Quality of Experience Advanced Concepts, Applications and Methods. by Möller, Sebastian

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part IConcepts; 1 Motivation and Introduction; 1.1 Quality of Information and Communication Technology; 1.2 The ``Qualinet White Paper on Definitions of Quality of Experience''; 1.3 Topics Addressed in this Book; References; 2 Quality and Quality of Experience; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 QoE Foundations, Terms and Definitions ; 2.2.1 Quality and Quality of Experience: Related Work; 2.2.2 Quality of Experience: Updated Terminology; 2.3 Experiencing and Quality Formation; 2.3.1 Perception and Experiencing Process; 2.3.2 Quality-Formation Process.…”
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Experience design : concepts and case studies /

Table of Contents: “…Fundamental aspects of human experience : a phenomeno(logical) explanation / Ian Coxon ; Experience as excursion : a note towards a metaphysics of design thinking / Connie Svabo and Michael Shanks ; How much time does it take for experience design to unfold? …”


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Experience and faith : the late-Romantic imagination of Emily Dickinson / by Brantley, Richard E.

Table of Contents: “…Distinguishing mode -- Ch. 2. Experimental trust -- Ch. 3. Nature methodized -- Ch. 4. …”


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An Affect of an Experience and how I learnt to write about it in the context of Fine Art. by Love, Kate

Table of Contents: “…An Examination of the Idea of the Subject as the Source of Experience -- 5. Writing to Meet the Affect of the Antagonism as Experienced in the Hospital off the City Road -- 6. …”
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The mighty experiment : free labor versus slavery in British emancipation / by Drescher, Seymour

Table of Contents: “…The Mighty Experiment; 9. Expanding the Experiment; 10. The Experiment Eroded; 11. …”
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Observation and experiment : an introduction to causal inference / by Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Observational studies: Between observational studies and experiments -- Natural experiments -- Elaborate theories -- Quasi-experimental devices -- Sensitivity to bias -- Design sensitivity -- Matching techniques -- Biases from general dispositions -- Instruments -- Conclusion.…”
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Observation and experiment : an introduction to causal inference / by Rosenbaum, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Between observational studies and experiments -- Natural experiments -- Elaborate theories -- Quasi-experimental devices -- Sensitivity to bias -- Design sensitivity -- Matching techniques -- Biases from general dispositions -- Instruments -- Conclusion.…”


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Everglades Experiments Lessons for Ecosystem Restoration / by Richardson, Curtis J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Hydrologic Status of the Everglades, Past and Present Alteration Effects -- Soils of the Everglades Landscape -- Vegetation of the Everglades -- Ecological Status of the Everglades: Historical and Current Comparisons of Ecosystem Structure and Function -- Long-term Water Chemistry Along Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradients -- Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades -- Soil Chemistry and P Storage Along Nutrient Gradients -- Patterns of Algal Assemblages Along a Phosphorus Gradient -- Macrophyte Community Responses to Long-term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod and Fire -- Invertebrates Along a Nutrient Gradient in the Northern Everglades -- Historical Gradient Changes in Vegetation, Water Quality and Hydrology in WCA-2A as Determined by Paleoecological Analysis -- A Mesocosm Approach to Establishment of Phosphorus Dosing Gradients in the Everglades -- Water Quality and Soil Chemistry responses to P Dosing -- Diel Changes in Water Chemistry in Response to P Dosing -- Changes in Macrophyte Slough Communities in Response to Experimental P Enrichment -- Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms -- Decomposition of Organic Matter under P Dosing.…”
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Experiments in ethics / by Appiah, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…The waterless moat -- The case against character -- The case against intuition -- The varieties of moral experience -- The ends of ethics.…”
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Religious experience : a reader /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Russell T. McCutcheon -- "Experience," from Keywords: a vocabulary of culture and society / Raymond Williams -- "Rethinking experience," from Shelter blues: sanity and selfhood among the homeless / Robert Desjarlais -- "Lecture 2: circumscription of the topic," from The varieties of religious experience: a study in human nature / William James -- "James: Varieties," from Varieties of religion today: William James revisited / Charles Taylor -- "Universals in religion," from Types of religious experience: Christian and non-Christian / Joachim Wach -- "Bozeman to Banaras: questions from the passage to India," from Encountering God: a spiritual journey from Bozeman to Banaras / Diana Eck -- "A classic conversion experience" and "Explaining religious experience," from Religious experience / Wayne Proudfoot -- Excerpt from "Conclusion," from Fits, trances, and visions: experiencing religion and explaining experience from Wesley to James / Ann Taves -- "Experience," from Critical terms for religious studies / Robert H. …”
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The Everglades experiments : lessons for ecosystem restoration / by Richardson, Curtis J.

