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Modes of Bio-Bordering
(2021)
This open access book explores how biometric data is increasingly flowing across borders in order to limit, control and contain the mobility of selected people, namely criminalized populations. It introduces the concept ...
Teens, Social Media, and Image Based Abuse
(2025)
This Open Access book explores how teens use social media, how they produce, consume, and share sexual images, and how they understand and respond to harmful digital sexual content and interactions. Capturing the views of ...
Digital Platform Regulation
(2022)
This Open Access volume provides an in-depth exploration of global policy and governance issues related to digital platform regulation. With an international ensemble of contributors, the volume has at its heard the question: ...
English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam
(2024)
This open access book examines the teaching and learning of English for employability in Vietnamese higher education. Its content is framed within one country to better examine the research issues within the influence of ...
In Defence of Psychiatric Diagnoses
(2025)
This open access book makes a distinctive contribution by providing a novel defence of psychiatric diagnoses. It defends psychiatric diagnoses by portraying them as idealised models understood in a neo-Kantian sense. It ...
Good Business
(2025)
This open access book shows how governments can motivate companies to make a positive impact on society and why this is necessary in light of today’s pressing social, economic and environmental challenges and transitions. ...
Hochschulweiterbildung zwischen Wissenschaftsinstitution und Weiterbildungsmarkt
(2023)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch basiert auf einer mikrosoziologischen Analyse des Akteursverhaltens in der Programmplanung und -entwicklung der Weiterbildung an Schweizer Hochschulen. Diese ist in einen ausgeprägten Weiterbildungsmarkt ...
Knowledge from a Human Point of View
(2020)
This open access book – as the title suggests – explores some of the historical roots and epistemological ramifications of perspectivism. Perspectivism has recently emerged in philosophy of science as an interesting new ...
Growing Up Rural
(2026)
This open access book explores the everyday lives of young people living in rural areas in Nordic countries, drawing on qualitative longitudinal methods. The young people’s life stories are set against a backdrop of Nordic ...
Handbook of Education Policy Studies
(2020)
This open access handbook brings together the latest research from a wide range of internationally influential scholars to analyze educational policy research from international, historical and interdisciplinary perspectives. ...
(Re)theorising More-than-parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education and Care
(2023)
This open access book provides a critical, thought-provoking, and stimulating overview of theories applied worldwide to conceptualise collaborations between early childhood education and children's families. The book starts ...
Pflege-Report 2020
(2020)
Neuausrichtung von Versorgung und Finanzierung Der Pflege-Report, der in Buchform und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, nimmt jährlich relevante Themen der Versorgung von Pflegebedürftigen unter die Lupe. Als Schwerpunkt ...
Macro Social Influences on Loneliness in Later Life
(2025)
This open access book explores the macro-social influences on loneliness in later life, emphasizing how societal structures, cultural contexts, and broader social transformations shape the experience of loneliness. Dedicated ...
Poetry, Performativity, and Ordinary Language Philosophy
(2025)
How can Ordinary Language Philosophy (OLP) help us understand poetry? Against John L. Austin’s exclusion of poetic utterances as parasitical, Philip Mills explores how contemporary poetics broadens the aims and scope of ...
Elements of Seismic Hazard in Mines
(2025)
The main and first objective of this well-illustrated open access book is to introduce, define and explain common terms and concepts in earthquake and mine seismology. In seismology diverse fields, ranging from mathematics, ...
A Buddhist Approach to International Relations
(2021)
This book is an open access book. Many scholars have wondered if a non-Western theory of international politics founded on different premises, be it from Asia or from the “Global South,” could release international relations ...
Transnational Activism in North America
(2026)
This open access book brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to examine how North American civil society organizations have actively mobilized within and across borders in response to the tumultuous social ...
News, Media, and Communication in a Polarized World
(2025)
This Open Access book provides an in-depth analysis of the role held by media and journalists in a fragmented and polarized communication ecosystem that faces the uncertainty of major challenges, such as the impact of the ...
The Codes of the Street in Risky Neighborhoods
(2019)
This book presents a comparative look at the norms and attitudes related to youth violence. It aims to present a perspective outside of the typical Western context, through case studies comparing a developed / Western ...
Programming Languages and Systems
(2024)
The two-volume open access book set LNCS 14576 + 14577 constitutes the proceedings of the 33rd European Symposium on Programming, ESOP 2024, which was held during April 6-11, 2024, in Luxemburg, as part of the European ...
