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Journalism, Digital Media and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Edited by José Sixto-García, Alberto Quian, Ana-Isabel Rodríguez-Vázquez, Alba Silva-Rodríguez, Xosé Soengas-Pérez ...

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, is the fourth most important industrial stage that has occurred since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. This new revolution is characterized by combining cutting-edge production techniques with intelligent systems that integrate with organizations and people. Communication and journalism, especially digital ... Read more

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0, is the fourth most important industrial stage that has occurred since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century. This new revolution is characterized by combining cutting-edge production techniques with intelligent systems that integrate with organizations and people. Communication and journalism, especially digital
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Obesity Epidemic and the Environment

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by Matheus Koengkan, Jose Alberto Fuinhas, Aida Isabel P. Tavares, Nuno Silva ...

Obesity Epidemic and the Environment: Latin America and the Caribbean Region provides a broad analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the obesity epidemic on environmental degradation in the LAC region. Case studies combine theory and practice to achieve critical conclusions (and subsequent policy implications), providing useful tools for those working on actual health, energy and environmental ... Read more

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Obesity Epidemic and the Environment: Latin America and the Caribbean Region provides a broad analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the obesity epidemic on environmental degradation in the LAC region. Case studies combine theory and practice to achieve critical conclusions (and subsequent policy implications), providing useful tools for those working on actual health, energy and environmental
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Crisis, Austerity, and Transformation

How Disciplinary Neoliberalism Is Changing Portugal

by Giovanni Allegretti, Ricardo Campos, Carla Guapo Costa, Mafalda Esteves, Marcos Farias Ferreira, Maria João Ferreira, Dora Fonseca, Pedro Fonseca, Luís Filipe Gonçalves Mendes, Jordi Nofre, Inês Pereira0, José Alberto Simões1, João Terrenas2, Isabel David4 ...

Discussions of the recent austerity measures in Southern Europe as a response to the sovereign debt crisis have been usually framed in terms of their economic impact. However, the general impoverishment of these countries has induced other massive social and political changes, a fact which is ignored in the literature. This volume seeks to fill this gap and break ground by analyzing these trends ... Read more

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Discussions of the recent austerity measures in Southern Europe as a response to the sovereign debt crisis have been usually framed in terms of their economic impact. However, the general impoverishment of these countries has induced other massive social and political changes, a fact which is ignored in the literature. This volume seeks to fill this gap and break ground by analyzing these trends
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Art (Small Great Gestures)

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by Francisco Llorca ...

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For those who loved Little People, BIG DREAMS, this new series showcases the lives and achievements of amazing men and women.From the Renaissance to the present day, this inspiring book paints a vivid picture of the lives and works of eleven artists who stood out from the crowd and changed how we see the world.Beginning with Giotto in Renaissance Florence and ending with Banksy's international ... Read more

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For those who loved Little People, BIG DREAMS, this new series showcases the lives and achievements of amazing men and women.From the Renaissance to the present day, this inspiring book paints a vivid picture of the lives and works of eleven artists who stood out from the crowd and changed how we see the world.Beginning with Giotto in Renaissance Florence and ending with Banksy's international
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Science (Small Great Gestures)

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by Francisco Llorca ...

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For those who loved Little People, BIG DREAMS, this new series showcases the lives and achievements of amazing men and women.This fun and informative book tells the fascinating stories of remarkable scientists behind ground-breaking discoveries such as penicillin and DNA. From the fall of Newton's apple, Ada Lovelace's imaginative step into the future of computing, to Stephen Hawking's work ... Read more

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For those who loved Little People, BIG DREAMS, this new series showcases the lives and achievements of amazing men and women.This fun and informative book tells the fascinating stories of remarkable scientists behind ground-breaking discoveries such as penicillin and DNA. From the fall of Newton's apple, Ada Lovelace's imaginative step into the future of computing, to Stephen Hawking's work
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Platforms and Cultural Production

by Thomas Poell, David B. Nieborg, Brooke Erin Duffy ...

The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at breakneck speed.Poell, Nieborg, ... Read more

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The widespread uptake of digital platforms – from YouTube and Instagram to Twitch and TikTok – is reconfiguring cultural production in profound, complex, and highly uneven ways. Longstanding media industries are experiencing tremendous upheaval, while new industrial formations – live-streaming, social media influencing, and podcasting, among others – are evolving at breakneck speed.Poell, Nieborg,
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Grand Transitions

How the Modern World Was Made

by Vaclav Smil ...

From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which ... Read more

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From one of the world's leading experts on the history of energy, a rigorous examination of the transitions that structure our modern world--and the environmental reckoning that will mark its success or failure. What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four "grand transitions" of civilization--in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics--which
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Women in STEM in Higher Education

Good Practices of Attraction, Access and Retainment in Higher Education

Edited by Francisco José García-Peñalvo, Alicia García-Holgado, Angeles Dominguez, Jimena Pascual ...

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This open access book addresses challenges related to women in STEM in higher education, presenting research, experiences, studies, and good practices associated with the engagement, access, and retention of women in the STEM disciplines. It also discusses strategies implemented by universities and policymakers to reduce the existing gender gap in these areas. The chapters provide an overview of ... Read more

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The Skeptical Environmentalist

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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research ... Read more

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The Skeptical Environmentalist challenges widely held beliefs that the environmental situation is getting worse and worse. The author, himself a former member of Greenpeace, is critical of the way in which many environmental organisations make selective and misleading use of the scientific evidence. Using the best available statistical information from internationally recognised research
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University and School Collaborations during a Pandemic

Sustaining Educational Opportunity and Reinventing Education

Edited by Fernando M. Reimers, Francisco J. Marmolejo ...

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Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the ... Read more

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Based on twenty case studies of universities worldwide, and on a survey administered to leaders in 101 universities, this open access book shows that, amidst the significant challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, universities found ways to engage with schools to support them in sustaining educational opportunity. In doing so, they generated considerable innovation, which reinforced the
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Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

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This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and
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Radical Solutions and Open Science

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This open access book presents how Open Science is a powerful tool to boost Higher Education. The book introduces the reader into Open Access, Open Technology, Open Data, Open Research results, Open Licensing, Open Accreditation, Open Certification, Open Policy and, of course, Open Educational Resources. It brings all these key topics from major players in the field; experts that present the ... Read more

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