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Swirling Designs Coloring Book
by Geta GramaColoring has never been this creative. Get inspired with 18 different designs you can color or draw or paint all day. Add your own flair with pens, pencils, crayons, markers or paint. Learn how colors go together and try out a new color theory today. • Keep yourself busy in the car, while waiting for friends - anywhere you go • Decorate your room, your binder, or your locker with finished pages, or give them to friends • Collect the whole series! Each book features designs by different quilt artists Swirling Designs has 18 intricate geometric patterns to color, plus fun facts on combining colors so they look good together. *Free table-top display available with purchase of 12 coloring books! (Wholesale minimum: 3 units.)
Embellishing with Felted Wool: 16 Projects with Appliqué, Beads, Buttons & Embroidery
by Mary StoriWild About Wool? You'll Love Making & Embellishing These Cozy Accessories • 16 delightful, decorative wool projects small enough to take with you and work on anywhere • Easy-to-work wool felt - no fraying, no appliqué edges to turn - is even easier with Mary's innovative, foolproof construction and edging methods • Styles and colors include traditional, folk art, contemporary, hip, and cute as a button These charming designs inspired by wool Penny Rugs are simple to put together and fun to embellish. The 16 projects include wallhangings, table toppers, pillows, small purses, scissors sheaths, and business card cases.
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Ficklesticks: Art Sticks to Bend, Wrap, Weave & Wear
by Diana TaylorTurn Fabric Strips Into Fun and Funky Adornments • 9 quick and engaging jewelry projects, plus an inspiring gallery of stick figures, baubles, bouquets, belts & bows • Stitch a Ficklestick in just minutes from an assortment of fabrics, pieced and unpieced, and finish with easy-to-find supplies • Create Ficklesticks in any length, from tiny 1" posies, to 36" wall hangings Who says art has to be serious? Ficklesticks are pure fabric fun. Sew up a batch in no time, then roll them, twist them, or weave them into anything from an outrageous corsage to a tiny posable pirate. Go over the top with this easy, endlessly adaptable technique. *Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: This title will be printed after purchase and will arrive separately from any in-stock items. Please allow approximately 2 weeks for USA delivery, with an additional 2 weeks for international shipments. Expedited shipping is not available on POD Editions. The printing quality in this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated due to printing on demand by a high-quality printer on uncoated (non-glossy) paper. The information presented in this version is the same as the most recent printed edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages.
Stop. Go. Quilt. Sew!: Make 12 Fun Projects for Boys to Enjoy
by Angela YostenObserving the rules of the road Boys of all ages love their cars-celebrate their devotion to all things transit and stitch up some fun things for them to wear and use. Learn a new style of "scrap appliqué" using raw edge and reverse appliqué techniques. From toddlers to teens, boys (and girls too!) will love showing off these cool street sign and traffic signal designs. • Share your love of hand-sewn keepsakes with the boys in your life, too! • Full-sized patterns for a quilt, pillows, shirts, messenger bag, shower curtain, towels & more • Combine projects to create a fun traffic theme in any room
Opulent Bazaar Coloring Book: 3 Books in 1
by Valori Wells Paula Nadelstern Bethany Pease Sheets55+ intricate designs to color your cares away. Coloring has never been this creative! Get inspired with designs by Paula Nadelstern, Valori Wells, and Bethany Pease Sheets. These illustrations, printed on high-quality, heavyweight paper, are ideal for framing and perfectly suited to coloring with colored pencils, fine tip markers, and even watercolors. There are funky and mesmerizing kaleidoscopic designs, flowery and exotic designs, and freeform doodle designs. Coloring even a few minutes a day can help you relieve stress and infuse much-need creativity into your busy life! • Printed on heavyweight, high-quality uncoated paper with perforated edges for easy framing in an 8" × 10" frame • With a wide variety of designs from three illustrators, there’s something for everyone • Great value: 3 coloring books in 1! (Wholesale minimum: 3 units)
100+ No-Sew Fabric Crafts For Kids
by Mary LinkToo Cute! No-Sew Children's Games, Toys, Gifts, and Decorations • 100+ fun, no-sew toys, games, and other small treasures • Have fun creating them with children and for children • Includes dozens of projects with coordinating patterns, plus photo gallery with lots more ideas • Use your favorite novelty fabrics Need a quick party favor? A rainy-day game? A gift for a baby or child? You'll find all those and much more in this charming book of no-sew children's projects - bookmarks, coasters, mobiles, games and toys, party goods, room décor, and holiday goodies.
