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Federated Learning for the Metaverse: Applications in Virtual Environments provides readers with insights into how federated learning, a decentralized machine learning paradigm, can be strategically applied to address critical aspects of the metaverse. The book covers a wide range of topics, including privacy-preserving personalization, security, collaboration, adaptive learning environments, real-time communication, decentralized governance, language understanding, immersive learning experiences, avatar customization, and dynamic scene rendering.

Ben Goldstein's 30 Ideas on Inclusion in ELT is a user-friendly book for teachers and managers working with learners of all age groups in any context. It outlines a range of approaches that guide teachers to integrate inclusion into all aspects of their teaching practice, from methodological strategies and activities to materials analysis or creation. The book considers learner diversity from multiple perspectives, taking a holistic approach. It provides a range of easy-to-adopt ideas that support teachers to remove barriers and develop an environment in which all learners feel that they belong and can fulfill their potential. It includes an in-depth discussion of the concepts behind inclusion, examples of good practice and practical takeaways on topics such as understanding inclusion, methodology, the learning environment, materials and assessment.Key features*The ideas are divided into clear sections for easy navigation.*A glossary provides explanations of a wide range of key terms r

ChatGPT: Principles and Architecture is an important comprehensive book, bringing readers up to date with the latest developments in large language models such as ChatGPT, and fulfilling the need for a resource that not only explains the theory but also provides insights into the implementation of AI technologies. The book bridges the knowledge gap between theoretical AI concepts and their practical applications. It equips industry professionals and researchers with a deeper understanding of large language models, enabling them to leverage these technologies effectively in their respective fields. This book tackles the complexity of understanding large language models and their practical applications. It demystifies the underlying technologies and strategies used in developing ChatGPT and similar models, offering readers a clear roadmap from conceptual understanding to practical implementation. By combining theoretical knowledge with real-world examples, the book enables readers to gra

基於概念探究的教學方法，結合國際文憑大學預科項目（IBDP 中文 B）五大學習主題，本套書設計了一系列豐富有趣的探究活動，旨在幫助學生深入理解各主題的核心概念、內容、文體及目的語文化。同時，本套書還根據 IB 的評估要求提供了實用且豐富的聽、說、讀、寫練習及答題思路，為學生在 IB 評估中取得成功保駕護航。本套書分上、下兩冊。The book presents a series of engaging and effective activities built around the inquiry-based approach, fully aligned with the five study themes of IB Chinese B. Designed to help students deepen their understanding of core concepts, content, text types, and the target language’s culture, it supports language learning across all key areas. It also offers comprehensive practice in listening, speaking, reading, and writing exercises, along with answer strategies according to the IB assessment requirements, ensuring students’ success in their IB assessments.

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《新當代中文》是一套以成年漢語學習者為主要讀者對象的漢語教材，共四個級別，每個級別包括課本、練習冊、配套的教師手冊、閱讀材料、習題集、寫字本以及多媒體教學資源，一、二級還有漢字本。教材旨在培養學習者漢語聽說讀寫譯的語言綜合運用能力和一定的漢語交際能力，其語言難度符合《國際中文教育中文水平等級標準》(GF0025-2021)。本套教材的前身《當代中文》自出版以來一直受到海內外廣大師生的歡迎。為更好地滿足廣大師生的需求，且更符合語言和時代的發展，作者對教材進行了重新編寫，使其更加充實、實用。該套教材體現生活氣息和時代特色，關注中外文化對比，同時重視世界文化共通性；.將音節、漢字、詞匯、語法教學有機結合，既可保證打好語音基礎和漢字基礎，又能滿足學生的交際需求，保障了漢語教學的實用性和可延續性，使新時期的漢語國際教育更富活力、更具有科學性和規範性。本書為第4冊《練習冊》。 New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and translating of the language, as well as their communicative co

