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Videogame Sciences and Arts

14th International Conference, VJ 2024, Leiria, Portugal, December 5–6, 2024, Proceedings

Edited by Anabela Marto, Rui Prada, Patrícia Gouveia, Ruth Contreras- Espinosa, Alexandrino Gonçalves, Eduarda Abrantes, Roberto Ribeiro ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts, VJ 2024, held in Leiria, Portugal, during December 5–6, 2024.The 15 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Player Experience and Accessibility; Serious Games; ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Videogame Sciences and Arts, VJ 2024, held in Leiria, Portugal, during December 5–6, 2024.The 15 full papers and 3 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 30 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Player Experience and Accessibility; Serious Games;
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The White Redoubt, the Great Powers and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1960–1980

by Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Robert McNamara ...

Series series History (R0)
This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international community’s response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority rule in their respective territories. Hard-pressed by African nationalists, recently ... Read more

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This work examines the attempt by the governments of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa to defy the drive for African independence in the 1960s and 70s, and the international community’s response. From 1961 to 1974, Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa collaborated in the attempt to preserve white minority rule in their respective territories. Hard-pressed by African nationalists, recently
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Aventura Pedagógica

Caminhos e Descaminhos de uma Ação Educativa

by Mauro Roberto Ribeiro Pinto ...

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" Ler esta aventura Pedagógica é refletir sobre a angústia do educador que se transformou em educando trocando experiências com suas meninas; é descobrir, com amargura, que às vezes as teorias só funcionam quando aprendemos a ser menos frios e mais humanos, capazes de conhecer na prática o caminho da revelação; é emocionar-se com a alegria do educador que, pouco a pouco, grão por grão, migalha por ... Read more

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" Ler esta aventura Pedagógica é refletir sobre a angústia do educador que se transformou em educando trocando experiências com suas meninas; é descobrir, com amargura, que às vezes as teorias só funcionam quando aprendemos a ser menos frios e mais humanos, capazes de conhecer na prática o caminho da revelação; é emocionar-se com a alegria do educador que, pouco a pouco, grão por grão, migalha por
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This Path I Took

by Gerald Ribeiro ...

This Path I Took is an illuminating story of one man's recollection of his early years of how a young Cape Verdean boy struggled with discrimination, loneliness and poverty, how it manifested into his teenage years, his introduction into self-medicating and the graduation from internal unrest and anger into outward aggression toward others and his community. Author Gerald Ribeiro provides us with ... Read more

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This Path I Took is an illuminating story of one man's recollection of his early years of how a young Cape Verdean boy struggled with discrimination, loneliness and poverty, how it manifested into his teenage years, his introduction into self-medicating and the graduation from internal unrest and anger into outward aggression toward others and his community. Author Gerald Ribeiro provides us with
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Crystallization and Growth of Colloidal Nanocrystals

by Edson Roberto Leite, Caue Ribeiro ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
Since the size, shape, and microstructure of nanocrystalline materials strongly impact physical and chemical properties, the development of new synthetic routes to nanocrystals with controlled composition and morphology is a key objective of the nanomaterials community. This objective is dependent on control of the nucleation and growth mechanisms that occur during the synthetic process, which in ... Read more

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Since the size, shape, and microstructure of nanocrystalline materials strongly impact physical and chemical properties, the development of new synthetic routes to nanocrystals with controlled composition and morphology is a key objective of the nanomaterials community. This objective is dependent on control of the nucleation and growth mechanisms that occur during the synthetic process, which in
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Serious Games

Foundations, Concepts and Practice

Edited by Ralf Dörner, Stefan Göbel, Wolfgang Effelsberg, Josef Wiemeyer ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious games, which differ considerably from computer games that are meant for pure entertainment.Undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines who want to learn about serious games are one target group of this book. Prospective developers of serious games are another, as they can use the book for self-study in order to ... Read more

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This textbook provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious games, which differ considerably from computer games that are meant for pure entertainment.Undergraduate and graduate students from various disciplines who want to learn about serious games are one target group of this book. Prospective developers of serious games are another, as they can use the book for self-study in order to
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Dreamland

The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic

by The Least of Us, Dreamland Sam Quinones ...

Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015--Entertainment ... Read more

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Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the Year--Slate.com's 10 Best Books of 2015--Entertainment
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Psychic Development: 3 Easy Steps To Developing Your Intuition

by Blair Robertson ...

If you have ever wanted to develop your intuition but have been frustrated with "complicated" systems like tarot, astrology and others, then this is your day!YOU Are Psychic!Each and every one of us is intuitive naturally. In this no-nonsense and no-fluff book, Blair teaches you 3 simple steps to living a happier and more fulfilled life by quickly developing your natural born intuition. An easy ... Read more

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If you have ever wanted to develop your intuition but have been frustrated with "complicated" systems like tarot, astrology and others, then this is your day!YOU Are Psychic!Each and every one of us is intuitive naturally. In this no-nonsense and no-fluff book, Blair teaches you 3 simple steps to living a happier and more fulfilled life by quickly developing your natural born intuition. An easy
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Cop in the Hood

My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District

by Peter Moskos ...

When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street--the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence that outsiders never see. In Cop in the Hood, Moskos reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift.Through Moskos's eyes, ... Read more

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When Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos left the classroom to become a cop in Baltimore's Eastern District, he was thrust deep into police culture and the ways of the street--the nerve-rattling patrols, the thriving drug corners, and a world of poverty and violence that outsiders never see. In Cop in the Hood, Moskos reveals the truths he learned on the midnight shift.Through Moskos's eyes,
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Design, User Experience, and Usability: Novel User Experiences

5th International Conference, DUXU 2016, Held as Part of HCI International 2016, Toronto, Canada, July 17–22, 2016, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Aaron Marcus ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016 ... Read more

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The three-volume set LNCS 9746, 9747, and 9748 constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2016, held as part of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2016, in Toronto, Canada, in July 2016, jointly with 13 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1287 papers presented at the HCII 2016
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Rough Sleepers

Dr. Jim O'Connell's urgent mission to bring healing to homeless people

by Tracy Kidder ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “excellent and immersive” (The Wall Street Journal) story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains“I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better.”—Abraham Verghese, ... Read more

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The “excellent and immersive” (The Wall Street Journal) story of an inspiring doctor who made a difference, by helping to create a program to care for Boston’s homeless community—by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Mountains Beyond Mountains“I couldn’t put Rough Sleepers down. I am left in awe of the human spirit and inspired to do better.”—Abraham Verghese,
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Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2021

20th IFIP TC 14 International Conference, ICEC 2021, Coimbra, Portugal, November 2–5, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Jorge C. S. Cardoso, Licínio Roque, Pedro A. Gonzalez-Calero ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2021, which was supposed to take place in Coimbra, Portugal, in November 2021. The 26 full papers, 13 short papers and 11 other papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. ICEC brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse ... Read more

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th IFIP TC 14 International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2021, which was supposed to take place in Coimbra, Portugal, in November 2021. The 26 full papers, 13 short papers and 11 other papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 84 submissions. ICEC brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse
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