Tag: Realities

Reinventing Rural New Realities in an Urbanizing World


Free Download Alexander R. Thomas, "Reinventing Rural: New Realities in an Urbanizing World "
English | ISBN: 1498534090 | 2016 | 246 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Reinventing Rural is a collection of original research papers that examine the ways in which rural people and places are changing in the context of an urbanizing world. This includes exploring the role of the environment, the economy, and related issues such as tourism. While traditionally relying on primary sector work in agriculture, mining, natural resources, and the like, rural areas are finding new ways to sustain themselves. This involves a new emphasis on environmental protection, as one important strategy has been to capitalize on natural amenities to attract residents and tourists. Beyond improvements to the economy are general improvements to the quality-of-life in rural communities. Consistent with this, the volume focuses on the two cornerstones of education and health, considering current challenges and offering ideas for reinventing rural quality-of-life.

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New Realities in Audio A Practical Guide for VR, AR, MR and 360 Video. (2024)


Free Download Stephan Schütze, Anna Irwin-Schütze, "New Realities in Audio: A Practical Guide for VR, AR, MR and 360 Video."
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1138740810, 1138740829 | PDF | pages: 355 | 121.2 mb
The new realities are here. Virtual and Augmented realities and 360 video technologies are rapidly entering our homes and office spaces. Good quality audio has always been important to the user experience, but in the new realities, it is more than important, it’s essential. If the audio doesn’t work, the immersion of the experience fails and the cracks in the new reality start to show.

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The Idea Is the Easy Part Myths and Realities of the Startup World [Audiobook]


Free Download The Idea Is the Easy Part: Myths and Realities of the Startup World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CJ298D6G | 2023 | 5 hours and 21 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 296 MB
Author: Brian Dovey
Narrator: Tim Andres Pabon

Venture capitalist Brian Dovey offers listeners a personal, humorous, story-driven compendium of practical advice for navigating the risky entrepreneurial journey. The Idea Is the Easy Part counters widespread myths of failure and success with lessons learned from Dovey’s decades of hands-on experience. Today’s entrepreneurs can earn celebrity and billionaire status. Our books, movies, and TV shows seem to say that with a big idea and a jazzy elevator pitch, anyone can quickly earn funding for their own startups and achieve massive financial success. In these stories, a brilliant initial idea-and the funding you’ll easily acquire-are all you need. The reality, however, is vastly different. Getting funding is incredibly hard, and success depends on many factors, strategies, and decisions.

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Poverty Mosaics Realities and Prospects in Small-Scale Fisheries


Free Download Svein Jentoft, Arne Eide, "Poverty Mosaics: Realities and Prospects in Small-Scale Fisheries"
English | 2011 | pages: 528 | ISBN: 9400715811, 9400792840 | PDF | 12,8 mb
Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms are essential to address these poverty and vulnerability problems; however, interventions at the local community level are also necessary. This requires deep understanding of what poverty means to the fishers, their families and communities; how they cope with it; and the challenges they face to increase resiliency and improve their lives for the better.

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Algae in Agrobiology Realities and Perspectives


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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.

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