5G and Beyond
(2023)
This open-access book aims to highlight the coming surge of 5G network-based applications and predicts that the centralized networks and their current capacity will be incapable of meeting the demands. The book emphasizes ...
Krankenhaus-Report 2022
(2022)
Der Krankenhaus-Report, der jährlich als Buch und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, greift 2022 das Schwerpunktthema „Patientenversorgung während der Pandemie“ auf. Die Auswirkungen der Covid-19-Pandemie haben auch ...
Contentious Politics in the Transnational Arena
(2025)
This Open Access book investigates the transnational dimension of activism — exploring how and why non-state actors scale up contention from the local to the transnational arena, how they translate their grievances and ...
Technical Universities
(2020)
This Open Access book analyses the past, present and future of the technical university as a single faculty independent institution. The point of departure is a view of changing academic realities, through which the identity ...
European Electricity Market Coupling
(2025)
This open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the European Electricity Market Coupling. Tracing the evolution of the EU’s efforts to create an Internal Energy Market, it explores the history, principles and ...
Branes and DAHA Representations
(2023)
In recent years, there has been an increased interest in exploring the connections between various disciplines of mathematics and theoretical physics such as representation theory, algebraic geometry, quantum field theory, ...
The 9th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering
(2026)
This open access book presents the proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advances in Construction Machinery and Vehicle Engineering (ICACMVE 2024), highlighting the latest advancements and innovative practices ...
Learning to Diagnose with Simulations
(2022)
This open access book presents 8 novel approaches to measure and improve diagnostic competences with simulation. The book compares the effects of interventions on these diagnostic competences in both teacher and medical ...
APCC Special Report: Strukturen für ein klimafreundliches Leben
(2023)
Die Klimakrise betrifft uns alle - Doch wie kann ein klimafreundliches Leben für alle erreicht werden? Zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Sachstandsberichte bestätigen schon lange den umfassenden Handlungsbedarf, um die Klimaziele ...
Communicative Figurations
(2018)
This open access volume assesses the influence of our changing media environment. Today, there is not one single medium that is the driving force of change. With the spread of various technical communication media such as ...
The Mean in Budgeting
(2026)
This open access book systematically applies the philosophy of the Golden Mean to interpret the public budgeting process, policies, and reforms in contemporary China, within the framework of Commentary on The Doctrine of ...
Developmental State Building
(2019)
This open access book modifies and revitalizes the concept of the ‘developmental state’ to understand the politics of emerging economy through nuanced analysis on the roles of human agency in the context of structural ...
Tourismus und Klimawandel
(2021)
Diese Open-Access-Publikation beleuchtet die komplexen Beziehungen zwischen Tourismus und Klimawandel für die Tourismusdestination Österreich und basiert auf einer umfassenden Erhebung, Zusammenfassung und Bewertung des ...
Entscheidungen in die weite Zukunft
(2024)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden Wege aufgezeigt, mit verschiedenen Formen von Ungewissheiten und der Dynamik von Ungewissheiten bezüglich der Entsorgung radioaktiver Abfälle umzugehen. Die sichere Entsorgung radioaktiver ...
Governance and Control of Data and Digital Economy in the European Single Market
(2025)
In an era where the digital realm is evolving at an unprecedented pace, the legal framework must adapt accordingly to ensure effective governance and control. This open access book explores the intricate web of regulations ...
Mary and Early Christian Women
(2019)
Religion; Theology; Feminist theology; Bible—Theology
Fostering Transformative Change for Sustainability in the Context of Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS)
(2021)
This open access book is a compilation of case studies that provide useful knowledge and lessons that derive from on-the-ground activities and contribute to policy recommendations, focusing on the relevance of social-ecological ...
European Cultural Diplomacy and Arab Christians in Palestine, 1918–1948
(2021)
This open access book investigates the transnationally connected history of Arab Christian communities in Palestine during the British Mandate (1918-1948) through the lens of the birth of cultural diplomacy. Relying ...
Exploring Corporate Human Rights Responsibilities in OECD Case Law
(2025)
This open access book consolidates a collection of scholarly papers presented at the academic conference titled "Corporate Human Rights Responsibility in OECD Case Law: Actors, Issues, Responsibilities, and Remedies", held ...
Berufs- und Arbeitswelt in der politischen Bildung
(2021)
Dieses open access-Buch analysiert den Zusammenhang von Berufsorientierung und politischer Bildung von Jugendlichen. Der Anspruch der Mündigkeitsbildung stellt die Ausgangsposition für die Vorstellungsforschung subjektiver ...
