Risk Science
Risk Science

Author: Terje Aven

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-12

Total Pages: 427

ISBN-13: 1000435032

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information. Risk Science: An Introduction explores the theory and practice of risk science, providing concepts and tools for understanding and acting under conditions of uncertainty. The chapters in this work cover the fundamental concepts, principles, approaches, methods and models for how to understand, assess, communicate, manage and govern risk. These topics are presented and examined in a way which details how they relate, for example, how to characterize and communicate risk with particular emphasis on reflecting uncertainties; how to distinguish risk perception and professional risk judgments; how to assess risk and guide decision-makers, especially for cases involving large uncertainties and value differences; and how to integrate risk assessment with resilience-based strategies. The text provides a variety of examples and case studies that relate to highly visible and relevant issues facing risk academics, practitioners and non-risk leaders who must make risk-related decisions. Presenting both the foundational and most recent advancements in the subject matter, this work particularly suits students of risk science courses at college and university level. The book also provides broader key reading for students and scholars in other domains, including business, engineering and public health.

The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication
The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication

Author: Bruno Takahashi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-27

Total Pages: 661

ISBN-13: 1000509389

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This handbook provides a comprehensive review of communication around rising global environmental challenges and public action to manage them now and into the future. Bringing together theoretical, methodological, and practical chapters, this book presents a unique opportunity for environmental communication scholars to critically reflect on the past, examine present trends, and start envisioning exciting new methodologies, theories, and areas of research. Chapters feature authors from a wide range of countries to critically review the genesis and evolution of environmental communication research and thus analyze current issues in the field from a truly international perspective, incorporating diverse epistemological perspectives, exciting new methodologies, and interdisciplinary theoretical frameworks. The handbook seeks to challenge existing dominant perspectives of environmental communication from and about populations in the Global South and disenfranchised populations in the Global North. The Handbook of International Trends in Environmental Communication is ideal for scholars and advanced students of communication, sustainability, strategic communication, media, environmental studies, and politics.

Model Predictive Control - Theory and Applications
Model Predictive Control - Theory and Applications

Author: Constantin Voloşencu

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-07-12

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1803559888

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book presents some recent specialized theoretical and practical works in the field of process control based on the model predictive control (MPC) method. It includes seven chapters that present studies on the application of MPC in various technical processes, such as the atmospheric plasma spray process, permanent magnet synchronous motors, monitoring of the pose of a walking person, monitoring of the heat treatment process of raw materials, discrete event processes, control of passenger vehicles, and natural gas sweetening processes. Chapters include examples and case studies from researchers in the field. This volume provides readers with new solutions and answers to questions related to the emerging applications of MPC and their implementation.

Applying the Canon in Islam
Applying the Canon in Islam

Author: Brannon M. Wheeler

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1996-07-03

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780791429747

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Argues how the notion of "canon" is used to authorize and maintain certain types of interpretive reasoning and the social institutions that employ them.

New Northern Lights
New Northern Lights

Author: Canadian Circumpolar Institute

Publisher: Canadian Circumpolar Institute

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume represents the diverse scholarship taking place among a multidisciplinary graduate student network, the Circumpolar Students' Association, at the University of Albert. Academic peer-reviewed papers and extended abstracts comprise both theoretical and empirical papers on thesis and non-thesis related subjects from several disciplines. The resulting collection is varied, and touch on a wide range of themes: ethical research practices in indigenous communities, land use conflicts and development, cultural tourism and empowerment, climate change impacts on northern ecology and biodiversity, experiences in community-based research, health and environmental risk perception, socio-economic impacts of industrial development, wind energy potential in Yukon, contemporary language programs in Nunavut, the impact of industry on post-secondary education in the NWT, the integrity of reserve networks in addressing conservation issues, and a study on religious discourse of Cree Evangelical Christians in northern Alberta. The authors have diverse backgrounds, academic training, and perspectives; however, their common interest in northern issues regularly brings them together to exchange ideas concerning the changing north. Papers by: Micaela Brown; Heather Castleden; Suzanne de la Barre; Mark A. Edwards, Andrew E. Derocher, and John A. Nagy; Audrey R. Giles; Shelby Mitchell; Jean-Paul Pinard; Clint Westman, Michelle Daveluy, Liesel Knall, Marni Amirault, and Doreen Ducharme; Andrew Hodgkins; Shawn J. Leroux and Fiona K. A. Schmiegelow; and Clint Westman.

The Risk Perception of Artificial Intelligence
The Risk Perception of Artificial Intelligence

Author: Hugo Neri

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-12-16

Total Pages: 179

ISBN-13: 1793602069

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In The Risk Perception of Artificial Intelligence, Hugo Neri examines how society has come to understand artificial intelligence by studying how cultural productions, intellectuals, and the media have shaped society’s views, understandings, and fears of artificial intelligence. As an abstract term, artificial intelligence has been understood both as a discipline and a "robot's mind." In the twenty and twenty-first centuries, cultural representations in comics, television shows, and movies converged with public lectures about the risks of A.I. by prominent public figures such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk. Neri analyzes how this cultural and intellectual miscellany shapes the way we perceive artificial intelligence and whether this perception is universal or restricted to the Western world.

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis
Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis

Author: Sebastian Martorell

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-09-10

Total Pages: 3512

ISBN-13: 1482266482

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Safety, Reliability and Risk Analysis. Theory, Methods and Applications contains the papers presented at the joint ESREL (European Safety and Reliability) and SRA-Europe (Society for Risk Analysis Europe) Conference (Valencia, Spain, 22-25 September 2008). The book covers a wide range of topics, including: Accident and Incident Investigation; Crisi