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Friedman, Andrew L. The information technology field: Using fields and paradigms for analyzing technological change. Bristol University, Department of Economics, 1993.
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ESPRIT. Specific research and technological development programme in the field of information technologies. Commission of the European Communities, 1993.
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1940-, Bikson Tora K., ed. Networked information technology and the transition to retirement: A field experiment. Rand, 1991.
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Kitto, Simon. Pedagogical machines: ICTs and neoliberal governance of the university. Nova Science Publishers, 2009.
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Library of Congress. Network Development and MARC Standards Office., ed. Key issues in the networking field today: Proceedings of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee Meeting, May 6-8, 1985. Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress, 1985.
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Bashin, Yuriy, Gennadiy Grinev, and Yuliya Dremova. Economics of the information society. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1039916.
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The textbook presents modern ideas about the development and formation of the economy of the information society. Scientific concepts of transformation of the modern post-industrial society into an information society based on information and communication technologies and knowledge are highlighted. The basic concepts of technological processes of the information society, as well as definitions and dynamics of development of information resources, products and services in the economy of the information society, and a number of other topical issues are presented. The structure of the manual helps to identify the main aspects of the studied socio-economic processes, organize and specify the educational process. Questions for self-control and tasks are offered to activate the assimilation of the material. Meets the requirements of the Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. It is intended for students of higher educational institutions studying in the field of training 38.03.05 "Business Informatics".
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Maksurov, Aleksey. Ensuring information security on the Internet. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1942595.
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The monograph examines the features of legal relations in the field of information security in the global information space. The concept of "cybersecurity" is investigated, the institutional independence of the norms of law on ensuring security in the cyber environment is substantiated from the point of view of the subject and method of legal regulation. Considerable attention is paid to the characteristics of the sources of law on ensuring information security on the Internet. Substantial proposals have been made to improve legal regulation in this area both at the national (primarily Russian) and international levels. A technological approach has been applied to the consideration of security issues in the global information space, within the framework of which the organizational, technical and legal principles of ensuring information security in cyberspace, as well as ways and means of ensuring security in the global information space have been studied.
 It is given not only an assessment of the level of use of funds, their interrelation and mutual complement, but also the legal characteristics of security tools in the global information space, for example cryptographic. The resources allocated for the implementation of the type of legal technology under study that were not previously allocated in the legal literature, for example, scientific and economic. The features of the protection of personal information on the Internet are considered, as well as modern problems of legal security in the global information environment, including cybersecurity in banking, healthcare, and biometric data security. The problems of international cooperation in the field of information security are highlighted.
 For a wide range of readers interested in information security issues. It can be useful for students, postgraduates and teachers of law schools and faculties.
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Sergeeva, Ol'ga, and Marina Zheltuhina. Linguopragmatics of the teacher's linguistic personality. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2181457.
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The monograph is devoted to the study of linguistic pragmatics of the teacher's linguistic personality, which meets the socio-political challenges of our time. It offers unique theoretical and practical information on identifying linguistic and pragmatic features of a teacher's linguistic personality in static and dynamic aspects, overcoming conflict in the educational environment, and building harmonious pedagogical communication in various types of discourse, including pedagogical discourse, artistic discourse, and educational media discourse. It is addressed to specialists in the field of communication, as well as to teachers, graduate students and students of humanities and technical fields of higher education institutions within the framework of pedagogical communication. It is intended for linguists, psychologists, teachers, mentors, educators, other employees of social and educational institutions, cultural scientists, politicians, political technologists, political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, PR specialists, journalists, businessmen, economists, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the implementation of effective discursive practices of pedagogical communication in professional and everyday aspects..
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PERVOVA, GALINA. The theory of children's literature and the practice of reading. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2025. https://doi.org/10.12737/2157180.
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The textbook reveals the basic theoretical concepts, historical information and methodological problems that introduce teachers and students to the science of children's literature. By implementing a literary approach, the textbook improves the reading horizons of future teachers, sets examples of the analysis of literary texts, taking into account the perception of literature by children, sets students up for the main form of education — independent work on mastering the range of children's reading. Meets the requirements of the latest generation of federal state educational standards for higher education. It is intended for students studying children's literature and methods of literary reading in colleges and universities in the field of Pedagogical education (profiles 44.03.01 "Preschool education", "Primary education", 44.03.05 "Russian language and literature").
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Vahrushina, Alina. Sustainable development in higher education: accounting, analytical and educational context. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2129775.
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The concept of sustainable development is a universally recognized paradigm of our time, and the field of higher education in this regard acts as an important environment for the implementation of international projects and national programs aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. The monograph reveals two main directions in the context of which the activities of universities in the implementation of the sustainable development agenda are implemented: accounting and analytical and scientific and educational. The results of the analysis of the formation of reports on sustainable development (on the achievement of the SDGs) by leading Russian universities in comparison with individual cases of public disclosure of information on the implementation of the SDGs by foreign universities are presented. The experience of universities in the countries of North and South America, Asia and Africa, and the European continent in the field of curriculum development, relevant pedagogical methods and educational practices in the interests of sustainable development has been studied and summarized. It is addressed to a wide range of readers, including students, postgraduates, masters of business administration, researchers in the field of university management, employees of accounting and analytical departments, teachers and designers-developers of training courses, as well as representatives of the administrative and managerial level of universities.
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Sapogova, Elena. Developmental psychology and age psychology. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/997107.
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The textbook contains systematized information about psychological, socio-cultural, historical-ethnographic, psychobiological and other aspects of the development of a person changing over time. The first section is devoted to general theoretical problems of developmental psychology, the second to the analysis of different ages.
