249 research outputs found
Piazzoli, Erika (2018): Embodying Language in Action: The Artistry of Process Drama for Second Language Education. London: Palgrave Macmillan
No full textLet’s start with the image on the book cover which is placed between the author’s name and the book title. It immediately grabs our attention, shows how eight adult individuals bodily connect and create a beautiful shape that looks like a flower, or rather a flower in full bloom. Is the shape that has been created by these individuals (movement artists?) the result of excellent choreography? The ‘embodiment image’ prepares the reader for the main focus of Erika Piazzoli’s monograph (367 pages): the aesthetic dimension of foreign language teaching and learning. Reflecting on “What is ‘Artistry’ and Why Do We Need It in Second Language Education?” in Chapter 1, she then continues to address the aesthetic dimension in three parts: In Part I (chapters 2-5) she engages with “Key Definitions in the Aesthetic Dimension”; Part II (chapters 6-8) deals with aspects of “Navigating the Aesthetic Dimension”; Part III (chapters 9-12) centres on “Researching the Aesthetic Dimension”. In these twelve chapters the author deals with a broad range of theoretical perspectives, including second language education, sociocultural theory, neuroscience and art history. This review highlights some aspects of this impressive monograph by concentrating on keywords which are captured in its title: process ..
Human displacements, fatalities, and economic damages linked to remotely observed floods (FLODIS)
No full textFLODIS links estimates of flood-induced human displacements, fatalities, and economic damages to flooded areas observed through remote sensing. The repository contains the two final FLODIS datasets for displacement, fatalities and damages. Additionally, geocoded IDMC data on displacement between 2008 and 2021 is provided, which can be linked with other hazard inventories.
Mester, B., Frieler, K. & Schewe, J. Human displacements, fatalities, and economic damages linked to remotely observed floods. Sci Data 10, 482 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02376-
Fast emulator of changes in crop yields at different levels of global warming
No full textThis is the Online Supplement to the following publication: Ostberg, S., Schewe, J., Childers, K.,
and Frieler, K.: Changes in crop yields and their variability at different levels of global warming, Earth System
Dynamics, 9, 2018. The Supplement contains a number of additional figures as well as the emulator coefficients
needed to apply the emulators presented in the paper to derive yield changes for any given pair of global mean
temperature change (GMT) and atmospheric CO2 concentration (pCO2). See readme.pdf for details.</p
Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: The Ultimate Workshop
No full textProfessional commercial photographer and digital imager Jeff Schewe (based in Chicago, USA) has teamed up with best-selling Photoshop author Martin Evening to create this goldmine of information for advanced Photoshop users. Building on Martin Evening's successful Adobe Photoshop for Photographers series of titles, this new guide takes the same winning approach and applies it to a professional Photoshop workflow. Highly visual, with clear, step-by-step tutorials, this advanced guide will really appeal to those who want to see how the experts approach Photoshop, produc
Front Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Organization, List of Authors
No full textFront Matter, Table of Contents, Preface, Organization, List of Author
Logic, Computation and Rigorous Methods : Essays Dedicated to Egon Boerger on the Occasion of His 75th Birthday
No full textThis Festschrift was published in honor of Egon Börger on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
It acknowledges Prof. Börger's inspiration as a scientist, author, mentor, and community organizer. Dedicated to a pioneer in the fields of logic and computer science, Egon Börger's research interests are unusual in scope, from programming languages to hardware architectures, software architectures, control systems, workflow and interaction patterns, business processes, web applications, and concurrent systems.
The 18 invited contributions in this volume are by leading researchers in the areas of software engineering, programming languages, business information systems, and computer science logic
Sealed containers in Z
No full textPhysical means of securing information, such as sealed envelopes and scratch cards, can be used to achieve cryptographic objectives. Reasoning about this has so far been informal.
We give a model of distinguishable sealed envelopes in Z, exploring design decisions and further analysis and development of such models
Satellite derived floodplains (GFD ) combined with spatially- explicit socio-economic data and DFO impacts
No full text<p>These data is linked to the paper </p>
<p><strong>Limited progress in global reduction of vulnerability to flood impacts over the past two decades</strong></p>
<p><strong>Inga J. Sauer¹ ², Benedikt Mester¹ ³, Katja Frieler¹, Sandra Zimmermann1, Jacob Schewe¹, and Christian Otto¹</strong></p>
<p><strong>¹ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany </strong></p>
<p><strong>² Institute for Environmental Decisions, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland</strong></p>
<p><strong>³ Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, Potsdam University, Potsdam, Germany</strong></p>
<p><span>DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01401-y</span></p>
<p>It combines the satellite observed flooded areas from the <strong>global flood database (GFD) </strong>with socio-economic and infrastructure data and the socio-economic impacts recorded in the <strong>Global Active Archive of Large Flood Events provided by the Dartmouth Flood Observatory (DFO).</strong></p>
Maverick genius: the pioneering odyssey of Freeman Dyson
No full textScientist. Innovator. Rebel. For decades, Freeman Dyson has been regarded as one of the world’s most important thinkers. The Atlantic wrote, “In the range of his genius, Freeman Dyson is heir to Einstein – a visionary who has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, and who has conceived nuclear-propelled spaceships designed to transport human colonists to distance planets.” Salon.com says that, “what sets Dyson apart among an elite group of scientists is the conscience and compassion he brings to his work.” Now, in this first complete biography of Dyson, author Phillip F. Schewe examines the life of a man whose accomplishments have shaped our world in many ways. From quantum physics to national defense, from space to biotechnology, Dyson’s work has cemented his position as a man whose influence goes far beyond the field of theoretical physics. It even won him the million dollar Templeton prize for his writing about science and religion. Recently, Dyson has made headlines for his controversial views on global warming, and he continues to make waves in the science community to this day. A colleague of Albert Einstein at Princeton and friends with leading thinkers including Robert Oppenheimer, George F. Kennan, and Richard Feynman, Freeman Dyson is a larger-than-life figure. Many of his colleagues, including Nobelists Steven Weinberg and Frank Wilczek, as well as his wives and his children, Esther and George Dyson, have been interviewed for this book. Maverick Genius, Schewe’s definitive biography, paints a compelling and vibrant portrait of a man who has been both praised for his genius and criticized for his unorthodox views
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