Autoethnography and Heuristic Inquiry for Doctoral-Level Researchers

Emerging Research and Opportunities

by Robin Throne

<p>Many resources exist to help new doctoral investigators to understand and engage with the tenets and philosophies that underpin doctoral-level research to allow for a sample of self-as-subject research. Every day, new forms of ...

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Automated Firewall Analytics

Design, Configuration and Optimization

by Ehab Al-Shaer

<p>This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of automated firewall policy analysis for designing, configuring and managing distributed firewalls in large-scale enterpriser networks. It presents methodologies, techniques and tools for

ISBN: 9783319103716

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Axiomatic Design in Large Systems

Complex Products, Buildings and Manufacturing Systems

by Amro M. Farid & Nam P. Suh

<p>This book provides a synthesis of recent developments in Axiomatic Design theory and its application in large complex systems. Introductory chapters provide concise tutorial materials for graduate students and new practitioners, presenting ...

ISBN: 9783319323886

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Bad to Good

Achieving High Quality and Impact in Your Research

by Arch G. Woodside

<p>For decades, scholars have bemoaned the low relevancy and impact of most research in the leading journals in business, management, and marketing. The majority of the research that gets published, perhaps 70% of it, hardly has any measurable ...

ISBN: 9781786353337

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Basic and Advanced Focus Groups

by David L. Morgan

<p><strong>Basic and Advanced Focus Groups</strong> illustrates both the different types of focus groups and how to decide among those options in order to produce the most effective focus groups possible. A variety of approaches to doing ...

ISBN: 9781506327136

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Basic Prediction Techniques in Modern Video Coding Standards

by Byung-Gyu Kim & Kalyan Goswami

<p>This book discusses in detail the basic algorithms of video compression that are widely used in modern video codec. The authors dissect complicated specifications and present material in a way that gets readers quickly up to speed by ...

ISBN: 9783319392417

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Basic Research Methods

An Entry to Social Science Research

by Gerard Guthrie

<p>This book offers a comprehensive and well-rounded view of research as a tool for problem-solving in the wide range of the social sciences. It is built on the foundation of philosophical pragmatism, postulating that the value of knowledge and ...

ISBN: 9789385985843

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Basics of Functional Analysis with Bicomplex Scalars, and Bicomplex Schur Analysis

by Daniel Alpay, Maria Elena Luna-Elizarrarás, Michael Shapiro & others

<p>This book provides the foundations for a rigorous theory of functional analysis with bicomplex scalars. It begins with a detailed study of bicomplex and hyperbolic numbers and then defines the notion of bicomplex modules. After introducing a ...

ISBN: 9783319051109

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Basics of Structural Equation Modeling

by Dr. Geoffrey M. Maruyama

<p>With the availability of software programs, such as LISREL, EQS, and AMOS, modeling (SEM) techniques have become a popular tool for formalized presentation of the hypothesized relationships underlying correlational research and test for the ...

ISBN: 9781506320359

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Bayesian Econometric Methods

by Gary Koop, Dale J. Poirier & Justin L. Tobias

<p>This volume in the Econometric Exercises series contains questions and answers to provide students with useful practice, as they attempt to master Bayesian econometrics. In addition to many theoretical exercises, this book contains exercises ...

ISBN: 9781107713895

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Before Breast Cancer Surgery

The Critical Steps and the Knowledge You Need to Know Before Having Breast Cancer Surgery

by Lee B. Riley

treatment of breast cancer. Today, however, there are many steps that should occur prior to having a breast cancer removed—steps that • decrease the chance that the tumor comes back, • improve the chance that the right treatment is given, • ...

ISBN: 9781450055888

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Beginning Ethical Hacking with Python

by Sanjib Sinha

<p>Learn the basics of ethical hacking and gain insights into the logic, algorithms, and syntax of Python. This book will set you up with a foundation that will help you understand the advanced concepts of hacking in the future. <em>Learn ...

ISBN: 9781484225417

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Behind the Model

A Constructive Critique of Economic Modeling

by Peter Spiegler

<p>This ambitious book looks 'behind the model' to reveal how economists use formal models to generate insights into the economy. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of science and economic methodology, the book presents a novel framework ...

ISBN: 9781316365557

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Being Ethnographic

A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Ethnography

by Dr. Raymond Madden

<p><strong>Being Ethnographic</strong> is an essential introductory guidebook to the methods and applications of doing fieldwork in real-world settings. It discusses the future of ethnography, explores how we understand identity, and sets out ...

ISBN: 9781526416834

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Bent Functions

Fundamentals and Results

by Sihem Mesnager

<p>This book gives a detailed survey of the main results on bent functions over finite fields, presents a systematic overview of their generalizations, variations and applications, considers open problems in classification and systematization of

ISBN: 9783319325958

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Beyond the Second Law

Entropy Production and Non-equilibrium Systems

by Roderick C. Dewar, Charles H. Lineweaver, Robert K. Niven & others

<p>The Second Law, a cornerstone of thermodynamics, governs the average direction of dissipative, non-equilibrium processes. But it says nothing about their actual rates or the probability of fluctuations about the average. This ...

ISBN: 9783642401541

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Bibliometrics and Research Evaluation

Uses and Abuses

by Yves Gingras

<p><strong>Why bibliometrics is useful for understanding the global dynamics of science but generate perverse effects when applied inappropriately in research evaluation and university rankings.</strong></p> <p>The research evaluation market is

ISBN: 9780262337663

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Big Data Is Not a Monolith

by Fred H. Cate, Katie Shilton, Simon DeDeo & others

<p><strong>Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics.</strong></p> <p>Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find ...

ISBN: 9780262335751

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Big Little Lies- Summarized for Busy People: Based on the Book by Liane Moriarty

by Goldmine Reads

<p><em>This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the original book. Instead, we highly encourage ...

ISBN: 9781386283133

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Bio-Based Energy, Rural Livelihoods and Energy Security in Ethiopia

by Dawit Guta

<p>This study explores issues of biomass energy use in relation to household welfare and it assesses Ethiopia’s future energy security with a focus on long-term model of the energy sector, and institutional arrangements required for ...

ISBN: 9783653961010

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