 The comprehensive nature of the manual makes it possible to solve the problems of formation in the professional consciousness of a stable complex of scientific categories and concepts, with the help of which the factual diversity of manifestations of the mental life of a developing person is described in psychology; familiarization with classical and modern interpretations of human development, with different variants of psychological interpretation of its essence, nature, mechanisms, driving forces and contradictions; disclosure of dialectics and phenomenology of the formation of a person as a cultural and historical subject; formation of ideas about the complexity and ambiguity of the evolution of a child as a human being; understanding the basic laws of the formation of personality and individuality of a person at each stage of its development.
 Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation.
 It is intended for the study of the discipline "Developmental psychology, age psychology" during the professional training of psychologists in universities and is aimed at students of bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology faculties of classical and pedagogical universities, humanities and medical universities, as well as graduate students, psychology teachers and practical psychologists who are improving their qualifications in the field of age psychology.
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Bizyuk, Aleksandr. Fundamentals of abnormal psychology. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/974663.
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The textbook is a Supplement to the course of lectures given at the faculties of psychology, where one of the sections of this discipline is clinical psychology. This publication has been updated to reflect the 11th International classification of diseases, changes in which also affect the classification aspects of mental disorders.
 In order to implement the principle of consistency in mastering knowledge of pathopsychology, the material is given in the context of General and clinical psychology, which facilitates the holistic assimilation of the specifics of this science and understanding its place among other related Sciences.
 In accordance with the requirements of didactics, the structuring of the material is based on the principle "from simple to complex"; at the end of each paragraph, test questions are offered, finding answers to which in the text of the book forms the core knowledge of the reader.
 The Chapter devoted to disorders of specific mental functions, in addition to General theoretical data, provides brief descriptions of psychodiagnostic techniques designed to assess the qualitative and quantitative parameters of recorded changes. When writing the book, we used a rich domestic and foreign material published in numerous sources.
 Meets the requirements of Federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation.
 It is intended for students of psychological, pedagogical and medical universities, primarily clinical psychologists, as well as for a wide range of specialists working in the information field of problems of the ratio of normal and altered psyche.
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Polyakova, Anna, Tat'yana Sergeeva, and Irina Kitaeva. The continuous formation of the stochastic culture of schoolchildren in the context of the digital transformation of general education. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1876368.
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The material presented in the monograph shows the possibilities of continuous teaching of mathematics at school, namely, the significant potential of modern information and communication technologies, with the help of which it is possible to form elements of stochastic culture among students. Continuity in learning is considered from two positions: procedural and educational-cognitive. In addition, a distinctive feature of the book is the presentation of the digital transformation of general education as a way to overcome the "new digital divide". Methodological features of promising digital technologies (within the framework of teaching students the elements of the probabilistic and statistical line) that contribute to overcoming the "new digital divide": artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, additive manufacturing, machine learning, blockchain, virtual and augmented reality are described.
 The solution of the main questions of probability theory and statistics in the 9th grade mathematics course is proposed to be carried out using a distance learning course built in the Moodle distance learning system. The content, structure and methodological features of the implementation of the stochastics course for students of grades 10-11 of a secondary school are based on the use of such tools in the educational process as an online calculator for plotting functions, the Wolfram Alpha service, Google Docs and Google Tables services, the Yaklass remote training, the Banktest website.<url>", interactive module "Galton Board", educational website "Mathematics at school".
 It will be interesting for students, undergraduates, postgraduates, mathematics teachers, as well as specialists improving their qualifications in the field of pedagogical education.
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Postnikova, Evgeniya, and A. Bogdanov. Organization of bakery products production. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/995653.
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The textbook provides basic information about the classification of bakery products, their nutritional value. The characteristics of raw materials, their preparation for production are considered, the processes occurring during storage, their role in the preparation of dough are described. Modern methods of dough preparation, including accelerated ones, their hardware and technological schemes are described.
 Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of secondary vocational education of the latest generation.
 It is addressed to students of secondary vocational education institutions studying in the specialty 43.02.15 "Cooking and confectionery business", as well as in other specialties of the vocational school, preparing confectioners, cooks and technologists in the field of public catering.
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Bozhko, Arkadiy. Modeling of products and processes in CAAP systems. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2024. https://doi.org/10.12737/2137603.
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Assembly of industrial products is one of the most difficult and responsible stages of modern discrete manufacturing. Many modern products consist of a large number of parts and are characterized by high structural complexity. The development of technological processes for the assembly of such machines or devices is impossible without the use of modern information technologies. The monograph is devoted to the mathematical support of computer-aided design systems for assembly processes. Modeling of structural and geometric properties of complex technical systems is discussed in detail. The methods of automated synthesis of such important design solutions as the sequence of assembly/disassembly and decomposition of the product into assembly units are described. It is of interest to specialists in the field of design automation, geometric modeling, applied mathematics and programmers.
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VASIL'EVA, ELENA, ALLA GROMOVA, EVGENIY ZARAMENSKIH, ANDREY KOShKIN, MIHAIL PETROV, and BORIS SLAVIN. Digital platforms and ecosystems in public administration. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2021353.
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The monograph is devoted to one of the most relevant topics in the field of modern automation systems of authorities — digital platforms and ecosystems in public administration. The main architectural solutions, components, and technologies used in the construction of existing Russian and international distributed and high-load digital platforms are identified; approaches that determine the choice of certain solutions, components, and technologies are described. The assessment of the demand for technological trends is compiled, the main classes of information systems used to provide social services to the population are formulated. A conceptual approach to the development and implementation of a targeted digital platform for the social sphere is proposed, and the transition from platforms to digital ecosystems is also shown. Theory and practice are connected. It contains rich illustrative material, case studies, features of the application of various methodologies in solving issues of creating digital services, which can be used both in practice and in the educational process.
 For undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students studying in the areas of training (specialties) "Business Informatics", "Applied Informatics", "State and Municipal Administration", "Economics", "Management".
