2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Geography is a diverse discipline that has some sort of connection to most every other academic discipline. This connection is the spatial perspective, which essentially means if a phenomenon can be mapped, it has some kind of relationship to geography. Studying the entire world is a fascinating subject, and geographical knowledge is fundamental to a competent understanding of our world. In this chapter, you will learn what geography is as well as some of the fundamental concepts that underpin the discipline. These fundamental terms and concepts will be interwoven throughout the text, so a sound understanding of these topics is critical as you delve deeper into the chapters that follow.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
This book was written to provide students with an introduction to the field of education. The book is broken into chapters that focus on questions students may have about education in general. Although some chapters may go into more depth than others, this is created as an introductory text.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Welcome to learning about how to effectively plan curriculum for young children. This textbook will address: Developing curriculum through the planning cycle Theories that inform what we know about how children learn and the best ways for teachers to support learning The three components of developmentally appropriate practice Importance and value of play and intentional teaching Different models of curriculum Process of lesson planning (documenting planned experiences for children) Physical, temporal, and social environments that set the stage for children’s learning Appropriate guidance techniques to support children’s behaviors as the self-regulation abilities mature. Planning for preschool-aged children in specific domains including Physical development Language and literacy Math Science Creative (the visual and performing arts) Diversity (social science and history) Health and safety How curriculum planning for infants and toddlers is different from planning for older children Supporting school-aged children’s learning and development in out-of-school time through curriculum planning Making children’s learning visible through documentation and assessment
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Introduction to Computer Graphics is a free, on-line textbook covering the fundamentals of computer graphics and computer graphics programming. This book is meant for use as a textbook in a one-semester course that would typically be taken by undergraduate computer science majors in their third or fourth year of college.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
This book introduces concepts in mobile, autonomous robotics to 3rd-4th year students in Computer Science or a related discipline. The book covers principles of robot motion, forward and inverse kinematics of robotic arms and simple wheeled platforms, perception, error propagation, localization and simultaneous localization and mapping. The cover picture shows a wind-up toy that is smart enough to not fall off a table just using intelligent mechanism design and illustrate the importance of the mechanism in designing intelligent, autonomous systems. This book is open source, open to contributions, and released under a creative common license.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Introduction to Arithmetic Groups
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
El presente libro es una herramienta esencial para estudiantes de ingeniería que se inician en el estudio del Cálculo Vectorial, con el objetivo de proporcionar una comprensión sólida de los conceptos fundamentales del cálculo de varias variables y sus aplicaciones prácticas en ingeniería. Está estructurado en cinco unidades que comienzan con los fundamentos del cálculo vectorial, como la representación de puntos y vectores en el espacio, operaciones vectoriales, ecuaciones de rectas y planos, y geometría tridimensional. Estos fundamentos establecen una base para el estudio de temas más avanzados. La segunda unidad explora funciones vectoriales, abarcando el estudio de curvas en el espacio y campos vectoriales, con aplicaciones en física, lo que ayuda a los estudiantes a modelar y analizar fenómenos físicos con herramientas matemáticas. La tercera unidad se centra en el cálculo diferencial, cubriendo derivadas parciales, gradiente, divergencia y rotacional, además de la optimización de funciones de varias variables con multiplicadores de Lagrange. Esta parte es crucial para la resolución de problemas de optimización en ingeniería. La cuarta unidad aborda el cálculo integral, incluyendo integrales múltiples, cambio de variables y los teoremas de Green, Stokes y Gauss, esenciales para calcular volúmenes, áreas y flujos en problemas ingenieriles. La metodología del libro se basa en un aprendizaje simplificado, con explicaciones claras y concisas, y evita formalismos excesivos. Los numerosos ejemplos prácticos y ejercicios, tanto resueltos como propuestos, permiten a los estudiantes aplicar conceptos teóricos a problemas reales, reforzando su aprendizaje. Dirigido a estudiantes de ingeniería de la Universidad Técnica Estatal de Quevedo, especialmente a aquellos en el curso de Cálculo Vectorial, este libro es un recurso invaluable para profundizar en el campo del cálculo vectorial y sus aplicaciones en ingeniería.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
