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    LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volume

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    LIPIcs, Volume 251, ITCS 2023, Complete Volum

    Sociotechnical Imaginaries, the Future and the Third Offset Strategy

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    Narratives Crossing Boundaries: Storytelling in a Transmedial and Transdisciplinary Context

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    As the dominant narrative forms in the age of media convergence, films and games call for a transmedial perspective in narratology. Games allow a participatory reception of the story, bringing the transgression of the ontological boundary between the narrated world and the world of the recipient into focus. These diverse transgressions - medial and ontological - are the subject of this transdisciplinary compendium, which covers the subject in an interdisciplinary way from various perspectives: game studies and media studies, but also sociology and psychology, to take into account the great influence of storytelling on social discourses and human behavior

    English speech practice: Tutorial for 2nd year students

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    Навчальний посібник для аудиторної та самостійної роботи студентів 2 курсу «Практика усного та писемного мовлення (англійська мова)» створений, щоб допомогти студентам – майбутнім фахівцям іноземної філології, розвинути іншомовні компетенціїTutorial for classroom and independent work of the 2nd year students "English Speech Practice" is aimed to help students - future specialists of foreign philology, develop foreign language competence

    Proceedings of the Fourth Russian Finnish Symposium on Discrete Mathematics

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    A Critical Woman

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    This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Barbara Wootton was one of the extraordinary public figures of the twentieth century. She was an outstanding social scientist, an architect of the welfare state, an iconoclast who challenged conventional wisdoms and the first woman to sit on the Woolsack in the House of Lords. Ann Oakley has written a fascinating and highly readable account of the life and work of this singular woman, but the book goes much further. It is an engaged account of the making of British social policy at a critical period seen through the lens of the life and work of a pivotal figure. Oakley tells a story about the intersections of the public and the private and about the way her subject's life unfolded within, was shaped by, and helped to shape a particular social and intellectual context

    Язык и культура : сборник статей XXXII Международной научной конференции (25-27 октября 2022 г.)

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    Настоящий сборник составлен на основе докладов участников XXXII Международной научной конференции "Язык и культура", посвященной 144-летию Томского государственного университета и 60-летию работы в Томском государственном университете доктора педагогических наук, профессора, заслуженного декана Томского государственного университета Светланы Константиновны Гураль. Представленные в издании материалы посвящены актуальным вопросам теоретического и прикладного языкознания и литературоведения, психолого-педагогическим и социокультурным аспектам преподавания иностранных языков, важным проблемам перевода и межкультурной коммуникации. Рекомендуется для преподавателей высших учебных заведений, студентов, учителей школ, лицеев, гимназий и колледжей

    Solving the Rubik’s cube of Indian sport: exploring impactful factors and alternative ways to facilitate success

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    The heavy investment of nations in high-performance sport seems justified by the belief that high-performance sporting success can lead to national pride and mass participation. This would then provide a larger pool of talent for selection of future successful athletes, whilst also promoting participation and greater physical activity for others. Although India too seems to follow a similar philosophy, and has consistently been investing in sport, its performance at international sport, especially the Olympic Games has not been impressive. This is particularly distressing when considered against the country’s large population. Given that India sees worth in investing in high-performance sport, potential ways to facilitate sporting success need to be explored. Consequently, this thesis adopted a pragmatic approach to explore sport development in India. Specifically, potential factors contributing to the limited success were explored and potential alternatives to facilitate India’s ongoing efforts of achieving sporting success on the international stage were proposed. The first step involved exploring Indian sport from a policy viewpoint to gain deeper knowledge about potential reasons that might be limiting the impact of numerous policies implemented so far. A long-standing issue with policy implementation and a potential lack of policy learning were concluded as two of the main reasons impacting sporting success. A potential for India to adopt bottom-up and top-down approaches to policy implementation and policy transfer were proposed as alternative ways for India to overcome the policy issues. There was, however, a need to gather a rich picture of the current scenario of Indian sport. Therefore, perceptions of high-level key stakeholders were explored through a semi structured interview to gain in-depth knowledge about Indian sport. Reflecting the challenges of size and scope, and the consequent need to triangulate and generalise the conclusions, further exploration was completed through a quantitative survey. Significant findings from these empirically driven studies included: i) a lack of sporting culture; ii) a need to develop quality Indian coaches and a coaching system; and iii) a need to increase use and knowledge of sport science support. Of these conclusions, coach development was prioritised for three main reasons, its significance in the wider literature, the fact that India lacked a coaching system and Indian coaches being criticised for their relatively poor knowledge (including misconceptions and limited use of sport sciences). Therefore, an India-specific model aimed at developing quality Indian coaches and a coaching system was proposed. Given the policy implementation issues, however, the feasibility of the model was tested through another empirically driven study. Finally, a revised model for coach development was offered that might contribute to India’s efforts of succeeding at international sports

    AI for Everyone?

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    We are entering a new era of technological determinism and solutionism in which governments and business actors are seeking data-driven change, assuming that Artificial Intelligence is now inevitable and ubiquitous. But we have not even started asking the right questions, let alone developed an understanding of the consequences. Urgently needed is debate that asks and answers fundamental questions about power. This book brings together critical interrogations of what constitutes AI, its impact and its inequalities in order to offer an analysis of what it means for AI to deliver benefits for everyone. The book is structured in three parts: Part 1, AI: Humans vs. Machines, presents critical perspectives on human-machine dualism. Part 2, Discourses and Myths About AI, excavates metaphors and policies to ask normative questions about what is ‘desirable’ AI and what conditions make this possible. Part 3, AI Power and Inequalities, discusses how the implementation of AI creates important challenges that urgently need to be addressed. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and regional contexts, this book offers a vital intervention on one of the most hyped concepts of our times

    Proceedings of the Fourth Russian Finnish Symposium on Discrete Mathematics

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