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Cevelev, Aleksandr. Strategic development of railway transport logistics. INFRA-M Academic Publishing LLC., 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/1194747.
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The monograph is devoted to the methodology of material and technical support of railway transport. According to the types of activities, the nature of the material and technical resources used, technologies, means and management systems, Russian railways belong to the category of high-tech industries that must have high quality and technical level, reliability and technological efficiency in operation. For this reason, the logistics system itself, both in structure and in the algorithm of the functions performed as a whole, needs a serious improvement in the quality of its work. The economic situation in Russia requires a revision of the principles and mechanisms of management based on the corporate model of supply chain management, focused on logistics knowledge. In the difficult economic conditions of the current decade, it is necessary to improve the quality of the supply organization of enterprises and structural divisions of railway transport, directly related to the implementation of the process approach, the advantage of which is a more detailed regulation of management actions and their mutual coordination. In order to increase the efficiency of its activities and develop the management system, Russian Railways is developing a lean production system aimed at further expanding the implementation of the principles of customer orientation, ideology and corporate culture.
 At the present time, the solution of many issues is impossible without a cybernetic approach to the formulation of problems of material and technical support and logistics analysis of information technologies, to the implementation of the developed algorithms and models of development strategies and concepts for improving the business processes of the production system. The management strategy, or the general plan for the implementation of activities for the management of material resources, is based on a fundamental assessment of the alignment and correlation of forces and factors operating in the economic and political field, taking into account the impact on the specific form of the management strategy.
 The materials will be useful to the heads and specialists of the directorates of the MTO, CDZs and can be used in the scientific research of bachelors, masters and postgraduates interested in the economics of railway transport and supply logistics.
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Bruijn, Mirjam de. Digitalization and the Field of African Studies. Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2019.
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Digitalization and the Field of African Studies. Basler Afrika Bibliographien, 2019.
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Networked Information Technology and the Transition to Retirement: A Field Experiment (Rand Corporation//Rand Report). Rand Corp, 1991.
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Leckie, Gloria J., and John E. Buschman, eds. Information Technology in Librarianship. www.lu.com, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400670268.
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In the last 15 years, the ground - both in terms of technological advance and in the sophistication of analyses of technology - has shifted. At the same time, librarianship as a field has adopted a more skeptical perspective; libraries are feeling market pressure to adopt and use new innovations; and their librarians boast a greater awareness of the socio-cultural, economic, and ethical considerations of information and communications technologies. Within such a context, a fresh and critical analysis of the foundations and applications of technology in librarianship is long overdue.
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Venturelli, Shalini. Global Knowledge Society and Information Technology. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.204.
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The Global Knowledge Society is a broad interdisciplinary effort that emerged in the last decade of the twentieth century to probe the socioeconomic, technological, and geopolitical dimensions of knowledge production, growth, diffusion, and exploitation, in terms of impact on the development of societies worldwide. As a field of inquiry, the Global Knowledge Society encompasses all areas of social science including international relations, international communication, information technology, international development, and economics, as well as across the physical sciences and humanities. It also aims to fill a historical void in traditional social science—from economics and political science to international affairs and development studies—for explaining structural and environmental differences in societal rates of knowledge generation, application and adoption. A number of models on knowledge development have been explored in the literature, including the “Distributed Information Networks” approach, the “Technological Diffusion” approach, the “Genius Theory of Invention” approach, the “Creative and Proprietary Incentives” approach, and the “Cultural Legacy” approach. Models outside the social sciences and humanities also offer some rich possibilities, such as those under the label of “Idea Evolution.” Several of the models suggest the need for rethinking the mystery of persistent societal differences in knowledge growth within and between countries. Future research on knowledge society should consider bringing together researchers and policymakers from many disciplines across the natural and social sciences to review the substance of the field’s comparative methods and findings using interdisciplinary frameworks and complex factors.
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Alieksieieva, Svitlana, ed. Digest – 2023 on the coordination of dissertation research topics in the field of Education, Pedagogy and Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine. National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.32405/978-966-644-756-5-2023-20.
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The information publication "Digest - 2023 on the coordination of dissertation research topics in the field of Education, Pedagogy and Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine" presents a register of dissertation research topics for 2023 approved by the Interdepartmental Council which are carried out in scientific institutions and higher education institutions of Ukraine for the degree of Doctor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy: in the field of knowledge "01 - Education/Pedagogy", specialty: 011 Educational, pedagogical sciences, 012 Preschool education, 013 Primary education, 014 Secondary education (by subject specialisations), 015 Vocational education (by specialisations), 016 Special education and in the field of knowledge 05 Social and behavioral sciences, specialty: 053 Psychology. It is addressed to scientists, teachers, doctoral students, postgraduate students, higher education students, and all those interested in the scientific search for solving modern problems in the field of Education, Pedagogy, and Psychology.
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Stilwell, Robynn J. Audio-Visual Space in an Era of Technological Convergence. Edited by John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, and Carol Vernallis. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733866.013.0004.
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This article appears in theOxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aestheticsedited by John Richardson, Claudia Gorbman, and Carol Vernallis. While the commercial and sociological aspects of technological convergence have been discussed among scholars, producers, and consumers, this chapter explores the aesthetics of convergence and how the technological/historical/aesthetic conventions of distinctly different media can be used as “meta” gestures. Two multimedia products focusing on the same complex topic-climate change-are used to illustrate how audiovisual space is configured differently in “theatrical” and “cinematic” modes and how those spaces can create a higher level rhythm and texture. The film documentaryAn Inconvenient Truthalternates rhetorical theatrical and affective cinematic spaces. The three-part television seriesClimate Warsis markedly more complex and contrapuntal, “theatricalizing” the audience-screen relationship of cinema and deploying a dense, layered visual texture. The soundscape and visual field organize information from relatively straightforward, reinforcing “harmony"; to a counterpoint commenting on earlier documentaries; to streams of information that can overwhelm comprehension, creating affective “bursts” akin to musical stings.
