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    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book identifies the specific ethical aspects of sustainability and develops ethical tools to analyze them. It also provides a methodological framework to integrate ethical and scientific analyses of sustainability issues, and explores the notion of a new type of self-reflective inter- and transdisciplinary sustainability research. With this, the book aims to strengthen the overall ability of ... Read more

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  • Polymer Optical Fibres

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    Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Electronic and Optical Materials
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  • Green, Pervasive, and Cloud Computing

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    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Green, Pervasive, and Cloud Computing, GPC 2020, held in Xi'an, China, in November 2020.The 30 full papers presented in this book together with 8 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 96 submissions. They cover the following topics: Device-free Sensing; Machine Learning; Recommendation Systems; ... Read more

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    Presented in light-hearted, rib-tickling verse that's perfect for reading aloud, You Can Read sings it loud and proud: Books are awesome. And so are the people who read them.In this fun and funny celebration of literacy, kids of all ages will discover that the act of reading is a daring adventure that can take you anywhere! You can read at the playground, under the sea, at the opera and even in ... Read more

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