Table of Contents: “…Everglades Ecosystem -- Overview of Gradient Studies and Experiments -- Ecological Status of the Everglades: Environmental and Human Factors that Control the Peatland Complex on the Landscape -- Soil Characteristics of the Everglades Peatland -- Vegetation and Algae of the Everglades Fen -- Nutrient and Hydrologic Gradient Studies -- to the Gradient Studies -- Enrichment Gradients in WCA-2A and Northern WCA-3A: Water, Soil, Plant Biomass, and Nutrient Storage Responses -- Geologic Settings and Hydrology Gradients in the Everglades -- Effects of Hydrologic Management Decisions on Everglades Tree Islands -- Macrophyte Community Responses in the Everglades with an Emphasis on Cattail (Typha domingensis) and Sawgrass (Cladium jamaicense) Interactions along a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire -- Algal Responses to Long-Term Nutrient Additions -- Macroinvertebrate Responses to a Gradient of Long-Term Nutrient Additions, Altered Hydroperiod, and Fire -- Historical Changes in Water Quality and Vegetation in WCA-2A Determined by Paleoecological Analyses -- Carbon Cycling and Dissolved Organic Matter Export in the Northern Everglades -- Everglades Experiments -- to a Mesocosm Approach for Establishment of Phosphorus Gradient Experiments -- Water Quality, Soil Chemistry, and Ecosystem Responses to P Dosing -- Macrophyte Slough Community Response to Experimental Phosphorus Enrichment and Periphyton Removal -- Decomposition of Litter and Peat in the Everglades: The Influence of P Concentrations -- Experimental Assessment of Phosphorus Effects on Algal Assemblages in Dosing Mesocosms -- Macroinvertebrate and Fish Responses to Experimental P Additions in Everglades Sloughs -- Plant Community Response to Long-Term N and P Fertilization -- The Effects of Disturbance, Phosphorus, and Water Level on Plant Succession in the Everglades -- Establishment and Seedling Growth of Sawgrass and Cattail from the Everglades -- Modeling Ecosystem Responses to Phosphorus Additions -- Long-Term Phosphorus Assimilative Capacity (PAC) in the Everglades -- Spatial Distributions of Total Phosphorus and Phosphorus Accretion Rates in Everglades Soils -- An Ecological Basis for Establishment of a Phosphorus Threshold for the Everglades Ecosystem -- Lessons for Restoration of the Everglades -- An Ecological Approach for Restoration of the Everglades Fen.…”
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The Experience of Thinking : How the Fluency of Mental Processes Influences Cognition and Behaviour. by Unkelbach, Christian

Table of Contents: “…Familiarity and positivity as integral consequences of previous exposure; 5 Fluency in context: Discrepancy makes processing experiences informative; 6 Disfluency sleeper effect: Disfluency today promotes fluency tomorrow; PART II Fluency in social processing…”
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The Experience of History : An Introduction to History. by Bartlett, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- We are All Part of the Evidence -- A Personal Example -- Chapter 2 The Historian not the History -- Ideological History -- Ethnic or National History -- Distant Voices -- Historical Style or Genre -- The Older Historian -- History by Non-Historians -- Historical Jargon -- History in Translation -- Chapter 3 If not the Historian, then Certainly the Evidence -- The Nature of Evidence -- Taxation Records -- Court or Legal Documents -- Eye-Witness Evidence -- Using Evidence Requires Skill and Experience…”
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Discipline and Experience : the Mathematical Way in the Scientific Revolution. by Dear, Peter, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations and Translations; Introduction: The Measure of All Things; One Induction in Early-Modern Europe; Two Experience and Jesuit Mathematical Science: The Practical Importance of Methodology; Three Expertise, Novel Claims, and Experimental Events; Four Apostolic Succession, Astronomical Knowledge, and Scientific Traditions; Five The Uses of Experience; Six Art, Nature, Metaphor: The Growth of Physico-Mathematics; Seven Pascal's Void, Natural Philosophers, and Mathematical Experience; Eight Barrow, Newton, and Constructivist Experiment.…”
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Experimenting Landscapes : Testing the Limits of the Garden. by Festival, Métis International Garden

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Ocean circulation and climate : a 21st century perspective

Subjects: “…World Ocean Circulation Experiment.…”
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The prison experience : disciplinary institutions and their inmates in early modern Europe / by Spierenburg, Petrus Cornelis

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Part One: The Origins; Part Two: Prisoners and Forced Labor; 3. The Period of Experimentation Prison Workhouses on the Continent, 1588-1650; 4. …”
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Designing Experiments /

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Thought experiments / by Sorensen, Roy A.

Table of Contents: “…Our most curious device -- Skepticism about thought experiments -- Mach and inner cognitive Africa -- The wonder of armchair inquiry -- Kuhntradictions -- The logical structure of thought experiments -- Conflict vagueness and precisification -- The evolution of thought experiment -- Are thought experiments experiments -- Fallacies and antifallacies.…”


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Experiments in sound / by Beeler, Nelson F. (Nelson Frederick), 1910-1978

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