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Communication is a critical yet often overlooked part of data
science. Communicating with Data aims to help students and
researchers write about their insights in a way that is both
compelling and faithful to the data. General advice on science
writing is also provided, including how to distill findings into a
story and organize and revise the story, and how to write clearly,
concisely, and precisely. This is an excellent resource for
students who want to learn how to write about scientific findings,
and for instructors who are teaching a science course in
communication or a course with a writing component. Communicating
with Data consists of five parts. Part I helps the novice learn to
write by reading the work of others. Part II delves into the
specifics of how to describe data at a level appropriate for
publication, create informative and effective visualizations, and
communicate an analysis pipeline through well-written, reproducible
code. Part III demonstrates how to reduce a data analysis to a
compelling story and organize and write the first draft of a
technical paper. Part IV addresses revision; this includes advice
on writing about statistical findings in a clear and accurate way,
general writing advice, and strategies for proof reading and
revising. Part V offers advice about communication strategies
beyond the page, which include giving talks, building a
professional network, and participating in online communities. This
book also provides 22 portfolio prompts that extend the guidance
and examples in the earlier parts of the book and help writers
build their portfolio of data communication.
The book about the Westerweel Group tells the fascinating story
about the cooperation of some ten non-conformist Dutch socialists
and a group of Palestine Pioneers who mostly had arrived in the
Netherlands from Germany and Austria the late thirties. With the
help of Joop Westerweel, the headmaster of a Rotterdam Montessori
School, they found hiding places in the Netherlands. Later on, an
escape route to France via Belgium was worked out. Posing as
Atlantic Wall workers, the pioneers found their way to the south of
France. With the help of the Armee Juive, a French Jewish
resistance organization, some 70 pioneers reached Spain at the
beginning of 1944. From here they went to Palestine. Finding and
maintaining the escape route cost the members of the Westerweel
Group dear. With some exceptions, all members of the group were
arrested by the Germans. Joop Westerweel was executed in August
1944. Other members, both in the Netherlands and France, were send
to German concentration camps, where some perished.
A definitive new investigation of the science of snowflakes by the
world's leading expert A snowflake's sophisticated symmetry emerges
when crystalline ice grows from water vapor within the winter
clouds. While certain iconic snowflake shapes are visually familiar
to us, microscopic close-ups of falling snow reveal a rich
menagerie of lesser-known forms, including slender needle clusters,
hollow columns, bullet rosettes, triangular crystals, and exotic
capped columns. What explains the myriad and unusual structures of
snowflakes that materialize under different atmospheric conditions?
In Snow Crystals, Kenneth Libbrecht delves into the science of
snowflakes, examining why ice crystals grow the way they do, how
patterns emerge, and what they illuminate about the fundamental
physics of crystal growth, structure formation, and self-assembly.
Libbrecht-the world's foremost expert on snowflakes-describes the
full range of physical processes underlying their occurrence. He
explores such topics as the centuries-long development of snow
crystal science, the crystalline structure of ice, molecular
dynamics at the ice surface, diffusion-limited growth, surface
attachment kinetics, computational models of snow crystal growth,
laboratory techniques for creating and studying snow crystals,
different types of natural snowflakes, and photographing snow
crystals. Throughout, Libbrecht's extensive detailed discussions
are accompanied by hundreds of beautiful full-color images. From
the molecular dynamics of surface premelting to the aerodynamics of
falling snow, Snow Crystals chronicles the continuing quest to
fully understand this fascinating phenomenon.
This book has everything students need to prepare effectively for
the BTEC First in Application of Science exam (Unit 8: Scientific
Skills). Each topic is clearly and colourfully summarised on a
double-page spread, followed by two pages of accessible practice
questions to test understanding of the key facts. There's also
realistic Unit 8 practice paper for final exam preparation. All the
answers are included at the back, making it ideal for independent
study and revision.
This book is a collection of narratives from a diverse array of
science education researchers that elucidate some of the
difficulties of becoming a science education researcher and/or
science teacher educator, with the hope that through solidarity,
commonality, and "telling the story", justice-oriented science
education researchers will feel more supported in their own
journeys. Being a scholar and teacher that sees science education
as a space for justice, and thinking/being different, entry into
this disciplinary field often comes with tense moments and personal
difficulties. The chapter authors of this book break into many
painful, awkward, and seemingly nebulous topics, including the
intersectional nuances of what it means to be a researcher in the
contexts of epistemic rigidness, white supremacy, and neoliberal
restructuring. Of course these contexts become different depending
on how teachers, students, and researchers are constituted within
them (as racialized/sexed/gendered/disposable/valued subjects). We
hope that within these narratives readers will identify with
similar struggles in terms of what it means to desire to "do good
in the world", while facing subtle and not-so-subtle institutional,
personal cultural, and political challenges.
