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    • Getting Started with the Internet of Things: Connecting Sensors and Microcontrollers to the Cloud 

      Pfister, Cuno (O'Reilly Media, 2011)
      What is the Internet of Things? Its billions of embedded computers, sensors, and actuators all connected online. If you have basic programming skills, you can use these powerful little devices to create a variety of useful ...

    • Architecting the Internet of Things 

      Uckelmann, Dieter; Harrison, Mark; Michahelles, Florian (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2011)
      Many of the initial developments towards the Internet of Things have focused on the combination of Auto-ID and networked infrastructures in business-to-business logistics and product lifecycle applications. However, the ...

    • The Internet of Things: 20th Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications 

      Leal, Bernardo; Atzori, Luigi (Springer-Verlag New York, 2010)
      This book presents a selection of papers submitted to the 20th Tyrrhenian Workshop, which took place in September 2009 in Sardinia, Italy. The workshop focused on the "Internet of Things." This subject is quickly emerging ...

    • 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Technologies 

      Kumar, L. Jyothish; Pandey, Pulak M.; Wimpenny, David Ian (Springer Singapore, 2019)
      This book presents a selection of papers on advanced technologies for 3D printing and additive manufacturing, and demonstrates how these technologies have changed the face of direct, digital technologies for the rapid ...

    • Printing of Graphene and Related 2D Materials 

      Hu, Guohua (Springer International Publishing, 2019)
      This book discusses the functional ink systems of graphene and related two-dimensional (2D) layered materials in the context of their formulation and potential for various applications, including in electronics, optoelectronics, ...

    • The 3D Printing Handbook: Technologies, design and applications 

      Redwood, Ben; Schöffer, Filemon; Garret, Brian (3D Hubs, 2017)
      If you're looking to master the key aspects of 3D printing, this book is for you. The 3D Printing Handbook provides practical advice on selecting the right technology and how-to design for 3D printing, based upon first-hand ...

    • Doing Care, Doing Citizenship : Towards a Micro-Situated and Emotion-Based Model of Social Inclusion 

      Pratesi, Alessandro (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book examines the emotional, micro-situated dynamics of status inclusion/exclusion that people produce while caring for others by focusing, in particular, on non-conventional families. Grounded in empirical research ...

    • Systemic risk, institutional design, and the regulation of financial markets 

      Anand, Anita (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Following the recent financial crisis, regulators have been preoccupied with the concept of systemic risk in financial markets, believing that such risk could cause the markets that they oversee to implode. At the same ...

    • Childhood and Schooling in (Post)Socialist Societies: Memories of Everyday Life 

      Silova, Iveta; Piattoeva, Nelli; Millei, Zsuzsa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explores childhood and schooling in late socialist societies by bringing into dialogue public narratives and personal memories that move beyond imaginaries of Cold War divisions between the East and West. Written ...

    • International Development Organizations and Fragile States: Law and Disorder 

      Engelhardt, Marie von (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book addresses a conundrum for the international development community: The law of development cooperation poses major constraints on delivering aid where it is needed most. The existence of a state with an effective ...

    • The Palgrave Handbook of Indicators in Global Governance 

      Malito, Debora Valentina; Umbach, Gaby; Bhuta, Nehal (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This volume brings together both academic and institutional perspectives to examine the production, use and contestation of indicators in global governance. It provides a unique and comprehensive guide to the latest research ...

    • Tangled governance : international regime complexity, the troika, and the Euro crisis 

      Henning, C. Randall (Oxford University Press, 2017)
      Tangled Governance addresses the institutions that were deployed to fight the euro crisis, re-establish financial stability, and prevent contagion beyond Europe. The author addresses why European leaders chose to include ...

    • Foreign Policy Analysis: A Toolbox 

      Morin, Jean-Frédéric; Paquin, Jonathan (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book presents the evolution of the field of foreign policy analysis and explains the theories that have structured research in this area over the last 50 years. It provides the essentials of emerging theoretical trends, ...

    • Demanding Energy: Space, Time and Change 

      Hui, Allison; Day, Rosie; Walker, Gordon (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This edited collection critically engages with an important but rarely-asked question: what is energy for? This starting point foregrounds the diverse social processes implicated in the making of energy demand and how these ...

    • Generative Conversations for Creative Learning: Reimagining Literacy Education and Understanding 

      Latham, Gloria; Ewing, Robyn (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book builds on conversations between the author educators and other experts in the field, including authors, illustrators and teachers, to explore the benefits of discussions around quality literature within a classroom ...

    • Rethinking Taxation in Latin America: Reform and Challenges in Times of Uncertainty 

      Atria, Jorge; Groll, Constantin; Valdés, Maria Fernanda (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This study of taxation in Latin America takes a novel approach to the subject, using a framework that posits three dimensions for studying taxes—historical, relational, and transnational. The book argues that: first, ...

    • International Scholarships in Higher Education: Pathways to Social Change 

      Mawer, Matt; Dassin, Joan R.; Marsh, Robin R. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for international study to positive social change. Bringing together studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers and policymakers from ...

    • The Palgrave Handbook of Survey Research 

      Vannette, David L.; Krosnick, Jon A. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This handbook is a comprehensive reference guide for researchers, funding agencies and organizations engaged in survey research. Drawing on research from a world-class team of experts, this collection addresses the challenges ...

    • The Palgrave Handbook of the History of Surgery 

      Schlich, Thomas (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This handbook covers the technical, social and cultural history of surgery. It reflects the state of the art and suggests directions for future research. It discusses what is different and specific about the history of ...

    • Creative Selves / Creative Cultures: Critical Autoethnography, Performance, and Pedagogy 

      Jones, Stacy Holman; Pruyn, Marc (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
      This book addresses and demonstrates the importance of critical approaches to autoethnography, particularly the commitment that such approaches make to theorizing the personal and to creating work that embodies a social ...