Publications
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Environmental Governance in Latin America
(2016)
governance; society; environment
Planning for Ecosystem Services in Cities
(2020)
This open access book presents current knowledge about ecosystem services (ES) in urban planning, and discusses various urban ES topics such as spatial distribution of urban ecosystems, population distribution, and physical ...
Investigations Into the Phenomenology and the Ontology of the Work of Art
(2015)
This book investigates the nature of aesthetic experience and aesthetic objects. Written by leading philosophers, psychologists, literary scholars and semioticians, the book addresses two intertwined issues. The first is ...
Telecommunication Economics: Selected Results of the COST Action IS0605
(2012)
Computer Communication Networks; Communications Engineering, Networks; Computers and Society; Management of Computing and Information Systems
Handbook of Technical and Vocational Teacher Professional Development in the Digital Age
(2024)
This is an open access book. Covering both theories and practices in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) teacher development, this book provides up-to-date discussions and recommendations on issues relating ...
Das Internet der Dinge für Bildung nutzbar machen
(2021)
In dieser Open-Access-Publikation wird auf Basis eines interdisziplinären Diskurses aus Bildungswissenschaften, Informatik und Architektur die Frage erörtert, ob und wie das „Internet der Dinge“ auf Lehr- und Lernprozesse ...
Chapter 3 The Instrument of Death
(2016)
It is the first monograph-length study of the force-feeding of hunger strikers in English, Irish and Northern Irish prisons. It examines ethical debates that arose throughout the twentieth century when governments authorised ...
Neurolaw
(2021)
This book aims to contribute to the ongoing debate on neuroscience,
justice, and security, by examining how neuroscience could contribute to
fair and more effective criminal justice systems, and how both neurosci entific ...
Chapter 9 Which Patient Takes Centre Stage?
(2020)
The growth of personalised medicine and patient partnerships in biomedical
research are reshaping both the emotional and material intersections
between human patients and animal research. Through tracing the creative ...
Angels and Other Cows
(2024)
This open access novel uses fantasy and romance to pique readers' interest in understanding how AI technologies can be used for social justice across very different political and social terrains. Can you truly reach out ...
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Civil Engineering
(2023)
This open access book is a compilation of selected papers from the 9th International Conference on Civil Engineering (ICCE2022). The work focuses on novel research findings on seismic technology of civil engineering ...
Teachers and the Epistemology of History
(2024)
This edited book explores conceptual as well as empirical approaches to epistemic beliefs that teachers of history might hold. In many parts of the world, history teachers are tasked with both upholding historical national ...
Teaching and Learning of Calculus
(2016)
Mathematics Education; Learning & Instruction
Representation Learning for Natural Language Processing
(2020)
This open access book provides an overview of the recent advances in representation learning theory, algorithms and applications for natural language processing (NLP). It is divided into three parts. Part I presents the ...
Public Policy and Research in Africa
(2023)
This open access book responds to the need for a specifically African focus on public policy. It outlines the fundamental principles of public policy research, and engages with major issues in the study of public policy ...
Security of Networks and Services in an All-Connected World: 11th IFIP WG 6.6 International Conference on Autonomous Infrastructure, Management, and Security, AIMS 2017, Zurich, Switzerland, July 10-13, 2017, Proceedings
(2017)
anomaly detection; artificial intelligence; cloud computing; data security; cyber crime; internet; network security; wireless; web
The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease Life-Writing
(2017)
This is the first book-length exploration of the thoughts and experiences expressed by dementia patients in published narratives over the last thirty years. It contrasts third-person caregiver and first-person patient ...
Risikoadaptierte Prävention
(2018)
Risikoadaptierte Prävention; Governance Perspective; Gesundheitspolitik; deutsches Gesundheitswesen; Systemmedizin; Big Data; bioinformatischer Innovationsschub; genetische Brustkrebsrisiken; Hereditärer Brustkrebs; ...
A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World
(2024)
This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a ...
Digital Towns
(2022)
This open access book explores the digital transformation of small and rural towns, in particular, how to measure the evolution and development of digital towns. In addition to access to resources, competition from urban ...
Systems Mapping
(2022)
This open access book explores a range of new and older systems mapping methods focused on representing causal relationships in systems. In a practical manner, it describes the methods and considers the differences between ...