Verkaufen, Flirten, Führen: Persuasive Kommunikation – ein Überblick
by Klaus SchönbachWie und warum gelingt es uns, andere davon zu überzeugen, etwas zu kaufen, uns zu helfen, sich (ver)führen zu lassen? Und was können wir dafür von der Werbung lernen? Ein umfassender Überblick über die Erkenntnisse zur persuasiven Kommunikation - von einem der auch international bekanntesten deutschen Kommunikationswissenschaftler, auf der Erfahrung mit Forschung, Seminaren, Vorlesungen und Kursen aus mehr als 40 Jahren aufgebaut und auf dem neuesten Stand der Wissenschaft. Praktisch, aber mit gründlichem theoretischen Hintergrund. Mit allen Quellenangaben zum Weiterlesen. Für die sechste Auflage wurde der Band aktualisiert und überarbeitet.
Careers in Africa: Trends, Opportunities and Challenges
by Oluwatimilehin Temitope Ologunoye Chima Mordi Olatunji David AdekoyaAs Africa continues to rise as a global economic and cultural force, more scholarly attention must be paid to the diverse and dynamic world of careers and professional development on the African continent. This edited volume presents a collection of studies written by some of the most prominent career research scholars in Africa, shedding light on the multidimensional and ever-evolving landscape of careers across the African continent. The book advocates for a greater focus on the institutionalist approach to studying career dynamics in Africa and also offers recommendations and directions for future career studies. It motivates future scholars to contribute to cross-cultural research on career dynamics by providing an African perspective. The narrative explores historical and current practices in career guidance and counselling in Africa by addressing pressing matters such as minimum wage policies, equity, social justice, labour market, gender dynamics, disability and employment, intellectual capital, and educational development. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of careers and employment, HRM, international business and African business more generally, as well as practitioners and policymakers working on the continent.
Integrierte Business-Informationssysteme: Vernetzte Unternehmensprozesskette ERP, SCM, CRM, BI, Big Data Analytics, und wie künstliche Intelligenz sie beeinflusst
by Klaus-Dieter GronwaldEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Customer Relationship (CRM), Business Intelligence (BI), und Big Data Analytics sind unternehmerische Aufgaben und Prozesse, die durch standardisierte Softwarelösungen realisiert werden. Methoden der künstlichen Intelligenz wie Machine Learning, generative KI und Computer Vision beeinflussen und steuern diese Prozesse. Dieses Lehrbuch lässt Studierende aus der Businessperspektive erfahren, wie diese Methoden vernetzt sind, wie sie sich gegenseitig beeinflussen und wo ihre Grenzen sind. Dadurch wird managementorientiertes Denken und Handeln vermittelt, das für Informatiker, die sich mit geschäftsprozessorientierten IT-Lösungen befassen, unerlässlich ist.
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain: Fourth International Research Conference, IRCICD 2023, Chennai, India, April 28–29, 2023, Proceedings (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2385)
by Kannadhasan Suriyan Prasanna Devi Sivakumar Paavai Gopalan Anand Durgadevi PalaniThis book constitutes the refereed proceedings of Fourth International Research Conference on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Blockchain, IRCICD 2023, held in Chennai, India, during April 28–29, 2023. The 9 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: machine learning; deep learning; and block chain.
