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Cultural Action for Freedom (HER Reprint Series)
By Paulo Freire. 2000
In this volume, we have chosen to highlight the importance of education to human rights by reprinting two articles written…
by Paulo Freire (1921-1997) in 1970 for the Harvard Educational Review.Pulling the Right Threads: The Ethnographic Life and Legacy of Jane C. Goodale
By Laura Zimmer-Tamakoshi, Jeanette Dickerson-Putman, Jane C. Goodale, Michele Dominy, Miriam Kahn, Pamela Sheffield Rosi, Deborah Bird Rose, Michael D. Lieber, Joy A Bilharz, William W. Donner, Eric Venbrux, Jane Fajans. 2007
A tribute to Jane C. Goodale, Pulling the Right Threads discusses the vibrant ethnographer and teacher's principles for mentoring, collaborating,…
and performing fieldwork. Known for her ethnographic research in the Pacific, development of the Association of Social Anthropology in Oceania, and influence in the anthropology department at Bryn Mawr College, Goodale and other contributors renew the debate in anthropology over the authenticity of field data and representations of other cultures. Together, they take aim at those who claim ethnography is outmoded or false.Flipping Schools: Why it's time to turn your school and community inside out
By John West Burnham, Malcolm Groves. 2020
This brilliant book, focused on the education of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, offers a radical critique of traditional…
approaches to school improvement. The text argues for a movement away from the focus on social mobility to placing equity at the heart of school leadership. It suggests moving from improvement to social justice through a re-examination of the school's role in relation to its communities. The book is evidence-based and combines a focus on moral leadership with strategies to turn principle into practice.Open-Set Text Recognition: Concepts, Framework, and Algorithms (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
By Xu-Cheng Yin, Chun Yang, Chang Liu. 2024
In real-world applications, new data, patterns, and categories that were not covered by the training data can frequently emerge, necessitating…
the capability to detect and adapt to novel characters incrementally. Researchers refer to these challenges as the Open-Set Text Recognition (OSTR) task, which has, in recent years, emerged as one of the prominent issues in the field of text recognition. This book begins by providing an introduction to the background of the OSTR task, covering essential aspects such as open-set identification and recognition, conventional OCR methods, and their applications. Subsequently, the concept and definition of the OSTR task are presented encompassing its objectives, use cases, performance metrics, datasets, and protocols. A general framework for OSTR is then detailed, composed of four key components: The Aligned Represented Space, the Label-to-Representation Mapping, the Sample-to-Representation Mapping, and the Open-set Predictor. In addition,possible implementations of each module within the framework are discussed. Following this, two specific open-set text recognition methods, OSOCR and OpenCCD, are introduced. The book concludes by delving into applications and future directions of Open-set text recognition tasks.This book presents a comprehensive overview of the open-set text recognition task, including concepts, framework, and algorithms. It is suitable for graduated students and young researchers who are majoring in pattern recognition and computer science, especially interdisciplinary research.Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems: Selected Papers from ICOTTS 2023, Volume 1 (Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies #383)
By António Abreu, João Vidal Carvalho, Pedro Liberato, Hazael Cerón Monroy. 2024
This book features a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Tourism, Technology and Systems (ICOTTS…
2023), held at Anáhuac University, Bacalar, Mexico, from 2 to 4 November 2023. The book is divided into two volumes, and it covers the areas of technology in tourism and the tourist experience, generations and technology in tourism, digital marketing applied to tourism and travel, mobile technologies applied to sustainable tourism, information technologies in tourism, digital transformation of tourism business, e-tourism and tourism 2.0, big data and management for travel and tourism, geotagging and tourist mobility, smart destinations, robotics in tourism, and information systems and technologies.The Contribution of Universities Towards Education for Sustainable Development (World Sustainability Series)