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Lokshyna, Olena, Oksana Glushko, Alina Dzhurylo, et al. The state and trends in the development of school education in the EU, USA and China: a textbook. Institute of Pedagogy of NAES of Ukraine, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.32405/978-617-8124-19-9-2021-143.
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The publication contains materials of the training course “and trends in the development of school education in the EU, USA and China” for educational use in the process of training of applicants for the degree of “Doctor of Philosophy” in the specialties 011 “Educational, Pedagogical Sciences”, 013 “Primary Education”, 014 “Secondary education” (by subject specializations). The mastering of the course involves the formation of holistic comparative and pedagogical competence of a researcher - a qualified specialist who has a high level of readiness for professional activity in the field of comparative education studies. In the manual the purpose and objectives of the course are defined, a description of the study discipline done (Appendix A), thematic information, dictionary of foreign terms and concepts are provided (Appendix B).
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Oliveira, Eduardo Gasperoni de, Fernanda Pereira da Silva, Monica Roberta Devai Dias, et al. Cultura digital no contexto educacional: Um olhar entre tendências e desafios para o século XXI. Brazil Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31012/978-65-5861-399-2.
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Digital Culture is conceived as all kinds of knowledge, habits, values and skills acquired by human beings that are built and shared in the digital environment. In this sense, the collection Digital Culture in the Educational Context: a view between trends and challenges for the 21st century brings relevant theoretical and empirical notes around what the National Common Curricular Base – BNCC – whose competence is to stimulate the critical use of technological resources, inserting both educators and students in pedagogical practices in order to learn and dominate the digital universe. The first part of the work is dedicated to Theoretical Approaches, bringing notes about Media Education with the pandemic period and what has impacted the educational scenario, both in student learning and in the performance of teaching professionals. Therefore, the reader is asked: If remote education is educational chloroquine? It also brings relevant considerations about Information and Communication Technologies applied to Distance Education and Hybrid Education, such as: Literacy in Mathematics, as well as the use of computers and gamification combined with education. Finally, with the Digital Universe, it brings an alert regarding the impacts of cyberbullying. Entitled Narratives of Experiences, the second part of the collection covers various teaching experiences with respect to the Digital Age. Among them, in elementary school, it brings challenges in the process of Literacy and Literacy practices and the teaching perception in relation to Specialized Educational Service. Considerations are made about various pedagogical resources in times of adversity. Among them: the Youtube channel of storytelling, collaborating with the reinvention of teachers in Elementary Education; and, in Higher Education, the relevance of Hybrid Education the joint application of Sole and the Google Classroom. In addition to the teaching experience, finally, testimony of the dilemmas and challenges of managerial activity in the school segment of Early Childhood Education are brought up
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Malykhin, Oleksandr, Nataliia Aristova, and Oksana Shparyk. Organizing educational process in Ukraine and European Union countries under unpredicted global influences. KONVI PRINT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.32405/978-617-8124-26-7-2021-71.
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The reference book of “Organizing educational process in Ukraine and European Union countries under unpredicted global influences” highlights issues related to the experience of organizing educational process in the EU countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Finland, France, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Sweden) and in Ukraine in the 21st century with emphasis on investigating peculiarities of organizing educational process amid blended learning, whose transition is caused by unpredictable global impacts (the Covid-19 pandemic). Information presented in the reference book contributes to raising the quality of national education by implementing positive experience of organizing educational process in the EU countries amid the Covid-19 pandemic into the education system of Ukraine. The reference book is intended for representatives of administrative bodies in the field of education, university teachers and postgraduate education seekers, scientists, postgraduate students, doctoral students, university teachers and students of higher pedagogical educational institutions and other employees in the field of education.
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Malykhin, Oleksandr, Nataliia Aristova, and Oksana Shparyk. The use of positive experience of organizing educational process in European Union countries under unpredictable global influences in the system of national education of Ukraine. KONVI PRINT, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.32405/978-617-8124-25-0-2021-70.
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The presented instructional guidelines book is targeted at presenting generalized experience of the EU countries and Ukraine regarding the implementation of measures aimed at minimizing the negative consequences of the urgent reformatting of traditional educational process (classroom studies in general secondary schools and lecture-seminar studies at higher education institutions) into distance and/or blended learning formats. The instructional guidelines book consists of four sections (“General Provisions”, “Generalized experience of EU countries in overcoming the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on national systems of education and prospects for its usage in the educational system of Ukraine”, “Measures taken to address the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on national educational systems”, “Recommended sources for obtaining additional information”) and provides comprehensive information on measures that can be recommended for implementing into the educational system of Ukraine within distance and/or blended learning (amid the COVID-19 pandemic and with the prospect of applying the most effective forms, methods and means of education in post-pandemic period). The instructional guidelines book is intended for representatives of administrative bodies in the field of education, university teachers and postgraduate education seekers, scientists, postgraduate students, doctoral students, university teachers and students of higher pedagogical educational institutions and other employees in the field of education.
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Schrama, Wendy, Marilyn Freeman, Nicola Taylor, and Mariëlle Bruning, eds. International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law. Intersentia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781839701726.
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This topical and timely book considers children's participation rights in the context of family law proceedings, and how their operation can be improved for the benefit of children and family justice systems globally. In doing so, it provides the pedagogical reasoning for child participation, as well as a thorough analysis of the relevant human rights instruments in this area, including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. <br><br>This comprehensive book examines the way in which private international law instruments deal with child participation in separation/divorce, parental responsibility and child abduction proceedings. In addition, the book includes individual contributions from renowned family law experts from 17 countries who describe and analyse the local laws and exercise of child participation rights in their own jurisdictions. These insightful texts include the authors' views on the improvements needed to ensure that child participation rights are fully respected and implemented in the countries under review. A detailed comparative analysis follows which helpfully pinpoints both the key commonalities and differences in these global processes. Finally, the concluding chapter draws together the different perspectives revealed across the handbook, and identifies several key issues requiring further reflection from scholars, policy makers and family justice professionals. <br><br><i>The International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law</i> is a rich source of information and essential reading for all those working in this important and evolving field.
