Health Communication Research Measures / by Kim, Do Kyun, editor 655230, Dearing, James W., editor 655231, Peter Lang (Online service) 655232

“…While the focus is on quantitative measures, the editors argue that these measures are centrally important to the study of health communication. The chapters emphasize constructs, scales, and up-to-date reports and evidence about key social science constructs and ways of measuring them, whether your interest is in patient-provider dyadic communication, uncertainty management, self-efficacy, disclosure, social norms, social support, risk perception, health care team performance, message design and effects, health and numerical literacy, communication satisfaction, social influence and persuasion, stigma, health campaigns, reactance, or other topics. …”
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Variational geometry processing by Wang, Yu

“…In particular, Chapter 4 discusses a general energy functional framework suitable for geometry processing applications and the corresponding graph-cuts minimization. …”
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Report on professional attachment with Daimlerchrysler South East Asia. by Ho, Adeline Li Sian.

“…This report consists of six chapters, with each chapter relating to one specific area of human resource. …”
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Multi-sensor calibration and multi-modal perception for intelligent systems by Zhang, Jun

“…A sphere is utilized as the target, by observing that the sphere center is a viewpoint-invariant feature. Then, a sphere detection and sphere center estimation method is introduced to extract the sphere center from a cluttered point cloud. …”
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Play that has just begun : an evaluation of the local theatre scene. by Wong, Chen Vun., Yeo, Xuehui.

“…Our feature series comprises of four chapters, in which we analyze the local theatre scene from the perspectives of history, funding, education and future development.…”
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Civil-military relations in Southeast Asia : Malaysia and Singapore as an example of military non-intervention over politics. by Matsuura, Yoshihide.

“…This study will try to survey the civil-military relations in Malaysia and in Singapore from three aspects, i.e., the institutional role, the historical role and the social role of the Armed Forces in respective countries, in the respective chapters.…”
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Time Series Predictive Control in Robotics / by Liu, Hui, author 491460, Walter de Gruyter GmbH (Online service) 655461

“…This book presents the latest advances for the frontier cross disciplinary field of robotics, intelligent control and learning. Seven chapters are provided to cover the key common theories and technologies of robots, including the robot mapping and navigation, robot recharging and smart power management, robot arm manipulation, unmanned vehicle control, intelligent manufacturing systems, etc. …”
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Technology-integration in language studies: Cultivating future paradigms

“…This book emerges from the need to explore, understand, and document these dynamic shifts in the English language learning environment. Comprising seven chapters, each chapter examines how different technological platforms can be leveraged to foster collaborative learning, improve student engagement, and address the challenges educators and learners face. …”
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The encoded codex: a digital, statistical, and codicological examination of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fonds français, 24432 by Dows-Miller, SH

“…</p> <p>The first chapter presents a full codicological and palaeographical analysis of the codex. …”

Mechanisms and Implementation of Thermo-Optical Annealing in Silica Fiber Sensors for Radiation-Induced Attenuation Mitigation by Legoupil, Aurelien Y. M.

“…The decomposition of RIA into different defect contributions is supported by cold post-irradiation electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of fiber preform fragments, which reveals the presence of two types of paramagnetic centers: self-trapped holes and E'_gamma centers. …”
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Efficient generation of an array of single silicon-vacancy defects in silicon carbide by Wang, Junfeng, Zhou, Yu, Zhang, Xiaoming, Liu, Fucai, Li, Yan, Li, Ke, Liu, Zheng, Wang, Guanzhong, Gao, Weibo

“…Color centers in silicon carbide have increasingly attracted attention in recent years owing to their excellent properties such as single-photon emission, good photostability, and long spin-coherence time even at room temperature. …”
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Introduction by Mander, WJ

“…This introductory chapter briefly surveys the main philosophical developments of the nineteenth century, contextualising the chapters that follow. …”

Social medicine : polarisation and perspectives by Dorling, D

“…Unequal health: The scandal of our times by Danny Dorling [...] gives a flavour of one of the major themes: social medicine and contains three chapters from the book, preceded by an all-new introduction specially written by Danny Dorling. …”

Qualitative Research : Bridging the Conceptual, Theoretical, and Methodological / by Ravitch, Sharon M, author 609533, Carl, Nicole Mittenfelner, author 656054

“…Whether you are new to qualitative research or not, the goal for this book is to develop and deepen your understanding of an approach to research that seeks, designs for, and engages criticality in qualitative research. Every chapters begins with an overview and key objectives for the chapter. …”

The role of ideology in radicalisation by Ramakrishna, Kumar

“…This chapter seeks to examine the role of ideology in radicalisation into violent extremism, be it Islamist or far-right. …”
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Leadership-as-spiritual practice: a practical pneumatology of leadership in the Church of England by Bennet, HJ

“…In my search phase, chapters 1-5, I question how ecclesial leadership discourse ‘speaks’ of God. …”

Contextualising the contrafacta of trouvere song by Quinlan, M

“…The third and fourth chapters on Marian song, conversely, point toward efforts to intensify and develop a song's meaning through contrafacture, while the fifth chapter's contrafact text cites its own affective reason for melodic re-use. …”

SMART MOBILITY : EXPLORING FOUNDATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND WIDER IMPACTS / by Khamis, Alaa, author 643152

“…The socioeconomic changes in our urban centers are vast, and Smart Mobility breaks down the core concepts with meaningful data and insights. …”

Discovering NTU with augmented reality by Tey, Jun Yuan

“…As Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has many buildings, with many lecture theatres, tutorial rooms, laboratories, research centers, offices, shops and eating places spread across them, many people, especially visitors and freshmen, find themselves having difficulties navigating through the different venues in NTU. …”
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Deformation and its surface expression in stressed planetary materials by Seltzer, Cassandra

“…The final two chapters center on deformation mechanisms that may shape the properties of icy outer Solar System satellites as they orbit their host planets. …”
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