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Conducting Research in Online and Blended Learning Environments examines various perspectives, issues, and methods for conducting research in online and blended learning environments. The book provide

Conducting Research in Online and Blended Learning Environments examines various perspectives, issues, and methods for conducting research in online and blended learning environments. The book provide

Offering insight into public sector processes and information systems from a global perspective, this book covers theories, methods, frameworks, and technologies relevant to the transformational phase

In the 1990s arts policy research was a fledgling enterprise. Many issues were uninvestigated, alternative research methods were underutilized, and researchers struggled amidst limited support systems

Presents the most effective catalytic reactions in use today, with a special focus on process intensification, sustainability, waste reduction, and innovative methods This book demonstrates the import

Recent developments in information processing systems have driven the advancement of computational methods in the engineering realm. New models and simulations enable better solutions for problem-solv

"This book explores the latest innovations in promoting cloud security through human authentication techniques by exploring methods of access by identification, including the analysis of facial featur

This book offers a practical guide to applying interpretive qualitative methods to health care delivery problems, and promotes an anthropologically informed approach to applied health research. Sobo,

Several of the ten papers in this collection explore modeling methods for active domains, knowledge management, deontic business rules, and organizational memory. Other topics include matching models

Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success. Written specifically for underg

This book offers postgraduate and early career researchers in accounting and information systems a guide to choosing, executing and reporting appropriate data analysis methods to answer their research

Fundamentals of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice: With Selected Readingsis a unique resource for understanding the multifaceted subject of research methods in the field of criminology and

Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research is a practical guide to applying interpretive qualitative methods to pressing healthcare delivery problems. A leading medical anthropologist who has sp

Job and Work Analysis: Methods, Research, and Applications for Human Resource Management by Frederick P. Morgeson, Michael T. Brannick, and Edward L. Levine provides students and professionals alike w

This book presents concepts and methods for optimal training for decision making in crisis situations. After presenting some general concepts of decision-making during crisis situations, it presents v

The 78th Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society (IMPS) builds on the Psychometric Society's mission to share quantitative methods relevant to psychology. The chapters of this volume present cuttin

This volume contains abstracts of World Bank research projects initiated, under way, or completed in fiscal years 2008 and 2009. The abstracts describe questions addressed, analytical methods used, fi

"This book presents work on biomimetic techniques in the field of research information and knowledge management. It also includes conclusions on new methods derived from nature that have been solution

The second edition of Idea Searching examines methods of generating and identifying ideas, and teaches you to understand what is being observed and recorded. Using lavish illustrations, concise case s

The increasing use of mathematical models and computational techniques urges us to analyse how these methods have developed within public health research and policy. This book introduces a life cycle

Practical Research and Evaluation is a practical, user-friendly guide to social science research methods for professionals who are looking to conduct evaluation studies and research as part of their

Mainline science rejects the paranormal because it cannot be proven by the classical methods of controlled experiments. But sciences such as geology, astronomy, and anthropology also don’t rely

The Subcultural Imagination examines young adults in subcultures, and how sociologists use qualitative research methods to study them. It applies the ideas of C. Wright Mills to the development of the

Quality improvement in health care is now a stated objective of health services worldwide, yet effective delivery is not always apparent. This book discusses research methods that should help to impro

This book argues that qualitative methods, ethnography included, have tended to focus on the human at the cost of understanding humans and animals in relation, and that ethnography should evolve to ac

This book describes current and future methods of detecting planets beyond our solar system, how they will be characterized and how life on them can be investigated. In so doing, this monograph treats

Research Methods is an essential guide to carrying out a research project. Each of the focused chapters introduces and explains an aspect of social research to readers who may have no experience or kn

Although speciation analysis by using hyphenated methods such as IC-MS and IC-ICP-MS is relatively expensive, it is gaining more and more importance. This method is used to deal with situations that r

HOW TO DO RESEARCH consists of 15 Labs designed by Jane F. Gaultney and Hannah Peach for a research methods lab/course. This manual provides a diverse set of 15&a

Feminist Intersectional Research Methodologies: Applications in the Social Sciences and Humanities is a multi-disciplinary volume in which emerging and established scholars present new feminist research methods and re-evaluates existing approaches.This collection examines how both new and established feminist methods address intersecting identities and structures of inequality including gender, race, sexuality, and class. Each chapter provides a case study of a methodology or methodologies that they have adopted, developed, or adapted within their field - including sociology, criminology, political science, history, literature, and performance studies. The volume articulates the importance of knowledge production that arises from the situated and lived experiences of individuals, groups, and communities. It discusses how we survive as feminists in today's neoliberal universities, and includes research on trans and nonbinary people, Indonesian history and the #MeToo movement, world-lite

Structural Integrity and Durability of Advanced Composites: Innovative Modelling Methods and Intelligent Designpresents scientific and technological research from leading composite materials scientist

This volume focuses on using visual research methods specifically with children and young people. It features insights from both academic experts and established professionals from visual industries,

The scientific advances that underpin economic growth and human health would not be possible without research investments. Yet demonstrating the impact of research programs is a challenge, especially in areas that span disciplines, industrial sectors, and encompass both public and private sector activity. All areas of research are under pressure to demonstrate benefits from federal funding of research. This exciting and innovative study demonstrates new methods and tools to trace the impact of federal research funding on the structure of research, and the subsequent economic activities of funded researchers. The case study is food safety research, which is critical to avoiding outbreaks of disease. The authors make use of an extraordinary new data infrastructure and apply new techniques in text analysis. Focusing on the impact of US federal food safety research, this book develops vital data-intensive methodologies that have a real world application to many other scientific fields.

The scientific advances that underpin economic growth and human health would not be possible without research investments. Yet demonstrating the impact of research programs is a challenge, especially in areas that span disciplines, industrial sectors, and encompass both public and private sector activity. All areas of research are under pressure to demonstrate benefits from federal funding of research. This exciting and innovative study demonstrates new methods and tools to trace the impact of federal research funding on the structure of research, and the subsequent economic activities of funded researchers. The case study is food safety research, which is critical to avoiding outbreaks of disease. The authors make use of an extraordinary new data infrastructure and apply new techniques in text analysis. Focusing on the impact of US federal food safety research, this book develops vital data-intensive methodologies that have a real world application to many other scientific fields.

Sociologists in Europe and the US explore some methodological innovations in the sociology of religion. Among them are survey methodology after the spiritual turn, research methodology between descrip

This second volume includes research contributions on the use of dynamical systems and stochastic models in disease dynamics. Graduate students in applied mathematics, scientists in the natural, soci

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication, a

Methods for the Ethnography of Communication is a guide to conducting ethnographic research in classroom and community settings that introduces students to the field of ethnography of communication, a

Proteins are the most diverse group of biologically important substances. With the recent technological advances in the genomics area and the efforts in proteomics research, the rate of discovery for

Recent stem cell research has revealed that miRNA and RNAi-mediated gene regulation is one of the vital determinates controlling the state of cell differentiation, with the small RNAs serving as key e