By Walter Leal Filho, Thais Dibbern, Salvador Ruiz de Maya, María-del-Carmen Alarcón-del-Amo, Longinos Marin Rives. 2024
The book gathers inputs from universities and research organizations working on matters related to sustainable development in a variety of…
contexts. It also provides a platform for the dissemination of information on the latest initiatives, paving the way for technology transfer and networking. Furthermore, the book intends to provide a fertile basis upon which universities may cooperate more closely in this key area. Universities, as centers of education, research, and innovation, have a unique position and responsibility in promoting sustainability. They can offer degree programs, courses, and workshops focused on sustainability, environmental studies, and related fields, educating students and the wider community about the principles and challenges of sustainability. Also, universities can conduct cutting-edge research to address sustainability challenges, such as climate change, resource depletion, and biodiversity loss. They can develop innovative technologies and solutions that promote sustainable practices in various sectors, including energy, agriculture, transportation, and urban planning. There is a perceived need to better understand and engage universities further on sustainability initiatives. Against this backdrop and in order to facilitate a broad discussion on the contribution of universities toward sustainability, this book is being produced.Last but not least, a further aim of the book is to present methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which aim to show how sustainability may be incorporated as part of university programs.Introduction to Probability, Statistics & R: Foundations for Data-Based Sciences
By Sujit K. Sahu. 2024
A strong grasp of elementary statistics and probability, along with basic skills in using R, is essential for various scientific…
disciplines reliant on data analysis. This book serves as a gateway to learning statistical methods from scratch, assuming a solid background in high school mathematics. Readers gradually progress from basic concepts to advanced statistical modelling, with examples from actuarial, biological, ecological, engineering, environmental, medicine, and social sciences highlighting the real-world relevance of the subject. An accompanying R package enables seamless practice and immediate application, making it ideal for beginners. The book comprises 19 chapters divided into five parts. Part I introduces basic statistics and the R software package, teaching readers to calculate simple statistics and create basic data graphs. Part II delves into probability concepts, including rules and conditional probability, and introduces widelyused discrete and continuous probability distributions (e.g., binomial, Poisson, normal, log-normal). It concludes with the central limit theorem and joint distributions for multiple random variables. Part III explores statistical inference, covering point and interval estimation, hypothesis testing, and Bayesian inference. This part is intentionally less technical, making it accessible to readers without an extensive mathematical background. Part IV addresses advanced probability and statistical distribution theory, assuming some familiarity with (or concurrent study of) mathematical methods like advanced calculus and linear algebra. Finally, Part V focuses on advanced statistical modelling using simple and multiple regression and analysis of variance, laying the foundation for further studies in machine learning and data science applicable to various data and decision analytics contexts. Based on years of teaching experience, this textbook includes numerousexercises and makes extensive use of R, making it ideal for year-long data science modules and courses. In addition to university courses, the book amply covers the syllabus for the Actuarial Statistics 1 examination of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries in London. It also provides a solid foundation for postgraduate studies in statistics and probability, or a reliable reference for statistics.Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence: IJCACI 2023 (Algorithms for Intelligent Systems)
By Mohammad Shorif Uddin, Jagdish Chand Bansal. 2024
This book gathers outstanding research papers presented at the 7th International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence (IJCACI 2023),…
