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Forging Environmentalism: Justice, Livelihood, and Contested Environments
by Joanne R BauerDrawing on an unusually rich empirical base, this timely and compelling book examines how environmental values are constructed and legitimized within the policy process. It trains the spotlight on four environmentally significant countries - China, Japan, India, and the United States - representing a wide diversity of cultural, social, economic, and political characteristics. Through a combination of case studies and comparative analysis, the contributors illuminate cultural assumptions, standards, and analytic techniques that shape environmental actions and policies around the world. "Forging Environmentalism" provides valuable direction regarding what can be done to secure public support for environmental policies. Incorporating expert legal, economic, philosophical, sociological, and political perspective points the way toward the possibilities for a convergence of environmental norms and values across diverse cultures.
Forging Romantic China
by Peter J. KitsonThe first major cultural study to focus exclusively on this decisive period in modern British-Chinese relations. Based on extensive archival investigations, Peter J. Kitson shows how British knowledge of China was constructed from the writings and translations of a diverse range of missionaries, diplomats, travellers, traders, and literary men and women during the Romantic period. The new perceptions of China that it gave rise to were mediated via a dynamic print culture to a diverse range of poets, novelists, essayists, dramatists and reviewers, including Jane Austen, Thomas Percy, William Jones, S. T. Coleridge, George Colman, Robert Southey, Charles Lamb, William and Dorothy Wordsworth and others, informing new British understandings and imaginings of China on the eve of the Opium War of 1839–42. Kitson aims to restore China to its true global presence in our understandings of the culture and literature of Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
The Forgiveness Workbook: Cultivate Compassion, Release Resentment, and Find Peace
by Ilene S. CohenLet go and learn to forgive Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting what happened or returning to the way things were before: it means choosing to release resentment and live a freer, happier life. For anyone seeking a starting point on the path to forgiving themselves or someone else, The Forgiveness Workbook can light the way. This simple and straightforward guide gets right to the heart of what forgiveness means and why it can feel so hard to do. Explore all the ways that practicing empathy and forgiveness encourages healing and growth, with activities, quizzes, and guided prompts that offer support for every step of the process. Go deeper than other personal growth books with: Six steps to moving on—Find a road map of what to expect along the journey, with chapters that clearly break down the six stages of forgiveness. Focus on self-empowerment—Learn how a willingness to forgive helps build resilience, healthier relationships, and a stronger sense of self. The science of forgiveness—Understand what happens in the brain and body when you hold in negative feelings—and the benefits of leaving them behind. Find strategies for releasing blame and moving on with The Forgiveness Workbook.
Forgiving the Devil: Coming to Terms with Damaged Relationships
by Terry D. HargraveThis book is about forgiveness. The title of the book is meant to reflect the essential idea that "forgiveness" can be an active -- and powerful -- healing agent, even in the wake of the most heinous experience. The author's own moving story, which he shares here, coupled with case material and a thoughtful theoretical foundation, make this a uniquely accessible and penetrating resource for therapists and their clients.
The Forgotten Art of Being Ordinary: A Human Manifesto in the Age of the Metaverse
by CJ CasciottaWe&’re addicted to our devices. Our kids are too. None of us seem to be better for it. We all know this, but what can we do practically to become less isolated, polarized, and disconnected?This book answers that question with a bold idea: In an age of personal brands and artificial intelligence, perhaps it&’s time to relearn the forgotten art of being ordinary. In his follow-up to Get Weird, writer and media producer, CJ Casciotta, outlines nine practical solutions and illuminates a better way to live in a culture addicted to media technology, a lifeboat for anyone who feels like they&’re drowning in a sea of digital noise.This is a book for those who are tired of feeling like technology owns them, their children, their politics, and their livelihood, a hopeful and realistic game plan for navigating the 21st century mindfully without losing their souls. The future of our society will depend on the choices we make right now when it comes to our communication methods. It&’s a crisis as urgent as climate change, yet far fewer people are talking about it. The Forgotten Art of Being Ordinary will give you the language you&’ve been looking for to start changing the conversation.
