This book investigates news use patterns among fve diferent generations in a time where digital media create a multi-choice media environment. The book introduces the EPIG model (Engagement-Participation Information- ...

Using a dot-matrix display, it is possible to present geometrical shapes with different rendering methods: solid shapes, empty shapes, vibrating shapes, etc. An open question is then: which rendering method allows the ...

Digital technologies and data are transformational. People, firms and governments live, interact, work and produce differently than in the past, and these changes are accelerating rapidly. How can we realise the immense ...

The development of effective techniques for knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR) is a crucial aspect of successful intelligent systems. Different representation paradigms, as well as their use in dedicated reasoning ...

Mainstreaming environmental finance widens the utilization of existing instruments and extends them to environmentally beneficial activities. The objective is to serve client in ways that make environmental finance a normal ...

Workplace injuries happen every day and can profoundly affect workers, their families, and the communities they live in. This textbook provides workers with an introduction to effective injury prevention. The book pays ...

The period from ~1500-1000 cal BP has been noted as a Dark Age in our understanding of Samoan prehistory. Research agendas have focused on earlier pottery bearing deposits and investigations of later monumental architecture. ...