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Free Download Communication Technologies: Societal Perspectives, Strategic Management and Impact on Business (Media and Communications – Technologies, Policies and Challenges) by Alonsa J. Salazar, Cedro Jimenez
English | January 1, 2013 | ISBN: 162257768X | 148 pages | PDF | 12 Mb
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to create, access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. In this book, the authors examine the societal perspectives, strategic management and impact on business of communications technology. Topics include information and communication technologies in world class universities; ICT used by businesses on purchasing orientation; ICT and their impact on customer patronizing behaviour; the using of and attitudes toward ICT in different age groups; optoelectronic switch arrays for communication networks; and factors affecting eco-driving through a web-based information provision system.

Free Download Theory and Applications of Ontology: Philosophical Perspectives by Roberto Poli, Johanna Seibt
English | PDF | 2010 | 421 Pages | ISBN : 904818844X | 3.6 MB
Ontology was once understood to be the philosophical inquiry into the structure of reality: the analysis and categorization of ‘what there is’. Recently, however, a field called ‘ontology’ has become part of the rapidly growing research industry in information technology. The two fields have more in common than just their name.

Free Download Safety in the Digital Age: Sociotechnical Perspectives on Algorithms and Machine Learning by Jean-Christophe Le Coze, Stian Antonsen
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 135 Pages | ISBN : 3031326326 | 4.2 MB
This book gathers authors from a wide range of social-scientific and engineering disciplines to review challenges from their respective fields that arise from the processes of social and technological transformation taking place worldwide. The result is a much-needed collection of knowledge about the integration of social, organizational and technical challenges that need to be tackled to uphold safety in the digital age.

Free Download Jonas F. Soltis, "Perspectives on Learning (Thinking About Education Series)"
English | 2009 | pages: 144 | ISBN: 0807749834 | PDF | 0,5 mb
Rather than simply outlining the classical and modern theories of learning, this widely adopted text brings the material to life through case studies that engage students in debates about what really happens in classrooms. Students are encouraged to test the strengths and weaknesses of each theory so that, ultimately, they will learn to formulate their own philosophies of teaching and learning.

Free Download Donald W. Pfaff, Claude Kordon, Philippe Chanson, "Hormones and Social Behavior (Research and Perspectives in Endocrine Interactions)"
English | 2008 | pages: 210 | ISBN: 3540792864 | PDF | 2,3 mb
Advances in 21st Century neuroscience and endocrinology will permit complex problems of medicine and public health to be elucidated. Among these problems are failures of normal social and sexual behaviors. As it turns out, these behaviors are influenced by hormone actions in the human brain using mechanisms that we have inherited from lower animals. This book concentrates on two major topics: First, the molecular and neural biology of hormone actions relevant to normal social behaviors; and Second, the clinical treatment of human patients in whom these behaviors have gone wrong.

Free Download Global, Regional and Local Perspectives on the Economies of Southeastern Europe: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries (EBEEC) in Florence, Italy, 2022 by Niccolò Persiani, Ilaria Elisa Vannini, Martina Giusti, Anastasios Karasavvoglou, Persefoni Polychronidou
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2023 | 359 Pages | ISBN : 3031340582 | 32.7 MB
This book includes papers presented at the 14th International Conference "Economies of the Balkan and Eastern European Countries" (EBEEC), held in Florence, Italy, in May 2022. It sheds new light on the micro- and macroeconomic developments in the Eastern European and Balkan countries, taking into account also the broader regional and global factors influencing these developments. In particular, it includes the latest theoretical and empirical research and policy insights from Central and Southeastern Europe and presents new ideas on how to resolve economic problems, also generated by the pandemic, in the Balkan and Eastern European economies in a pan-European context. By examining how the decisions and the performance of economic, social, and political actors in the area are intertwined with wider events, also at a global level, the papers highlight the dynamic development in Eastern Europe and the Balkans region. Further, the book demonstrates how the area is evolving within the framework of European economic integration and the global effervescent economy.

Free Download New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity: Human Behavior and Decision-Making Models
by Wayne Patterson
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032414774 | 197 pages | True PDF | 17.42 MB
New Perspectives in Behavioral Cybersecurity offers direction for readers in areas related to human behavior and cybersecurity, by exploring some of the new ideas and approaches in this subject, specifically with new techniques in this field coming from scholars with very diverse backgrounds in dealing with these issues. It seeks to show an understanding of motivation, personality, and other behavioral approaches to understand cyberattacks and create cyberdefenses. This * Elaborates cybersecurity concerns in the work environment and cybersecurity threats to individuals. * Presents personality characteristics of cybersecurity attackers, cybersecurity behavior, and behavioral interventions. * Highlights the applications of behavioral economics to cybersecurity. * Captures the management and security of financial data through integrated software solutions. * Examines the importance of studying fake news proliferation by detecting coordinated inauthentic behavior. This title is an ideal read for senior undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals in fields including ergonomics, human factors, human-computer interaction, computer engineering, and psychology.

Free Download Ethic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants
by Münir Öztürk
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1774912295 | 667 pages | True PDF | 28.5 MB
This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich with medicinal plants.

Free Download Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants: Volume 1: Curative Properties and Treatment Strategies
by Münir Öztürk
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1774912279 | 662 pages | True PDF | 23.86 MB
This new 2-volume set aims to share and preserve ethnic and traditional knowledge of herbal medicine and treatments, while also emphasizing the link between biodiversity, human nutrition, and food security. Ethnic Knowledge and Perspectives of Medicinal Plants is divided into two volumes, with volume 1 focusing on the traditional use of curative properties and treatment strategies of medicinal plants, and volume 2 addressing the varied nutritional and dietary benefits of medicinal plants and the practice of Ayurveda. Both volumes stress the importance of bioresources for human nutrition and nutraceuticals based on ethnic knowledge and the need for efforts to protect biodiversity in many regions rich with medicinal plants.

Free Download Algae in Agrobiology
by Fleurence, Joel;
English | 2023 | ISBN: 178630919X | 204 pages | True PDF EPUB | 49.05 MB
Algae, macroalgae and microalgae can be valuable biological resources in a new, more environmentally friendly form of agriculture known as agrobiology. Indeed, the biological properties associated with algae are frequently relevant for agricultural and zootechnical purposes. It is this aspect that is behind the current popularity of algae in the development of new agricultural practices that are related to plant and animal production, which are referred to as agrobiology.