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Zalyubovskii, Mark, and Viktor Malyshev. Machines and equipment enterprises. Kyiv: Open International University of Human Developmеnt «Ukraine», 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.36994/978-966-388-593-3-2020-121.
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The manual presents general basic information about characteristics of technological equipment, structures and nodes industrial machines used in mechanical engineering, the main technological processes of metalworking, as well as rolling processes, are described. For students of higher education institutions of the field of knowledge 27 "Transport", specialty 274 "Automotive transport", fields of knowledge 13 "Mechanical engineering", specialties 133 "Industrial mechanical engineering" and 131 "Applied mechanics".
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Narlikar, A. V., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Small Superconductors. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198738169.001.0001.
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This handbook examines cutting-edge developments in research and applications of small or mesoscopic superconductors, offering a glimpse of what might emerge as a giga world of nano superconductors. Contributors, who are eminent frontrunners in the field, share their insights on the current status and great promise of small superconductors in the theoretical, experimental, and technological spheres. They discuss the novel and intriguing features and theoretical underpinnings of the phenomenon of mesoscopic superconductivity, the latest fabrication methods and characterization tools, and the opportunities and challenges associated with technological advances. The book is organized into three parts. Part I deals with developments in basic research of small superconductors, including local-scale spectroscopic studies of vortex organization in such materials, Andreev reflection and related studies in low-dimensional superconducting systems, and research on surface and interface superconductivity. Part II covers the materials aspects of small superconductors, including mesoscopic effects in superconductor–ferromagnet hybrids, micromagnetic measurements on electrochemically grown mesoscopic superconductors, and magnetic flux avalanches in superconducting films with mesoscopic artificial patterns. Part III reviews the current progress in the device technology of small superconductors, focusing on superconducting spintronics and devices, barriers in Josephson junctions, hybrid superconducting devices based on quantum wires, superconducting nanodevices, superconducting quantum bits of information, and the use of nanoSQUIDs in the investigation of small magnetic systems.
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Barlow, David H., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328710.001.0001.
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The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Psychology, Updated Edition synthesizes writing on clinical psychology since the late 1960s in one volume. With updated information from the DSM-5, it comprises articles from the foremost scholars in clinical psychology, providing even and authoritative coverage of the research, practice, and policy factors that combine to form today's clinical psychology landscape. In addition to core sections on topics such as training, assessment, diagnosis, and intervention, the book includes valuable articles devoted to new and emerging issues in the clinical field, including heath care reforms, cultural factors, and technological innovations and challenges. Each article offers a review of the most pertinent literature, outlining current issues and identifying possibilities for future research. The book features articles by editor David H. Barlow on changes during his own forty-year odyssey in the field and ten themes for the future of clinical psychology.
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Panov, A. I. Calculation of equipment of elevators and processing enterprises. Publishing house of the Russian state agrarian University UN-TA im. K. A. Timiryazeva, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.26897/978-5-9675-1849-2-2021-126.
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The textbook is intended for the development of theoretical material and the implementation of the course work of bachelors in the field of preparation 35.03.06 Agroengineering of the Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Education, the focus "Machinery and equipment for the storage and processing of agricultural products" contains information on the basic methods of calculating transport and technological equipment of processing enterprises of crop production. The textbook contains the information necessary for the formation of professional competencies in the preparation of bachelors in the direction of 35.03.06 "Agroengineering" and is recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council on Technologies, Means of Mechanization and Energy Equipment in Agriculture of the Federal UMO for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for use in the educational process.
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Eriksson, Olle, Anders Bergman, Lars Bergqvist, and Johan Hellsvik. Ultrafast Switching Dynamics. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198788669.003.0011.
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The time-integrated amount of data and stored information, is doubled roughly every eighteen months, and since the majority of the worlds information is stored in magnetic media, the possibility to write and retrieve information in a magnetic material at ever greater speed and with lower energy consumption, has obvious benefits for our society. Hence the seemingly simple switching of a magnetic unit, a bit, is a crucial process which defines how efficiently information can be stored and retrieved from a magnetic memory. Of particular interest here are the concepts of ultrafast magnetism and all-optical control of magnetism which have in recent decades become the basis for an intense research field. The motivation is natural; the mechanisms behind these phenomena are far from trivial and the technological implications are huge.
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Tom, Fletcher. Book VI Alternative (Including Track 2) Diplomacy, 27 Public Diplomacy and its Offshoots. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198739104.003.0027.
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This chapter discusses public diplomacy, particularly in the context of the digital age. Diplomats now have an increasingly public role to play in projecting their government’s message locally, not just by media appearances and newspaper articles, but by regular use of social media, blogging, Twitter, and evolving techniques. And though technological change has been largely beneficial, the chapter also points to the challenges that technology brings to the field. Diplomats will be part of the debate on our digital rights, tackling the toughest issues around trust and transparency, and helping to find the balance between freedom of expression and the rights of others. Governments will continue to lose their monopoly on information and influence. Secrets will become harder to justify and harder to keep. And in the midst these the role of diplomats is being transformed faster than at any point in history.
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Henman, Paul. Government and the Internet: Evolving Technologies, Enduring Research Themes. Edited by William H. Dutton. Oxford University Press, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199589074.013.0014.
