If you are looking to start developing your data self-defense and critical news consumption skills, this book is for you! It reflects a long-term collaboration between a statistician and a journalist to shed light on the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics. The only prerequisite for enjoying this book is an interest in developing the skills and insights for bette…
This Open Access book investigates the methodological and ethical dilemmas involved when working with digital technologies and large-scale datasets in relation to ethnographic studies of digital migration practices and trajectories. Digital technologies reshape not only every phase of the migration process itself (by providing new ways to access, to share and preserve relevant information) but …
The Introduction to Law that you are now holding in your hands is special in the sense that it introduces students to law in general and not to the law of one specific jurisdiction. It has been written with two goals in mind. First, this book is meant to be used in the course Introduction to Law of the Maastricht European Law School. This course aims to provide law students with the global know…
The global economic crisis of 2009–2014 forced organizations to reduce expenses in an environment of reduced economic activities. One of the most popular cost-reduction activities is conducting more business online. Actually, we are experiencing one of the most important changes to our daily lives—the move to an Internet-based society
The link between the military and political spheres is the realm of strategy. If there is a revolution, it is one in strategic affairs, and is the result of significant changes in both the objectives in pursuit of which governments might want to use armed forces, and in the means that they might employ. Its most striking feature is its lack of a fixed form. The new circumstances and capabilitie…
This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations (IR) theory. As a beginner’s guide, it has been structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in the most accessible manner in order to introduce this area of study in a fresh way. It is recommended that you first consult this book’s companion text Inte…
Satu bahasa besar atau bahasa utama memiliki kamus, tata bahasa, dan uji bahasa yang standar. Kamus memuat khazanah kosakata bahasa yang dapat menjadi lambang atau indikator kemajuan peradaban masyarakat pendukungnya. Demikian pula, bahasa Indonesia memiliki kekayaan kosakata yang memadai sebagai sarana pikir, ekspresi, dan komunikasi di berbagai bidang kehidupan. Kamus Bahasa Indonesia ini…
Linux Server ClearOS adalah linux yang cukup hebat. Base system yang handal dan tangguh dipadukan dengan kemudahan setting dan konfigurasinya. Bahkan para pemula yang belum mengenal linux sama sekali, mampu membuat server ClearOS yang powerfull.
The Digital Closet unpacks and answers the question of “whose community” is being kept safe when so-called community-safety policies regarding human sexuality are imposed onto online communities. There is a moral gravity here. Our experience of the internet, and therefore our ability to work, play, grow, heal, and love, has been warped by structures of power only accountable to themselves. …
International regimes are defined as principles, norms, rules, and decisionmaking procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area. As a starting point, regimes have been conceptualized as intervening variables, standing between basic causal factors and related outcomes and behavior. There are three views about the importance of regimes: conventional structural orientat…
Most people feel like they know themselves pretty well. But what if you could know yourself just a little bit better—and with this small improvement, get a big payoff…not just in your career, but in your life? Research shows that self-awareness—knowing who we are and how others see us—is the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. There’s just on…
The book uses examples and case studies to show that cost optimization and not cost reduction is the right approach to maximizing profitability and enterprise value. Indeed, it is the only way to achieve sustainable profitability. In this book, the science of process improvement, the art of finance, and the enabling powers of information technology come together to make the case for a dependabl…
This book assumes that you are a competent computer user. That means you have used a computer at work and at home, are comfortable with email and web browsers, and know what words like RAM and USB mean. For instructors considering this as a textbook, that means that students will have had some basic understanding of PCs, but need not have had formal computer courses. For this reason, there is a…