held in hybrid mode at South Asian University, New Delhi, India during October 14–15, 2023. IJCACI 2023 is jointly organized by Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh and South Asian University (SAU), India. The book presents the novel contributions in areas of computational intelligence and it serves as a reference material for advance research. The topics covered are collective intelligence, soft computing, optimization, cloud computing, machine learning, intelligent software, robotics, data science, data security, big data analytics, and signal and natural language processing.Introduction to Celestial Navigation (Springer Series on Naval Architecture, Marine Engineering, Shipbuilding and Shipping #15)
By Alexander Arnfinn Olsen. 2024
This book focuses on Coastal and Ocean Navigation with an emphasis on celestial navigation techniques as a ‘back up’ in…
the event digital technologies fail.It deals with the main themes and principles of celestial navigation (including time). It covers the syllabus for deck officers working towards the Officer of the Watch (OOW) certificate of competence (COC) awarded by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), and for Royal Navy navigation officers working towards achieving the equivalent Navigational Watch Certificate (NWC). The NWC is equivalent to the certificate awarded by the MCA to OOWs in the Merchant Service under the international Standardisation of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) agreements. The detailed theory of celestial navigation is provided.Extended Abstracts MWCAPDE 2023: Methusalem Workshop on Classical Analysis and Partial Differential Equations (Trends in Mathematics #1)
By Michael Ruzhansky, Berikbol Torebek. 2024
This collection consists of selected scientific results stemming from the conference "Methusalem Workshop on Classical Analysis and PDEs", held at…
the Ghent University from 27th February 2023 to 1st March 2023. The workshop was organized by the "Ghent Analysis & PDE Center". The presented materials mainly consist of scientific results on classical analysis and problems of PDEs. In particular, results on harmonic analysis, functional spaces, functional inequalities, inverse problems, non-local PDEs, non-classical problems of PDEs, integro-differential equations, hypoelliptic operators, pseudo-differential calculus, and others are given.Digitale Teilhabe von Menschen mit einer geistigen Beeinträchtigung: Entwicklung einer Definition, eines Modells und eines Erhebungsinstruments
By Joanna Albrecht, Nadine Hüning. 2024
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird die Entwicklung einer Definition, eines Modells und eines Erhebungsinstruments Digitaler Teilhabe von Menschen mit geistiger Beeinträchtigung…
beschrieben. Eine geistige Behinderung wird als Konstrukt verstanden, das durch die ganzheitliche Wechselwirkung zwischen personenbezogenen Faktoren, Gesundheitsproblemen sowie umweltbezogenen Barrieren entsteht. Für die Identifikation der Hilfebedarfe zur Realisierung von Teilhabe ist die ganzheitliche Betrachtung von heterogenen Ursachen, Formen und Ausprägungen unverzichtbar. Der Anspruch auf Teilhabe ist gesetzlich verankert, jedoch führt die digitale Transformation zu neuen gesellschaftlichen Ungleichheiten, die sich als Digital Divide manifestieren. Trotz geringer und heterogener Datenlage zu Ungleichheiten bei Menschen mit (geistiger) Beeinträchtigung sind bereits Hinweise auf eine Digital Disability Divide zu erkennen. Um dieses Forschungsdesiderat aufzuarbeiten, bedarf es eines einheitlichen Begriffsverständnisses Digitaler Teilhabe. Auch müssen Einflussfaktoren eruiert werden, um Ansätze zur Förderung Digitaler Teilhabe zu entwickeln und darauf aufbauend ein Erhebungsinstrument zu entwickeln. Entsprechend verfolgt diese Forschungsarbeit die Entwicklung einer Definition,eines Modells und Erhebungsinstruments Digitaler Teilhabe von Menschen mit geistiger Beeinträchtigung in der Eingliederungshilfe.Transnationalisierungsräume: Schulkultur zwischen Internationalisierung und Interkulturalität (Schule und Gesellschaft #65)
By Merle Hummrich, Merle Hinrichsen, Paula Paz Matute. 2024
Das Buch zeigt die pädagogische Bedeutung von Globalisierungsprozessen in der Institution Schule. Diese lässt sich anhand von zwei Dimensionen markieren:…
der Internationalisierung von Schule und der Relevanz von ethnischer Diversität. Wie sich Schulkulturen auf diese Prozesse beziehen und wie sie damit einhergehende Anforderungen bearbeiten, wird theoretisch mit dem Konzept der Transnationalisierung aufgeschlüsselt. Zudem wird herausgearbeitet welche Möglichkeitsräume für Bildungsteilhabe sich in diesem Zusammenhang für Jugendliche eröffnen.The cyberspace and its global infrastructures are essential for our civilizations, the economy and administration. However, cyberspace is also increasingly…
