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Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modeling Supporting Policy Processes


Free Download Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modeling: Supporting Policy Processes By Aniello Amendola, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler (auth.), Aniello Amendola, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler (eds.)
2013 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 9400722257 | PDF | 5 MB
Efficient and equitable policies for managing disaster risks and adapting to global environmental change are critically dependent on development of robust options supported by integrated modeling. The book is based on research and state-of-the art models developed at IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and within its cooperation network. It addresses the methodological complexities of assessing disaster risks, which call for stochastic simulation, optimization methods and economic modeling. Furthermore, it describes policy frameworks for integrated disaster risk management, including stakeholder participation facilitated by user-interactive decision-support tools. Applications and results are presented for a number of case studies at different problem scales and in different socio-economic contexts, and their implications for loss sharing policies and economic development are discussed. Among others, the book presents studies for insurance policies for earthquakes in the Tuscany region in Italy and flood risk in the Tisza river basin in Hungary. Further, it investigates the economic impact of natural disasters on development and possible financial coping strategies; and applications are shown for selected South Asian countries. The book is addressed both to researchers and to organizations involved with catastrophe risk management and risk mitigation policies.

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Supporting Adolescents with Language Disorders


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English | ISBN: 1907826343 | 2018 | 315 pages | PDF | 8 MB
This book brings together what we know about adolescents with language disorders in order to argue for increased access to quality assessment, intervention services, and to robust educational support. Chapters in Part I summarize what we know about this population and presents the challenges faced by young people with language disorders during this unique life stage. Chapters cover: our current understanding of language disorders, methods for listening to and working with adolescents, adolescent mental health, and the relevance of language disorders in youth justice contexts. Chapters in Part II provide details of interventions which have a sound theoretical rationale and evidence-base, related to vocabulary, grammar, narrative skills, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and social communication skills. Chapters in Part III discuss ways that schools can support adolescents with language disorders through collaboration with speech and language therapists. With contributions from an international team of researchers and clinicians, the book will enable readers to better support adolescents with language disorders, and consider how interventions can be designed to increase language abilities and maximize inclusion within education and beyond.

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Jobs And Growth Supporting The European Recovery


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English | ISBN: 1484304462 | 2014 | 1 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
Five years after the onset of the global financial crisis, Europe’s economy is still fragile. Notwithstanding recent positive signs amid calmer financial markets, medium-term growth is likely to remain frail owing to continuing weaknesses and vulnerabilities at the country level and in the fabric of European institutions and banks, especially in the euro area. In addition, unemployment in many countries has reached very high levels. The IMF research collected in this volume provides a number of guideposts that offer an opportunity for stronger and better-balanced growth and employment in Europe after what has been a long and dismal period of crisis.

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Supporting Innovative Pedagogies with Digital Technologies


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English | ISBN: 1009315277 | 2024 | 290 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Incorporating digital technologies in the classroom can be both a daunting and exciting experience for educators of all age groups. Supporting Innovative Pedagogies with Digital Technologies explores intentional teaching approaches for using digital technologies in the classroom as a tool to support rather than replace established strategies. Readers will learn how to innovate their classroom, and vignettes from Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary classrooms will remove the overwhelming pressure of redesigning learning and teaching from scratch. Over three parts, the text explores understanding learning and teaching with digital technologies; designing and enacting learning with digital technologies; and professional responsibilities for teaching with digital technologies. Each chapter includes vignettes to illustrate key ideas and prompt discussion, reflection activities to encourage critical thinking and inspire educators to use key ideas in their practice, ‘Tips and tricks’ to provide practical hints and expert guidance for future consideration, and review questions to consolidate understanding.

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Mental Health and Sport Supporting Elite Athletes


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032395702 | 216 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 3.2 MB
undergraduate students and postgraduate students studying on courses related to the overarching areas of sports science, sports management, sports coaching, sports psychology, and football studies, as well as emerging specialist postgraduate courses in the areas of player care and athlete health and well-being and also designed to support existing and aspiring player care professionals, as well as anybody who has an interest in the lived experiences of elite football players, the challenges that careers in the elite game can present, and the ways in which players might be supported.

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Supporting Web Search and Navigation by an Overlay Linking Structure (Studies in Big Data, 142)


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English | January 3, 2024 | ISBN: 3031483928 | 109 pages | MOBI | 5.43 Mb
Search and navigation in hyperlinked networks have been subjects of research since the Internet emerged. Due to its incompleteness in terms of linking related content, the existing linking structure of the Web and similar networks cannot be utilized as a searchable index without prior application of suitable crawling strategies and content categorization.

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The Educational Potential of e-Portfolios Supporting Personal Development and Reflective Learning


Free Download Robin Mason, Chris Pegler, "The Educational Potential of e-Portfolios: Supporting Personal Development and Reflective Learning"
English | 2007 | pages: 201 | ISBN: 0415412137, 0415412145 | PDF | 1,1 mb
E-portfolios are a valuable learning and assessment tool. They can serve as an administrative tool to manage and organise work, to present course assignments and act as the medium for learners to record their learning goals, outcomes and achievements. They encourage personal reflection and involve the exchange of ideas and feedback.

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