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Climate-Smart Forestry in Mountain Regions
(2022)
This open access book offers a cross-sectoral reference for both managers and scientists interested in climate-smart forestry, focusing on mountain regions. It provides a comprehensive analysis on forest issues, facilitating ...
Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) Using R
(2021)
Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become a standard approach for analyzing complex inter-relationships between observed and latent variables. Researchers appreciate the many advantages of ...
Energy-Efficient and Semi-automated Truck Platooning
(2022)
This open access book presents research and evaluation results of the Austrian flagship project “Connecting Austria,” illustrating the wide range of research needs and questions that arise when semi-automated truck platooning ...
Bond Failure Mechanism of Fully Grouted Rock Bolts
(2023)
The purpose of writing this book is to provide the latest research findings in ground control techniques in mining engineering, especially the rock bolting techniques. Since rock bolts are widely used in mining engineering ...
Chapter List of Abbreviations
(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 ...
Mnemonic Solidarity
(2021)
This open access book provides a concise introduction to a critical development in memory studies. A global memory formation has emerged since the 1990s, in which memories of traumatic histories in different parts of the ...
Mastering Your Entrepreneurial Journey
(2025)
Entrepreneurship is a powerful force for change and innovation; you can be a part of it. This open access book is your key to unlocking your potential as an entrepreneur and impacting the world through your actions. Written ...
Axial Spondyloarthritis: Patient-Reported Impact in Europe
(2022)
This open access book provides an overview of the International Map of Axial Spondyloarthritis (IMAS) project -focusing on Europe-, a wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary collaboration between academic groups, Health Care ...
Proceedings of the XV Ibero-American Congress of Mechanical Engineering
(2023)
This open access book shows some of the highlights presented at the XV Ibero-American Congress of Mechanical Engineering. The papers explore the forefront of Mechanical Engineering, containing research into fluid mechanics, ...
Care in Healthcare
(2017)
medical ethics; healthcare; nursing; midwifery
Climate of the Middle
(2022)
This Open Access book presents a multidisciplinary perspective to increase our understanding of climate policies that are rooted in the natural moral inclinations of people, families and firms. Which policies prevent a ...
Agricultural Implications of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
(2013)
Environmental Monitoring/Analysis; Agriculture; Food Science; Plant Ecology; Animal Ecology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences
Android on x86
(2013)
Computer science
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming
(2021)
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2021, which was held virtually during June 14-18, 2021. XP is the premier agile software development ...
Irregular Migration
(2023)
This open access short reader provides an introduction to the theoretical debates regarding irregular migration and aims to bridge these theoretical debates to current empirical developments. It defines irregular migrants ...
Fallibility at Work
(2017)
This book is published open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book addresses how organizations can deal with human fallibility in order to create space for excellence at work. Some mistakes in work settings put lives ...
Baltic Hospitality from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century
(2022)
Reflecting debate around hospitality and the Baltic Sea region, this open access book taps into wider discussions about reception, securitization and xenophobic attitudes towards migrants and strangers. Focusing on coastal ...
Interface Oral Health Science 2016: Innovative Research on Biosis–Abiosis Intelligent Interface
(2017)
Dentistry; Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering
The Elements of Big Data Value
(2021)
This open access book presents the foundations of the Big Data research and innovation ecosystem and the associated enablers that facilitate delivering value from data for business and society. It provides insights into ...
Urban Informatics
(2021)
This open access book is the first to systematically introduce the principles of urban informatics and its application to every aspect of the city that involves its functioning, control, management, and future planning. ...
Digital Dilemmas
(2020)
Social media is at the core of digital transformations in organizations. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media platforms widen the scope for rapid and effective communication with stakeholders. They also ...
Promoting Active Citizenship
(2017)
employment; social policy; care; decentralization; service users; vouchers; welfare reform
Data Spaces
(2022)
This open access book aims to educate data space designers to understand what is required to create a successful data space. It explores cutting-edge theory, technologies, methodologies, and best practices for data spaces ...
Die christliche Predigt im 21. Jahrhundert
(2021)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch wird gezeigt, dass die christliche Predigt eine multimodal realisierte rekonstruktiv-prospektive kommunikative Gattung ist, die die Aufgabe hat, eine Wissens-, Glaubens- und Praktikengemeinschaft ...
