Ordinary differential equations : Stability and Periodic Solutions / by ROUCHE and MAWHIN

• Record Nr.: UNINA990001286900403321
• Autore: Rouche, Nicolas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston [etc.] : Pitman, 1980
• Descrizione fisica: Surveys and reference works in mathematics
• Locazione: MA1
• Collocazione: 113-A-26
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Poder blando y diplomacia cultural : elementos clave de políticas exteriores en transformaciones / / Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir, editor académico

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910671405803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bogotá : , : Editorial Universidad del Rosario, , [2015]
• ISBN: 958-738-697-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 141 páginas)
• Collana: Colección Textos de Ciencia Política y Gobierno, y de Relaciones Internacionales
• Disciplina: 909.82
• Soggetti: Cultural diplomacy; Diplomacia cultural; International relations; Relaciones Internacionales; Libros electronicos.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Spagnolo
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Contiene índice.
• Nota di contenuto: Poder blando y diplomacia cultural, una dinámica reemergente en las relaciones internacionales / Mauricio Jaramillo Jassir -- Encuentros y desencuentros de los estados BRIC y el empleo del poder blando / Juan Nicolás Garzón Acosta -- Migraciones internacionales y poder blando : posibles aportes de la comunidad colombo-árabe / Massimo Di Ricco -- La política exterior de Turquía en el siglo XXI : la diplomacia cultural y el poder blando / Mehmet Ozkan -- Poder blando en China y Japón : entre una estrategia multidimensional y una aproximación cultural-empresarial / Ricardo Alberto Baquero Hernández -- Volver al pasado : geopolítica popular y medios masivos del entretenimiento en los Estados Unidos pos 9/11 / Mario Iván Urueña Sánchez -- La Hélade entre el ayer y el hoy / Georgia Kaltsidou -- Brasil es parte del caribe cultural : la literatura del nordeste y la tropicología de Gilberto Freyre / Alessandro Candeas.

SDG13 - climate action : combating climate change and its impacts / / by Federica Doni (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Andrea Gasperini (Italian Association of FinancialAnalysts, Italy), Joa̋o Torres Soares (Universidade de Passo Fundo, Brazil)

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819235603321
• Autore: Doni Federica
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, UK : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2020; ©2020
• ISBN: 9781787569157; 1-78756-915-2
• Edizione: [First edition]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 122 pages)
• Collana: Concise guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
• Disciplina: 338.927
• Soggetti: Desenvolupament sostenible; Canvis climàtics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research methods in information / / Alison Jane Pickard ; with contributions from Sue Childs [and others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970631203321
• Autore: Pickard Alison Jane
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Facet, , 2013
• ISBN: 9781783300235; 178330023X; 9781856048132
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 361 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 020.72
• Soggetti: Information science - Research - Methodology
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Setting the content -- The research hierarchy -- Overview of contents -- Part 1 Starting the research process -- Major research paradigms -- Introduction -- Positivist research -- Postpositivism and mixed methods research (MMR) -- Interpretivist research -- Qualitative or quantitative methodology? -- Qualitative research design -- Quantitative research design -- Mixed methods research -- Criteria for judging research -- Establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research -- Establishing rigour in quantitative research -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Reviewing literature -- Introduction -- Information searching and retrieval -- Evaluation -- Critical analysis -- Synthesizing the research: developing a theoretical framework -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Defining the research -- Introduction -- Designing a conceptual framework -- The research hypothesis -- Research aims and objectives -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- The research proposal -- Why write a proposal? -- Structure of a research proposal -- The proposal as a research framework -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Sampling -- Why sample? -- Population and sample -- Probability sampling -- Purposive sampling -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Research data management -- Ethics in research -- ; Introduction -- Gaining access to the field -- Informed consent -- Anonymity and confidentiality? -- Protecting participants -- Ethics online -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading.; Part 2 Research methods -- Case studies -- Introduction -- Phases in case study research -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Surveys -- Introduction -- Descriptive surveys -- Explanatory surveys -- The survey process -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Experimental research -- Introduction -- The nature of causality -- The true experiment -- Quasi-experimental design: the 'effects study' -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Usability testing -- Introduction -- Quasi experimental usability studies -- Cognitive walkthroughs -- Heuristic evaluation -- Ethnography -- Introduction -- Components of ethnographic study -- Virtual ethnography -- Ethics in ethnography -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Delphi study -- Introduction -- The Delphi process -- Rules of a Delphi study -- Modifying a Delphi study -- Delphi studies and new technologies -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Action research -- Introduction -- The action research cycle -- Trustworthiness in action research -- Action research as reflective practice -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Historical research -- Introduction -- The research process -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Grounded theory: method or analysis? -- Introduction -- Defining grounded theory -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading.; Part 3 Data collection techniques -- Interviews -- Introduction -- What is the purpose of an interview? -- The seven stages of the interview process -- Online interviewing -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Questionnaires -- Introduction -- Designing questionnaires -- Developing questions -- Scale items -- Forms of questionnaire -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Observation -- Introduction -- The role of the observer -- Recording what you see: going with signposts -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Diaries -- Introduction -- The purpose of diaries in research -- Participant diaries -- The researcher's log -- Structure and recording -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Focus groups -- Introduction -- The purpose of a focus group -- Organizing a focus group -- Online focus groups -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Analysis of existing, extnernally created material -- The different supporting roles of documents -- LIS research principally based on documents -- Citation analysis -- Logs associated with computer software and the use of ICT.; Part 4 Data analysis and research presentation -- Qualitative analysis -- Introduction -- Phenomenological strategies -- Ethnographic methods -- Narrative and discourse analysis -- Constant comparative analysis -- Memo writing -- Presenting qualitative findings -- Software for qualitative analysis -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Quantitative analysis -- Introduction -- Levels of measurement -- Frequency distribution -- Cross-tabulation -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of dispersion -- Correlation -- Displaying data -- Testing for statistical significance -- Software for quantitative analysis -- Summary -- Practical exercise -- Suggested further reading -- Presenting the research -- Introduction -- Planning the final report -- Form and structure -- Summary -- Suggested further reading -- Glossary and references.
• Sommario/riassunto: The long-awaited 2nd edition of this best-selling research methods ; handbook is fully updated and includes brand new coverage of online research methods and techniques, mixed methodology and qualitative analysis. This edition includes two new contributed chapters: Professor Julie McLeod, Sue Childs and Elizabeth Lomas focus on research data management, applying evidence from the recent JISC funded ‘DATUM’ project; Dr Andrew Shenton examines strategies for analysing existing documents.