Achieving Professional and Institutional Success as an Academic Dean (Springer Texts in Education)
by Robert S. FlemingThis book addresses the numerous challenges that academic deans need to understand and address throughout a successful career in academic administration. It provides essential guidance regarding the various aspects of professional and institutional success, including what academic deans need to know and the role that each topic plays in contributing to professional and institutional success. Each of the nine chapters considers essential aspects of becoming and remaining a successful, transformational, and resilient academic dean including: (1) contemporary higher education; (2) the academic deanship; (3) roles and responsibilities of an academic dean; (4) working with stakeholders; (5) career advancement and success; (6) preparing yourself; (7) preparing your people; (8) preparing your organization; and (9) ensuring continued professional and institutional success. The mission of the book is to contribute to the success of readers throughout their careers as academic deans and enhance not only their professional success and resilience, but also that of the institutions that they manage and lead as transformational and visionary leaders. It prepares individuals for career success as an academic dean through equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and confidence that enables them to ensure the present and future success, resilience, and survival of institutions that they have the privilege to manage and lead as academic deans. The book is intended for both those who aspire to these positions as well as those currently serving as academic deans, associate deans, assistant deans, or in related leadership positions.
Emerging Women’s Livelihood Collectives in India: Cases Depicting Agency, Accomplishments and Challenges (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by H. S. ShylendraWith an overarching conceptual framework and a synthesis of findings, this book is a unique collection of the experiences of twenty diverse cases of women’s collectives, holding critical lessons for livelihood enhancement and women’s empowerment. The book is the result of a collaborative project between the development organisation viz, PRADAN, working to strengthen women-led collectives under the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), and a group of development and management scholars hailing from the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). Based on the documented cases using immersive methods and a feminist perspective, the book provides a critical analysis of the agency displayed by women and their collectives with the potential to induce changes in the socio-economic status of women hailing from disadvantaged sections. Inclusion, governance and leadership, financial intermediation, livelihoods, and social action are the major outcome dimensions of the collectives examined in the book, as highlighted under SDG-5 which calls for ensuring women’s effective participation and leadership and reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources. While the conceptual framework helps unravel the complex interlinkages visualised between women, livelihoods, and collectives, the cases in themselves and the synthesis objectively depict the lessons and challenges encountered by the collectives given the entrenched gender relations and the neoliberal policy narratives. This book serves as a source of real case studies for teaching and training, a reference work for researchers, and a guidance book for policymakers and practitioners.
Liminality and the City in Contemporary New York Fiction
by Alina StocklövThis book explores liminal spaces and states in New York City literature after 2000. The concept of &“liminality&” refers to a transitional state where people, places, or ideas exist between two clearly defined conditions. In this ambiguous &“in-between state&”, uncertainty, indeterminacy, and change prevail, temporarily suspending traditional norms and allowing for complex identity formation and social reordering. Liminality offers a multifaceted, interdisciplinary approach to urban literature, as the city itself is defined by both temporal and spatial thresholds. The study examines the interplay between liminality, the city, and postmodernism, as well as the literary representation and narrative depiction of these relations. Drawing on key anthropological works by Arnold van Gennep and Victor Turner, and engaging with the writings of Jacques Derrida, Henri Lefebvre, Carl Gustav Jung, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, and Homi K. Bhabha, this study investigates the development of the concept of liminality in the humanities. It then proceeds with comparative literary analysis of selected texts by canonical authors such as Don DeLillo, Jonathan Safran Foer, Joseph O'Neill, and Teju Cole, focusing on urban mobility, liminal spaces, and New York as a place of memory and trauma in the post-9/11 literary landscape.
Sustainable Data Management: Navigating Big Data, Communication Technology, and Business Digital Leadership. Volume 1 (Studies in Big Data #171)
by Reem Khamis HamdanThis book dives into a new world of data and technology with the groundbreaking Sustainable Data Management, immerses readers in the realm of big data, and explores how digital technology can revolutionize business leadership. Discover how this book can guide readers through the deep waters of sustainable and efficient data management.