Scalable Data Management for Future Hardware
(2025)
This open access book presents the results of the DFG priority program on Scalable Data Management for Future Hardware. It details requirements and solutions of how modern and future hardware architectures can be leveraged ...
Tracing Private Conversations in Early Modern Europe
(2024)
This open access book provides a multifold exploration of how people in early modern Europe understood, conducted, and actively used private conversations. From sharing personal matters to discussing delicate secrets, all ...
Planar Maps, Random Walks and Circle Packing
(2020)
This open access book focuses on the interplay between random walks on planar maps and Koebe’s circle packing theorem. Further topics covered include electric networks, the He–Schramm theorem on infinite circle packings, ...
Künstliche Intelligenz
(2019)
Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer CC BY 4.0 Lizenz. Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) klingt in aktuellen Debatten oft abstrakt und alltagsfremd. Doch die meisten Internetnutzerinnern und -nutzer sind ...
From Bilateral Arbitral Tribunals and Investment Courts to a Multilateral Investment Court
(2020)
This open access book considers the potential setup for a future Multilateral Investment Court (MIC). The option of an MIC was first discussed by the EU Commission in 2016 and has since been made an official element of the ...
The Future of Election Administration
(2019)
As the American election administration landscape changes as a result of major court cases, national and state legislation, changes in professionalism, and the evolution of equipment and security, so must the work of ...
Civil and Environmental Engineering for the Sustainable Development Goals
(2022)
This open access volume collects emerging issues in Environmental and Civil Engineering, originating from outstanding doctoral dissertations discussed at Politecnico di Milano in 2021. The advanced innovative insights ...
Internal Migration, Urbanization and Poverty in Asia: Dynamics and Interrelationships
(2019)
Development Economics;Economic Policy;Asian Economics;Economics;Economy-wide Country Studies;Internal migration, urbanization and poverty in Asia;Poverty as an urban issue;Poverty measures in Asia;Rural-urban migration in ...
Die Prämedikationsambulanz
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch beschäftigt sich der Universitätsmediziner, Manager und Gesundheitswissenschaftler Sandro Lorenz mit der Zufriedenheit von Patientinnen und Patienten in der Prämedikationsambulanz einer großen ...
Das Blaue Buch
(2023)
Dieses Buch ist eine Open-Access-Publikation unter einer Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). Bewährt und einfach zu handhaben: praxisorientierte Sammlung von Chemotherapie-Protokollen zur ...
Sustainable Land Management in a European Context
(2021)
This open access book presents and discusses current issues and innovative solution approaches for land management in a European context. Manifold sustainability issues are closely interconnected with land use practices. ...
The Beauty of Geology: Art of Geology Mapping in China Over a Century
(2019)
This open access book contains a collection of rare geologic maps and figures made by Chinese geologists in the last century. Preserved in National Geological Archives of China, these artworks demonstrate the development ...
Linear Selection Indices in Modern Plant Breeding
(2018)
This open access book focuses on the linear selection index (LSI) theory and its statistical properties. It addresses the single-stage LSI theory by assuming that economic weights are fixed and known - or fixed, but unknown ...
Krankenhaus-Report 2021
(2021)
Der Krankenhaus-Report, der jährlich als Buch und als Open-Access-Publikation erscheint, greift 2021 das Schwerpunktthema „Versorgungsketten – Der Patient im Mittelpunkt“ auf. Dem sektoral getrennt organisierten deutschen ...
Climate Change
(2025)
This open access book on climate change assesses past climatic change from a geoscience perspective and directly and effectively addresses common misconceptions on climate and climate change. A geoscience perspective on ...
Formal Methods
(2025)
The open access book set LNCS 14933 + 14934 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 26th International Symposium on Formal Methods, FM 2024, which took place in Milan, Italy, in September 2024. The 51 full and 4 short ...
Harmony and Paradox
(2024)
This open access book investigates the role played by identity of proofs in proof-theoretic semantics. It develops a conception of proof-theoretic semantics as primarily concerned with the relationship between proofs ...
Affect and Mathematics Education
(2019)
This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 topic study group “Affect, beliefs and identity in mathematics education”, presents the latest trends in research in the area. Following an introduction and a survey chapter ...
Planetary Hinterlands
(2024)
This open access book considers the concept of the hinterland as a crucial tool for understanding the global and planetary present as a time defined by the lasting legacies of colonialism, increasing labor precarity under ...
GNSS Real-Time Kinematic Positioning
(2025)
This open access book presents the high-precision Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning technique of global navigation satellite systems, including its development, principle, implementation, applications and recent ...