Publications
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The Palgrave Handbook of Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Literature and Science
(2020)
This handbook illustrates the evolution of literature and science, in collaboration and contestation, across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The essays it gathers question the charged rhetoric that pits science ...
Social Work, Sociometry, and Psychodrama
(2021)
This open access book outlines the intersections between social work and the methods of sociometry and psychodrama. Different sections offer essential practice wisdom for both trauma-focused and trauma-informed experiential ...
Ecosystem Services for Well-Being in Deltas
(2018)
Ecosystem services; Sustainable development; Environmental management; Natural resource management; Coastal management; Bangladesh and sea-level rise research; Governance of ecosystem services; Regional climate ...
Grassroots Politics and Oil Culture in Venezuela
(2017)
petro-state; corruption; extractive capitalism; Hugo Chavez; revolution
Bearing Witness
(2021)
This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered ...
Materialising the Future
(2023)
This open access book offers a host of theoretical knowledge at the basis of new EM&Ts (namely, Interactive Connected Smart Materials, Wearables (ICS), Nanomaterials, Advanced Growing Materials, and Experimental Wood-Based ...
Global Pathways to Education
(2022)
In this open access volume, the editors identify the trajectories and patterns displayed by education systems and investigate the causes of change from a global and historical perspective. The contributors argue that the ...
Computational Cognitive Modeling and Linguistic Theory
(2020)
This open access book introduces a general framework that allows natural language researchers to enhance existing competence theories with fully specified performance and processing components. Gradually developing ...
Chapter Bibliography
(2013)
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete’s foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection ...
The Huawei and Snowden Questions
(2018)
This open access book answers two central questions: firstly, is it at all possible to verify electronic equipment procured from untrusted vendors? Secondly, can I build trust into my products in such a way that I support ...
Wetlands and Water Framework Directive
(2015)
Environmental Science and Engineering; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management; Geoecology/Natural Processes
Wadi Flash Floods
(2022)
This open access book brings together research studies, developments, and application-related flash flood topics on wadi systems in arid regions. The major merit of this comprehensive book is its focus on research and ...
Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States
(2022)
This open access book synthesizes current information on wildland fire smoke in the United States, providing a scientific foundation for addressing the production of smoke from wildland fires. This will be increasingly ...
Preparing for Life in a Digital Age: The IEA International Computer and Information Literacy Study International Report
(2014)
Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Computers and Education; International and Comparative Education
Chapter Appendix
(2015)
Statistically, women appear to suffer more frequently from depressive and anxiety disorders, featuring more regularly in primary care figures for consultations, diagnoses and prescriptions for psychotropic medication. This ...
Computer Aided Verification
(2023)
The open access proceedings set LNCS 13964, 13965, 13966 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, CAV 2023, which was held in Paris, France, in July 2023. ...
Beyond 100: The Next Century in Geodesy
(2023)
This open access book contains 30 peer-reviewed papers based on presentations at the 27th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The meeting was held from July 8 to 18, 2019 in Montreal, ...
Multivariate Statistical Machine Learning Methods for Genomic Prediction
(2022)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license This open access book brings together the latest genome base prediction models currently being used by statisticians, breeders and data scientists. It provides an accessible ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Menstruation Studies
(2020)
This open access handbook, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive and carefully curated multidisciplinary and genre-spanning view of the state of the field of Critical Menstruation Studies, opening up new directions ...
Berufliche Passagen im Lebenslauf: Berufsbildungs- und Transitionsforschung in der Schweiz
(2015)
Professional & Vocational Education; Educational Psychology; Sociology of Education