El Distrito Capital, como entidad territorial localizada en el centro de la Sábana de Bogota, tiene la responsabilidad política y administrativa de liderar la sostenibilidad ambiental y articularse con la Corporación Autónoma Regional de Cundinamarca (CAR) con miras a preservar la estructura ecológica del territorio y propiciar usos sostenibles del suelo (urbano y rural). Para ello existe un conjunto de herramientas e instrumentos administrativos contemplados en el Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial (POT) del Distrito Capital que todos los ciudadanos deberían conocer y usar para proteger los ecosistemas de la sabana de Bogota y los derechos humanos asociados con la sostenibilidad ambiental. El objetivo de esta publicación es contribuir a la divulgación de dichas herramientas, mediante conceptualización y síntesis de la información jurídica relevante sobre la materia. Para lograr este propósito, este libro está estructurado en dos partes, la primera plantea una contextualización teórica e historia sobre el ordenamiento territorial en Bogotá y la segunda parte presenta los principales conceptos de la estructura ecológica principal siguiendo el articulado del POT de Bogotá - Decreto Distrital 555 de 2021.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
This book is intended as an open educational resource for beginning journalism students. It contains information on such topics as the First Amendment, 5 Ws (and H), the inverted pyramid, headlines and subheads, AP and in-house style, writing and editing exercises, and guidance on strategies for covering various stories and/or events. This book essentially replicates the structure of the author’s journalism classes, which are writing-intensive classes. As such, it focuses upon helping student writers begin working on reasonably serious, campus-level journalism assignments as quickly and effectively as possible. The goal is to submit stories, photos, and occasionally video to a university newspaper for publication, all the while following professional standards related to accuracy, clarity, grammar, and AP style.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
"The present volume is timely not only because it models creative and effective strategies to advance both open education and information literacy, but especially because it poses critical questions and urges practitioners to go well beyond questions of access to and the use of information. It demands reflection on what is being accessed (and what is not), who is gaining access (and who is not), who is providing access (and who is not), and what the goal is of this access (and what lies beyond access)."—from the Foreword by Rajiv S. Jhangiani Information literacy skills are key when finding, using, adapting, and producing open educational resources (OER). Educators who wish to include OER for their students need to be able to find these resources and use them according to their permissions. When open pedagogical methods are employed, students need to be able to use information literacy skills as they compile, reuse, and create open resources. Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy captures current open education and information literacy theory and practice and provides inspiration for the future. Chapters include practical applications, theoretical musings, literature reviews, and case studies and discuss social justice issues, collaboration, open pedagogy, training, and advocacy. The book is divided into six parts: Foundations Teaching Info Lit with OER Librarian Support of Open Pedagogy/OER Social Justice/Untold Stories Student Advocacy Spreading the Love: Training Future Advocates and Practitioners Chapters cover topics including library-led OER creation; digital cultural heritage and the intersections of primary source literacy and information literacy; situated learning and open pedagogy; critical librarianship and open education; and developing student OER leaders. Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy—which went through an open peer review process—informs and inspires on OER, info lit, and their many iterative convergences. It is available as an open access edition at https://bit.ly/ACRLOERInfoLit.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Interpersonal Communication: A Mindful Approach to Relationships helps readers examine their own one-on-one communicative interactions using a mindfulness lens. The writing team of Jason S. Wrench, Narissra M. Punyanunt-Carter, and Katherine Thweatt incorporates the latest communication theory and research to help students navigate everyday interpersonal interactions. The 14 chapters in this book cover topics typically taught in an undergraduate interpersonal communication course: family interactions, interpersonal dynamics, language, listening, nonverbal communication, and romantic relationships, as well as exploring emerging areas such as self-compassion, body positivity, friendships, and “the dark side”. The writing takes on a purposefully informal tone to engage readers. Each chapter is broken into different sections that have unique instructional outcomes, key takeaways, and exercises, and concludes with real-world case studies and sample quiz questions. Also included is an extensive glossary with over 350 definitions.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory – structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in an accessible manner. The first half of the book covers the theories that are most commonly taught in undergraduate programmes. The book then expands to present emerging approaches and offer wider perspectives. Each chapter sets out the basics of a theory whilst also applying it to a real-world event or issue, creating a lively, readable and relevant guide that will help students to see not only what theories are – but why they matter.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
