
Plight of older workers: labor market experience after plant closure in the S…
This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes the determinants of reemployment, the sector of reemployment, and the change in wages over a two year…
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- 9783319397542
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- 300 BAU p
Education for Children with Disabilities in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia : Developin…
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book presents insights into the lived realities of children with disabilities in primary schools in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It examines specific cultural and societal characteristics of Ethiopia that influence the education of children with disabilities. The book presents findings drawn from interviews with, and participant observation of …
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- 9783319607689
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- 305 SCH e
Problem solving in mathematics education
Mathematics Education: Learning and Instruction
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- 9783319407296
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- 510 LIJ p
Uses of technology in upper secondary mathematics Education
Mathematics Education; Educational Technology; Teaching and Teacher Education
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- 9783319426112
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- 370 HEG u
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