The Forgotten Subject: Subject Constitutions in Mediatized Everyday Worlds
by Peter Gentzel Friedrich Krotz Jeffrey Wimmer Rainer WinterThe volume provides a critical inventory of existing concepts of the subject in communication studies research. In addition, concepts are developed in order to be able to analyze subjectivity in the context of current theoretical debates (including media sociology, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, practice theory, science and technology studies) as well as social, cultural and technical developments (including digitalization, mediatization, mobility and networking). Since subject conceptions are of central importance for any communication and media analyses, the volume fills a central gap in communication and media studies.
Form, Meaning and Function in Collocation: A Corpus Study on Commercial Chinese-to-English Translation (Routledge Studies in Empirical Translation and Multilingual Communication)
by Haoda FengThe issue of differences between translational language and native-speaker language has become a topic of increasing interest in linguistics and Translation Studies (TS). One of the primary tasks in this research area is to employ a corpus approach and analyse collocations with authentic language data by comparing comparable corpora consisting of translated and native-speaker texts. Collocation in linguistics and TS refers to the relationship of co-occurrence between lexical items. The book shows that examining the use of collocations constitutes an integral part in assessing the naturalness of second language (L2) use, and therefore can be a valid measure to make a distinction between translational language and native-speaker language. Nevertheless, the role of collocation has not been given enough attention or discussed systematically in TS and, to date, there are hardly any translation theorists who have clarified the mechanism of collocation in TS, by which translators acquire receptive and productive knowledge of collocations in their L2. In addition, previous research in this area is largely confined to Indo-European languages, resulting in a lack of empirical evidence involving Asian languages. This book therefore attempts to bridge the gap in the literature and constitute an integral part in the research area.
Formal Analysis by Abstract Interpretation: Case Studies in Modern Protocols (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)
by Benjamin AzizThe book provides a gentle introduction and definition of the denotational-based abstract interpretation method. The book demonstrates how the above method of formal analysis can be used, not only to address the security of systems, but other more general and interesting properties related to the testing, mutating and semantic ambiguity resolution of protocols. The book presents three case studies, all related to current complex protocols and standards used in industry, particularly in the context of IoT and Industry 4.0.
Las formas de la pereza
by Héctor Abad FaciolinceLas formas de la pereza no es un libro para perezosos, aunque puedeleerse desde los remansos del ocio redentor. Lúcidos, divertidos,críticos y convincentes, estos ensayos de Héctor Abad Faciolince son unaespontánea y desinteresada invitación al diálogo. Diálogo de la memoriaíntima e histórica, pública y confidencial.
Formate für Digital Natives: Strategien und Erfolgsfaktoren für junge Social Media Formate
by Kira DrösslerKira Drössler zeigt, wie Management, Entwicklung und Content von innovativen Formaten für junge Zielgruppen gestaltet werden sollten, um Digital Natives nachhaltig auf Social Media-Plattformen zu erreichen. Mit stetigem Einbezug der Zielgruppencharakteristika entsteht ein Zyklus der Formatentwicklung, der seine Schwerpunkte auf Prozesse, eine flexible Organisation, Diversität bei der Entwicklung und den Einbezug junger Lebensrealitäten legt. Das Buch liefert damit auf Basis von Erkenntnissen aus Journalistik, Medienökonomie und Innovationsforschung sowie aus Interviews mit Akteuren des öffentlich-rechtlichen Onlineangebotes funk praxisrelevante Handlungsempfehlungen auf Format- und Senderebene für innovationsförderndes Management und die Konzeption junger Social Formate.
