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Open innovation, crowd sourcing, democratised innovation, vernacular design and brand fanaticism are amongst a handful of new approaches to design and innovation that have generated discussion and media coverage in recent years. In practice, these ideas are often inspiring propositions rather than...

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO. La violenza umana è un tema sconvolgente e senza tempo. Nessuno però aveva pensato di analizzarla, dal punto di vista storico e sociologico, come un fenomeno piuttosto che una patologia; essa è infatti la forza primordiale ad aver giocato il maggior ruolo...

Various imperfections in existing market systems prevent the free market from serving as a truly efficient allocation mechanism, but optimization of economic activities provides an effective remedial measure. Cooperative optimization claims that socially optimal and individually rational solutions...

Strategic behavior in the human and social world has been increasingly recognized in theory and practice. It is well known that non-cooperative behavior could lead to suboptimal or even highly undesirable outcomes. Cooperation suggests the possibility of obtaining socially optimal solutions and the...

Discover the diverse range of housing options available to the elderly population with this excellent new book. This timely volume addresses the public policy and design and development issues that must necessarily face those concerned with housing our steadily growing elderly population. The chapters...

See how the principles of Service Science govern the dynamics driving the adoption of cloud computing in the industry. Cloud as Service shows you how the evolution of enterprise computing platforms to application-specific cloud platforms (ASCPs) have aligned to business needs. You'll also...

There are a number of misconceptions that surround the subject of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation. Mindfulness is the art of acceptance and non judgmental attention and focus on your emotions, thoughts and any sensations that occur in the present moment. Many clinical psychologists and psychiatrists...

Learn How to Airbrush Animals For the Beginner TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Materials: Colors Terms Airbrush and its Mechanism Maintenance and Troubleshooting Tips How to Hold an Airbrush: Basic Airbrush Exercises: Airbrushing a Line Connecting Dots Connecting Lines Gradation Effects Airbrush...

By allowing the body to rest and heal itself naturally, fasting not only restores energy and well-being but also treats conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and eczema. Fasting has steadily grown in popularity and evidence suggests there is no more powerful healing method. By allowing...

Brain Injury Treatment: Theories and Practices is a thorough and wide-ranging account of the rehabilitation of brain injury. Written from an international perspective, this book presents a detailed discussion of the basic science of brain injury. It explains the treatments used in brain injury...

Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this text develops comparison theorems to establish the fundamentals of Fourier analysis and to illustrate their applications to partial differential equations.The three-part treatment begins by establishing the quotient structure theorem...

It is perhaps worth explaining why there is a special importance in the present development of the theory of the State. Law, like every social phenomenon, is subject to perpetual change; indeed any scientific study of law must necessarily involve an analysis of the evolution of legal institutions....

Frustrated with the state of education, a high school teacher challenges you to explore whats actually happening in schools across America. Why are our students failing? Its a combination of many factors. Teachers are supposed to be classroom instructors, counselors, parents, and disciplinarians....

This book, first published in 1977, presents for the first time a serious and systematic assessment of Marx primarily as a philosopher. It considers all major aspects of Marx’s theory – its methodology, its ontological dimensions, its approaches to the descriptions of history and of societies...