Natural Language Processing: A Textbook with Python Implementation
by Raymond LeeThis textbook provides a contemporary and comprehensive overview of Natural Language Processing (NLP), covering fundamental concepts, core algorithms, and key applications such as AI chatbots, Large Language Models and Generative AI. Additionally, it includes seven step-by-step NLP workshops, totaling 14 hours, that offer hands-on practice with essential Python tools, including NLTK, spaCy, TensorFlow, Keras, Transformers, and BERT. The objective of this book is to provide readers with a fundamental grasp of NLP and its core technologies, and to enable them to build their own NLP applications (e.g. Chatbot systems) using Python-based NLP tools. It is both a textbook and NLP tool-book intended for the following readers: undergraduate students from various disciplines who want to learn NLP; lecturers and tutors who want to teach courses or tutorials for undergraduate/graduate students on NLP and related AI topics; and readers with various backgrounds who want to learn NLP, and more importantly, to build workable NLP applications after completing its 14 hours of Python-based workshops.
Grundlagen der nachhaltigen Entwicklung: SWOT-Analyse und Lösungsstrategien
by Niko RoordaDieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Einführung der nachhaltigen Entwicklung auf der Grundlage eines Gleichgewichts zwischen People - Planet - Profit. Eine Vielzahl von Themen wird behandelt, nicht als getrennte Themen, sondern immer in ihrer Kohärenz. Das Buch bietet eine Kombination aus Theorie und Praxis, die es Studierenden aller Disziplinen ermöglicht, Nachhaltigkeit zu verankern und anzuwenden. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.
Trailblazing Visions of Money in Economic Theory: Essence, Genesis, and Economic Ramifications (Contributions to Economics)
by Biagio BossoneThis book challenges traditional notions and offers a new perspectives on the nature, role and use of money. It offers analyses and proposals aimed at reshaping our comprehension of money, its genesis, and its pivotal role within the economy (in particular, globalized ones). The book is structured into three parts, each tackling various facets of monetary economics, drawing from the author's prior research and confronting such fundamental quandaries as the essence of money, money's genesis by commercial banks, the economic ramifications of banks’ money creation power, the value of money (vis à vis other assets), and the implications of changes in the value of money for the policy space in globalized economies. This book aims to conceptualize innovative solutions to create more resilient and stable monetary systems while taking into account the intricate interplay between money, banks and government budgets in today's globalized economic landscape. Overall, the book strives to provide a thorough and thought-provoking examination of monetary theory, using novel approaches to offer new perspectives. By taking an interdisciplinary view, including accounting, physics and economics, the book challenges conventional wisdom and encourages a re-evaluation of established paradigms.
Linguistics and Language Play
by Roger BerryThis book constitutes a comprehensive study of the field of language play from a linguistic viewpoint, demonstrating how linguistics can throw light on this important, but often under-rated, aspect of language use. It is both theoretical and descriptive in nature. In terms of the former, it proposes a ‘ludic’ function of language: that language is there to be played with, and that this is a universal feature of human activity. It rejects the traditional notion that language play is purely for ‘fun’ or entertainment and stresses the serious nature of certain ludic activities, such as cryptography. It discusses the notion of linguistic creativity, considering this to be inadequate in accounting for all aspects of language play. It assesses the value of popular terms such as ‘pun’ and introduces new terms/concepts such as ‘serendipity’ and ‘internym’ to account for important phenomena. From a descriptive viewpoint, the major portion of the book is devoted to an examination of the various linguistic levels/systems involved in language play (syntax, phonology, morphology, lexis, semantics, discourse and graphology), followed by an extensive study, based on original research, of their application in various fields of linguistic endeavour, for example, advertising, joke-telling, newspaper headlines, secret language, social interaction, etc. A consideration of the human element—in terms of the varying relationships involved—is a constant feature.
