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A demographic perspective on gender, family and health in Europe
This open access book examines the triangle between family, gender, and health in Europe from a demographic perspective. It helps to understand patterns and trends in each of the three components separately, as well as their interdependencies. It overcomes the widely observable specialization in demographic research, which usually involves researchers studying either family or fertility process…
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- 9783319723563
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- viii, 303p. : ill.
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- 304.6 DEM d
Media freedom and right to information in Africa
This e-book is the result of a panel organized in the Fifth European Congress of African Studies (ECAS 5) that took place in Lisbon in June 2013. We thought of organizing this panel on “Press Freedom and Right to Information in Africa” since the question of freedom, especially press freedom, is presently extremely important in all African countries. However, it is not yet well known, both i…
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- 9789897325793
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- 136 p.; 22 cm.
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- 350 BAR m
Appearance, discrimination and the media
"The portrayal of disfigurement in the UK media must change. This policy brief is based on recent research that found a general negative and sensationalised attitude towards disfigurement in the media. Disfigurement is a condition that can affect anyone at any time in life regardless their social or demographic background due to accidents or health conditions or be congenital. In the UK, one in…
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- 9781912656233
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- iv, 28p.: ill.
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- 305.908 GAR a
Digital video concepts, methods, and metrics : quality, compression, performa…
Digital Video Concepts, Methods, and Metrics: Quality, Compression, Performance, and Power Trade-off Analysis is a concise reference for professionals in a wide range of applications and vocations. It focuses on giving the reader mastery over the concepts, methods and metrics of digital video coding, so that readers have sufficient understanding to choose and tune coding parameters for optimum …
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- 9781430267133
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- xvii, 368p. : ill.
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- 006.696 AKR d
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