Publications
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Theorizing Teaching
(2023)
This open access book seeks to create a forum for discussing key questions regarding theories on teaching: Which theories of teaching do we have? What are their attributes? What do they contain? How are they generated? How ...
Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling: With Applications for the Social Sciences
(2018)
Agent-Based Modelling; ABM; Artificial Intelligence; AI; Computational social science; Social simulation; Population sciences
The Maidan Massacre in Ukraine
(2024)
This open access book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Maidan massacre in Ukraine. It uses a theoretical framework of rational choice, moral hazard, state- repression backfire, and Weberian ideas about rational ...
Infektionen und Gesellschaft
(2021)
In diesem Open Access Tagungsband beantworten renommierte Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler hochaktuelle Fragen zu Pandemien im Allgemeinen und der COVID-19-Pandemie im Besonderen. Vor allem die Auswirkungen auf ...
Data Science-Based Full-Lifespan Management of Lithium-Ion Battery
(2022)
This open access book comprehensively consolidates studies in the rapidly emerging field of battery management. The primary focus is to overview the new and emerging data science technologies for full-lifespan management ...
Seamless Learning
(2022)
Das Konzept des «Seamless Learning» unterstützt kontextübergreifendes und barrierefreies Lehren und Lernen durch die Integration digitaler Technologien und die Berücksichtigung von Kontext und Anforderungen der jeweiligen ...
Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Asia
(2013)
Development Economics; Economic Growth; Public Economics
Napoleonic Governance in the Netherlands and Northwest Germany
(2021)
“Van der Burg presents an innovative transregional study of Napoleonic governance in the often-overlooked northern periphery of the Empire. This book carefully examines the Empire’s administrative structure in the north, ...
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence and the Law
(2024)
This open access book presents an interdisciplinary, multi-authored, edited collection of chapters on Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) and the Law. AI technology has come to play a central role in the modern data economy. ...
Chapter 1 Ringworm
(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 ...
Bio-Inspired Information Pathways
(2024)
This open access book offers a timely and comprehensive review of the field of neurotronics. Gathering cutting-edge contributions from neuroscientists, biologists, psychologists, as well as physicists, microelectronics ...
Diasporic Hallyu
(2022)
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of ...
Kausalität und mentale Verursachung
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird eine Verteidigung des nicht-reduktiven Physikalismus gegen den Vorwurf des Epiphänomenalismus entwickelt. Laut dem Vorwurf des Epiphänomenalismus folgt aus dem nicht-reduktiven Physikalismus, ...
Der junge Carnap in historischem Kontext: 1918–1935 / Young Carnap in an Historical Context: 1918–1935
(2021)
This open access volume is based on the 'Early Carnap in Context’ workshop that took place in Konstanz in 2017 and looks at Rudolf Carnap’s philosophy, documented in his recently released diaries, from a combination of ...
Recommender Systems: Legal and Ethical Issues
(2023)
This open access contributed volume examines the ethical and legal foundations of (future) policies on recommender systems and offers a transdisciplinary approach to tackle important issues related to their development, ...
Stochastics of Environmental and Financial Economics
(2015)
Systems Theory, Control
Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensing: Estimation of Agricultural Crop Biomass Water Equivalent
(2018)
Earth Science; Soil Management; Water Management; Crop Nutrition; Nuclear; CRNS; Biomass Water Equivalent; Remote Sensing; Satellite Imagery
Data Collection in Fragile States
(2020)
‘This open access book addresses an urgent issue on which little organized information exists. It reflects experience in Africa but is highly relevant to other fragile states as well.’ —Constantine Michalopoulos, John ...
Clinical Text Mining
(2018)
Data Mining; Text Mining; Health Informatics; Health Care Information Systems; Medical Terminologies; Natural Language Processing; Text Analysis; Support Vector Machines
Methoden des bestärkenden Lernens für die Produktionsablaufplanung
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird eine Methode zur Adaption, Integration und Anwendung von bestärkenden Lernverfahren (Reinforcement Learning) für die Produktionsablaufplanung beschrieben. Die Methode wird anhand von typischen ...
Same-Sex Families and Legal Recognition in Europe
(2020)
This open access book focuses on family diversity from a legal, demographical and sociological perspective. It investigates what is at stake in the life of homosexuals in the field of family formation, parenting and ...