How to Achieve Sustainable Housing?: Insights from Six Cities in Finland and Germany (SpringerBriefs in Political Science)
by Nina Tynkkynen Linnéa Henriksson Björn Egner Viena Lahtinen Julia Landrock Carolina GrönbergThis Brief provides an integrated study of housing and climate policy at the local level. Drawing from an empirical research project across six cities in Finland and Germany, the book explores the degree of integration between housing and climate policy in local government, specifically focusing on the level of awareness of local politicians of the interdependency of the two policy areas. Using document analysis as well as extensive interviews with local politicians, the Brief explains which views local councillors hold about the responsibilities of their municipality in housing and climate policy, how the two fields influence each other and what councillors see as obstacles for joint decision making in both fields. The book looks at housing from a broader perspective, linking housing not only to the number of dwellings, zoning, or construction, but also to the environment, communities and transport. Offering policy advice on how to integrate these sectors and pursue sustainable housing from a holistic perspective, this Brief will be of use to researchers and policymakers interested in housing policy, climate policy, local politics, urban politics, and sustainability. This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.
Professionelle Unterrichtswahrnehmung im Literaturunterricht: Entwicklung eines videobasierten Instruments
by Yannah WiechmannAufgrund von simultanen und sich unmittelbar vollziehenden Ereignissen während des Unterrichts rückt die professionelle Unterrichtswahrnehmungsfähigkeit von Lehrkräften als eine situationsspezifische Fähigkeit während des Unterrichtens in den Blick. Die Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag dazu, diese Fähigkeit fachspezifisch für den Literaturunterricht zu konzeptualisieren, zu operationalisieren und mit einem neu entwickelten videobasierten Testinstrument zu erheben.
Learning Technologies and Systems: 23rd International Conference on Web-Based Learning, ICWL 2024 and 9th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2024 Shanghai, China, November 26–28, 2024 Revised Selected Papers (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15589)
by Tianyong Hao Junjie Gavin Wu Xiangfeng Luo Yan Sun Yuanyuan Mu Shili Ge Wenxiu XieThis book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 9th International Symposium on Emerging Technologies for Education, SETE 2024, held in Shanghai, China, during November 26–28, 2024. The 21 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The contributions cover the latest findings in various areas, such as Artificial Intelligence in Education, Big Data Driven Education, Informal Learning in the Workplace, Data Driven Decision Making in Education, User/Student/Teacher Modeling, Learning Analytics, Modeling Complex Learning Processes with Multi-Channel Learning Data, Educational Technology and ICT for Education, Assessment in Technology Enhanced Learning, and Inclusive Education. The conjunct events also feature 3 distinguished keynote presentations and 3 workshops, which cover a wide range of topics, such as Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education, Educational Technology and Cognitive Neuroscience for Language Learning, and Digitalization in Language and Cross-Cultural Education.
Global Perspectives on Climate Change, Inequality, and Multinational Corporations (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance)
by João Bento Miguel M. TorresComprising a collection of selected research papers, this book discusses the challenges related to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It adds valuable insights into the link between climate change, global inequality, and multinational corporations. Bringing together an international range of prominent authors, this book interests academics, students, and practitioners. It serves as a valuable guide for policymakers in environmental sustainability. This book encourages researchers to think more broadly about the implications of multinational corporations concerning global inequality and climate change. It deepens understanding of how foreign direct investments can contribute to a more sustainable future and overcome environmental challenges.
