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Angel Lagmay. July 15 (legislative Day, July 14), 1965. -- Ordered to be Printed
Author: Angel Lagmay. August 23, 1965. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed
Author: Report
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2670
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World Population Crisis
Author: Phyllis Tilson PiotrowPublisher: New York : Praeger
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Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
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Consumer Data Research
Author: Paul LongleyPublisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1787353885
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Big Data collected by customer-facing organisations – such as smartphone logs, store loyalty card transactions, smart travel tickets, social media posts, or smart energy meter readings – account for most of the data collected about citizens today. As a result, they are transforming the practice of social science. Consumer Big Data are distinct from conventional social science data not only in their volume, variety and velocity, but also in terms of their provenance and fitness for ever more research purposes. The contributors to this book, all from the Consumer Data Research Centre, provide a first consolidated statement of the enormous potential of consumer data research in the academic, commercial and government sectors – and a timely appraisal of the ways in which consumer data challenge scientific orthodoxies. Praise for Consumer Data Research 'An insightful, state-of-the-art guide into the social and commercial value of applying geographical thinking to the study of consumer data.' Professor Richard Harris, University of Bristol 'An excellent guide to leveraging the value of academic research on valid data. Partnerships based around consumer data should be encouraged and supported by all and their outputs used to better the way we manage the world we live in.' Bill Grimsey, retailer and author of The Vanishing Highstreet 'The use of data from everyday consumer transactions is a potential game-changer for understanding economic and social patterns and trends. This is an excellent overview of the field.' Dr.Tom Smith, Managing Director, Office for National Statistics Data Science Campus
Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice
Author: Chris BlackmorePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1849961336
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Social Learning Systems and Communities of Practice is a collection of classical and contemporary writing associated with learning and systemic change in contexts ranging from cities, to rural development to education to nursing to water management to public policy. It is likely to be of interest to anyone trying to understand how to think systemically and to act and interact effectively in situations experienced as complex, messy and changing. While mainly concerned with professional praxis, where theory and practice inform each other, there is much here that can apply at a personal level. This book offers conceptual tools and suggestions for new ways of being and acting in the world in relation to each other, that arise from both old and new understandings of communities, learning and systems. Starting with twentieth century insights into social learning, learning systems and appreciative systems from Donald Schön and Sir Geoffrey Vickers, the book goes on to consider the contemporary traditions of critical social learning systems and communities of practice, pioneered by Richard Bawden and Etienne Wenger and their colleagues. A synthesis of the ideas raised, written by the editor, concludes this reader. The theory and practice of social learning systems and communities of practice appear to have much to offer in influencing and managing systemic change for a better world.
UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. III, Abridged Edition
Author: Unesco. International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of AfricaPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520066984
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
"The book first places Africa in the context of world history at the opening of the seventh century, before examining the general impact of Islamic penetration, the continuing expansion of the Bantu-speaking peoples, and the growth of civilizations in the Sudanic zones of West Africa"--Back cover.
The Encyclopedia of Phobias, Fears, and Anxieties, Third Edition
Author: Ronald Manual DoctorPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438120982
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
Explains the meaning of terms and concepts related to specific phobias, forms of therapy, and medicines, and identifies key researchers.
Biohacker's Handbook
Author: Olli SovijärviPublisher:
ISBN: 9789527241165
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Languages : en
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Offshore Pioneers: Brown & Root and the History of Offshore Oil and Gas
Author: Joseph A. PrattPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080513026
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Fifty years ago, in November 1947, Brown & Root helped Kerr-McGee build the first out-of-sight-land offshore platform that produced oil. The date is widely celebrated as the birth of the modern offshore industry. In the years since this historic occasion, Brown & Root has continued to pioneer in the design and construction of offshore pipelines and platforms. Along with the rest of the offshore industry, the company has helped develop technology capable of finding and producing oil in deepwater and in harsh environments around the world.This history puts a human face on the process of technological change. Using the words of many of those who took part in Brown & Root's offshore activities, this book recounts their efforts to find practical ways to recover offshore oil. Building on lessons learned in the Gulf of Mexico before and after World War II, the company's personnel adapted offshore technologies to conditions encountered in Venezuela, the Middle East, Alaska, and other regions before becoming one of the first engineering and construction companies to confront the challenge of North Sea development in the 1960's.Through times of boom and bust in the oil industry, the search for effective technology had continued. The process has not always been smooth, but the results have been impressive. As we enter a new and exciting era in offshore technology, the history of the first fifty years of the industry provides a useful context for understanding current and future events.