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Chapter “The Root of All Evil is Inactivity”
(2021)
This chapter focuses on the varied responses of French psychiatrists to new
theories of patient occupation emerging after World War I (1914–18).
South China Sea Seeps
(2023)
This open access book presents an overview on seep systems in South China Sea. It includes numerous illustrations and photographs of the seeps that never seen before. It also introduces multidisciplinary research results ...
Verrechnungspreise: Grundlagen und Praxis
(2016)
business taxation; tax law
Designing Sustainability for All
(2021)
This open access book introduces design for Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and for Sustainable Distributed Economies (S.DE). These are introduced as technical and operative tools for the development of a new ...
Snow Sports Trauma and Safety: Conference Proceedings of the International Society for Skiing Safety: 21st Volume
(2017)
skiing; snow sports; trauma; safety; kinematics; epidemiology
Regenerative Territories
(2022)
This open access book provides new perspectives on circular economy and space, explored towards the definition of regenerative territories characterised by healthy metabolisms. Going beyond the mere reuse/recycle of material ...
Managing Future Challenges for Safety
(2022)
This open access book addresses the future of work and industry by 2040—a core interest for many disciplines inspiring a strong momentum for employment and training within the industrial world. The future of industrial ...
Managing Future Challenges for Safety
(2022)
This open access book addresses the future of work and industry by 2040—a core interest for many disciplines inspiring a strong momentum for employment and training within the industrial world. The future of industrial ...
Kommunikation und Bildverarbeitung in der Automation
(2020)
In diesem Open-Access-Tagungsband sind die besten Beiträge des 9. Jahreskolloquiums "Kommunikation in der Automation" (KommA 2018) und des 6. Jahreskolloquiums "Bildverarbeitung in der Automation" (BVAu 2018) enthalten. ...
Fundamentals of Manufacturing Engineering Using Digital Visualization
(2025)
This open access book offers a guide to core principles and practices of manufacturing engineering. It covers the design of, together with technological and measurement issues for, technical systems. Locating charts and ...
Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
(2018)
computer software maintenance; computer software selection and evaluation; formal logic; formal methods; formal specification; programming languages; semantics; software engineering; specifications; verification
Microfinance, EU Structural Funds and Capacity Building for Managing Authorities
(2015)
Finance and Banking, General Finance, International Finance
Aviation Noise Impact Management
(2022)
This open access book provides a view into the state-of-the-art research on aviation noise and related annoyance. The book will primarily focus on the achievements of the ANIMA project (Aviation Noise Impact Management ...
Vermin, Victims and Disease
(2019)
This open access book provides the first critical history of the controversy over whether to cull wild badgers to control the spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in British cattle. This question has plagued several ...
Cloud Computing Technology
(2023)
This open access book introduces cloud computing and related technologies from the concept, technology, and architecture of cloud computing, combined with typical application cases of cloud; provides students with a more ...
Cloud Computing Technology
(2023)
This open access book introduces cloud computing and related technologies from the concept, technology, and architecture of cloud computing, combined with typical application cases of cloud; provides students with a more ...
P5 eHealth: An Agenda for the Health Technologies of the Future
(2020)
This open access volume focuses on the development of a P5 eHealth, or better, a methodological resource for developing the health technologies of the future, based on patients’ personal characteristics and needs as the ...
Chapter Acknowledgements
(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 ...
Global Asylum Governance and the European Union's Role
(2025)
This open access book provides a state-of-the-field of the interactions between emerging national asylum governance systems and the 2018 United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN GCR). It provides a detailed examination ...
Curriculum Reform in the European Schools
(2018)
European Union; European Economic Community; European Baccalaureate; EU expansion; assessment reform
Moving Toward Net-Zero Carbon Society
(2023)
This open access book explores various issues concerning the net-zero emission achievement, ranging from carbon pricing, carbon trade schemes, energy transition, ecological conservation, and carbon sinks, as well as the ...
To Be a Minority Teacher in a Foreign Culture
(2023)
This open access book offers in depth knowledge on the challenges and opportunities offered by the inclusion of minority teachers in mainstream educational settings from an international perspective. It aims to be a unique ...
Zukunft der Arbeit – Eine praxisnahe Betrachtung
(2018)
Automatisierung; Digitalisierung; Industrie 4.0; Veränderung der Arbeitswelt; Arbeitsmodelle; Arbeitsorganisation; Gestaltung von Arbeitssystemen
The Technological and Economic Future of Nuclear Power
(2019)
This open access book discusses the eroding economics of nuclear power for electricity generation as well as technical, legal, and political acceptance issues. The use of nuclear power for electricity generation is still ...
Revitalizing Indian Agriculture and Boosting Farmer Incomes
(2021)
This open access book provides an evidence-based roadmap for revitalising Indian agriculture while ensuring that the growth process is efficient, inclusive, and sustainable, and results in sustained growth of farmers’ ...
Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology
(2015)
Sustainable Development
Taking Stock of Industrial Ecology
(2015)
Sustainable Development
Building the Infrastructure for Cloud Security
(2014)
Computer science
The Economics of Big Science 2.0
(2025)
The second volume of open access essays builds upon the success of the initial installment, "The Economics of Big Science (© 2021, 978-3-030-52390-9, Open Access book as well)," delving deeper into the tangible socio-economic ...
Who Will Be the Next President?: A Guide to the U.S. Presidential Election System
(2016)
Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law; US Politics; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History; Electoral Politics; Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Chapter 3 Self-Harm Becomes Epidemic: Mental Health (1959) and Suicide (1961) Acts
(2015)
This book is the first account of self-harming behaviour in its proper historical and political context. The rise of self-cutting and overdosing in the 20th century is linked to the sweeping changes in mental and physical ...
The Cellular Automaton Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics
(2016)
Quantum Physics; Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Advancing Human Assessment: The Methodological, Psychological and Policy Contributions of ETS
(2017)
Educational Testing Service (ETS); large-scale assessment; policy research; psychometrics; admissions tests
Molecular Parasitology
(2016)
In the past years, genome projects for numerous human parasites have been completed and now allow first in depth comparisons and evolutionary conclusions. The genomes of parasites reflect the coevolution with their host, ...
Improving Psychiatric Care for Older People
(2017)
elderly; older people, NHS; public services; history; psychiatry; social welfare
Migration, Education and Employment
(2024)
This is an open access book which focuses on different aspects of education, employment, and successful integration of migrants in three countries: Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. The chapters in this book reflect on these ...
Assessment of Energy-Efficient Building Details for Seismic Regions
(2022)
This open access book presents a methodology for the assessment of structural building details, taking into account the contemporary guidelines for earthquake-resistant and energy-efficient buildings. A review of structural ...
Fundamentals of Manufacturing Engineering Using Digital Visualization
(2025)
This open access book offers a guide to core principles and practices of manufacturing engineering. It covers the design of, together with technological and measurement issues for, technical systems. Locating charts and ...
Rock Fracture Mechanics and Fracture Criteria
(2024)
This open access book delves into the realms of geotechnical engineering and solid mechanics. In order to establish fracture parameters that are both relevant and conducive to safety, the book extensively investigates the ...
South China Sea Seeps
(2023)
This open access book presents an overview on seep systems in South China Sea. It includes numerous illustrations and photographs of the seeps that never seen before. It also introduces multidisciplinary research results ...