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Match-Fixing in International Sports
Existing Processes, Law Enforcement, and Prevention Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2013
Match –fixing has become a widespread international problem in recent years. It includes everything from bribery of players, to putting undue influences on the owners of the soccer clubs, managers, coaches and others who have the ability to affect the final scores. In addition, match-fixing spills...
International Communities of Invention and Innovation
IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2016, Brooklyn, NY, USA, May 25-29, 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book contains revised selected papers presented at the IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference on the History of Computing, HC 2016, held in Brooklyn, NY, USA, in May 2016.
The 13 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers...
by Adrian Wallwork
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2016
Good presentation skills are key to a successful career in academia. This guide provides examples taken from real presentations given both by native and non-native academics covering a wide variety of disciplines.
The easy-to-follow guidelines and tips will teach you how to:
plan,...
International Perspectives on Older Adult Education
Research, Policies and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
This important book builds on recent publications in lifelong learning which focus on learning and education in later life. This work breaks new ground in international understandings of what constitutes later life learning across diverse cultures in manifold countries or regions across the world....
North American Strategic Defense in the 21st Century:
Security and Sovereignty in an Uncertain World
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2018
The protection of the homeland is the top priority for U.S. national security strategy. Strategic defense, however, has been an overlooked dimension in the vast literature on the U.S. strategic posture, with even less attention given to the necessity and dynamics of security collaboration within North...
HCI International 2015 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts
International Conference, HCI International 2015, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 2-7, 2015. Proceedings, Part II
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
This is the second volume of the two-volume set (CCIS 528 and CCIS 529) that contains extended abstracts of the posters presented during the 17th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2015, held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece in August 2015.
The total of 1462 papers and 246 posters ...
Engineering Mathematics II
Algebraic, Stochastic and Analysis Structures for Networks, Data Classification and Optimization
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
This book highlights the latest advances in engineering mathematics with a main focus on the mathematical models, structures, concepts, problems and computational methods and algorithms most relevant for applications in modern technologies and engineering. It addresses mathematical methods of algebra,...
More than Fighting for Peace?
Conflict Resolution, UN Peacekeeping, and the Role of Training Military Personnel
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book provides a contemporary account of the linkages between the academic field of conflict resolution and the practice of military peacekeeping, through the lens of pre-deployment training for military personnel about to embark on UN peacekeeping operations. Military personnel serving on United...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
This book gathers international and national reports from across the globe on key questions in the field of antitrust and intellectual property.
The first part discusses the application of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector, which continues to be a focus for anti-trust authorities...
Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation
5th International Conference, ArtsIT 2016, and First International Conference, DLI 2016, Esbjerg, Denmark, May 2–3, 2016, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
This book constitutes the proceedings of two conferences: The 5th International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation (ArtsIT 2016) and the First International Conference on Design, Learning and Innovation (DLI 2016). ArtsIT is reflecting trends in the expanding field of digital art,...
Norm Contestation
Insights into Non-Conformity with Armed Conflict Norms
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
This Brief uses the theory of norm contestation as a model for understanding variation in norm-related behavior in international relations. While most typical approaches to understanding norms view norms as stable structures and actor responses to them as unquestioned, in a global political climate...
Internet Science
INSCI 2018 International Workshops, St. Petersburg, Russia, October 24–26, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of 4 workshops, held at the 5th International Conference on Internet Science, St. Petersburg, Russia, in October 2018: Workshop 1 : Detecting Social Problems in Online Content, Workshop 2: CONVERSATIONS, Workshop 3: The Future of Decentralized...
Metadata and Semantic Research
11th International Conference, MTSR 2017, Tallinn, Estonia, November 28 – December 1, 2017, Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Metadata and Semantic Research, MTSR 2017 2017, held in Tallinn, Estonia, November 28th to December 1st, 2017.
The 18 full and 13 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 58 submissions....
Indigenous Peoples' Cultural Property Claims
Repatriation and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
This book analyses the legal aspects of international claims by indigenous peoples for the repatriation of their cultural property, and explores what legal norms and normative orders would be appropriate for resolving these claims. To establish context, the book first provides insights into the exceptional...