The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(2021)
This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the ...
Computational Conflict Research
(2020)
This open access book brings together a set of original studies that use cutting-edge computational methods to investigate conflict at various geographic scales and degrees of intensity and violence. Methodologically, this ...
Housing Market Dynamics in Africa
(2018)
Housing finance; Slum upgrading; Africa; Construction; Political economy; Land tenure; Housing development; Urban planning; Real estate; Public policy; Property rights; Economics
Soft Power and Great-Power Competition
(2023)
This open access book consists of essays selected from Joseph S. Nye, Jr.’s last three decades of writing and illustrate a variety of perspectives on the nature of power, the role of the United States in the world and ...
A Decade of Research Activities at the Department of Industrial Engineering (UniNa-DII)
(2024)
This open access book celebrates the decennial of the Department of Industrial Engineering of Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy. It covers the main research achievements developed at the department in the fields of ...
Partizipation und Wissensaufbau beim Lösen von Textaufgaben
(2024)
Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch geht von der Prämisse aus, dass Lernen aus kognitiver und sozial-konstruktivistischer Sicht als individueller Aufbau von Wissens- und Denkstrukturen verstanden wird. Die Aufgabe der ...
Intelligent Human Computer Interaction: 9th International Conference, IHCI 2017, Evry, France, December 11-13, 2017, Proceedings
(2017)
brain computer interface; artificial intelligence; computer networks; classification databases; HCI machine learning; signal processing; user interfaces
Frauen und Männer in der zweiten Lebenshälfte
(2019)
Das vorliegende Open Access-Buch stellt einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur längsschnittlichen Sozialberichterstattung zum Thema Altern und Geschlecht und zur sozial- und verhaltenswissenschaftlichen Alternsforschung dar. Auf ...
Electromechanobiology of Cartilage and Osteoarthritis
(2023)
This is an open access book. In honor of his 75th birthday, we reflect on the impact of the pioneering work of Alan Grodzinsky and his laboratory. This volume includes in-depth discussions of tissue electromechanics, ...
The Politics of Feminist Foreign Policy and Digital Diplomacy
(2024)
The overarching aim of the book is to provide the first comprehensive account of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy and its dissemination through digital diplomacy. In contrast to other scholarly studies of digital diplomacy ...
Political Islam and Religiously Motivated Political Extremism
(2023)
This open access book presents an international comparison of religiously motivated extremism in the Arab world and around the globe. Based on data from the Arab Barometer and the World Values Survey, it applies advanced ...
The Energy Sector and Energy Geopolitics in the MENA Region at a Crossroad
(2023)
This open access book offers a holistic and interdisciplinary analysis of the energy sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and its ongoing transformation. Taking into account global decarbonization ...
The Economics of Big Science
(2021)
The essays in this open access volume identify the key ingredients for success in capitalizing on public investments in scientific projects and the development of large-scale research infrastructures. Investment in science ...
Innovative Priority Mechanisms in Service Operations
(2023)
This book introduces the most advanced and recent theoretical research on innovative priority mechanisms in service settings. It covers cutting-edge topics on service innovations such as line-sitting, service-position-trading, ...
Rule of Law in Europe
(2024)
This open access book discusses the state of rule of law protection in Europe, by considering recent challenges to judiciary independence in EU countries. The purpose of the book is to advance solutions to such challenges. ...
Health Information Systems
(2023)
This heavily revised open access edition provides a thorough overview of the technologies available to assemble, manage and assess the quality of health information systems. It details a variety of scenarios in the context ...
Human Privacy in Virtual and Physical Worlds
(2024)
This open-access book is premised on the belief that understanding and protecting privacy requires a multidisciplinary approach. The editors of this contributed book believe that privacy is a ‘wicked problem’ because of ...
Tales of Research Misconduct: A Lacanian Diagnostics of Integrity Challenges in Science Novels
(2017)
research integrity; scientific misconduct; science novels; Lacanian psychoanalysis; continental philosophy; falsification; plagiarism; ethics
Assessing Recent Soil Erosion Rates through the Use of Beryllium-7 (Be-7)
(2019)
This open access book is the first comprehensive guideline for the beryllium-7 (Be-7) technique that can be applied to evaluate short-term patterns and budgets of soil redistribution in agricultural landscapes. While ...