This volume presents the proceedings of the 12th IFToMM
International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines
(SYROM 2017), that was held in "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical
University of Iasi, Romania, November 02-03, 2017. It contains
applications of mechanisms in several modern technical fields such
as mechatronics and robotics, biomechanics, machines and apparatus.
The book presents original high-quality contributions on topics
related to mechanisms within aspects of theory, design, practice
and applications in engineering, including but not limited to:
theoretical kinematics, computational kinematics, mechanism design,
experimental mechanics, mechanics of robots, dynamics of machinery,
dynamics of multi-body systems, control issues of mechanical
systems, mechanisms for biomechanics, novel designs, mechanical
transmissions, linkages and manipulators, micro-mechanisms,
teaching methods, history of mechanism science, industrial and
non-industrial applications. In connection with these fields, the
book combines the theoretical results with experimental tests.
In a unified form, this monograph presents fundamental results on
the approximation of centralized and decentralized stochastic
control problems, with uncountable state, measurement, and action
spaces. It demonstrates how quantization provides a
system-independent and constructive method for the reduction of a
system with Borel spaces to one with finite state, measurement, and
action spaces. In addition to this constructive view, the book
considers both the information transmission approach for
discretization of actions, and the computational approach for
discretization of states and actions. Part I of the text discusses
Markov decision processes and their finite-state or finite-action
approximations, while Part II builds from there to finite
approximations in decentralized stochastic control problems. This
volume is perfect for researchers and graduate students interested
in stochastic controls. With the tools presented, readers will be
able to establish the convergence of approximation models to
original models and the methods are general enough that researchers
can build corresponding approximation results, typically with no
additional assumptions.
This book expands the foundations of general systems theory to
enable progress beyond the rich heuristic practices available
today. It establishes a foundational framework for the development
of scientific transdisciplinary systems principles and shows how
these can amplify the potential of individuals and teams working in
multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary contexts or striving to
translate their progress across disciplinary boundaries. Three
general scientific systems principles are presented, and their
relevance to the design, analysis, management and transformation of
systems is explored. Applying lessons from the history and
philosophy science, this book disambiguates key concepts of general
systemology, clarifies the role of general systemology within the
field of systemology, and explains how general systemology supports
other forms of transdisciplinarity. These insights are used to
develop new perspectives, strategies and tools for addressing
long-standing challenges to the advancement and transdisciplinary
application of general insights into the nature of complex
systems.The material presented in this book includes comprehensive
models of the structure of systemology as a disciplinary field, the
structure and significance of the general systems worldview, and
the role of general systemology as the heart of systems science,
systems engineering and systems practice. It explains what a
fully-fledged general theory of systems would look like, what its
potential is, what routes are available to us to develop it
further, and how to leverage the knowledge we have attained so far.
Many examples and analogies show how general systemology has the
potential to enable scientific discovery, insightful theory
building, and practical innovation in all the disciplines as they
study, design, nurture or transform complex systems. This book is
essential reading for anyone wishing to master the concepts,
terminology, models and strategies needed to make effective use of
current general systems knowledge and to engage in the further
development of the philosophy, science, and practice of general
systemology.
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This is the first volume (Part A) in the series of books covering
practical aspects of synthesis and characterization of various
categories of nanomaterials taking into consideration the most up
to date research publications. The aim of the book series is to
provide students and researchers practical information such as
synthetic procedures, characterization protocols and mechanistic
insights to enable them to either reproduce well established
methods or plan for new syntheses of size and shape controlled
nanomaterials based on both batch and continuous flow reactions.
The first Volume (Part A) focuses on metallic nanomaterials.
This volume analyzes the dominance of STEM fields in various
university rankings and the reasons why many governments in the
world disproportionately give value to STEM fields. Secondly,
although there is general agreement that STEM fields are important,
chapter authors also examine the role of interdisciplinary and
multidisciplinary approaches for a revised STEM education as well
as implications for the future. The book presents examples from the
United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Science is fundamentally about learning from data, and doing so in
the presence of uncertainty. This volume is an introduction to the
major concepts of probability and statistics, and the computational
tools for analysing and interpreting data. It describes the
Bayesian approach, and explains how this can be used to fit and
compare models in a range of problems. Topics covered include
regression, parameter estimation, model assessment, and Monte Carlo
methods, as well as widely used classical methods such as
regularization and hypothesis testing. The emphasis throughout is
on the principles, the unifying probabilistic approach, and showing
how the methods can be implemented in practice. R code (with
explanations) is included and is available online, so readers can
reproduce the plots and results for themselves. Aimed primarily at
undergraduate and graduate students, these techniques can be
applied to a wide range of data analysis problems beyond the scope
of this work.
How does literature evoke reality? This book takes cues from the
history of scientific observation to provide a new approach to this
longstanding question of literary studies. It reconstructs a
narrative technique of 'literary' observation in which reality
appears by mimicking processes of visual perception, and it traces
the functioning of this technique through a wide range of European
fiction from the early 18th to the late 19th centuries.