Formation Control: Approaches for Distributed Agents (Studies in Systems, Decision and Control #205)
by Hyo-Sung AhnThis monograph introduces recent developments in formation control of distributed-agent systems. Eschewing the traditional concern with the dynamic characteristics of individual agents, the book proposes a treatment that studies the formation control problem in terms of interactions among agents including factors such as sensing topology, communication and actuation topologies, and computations. Keeping pace with recent technological advancements in control, communications, sensing and computation that have begun to bring the applications of distributed-systems theory out of the industrial sphere and into that of day-to-day life, this monograph provides distributed control algorithms for a group of agents that may behave together. Unlike traditional control laws that usually require measurements with respect to a global coordinate frame and communications between a centralized operation center and agents, this book provides control laws that require only relative measurements and communications between agents without interaction with a centralized operator. Since the control algorithms presented in this book do not require any global sensing and any information exchanges with a centralized operation center, they can be realized in a fully distributed way, which significantly reduces the operation and implementation costs of a group of agents. Formation Control will give both students and researchers interested in pursuing this field a good grounding on which to base their work.
The Formative Assessment Action Plan: Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning (Professional Development)
by Nancy Frey Douglas FisherWinner of a 2012 Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of Educational Publishers! Join Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher as they outline a clear-cut, realistic, and rewarding approach to formative assessment. They explain how four discrete steps work in tandem to create a seamless, comprehensive formative assessment system one that has no beginning and no end. This ongoing approach enhances an active give-and-take relationship between teachers and students to promote learning. <p><p> Dozens of real-life scenarios demonstrate how to apply these steps in your classroom, always focusing on the presence or absence of student learning to guide the action. By enabling teachers and students alike to see more clearly what they need to do for learning to be successful, this approach builds students' competence, confidence, and understanding. <p><p> No matter what grade level you teach, The Formative Assessment Action Plan will help you make better use of assessment data so you can more quickly adjust instruction to keep every student on the path to success.
Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript
by Chuck SambuchinoPrepare and Present Your Work Like a Pro! Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript, 3rd edition, gives you all the information you need to craft a winning submission. Fully updated, this comprehensive resource now features more than 100 sample letters and manuscript pages, expanded instruction for electronic submissions, updated formatting and submitting guidelines, and new insider tips from top agents and editors. With strong and weak sample query letters, novel synopses, articles, nonfiction book proposals, manuscript pages, scripts, and more, you'll see exactly what works and what doesn't. Plus, each sample page features individual callouts to clearly identify and explain critical elements so that you don't miss a thing. With this all-encompassing guide, you'll discover everything you need to make your work look professional, polished, and publishable.
Forming Storming Norming Performing: Successful Communication In Groups And Teams
by Donald Egolf Sondra ChesterThe purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to Group and Team Communication. Emphasis is placed on giving readers guidelines for becoming successful communicators in groups and teams. Specific emphasis is placed on general introductory concepts, verbal and nonverbal communication, listening, conflict, problem solving, idea generation, decision making, e-collaboration, group presentations, leadership, leadership and power, and performance evaluations.
Forward Error Correction via Channel Coding
by Orhan GaziThis book provides a comprehensive explanation of forward error correction, which is a vital part of communication systems. The book is written in such a way to make the subject easy and understandable for the reader. The book starts with a review of linear algebra to provide a basis for the text. The author then goes on to cover linear block codes, syndrome error correction, cyclic codes, Galois fields, BCH codes, Reed Solomon codes, and convolutional codes. Examples are provided throughout the text.
Fostering Employee Buy-in Through Effective Leadership Communication
by Tim P. McMahonBased on a case study of leadership communication in a time of organizational change, this book gives new leaders insights into the tools and skills needed to become effective, motivating communicators in their leadership careers. Taking a holistic approach to communication and leadership, the book argues that employees buy in to change when they collectively feel engaged in meaningful work that will enrich the lives of customers, employees, and investors. Based on ethnographic research, it approaches the topic through an absorbing fiction-like retelling of an organization’s successful navigation of change against the backdrop of the 2007 mortgage crisis. In doing so, it establishes a framework for leaders to understand the principles behind how and why buy-in is generated in organizations. This unique approach allows readers to visualize leadership communication principles in practice. Fostering Employee Buy-in is ideal as a supplementary text in introductory leadership communication, management, and business courses or as a text for new leaders interested in inspiring organizational change.
Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World
by Nataly Kelly Jost ZetzscheA lively look at the surprising role that translation plays all around us. Worth an estimated 31 billion dollars, translation is one of the biggest industries that goes largely unnoticed. Nataly Kelly and Jost Zetzsche are two veteran translators who have show how translation affects the daily life of millions of people. From hurricane warnings to holy books, from poetry to peace treaties, this is an illustration of how translation spreads culture and fuels the global economy.
A Foundation In Digital Communication
by Amos LapidothThis intuitive yet rigorous introduction derives the core results of digital communication from first principles. Theory, rather than industry standards, motivates the engineering approaches, and key results are stated with all the required assumptions. The book emphasizes the geometric view, opening with the inner product, the matched filter for its computation, Parseval's theorem, the sampling theorem as an orthonormal expansion, the isometry between passband signals and their baseband representation, and the spectral-efficiency optimality of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). Subsequent chapters address noise, hypothesis testing, Gaussian stochastic processes, and the sufficiency of the matched filter outputs. Uniquely, there is a treatment of white noise without generalized functions, and of the power spectral density without artificial random jitters and random phases in the analysis of QAM. This systematic and insightful book, with over 300 exercises, is ideal for graduate courses in digital communication, and for anyone asking 'why' and not just 'how'.
Foundations in Written Communication
by Brian Gogan S. Atkins I. Atkinson K. Mitchell E. Spinner S. XaverThis text will be foundational to your work in written communication, upon which many of your other college classes and perhaps even your career will build. This text will provide you, your classmates, and your instructor with the metaphorical cornerstone of your foundation in written communication, as it will offer and explain various writing, reading, and research strategies that you can use to become a more successful writer. In each chapter of this book, you will encounter a significant number of writing strategies. These strategies are presented to you in a way that is both highly practical--in many cases, a series of step-by-step instructions and examples are provided for you to thoroughly explain each strategy-- and also theoretical--in all cases, the strategies emerge from rich theories of writing, including some innovative approaches to the teaching of writing. Among these strategies, you can expect to find a series of invention activities, which will help you to conceptualize your ideas about writing and generate material for your writing. Some of these strategies can be categorized as aleatory procedures because they embrace chance. Some of these strategies can be categorized as heuristic procedures because they encourage problem-solving. And, a final group of these procedures can be categorized as algorithms as they work with models and formulas. Together, these invention strategies will jumpstart your writing work.
Foundations of Blockchain: Theory and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
by Ahmed Imteaj M. Hadi Amini Panos M. PardalosThis book provides a comprehensive analysis of fundamental topics related to blockchain. Throughout, the authors explore different vital issues and specific areas of blockchain. For convenience, the authors present the elementary description, visualize the working procedure of blockchain paradigm, and highlight the areas it can be applied in real life. They explain the blockchain process from a diverse perspective i.e. distributed Internet of Things (IoT), interdependent networks, intelligent mining, etc. They also analyze the interconnection of a blockchain network and such novel research areas to show a pathway towards a new research direction. This book also holds the core challenges and open research issues of blockchain technology, considering existing applications. Chapters include consensus mechanisms of blockchain, blockchain applicability in centralized and decentralized internet of things, blockchain interoperability from the perspective of interdependent networks, and blockchain for resource-constrained devices.Specifies the importance of theoretical methods in dealing with problems in the context of blockchain for interdependent decision making;Provides a comprehensive investigation of blockchain algorithms and the recently developed methods based on this algorithm;Provides basics and mathematical foundations needed to learn and deploy blockchain.
