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 Teri J. Silvio, Allison Alexy, "Puppets, Gods, and Brands: Theorizing the Age of Animation from Taiwan" English | 2019 | ISBN: 0824881168, 0824876628 | PDF | pages: 290 | 17.9 mb The early twenty-first century has seen an explosion of animation. Cartoon characters are everywhere―in cinema, television, and video games and as brand logos. There are new technological objects that seem to have lives of their own―from Facebook algorithms that suggest products for us to buy to robots that respond to human facial expressions. The ubiquity of animation is not a trivial side-effect of the development of digital technologies and the globalization of media markets. Rather, it points to a paradigm shift. In the last century, performance became a key term in academic and popular discourse: The idea that we construct identities through our gestures and speech proved extremely useful for thinking about many aspects of social life. The present volume proposes an anthropological concept of animation as a contrast and complement to performance: The idea that we construct social others by projecting parts of ourselves out into the world might prove useful for thinking about such topics as climate crisis, corporate branding, and social media. Like performance, animation can serve as a platform for comparisons of different cultures and historical eras.  Psychology of Group and Collective Intelligence English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030847004 | 229 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 13 MB This book integrates the findings of group research emphasizing "Madness of the Crowd" versus collective intelligence that highlights "Wisdom of the Crowd." Thus it provides an overview of psychological research on group processes and collective intelligence, analyzing cognitive, social, and structural factors. Chapters address applications of this research to contexts such as organizations and online behavior, and offer guidelines and hands-on demonstrations of psychological principles. The book is highly relevant to students and instructors in personality and social psychology.
 Prudence Crandall's Legacy: The Fight for Equality in the 1830s, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education by Donald E. Williams English | June 10th, 2014 | ISBN: 0819574708, 0819576468 | 476 pages | True EPUB | 4.02 MB Prudence Crandall was a schoolteacher who fought to integrate her school in Canterbury, Connecticut, and educate black women in the early nineteenth century. When Crandall accepted a black woman as a student, she unleashed a storm of controversy that catapulted her to national notoriety, and drew the attention of the most significant pro- and anti-slavery activists of the day. The Connecticut state legislature passed its infamous Black Law in an attempt to close down her school. Arrested and jailed, Crandall's legal legacy had a lasting impact-Crandall v. State was the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history.  Proto-State Media Systems : The Digital Rise of Al-Qaeda and ISIS by Carol Winkler and Kareem El Damanhoury English | 2022 | ISBN: 0197568025 | 289 Pages | True PDF | 21 MB  Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations By Lawrence C. Becker 2015 | 146 Pages | ISBN: 1138015938 | PDF | 6 MB Property Rights: Philosophic Foundations, first published in 1977, comprehensively examines the general justifications for systems of private property rights, and discusses with great clarity the major arguments as to the rights and responsibilities of property ownership. In particular, the arguments that hold that there are natural rights derived from first occupancy, labour, utility, liberty and virtue are considered, as are the standard anti-property arguments based on disutility, virtue and inequality, and the belief that justice in distribution must take precedence over private ownership. Lawrence Becker goes on to contend that there are four sound lines of argument for private property that, together with what is sound in the anti-property arguments, must be co-ordinated to form the foundations of a new theory. He therefore expounds a concise but sophisticated theory of property that is relevant to the modern world, and concludes by indicating some of the implications of his theory.  Lin Myers Jovanovic, "Project Parent: Preparing Yourself for Your Child's Sex Education" English | ISBN: 0997863501 | 2017 | 192 pages | EPUB | 1331 KB Parents worry about when to start teaching their kids about sex. Few received an adequate sex education from their own parents and being faced with it now can feel overwhelming.  Ray Krediet, "Progress in Peritoneal Dialysis" English | 2011 | pages: 194 | ISBN: 953307390X | PDF | 7,7 mb Progress in Peritoneal Dialysis is based on judgement of a number of abstracts, submitted by interested people involved in various aspects of peritoneal dialysis. The book has a wide scope, ranging from in-vitro experiments, mathematical modelling, and clinical studies. The interested reader will find state of the art essays on various aspects of peritoneal dialysis relevant to expand their knowledge on this underused modality of renal replacement therapy.
 Mohit Dua, "Proceedings of the International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Sciences: PCCDS 2021 " English | ISBN: 9811657491 | 2022 | 889 pages | PDF | 21 MB This book gathers selected high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Paradigms of Communication, Computing and Data Sciences (PCCDS 2021), held at the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, during May 07-09, 2021. It discusses high-quality and cutting-edge research in the areas of advanced computing, communications, and data science techniques. The book is a collection of latest research articles in computation algorithm, communication, and data sciences, intertwined with each other for efficiency.
 Zhongliang Jing, "Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering 2021 " English | ISBN: 9811681538 | 2023 | 688 pages | PDF | 21 MB The book collects selected papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Aerospace System Science and Engineering (ICASSE 2021), organized by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, hosted by Moscow Aviation Institute, Russia. It provides a forum for experts in aeronautics and astronautics to share new ideas and findings. ICASSE conference has been organized annually since 2017 and host in Shanghai, Moscow, and Toronto in turn, where the three regional editors of journal Aerospace Systems are located.
 Marco Casini, "Proceedings of the 2nd International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference: CEAC 2022, 11-14 March 2022, Singapo" English | ISBN: 9811942927 | 2023 | 722 pages | PDF | 90 MB This book collects the scientific proceedings presented during the "2022 The 2nd International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference" held in Singapore in March 2022 with the aim of showing the latest advancements in theoretical and applied research in the architecture, engineering, and construction sector (AEC). The book is organized into 4 main parts, namely (1) Sustainable Urban Planning and Architecture; (2) Architectural and Environmental Design; (3) Built Environment Materials and Construction Technology; and (4) Civil Engineering and Construction Management. The goal of the book is to provide readers with an overview of the ongoing transformation of the AEC industry presenting a thorough investigation of the emerging trends in the fields of green building design, construction, and operation. |
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