Social and Emotional Learning as Foundation for Future Readiness: Translating Research to Practice (Education Science, Evidence, and the Public Good #3)
by Chong Myung Park Lea Ferrari Andreea-Diana Scoda Nurten Karacan Ozdemir Gloria Marsay V. Scott H. SolbergThe book offers a global perspective on social and emotional learning skills (SEL) by summarizing findings from a collaborative multi-national and cross-cultural study of educator perceptions regarding the nature and value of SEL skills conducted by career development researchers from 19 countries. In addition to promoting success in education, SEL skills serve as the “durable,” human skills that support success in the world of work. The chapters explore research from three key regions: the Global South, Asia, and the Global North. Alongside comparative analyses of SEL, the book highlights strategies for designing culturally responsive interventions to develop SEL and future-readiness skills. Each region provides tailored recommendations for implementing SEL and career development programs and services. This collaborative research effort offers a unique opportunity to reexamine assumptions underpinning career development theory and practice. It presents a transformative research model that conceptualizes SEL skills policies and practices that are responsive to the diverse sociopolitical contexts and cultural values found in different regions around the world.
Self-restructuring in Fault Tolerant Architecture: Processor Arrays with Spares (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Itsuo TakanamiRecently, high-speed and high-quality technologies for processing many kinds of information have become essential and will become more and more necessary in the future. For such needs, parallel computer systems composed of many processing elements (PEs) are used and it is important to make high reliable systems which is called "fault-tolerant computer systems". As VLSI technology has developed, the realization of parallel computer systems using multi-chip module (MCM) or wafer scale integration (WSI) has been considered so as to enhance the speed of the computers, decrease energy consumption and sizes, and so on. In such a realization, entire or significant parts of PEs and connections among them are connected or implemented on a board or wafer. Therefore, the reliability and/or yield of the system may become drastically low if there is no strategy for coping with faults or defects. In realizing such systems as well as parallel computer systems, in order to restore the correct computation capabilities of the systems with faults, it must be reconfigured appropriately using spare PEs so that the faulty PEs are eliminated from the computation paths by replacing faulty PEs with healthy spare PEs and the remaining healthy PEs maintain correct logical connectivity among them. Various strategies to reconfigure a faulty physical system into a fault-free target logical system are described in the literature. Some of these techniques employ very powerful reconfiguring systems that can repair a faulty processor array with almost certainty, even in the presence of clusters of multiple faults. However, the key limitation of these techniques is that they are executed in software programs to run on an external host computer and they cannot be designed and implemented efficiently within a system. If a faulty system can be self-reconfigured by a built-in circuit or network, the system down time is significantly reduced. Furthermore, the system will become more reliable when it is used in such environments that the fault information cannot be monitored externally and manual maintenance operations are difficult. This book concerns fault-tolerant systems consisting of many PEs, mainly mesh-connected processor arrays. A mesh-connected processor array is a kind of form of massively parallel computing systems which consist of hundreds of PEs and have regular and modular structures, small wiring length between PEs, and high scalabilities. Here, self-reconfiguration of processor systems with spares using built-in digital circuits are focused on and spare arrangements together with networks connecting among PEs and reconfiguration algorithms with digital circuits are described, considering the number of spares, reconfiguration algorithms and their hardware realizations (built-in circuits), etc. where spares are arranged on the sides or diagonal of arrays. The effectiveness of the systems is evaluated in terms of the survival rates (successfully reconfigured rates) for the number of faults, and the array reliabilities (successfully reconfigured probabilities under the condition that each PE is equally reliable).
Analysis and Design of Delayed Neural Networks (Intelligent Control and Learning Systems #19)
by Xin Wang Yu Xue Xian Zhang Yantao WangThis book provides a direct method based on system solutions to address the problems related to the analysis and control of delayed neural networks. The method proposed in this book is important for the following reasons: It does not involve the construct of any Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF), which overcomes the difficulty in constructing an appropriate and effective LKF; It can provide more simpler sufficient conditions, and hence it possesses less computational complexity; It can result in delay-dependent global exponential stability criteria that can used to give the decay rate estimation of the state; It is suitable for analysis and design problems of most system models with (multiple) delays after a small modification. The book is divided into 11 chapters, and focuses on the analysis and design problems related to delayed neural networks. It is written for graduate students and research level mathematicians and is suitable for postgraduates or as a reference.