This is the loose-leaf version of Measurement and Evaluation in
Human Performance, Sixth Edition With HKPropel Access, which offers
students a less expensive, printed version of the text. Measurement
and Evaluation in Human Performance, Sixth Edition With HKPropel
Access, guides students through the essentials of collecting and
analyzing data of human performance and using that data in
practical application. Introductory algebraic concepts are combined
with the technological capabilities of Microsoft Excel and IBM's
SPSS software to aid students in calculations and data analysis.
Focusing on the core concepts of reliability and validity of data,
the text provides all the necessary tools for evidence-based
decision making to apply in kinesiology, sport and exercise
science, physical therapy, allied health, physical education,
health, and fitness. The sixth edition of Measurement and
Evaluation in Human Performance has been reorganized to offer a
logical progression of information that makes it easy for
instructors and students to apply the content to their specific
courses and career goals. It is enhanced with added expertise from
new coauthor Weimo Zhu, who served as the chair of the Measurement
and Evaluation Council of SHAPE America. The amount of information
on physical activity assessment has been increased across all
chapters, and the text includes new content about sport video
analysis apps, employment-related testing, and more. The text is
divided into four parts. Part I introduces the concepts of
measurement and evaluation and their importance for decision making
in human performance. Part II explores statistics as core tools and
resources for these evaluations and explains the various forms of
statistical procedures often used in measurement. Part III presents
reliability and validity from theoretical, comprehensive, and
criterion-referenced perspectives. Skills gained through previous
sections are applied to human performance issues such as evaluating
a person's aerobic capacity or muscular strength. Part IV applies
all of the content from the previous sections to practical settings
where students will use the knowledge gained in the text, covering
topics like fitness assessment, performance assessment, motor
behavior, and sport and exercise psychology. To enhance student
comprehension and retention, related online learning aids are
delivered through HKPropel. Sample data sets allow students to
practice data analysis, as do a wide range of study and practice
activities. Chapter quizzes may be assigned to students by
instructors and are automatically graded within HKPropel. In
addition, Mastery Item sidebars throughout the text include
problems and activities that test student knowledge, while
Measurement and Evaluation Challenge sidebars provide scenarios
that can be tackled with the information from the chapter.
Measurement and Evaluation in Human Performance, Sixth Edition,
continues to provide students with the tools and confidence they
will need to gather reliable data, analyze it, and apply it in
their work with clients. Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is
included with all new print books.
This compact and easy-to-read book contains essential advice on how
to take a manuscript from planning right through to publication. It
will help both first-time writers and more experienced authors to
present their results more effectively. While retaining the
easy-to-read and well-structured approach of previous editions, the
third edition of this essential guide has been expanded to include
comprehensive advice on drawing graphs, and information about Open
Access publishing. Illustrations are discussed in detail, with
examples of poor illustrations taken from real papers in top-ranked
journals, redrawn for comparison. Such before-and-after examples
are also provided to demonstrate good and bad writing styles. The
reader is offered practical advice - from how to present a paper
and where to submit the manuscript, through to responding to
reviewers' comments and correcting the proofs - all developed
through the author's extensive teaching experience and his many
years spent working as a journal editor.
This volume examines core areas of development in security,
emphasizing the pivotal contributions of women to the field's
evolution. The author first covers a broad spectrum of key topics,
including how security is created, where innovation occurs, what
the underpinnings are, and who supports it and how. After an
overview of the field, female security professionals share their
own stories of technology and innovation in security today; the
foundation, where research is headed, and the emerging trends.
Women currently make up a very small pocket of cyber security
staffing - this book aims to increase the visibility of women in
the field and their contributions and encourage other females to
join the field. The contributors hold various roles from executive
leadership, to engineers, analysts, and researchers.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of research at interface
between History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science (HPSS) and
Science Teaching in Ibero-America. It contributes to research on
contextualization of science for students, teachers and
researchers, and explains how to use different episodes of history
of science or different themes of philosophy of science in regular
science classes through diverse pedagogical approaches. The
chapters in this book discuss a wide range of topics under
different methodological, epistemological and didactic approaches,
reflecting the richness of research developed in Spanish and
Portuguese speaking countries, Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
The book contains chapters about historical events, topics of
philosophy and sociology of science, nature of science,
applications of HPSS in the classroom, instructional materials for
students and teacher training courses and curriculum.
Traces the lives of fourteen black scientists and inventors who have made significant contributions in the various fields of science and industry.
This book is concerned with computing in materio: that is,
unconventional computing performed by directly harnessing the
physical properties of materials. It offers an overview of the
field, covering four main areas of interest: theory, practice,
applications and implications. Each chapter synthesizes current
understanding by deliberately bringing together researchers across
a collection of related research projects. The book is useful for
graduate students, researchers in the field, and the general
scientific reader who is interested in inherently interdisciplinary
research at the intersections of computer science, biology,
chemistry, physics, engineering and mathematics.
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