Foundations of Business Communication: Rhetoric for Business Professionals
by Gina C. Dutro Theresa M. Evans Lauri Harwood Heidi A. McKee Brad ReitzFoundations of Business Communication: Rhetoric for Business Professionals, was written by the faculty of BUS 102 to provide a resource to help you in BUS 102, in your other FSB courses, and in your professional career. - Chapter 2: Business Communication Today explains the importance of effective communication in today's globally networked workplace and defines the characteristics of effective business communication. - Chapter 3: Rhetoric in Business Communication introduces the key concepts and strategies of rhetoric, the art and practice of effective communication. You will learn how to analyze the rhetorical situation of business communication so that you can craft effective messages appropriate for your purpose, audience, and context. - Chapter 4: Delivering Oral Communications examines the rhetoric of oral delivery, strategies for organizing oral communications, and design tips for presentation visuals. The primary focus is on extemporaneous presentations, but oral communications in other business contexts are also considered. - Chapter 5: Developing Business Relationships explains how to introduce yourself within business communities and how to frame requests that establish goodwill with your audience(s). This chapter also has tips for writing business emails. - Chapter 6: Business Communication Processes provides guidelines for the composing process for a variety of oral and written communications. - Chapter 7: Planning for the Job Search offers an overview of the job search communication process, from locating position announcements and networking to interviewing and job acceptance communications. - Chapter 8: Writing Cover Letters has information and advice on how to write a cover letter that will stand out to prospective employers. The assignment scenario focuses on opportunities available to early career college students, and from this project many students have found excellent summer internships and jobs. - Chapter 9: Collaborating and Communicating as a Team builds from the work on collaboration begun in BUS 101 and delves into the specifics of how to research, write, and present as a team. - Chapter 10: Reporting Your Findings examines the structure of formal recommendation reports and provides foundational strategies for how to narrate and represent qualitative and quantitative data. - Chapter 11: Making Recommendations explains how to deliver credible recommendations in writing and orally that are clear, concise, and thorough. - Chapter 12: Looking Back, Moving Forward covers the importance of reflective analysis for transferring learning from your first-year experiences into FSB's upper division core and major courses and on into your professional careers.
Foundations of Community Journalism
by Reader, Bill and Hatcher, John A.Foundations of Community Journalism is the first and only book to focus on how to understand and conduct research in this ever-increasing field. With chapters written by established journalism scholars and teachers, this book provides students and researchers with an understanding of the multiple methods applied to the study of community journalism, such as historical, social-scientific, cultural/critical, and interdisciplinary approaches. It explains what community journalism is as a research concept and offers a range of different methods and theories that can be applied to community journalism research. Although there are numerous "how-to" community journalism manuals for students and newspaper editors, none focuses on how to conduct research into community journalism. The body of knowledge in Foundations of Community Journalism would take readers months, perhaps years, of independent work to gather, making this book a "must-have" volume and reference tool for anybody who is interested in the relationships between journalism and communities.
Foundations of Data and Digital Journalism
by Alex RichardsThis accessible, step-by-step guide is written for students and working professionals who want to better understand data journalism, web design, and the visualization of information. Foundations of Data and Digital Journalism recognizes a growing need for general data knowledge in newsrooms across the globe, including an understanding of what’s possible for both data reporting and presentation and how it can be achieved. It serves as a roadmap for students and working journalists who seek to understand what data is and how to find it; how to harness it most effectively for news; how to think critically about analysis results, potential shortcomings in the data, and the inclusion of appropriate context; and how to present compelling, data-driven stories online. Interviews with a diverse range of current practitioners help the reader gain a deeper understanding of how these tools and techniques are used in digitally focused newsrooms today. Taking a holistic approach to data journalism, this book enables readers to: ● Assess a data set with a critical eye, understanding what it shows, how it was created, and for what purpose. ● Master prominent and easily accessible software tools, including Google Sheets and R. ● Translate findings and conclusions into plain English for a news audience without overstating what the data can show or being misleading. ● Create impactful, attractive visualizations for an audience to explore. ● Understand how the modern web works, including HTML5, CSS3, and responsive webpage frameworks, like Bootstrap. This is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate journalism students and for working professionals looking to expand their skillset. The book is supported with online student resources, including example datasets to support the material covered, available at Routledge.com.