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This chapter addresses the research on governmental use of Internet and related digital information and communication technologies, a domain known as ‘e-Government’, and reviews the key concepts of e-Government. Next, it deals with the prehistory and evolution of Internet government, stressing the idea of developmental stages of online government and associated rankings. There is a progressive increase in e-Government sophistication. E-Government research in developing countries emphasises the very different economic, technological, and socio-cultural settings in which government operates, and has variously impacted public administration. Successful use of Web 2.0 technologies in e-participation in service delivery is apparent in the use of citizen feedback on local government services. In general, e-Government is a growing multidisciplinary field of study, with a distinct history to the broader church of Internet Studies. However, there are clear connections, overlaps, and similarities.
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Schwabach, Aaron. Intellectual Property. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400670923.
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This book examines the history of the concepts of intellectual property and the current state of U.S. and international intellectual property law. In this timely and readable volume, law professor Aaron Schwabach explores the three traditional categories of intellectual property—copyright, patent, and trademark. He traces their historical development from medieval times to the present and observes how intellectual property law has responded to successive waves of technological change. Intellectual Property examines all sides of current controversies and crises in this fast-changing field, particularly those resulting from the digital information revolution. Because ideas are not constrained by national borders, the author focuses on intellectual property, including trade secrets, as an international phenomenon, emphasizing the experiences and contributions of a wide variety of countries and cultures. An essential resource for students and researchers—and anyone else who needs to know how to use and/or protect intellectual property.
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Johnson, Thomas. Taliban Narratives. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190840600.001.0001.
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Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan government and their allies? This book, based on years of field research and the assessment of hundreds of original source materials, examines the information operations and related narratives of Afghan insurgents, especially the Afghan Taliban, and investigates how the Taliban has won the information war. Taliban messaging, wrapped in the narrative of jihad, is both to the point and in tune with its target audiences. On the other hand, the United States and its Kabul allies committed a basic messaging blunder, failing to present narratives that spoke to or, often, were even understood by their target audiences. Importantly, the book systematically explains why the United States lost this "battle of the story" in Afghanistan, and argues that this defeat may have cost the US the entire war, despite its conventional and technological superiority.
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O'Brien, William. Prehistoric Copper Mining in Europe. Oxford University Press, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199605651.001.0001.
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This volume examines prehistoric copper mining in Europe, from the first use of the metal eight thousand years ago in the Balkans to its widespread adoption during the Bronze Age. The history of research is examined, as is the survival of this mining archaeology in different geological settings. There is information on the technological processes of mineral prospecting, ore extraction, and metal production, as well as the logistics and organization of this activity and its environmental impact. The analysis is broadened to consider the economic and societal context of prehistoric copper mining and the nature of the distinctive communities involved. The study is based on a review of field data and research produced over many decades by the collaboration of archaeologists and geologists in a number of different countries, and covers such famous mining centres as the Mitterberg in Austria, Kargaly in Russia, the Great Orme in Wales, and those in Cyprus, from where the name of this metal derives. These regional studies are brought together for the first time to present a remarkable story of human endeavour and innovation, which marks a new stage in the mastery of our natural resources.
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Ashley, Seth, Jessica Roberts, and Adam Maksl. American Journalism and “Fake News”. ABC-CLIO, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400611148.
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This book provides a comprehensive and impartial overview of the state of American journalism and news-gathering in the 21st century, with a special focus on the rise–and meaning–of ""fake news." A part of ABC-CLIO's Examining the Facts series, which uses evidence-based documentation to examine the veracity of claims and beliefs about high-profile issues in American culture and politics, this volume examines beliefs, claims, and myths about American journalism and news media. It offers a comprehensive overview of the field of American journalism, including contemporary issues and historical foundations, and places modern problems such as "fake news" and misinformation in the context of larger technological and economic forces. The book illustrates the strengths and weaknesses of journalistic practices so readers can feel empowered to navigate the complex information environment in which we live and to understand the level to which various news sources can (or can't) be trusted to provide accurate and timely coverage of issues and events of import to the public and the nation. These skills and knowledge structures are necessary for any citizen who wishes to be an informed participant in a self-governing democratic society.
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Burns, Richard Dean, and Joseph M. Siracusa. A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race. Praeger, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400657511.
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Written by two preeminent authors in the field, this book provides an accessible global narrative of the nuclear arms race since 1945 that focuses on the roles of key scientists, military chiefs, and political leaders. The first book of its kind to provide a global perspective of the arms race, this two-volume work connects episodes worldwide involving nuclear weapons in a comprehensive, narrative fashion. Beginning with a discussion of the scientific research of the 1930s and 1940s and the Hiroshima decision, the authors focus on five basic themes: political dimensions, technological developments, military and diplomatic strategies, and impact. The history of the international nuclear arms race is examined within the context of four historical eras: America's nuclear monopoly, America's nuclear superiority, superpower parity, and the post-Cold War era. Information about the historical development of the independent deterrence of Britain, France, and China, as well as the piecemeal deterrence of newcomers Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea is also included, as is coverage of the efforts aimed at the international control of nuclear weapons and the diplomatic architecture that underpins the global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
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Shires, James. The Politics of Cybersecurity in the Middle East. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197619964.001.0001.
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Cybersecurity is a complex and contested issue in international politics. By focusing on "great powers"--the US, the EU, Russia and China--studies in the field often fail to capture the specific politics of cybersecurity in the Middle East, especially in Egypt and the GCC states. For these countries, cybersecurity policies and practices are entangled with those of long-standing allies in the US and Europe, and are built on reciprocal flows of data, capital, technology and expertise. At the same time, these states have authoritarian systems of governance more reminiscent of Russia or China, including approaches to digital technologies centred on sovereignty and surveillance. This book is a pioneering examination of the politics of cybersecurity in the Middle East. Drawing on new interviews and original fieldwork, James Shires shows how the label of cybersecurity is repurposed by states, companies and other organisations to encompass a variety of concepts, including state conflict, targeted spyware, domestic information controls, and foreign interference through leaks and disinformation. These shifting meanings shape key technological systems as well as the social relations underpinning digital development. But however the term is interpreted, it is clear that cybersecurity is an integral aspect of the region's contemporary politics.