Depression im Alter – Eine Frage der Emotionsregulation
(2023)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch geht es um die Frage, ob Emotionsregulationsprobleme eine Bedeutung für die Depression im höheren Erwachsenenalter haben. Depressionen sind in dieser Altersgruppe weit verbreitet, werden aber ...
The Power of Morality in Movements
(2023)
This Open Access book explores the role of morality in social movements. Morality has always been central to social movements whether it be in the form of the moral foundations of movement claims, politics and ideologies, ...
Anthropological Perspectives on Environmental Communication
(2022)
In the continuous search for sustainability, the exchange of diverse perspectives, assumptions, and values is indispensable to environmental protection. Through anthropological and ethnographic analyses, this collection ...
Riskante Nähe
(2024)
Ausgangspunkt der Arbeit ist eine neue, mediale Thematisierung sexueller Gewalt durch pädagogische Fachkräfte seit 2010. Dieser wird zu Beginn der Arbeit als Gegenstand seine ambivalenten Folgen dargestellt. Zum einen ...
Iberian world empires and the globalization of europe 1415–1668
(2019)
This open access book analyses Iberian expansion by using knowledge accumulated in recent years to test some of the most important theories regarding Europe’s economic development. Adopting a comparative perspective, it ...
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions of Gases and Particles
(2014)
Earth System Sciences; Environmental Chemistry; Climatology; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Atmosphere ocean interaction; Chemical Exchanges; Biogeochemistry; COST 735; air-sea interface; Trace gases; SOLAS
Öffentliche Mobilität
(2021)
Dieser Open Access Band fasst erstmals aktuelle neue Entwicklungen im Öffentlichen Verkehr zusammen und entwirft mit dem Konzept der Öffentlichen Mobilität die konkrete Vorstellung eines zukunftsfähigen Öffentlichen Verkehrs. ...
Three Essays on Empirical Asset Pricing in International Equity Markets
(2021)
In this Open-Access-book three essays on empirical asset pricing in international equity markets are presented. Despite being of fundamental economic and scientific importance, international financial markets have remained ...
Education and Climate Change
(2021)
This open access volume draws on a multidimensional model of educational change, the book reviews the field of climate change education and identifies some of the areas in which past efforts have fallen short in supporting ...
Measuring the Business Value of Cloud Computing
(2020)
The importance of demonstrating the value achieved from IT investments is long established in the Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS) literature. However, emerging technologies such as the ever-changing ...
Existenz- und Regularitätstheorie der zweidimensionalen Variationsrechnung mit Anwendungen auf das Plateausche Problem für Flächen vorgeschriebener mittlerer Krümmung
(2023)
Dieses Open-Access-Buch behandelt für eine breite Klasse zweidimensionaler Variationsprobleme eine Existenz- und Regularitätstheorie, die der Lösung von Randwertproblemen partieller Differentialgleichungssysteme dient. ...
The Measurement and Analysis of Housing Preference and Choice
(2011)
What are the current trends in housing? Is my planned project commercially viable? What should be my marketing and advertisement strategies? These are just some of the questions real estate agents, landlords and developers ...
Musculoskeletal Diseases 2021-2024
(2021)
This open access book focuses on imaging of the musculoskeletal diseases. Over the last few years, there have been considerable advances in this area, driven by clinical as well as technological developments. The authors ...
Der Staat als ‚Guter Auftraggeber‘? Öffentliche Auftragsvergabe zwischen Vermarktlichung und Sozialpolitisierung
(2022)
Diese Open-Access-Publikation befasst sich mit den vielfältigen Entscheidungsprozessen, mit denen der Bieterwettbewerb um öffentliche Aufträge gestaltet wird und fragt, inwieweit dabei versucht wird, gute Arbeitsbedingungen ...
Oxygen Isotopes of Inorganic Phosphate in Environmental Samples
(2022)
This open access book distinguished itself from other publications by offering step-by-step instructions on how to extract, purify, provide modifications, and major issues to be encountered during the process. For the δ18OP ...