developing into an intelligence and military operational area, visible in the creation of military cyber departments and the integration of cyberspace into states' security and defense strategies. Unfortunately, many of the established toolset of transparency, de-escalation and arms control measures do not work for cyberspace due to its specific technical characteristics. But how de-escalation of state-led conflicts in cyberspace can be achieved and how arms control of cyber weapons can be developed? Based on a technical perspective with regard to the underlying political challenges, the book follows an approach of adopting already existing technical measures from other fields of the computer science. It presents a classification system for cyberweapons, an approach for the mutual reduction of vulnerability stockpiles and provides an approach to prove the non-involvement in a cyber conflict. Beyond this, it aims to provide some impulses regarding the responsibility and creative options of the computer science with a view to the peaceful development and use of cyberspace.General Quantum Numerical Analysis (ISSN)
By Svetlin G. Georgiev, Khaled Zennir. 2024
This book is focused on the qualitative theory of general quantum calculus, the modern name for the investigation of calculus…
without limits. It centers on designing, analysing and applying computational techniques for general quantum differential equations. The quantum calculus or q-calculus began with F.H. Jackson in the early twentieth century, but this kind of calculus had already been worked out by Euler and Jacobi. Recently, it has aroused interest due to high demand of mathematics that models quantum computing and the connection between mathematics and physics.Quantum calculus has many applications in different mathematical areas such as number theory, combinatorics, orthogonal polynomials, basic hyper-geometric functions and other sciences such as quantum theory, mechanics and the theory of relativity.The authors summarize the most recent contributions in this area. General Quantum Numerical Analysis is intended for senior undergraduate students and beginning graduate students of engineering and science courses. The twelve chapters in this book are pedagogically organized, each concluding with a section of practical problems.Analysis
By Norbert Steinmetz. 2024
Das Buch wendet sich sowohl an Studierende aller mathematischen Fachrichtungen und mathematisch interessierte Studierende der Physik als auch an Dozentinnen…
und Dozenten, die den Aufbau ihres ersten Analysiskurses noch vor sich haben oder Anregungen für ihre Vorlesungen suchen. Inhalt und Form sind entstanden und vielfach erprobt in immer wieder kritisch veränderten und angepassten 3-semestrigen Analysiskursen. Etwa 2/3 des Buches decken die Erfordernisse einer 2-semestrigen Grundvorlesung Analysis ab, wohingegen das restliche Drittel Elemente der Fourieranalysis, der Differentialgeometrie, der gewöhnlichen Differentialgleichungen und der Funktionentheorie behandeln, Themen, denen eigenständige Vorlesungen auch weiterhin zu wünschen sind. Zu den Besonderheiten zählen die parallele und miteinander verzahnte Einführung des Riemann- und Lebesgueintegrals, die Einbettung einfacher Elemente der komplexen in die reelle Analysis, ausgedehnte Anwendungen – von der Heisenbergschen Unschärferelation über die Lösung der Wärmeleitungsgleichung bis hin zur Black-Scholes-Formel – sowie die Darstellung der Methode von Ostrogradski und des Dixon-Beweises der allgemeinen Cauchyschen Integralformel. Dass an verschiedenen Stellen die eingefahrenen Pfade verlassen wurden, wird der kundigen Leserschaft nicht verborgen bleiben. Die Frage „abstrakt oder anschaulich-verständlich“ wird konsequent zugunsten des letzteren entschieden. Die Übungsaufgaben sind in den laufenden Text eingebaut in der Hoffnung, dass sie so mehr Beachtung finden. Schließlich vermitteln die historischen Anmerkungen und Kurzbiographien einen Eindruck davon, wie die Analysis sich entwickelt hat und wer wesentlich an dieser Entwicklung beteiligt war.This book contains research papers that were accepted for presentation at the 17th International Conference on Interdisciplinarity in Engineering—INTER-ENG 2023,…
which was held on 5–6 October 2023, in the city of Târgu Mureș, Romania. The general scope of the conference “Towards transition for a more competitive European industry in a smart, safe and sustainable future” is proposing a new approach related to the development of a new generation of smart factories grounded on the manufacturing and assembly process digitalization. It is related to advance manufacturing technology, lean manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, additive manufacturing, manufacturing tools and equipment. It is a leading international professional and scientific forum of great interest for engineers and scientists who can read in this book research works contributions and recent developments as well as current practices in advanced fields of engineering.Noch Zukunft haben: Zum Werk Karoline von Günderrodes (Neue Romantikforschung #5)
