Security of Ubiquitous Computing Systems: Selected Topics

The chapters in this open access book arise out of the EU Cost Action project Cryptacus, the objective of which was to improve and adapt existent cryptanalysis methodologies and tools to the ubiquitous computing framework. The cryptanalysis implemented lies along four axes: cryptographic models, cryptanalysis of building blocks, hardware and software security engineering, and security assessmen…

Sustainability in the Built Environment in the 21st Century: Lessons Learned …

This book follows on previous works addressing sustainable development research in the Asia-Pacific region. It mainly focuses on India, a country currently facing immense challenges in the form of climate change, rapid urbanisation, and population pressures in its journey to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Expecting to surpass China in terms of population in the near future, Ind…

Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 2: Results from the 2nd Intern…

We are facing a new technological challenge on how to store and retrieve knowledge and manipulate intelligence for autonomous services by intelligent systems which should be capable of carrying out real world tasks autonomously. To address this issue, robot researchers have been developing intelligence technology (InT) for “robots that think” which is in the focus of this book. The book cov…

Historical Development of English Learning Motivation Research

This book clarifies the fundamental difference between North America-based instrumental motivation and Korea (and East Asia)-specific competitive motivation by which the EFL learners’ excessive competition to be admitted to famous universities and to be hired at a large-scale conglomerate is the main source of L2 motivation. It enables readers to understand that EFL-learning motivation reflec…

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies a…

This book includes the original, peer reviewed research papers from the conference, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and Engineering Systems (ICITES2013), which took place on December 12-14, 2013 at Cheng Shiu University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Topics covered include: laser technology, wireless and mobile networking, lean and agile manufacturing, speech …

Life and Learning Between Hong Kong and Toronto

This book presents a narrative inquiry into the cross-cultural educational experiences of a family living in Hong Kong and Toronto, Canada. At heart a go-and-return story, Lau reflects on the difficulties of adjusting to the different practices of teaching and learning in two places with their own distinctive cultures. Ever more prescient now amid the current social and political upheavals in H…

SINOPSIS ILMU BEDAH SARAF

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1

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978-602-8674-39-3

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xiv, 234hlm.; ilus.; 25cm

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A Mathematical Approach to Research Problems of Science and Technology: Theor…

This book deals with one of the most novel advances in mathematical modeling for applied scientific technology, including computer graphics, public-key encryption, data visualization, statistical data analysis, symbolic calculation, encryption, error correcting codes, and risk management. It also shows that mathematics can be used to solve problems from nature, e.g., slime mold algorithms. O…

Integrating Indigenous and Western Education in Science Curricula

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Developing Advanced English Language Competence

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Dis/ability in the Americas

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Similarity and Symmetry Methods: Applications in Elasticity and Mechanics of …

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Contextual Language Learning

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MOOCs and the Participatory Challenge

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Race, Class, Gender, and Immigrant Identities in Education

This volume addresses the underlying intersections of race, class, and gender on immigrant girls’ experiences living in the US. It examines the impact of acculturation and assimilation on Ethiopian girls’ academic achievement, self-identity, and perception of beauty. The authors employ Critical Race Theory, Critical Race Feminism, and Afrocentricity to situate the study and unpack the narra…

Integration of Reusable Systems

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Children’s Rights from International Educational Perspectives

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Storied Doctorates

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New Advances in Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications: Proceedings of th…

The Second Conference on Mechanisms, Transmissions and Applications - MeTrApp 2013 was organised by the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of the Basque Country (Spain) under the patronage of the IFToMM Technical Committees Linkages and Mechanical Controls and Micromachines and the Spanish Association of Mechanical Engineering. The aim of the workshop was to bring together re…

Preschool Peer Social Intervention in Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Social Networks: A Framework of Computational Intelligence

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Sense-making: Problematizing Constructs of Literacy for 21st Century Education

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Expanding Global Horizons Through Technology Enhanced Language Learning

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Walking with A/r/tography

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Generative Leadership

This book is about the generative nature of leading practices when teachers, as learners, participate in long term action research projects for the purpose of professional development. This book also shows how practices of professional learning and practices of leading can be understood as related (and developed) in ecologies of practices; the authors show how these are explicitly connected. Th…

EKSPLORASI UJI ANTAGONIS BAKTERI NON ENDOFIT DARI AKAR TANAMAN DUKU (LANSIUM …

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