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Law, Margaret Zelman. Cultivating Engaged Staff. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400634864.
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Specifically written about the library work environment, this book offers strategies for creating and maintaining a positive and supportive LIS environment that will engage all types of staff, resulting in increased performance. Workplace engagement is a growing trend in management for good reason: the success of any organization depends as much on the mindsets and attitudes of the staff as any other factor or material component. This book shares research-derived strategies for creating and maintaining a positive LIS environment that will engage and empower all types of library employeesstrategies that will boost worker engagement and improve performance. The information in Cultivating Engaged Staff: Better Management for Better Libraries is based on the author's doctoral research investigating the conditions that lead to higher levels of workplace engagement and how these elements interact to create an environment that supports engagement. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of how to apply these research findings in the LIS field, with particular reference to the changing technological environment, the nature of the work, and the legislative and political environment. The book also includes real-life stories that enable managers to view their own behavior through the eyes of other colleagues and workers.
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Hamilton, Paula, and James B. Gardner, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Public History. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199766024.001.0001.
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Public history is a large and complex field, with boundaries, methods, and subjects that are hotly debated. This handbook reflects the complexities of the subject, while at the same time helping to shape it. It introduces the major debates within public history; the methods and sources that comprise a public historian’s toolkit; and exemplary examples of practice. The book views public history as a dynamic process combining the hands-on skills of historical research and a wide range of work with and for the public, informed by a conceptual context. It defines public history work as analytical and active—practical work informed by thoughtful reflection—and locates public history as a professional practice within an intellectual framework that is increasingly democratic, technological, and transnational. While the nation state remains the primary means of identification for many, increased mobility and the digital revolution have occasioned a much broader outlook and awareness of the world beyond the local, shaping not only our lives today but also our understanding of the past. This volume will provide the information and inspiration needed by a practitioner to succeed in the wide range of workplaces that characterize public history today, for university teachers of public history to assist their students, and for working public historians to keep up to date with recent research.
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Patibandla, Murali. International Trade and Investment Behaviour of Firms. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190126865.001.0001.
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During last four decades the world has been significantly impacted by globalization and rapid technological changes. This in turn had major effects on the global economy. Several developing and socialist economies that earlier followed closed door and import substitution policies started to open their economies to world trade and investments. Some such countries, as India, managed to achieve a degree of economic prosperity over the last few years after opening their economy. The analyses in this book show that there are significant benefits from international trade and investment to emerging economies that possess critical-level initial conditions in technology, infrastructure, and ease of doing business, and have friendly policies. Focusing on Indian firms, the book spans the period from the pre-reform era to the post-reform era, when the market was responding to policy reforms and global market dynamics. It analyses firm-level behaviour with systematic theory and corresponding rigorous econometrics and qualitative information from field study across the country. In the Pre-reforms era, it was mostly small and medium scale firms that contributed to exports while most large firms were inward oriented in search of monopoly profits. This changed significant in the Post-reform era owing increased competitive conditions especially multinational firms. Large firms started to play important role in international trade and investment behaviour by acquiring world class technology and organizational practices.
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Goldsmith, Francisca. Crash Course in Contemporary Reference. ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400632891.
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A fresh, detailed, and thoughtful examination of reference services in the context of evolving community information needs and habits, a changing technological landscape, and new search strategies. Professional practices in the field of library reference services have changed dramatically in the past decade in response to shrinking print reference collections and evolving technology, search strategies, and user needs and interests. This new guide explains all the basics of reference services, covering resource types and awareness of their appropriate uses, collection development and maintenance techniques that support reference service work, the latest online searching techniques, and best practices for service interactions through various platforms, including email, chat, text, phone, and face to face. Additionally, it addresses reference service ethics; communication and conducting reference interviews; important policies related to reference service development, provision, and maintenance; alternative reference service delivery points now in use; and professional service provider networking. Both experienced reference librarians and those new to reference service will benefit from in-depth coverage of recent changes in online reference resources and print-based resources, guidelines for authoritative evaluation of web-based resources, explanations of online catalog searching skills, and tips for reference web page construction. The book also contains an expanded section on making digitized collections accessible and relevant; information on the growing need of members of the general population for help with various federal government access programs ranging from Veterans Affairs and Social Security to health care access, income tax regulation fulfillment, and immigrant documentation; and explanations of copyright in the digital sphere of resource use and transfer.
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Staples, William G. Encyclopedia of Privacy. Greenwood, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216001393.
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Writing in their famousHarvard Law Reviewarticle of 1890, Louis Brandeis and Samuel Warren asserted what many have considered one of the most cherished American values: the right to be let alone. Yet in this post-9/11 world, personal privacy is more threatened than ever. This book provides students and general readers a comprehensive overview of privacy in contemporary America. Included are some 225 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 100 expert contributors. Entries cover such topics as the USA PATRIOT act, abortion rights, wiretapping, telemarketing, identity theft, DNA databases, Internet and email privacy, and numerous other concerns. Entries cite works for further reading, and theEncyclopediacloses with a bibliography of books, websites, organizations, and films. New threats to privacy have arisen in the face of competing social, political, and economic demands, rapid technological change, and an intrusive and voyeuristic mass media. Citizens are barraged on a daily basis with stories of corporate data mining, government surveillance programs, identity theft, and computer hacking of personal information. As a result, citizens are becoming increasingly concerned about their personal privacy as well as their privacy rights. This encyclopedia, the first of its kind, comprehensively overviews various aspects of privacy throughout U.S. history, including significant legal cases, events, laws, organizations, individuals, technology, and terms. With some 225 alphabetically arranged entries written by more than 100 leading scholars and experts in the field, this inclusive and authoritative work will appeal to those interested in both historical and contemporary notions of privacy in the United States. Readers will learn of the significance of technology in today's society, its helpful and harmful effects on citizens' privacy, and what to expect in the future. Entries cite print and electronic resources, and theEncyclopediacloses with a listing of books, organizations, websites, films, and other sources of information.