This book is designed to be a ‘Day 0' introduction to International Relations. 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 way. The chapters offer a broad sweep of the basic components of International Relations and the key contemporary issues that concern the discipline. The narrative arc forms a complete circle, taking readers from no knowledge to competency. The journey starts by examining how the international system was formed and ends by reflecting that International Relations is always adapting to events and is therefore a never-ending journey of discovery. Unlike typical textbooks, there are no boxes, charts, pictures or exercises. The philosophy underpinning this book is that these things can be a distraction. This book, like others in the E-IR Foundations series, is designed to capture attention with an engaging narrative. The chapters are short, with simple paragraphs and clear sentences placing the reader inside crucial issues and debates so they can understand how things work, and where they fit in the world around them.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Intercultural learning: Critical preparation for international student travel aims to take students beyond practical preparation, to equip them with a critical lens through which to view and understand their international experiences. The book leads students toward a deeper understanding of culture and cultural difference through an exploration of challenging concepts such as imperialism, racism, privilege and intercultural practice. As an adjunct to traditional approaches, the book adds a significant and valuable dimension to the process of preparing students for international study, increasing the potential for meaningful and transformative learning experiences.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Intercultural Communication for the Community College
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
El presente libro tuvo como objetivo determinar la clima social familiar y autoestima en estudiantes de nivel secundaria de Huancavelica, metodológicamente la investigación fue tipo aplicada, diseño no experimental de nivel correlacional y descriptivo, la población de estudio fue de 138 estudiantes de nivel de educación secundaria de edades 15 y 17 años del colegio "Francisca Diez Canseco de Castilla" en Huancavelica de muestreo probabilístico con técnica encuesta de escala de medición que incluye noventa ítems, diez sub dimensiones y tres dimensiones de confiabilidad entre 0.88 y 0.91, se utilizó el programa SPSS. Los resultados indican una relación positiva de intensidad baja entre el Clima Social Familiar y la Autoestima, con coeficiente de correlación 0.29. Se concluye, el clima social ayuda a mejor la autoestima de los estudiantes.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
La Inteligencia Artificial (IA), el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (NLP) y el Aprendizaje Automático (ML) han jugado un papel crucial en la lucha contra la pandemia de Covid-19, proporcionando herramientas tecnológicas valiosas para el diagnóstico, seguimiento y control de la enfermedad, implementándose soluciones con IA para mitigar sus efectos. Se propone el diseño de un modelo de ML aplicando técnicas NLP en el preprocesamiento de texto para poder evaluar la eficacia del análisis de datos en conversaciones de personas contagiadas del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Se recopiló información de redes sociales como Twitter y Facebook, y encuestas a contagiados de Covid-19 en la Zona 8 de la provincia del Guayas. Con estos datos, se entrenó un sistema de clasificación textual utilizando los algoritmos de Soporte de Máquina Vectorial y Random Forest. El estudio resultó en una precisión del 96% en ambos modelos, demostrando su viabilidad para la creación e implementación de clasificadores de texto. Se logró mejorar el rendimiento del modelo, reduciendo las categorías con más de 200 ocurrencias, lo que resultó en una precisión más elevada sin diferencias significativas entre ambos modelos. Por último, se desarrolló un sitio web capaz de clasificar correctamente los síntomas y recomendaciones comentadas por los pacientes.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Este libro refleja el trabajo realizado bajo investigación entre docentes investigadores con el afán de que sea útil al lector, el uso de predicciones al momento de entrenar un algoritmo clasificado de texto en procesamiento de lenguaje natural (PLN) basado en machine learning. Conformado de 4 capítulos con la utilidad para el inicio al mundo de la IA de la rama de procesamiento de lenguaje natural con Python en machine learning. El Capítulo 1 menciona conceptos y la evolución de las diferentes ramas de conocimiento que abarca la inteligencia artificial (AI), el entendimiento del NLP, machine learning, tipos de aprendizaje para resolver problemas como el supervisado, no supervisado y refuerzo. Capítulo 2 se profundiza el NLP conociendo los contenidos básicos de clasificación como: Las técnicas y diseño de LSTM, tokeización, stopword, lematización, bag of Word (part of speech tagging). Capítulo 3 es la estructuración de este capítulo el conocer las definiciones de los modelos de aprendizaje supervisado que son útiles en NLP orientado a la clasificación de texto. Capítulo 4 un caso de predicción o grado de asertividad del modelamiento de un algoritmo, la intención es demostrar la utilización de un modelo y varias técnicas aplicando NLP basado en machine learning.
2026 · Book · Koleksi Perpustakaan
Este libro es una introducción al area de la Inteligencia Artificial y presenta algunas de las aplicaciones que puede tener en la vida real en diversos campos de aplicación, El libro esta compuesto de ocho capítulos los cuales abarcan los antededentes, algunos conceptos importantes para la resolución de problemas como es la representación de conocimiento, el planteamiento de los problemas. Asimismo se menciona la teoría de agentes por un lado y por otro lo que es el aprendizaje computacional. Otra area que se aborta es la computación evolutivo y los algoritmos bioinspirados para la resolución de problemas, dandole enfasis a los problemas de optimizacion. Por ultimo se menciona una nueva tendencia en el area de las ciencias computacionales como es el uso de las GPUs para trabajar de una manera mas rapida al realizar el procesamiento en paralelo.
