In 2016, NASA took on a new responsibility: defending our planet from devastating impacts by asteroids and comets that approach the Earth, or near-Earth objects. That event, which followed the prominent Chelyabinsk meteor explosion in 2013, reflected a growing interest in, and concern about, the threat of celestial impacts. In ancient times, the solar system’s small bodies—asteroids and com…
Advancing our understanding of irregular migration in Europe as well as in other settings depends on challenging the limitations of existing research paradigms: existing theories built on limited variation in contexts of reception and a simplified conceptualization of irregularity cannot satisfactorily explain irregular migration and its consequences in Europe. This book will …
This publication explores, in detail and with photographs and illustrations, the April 1975 withdrawal of the American Navy and Marine Corps from Cambodia and South Vietnam (with refugees), and the aftermath in Southeast Asia. This withdrawal showed the courage and skill of the American forces, who had to carry out large-scale and complicated evacuations despite criticism of the military by ma…
If we follow the above definitions, then virtual heritage is not only the bringing together of virtual reality technology with cultural heritage content, it is also an experiential medium. However, that experience is based on the recreating or reconstructing of data, measurements, and observations. Virtual heritage is a fascinating and challenging area of practice and research, but …
Mengapa interaksi kita dengan orang tak dikenal sering kali keliru? Penghentian pelanggar lalu lintas rutin yang berakhir dengan tragedi. Mata-mata yang bertahun-tahun tak terdeteksi di tingkat tertinggi Pentagon. Mengapa kita sering sekali keliru memahami orang lain? Mengapa sukar sekali mendeteksi kebohongan, membaca wajah, atau menilai motif orang tak dikenal? Melalui serangkaian pertemuan…
This report, published by the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR), has been written entirely by humans. Likewise, we expect that advisory reports like this one will continue to be written by humans. The same applies to the larger part of journalism, despite what the introductory quote might suggest. In fact, it later became apparent that humans had indeed written m…
“There’s probably no better sport than Formula E to present and study the science and practice of innovation within (motor)sport, and this book is a must read for those active within this fascinating area”. - Dr. Kristof de Mey, Sports Technology, Innovation & Business Developer at Ghent University, Belgium This book provides novel insights on management innovation and sustainability in m…
Dalam survei ini tidak dijumpai individu orangutan secara langsung, hanya indikasi keberadaannya berdasarkan sarang yang ditinggalkan. Indikasi keberadaan Orangutan tersebut, hanya dijumpai pada kawasan hutan di blok Air Hitam, sementara pada kawasan hutan blok Kendawangan tidak dijumpai indikasi keberadaannya baik dari sarang, suara maupun informasi dari masyarakat. Temuan 4 sarang Orangutan y…
Our intention has been to translate the poems into plain and unadorned prose, staying as close to the original as modern English idiom will allow, in order to reveal what may loosely be termed the ‘literal’ sense of the text. Readers approaching these poems from an acquaintance with Chaucer’s works will already be aware that one of the chief difficulties of Middle English for the modern r…