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With regions and nations having formally fulfilled the ex ante conditionality, this book provides a first overall review of RIS3 policy processes, aiming to assess the consistency of the concept of smart specialization from an applied, policy-oriented perspective.

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This book defines what IoT Systems manageability looks like and what the associated resources and costs are of that manageability.

Improving Access to and Confidentiality of Research Data summarizes a workshop convened by the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to promote discussion about methods for advancing the often conflicting goals of exploiting the research potential of microdata and maintaining acceptable levels of confidentiality.

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Second Edition, Four Volume Set continues the acclaimed work of the previous edition published in 2008.

Overexpression of receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) has been implicated in cancer.

Technologies such as artificial intelligence have led to significant advances in science and medicine, but have also facilitated new forms of repression, policing and surveillance.

This report is the result of a fast-track study of U.

The application of digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) to reform governmental structures and public service is widely and perhaps naively viewed as the 21st century "e;savior"e;, the enlightened way to reinvigorate democracy, reduce costs, and improve the quality of public services.

Subjective well-being refers to how people experience and evaluate their lives and specific domains and activities in their lives.

Time and Methods in Environmental Interfaces Modelling: Personal Insights considers the use of time in environmental interfaces modeling and introduce new methods, from the global scale (e.

Since the early days of the nation, the federal government has collected information on the revenues, expenditures, and other features of state and local jurisdictions and their operations.

As digital technologies are expanding the power and reach of research, they are also raising complex issues.

This book traces the role of technology in shaping, curating, disseminating, and archiving knowledge and life in South Asia.

Fifty years into the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) regime, the risks of nuclear war, terrorism, and the threat of further proliferation remain.

In recent years, we have witnessed the mushrooming of pro- democracy and protest movements not only in the Arab world, but also within Europe and the Americas.

This book defines what IoT Systems manageability looks like and what the associated resources and costs are of that manageability.

Illustrated Guide for Theatre Nurses provides practical instruction on how to perform correctly the many duties of a nurse.

In recent years, we have witnessed the mushrooming of pro- democracy and protest movements not only in the Arab world, but also within Europe and the Americas.

Through its exploration of the spatial dimension of risk, this book offers a brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how to manage, tolerate and take risks.

The Panel on Statistical Methods for Testing and Evaluating Defense Systems had a broad mandateto examine the use of statistics in conjunction with defense testing.

An autobiography of a ground-breaking medical doctor.

This book claims that artificial intelligence (AI) may affect our freedom at work, in our daily life, and in the political sphere.

We have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "e;new space age"e;, driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers.

As technological developments multiply around the globeeven as the patenting of human genes comes under serious discussionnations, companies, and researchers find themselves in conflict over intellectual property rights (IPRs).

River and coastal floods are among the nation's most costly natural disasters.

A unique take on how to survive and thrive in the process your PhD, this is a book that stands out from the crowd of traditional PhD guides.

Agri-food bio-technology policy and regulation is transitioning from an early period focused on genetic engineering technologies to 'next-generation' rules and regulatory processes linked to challenges originating in a wide variety of new technological processes and applications.

Breaking new ground in criminology, this book reflects on the expansion of outer space endeavours, the new pathways this presents for crime, challenges to Earth-based conceptions of justice, and the ethical issues raised.

It has been clear for at least 50 years the disadvantages that small businesses face in competing for U.

Examining the thematic intersection of law, technology and violence, this book explores cyber attacks against states and current international law on the use of force.

Merging the rigor of the scientific method with the technologies of GIS GIS for Science, Volume 2: Applying Mapping and Spatial Analytics brings to life a continuing collection of current, real-world examples of scientists using geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data science to expand our understand of the world.

Unter unseren Füßen verbirgt sich ein faszinierendes Netzwerk, das Leben auf der Erde nachhaltig prägt: die Welt der Pilze.

This book outlines the complexity in understanding different forms of cyber attacks, the actors involved, and their motivations.

The exponentially increasing amounts of biological data along with comparableadvances in computing power are making possible the construction of quantitative,predictive biological systems models.

The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey paradigm that underlies federal statistics.

Isotope Labeling of Biomolecules: Applications, the latest in the Methods in Enzymology series, focuses on stable isotope labeling methods and applications for biomolecules.

Autism Autonomy: In Search of Our Human Dignity provides a new and unifying methodological framework and discusses machine learning and biometrics techniques to diagnose, characterize, and treat patterns of sensory motor control underlying autism symptoms.

Finding the Nerve: The Story of Impedance Neurography discusses research that elucidates the nature of nerve simulation via externally applied electrical fields, and how it has led to an entirely new understanding of neuronal cell membrane biophysics and defined a novel nerve imaging technology.

A discussion of the benefits and pitfalls of citizen science-scientific undertakings that make use of public participation and crowd-sourced data collection James Wynn's timely investigation highlights scientific studies grounded in publicly gathered data and probes the rhetoric these studies employ.

Experts believe that self-driving cars will be much safer than conventional cars.

This book describes fruitful past collaborations between the mathematical and materials sciences and indicates future challenges.

Psychoanalysis, Science and Power reexamines the current state of psychoanalysis and science and technology studies as they have been influenced by Robert Maxwell Young's work.

EEG-Based Experiment Design for Major Depressive Disorder: Machine Learning and Psychiatric Diagnosis introduces EEG-based machine learning solutions for diagnosis and assessment of treatment efficacy for a variety of conditions.

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Spatial statistics is one of the most rapidly growing areas of statistics, rife with fascinating research opportunities.

Edited and introduced by Bill Bryson, with contributions from Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Richard Holmes, Martin Rees, Richard Fortey, Steve Jones, James Gleick and Neal Stephenson amongst others, this beautiful, lavishly illustrated book tells the story of science and the Royal Society, from 1660 to the present.

On April 26-28, 2001, the Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications (BMSA) and the Board on Life Sciences of the National Research Council cosponsored a workshop on the dynamical modeling of complex biomedical systems.