By Frederike Middelhoff, Martina Wernli. 2024
Die literatur- und kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung zu Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806) setzt seit gut zwei Jahrzehnten neue Akzente. Das Werk der…
Autorin wird in diesem Zuge als singulärer Beitrag zur Literatur-, Kultur- und Geistesgeschichte der Romantik profiliert, während der ‚Mythos Günderrode‘, der sich auf Leben, Lieben und vor allem Ableben der Autorin konzentriert, fundamental hinterfragt wird. Der vorliegende Band schließt an diese Re-Lektüren und neuen Perspektiven an. Er präsentiert wichtige Untersuchungen zu bislang wenig beleuchteten Facetten von Günderrodes Texten, die u.a. Poetologie, Ästhetik sowie ideengeschichtliche oder politische Aspekte umfassen, und legt zudem eine kommentierte Auswahl bislang kaum bekannter Briefe der Autorin in Transkription und Abbildung vor.With Artificial Intelligence (AI) creating huge opportunities for learning and employee development, how can learning professionals best implement the use…
of AI into their environment?Artificial Intelligence for Learning is the essential guide for learning professionals who want to understand how to use AI to improve all aspects of learning in organizations. This new edition debunks the myths and misconceptions around AI, discusses the learning theory behind generative AI and gives strategic and practical advice on how AI can be used.This book also includes specific guidance on how AI can provide learning support, chatbot functionality and content, as well as ideas on ethics and personalization. This book is necessary reading for all learning practitioners needing to understand AI and what it means in practice.Asian Security in the Age of Globalization
By Lui Hebron. 2024
This book examines the security challenges and opportunities that the nation-states of Asia confront in an era of globalization. With…
consideration of the increasingly border-less nature of international relations via the integrative process of globalization, this book explores the emerging threats to regional and national security in Asia. It looks beyond traditional military threats, analysing non-traditional aspects of security including economic, social, environmental, transnational, energy, health concerns and threats posed by organized-crime groups. Its approach is organized both theoretically and, in a country-specific, case study form which provides contemporary examples of the threats faced in the region. By acknowledging that contemporary Asian security has become much more complex and complicated, it highlights the uncertainty and instability that the nation-states of the Indo-Pacific region confront. Presenting both a globally oriented and expanded vision of Asian security, this book is an excellent resource for scholars and students of Asian Studies, International Relations and Global Studies.Critical Race Theory and Classroom Practice
By Daniella Ann Cook, Nathaniel Bryan. 2024
This edited book shows how critical race theory (CRT) can shape teacher practices in ways that improve educational outcomes for…
all children, especially those most marginalized in PreK-20 classrooms.The volume bridges the gap between the theoretical foundations of critical race theory and its application in formal and informal learning environments. To promote an active and interdisciplinary engagement of critical race praxis, it illuminates the pedagogical possibilities of using CRT while explicitly addressing grade span-specific content area standards and skills. Each chapter explores how educators use a critical race theory lens to deepen student learning, teach honestly about racism and white supremacy, and actively prepare learners to equitably participate in a multiracial democracy.Written for pre- and in-service teachers, teacher educators, and anti-racist community stakeholders, the text addresses the applicability of CRT as a pedagogical practice for PreK-20 educators seeking to meaningfully combat intersectional racial injustice and to create a more just democracy. This book is necessary reading for educators, and courses in Educational Foundations, Anti-Racist Education, Social Justice Education, Curriculum Studies, Educational Leadership, and Multicultural Education.