Students will find grammar practice enjoyable with New Round-Up. Clear grammar tables and explanations combined with lots of practice make understanding the language easy for young learners.Lessons provide a variety of games and written exercises and students will have plenty of opportunities for additional practice with the interactive student CD-ROM. New Round-Up can be used in class, for homework and for revision.▌全套共七冊，每冊約20 個單元及九個複習單元，採螺旋式複習法，讓文法觀念更鞏固。▌透過具主題情境的題目，習得文法概念。增加大量聽力練習，讓學生從基礎文法就開始奠定英聽能力。▌課本後附 E-book Access Code，內有四種文法練習題，可讓學生做額外的練習，無附音檔。▌教師手冊附學生課本聽力音檔、錄音稿、課本解答及可複印的考題。CEFR: A1～B1For students• Student Book + Access CodeFor teachers• Teacher's Book + Teacher′s Portal Access Code

《新當代中文》是一套以成年漢語學習者為主要讀者對象的漢語教材，共四個級別，每個級別包括課本、練習冊、配套的教師手冊、閱讀材料、習題集、寫字本以及多媒體教學資源，一、二級還有漢字本。教材旨在培養學習者漢語聽說讀寫譯的語言綜合運用能力和一定的漢語交際能力，其語言難度符合《國際中文教育中文水平等級標準》(GF0025-2021)。本套教材的前身《當代中文》自出版以來一直受到海內外廣大師生的歡迎。為更好地滿足廣大師生的需求，且更符合語言和時代的發展，作者對教材進行了重新編寫，使其更加充實、實用。該套教材體現生活氣息和時代特色，關注中外文化對比，同時重視世界文化共通性；.將音節、漢字、詞匯、語法教學有機結合，既可保證打好語音基礎和漢字基礎，又能滿足學生的交際需求，保障了漢語教學的實用性和可延續性，使新時期的漢語國際教育更富活力、更具有科學性和規範性。本書為第1冊《練習冊》。 New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, and translating of the language, as well as their communicative co

A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and datafrom bestselling business author Chip Heath.How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds isthirty-two years. Understanding numbers is essentialbut humans aren't built to understand them. Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than fiveanything from six to infinity was known as ';lots.' While the numbers in our world have gotten increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. How can we translate millions and billions and milliseconds and nanometers into things we can comprehend and use? Author Chip Heath has excelled at teaching others about making ideas stick and here, in Making Numbers Count, he outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a

From the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower After the near-extinction of humanity, one young man with extraordinary gifts will either help the human race rebuild its future . . . or doom it to self-destruction. In the future, nuclear war has destroyed nearly all humankind. An alien race intervenes, saving the small group of survivors from certain death. But their salvation comes at a cost. The Oankali are able to read and mutate genetic code, and they use these skills for their own survival, interbreeding with new species to constantly adapt and evolve. They value the intelligence they see in humankind but also know that the species -- rigidly bound to destructive social hierarchies -- is destined for failure. They are determined that the only way forward is for the two races to produce a new hybrid species -- and they will not tolerate rebellion. Akin looks like an ordinary human child. But as the first true human-alien hybrid, he is born understanding language, then starts

The world’s most widely used nursing research textbook,Essentials of Nursing Research, Tenth Edition equips students with everything they need to confidently apply research to nursing practice. AJN award-winning authors Denise Polit and Cheryl Beck clarify the language of nursing research and instill a practical understanding of nursing research fundamentals and the research process for both quantitative and qualitative studies ― including design principles; sampling and data collection; criteria for assessing data quality; appraising the quality, rigor, and trustworthiness of studies; and approaches to understand the statistical results. This updated edition incorporates the latest clinical insights and approaches to research to familiarize students with increasingly important considerations in today’s nursing practice, including the involvement of patients and stakeholders in translating research evidence to local settings; the appraisal of not only the rigor of research designs and

Learn the intricate workings of DAX and the mechanics that are necessary to solve advanced Power BI challenges. This book is all about DAX (Data Analysis Expressions), the formula language used in Power BI―Microsoft’s leading self-service business intelligence application―and covers other products such as PowerPivot and SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular. You will learn how to leverage the advanced applications of DAX to solve complex tasks.Often a task seems complex due to a lack of understanding, or a misunderstanding of core principles, and how certain components interact with each other. The authors of this book use solutions and examples to teach you how to solve complex problems. They explain the intricate workings of important concepts such as Filter Context and Context Transition. You will learn how Power BI, through combining DAX building blocks (such as measures, table filtering, and data lineage), can yield extraordinary analytical power. Throughout Pro Dax with Power BI t

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