Office 365
(2013)
Computer science
Study on the National Conditions of Modernization with Chinese Characteristics
(2025)
This is an open access book. Based on the analysis of China’s basic national conditions and development trends, this book begins with a general introduction to the study of “modernization with Chinese characteristics,” and ...
International Cooperation for Enhancing Nuclear Safety, Security, Safeguards and Non-proliferation–60 Years of IAEA and EURATOM: Proceedings of the XX Edoardo Amaldi Conference, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, October 9-10, 2017
(2018)
EU Member State on the Evolution of Nuclear Safety; EU Perspective on Nuclear Safety; IAEA Nuclear Safeguards; Nuclear Energy in the Amaldi Conference; Nuclear Non-proliferation; Nuclear Safeguards; Nuclear Security; ...
Bruno Latour in the Semiotic Turn
(2024)
This open access book highlights the link between Bruno Latour's works and the semiotic perspective on social phenomena analysis. It identifies and relaunches a dialogue that was as heated as it was fruitful, but still ...
The Science of Citizen Science
(2021)
This open access book discusses how the involvement of citizens into scientific endeavors is expected to contribute to solve the big challenges of our time, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, growing ...
Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Physical Modeling for Virtual Manufacturing Systems and Processes
(2023)
This is an open access book reporting the results of nine years research of the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 2057, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The IRTG is a joint venture between the TU ...
Migration in West Africa
(2022)
This open access Regional Reader examines the dynamics and impacts of international migration within and from West Africa. The book presents key theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on historical trends, ...
Euthanasia: Searching for the Full Story
(2021)
This open access book has been written by ten Belgian health care professionals, nurses, university professors and doctors specializing in palliative care and ethicists who, together, raise questions concerning the practice ...
Happiness—Concept, Measurement and Promotion
(2022)
This open access book defines happiness intuitively and explores several common conceptual mistakes with regard to happiness. It then moves on to address topical issues including, but not limited to, whether money can buy ...
Geographies of New Caledonia-Kanaky
(2024)
This open access book provides a unique overview of geographical, historical, political and environmental issues facing the French overseas territory New Caledonia, also called “Kanaky” by the indigenous Kanak people, who ...
Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery
(2021)
This open access book covers all aspects of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) and provides detailed information on each MIGS device, including its mechanism of action; patient selection; implantation techniques; ...
Academic Integrity in Canada
(2022)
This open access book presents original contributions and thought leadership on academic integrity from a variety of Canadian scholars. It showcases how our understanding and support for academic integrity have progressed, ...
Verbraucherinformatik
(2024)
In einer Zeit, in der digitale Technologien nahezu jeden Aspekt unseres Lebens durchdringen, ist es unerlässlich, die tieferen Zusammenhänge des digitalen Konsums zu verstehen. Erstmalig bietet dieses open access-Lehrbuch ...
The Models of Engaged Learning and Teaching
(2020)
This book provides a practical philosophy for promoting students' sophisticated thinking from Early Childhood to PhD in ways that explicitly interconnect across the years of education. It will help teachers, academics and ...
The Third Sector as a Renewable Resource for Europe
(2018)
Third sector impact; Volunteering; Charity; European Commission; Political legitimacy; Third Sector in Europe; Third Sector as a Renewable Resource; Obstacles to Third Sector Organisation; Development in Europe
From Education Policy to Education Practice
(2023)
This open access book addresses the complex interrelations between education policy and education practice developed under new ways of governance. It illuminates the nexuses of the interrelated fields of education policy ...
Externe Unternehmensberichterstattung über digitale Transformation
(2024)
In diesem Open Access-Buch wird auf Grundlage der Anforderungen potenzieller Stakeholder, der bestehenden regulatorischen Vorgaben und des Status quo der externen Unternehmensberichterstattung über digitale Transformation ...
Civil Society Responses to Changing Civic Spaces
(2023)
This open access book contributes to thriving debates in academic as well as professional circles about the role of civil society in shrinking civic spaces, rising authoritarianism and right-wing populism, conflicts, fragile ...
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1
(2022)
This open-access book empowers its readers to explore the acoustic world of animals. By listening to the sounds of nature, we can study animal behavior, distribution, and demographics; their habitat characteristics and ...