Social Innovation in Higher Education
(2022)
This open access book offers unique and novel views on the social innovation landscape, tools, practices, pedagogies, and research in the context of higher education. International, multi-disciplinary academics and industry ...
Crime and Safety in the Rural
(2022)
Criminology has until recently neglected the nature and levels of crime outside the urban realm. This is not a surprise as crime tends to concentrate in urban areas and the police directs resources where the problems are. ...
Swiss Democracy
(2021)
This open access book provides an updated and fully revised 4th edition of this authoritative analysis of Swiss democracy. It particularly explains the institutions of federalism and consensus government through political ...
Migration and Religion
(2023)
This open access book introduces research on migration and religion with the focus on migration to western European countries from the 1950s and onwards. The book is an in-depth presentation of the main research trends as ...
An Oral History of the Special Olympics in China Volume 3
(2020)
This open access book brings together oral histories that record the experiences of individuals with intellectual disabilities in Shanghai as they participate in their careers. Employees with intellectual disabilities ...
Chapter 1 The Condemned Body Leaving the Courtroom
(2016)
Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room ...
Forest Radioecology in Fukushima
(2022)
This is an open access book that provides holistic information on the radioactive contamination of forests. Topics are highly interdisciplinary, ranging from the dynamics of radioactive cesium in forest ecosystems to the ...
Money and Debt: The Public Role of Banks
(2021)
This Open Access book from the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy explains how money creation and banking works, describes the main problems of the current monetary and financial system and discusses ...
Wechselwirkungen zwischen Landnutzung und Klimawandel
(2021)
In diesem Open Access Buch werden erstmals übergreifend die Entwicklungen bis 2030 in den Sektoren in Deutschland, welche die größte Fläche beanspruchen – Land- und Forstwirtschaft sowie Siedlung und Verkehr – aufgezeigt ...
Energy Demand Challenges in Europe
(2019)
This open access book examines the role of citizens in sustainable energy transitions across Europe. It explores energy problem framing, policy approaches and practical responses to the challenge of securing clean, affordable ...
Hizmet in Transitions
(2022)
In this open-access monograph, Paul Weller explores how the movement known as Hizmet (meaning “service”) is undergoing a period of transitions in Europe. Inspired by the teaching and practice of the Turkish Islamic scholar, ...
Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity
(2023)
This Open Access book provides eight problem solving lectures for sustainable development for people, peace, and partnerships. Those are three of the five keywords for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): people, the ...
Freiwilliges Engagement in Deutschland
(2022)
Das Open Access Buch bietet eine aktuelle Bestandsaufnahme zum freiwilligen Engagement in Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse basieren auf dem Deutschen Freiwilligensurvey, der zum fünften Mal im Jahr 2019 durchgeführt wurde und ...
SDGs, Transformation, and Quality Growth
(2022)
This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and ...
Shaping an Inclusive Energy Transition
(2021)
This open access book makes a case for a socially inclusive energy transition and illustrates how engineering and public policy professionals can contribute to shaping an inclusive energy transition, building on a ...
Measure, Integration & Real Analysis
(2020)
This open access textbook welcomes students into the fundamental theory of measure, integration, and real analysis. Focusing on an accessible approach, Axler lays the foundations for further study by promoting a deep ...
Society - Water - Technology: A Critical Appraisal of Major Water Engineering Projects
(2016)
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution; Water Industry/Water Technologies; Environmental Economics; International Environmental Law
Machine Learning for Brain Disorders
(2023)
This Open Access volume provides readers with an up-to-date and comprehensive guide to both methodological and applicative aspects of machine learning (ML) for brain disorders. The chapters in this book are organized into ...
Data Communications and Network Technologies
(2023)
This open access book is written according to the examination outline for Huawei HCIA-Routing Switching V2.5 certification, aiming to help readers master the basics of network communications and use Huawei network devices ...
Positionierungen nachhaltigen Verhaltens am Arbeitsplatz
(2025)
In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden die Nachhaltigkeitspositionierungen von Angestellten im öffentlichen Dienst im Kontext organisationaler Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen untersucht. Mithilfe der Dokumentarischen Methode ...
3 Degrees More
(2024)
This open access book describes in detail what life on this planet would be like if its average surface temperature were to rise 3 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial level. On this basis, the book argues that it is ...