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Cohn, Joseph, Dylan Schmorrow, and Denise Nicholson, eds. The PSI Handbook of Virtual Environments for Training and Education. Praeger, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216002468.
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The increasingly complex environment of the 21st century demands unprecedented knowledge, skills and abilities for people from all walks of life. One powerful solution that blends the science of learning with the technological advances of computing is Virtual Environments. In the United States alone, the Department of Defense has invested billions of dollars over the past decade to make this field and its developments as effective as possible. This 3-volume work provides, for the first time, comprehensive coverage of the many different domains that must be integrated for Virtual Environments to fully provide effective training and education. The first volume is dedicated to a thorough understanding of learning theory, requirements definition and performance measurement, providing insight into the human-centric specifications the VE must satisfy to succeed. Volume II provides the latest information on VE component technologies, and Volume III offers discussion of an extensive collection of integrated systems presented as VE use-cases, and results of effectiveness evaluation studies. The text includes emerging directions of this evolving technology, from cognitive rehabilitation to the next generation of museum exhibitions. Finally, the handbook offers a glimpse into the future with this fascinating technology. This groundbreaking set will interest students, scholars and researchers in the fields of military science, technology, computer science, business, law enforcement, cognitive psychology, education and health. Topics addressed include guidance and interventions using VE as a teaching tool, what to look for in terms of human-centered systems and components, and current training uses in the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines. Game-based and long distance training are explained, as are particular challenges such as the emergence of VE sickness. Chapters also highlight the combination of VE and cybernetics, robotics and artificial intelligence.
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Amjad, Zahid, and Tao Chen, eds. Industrial Water Treatment: New Trends, Challenges & Solutions. NACE International, The Worldwide Corrosion Authority15835 Park Ten Place, Houston, TX 77084, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5006/37628.
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This book documents the proceedings of the Industrial Water Treatment: Trends, Challenges, and Solutions symposium, which was sponsored by NACE International Committee STG 11 and held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from March 6 to 10, 2016, as part of CORROSION 2016. This book also includes papers presented at the Underdeposit Corrosion symposium, sponsored by NACE Committee TEG 092X. Recognized experts in their respective fields were invited to speak at the symposium, and there was particularly strong participation from representatives of academia, government, and industrial research. The symposia had two main objectives: (1) to provide a platform from which local and international participants could share the state of the art of their recent developments in water treatment chemicals, applications, challenges, and technologies, as well as to promote the exchange of information and knowledge between experts (industry and academic) and end users, and (2) to provide young researchers with professional guidance on the industrial trends, challenges, and focal areas for research in the water treatment industry and to encourage methodological rigor in research. This book covers the scientific and technological perspectives of industrial water treatment. The book’s 27 chapters are divided into three sections. Section A (Chapters 1 through 12) deals with the formation and inhibition of scale-forming salts—including calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate dihydrate, calcium oxalate, silica, and calcium phosphate—as well as the removal of impurities and the dispersion and stabilization of suspended matter in cooling and desalination systems. Section B consists of four chapters and focuses on the fundamentals of corrosion and its control in industrial water systems. Section C comprises 11 chapters (Chapters 17 through 27) and deals with scale formation, inhibition, challenges, and limitation in the oil and gas industry. The discussions cover conventional scale to exotic scale (e.g., iron sulfide) from conventional and unconventional resources, such as scaling in shale gas field. This book is intended primarily for scientists, researchers, technologists, and engineers working in the water treatment and water purification industries around the globe. Researchers in other industries—such as pharmaceutical, medical, and food—who are involved in the use of high-purity water, as well as those in academia, will also find useful information here.
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Falola, Toyin, and Ann Genova. The Politics of the Global Oil Industry. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798400698781.
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The petroleum industry is among the most lucrative and most important in the world, and its impact within the realm of international politics is tremendous (although it can be overstated). Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to the complicated web of political and economic threads that make up the fabric of the oil industry, Falola and Genova introduce the most salient aspects in clear language, offering cogent and up-to-date information about the countries, companies, international organizations, and people who shape the contemporary history of the black gold. The relationship of international politics and the global oil industry affects everyone but is understood by few. Taking a well-balanced and objective approach to deconstructing this intricate web for those unfamiliar with the industry, Falola and Genova introduce the major players in the field, offering cogent and up-to-date information about the countries, companies, organizations, and people who shape the contemporary history of oil. They break down the essentials, describing the discovery process, the different types of oil, and the various processes by which oil gets to the market. Then they provide a brief history of the major oil-producing countries, followed by a discussion of OPEC and international efforts to control the price and supply of oil. After setting the stage, they introduce the most salient political issues that are influenced by oil, namely environmental protection, human rights, and economic development. Finally, a look at each of seven major oil exporters—Iraq, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela—demonstrates that the black gold can be both a blessing and a curse for the countries that produce it. Despite the need to learn how to exploit alternative energy sources before the oil runs out, we will continue to be dependent on oil for the foreseeable future. Today's oil demands are not only generated by such obvious activities as gassing up our cars or powering our aircraft, but also from the ubiquitous technological gadgets that have infiltrated our daily lives. From computer monitors to CDs, from cell phones to the petroleum-generated materials used in our shoes and sweaters, our reliance on oil continues to grow. Because price and supply are highly dependent on political events in distant countries, it is essential for American consumers to understand the intricacies of this complex subject. Falola and Genova demystify the industry and invite us to investigate more deeply this vital resource.